The team will have a ten-to-ten full-game match every week, which is not long, only twenty minutes.

It's said that it's to decide who can play in the league on the weekend. But in fact, everyone knows that it's too scammer to decide who can play and who can't play through this informal game.

So in fact, the real purpose of this game is just to keep the players in a state of play.

Since his first U19 team competition, Mark has never been assigned to Zhou Yi again.

So his initial performance was really unkind. In fact, he was very polite, and it should be said that he was not very good.

Without Zhou Yi's support and help, Mark could not find the rhythm at all.

However, as he trained hard, his performance in the team game began to improve gradually.

He seemed to be used to how to perform his level without Zhou Yi.

Most importantly, he is very active.

No matter whether he can get a ball or not, he will always grab it, even if it will be knocked down by the opponent's defender in the end.

When the opponent's defender gets the ball, he will go up to press.

On the court, you can always see Mark running.

The same is true for this in-team match.

He is still very active and has won a goal in the game.

Although he performed well in the team games, Mark has become accustomed to him not being able to get the performance in any case.

He didn't even think about why he couldn't play the game.

Maybe it was because the coach thought he wasn't doing well enough.

So keep working hard.

Now Mark doesn't think much about how to slap Schneider in the face.

Schneider would still mock him, but he ignored it and focused all his energy on training and improving himself.

Of course, his approach made Schneider think that Mark has returned to his previous state of bullying, and he was very proud - he felt that Mark accepted his fate.

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On the day of the game day, the players gathered at Brakel training base and then took a bus to the Schalke 04 training base, which was twenty kilometers apart, to challenge their opponents.

Mark was selected for the competition roster, so he was in the car as well.

But Yebala did not announce the starting list. Of course, Mark doesn't think about whether he will start now. He is used to being on the big list, but he cannot play.

In the locker room of Schalke 04 training base, Yebala announced the starting list.

Zhou Yi and Gotze all made their debut, but Mark is still not there.

Not only Mark, but also Zhou Yi was used to this arrangement.

Neither of them reacted as much as Mark's first time he lost the starting lineup. Mark calmly accepted the arrangement that he did not play again.

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When Zhou Yi appeared on the court with his teammates to warm up, he looked around again. This was his first time participating in the Ruhr derby in the U19-age age group.

Judging from his observation, the Ruhr derby of U19 is higher in specifications and more eye-catching than the U17 derby.

This can be seen from the audience on the sidelines.

In addition to the parents of young players, there are also many people wearing sportswear and playing players on the court.

They are all players from Schalke 04 teams.

There are even first-team players - this is easy to distinguish. As long as there are many people around these people who want to sign and take photos, they will definitely be first-team players.

U19 is already the highest level in the youth team. If many U19 players perform well, they will be transferred directly to the first team. This is not just the case with Dortmund, but in the entire Bundesliga.

Therefore, the U19-level Ruhr derby can be regarded as the Ruhr derby second only to the first team, and naturally attracts much attention.

Zhou Yi, who was looking around, also found Yang Muge among the crowd.

The night before the game, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge chatted on QQ for a while. Speaking of today's game, Yang Muge, who had just started playing in U17, said he wanted to watch the ball, and Zhou Yi expressed his welcome.

Both of them are now in Germany, only twenty kilometers apart, but in fact, they have never met before except during the competition. They usually rely on QQ for free contact tool.

Through QQ, Zhou Yi learned that Yang Muge began to play in U17. Similarly, through QQ, Yang Muge also learned that Zhou Yi actually rose to U19 after the Ruhr derby of U17 and became the main player as soon as he got up.

Yang Muge was not surprised by this because he thought Zhou Yi deserved such treatment.

When Yang Muge saw Zhou Yi discovering him, he did not wave to him, but just smiled at him.

Zhou Yi did not take the initiative to greet a Schalke 04 player in the hostile derby, and he smiled back.

The two of them finished greetings in this way.

After Zhou Yi said hello, he continued his warm-up.

A person appeared beside Yang Muge: "That is your friend Zhou Yi? Yang?"

Yang Muge turned his head and found out that he was Julian Draxler, a teammate from the same team as his team.

This teammate is almost two years younger than Yang Muge, and is only fifteen years old this year, but he is already the absolute main force of Schalke 04U17. He is a real genius like Gotze.

Yang Muge nodded at Draxler: "Yes."

Draxler was obviously very interested in Zhou Yi. In the last time the two sides fought, Dortmund U17 did not have Gotze, but he still beat Schalke 04. Mark scored twice, but what Draxler saw was indeed Zhou Yi, who was responsible for the offensive task of Dortmund U17 in the whole game.

After the game, Draxler took the initiative to come to Yang Muge and asked him about Zhou Yi. Not only did he learn Zhou Yi's name, but he also knew that Zhou Yi was actually an amateur player!

This had a huge impact on him at that time.

Because Schalke 04U17 led by him actually lost to Dortmund U17 led by an amateur player...

"Has he really arrived in Dortmund as you said?"

"Well, he should have come more than a month earlier than me..." Yang Muge said.

Draxler turned his attention to Zhou Yi. Last time he saw him still in Dortmund U17. Now seeing him again, he has already gone to Dortmund U19, and his speed has soared...

How does an amateur player do it?

In Draxler's opinion, Zhou Yi had too many confuses, which made him very curious and unwilling to accept that he actually lost to an amateur player!

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When the game officially started, Schalke 04, who played at home, used their home advantage to launch a fierce offensive against Dortmund U19.

The stands were also full of shouts from Schalke 04 fans.

Due to the tension between fans on both sides, few fans are willing to go to the opponent's stadium to watch the game in person. It's not that they are worried about being beaten up, but because of disdain.

This is true for both the first team and the U19 game.

Last time in the U17 Ruhr derby, Dortmund was at home, and Schalke 04 had almost no fans.

With the advantage of home court, Schalke 04 performed very well.

Although their results in the entire U19 league are not good, the derby has always been mentioned separately.

The gap in strength between the two sides can be made up in the derby battle.

So when the game was thirty minutes into the game, Schalke 04 scored two goals in a row and took two goals to lead, which was not surprising.

There was a thunderous cheer on the scene.

But Dortmund U19 did not give up.

The importance of the derby is the same for both sides. Schalke 04 is so motivated. After scoring two goals, how could Dortmund give up easily?

So after gradually recovering and resisting Schalke 04's fierce attack, Dortmund began to brew a counterattack.

The planner of the counterattack is naturally Zhou Yi, who is now the core of the midfield of U19.

Although due to physical fitness, he cannot guarantee that he will play 90 minutes in every game, it is much better than if he had to be replaced in about 70 minutes in every game when he was with the Chinese team.

Whether it is physical fitness or strength, after receiving professional and formal training, Zhou Yi has made significant progress.

The scientific and correct training method coupled with the diligent and hard-working training attitude is the key reason why Zhou Yi has made rapid progress.

Zhou Yi frequently passes and receives balls with his teammates on the court. If there are statistics, it can be found that the player he passed the ball the most is Gotze.

After more than a month of competition and training, the tacit understanding between the two has surpassed other teammates.

When Goze was getting the ball on the side, he suddenly changed his desire to go to the middle, and he was naturally defended by Schalke 04 players. In an instant, three Schalke 04 players appeared around him, preventing him from continuing to break into the penalty area.

Instead of driving the ball to forcefully break through, Gotze chose to pass the football out.

He passed the football to Zhou Yi, who was picking up him in the middle.

Then he cut in the air without the ball.

After receiving Goce's ball, Zhou Yi did not stop, but passed it directly!

He picked the football over the head of the Schalke 04 defender who was rushing up, and fell into the gap behind the Schalke 04 defense line!

And Gotze just ran wherever he caught the ball and was not offside!

"pretty!!"
To be continued...