Chapter 90: Shocking the World
At the Westfalen Stadium, in the Benfica penalty area, Cheng Hai stood behind the penalty spot and was ready to take the penalty.
Countless people at the scene and in front of the TV held their breath and stared at Cheng Hai with wide eyes, waiting for the result of this penalty.
Although everyone is very confident in Cheng Hai, before the penalty is really scored, everyone's hearts are still hanging.
In particular, the overseas Chinese in the stands and the Chinese fans watching the live broadcast in China were even more nervous.
Once Cheng Hai scored this goal, Cheng Hai will forever be engraved in the history of the two major European cups.
This is too glorious for Chinese football and for a Chinese player.
It's definitely worth looking forward to.
Cheng Hai also knows that he will score a double hat trick of goals and assists after scoring this goal, although he is not as clear as the commentator that it will become a new history in Europe after scoring a goal assist and a double hat, but he knows that there are definitely not many players in world football who can score goals and assists and double hats, including many world-class superstars, who are difficult to complete this miracle in their lifetime.
And now, he is about to perform such a miracle, just waiting for the referee to blow the whistle.
Cheng Hai took a deep breath while looking at the referee standing in the ribs of the big penalty area on the left.
The referee confirmed that Cheng Hai and the goalkeeper were ready, and the other players on both sides also stood outside the line of the penalty area and did not cross the line, and blew the whistle for free throws.
After hearing the referee blow the whistle that he could make free throws, Cheng Hai took a deep breath again, then glanced at the goalkeeper Roberto on the goal line and began to run.
Roberto watched Cheng Hai's pace nervously, trying to guess which direction Cheng Hai wanted to shoot, and then made a pre-judgment save in advance.
But he was disappointed.
Cheng Hai's run-up was decent, and he couldn't see which side Cheng Hai wanted to shoot.
Roberto could only gamble on luck to the bottom right corner at the moment when Cheng Hai was about to shoot, hoping to be lucky and save Cheng Hai's penalty.
However, reality disappointed him.
Cheng Hai's ball was not kicked to the bottom right corner, not even to the right, but to a dead corner in the upper left corner.
If it was a penalty kick by other players, they might be afraid that the high ball would fly off the crossbar, but Cheng Hai was not afraid.
His perfect shooting skills of 20 full value are based on where the penalty kick is pointed. When taking a penalty, as long as the turf is fine, he can definitely kick wherever he wants, and it is no problem to deliberately kick the post and the crossbar.
There were no surprises with the ball, as it flew diagonally from behind him into the top left corner of the goal after Roberto pounced into the bottom right corner.
In the 67th minute of the second half, Cheng Hai created a penalty and scored it himself, giving Dortmund a 6-1 lead and a 7-4 lead over two legs.
At the same time, this is also Cheng Hai's third goal of the game.
So far, Cheng Hai has completed the achievement of scoring and assisting a hat-trick of goals and assists in the second leg of the 2010/2011 UEFA Cup quarter-finals against Benfica in the second leg of his first start in his club career, becoming the first person in the history of European football.
Although he didn't know that he had made history, Cheng Hai, who knew that it was very rare to wear a double hat for goals and assists, also rushed to the famous South Stand excitedly, and there was an exciting slide under the stands, which caused tens of thousands of Dortmund fans in the stands to roar and scream wildly, shouting his name and worshiping him.
Barrios, Gotze, Shinji Kagawa, Grosskloitz and other teammates who rushed behind him finally caught up with him and excitedly pulled him to the ground to celebrate.
After stacking Luohan, he pulled him up again, and then Grosskloitz squatted in front of Cheng Hai, asked Cheng Hai to step on his right foot on his knee, and made a shoe-polishing gesture for Cheng Hai.
This is praising Cheng Hai's footwork and praising it as the golden right foot!
Of course, Cheng Hai also deserves such praise, just listen to the cheers like a landslide and tsunami in the stands.
On the commentary seat, TV commentators from Germany, China, Italy and other countries around the world also shouted wildly:
“Goooooooooooooooooal……”
"The ball is in!"
"Cheng Hai easily sent the penalty in!"
"Hat-trick!"
"Cheng Hai scored a hat trick!"
"Not one, but two!"
"Two hat-tricks in one game!"
"Cheng Hai scored two hat-tricks of assists and goals in this game, directly creating all 6 goals for Dortmund!"
"This is the first time in the history of European football that there has been a miracle of scoring and assisting double hats! Including the Champions League, the UEFA Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup, the Toto Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, and all other European competitions, no one has ever done this before. ”
"Beckenbauer, Platini, Cruyff, Van Basten, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Rijkaard, Gerd Muller, all the world's biggest stars you name have never scored a hat-trick of goals and assists in their European careers."
"Cheng Hai is the first person in the history of European football!"
"I bet Cheng Hai's performance tonight will definitely shock the world!"
"Tomorrow, media around the world, whether it is sports media or comprehensive media, will definitely be swiped by Cheng Hai!"
"It's incredible, it's unbelievable!"
"I can't describe the shock in my heart at this time, but there is no doubt that Cheng Hai in this game is the god on the football field, and he dominates this game!"
"Cheng Hai's first start at the club is destined to be remembered in the history of world football!"
"Look at Dortmund's celebration, Grosskloitz knelt on one knee, put Cheng Hai's right foot on his knee, and made a gesture to shine Cheng Hai's shoes!"
"This is the highest respect for Cheng Hai!"
"The Dortmund fans in the stands shouted Cheng Hai's name over and over again, bowing to him!"
"Cheng Hai has already conquered this stadium, but at this moment, he has become a god here!"
"Not only the Dortmund fans, but also some of the Benfica away fans are applauding Cheng Hai!"
As the commentator said, not only Cheng Hai's compatriots and fans, Dortmund's home fans, but also the thousands of Benfica away fans who came with the team, many people stood up and followed Dortmund's home fans to applaud Cheng Hai's double hat trick of goals and assists.
Even the direct opponents on the court, Aimar, Saviola and others also gave Cheng Hai applause.
Cheng Hai's performance conquered almost everyone, including his opponents.
This time, Cheng Hai and his teammates celebrated for almost a minute, although no one came to urge, but Cheng Hai and others felt that the celebration was too long, and took the initiative to end the celebration, returned to their own half, and let Benfica open the middle circle.
After the game restarted, Benfica removed the defensive midfielder and replaced it with a playmaker to strengthen the attack and make a final effort.
However, Cheng Hai's presence has always made their guard line have some scruples.
At the very least, the two centre-backs would never dare to cross the halfway line to attack. The two full-backs did not dare to press forward aggressively, so they could only take turns to insert assists.
Such an offensive effect can be imagined, and Dortmund's backline is not paper-mâché.
Being able to sit at the top of the Bundesliga standings despite missing many games in the Asian Games and the Asian Cup twice, Dortmund is very strong at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends this season.
Therefore, until the 72nd minute, when Cheng Hai's physical energy was completely exhausted, he couldn't hold on, he couldn't even stand on his feet, and he had to be replaced by Klopp with Bender, Benfica couldn't score a goal.
Bender is a midfielder and he comes on to strengthen the defence.
The three-goal lead allows Dortmund to no longer have to think about attack, anyway, they can win in the end, and they just need to strengthen their defense and keep the lead until the end of the game.
Of course, Benfica will not give up.
Although they know that there is little hope, they still have to continue to fight.
What's more, now that Cheng Haidu has been off the field, their full-backs and even central defenders can boldly insert assists.
However, Dortmund's defence was so good that even with Benfica's best efforts, they couldn't get a single goal.
After three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Dortmund defeated Portuguese Super League giants Benfica with an aggregate score of 1-3 away in the first leg, 6-1 at home in the second leg, and 7-4 in the two legs to advance to the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Cup.
After the game, the entire Westfaren Stadium became a sea of joy.
A 6-1 win in a single game is a rare match for any team, let alone in the knockout rounds of the UEFA Cup, against a Portuguese Super League giant like Benfica, not a fish belly.
Coupled with the two-goal deficit in the first leg and the reversal of the second leg to advance, it is naturally worth the fans to celebrate.
Among them, Cheng Hai is naturally the object of cheers from teammates and fans, and the shouting of Cheng Hai's name has never stopped.
However, Cheng Hai himself was not able to interact with the fans in the stadium for too long, as he was soon called away by the coach to go to the post-match press conference with manager Jurgen Klopp.
As the first and only player in European history to score a double hat-trick of goals and assists, Cheng Hai is naturally the object of media scramble.
Klopp naturally knows this, he himself has to step aside, and all post-match press conferences must bring Cheng Hai.
Cheng Hai was also a little shocked and surprised when he learned from reporters' questions at the post-match press conference that he was the first and only player in European football club history to score a double hat-trick of goals and assists.
He is so deeply etched in the history of European football that even if someone does the same thing in the future, it will not erase his achievements.
In addition to the double hat-trick, Cheng Hai has scored a total of 14 goals in 10 official League Cup games excluding the play-offs, which is not only the top scorer in the League Cup this season, but also just one goal short of the 15 goals set by Klinsmann in 1995/1996 for the highest goals in a single season in the League Cup.
Now, Cheng Hai has led Dortmund to the quarterfinals, with at least two quarter-finals to play.
With Cheng Hai's efficiency, scoring one goal in two games to tie Klinsmann's record is almost a sure thing.
And once he scores two goals, Cheng Hai will set a new record.
That night and in the days since, as some commentators had predicted, the miracle of Cheng Hai's double hat-trick of goals and assists in the second leg of the League Cup quarter-finals spread all over the world, and he swiped the screen in front of fans all over the world, which can be called a shocking world.
"In the League Cup, Cheng Hai Club scored a double hat trick of goals and assists on his first start, becoming the first person in European history! 》
"Cheng Hai scored goals and assists and doubled hats like a god, leading Dortmund to defeat Benfica with an aggregate score of 7-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the League Cup! 》
"Once in ten years, goals and assists are double hats, made by Cheng Hai!" 》
"A double hat trick of goals and assists in a single game, Cheng Haitianshen's performance shocked the world! 》
"Cheng Hai, who started for the first time in the club, completely conquered the Westfaren Stadium and scored a double hat trick of goals and assists to become the first person in European history! 》
"Goal assist double hat trick, Cheng Hai has achieved a feat that countless world superstars have never done in their lives! 》
In China, fans and netizens were pleasantly surprised.
Countless people haven't slept since watching the live broadcast last night, and have been watching the news and comments until the morning.
There are also some fans who didn't stay up late to watch the live broadcast because of work and other reasons, and got up in the morning to see the news and fell into complete shock.
"Oh my God, what am I missing? A double hat-trick for a goal assist? The first person in the history of the European War? Even, a god, Cheng Hai is too awesome. ”
"One hat trick is shocking enough, but I didn't expect Cheng Hai to come to two in one game."
"It was such a scene on the first start of the club, and I guess Klopp himself didn't expect it."
"The key is that Cheng Hai hasn't played the whole game, he only played until the 72nd minute and was replaced."
"Yes! This efficiency is unprecedented! ”
"Also, Cheng Hai has now scored 14 goals in the League Cup, and he is only one short of Klinsmann's 15-goal League Cup single-season goal record, and it is estimated that we will have to celebrate Cheng Hai breaking the goal record again in the next League Cup game."
"Yes, according to Cheng Hai's efficiency, he will definitely score two goals in the two legs of the quarterfinals to break Klinsmann's record."
"If Borussia Dortmund can win the Bundesliga and UEFA Cup double this season, and he is the double Golden Boot of the Bundesliga and UEFA Cup, do you think he will be able to win the European Ballon d'Or this year?"
"It's qualified to compete, but it's more difficult to win awards, just look at the performance of Ronaldo and Messi. The influence of the Champions League is indeed much higher than that of the League Cup, and if Messi helps Barcelona win the Champions League, it will be difficult for Cheng Hai to win the Ballon d'Or. ”
"Yes! It's a pity, if Cheng Hai's performance of scoring goals and assists and double hats is played in the Champions League, I am afraid it will shock the world even more. ”
"Alright, I'm satisfied! Cheng Hai's performance this season is amazing enough, and Cheng Hai will definitely get it after the Golden Globe Award. Winning the Bundesliga and UEFA Cup double this year, and winning the European Golden Boy Award at the end of the year, this year is already successful enough. ”
"Yes! Enough to be satisfied, Huaguo Football has a genius like Cheng Hai, don't milk everyone, be careful of the milk. ”
"yes, don't milk, don't milk, low-key! Low-key is king! ”
Not only the general Internet media and fans are hotly discussing Cheng Hai's double hat trick, but even the CCTV news broadcast at 19 o'clock the next night reported on Cheng Hai's double hat trick for more than a minute.
The news network edited Cheng Hai's goal and assist video highlights, and as the game highlights played, the announcer narrated in a voiceover:
"Last night, in the second leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-final match between Borussia Dortmund vs Benfica, Chinese player Cheng Hai got the opportunity to start for the first time at the club."
"Just 2 minutes into the game, Cheng Hai received a cross from his teammate's side and scored a shovel shot in front of the goal, giving Dortmund a 1-0 lead, and Cheng Hai also scored his first goal of the game."
"In the 13th minute, Cheng Hai used a beautiful rainbow pass on the side to get past the opponent's full-back and then crossed the bottom to assist Barrios to score Dortmund's second goal, Dortmund led 2-0 at home and tied the aggregate score with Benfica 3-3."
"In the 23rd minute, Cheng Hai ran out of the gap in the penalty area and received a pass from teammate Shinji Kagawa and scored again with a low shot, helping Dortmund to take a 3-0 lead while also scoring a brace."
'However, in the 30th minute, Benfica also scored to level the aggregate score at 4-4 and the number of away goals was exactly the same.
'But Dortmund didn't stop attacking.'
In the 38th minute, Cheng Hai made another key contribution, breaking through the wing and making a cross to assist captain Kell to score Dortmund's fourth goal of the game.
"While Cheng Hai helped Dortmund expand the aggregate score to 5-4, he also completed the feat of scoring goals and assists twice."
"But Cheng Hai's performance isn't over yet."
When he left the game at halftime, Cheng Hai, who was physically exhausted, was supported off the field by his teammates. But after a 15-minute break, Cheng Hai became lively again in the second half. ”
"In the 53rd minute, Cheng Hai, who had recovered his fitness, once again crossed two people on the side and assisted Barrios to score Dortmund's fifth goal of the game, extending the total score between the two sides to 6-4, and Dortmund led by two goals.
"At this time, Cheng Hai has already scored a hat trick of assists and two goals, and his performance is already a god."
"But Cheng Hai's performance isn't over yet."
"In the 66th minute, Cheng Hai seized another opportunity to counterattack and almost formed a single shot, but was tackled by the opponent's central defender in the big penalty area, so he won a penalty."
Cheng Hai personally took the penalty and scored it in one fell swoop, and the penalty was safely sent into the top left corner, helping Dortmund lock the aggregate score at 7-4.
So far, Cheng Hai has scored a double hat trick of goals and assists in this game, not only becoming the first person in European history, but also completely conquering the fans and viewers on the scene and in front of the TV."
"After the game, Cheng Hai's feat of scoring and assisting double hat-tricks also shocked the world, and TV, newspapers, and online media around the world have carried out a series of reports and heated discussions on Cheng Hai's goal and assist double hat."
"Although Cheng Hai has not won any championships in Europe, his performance has completely conquered the world and become a well-known star all over the world."
"Let's wish Cheng Hai better results in the next Bundesliga and UEFA Cup competitions, and finally grow into a real world-class superstar and add points to Chinese football!"