When Mark and Zhou Yi finished their day of training and got in the car driven by his father and returned home.

Mark found an envelope in the passenger seat.

In the past, there was nothing clean here, and their training backpacks were placed in the trunk of the car.

"What is this, Dad?" Mark asked strangely.

"Open and take a look." Old Wagner did not explain, but said.

Mark opened the envelope and appeared in front of him four tickets.

"This..." Mark didn't understand.

"Tomorrow night, we will watch Dortmund's home game against Werder Bremen." Old Wagner simply answered his son while driving.

Mark was stunned for a moment, then suddenly screamed, frightening Zhou Yi next to him.

Just as Zhou Yi looked at Mark strangely, tears were coming from Mark's eyes. He said excitedly to Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi, I'm going to watch the football in the south stand!"

Only then did Zhou Yi understand: "Westphalia's... South Stand?"

Mark nodded vigorously, but he was so excited that he couldn't speak, and then his tears burst out and flowed down his cheeks.

Zhou Yi was still frightened by Mark and just went to watch a game on site... As for it?

When he returned home, Mrs. Wagner confirmed the news to Mark and Zhou Yi, and told Zhou Yi that he would go too.

"Is there a ticket for me?"

Mrs. Wagner raised four mid-week packages: "It was originally from our family of four. Not long after Cortana was born, we registered her as a member of the Dortmund club and bought packages in her name every year. Unfortunately, Cortana did not seem to like football. She was only taken to the South Stand to watch football when she was very young, and later when she grew up and became sensible, she never went there again."

Zhou Yi thought of Cortana and felt that she was indeed the one who did such a thing.

"So you're using Cortana's ticket."

"But... this is her name, can I use it too?" Zhou Yi asked at the ticket.

"Of course, the tickets purchased with package tickets can be transferred," Mrs. Wagner explained. "But in fact, there are few people who transfer tickets. Even if they can't go, they will not easily transfer the South Billiards tickets. You know, that is the South Balcony tickets!"

Speaking of the South Stand, Mrs. Wagner spoke proudly.

As a fan, Zhou Yi has been famous for a long time. But he has always only learned about the stand through news reports and knows that it is a gathering place for Dortmund fans. The hot atmosphere there is an important factor in Westphalia being able to become the home court of the Devil.

Zhou Yi didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to go to the South Stand to watch the football. This should be the highest courtesy that a Dortmund fan can give him?

The south stands at Westphalia Stadium is not a place to go if you want to.

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The next day, the training for Dortmund youth was only half a day, which is normal. It is not practiced twice a day every day.

Today's training is scheduled in the morning.

After the morning training, Zhou Yi did not practice for half an hour for the first time, but went home with Mark.

They have to finish their lunch quickly and then go to the court to watch the game together.

This game is a Bundesliga match, with Dortmund playing against Werder Bremen at home.

If it were six or seven years ago, the meeting between these two teams could be considered a strong dialogue. At that time, Dortmund had just won the league championship every two years, while Werder Bremen was competing for the league championship.

Now, Werder Bremen has fallen a bit badly and is ranked 11th so far this season.

Dortmund's ranking is not high, ranking ninth.

But their game can be regarded as a contest between direct competitors. Because the two teams are only four points apart, if Werder Bremen can beat Dortmund away, they will approach their opponents in the standings, and if Dortmund can beat Werder Bremen, the league ranking is expected to go further.

So this game is also a highly anticipated game.

Especially in the minds of Dortmund fans.

Mark's family and Zhou Yi who went to watch the game did not choose to drive, because Mrs. Wagner said that on the game day, the roads around the stadium were very congested, and if you drove, you would not be able to get home for a long time. The best way was to choose public transportation and take the train.

It doesn't matter to Zhou Yi. He also wants to experience how ordinary Dortmund fans watch the game. It's the first time he has been to Dortmund for so long.

Regarding this, Mrs. Wagner also explained to Zhou Yi. In fact, when Zhou Yi first arrived at their house, they should have brought Zhou Yi to the game. However, during that time, because Mrs. Wagner had just recovered from a serious illness and was not in good health, the doctor did not recommend her to go to the scene, especially in the south stands to watch the game.

"...The doctor said that if I had to go to watch the football, I would buy a ticket and stay away from the south stand..." Mrs. Wagner said to Zhou Yi as she walked, "It's a hell! I went to watch the football on site to stand in the south stand. If I couldn't go to the south stand, why would I go? So I didn't go to watch the football during that period. Later, Mark played the game, and there were some conflicts in time, so this matter was delayed..."

"It's okay, Mrs. Wagner." Zhou Yi didn't have the nerve to say that he had never wanted to watch Dortmund's game before. He was afraid that Mrs. Wagner would be angry if she said that...

He raised the brim of the baseball cap and looked around. Now they had come out of the train station and followed the large army toward the Westphalia Stadium. He was surrounded by Dortmund fans in yellow or black. He tiptoed and tried to look back, and he could not see at first sight. It was estimated that the team had been extending to the train station. He jumped up and looked ahead. Outside Westphalia Stadium was a yellow-black ocean, with countless yellow-black rivers converging there, and Zhou Yi was only one of them.

This scene is really spectacular.

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Outside Westphalia Stadium, Zhou Yi already felt that the scene he saw was spectacular.

But when he entered the inside of the stadium, he realized that he still had too little knowledge...

After Wagner and his wife went to the ticket window to pick up the tickets, the four of them arrived at the security checkpoint.

The buttons at Westphalia are not tight. Mobile phones, cameras, wallets, coins, and flagpoles can be brought in, but food and drinks are not good. This is to ensure the sales of food stores on the stadium.

Zhou Yi and the others passed the security check and climbed up the stairs. They first passed the store area, which was a store selling hot dogs and various beverages. Many fans lined up here to buy meat dogs or burgers, and these people came directly without lunch.

After lunch, Zhou Yi and the others naturally don’t need to buy food, but they always want drinks.

The Wagners bought a liter of beer for themselves, a glass of juice for their son Mark, who was under the age of eighteen, and a glass of beer for Zhou Yi...

"Football and beer are indispensable." Seeing Zhou Yi hesitate, Mrs. Wagner smiled. "It's okay, it doesn't matter if you drink occasionally."

Only then did Zhou Yi take over the beer mug with the avatar of Captain Dortmund Kyle.

"By the way, Zhou Yi. Do you want to go to the bathroom?" Mark asked from the side.

"I'm... okay now." Zhou Yi's urination was not very strong.

Mark shook his head, "I suggest you go with me last time, otherwise you will be in trouble after the competition begins later."

Zhou Yi understands this. Just like watching a movie, who would like to go to the bathroom in a tense and intense video? What if the male and female protagonists go to bed and get off the sheets when they go to the toilet? What a pity.

It’s the same with watching football. It’s a pity to miss the goal when I went to the toilet...

So Zhou Yi handed the drink to Mrs. Wagner and went to the toilet with Mark. There were really many people going to the toilet before the game, so there were queues at the doors of several toilets, and they waited for a while before they could enter and resolve the problem.

After coming out to take the drinks, the four of them walked up. When Zhou Yi stepped up the last step, the first thing that reflected the paint was the green court and the stand opposite. Then he turned around and saw the steep... South stand behind him.

There is no plastic seat, only cement steps and railings in the south stand.

Zhou Yi’s first impression when he saw the Nan stand was... Why is the stand so steep!

From the bottom, the audience on the top floor seemed to be about to fall from the top by accident. And this was not Zhou Yi's illusion, because there were many railings several meters long and half a person tall in the south stands, which were densely worn and placed on the various floors of the south stands, which were not just used to make handrails for Dortmund fans.

There were many people gathered in the south stands. Most of them were dressed in the same style as those of Mark's family. They were wearing scarves around their necks and scarves on their wrists, and Dortmund's jerseys or yellow and black jackets. Many of them were in the same style, which should be uniforms of various fans' organizations. Zhou Yi and Mark's family were also wearing the same style of uniforms. Zhou Yi guessed that Mark's family should also belong to a fan organization.

The railings were hung with scarves and banners, slogans, and banners. People stood in their respective positions and chatted, or were rushing around to say hello to familiar people.

Someone from the Mark family also greeted them. When they came to their place, everyone around was surprised.

"Old Wagner!?" A fat man with his head was bald but had a circle of dense hair around him, like a big fat man wearing a brown straw hat shouted loudly after seeing them. "I'm not a hell, aren't he?" He rubbed his eyes exaggeratedly.

Then he laughed and came with a hug with Old Wagner. "Welcome home!"

"Are you better, Amy?" He then went to hug Mrs. Wagner.

"Thank you for your concern, Bruno's 'Dad'. It's much better, otherwise how could I come to the South Stand?" Mrs. Wagner. "When I recovered, the doctor did not allow me to come to the South Stand to watch the football. He told me, if I must watch the football, then go and buy a ticket..."

Hearing Mrs. Wagner's words, the fat fat man Bruno waved: "Don't listen to the doctor's nonsense, they are always good at exaggerating. If you sit down and watch the football, you will lose your backbone!"

"Yes! We are all South Standsmen!" Mrs. Wagner agreed with this view very much. Watching football requires standing and watching the whole time.

Bruno smiled and hugged Mark: "Ah, Mark, when did you last come to the South Stand? One year, right? Are you still in U17 now?"

"Bruno 'Dad', I'm at U19 now," Mark said with a smile.

Zhou Yi could feel that Mark's changes since he came to the South Stand, Mark has become different from the usual person who has no confidence and is in line with his own leader. He had a confident smile on his face, and he felt like "this is his territory". He was like returning to his home... No, it was easier and more comfortable than returning to his own home.

"U19? Oh! God! Then I will soon see you in the South Stand?" Bruno's tone and expression were exaggerated.

"I've just been promoted to U19, Bruno's 'Daddy' didn't even play a game," Mark said.

"That doesn't matter, Mark. As long as you get promoted to U19, you have the chance to become a first-team player in Dortmund. If you can play for the first-team, "Dad" I will lead our 'Black Gold' people to chant your name! Just like this..."

Bruno said as he pulled his posture away, took a deep breath, then waved his arms and shouted, "Mark Wagner! Mark Wagner! Mark Wagner! He was what I watched grow up-!!"

Everyone around him who were wearing the same uniforms as them burst into laughter, and Mark laughed, smiling a little shyly. This may be the first time he heard his name being shouted out in the form of fans cheering slogans...

While everyone was still laughing, Bruno had already turned his gaze to Zhou Yi next to Mark. He looked at Mrs. Wagner with some confusion.

"Ah." Mrs. Wagner quickly stood beside Zhou Yi, grabbed his shoulder, and said to Bruno and to the members of the "Black Gold" fan association around him. "I want to introduce this to you. He is a talented player from Dortmund U19, from China... Zhou Yi!"

Zhou Yi quickly waved to everyone: "Hi, hello everyone. Mark and I are teammates, and also... roommates."

"Yes, Zhou Yi lives in our house and is Mark's good friend."

After hearing what my mother said, Mark nodded beside him to prove it.

Since he was Mark's good friend and still lives at Wagner's house, other members of the fan association greeted Zhou Yi one after another.

"A player of U19?" Bruno was a little hesitant when he heard Mrs. Wagner's introduction, because looking at Zhou Yi's body, he didn't look like someone who could play in the U19 level. However, he quickly suppressed his inner doubts about Zhou Yi and gave Zhou Yi a hug very enthusiastically: "Welcome, Chinese boy. This is your first time to come to the south stand? I hope you won't scare you then, haha!"

"I am responsible for maintaining the order of our area. You have to listen to me later. In order for everyone to watch the football better, they always have to abide by some order. They call me 'Dad'. If you don't mind you, you can call me that. Haha!"
To be continued...