Chapter 104 Waiting is Also Part of the First Team

In fact, Zhou Yi wasn't wrong. Waiting really was part of being in the first team. At the very least, besides training hard, there really wasn't anything else Zhou Yi could do now but wait, patiently waiting for his opportunity.

Time passed day by day as he trained and waited.

In the second round of the league, Dortmund lost 1:4 to Hamburg on the road.

Zhou Yi and Götze were still left off the roster for this match.

After this game, the Chinese media and fans once again started dreaming about whether Zhou Yi would make it onto the match roster. Because the team's current performance was poor, especially in the midfield, as a midfielder, would Zhou Yi have a chance when the team's midfield wasn't functioning smoothly?

But in the third round of the league, Zhou Yi still wasn't able to get on the roster. Götze was still outside the roster with Zhou Yi.

This time it was Dortmund's home game. Zhou Yi, who was unable to make the roster, was once again taken by the Mark family to watch the game in the South Stand.

Despite the support of countless die-hard fans, Dortmund didn't seem to be able to recover from their early-season slump. They were held to a 1:1 draw by Stuttgart in their own stadium.

In the fourth round of the league, Dortmund challenged Eintracht Frankfurt away from home. It was also the last league game in August, and Zhou Yi still couldn't get on the roster.

As a result, Dortmund were held to a 1:1 draw by Eintracht Frankfurt on the road.

After four rounds of the league, they had one win, two draws, and one loss, with five points, ranking twelfth in the league. They only scored one goal in each game, so their performance was hardly good.

Throughout August, the Chinese media's yy (imagining/speculating) about whether Zhou Yi could get a chance to play never stopped. When Dortmund's performance was poor, they could come up with a lot of evidence to prove that Zhou Yi would definitely have the opportunity to be included in the next game's roster, get a substitute appearance, or even start.

But Klopp slapped the enthusiastic Chinese media in the face time and time again. In four games, no matter how badly the midfield played, Zhou Yi couldn't even make the roster. It was as if Klopp had forgotten about the teenager he had kept in the first team.

After the draw in the fourth game, a Chinese reporter interviewed Zhou Yi outside the training ground: "You haven't been included in the roster for four consecutive league games. Are you depressed?"

He thought that Zhou Yi would complain to him, but he didn't expect Zhou Yi to shake his head and say decisively, "No."

"Huh? Why?" The reporter who asked the question was very surprised.

"Waiting is also part of the first team," Zhou Yi replied to the reporter with what he had once said to Mark, leaving the Chinese reporter speechless and thoughtful.

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"Waiting is Also Part of the First Team. Zhou Yi Has a Peaceful Mentality and Waits for Opportunities!"

After Fang Shuai reposted the latest report about Zhou Yi to the online forum, he replied below: "Today is August 31st. Today I'm online in an internet cafe outside the university. Tomorrow, we will officially begin military training, so I may not have so much time to go online, but I will still pay attention to Zhou Yi's situation. It's just that I won't be able to repost news about Zhou Yi in a timely manner. I hope the other sub-administrators can help with this. Thank you."

"Also, I want to say a few words to everyone. I know that everyone is impatient and anxious about Zhou Yi's continued inability to get a chance to play. I myself am as anxious as everyone else. I hope to see Zhou Yi get a chance to play for Dortmund as soon as possible. However, the competition in the first teams of European clubs is very fierce. After all, Zhou Yi is just a player who has been promoted from the youth team. He has no experience in first-team games, and he can't compare with those established stars who the team spent a lot of money to buy. He can only wait patiently for an opportunity."

"From this report, we can see that Zhou Yi has a good mentality. To be honest, I feel a little relieved when I see this. If Zhou Yi was as impatient as us fans, then it would be over. But now, I am full of confidence in him. He is my high school classmate, and I know very well what kind of person he is. Zhou Yi often seems unreliable, and his words and actions are not serious, but he is always very serious and persistent in the things he likes. I was his high school classmate for two years, and I saw his efforts and persistence in football, which is why I became his fan."

"I hope that we can all wait with Zhou Yi, waiting for the moment when his opportunity arrives, and then let us cheer to our heart's content. And now, please join me in cheering for him. Don't be impatient. I will be back after the military training is over. Thank you for your support these past few months!"

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After the fourth round of the league, European clubs entered a short break for international matches.

Götze was even called up to the German U19 national team for training and matches.

Zhou Yi remained at the Brackel training base for training. Most of the time, he was still doing physical and strength training, working hard to improve his physical fitness.

Every day after training, he returned to his residence alone. After taking a shower, he sat in front of the computer and used QQ to chat with friends, dispelling the loneliness and boredom of the night.

Bing Zha: "You haven't even made the roster for four consecutive games!"

Your Grandpa is Still Your Grandpa: "You think first-team games are so easy to play? The competition is fierce! Your goalkeeper position is even more competitive! Have you seen Real Madrid's backup goalkeeper? Bitter in his heart! He still has to say to the outside world: 'Igor is the flag of the team. It's hard to imagine him not standing in front of Real Madrid's goal...'"

Bing Zha: "Tsk, I'm not at Real Madrid."

Old Monk, Dharma Name Guo Nu: "Čech is also very stable in front of Chelsea's goal."

Your Grandpa is Still Your Grandpa: "So I don't know why you chose to go to Chelsea in the first place? Just because Chelsea was the only one who wanted you?"

Ru Ying Sui Xing: "He must have gone for the women in England."

After chatting with everyone in the group for a long time, He Ying had also become accustomed to and adapted to the style of this group, which was... "mutual roasting." They often started roasting each other while chatting, and it seemed to be indiscriminate roasting. In the previous chat log, the two people seemed to be on the same side, but in the next sentence, they started roasting each other. It was a complete free-for-all.

However, this chat style of you roasting me, I roasting him, and he roasting you made He Ying feel relaxed and comfortable. He was alone at La Masia, and the competition in the youth team was very fierce, so he was under a lot of pressure. Only by casually chatting with everyone in the group could he relax from a day of fatigue, so he was now trying to roast people as well.

It's just that his methods of roasting people were still very clumsy compared to Zhou Yi. For example, he would add a sentence after roasting someone—

"I don't seem to be roasting hard enough... Alas, Zhou Yi, when will I be able to roast as seamlessly as you?"

Bing Zha: "When you become a shameless person like him, you can! Do you want to become a shameless person? Then your fans will be sad. 'Why has our He Ying become so shameless?'"

Just as Zhou Yi was about to type a reply, he suddenly heard a noise at the door. He quickly got up and went out to take a look.

As soon as he walked into the living room, he saw the door being pushed open, and two beautiful women walked in, dragging large and small suitcases.

"Oh, you even came out to greet us. You're so polite." Seeing Zhou Yi standing in the living room in a daze, Kotana said teasingly.

Hannah wanted to say a few polite words of greeting, but when she heard Kotana say that, she knew that it would be difficult for her to interject.

Sure enough, when Zhou Yi heard Kotana say that, he immediately came back to his senses and grinned, "You're thinking too much. I heard a strange noise at the door and thought a thief had broken in, so I came to take a look."

Zhou Yi directly called Kotana and the others thieves, and Kotana couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"It's not good to roll your eyes too much," Zhou Yi said.

"I want to, is it any of your business!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Hannah quickly came out to smooth things over and changed the subject: "We've been gone for two months. Are you not used to living here alone, Zhou Yi?"

"Yeah, tell us the truth, did you miss us?" Kotana asked with a smile, but this smile definitely didn't represent friendliness.

"It was indeed quite uncomfortable, because there was no one to clean." Zhou Yi nodded and spread his hands.

"Hey!" Kotana wanted to roll her eyes again, but she remembered what Zhou Yi had said, so she forcibly held back.

Hannah laughed and looked around the house: "I think it's quite clean. Okay, we won't disturb you. We're going to tidy up the room. Please take care of us in the days to come!"

Zhou Yi smiled and nodded at Hannah, then turned to Kotana: "Actually, I'm quite happy that you're back, because I don't have to eat at the players' restaurant anymore."

Kotana curled her lips: "That depends on my mood. I'll only cook when I'm in a good mood. You should still go to the players' restaurant."

"Sis~~" Zhou Yi's call was very sudden and sweet, making Kotana shiver.

"Don't call me that!" She quickly stopped Zhou Yi.

"Sis~ Cook for me~~~" Zhou Yi simply started acting like a spoiled child.

Hannah next to her couldn't stand it anymore: "My God... I'm getting goosebumps all over! I can't, I have to go tidy up the room!"

After saying that, she quickly ran into her room and closed the door.

Kotana also wanted to run away, but Zhou Yi chased after her, calling her "Sis" in a sweet voice. For Kotana, this was simply mental pollution. She couldn't stand it anymore, so she had to surrender: "If you don't call me that again, I promise to cook for you!"

Hearing Kotana say that, Zhou Yi immediately changed his face and said, "Deal, Big Sis!"

"Big Sis" was originally Zhou Yi's way of mocking Kotana, but now that there was a comparison, Kotana felt really comfortable when Zhou Yi called her that... At least it didn't give her goosebumps all over her heart.

Kotana glared at Zhou Yi, left a sentence, and then closed the door and went into her room.

"I've never seen anyone as shameless as you!"

"You're also very good, Big Sis!"

Zhou Yi praised, then chuckled and strode back to his room in the posture of a victor.

Sitting in front of the computer, he saw the chat log in the group.

Two minutes ago, Bing Zha said: "Zhou Yi is speechless from my roasting, he must be speechless!"

Kao Yu followed below and said: "It's okay. Zhou Yi is the kind of person who looks like he should be on the cover of elementary school Chinese textbooks."

Bing Zha: "How disgusting, Lao Yang. You have to know that you are now a Schalke 04 player, how can you help a Dortmund player speak? You have betrayed the team emblem on your chest!"

Zhou Yi typed: "Lao Yang still understands me! I'm such an upright person! The two beautiful women who live with me are infected by my uprightness. One is willing to clean for me, and the other is willing to cook for me. This is the charm of personality!"

Bing Zha: "He Ying, have you ever seen such a brazen person who talks nonsense with a straight face?"

Ru Ying Sui Xing: "Um... he's really quite shameless..."

Your Grandpa is Still Your Grandpa: "You're all jealous! Jealous that I can live with two beautiful women!"

Bing Zha: "Hehe."

Old Monk, Dharma Name Guo Nu: "Hehe."

Kao Yu: "..."

He Ying: "Should I also type hehe?"

Your Grandpa is Still Your Grandpa: "He Ying, don't follow the crowd, you have to follow your own heart, listen to the voice of your heart!"

He Ying: "Hehe."

Bing Zha: "Ah ha ha ha ha!"

Old Monk, Dharma Name Guo Nu: "2333333333"

Kao Yu: "Pfft!"

Your Grandpa is Still Your Grandpa: "..."

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ps, today is also three updates, but we will adjust the update time slightly, update at eight in the morning, twelve noon and six in the afternoon.