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It's hard to imagine that Mainz, who are three levels above the squad, lost their first game of the season.

Lose 0-1.

And it's the home field, it's at the Century Stadium.

The media's explanation can only be that Wang Zhen's announcement of retirement has seriously affected the mentality of the Mainz players.

The evidence is also abundant.

Mesut Ozil: "When I was an academy player, the captain saw me at the top and asked about Bel Colin, the academy manager at the time. I was surprised when Belcollin told me all this, because by then the captain was already a world-class striker in the Bundesliga. I had a conversation with the captain and he told me that I was going to be a superstar in the future. I couldn't have imagined it at the time, but I set myself a goal to play in the first team and be with the captain as a team-mate. Time has passed and I achieved it in '08 and by this time the captain has become the number one striker in the world and the best striker in the Champions League. By the time I finally got close to what the captain expected of me, the captain was retiring. I've been chasing the captain all my life, but I always feel like it's out of reach. ”

"That's right, when I was becoming a superstar, the captain was already the No. 1 center of all time, the only person to be the best center in the all-time XI lineup."

There was also a special speaker who told another story.

Spasoye spoke: "Once, when I was in the Bundesliga, the team's central defender was injured, I thought that my day had finally come, but the rest of the story is known to everyone, the captain started as a central defender, and was hailed as the successor of Beckenbauer, at that time I didn't think that he would become a center forward, nor did I think about my future in the team. While I was hesitating, the captain approached me for a conversation and told me that it was impossible to succeed if I didn't work hard. Yes, hard work may not be successful, but if you don't work hard, you are doomed to failure, I began to accept all the training arrangements of the team for me, accept the captain to help me sparring, time has passed, when I entered the best team of the World Cup, the first person I think of is the captain, my success, half of his credit, at this time I heard that the captain is about to retire, I am very sad, he is only 30 years old. ”

The first wave of training camps, many players were found by Wang Zhen personally, and the second training camp, all the players came to admire, Mainz is the most successful youth training model in the past ten years, and countless stars, a large part of which are not professional players in the era, or Wang Zhen's embrace.

The only thing that everyone didn't expect was that when Mainz arrived away at Borussia Mönchenchen, a new surprise came.

On the day Wang Zhen announced his retirement, the tickets for this game were sold out, which was double their usual attendance rate of 50%.

Even, the black market has speculated the price of tickets for this game to the price of tickets for last season's Champions League final.

On the same day, the most surprising thing was that there were fans of Menxing holding signs to keep Wang Zhen.

Borussia Mönchen is definitely one of the strong teams in the Bundesliga, and their fans, their diehards, actually defected?

The reporter interviewed a Borussia Mönchen fan, who explained the reason: "This is the greatest star in recent decades, the second historical superstar in the Bundesliga, we missed the era of Maradona, missed the era of Beckenbauer, and now we have this opportunity, why should we miss Wang Zhen?" I'm a Borussia Mönchen fan, but if you ask me who the best player on the planet is, I'll tell you, it's Wang Zhen, and if you ask any fan, he'll say that. ”

It turned out that the Mönchen fans didn't think it was such an important game, but just regarded him as Wang Zhen's farewell party.

This was the last time Wang Zhen played at Borussia Mönchen's home stadium.

Farewell to a legend.

That didn't change in the games that followed.

On the contrary, it intensified.

Back at home, the whole stadium was full, and Wang Zhen's song could be heard at any time.

And then to Schalke.

One of the most terrifying home stadiums in the world, Schalke fans actually made the same choice as Borussia Mönchenbach fans.

This game, the scene rang out, you will never walk alone.

This song is very popular in the Bundesliga, including Dort, Mainz, Schalke, and even many low-level teams.

The scene actually merged into a chorus.

Once again since Celtic and Liverpool's '02 super-chorus, you'll never walk alone.

But this time, the song was given to Wang Zhen.

However, the next thing is strange, in the Champions League group stage, Mainz went to play Eindhoven away, and the scene resounded with angry scolding.

To be reasonable, Eindhoven and Mainz have no enmity with Wang Zhen.

This left the media baffled.

Then back at home, it's another big party.

At this time, the media suddenly discovered that Mainz had won five consecutive games in two tournaments after losing one at the beginning of the season!

It's the Champions League again, the opponent is Roma, this time it's home, and it's the angry scolding of Roma fans in the stadium.

It's weird, the league is a farewell, the Champions League is an angry scolding, the difference is too big.

It was only at this point that a reporter made a summary.

"The league, Mainz in the past ten years, has not fallen out of the top three, most teams have been used to losing to Mainz, so, the league is not favored by fans, after all, the league is a long season, losing is a normal thing, so the league fans are very comfortable expressing their retention and respect for the current greatest star, however, the Champions League everyone's purpose is very short-term, to get points to advance, in this case, of course, everyone hopes that Wang Zhen's performance is as bad as possible."

In the sixth league game, a situation occurred that everyone had imagined.

Wang Zhen visited Hoffenheim for the first time in his career.

The chairman of Hoffenheim personally gave Wang Zhen a gift at halftime.

This time, the intermission was actually the highest rating in the live broadcast of the whole game, and you can see everyone's puzzlement.

Finally, the chairman of Hoffenheim gave the answer in his post-match interview: "For the last 100 years, Mainz has been constantly pursuing promotions and finally reaching the goal ten years ago and becoming a new big team, which is a groundbreaking inspiration for a small club like us, and the reason why we have been able to qualify for the Bundesliga and stay here is, I think, we have been inspired by a spirit in a way, and this spirit comes from a great star called Wang Zhen. Although he was a first-time guest at Hoffenheim and he didn't know how much of an impact he had on our promotion years, that didn't stop us from respecting and loving him. ”

In the past few games, the best performer is Kane, Kane played six of the eight games, scored six goals, and immediately embarked on the road of Wang Zhen, who averaged one goal per game, which also made the European media begin to mention Mainz again, but this time, it is not because of Wang Zhen's strength, but because of Mainz's overall strength.

At present, Mainz is known to have three top strikers, namely Wang Zhen, Kane and Payet.

According to the latest news, the England national team manager has confirmed the position of Kane's starting striker, and Payet has already confirmed the left winger of the French team.

In midfield, Mesut Ozil led the way, with Gotze forming a midfield quartet with Shaheen and Hofmann.

The back line is Spasoye, Hummels, Schmelzer. The goalkeeper is Birki, of course not good enough compared to Neuer, but he is also a good young goalkeeper.

The 343 lineup is full of firepower.

The league is soaring, and all kinds of angry criticism in the Champions League cannot stop Mainz.

The parade continues.

There are constantly teams like Wang Zhen, who seem to be inspired by Hoffenheim.

And Wang Zhen can only send signed sneakers to those rumored fans and players of his own.

If Wang Zhen is still on the field after each game, the opposing players will definitely rush to change their jerseys.

What are you kidding, this is Wang Zhen's last season, and every jersey has a huge meaning.

Gradually, however, the media around the world felt Mainz's strong aggressiveness and determination to pursue the championship.

The only one who is in trouble is Bayern.

On the one hand, on Christmas Eve, Mainz qualified for the Champions League group stage early and sat firmly in first place, slightly ahead of Bayern in the league, in the leading position.

On the other hand, Wang Zhen has played for Bayern and won so many championships, it stands to reason that Wang Zhen has helped Bayern win eleven large and small championships in a total of three seasons.

This number can definitely be called a meritorious service, and it is even certain that Wang Zhen will become a historical legend of Bayern after retiring.

So, should Bayern have a never-ending showdown with Mainz, or should they show respect for Wang Zhen's contribution?

This issue has also made the media very concerned.

"In the past half a season, Wang Zhen has scored seven goals and ten assists, and the double-double assists in half a season is definitely a phenomenal performance, which proves that he is still the strongest star in the world, but Wang Zhen is retiring, whether he will announce his comeback after retirement or simply not retire at the end of the season We don't know, but Bayern is now in a dilemma."

In fact, Wang Zhen has to retire if he doesn't retire, in the past six months, the entire Bundesliga team has paid tribute to Wang Zhen's retirement, Mainz every game regardless of home and away, the ticket price is high and scary, every game is broadcast live by many countries, the whole world knows that Wang Zhen is retiring, what will be the consequences if Wang Zhen regrets it? What's more, Wang Zhen is famously true to his words.

Eventually, on the day of the game, the question was finally put on the table.

To be honest, helping Bayern win so many championships, no matter what the team management thinks, the fans will applaud Wang Zhen.

In the first half of the game, Wang Zhen always had wonderful performances, and even the fans were applauding.

At halftime, Bayern listed the titles won by Wang Zhen, some of which were borrowed copies.

Looking at the golden trophies and plates, Wang Zhen also felt that he was not owed, and most of the Bayern executives at the time of the signing negotiations had left, and there was no way to express his grievances.

In the end, Mainz drew with Bayern at Bayern's home, with three goals scored by both sides, Wang Zhen scored one goal and one assist, and at the end of the first half of the season, the final data was eight goals and eleven assists.

This situation is very strange, on the one hand, Wang Zhen is about to retire, and on the other hand, Mainz is making great progress on all fronts and is about to enter the championship schedule.

Frankfurter Zeitung published an article on January 5, 2016: "In the first half of the season, fans in the Bundesliga are bidding farewell to Wang Zhen, but in the second half of the season, Wang Zhen is going to play the role of a villain. ”

On January 7, the draw resulted in the final of the quarter-finals of Mainz, Atletico Madrid.

(To be continued.) )