Chapter 124: The semifinals are coming
Speaking of Bremen, of course, you can't fail to mention the port. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoBremen is the second largest port in Germany after Hamburg and was an important international port and commercial center before the Port of Bremerhaven was founded. Although the city of Bremen is still about 80 kilometres away from the North Sea, the Weser River runs through it, allowing for unimpeded shipping trade.
It can be said that it is water that brings wealth and glory to Bremen, it is water that creates Bremen, a city full of myths and stories, and it is water that shapes the unique character of Bremen people. Everything in Bremen is intimately connected to water, and football is no exception. More than a century ago, many Britons entered the continent through Bremerhaven, leaving behind not only goods and money, but also the novel sport of football. In 1880, a group of recent graduates and their former teachers founded the Bremen Football Club ā an obvious English name ā in order to relive their time playing football at school. Many of the British sailors and merchants who came and went in the Bremen port area were closely associated with the club, and many of them joined it as members. For many years, the club was considered one of the oldest football clubs in German history.
In 1899, the Werder Club Bremen was founded, and the word "Werder" comes from Old German for a piece of land located near or surrounded by water. It was on a small island surrounded by two tributaries of the Weser River that the founders of Werder Bremen chased the ball, known as the "Werder City".
Prato and Werder Bremen caused a stir in the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup, which in the year '95 was already the most watched tournament in the world.
For the Prato team, which previously defeated the Premier League king Arsenal, broke out a shocking upset. Many media outlets have rushed to report that the fact that a team from the Italian second division has qualified for the three major European cups and reached the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, such a legendary experience has made countless people eager to find out what makes such a Prato team, whether it is the overly young manager or the mysterious Chinese boss. For a time, Prato became the darling of the European news media, and news of Prato appeared frequently in the newspapers, and some of Prato's outstanding players were also praised on the altar.
However, there are also media outlets that are dismissive of Prato, such as the most famous German sports newspaper "Kicker" wrote: "...... We talk about dark horses every season, and it's not uncommon in world football that they may burst out at some point in time to be extremely impressive, but the reason why dark horses are called dark horses is because they will always end up prostrate in front of the real king, rather than taking the throne. Italy's second division team did recruit several world champions at the beginning of this season, relying on them, the Serie B team seems to be strong, but football is never a sport of one or two people, in the face of real overall football, this kind of 'strong team' piled up by a few stars is bound to melt quickly like ice and snow meet the sun. Unfortunately, Coach Rehhagel spent 14 years building the Bremen team, which is such a strong team as a whole. ā
Another well-known sports newspaper in Germany, Bild, also waved its flag for Bremen: "Rome was never built in a day, and now many newspapers that are grandstanding for the sake of sales have put such a small club with no historical honor on the altar, just to make news and tout those hairy boys who are not yet 20 years old, which is to tarnish the authenticity and sanctity of the news." They ignore the essence of the matter and define certain fortuitous events as inevitable, is a Serie B team really as strong as they are portrayed? Those young boys who have only played in the professional league for a few years and are still playing in the lower leagues most of the time have become world superstars? Many people only think that they have Brazilian captain Dunga, Brazilian main left-back Leonardo, and German midfield core Effenberg, and this is a star-studded team, but in fact, most of the players in this team have only played in the third and fourth divisions of Italy, and it is a real poor team. So how did they beat Arsenal with so many stars? Rather than relying on the main force of a few world champions, they built a pauper-like spirit of daring to fight, and in the second game of the clash with Arsenal, they dragged Arsenal into the quagmire with a ferocious kick that was splashed and rolled, like two fencers, one who was obviously light and superior to his opponent, but was dragged to the ground to play wrestling. However, our German team has never been unfamiliar with this style of play. Basler and Thomas. Schaff would show the Italians what a real 'villain' is. ā
Due to the endless news of false hype and news fabrication in the media, people have great doubts about the credibility of the media, so this article by Bild columnist Kritch has aroused widespread recognition as soon as it came out. The seemingly reasonable questioning makes people wonder, how high is the level of several young people in their twenties? It must have been hyped up by the media. Sky, which was responsible for broadcasting the Cup Winners' Cup semi-final, even hired Christ as a commentator for the match.
The first match of the Cup Winners' Cup semi-final between Prato and Bremen was played at the Bisencio Stadium. Even with the addition of temporary stands, the Bisenzio Stadium, which can only accommodate 9,000 people, was squeezed into 11,000 people on this day, which is still the timely disposal of the Prato club, contacting the police station to take compulsory measures, otherwise the old stands of Bissenzio may have collapsed like the "Heysel tragedy".
Many fans who were unable to attend the game had to sit in front of the TV and silently support their beloved team. Partnering with Chrissy is Sky TV's famous beauty commentator Brewin. Moles. After explaining the scene, Brewin handed over the discourse to Chlich: "Which of the two teams do you like more?" ā
Kritch is not as rigid as the Germans are generally assumed, and at this time he is quite playful: "You are very difficult for me? ā
Blevin said a little strangely: "Do you think they are evenly matched and don't know how to choose?" ā
"Quite the opposite!" The smile on Chlich's face is even stronger: "I'm pretty sure that Bremen will win in the end, just because of who I am, so the audience will think I'm emotionally biased, but in fact, it's a rational analysis......"