Chapter 183 Injury

The next day, when Zhou Yi got up, he deliberately stretched his left thigh and felt that the tightness was significantly easier than yesterday.

This discovery made Zhou Yi admire Cortana. Although this woman was mostly unsmiling and didn't speak nicely, she had real skills. In the face of these real skills, Zhou Yi didn't care about other shortcomings.

He originally wanted to say thank you to Cortana, but he didn't see Cortana after getting up. Her door was locked. It seemed that she had already left.

After tidying up, Zhou Yi also went to the training base.

He still remembered what Cortana had told him. On the third day of a muscle strain, he could do some low-intensity aerobic exercise, such as jogging and cycling, but the time should not exceed twenty minutes, and he should pay attention to not feeling pain.

So Zhou Yi still jogged to the training base, only running slower than usual, while closely monitoring the condition of his left hamstring.

When he arrived at the training base, he did not go to the locker room, but went straight to knock on Klopp's office door.

Klopp was surprised that Zhou Yi would take the initiative to come to him, and at this time.

But what Zhou Yi said surprised him even more.

"My left thigh muscle is strained."

Just such a simple sentence shocked Klopp into standing up from his chair: "Strained? When? How did you strain it? Is it serious?"

His series of questions fully demonstrated his inner tension.

As the team's absolute core, Zhou Yi absolutely couldn't get injured at the critical moment of the title race.

Especially with Shinji Kagawa already seriously injured and out for the season.

If Zhou Yi got injured again, Dortmund might collapse... This was by no means alarmist.

No one knew better than Klopp how important Zhou Yi was to this team.

When Klopp recruited Zhou Yi and said he wanted him to be the core of his team for the next ten years, there may have been some exaggeration in it, such as Klopp definitely not expecting Zhou Yi to become the core of the team so quickly. But from the moment he saw Zhou Yi play, Klopp believed that this young man should be the core of his future team.

Zhou Yi briefly explained his situation to Klopp.

When Klopp heard that he had strained his muscle in the final moments of the last game against Mainz, his face changed.

Because if he had strained his muscle at that time, and waited until now, a full day had passed, what could have happened during this day?

For example, climbing stairs, jumping, or doing anything else, there was a possibility of aggravating the strain.

Bad thoughts had already popped up in Klopp's mind.

But then Zhou Yi's words surprised him—the slightest strain? The slightest strain? How was that possible?

Klopp didn't let Zhou Yi continue, signaling Zhou Yi to stop talking, and then he dialed Dr. Braun's phone and told the doctor about the situation on the phone.

After putting down the phone, he said to Zhou Yi, "I'll go with you to see the doctor. Can you walk?"

Zhou Yi spread his hands: "How else would I have gotten here, coach?"

"Ah, you haven't bought a car yet?" Klopp was quite surprised.

"I never have time to study systematically, so I don't want to take the test..."

"Ah, that's true, the German driving test is too difficult. If you really can't, you can go to England to take it..." Klopp suggested to Zhou Yi.

In Germany, there is a limit to the number of times you can take the driving test, so many students will apply for the test only when they are sure they are ready, otherwise, they will waste a valuable opportunity if they fail.

Moreover, the German driving test road test is very difficult. When taking the driving test in China, the last road test, a student may only need to drive a few hundred meters, and if they are lucky, they may pass after driving only a hundred meters as soon as they get in the car.

But in Germany, the road test is required to be one hour! During this time, various situations will occur, fully testing a student's driving ability and psychological quality.

So, if you don't study well, it's meaningless to take the test rashly.

Zhou Yi is usually busy with training and games, so he naturally doesn't have time to study systematically, so he hasn't applied for the road test yet.

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When the two arrived at Dr. Braun's, he was already ready.

After letting Zhou Yi change his pants and lie on the bed, he began to examine Zhou Yi.

The first step was basically the same as Cortana's.

He massaged different parts and asked for Zhou Yi's feedback.

Finally, he came to the same conclusion as Cortana: "It is indeed a very slight strain, and very, very slight..."

Klopp felt strange, and Dr. Braun also felt strange. After finishing his conclusion, he turned to Zhou Yi and asked: "According to your previous description, I think your strain should be more serious than what I just examined, but why... does the situation seem to be improving?"

Zhou Yi was naturally very familiar with Dr. Braun. He followed his special training throughout, monitoring his physical condition during the special training, and helping the coaching staff to adjust the training plan at any time, so Zhou Yi had no doubts about Dr. Braun's level.

Since he was saying that the situation was improving, then it really was improving.

His conclusion confirmed Cortana's ability level.

"Well, after I discovered my muscle strain, I asked a friend to help me, and she did some treatment for me..." Then Zhou Yi told Dr. Braun what Cortana had done. "So the situation is much better... Of course, she also told me not to train with the team for a short time..."

"Well, your friend is quite skilled, and the treatment method is correct." Dr. Braun nodded in appreciation. "Thanks to your friend, otherwise it would be hard to say what your injury would be like, because that very slight strain won't attract your attention when you don't train or compete. But once you start training, it may be too late when you find out."

Then, he turned to Klopp and said, "Zhou Yi won't be able to participate in normal team training for this week, so it's definitely impossible for him to participate in the league game this weekend."

"How long will he be out of the game?" Klopp asked.

"It's not a very serious injury. Generally speaking, he can train with the team after five days. Then it depends on his state in training." Braun didn't give a very definite answer.

But hearing that Zhou Yi only needed to rest for less than a week, Klopp breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, the coaching staff will re-formulate a recovery training plan for Zhou Yi these days."

There was nothing else to do next. Zhou Yi and Klopp said goodbye to Dr. Braun. Zhou Yi returned to the locker room, and Klopp went to the coaching staff to re-formulate a training plan for Zhou Yi. Moreover, since the next game would have to wait until two weeks later, if Zhou Yi recovered well, he wouldn't miss a single game, which was good news for Dortmund.

Klopp, who was in a much better mood, even had the leisure to make fun of Zhou Yi: "I noticed that you just mentioned that the friend who helped you is 'she'. Is she your girlfriend, kid?"

Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect Klopp's angle to be so strange. When he introduced this matter just now, he didn't deliberately hide anything except not mentioning Cortana's name and identity. He didn't have any feeling of guilt.

But now that Klopp said that, he felt a little guilty instead.

He waved his hands quickly: "No! No! Coach, you're thinking too much!"

Seeing Zhou Yi's nervous appearance, Klopp smiled: "You don't have to worry, Zhou Yi. I don't object to you finding a girlfriend. I believe your self-discipline ability won't decline because you have a girlfriend. Of course, if you want to keep your love life low-key, I can understand that too. After all, you are a star now, a public figure, with almost no private life... I can completely understand!"

Seeing Klopp being so understanding, Zhou Yi was speechless. At this time, it was really impossible to argue, because the more you explained, the more it would be understood as a cover-up...

Seeing that Zhou Yi didn't speak, Klopp assumed that he was acquiescing, so he patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yi really wanted to cry to Klopp...

Fortunately, the two separated soon, otherwise it would be a great embarrassment and humiliation for Zhou Yi.

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Reporters and fans soon discovered that Zhou Yi did not appear in Dortmund's training today, which was suspicious.

After all, Zhou Yi was the core figure of Dortmund, and his every move was heart-wrenching.

The answer came quickly: Zhou Yi strained his muscle in the final stage of the game against Mainz, so he could not train with the team!

This was simply a bolt from the blue for Dortmund supporters!

Zhou Yi was injured!

In an instant, this news spread rapidly throughout Germany, and even Europe, and naturally, it also spread back to China.

Everyone's sensitive and fragile nerves were buzzing with this news.

When they didn't know the specifics of Zhou Yi's injury, everyone would think of the worst possible outcome like a conditioned reflex.

Could it be a muscle rupture strain that requires a month or two of rest?

Will it lead to him falling into habitual strains in the future?

In addition, the most realistic question was, will Zhou Yi's injury at this time cause him to miss the two-legged Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid?

You know, April 5th was the day Dortmund played Real Madrid.

And now it was March 21st.

There wasn't much time left for Zhou Yi.