For some people, the frequent football is a pressure, a burden, and a responsibility that they don’t want to bear.

But Zhou Yi didn't. He thought it was trust, and every pass came from the trust of his teammates.

He likes and enjoys this feeling of being trusted.

And he also tried hard to live up to his teammates' trust.

He passed the football they passed on after analysis and processing.

The game just started. Because it was a away game, Leverkusen did not push up, but contracted in the backcourt and defended cautiously.

Faced with such a situation, Zhou Yi did not rush to pass the football forward, he could just fall down in the backcourt at will.

When he did this before, he had to consider the ideas of his midfielders and teammates. After all, he was on the other person's territory and could not do it too much.

But now, there is no need to consider this.

He has the final say in everything.

Continuously turning the feet, continuous crossing or backing, and occasionally forwarding, Zhou Yi observed the changes in the situation on the court during this process.

Leverkusen's midfield configuration in this game is pretty good. There are return veteran Barack, as well as young Vidal and Barnetta assisting, and talented players like Kislin on the front line. However, Leverkusen's defense is not very good, and there are hidden dangers.

Although there is a central defender like Hypia who was the best team in the Bundesliga last season, Hypia is already 37 years old at this time and is on the verge of retirement. Her physical fitness has declined very quickly and is no longer as brave as she used to be.

Barack's return is a heart-warming agent for Leverkusen fans, but Barack is just as old as he is. Born in 1976, he is 34 years old this year, and his career is also very little left.

However, they are all very experienced, coupled with the energetic young people Vidal and Banetta.

Maybe we can cause some trouble for Dortmund in the midfield.

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After several consecutive kicks with his teammates, Zhou Yi finally found a free time and sent the football with a long pass.

A little bit erratic, but still within control, Groschloitz chased after a few steps and followed the football.

"Zhou Yi's long pass found his teammates very accurately!" Duan Xin said excitedly.

Many Chinese fans in front of the TV were also very excited. This was Zhou Yi's first long pass in this game, and it was so accurate, which means he was in good condition.

However, after Zhou Yi passed the ball, he shook his head and did not think that his long pass was successful.

Because there was a chance here. If the long pass was good, Groschloitz could use this opportunity to create a threat. But now he has taken down the football, but the opportunity is gone, so he can only reorganize the offense.

This is not the effect he wants, at least it is not the effect he wants in this long pass.

So he ran up again.

Sure enough, after Groschloitz controlled the football, he looked up and the opponent's defense was already in front of him.

There was no chance, so he had to pass the football back and give it to Shinji Kagawa.

The Japanese won the spot in the first game with their outstanding performance in the warm-up match.

However, his ability to do so easily may have something to do with Zhou Yi's position retreating...

After Shinji Kagawa took the ball, he looked forward and there was no good opportunity. Leverkusen's players were still very strict with Barrios' defense, and Cardlets kept following him. He couldn't find any good opportunity to pass the ball.

Just when Shinji Kagawa didn't know what to do, he heard someone shouting behind him: "Tell me, Kagawa!"

Shinji Kagawa quickly turned around and saw Zhou Yi hooking at him. So he passed the football back without saying a word.

After training and warm-up matches, Shinji Kagawa already knew Zhou Yi's strength, so he would not hesitate at all at this time.

The football fell to Zhou Yi's feet, and Shinji Kagawa, who had passed the ball, ran forward.

Now Zhou Yi's position on the court has become a midfielder, and he has returned to the place he was most familiar with last season, the closest to the goal.

According to some theories, it is also the place where he threatens the most.

Of course, the defensive pressure he faced suddenly increased. Vidal rushed up like a tiger and entangled Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi passed the football to Gotze who came up to pick him up, and did not let the football stay under his feet. Then he continued to run.

This scene made the fans and commentators in front of the TV very familiar with each other. Because this was how Zhou Yi played football last season.

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"It seems that there is no difference when he plays as a midfielder..." Duan Xin suddenly said.

At this time, the game had been going on for almost twenty minutes, and Dortmund, who played at home, took the initiative. Although the venue and weather conditions were not very good, Klopp's team still performed very normally.

This normality has a lot to do with Zhou Yi. Because football will always be passed to Zhou Yi, and then it will be passed by Zhou Yi. His passing determines whether the Dortmund machine is operating normally.

During this period, because Dortmund suppressed Leverkusen, the formation was a little overwhelmed. Zhou Yi has been in the frontcourt and gives people the feeling of being like a front midfielder.

"Initially, modern football's requirements for players' positions on the field are relatively vague." Tao Wei said from the side. "No one stipulates that those who play the midfielder cannot come up. Moreover, Zhou Yi, the midfielder itself is an organizational midfielder. His defensive tasks are not heavy. When a suppression situation is formed, he can of course come up."

In fact, it is not only when the team is in a suppression situation, but also when counterattacking, Zhou Yi can move forward with the offensive.

As long as he comes up, no matter whether it is Kagawa Shinji or Goze in front, he will give way to him. He has absolute priority in the middle lane.

This is also something Klopp repeatedly emphasized and explained during training.

He told Shinji Kagawa, who was originally playing the front midfielder, that if Zhou Yi wanted to come up, he would have to give him the position of the front midfielder, so where would Shinji Kagawa go?

You can go to the current forward in the penalty area or go to the wingers to play. Anyway, Shinji Kagawa can play in both positions.

The game lasted for a while, and in the 35th minute, Leverkusen launched an attack, but this attack did not make it. Their pass was cut off by Subotic in front of Dortmund's penalty area.

Subotic, who intercepted the ball, realized that this was a good opportunity to counterattack, so he quickly passed the ball to midfielder Sven Cade, who turned around and passed it to Gotze, who was retreating from the wing.

Gotze dribbled forward and he soon encountered a block from Leverkusen midfielder Castro.

Facing the blocking, Goce did not dribble the ball and forcefully break through, but passed the football to Zhou Yi in the middle.

When Zhou Yi received the ball, there was no Leverkusen player next to him. This is not to say that Leverkusen's players look down on Zhou Yi and do not pay enough attention to him. Instead, Zhou Yi kept running on the court and just happened to run into the air.

So when Zhou Yi just received the ball, Leverkusen's defensive player Vidal rushed up.

Zhou Yi turned around and protected the football in front of him, while at the same time he seemed to develop on the other side. On the other side, Groschloitz was indeed advancing at high speed.

Zhou Yi's turn and Groschloitz's running attracted Leverkusen's defensive attention, and their defensive players also moved there.

But as they moved, Zhou Yi suddenly twisted his body and passed the football to the other side, where Geze was!

At this time, Goce had already rushed up. The football from Zhou Yi jumped twice on the slippery grass, rushed forward, and rolled a little in front of Goce!

The strength was just right, and the football was not stopped in some place with water.

Although Zhou Yi's pass was a bit unexpected, Leverkusen's defense was very fast and he immediately moved to this side.

So when Gotze received the ball and planned to break into the penalty area, Leverkusen's defender had already moved to the front of him.

It is not impossible for him to break through, but the venue is slippery and the success rate will inevitably drop significantly.

At this time, Goce waved his head to the middle, and he saw Zhou Yi.

When Dortmund counterattacked, all the offensive players rushed forward in a swarm. When Leverkusen's defender retreated, Zhou Yi did not run forward, but on the contrary, he took a few steps back, which just opened a little distance between him and Leverkusen's defensive players.

This is an active creation of space because it is just a little distance. No one around him is guarding him!

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Mark, who saw this scene in the south stand, couldn't help but shout: "Pass! Pass to Zhou Yi, Mario!"

He and Zhou Yi have been playing football training together since the u17 youth team. He already has a good understanding of how to cooperate with Zhou Yi.

So when he saw this scene, he was afraid that Gotze would not see the same thing, so he couldn't help but shout, regardless of whether Gotze could hear it on the court.

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However, how could Geze, who has also cooperated with Zhou Yi since his youth team, not know this?

When he saw that Zhou Yi was not moving forward, but retreating, he knew what Zhou Yi was going to do to pull out the space!

So he decisively passed the football to Zhou Yi.

The distance between football and Leverkusen's goal suddenly became farther than before. This seemed to be a symbol of Dortmund's failure in counterattack. Dortmund was going to fight a position again with a long-term plan.

After Zhou Yi received the ball, he didn't occasionally pass the ball out immediately, but controlled it.

This control gave the retreating Leverkusen player time to rush up again.

"Oh, it's slow!" Duan Xin screamed regretfully when she saw this scene.

He believed that Zhou Yi should pass the ball or shoot immediately after receiving the ball, making full use of this space. However, Zhou Yi waited for a while after receiving the ball, and then the space was gone.

But Zhou Yi was actually waiting for Leverkusen's defender to press forward.

How can new and deadly space emerge if they don’t push them up?

Moreover, in order to deepen this effect, Zhou Yi also chose to dribble the ball forward and face Leverkusen's defender!

Kadletz rushed towards him immediately.

At the same time, Barrios, who was originally in the middle of the penalty area, saw that Zhou Yi was about to break through the middle, so he pulled to the side and raised his hand to signal Zhou Yi to pass the football to him on the side after attracting all his defensive attention to the middle.

However, Leverkusen did not forget Barrios, the Bundesliga Golden Boot last season, and the experienced Hypia followed.

For a time, the various running routes in front of the penalty area were complicated. If everyone had a line behind them, it would probably be a mess here at this moment.

But an excellent or even top midfield organizer must have the ability to find the thread in a mess and find the gap in a mess, and it must be fast!
To be continued...