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Chapter 191: A bitter and wonderful start

Half a month later, Dortmund ended his training camp in Spain and returned to Dortmund to continue training. After all, the weather between Spain and Dortmund was very different, so they still had to come back to adapt. They participated in the Bundesliga, not La Liga...

During this period of training, Klopp gradually discovered something strange to him - Zhou Yi seemed to consciously strengthen his shooting training...

This is not common in previous training. Zhou Yi was a midfielder. His main task was to organize offense. Scoring shots was not his first task. If the training time was limited, he would naturally focus on increasing his passing ability and getting rid of his ability, rather than shooting.

So why does Zhou Yi increase his shot now?

After Klopp found it strange, he decided to ask Zhou Yi for a clear question.

Now Zhou Yi is the most important player in the team, the most important and indispensable player. His every move and the coaching staff are very concerned about him, and he even wants to know every thought of him.

Zhou Yi was asked by Klopp to ask why he was practicing shooting. He was a little confused - the head coach was paying attention to this...

He thought it was a trivial matter, but he didn't expect that it would be noticed by the head coach, and he came to ask him why.

Why?

He can't tell Klopp that it was because he wanted to propose to Cortana with a hat trick, right?

However, this kind of thing has always been a problem for Zhou Yi, who has always been anxious and wise.

Facing Klopp's question, Zhou Yi answered it sincerely: "This, as a midfielder, I actually have many opportunities to shoot in the game. I hope to strengthen my scoring ability to provide more help to the team. Nowadays, you also know that coaches need players to be able to be good at it... If I can score more goals, wouldn't it be able to reduce the pressure on the team?"

After hearing this, Klopp thought about it and thought what Zhou Yi said made sense.

After obtaining a reasonable explanation, Klopp's curiosity disappeared. He just told Zhou Yi that although it is a good thing to consider the team, he should not put too much pressure and burden on himself. After all, his health is the first priority...

Of course, Zhou Yi sincerely accepted Klopp's kindness.

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On the afternoon of January 25, Dortmund faced Augsburg at home, which was the first game of the second half of the season.

A day ago, the second half of the Bundesliga season had already begun, with Bayern Munich defeating Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 away.

Guardiola's team performed as stable and strong as ever.

Dortmund's other competitor, Leverkusen, kicked off at the same time in the game with Dortmund.

They are away challenge to Freiburg.

Augsburg has performed well this season. After the seventeenth round of the league, they ranked eighth. However, this team is definitely not as strong as Dortmund, so Dortmund fans all hope that the team can beat Augsburg at home, and do not think that this is too difficult.

As a result, an accident happened on the court just two minutes into the game.

At the beginning of this game, Kuba, who started the game, suffered a kick-off move on the wing, causing him to injured his knee. At that time, he fell to the ground and could not get up, covering his face with his hands, and his expression was painful.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this scene and realized that the situation was not good - if it was a minor injury, Kuba would never be able to sit in such a move.

The slow motion of Kuba snatched just now is replaying in the TV broadcast.

After shoveling out his left foot, the right leg that supported his body was under tremendous pressure. Then, suddenly, his right leg lost all the support, causing his body to lose balance and fall to the ground...

"Looking at this, it should be the knee..." Marcel Leif guessed. "If it was really a knee, Kuba's injury would be serious... Dortmund was so unlucky. This was the first game of the second half of the season, and this game only started for two minutes..."

The TV broadcast quickly gave Klopp a close-up shot. In the camera, Klopp spread his hands open, but there was no anger or dissatisfaction on his face. Instead, he was helpless, as if he was saying: "What can I do? I am also very desperate!"

Immediately afterwards, the camera gave Yan Min, who stood up from the bench.

In this game, Yan Min was a substitute and Kuba started. Unexpectedly, he only served as a bench for two minutes and was not on the hot side, so he was about to get up...

This should be the shortest bench experience he has ever experienced...

"Yan Min is going to play, it's really an accident... In just three minutes, he only stayed on the bench for three minutes..." Duan Xin also felt that this was too magical.

Yan Min, who had gotten up to warm up, was still confused on his face, and he didn't understand what was wrong.

Kuba was on the sidelines when he was injured, so he did not delay the game during his treatment.

Dortmund, who was one less, did not choose to recycle and stabilize his defense, but continued to attack.

Reus forced the Augsburg player to foul while breaking through the left, and Dortmund won a free kick from the frontcourt side.

At the same time, after Dr. Braun's inspection, Kuba was carried directly into the ambulance on a stretcher. He was lying on the stretcher with one hand covering his eyes, very frustrated.

The Dortmund fans in the stands stood up and gave him applause.

Although Kuba has been replaced, Yan Min still warmed up on the sidelines and had not had time to play.

Dortmund, who is one less, should slow down the pace a little, for example, this free kick is a good opportunity to delay time.

But Zhou Yi did not do this. He immediately ran to the foul spot, stepped on the football under his feet, then looked up to the right side of the penalty area diagonally in front.

There is a huge space there.

At the same time, Mark Wagner also looked up at Zhou Yi in front. When he discovered Zhou Yi's action, he immediately realized something.

He turned around and ran to the right.

Seeing Mark's running position, Zhou Yi took a step back, not waiting for the Augsburg players to line up the wall, nor waited for his teammates to get in, nor waited for the referee's whistle to sound, but kicked the football to the right side of the penalty area with one kick!

"Free kick is fast!" Marcel Leif was just talking about Kuba's injury. Now seeing a new situation on the court, he quickly interrupted the previous topic.

When Zhou Yi kicked the football to the right side of the penalty area and was on the back of the goal, Mark quickly stepped forward and broke into the penalty area!

When the Augsburg players turned around and saw Mark's position, they all raised their arms, thinking that Mark was offside.

But neither the referee nor the lineman made any statement about this, and the referee simply rushed in. As the football went forward, this means that Dortmund's free kick was no problem, and the referee recognized it!

With no one to guard, Mark jumped high on the corner of the small penalty area and headed to attack!

Augsburg goalkeeper Hitz abandoned the goal and attacked, but it was too late and he was caught off guard.

He failed to stop Mark's header, and the football flew into the goal behind them...

When Dortmund fans were just feeling sad and frustrated by Kuba's injury, they didn't expect the surprise to come!

"Oh! Oh! Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh! Dortmund leads! Mark Wagner!! A beautiful free kick is almost sent, and he caught Augsburg off guard!"

"Mark understands Zhou Yi's intentions!" Duan Xin sighed when she saw the slow-motion replay of the goal. He saw the scene where Mark and Zhou Yi looked up and observed each other. "After Kuba's injury successfully attracted everyone's attention, Zhou Yi took advantage of this and launched a fast attack. The tacit understanding between Mark and Zhou Yi is the key to the goal being able to score!"

This goal immediately diluted the frustration that Kuba had brought to Dortmund fans by his injury. Cheers from West** Stadium burst out, and Klopp also excitedly celebrating with excitement.

At this time, goals are particularly valuable because they can greatly boost morale and prevent players from being depressed due to Kuba's injury.

Zhou Yi's quick free kick was fully demonstrated that he was clear-headed. Before many people could figure out the situation, he keenly noticed the opportunity to score and put it into effect.

The mind is also the trick to Zhou Yi being able to become a world-class midfielder at such a young age.

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The cooperation between Zhou Yi and Mark brought goals to Dortmund and stabilized the emotions of Dortmund players.

Yan Min then appeared, and Dortmund continued to put pressure on Augsburg.

Since Yan Min played well in the match against Arsenal and Bayern Munich, he has become more and more confident in playing. He dares to completely let himself go on the court, give full play to his strengths, and constantly harass Augsburg's defense with explosive power and flexible change.

Every performance of his performance won cheers from the fans in the stands.

Dortmund fans now also like Yan Min, a young man, because he is full of vitality and can always give them pleasing performances on the court.

Under continuous pressure, Augsburg's goal fell again in the 34th minute.

The goal was Reus, who took advantage of a direct free kick opportunity to allow the football to successfully bypass the wall and fly into the goal.

Two set pieces helped Dortmund take a two-goal lead.
Chapter completed!
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