Amid everyone's expectations or doubts, the Bundesliga in the new season of 2010-2011 kicked off.

The opening match Bayern Munich defeated Wolfsburg 2-1 at his home court. As analyzed in the preview of "Kickers", Bayern Munich won a very difficult home court. Their players were exhausted after a World Cup. From this game, it can be seen that many Bayern Munich players are obviously out of shape.

Although in the ninth minute, Bayern Munich took the lead with Thomas Mueller's goal.

But the tenacious Wolfsburg equalized the score in the 55th minute.

The game then fell into a stalemate. The Wolfsburg players did not hesitate to foul to stop Bayern Munich, which led to as many as twenty-five fouls throughout the game. Bayern Munich only had six.

Although there are too many fouls, the effect is good.

Bayern Munich is hard to move forward.

It was not until the 90th minute that he relied on Schweinsteiger's goal to defeat his opponent.

Bayern Munich's performance in this game seems to perfectly confirm the season preview of "Kickers", indicating that "Kickers" is not nonsense, and the analysis is reasonable and well-founded... This deepens everyone's concerns about Zhou Yi.

A day later, the Bundesliga started in full swing.

Hoffenheim defeated Werder Bremen 4:1.

Werder Bremen, who was still ranked fourth last season, did not perform well after losing Ozil. The preview of "Kickers" was analyzed correctly!

Borussia Mönchengladbach drew 1:1 with Nuremberg at home.

Cologne lost 1:3 to Kaiserslautern at home.

Kaiserslautern, who returned to the First Division, made his debut very good, reminding everyone of the "Kaiserslautern Myth" back then.

Hannover defeated Frankfurt 2:1 at home.

Freiburg lost to St. Pauli 1:3 at home.

Mainz beat Stuttgart 2:0.

Hamburg beat Schalke 2:1 at home 04.

Rakitic worked very hard in this game, assisting Falfan to score the equalizer goal, but as analyzed in "Kicker", it is useless to be alone, and Rakitic performed well alone.

Schalke 04 lags behind Hamburg in terms of ball possession, shots, and corner kicks. It is not surprising that he lost this game.

Next, only Dortmund will be left to play against Leverkusen at home.

Although Leverkusen lost Tony Close, who returned to Bayern Munich on loan this season, Barack's return may bring some positive changes to the team, and everyone is still willing to be optimistic about Barack's future in Leverkusen.

Before the game, Barack, who arrived in Dortmund with the team, was interviewed by reporters at the airport.

Barack did not agree with "Kicker"'s analysis of Dortmund and Zhou Yi.

"Dortmond does not have enough signings this season, but this also shows that their lineup is more stable... I believe that Zhou Yi will be more mature than last season. He is a genius. If we want to defeat Dortmund in the game, then Zhou Yi must pay close attention..."

Barak seems to attach great importance to Zhou Yi.

This is actually quite normal. No matter what the media analysis says, Zhou Yi has a chance of performing poorly, but at the same time there is a chance of performing well. As long as this probability exists, Leverkusen cannot leave it alone.

So of course they will prepare for this game based on the premise that Zhou Yi will perform well.

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The day before the game, Klopp announced the team's roster and Mark was out.

But this is quite normal, even Mark himself doesn't think it's a big deal.

Even Zhou Yi and Goce did not make it to the roster in the first game of being transferred to the first team, let alone him.

Mark knew he needed to continue training and improve.

He plans to watch the first game of this new season with his parents in the South Stand. When he has no game, he will choose this way to cheer for the team.

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At 11:20 pm on August 22, Beijing time, Zhou Jianliang and his wife Li Cuiyun sat in front of the TV together, waiting for the competition to begin.

The screen of the TV has cut to the West**** Stadium, Dortmund's home court, and it is raining, and it is quite raining. Without looking too carefully, you can see dense white lines appearing in the dark stands background through the camera lens. Many fans in the stands are wearing ponchos and come to cheer for the team in the rain.

"It's raining..." Seeing the scene, Zhou Jianliang frowned and said.

"What's wrong with it raining?" his wife Li Cuiyun asked strangely.

"There are so many accidents when it rains. I don't like rainballs..." Zhou Jianliang said. "The turf has become very slippery, and the game is not very interesting. Most of the time, football has to fly around in the air..."

He explained to his wife what the impact of different weather on football matches. What is the difference between rain and snow. The difference between artificial turf and natural turf, and by the way, he also talked about some classic games in bad weather.

For example, in the classic game in which the current Italian national goalkeeper Buffon debuted in the national team, in the heavy snow in Moscow, the young Buffon Li refused to bombard the Russian players and tried his best to ensure the goal is not lost...

An old fan talked about these things in a constant stream, and he could say that it would be without repetition for three days and three nights.

However, to Li Cuiyun, who is not interested in football, she is not interested at all. She responds to her husband casually and treats him perfunctorily.

Zhou Jianliang, who was in a state of self-satisfaction, obviously did not notice his wife's behavior. Instead, he spoke in an eloquent manner and kept talking. It seemed like the commentator sitting next to the commentator on TV, with two big words "experts" shining with golden light on his head.

Fortunately, Zhou Yi appeared on the screen and saved his mother.

"Look! Son!" Li Cuiyun pointed to the TV screen and suddenly shouted.

Zhou Jianliang's endless talk was interrupted immediately. He also stared at the TV screen. Listening to the voice of the commentator on the TV, he no longer cared about popularizing his wife.

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Although it was raining, the atmosphere at West**** Stadium was still very warm and was not affected by the bad weather.

Especially in the South Stand, as the first game of the season, there are many fans watching the ball.

When the players appeared, the fans in the South Stand cheered enthusiastically.

The TV broadcast gave Zhou Yi a close-up shot.

He was looking around, like a curious baby, looking at this wonderful world.

"Well, it's not nervous, it's good." Zhou Jianliang was relieved of his son's performance. He nodded in praise.

The close-up stayed on Zhou Yi's face longer than any other player, which may indicate that Zhou Yi will be the key figure in this game. His personal performance directly affects the final results of the Dortmund team.

Such a great responsibility also means pressure, but judging from Zhou Yi's expression, he didn't seem to think that this was a burden...

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When the referee blew the game whistle, the rain was still falling, and there was no intention of getting smaller.

Zhou Yi's hair was already wet on his forehead. He liked to keep waving his head to observe the situation during the game, so his hair was constantly thrown up, throwing the rain water out, and then slapped it hard on his forehead.

"This rain battle is a test for Zhou Yi..." Duan Xin, a commentator of China TV, said after the game started. "I remember that Zhou Yi had never played in such a heavy rain last season, right? You saw that the game had just begun, and it seemed that there was a little water accumulation."

Commentary guest Tao Wei nodded and said, "There is water accumulation on the field, which is difficult for technical players to perform. However, we should also note that didn't Zhou Yi show him long passes during the warm-up match?"

"That's true. It seems that God is also interested in examining Zhou Yi's long-passing ability in this game, ha!"

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Regarding this rain battle, Zhou Yi actually experienced the changes brought by the venue while warming up.

The turf becomes slippery, the mud and sand layer under the turf becomes soft, the adhesion is reduced, the support is insufficient, and the soles of the feet can be felt when the direction is accelerated. Even if you wear long spikes specifically for this kind of field, the improvement effect is limited.

In this case, it becomes difficult to achieve delicate and smooth offensive cooperation with layers of progress.

So when warming up, Zhou Yi was already trying to warm up with long passes to find the feeling.

After kicking a few times, he stopped trying and felt that he had found it.

In fact, this rain battle was also quite unexpected for Zhou Yi. Although he had virtual competitions that could simulate reality, it was not said that everything could be simulated.

For example, if it has been raining all these days, then there can be rain battles in virtual competitions. But if it has not been raining all these days, where can I simulate rain battles?

Before the match day, the local weather in Dortmund was either sunny or cloudy. But it didn't rain.

The weather forecast says there may be thunderstorms today, but it is just a matter of probability.

It was cloudy from the beginning of the morning to noon. In the afternoon, the thunder roared for a while and it suddenly started to rain heavily in the sky.

The rain kept falling until the start of the game, causing some water to accumulate on the field.

This is also a very helpless thing.

However, football is not basketball, it is an outdoor competition event, and weather factors must be taken into account and are indispensable.

It is not said that football cannot be played in the pouring rain. As long as the referee thinks it is OK, the game must continue.

After trying a few long passes, Zhou Yi felt a clear idea.

At the same time, he is also glad that he has been practicing long passes and long passes before, isn’t it just used at this time?

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At the beginning of the game, Zhou Yi stood in the position of the back midfielder. If he had not paid attention to the Dortmund warm-up match, he would be sure that Zhou Yi started playing the back midfielder when he saw this scene.

However, looking at Shinji Kagawa standing in front of him, many Chinese fans were still a little unhappy. The position closer to the opponent's goal should have been Zhou Yi!

Many people still think that the farther away from the goal, the lower the threat, the smaller the contribution to the team, and the smaller the chance of showing off.

But what modern football has developed is not what people thought they were.

Dortmund kicked the ball first, and the football was quickly passed to Zhou Yi and handed it to Zhou Yi in the midfield to allocate the football.

Zhou Yi began to receive football frequently, which was more frequent than when he was playing the front midfielder. This was a visible change.
To be continued...