Chapter 6 vs. Mainz

When the interview ended, many reporters showed regretful expressions, especially the reporters of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, whose faces were dark and quite depressed. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info originally wanted to encourage the Chinese boy to break some information, such as disagreement with Aubameyang, such as complaining about Tuchel's employment, etc., but the Chinese boy did not answer the reporter's questions directly at all, but said a bunch of incomprehensible words, which made people speechless.

"Genius is about to fall, Dort's new star has given up playing the striker position" Süddeutsche Zeitung

"Dort's rising stars admit to try to play elsewhere up front" Eintracht Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung

"Forced to be helpless or talented? Sports Bild

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The fat man originally wanted to convey through the reporter that he wanted to seek a change, and this idea was determined when the fat man learned to pass the ball with Mesut Ozil. The fat man wants to become a player in the system, preferably the kind of player with his own system, so that the fat man's road will be wider and wider in the future, and eventually grow into a core player.

However, the media will not interpret it this way, although the fat man clarified that he has no contradiction with Aubameyang and coach Tuchel, the media does not think so, and there are still various speculations around this "contradiction".

"Pang, you don't really want to play in another position, do you?" Caroline asked, "Actually, you can be the core just as much as you play as a striker." ”

"My dear, I don't want to wait on the bench for my chance." "As you can see, Coach Tuchel has no objection to me playing as a winger, which means that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is still the main striker in his mind, and even if I perform well, I will continue to be a substitute for Aubameyang for a while." ”

"Pong, you just have to stick on for a while, and once Aubameyang doesn't perform well in the first few rounds of the league, you have a good chance of getting up." Caroline persuaded.

"So what if Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been doing well in the early rounds, will I have to wait?" The fat man asked rhetorically, "Caroline, have you noticed that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's characteristics are very suitable for Dortmund's current tactics, Aubameyang can often grab a lot of chances that are not chances, which is why Aubameyang is still the starting striker in Tuchel's mind even if he wastes a lot of chances every game." ”

"Pang, it seems that it was a mistake for me to recommend you to Dortmund, Dortmund is a team that pays attention to speed, for a big man like you, it is really not suitable, you should join those teams that are not fast-paced." Caroline blamed herself.

"It's not your fault, my dear." The fat man comforted, "Every big team is very competitive, and only by making yourself stronger and more adaptable to the tactics of the head coach can you get a chance." So I had to take the initiative and of course it was an opportunity to tap into my own potential. ”

"Pong, I believe in you because you have never let me down." Caroline was convinced.

There was a lot of disturbance outside, but the fat man's heart was calm, and his ability to learn to pass the ball with Ozil was steadily improving. The fat man's strong body allows the fat man to play the ball steadily even when he is disturbed by defenders, which even Mr. Ozil praises. Ozil's style of play is elegant, but a little soft, especially in the second half, when Ozil's physical strength declines, his ability to pass the ball will be greatly reduced, and the fat man does not have this phenomenon, because the fat man is never afraid of confrontation, and it can be said that a strong body is the biggest killer of the fat man.

The first round of league fixtures on 27 August arrived as scheduled, with Borussia Dortmund hosting Mainz. This is the second time the fat man has played at Dortmund's home stadium at Signal Idona Park. Last time the Fat Man scored a hat-trick here, coming back to win against Bayern Munich.

Ahead of the game, Thomas Tuchel took Schmelzer to his pre-match press conference and announced the long-awaited appointment of Schmelzer as the team's new captain. The fat man was not surprised to hear the news, the short man pulled out the general, this is the best result so far.

The Signal Iduna Park Stadium was as lively as ever, and the stadium was already full of spectators before the game had even started. The fat man's girlfriend Caroline was also on the scene, and Caroline will be returning to the UK at the end of this month, and she wants to watch the fat man play again before leaving. There are many fans wearing the No. 9 jersey in the stadium, and after winning the German Super Cup, the sales of the Fat Man's jersey are booming again, and the sales in Germany have surpassed Aubameyang and Reus, and firmly occupy the first position. Borussia Dortmund CEO Watzke is starting to have a headache again, because he knows that in early September, the fat man will take a large share of jerseys from him.

Dortmund's opponent, Mainz, is a sports club based in Mainz, the capital of the Rhineland-Palatinate state in southwestern Germany, founded on March 16, 1905, and is currently one of the teams in the German Football First Division. Head coach Martin Schmidt, home stadium in Cos.

Mainz is a small club that has long been involved in the lower divisions of Germany, but it has an indissoluble bond with Dortmund because the first two managers of Mainz have come to Dortmund to coach. The first was Jurgen Klopp, who led Mainz to promotion to the Bundesliga in the 04-05 season and stayed three seasons in the top flight. Later, Carlopp came to Dortmund to coach and achieved good results, becoming a representative of the German young coach. Thomas Tuchel, who then coached Mainz, followed almost the same trajectory as Jurgen Klopp, who succeeded Jurgen Klopp as Borussia Dortmund's new boss in 2015 after five seasons in charge of Mainz, and has been in charge ever since.

Even though the game hasn't started yet, two commentators, Boris Rupert and Norbert Dicker, have already started their passionate commentary.

"Some media said that the focus of the first round of the league was Bayern against Bremen, but I don't think so. I think the focus of this round is Borussia Dortmund vs Mainz, because there are two focal points in this game. The first focus is on Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel, who was known to have had a great run in charge of Mainz from 2009 to 2014, with Mainz having a perfect start to seven consecutive Bundesliga wins, equalling the best start in Bundesliga history (which has been achieved by Bayern Munich and Kaiserslautern before). This time against his old club in the first round, it must be a passionate game; The second focus is Pang, he is the focus of the media recently, in the first round of the last German Cup, he even played a winger who is not good at two goals and one assist, Pang must have a more exciting performance in this game, I don't believe we will wait and see...... "Dicker took the lead in opening a paragraph.

"Man, in fact, Pang has not only been the focus of the media during this time, Pang has actually been the focus since he joined Dortmund. A friend of mine at the newspaper told me that in the two months since Pang joined Dortmund, he has appeared in almost half of the newspapers. Rupert broke the news.

"Really? Boris, you're not kidding, are you! Dicker was taken aback.

"Man, do I dare to joke on such an occasion, it's true." Rupert said seriously, "The reason why Pang has always been the focus of media attention is because of the constant controversy on Pang!"

Dicker instantly understood what his friend Rupert meant. Isn't it, at first he and Rupert were also questioning Chinese boys, and then he was the first to change his opinion; Later, his friend Rupert also changed his opinion, and then ...... As the performance of Chinese boys gets better and better, more and more fans and media have changed their views on Chinese boys, which is simply a reversal history of small people, and it is strange that it does not attract the attention of the media and fans!

"Pang is amazing, so many fans and media were not optimistic about him at the beginning, of course, including you and me, and they did not break his confidence, but became stronger and stronger, which is impressive." Dicker sighed.

"Geniuses grow up in questioning." Rupert said solemnly, "Recently, many media have questioned Pang as a waste of talent playing as a winger, and I think these people are going to be slapped in the face again." If the last game against Trier, because the opponent was weak, Pang's play was watery, this game against Mainz, this is not the case, Pang will definitely use his performance to slap these people in the face in this game. ”

"Boris, you have so much confidence in Pang?" Dicker asked with a smile, "After all, Pang just played the position of winger, and his performance must have ups and downs." ”

"Man, I know what you mean, but I still choose to believe Pang. I've been slapped in the face many times before, and I don't want to be slapped in the face anymore. Rupert laughed to himself.

"Alright, the game is about to start, let's take a look at the starting line-ups of both teams." Dicker changed the subject, "...... Borussia Dortmund's starting line-up is...... With the exception of goalkeeper Weidenfeller replacing Bilki, Dortmund retained the entire starting line-up for the previous game against Trier......

"I'll talk about the starting line-up for Mainz, with goalkeeper No. 1 Rossle, and at the back with No. 18 Bunosinski, No. 16 Stefan Bale, No. 3 Balogun and No. 2 Donati; In midfield, there are No. 25 Gebamin, No. 20 Frye and No. 45 Zelda; Up front, No. 10 Malle, No. 27 Clemens and No. 21 Onisiwo, and Coach Schmidt fielded an attacking formation of 433......" commented Rubew.

The game started promptly at 3:30 p.m. local time. As soon as the game began, both teams quickly got into the groove and attacked at a fast pace. In particular, Mainz, who played away, was even more anti-away, and launched a tight press in the midfield, but suppressed the Dortmund team.

The game went into the fourth minute when a defensive foul on Rhodes gave Mainz a free-kick in front. Mainz full-back No.18 Bunosinski took a free-kick straight at goal, but the ball went just over the crossbar.

"Mainz's attack is really strong, they don't have the slightest intention of playing away." Dicker commented: "Although Thomas Tuchel has been away from Mainz for more than a year, there are still traces of Thomas Tuchel's time in Mainz, who are pressing in midfield in the same way as Borussia Dortmund. ”

"Yes, this Mainz team does have a lot in common with Borussia Dortmund." Rupert chimed in, "But it's not easy for Mainz to get out of the stadium at Signal Park Iduna. The two sides have a total of 20 meetings in history, with Dort having the upper hand with 11 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, of which Dort is unbeaten at home with 6 wins and 4 draws. ”

The fat man didn't have any attack in the first five minutes, and Mainz's attack was fierce, and the fat man has been involved in defense at the back. It wasn't until ten minutes later that Dortmund launched a counter-attack. The fat man felt strange when attacking, and there was a feeling of playing a training session, because Mainz's characteristics and Dortmund had too many similarities.

Fifteen minutes into the game, the fat man launched his first individual attack. After making a one-two-one with teammate Kagawa and passing the No. 25 Geba Ming in Mainz's back, the fat man dodged the gap and shot a long shot. The ball was powerful and flew towards the bottom left corner of the goal.

"Oh, what a pity! Mainz goalkeeper Rossel made a credit when he saved Pon's long-range shot from a very tricky angle. Dicker looked regretful, "But Pang still created a corner for Borussia Dortmund." ”

"Pang's chance is here, and fighting for headers is his forte." Rupert was a little excited, "In the last game against Trier, Pang scored with a header, and this attack is not over. ”

Rod took the corner kick, and the fat man slowly moved to the middle of the penalty area, but Mainz obviously studied the fat man's game, and as soon as the fat man stood in a better position, Mainz's central defender No. 16 Stefan Bale posted it and pushed the fat man outward, and the back No. 20 Fry stood less than a meter away from the fat man, ready to help defend at any time. However, Dortmund also had a lot of people ready to compete for headers, and tall players such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and central defender Sokladis also came to the penalty area.

As the referee's whistle blew, Rhodes took a corner. Almost as soon as Rhodes kicked the ball, the fat man squeezed through the defense of Stefan Bale, the central defender of Mainz, and was ready to scramble for a header, but the corner kick of Rhodes was too far back, and the fat man moved a big step to the back point to reach the ball.

"Oh, Rod's corner was too far behind, he was clearly trying to find Sokride...... Sokrates didn't get to the ball...... Mainz player clears ...... Oh, and the ball is kicked on a teammate...... Dembele got the ball...... Bottom cross......" Dicker kept his eyes on the ball and spoke quickly.

The fat man saw that the ball had fallen to the back point, so he had to follow the Mainz player and run back. However, before he could run out of the big penalty area, the fat man suddenly found that Dembele controlled the ball again, and almost subconsciously, the fat man ran back. Aubameyang's reflexes are just as swift, almost like a fat man's.

When the fat man rushed to the penalty spot, Dembele had already passed the ball, and because there were more people in the penalty area, Dembele's ball passed flat and fast. Seeing that the ball flew over quickly, the fat man didn't have time to jump, so he pounced forward, and it was directly a fish leap to the top.

"The ball is in! The ball is in! The ball is in! "Dicker is quite excited," said Poon, who opened the scoring for Borussia Dortmund and scored his first league goal of the new season. ”

"This goal is actually a double ghost for Dortmund, and Aubameyang at the back point has actually been outflanked in place, but unfortunately Pang took the lead in the ball." Rupert commented with a smile.

'Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's first league goal is being delayed, but the game has only just started and he still has a chance to open his personal account in the first round of the league. Dicker encouraged.

"Man, what do I say, Pang has a strong scoring ability even if he plays as a winger." Rupert squeezed his eyebrows, "Those who question Pang as a winger is a waste of talent will be slapped in the face again, haha!" ”