Although it is a training camp, there are still time for reporters to interview and ask questions every week. This time, Zhou Yi was chosen to attend the mid-week press conference with head coach Klopp.

It happened that Dortmund officially announced the introduction of Shinji Kagawa, who was in the same position as Zhou Yi. At this press conference, these two young players became the topics of concern to reporters.

A Chinese reporter asked Klopp: "Aren't you worried about his overlapping position with Zhou Yi when buying Shinji Kagawa?"

Klopp shook his head: "Don't worry, the two of them have different styles of playing football and their roles on the team. Moreover, Zhou Yi's range of activities is very large. Although he and Shinji Kagawa are both front midfielders, their positions do not overlap."

Another reporter asked him: "Is this due to concerns about Zhou Yi's physical fitness?"

"We are going to participate in the Champions League this season, strengthen the team's lineup, supplement our strength, and have multiple high-level players in the same position. It is a very normal choice." Klopp denied the reporter's speculation.

Next, a reporter threw the question to Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, are you worried about the threat Kagawa Shinji brings to you?"

Zhou Yi smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry."

The answer was very simple, but it can be seen that he was full of confidence.

When Chinese journalists saw that Zhou Yi had such confidence, they felt a little calmer, but they still had to ask clearly: "Do you think you can coexist with Shinji Kagawa?"

Faced with this problem, Zhou Yi spread his hands: "This... I have never seen him, nor have I trained and competed with him. How do you know if it can coexist?"

The reporters also realized that they were a little too hasty.

No one came to the question of whether it could coexist. How do you say it?

Through this press conference, Chinese media saw Zhou Yi’s confidence, which is a good thing. Zhou Yi has confidence and is not afraid of competition, so they are not so anxious.

Now that Shinji Kagawa hasn't come to the team yet, when he comes, there is a problem that makes everyone care about it inside the team. How should Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa get along?

A Chinese, a Japanese, in the same position, competitor.

It's so curious.

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For Zhou Yi, this question is actually not complicated at all. How he gets along with other teammates usually, just how he gets along with Shinji Kagawa.

Shinji Kagawa is one of his teammates, that's all.

As for the issue of coexistence with Shinji Kagawa, he was not worried, because he felt that whether he could coexist was something that Shinji Kagawa should consider, not himself. If Shinji Kagawa could not coexist with him and was in excellent condition, Klopp would definitely have no reason to replace him, right?

So just follow your own pace.

Now Zhou Yi's long pass has made great progress compared to when he started long pass training last season.

In the last game of last season, he almost completed a beautiful assist with a long pass, but unfortunately Barrios wasted it.

After more than two months of training every night, Zhou Yi's long pass performance in the virtual space is getting better and better.

At the same time, as his physical fitness improved, his range of movement on the court further increased, and his chances of using long passes increased a lot. He fully realized the pleasure of finding teammates dozens of meters away with a precise long pass.

It's like a cruise missile, hitting wherever it is!

Now when he retreats to the front of the back line and the defenders, if he wants to advance, he doesn't need to pass back and forth with his midfield teammates and advance to the front layer by layer. Although it is safe, it is too slow, and the opponent can quickly retreat and organize the defense line. In this way, when Dortmund's offense advances to the front court, he will start fighting position again.

Although Zhou Yi still has excellent situation analysis skills in positional warfare, wouldn’t it be better if he could use a simpler and faster way to solve the battle?

Now Zhou Yi has a new weapon. When he is in the backcourt, he can launch a long pass and fast attack at any time. As long as he sees the gap in front, he can immediately pass the ball more than 40 meters long and send the ball up. He caught the opponent off guard.

Moreover, having long passes also makes Zhou Yi's offensive methods more varied, making it more difficult for the opponent to prevent him from passing long or short passes. So how do the opponent know what he will do next?

It is precisely because of the tips in terms of strength that Zhou Yi is full of confidence and is not afraid of any challenges.

Besides, if the main position is retained because no one challenges him, doesn’t that mean that he is actually quite weak?

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Amid the doubts, worries and curiosity of Chinese media and fans, Shinji Kagawa finally came to the training ground in Dortmund in Austria.

There was a huge Japanese media reporting team with no less than fifty people who came with him.

When they appeared outside the training base, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Good guy, this scene!" Some of the Chinese reporters said, "I'm hugging in front of you!"

"In terms of appearance, he has already beat Zhou Yi!" someone joked.

"It's a pity that I can't go to the locker room. I really want to see the scene of the two of them meeting..." Some reporters felt sorry for missing such a large amount of news materials.

"I said comrades, should we hang the national flag on our chest in the future, so as not to be considered Japanese in the future?"

"How can that be? Japanese people are so vulgar, they look different from Chinese people at first glance!"

"For foreigners, how can they distinguish the difference between China and Japan?"

"Oh, that's right...but I don't think we have to worry too much. Let's come first, and they will arrive later. If they are mistakenly recognized, they are mistakenly recognized as Chinese!"

A group of Chinese journalists were watching the fun while talking.

Then Shinji Kagawa entered the training base, and the Japanese reporters were blocked outside, just like the Chinese reporters, but they were still looking around at the training base with great enthusiasm.

When Chinese journalists saw this, they suddenly thought of how they looked when they came to the training base after they knew that Zhou Yi was transferred to the first team.

The hostility I had towards them before suddenly became lighter because everyone was the same person, and they could fully understand the mood of these Japanese journalists.

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So what exactly did Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa meet in the locker room?

When Shinji Kagawa came to the locker room accompanied by Junhei Yamamori and led by assistant coach Buvac, the players who were originally chatting all quieted down and turned to look at Shinji Kagawa.

"Hi, guys. I've brought you a new teammate. Japanese player, Shinji Kagawa!" Assistant coach Buvaki said concisely, straight to the point, and didn't say much nonsense.

Captain Kyle took the lead and stretched out his hand to Shinji Kagawa: "Hello, I am Sebastian Kyle. The team captain, you can find me any questions."

After listening to Junhei Yamamori's translation, Shinji Kagawa nodded repeatedly, bowed slightly, and held Kyle's hand.

"Hey, Zhou Yi. I know how to distinguish between Chinese and Japanese." Mark whispered beside Zhou Yi.

"How to distinguish?" Zhou Yi was curious.

"The Japanese people who always like to nod and bow when speaking..."

"Ha..." Zhou Yi covered his mouth and smiled, "You have observed it very carefully!"

Chinese people are indeed not talking and keep nodding and bowing. But they don’t know why there is such a difference.

While the two of them were talking, Kyle began to introduce his teammates one by one with Shinji Kagawa. When Shinji Kagawa saw every teammate, he would nod and bow slightly when he greeted them, which looked very polite.

But Mark had a different perspective: "Hey, if you say that the Japanese always bow like this, will their waists be better?"

"This..." Zhou Yi was asked, and he really didn't know whether the proportion of people with lumbar disc herniation in Japanese is the Japanese.

As he was talking, Kyle led Shinji Kagawa to Mark and Zhou Yi.

"This is Mark, Mark Wagner, who was transferred from the second team to train with the team." Kyle introduced.

After Yamamori Junhei finished translating, Kagawa also held Mark's hand, then bowed slightly and said in Japanese: "Hello, I am Shinji Kagawa, please take care of me!"

There is no change in attitude just because Mark is a player who was drawn from the second team to train with the team.

Next, it’s Zhou Yi’s turn.

"This one is..."

Before Kyle finished speaking, he saw that Shinji Kagawa had already asked first: "This is Zhou Sang!"

"Huh?" Zhou Yi was surprised, "Do you know me?"

Not only him, but Kyle and others were also surprised. Will Shinji Kagawa know Zhou Yi?

Gotze also asked Mark in a low voice: "Do they know?"

Mark shook his head in confusion: "I don't know..."

"Hi, what's strange about this?" Groskreutz looked like I knew it. "Isn't it normal for them to know each other as Chinese and Japanese, so close?"

Everyone was wondering. Shinji Kagawa had a string of Japanese, and then Yamamori Junhei translated it into German to answer Zhou Yi's confusion: "When I was in Japan, I often heard Kistersan mention you..."

Zhou Yi didn't expect Shinji Kagawa to know Kister: "Do you know Tim?"

"Yes, I know him, and he strongly persuaded me to join Dortmund. He also often mentioned Zhou Sang to me, saying that you are the most powerful young man he has ever seen!" Shinji Kagawa said with a smile, and it was obvious that his relationship with Kister should be good.

This made Zhou Yi feel that he had brought the Japanese player closer all of a sudden, because both of them were friends with the same person.

"Ha, I don't dare to be it. How about Tim?"

"It's very good, he asked me to greet you, saying that because of work, I can't go back to Germany to see you, I'm sorry." As he said that, Shinji Kagawa took a step back and bowed to Zhou Yi, which was a little bigger than the previous angle. Obviously, he did this by Detim Kister.

Zhou Yi waved his hand quickly: "No need, no need."

Kyle didn't expect that Shinji Kagawa and Zhou Yi started chatting. He quickly coughed and said to Shinji Kagawa: "That, let's go next..."

Shinji Kagawa reacted and quickly apologized to Kyle, then said to Zhou Yi: "I'll go first..."

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "You can do it first, let's talk later."

Shinji Kagawa bowed slightly to Zhou Yi again, and then followed Kyle to his next teammate.

The Chinese journalists outside the training base speculated that they were worried about the encounter scene of gunpowder smell, and it seemed that the style was completely wrong...
Chapter completed!