In the following game, Xavi did not forget to observe Zhou Yi while sorting out the Barcelona midfielder.

He is really curious about this young man who is said to be exactly the same as his football style.

Now is a society with highly developed media, and it is not difficult to see a person's game. So Harvey has also known Zhou Yi and has seen some videos of Zhou Yi. He also believes that Zhou Yi's playing style is indeed somewhat similar to his.

But is this a careful imitation or a purely natural result?

Harvey believes that it is still difficult to understand clearly through the TV screen, and I am afraid it is better to have close contact. Then fighting with him is naturally the best way to observe.

Because he can experience Zhou Yi’s football in person at the closest place to Zhou Yi.

As he observed, Xavi felt that Zhou Yi had a deep understanding of Barcelona. He was very familiar with Barcelona's tactical style and understood the characteristics and style of almost every Barcelona player playing football.

Harvey was very surprised by this level of understanding.

I have been training and playing with this team for so many years. I have been educated and trained in Barcelona's football philosophy at the La Macia youth training camp since I was a child. The concept of Barcelona football has been integrated into his genes. It is normal for him to know Barcelona well.

But why does Zhou Yi understand so well?

Both of them should be unfamiliar with each other, whether for Zhou Yi or Barcelona.

Because this is the first encounter between the two sides.

Zhou Yi is a midfielder star with increasingly famous European football today, and he is quite famous. But in fact, before Barcelona players met Dortmund in the Champions League, they didn’t know much about Zhou Yi, so they were limited to some rumors. After all, no one would be fine to pay attention to a player who has nothing to do with them. They are not fans of Zhou Yi…

The name of "Cosmic Team" Barcelona is naturally well known. There are many people who know and understand Barcelona, ​​but those who can understand this level may count the remaining people except themselves, and Zhou Yi is one of these very few.

Xavi could not understand this situation at all. He felt that only one reason could explain why Zhou Yi knew Barcelona so well, that is, Zhou Yi really put a lot of effort into studying Barcelona.

This kind of kung fu should not appear on a player. It is normal to appear on a coach. For example, Real Madrid's current head coach Mourinho must have put in a lot of effort to study Barcelona. That's because he is now the head coach of Real Madrid. As Barcelona's archenemy, in order to defeat Barcelona, ​​he must have a deep understanding of this team. Moreover, Mourinho also worked at Barcelona Club when he was young. He understands and is familiar with Barcelona's football philosophy and philosophy. He is even regarded as a "traitor" by some radical Barcelona fans.

But Zhou Yi is an ordinary player. He has never received training in Barcelona before. Why is he learning so much about Barcelona?

After thinking about it, there is only one reason that makes it clear that Zhou Yi likes Barcelona's football style and philosophy so much, and studies it because of his love. It's like a fan always tries his way to understand all the situations of his idol, and he wishes he could even know the details of what posture he used to sleep and whether he snores or not.

Zhou Yi's approach is very consistent with a fan's performance in facing his idol.

After reaching such a conclusion, Xavi suddenly thought of a few years later. Although his recent condition has been pretty good, he is 32 years old after all. As a player, he will definitely leave the stadium. Whether it is retirement or transfer, he must leave. At that time, who will be his successor? Who can perfectly integrate into Barcelona's football system?

Harvey already has a candidate in his heart.

He thinks that as long as Barcelona and Dortmund clubs can reach an agreement on the transfer fee, then there will be no obstacles for Zhou Yi to transfer to Barcelona?

You said he rejected Barcelona before the game?

When you are sensitive, you will have problems if you don’t say a word, right?

However, this kind of rejection does not mean a real rejection. This is completely different from rejecting Barcelona in the transfer market.

Xavi is really a pure Barcelona man. For the future of Barcelona, ​​he has considered more than his player identity...

However, Harvey still miscalculated Zhou Yi.

Because Zhou Yi’s understanding of Barcelona is definitely not because he is a fan of Barcelona’s football philosophy and is obtained by crazy research on Barcelona football.

It's because Zhou Yi has a very powerful simulation system. He has played more than 100 games with Barcelona in this virtual space, and he can also intuitively understand the player's abilities by viewing the opponent's player data.

In this way, how could he not understand Barcelona?

Just like that moment, although Messi's position on the field is on the right side, he will often move to the middle. During the horizontal dribbling process, if he encounters an obstacle, he will have three options to pass, shooting and passing.

Gundogan's collision just now left Messi with the only option to pass the ball. If he wants to pass the ball, he will most likely pass the ball to Iniesta on his left.

This "Messi Corridor" is almost tired of watching the virtual match between Zhou Yi and Barcelona...

Therefore, this understanding has nothing to do with Zhou Yi's appreciation of Barcelona's football philosophy.

Zhou Yi cannot be loved or disgusted with football with Barcelona. Although his playing style is very similar to Barcelona's pass-by football, Zhou Yi will not look up to Barcelona's football because of this.

He believes that Barcelona's football philosophy is just one of this many football concepts in history, and there is nothing special about it.

For him, the most beautiful part of the football world is that there are many teams with different styles, playing their own unique football tactics and all of them can succeed. It is not said that only Barcelona football in this world can win the championship. Teams that insist on defensive counterattack, insist on all attacks and defenses, and insist on bus tactics can also succeed through hard work.

Just like nature, if the world only allows flowers of one color, then how boring and boring would spring be...

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In fact, Zhou Yi showed his familiarity with Barcelona, ​​not only Xavi, but also the commentators also saw it.

Because he appeared in the right position at the critical moment several times in the defense and intercepted Barcelona's pass. He was like a dam, blocking the narrowest section of the Barcelona river, controlling Barcelona's flow...

It made Barcelona very uncomfortable.

After seeing Zhou Yi's performance, He Ping said: "For Zhou Yi, Barcelona seems to have become their 'most familiar stranger'. His understanding of Barcelona is surprising!"

Marcel Leif was also surprised by Zhou Yi's performance: "Zhou Yi is like a Barcelona player wearing a Dortmund jersey..."

The Catalan narrator was even more speechless and didn't know how to explain this phenomenon.

Guardiola saw Zhou Yi’s performance off the court, and suddenly thought of the report, saying that Zhou Yi and Lamacia passed each other.

Now it seems that Lamacia's technical director Garcia really has vision. Such a player is really suitable for us in Barcelona.

He was born to play football for Barcelona.

But unfortunately, now he is wearing Dortmund's jersey, and he is Barcelona's enemy on the court...

At this time, he was somewhat concerned about the fact that Ramacia did not sign Zhou Yi at the beginning.

On the Dortmund coach's seat next door, assistant coach Buvac was also surprised by Zhou Yi's performance: "He didn't have such a performance in the last round, how did he do it?"

Klopp shrugged: "God knows, but I'm glad he's doing this in this game."

Based on his understanding of Zhou Yi, if he asked why every performance he performed, he would probably not even sleep well.

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Since Zhou Yi's defensive performance was much beyond the expectations of Barcelona players, Barcelona players now have to choose long passes or fast passes in order to get rid of Zhou Yi's interception of their passes. First of all, long passes do not conform to Barcelona's football philosophy, and they are not proficient. Second, speeding up the pass speed means increasing pass mistakes, and even a team like Barcelona that has the advantage of passing and controlling the ball cannot be avoided.

So in the first half, Barcelona's offense in the first half was not smooth and not "Barcelona".

Therefore, they were unable to break Dortmund's goal until the end of the first half and tied the score.
Chapter completed!