After leaving Radksburg, the whole Dortmund team arrived in the picturesque Switzerland and began their second training camp. This training camp was mainly based on technical and tactical training, mainly to give players a further understanding of the team's basic tactics.

Last season was Klopp's first season taking over Dortmund. After Door led Dortmund to the 13th league, Klopp's first season coaching Dortmund was considered good, and he finally ranked sixth, just one step away from qualifying for the Europa League next season.

Dortmund has shown some signs of Klopp's tactical thinking last season.

Then this season, Klopp will deepen and mature this tactic.

Simply put, the most important point of Klopp's tactics is to emphasize running.

All players do not play football in their own position, but run non-stop throughout the game. They press in high positions when defending, and advance in crazy rapidity when attacking.

This sounds a bit like the tactics adopted by Zhou Yi’s opponent in the U19 German Cup finals, Freiburg U19.

Zhou Yi was in Dortmund's u19 and Gotze and Mark played the football with fast passes and running, so it was not difficult for Zhou Yi to adapt to the rapid advancement in the offense. Moreover, his talent is more suitable for such fast-promoting football, because he must catch the football before observing the situation. He had already observed all the situations before the football reached his feet.

He naturally handles the ball faster than other players.

Therefore, in physical training, Zhou Yi's performance was not outstanding. The deepest impression he left on everyone is that he is the one who is the most embarrassed after every training.

But in the technical and tactical training, when the whole team started to practice together, Zhou Yi made everyone's eyes lit up.

During the first day of training, Groschloitz was just about to raise his hand on the side and signaled Zhou Yi to pass the ball to him. As a result, his hand was only halfway through, and he saw that the football had flown towards him. He quickly raised his foot to stop the ball, but it was too hasty. He asked him to stop the football from the sideline...

The whistle of assistant coach Buvac sounded, training was about to start over, and other players' running positions were in vain.

"Kevin, don't be distracted during training!" Buvac shouted.

Groschloitz defended aggrievedly: "I'm not distracted. Coach!"

Then he turned his eyes to Zhou Yi's...back.

I just ran to the position, and his football came... He knew in advance that I would run to this position and then ask him for the ball?

Groschloitz's mind was full of question marks.

Training continues. Paraguay striker Lucas Barrios, who just transferred from Chile to Kloklo this summer, saw a gap behind two defenders teammates.

He was a little hesitant. The space was very hidden from his position. He was not sure whether his teammates could discover it in time.

But the forward's instinct still made him quickly move forward. As soon as he crawled through the two defender teammates, the football actually appeared on his side!

He stretched out his foot and intercepted the football, then took the opportunity to shoot, and the football came into the net!

Although Weidenfell made a save, Barrios's shot too fast and suddenly, his reaction was still half a beat slower.

After a cheer sounded outside the court, it was different from the fully enclosed physical training in Radksburg. The training here is semi-closed, which is sometimes open to the public. The first training class here, Klopp was open to the public, so the first training class here was not close to watching Dortmund training on the training ground. There were also the head coach of Klopp, as well as the loyal Dortmund fans and reporters who came from Germany all the way.

As the team's latest recruitment this season, Barrios spent 4.2 million euros on the team. How well his performance and whether his strength is worthy of this price is naturally a matter of concern to the media and fans.

Many people were very happy to see Barrios' beautiful shot and cheered naturally.

The people outside the court were cheering, but Barrios, who scored the goal, did not have any excitement on his face. Instead, he was stunned. The series of movements just now were completely instincts that had not been thought through by his brain. He had not yet realized why the football arrived so quickly just now. He was a little busy and the ball stopped a little embarrassedly. If it weren't for his luck, maybe the ball could not be entered...

He secretly glanced at the head coach Klopp on the sidelines, and saw that he was applauding, and felt glad in his heart.

Then he turned his gaze to his teammates. Before he ran, he remembered that the young Chinese man Zhou Yi was the one who took the ball.

Was this ball he passed?

He was quite complacent when he discovered the hidden space, but now it seems that someone discovered the space earlier than him...

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Barrios only saw Klopp applauding on the sidelines, thinking Klopp was happy for his performance.

But what he didn't know was that he was thinking too much...

While Klopp was applauding, his eyes were staring at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi passed the ball very decisively. After getting the ball, he passed it out immediately. He did not look up and hesitate.

This is in line with what Klopp observed in the youth team competition.

Over the past few months, Zhou Yi's ability in this aspect has not deteriorated, but has become stronger.

This made Klopp feel relieved.

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After the six-on-eight offensive training, the team received a short break.

The players walked to the sidelines to drink water and rest, while assistant coach Bouvage came to Klopp from the field.

Klopp asked Buvac: "How is it?"

Bouvaci nodded: "It makes sense that the boy can be the core as soon as he goes to U19. His thinking is very clear and his understanding of the team's tactics is also very good. But I didn't understand one thing... How could he pass the football to the right place immediately after receiving the ball? Doesn't he need to observe and confirm it?"

Klopp shrugged: "Did you not notice that he always waves his head left and right during training? It's not that he doesn't observe, he just observes everything before receiving the ball."

After Klopp said this, Buvac really remembered that during training, Zhou Yi was indeed waving his head.

"So that's it... this kid may soon play in our first team..." Buvac sighed. There are so many young geniuses nowadays. Dortmund just released a Gotze, and now another Zhou Yi emerged.

"That may not be." Unexpectedly, Klopp answered him like this, which surprised Buvac.

Klopp said to Buvac, who looked surprised, "This child has a little bit outstanding, but his shortcomings are also outstanding."

"Are you talking about his physical fitness? But after previous pressing training, his physical fitness has improved greatly, enough to cope with the first team games..." Buvac said.

"No. Not enough." Klopp shook his head. "Because he still has to defend."

Buvac was stunned for a moment, then reacted and sighed. He felt regret for Zhou Yi. If Zhou Yi could have received regular professional training in the Dortmund club youth team like Gotze, he would have been the main player of the first team now...

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On the side of the player, Groschloitz grabbed Zhou Yi with a question mark on his head: "Hey, boy, you made me criticized by the coach!"

Zhou Yi was confused: "What's wrong?"

"The ball just now. I just ran to the place and your ball arrived. I didn't react at all. It stopped getting bigger, but the coach said I was gone. Where did I go away?"

Zhou Yi suddenly realized, then looked at Groschloitz with a smile.

"I found that you didn't have to look up to find someone before you passed the ball. How did you know that I would appear in that place and then you passed the ball over?" Groschloitz asked the question in his heart.

Zhou Yi asked Groschloitz: "There is a very obvious space ahead of you. Would you not run up?"

"Of course I will run..." Groschloitz seemed to understand before he finished speaking.

"That's all." Zhou Yi spread his hands. "Since you will run over, I will pass the football a little in advance so that you can get the ball just when you run. Isn't it better than if you run into the air and pass the ball?"

The conversation between Zhou Yi and Groschloitz also attracted the attention of other players. Everyone saw Zhou Yi's performance in the offensive training just now. When the ball hits his feet, the speed will become faster, because he rarely hesitates after getting the ball, looking up and observing. As soon as he receives the ball, he will immediately pass the ball. It may not necessarily pass the ball directly, and some seemingly ordinary crosses and back passes, but in short, the passing ball is very fast, and there is almost no time to stay or think. He is not like others. After getting the ball, he still has to observe and think, and then pass the ball out.

This also made other players who cooperated with him and received his passes felt a little uncomfortable.

They actually had questions in their hearts. After listening to the conversation between Zhou Yi and Groschloitz, the team's midfielder Kuba asked: "But Zhou Yi, how can you ensure that you will not pass the ball in advance?"

Zhou Yi didn't know how to explain it. He had to say, "Isn't this not spreading it? Kevin didn't expect it to stop growing."

He can't tell everyone: "Because I've been training with you in the virtual system for a long time, and I understand the running style and speed of each of you, so I know how to pass the ball the most appropriate."

In fact, in the virtual system, when he just started practicing with these teammates, he often had no tacit cooperation.

At that time, he had no idea about his new teammates who were not familiar with him, and he didn't know how to cooperate with them.

It was also through continuous training and running-in that I found the feeling bit by bit and accumulated experience.

Zhou Yi seems to be very fast in integrating into the team, which is just because he has taken the step of "everything is difficult to start" in the virtual system.

Kuba was not very satisfied with Zhou Yi's answer, and he asked, "What if? What if the spread is big?"

"Of course there may be a pass error, but I think this risk can be taken. Even if he didn't receive the ball and had the same situation as he had in training just now, it would be better to make a mistake on the side than to make a mistake in the middle?" Zhou Yi replied.

Kuba was speechless because Zhou Yi was right.

Whether the risk should be taken is not only good or not, but also the location of the risk. If you are at the forefront of your own penalty area, don’t think about taking risks, but choose the most secure way to deal with the ball. But if you are on the side, the risk is completely worth mentioning in the face of huge benefits.

The team's midfielder Shahin also raised his doubts: "Zhou Yi, if I remember correctly the ball from Barrios just now, you turned your back to him when he fucked forward, right?"

When Shahin said this, everyone remembered that Zhou Yi had his back to the goal before assisting Barrios. But as soon as he received the ball, he turned around and passed it straight, sending the ball to the space between the two central defenders, and then creating a chance for Barrios to shoot.

"Yes." Zhou Yi nodded.

"Then how did you know there was a time?" Shahin was very curious.

"Uh, I saw it."

"Do you have eyes on the back of your head?" Groschloitz felt that Zhou Yi was bragging.

"I saw it before I received the ball," said Zhou Yi. "So I passed the football out immediately. If I delayed a little more time, that space might be gone."

Shahin had to nodde when he said this. In fact, when Zhou Yi passed the football over, Subertic and Hummels were already closing the door.

It's indeed a little later, there is no need to pass the ball there.

Zhou Yi's answer made Shahin no longer have any questions.

Weidenfeller asked Gotze again: "Mario, is this how Zhou Yi played football when he was in the youth team?"

Gotze nodded: "Well, he has always been like this, and he passes the ball after getting the ball."

"No mistake?" Weidenfeller's eyes widened, a little surprised.

"Of course there is," Gotze said. "Sometimes he can pass the ball and make mistakes."

Weidenfell then breathed a sigh of relief: "I was shocked, I thought he had zero mistakes."

"No, Uncle Roman. That's not a human, but a robot." Gotze quickly comforted Weidenfell's frightened heart.

"But even so, Zhou Yi is quite awesome." Weidenfell sighed, "I am only eighteen years old..."

Gotze pointed at himself and said, "Uncle Roman, I am one year younger than him."

Weidenfell quickly smiled and patted Gotze's head: "You are amazing, Mario! Our Dortmund youth training camp has produced many excellent young people in recent years! Coach Klopp is another coach who likes to give young people opportunities. I think we Dortmund have a chance this time!"
Chapter completed!