Chapter 27: Career debut
Although Cheng Hai was very excited and excited to score a goal himself, it was only a friendly match after all, so his teammates did not celebrate with Cheng Hai for too long.
After celebrating for more than 20 seconds, everyone began to return to their own half of the pitch and wait for City to kick off.
Although Manchester City is also very strong, it has always been affected by the Westfalen game.
The stadium with 80,000 people is truly extraordinary.
Before they came, they didn't expect a friendly match to fill the stadium, and they were a little frightened.
Coupled with Cheng Hai's field and Klopp's tactical instructions, Dortmund played more aggressively as a whole, and Manchester City couldn't stand it.
Although after Cheng Hai scored the first goal, Manchester City strengthened the marking of Cheng Hai, but Dortmund is not alone Cheng Hai.
With Cheng Hai attracting a lot of defensive firepower, other players got more opportunities.
In the 75th minute, Gloskreutz broke through the side and crossed the bottom, Lewandowski grabbed the first point in the penalty area, and a powerful header attack put the ball into the goal guarded by Joe Hart.
Borussia Dortmund took a 3-1 lead and the entire Westfalen Stadium exploded again, with the fans chanting Lewandowski's name and bowing to him.
It's really enjoyable to play at home like this.
After Lewandowski's goal, perhaps because of the lack of attention to the friendly match, Manchester City began to give up resistance, replacing a few main players and a few substitutes to feel the atmosphere of the game four.
After a few substitutions, City's overall morale has been even more sluggish, and the holes in the back line have started to grow.
Cheng Hai naturally wouldn't waste such a good opportunity.
It would be wonderful to have scored a brace against all Premier League teams.
It's just that after 80 minutes of the game, Cheng Hai couldn't run a little.
As a Premier League team, Manchester City is much stronger than Dortmund's previous friendly opponents, and the physical consumption is also greater.
And Cheng Hai's physical fitness cannot support him to play more than 30 minutes against Manchester City.
Therefore, in the final stage of the competition, Cheng Hai began to walk, using walking to adjust his breath, accumulate strength, and wait until he had the opportunity to sprint.
In the 84th minute, Cheng Hai had a chance to catch the ball and shoot, but unfortunately Manchester City defender Kolo Toure ran over from the side in time to block the ball out of the bottom line.
Dortmund were also not a threat from the following corner.
However, with the home fans cheering on, Dortmund did not give up even in the last few minutes.
Manchester City, on the other hand, has long lost the sharpness of equalising.
Anyway, it's just a friendly match, and it doesn't matter if you lose.
So, in the 89th minute, Dortmund played the attack to the front again, and played a stunning exquisite combination.
First, Shinji Kagawa played a one-two with Kyle, who was inserted in the back row, and dribbled into the penalty area, causing a panic among the goalkeepers and defenders in the Manchester City penalty area.
But in fact, Shinji Kagawa no longer has a shooting angle at this time, and he can't shoot.
So, Shinji Kagawa made a fake shot and real pass, shook the defender in front of him and passed the ball horizontally to the middle.
Centre forward Robert Lewandowski raised his foot near the penalty spot and fired a shot that drew two nearby defenders rushing over to block the gun.
The goalkeeper also immediately pounced in the middle, ready to save Lewandowski's shot.
However, Lewandowski's raised leg did not go down.
The ball slipped under his feet and rolled to the other side of the penalty area.
Manchester City's goalkeepers and defenders were shocked, and when they looked back, they found that Cheng Hai, who was walking outside the penalty area, had already shaken off the players who were marking him, rushed into the penalty area, raised his leg and made a shot.
The continuous breakthroughs, passes and Lewandowski's key leaks left no one in front of Cheng Hai.
Cheng Hai's shot was not a feint either.
He lifted his right leg and slammed it into the ball.
The ball flew like an arrow from the string to the bottom left corner of the goal against the turf.
Joe Hart made a flying save, but Cheng Hai's shot angle was too awkward, and he tried his best to get it in the end.
The ball grazed past his fingertips and into the dead corner against the post.
In the 89th minute, Cheng Hai scored again, completed a brace, and helped Dortmund lock the score at 4-1.
This goal once again aroused the enthusiasm of the fans in the stadium, and countless people shouted Cheng Hai's name and applauded and cheered for him.
Cheng Hai's first game in Westfaren conquered the Hornets die-hard fans here.
After this goal, because the difference in the score was too big, Manchester City did not have the fighting spirit to equalize, and the referee did not give stoppage time and blew the whistle at the end of the game.
The moment the final whistle sounded, Cheng Hai collapsed directly to the ground.
Because today he came on in the 60th minute and City are much stronger than those friendlies they have faced before, and their energy is depleted faster.
The game time has increased and the consumption has accelerated, so it is no wonder that Cheng Hai collapsed to the ground after the game, and the lack of leg cramps during the game is already a benefit given to him by the full physique.
Fortunately, there is a lot of experience gained in this game.
After the game, Cheng Hai, who scored twice, was systematically rated as the best player of the game. Coupled with the goal and winning prizes, Cheng Hai's experience rose to level 14 75,600/70,000, and was automatically upgraded to level 15 05,600/100,000, and he received an upgrade reward of 20 skill points.
And with the upgrade of the randomly opened skill, Cheng Hai obtained the skill of "Long Pass in the Air", with an initial attribute of 2, which is very low.
This skill is generally used more by midfield players, and it is not a necessary skill for Cheng Hai at present, so he did not waste skill points on it.
After thinking about it, Cheng Hai first spent 10 skill points to increase the "grab point" skill from 19 to the full value of 20.
Then, spend another 10 skill points to increase the "Stop the Ball" skill from 15 to 17. This attribute has reached the level of outstanding players in the five major leagues.
Because Cheng Hai found in the actual game that sometimes although he is not in the gap where he can shoot directly, if he stops the ball well, he can even stop and wipe the moment to dodge the angle and immediately start to shoot.
Therefore, there are many skill points, and Cheng Hai added the "stop the ball" skill.
Now, Cheng Hai already has four full-value skills of archery, physique, point grabbing, and running without the ball, with 17 stopping skills, and 15 dribbling and Matthews feints.
His skills and attribute values are getting higher and higher!
The next day, not only the UK, Germany and China, but also many media outlets in Europe and Asia covered the match.
Among them, Cheng Hai's performance of scoring in six consecutive friendly matches and scoring a total of 9 goals naturally won unanimous praise from all the media.
Being able to score a brace as a substitute in a friendly against Premier League powerhouse Manchester City has proven Cheng Hai's ability.
At this point, no one can say anything suspicious.
According to Cheng Hai's stable performance, even if the goal efficiency decreases slightly after officially starting the professional game, it will not drop too much.
Countless people are looking forward to Cheng Hai's career debut.
After a day's rest, Borussia Dortmund travelled to play away from home against Bundesliga side Bielefeld.
This is Dortmund's last pre-season friendly of the season, and the next game is the first round of the German Cup.
If Cheng Hai plays in that fight, that fight will be his career debut.
On the afternoon of 7 August, Borussia Dortmund's last pre-season friendly match of the season against Bielefeld officially began.
It was almost the last friendly before the official start of the season for Borussia Dortmund, so despite the fact that the opponent was only a Bundesliga team, everyone from the manager to the players was very serious.
However, Klopp did not give Cheng Hai much playing time in this game.
Maybe Cheng Hai's previous performance was too good, and Klopp was afraid that Cheng Hai would run out of goals in a friendly match.
Therefore, in this away friendly match, Klopp did not replace Cheng Hai until the 85th minute of the game.
Coupled with the fact that the opponent already knew Cheng Hai's name, in just over 5 minutes, Cheng Hai failed to grasp the opportunity and failed to complete the goal.
This match also became the only game in which Cheng Hai did not score in seven pre-season friendlies.
Fortunately, Cheng Hai finally went up to the bench to play for a few minutes and participated in the game.
Therefore, the team's 3-0 victory over the opponent was also counted by Cheng Hai in the system. Although there is no goal award or best player award, there is still a winning award with 10,000 experience.
Cheng Hai's experience has risen to level 15 19,600/100,000.
In the next few days, the team stayed at the training base for the final training and prepared for the first official game of the new season.
Similarly, the outside world is also making various predictions and reports for Cheng Hai's career debut.
Cheng Hai did not score in the last friendly match, but it did not affect his expectations in the eyes of the media and fans.
Because everyone knows that Klopp gave him too little time in his last game. The fact that he didn't score for a few minutes didn't affect his excellent performance of scoring nine goals in six consecutive friendlies.
Therefore, for the upcoming first round of the German Cup, whether Cheng Hai can play, whether he can make his career debut, whether he can perform well in his debut or even score directly is the focus of countless media and fans.
There are not many examples like Cheng Hai who have attracted so much attention without even playing a professional game, and it can even be said that it is rare.
Of course, the biggest expectation is the media and fans in Huaguo.
They are naturally looking forward to Cheng Hai's success in Dortmund and becoming the new representative of Chinese football.
It's just that the game hasn't started yet, and everyone is still a little worried.
On the one hand, everyone knows that Cheng Hai's physical fitness is poor. Even if he has a very high goal rate, Klopp is very helpless and can only give him twenty or thirty minutes of play time in every friendly match.
It's just a friendly match, the opponent doesn't take it very seriously, and the intensity of the confrontation is completely different from the official match.
If Cheng Hai can only last twenty or thirty minutes in friendly matches, he can only last ten or twenty minutes in official professional matches.
This will greatly limit Cheng Hai's playing time.
In the limited time, whether Cheng Hai can withstand the pressure of his career debut and score goals, everyone is a little worried.
On the other hand, it's up to Klopp there.
If the manager doesn't give Cheng Hai enough time and puts Cheng Hai on the bench in the last few minutes like in the last friendly game, it will be meaningless garbage time.
In just a few minutes, Cheng Hai is afraid that the game is over before he even feels the atmosphere of the game, where can he still score?
Therefore, it is normal for everyone to have some concerns.
The result of everything will not be known until the official start of the competition.
On August 13, Dortmund did not train, but flew to Munich a day early, then took the team bus to the city where the German team Burghausen is located, and found a hotel near the stadium to settle down.
Tomorrow, 14 August 2010, Borussia Dortmund will play their first competitive match of the 2010/2011 season: the first round of the German Cup away to Burghausen.
Despite playing against a Bundesliga team, this is a true professional game, which will be Borussia Dortmund's first official game of the new season and could also be the career debut of the highly-anticipated Cheng Hai.
Therefore, the level of importance is still very high.
Not only did many German and Chinese media go to the scene to collect and edit news reports, but even many media from European and Asian countries sent teams of reporters to rush here, hoping to get the first news about Cheng Hai.
Who made Cheng Hai perform so well in the pre-season friendlies?
In China, CCTV-5 has already negotiated the live broadcast rights of the Bundesliga, German Cup, and League Cup.
In the first round of the German Cup, CCTV-5 was broadcast live to the whole country, which had already been announced.
Therefore, countless people in China are paying attention to Cheng Hai's possible career debut.
In addition to media reporters, fans, and ordinary sports viewers across the country, the people who care most about Cheng Hai are naturally the president, teachers, and former classmates and teammates of Yuzhou University.
Of course, there are also many other alumni who are concerned about Cheng Hai's debut. After all, Cheng Hai went out from Yuzhou University.
If Cheng Hai succeeds and really becomes a star who can gain a firm foothold in the European arena, then they, as Cheng Hai's alumni, will naturally have more face when they chat with people and mention Cheng Hai.
Of course, the concern and attention of all the above people is not as strong as Cheng Hai's parents.
After Cheng Hai received the signing fee, he transferred most of it to his father's bank card.
This huge sum of hundreds of thousands, coupled with the overwhelming media reports during this time, made Cheng Hai completely famous in his hometown.
Cheng Songquan and Xi Yulin also demolished the old house with the help and reference of relatives and neighbors, and prepared to build a new house.
They hope that when their son returns from vacation next time, he will be able to live in a new house.
With this huge amount of hundreds of thousands, in the suburbs of the small county town of Qianzhou Province in the southwestern mountainous area, the progress of repairing the house is very fast.
The old house has been completely demolished and is ready to lay the foundation.
As for the residence of Cheng Songquan and his wife after the old house was demolished, it was Cheng Songbao, the eldest uncle not far from Cheng Hai's house, who came out to live in two rooms.
Between brothers, rent is naturally not wanted.
Therefore, Cheng Songquan handed over the task of cooking to his sister-in-law, and gave his sister-in-law a sum of money every month to let her help cook.
In addition to the two families, there are also workers who repair houses, and they will also eat together.
This money includes wages and vegetable money, which can be regarded as Cheng Songquan's gratitude to his eldest brother and sister-in-law for their help in disguise.
Cheng Songbao and his wife are naturally very happy.
The nephew has a career, the younger brother wants to build a new house, and he also arranges a job for his daughter-in-law in disguise, and he is also very happy as the eldest brother.
Of course, in addition to repairing the house, Cheng Songquan and his wife are most concerned about the news of their son in Germany.
Many newspapers in the small county town can't be bought, and the TV is not closed when I move, and it is inconvenient to watch the TV of the eldest brother and sister-in-law all the time.
Therefore, in order to keep abreast of their son's news in Germany as much as possible and as timely as possible, Cheng Songquan and his wife bought a laptop according to Cheng Hai's suggestion, installed a wireless Internet card, learned to surf the Internet, and could swipe their son's relevant news on various portals at night.
Now knowing that their son's career debut is coming, Cheng Songquan and his wife originally planned to watch the live broadcast from the computer at night.
But Cheng Hai is so famous in the village, naturally other people also went online and knew the live broadcast time of Cheng Hai's first possible professional game, and publicized it.
So, on the night of August 14, the night of the competition, including the workers who repaired the house, as well as many relatives and neighbors, gathered at Cheng Songbao's house and moved his TV to the yard for everyone to watch the live broadcast.
The stability and clarity of live CCTV is also much more stable and clear than that of a laptop's wireless network live broadcast.
Of course, everyone is here to cheer for Cheng Songquan, melon seeds, peanuts, fruit drinks and the like, naturally Cheng Songquan and his wife are in charge.
But they are also happy.
When Cheng Hai applied for a passport and went to Germany for a trial before, some relatives and villagers said some strange things.
Now, his son has signed a professional contract with Dortmund, sent hundreds of thousands of dollars back to repair the house, and will soon appear on CCTV-5's live broadcast, which is definitely a strong proof of his eyebrows.
Of course, before the start of the game, when everyone was chatting, Cheng Songquan naturally couldn't be too full, but modestly said that Cheng Hai was still a pure newcomer who had just signed a contract, and it was still unknown whether the head coach would arrange him to play, so that everyone should not report too much expectations.
This is also to avoid a way out if my son can't play later.
On TV, CCTV-5's live broadcast interface entered the report of the German Cup match half an hour in advance.
The commentator in the live broadcast room first introduced the history of Chinese players in Europe and Germany, and then explained Cheng Hai's experience.
When Cheng Hai's photos or video highlights of the friendly match appeared on television, the relatives and neighbors in the courtyard let out a slight exclamation and whispered chatter.
"Cheng Hai is out of the picture, and he really appeared on CCTV."
"CCTV, you can receive it all over the country, Cheng Hai is famous in the country."
"Cheng Songquan and his wife are blessed."
In the midst of everyone's discussion, Cheng Songquan and his wife did not speak, with satisfaction and pride in their hearts, staring at the TV without saying a word, watching the commentators and guests' evaluations of Cheng Hai, as well as the reports sent back by the reporters in front of them at the scene, waiting for the official start of the game.