There was a youth team game on Sunday, but they had nothing to do with Zhou Yi and Mark. Because they were not included in the final roster at all.

Since it was a away game, there was no need for them to go away with the team. At that time, they would just watch it in the stands, and the journey was tiring.

Mark seemed to have become accustomed to being unable to be included in the roster. He slept in a lazy sleep at home and got up almost eleven o'clock.

Zhou Yi asked the club to arrange his language teacher from night to afternoon so that he could have an extra hour of class.

Since you don’t have to go to training or competitions, then learn German.

The German teacher was also very satisfied with Zhou Yi's progress. The club originally arranged for him to attend classes twice a week, but according to Zhou Yi's strong demand, it turned out that classes were held every day. The teacher naturally enjoyed seeing it because he charged according to class hours. The more class time, the more he earned.

Any teacher likes motivated and studious students, whether in China or Germany, it is the same.

After today's class, the teacher praised Zhou Yi's learning attitude and progress speed: "I think it may not take long before you need me to teach you."

Zhou Yi said: "I don't have any objections to you, teacher, but I hope I won't need to attend classes tomorrow!"

The teacher smiled: "If you just want to learn the most basic daily conversations, then I do not need them tomorrow. But if you want to study in depth so that you can have a smooth conversation when communicating with people from all walks of life in the future, then I have to come tomorrow."

Zhou Yi thought for a moment: "Then you should come tomorrow!"

The teacher smiled and said, "See you tomorrow, Zhou Yi!"

"See you tomorrow, teacher..." Zhou Yi replied with some frustration.

As soon as the teacher left, Mark came to his room to visit: "Real?"

"Come on!" Anyway, it's okay, Zhou Yi will not easily refuse to play games. "Teach you to be a human being!"

"Go! Who teaches who!" Mark was not willing to be outdone.

The two sat in front of the TV in Mark's bedroom and started the battle. Mark chose Dortmund as usual, while Zhou Yi chose Barcelona.

He felt that when he was playing games, he would read the game like he was really playing games, thinking about how to play every attack.

The Barcelona style is indeed more suitable for his gameplay, so he usually chooses Barcelona.

At first, Mark thought he was a Barcelona fan. But Zhou Yi told him that he was very fraternal, that Barcelona and Real Madrid could love each other, and that Dortmund and Bayern could also make a pair.

Mark cannot understand Zhou Yi's fraternity mentality. He is a loyal fan of Dortmund, so he cannot accept Bayern Munich in any case.

He asked Zhou Yi if it was all like this. Zhou Yi quickly shook his head and told him seriously that Dortmund fans in China are more fanatical than Mark, and Barcelona fans who are more like Catalans than those Catalans.

The two of them played and communicated, and Zhou Yi treated this as oral training.

As we chatted, when Zhou Yi was controlling the ball at the front of his penalty area, Mark suddenly said: "By the way, I heard that Gotze is going back to U19 again. It's useless to train in the first team but not play in the game."

Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment. This was the moment that made Mark break the ball under his feet and break into the penalty area!

However, Zhou Yi's reaction speed was also very fast. He immediately switched to the defensive player and took a merciless kick behind the back!

The whistle sounded, and Shahin, who was controlled by Mark, fell into the penalty area and scored a penalty!

"Punishment ball plus red card!" Mark waved his arm excitedly.

In the game, Barcelona defender Marcos, who controlled the tackle, was indeed sent off by the referee's red card.

"Don't be too happy too early." Zhou Yi snorted, and at the same time he had already pressed the handle tightly to prevent Mark from seeing it.

Mark also hid the handle on the other side of his body, twisted his body and gave a penalty kick, while he stared at the TV screen nervously.

Because he was so focused that he did not notice that Zhou Yi was aiming at him from the corner of his eyes.

Just as Mark was about to press the shooting button, Zhou Yi suddenly said: "Mark, do you want to be the main force?"

Mark pressed his right thumb on the shot key and didn't let go...

Shahin, whom he controlled, also kicked the ball away with one kick!

The goalkeeper controlled by Zhou Yi stood in the middle and did not move.

"You are cheating!" Mark turned his head and glared at Zhou Yi.

But Zhou Yi stared at Mark with a serious face and asked in a very serious tone: "No, I just suddenly thought of this. You see, they all went to the game today, but we both didn't even make the roster. It's okay if I didn't make it, after all, I've just been on the team for a week, but you, you have been training in the youth team in Dortmund since you were seven years old, and you have passed the levels and eliminated how many competitors have you been on this team? Why haven't you made it into the roster?"

Zhou Yi said this and then fell into silence.

After silence, he whispered: "I think my strength is not enough to meet the coach's game requirements..."

"You are right. Just like the penalty kick just now, I just asked you a question, your hands trembled so hard that they couldn't play well. You are a striker, how can you seize the opportunity in front of the goal with such psychological qualities?"

"You are right, Zhou Yi..." Mark said in frustration. He felt that Zhou Yi was just bloody.

"But the lack of strength can be improved by training." Zhou Yi said. "The key is not strength, but your own inner thoughts. This is what I asked before, do you want to be the main force and play in the game?"

He looked straight at Mark.

"Nonsense! I dream of it!" After Zhou Yi's direct look and questioning, Mark suddenly became excited. "I dream of wearing Dortmund's jersey and playing in the first team in the league, the Champions League! I dream of wearing Dortmund's jersey and winning the league championship prize plate and the Champions League trophy! My sister thinks I'm not suitable to be a player and don't want me to go this way, so I have to prove it to her, I can! I can!"

Zhou Yi did not expect that the reason he found for interfering with Mark's penalty kick caused such a big response from Mark. However, although he was surprised, Zhou Yi was able to hold back his face last time, and he still said seriously:

"If you just say it, you really want to think about it, it doesn't make sense. My mother once told me that about dreams and ideals, talking is the easiest and most cost-effective thing. But if you really want to realize your dream, you have to really give your all. In fact, you have the ability to play the main force. Compared with Schneider, although your physical fitness is not as good as him, you have your advantages. But have you really given your all for your dreams over the past few years? Think about it carefully. I won't bother you."

After saying that, Zhou Yi patted Mark on the shoulder, put down the handle, and stood up and left the room.

He walked a little anxiously, but Mark, who was lowering his head, did not notice.

He was afraid that Mark would come back to his senses - even if the lineup was neat, I would at most compete with Mark. Although I didn’t score this penalty now, my main central defender was sent off, and there was one less person on the court. How could I play this game?!

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Zhou Yi returned to his room and didn't wait until Mark came back to his senses. He angrily smashed his door. During dinner, he also found that Mark was a little absent-minded and wandered around from time to time. Even Mark's parents felt that his son's behavior today was a bit strange. They asked Mark with concern what was wrong, but Mark all used "tired" as an excuse.

But even the fool could see that this was an excuse. He didn't play the game and how could he be tired after playing at home for a day?

Could it be that you are tired of playing too much?

Zhou Yi did not get involved, but of course he knew why Mark was acting wrong.

What surprised him was that it was said that Germans had a long reflex arc. They only laughed in the middle of the night when they heard a joke in the morning, but Mark's reflection arc length was too long? Did he really not realize that he was looking for excuses to fool him?

Facing such a simple Mark, Zhou Yi felt a little guilty. It was really a deceptive feeling...

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The next day, when Zhou Yi and Mark were sitting in his father's car to Brakel training base, Zhou Yi could feel that Mark sitting next to him had been silenced but stopped, but maybe because his father was in the car, he was not very convenient for him to say it, so he forced himself to do so.

After his father took them to the door of the training base and drove away, Mark grabbed Zhou Yi's arm, and was eager to catch the lifebuoy that the drowning man was about to be caught.

"You said, what are my advantages?"

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes: "You have thought about this question all night?"

"Of course! This is very important!" Mark glared, "I don't know what advantages I have!"

Facing such a simple Mark, Zhou Yi was speechless: "You don't know what advantages you have, so how did you come from the youth team to the youth team along the way?"

"Isn't that natural? When you get old, you will get promoted, from U9 to U11, U11 to U13, U13 to U15... and all the way to U17." Mark was wondering why Zhou Yi asked this.

Zhou Yi made a helpless expression: "Then you didn't think about it carefully. How many teammates who were in the U9 team with you and who are now in U17?"

Facing Zhou Yi's remarks, Mark was stunned on the spot and did not respond for a long time.

Just when Zhou Yi thought his brain stopped responding and crashed, Mark said with disappointment and jealousy: "It seems... I'm the only one. Originally, Schneider and I were together, but now they are in U19..."

"So, why are you still in U17? Haven't you ever thought about the reason?"

"I think I'm not outstanding, but it's not the worst..."

"Stupid! That's because you're better than those who are eliminated!"

"I...I'm really that good?!" Mark said in surprise.

Zhou Yi held Mark's shoulder helplessly and said, "I think you have a clear understanding of yourself. Mark, your brain is indeed not a good source of reading..."

"I just said... no, just say I have any advantages! I just want to know how better I am than others!" Mark, who was interested in Zhou Yi, was obsessed with his own advantages.

In fact, when Zhou Yi said that Mark had an advantage that others could not compare with, it was what he said when he had to find a reason to make up his words. He didn't expect Mark to have any advantage at all.

But now that Mark asked this, Zhou Yi remembered the attributes of Mark he saw in the system.

Those two are obviously higher than other teammates of the same age.

Tactical awareness and position.

This is really his advantage...

So Zhou Yi said: "As a forward, your precise position selection in the penalty area is your advantage, and your tactical awareness and tactical discipline are also very good. This is where you are stronger than others, especially Schneider."

The last sentence seemed to shock Mark. After hearing what Zhou Yi said, he stood still and did not move.

Zhou Yi was afraid that Mark would hold him back and ask more detailed questions, such as "How do you know that I chose the position accurately?" "How do you know that I have better tactical awareness and tactical discipline?"... For such questions, he quickly took advantage of Mark's moment of being stunned and ran to the locker room of U17.

Behind him, Mark was still in a state of "stop responding" and did not realize that Zhou Yi had "abandoned him" at all...
Chapter completed!