After two days of training, the Chinese team's training was no longer open to the public. Then, at the training base, the national team played two teaching games with a local Chinese League One team in Shanghai.

In these two teaching matches, Zhou Yi appeared in the first game and was replaced after playing in the first half.

He came on as a substitute in the second half and also played in half.

Because it is a teaching competition that is not public, no media is present, and there are no audiences in the stands. Only the coach of the coaching staff set up a DVD there and took the competition for video analysis.

Zhou Yi's ability is more vivid in the competition than in training. Because there are many situations that cannot be predicted in training.

When Zhou Yi dealt with this situation, it can only make people admire him for handling it as if he was an experienced veteran, which formed a sharp contrast with his age and appearance.

The other national team players are really unwilling to accept it.

Because of the same situation, they did not handle it as calmly as Zhou Yi.

They also play in their respective clubs, and they are even the main players, and they have a lot of experience in the game. But when they get into the game, they feel wrong.

"Experience" may sound a bit mysterious, but to put it bluntly, it is actually "accumulation of methods". When you encounter a situation that you encounter a situation that has only been many times and has enough solutions, you will be confident and will not be in a hurry when you encounter this situation.

Experienced people have experienced many different situations in their lives, and they have enough ways to deal with each situation. Such people will naturally appear calm.

The same is true on the court.

Zhou Yi gives people the feeling that he is a "veteran" who has played in professional leagues for many years. It is completely different from his resume of only four professional league games.

This is also something that makes many people feel strange.

In the end, they can only attribute it to some people who are talented and ordinary people need to accumulate experience by repeating countless times. Such geniuses can be completely learned without a teacher, which is simply... born to know.

In fact, no one knows that Zhou Yi has these experiences through countless accumulations. It’s just that he can accumulate experience in his dreams and bring the experiences he dreamed of to the real world.

Without a virtual system, Zhou Yi might take five years and six years, or even longer to reach his current height.

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The qualities that Zhou Yi showed during the game were deeply experienced by the coaching staff members who watched the game off the court.

"I thought at first he was selected for the national team for the first time. He should be a little awkward in cooperation with these players. He would not have a tacit understanding. He would definitely make many pass mistakes in the early stage. Unexpectedly..." In the coach's seat, assistant coach Fu Bai looked at Zhou Yi who was handling the ball on the court and sighed. "He has no sense of strangeness at all, and he cooperates with this team very tacitly!"

Gao Hongbo smiled slightly from the side: "I have heard of a legend about Zhou Yi, saying that no matter which team he is in, whether it is Dortmund's u17, u19, or first-team, he integrates into the team very, very fast. His first training class is always a problem that newcomers should have. Do you remember the first training class he just came to the team?"

Fu Bai nodded.

"I don't think I'm a player who's been selected for this national team for the first time, right?"

Fu Bai thought about it carefully, then nodded: "It's really..."

"Although he doesn't understand why, he seems to have integrated into this team. It's pretty good."

"Well, and looking at his performance in the game, it's hard to believe that he is actually only eighteen years old and has only played four professional league games." Fu Bai nodded and sighed.

"It's true. He looks experienced. Actually, this is what I like. If you want to say how outstanding his technical ability is, it's actually not." Gao Hongbo said. "But the feeling he felt when he handled the ball on the court made me feel very good. You see, he easily connected the team and completed it with seemingly ordinary passes and receptions and running positions. When you face a bunch of ropes that are entangled with each other without any clues, do you feel a headache, Lao Fu?"

"I feel that way every time I see the headphone cable in my bag." Fu Bai frowned.

Gao Hongbo smiled: "But Zhou Yi can always easily sort out the mess. He seems to know what is useful and what is invalid information. He knows what to do first, what to do later, and then what to do by the way..."

After hearing Gao Hongbo said so much, Fu Bai heard it: "You really like that boy."

Gao Hongbo smiled shyly: "Old Fu, our team has always lacked a real organizer. Although Deng Zhuoxiang plays as a front midfielder, his technical characteristics are not suitable for being an organizer. He is more like a wing forward, and he himself prefers to be an activity on the wing. Zhou Yi is actually the person we have been looking for. I wasn't sure if I should let him play so quickly before, but I'm sure now."

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In the hotel restaurant, Zhou Yi and his roommate Yu Hanchao, who lives in the same room, were talking and laughing, preparing to have a meal, but when he passed by the coaching table, he was stopped by his assistant coach Fu Bai.

Zhou Yi had no choice but to let Yu Hanchao go first and he stayed.

"Is there anything wrong, coach?" he asked Fu Bai.

Fu Bai asked Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, I ask you, do you want to participate in the next Asian Cup qualifier against Syria?"

Zhou Yi strangely asked the assistant coach: "Of course I want to."

"Well, but if I remember correctly, the first league game after the winter break is January 17, and our match against Syria is January 6. If you want to participate in this game, you can't participate in Dortmund's training camp during the winter break."

Zhou Yi really didn't think about this problem, but he felt that it was not a problem, so he said to Bo: "I still want to participate in the competition against Syria. I know that Coach Gao said he wanted to qualify as the first in the group. If we lose to Syria, we can only be the second in the group, right?"

Fu Bai said: "It will be a draw. Then you should consider it. We will communicate with Dortmund Club. Generally speaking, they will release people. After all, this is a formal national team game. But there are exceptions, because of the importance of your recent importance in Dortmund..."

"If necessary, I will plead with Klopp in person." Zhou Yi said.

Seeing that Zhou Yi made a statement, Fu Bai also breathed a sigh of relief.

He hopes that Zhou Yi can play against Syria. After all, judging from Zhou Yi's current performance, his existence has increased the strength of the national team.

However, players studying abroad will have dilemma between national teams and clubs, after all, Europe and China are too far away.

Some overseas players are in a state of no state while running back and forth frequently, and the main position of the club is squeezed out.

He was worried that Zhou Yi would also have considerations in this regard.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi was very straightforward.

Of course he didn't know why Zhou Yi simply missed Dortmund's winter break training? No problem, he could spend half a sleep time every night to train with Dortmund.

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The two teaching matches against local clubs in Shanghai were not broadcasted to the public. Therefore, the warm-up match between the Chinese team in Yiwu and Jordan became the first match that Zhou Yi might make in public.

This game naturally attracted much attention.

Everyone thought that Gao Hongbo would let Zhou Yi play in the warm-up match against Jordan. At the pre-match press conference, the most questions the reporter asked were whether Zhou Yi would.

Gao Hongbo gave an answer that disappointed fans across the country: "No, he won't. He just came to this team and still needs to be familiar with it."

"Will he show up?"

"I can't guarantee this. I will decide whether to let him play based on the game."

When Gao Hongbo answered the question, there was no expression on his face. It was impossible to tell whether he hoped Zhou Yi would appear or not...

But no matter what, Zhou Yi's first national team journey was born during the coach's tenure, but there is no doubt.

In the warm-up match with Jordan, Zhou Yi was indeed sitting on the bench. During the TV broadcast, he was given close-up shots on the bench many times.

Zhou Yi's expression in the camera has not changed much, and he is just focusing on watching the game.

"Well... I am worthy of being my son!" Zhou Jianliang, who saw this scene in front of the TV, nodded with approval. "Stay calm! Like him!"

Li Cuiyun rolled her eyes at the boastful Zhou Jianliang.

The TV broadcast also cut a close-up shot of a foreigner with a big nose and beard in the stands.

Commentator Duan Xin said: "The Syrian head coach also appeared in the stands in this game. It seems that he is here to inspect our players' situation. Speaking of this, Gao Hongbo refused to let Zhou Yi, maybe it was to not be exposed early?"

After a while, Duan Xin might have felt something was wrong and added: "But he personally admitted at the press conference that Zhou Yi and the team still need to be familiar with each other. Familiarity and understanding are not done on the bench, right? If Zhou Yi is not given time to play, how can he and the team improve their understanding and cooperation with each other? "

In the first half, Zhou Yi sat on the bench and didn't even go to warm up.

During the halftime break, he went to the court with his teammates on the bench to warm up.

However, after the second half began, Gao Hongbo still had no intention of replacing Zhou Yi.

Zhou Jianliang couldn't hold back any more. Zhou Yi, who occasionally appeared in close-up shots, still looked calm.

Finally, in the 70th minute, the Chinese team made a substitution, and Zhou Yi was replaced!
Chapter completed!