Chapter 352: Another Champion (Part I)
At 8 p.m. on May 21, the final of the 2010-2011 German Cup at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, the home stadium of Berlin, was set to kick off between this year's Bundesliga champions Schalke 04 and Duisburg. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The German Cup has been played since the sixties, so there is no other option to reach the final. Today, the stadium of 75,000 people has been filled, and nearly 50,000 Schalke fans have flocked to the stadium, and they vow to turn this place into another proud Schalke, so at this time, the stadium is full of Schalke's battle flag, and Schalke's war song is even more soaring into the sky.
This is the 68th meeting between the two teams in history, Schalke and Duisburg have won 24 of the previous 67 games between the two teams, and the other 19 have been draws, and the only previous meeting between the two teams in the German Cup dates back to February 1966, when the 1965-66 German Cup 1/8 final, when Duisburg's predecessor Medrich beat Schalke 04 6-0, but since 1997, Schalke and Duisburg have been unbeaten in six wins and three draws.
The only thing that gives Duisburg some comfort is Schalke's poor form lately, they have been losing since winning the title, which is Duisburg's biggest hope today.
They lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation, completely trying to knock Schalke out with a stick. Goalkeeper Yerdel, defenders Cohen, Reich, Bajic and Vigno, double midfielders Banovic and Sukalo, forward Yilmats, Gellic and Sahan, and only one Scheffler in the front.
However, to their surprise, Schalke's morale had increased greatly at this time, and Ai Huan's return and the move to stay also rekindled the will to fight many young players, and Magath naturally did not show mercy, he sent his best formation.
Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, the two wing-backs are Escudero and Papadopoulos, Duisburg's fighting power in this game is too average, so Magath put Papadopoulos back on the wing-back line. The centre-back combination is still Hovides and Metzeld, and there is nothing surprising about this combination. The midfielders are composed of Ai Huan and Maputy, standing in front of them is Jurado and Holtby, who has been pressed on the bench before this game, and the forward line is composed of Raul and Farfan, Farfan has been Schalke's best player in the German Cup before, and now it is impossible not to let him come up to receive the award in the final.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the game officially began, as soon as the two sides were testing each other, they both had their own problems, so they seemed cautious, but it was only a few minutes later, Ai Huan set off an offensive, and his physical strength has recovered to the highest level in recent times, and the breath he held before had already made him very unhappy, and now he is naturally very red.
In the sixth minute, Matip broke the ball in midfield and quickly handed the ball to Holtby. This guy has also been criticized miserably recently, and he has long been eager to have the opportunity to show it, so he immediately passed the football to the left side, Farfan received the ball and broke through the left side to quickly hoist the ball into the penalty area, and the football flew high into the penalty area, just when the players in Duisburg were still looking up at the trajectory of the football, they suddenly saw a huge black figure passing over their heads, and his appearance at this moment was really like a dark cloud, which instantly broke the hearts of the Duisburg players.
Ai Huan jumped high and used his head hard, and the football immediately smashed down from the air, and Duisburg's goalkeeper Yerdel didn't even react before he saw that the football had been drilled into the net, and the score was rewritten to 1-0, and instantly the Olympic Stadium immediately set off a cheer, and countless Schalke fans jumped up, happiness came too quickly.
Immediately after scoring the goal, Ai Fan ran to the fan phalanx, and as he ran, he tore off his jersey, revealing the sturdy and striking tattoos on his muscles and chest, and a rising sun tattooed on his left shoulder and chest, which was dazzling to watch.
Ai Huan roared loudly at the fans on the field, and slammed his chest hard, as if to release all the resentment of the recent series, and the fans became even more excited. Ai Huan will naturally be shown a yellow card, but this is the last game, who cares?
As soon as the game began, Duisburg launched a counter-attack, Sahan broke through on the left and crossed diagonally in front of the goal when the opponent had just scored, but Neuer rushed in front of Schaeffler to hold the ball firmly.
Schalke quickly calmed down, and they finally showed the momentum that a Bundesliga champion should have, and immediately launched a frantic attack. It was only three minutes later that Holtby passed through Raul again, and the Lord of the Rings attacked quickly with the ball, but was brought down by the opponent in front of the court, and a free kick was easily reached.
The Duisburg players immediately gathered around the referee and shouted, they really didn't want to see this kind of scene, who didn't know that Ai Huan was a master of free kicks? What is the difference between awarding a free kick in this position and directly awarding a goal to Schalke? But it is useless to say this, they can only watch Ai Huan stand in front of the ball, looking at the opponent's goal with a sneer.
After the referee's whistle sounded, Ai Huan launched a shot in an instant, and the football once again flew high over the opponent's human wall, and then fell rapidly in the air, and the football lightning drilled into the opponent's goal, and in just two minutes, the score had become 2-0.
This time, Ai Huan did not pretend to be 13 again, but directly stretched out his hand to the sky, but at this time, the fans on the sidelines were already crazy. Everyone was mentally prepared to win, but no one expected it to be so easy, and it was so happy to be a Schalke fan at this moment.
Duisburg were clearly at a loss for the rest of the game, so they were quickly cut off by the in-form Holtby and then quickly crossed to the right, where Jurado's header from the right was flicked into the middle, and Papadopoulos, who had been quickly inserted, had a close-range header from Papadopoulos that had been quickly inserted was lifted over the crossbar by Yeldel.
And then Schalke's corner kick, Jurado also drove very excitingly, the football turned directly to the goal, but because of the slow speed, it was firmly pressed under the body by Yerdel, who reacted very quickly.
After that, the game entered Schalke's show time, and the smooth attack that had not been seen for a long time made everyone's eyes shine.