Chapter 89: A New History of the European War
In the locker room, Cheng Hai walked into the locker room with the support of Shinji Kagawa and Barrios, and sat on the sofa that had been prepared for him.
Ge Ting hurriedly brought a bottle of water to Cheng Hai and handed it to Cheng Hai.
Cheng Hai opened the cap of the bottle, took a sip, and drank the entire bottle of water. Gotze asked him if he wanted more, and he shook his head, then collapsed and said to his teammates and coaches, "You talk, I'll sleep for a while!" ”
I said hello to the physiotherapist again and asked him to massage himself without worrying about being woken up, and then Cheng Hai lay down and fell asleep.
Originally, the coach and players were supposed to summarize the gains and losses in the first half and discuss the tactics of the second half at halftime, but in order to avoid arguing with Cheng Hai, everyone closed their mouths, drank water and rested quietly one by one, and then quietly looked at Cheng Hai who was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed.
This is the first time that Dortmund's teammates have watched Cheng Hai fall asleep quickly at halftime of the game.
Although it is now in the locker room, the Westfalen Stadium, which has a capacity of more than 80,000 people, is still very noisy because it is impossible to completely isolate the outside sound in the locker room.
It wasn't designed for players to sleep at halftime.
Therefore, everyone didn't believe that Cheng Hai could really fall asleep, thinking that Cheng Hai just closed his eyes and squinted for a while, and then claimed to the media that he was asleep.
Everyone was quiet, afraid of arguing with Cheng Hai.
In fact, what everyone doesn't know is that after Cheng Hai set the training time of the system's dream realm, he had already fallen into a deep sleep within a few seconds of lying down.
Before the set dream training time is over, the outside world can't wake Cheng Hai.
Then, the physiotherapist looked at Klopp with an inquiring look.
Klopp nodded and motioned for him to give a massage as Cheng Hai requested.
The physiotherapist nodded, turned his head and pressed Cheng Hai's feet first.
Originally, he was still relatively light, for fear of waking Cheng Hai up.
As a result, after he pressed it for a while, he found that Cheng Hai's eyelids didn't move, and he even snored slightly, looking like he was sleeping very sweetly.
This surprised the physiotherapists, as well as the other coaches and players in the dressing room.
Klopp walked up to Cheng Hai and observed Cheng Hai's facial expression while motioning to the physiotherapist to increase the massage force, and found that he was really asleep and was not affected by the physiotherapist at all.
This gave Klopp another layer of understanding of Cheng Hai.
No wonder Cheng Hai never needed a sleep coach, it turned out that he could fall asleep quickly by himself, and he was not afraid of insomnia at all.
Klopp left the couch where Cheng Hai was sleeping, summoned the players to a corner and began to summarize the gains and losses of the first half in a low voice, and arrange the tactics for the second half.
The players also whispered in.
But while discussing, everyone still paid attention to Cheng Hai's situation from time to time, and finally found that their voices also did not affect Cheng Hai at all, so they had to admire Cheng Hai's ability and envy it.
Being able to fall asleep so quickly in the locker room of a noisy football field, the chatter of teammates, and the massage of the physiotherapist can't wake up, which has to be admired.
They also thought, "Why can't they do it!"
Not to mention in the locker room, in the hotel, sometimes it's a little louder outside, and they can't sleep.
In the absent-minded discussion between the coach and his teammates, ten minutes passed quickly, and then the physiotherapist saw Cheng Hai's eyelids move, took a deep breath, and then suddenly opened his eyes.
"Cheng Hai, are you awake? Did you just fall asleep? The physiotherapist asked curiously, and the other coaches and players also gathered around curiously, wanting to know whether Cheng Hai was half-asleep and half-awake for a while or really asleep.
Cheng Hai stretched out his arm, then sat up, shook his head, and then stood up and said energetically: "Of course I'm asleep, I'm in good spirits now, and it should be no problem to play for another twenty minutes." ”
Gotze, who is also one of the twin stars of Dort, said enviously: "Cheng Hai, how did you do it?" It's so enviable. ”
Cheng Hai snorted and said, "Well, how to say it, as long as you have no distractions, you automatically block the sound of the outside world, don't care, don't listen, you can naturally fall asleep." ”
He can't say the real reason, he can only give you this nonsense that sounds right, but few people can do it.
Gotze scratched his scalp and said, "Alas, I will never be able to do what you do." ”
Other teammates also expressed envy for Cheng Hai's ability, and the coaches felt very good.
Since Cheng Hai has recovered a large part of his energy through sleep, it is completely fine to let Cheng Hai continue to play for one or twenty minutes in the second half.
This pair will have a better chance of Dortmund winning this game and progressing to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.
Subsequently, Klopp hurriedly ordered some tactical arrangements to Cheng Hai, and then it was almost time to play in the second half.
When Cheng Hai followed his teammates out of the players' tunnel and stepped on the turf of the court, tens of thousands of Hornets fans in the stands cheered excitedly.
Some fans applauded and commented in surprise:
"Damn, Cheng Hai can really play half the game?"
"At halftime, you have to be supported by someone when you get off the pitch, and you can play in ten minutes after this break?"
"Not only can he play, you look at the way he looks, it's similar to the state he played after halftime when he played in the Asian Cup, and it is estimated that he can play at least ten minutes in the second half."
"Can he really sleep in the locker room, still fall asleep, rest well, regain his energy?"
"It's amazing! With such a noisy football field, he can fall asleep. I definitely can't sleep. ”
"Of course, otherwise how can people call you a genius and you are a waste?"
"Damn, you're not scrap? You're not a scrap, why didn't you go up and kick it twice? ”
Amid the discussion among the fans, Benfica's players and coaches looked very ugly.
Looking at Cheng Hai's walking state, I can't figure out if he can really play for one or two decades in the second half. If you concede the ball again, how do you let them turn it around?
However, no matter what the opponent thinks, the game still has to go on.
With the referee's whistle, the second half of the game officially began.
Despite trailing on aggregate, Benfica had to attack in order to try to score a goal.
With just one more goal, they can beat Borussia Dortmund with more away goals and advance to the quarter-finals with the same aggregate scoreline.
However, the premise is that Dortmund can no longer score goals.
Therefore, while attacking, they did not relax their marking of Cheng Hai.
But Cheng Hai now has too many skills and too strong strength, even if Benfica concentrates on defending Cheng Hai and doesn't give him a chance in the middle, he can still find a chance to break through on the side.
It is impossible for any team to pile up too many defenders on the wing, and it is a luxury to have at most two people to defend Cheng Hai at the same time.
And for one or two people for Cheng Hai, who has full speed, physique, dribbling, and several breakthrough skills, the chance of a breakthrough success is too great.
In the 53rd minute, Benfica, who played against Dortmund, still did not score, but Cheng Hai connected two people in the side counterattack, directly hit the bottom line, and then crossed with his feet.
Cheng Hai's full value of crosses and long passing skills in the air make the height, speed, and landing point of the ball he passes very suitable.
Barrios also understood Cheng Hai's passing intentions, just right to run away from the players who were marking him, jumped in front of the big penalty area to grab the first landing point, and a powerful lion shook his head and pushed the ball towards Benfica's goal.
Roberto made a save, but it was too close to prevent the goal, and the ball flew past him and into the net.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Cheng Hai assisted Barrios to score again, scored a hat trick of assists, and helped Dortmund take a 5-1 lead in the game and 6-4 over two legs.
The Hornets fans in the stands celebrated even louder.
With a two-goal lead, Dortmund's chances of victory are getting higher and higher.
Conversely, Benfica's probability of advancing is getting smaller and smaller.
There was no way, after the game restarted, Benfica once again increased the pace of forward pressure and aggressive attack, hoping to score quickly.
The disadvantage of two goals, even if Cheng Hai is replaced later, they may not be able to catch it back, and they must seize every opportunity to attack.
Defensively, they began to use tactical fouls to organize Dortmund's counterattack.
If you don't use fouls, it is too difficult to rely on ordinary defense to block the counterattack of Cheng Hai and his teammates on the premise of attacking aggressively.
As a result, in just a few minutes, Benfica received two yellow cards, and one of the fullbacks was injured in retaliation by Cheng Hai's elbow when he fell down in the process of fouling Cheng Hai.
Although Cheng Hai was also shown a yellow card, the Benfica main full-back had to be forced off the pitch and replaced with a substitute.
This clash made the rest of Benfica have a certain fear when defending Cheng Hai, for fear that they will not be able to hurt Cheng Hai, but will be injured by Cheng Hai.
They have clearly felt the perversion of Cheng Hai's physique and the toughness of his character.
Although Cheng Hai doesn't take the initiative to find trouble, if anyone deliberately fouls him, Cheng Hai counterattacks, maybe the physically strong Cheng Hai will not be injured, but the person who deliberately fouls him will be injured.
Of course, this kind of scruple is only short-lived, once the game is long, everyone is fully engaged in the game, where will the moment of defense think of Cheng Hai's revenge on his teammates and causing his teammates to be injured?
But Cheng Hai seized the opponent's brief opportunity to hesitate.
In the 66th minute, Benfica's goal still did not come, but Dortmund took advantage of another chance to break the ball and play a quick counter-attack.
Cheng Hai ran out of a gap through his running position, received a pass from a teammate in midfield, and then a sudden Mathews feint past the first central defender who came forward to intercept the opponent, and rushed towards the Benfica penalty area.
The Benfica players behind him were in hot pursuit, but they were thrown farther and farther away by Cheng Hai.
In front of Cheng Hai, there was only one central defender, Luisson, who did not dare to stop and steal easily, for fear that if Cheng Hai passed him, he would form a single knife.
Therefore, Louisson could only quickly retreat to his penalty area, and looked back at Cheng Hai while running, adjusting his position according to his running position, and blocking Cheng Hai's forward route.
Originally, the speed was not as fast as Cheng Hai, and he had to observe Cheng Hai's position while defending himself, and he couldn't retreat at full speed.
So, soon, at the front of the big penalty area, Luisson was caught up by Cheng Hai, who was advancing with the ball.
Cheng Hai's full-value dribbling, the feints are very realistic, and the ball is also very old.
After he shook twice, he deceived Louisson's center of gravity into shifting to the middle, and then Cheng Hai himself took the ball in the direction of the bottom line, and was ready to use his speed and physique to force it over.
With Cheng Hai's physique and speed, as long as the center of gravity is shifted and Lu Isson, who has no time to block Cheng Hai's dribbling route, does not foul, he will not be able to stop him.
Once it breaks through and enters the penalty area, with Cheng Hai's shooting skills, this goal will probably go in. As long as Cheng Hai scores again, then Borussia Dortmund will be three goals ahead of Benfica, almost killing the game completely.
Therefore, Louisson saw that he was deceived by Cheng Hai and lost his center of gravity, and he could no longer stop Cheng Hai's breakthrough from the outside to the penalty area, so he suddenly threw his whole person out in a hurry and gave Cheng Hai a flying shovel.
But Cheng Hai's full-value acceleration and physique made his explosiveness exceed Louisson's expectations.
Cheng Hai grabbed the ball before Louisson tackled the ball, and took a light step forward, and then Louisson shoveled Cheng Hai's feet, causing Cheng Hai to lose his center of gravity and fall forward in the penalty area.
After Cheng Hai fell, Louisson seemed to wake up like a dream and found that the place where he shoveled down Cheng Hai was just within the line of the penalty area.
He immediately stood up in a panic and raised his hand to indicate that he had not committed a foul.
However, the referee would not listen to his quibbles.
At the moment when Cheng Hai was tackled by Louison in the penalty area, the referee who caught up behind blew a sharp whistle and pointed to the penalty spot and awarded a penalty.
At the same time, he also took out a yellow card and gave Luisson a yellow card warning.
Benfica's players were naturally panicked and dissatisfied, rushing up to the referee to try to convince the opponent to cancel the penalty.
But the referee saw the ball clearly, and it was impossible to change the decision.
As for the players and fans on Dortmund's side, they have already begun to celebrate, Barrios, Gotze and others rushed up and pulled Cheng Hai up from the ground to celebrate.
Everyone knows that as long as Dortmund gets a penalty and lets Cheng Hai take the penalty, Cheng Hai has not missed a penalty so far, which can be called a hundred shots.
As long as Cheng Hai scores this goal, Dortmund will have a three-goal lead over Benfica on aggregate.
At this point in time, leading by three goals is basically a win.
The difference of three balls is not so easy to reverse.
The commentators of the TV stations of various countries on the commentary seat also excitedly explained:
"Penalty!"
"Borussia Dortmund have won a penalty!"
When Cheng Hai was about to break through Luisson and enter the penalty area, Luisson made a tackle. As a result, the ball didn't reach it, but shoveled Cheng Hai down in the penalty area! ”
"Luisson was shown a yellow card by the referee and awarded a penalty."
'Although Benfica's players surrounded the referee and tried to get him to change the decision, it was obviously impossible.
"Let's take a look at this tackle replay from Louisson. Obviously, the place where Luisson tackled Cheng Hai was in the big penalty area, and the referee's decision was no problem, which was a yellow card + penalty foul in the penalty area. ”
"There is no doubt that this penalty will be taken by Cheng Hai."
"It was a penalty created by Cheng Hai himself, and his penalty percentage so far is still as high as 100 per cent."
"And once Cheng Hai scores this ball, we will witness an unprecedented history!"
"It was the first double hat-trick in European history with a goal assist in all European competitions, including the Champions League, the UEFA Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup!"
"That's right, it's the first time in the history of Europe. Cheng Hai now has the potential to create a unique new history! ”
"In the previous games, Cheng Hai has assisted his teammates to score a hat-trick of assists three times, and he also has two goals."
"Once Cheng Hai scores this penalty, he will become the first player in European history to score a goal and assist double hat, making history!"
"The referee dispersed the Benfica players around him, and Cheng Hai was already standing behind the penalty spot with the ball."
"Let's wait and see what new history is!"
With the commentator's commentary, many viewers in front of the TV reacted, and before they knew it, Cheng Hai had scored two goals and three assists in this game.
Once this penalty is scored, Cheng Hai will set a record for the first goal and assist double hat-trick in European history.
On this record, Cheng Hai will become the first person in European football continental competitions, including the Champions League and the League Cup.
Although most of the fans in the stands did not know that Cheng Hai's penalty would create new European history, they all knew that anyone who scored a double hat-trick of goals and assists in a game would be a very awesome achievement.
Therefore, the Dortmund fans in the stands also held their breath and prayed for Cheng Hai, hoping that he would score the ball and create a miracle of scoring and assisting two hats, while also helping Dortmund completely lock in the victory with a three-goal lead.
Of course, on the other hand, Benfica's players and fans naturally didn't want Cheng Hai to score the goal.
They don't care what historical record Cheng Hai will set, they know anyway that once Cheng Hai scores this goal, Benfica's hopes of reversing and advancing to the quarterfinals will become even more slim.
Therefore, thousands of Benfica fans in the stands continued to boo and even abuse, hoping to affect Cheng Hai's state and prevent him from scoring the goal.
Benfica goalkeeper Roberto also swayed left and right on the goal line, hoping to interfere with Cheng Hai and let him miss the ball.
But these external factors can hardly affect Cheng Hai.
Cheng Hai has absolute confidence in his full-value shooting skills, and the penalty kick definitely means where to hit and will not miss, unless it is due to ground reasons.
Therefore, before putting the ball on the penalty spot, Cheng Hai carefully checked the turf around the penalty spot, and there was no abnormality, so he put the ball on the penalty spot and prepared to take the penalty.
Next, just wait for the referee's whistle.