Chapter 4 Seamless Integration(1/2)
After arriving at the locker room, Zhou Yi rushed to Goce who was already inside: "You boy will not save him!"
"What?" Gece used his hands to hold Zhou Yi's hands, looking confused.
Their movements also attracted the attention of other players in the locker room. When they saw a strange face coming from the locker room, they even choked Gotze's neck as soon as they got up.
"I called your name outside the gate, and wanted you to prove to the security guard that I was indeed a player, but you didn't even look back!" Zhou Yi said viciously.
"No wonder I heard a familiar voice..." Gotze said, dragging his chin.
"If it weren't for the kind-hearted Kevin..."
"Wait." Gotze reacted, "So, are you blocked outside by the security guards as fans?"
Zhou Yi froze from his movements to his expressions.
"Hahaha!" Gotze laughed happily.
Not only Gotze was laughing, but the other first-team players watching also burst into laughter. The first-team players who came to train were actually turned away by the security guards as fans. This is indeed unheard of, and it is really funny.
Amid everyone's laughter, Zhou Yi scratched his head a little embarrassedly.
"You are like a fan like this, Zhou Yi, sweatshirt, backpack, and most importantly... this BVB hat."
While speaking, Gotze took the hat and found an autograph on the brim: "Is this... a big cross?" He looked up at Groskreuz.
Groskreuz walked up: "I only realized that Zhou Yi was my fan, and I was very happy, so I signed him with a name."
"When are you a fan of Big Cross, Zhou Yi?" Geze was surprised.
"Just think I am, as a reward for him bringing me in." Zhou Yi spread his hands and said.
Gotze smiled with his lips.
The others laughed.
They have heard that the first team is going to have a few youth team players to train together, which is not new in the summer training camp, so they didn't care too much.
Now it seems that besides Gotze, who everyone knows, this person is another new teammate who has been transferred from the youth team.
After everyone laughed, Goce said to Zhou Yi: "Okay, as compensation for not bringing you in, I will introduce you to everyone..."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi shook his head: "No need, Mario. I know them all."
"You know them all?" Gotze was very surprised.
Zhou Yi first introduced himself: "Hello everyone, my name is Zhou Yi, I am from China. I came from the Youth A team to participate in the training camp. Mario and I are teammates."
He glanced at Gotze, then turned his head to look at the tall and strong man with a middle-class hairstyle: "This is our main goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller. He has been playing for seven years in the team, and he can't get a chance to get a chance."
Weidenfell gave Zhou Yi a thumbs up: "Boy, have vision!"
Zhou Yi looked at another big man: "This is our main defender, Maz Hummels. He has just transferred from Bayern Munich and has played for a loan at Dortmund for one and a half seasons. He plays decisively and accurately in defense, and the ball is clean."
Hummels was a little surprised: "Huh? Do you know me very well?"
Zhou Yi did not answer Hummels' question, but looked at the next teammate.
In this way, he not only called out the names of these teammates one by one, but also expressed their simple resume and style of playing football, which surprised the first-team players in the room - they thought that only they knew them so well, and only Klopp knew them so well.
But why does this newcomer who has just been promoted to the first team understand so much?
Looking at everyone's surprised gaze, Zhou Yi smiled and said, "I have watched your game in the South Stand. I am your fan. How could I not know? In addition, I will also use search engines, ha!"
Zhou Yi's second explanation is more acceptable to everyone.
So when he heard him say this, the players laughed - they are all famous professional players and star players, so the media will have many reports on them. As long as they are interested, you will know it after searching it?
So Zhou Yi may not really know them very well, but he must have searched for information about his teammates before coming to this team for training, which shows that he is very concerned about this matter and is a caring person.
Everyone likes such people.
"I like this kid!" Weidenfeller made his statement first.
"Roman, you can't just say that just because he praises you." Hummels said.
"Didn't he praise you?" Weidenfell asked back.
"No, he didn't praise me, he just told the truth." Hummels said. "I like people who tell the truth because I'm such a person too."
"God-telling!" Weidenfeller said disdainfully.
The atmosphere in the locker room became very lively because of Zhou Yi, and everyone was discussing Zhou Yi's evaluation of them.
Captain Sebastian Kyle extended his hand to Zhou Yi: "Welcome to the first team. Although I don't know if you can stay here after the training camp, I think you have already won the love of many teammates."
Zhou Yi scratched his head and smiled honestly: "That's great. I will try my best to stay in the first team because I also like to play football in the first team."
"I'm very ambitious, boy. I just came to the first team and wanted to play football in the first team?" said another defender, Subertic.
"You always have to have some ambitions, what if it is achieved?" Zhou Yi replied with a smile.
His words made Subertic stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "This is a good thing! Who is the young man who came to the first team has no ambition? Where are you playing?"
"Midfield." Zhou Yi said.
"Yo, competitor? I wouldn't have brought you in if I had known!" said Groskreuz.
"You are the forward and the winger, and we don't have any conflicts in positions." Zhou Yi spread his hands and said.
"That's not necessarily. What if I change to play as a midfielder this season?" Groskreutz shook his head.
"Then why didn't you change to play as a defender?" Zhou Yi asked back.
"Where is the position span that is as big as that of?!"
Goze was surprised to see Zhou Yi’s communication with other teammates.
It was clearly my second time to come to this team, but I should be more familiar with this team.
But why?
Why is Zhou Yi more familiar with this team than himself?
It was completely impossible for him to integrate into this team. His father also asked him to take care of him more in the first team. It seemed that he was not needed at all...
Is this too much?!
Gozek still remembers the first time he was transferred to the first team and trained with the team. He was shy and didn't dare to say hello, so he could only sit quietly in the corner by himself until the captain Kyle came to greet him on his own initiative and introduced him to other teammates.
Compare Zhou Yi again...
Why didn’t I think about searching for information about his teammates in the first team first?
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While the players were going to conduct physical tests, Gotze came to Zhou Yi and lowered his voice and said, "I really didn't expect you to flatter so well..."
Zhou Yi rolled his eyes: "What are you saying? Shouldn't you carefully understand the team you want to integrate into?"
"I never thought about it..."
"That's you stupid, Mario." Zhou Yi took the opportunity to attack Gotze. "I'm the midfielder. Learn more about my teammates, and at least you can know how to cooperate with them on the court, right?"
Gece was stunned. He felt that what Zhou Yi said was reasonable, but he was speechless...
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On the day of reporting, no training was arranged. More than 20 first-team people conducted various physical tests one by one, including blood tests and urine tests.
After doing this, assistant coach Gerliko Bouvage informed everyone that they could go back and pack their luggage after they got home, because tomorrow the whole team will take their luggage to the training ground for closed training and will not train in Bracker.
After the notice was completed, the coach announced the dissolution of the team.
Before leaving, Groskreuz asked Zhou Yi: "Hi, Zhou Yi. Do you still need to take a ride?"
Zhou Yi shook his head: "I want to go out, the security guard will not stop me, right? The place where I live is very close to here, so I can just run back."
"Okay, actually I just asked out of politeness, goodbye!" Groskreutz finished speaking and kicked the car away with a throttle.
Zhou Yi shook his head. This big cross is a very fun person.
The nickname for Groskreuz, "Big Cross", actually comes from the literal translation of his name. In German, Gro? means "big", while Kreuz means "cross", and when put together, it means "big Cross".
When Zhou Yi went out of the door, there was no security guard stopping him. Zhou Yi even looked inside and didn't see the middle-aged security guard in the morning, maybe he had handed over the shift.
After leaving the training base, there were still many fans outside.
They are waiting to take a photo with the stars and ask for their autographs.
When Zhou Yi walked out of the gate, the fans also turned their attention to him, but did not call his name. They seemed to be quite hesitant, and they couldn't tell what the young man walking out of it did...
So Zhou Yi waved to them: "Hi, is anyone going to take a photo?"
No one paid attention to him.
"Signature is OK."
Still no one paid attention to him, and some even turned their attention behind Zhou Yi, hoping for the next Dortmund player to come out.
"Okay..." Zhou Yi understood that the youth team players were still unable to make it in the first team.
He tightened his backpack and ran past the fans on both sides.
He didn't think it was a big deal to treat the fans coldly. Because everyone had been an unknown person, he believed that it would not take long before he would be treated differently when he walked out of this gate.
To be continued...