(Correction, the previous chapter was not Jacquet, it was Lemaire)

"We want the league title,"

Outside the Leverkusen training ground, fans unfurled such banners. When it comes to the desire for titles, Bayer Leverkusen is no less than any century-old club in Europe.

"Zheng, bring it back."

"Michael, bring it back."

The bus drove out slowly, and Zheng Zhi and the others saw the banner and heard these voices. Despite only being in the fifth round of the league, the fans can't wait, and they make no secret of their ambitions and hopes.

Barak lay in front of the window and waved, enjoying the atmosphere, while Zheng Zhi watched quietly, and his heart was also agitated.

This 96-year-old club has indeed never won the league title, and its best result is only second place.

Not to mention the league championship, it should be said that the German domestic championship, Leverkusen won once.

All their accolades can only be written in three lines.

UEFA Cup winners: 1 (1988)

German Cup: 1 (1993)

German Cup runners-up: 1 (2002)

As the team that is second only to Bayern Munich in the limelight right now, they need the glory of the championship to be crowned.

Perhaps only today's opponent is worse than them, and that is Hertha Berlin. Since the Bundesliga was only established in 1963, and Bayern has won the Bundesliga N times in its 36-year history, many established clubs have joined the "100 years without a championship" team. The most famous of these is Hertha Berlin, which was founded in 1892 and has a history of 107 years. In 1900, Hertha Berlin was one of the founding members of the German Football Association. However, the capital team has never won the title since entering the Bundesliga era, with the team's best result in the Bundesliga era being a runners-up finish in 1975. It is worth mentioning that in the 1992/93 season, Hertha Berlin's second team, Hertha A Berlin, reached the final of the German Cup (the German Cup allows the second team of German teams to participate). In the final, they lost 0:1 to Bayer Leverkusen, almost creating a miracle and giving Leverkusen the only domestic championship trophy in the history of the Bayer Leverkusen team.

The two teams are brothers.

This season, Hertha Berlin has a mess of league results because of the Champions Cup, and now ranks second to last in the league, which is sad. It's okay to have a good Champions Cup result, tied with AC Milan for the top spot in the group, but the question is, their bench is so thin that it can really withstand multi-front battles?

Leverkusen's bench thickness is not very good, but their players are awesome, Ballack is awesome, Zheng Zhi is awesome, and players in other positions are also awesome, so Leverkusen is now doing well on both fronts.

How to say good? It's all because both teams are too eager for results and don't want to give up, and there is no awesome champion in the history of hundreds of years, how painful.

This is not limited to the Bundesliga.

It is undoubtedly a proud thing for a team to have a hundred years of history. But in the big five leagues, there are a few teams that, despite their 100-year history and regulars in the top leagues, have never been able to win the title. Whether it is in the ancient era when the major leagues have just been established and the great powers compete for hegemony, or in the highly mature, the pattern of the major leagues has been established. Neither in their home country nor in Europe, they have never been able to win their own top-flight league or European Championships.

For example, in the more than 100-year history of the English league, teams have always been in a state of singing and playing. Quite a few teams have left their mark on the English league. On top of that, the FA Cup has always been a hotbed of upsets for smaller teams due to its unique format, with a number of teams (such as West Ham United and Southampton) winning their first title with the FA Cup. After 1960, with the addition of the English League Cup, there were more opportunities for smaller teams to pursue their own glory moments. Like Middlesbrough, Swansea escaped their title without a title by relying on the League Cup.

So, is there a century-old uncrowned brand in England, the answer is yes, and one of the uncrowned time-honored brands is Fulham. Fulham was founded in 1879, a 129-year-old history, but for the most part they fought for relegation, and the title never fell to the "farmer". The team reached the cup final once, in the FA Cup in 1974/75, where they lost 2-0 to West Ham United.

Pathetic?

Another Premier League team that has not won a title for almost 100 years is Crystal Palace, who finished third in the old League One in 1990/91 with a 95-year history. They also reached the FA Cup final on one occasion. Other than that, there is nothing.

Italy.

Compared to the complex English football, Italian football is much more pure. In the history of Serie A, the northern trio Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan have always been the contenders for the Italian league title, with other teams occasionally disrupting the order or winning the Coppa Italia. The most famous non-titled team in the history of Italian football is Udinese. In their 103-year history, in 1954/55 they finished second in Serie A, while in 1997/98 Udinese finished third under Zaccheroni.

With the exception of Udinese, Palermo's 100-year-old team has not won any titles. The team has reached the Coppa Italia final twice, but other than that, there is nothing.

Spain, since the first league in 1929, La Liga has gone through 70 years. However, in these 70 years, only 7 league titles have been born. The strength of Real Madrid and Barcelona made it extremely difficult for other La Liga teams to win the title, so the Copa del Rey became a battleground for many small teams to make history. Due to the late establishment of La Liga, many teams do not have a history of 100 years.

In the current Spanish football scene, the more famous untitled households are three teams: Racing Santander, Malaga and Levante. However, Deportivo La Coruna looks hopeful of changing La Liga this year, with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico all left behind.

These teams in Europe, unless the club suddenly becomes a big consortium and then frantically buys stars, otherwise it is not easy to win the championship glory?

At this time, many Leverkusen fans drove behind the Leverkusen bus in their private cars and headed to Berlin together. They are some of the craziest Leverkusen fans, and they must be in the stands on the away side whenever Leverkusen goes to an away game, but today they actually formed a team and followed the Leverkusen bus.

"Crazy!"

"It's crazy, what are these guys trying to do? Do you want to go on a campaign? ”

Berlin fans were also shocked to watch the mighty Leverkusen team arrive outside the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

When they saw the banner in Leverkusen's hand, their hearts were stimulated.

Others are too happy.

Everyone put out the championship banner, but the Hertha Berlin fans couldn't. It's sad, although Hertha Berlin has a good result in the Champions Cup, but it is second to last in the league.

Can Hertha Berlin make a difference in the Champions Cup? They didn't believe it, they just wanted to win the league, but Hoeness Jr. was kicked in the head by a donkey, and he actually fought on two fronts!

What was he thinking?

Moreover, Hoeness Jr. and his brother also completed a dirty deed, and actually handed over Deisler to Bayern Munich.

Although the Iranian Ali Daei who was exchanged is also good, why let Deisler be given up instead of both?

Since you want to compete for the championship, you have the heart of a champion, but the operation is so stupid?

In particular, Deisler's performance at Bayern is getting better and better, and the fans of Hertha Berlin are even more unwilling.

But the raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice, what can I do......

Now Hertha Berlin is the only real star left. But he's about to turn 30!

"Can we win today?"

"I don't know, but I feel hopeful, after all, we can draw against the mighty AC Milan away from home, so what are we afraid of? I feel like the team is going to bounce back. ”

The away draw with AC Milan in the Champions League really gave the fans confidence.

In fact, in the dressing room, Hertha Berlin coach Jürgen Robert inspired his players in the same way.

"We can draw against five-time Champions League winners AC Milan, and naturally we can not be afraid of Bayer Leverkusen!"

"Look at their fans, they're all putting up championship banners, it's ironic, they think they're already league champions, and all we have to do is give them a head-on shot!"

"We can't be their stepping stones."

"It's time to get back on the right track!"

'Today we were aiming for all three points and no reservations.

"They were so tired that almost all of them played for the national team."

Is it?

Ali Daei frowned slightly.

Because Zheng Zhi's name flashed in his mind, Zheng Zhi did not participate in the national team competition.

In the 0:7 game, Ali Daei also watched the news, and Zheng Zhi did not return to the game. Bayer Leverkusen's most important player has a week off, which is the biggest headache.

Naturally, Ali Dayi is wary of Zheng Zhi. Of course, he didn't compare himself with Zheng Zhi now, because the distance between him and Zheng Zhi was too far away, and he was not the same as him. Although Hertha Berlin can play the main force, but the person is self-aware, and now the pinnacle of Asia is Zheng Zhi and Nakamura Shunsuke, he has nothing to do with it, but the younger brother Madavecchia should have hope, he is rising rapidly.

In the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Jürgen Robert lined up all the main players without any reservations. Worrall, on the other hand, opted for some of the rotations, with Novotny starting and LaMelo on the bench, and in midfield, Ponte replaced Ze Roberto, and up front, captain Kirsten sat on the bench today, with Neuville and Burdaric up front.

Zheng Zhi and Ballack belong to the iron and irreplaceable type, and they still appear in the starting lineup. Of course, if Emerson returns from injury, they may have someone to rotate, after all, even the iron may not be able to carry it at times.

The competition started with a similar style of painting.

Bayer Leverkusen once again set off a storm of attack, with Ballack and Zheng Zhi taking turns to attack! Aggressive!

This is Worrall's latest adjustment, no longer sticking to the position of Zheng Zhi or Barak, the position of the two is mutually fulfilling.

In just ten minutes, the two men had one shot on goal each, not counting Neuville's two.

The fans have the heart of a champion, and Ballack and Zheng Zhi also have the ambition of victory.

Bayer Leverkusen is not AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen is even more terrifying, this is what Hertha Berlin players strongly felt after the opening ten minutes, and the Italian team's attack is worse than Leverkusen!

They then withstood for another five minutes, but conceded in the 16th minute.

Zheng Zhi split the left flank, and the starting Brazilian Ponte crossed from the left, and Ballack, covered by team-mate Burdaric, headed the ball into Hertha Berlin's goal.

In the last game, Zheng Zhi scored two goals, and this time it was Barak's turn to pull onions on dry land, and the score was rewritten to 1:0.

"Michael!"

"Michael scored his fourth league goal, he's as good as a striker!"

"No one can stop him."

'Hertha Berlin looks like they're going to stay in the bottom two of the league.'

Breitner was not optimistic about Hertha Berlin at all.

After falling behind by one goal, Hertha Berlin tried to fight back, and captain Prets led the team to charge, but Novotny was in quite good form after his comeback, and did not give Pretz a chance at all.

Unable to control the situation of the game, and then was attacked by Bayer Leverkusen, in the 22nd minute, Zheng Zhi sent a through ball in the middle, Neuville easily countered offside, and then swept the ball in front of the goal, Beinrich followed up and pushed, rewriting the score to 2:0.

It seems that the overall situation has been decided, and Leverkusen is almost unstoppable by the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

At the end of the first half, Hertha Berlin did not have a single shot on goal.

Terrible Leverkusen! Both offense and defense are quite awesome.

At the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, it seemed to be devastated. Yibian fought again, Worrall made adjustments again, Barak got a chance to rest, Libu who had been absent from the battle formation for a long time came up, and Zheng Zhi went up.

As a result, Zheng Zhi finally got an assist, and a light pick and pass allowed Neuville to score directly against the goalkeeper.

With three goals in hand, Bayer Leverkusen finally gave up, and Hertha Berlin's morale was completely gone.

"Why did we play Milan so well, but we couldn't play Bayer Leverkusen?"

"Well, what the hell is wrong with us?"

Bayer Leverkusen fans in the stands really don't understand, aren't AC Milan one of the strongest teams in Europe? Which green onion is Leverkusen?

However, the truth is so cruel, and Leverkusen is so strong.

In the end, Hertha Berlin lost 0:3 at home, and Bayer Leverkusen won five consecutive league games! In the Bundesliga, there is still no team that can stop them from attacking for their first league title.

After the game, Ballack and Worrall attended a press conference, and Ballack said something in an interview that angered Hertha Berlin fans.

"I feel like we played okay today,"

"According to Zheng's words, we only played 70% of our combat effectiveness today."

"What?"

"Did Zheng really say that?"

！！！

What a shame.

Hertha Berlin fans were furious, but journalists were ecstatic.

This time the news has to be written again.

In the locker room, Zheng Zhi looked confused.

"it!"

"I said it in the locker room, you are brain-dead, why did you say it in front of the media?"

Pig-like teammates!

You can't fool me like that!