Chapter 331: Bad Weather
Messi's election to the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or was questioned in the same way as in 2010, with Andres Iniesta, the core member of the championship who has the glory of the tournament, once again lined up behind Messi and missed the FIFA Ballon d'Or. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
I don't know if it was deliberately done by the live director, but at the same time that Cannavaro announced the winner of the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or, the camera was given to the Spanish star Andres Iniesta, who had a good chance of being elected......
"Leo Messi!"
When Iniesta heard Cannavaro say Messi, he was stunned for a moment, as if he had misheard.
Tang Zheng, who was sitting in front of the TV, saw it clearly, he smiled, and he was really disappointed for Iniesta.
In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Iniesta performed well and was the absolute hero of Spain's defeat of the Netherlands in the final, and it stands to reason that the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball Award was either Sneijder, who led Inter Milan to the treble, or Iniesta or Xavi, which was unexpectedly won by Messi......
Compared with 2010, Iniesta's failure to win the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or is even more regrettable.
The next day, the European mainstream media and the media following the annual FIFA Awards ceremony were fiercely judging the winners of the FIFA Golden Globe Awards.
Many professional media believe that Messi does not have decent team glory and that winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or is not convincing.
France Football, which co-organizes the FIFA Ballon d'Or with FIFA, expressed its absolute dissatisfaction with the selection, with most of the professional football media voting for Iniesta and Cristiano Ronaldo.
And almost every year there will be a lot of votes, just like the Chinese national team captain Zheng Zhi and head coach Camacho have the right to vote, they obviously voted for Tang Zheng in the first class, but the votes went to Messi.
However, there are also many media who believe that Messi is an absolute work of art in modern football, and he is the strongest example of professional football, and has nothing to do with glory.
Tang Zheng didn't pay attention to things off the field, his attention was very focused, preparing for the second half of the 2012-2013 Bundesliga season, which was about to be rekindled.
In the middle of next month, the 2012-2013 Champions League quarter-finals will also kick off again, Dortmund are two points behind Bayern in the league, and the first thing they need to do to catch up is not to make mistakes.
How can you not make mistakes?
This is also the fundamental reason why Tang Zheng seized the time to train actively.
In the blink of an eye, on January 19, local time in Germany, Dortmund came to Weser Stadium to challenge Werder Bremen.
This match is the first game since Tang Zheng became a professional football player under PUMA, and he will wear the latest V1.11 shoes of PUMA's V series to appear at Weser Stadium, so many domestic and foreign media have paid attention to this game.
Bidding farewell to Nike and welcoming Puma, Tang Zheng wore Puma V series sneakers to appear in the first game of the second half of the 2012-2013 Bundesliga season.
In this game, the state shown by other players may be a little flawed, but Tang Zheng's performance is amazing enough.
He has led the pack through his good form, which is the fundamental reason why Borussia Dortmund were able to beat Werder Bremen 3-0 away.
Since Bayern Munich beat Gretelhoff 2-0 at home, the difference between them has not changed in any way.
It is worth mentioning that there was a goal battle in this round, Schalke 04 narrowly defeated Hannover 96 5:4 at home.
To the relief of Chinese fans, Chinese international Hao Junmin scored a crucial fifth goal in the first game of his return from injury, otherwise it is still unknown whether Schalke 04 will be able to finally get three points at home.
A week later, Borussia Dortmund returned home to Nuremberg, with Tang Zheng failing to score, but providing an assist.
In the end, Dortmund won 3-0 at home, winning four consecutive victories since losing at home to Wolfsburg.
Bayern Munich were also in excellent form on the road, beating home side Stuttgart 2-0 and holding on to points despite Borussia Dortmund's inform.
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After playing their home games, Dortmund's games at the beginning of January were all over.
2013 is not a leap year, February has only 28 days.
The schedule is a bit tight for Borussia Dortmund as they have six games to play in just 24 days.
Four league games, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals and the German Cup quarter-finals.
But those six games have not been easy to play, with Bayer Leverkusen third in the league, Eintracht Frankfurt fourth, Borussia Mönchengladbach seventh and Hamburg ninth.
Shakhtar Donetsk may not be as strong as Borussia Dortmund, but they are currently top of the Ukrainian Premier League, losing just one of their eighteen league games and winning the other seventeen.
The only consolation for Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp is the weather in Ukraine, where the Ukrainian Premier League has a long winter break and the league doesn't restart until March.
From the beginning of December to the beginning of March, a full three-month holiday will make it somewhat difficult for Shakhtar Donetsk's players to find form.
Finally, the quarter-finals of the German Cup at the end of the month, against Mainz, who are currently fifth in the Bundesliga.
From a results point of view, whether Dortmund can get a good result at the end of the season, the result in February will be crucial.
On February 4, German time, Dortmund went to the Bayer Arena to challenge Leverkusen, a rival in the same state.
This game can be described as ups and downs, hearty.
Bayer Leverkusen opened the scoring through Kiessling before Götze equalised for Borussia Dortmund just before half-time.
At the start of the second half, Kiessling scored twice to take the lead again.
"Whew-"
The frenetic atmosphere at Bayer Arena continues, and the home fans create a deafening cheer!
However, the home fans did not rejoice for long, and Dortmund captain Tang Zheng, who wore the captain's armband on his left armband, stepped up, receiving a through ball from Gundogan without making any adjustments, and raised his foot to shoot.
Marcel Leff, a commentator on Sky Germany, subconsciously elongated his voice as he watched the switching cameras: "Goooooooal-"
The soccer ball shot by Tang Zheng hit the inside edge of the post on the left side of the goal, making a crisp sound, and then bounced into the net.
Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Leno has done his best, but he is still out of reach, and Dortmund equalises again!
2:2
From 1:0 to 1:1, and then from 2:1 to 2:2, the Leverkusen players felt some pressure in their hearts, and head coach Hyypia immediately chose to defend and waited for the opportunity to counterattack.
However, Bayer Leverkusen, who handed over the initiative, did not wait for the opportunity to counterattack, but Dortmund achieved a stunner in the 89th minute of the game!
Tang Zheng made a wide run to get a passing opportunity, and his mid-length pass was still accurate, pinpointing Schmelzer who was inserted at high speed on the left flank.
Schmelzer and Tang Zheng's long passes run in unison, and they don't even need any adjustments.
Schmelzer picked up his left foot on the run to deliver a half-high cross, and Lewandowski swooped in front of Walscheid to head the ball into the corner.
Lore!
2:3
The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.
Lewandowski, who scored the stunning goal, excitedly took off his shirt and vented the pleasure of the goal.
Head coach Jurgen Klopp stood on the sidelines and unleashed his trademark combination to release the pressure.
Bayern Munich, who played an away game yesterday, has beaten Mainz 3-0, which means that if Dortmund loses points away, it means that the difference between them will widen again, so Lewandowski's goal to score the score is particularly exciting.
Leverkusen, who were trailing in the score, stepped up their attack in stoppage time in hopes of equalising, but the Dortmund defence was united and the score remained 3-2 until the end of the game.
In the past 20 rounds of the 2012-2013 Bundesliga season, Bayern Munich ranked first in the league with 16 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, with 50 points, and Dortmund ranked second with 15 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses with 48 points.
Bayer Leverkusen, who lost 2:3 to Borussia Dortmund at home, has 11 wins, four draws and five losses, ranking third in the league with 37 points, and Eintracht Frankfurt is fourth with 33 points.
Whether it is Bayer Leverkusen or Eintracht Frankfurt, or Mainz and Schalke 04, it will be difficult for them to catch up with Bayern Munich and Dortmund, which means that the 2012-2013 Bundesliga title will be very likely to be produced between Bayern and Dortmund.
Next, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will both prepare for next weekend's domestic league fixture.
Bayern host Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund host Hamburg.
From the opponent's point of view, Bayern's home games are more difficult, but considering that Bayern and Schalke 04 have to prepare for the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 final after the league, the next round of the league is the best time for Dortmund to chase points.
If Bayern unexpectedly draw at home, Borussia Dortmund at Westfalfa Stadium win and tie each other on points, leaving them in second place on goal difference.
If Bayern loses at home and Dortmund win, Dortmund will overtake the points.
Of course, the script is written, and it is still waiting for Bayern and Schalke 04 to cooperate.
However, the result did not favor Dortmund, and Bayern, whose main lineup was rested, defeated Schalke 04 4-0 at home.
Bayern and Schalke 04 played a league match earlier than Dortmund hosted Hamburg, so the news of Bayern's big home win over Schalke 04 reached the Westfal Stadium when the Dortmund players were a little nervous.
The two-point difference directly became five points, which brought some psychological pressure to the Dortmund players who had played one game less.
At the end of the first half, the whistle sounded, and the scoreboard showed that the score was still 0:0, and nothing changed.
During the break, the atmosphere in the home team's dressing room was a bit oppressive.
Borussia Dortmund, who have been at their best, will have to pull off some of their main players in the second half in preparation for next week's away Champions League tie in midweek.
Tang Zheng frowned, he admitted that the team's failure to open the situation in the first half was directly related to him, so he secretly clenched his fists and tried to complete the icebreaker at the beginning of the second half!
I don't know if it was luck, but in the second minute of the second half, Dortmund won a corner kick on the right side of the attack.
Gotze took a high-quality corner kick, Tang Zheng jumped high in the crowd, twisted his waist and shook his abdomen, and shook his head like a textbook lion!
Son Heung-min, a talented player who was pinned on by the South Korean media, had no choice but to become the background.
Goalkeeper Adler reacted very quickly, subconsciously blocked with one palm, but the action was disorderly, and he was able to save the football and already be among the top ten saves in Europe this week.
As for whether you can stretch out your palm to block the football from the bottom line, it is difficult to hope.
At this time, luck reigns supreme.
Adler's pounce on the ball came in front of Hummels, who reacted quickly and stabbed the ball towards goal first.
Van der Vaart, who was standing by the right post, subconsciously stretched out his leg to block, but did not block it.
Soccer ball crashes into snow-white net!
"Whew-"
Suddenly, there was a deafening cheer at Westfala Stadium.
In the end, Dortmund defeated Hamburg 1:0 at home with Hummels' goalmouth follow-up shot, maintaining the pressure on Bayern at the top of the table.
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Before they knew it, Dortmund had won five in a row in the domestic league, scoring thirteen goals and conceding just two.
Four of those games scored three goals in a single game, except for the just-concluded 1-0 win in the league.
Of course, it's good to win, but it doesn't matter how many goals you win.
The first leg of Dortmund's away Champions League 1/8 final against Shakhtar Donetsk was at 8:45 p.m. local time on February 13, and the time for the entire Dortmund team to fly to Donetsk was on the afternoon of February 11.
Three hours later, the flight stopped at Donetsk International Airport in minus seven degrees Celsius.
"Haqiu. ”
As soon as he came out of the cabin, Tang Zheng subconsciously sneezed, and couldn't help but curse in his mouth: "Damn the weather!"
Immediately, he unzipped up his freshly changed down jacket and pulled it all the way to the top, so that the collar stood up completely.
"Are you alright?"
Friend Hummels asked with concern.
"Well, it's fine. ”
Tang Zheng shook his head and said.
There were no problems with the more cold Moscow expeditions in the past, and this time it is estimated that the same.
Back at the hotel, the team took a break.
In the morning and afternoon of the second day, the entire Dortmund team was at the Donbas Arena to acclimatize to the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals tomorrow night.
Tang Zheng, who had completed the adaptation to the venue, felt that his mind was a little heavy, and he was a little worried, and said secretly: "Could it be a cold?"
On the morning of the game, Hummels saw that Tang Zheng was still sleeping, and he was a little surprised, Tang Zheng had always been very punctual in his impression.
In the past, as the captain, he had already knocked on the door from room to room.
What's going on?
"Don, it's time to get up. ”
Hummels nudged Tang Zheng.
Tang Zheng felt groggy in his head, took a breath, and found that his nose was blocked, and his throat was a little painful.
Hummels's eyes were sharp, and he reached out to touch Tang Zheng's forehead, and he subconsciously exclaimed: "God, your forehead is so hot!"
After that, he added, "Damn! I'm going to call the team doctor." ”
"Wait!" Tang Zheng stretched out his hand to grab Hummels: "Don't call the team doctor, the game will start tonight, I don't want to miss it." ”
Tang Zheng knew what it meant to have a cold before the game, which meant that he would definitely miss the first leg.
"But ......" Hummels was obviously more worried about Tang Zheng's body.
"Nothing, I know my body best. Tang Zheng said: "Matz, you have to know that every game in the Champions League knockout round is crucial, I hope you understand. ”
Hummels frowned, and finally nodded slowly: "If you can't hold on, you must not be able to hold on, you know?"