Chapter 81: Advance to the Round of Sixteen
In fact, before the draw ceremony for the sixteenths of the League Cup, some Borisov Bart fans who watched the Bundesliga also liked Cheng Hai.
In the absence of conflicts, a super shooter like Cheng Hai can bring fans the joy of scoring goals in almost every game, who doesn't like it?
However, when Cheng Hai appeared in front of them now and became their opponent, everyone couldn't laugh.
Although the score on the big screen of the stadium was 2-0 at this time, it was them who were in the lead, and it did not make them welcome Cheng Hai's appearance.
As for those fans who are not Cheng Hai fans themselves, it goes without saying that they booed Cheng Hai's appearance, hoping to affect his state.
Cheng Hai's psychology will not be affected, but in terms of technical performance, it will be greatly affected.
After all, playing in such muddy snow, there is still light snow in the sky, and it affects the vision, whether it is team cooperation or individual technical play, it has a great impact.
In addition, most of the teammates are substitutes, and they do not cooperate well with Cheng Hai, so it is even more difficult to give full play to Cheng Hai's ability.
In the 67th minute, Borisovbat's attack was cut off by Dortmund, and the fullback Owomoyela, who got the ball, kicked the ball to the front with a big kick, ready to let Cheng Hai grab the ball.
Then, Lewandowski, Foyerner, Gotze and others went hand in hand and joined the attack.
As long as Cheng Hai grabs the first point, ferries the ball to his teammates, and then goes around the front to attack, it can basically become a very threatening attack.
However, just when Owomoyela kicked the ball out and Cheng Hai turned around to sprint to counter offside, he slipped and lost this offensive opportunity.
With a snap, Cheng Hai fell into the snow and splashed a piece of muddy water, causing a burst of laughter from the Borisov Bart fans in the stand.
Cheng Hai shook his head helplessly, got up and gave a thumbs up to Owomoyela, who passed the ball, saying that the ball passed well, and the failure to attack was just the reason why he fell.
The game continued.
In the 74th minute, Dortmund's position attacked. When the attack hit the front, after a few passes, Cheng Hai ran a short gap on the right side of the penalty spot in the penalty area, and Gotze, who cut inside with the ball, also saw this gap and passed the ball over.
As long as the ball is at Cheng Hai's feet, with Cheng Hai's shooting skills, the probability of scoring a goal is quite large.
Unexpectedly, when the ball left Gotze's feet and rolled to the line of the big penalty area, it suddenly fell into a puddle and stopped moving, so that Cheng Hai, who was full of bows and ready to shoot directly with a non-stop ball, did useless work and was quite helpless.
The muddy snow makes it quite difficult to pass and receive the ball on the ground, cooperate and break through, even with Cheng Hai's skills, there are frequent mistakes.
Fortunately, in addition to the flow of ground technology, Dortmund also has a way to carry out aerial bombardment, like Borisovbat.
In the past, the main force of header bombardment was the center forward, such as Barrios or now Lewandowski.
But now, Cheng Hai's bouncing and heading skills have been increased to the level of 20 full value.
Coupled with Cheng Hai's physique, off-ball running, and ability to grab points, Cheng Hai's header threat is actually much greater than that of Barrios and Lewandowski.
Of course, in terms of heading, Cheng Hai has a lot less factors to control, unlike ground offense, which can control the ball at his feet.
Header attack depends on the level of the teammate's pass, the speed, whether the landing point is accurate, the distance of the opponent's defender, the position, the defensive ability, whether the goalkeeper is attacking, etc., it is not easy to grab a header.
Therefore, many teams may not be able to score a goal in seven or eight corner kicks in a game, and Cheng Hai has not scored many headers.
In this game, Cheng Hai also experienced several failed corner kicks or side crosses after the game, either his teammates did not pass in place or Cheng Hai himself was blocked by the opponent and failed to grab the first point in time.
But there were too many crosses, and Cheng Hai finally managed to grab a header in the 82nd minute.
This is Gotze's bottom cross formed after breaking through on the side, after Gotze passed the ball out, Cheng Hai judged the landing point with his keen ability to grab points, and then used his erratic running position to shake off the two defenders, and finally pressed the opponent's last defender with full value of bounce force at the landing point in the back corner of the small penalty area, grabbed the landing point and shook his head to attack the goal.
Cheng Hai's perfect header technique allowed him to smoothly put the ball into the back of the goal. Despite goalkeeper Hutor's desperate save, he couldn't reach it and could only watch the ball go into the net.
Seeing the ball fly into the net, the Dortmund players on the pitch and the Hornets fans in the stands celebrated wildly.
It's really not easy for this ball to come by.
Although they were 2-1 down with just one goal back, it was a goal that changed the game for both sides.
In such a hostile playing environment, Dortmund only lost by one goal and also scored an away goal.
Back at home in the second leg, Dortmund only needed a 1-0 win over Borisovbart to advance.
Therefore, after Cheng Haiding scored this goal, his teammates rushed up to celebrate with him so excitedly.
On the other hand, on Borisovbat's side, both the players and the fans are a little ugly.
Not to mention the players, even ordinary fans know what it means to win against Dortmund by only one goal and be scored by an away goal in such extremely favorable weather and field conditions.
They are likely to be eliminated by Borussia Dortmund in the second leg.
Therefore, after the restart of the game, Borisov Bart made two substitutions in a row and continued to strengthen the attack, wanting to score another goal.
With a two-goal lead, they have a better chance of beating Borussia Dortmund away in the second leg.
But their wish did not come true.
While overall this weather and venue are favorable to them, it is only relative.
Absolutely, the weather and venue also have a big impact on their performance, but the impact is smaller than that of the away team Borussia Dortmund, so it seems to be in their favor.
But now that Cheng Hai is on the field, they dare not press the attack in the midfield and backfield, resulting in a lack of offensive strength. Coupled with some luck, by the end of the game, Borisov Bart also failed to score again.
Of course, the same was true for Borussia Dortmund, who ended up 2-1 at the hands of Borisov Bart in cold Belarus.
However, when the referee blew the final whistle, not many of the Borisov Bart players and fans who won the game showed smiling faces.
On the contrary, the Dortmund players who lost the game had smiles on their faces, and the Hornets fans who were interested in coming to the sidelines to cheer them on in the cold wind interacted with each other for a while before returning to the locker room to shower and change clothes.
After the game, the German media did not take Dortmund's defeat seriously.
Everyone knows that in those extreme weather and field conditions, Dortmund lost just one goal away and scored an away goal, and returned home in the second leg with a much better chance of beating Borisovbat to progress to the last 16.
In fact, this is also true.
After a comfortable win in the Bundesliga 23rd round, Borussia Dortmund hosted the second leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-final against Borisovbart on 24 February.
Although the weather did not shine, it did not rain either, and the temperature was above 0 degrees, which was much better than the weather and field conditions in the Belarusian capital.
In such an environment, Dortmund, who were the main players, showed great strength and took a 2-0 lead in the first half.
After waiting for Cheng Hai to play in the second half, Cheng Hai easily scored a hat trick, and finally defeated Borisov Bat with a score of 5-0 in the second leg and a total score of 6-2, and advanced to the round of 16 of the League Cup.
The only bad news was that goalkeeper Weidenfeller was injured in a collision with an opposition striker during the game and had to be replaced.
Although the injury is not serious, he will definitely miss the next game.
Dortmund's next game is the crucial German national derby: Dortmund away to Bayern Munich in the 24th round of the Bundesliga.
In the first half of the German national derby, Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 3-0 at home, Bayern must have a grudge, and in the second half of the season back to the Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich must do their best to stop Dortmund.
At the moment, Borussia Dortmund remain top of the table, 12 points ahead of second-placed Bayer Leverkusen and 15 points ahead of third-placed Bayern Munich.
In the 24th round of the league, if Bayern can successfully block Dortmund, it can not only close the gap between the two sides, but also maintain a certain hope of winning the championship.
And once they lose, with only ten rounds of the league remaining, Bayern is 18 points behind Dortmund, and only the theoretical possibility of a reversal remains.
With 18 points, Bayern has to win 6 games in a row and Dortmund has to lose 6 games in a row to tie it.
Is this possible?
It is possible in terms of probability, but in fact everyone knows that the probability is almost zero!
Therefore, whether starting from the historical grievances of the German national derby or the situation of the league standings this season, Bayern Munich's league at home will definitely be a game in which the main force will do its best and do its best.
It's a game with six points at stake.
As a result, the main goalkeeper Weidenfeller was injured and wanted to miss this battle of Tianwang Mountain, which is really a bit unfortunate.
Of course, for Bayern Munich, Weidenfeller's injury is great news.
Bayern coach Van Gaal said "sadly" in an interview with reporters: "It's really unfortunate news, I hope Weidenfeller recovers as soon as possible and sets foot on the football field again." ”
In fact, everyone knows what he means: as long as Weidenfeller doesn't play in the derby against Bayern Munich.
Louis van Gaal has been under pressure this season and currently sits third in the Bundesliga table, 15 points off top Borussia Dortmund, with little chance of coming back to win the title this season.
Bayern Munich, as the Bundesliga team leader, is unacceptable for such a result.
Even if you can't win the championship, you shouldn't be so far behind, and you should be inseparable from the top team to be in line with Bayern Munich's identity as a Bundesliga leader.
And, what's even worse is that so far this season, Bayern is not even second, but third, and is only one point ahead of fourth place, and can't even get a place in the Champions League play-offs next season.
Therefore, both the club's management and fans have a lot of complaints about Van Gaal, which puts him under a lot of pressure.
In addition, Van Gaal's militarized management and intensive training have also made Bayern Munich's players complain.
If he can't get a good result this season, I'm afraid Van Gaal could be out of class halfway through.
Coupled with the fact that Bayern lost 0-3 in the first leg of the national derby in the first leg of the season, if he doesn't win the derby in the second half of the season, he may not be far from class.
Therefore, Weidenfeller's injury is definitely good news for Van Gaal.
Bayern Munich has gone up and down, and there is a lot more confidence in this second leg of the national derby, and some players have also stood up to express their belief in winning.
Of course, Dortmund scoffed at the belief that Bayern Munich coaches, players, fans, and media were still victorious about Weidenfeller's injury.
Cheng Hai said in an interview: "Weidenfeller's injury is unfortunate news and we look forward to his early recovery. But Borussia Dortmund is not a one-man team, and without Weidenfeller, we could have won the German derby. ”
Finally, Cheng Hai confidently said: "I am very interested in capturing the famous Allianz Arena in Munich! ”
After that, the headline in the media became:
"Cheng Hai said that Weidenfeller's injury will not be affected! 》
Cheng Hai was dismissive of Bayern Munich, saying that he could capture the famous Allianz Arena! 》
Obviously, the media are all headline parties. Cheng Hai was originally a rhetoric to show confidence in victory, but when the media reported it, it turned into hateful speech.
However, Cheng Hai didn't care, anyway, as a member of Dortmund, it was a matter of course to become mortal enemies with Bayern Munich.
Even without such remarks, as Borussia Dortmund's top scorer this season, he is certainly a target for Bayern fans.
On the evening of February 28, 2011, during the pre-match warm-up, when Cheng Hai walked out of the players' tunnel and stepped on the turf of the Allianz Arena, it attracted boos and scolding from tens of thousands of Bayern fans.
Obviously, Cheng Hai's remarks before the game that he could storm the Allianz Arena were disgusted and attacked by Bayern fans.
However, Cheng Hai didn't care, and he deliberately showed off his shooting skills during training, hitting the crossbar with ten consecutive kicks on the line of the big penalty area.
The first time he kicked the ball to the crossbar, he was laughed at by the Bayern fans in the stadium.
The second hit the crossbar again, and everyone continued to laugh.
But when the third kick hit the crossbar, the laughter in the stands began to drown, while the voices of the thousands of Dortmund away fans grew louder.
When Cheng Hai shot on the line of the big penalty area with every kick and then hit the crossbar, the voices of the Bayern Munich fans became lower and lower, and finally they were silent and dumbfounded.
And thousands of Dortmund fans created applause and cheers comparable to tens of thousands.
Everyone knows that Cheng Hai's ten consecutive shots hitting the crossbar were deliberately and a response to the boos of Bayern fans.
Not only the Bayern fans should not be stupid, but even the Bayern players who were warming up in the other half became stunned and ugly.
Cheng Hai's pre-game provocative behavior, they are very angry and unaccustomed to it, but what Cheng Hai did is difficult for them to shoot, and they can't find a way to fight back, and they don't have the ability.
What's more, Cheng Hai's shooting skills made everyone even more worried about the prospects of this game.
Now it seems that as Cheng Hai said, even if Dortmund does not have Weidenfeller, they are just as powerful in attack.
Especially the existence of Cheng Hai, I am afraid that the Allianz Stadium will really be captured by him.
Everyone can only decide to score as many goals as possible and take a bigger lead before Cheng Hai plays.
However, when the time came to the evening, after the referee blew the opening whistle, the Bayern players realized that the game was so difficult!
You must know that although Bayern has not achieved good league results this season, their player configuration is superstar-studded.
Take a look at the players in their squad for this game, from the front to the back, Klose, Muller, Gomez, Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery, Schweinsteiger, Kroos, Van Bitten, Altentop, Lahm, Gustavo, Bout and many more.
To put it bluntly, Bayern Munich's players on the bench are stronger than most Bundesliga teams' starting line-ups.
However, the Bundesliga team, which has been stacked with so many superstars, has not shown the overall strength of these superstars this season.
Not to mention the ranking in the standings, just talking about this game, in the absence of Cheng Hai, the strength and value of Dortmund's starting lineup on paper are far lower than those of Bayern Munich.
The German national derby is considered a gimmick, and it is far less than the willingness of the Spanish national derby: most of the time Dortmund are far inferior to Bayern Munich in terms of lineup and results.
However, in this game, Dortmund, who looked star-stricken, played a better form than Bayern Munich.
This season, Cheng Haike missed a lot of games because of the Asian Games and the Asian Cup, Dortmund is still at the top of the standings, and so many points ahead of the second place, it can be seen how good Dortmund's strength and form are this season.
Even at the Allianz Arena, Dortmund got into the groove before Bayern Munich.
In the 12th minute, Borussia Dortmund scored first away from home.
Borussia Dortmund's favourite, Mario Gotze, one of Dortmund's twin stars, made a brilliant break down the flank and sent a beautiful arc from a cross down the wing.
Center striker Barrios followed up in the middle, grabbed the first point under the cover of Lewandowski, and scored the goal with a powerful header to score the goal guarded by Bute.
Borussia Dortmund scored first at the Allianz Arena to give them a 1-0 lead away.
Tens of thousands of Bayern fans fell silent, leaving only a few thousand Dortmund fans celebrating in a corner of the stands.