Chapter 208: The First Hat of Career
Borussia Dortmund's 2-0 win away at Werder Bremen was both a logical and unexpected surprise for the German media, as Werder Bremen have been in excellent form this season, finishing second in the league at one point, just two points behind Bayern Munich at the top of the table. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
So it was a bit of a surprise for such a team to defeat Borussia Dortmund at home.
And Dortmund surpassed Werder Bremen in one fell swoop with this away victory, ranking second in the league.
Four days later, Borussia Dortmund will take on last season's Greek Super League champions Olympiacos in Athens, Greece.
Borussia Dortmund have been in full form recently, beating home team Marseille 2-0 away in the second round of the Champions League group stage, and returning to the domestic competition to win two in a row, scoring eight goals in three games without conceding a goal.
On the other hand, Olympiacos has been in average form recently, losing to Marseille and Arsenal in the Champions League group stage, and drawing at home to AEK Athens in the league last week, so the European media is very optimistic about Dortmund's away trip.
In order to boost the morale of the home team, the Greek media consulted the classics and finally found some confidence.
"In the second round of the 1982-1983 Champions League, Olympiacos beat Hamburg 4-0 at home, and 20 years later, in the 2002-2003 Champions League group stage, they also had a 6-2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen, another powerhouse in North Rhine-Westphalia.
From the sports headline of the Greek News newspaper.
At 8:45 p.m. on October 19, the third round of Group F of the 2011-2012 Champions League was played at the Kareskarski Stadium.
However, as the game progressed, Dortmund gradually found their way to the game, first Gotze equalized with a cold arrow from the outside, and then Tang Zheng made a save from goalkeeper Costanzo from a corner kick before the end of the first half, and Barrios, who was ambushed in front of the goal, stabbed the score.
In the second half, Dortmund, who were in good shape, extended the score.
This time it was central defender Hummels who scored the goal, and Tang Zheng, who was involved on the right side, faked a real shot to win a good chance to pass, and the football almost smashed on Hummels's head before flying into the far corner of the goal.
It was also the last goal of the game as Borussia Dortmund won 3-1 away at Olympiacos.
Arsenal beat Marseille by a narrow goal, but Borussia Dortmund won two Champions Leagues in a row and also had four clean sheets, and they edged Arsenal to top Group F on goal difference.
After playing the group stage of the Champions League, Dortmund ushered in the domestic league and domestic cup.
Borussia Dortmund, who have won four in a row in all competitions, beat Cologne 5-0 at the Westphazard Lun Stadium.
Due to a surprise defeat to Hannover 96 in a later league match, Borussia Dortmund, who won a big home game, ranked first in the league with a goal difference advantage with one game less.
According to the mainstream media in Europe, Dortmund, who were unbeaten in all competitions last season, are back!
So the German media are looking forward to the German derby at the Allianz Arena in a month's time, and if Bayern Munich can't beat Borussia Dortmund at home, it will be difficult for them to regain the league title.
At the same time, the Chinese media also frantically reported Tang Zheng's performance at Dortmund during this time.
The media and fans who follow Dortmund's game know that the fundamental reason why Dortmund has been able to win five consecutive games in all competitions recently is that Tang Zheng is in full form, allowing them to see Tang Zheng, who led Dortmund to the treble last season.
In the international break next month, the Chinese team will challenge Iraq, and if the Chinese team loses to Iraq again, 99% will miss the 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian Top 10 matches, so the Chinese media are building momentum, hoping that the Chinese Football Association, which is at the center of the pressure, can put aside prejudices and recruit Tang Zheng to participate in next month's World Cup qualifiers.
Closer media used national glory and personal face as a comparison, saying that if the Chinese Football Association did not recruit Tang Zheng to participate in the World Cup qualifiers in Doha next month, it would be putting personal face above the family.
This is a big hat for the FA officials, and if there is no suitable reason, then the hat is fixed.
The crazy reports of the Chinese media in China, Tang Zheng naturally did not pay attention, and now there is only the game in front of him!
Borussia Dortmund continue their home game as they take on Bundesliga side Thresden in the second round of the German Cup.
The difference in quality between the two is a bit big, and Klopp rotates the team appropriately.
Of course, this rotation has nothing to do with Tang Zheng, he has good physical reserves and is in full shape, as the team's top salary, as long as there is no injury, he should start.
It was his pass and shot that helped Borussia Dortmund win at home to Thresdon.
Borussia Dortmund returned to the domestic league on 29 October, travelling to Baden-Württemberg to take on capital club Stuttgart.
The match was dubbed the Japanese Derby by the Asian media, with Shinji Kagawa playing for Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart featuring two Japanese players, Takatoku Sakai and Shinji Okazaki.
However, more Asian media are still willing to call it an East Asian derby, because Shinji Kagawa has not played much at Dortmund, and he has a bad relationship with manager Jurgen Klopp, and is seeking to leave Dortmund in the winter transfer window.
Although Shinji Kagawa made the eighteen-man squad, the chances of playing were negligible.
So it's more appropriate to call it an East Asian derby, with Tang Zheng at the heart of Borussia Dortmund's squad and Shinji Okazaki having a consistent playing role at Stuttgart, starting the draw away at Nuremberg in the last round.
With Champions League fixtures in the middle of next week, Jurgen Klopp made some changes to his starting line-up, with Gotze, Andrea Pirlo and Piszczek rested.
Shinji Okazaki, an international player who has attracted much attention in the Japanese media, has not shown what the domestic media expects from him, and he has done nothing in his limited playing time.
The Chinese media at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium were very excited about this, because Tang Zheng's super performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends left Shinji Okazaki without any bright spots.
Had it not been for Ibisevic's second-half equaliser, Dortmund could have picked up a win on the road.
Due to Bayern Munich's 4-0 victory over Nuremberg at the Allianz Arena in this round, Dortmund, who drew in this game, had to retreat to second place in the league, but considering that Dortmund have one less game, many media believe that it is only a matter of time before Dortmund returns to the first place in the league.
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Borussia Dortmund's winning streak came to an end on the road and the fans showed little displeasure and knew they should focus more on the Champions League this season.
Preparing for the midweek game at home to Olympiacos is understandable.
Borussia Dortmund currently have seven points from three games in the Champions League and Arsenal, and if both teams win the next group stage, then the qualification situation will be very clear.
Originally, the group points would be Dortmund and Arsenal with 10 points, Marseille with 3 points, and Olympiacos at the bottom of the group with four losses, which means that Dortmund and Arsenal will join hands to qualify from the group two rounds in advance if they win each other in the fourth round.
The script is written like this, and as for whether it will develop like this, it will depend on how the course of the two games goes.
Borussia Dortmund prepare for the Champions League group stage against Olympiacos in midweek when there is such news in the Chinese political and current affairs circles.
"Vice President Xi Jinping paid a friendly visit to Germany, accompanied by German Vice President and Minister of Economy and Energy Gabriel, who visited the Reichstag building in Berlin, the capital of Germany, and at the same time, officials of the Ministry of Information also revealed the itinerary of the next visit, Hamburg, Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia Lun ......"
Originally, this news was only related to political and current affairs interviews, but it is said that the vice president Xi Jinping who visited Germany is an avid football fan, and Tang Zheng, who is called China's number one star by the Chinese sports media, plays for Boulevard Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia.
So the itinerary for a visit to North Rhine-Westphalalun adds two places: the Stobelari Training Center and the Westphalalun Stadium.
As a result, the Chinese sports media is completely boiling, especially the media that mainly report football news......
The day before the fourth round of Group F of the 2011-2012 Champions League, Dortmund routinely practiced techniques and tactics for the whole team.
But not long after the technical and tactical drills, sporting director Michel Zork arrived at the first-team training ground and walked up to manager Jurgen Klopp to say a few words.
As early as after the end of the domestic league, Klopp received news from the club's top management that a senior Chinese official who loves football would visit the Stobelari training centre.
In fact, in the end, there is only one official who loves football wants to meet, and that is Tang Zheng from China.
In the past two days, the Stobelari training center has also refused to allow fans to visit, and sufficient safety measures have been taken.
Also under martial law is the Westphalia Stadium, which will be seen in the Champions League group stage of Borussia Dortmund's home game against Olympiacos in midweek, according to the arrangement of North Rhine-Westphalun Premier Kraft.
After finishing the technical and tactical drills, the whole team carried out a simple passing and cutting training, and Hummels pulled Tang Zheng, who was about to make a triangular pass with Gundogan and Pirlo: "Hey ~ Tang, the vice chairman of your country is about to come to the training center, are you nervous?"
"What's there to be nervous about?" Tang Zheng looked at Hummels speechlessly.
However, when the club's CEO Watzke led the German vice president Sigabriel, the governor of North Rhine-Westphalun and Xi Da to Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng, who was not afraid of the sky and the earth on the football field, was dumbfounded.
Or rather, too excited.
Xi Da was very satisfied with Tang Zheng's reaction, he took the lead in stretching out his right hand, and said with a smile: "I know you, the current number one star of our country, great......! I'm also a fan of yours. ”
Seeing Tang Zheng stunned from the distance, Hummels and the others let out a good-natured laugh.
It was this laughter that brought Tang Zheng back to reality, he quickly stretched out his right hand to meet him, shrugged his shoulders and said, "To be honest, I can't take what you say." ”
The accompanying domestic high-level officials shook their heads at Tang Zheng's performance.
Still too young.
But Xi Dada was very satisfied with Tang Zheng, and he patted Tang Zheng's strong shoulder to express his satisfaction.
Subsequently, CEO Watzke gave Xi a plus-size Dortmund No. 10 jersey.
Xi Da immediately chose to wear the Dortmund home shirt printed with the number 10 fan, and then showed off his 'outstanding' footwork in leather shoes.
And Tang Zheng naturally shouldered the heavy responsibility of accompaniment.
Finally, before leaving the Stobelari training center, Xi Dada deliberately walked to Tang Zheng and said with a smile: "Very energetic young man, the great revival of Chinese football is under the feet of you young people, I am optimistic about you, come on!"
The next day, the day of Borussia Dortmund's home game against Olympiacos in the fourth round of the Champions League Group F, the Westfalfa Stadium was different from usual in that it was heavily guarded and the entry requirements became extremely demanding.
But the match was very satisfying for the Dortmund fans who were there, because it was a game that they should remember.
Tang Zheng, who wore the captain's armband in this game, scored with his head, left foot and right foot in the first half, scoring the first hat-trick of his career.
When Tang Zheng scored the third goal, he first fanned the frenzy of the scene and raised his arms and shouted, then ran to the camera and took off the yellow and black home jersey, revealing the white short-sleeved shirt underneath.
There is an anime version of the doll painted on the front of the white short-sleeved shirt, and when you look closely, it is the back of a player wearing the red jersey of the Chinese national team.
He Wei, the commentator of the Central 5 Tournament, said excitedly: "Aside from the objective fact that Tang Zheng is China's No. 1 football star, from our understanding of the world, Tang Zheng is a patriotic young man, he will wear the Chinese flag when he wins a prize in every competition, telling the world that there are people in China who can play football, and they can play very well! But helplessly, the blind control of power by some officials makes him unable to serve the country......
At the same time, the live director cut a shot to the VIP seat, and Vice President Xi Jinping, who visited Germany, stood up from the seat, raised his hands above his head, and applauded vigorously.
This shot is very ordinary, but it is meaningful to see in the eyes of some people.
There was a hat-trick from Tang Zheng in the first half, and Dortmund played relaxed in the second half, and they were scored by the visitors to save face.
3:1
Borussia Dortmund defeated visiting Olympiacos with Tang Zheng's first hat-trick of his career.
In the other game of the group at the same time, Arsenal failed to beat Marseille at home, and Dortmund unfortunately failed to qualify for the group two rounds early, but with six goal differences, they have a good chance of qualifying even if they lose the remaining two rounds of the group stage.
It's just a bit unlikely, with Dortmund still having a home in their last two games.