During the physical examination, Zhou Yi's performance surprised team doctor Braun, as all his physical indicators had greatly improved.

"What did you do this summer, Zhou Yi?" he asked after Zhou Yi got off the equipment.

"I took a trip around the eighteen levels of hell and then came back!" Zhou Yi said with a fierce expression, then walked away with his arms swinging, like the Terminator, walking away coolly.

But Dr. Braun was confused.

He didn't solve the puzzle until the afternoon.

He went to ask the team's assistant coach, Buvac.

"Oh, Zhou Yi? He used his two-month vacation for special training, mainly to improve his physical fitness," Buvac said. "What, his physical examination results are out?"

"Take a look for yourself, Zeljko." Dr. Braun handed the physical examination report to him.

Buvac took it and immediately smiled, nodding repeatedly. "Not bad, not bad, the training seems to have had a very good effect..."

Braun asked, "What are the eighteen levels of hell?"

"Huh?" Buvac didn't react.

"I asked Zhou Yi what he did during the holidays. Zhou Yi told me he went to the eighteen levels of hell? What does that mean?" Braun was still puzzled.

"Hi." Buvac laughed. "That's the name given to the special training by the two physical coaches. Sounds cool, doesn't it? Hell!" Buvac said with a smile.

"Okay..." Braun thought it was childish, but at least he now knew what the eighteen levels of hell were.

But although childish, you could hear from the name how difficult the special training was.

Dr. Braun followed the team's pre-season training camp the whole time, and he was very clear about the intensity of the training.

He felt that since it was hell, it would definitely be more intense than the team's official training.

If Zhou Yi could complete such training, then those data reflected in his physical examination report now would not be so unbelievable.

Well, this is really a good thing for the team.

After all, after Sahin left, the team would need Zhou Yi's passing and organizational skills even more.

"Can I take this report to Jurgen first?" Buvac asked Braun, holding the report.

"No problem, I was going to give it to Jurgen anyway, but this one is a separate copy." Braun shrugged.

"That's great!"

After thanking Dr. Braun, Buvac took the report to Klopp.

He knew that Klopp was probably the most concerned about Zhou Yi's physical fitness, so he had to let Klopp see it first.

When Klopp got the report, his reaction was the same as Buvac's. He glanced at it and smiled.

Obviously, he was also happy with Zhou Yi's physical examination report.

In fact, Zhou Yi still has many technical shortcomings, but these shortcomings can be improved through unremitting training. However, in Klopp's view, his ability in terms of awareness is already close to perfection, and it is precisely awareness that is difficult to improve through training.

So Zhou Yi has an excellent talent, he only needs to improve his physical and technical abilities.

This is also why Klopp is so optimistic about Zhou Yi.

In Klopp's opinion, Zhou Yi is a true genius, because his potential is almost unlimited.

"Very good, I'm relieved." After reading Zhou Yi's entire physical examination report, the Dortmund coach smiled and patted the table.

The stone in his heart had finally fallen.

He had actually been under tremendous pressure before.

It was he who nodded and let Sahin go. If Zhou Yi couldn't hold up the overall situation, the team's performance would be affected, and his decision at the time would be brought up. He would have to be responsible for it.

But Zhou Yi's physical condition, in his opinion, was no longer a big problem, and things suddenly became simple.

He was full of confidence in the upcoming new season.

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After the players reported, the team officially started training the next day.

Because some players participated in the World Cup, the Dortmund first team's lineup was not complete.

These days, the team focused on recovery training, allowing the players who had gone through a holiday to gradually find their physical feeling and training rhythm.

If they immediately engaged in high-intensity normal training after the holiday, it would probably increase the number of injuries.

All players' physical fitness had declined compared to when they were playing in the league last season, which was only natural.

They needed to adapt.

Only one person was an exception.

That person was Zhou Yi.

Because he had been training during this holiday, his physical fitness was not just maintained, but even better than last season.

After the recovery training, those players who participated in the World Cup but were eliminated early began to return to the team. Although the national team players from the German national team had not yet returned, the team's lineup was much more complete than before.

The team began to gather and then flew to Austria to continue training at their pre-season training camp from last season.

The players who reported earliest had already started normal physical training, while the players who had just returned had to start with recovery training.

The team's training was divided into many parts, making it difficult to unify.

This is also why international competitions such as the World Cup and the European Cup have a great impact on the club's preparations. It should be known that there are still those national team players who have reached the semi-finals of the World Cup.

If given a choice, no coach would want the team's training to be torn apart.

Fortunately, Dortmund did not have too many national team players in this regard. Bayern Munich was more affected.

Because the German national team, which fought in the South Africa World Cup and reached the semi-finals, was basically based on Bayern Munich.

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During the physical training phase, different training plans were still formulated according to each player's different physical conditions.

And Zhou Yi's training plan was still very harsh...

Just because Zhou Yi had been insisting on training during the holidays did not make his training plan easier.

But for Zhou Yi, who had seen the scenes of the eighteen levels of hell, even if it was hell now, it was only the tenth level of hell.

Just a drizzle.

For Mark, he had to grit his teeth and persevere.

He also saw for the first time how terrible the training intensity of the first team was. Before, he only heard Zhou Yi say it, and Zhou Yi said it with great enthusiasm, but Mark couldn't really understand that feeling.

Now he experienced it with his body, and he admired his idol Zhou Yi even more—he actually persevered through such a terrible training intensity!

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On the third day after the team arrived in Austria, Dortmund officially announced a new transfer deal.

They announced that they had signed Japanese young attacking midfielder Shinji Kagawa from Cerezo Osaka for 300,000 euros.

For most people, this was just one of several ordinary transfer deals Dortmund made during this transfer period, and there was nothing particularly noteworthy about it. Moreover, many Germans didn't even know who Shinji Kagawa was.

But for Chinese media, it was different.

And not only the Chinese media, but also Chinese fans were highly concerned about this transfer.

Chinese media and fans had some thoughts about the arrival of this Japanese player.

On the one hand, because he is Japanese, Chinese people and Japanese people are inherently sensitive due to some well-known reasons.

On the other hand, it has nothing to do with history, it is purely a football issue.

Because Shinji Kagawa's position when playing for Cerezo Osaka was also attacking midfielder, and he was older than Zhou Yi. He had already become famous in Japan.

Originally, European teams had sent trial invitations to Shinji Kagawa at the beginning of this year, but at that time, Shinji Kagawa refused the trial invitations from European teams because he wanted to participate in the World Cup. Instead, he stayed at Cerezo Osaka, where he was guaranteed playing time and could perform more consistently.

However, he ultimately failed to enter the 23-man squad for the Japanese national team to compete in the South Africa World Cup. However, because of his talent and ability, he participated in the World Cup as a World Cup experience player for the Japanese national team, and received training with the team, but could not play in the games.

Including Shinji Kagawa in the World Cup experience players showed how much the Japanese national team valued this young player. Some people had already regarded him as the successor to Hidetoshi Nakata and Shunsuke Nakamura.

Now that such a person had come to Dortmund, would he pose a threat to Zhou Yi's position? Was he here to compete with Zhou Yi for playing time?

Thinking about Zhou Yi's physical condition last season, the possibility of this guess seemed to suddenly become very high.

So even if this Shinji Kagawa wasn't Japanese, he was Zhou Yi's competitor, considered an enemy.

Chinese media and Chinese fans probably wouldn't have such a high opinion of him, not to mention that he was Japanese...

They all hoped that Shinji Kagawa would always be a substitute in Dortmund, stay on the bench, and eventually leave the team as a failure after one season, ending his disappointing European tour and returning to Japan.

In their eyes, although Shinji Kagawa hadn't even come to the team yet, he and Zhou Yi seemed to be incompatible...