The game continued, and Klopp and Buvac continued their observations of the game.

In their eyes, Dortmund's midfield was operating smoothly.

Dortmund's players didn't seem to have any adjustment problems with either Sahin or Zhou Yi as the core.

At first, they were a little surprised, but soon they found that Zhou Yi was really taking the initiative to do what a core should do, and they were happy to cooperate with Zhou Yi. Besides, Sahin, the other core, hadn't said anything, so what could they say?

So they quickly passed the ball to Zhou Yi more often, allowing the team's offense to revolve around Zhou Yi.

Thinking about it carefully, this was quite normal.

After all, during the time when Sahin was injured, Zhou Yi had been playing as a single core, and the players had cooperated with him happily and efficiently.

Logically speaking, the coaching staff would need to do a lot of work before a new core appeared, practicing enough in daily training.

But Zhou Yi didn't have this opportunity; he was forced into the role. But Zhou Yi's performance exceeded everyone's expectations and he did a very good job.

He seamlessly integrated into the team.

So during the time when Sahin was injured, Dortmund's results were actually very good and stable.

Later, after Sahin recovered from his injury, the team experienced a very brief adjustment period.

So in fact, the players were very adaptable to Zhou Yi as the core.

Seeing this, Klopp gained some confidence in the team's prospects after losing Sahin next season.

Although he didn't understand why Zhou Yi suddenly became proactive in this game, snatching Sahin's command, and Sahin hadn't said anything, but now it seemed that the team was operating normally, so Klopp wasn't so anxious.

Freiburg's game was originally designed with defensive tactics against Sahin.

But what they didn't expect was that at the beginning of the game, Dortmund's core suddenly became Zhou Yi, and Sahin became like an assistant!

As a result, Freiburg's week of pre-match defensive preparations were all in vain...

And Zhou Yi became very active.

In the twenty-seventh minute, he launched an attack, passing the ball to Großkreutz, who assisted Barrios to score.

Dortmund took a 1-0 lead against their opponents on the road.

Subsequently, through the passing of Zhou Yi and Sahin, Dortmund firmly controlled the midfield rhythm in their own feet, mobilizing Freiburg to run around tiredly.

Seeing this scene, Buvac suddenly sighed: "This is the dual-core I want to see, anyone can take the lead alone, or play supporting roles for others. When leading, the dual-core can also help stabilize ball control... but it's a pity."

Klopp naturally knew what he meant by "a pity."

After this game, he wouldn't see such a dual-core again.

After working so hard to practice for half a season, the tactics that had just taken shape were forced to stop due to the team's transfer market strategy. For a tactical coach, this was both heartbreaking and helpless.

But there was no way around it. German soccer coaches are different from English soccer coaches. In Germany, the most important person in a soccer club is the club's general manager, such as Hoeneß of Bayern Munich and Zorc of Dortmund.

In England, on the other hand, everything is up to the head coach. He has the most critical transfer personnel power.

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After halftime, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Freiburg clearly stepped up their attack.

Although they had already secured relegation a round in advance, they didn't want to say goodbye to the season with a loss in their last game at home.

In the sixtieth minute, Freiburg striker Idrissou equalized the score for the team.

Then the two sides fell into a stalemate, with both having opportunities but failing to seize them.

When the time came to the seventieth minute, the score had still not been changed.

In fact, for both sides, this last game was without any desires or demands.

There was no need to fight too fiercely.

Especially Dortmund, many people were now thinking about how to go on vacation and where to go on vacation, not the game.

So gradually, they were suppressed on the field by Freiburg's more aggressive style of play.

For safety reasons, Dortmund made self-adjustments, gradually recovering their defense, giving up space in the front and middle of the field, while Freiburg took advantage of the situation to pursue and suppress Dortmund.

It looked like Freiburg was bombarding Dortmund.

In the stands of Freiburg's home stadium, the Mage Solar Stadium, the cheers of Freiburg fans resounded, hoping that the team could take down Dortmund after successfully securing relegation and end the season.

In Zhou Yi's view, Freiburg was too eager to win, they were pressing too far forward, and there were many gaps in the backfield that could be used. Especially in Dortmund's counterattack after intercepting the ball.

But that required accurate long passes.

After all, that wasn't a problem that could be solved with five- to fifteen-meter passes.

Speaking of long passes, Zhou Yi thought of the project he had been practicing recently.

Although he had been practicing in the virtual space for more than two months, it was still far from Zhou Yi's goal.

Originally, Zhou Yi didn't plan to use it at risk before he had practiced well.

But now...

Since there were so many opportunities, why not try it?

Anyway, it was the last game of the league, and the team had no specific goals now. Even if they lost this game, it wouldn't affect the team's ranking.

Was there a better opportunity to experiment than this?

Thinking of this, Zhou Yi decided to use long passes to create opportunities. It didn't matter if he didn't pass well. If he could pass well once, he would have gained something.

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As soon as he thought of it, he did it. Soon, Zhou Yi got a chance. At that time, Freiburg's attack was intercepted by Sven Bender when it entered Dortmund's thirty-meter area. Then, Sven Bender passed the ball to Zhou Yi.

As soon as Zhou Yi turned around, he saw the endless gap in Freiburg's half...

At the same time, he also saw Barrios at the front.

Because Freiburg was pressing very far forward, even Barrios, who was at the very front, was only on the center line at this time.

After Zhou Yi aimed at the direction where Barrios was, he kicked a long pass directly!

This was his first long pass of more than thirty meters in this game!

The direction was right, but the power was a little too great. Barrios ran two steps and saw the ball falling far in front of him. He definitely couldn't catch up, so he gave up running. At the same time, he didn't forget to give Zhou Yi a thumbs up behind him, indicating that he had passed well.

In fact, Zhou Yi's pass wasn't good, but this was the basic etiquette on the field.

Zhou Yi frowned and shook his head, obviously not satisfied with his performance.

Since joining the *Green Field Successor* program and coming to Europe to participate in the reality show recording, and now fighting in Dortmund's first team for a season, Zhou Yi had learned a truth. That is, others can be tolerant of themselves, but they cannot be tolerant of themselves.

Otherwise, they will be eliminated in this competitive world.

He carefully recalled the feeling when he practiced long passes in the virtual space.

The way to exert force, the angle of exertion, the part of the foot that touches the ball, how much force to apply...

Zhou Yi simulated it in his mind.

Because Freiburg was pressing Dortmund to attack, Zhou Yi didn't have many opportunities to pass long, and he couldn't squander every hard-won opportunity, but had to simulate it several times in his mind first.

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In fact, when Dortmund was being pressed by Freiburg, Sahin's long pass could have come into play.

But in this game, Sahin didn't mean to come out to help Zhou Yi, but was conscientiously fulfilling his role as an assistant, but never crossed the line.

On the contrary, he turned his attention to Zhou Yi many times in the game, and his eyes were full of interest.

It seemed that he wanted to see how Zhou Yi would solve this problem.

In the past, when Dortmund played counterattacks, Zhou Yi ran forward with the ball, relying on running to cooperate with his teammates. But that would be a little slow in a counterattack that pursued the ultimate speed...

At this time, a precise long pass like a cruise missile was the most suitable.

Sahin's left foot had this ability, but Zhou Yi didn't have this ability with either his left or right foot.

In the past, when the dual-core was running, these long passes were basically kicked by Sahin himself, and Zhou Yi was responsible for medium and short-range passes, especially short-range passes.

But next season, after he leaves the team, how will Zhou Yi be the core?

Sahin wanted to see if Zhou Yi had the ability to take the lead alone.

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After Sahin and Sven Bender joined forces to intercept Freiburg's attack, the ball came to Sahin's feet.

In fact, at this time, Sahin could have directly kicked a long pass and sent the ball forward.

But he didn't do so, or rather he didn't ultimately do so. He did raise his left foot, looked up into the distance, and made a full posture to pass long, but when it came to his foot, he shook his ankle and passed the ball to Zhou Yi, who was not far away.

This was one of the countless times he passed the ball to Zhou Yi in this game.

Zhou Yi received the ball in a not-so-large space.

Because Freiburg besieged Dortmund's penalty area, there were many people in front of Dortmund's penalty area, and it was not easy for Zhou Yi to find a gap, and this gap would be fleeting.

When Zhou Yi received the ball, the other Freiburg players rushed towards Zhou Yi.

There was not much time left for Zhou Yi to think and handle the ball.

Zhou Yi's right foot gently pushed the ball to his right side, then his left foot took a step behind the ball, he was next to the ball, and at the same time he raised his right leg, his right foot turned outward, and his ankle remained fixed and locked, drawing towards the ball from back to front.

The front end of the inside of his right foot accurately hit the ball, and the ball soared into the air and flew towards Barrios in front.

When the ball left his foot, a light came on in Zhou Yi's mind.

Rhythm!

He experienced a rhythm in this passing process.

The rhythm from adjusting the ball with his right foot to passing the ball out was very smooth and seamless.

As soon as the ball went out, Zhou Yi felt infinite confidence in his heart, and felt that this ball must be good!

His eyes followed the ball in the air as it flew towards Barrios.

"Zhou Yi's long pass!" Duan Xin shouted.