Shahin's transfer from Dortmund naturally affected Zhou Yi.

As a player who was the core task of the team's organization with Shahin last season, what should he do after Shahin is gone?

Should I take the lead alone? Or will someone come to share the pressure and responsibility with him?

This is a question that everyone is very concerned about, especially Chinese fans and journalists.

As Chinese, they certainly hope to see Chinese players taking the lead in a team of giants. But reason tells them that with Zhou Yi’s current physical fitness problems, it is unrealistic to take the lead alone.

So a reporter who is familiar with Zhou Yi called directly to ask questions.

"I don't know what the coach thinks about it, but I follow the coach's arrangements."

Zhou Yi’s answer was not satisfied with the reporter. He asked: “What do you think yourself? Don’t you want to take the lead alone?”

"Of course I want to. But it doesn't make sense if I think about it or not. I also want the Chinese team to win the World Cup. Do I want it useful?" Zhou Yi said.

"Uh..." The reporter who called the reporter to ask was speechless.

"Anyway, it depends on how the head coach arranges it. I will do whatever he arranges it. I will know it naturally. There is no hurry now." In fact, Zhou Yi knew how Klopp arranged it, but he did not tell these reporters, but chose to hide it.

That's what he thought.

I don’t know yet whether I can really improve my physical fitness level through this holiday special training to the point where I can take the lead.

If I would let go of the words that I would be the core next season but didn’t practice well, wouldn’t it be a joke then?

Cunning... No, how could Zhou Yi, who is smart, make such a thing happen?

So he chose to hide it now, so it would be convenient for him to show off at that time.

After hanging up the phone, Klopp looked at Zhou Yi: "Have you finished the phone?"

"The fight is over, coach."

"Put your phone in your bag and don't answer the phone during training." Klopp pointed to the backpack that Zhou Yi carried.

"Okay, coach." Zhou Yi hurried over and stuffed his phone into his schoolbag.

Next, physical fitness coach Bartlett said to Zhou Yi: "Be prepared, Zhou Yi, this training may be different than the training you have received before..."

"Why is it different?" Zhou Yi asked.

Bartlett did not answer this question, but asked Zhou Yi: "What do you think of the pre-season training last season?"

Zhou Yi glanced at Klopp standing next to him and said, "Can you tell the truth?"

"Of course." Bartlett smiled.

"Uh, hell..." Zhou Yi said with his neck shrank.

The pre-season training camp of last season did leave a very deep impression on Zhou Yi. It was so miserable that it could not be looked back on...

When Bartlett and Klopp looked at each other and both of them smiled.

Then Klopp raised his face and said to Zhou Yi: "Is hell? That's just the first five levels of hell. Now be ready to see the tenth level of hell."

Upon hearing Klopp say this, Zhou Yi opened his mouth wide and widened his eyes: "This, is it still time for me to give up now, coach?"

Klopp stared at him: "What do you think? Hell is not a place where you can come whenever you want, and you can go whenever you want? Go to train!"

He kicked Zhou Yi in the butt as if he was really kicked. Zhou Yi jumped up with his butt and ran to the court.

"Come on warm-up!" Klopp shouted behind him.

In this way, when Zhou Yi's teammates left Dortmund and began their vacation trip, Zhou Yi's special training during the holiday also began.

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While Zhou Yi was conducting his unknown special training, the Bundesliga season officially ended.

Dortmund's performance this season is ups and downs. At the beginning of the season, he performed very badly. Everyone once thought that Dortmund would play in the Bundesliga next season.

But the sign of the change was Shahin's injury. After Shahin was injured, Zhou Yi replaced him and led the team to a climax of a row of winning streaks. Then Shahin returned from injury, and Klopp introduced a dual-core tactic. After a brief running-in, the dual-core operation was normal, helping the team win consecutively.

In the end, Dortmund's season ranking was fixed at second place.

They have qualified for the Champions League next season!

You should know that at the beginning of the season, Klopp set a goal for the team only to be able to qualify for next season's Europa League.

Unexpectedly, the final result was much better than he thought.

The reason why Dortmund has such a change in performance is inseparable from one person.

Zhou Yi, as a young player who was transferred to the first team this season, has experienced a fantastic season.

He was ordered in the middle of the process and performed much more than people expected him.

Starting from the 14th round of the league, Hoffenheim away, neither the starter nor the substitute, he did not miss any of the next league games of Dortmund. He played twenty-one in the league, scored two goals, assisted... fourteen times!

This number also makes Zhou Yi the assisting king of the Bundesliga this season!

Behind him are famous players, Ozil, Misimovic and Marin, all ranked second in the assist list with twelve assists.

So after the end of the season, Zhou Yi also received a lot of attention.

Dortmund's local Ruhr News believes that Zhou Yi is the "biggest discovery of the season" of the Bundesliga.

"Kicker" also has a very high evaluation of Zhou Yi, "...In him (Zhou Yi), we can see the shadows of those great passers in history. This young Chinese man has a talent far beyond ordinary people. He may still lack technical and physical skills, but his psychological quality allows him to have greater room for improvement in the future..."

"Photo Biography" called Zhou Yi's final result "incredible": "He only played twenty-one games, and many games were replaced in advance in 60 or 70 minutes. Even so, he still made fourteen assists! If he could give him a full season, he could play the whole game in every game... It's hard to imagine what achievements he would achieve in the end! Dortmund's final result of this season is inseparable from Zhou Yi!"

For Chinese fans, after the season is over, what they like most is the media’s evaluation of Zhou Yi’s performance this season.

The Chinese media are naturally very clear, so they translated the comments of foreign media on Zhou Yi, and also evaluated Zhou Yi's performance.

Of course, the Chinese media may be accustomed to inferiority. Even when praising Zhou Yi, they still do not forget to "be prepared for danger in times of peace" and make an outlook on Zhou Yi's performance in the next season, which is filled with concerns.

"...While we are happy about Zhou Yi's performance this season, we cannot forget that this result is based on Zhou Yi's first appearance in the Bundesliga, and everyone is not very familiar with him. Many rookies have performed well in the first season, but their performance declined in the second season, commonly known as the "rookie wall". Of course, we don't want Zhou Yi to encounter the "rookie wall", but we also need to see that Zhou Yi's current shortcomings are still very obvious, that is, his body and skills.

Physical, Zhou Yi's physical fitness and strength are obvious shortcomings. Dortmund will fight on both sides next season, and the physical fitness requirements are very high. In addition, the Champions League match is different from the Bundesliga. In the Champions League, the physical confrontation is more intense, which also puts higher requirements on Zhou Yi's strength...

Technically, Zhou Yi's short pass technique is very excellent, but it seems too single. He only has short passes and poor long passes. In addition to passing, his abilities in other aspects are also very average. He rarely sees him dribbling the ball and getting rid of it, and his speed is not fast... These are all problems that Zhou Yi does.

If such a problem cannot be effectively solved, once the opponent has studied the characteristics of Zhou Yi, he may be under the opponent's key guard during the game, and his performance will be ups and downs... Of course, we all hope that Zhou Yi's career will be smooth, but to be honest, the possibility is very slim. Anyone will have to encounter setbacks and fail to become stronger. Therefore, I sincerely hope that Zhou Yi will not be lost by his outstanding performance in the first season, clearly recognize his shortcomings, and strive to improve. You must know that he is not playing football for himself. Behind him, there are still tens of millions of Chinese fans watching him..."

Zhou Jianliang slapped the newspaper on the table.

Li Cuiyun next to her was surprised: "What's wrong?"

"Hmph! I dare to look down on my son!" Zhou Jianliang said angrily.

Li Cuiyun picked up the newspaper and read it, and then said, "What people said is true. Zhou Yi does have these problems."

"Yes, there is indeed, but isn't my son working hard to solve these problems now? Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to come back home!" Zhou Jianliang was still dissatisfied.

"The reporter doesn't know." Li Cuiyun was still relatively calm.

"Okay... I'll give them a surprise in the new season! I'll scare them!" Zhou Jianliang snorted. "I'm so sorry I won't see their expressions then..."
Chapter completed!