Chapter 198: On the eve of the Great War

Tomorrow night is Borussia Dortmund's first Champions League game in nine years, and as a loyal fan of Westphalia Lun's South Stand, ten of the most influential die-hard fans have come to the hallowed South Stand for a dress rehearsal the day before the game. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

At the same time, Dortmund club staff are in full swing to install the south stand seats, because the Champions League does not allow the presence of standing stands.

In order to cope with the Champions League, the club had to install temporary seats.

The 10 die-hard fans will be accompanied by Dortmund manager and stadium manager Fritz Linschermann, who will be responsible for coordinating the interaction between the fans and the team at major matches.

Over the past many seasons, the two sides have enjoyed working together.

Borussia Dortmund have also beaten visiting teams countless times with the frenzied atmosphere created by their die-hard fans, so Fritz Linschelmann has been very cooperative.

Hans Heisenberg was not the most senior of the 10 most influential fans, but he was definitely the most agile of the fans, so at the age of 16 he succeeded his father, Rod Heisenberg, as one of the 10 most influential die-hard fans in the South Stand of the Westphalia Lun Stadium.

Almost everything about the home atmosphere for tomorrow night's Champions League match is his imagination.

The other nine were responsible for perfecting Hans Heisenberg's ideas and promoting them into practice.

Tang Zheng walked straight down the aisle from the East Stand to the South Stand, and from a distance he saw Fritz Linschermann, the head of the stadium, holding a wireless microphone and saying something.

If nothing else, he's in contact with the staff in the stadium's control room.

Immediately, a huge poster large enough to cover 1/2 of the south stand slowly emerged from the bottom up, and Tang Zheng gradually saw the image of a cartoon fan wearing a hat with the Dortmund team emblem and holding glasses appeared in front of him.

It turned out that it was several near-transparent steel wires from the roof of the South Stand pulling a huge yellow-and-black poster......

"Hey, isn't that Don?"

Tang Zheng was tall and handsome, and was soon recognized by die-hard fans in the South Stand.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and saluted, Tang Zheng smiled and raised his right arm and waved to these diehard fans.

"Hey~ Don, why are you here?"

Hans Heisenberg greeted Tang Zheng and asked with a smile.

Most die-hard Dortmund fans know that Hans Heisenberg has the best relationship with Tang Zheng among fans, because he once took the initiative to be a driver for Tang Zheng without a driver's license for half a season because he drove a taxi.

"Thinking that tomorrow is the first Champions League game in my life, I drove to Westphalen and came to see it by the way. Tang Zheng nodded to the others and replied to Hans Heisenberg.

After that, Tang Zheng added: "You guys are busy with yourself, I'll take a look." ”

"Hehe, work can continue at any time, but the opportunity to chat with you is not casual. ”

As soon as Hans Heisenberg finished speaking, he was supported by other supporters.

Tang Zheng shook his head with a smile and said, "I seem to like playing big names very much." ”

"How can you, you're the most dedicated and people-friendly in our team, aren't you, brothers?"

"Okay. Tang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and said bluntly to Hans Heisenberg, who was half a head shorter: "If you want to take a group photo and sign an autograph, just say it, why do you say so much?"

Seeing through everything by Tang Zheng, Hans Heisenberg laughed dryly, and then brazenly took out his mobile phone and handed it to another honest man, raising his scissor hands.

Other Dortmund loyalists and even club staff members silently approached, and the intention to take a group photo could not be more obvious.

Tang Zheng was in a good mood, he satisfied every fan and staff.

Ten minutes later, Tang Zheng pointed to one of the staff members who stuffed the yellow drawings into the back-to-back cracks of the seats and asked Hans Heisenberg: "What are they doing here?"

"Because tomorrow is our first Champions League game in nine years, we naturally want to show the visiting Arsenal the power of the South Stand, and I won't tell you the details, anyway, you will know tomorrow night. ”

Hans Heisenberg said proudly.

Tang Zheng didn't ask again, but looked at the huge TIFO show that was slowly rising.

Tomorrow night's Champions League group stage is sure to be extremely hot, right?

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The Arsenal squad arrived in Dortmund two days before the game and arrived at the Westphalais Lun Stadium on the morning of the last day before the game for acclimatisation, so the Dortmund diehard fans had time to set up the home atmosphere in the afternoon.

Coach Jurgen Klopp, who missed Borussia Dortmund's first Champions League group game, used the media to attract Arsenal's firepower, allowing his players to play comfortably and win Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger is an experienced and cunning coach who naturally sees Klopp's intentions, but he doesn't break it down, but focuses on the game.

In Wenger's mind, there are not many dangerous people in Dortmund.

Just two.

Tang Zheng and Pirlo.

If you have to choose the most threatening person, it must be Tang Zheng.

The European Super Cup at the Stade Louis II is still fresh in people's minds, so special care of Tang Zheng is a necessary tactical arrangement.

Besides, playing away from home, Arsene Wenger feels the team should be careful to sail the ship of 10,000 years.

Compared with the experience of the Champions League, Dortmund is far from comparable, but playing away from home will bring great variables, and the decisive venue is Westfalun, the home of Europe's first devil.

Van Persie, who captained Arsenal this summer, told The Times at his regular pre-match press conference: "Our goal on the road is to win, and it's something that no one can change!"

When it was the home team's turn to give a routine interview, Tang Zheng, who was present with manager Jurgen Klopp, mocked Van Persie: "If I'm not mistaken, Arsenal's recent form is very 'good'!

Among them, the 'good' bite is very heavy.

Why is it so 'good'?

Because before the start of the international break, Arsenal lost 2:8 at Old Trafford, the Theatre of Dreams......

It's really a pot that shouldn't be mentioned.

Speaking should be to the point, Tang Zheng's words reached the Arsenal camp, which immediately caused a 'riot' among the Arsenal players, and they used social media to say that Tang Zheng would be taught how to be a person in tomorrow night's game.

However, Tang Zheng told a big truth, Arsenal's recent form is not good, the 2011-2012 Premier League season began four rounds, they won one win, one draw and two losses, the start is worrying......

Arsenal may be in high spirits preparing for the Champions League, but the fans are very worried.

The bloody 8-2 at Old Trafford is still fresh in my memory, and I can't sleep with fear.

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September 13th, the first matchday of the 2011-2012 Champions League group stage.

On this day, the football atmosphere in Dortmund is particularly frenetic.

The Champions League after nine years has made Dortmund fans ecstatic.

Whether it's a traffic artery or a corner of the street, you can see a large number of home fans wearing the yellow and black jerseys of Dortmund's home stadium.

And this is a non-weekend Champions League matchday, otherwise there will be more Dortmund fans in yellow and black shirts.

Today, it's their holiday.

The game time is 8.45pm at the standard kick-off time, which also gives working-class fans plenty of time to prepare for the upcoming home games.

As soon as five o'clock in the afternoon, countless office workers took off their shiny suits and leather shoes and changed into the yellow and black jerseys of Dortmund's home stadium.

Their purpose is exactly the same, to go to Westphalic Lun!

In less than half an hour, the Westphalia Lun Stadium was packed with a large number of Dortmund fans.

Outside the stadium square, the home team fans wearing yellow and black jerseys can be seen.

They gathered in groups of three or five, holding up fan scarves, banners, slogans, and singing the team anthem.

When they see the camera, these excited fans will shout at the camera: "Champions League, we are back! Dortmund!

For last season's Bundesliga championship, the European media is still quite optimistic, and this game is characterized as a strong dialogue, so many well-known European media have sent special personnel to Westfal Stadium to do live reporting.

Of course, there are many media outlets from China.

Because of Tang Zheng's excellent performance and status in Dortmund, many domestic media have set up permanent offices in Germany, in order to be able to get first-hand news about Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng is not the first Chinese player to play in the Champions League, but he is definitely the highest-ranking Chinese player to participate in the Champions League.

Many of the local Dortmund fans held up banners, slogans and posters about Tang Zheng.

In addition, Tang Zheng is handsome, and his style of play is both tough and elegant, which is very attractive to fans.

According to incomplete statistics, the number 10 jersey sold at the beginning of this season is the most in the entire Dortmund, so there are a large number of fans wearing the number 10 jersey in the yellow and black jersey.

Among these fans, there are also a large number of Chinese who work or study in Germany.

If Kyle is unable to start for tactical reasons, Tang Zheng will become the first Chinese player to make his debut in the Champions League as captain!

There is no doubt that this is something that every Chinese will be proud of.

As the largest overseas partner of the Champions League, Yang 5 has sent the most reporters.

Dortmund fans love the house and the U.S. and are often very happy to be interviewed by the Chinese media.

No, well-known Dortmund fans took the initiative to be interviewed by Chinese reporters.

On the Chinese Internet, many fans showed great interest in this match, and many even thought that they would abandon the strong dialogue between defending champions Barcelona and AC Milan.

Although countless Chinese had to go to work and school the next day, it still did not affect the enthusiasm of these fans.

Tang Zheng's first Champions League game, no one wants to miss it.

It's just that this game has left those loyal gun fans in the country feeling tangled, and they don't know how to determine their position.

It stands to reason that Chinese would definitely support Borussia Dortmund, but Arsenal are a team they have supported for a long time and should be supported in the face of Arsenal's recent slump in form......

Tangled, tangled!

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On the way to the Westphalva Lun Stadium by bus for the whole team of Dortmund, Tang Zheng made a meager message: In the first Champions League game in his life, he was a little excited in his heart, but fortunately he slept beside him.

Attached is a photo with Pirlo.

His meager post attracted tens of thousands of fans to comment and retweet in less than half an hour.

Because of the relationship of closing his eyes and recuperating, Tang Zheng randomly replied to a few comments as in the past, and then put on headphones and listened to the songs.

Twenty minutes after arriving at Westphal Lun Stadium, Tang Zheng, like the rest of his teammates, was awakened by the deafening shouts outside the window.

"The Champions League, it's really different......"

Hummels' muttering was unanimously agreed upon by everyone.

In addition to Pirlo, who has participated in the Champions League, behaves normally, even the old captain Kyle is a little excited and enthusiastic.

It was Dortmund's first Champions League appearance after nine years, and the Westphalad Lun Stadium was already full when Dortmund's players warmed up.

Especially in the south stand, although there were temporary seats there, not even a single fan sat down, they stood in front of the seats passionately, neatly holding up fan scarves and singing the team song.

"I don't know why, I'm so excited!"

Götze, who was about to start this game, looked at the full stands and sighed with great fascination.

Tang Zheng patted Gotze on the shoulder and said with a serious face: "It's good to be excited, but don't get too excited, don't forget that Jurgen can't qualify in the coach's box, so we must strictly abide by the relevant game tactics he arranged before the game." ”

Götze nodded equally solemnly, then clenched his hands vigorously.

Come on!

My first Champions League game!

Dortmund's starting line-up had no Champions League experience except for Andrea Pirlo and captain Kyle, so they were more or less excited.

Fortunately, the fitness coach was prepared and reminded the warm-up players not to strain their muscles or ligaments because they were too excited, otherwise they would miss the next big game.

Compared to the excited Dortmund players, the Arsenal players seem much more ordinary, as they play in the Champions League every season and are no less familiar with the league than they are.

Away against Borussia Dortmund, who have almost no experience in Champions League matching, they are full of confidence!

Especially the new captain Robin van Persie, who had a war of words with the Dortmund players before the game!

He felt that his physical condition was excellent, and he was able to burst out with a lot of strength in every warm-up move.

So Van Persie consciously looked at the other half while warming up, and he quickly found Tang Zheng from the crowd, clasped his hands tightly, and said in a voice that only he could hear: "Wait! We are even more terrifying than Barcelona!"

At the end of the half-hour warm-up time, the players from both sides of the game returned to the locker room one after another to prepare for the upcoming Champions League group stage!

The frenetic atmosphere at the Westphara-Lun Stadium is still the same, and every Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal fan is full of fighting spirit, believing that the team they support will win the game in the end!