Chapter 211: Evenly matched
Borussia Dortmund defeated German second division side Aaron 6-1 to advance to the third round of the German Cup, which is the round of 16.
Of course, with Dortmund's level and strength, playing the Bundesliga team only played a 6-1 score, which is already relatively gentle, and no one is surprised by the media or fans.
No one would think that Aaron would stage a dragon slaying legend, stage a big upset, and eliminate Dortmund.
This game was not supposed to cause a stir.
But because of one person, this game caused a lot of media coverage in various countries around the world after the game, and many of them were front-page headlines.
Because, Cheng Hai scored five yuan in this game, raising his annual total goals in 2012 to 154 goals, surpassing his world record of 152 goals set in 2011.
Scoring more than 150 goals for two consecutive years, and constantly breaking records, Cheng Hai's goal efficiency has to be admired by the media and fans all over the world.
"In the second round of the German Cup, Cheng Hai won five yuan, and broke the annual total goal record of 152 goals set by himself last year with 154 goals, creating a new world record! 》
"The total number of goals in 2012 was 154 goals, and Cheng Hai's five goals in a single game set a new world record for total goals in the year! 》
"48 games, 154 goals, Cheng Hai's average hat trick per game in 2012 shocked the world! 》
On the streets and alleys, schools, and the Internet all over the world, there are fans everywhere talking about Cheng Hai's great achievements:
"Oh my God, 154 goals, some strikers haven't scored so much in their lives!"
"It's horrible! Previously, Gerd Muller's 86 goals a year were considered insurmountable. Unexpectedly, Cheng Hai scored more than 150 goals for two consecutive years, which is really terrifying. ”
"Not to mention active duty, throughout the history of world football, no one has Cheng Hai's goal efficiency, not even Pele, who claims to have scored more than 1,000 goals, is not [interesting]."
"Let me tell you, 154 balls is not the end of Cheng Hai. The club and national team games combined, Cheng Hai has more than ten games this year! ”
"With the efficiency of his hat-trick per game this year, he won't end up with the 200-goal mark, right?"
"200 goals a year? Don't dare to think! Don't dare to think! It's horrible! ”
"But I think Cheng Hai is really possible to do it, even if he can't do it this year, he will definitely be able to do it in the future!"
"Yes! What Mero, in front of Cheng Hai's annual 154 goals, he has to bow down! ”
"Cheng Hai is the number one superstar in football today, there is no dispute!"
"Don't talk about football, I think he's the first in the whole sports world."
"The sports world is still uncertain, after all, the Golden Ball Award has not yet been won, and the World Cup has not achieved anything. The number of goals scored alone is not convincing. You have to wait for the Ballon d'Or to get your hands on it and make a difference at the 2014 World Cup to be convincing. ”
"What a pity! Cheng Hai was born in China, if it is another football power, then winning the World Cup and becoming the third football king after Pele and Maradona is almost a sure thing. ”
"What's wrong with Huaguo? As long as there is Cheng Hai, I think it is possible for Huaguo to win the World Cup! Didn't you see that at the London Olympics, Cheng Hai led the Chinese Olympic team to defeat Brazil? ”
"Besides, the Olympics aren't professional, are they? That championship really has no gold content, Cheng Hai is bullying people when he plays in the Olympics, and it is too normal to win the championship. ”
"Yes! With the strength of the Chinese team, even if Cheng Hai leads the team, it is too difficult to make achievements in the World Cup! After all, football is a sport of 11 people, and no matter how strong Cheng Hai is, it is difficult to support it alone. Not to mention the champion, I'm afraid it will be difficult to qualify from the group! ”
"Humph! I still think Cheng Hai is a person who is easy to stage miracles, and in 2014 I bought the Chinese team to win the championship! Not for 14 years, continue to buy for 18 years! ”
"Haha, you have a lot of money, you buy it!"
Look, there are foreigners who are optimistic that the Chinese team will win the World Cup.
This is Cheng Hai's influence, although it cannot be seen or touched, it does affect many people's perception of Huaguo, and countless people take the initiative to understand Huaguo culture because of Cheng Hai's relationship.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Cheng Hai is a Chinese cultural export brand.
Of course, helping the country with cultural export is not Cheng Hai's main task, his main task is still competition.
As long as you score more goals, create greater fame and influence, and attract more European and American fans, some people will naturally understand and love Huaguo because of their nationality.
On November 3, in the tenth round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund sat at home and faced Stuttgart.
Before the game, Cheng Hai received last season's European Golden Boot Award in the tsunami-like applause and cheers of more than 80,000 fans in the stadium: a boot made of pure gold.
In the 2011/2012 season, Cheng Hai made 31 appearances in the Bundesliga, scoring a total of 89 goals, setting a world record for goals scored in a single season in the top league, and the European Golden Boot was naturally won by him without any suspense.
45 goals in the 2010/2011 season and 89 goals in the 2011/2012 season, many people are predicting whether Cheng Hai will reach the more terrifying league 100 goals mark this season?
In the previous 9 rounds of the league, Cheng Hai scored a total of 27 goals, an average of 3 per game.
And the Bundesliga is exactly 34 rounds, if Cheng Hai does not miss any game, with his average efficiency of 3 goals per game, it is really possible to reach the 100-goal mark in the season!
Countless people expressed their anticipation.
In particular, some die-hard fans of Cheng Hai firmly believe that Cheng Hai will definitely be able to score goals to reach the 100-goal mark.
Cheng Hai's progress speed is also terrifying! It will definitely be stronger in the future!
After receiving the award of the European Golden Boot, the tenth round of the league between Dortmund vs Stuttgart officially began.
Stuttgart didn't mean to challenge Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalen Stadium, knowing they didn't have the quality and luck.
Therefore, from the beginning of the game, Stuttgart put on a posture of defending and counterattacking, narrowing the formation to within 30 meters of the goal, strictly defending, leaving only one striker in front, occasionally counterattacking and trying luck.
Stuttgart's pragmatic attitude kept them from losing too much at the Westfalen Stadium.
At the end of the 90 minutes, the score was 4-1 on the big screen, and Stuttgart only lost by three goals, which was quite modest.
Losing three goals against other teams is definitely a big defeat, but losing only three goals against Cheng Hai's Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalen Stadium is absolutely no one thinks Stuttgart lost too badly.
This is completely a reflection of the normal contrast of strength between the two sides, and even Stuttgart's defense was quite successful, only conceding four goals.
They also did a relatively successful job of guarding Cheng Hai.
Cheng Hai, who just won the European Golden Boot, actually worked very hard in this game and wanted to score at least one hat-trick.
But Stuttgart's marking of him was too tight, and it backfired, and Cheng Hai only scored two goals in the end.
This disappointed some fans who hoped that Cheng Hai would average a hat trick per game and break 100 league goals.
But most of the media and fans were not disappointed.
Because two goals were scored, it was better than not scoring a goal in the ninth round of the league.
What's more, in the future, Cheng Hai will not be able to stage the senior happiness and the five yuan of the independent middle school, and it will still be easy to chase the average back.
It's just that if you score more than 100 goals in a single season, why do you think it's so terrifying?
But in this game, Dortmund did not win much, Cheng Hai only scored two goals, in addition to the reason why Stuttgart is more pragmatic and strict defense, another reason is that Dortmund's next game is away to Real Madrid in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.
Although Dortmund had beaten Real Madrid 7-1 in the last round and handed them the heaviest defeat in the club's history, Dortmund will not show mercy in this round because of the big win in the previous round.
Because the group stage is counted as points, Dortmund naturally has to try to win every game, if they can qualify in advance, then the last two rounds can be on the rotation lineup, the main lineup can be retained to play in the Bundesliga, and the league will have to grasp more.
Although Bayern Munich capsized in the gutter in the ninth round and lost at home to Bayer Leverkusen, they still won in the 10th round and continued to bite Dortmund by three points.
Therefore, in the league against Stuttgart at home, Klopp rotated to a certain extent, so the team's tacit cooperation and lack of offensive ability allowed Stuttgart to concede only four goals and Cheng Hai to score only two goals.
Dortmund is holding back enough to capture the Bernabeu.
Of course, for Real Madrid, they are also holding back their strength to be ashamed.
Although serious infighting broke out in the Real Madrid dressing room, a humiliating 1-7 defeat still made the Real Madrid stars hurt deeply.
Despite the fact that the players are scolding the manager Jose Mourinho, Mourinho has not been sacked and they still have to play under Mourinho.
Crucially, Dortmund is their direct enemy.
The score of 1-7 is painful enough to think about, and you must take revenge.
Therefore, before the game, the stars of Real Madrid shouted the slogan of revenge, and no one talked about the dressing room struggle and the discord between the generals.
In the face of Borussia Dortmund, a direct enemy, Real Madrid showed extraordinary fighting spirit and unity in this game.
They are going to take revenge.
At 20:45 on the evening of November 6, 2012, with the shouts of more than 80,000 fans, with the referee's whistle, the fourth round of the 2012/2013 Champions League group stage match between Real Madrid and Dortmund officially began at the Bernabeu Stadium, the home of Real Madrid.
In this game, both sides are the main force, Real Madrid lined up goalkeeper Casillas, defenders Pepe, Carvalho, Ramos, Essien, midfielders Ronaldo, Kaka, Modric, and forwards Ozil, Higuain, Di Maria's attacking formation.
The six players in the midfield are all attacking.
At the Bernabeu, at his home turf, Mourinho was not conservatively counterattacked, but sacrificed a 433 attacking formation, which was to be humiliated.
The score of 1-7 in the last leg is not only a shame for Real Madrid club, but also a great shame for his Jose Mourinho coaching career.
With Cheng Hai's attack power, he felt that he couldn't hold it even if he defended, so it was better to attack Dortmund and fight for goals.
He wanted to use it to attack Dortmund and be ashamed.
On Dortmund's side, Klopp is naturally prepared, and the last round of the league also rotated, which is to prepare for the Champions League group stage battle with Real Madrid.
Jurgen Klopp also sent the full main team, goalkeeper Weidenfeller, defenders Piszczek, Hummels, Subotic, Schmelzer, defender Sebastian Kyle, full-back Reuss, Mario Gotze, forward Gundogan, forwards Lewandowski and Cheng Hai.
Although apart from Cheng Hai, Dortmund's other players don't seem to be as famous as Real Madrid's superstars.
But in fact, it's just because Cheng Hai's fame is too big and it overshadows the brilliance of other players.
In terms of individual ability, Lewandowski, Gundogan, Gotze and others are not necessarily worse than Ozil, Higuain, and Di Maria.
Otherwise, how could Dortmund win last season's treble? How to hit the annual six crowns?
It is indeed impossible to rely on Cheng Hai alone, Cheng Hai also needs someone to assist, and there needs to be a place to play the ball and cooperate!
Both teams played a big game against each other, which was a feast for the eyes of neutral fans.
Although there are many superstars in Real Madrid, whether it is Ronaldo or Kaka, Modric, Ozil, Higuain, Di Maria, as long as anyone flashes a little, they can score.
But after all, their personal strength is not as good as Cheng Hai.
They get shots on goal and don't necessarily get on the scoresheet.
But when Cheng Hai gets a chance to shoot, the probability of scoring a goal is very high.
In the 4th minute, Dortmund tore apart Real Madrid's defense through the front pass and cut cooperation, allowing Cheng Hai to run out of the gap in the penalty area and receive a pass from Reuss and shoot low.
Cheng Hai opened the scoring and gave Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 lead away.
The Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu fell silent, with thousands of Borussia Dortmund fans left in a corner of the stands clapping and cheering.
However, there are too many stars for Real Madrid.
Moreover, they also put aside infighting in this game, and they are united to win.
The game was also played hard.
In the 9th minute, Hummels' backfield passed the ball with a big foot, Cheng Hai and Ramos rushed to the landing point together to compete for the top, and the two collided hard in the air.
This time, Cheng Hai failed to grab the ball.
His full physique was blocked by Ramos, and the two fought evenly in the air, neither of them could reach the ball, and the ball went over the heads of the two and fell to the feet of Subotic.
Without waiting for Cheng Hai to shake off Ramos to grab the ball, Subotic passed the ball out and launched a fast attack.
Because of Hummels' big foot and Cheng Hai's battle, everyone thought that Cheng Hai would fight for the ball and ferry it to nearby teammates, so the overall formation was pressed forward, ready to cooperate with Cheng Hai and Lewandowski to attack.
Unexpectedly, this time Real Madrid's counterattack showed super teamwork and speed.
Before the midfielders could get back into place, the ball was passed to the front of the field with a few kicks, and then Ronaldo took the ball and pedaled on his bicycle to shake off Subotic and shoot on the edge of the penalty area.
The ball smashed towards the goal like a cannonball, but it was not at a good angle and was saved by Weidenfeller.
But Weidenfeller's save did not go off the line and did not fall at the feet of the Dortmund players, but bounced back to the feet of Real Madrid striker Mesut Ozil, who rushed into the six-yard box.
Ozil naturally didn't waste this time, and naturally laughed at the gift, and a supplementary shot cushioned the ball into the empty goal formed by Weidenfeller after he fell to the ground.
In the 9th minute, Ronaldo's burst shot caused Weidenfeller to make a save and Ozil made a supplementary shot to help Real Madrid equalize, and the score between the two sides became 1-1.
The assault continues.
In the back-and-forth scramble and attack, there were a lot of mistakes on both sides.
In the 14th minute, under Cheng Haiman's defensive position and speed, Ramos made a passing error, and the ball that tried to pass to Modric was recognized by Lewandowski, and a top grab was intercepted.
Seeing Lewandowski break the ball, Ramos and Carvalho's faces changed greatly, and when they wanted to immediately return to the defense to stop Cheng Hai, it was too late.
Ramos's mistaken pass and Lewandowski's break were too sudden!
And Cheng Hai's reaction speed also surpassed the two of them.
In fact, Lewandowski didn't get the ball yet, and when there were signs of breaking the ball, Cheng Hai immediately changed direction, avoiding Ramos and Carvalho, and rushed towards Real Madrid's penalty area.
Then, just before being offside, Lewandowski passed the ball out.
Cheng Hai successfully countered offside and received Lewandowski's pass on the right side outside the penalty area to form a single knife.
Although Carvalho and Ramos were in hot pursuit, Cheng Hai was too fast.
He didn't stop when he received the ball, but stopped the ball into the penalty area, and he burst into it in two steps.
In the face of Casillas, Cheng Hai decisively made a pick.
The ball flew past Casillas, who had suddenly sat down, and flew into the Real Madrid goal without any suspense.
In the 14th minute, Cheng Hai scored twice to help Dortmund take a 2-1 lead.
However, just when Dortmund wanted to build on the hard work and score another goal to lead Real Madrid by two goals, Real Madrid won a corner kick opportunity through a counter-attack in the 18th minute.
This time for the corner kick, Cheng Haidu retreated to the penalty area to participate in the defense and was responsible for marking Ramos.
However, Di Maria's ball flew over the heads of Cheng Hai and Ramos and flew to the back point.
Cheng Hai turned his head to look and saw Real Madrid defender Pepe, who rushed up to fight for the top, pressed Subotic, jumped high in the back corner of the small penalty area, and hit a corner kick from Di Maria with his head, and pushed the ball towards the back of the goal.
Although goalkeeper Weidenfeller was already making a save on the back when he noticed that the ball was a little high and the players on both sides in the middle couldn't get it.
But Pepe's header was powerful, fast and angled, and Weidenfeller was out of reach in the end, and could only watch in the air and watch the ball stick to the underside of the crossbar and drill into the corner of the back of the goal.
In the 18th minute, Pepe took a corner kick from Di Maria into the Dortmund goal to level the score at 2-2.
The two sides scored a total of four goals in the first 18 minutes, which was an astonishing efficiency, but the score was 2-2 drawn, and the score was evenly matched.