As the players participating in the World Cup gradually returned to the team, Dortmund's lineup was neat and training became normal.

The whole team trains hard for the new season.

Of course, physical fitness is still what Klopp values, and there is a lot of running training.

Mountain climbing training was still arranged.

When Zhou Yi was chatting with Yang Muge, he learned that Schalke 04's head coach Magath also liked to take the first-team players to climb mountains.

Therefore, the mountainous Austria and Switzerland are training sites that are highly loved by Bundesliga teams.

Only then did Zhou Yi realize that the German coach likes climbing so much...

However, climbing a mountain is indeed a good training method. It can not only train physical fitness, but also train the will of the players.

Because when climbing the mountain to the end, it is actually not about physical fitness, but about will quality. When you are exhausted, you look up and find the towering mountain tops and the difficult slopes to climb. Many people feel a sense of frustration, feeling that the end point is always out of reach.

At this time, only those who do not give up can finally reach the end.

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After physical training, it is the team's tactical training stage.

On the first day of tactical training, Klopp arranged a closed intra-team training match.

The players were divided into two teams to play an eleven-to-eleven-person, ninety-minute game.

Use a game to start tactical training, and use this in-team game that is not very strong to let the players find their feelings as much as possible. At the same time, the coaching staff can also observe each player carefully.

Especially those new players who have just joined the team.

Originally, Klopp wanted to observe more new players, such as Shinji Kagawa, Robert Lewandowski, and young players drawn from the second team.

But soon, his eyes fell on Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi trained physical fitness and strength during the holidays, and was led by Klopp.

Klopp also saw the results of Zhouyi training during the physical examination report and the subsequent physical training.

But he has never really seen the results of special training on the court.

Now he saw it.

Zhou Yi's running more actively in the training competition and his range of activities is much larger than before. In the past, Zhou Yi mainly moved in the middle of the court, or two ribs, and occasionally went to the second side road.

His vertical range of movement is less than that of the horizontal range, but he rarely enters two restricted areas.

For a front midfielder, in addition to not entering the opponent's penalty area very much, the activity area is actually enough.

But now, his running range is significantly larger. He will insert into the opponent's penalty area and retreat to his own penalty area. He will also appear on the side road, and from this side road to that side road.

After the scope of activities was larger, he felt that he was everywhere on the court and could participate in the team's offense and defense anytime and anywhere.

And it's not just that the running range has increased, it's actually just an introduction. What really attracts Klopp's attention is still behind.

When the running range becomes larger and there are more places to go, Zhou Yi also needs to have the ability to send football to any place on the court.

This is the basic requirement for a good midfielder.

So soon, when Zhou Yi ran to the corner of the defense zone three to get the ball, then turned around and passed the ball to Groschloitz diagonally. When he passed it almost the same, Klopp's eyebrows jumped up.

Subsequently, Zhou Yi's long passes were more and more transfers, moving from the left side of the court to the right side, the right side to the left, and the back to the front...

Sometimes he will fail, but it's no big deal. Compared to short passes, the accuracy of long passes will decrease a lot, and the success rate will not be too high. It is impossible for each kick to be accurately transmitted to the destination.

The accuracy of long passes is actually very lenient.

As long as you can pass on it, you can do it.

So what attracted Klopp's attention was not the accuracy of Zhou Yi's long passes, but his intention to start frequent long passes.

You know, this is almost impossible to see in last season. Last season, Zhou Yi only passed the ball shortly and occasionally made a mid-range pass. Sometimes, in order to connect the team's offense, he had to keep running to pick up his teammates and then pass the ball out again. This naturally requires a high physical fitness requirement.

Klopp thought about it carefully and saw that he had the impression that Zhou Yi took the initiative to try long passes many times and seemed to have only one game - in the last round of the league last season, Dortmund challenged Freiburg away. When the two sides scored 1:1 and the game was at a deadlock, Zhou Yi suddenly passed the ball with a long pass, accurately found Barrios, forming an excellent opportunity.

But in the end Barrios wasted this opportunity.

In the last game, Dortmund failed to win.

That game was not just Zhou Yi's only long pass. He tried it several times before, but none of them were very successful.

Now that I saw Zhou Yi's performance in the training match, Klopp realized that perhaps from that time on, Zhou Yi has been consciously increasing the use of long passes...

This shows that Zhou Yi is a young man with a clear mind. He is not satisfied with his fourteen assists in a season, but is clearly aware of his shortcomings. As a midfielder, it is really unreasonable to not make a long pass...

Seeing Zhou Yi changing positions on the court and transferring the football to and from, an idea suddenly popped up in Klopp's mind.

After Shahin left the team, a problem that has been bothering him seems to have a solution...

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So after the training, Zhou Yi was sent to his room by Kloe at night.

Zhou Yi was surprised by this, and his friends were also surprised.

As soon as Klopp left, Mark came over and said, "Why do the coach ask you to go to his room?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "I don't know..."

"I think it's definitely not a good thing!" Groschloitz said pretending to be mysterious, "Zhou Yi, you're going to be unlucky!"

"Kevin, don't go to Zhou Yi next!" Mark quickly comforted Zhou Yi. "It may be a good thing!"

"Yes, at least 50% chance is a good thing, it sounds like a high probability." Gotze interrupted.

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes.

He didn't care about anything good or bad. He just felt strange. He waved his hand to Mark: "Don't worry, Mark. If there is something bad, let Mr. Kevin and Mario treat us to dinner separately!"

"Groschloitz snorted, "What if it's a good thing, do you invite us to dinner?"

"If it's a good thing, shouldn't you treat me to a meal? Celebrate and celebrate." Zhou Yi said in surprise.

Groschloitz patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder and praised him: "Hi, I just like you so righteous and shameless, Zhou Yi!"

"Thank you for the praise, Mr. Kevin." Zhou Yi accepted it happily.

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After dinner in the evening, Zhou Yi knocked on Klopp's door.

It was not Klopp who opened the door for him, but assistant coach Buvac.

Then, Klopp greeted him and signaled him to sit down.

After sitting down, there was no greeting. Klopp asked directly: "Zhou Yi, have you practiced a long pass for yourself?"

After asking, both of them looked at him with anticipation.

"Uh..." Zhou Yi definitely couldn't tell me "I'm good at practicing football in my dreams." He could only nod, "In fact, since last season, I have been practicing for myself for a long pass in private."

He is right to say this, but he is just practicing in the virtual world.

Klopp did not intend to ask how Zhou Yi practiced for himself, but looked at Bouvac, with a meaning of "it's true".

Next, the team's assistant coach, Gelico Buvac, who is specialized in tactics, looked at Zhou Yi again and said to him: "Why are you starting to practice long passes?"

"I just feel that my methods are too single. If I just pass it for a short time, I will miss some better opportunities." Zhou Yi honestly expressed his thoughts. "When I need a long pass, if I can't have a precise long pass, I can only stare at me."

"But you are a front midfielder, you are very close to the opponent's goal. How often do you need to use long passes?" Buvac continued to ask.

"This... that's it, coach. But I don't think it should be fixed in one place. You should go wherever you have time on the court, and pass the football wherever you have the opportunity." Zhou Yi explained. "Besides, if I can pass a long time, if the opponent presses me in front of their penalty area and hits me, I can take the initiative to retreat, and then use a long pass to launch an attack directly..."

Klopp and Bouvage looked at each other again. It was really rare for a young player to have such an idea in his mind.

Many young people only think about how to use the money they earn to pick up girls and buy cars while playing football. This kind of tactical thinking seems to be the coach's business, and they just need to execute it on the court.

After listening to Zhou Yi's words, Buvaqi nodded and said, "So Zhou Yi, how about playing the back midfielder?"

"Ah?" Zhou Yi was surprised. The question was too sudden and he hadn't reacted yet.

Buvac said, "From the front midfielder to the back midfielder, you will gain a wider space and vision, and the long pass you practice hard will be used. And... Judging from your style of playing football, you can also get forward at any time when necessary. Anyway, your physical fitness can keep up. How about it, consider it? In modern football, the organizational core movement is already a general trend. Of course, you don't have to give the answer now, you can go back..."

But before Buvachi finished speaking, he heard Zhou Yi say, "Okay."

"Ha?" It was Buvac and Klopp's turn to be surprised.

"I'm fine with playing the back of the midfielder." Zhou Yi said again.

"This... don't you think about it carefully?" Buvac couldn't believe it.

"I have considered it clearly, coach. Since I have considered retreating to avoid the opponent's close-fitting pressing, why not change from passive retreat to active retreat?" Zhou Yi spread his hands. "And I often run to the back midfielder position in the game to ask for the ball. I think instead of fighting with the back midfielder, it is better to be a back midfielder."

Klopp, who had been silent next to him, finally spoke: "You have to think clearly, Zhou Yi. I hope this is your own decision, not some pressure."

Zhou Yi shook his head: "No, coach, this is my own decision."

"But the midfielder is far away from the opponent's goal. I remember someone commented that the closer you are to the opponent's goal, the greater the threat, so the further you are from the goal, the smaller the threat..." Klopp said.

"I think this statement is wrong in itself, coach. I am not fixed in one position on the court, I always have to run constantly. If I play the back midfielder, I don't even have to be in the half, right? I stay in the front and don't come back without saying that I play the front midfielder, right? Besides, why can't I become a person who can create a threat no matter how far away from the goal?"

Hearing Zhou Yi's answer, Klopp slapped: "Okay! That's it. From this season, you will play the midfielder!"
Chapter completed!