Chapter Eighty-Six: The Battle for the Top of the List
In the second leg of Bayern's away match with Cologne in the German Cup, Chernaui chose to rotate, and half of the main players did not play, and Wu Jie was among them.
But in the end, Bayern still drew 2:2 with Cologne on the road, and defeated the opponent 5:2 over the two legs to enter the semi-finals of the German Cup.
The next day, Breitner threw a party at his home, and Wu Jie certainly wouldn't refuse such an invitation, he just didn't want to go to nightclubs and bars.
"We've reached the last four of the German Cup, we're only three games away from the title, do you know why it's only three?"
Breitner was very happy with Wu Jie's appreciation, and everyone chatted and talked about work.
"Because the final is played on a neutral court, the winner is decided!"
Wu Jie also attaches great importance to the German Cup title, and now Bayern is very close to this trophy.
"In addition to the German Cup, the next game is also important because it's going to be Hamburg and this game will decide who wins the season."
"I'm ready, we're going to beat them in this game and get to the top with their bodies!"
Wu Jie's words were echoed by the whole team, Bayern must win this game, and if they can't win the battle against Hamburg, they are far from the league title.
The West German media are not paying attention to the other teams at all, and they have been hyping up this key battle a week ago, because it is a crucial battle that will decide the league title.
At the moment in the Bundesliga standings, Hamburg is still 2 points ahead of Bayern.
If they can beat Bayern, the lead will become 4 points, which is basically equivalent to sealing the title in advance with only 9 rounds left in the league.
On the other hand, if Bayern wins, with a winning streak after the winter break, Hamburg has little chance of winning the title.
In addition to deciding the league title, there is another highlight of this game, which is Beckenbauer's first meeting with his old club.
Beckenbauer, who has only played for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, is now his first opponent of his former club, which is a major attraction of interest across Europe.
After the emperor moved to Hamburg during the winter break, Wu Jie was scolded by Bayern fans at first, because they felt that it was Wu Jie's joining that made Beckenbauer go to Hamburg.
Naturally, no one mentions it now, but fans across West Germany want to see Wu Jie and Beckenbauer face off, including Bayern fans to see what kind of level their newcomer Wang can show against the old emperor.
This expectation is mainly due to the fact that Wu Jie is now playing as a free man in the front court, and Beckenbauer is just playing as a free man in the back court.
The duel between these two top liberos can be called a pin-to-needle match, and all of Europe wants to see this battle between the old and the young.
Wu Jie showed his wit at this time, Bayern held an open training session the next day, and hundreds of media outlets across Europe came to the scene to interview, Wu Jie said of Beckenbauer: "If I am worth 10 million dollars, then Franz (Beckenbauer) is a player who cannot be bought for any money." Not only is he a superstar, but he's the cornerstone of an invincible division, and it would be nice to be teammates with such great players. ”
This remark not only made the West German media feel very comfortable, but also the Bayern fans listened very well.
Unlike Muller, Beckenbauer did not end Bayern not because of a grudge with the team, but because of disagreements and conflicts with the West German government over tax issues, and finally went to the United States in a fit of rage.
So at this time, it's right to blow hard, Beckenbauer is not only a famous name of Bayern, but also the football emperor in the hearts of West German fans, and his honor is more created in the national team, if he is disrespectful to Beckenbauer, then I am afraid that the whole West Germany will not be able to tolerate him.
Later, when asked about the head-to-head battle two days later, Wu Jie said with a smile: "My capital is young, but who hasn't been young?" If I hadn't won the same accolades as Franz, I would never have been able to surpass him. ”
I can't find anything wrong with this answer, even if I want to play creatively, it's not easy, after all, this is not something that happens on the other side of the world, so many media in Europe are reporting, and some media forcibly spread rumors except to hurt people's character, it seems that there is no other benefit.
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'The little guy has a similar style to me when I was younger, he has a wonderful movement and the attacking midfielder suits him perfectly, but I think he could consider moving a little bit further back because I noticed that he also has great defensive qualities.
Beckenbauer's emotional intelligence is not low, and after hearing Wu Jie's praise for him, he immediately threw away the identity of his successor.
If Chinese fans hear this, they should feel that something is wrong?
Wu Jie is a free man in the front court, and Beckenbauer is a free man in the back court, how can this take over?
Even if you are looking for a template, it should be more like Cruyff.
But Bayern fans don't think there is any problem, Beckenbauer was fast, elegant in action, and can bring all-round skills that can pass, shoot and defend, so he played as a striker and a center forward when he debuted, and later changed to an attacking midfielder, and then went to play a defensive midfielder, and finally confirmed the identity of a free man in the backfield.
As for the style of play, Beckenbauer's peak period should be Pirlo's post-playmaker + Gerrard's back-up + Kaka's long-distance run + Baresi's wide-range defense.
Bayern fans also felt that Wu Jie was the best candidate to take over the throne after hearing Beckenbauer's evaluation of Wu Jie.
Although Rummenigge is a super striker, Wu Jie is obviously the cornerstone of the team!
Super strikers are hard to find, but there are plenty of great candidates across Europe.
But if you want to find a cornerstone like Pele, Beckenbauer, Cruyff and Platini who can build an invincible division, then only Wu Jie has shown such a level among the newcomers under the age of 25 in the whole of Europe, and he has shown the potential to become the next football king.
So when entering the game, Wu Jie was placed in the last position for the first time, which usually represents the team's number one star in European football!
"Alas, it's not easy to leave!"
Wu Ming was a little sore after the game, Bayern is really ready to cultivate him as the cornerstone of the team, and today's appearance order means that Bayern's senior management has made his team's positioning public, and he is now the team's number one star.
Yesterday team manager Uwe Klinger also asked him if he wanted to change back to the national team number?
Wu Jie said that after playing this season, his number in the national team is No. 10, but in fact, he doesn't attach so much importance to the "number".
The three numbers of No. 7, No. 9, and No. 10 in football are all very significant, but Wu Jie was a basketball player in his last life, so he didn't care much about this thing.
"Hey, you're doing a good job, John (Cruyff) isn't as good as you at this age."
When Beckenbauer greeted Wu Jie after he came out, it was natural to hack Cruyff, who had just been a teammate in New York for a few years.
"It's a pity that we are not in the same era, and I have always fantasized about the effect of the union of two free men."
Wu Jie's words are naturally half-truths and half-truths, and even a little self-esteem, because he completely puts himself on the same level as Beckenbauer.
"Well, that sounds good!"
Beckenbauer was also a little surprised when he heard this, but it was not so serious to say that Wu Jie's arrogance was not so serious, because he did show the ability that no one could ignore, but Beckenbauer was still difficult to accept for a while to be compared with such a young little guy.
The conversation between the two ends here, and Wu Jie needs to prove it with actions on the court if he wants to be truly recognized by Beckenbauer.
After the game started, Wu Jie quickly faced the football emperor.
The Hamburg fans at home did not let out too high decibel cheers, first, these two are Bayern players, Beckenbauer cannot come to Hamburg to play for a year or two and become a Hamburg celebrity, people belong to Bayern from head to toe.
The main thing is that Beckenbauer is old, and Hamburg's winning streak after the winter break has little to do with Beckenbauer's joining.
The performance of this football emperor can only be said to be decent, compared to the Bayern core three years ago, it has declined a lot, and compared to the football emperor ten years ago, it is even worse.
The current Beckenbauer mainly uses experience and brains to play, but the degradation of athleticism is very serious, and most fans know in their hearts that the old emperor can't beat the rookie king.
Wu Jie naturally didn't have the idea of respecting the old and loving the young, and as soon as he got the ball, he immediately used his speed to eat the old emperor.
Beckenbauer was very helpless, he didn't even have time to foul in the face of Wu Jie's forcible eating, and he was cleaned up with a change of direction.
The Hamburg players were prepared for this, and Caspar Memerlin, who had been lying in ambush behind him, immediately brought Wu Jie down with a vicious tackle.
This time, the Hamburg fans immediately let out a huge cheer, of course, the battle for the league title cannot be without gunsmoke, and this little guy must be let know that it is powerful.
Wu Jie fell to the ground with a painful face, and the referee stepped forward to take a look, of course, he didn't take out the card, and only awarded Bayern a free kick 38 meters away.
"Boy, if it's a gentleman, stand up, don't pretend to be garlic!"
Caspar snorted coldly beside him, he could feel that his foot was not shoveled, this kid was very cunning.
Of course, Wu Jie couldn't bounce up like a nobody right away, he pretended for a long time before he slowly got up, and the human wall on the other side of the hamburger had been set up for a long time.
Then, he used an elevator ball that was slightly out of the frame to scare the Hamburg players and the 50,000 Hamburg fans in the "Hatches Park" into a cold sweat!
Such a far free kick almost went in?
Although Hamburg fans know that this guy's free kick is very powerful, they still can't imagine that this distance is within his range, so isn't most of the frontcourt his free kick attack range?
Hamburg's goalkeeper Rudolph was even more frightened, Wu Jie's shot was extremely fast, and completely pressed, and even refracted in the penalty area.
If it hadn't missed the post at the end, he wouldn't have been able to make a save.
This made all the Hamburg players furious, and it would be terrible to fall behind by one goal at the beginning!
"Don't give them any more free-kicks!"
Hamburg's Yugoslav coach Blanco Zebets also broke out in a cold sweat on the sidelines, Wu Jie's free kicks at this distance were so threatening, which is equivalent to saying that he was within 40 meters in front of the goal, and they couldn't keep giving Bayern free kicks.
"Next time, you won't be so lucky!"
When Wu Jie returned to the defense, he shouted loudly to several nearby Hamburg players, which was to exert psychological pressure on the opponent.
In this era, the best way to keep opponents from committing fouls is actually to have a good free kick.
His elevator ball is also good at hitting the goal from long range, which can make teams who want to stop him from breaking through with vicious fouls think twice!
It wasn't long before Beckenbauer saved face in attack as well, finding a gap on the wing with a pinpoint long ball at the back.
Hamburg's attack from the back was culminated in a cross from Jurgen and a shot from captain Horst.
Thankfully, Bayern goalkeeper Jungian Hans was in a good position to save Horst's shot.
Both teams opened with one shot on goal, and the field was evenly matched.
Subsequently, both sides began to gain a foothold in control of the midfield.
Bayern has a greater advantage in this regard, and the two teams are obviously superior to Bayern in terms of lineup, especially Wu Jie, which makes the Hamburg players feel very tricky.
They wanted to use a vicious foul to keep him from dribbling the ball more, but the free-kick after the opening kick made them jealous again.
Wu Jie soon found that the Hamburg players no longer seemed to dare to foul him at will, so that he could break through with the ball unscrupulously, especially in the face of Beckenbauer, which was a bit of a bully for the elderly.
"This bastard!"
When Beckenbauer was once again taken advantage of by Wu Jie's speed, and central defender Peter Nogli had to stop Wu Jie with a foul, the old emperor was very angry in his heart.
Hamburg coach Blanco is also wondering if Beckenbauer shouldn't start today?
He originally wanted to use Beckenbauer's familiarity with Bayern to allow him to create opportunities at the back.
Beckenbauer's pass just now was also in place, but the old emperor is 36 years old after all, his speed and explosiveness have seriously declined, and his body has never been strong.
"If I had slipped to this level, I would have retired a long time ago."
After Wu Jie got up, he secretly thought that he would never wait for his state to decline seriously, and then be photographed on the beach by the young man before retiring.
The referee did not award a card this time, but awarded Bayern a free-kick from 28 yards.
This made Hamburg fans and players nervous again, because Wu Jie stood in front of the football again!
"Made, why is his expression so fierce?"
"yes, it's like having a vendetta against my father?"
"Bastard, I really want to smash his handsome face!"
Hamburg fans saw Wu Jie's death glare before the free throw, of course, they were extremely unhappy.
The Hamburg players were nervously platoon on the wall, and they were really scared at this distance, and they all quietly rubbed forward when they lined up the wall......
Wu Jie stepped forward and pointed at this time, which seemed to be dissatisfied with the distance between the human wall, but before the Hamburg player could react, he suddenly kicked the ball out.
Rummenigge rushed to the penalty area as soon as possible, and all the Hamburg players did not react, and by the time they realized that they had been fooled and rushed towards Rummenigge, the super striker who was getting further and further away from the Ballon d'Or had already entered the penalty area, and then immediately volleyed directly with the outside of his left foot without stopping the ball.
Rudolph fell to the ground to block but could not stop the quality shot, and the referee hesitated, but still fingered the middle circle, and blew the whistle to indicate that the goal was valid.
Of course, the Hamburg players had a lot of opinions about the ball and came forward to the referee to theorize.
The scolding and boos of the Hamburg fans resounded throughout the stadium, and they could not accept that a goal had been scored by such a sneak attack.
But Wu Jie doesn't think this kind of method is unsightly, and a quick free kick is a reasonable means.
"Coward, are you just going to sneak around?"
Bayern's midfielder Magath came to Wu Jie's side at this time, intending to humiliate this hateful Chinese with words and let him know how despicable and shameless his behavior was.
"You know how to give it, believe it or not, I'll shoot your balls into the goal with five people in a row?"
Wu Jie didn't talk trash to Beckenbauer, but that doesn't mean he has become elegant and easy-going.
Magath was so angry that his hairline was a little higher when he heard this, but he couldn't think of how to talk back for a while, which was really angry!