Zheng Zhi was once again selected in the best team of this week's Champions Cup, but the best player still does not belong to the Bundesliga team, in the selection of the best player of the Champions Cup, the Bundesliga players are more disadvantaged, and it is generally the Serie A players who take away such honors, because Serie A is dazzling enough.

On Friday morning, coverage in the German sports media was largely focused on the Champions League. Germany now have three teams in the Champions Cup, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin, all three of which are in different situations, but Bayern Munich is in the toughest situation.

Bayern Munich won 1 and drew 3 in the first four rounds, only got 6 points, Bayern Munich 2:1 Eindhoven in the first round, Glasgow Rangers 1:1 Bayern Munich in the second round, and then at home, Bayern Munich 1:1 Valencia, and then was drawn 1:1 by Valencia away. Last season's European runners-up were in an unprecedentedly bad situation, with the latter two rounds playing PSV Eindhoven away and returning home to Glasgow Rangers, who are only third in the table, with Glasgow Rangers in first place with seven points and Valencia second with six points.

Hertha Berlin have a good outlook as they top the group with eight points from Group H, followed by Chelsea with seven points and AC Milan with five points. The most dangerous situation is AC Milan, who must finish Chelsea at San Siro in the fifth round, otherwise they will have to go to the UEFA Cup, AC Milan will play in the UEFA Cup? What a sad thing that is.

Bayer Leverkusen have the brightest future ahead of them, with only one point needed to qualify against their group's weakest opponents, Maribo. Even if it is facing Lazio in the last round, Lazio has already qualified from the group, but it is estimated that Lazio will not give up the first place in the group.

The headline of The Kicker is a wake-up call for Bayern Munich, who are in a desperate situation and could be bidding farewell to this season's Champions League if they fail to beat PSV Eindhoven away in the fifth round.

Similarly, they believe that Hertha Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen will both be able to pick up a point at home in the fifth round – Hertha Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen will not miss a chance to qualify at home, and they only need one point to qualify for the second stage of the Champions League.

However, they believe that once these two teams advance to the second stage of the group stage, they will face a huge test - if both teams can successfully advance to the second stage of the group stage, they will continue to fight on multiple fronts, especially in the Bundesliga, Hertha Berlin will continue to get out of the nightmare of the relegation zone, while Bayer Leverkusen will continue to defend the top spot, and in the next two weeks, in the absence of Chinese, Bayer Leverkusen will face a huge test. Ballack will be a key figure in the team, can he lead Bayer Leverkusen to continue to win?

Bild - With the Chinese out four games due to injury, Ballack's chance to lead the team alone has come, and Michael Ballack will have three or four games to prove himself. Whether he can prove that he is one of the best in the Bundesliga, whether he can prove that he can be the core of Bayer Leverkusen, depends on these games. The first game was against his old club, Kaiserslautern.

Kaiserslautern started with two straight wins, followed by three consecutive defeats, and are currently 11th in the league, at a low point, and in the process of renewal, Rehhagel has changed all of last season's starting line-up, and the current starting line-up is almost all new faces, and the team continues to win to reverse the decline. Against such a Kaiserslautern team, Worrall and his team are still full of confidence. Although Zheng Zhi is missing, the team should not overturn in the gutter at home after experiencing the experience of ice and fire in Dynamo Kyiv, even the spinach company is very optimistic about Leverkusen, they opened the handicap of Leverkusen at home with one goal and one and a half goals, and I don't believe that Kaiserslautern can make any waves away from home.

As Saturday draws closer, the eyes of the media and fans are back on the league.

Preparations on Bayer Leverkusen's training ground were relaxed, and after a hard-fought midweek game at Dynamo Kyiv, Worrall did not dare to increase the amount of training for his players, and basically focused on recovery.

To Worrall's great delight, although Zheng Zhi was injured, Lucio returned with a mask. In order to protect the bridge of Lucio's nose, the doctor made him a protective mask that looked like Zorro.

"Hey, Zorro."

"You're going to kill a bunch of German girls like that."

Emerson was finally back on the training ground, and although he didn't participate in the group training, he was in a good mood and made a joke about Lucio.

"I bet there will be a lot of girls writing to you."

"It's time to find a girlfriend."

Hearing such a chat, Barak hid away, the previous incident of his own is still vivid, there is a shadow in his heart, he promised his fiancée, he will not engage in anything outside again, concentrate on playing football, next spring, he will become a father, he will try to become a father in advance, fulfill the responsibility of a father.

He trains hard, learns, and challenges himself. He was very concerned about the weekend against Kaiserslautern, and Zheng Zhi's absence did make him feel the pressure. The media across Germany are watching him to see if he can lead Bayer Leverkusen to beat his former club, which is a test for him.

He wasn't sure if he was really ready.

After the training, he habitually walked to the gym, at this time, Zheng Zhi should be there, Zheng Zhi's injury is not serious, maybe he will continue training there. This has become the most accustomed scenery of the club, and no one is more diligent than him.

Sure enough, he saw Zheng Zhi in the innermost part of the gym, although his legs and feet were inconvenient, Zheng Zhi still did not relax the exercise of his upper body, he was training with dumbbells.

When Barak walked into him, Zheng Zhi didn't notice it, you can imagine how focused he was.

Barak didn't greet him either, but spoke directly.

"You know, the whole of Germany is watching me right now, and they're eager for me to lead the team to a good score."

Well, Zheng Zhi found Barak at this time, put the dumbbell down, and sat up.

"And then?"

"I suddenly felt a lot of pressure," Barak said, "this is the first time I've faced this situation, really, I didn't expect the whole of Germany to expect so much from me." Originally, I thought it was nothing, but now it seems that I was wrong. They put the task of reviving Germany on me. ”

"It's your pleasure, isn't it?" Zheng Zhi asked rhetorically, today's German talent is a little withered, Ballack is indeed the best player representative, who is not optimistic about him, who is optimistic?

"Yes, it's my pleasure, but it's also my pressure, what if I don't do well? I used to have XJHO by my side, and now I have you by my side, but I've never led a team alone. ”

Zheng Zhi was silent for a few seconds, and then spoke: "When the little bird grows up, he will definitely leave his parents and fly high." ”

"Flowers that stay in the greenhouse all the time can't grow. Everyone is not born to be a leader, he has to go through the trial, you should be grateful to be able to get this opportunity, and cherish it, give it your all. As for the results, is it really that important? No one is always successful, but your heart must not be crushed. ”

"Michael, you're thinking too much."

"Give it your all, enjoy the process, and don't worry too much about the outcome."

'It's a pretty good situation at the moment and I'm sure we can beat Kaiserslautern at home. You have to remember, I'm not around, that's the brain of the team, you're not just rushing up and trying to score goals, you're commanding this team, this battleship, you're the captain, you're no longer a gunner, you're not just a maintenance worker, you're not a signal man. I mean, you know? ”

"Yes, I know, like you've done before, I'll try to play at a level like you."

"yes, so what are you worried about? Worried that we won't be able to win? ”

"You know, even if you play a great game, you don't necessarily win because there's only one winner."

"It's a good thing if you can replace me completely, and I'm happy for you."

"Of course, I will not stop, I will continue to improve, and competition will allow us to grow together."

As a friend and rival, Zheng Zhi did not shy away from this topic. Wouldn't it be the perfect ending if both of them were able to succeed? If you have a dark side in your heart and always think that your opponent is playing abnormally, it is too bad.

"Kick well, it's up to you for the weekend."

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At 16:30 on Saturday afternoon, almost half of the Germans were watching Bayer Leverkusen's home game against Kaiserslautern, and the live broadcast even switched to the players' tunnel, where Ballack and former coach Rihhagel hugged each other, and the two were happy and warm.

But

It was a different story when the game started.

Kaiserslautern's style of play is quite brutal, although they are playing on the road, but they do not play gently at all, and under the watchful eyes of the home fans, they have committed as many as eight fouls in the first ten minutes, almost once a minute.

Ballack's Bayer Leverkusen struggled well, reminding everyone of the midweek game at Dynamo Kyiv, where the weather wasn't as bad as it was, but the situation on the pitch seemed similar.

Zheng Zhi sat in the stands wearing a hood and a thick coat, with Emerson sitting next to him.

"How do I feel like something is going to happen?"

"Something is not good."

"Kaiserslautern is going to learn from Dynamo Kyiv?"

"Well, Rehhagel must have an idea." Zheng Zhi nodded.

Twenty minutes later, Bayer Leverkusen still did not organize any decent offensive, the opponent knew that Ballack was the core of the organization, and invested a lot of troops around him, Ballack himself was brought down 5 times, at the same time, did not pass a threatening ball, but hit two goals himself, the quality was good, but failed to form a goal.

Overall, he played well personally.

But Bayer Leverkusen as a whole can't.

Worrall was very anxious on the sidelines, constantly reminding Ballack to be calm and not reckless.

The former teammates who had just been enjoying themselves in the tunnel were not at all friendly to Ballack after the game began, and kept fouling him. Every time Ballack gets up, he can't believe what is in front of him, in order to deal with him, the former teammates are so ruthless and so dark?

If he had before, he would have been furious, but he told himself that he must not be impulsive! Even if Worrall didn't remind him, he wouldn't be angry, the whole of Germany was watching him, he had to show his real skills, and the more difficult it was, the more he had to be calm and find a way to solve the problem.

However, despite his efforts to restrain himself and his good performance, Kaiserslautern did not give him time.

In the 33rd minute, Kaiserslautern broke the ball at the back and played a quick counterattack, Latinho sent a through ball on the left side, and striker Taray shook off LaMelo and Novotny, rewriting the score to 1:0, and Bayer Leverkusen fell behind at home!

An unimaginable scene.

The fans in the stands were full of disappointment.

"Alas,"

"Michael really can't replace Zheng Zhi."

"If Zheng Zhi was there, it would be impossible to play so badly,"

"Michael is not Zheng after all."

"Without Zheng, it just doesn't work, I feel like it's dropped by at least half a grade."

The fans' eyes are bright and partial, when Zheng Zhi was there, they never thought that they would lose the game, but now they have no bottom in their hearts.

"I feel like we're going to lose? Alas, I hope not. ”

"Ballack doesn't play badly, but he doesn't have Zheng Zhi's organizational ability, it's not enough to play well alone, you have to drive the whole team, obviously he can't lead the whole team."

"It's terrible."

At halftime, Leverkusen was still 0:1 behind, the score was not what everyone imagined before the game, it looks like Leverkusen is going to overturn in the gutter at home? If the boat capsizes, Leverkusen's lead will only be three points, and the pursuers behind will close the distance.

"Zheng, where are you going?"

"I'll go back to the locker room."

Zheng Zhi left his seat and quickly got out of the exit, he was going to the locker room to chat with Barak. Things are nowhere near as bad as this, and Barack could have done better.

In the locker room, Worrall was angry at everyone, and Zheng Zhi heard it outside the door, but he didn't push the door in immediately, but waited until Worrall finished speaking before pushing the door in.

When everyone saw his arrival, their eyes instantly showed a habitual glimmer of light.

If Zheng Zhi was on the field, the game wouldn't have been like this? It's a pity that he was injured.

Oh my God, what are we going to do if he doesn't play for the next four games?

For Zheng Zhi, they are full of dependence.

"Michael,"

"Let's talk?"