Chapter 0045: East Asian Derby

In the eyes of the German media, Wolfsburg's home match against Borussia Dortmund in the league is a normal focus game, but in the eyes of the Chinese media and Japanese/current media, it is a world war in which Mars collides with the earth. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The two countries are in the same East Asia, and there is an indelible historical grudge, and modern society no longer allows war, so the sports event called modern war has become a new round of struggle between the two countries.

Football is the number one sport in the world, and the significance of comparison has become even greater.

In the last century, the level of Japanese/Japanese football was still amateur, and various Asian and other competitions were abused by China, but later the chairman of the Football Association, Saburo Kawabuchi, formulated the 'Centennial Plan', and in just ten years, the amateur level of Japan/Ben surpassed the Chinese men's football team at the Asian hegemonic level at that time.

It was also from that time that Chinese football slowly declined.

Especially in recent years, it has reached an all-time low.

On the other hand, the island country that has always looked down on it in the past, the current youth training level far exceeds China, and even in the 2004 Asian Cup at home, the sworn enemy won the cup, which is a result that no Chinese wants to see, but the facts are the facts, and the skills are inferior.

Now, China has entered an all-time low with the most promising young player in history, Tang Zheng, who led A-League giants River Plate to the league title and the Copa Libertadores title this summer, and these glory is not found in Japanese football.

Makoto Hasebe, captain of the Japanese national team, joined Wolfsburg at the beginning of last year, and just a year and a half later, he won the 2008-2009 Bundesliga title with Wolfsburg as a semi-main player, which happened to be a glory that a Chinese player has never achieved in Europe.

Therefore, the Bundesliga, where the players of the two countries directly competed, was very concerned by the Chinese media and the Japanese/local media, and fans also had a war of words on the Internet.

In the past 15 rounds of the 2009-2010 Bundesliga season, Tang Zheng played all 11 league games in Dortmund except for three league substitute appearances at the beginning of the season and one red card suspension, and is the biggest contributor to the team's current ranking of fifth in the league.

On the other hand, Makoto Hasebe has played less than ten games, no goals, two assists, and the data is a bit shabby.

You must know that Tang Zheng has scored more goals in the past than he has scored in Wolfsburg's two full seasons, not to mention assists, steals per game, passing threats, running distances, etc., it is simply an isthmus in the sky, and there is no way to compare it at all.

This is also the reason why Chinese fans have taken the initiative to provoke a war of words online.

In this regard, there is nothing that can be done by the Japanese/current media and fans.

After all, Tang Zheng's state in the past two months has been very good, and Makoto Hasebe has been completely abused.

Coupled with the fact that Tang Zheng, the European Golden Boy Award selected by Torino Sports Newspaper this year, is another popular player, the Japanese/local media and fans at this time can only choose to keep a low profile and wait for Wolfsburg to beat Dortmund at home before solving the problem.

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During Borussia Dortmund's preparation for the league game away to Wolfsburg, vice-captain Kyle has received permission from the team doctor to be in the starting line-up for the next round of highlights, but manager Jurgen Klopp decided to put Kehl on the bench to be on the safe side.

Sha Xin, who played well as a substitute in the last round of the league, was put into the starting list and partnered with Tang Zheng in the back.

Hummels' excellent defensive awareness has no problem playing at centre-back, but he is inferior to Shaheen and Tang Zheng in defensive selection when playing at the back.

It is worth mentioning that with the winter break approaching, the European Golden Boy Award, selected by Torino Sport, has also entered a critical stage.

Tang Zheng's performance from the end of October to the beginning of December is obvious to all in Europe, while the performance of Pato and Jovetic, who were previously favored by the Italian media, did not meet expectations, so the local media in Dortmund and the German media believe that the upcoming winner of the European Golden Boy Award will likely be Tang Zheng.

In addition, Zhao Lina's three-month internship in Eintracht Frankfurt has also arrived, and she has been unanimously approved by the coaching staff through her own efforts, and finally stayed in Eintracht Frankfurt Women's Football Team, and the two sides signed a 2+1 work contract.

However, with the first team saturated, she will be preparing for the German Women's Under-19 Youth League with the youth team.

Borussia Dortmund have won eight, drawn five and lost two in the last 15 league games with 29 points, sitting fifth in the league and just two points away from fourth-placed rivals Schalke 04.

Reminiscent of Schalke 04 in the next round will be a guest at Weser Stadium, as long as Dortmund wins in the next round and Schalke 04 loses, then they can reverse and rise to fourth in the league!

Defending champions VfL Wolfsburg have had a poor start to the season as they are four points clear of Borussia Dortmund and currently sit seventh in the league.

However, given their nine-game winning streak after last season's winter break to top the table, not much media has mocked Wolfsburg's results this season.

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With VfL Wolfsburg's home game against Borussia Dortmund approaching, some German media outlets are gradually focusing on their team's core players.

Dortmund's ability to rank fifth in the league despite consecutive injuries is directly related to Tang Zheng's excellent performance, so local media in Lower Saxony suggested that the team's head coach Almin should pay attention to limiting Tang Zheng, and even sacrifice individual players if the situation allows.

Tang Zheng's importance to Dortmund can be seen in simple statistics.

So the local media in Lower Saxony began to help the head coach Almin, in the midfield position, Ritter was absent due to injury, Santana accumulated yellow cards suspended, which means that only the Japanese/domestic foot Hasebe Makoto can be used in the midfield position......

Considering that Makoto Hasebe had an excellent performance in the last round of the league, the local media in Lower Saxony are more optimistic about Makoto Hasebe's performance in the next league, believing that he is fully capable of limiting Tang Zheng.

In this regard, the local media in Dortmund disagreed, if Tang Zheng was so easily restricted, then it would be impossible for him to lead the team to the fifth place in the league in the overall slump of Dortmund.

Coupled with the historical grievances between China and Japan/Ben, it is impossible for Tang Zheng to be restrained by Hasebe Makoto.

In the face of the disapproval of the local media in Dortmund, Makoto Hasebe rarely accepted the local media in Lower Saxony and said: "Regardless of the outside world's comments or not, I firmly believe that Wolfsburg must win!"

Although Makoto Hasebe did not say anything about Dortmund or Tang Zheng, the Chinese media seized the opportunity, and the "Football Newspaper" said: "The game has not yet started, and Makoto Hasebe, the Japanese/national foot, has already been cowardly before fighting!"

For the relevant report of "Football News", Chinese fans are raising their hands in agreement, in their hearts, Tang Zheng is ten million times stronger than Makoto Hasebe, even if the game is played in the public arena, the final victory will still be led by Tang Zheng Dortmund!

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As usual, Tang Zheng came out of the training base and saw the chic Chevrolet taxi at the door.

However, this evening was a little different, and there were many media reporters standing or squatting at the far end of the taxi, judging by the silhouette, Orientals.

You must know that December in Germany is already very cold, infinitely close to freezing, especially at night, which is called a cold.

The strong Tang Zheng is wearing a down jacket and a scarf.

I don't know who shouted: "Tang Zheng came out." ”

Listening to the familiar Chinese, Tang Zheng was moved inexplicably cordial, it turned out that these oriental faces were compatriots......

So he said hello to the taxi driver, Hans Heisenberg, and offered to be interviewed by the Chinese media.

It's not easy for everyone to come abroad, especially after waiting so long in the icy weather, it won't take much time to be interviewed anyway.

The most talked about issue in the domestic media is the Bundesliga focus game at the Volkswagen Arena two days later, Tang Zheng also learned from the mouth of the domestic reporter about the relevant remarks of Japan/national foot Hasebe Makoto, he smiled at this, and gave the domestic media and fans a reassurance: "Even if I lose to the bottom team of the German Second Division, I will not lose to Wolfsburg, you know." ”

After that, Tang Zheng added: "I will let the world know how far he is from me!

The speed of communication in the information age is very fast, even if Tang Zheng was only interviewed by the Chinese media, but the relevant content was quickly exposed by the German media, which immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction in the Japanese/local media.

On the afternoon of the day when the Dortmund team left for Wolfsburg, Dortmund was confronted with a large number of Japanese/local media at the hotel.

In the face of the protests and doubts of the Japanese/current media, Tang Zheng did not give them any good faces, and said bluntly: "No matter how you question and protest, the game will not change anything, if the captain of your country plays, I will tell him where the gap between him and me is." ”

Suddenly, Tang Zheng's remarks caused an uproar.

But the players in the Dortmund team did not feel any surprise, they already knew some things about Tang Zheng's motherland, and in addition to scoring points in the public arena, this game was to help Tang Zheng 'teach' Makoto Hasebe.

Although many German media felt that Tang Zheng's off-field remarks were a little inappropriate, they did not touch the bottom line of football, so they did not speak for the Japanese/current media, but looked forward to the next 'East Asian derby'.

Through the national media, Makoto Hasebe learned of Tang Zheng's response, he said in an interview with the Asahi Shimbun: "There is never a shortage of people in this world who talk big, so he is not the first, but he is definitely not the last, and what I can do now is to help Wolfsburg beat Dortmund in tomorrow's game!"

Let's not talk about the result of the game, before the big battle, the most important thing is momentum!

On the day of the game, the Volkswagen Arena, which can accommodate 30,000 fans, was packed.

From the moment Tang Zheng entered the stadium to warm up, he felt the wild boos of the Wolfsburg fans.

Makoto Hasebe was one of the heroes behind Wolfsburg's league title triumph last season, so the home fans supported Makoto Hasebe in this way and hoped that he could perform well in today's game to help the team beat Borussia Dortmund, who have been rebounding strongly recently.

(To be continued.) )