Chapter 221: Warm-up Opponents

Zhang Yuan's continuation of the record did not mean the end of the game, as Mainz also equalised two minutes later with a set-piece opportunity. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Magath replaced Zhang Yuan with Kuranyi at this time, and the Mainz fans seemed to have come back to their senses at this time, and the audience stood up and applauded Zhang Yuan who was off the field.

Zhang Yuan also applauded and thanked the fans, he took off the captain's armband and handed it to Kuranyi, who smiled and said "Congratulations!" ”

At the end of this game, it was boring, everyone looked forward to what they wanted to see, the referee stopped the game as soon as three minutes of stoppage time arrived, and everyone played 0:0 in the closing game, and everyone was happy.

The Schalke 04 players hugged and celebrated each other and thanked the fans who had come from afar to complete an incredible season.

Magath also applauded them from the sidelines, and on the way back to Gelsenkirchen, Magath once again thanked the team.

"Boys, we've had a really good season! We do what they can't imagine! I'm so proud of you! Hopefully we'll surprise them again next season! ”

Magath refers to the outside world, the outside world has a wide range of meanings, the media, colleagues are, no one was optimistic about Schalke 04 before this season, so after Schalke 04 won the championship, many bricks thought that this season's Schalke 04 was actually a miracle creator like Stuttgart.

But it's nothing, the Bundesliga has always been a place where miracles are born, promoted Makaiserslautern won the championship after promotion, that miracle made more people drop their jaws, Rehhagel is an amazing coach.

Magath can now say that he can say so confidently, he brought the championship to Wolfsburg when he arrived in Wolfsburg, and Schalke 04 is more difficult, but he also led the team to win the championship in only one season, and the championship coach did not come for nothing.

However, the way he had accidents and the way he trained did make a lot of players unbearable, and that's true.

The next day was a big day in Gelsenkirchen, where the Schalke 04 club and the Municipality of Gelsenkirchen jointly held a celebration.

The population of Gelsenkirchen is not large, about 300,000 people, but the proportion of fans among them is very high, and the proportion of Schalke 04 fans is the highest, so this is a big deal for Gelsenkirchen.

It's funny to say that Bayern Munich likes to wear Bavarian national costumes after winning every championship, and Schalke 04 has learned from it, they don't wear traditional German clothes but miners' uniforms.

There are not many Schalke 04 fans who are now miners, but among the local fans, there are always family members who have a lot to do with the coal mine in the three or two generations.

The outfits of the Schalke 04 players were very well recognized by the fans, and they marched through the streets and celebrated in front of the town hall, and spent the whole morning lively.

Zhang Yuan's performance after coming to Schalke 04 is in everyone's eyes, he has contributed a total of 30 goals and 10 assists for the team this season, and two-thirds of the team's offensive firepower is related to Zhang Yuan.

The people of Gelsenkirchen remember his contributions, and today the city government complied with the will of the people and awarded Zhang Yuan the title of "Honorary Citizen" of Gelsenkirchen in front of all the fans.

According to the official statement, this title is in recognition of Zhang Yuan's positive contribution to the sports cause of Gelsenkirchen.

Zhang Yuan has no rejection of this kind of award, he likes the fans of Schalke 04 very much, he is even a neighbor and a friend with some fans, if Schalke 04 itself has development prospects and strength, Zhang Yuan will not leave, he is actually quite accustomed to living here.

He happily accepted the award, and although many fans may be disgusted with him in the near future, he still accepted it, which represents the mark he left here, which can be regarded as a kind of memento.

Another person who was awarded an "honorary citizen" on the spot was Magat.

Don't be an honorary citizen of Gelsenkirchen who is not worth much, the real reason is that it took half a century of waiting to get the championship and make outstanding contributions to the team's championship, and the city government will never hesitate to recognize it in terms of honor.

There is no money anyway, the club will make arrangements, Zhang Yuan has a lot of income this year, get rid of taxes, and the salary bonus provided to him by Schalke 04 easily exceeded 3 million euros.

Compared with other giants, this is not less, and Schalke 04 is even more commendable, because their expenditure on Zhang Yuan alone is nearly 6 million euros.

With a few more Zhang Yuan's high salary, they will soon be unable to bear it, this is the sadness of 50+1, Bayern Munich is the biggest beneficiary, they have the background, they have a brand image, they are the club with the most members in Germany, and their influence in the world is very large, and sponsors favor them.

They have formed a virtuous circle, producing results, being able to wrestle with other top European giants, attracting more and more sponsorship fees, and they are getting richer and richer, and more and more capable of competing.

But the second or third Dortmund and Schalke 04 are not a grade behind them in terms of accumulating money, and Schalke 04's ability to collect money is much worse than that of Dortmund.

There is no money to talk about development, if there is no 50+1 policy, Schalke 04 is owned by individual owners, then the situation may be completely different, they can also be like Chelsea from a strong team to a new giant.

Failing to win the league title for the second year in a row has hurt Bayern Munich, who have reached the final of the Champions League this season, and although the winner or loser is still undecided, they continue to maintain the dignity of Europe's top giants, and sponsors are still flocking to them.

And Schalke 04 won the championship here, and the sponsors will also be favored, but it can't compare to Bayern Munich's ability to attract money, and the background is too poor.

The season is not over yet, and many media are questioning, how to play Schalke 04 next season, the previous one is Stuttgart, will Schalke 04 be the next one?!

Even if the 09-10 season is over, Schalke 04 champions, Bayern Munich runners-up, and Werder Bremen third place, these three teams will qualify for next season's European competition, of which Werder Bremen will participate in the qualifiers, while the other two will directly enter the group stage.

Heynckes' Bayer Leverkusen collapsed in the last stage and was overtaken by Werder Bremen, and they could only go to the League Cup.

Of course, their collapse did not start at the last minute, they have not played very well in the second half, only 6 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, and only 24 points, while in the first half they won 9 and drew 8, did not lose a game, and accumulated 35 points.

With an 11-point difference between the first and second halfs, they were rightfully overtaken by others, and the first three teams all surpassed him.

In the end, they can only go to the UEFA Cup with Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart.

After participating in the celebration, Zhang Yuan and Gao Jun set off for China, they were called up by the national team, they could not rest for the time being, neither of them could go home, according to the arrangement they had to participate in two friendly matches, one was a friendly match against Bayer Leverkusen in Jiangyin, and the other was against France on June 4.

Needless to say, Leverkusen's rather ending this season is Zhang Yuan's old rival in the Bundesliga.

France is relatively new to Zhang Yuan, who has never played against most of the players in the French team.

Speaking of which, the French team particularly favored the Chinese team in the warm-up before the World Cup, and the Chinese team was also invited before the 2006 World Cup, but as a result, Cisse broke his leg and lost the opportunity to participate in the World Cup.

If you want to say how ruthless the Chinese team players were at that time, the foul is of course a foul, but I certainly didn't expect to ruin the opponent's World Cup journey with one kick.

In fact, Cisse belongs to that kind of vitreous physique in the later stage, it is easy to get injured, he is talented and capable in the early days, and frequent injuries have a great impact on him, and he came back before the 2006 World Cup, whether it is really good and thorough is really a question mark.

But that time the French team came to the end, if it weren't for Zidane's shocking top, it would be hard to say who the final champion would be.

This time, the French team chose the Chinese team again as the opponent of the warm-up match during the World Cup in South Africa in the summer, and many Chinese media ridiculed the French team for seemingly being superstitious because the Chinese team brought bad luck to their players while bringing good luck to the team, and Domenech seemed to want to get back the lost championship of the German World Cup in the South African World Cup. (To be continued.) )