Sure enough, just three days before the start of the league, Klopp announced that the team had a day off.≤,

Although it only takes one day, it is a rare opportunity for Dortmund players to relax.

Zhou Yi slept in a lazy sleep at home before getting up, then washed up and left, set off for Gelsenkirchen near Dortmund.

Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen are completely two cities, but they are not far apart. If you understand Zhou Yi, in China, these two cities should be two districts of the same city.

But in Germany, these are two cities, very close to each other, but have deep grievances.

In addition to going to the competition, Zhou Yi never took the initiative to go to Gelsenkirchen. This time it was because Yang Muge was training there and they made an appointment to have lunch together, so Zhou Yi simply went to Gelsenkirchen to wait for Yang Muge so that he would not rush to Dortmund after training.

For Chinese fans, Schalke 04 is a very familiar name, but the name Gelsenkirchen is a little unfamiliar. Many people don’t even know which city the Schalke 04 team is in, and some even think it’s in Schalke.

Schalke 04 is good in Schalke, but Schalke is not a city, but a district. The city where Schalke 04 is located is called Gelsenkirchen, and Schalke is a district of this city.

Because of football, Schalke District is famous all over the world, and Gelsenkirchen is not that famous. But in fact, Gelsenkirchen is a very famous city in history because it is a famous coal production in Germany. During the heyday of the mining industry, sixty coal mines were put into production here, and a large number of blast furnaces, coke ovens and steel plants gave Gelsenkirchen an alias of Thousand Fire City.

Sounds cool, right?

However, with the decline of mining, Gelsenkirchen has closed most of the coal mines, and all the blast furnace chimneys that have stood everywhere in the past have disappeared.

The transition period of German industry is most evident in industrial cities like Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund.

Gelsenkirchen once had the highest unemployment rate in Germany for ten years, and Dortmund next door was not much better.

But now, both cities have completed transformation, and a large number of coal miners have disappeared, either retired or switched to other jobs, such as the service industry.

However, the traditional culture of the working class has been preserved perfectly in football.

Football is originally a working class sport, both in Scotland and Germany. Miners are the main force of football. The industry can be transformed, but the football culture has been passed down from generation to generation. Even if the people here no longer continue to engage in the coal mining industry, their love for football has not changed due to industrial transformation.

Even after the decline of the coal mine industry, the working class culture carried by football became more and more heavy. People from the two cities placed their nostalgia for the past on football, and football became the best carrier to prove that these coal workers were once glorious.

So these two cities are particularly crazy about football. How loyal Dortmund fans are, there is evidence of the South Stand, and Schalke 04 fans are not inferior. The biggest record holder of European football stadium decibels is Schalke 04 fans. In a game in 2007, after the team scored a goal, more than 60,000 fans collectively cheered as high as 129 decibels.

Because of this, the hottest derby in German football is not the Munich derby in Bayern Munich and Munich 1860, nor the German national derby in Bayern Munich and Dortmund. It is the Ruhr derby in Dortmund and Schalke 04. This derby is even a famous hot derby in world football.

Because these two cities are so similar in terms of geographical location and the culture of the fans.

Zhou Yi took a bus from Dortmund to Gelsenkirchen. From the city itself, he didn't think there was any difference between the two cities. However, after coming to Gelsenkirchen, the blue and whites they saw were obviously much more than in Dortmund, while in Dortmund, the most common ones they saw were yellow and black.

This difference reminded Zhou Yi that he came to a city where Dortmund is enemies, and he had to be careful not to let the other fans recognize him. So he took out sunglasses from his pocket and put them on.

However, Zhou Yi was obviously worried. Even in the Schalke area of ​​Gelsenkirchen, no one could recognize Zhou Yi. People here are more concerned about Schalke 04 and are disdainful of Dortmund's players.

Zhou Yi wearing sunglasses is useless except that the sunlight reflected on the ground is not so dazzling.

In the agreed restaurant, Zhou Yi sat down for less than ten minutes when he saw Yang Muge pushing the door open and then looking around.

"Here!" Zhou Yi raised his hand and greeted. Yang Muge came with his reputation. He smiled after seeing Zhou Yi.

"I am really a big star." Yang Muge walked over and sat opposite Zhou Yi and said, "I have to disguise myself when I go out and wear a pair of sunglasses..."

"Where is it!" Zhou Yi waved his hand quickly, took off his sunglasses, and said with a serious expression. "I'm afraid of being beaten! This is an 'enemy-occupied area'!"

"Then do I want to send you to the public security organs?" Yang Muge said with a tense face.

"Old Yang, I believe you are not the kind of person who sells friends and seeks honor!" Zhou Yi said with a sense of righteousness.

Yang Muge didn't hold back and smiled, then looked Zhou Yi up and down: "Well, it's black and strong."

"From my appearance changes, you know what life I have lived during this period, right? It's simply hell!" Zhou Yi lay on the table and wailed.

"I've heard that Klopp is a head coach with very strict training requirements..."

"It's not just strict? It's simply strict! I tell you, do you know how we train? Practice three times a day, practice three times a day! And it's like this every day!" Zhou Yi complained.

When Yang Muge heard "three practices a day", he was moved by the intensity of training, both in Schalke 04's first team and youth team.

"It's not easy to be a professional player, Zhou Yi."

"Yes, yes. Hey, how are you? How long will it take to go to the first team?" Zhou Yi asked.

"I just went to u19, and it's still early for me to have the first team..."

"What do you think? You always have a position on yourself, right? In u19, what do you think of your strength?" Zhou Yi asked.

"I played a few warm-up matches and it felt pretty good. My task was relatively simple, which was to intercept in the midfield. Unlike you, you have to be responsible for organizing the offense."

"Hi, your job is not easy. Defense is a very difficult job." Since training under Klopp, Zhou Yi has deeply realized the difficulty and importance of defense. Klopp requires every player, whether it is a forward or a midfielder, to participate in defense. So, players who did not defend at all in the past have to start participating in defense on the court. He has a deep feeling, and defense is much more difficult than he had imagined before.

The two were having a lot of chatting, and a waiter came. He held two menus in his hand: "I'm sorry, sirs, what do you want to eat?"

The two of them then remembered that they had not ordered food yet, and they were just chatting as soon as they came in!

Zhou Yi patted his forehead and then smiled.

Yang Muge also smiled, took the menu, and gave Zhou Yi a copy.

The two of them quickly chose what to eat on the menu. In fact, what they eat doesn't matter. They gathered together mainly for chatting, as long as they could fill their stomachs. The taste was just as good as it was.

They ordered a good meal quickly and sent the waiter away, and the two of them started chatting again.

"Look, the waiter didn't recognize you, so you don't have to worry about being beaten." Yang Muge teased.

Zhou Yi grinned: "I found that Lao Yang has changed a lot after you came to Germany. Do you like to get into the knife now..."

Yang Muge smiled and said, "Who made you the best among the five of us now? A big tree attracts wind. Who will do it if you don't make a target?"

When Yang Muge talked about this, Zhou Yi became interested: "By the way, how are they?"

"Old Sun is in Chelsea, do you know?"

"Yeah. I know." Zhou Yi nodded.

"He is still in u17, but he has already played the main player in u17. However, it is difficult for him to play in the first team. Not to mention that the main goalkeeper of the first team is Cech, just say that the labor certificate issue is a hurdle that he can't avoid."

"This is...so actually I don't recommend him to go to the Premier League club. Where is Lao Guo?"

"Old Guo also played in Inter Milan's U18."

"He speaks Italian... still stutters?" Zhou Yi murmured to himself while touching his chin.

"I'm blacklisted again." Yang Muge covered his mouth and laughed.

"No, no..." Zhou Yi came to his senses and waved his hand quickly, "It was not intentional."

Yang Muge nodded and smiled, "I know you didn't mean it. You were completely subconsciously black. You were conditioned reflexes from hearing the name Lao Guo."

"Okay, we won't mention this. What about He Ying?"

Yang Muge spread his hands: "He Ying and I are not very familiar with him, so we don't know much about his current situation. However, when he first went to Lamacia, there were still media in China who reported it for a while. It is said that he performed very well and was unanimously recognized by coach Lamacia."

"Normal, he is a very talented person. If he continues to stay in China, it is not good. Domestic football will not help him progress." Zhou Yi nodded and analyzed. "It's good to go to Lamacia. I just don't know how long it will take for him to play in the first team. His problems are similar to Sun Pan. They are all the first team stars and the competition is too fierce..."

"So among us, you are the only one who has been promoted to the first team. Who should you be the target if you don't act as a target?"

"Hey? Hey, why did it turn to me again?" Zhou Yi protested, and he immediately changed the subject. "By the way, Lao Yang, do you usually get on Q?"

“Not too many, I don’t like online chat very much.”

"Oh, I don't like it very much. But I think there is any contact information that is more convenient, fast and cheaper than QQ when we are abroad? You can only call one-on-one, not one-on-many. So I just thought, otherwise we can build a group and bring them in, so that we can keep in touch for a long time, so that we won't even know everyone's recent situation. We can help you come up with ideas when there is anything. What do you think?"

Yang Muge thought about it carefully, then nodded: "I have no problem."

"Yes, I have considered it seriously. We are close to each other and can meet from time to time, but we can't meet too frequently. You and I have to train you, right? Others can't even meet each other. But if you are in the same group, even if you are not online at the time, what can I say? You can still see it after you go online. It's good to talk about it if you have something to do and chat with it if you have nothing to do."

Yang Muge nodded repeatedly, he had been persuaded by Zhou Yi.

"That's it. I'll build a group when I go back. Do you have their QQ account?" Zhou Yi asked.

"I have it. Let me build it." Yang Muge said.

“Okay.”

Just as he was talking, the food was served, Zhou Yi held the cup of juice: "Come on, toast to our reunion on the Internet!"

"Cheers." Yang Muge also picked up the glass, and the two cups collided gently, making a crisp sound.

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ps, if there is no accident, double updates will be resumed tomorrow!

But to discuss with you, I plan to learn about the circuit breaker mechanism of the stock market. In order to ensure the quality of the manuscripts, as long as the number of manuscripts in the book is less than ten chapters, the temporary update will be made every day, and the double update will be restored until the manuscripts are restored to more than ten chapters.

Actually, I have fourteen chapters of my manuscript now. But why didn’t I restore the double updates when it was ten chapters...

Because I still owe three chapters of the Alliance Leader to update, I have to save up these three chapters of the Alliance Leader to update.

Now, the fourteen chapters are just enough to save the manuscript.

Tomorrow, there will be another chapter on the basis of the double updates! The day after tomorrow, there will be another chapter on the basis of the double updates, until the league leader is finished.
Chapter completed!