Chapter 485: Win Another Crown
On August 28, Bayern played away against Freiburg, Zhang Shujie played the whole game as usual, with a total of four shots, all of which were in the frame of the goal, but unfortunately he failed to score, but he scored a goal in the 33rd assist Shaqiri, but Freiburg equalized the score in the 60th minute. The score of 1:1 also lasted until the end of the game.
This time Guardiola originally planned to let Yan Tao play, but unfortunately the team was unable to establish a lead in the last half hour, and Guardiola had to give up letting Yan Tao play and replace some forwards and attacking midfielders.
There is nothing to be done about Yan Tao, so he can only wait for the opportunity again.
August 30, 2013.
It was a very ordinary day, nothing special, but for many students, it was time to report to school again, and nothing else.
However, in the early hours of Beijing time today, the winner of the best European player was announced, and Zhang Shujie received 36 votes, beating Messi (14 votes) and Cristiano Ronaldo (3 votes) to be voted the best European player of the 2012/2013 season.
Established in 2011, the year after the merger of the European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year, the award is a joint award, from the Union of European Football Associations (UEF) and the European Federation of Sports Media (EFA) e**. It is reported that the establishment of this award was originally due to UEFA's dissatisfaction with the "FIFA Golden Ball Award" after the merger, the 2010 South African World Cup champion Spanish double-core Xavi and Iniesta failed to win the award, and even the World Cup runner-up and Champions League winner Sneijder did not even score in the top three, and the Golden Ball Award was finally awarded to Messi, who had no goals and no assists in the World Cup, which caused an uproar in football.
It is for this reason that UEFA deliberately set up such an award to replace the previous "European Golden Ball". But in fact, there is no basis for this statement, the "best player in Europe" is just a replacement for the original UEFA "Club Player of the Season Award", to put it simply, it is a change of soup and not a change of medicine, in terms of influence, the award cannot be compared with the Ballon d'Or.
But no matter what, it is already the highest honor for Chinese players to be able to stand on this podium. In particular, Zhang Shujie defeated Messi and Ronaldo, the two kings of the world! This is enough to make the Chinese media and Chinese fans proud for a long time.
Chen Hui wrote in the report: "Zhang Shujie's award will be a motivation for him to hit the Golden Globe Awards at the end of the year. You must know that in 2011, Messi, the first winner of the award, lifted the Ballon d'Or trophy at the end of the year, and last year's Andres Iniesta also entered the top three. ”
Feng Kai's agency team once again played a public relations role, Zhang Shujie wants to challenge Messi Ronaldo, in the face of these two monsters, it may be difficult to compete with those two by relying only on last season's league championship and Champions League champion, even Xavi Iniesta, who has the World Cup champion and the European Cup champion, failed to snatch the Golden Ball Award from Messi, so Zhang Shujie's public relations role off the field has become extremely important. And all this, Feng Kai will help him get it done.
As a striker, Zhang Shujie actually has an advantage over the original "Habai" two: goal efficiency! As we all know, the reason why Messi in 2010 and 2012 won the award was that the number of goals scored in the second half of the year was a very important factor, and now Zhang Shujie also has such an advantage, provided that his efficiency cannot be too different from Messi Ronaldo. If he can't achieve the efficiency of one goal per game, then he is destined to accompany the prince to study at this year's Golden Ball Awards.
Wang Shihan called Zhang Shujie, and her fiancé was able to win the "Best Player in Europe", and her fiancée was of course very happy. Then Zhang Shujie's friends also congratulated him, congratulating him on becoming the best in Europe last season.
A day later, the UEFA Super Cup was held at the Eden Stadium in the Czech Republic, between Champions League winners Bayern Munich and Europa League winners Chelsea, and the biggest attraction of the match was not the players, but the two managers.
Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
The pair have faced each other in La Liga for three years, with Pep Guardiola's Barcelona beating Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid for the most part. Now that the two meet in the Super Cup, it is inevitable that there will be another fight.
With such a reason, the head coaches of both teams have put out the strongest lineups, and Yan Tao is still sitting on the bench and standby.
After just eight minutes of play, Fernando Torres broke the deadlock to secure a 1-0 score for Chelsea, before Bayern rallied and Franck Ribery levelled the scores in the 47th minute.
After that, the two sides almost took turns bombing each other's cities, but whether it was Zhang Shujie or Torres, they were always a little bit away from scoring. In comparison, Bayern's defense is more dangerous than Chelsea's, and Dante's two fatal mistakes almost buried Bayern, and if it weren't for Neuer's brave play, I'm afraid Bayern would have fallen behind by two goals.
Pep Guardiola feels the problem is not up front, but at the back. So, he replaced Martinez to play in the back, forming a barrier in front of the backline to protect the backfield.
Then the two sides made successive substitutions, constantly adjusting the formation, and in the 71st minute, Gotze replaced the mediocre Muller, and Mourinho also replaced Schurrle with Mikel. But until the end of the game, the score was still 1:1, and the two sides had to go to extra time. At this point, Bayern still have one substitution and Chelsea have two.
Just five minutes into extra time, Pep Guardiola used up his last substitution: No. 13 Yan Tao replaced No. 4 Dante. Pep Guardiola can't stand Dante's mistakes anymore.
Yan Tao finally made his first appearance for Bayern in this Super Cup! Since he came on the field, with his abundant physical strength and physical advantages, he quickly stabilized the defense, and Torres, who had run the whole game, did not take any advantage of him. Mourinho saw that something was wrong and quickly replaced Torres with Lukaku.
Bayern's defensive consistency improved, but Chelsea reaffirmed the lead in the 100th minute through Eden Hazard, and at this time, almost everyone was not optimistic about Bayern. In particular, Mourinho also replaced John Terry, who has returned from injury, to direct the defense.
At the critical moment, Zhang Shujie stepped up, and he equalized for Bayern again with a beautiful volley in the 120th minute, while also dragging the game to a penalty shootout.
After five brutal penalty shoot-outs, Bayern won 5-4 over Chelsea to lift the UEFA Super Cup and add another title to the team's honour roll.