In the Asian qualifiers for the Olympic Games the next day, the Chinese national Olympic team faced the challenge of the Qatar national Olympic team at home.

All four of the five dragons started.

At their home court, the four little dragons performed well and led the Chinese National Olympic Team to defeat the Qatar National Olympic Team 1-0.

After winning two consecutive games, the Chinese National Olympic Team ranked second with six points, only one point behind the South Korean team, which had a seven-pointer. The South Korean National Olympic Team tied the Qatar National Olympic Team 1:1 away in the last match day.

In this way, the gap between the two teams is not that obvious.

The rules for the Olympic qualifiers are that the first group of three groups is to directly qualify for the Olympics, and the second group of three groups is to fight against each other, and the team with the best final result will get the last place to participate.

If the Chinese team wants to qualify for the Olympic finals, they must at least get the second in their own group.

However, in the hearts of the four little dragons, second in the group is not a goal. For the four of them, if they have to compete with the second in the other two groups in the end, it would be a waste of time.

They themselves cannot have so much time and energy to fly back to Asia frequently to compete from Europe.

So in fact, there is only one choice, that is, to win the first place in the group and go straight to London. As for the Korean team?

Let them compete with the second place in the other two groups for the last place.

On February 22 next year, the Chinese National Olympic Team will welcome the South Korean National Olympic Team at home. This game will determine who is the boss in this group.

As long as the Chinese team can defeat the South Korean team, it can complete the overtake.

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After the national Olympic team's game ended, the four little dragons returned from China to their respective clubs to prepare for their league.

On the other hand, after Zhou Yi’s location, Dortmund also rose to the first place in the league after winning the Ruhr derby.

Because in the same league round, Bayern Munich lost to Mainz 2:3 away.

Now the two teams are a full three-point gap.

In fact, from another perspective, it can be seen as Schalke 04 will lead their mortal enemy to the top in the league.

Schalke 04's head coach Stevens has a newspaper on the desk, which is the local media "Gelsenkirchen", which is published in an important position on the content of the just-concluded Ruhr derby.

The picture is worthy of Schalke 04's player's expression of annoyance and frustration after conceding the ball, while the background is a scene where Dortmund players celebrate happily.

The title is a bit scary: "Full Failure!"

The subtitle is "Our midfielder is completely suppressed and has no power to fight back!"

Stevens crossed his hands and his chin, and his eyes fell on another small photo in the newspaper.

Next to the main text is a close-up photo of Zhou Yi.

The article next to the photo reads: "...As the core of Dortmund's midfield, Zhou Yi did not encounter much trouble in the game, and our midfield could not curb him at all. I think this is the key reason for the defeat in this game... Jones worked very hard in the game, but he seemed to have nothing but hard work. A yellow card in the first half ruined his second half, and he was too reckless... Of course, Zhou Yi is a very outstanding player, but is he invincible? I don't believe it is, but we just haven't found a suitable way to deal with him..."

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After Yang Muge returned to Schalke, the first thing he did was to call Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, I think maybe it would be better if I left Schalke 04."

Zhou Yi was not surprised, but just said half-jokingly: "It's a pity that we can't have a Chinese derby in the Ruhr area." Then he said, "But actually, I don't really recommend you leave now."

"Huh?" Yang Muge was surprised to hear Zhou Yi say this on the phone. Because Zhou Yi always suggested that he rent it out to find a stable chance to play football, but he didn't make up his mind at that time.

Now he finally made up his mind, but Zhou Yi didn't recommend him to leave.

"Why?" he asked.

Zhou Yi patiently explained to Yang Muge on the phone. "If it weren't for this Ruhr derby, Lao Yang, I really recommend you to loan it out during the winter break. But after a Ruhr derby, many things were changed. Schalke's weakness in the midfield of 04 was exposed. Do you know what it is, Lao Yang?"

"Defense?" Yang Muge guessed.

"Why did Bingo Schalke lose to Dortmund in 04? Isn't it because he didn't defend me in the midfield?" Zhou Yi said this very arrogantly, but Yang Muge did not tease Zhou Yi because it was the fact. "This is actually your opportunity, Lao Yang. Everyone realizes that there is something wrong with your midfield defense, and you are defending in the midfield. Do you think it's your opportunity now? I think as long as your head coach Stevens has no problem with his brain, he will go to you, and you don't have to go to him at all."

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Yang Muge was still a little skeptical about Zhou Yi's firm judgment. He always felt that things would not be that simple - if Schalke lost the ball in 04, he would get the chance himself?

Wouldn't that be as Zhou Yi said before, that I should still hope Schalke lost 04?

But the next day, when he returned to the team to train, he was called to the office by head coach Stevens!

When Yang Muge heard the head coach looking for him, he was stunned.

I never thought that Zhou Yi was so amazing, he was completely predictable...

But is the head coach who is looking for himself for the sake of the game? Yang Muge is not very sure.

He knocked on Stevens' door with all kinds of guesses.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw the head coach sitting behind the table and signaled to him: "Sit down, young man."

Yang Muge sat on the chair and looked at the head coach.

"How is it? Are you tired? I know that China is very far away."

Seeing the head coach talking to him with a kind look, Yang Muge was thinking about what Zhou Yi said to him yesterday.

This kind of care is considered...respected?

"After resting yesterday, I'm not tired anymore, sir." Yang Muge replied politely.

"I heard you won both games, where are you playing in the National Olympic Team?"

"It's also a back-down."

"Defense?"

"While defending, we also need to take into account some tasks of organizing offense..."

Stevens seemed to be very interested in Yang Muge's style of playing football in the National Olympic Team and asked in detail, and Yang Muge also knew everything and answered all the questions of the head coach in detail.

After asking the question, the two of them said a few more casually, and Stevens asked Yang Muge to leave.

From beginning to end, Schalke 04 was not mentioned, nor did he make any promises to Yang Muge.

It seems that it's just curious.

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However, in the 15th round of the league, before Schalke 04's home match against Augsburg, Yang Muge learned that he was put on the starting list of this game...

He called Zhou Yi in surprise and joy: "Zhou Yi! I'm starting!"

"Isn't that good? Lao Yang. Seize this opportunity!" Zhou Yi laughed on the phone.

When Yang Muge heard Zhou Yi say this, he thought of Hao Junmin's advice.

"If the opportunity arises, you must seize it."

"Yes, Zhou Yi, I will definitely catch it!" Yang Muge said.

That night, the group also learned about Yang Muge's debut, and everyone congratulated Yang Muge.

However, Yang Muge did not respond to them, and he did not go online at all.

"I guess Lao Yang was so nervous that he went to bed early, so he wasn't online..." Guo Nu guessed.

"Bad, if you are really nervous, you shouldn't be able to sleep!" Sun Pan refuted Guo Nu's guess.

"If he can't sleep, why don't he join the group?"

"God knows..."

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In fact, Yang Muge was indeed a little nervous, so he didn't fall asleep, but he didn't have the heart to chat and spank with everyone online.

He tossed and turned in the bed and fell asleep for a long time.

When he woke up the next day, Raul, who was in the same room with him, smiled at him: "Young man, have you not had a good sleep at night?"

"Well……"

"There is a bit loud noise when I turn over."

Yang Muge quickly apologized to Raul: "I'm sorry, Raul, I've disturbed you..."

"Are you nervous?" Raul smiled and shook his head, then asked.

Yang Muge scratched his head.

"It's normal to be nervous in the first professional game in life." Raul waved his hand and said to Yang Muge with a smile: "I was also very nervous before my first professional game."

Yang Muge looked at Raul in surprise. He was familiar with Raul's story. He was selected to the starting list in the match against Zaragoza, which was his first appearance on behalf of Real Madrid's first team.

Before the game, when he knew from Bardano that he was going to start in this game, he was very confident and calm.

But that was all the news he saw in other ways. He was not Bardano, nor Raul Gonzalez, and he didn't know every detail that happened.

Maybe the information is made up by others?

Yang Muge himself didn't know either.

"Yes, I was quite calm at the time, but I tossed and turned like you the night before the game. Thank you for letting me recall my youth again, haha!" Raul laughed.

Yang Muge also smiled. He didn't know if Raul was really as nervous as he could not sleep, but he was very grateful to Raul now because his words made him less nervous.

"Thank you, Raul. I feel much better."
Chapter completed!