When Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa returned to the team to start training, what made Klopp breathe a little relieved was that at least Zhou Yi's physical fitness was not as bad as he thought, and his physical condition was quite good.

Zhou Yi explained that he had a good rest at home yesterday and did nothing. He didn't even leave the door and stayed at home.

What Zhou Yi didn't say is that thanks to Cortana who helped him clean, otherwise he would have to spend at least half a day doing hygiene.

After investing in Dortmund's preparation for Schalke 04, Zhou Yi found that there was no change in Schalke 04's lineup, and Yang Muge did not suddenly appear in Dortmund's opponent sequence like Sun Pan.

Unlike Sun Pan, he continued to work hard in Schalke 04's u19.

And not only Yang Muge, but also Guo Nu and He Ying.

It is not easy to make a name for itself in the youth training camp of wealthy families.

Most wealthy families would rather believe in the big stars they bought with a lot of money than give young players a chance. Because young players in youth training mean lack of experience and instability, it is really hard to trust the first-team results. Apart from being absolutely necessary, who would be willing to form a group of boy scouts?

Even the Barcelona Club, which attaches importance to youth training, has the same problem. The Barcelona Youth Training Camp has trained many excellent players, but they cannot play in the first team. The first team members are very stable. Even if they can play in the first team occasionally, it is difficult to get a stable chance to play.

So if you want to get a stable chance to play, you may still have to choose to be loaned out in the end.

In this regard, Sun Pan was actually lucky. Although it seemed that he was not valued at first.

But now, I believe Chelsea will never ignore him.

Although the Offenbach kicker he played for was eliminated by Schalke 04 in the quarterfinals of the German Cup, Sun Pan's performance was still very good. If it weren't for him, the Offenbach kicker might have returned home at the end of the 90-minute game, and they finally persisted in overtime and explained that the game was defeated by Schalke 04.

At the same time, in the German C League, Offenbach's kicker ranking has also soared, currently ranked third in the league and has the opportunity to enter the German Second Division. This is naturally related to Sun Pan. After the German Cup against Dortmund, Sun Pan became the team's main goalkeeper. Whether it is a cup or a league, he has never been rotated.

If this performance continues, when he returns to Chelsea again after the loan period of this season, he will definitely be highly valued. By then, his life trajectory will be completely different from before.

So in fact, Zhou Yi thinks that if you can’t play in a wealthy family, choosing to be loaned will be a good release. At this time, face and dignity are actually not important, and being able to continue playing in the game is the most important thing.

This is also the reason why he chose Dortmund. Although Barcelona and Arsenal both attach importance to youth training and have a high level of youth training, they are also full of superstars in their first team. It is not a matter of overnight for youth players to emerge from such first teams. They often need to wait patiently for many years.

For Zhou Yi, time is the most precious.

Maybe those people can afford to wait, but he can't.

So he chose to take the shortcut.

Lease is also one of the shortcuts.

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Schalke 04's performance this season is indeed very bad. After twenty rounds of the league, Schalke 04 ranked 11th, which is a huge failure for the team that ranked third in the league last season.

The only thing worth comforting is that they performed well in the Champions League. They qualified in the group stage with the first place.

But this may be the reason why they perform poorly in the league. Many German teams, except Bayern Munich, often perform unstable when fighting on two fronts, either giving up the Champions League or the league.

Such teams are not only common in Germany, but also in Spain, England and Italian leagues.

To put it bluntly, it is related to these teams not often participate in Champions League games, lack of experience, and their team building ideas.

Because neither Schalke 04 nor Dortmund can guarantee that they can participate in the Champions League stably every season. If they can participate in this season, they may not be able to participate next season and the probability is very high. So they have no choice and no need to maintain a huge lineup that can cope with both domestic league and Champions League games for a long time.

This will increase the team's financial burden. Except for Bayern Munich, the financial situation of other Bundesliga teams is healthy, but they are not rich at all. Compared to burning money, they will definitely not be able to burn Bayern Munich.

In the entire Bundesliga, only Bayern Munich has such strong financial resources to support them in introducing various stars every season until they can no longer be stuffed on the bench... Oh no, they can't be stuffed on the bench, and there are also stands!

And if other teams play like this... Dortmund is the lesson of the recent past!

Dortmund won the Bundesliga championship for two consecutive years in 1995 and 1996, and the Champions League and Toyota Cup championship in 1997. In 1998, he became a member of the European giants G14 league. Dortmund has become the second German giants team, which made Dortmund's management think they can compete with Bayern Munich.

In 2000, the club was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and Dortmund became the first listed club in Germany.

The success of success made Dortmund continue to expand, which was to spend huge amounts of money to buy various big-name stars and promise high salaries. For example, the transfer fee of Brazilian striker Amoruso they bought at that time was 25 million euros, setting a record for transfer fee for German clubs at that time.

With such a large investment, the team's performance is not satisfactory.

Except for the second year

Apart from the league championship, there is nothing to win.

For German clubs like Dortmund, it is impossible for them to rely on the infusion of capital from the Middle East and Russia to obtain large amounts of funds. Their income and expenditure must be balanced. Poor performance will directly affect their economic income.

The large number of high-paying stars that Dortmund bought before were not only unable to help the team achieve excellent results, but their salaries became a burden that crushed Dortmund.

In 2005, the club even went to the brink of bankruptcy, with debts of up to 125 million pounds. It took Dortmund less than ten years from the continuous glory of the mid-1990s to the verge of bankruptcy today.

In the end, the club had to sell off those high-paying stars and formulated very strict fiscal policies, which put almost strict restrictions on players' salaries.

Because of the reduction in investment, it is difficult for the club to attract high-level stars, so the team's performance is getting worse and worse.

2005 to 2008 was the most difficult time in Dortmund.

It was not until 2008 that Klopp came to coach this team.

Until now, Dortmund's financial situation has not improved fundamentally.

From Dortmund, you can see the dilemma of the German team.

The persistent pursuit of financial health has led to insufficient competition in Europe. If they want to do their best to achieve results in the Champions League, they will have to give up the league.

I played in the Champions League last season, but was relegated next season.

Although Schalke 04 has not been relegated, his results in the league are really unreasonable.

Now he is facing tremendous pressure and may be dismissed at any time.

In the group, Zhou Yi and his friends also often discuss European football and give guidance to various teams.

As the Ruhr derby is approaching, Schalke 04 is of course the focus of discussion.

Sun Pan opened in the group and bet on when Schalke 04's current head coach Magath will be dismissed.

"A week later!" Zhou Yi said confidently.

"Why are you so sure?" Sun Pan asked.

"Because he will be dismissed because he was double-killed by Dortmund in one season." Zhou Yi replied.

"You want to say you're sure to win?"

"I'm also helping Lao Yang," Zhou Yi said.

"What does it have to do with me?" Yang Muge was very surprised.

"Of course it has something to do with you, Lao Yang." Zhou Yi said. "After Magath was dismissed, Schalke 04 will definitely go through a process of change, and this process of change contains many opportunities. This may be your opportunity. What if the new head coach who is replaced is a person who attaches importance to youth training? For example, our Klopp. Or what if he wants to draw some players from the youth team to the first team to create some pressure on those stars? Anyway, it is always a good thing."

"There is a reason for Zhou Yi to say this..." He Ying agreed. "If Magath doesn't get out of class, the chance of Schalke 04 changing is much smaller."

"So, if Schalke's 04's performance is not good, it is a good thing for Lao Yang? Because the team's performance is unstable, young players will have a day to make a comeback?" Sun Pan asked back.

Guo Nu's eyes lit up from the side: "Then I'll have a chance to say that!"

Inter Milan's results this season are really hard to say, especially the first half of Benitez coaching is simply terrible, and the sky is angry and people are resentful.

"Old Guo, are you still in the youth team now?" Zhou Yi asked.

"certainly."

"Then you have no chance, because you have missed the best opportunity." Zhou Yi posted a look of spreading his hands. "Benitez was dismissed before the winter break, but you were still in the youth team, alas..."

"Damn!" Guo Nu realized that Zhou Yi was damaging him again.

Zhou Yi said again: "So Lao Yang, for your own future, you will cheer for me in this game. I hope I can help Dortmund defeat Schalke 04!"

"..." Yang Muge was speechless.

Sun Pan rolled his eyes and said, "Damn, you have laid the groundwork for so long for this sentence! The heart of playing in the midfield is so dirty!"

Zhou Yi: "Old Yang, Panpan scolds you for being a scheming bitch."
Chapter completed!