Chapter 44: Returning home

Just when Mainz wanted to increase the offensive and fight back, Dortmund made a substitution.

Jurgen Klopp brought on Borussia Dortmund's top scorer Cheng Hai.

This was a substitution that Mainz had anticipated, but was still very depressed.

With the progress of various competitions in the new season, Cheng Hai has become the striker with the most goals on all fronts of the Bundesliga, and any team is cautious in the face of Cheng Hai.

After Cheng Hai played, Mainz's backline was bound to no longer be bold enough to press and participate in the assist, and must stay in the backfield to guard against Cheng Hai's counterattack.

But in terms of score, they are the side behind again, and they are two goals behind, and they can't attack without attacking.

In the end, they had to have two centre-backs at the back, with two full-backs taking turns to provide assists, and the backfield basically maintained a three-back configuration.

Even so, not long after Cheng Hai came on the field, in the 73rd minute, he almost sent Qiu into the goal of Mainz with a successful anti-offside.

It's just that this time the goalkeeper played extraordinarily, predicted in advance and shifted the position, and then made a save, and pulled the ball that Cheng Hai went straight to the dead corner out of the crossbar.

Otherwise, Mainz will concede the goal.

However, even after escaping the catastrophe, Mainz's goal did not hold out to the end.

Because they are always on the side behind and the less hope they have of equalising as time goes on, the more they want to press the attack.

Cheng Hai's threat is just a threat after all, and it has not yet been converted into a goal. And they must score, otherwise after this game, the top position in the standings will be given to Dortmund.

Therefore, when the clock entered the 80th minute, Mainz's formation became more and more pressed, and the central defenders and full-backs were forced to move up to avoid being too disconnected from the midfield.

This gave Cheng Hai room to fight back.

Cheng Hai's full-value off-ball running and ability to grab points is indeed not a joke.

Even if the defenders of Mainz are on guard, in the face of Cheng Hai's perfect level of off-ball running and point-grabbing ability, they still can't do it without leakage, and there will always be loopholes and times when they are caught by Cheng Hai.

In the 84th minute, it was Mainz's attack that was cut off by Dortmund and turned into a counterattack, and Nuri Shahin and Shinji Kagawa, Mario Gotze, Barrios and others passed each other to send the ball to the front of the field in a matter of seconds.

was originally counterattacked in the attack, and there were still so many people in Dortmund counterattack, and everyone instinctively followed the ball to chase and watch, and when they took care of one or the other, there was no one around Cheng Hai.

By the time someone found out that there was no one around Cheng Hai to defend him, it was too late.

Cheng Hai, who had not even participated in a pass in this attack, quietly entered the penalty area from the side with his off-ball running, and Sha Xin, who saw Cheng Hai's running, made a wonderful pass with just the right kick and sent the ball diagonally to the direction of Cheng Hai's running.

Cheng Hai didn't need to stop the ball at all, and with a non-stop volley three or four meters to the left of the penalty spot in the penalty area, he pulled the ball into the lower left corner of the Mainz goal before the defender who rushed diagonally to try to block the gun's eye.

Goalkeeper Wittcro made a save but the ball was too fast to get under his palm before he could get into the spot.

Cheng Hai scored again after coming off the bench and helped Dortmund extend the score to 3-0 and seal the win completely.

Mainz is unlikely to have a chance of a comeback.

Cheng Hai's goal made Mainz's players completely lose the spirit of equalizing, and Klopp was not afraid of capsizing in the gutter, and decisively made another substitution, replacing a main player, allowing him to rest well and prepare for the next away game with Paris Saint-Germain.

In the remaining minutes, Mainz also failed to score a face-saving goal.

At the top of the table, Mainz lost 3-0 at home to the top of the table.

Borussia Dortmund regained the top spot in the Bundesliga table thanks to direct talks with their rivals.

Cheng Hai also relied on the goal experience and winning experience rewards in this game, and the total experience rose to level 19 744,600/700,000, and was automatically upgraded to level 20 44,600/1 million, and he got 20 skill point upgrade rewards again, with a skill point balance of 20.

The new skill that is randomly activated as you level up is the "Seal Pass", which starts with 1 stat.

The so-called seal pass is to put the ball on the head to break through, and when the opponent can only use his feet and not his hands, this method is very bullying.

But there is no one in ten thousand that can do it.

But one thing, if someone does it, and can run a few steps with a seal-style dribble against the ball, and break through one or two people, it will definitely become a classic.

Of course, it will also anger the opponent and make the opponent take this as an insult to him, which may retaliate and maliciously foul you, which may injure you or even interrupt your career outright.

Not to mention the question of whether Cheng Hai will be retaliated against by his opponent, the practicality of this skill on the football field alone is very low, lower than that of "Rainbow Superior".

Therefore, without thinking about it, Cheng Hai put it on the shelf and ignored it again.

The 20 skill points he obtained by upgrading, after he thought about it, all of them were added to the "Matthews Feint", which made the "Matthews Feint", which was only 15 points, soar to 19 points, making his attainments in this breakthrough move a master-level figure at once.

Combined with 19's dribbling and balance, 20's physique, and stopping skills, Cheng Hai can not only grab a point to shoot, but also try to shoot after breaking through.

In the past, Cheng Hai was more likely to grab a point to shoot after running out of the gap, but with his growing fame and more and more attention from opponents, it is becoming more and more difficult to run out of good gaps.

Even if he runs up to 20 points without the ball, it is not useful.

If 20's off-ball running can be evenly matched with 20's defensive position, then the opponent's usual defensive position has 17 or 18 points, which is enough to interfere with Cheng Hai.

Because the opponent is not a wooden man, it is not that the defensive position is zero, and there are still seventeen or eighteen points close to Cheng Hai. Although it is a little behind, it does not mean that the other party is completely useless.

Not only does it work, but it also works very much. Especially when someone assists in defense, it can make up for the lack of defensive position attributes of the defender.

What's more, Cheng Hai's speed is not fast now, and his utilization efficiency in running without the ball is even less than that of the other party.

Therefore, although it seems that Cheng Hai has more and more professional skills and more and more skills with high attributes, his goal tally has not increased.

It is because as his fame increases, opponents pay more and more attention to his defense, and the number of opportunities for Cheng Hai to run out of empty spaces is also decreasing.

Now that Matthews feints are added to 19 points close to the full master level, Cheng Hai can not only run out of the gap to catch the ball and shoot, even if there is no gap, under the opponent's marking, he can still catch the ball and then break through the opponent to shoot.

Because of the speed, it is unrealistic for Cheng Hai to dribble the ball from the back to the front and stage a one-stop breakthrough shot.

But it's entirely possible to just catch the ball outside the box and break through one or two people to shoot into the box.

Even though it's just an addition to the attack, but with a myriad of variations, it's going to make your opponent even more of a headache, right?

I don't know if the opponent will have a headache, but Cheng Hai's new offensive method startled the coaches and teammates in the team first.

After a day off after the battle with Mainz at the top of the table, Klopp scheduled an intra-squad training match that afternoon after returning to training on 2 November.

After this period of physical training, coupled with the metamorphosis recovery ability of the system's dream training, repeated consumption, recovery and polishing, Cheng Hai can already hold on to the training match for a full 45 minutes.

In the 45 minutes of this training match, Cheng Hai, who was originally on the substitute side, scored 5 goals indiscriminately in the face of the main goalkeeper and defenders' defense.

Among them, only two were point-grabbing shots, and the other three were all Cheng Hai's sudden Mathews feints after receiving the ball to dodge the defenders in front of him and get the opportunity to shoot after getting the opportunity to shoot.

Because he is in the front court, Cheng Hai doesn't need to break through completely, as long as he dodges a gap and reveals the route of the shot.

In addition, Cheng Hai's dribbling and Matthews' feints, balance, physique and other attributes are all full or close to full value, and the success rate of dodging the gap is quite high.

Even though the defender reacted immediately to make up for it, Cheng Hai had already seized the fleeting opportunity to shoot the ball out.

And Cheng Hai's full-value archery skills have always been so superb that they are desperate. Even the main goalkeeper, Weidenfeller, could only sigh most of the time and watch the ball go into the net.

When everyone asked Cheng Hai why his Matthews feints were suddenly so handy, Cheng Hai flickered past with a sentence of "epiphany".

Facing Cheng Hai, who was an amateur player a few months ago, but now he is already a top striker in Europe, everyone can only sigh at Cheng Hai's talent and speed of progress, and there is no doubt that he suddenly had an epiphany about a new skill.

Of course, even if there is suspicion, no evidence can be found, because the system is undetectable by human technology.

In any case, for Dortmund's coaches and players, the stronger Cheng Hai is, the higher Dortmund's chances of winning in all competitions, and the happier they are.

On 3 November, after afternoon training, Dortmund flew to Paris in the evening to prepare for the fourth round of the UEFA Cup group stage the next day, an away match against Paris Saint-Germain.

The others were fine, but they just traveled lightly, but Cheng Hai was different, and he brought a large suitcase of luggage.

Because, after playing the game with Paris, he did not go back to Germany, but took off directly from Paris, flew back to China, reported to the national Olympic team, and prepared to participate in the Yangcheng Asian Games.

For Cheng Hai, time is very tight.

Fortunately, he has a system plug-in, even if he flies long distances, he can use dream training to immediately fall into a deep sleep, quickly recover his energy, and he can also take care of training.

Otherwise, Cheng Hai, who had never practiced with the National Olympic team, would not return to China until three or four days before the game, and he hurried into battle after participating in one or two classes of intensive training, and he didn't know how much effect he could play.

At 21:00 local time on November 4, 2010, with the referee's whistle, the 2010/2011 UEFA Cup group stage Group J fourth round Paris Saint-Germain vs Dortmund match officially started at Paris Saint-Germain's home stadium - Parc des Princes.

Although it was a strong conversation, the attendance was not high because it was raining in Paris that day, and it was another rain fight.

After the first three rounds, Paris Saint-Germain are second in the group, and there is no guarantee of qualifying with third-place Sevilla.

This is the helplessness of the group of death.

I tried my best in every game, but I still couldn't guarantee qualification.

Therefore, in the fourth round of the group stage back at home this time, it is naturally impossible for Grand Paris to play conservatively, and they are attacking aggressively to try to achieve a big victory at home.

But for Dortmund, who are in first place in the standings, as long as they don't lose this away game, they can win with a draw.

As a result, Dortmund are mainly defensive counter-attackers.

However, this fierce battle in the rain was not a good weather for both sides, and neither side was in good shape.

Before Cheng Hai went into the field, the score was 0-0.

After Cheng Hai played in the 62nd minute, he played until the end of the game, and the two sides were still 0-0.

Cheng Hai wanted to use his new offensive method to finish the breakthrough shot, but unfortunately the field was not under his control on rainy days, either the ball suddenly fell into a puddle and did not move, or he slipped and fell, so that the breakthrough failed.

The only two shots on goal were kicked off by a defender. On another occasion, the opposing defender flew to block the shot hole and broke out of the penalty area and failed to fly towards the goal.

After three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

It was originally a strong dialogue that everyone was looking forward to, but it ended with a dull score of 0-0, even with Cheng Hai's ability, it failed to add a little brightness to the game.

After the fourth round, Dortmund continued to rank first in the group with 8 points from two wins and two draws, Sevilla and Paris Saint-Germain were two wins, one draw and one loss with 7 points and were in the second and third places, and Capadei was the bottom with 0 points after four consecutive defeats and had been eliminated from the group stage in advance.

A draw was a good result for Borussia Dortmund, who remained at the top of the table and still held the initiative to qualify.

Of course, Cheng Hai can't manage so much.

After a night's rest in Paris, he boarded a plane to Yangcheng in Paris early the next morning.

There were a lot of overseas Chinese on this plane, and when they saw Cheng Hai boarding the plane, they were immediately excited, and many people found Cheng Hai to sign autographs and take photos.

Among them, there were many old men in their fifties and sixties, who put their arms around Cheng Hai's shoulders and said, "Cheng Hai, come on!" ”

Obviously, there are countless expectations and wishes of these old fans.

It's just that the plane is obviously not suitable for large-scale gatherings. Therefore, Cheng Hai was stopped by the flight attendant because he could not fulfill everyone's desire to sign and take a group photo.

Because of the time difference, when he returned to China, it was already afternoon in China.

He left as an unknown amateur college player, but when he returned home four months later, he was already a top striker in the Europa League.

For Cheng Hai, the experience of the past few months feels like yesterday.

Along with Cheng Hai, there were several domestic media reporters who were originally stationed in Europe, who returned to China with Cheng Hai and followed Cheng Hai's return journey.

When Cheng Hai got off the plane, the camera was not turned off.

Another reporter interviewed Cheng Hai: "What does it feel like to return to China? ”

Cheng Hai breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "I feel that the change is too fast!" ”

With so many reporters and few flights from Paris to Guangzhou, Cheng Hai's itinerary naturally cannot be kept secret, and there are hundreds of fans in the reception hall, holding banners and waiting for Cheng Hai to return.

Among them are Cheng Hai's parents and cousin Xi Huabin.

Cheng Songquan and his wife haven't seen Cheng Hai for several months, and they miss him very much.

Of course, it's the same for Cheng Hai, he hasn't seen his parents for several months.

When Cheng Hai's figure appeared at the exit of the pick-up hall, hundreds of fans suddenly became noisy:

"Ah, Cheng Hai is here!"

"Cheng Hai is out!"

"Handsome!"

"Cheng Hai, awesome!"

"Cheng Hai, good job!"

Although Cheng Songquan and his wife did not reveal their identities, their age made the fans automatically put the two in the front.

Looking at the oncoming Cheng Hai and listening to the praise and cheers of Zhou Wei's fans for their son, Cheng Songquan and Xi Yulin couldn't help but feel proud.

Xi Huabin looked at his cousin, who had become very strong, and his eyes were also shining.

has such a big star cousin, Xi Huabin also feels honored!

For Cheng Hai, Cheng Hai was also very excited and happy to see this piece of fans waving national flags and banners shouting and praising him, as well as the flashing lights of reporters.

However, Cheng Hai was looking for his parents for the first time.

Of course, the position where Cheng Songquan and Xi Yulin stood was very conspicuous, Cheng Hai found it after a closer look, and immediately walked over quickly and shouted "Dad, Mom", which startled the surrounding fans and reporters.

Only then did everyone know that these two middle-aged people turned out to be Cheng Hai's parents.

The reporters immediately filmed Cheng Songquan and his wife, and some people came up to interview them and ask Cheng Hai about his history when he was a child.

Of course, there are more interviews with Cheng Hai, and more people ask Cheng Hai to sign and take photos.

However, Cheng Hai only signed twenty or thirty names, and was picked up by the assistant of the National Olympic team who picked him up. At the same time, the tickets of Cheng Songquan and the three were also handed over to them by the assistant.

After a period of time, Cheng Hai had to train and compete with the National Olympic team, and he couldn't live with his parents, which was quite a pity

But Cheng Songquan is very open.

Anyway, he is not old, he is still very young, and he still feels very honored that his son was selected into the national team and put on the national team jersey to fight for the country, so he didn't feel any regrets at all after four months of seeing such a few minutes.

Seeing that his son had grown taller and stronger, and had not been injured, Cheng Songquan was relieved.

Only Xi Yulin, who is a mother, is a little reluctant, but there is no way, under the persuasion of Cheng Songquan, he can only let Cheng Hai leave with the people of the National Olympic team and go to the Asian Games Village to report.