Chapter 391: Bad Signs
Borussia Dortmund beat Hoffenheim 2-0 at home to win the 2012-2013 Bundesliga title, making them only the third team to win the Bundesliga in three consecutive seasons.
However, what attracted much attention was Tang Zheng's bold remarks at the regular press conference after the game, which became the focus of the whole Europe and even the world.
Naturally, the media has mixed opinions about this highly targeted statement.
The Spanish media believes that Tang Zheng is not ashamed of his words, and the German media feel that they are justified except for a small number of inappropriate words, and the Chinese media are completely on Tang Zheng's side, optimistic about Dortmund's Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium this season.
With six days to go until the Champions League final, the entire Dortmund squad had a rare chance to rest and take a day off.
Of course, the holiday is only for the players, and the coaching staff will have to work overtime to prepare for the next Champions League final.
Real Madrid has made some changes in the Champions League group stage compared to the first half of the season, especially in terms of tactics, compared to the two group stage meetings pursued equal field possession to now more efficient counter-attacks.
These are all things that need to be studied by the Dortmund coaching staff to focus on, limit or use.
Some players choose to stay at home with their families and enjoy the rare family fun, while others choose to go out for a walk and experience the variety of life.
Hummels, Reuss and Lewandowski drove early in their cars to Tang Zheng's home on the banks of the Phoenix River, and then to Düsseldorf, the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, 90 kilometers away.
As for why I chose this store, it is entirely because Royce has tattooed here twice, and the customer experience is very good.
The name of this tattoo parlor is very simple, it is called [Engel], which translates from German to Chinese: angel.
The store is not big, only less than 50 square meters, but the decoration is very amazing, and it looks very artistic.
Despite its small size, the Engel tattoo parlor is still very famous in North Rhine-Westphala, where many athletes choose to get tattoos.
The owner's name is Ludwig Werner, who is in his thirties, very talkative and an avid Dusseldorf fan.
Dortmund defeated Hoffenheim in the last round to win the championship, which was an indirect help to Dusseldorf, but Dusseldorf himself lost to Hannover 96 away, but Ludwig Werner still thanked Tang Zheng and others.
In this regard, Ludwig Werner said that as long as he got a tattoo in his shop, it would be 68% off.
As professional players, especially members of the Bundesliga championship team, naturally there is no shortage of money, and it does not matter whether they are discounted or not, they are more concerned about whether the owner and tattoo artist Ludwig Werner will tattoo Chinese fonts.
So Hummels said bluntly: "Ludwig, you can tattoo anything here?"
"Of course!"
Ludwig Werner snapped his chest.
"Chinese too?"
"Chinese?" Ludwig Werner's eyes widened and he looked at Hummels curiously: "Yes, yes, but I can only use Chinese in italics and lines." ”
After that, he looked at Tang Zheng, Lewandowski and Royce respectively: "You all want to tattoo Chinese?"
Hummels, Lewandowski and Royce nodded again and again, but Tang Zheng shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't have tattoos, I'm here with them." ”
"It's a shame. ”
Ludwig Werner shrugged his shoulders and looked regretful.
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Tang Zheng's advice to Lewandowski was to tattoo it on his right foot, and the Chinese is "goal is like hemp".
Regarding Tang Zheng's suggestion, Lewandowski immediately finalized it after listening to the Chinese explanation.
Royce is a native of Dortmund, if it wasn't for the disbandment of the youth team because of lack of funds, he would not have left Dortmund, and now returning to Dortmund must be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, so Tang Zheng suggested that he tattoo [mainstay], and the position is recommended to be tattooed on the left rib.
"What about me?" Lewandowski and Reuss asked, satisfied, as Hummels had not yet landed his tattoo.
"You?" Tang Zheng patted Hummels on his right shoulder, and pointed his left index finger at his temple: "Don't worry, how can I forget you?" Ludwig couldn't get the tattoo alone, and waited for the two of them to finish tattooing. ”
"Okay!"
Although Hummels was in a hurry, he also knew that it was very difficult to pry something out of Tang Zheng's mouth, unless he took the initiative to admit it.
About three hours later, Lewandowski's [goal] and Reus's [mainstay] were tattooed, and Hummels couldn't wait, he put his arms around Tang Zheng's neck, who was playing with his mobile phone: "I said Don, you should tell me now, right?"
"Of course. Tang Zheng hooked his finger at Hummels.
Hummels listened curiously, but Tang Zheng said, "No." ”
Hummels rolled his eyes and said speechlessly, "You don't tell me how to get a tattoo?"
"I don't tell you that of course you can get a tattoo, I tell Ludwig it's OK. ”
Tang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and gave Hummels an idiot look.
“……”
Lewandowski and Reuss looked at each other and smiled, a little speechless about the friendship between Tang Zheng and Hummels.
Immediately, Tang Zheng wrote an italicized word on the paper prepared by Ludwig Werner in advance: 怂
"Hey, what does this mean?" Hummels peeked from behind Tang Zheng, with a displeased expression on his face: "Why are Robert and Marco four words, why am I only one word?"
"Hold the grass, I said Matz, how did you do this job of voyeurism?" Tang Zheng first turned back and reprimanded Hummels, and then said: "Don't you know that simplifying the complex and returning to the basics is the real essence?"
Now Royce and Lewandowski sounded a little unhappy, and Lewandowski said: "Don, you are eccentric!"
"Go, go, go. Tang Zheng turned his back to Hummels, and then glanced at Royce and Lewandowski, who were heathing.
Royce and Lewandowski are both the kind of people with high emotional intelligence, and they immediately understood what Tang Zheng wanted to express, coughed lightly respectively, and changed the topic.
Hummels felt something strange in the middle, picked up the piece of paper and asked Tang Zheng: "Tang, you shouldn't want to yin me, right?"
"How is that possible?" Tang Zheng shrugged his shoulders innocently: "I'm very good friends with you." ”
"Then explain what the word means. ”
"Chinese pronounce 'song', but you should understand the overall meaning of the word, 'song' is composed of 'from' and 'heart', which means starting from the heart, and I hope you will always abide by this heart in your future career. Tang Zheng's face was not red and his heart was not beating.
"Oh?" Hummels' face suddenly became happy, and he patted Tang Zheng's left shoulder hard: "It's really cool!
Royce and Lewandowski looked at each other again, and they both saw a smile in each other's eyes.
Of course, there is also a moment of silence for Hummels from the bottom of my heart.
Although they didn't know if the specific meaning of Chinese was what Tang Zheng said, they had a gut feeling that there must be other bad meanings in that word.
After a while, Ludwig Werner took the Chinese font and looked at Hummels: "Are you sure where is this tattoo?"
"Where is better?" Hummels looked at Tang Zheng again.
Tang Zheng pretended to think, and then patted his left chest: "Since it starts from the heart, let's tattoo it on the left chest, what do you say?"
“Good-Idea!”
Hummels gave Tang Zheng a high thumbs up.
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Hummels happily followed the tattoo artist and owner Ludwig Werner to the tattoo room, and Royce couldn't help but pull Tang Zheng and whispered: "Don, you tell us honestly, what does that word mean?"
"Start with the heart. ”
Tang Zheng naturally didn't take the initiative to admit it, and said without blushing and heartbeat.
"Really?" Lewandowski looked suspicious: "I don't believe it." ”
"Then I can't help it. Tang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "You don't believe me, you don't believe what I say." ”
Seeing that Tang Zheng refused to tell the truth, Royce and Lewandowski gave each other a helpless expression, obviously speechless.
In less than an hour, tattoo artists Ludwig Werner and Hummels walked out of the tattoo parlor side by side.
Hummels immediately showed the big word [cowardice] on his left chest, and said to Tang Zheng: "Don, Robert, Marco, you say, handsome or not?"
"Handsome!"
Tang Zheng coughed lightly and forcibly hid his smile.
"What about you?" Hummels looked at Royce and Lewandowski.
"Uh-huh, handsome!
Royce and Lewandowski saw Tang Zheng's meaningful eyes, and immediately said in unison.
"Good brother. ”
Hummels excitedly gave Tang Zheng a hug.
Tang Zheng, Royce, and Lewandowski glanced at each other, and they all saw a forbearant smile on each other's faces.
Hummels was the only one who didn't know and was happy like a child......
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The next day, Borussia Dortmund returned to training for the Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium five days later.
The Champions League final schedule is very favourable for Borussia Dortmund.
The 2012-2013 European League started later than usual because of the European Cup, with 18 teams in the Bundesliga and 20 teams in La Liga, which means that there are only 34 rounds in the home and away Bundesliga, and 38 rounds in La Liga.
With almost the same start as the tournament, the end of the Bundesliga also means that La Liga is still in its final stages.
Real Madrid had suggested to La Liga that the last two rounds of league matches be postponed until after the Champions League final.
La Liga agreed in principle, but the league opponents did not, so they had to compromise in midweek.
That means Real Madrid have a La Liga game before the Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium, three days ago.
This is undoubtedly great news for Dortmund, but the top three in La Liga this season are basically settled, and Real Madrid's second place in the league is very fixed, so the remaining two rounds of the league can choose to give up and fully prepare for the Champions League final.
Of course, the best news for Dortmund is definitely not this, but the discord in the Real Madrid team.
Coach Jose Mourinho and many of the team's main players have reached the point of incongruity, and even the 'inner ghost' captain Casillas, who revealed the discord in the dressing room, was relegated to the bench to correct the octopus Diego López.
The Spanish media also broke the news a few days ago, saying that the team's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo had a huge conflict with his compatriot Mourinho.
If the atmosphere in the Real Madrid team is really what the media wears, it will really be good for Dortmund.
But Real Madrid's Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich at home is still vivid, and if there is really a big contradiction in a team's team, can this energy still burst out?
At least Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp doesn't believe it, and so does Tang Zheng.
However, for many players, it is better to believe it than to believe it.
Or rather, they would like to see an irreconcilable conflict between their future Champions League finalists, so that their side can profit from the final.
People are inert and want to get the most out of it at the lowest cost.
During the preparation period, there were problems with the attitude of some players, and manager Jurgen Klopp and Tang Zheng, who acted as the first captain of the team, both found these bad signs.
In the Dortmund locker room, Tang Zheng's status is very high, and the captain is qualified to call his teammates to meet and deal with some bad problems in a timely manner.
So Tang Zheng convened his teammates for a meeting at noon, and he said bluntly: "Recently, I found that some brothers have been disturbed by the media and their attitude is not correct enough, and I want to tell everyone here that the championship does not depend on the other party's charity, but relies on the overall struggle to win! Think about how difficult it is for us to advance to the Champions League final? We were almost eliminated by Malaga in the quarter-finals of the Champions League! Geography and heaven, I think you know very well! Opportunities are often reserved for those who have opportunities, and the same is true for champions! Who among you can pack the ticket, and those so-called 'revelations' are not deliberate on the part of Real Madrid?"
With that, Tang Zheng glanced at all the teammates present, and then sat down and let them digest naturally.
Everyone is an adult, and a lot of words can be stopped at the moment.
As a result, manager Jurgen Klopp was surprised when the afternoon training session began, and he found that the players' motivation to train was back.
Assistant coach Gerliko Bouácz turned his head to look at Klopp and said: "Jurgen, if I guessed correctly, it must have been Don who did the mental work for the players. ”
"I think so. Klopp crossed his arms around his chest and looked at Tang Zheng in the drill tactics: "It is estimated that only Tang can suppress them." ”
As the 2012-2013 Champions League final approaches, the enthusiasm of fans on both sides has become more and more intense, and they have begun to enter the preparation period for the Champions League final.
In midweek, Real Madrid had a domestic league game and Jurgen Klopp travelled alone to Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium to watch the live broadcast, but the game was of little significance, as Real Madrid fielded a large number of youth players and substitutes to secure second place in the league.
The only starters were Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi Alonso and Raphael Varane.
The next day, Klopp took a flight to London to join the entire Dortmund team.
The football atmosphere in London, which was already very frenetic, has now been even more frenetic because of the Champions League final.
There are already a lot of Chinese students and workers in the UK, so many Tang Zheng fans will appear as neutral fans at the new Wembley Stadium and become Dortmund supporters......