Chapter 237: 400 Ball Milestone
After scoring a hat-trick away from home, Cheng Hai's total Champions League goals this season have reached 24, tying the record of 24 goals he set last season for the Champions League Golden Boot, and he can set a new record again by scoring in the next game.
In terms of total goals, Cheng Hai also only relied on this hat trick and the accumulation of two seasons to reach 48 goals, entering the top ten of the Champions League individual total goal list, surpassing Ronaldo, who only scored one goal in this round of the Champions League, with 47 goals, and tied for sixth with the Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shepchenko, who also scored 48 goals.
Among the active players, only Messi has more total goals than Cheng Hai.
However, Messi has accumulated 8 seasons in the Champions League since his first Champions League goal in the 2005/2006 season, which is too much of an advantage over Cheng Hai's accumulation time in two seasons.
As long as the current goal efficiency can be maintained next season, Cheng Hai will surpass Messi next season, and even directly surpass Raul, who has 71 goals at the top of the list, and become the first scorer in the history of the Champions League.
At the same time, Cheng Hai's career total goals in official matches have also reached 399 goals, and he is only one goal away from the 400-goal mark.
And now it's only Cheng Hai's third season in professional football, and this efficiency is simply amazing.
Therefore, after the game, the major media were very excited, and reported the news that Cheng Hai scored a hat trick, surpassed Ronaldo in the total number of goals in the Champions League, entered the top ten of the all-time scorer list, and approached the 400-goal mark in his career.
In the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Cheng Hai scored a hat trick to lead Dortmund to defeat Malaga 4-1 away, and the second leg lost suspense! 》
"Cheng Hai scored a hat trick away, and his 24 goals in the Champions League this season tied his own record for individual goals in a single season in the Champions League set last season! 》
"Cheng Hai's total goals in the Champions League reached 48 goals, surpassing Ronaldo and tied with Shepchenko for sixth place in the Champions League all-time scorer list! 》
"The total number of career goals in official matches is 399 goals, and Cheng Hai is approaching the career 400 goal mark! 》
Fans from all over the world also expressed their admiration for Cheng Hai in the comment area.
"This season has only reached the quarterfinals, and Cheng Hai's Champions League goals have reached 24 goals, which is really terrifying."
"In two seasons, he has entered the top 10 of the Champions League all-time scorer list, and there is no one!"
"It's not just the top 10, it's only the quarter-finals this season! When Cheng Hai finishes this season, I estimate that it is possible to enter the top three. ”
"I've scored 399 goals in official matches in my career, and I'm just 400 goals short of one goal. With an average of more than 100 goals per season, it is really unprecedented! ”
"I think he will far surpass Pele, who scored 757 official goals, and become the first player in football history to score 1,000 official goals."
"No need to estimate! As long as he retires without injury, there is almost no doubt about this achievement, and it will definitely be achieved. ”
Amid heated discussions among the media and fans, Borussia Dortmund returned to Germany to begin preparations for the next Bundesliga match.
Although Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten so far this season and have high points, Bayern Munich, who strengthened their squad in the summer transfer period, are also doing well, only trailing the points and chasing after Dortmund.
In the case of a big away win in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, the second leg of the league can be rotated a little, and the league between the two Champions League games must be won with all their might.
On April 6, in the 28th round of the 2012/2013 Bundesliga season, Dortmund hosted Augsburg, and many Cheng Hai fans made posters or slogans to celebrate his career 400 goals, just waiting for Cheng Hai to score a goal and put it out for display.
The entire Westfaren Stadium was also full of people, and countless fans and media were full of anticipation, waiting for the arrival of the milestone moment of Cheng Hai's career 400 goals.
The players in Augsburg naturally know what today's game means to Cheng Hai, and they can also realize that the players of Dortmund will definitely give Cheng Hai more passes and assists, so that he can complete the career milestone of 400 goals.
Against the six-time champion Cosmos, losing at the Westphalen Stadium is a certainty, so the Augsburg players focused on defending Cheng Hai, hoping to contain Cheng Hai, prevent him from scoring goals, and prevent themselves from becoming the backdrop for Cheng Hai's milestone moment.
Therefore, from the beginning of the game, Augsburg focused almost all of its defense on Cheng Hai, and most of the time there were three or four people around him to defend closely, trying not to let him score.
Even if Augsburg's goal was broken by Gundogan and Gotze respectively within half an hour of the game, and two goals were conceded, they still did not change their original intention and continued to defend Cheng Hai strictly.
But even to this extent, they still failed to stop Cheng Hai from scoring and ushering in the 400-goal milestone of his career.
Dortmund won a corner kick in the 38th minute after Lewandowski's slash from outside the box was saved by Augsburg goalkeeper Manninger.
Although the Augsburg defenders have paid great attention to the defense of Cheng Hai's running, Cheng Hai still relied on his strong physique, flexible running, and superhuman bounce to take the lead in the penalty area, grab the first point, and put the corner kick from Gotze into the Augsburg goal.
When the commentator saw Cheng Hai jumping high in the crowd in the penalty area and putting the ball into the goal, he immediately opened his throat and shouted:
“Toooooooooooooooooooooor……”
"The ball is in! 400 balls! ”
"The 400th ball! Cheng Hai scored the 400th official match goal of his career! ”
"Cheng Hai scored his 400th career goal in his third season and 160th game!"
"160 games, 400 goals, an average of 2.5 goals per game. Whether there are descendants don't know, but it's really unprecedented, which is dumbfounded. ”
In the stands, the 80,000 fans of the entire Westfalen Stadium also applauded and cheered excitedly, and Cheng Hai's fans took out the posters, banners, slogans, etc. that had been prepared long ago, and held them high to celebrate this great milestone moment for Cheng Hai.
In the stadium, although Cheng Hai, who scored the goal, was pulled and collided by two Augsburg players, and stumbled and fell to the ground after the goal landed, he still immediately got up with his hands and feet, and ran excitedly along the bottom line to celebrate.
He was followed by Lewandowski, Gundogan and other teammates.
Everyone congratulated Cheng Hai and celebrated this great milestone with him.
As for the players in Augsburg, they shook their heads one after another, sighed in their hearts, and secretly said that they had tried their best, but they still couldn't stop Cheng Hai's goal, and they could only say that Cheng Hai was too terrifying and they couldn't stop it.