Chapter 40. Big upset! Twin Stars Shine!

The three of them played for a day, and the whole training ground was brought to joy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Favre didn't stop them from playing, since he took over, all the players have worked hard for relegation, and it is inevitable that there will be some mental fatigue after a few games, and it is good for the team to be able to relax in this way.

After a relaxed day of training, the team immediately began to prepare for the next game.

Borussia Mönchen vs Cologne.

Maybe the Chinese fans don't know what this matchup means locally, or even that it's actually a Ruhr derby. Of course, the Ruhr derby does include too many teams in Germany, and there may be dozens of games played at all levels of the league each year. However, the Rhine derby, which consists of four teams from Borussia Mönchenchen, Cologne, Bayer Leverkusen and Fortuna Dusseldorf, has a strong exclusivity, so it is very well recognized by local fans. Among them, Borussia Mönchen vs Cologne is the most representative. In fact, the Rhine derby is also known as the most interesting derby in Germany.

First of all, there is the breadth of the derby between the two teams. The two teams flourished in the 70s of the last century, with Borussia Mönchenchen winning five league titles in ten years, reaching the Champions League final and winning the UEFA Cup twice. Cologne, on the other hand, won the first Bundesliga (1964) and again in 1978. At that time, both teams reached the peak of their teams during that period. In the 80s, both teams went into decline and even met again in the Bundesliga. The Bundesliga, Bundesliga, German Cup, and League Cup are multi-fronted derby battlefields, which are characteristics that other derbies do not have.

The second is "unbalanced equilibrium". Mönchen is a small city with a population of just over 200,000, while Cologne is the fourth largest city in Germany and a historic city. However, the two teams have met 94 times, with Borussia Mönchen winning 47, drawing 19 and losing 28. Cologne, which is a big city, always loses to Borussia Mönchen, which is a "rural", and Cologne fans are naturally very unconvinced. This also directly led to the fact that Mönchen would be "like a big enemy" when he faced Cologne at home, with the city's alcohol ban and the military helicopter field hovering over the stadium.

The upcoming game is even more interesting, with both teams benefiting from the change of manager. Needless to say, Borussia Mönchen has not lost since Favre took office, scoring 14 points in 6 games, with amazing efficiency. As for Cologne, after the team lost 1:2 to Hannover 96 in the 9th round of the league, the team announced that the team coach Croatian Soldo was resigned, and he led the team to the bottom of 9 games, 1 win, 2 draws and 6 losses, which made the team's senior management completely unbearable, so the team's second team coach Schaefer took office, this coach was the coach of Podolski and other players when they were young, and they were naturally three military life. So far, in 28 rounds of the league, Schaefer has won 9 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses in 19 games and scored 30 points, helping Cologne to currently rank 11th in the league standings. These two coaches are also on a par.

Before the game, the media compared not only the coaches of the two teams, but also many players worthy of comparison.

First of all, in the goalkeeper position, Borussia Mönchenchen's goalkeeper Bailly has already been taken out of the starting XI before the last game due to a poor performance. And Cologne's goalkeeper Rensing has been in the limelight during this time, from an unemployed goalkeeper to winning the Bundesliga Player of the Month, which is a very inspirational story. Fortunately, the Borussia Mönchen fans also have the "little lion" Ter Stegen to talk about****** secondly, in the position of central defender, both teams have a Brazilian central defender in charge of the backfield and have a certain threat in front of goal, this is a duel between two Brazilian rear leaders, Dante and Jeromer!

Finally, both teams boast a great attacker up front, Reus and Podolski. Reuss' current performance of 11 goals and seven assists in 28 games is unmatched among young players in the Bundesliga. Only Borussia Dortmund's 19-year-old Mario? Gotze's stats of 6 goals and 11 assists are comparable to him. And Podolski's performance of 12 goals and 4 assists is worthy of his title of Prince of Cologne.

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It's just that the media analyzed it for a long time before the game, and most people thought that it should not be too difficult for Cologne to win Mönchen, but when it came to the game, no one expected that Mönchenchen would usher in a big victory at home and present the best gift to the fans.

With 20 minutes played, Borussia Mönchen won a corner. Reuss whipped in a corner from the right, Baker rose high in the box to head the ball back, and Ye Bing followed up with a close-range shot to open the scoring. 1:0!

Five minutes later, Ye Bing returned the favor, cutting inside on the left side of the midfield during the counterattack and slotting through all the defenders, and Reus took the lead in the face of Lensing with a low shot! 2:0!

However, Borussia Mönchen's first-half performance was not over, and as the first half was about to end, Dante seized the opportunity to find Baker with a long pass, Baker stepped back a little under the interference of the defenders, and Reus scored a world wave with a right-footed volley from 23 meters out of goal! 3:0

Royce's kick completely detonated the enthusiasm of the Borussia Mönchenchen fans in the stadium, and the sound and crowd continued to roll in the stadium, the team had not played such a hearty victory for a long time, and the fans had not celebrated so unbridled and crazy for a long time.

But the game wasn't over yet, and in the second half, Borussia Mönchen made a comeback.

Seemingly unwilling to let Royce cheer the crowd cheered, Ye Bing was more active in the second half, helping the team to create a series of kills, but never scored again until the clock reached 70 minutes.

In the 73rd minute, Herman passed a through ball from the right rib, Ye Bing took the ball and shook it cleanly past Mohammed who defended him, and a beautiful hanging shot hoisted the ball into the goal, Lensing's aerial save looked a little ridiculous in front of such a shot, 4:0!

In the 80th minute, Mönchen made a perfect match in the front, Reus rushed through the middle and passed the ball back to Ye Bing behind him, Ye Bing did not stop the ball and passed the ball directly to the feet of Herman who was inserted behind, Herman shot the ball into the corner of the goal with a light push! 5:0。

It was only in the final moments of the game that Cologne scored a face-saving goal by striker Novakovic, but it was to no avail.

The 5:1 victory over Cologne by Borussia Mönchen was also a big upset in this round of the Bundesliga, no one could have imagined that this relegation team, which was still in everyone's impression, would slaughter a midstream team, and Ye Bing and Reus, who were extremely active in the game, also became the focus of media coverage after the game.

The name of the Borussia Mönchenchen twin stars was also accepted by the Bundesliga audience after this round of media promotion.

At the same time, countless teams have begun to think about this team that has performed well since Favre took over, and no longer think that he is just a relegation team.

And Borussia Mönchenchen's players have also received more attention, and in the eyes of some teams, this team is indeed too much treasure.