Cheng Hai's appearance was highly anticipated by his teammates and fans.

But in the end, they were disappointed.

Hoffenheim itself is playing defensive counterattacks, gathering quite a lot of players to defend in the backfield, not giving Cheng Hai room to run and grab points at all.

Coupled with Cheng Hai's current reputation, Hoffenheim's defenders did not despise him at all because he was a young man from Asia, but instead sent two players to mark him.

One of them is close to the defense, and the other is no more than 5 meters away, and once Cheng Hai gets the ball, he will immediately stick to the defense.

Therefore, until the end of the game, although Cheng Hai had a chance to shoot, he still failed to break Hoffenheim's goal after all.

However, fortunately for Dortmund, Brazilian striker Da Silva, who made a rare start, broke through the wing in the 91st minute of stoppage time, cut inside, and made a one-two with Shinji Kagawa before hitting the penalty area with a volley from a tight angle to make it 1-1.

Borussia Dortmund were lucky to get a point.

However, this game was a bit depressing for Cheng Hai. Because he didn't score a goal, he didn't have an assist, and he wouldn't be judged the best player by the system, and he didn't even get the benefit of the team winning.

After playing more than 20 minutes of competition, Cheng Hai did not gain any experience at all, and this was the first time he had participated in professional competitions.

But helplessly, who made him physically ill?

If you're fit and you can play the full 90 minutes, you should be fine with one or two goals in a game.

Now there are only twenty or thirty minutes per game, and it is understandable that we can't score goals once in a while.

In addition to Cheng Hai himself, Dortmund Club also has a more depressed place.

Because in the same round of the league, in the case of Dortmund being drawn by Hoffenheim, the second-placed Mainz won 1-0 away against Bayer Leverkusen and won all three points.

As a result, at the end of the 9th round of the league, Mainz overtook Dortmund again, with 2 points more than Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund dropped to second place.

Fortunately, two days later, there was good news.

On the afternoon of October 26, 2010, Peking time, and the morning of German time, the final 20-member squad of the 2010 Yangcheng Asian Games Chinese men's U23 football team was announced, and Cheng Hai, an 18-year-old Chinese player from Dortmund in the Bundesliga, was selected for the first time in the national team, among them, and the jersey number assigned to him was the same as that of the club: the No. 9 jersey representing the main striker.

When the news broke, the whole country was boiling.

In fact, at this time, Cheng Hai has equaled Yang Chen's record for the highest goal in a single season in Frankfurt.

Yang Chen's highest goal in Eintracht Frankfurt was his first season at Eintracht Frankfurt, where he made 23 appearances in the Bundesliga and scored eight goals.

And now Cheng Hai has made 9 substitute appearances in the Bundesliga and has scored 8 goals, which has equaled Yang Chen in terms of goals in a single season.

But the number of appearances and playing time, Cheng Hai is too much ahead of Yang Chen.

What's more, with the German Cup and the League Cup, Cheng Hai has made 15 appearances for Dortmund so far this season, scoring a total of 13 goals, ranking first in the team and ranking first in the Bundesliga scorer list.

This kind of efficiency is not comparable to Yang Chen.

Not to mention domestic players, even in the world's top professional leagues such as the top five European leagues, Cheng Hai's current data is the top in Europe this season.

Therefore, for Cheng Hai to join the national team, the media and fans have long been eager to see it.

Now, I finally saw the U23 national Olympic team recruit Cheng Hai to play in the Asian Games.

Moreover, with the strength of Cheng Hai, who is a top striker in the five major European leagues, leading the National Olympic team to play the U23 game in Asia, it is definitely an anti-aircraft gun to fight mosquitoes!

Although other members of the National Olympic team may not be strong, it will drag Cheng Hai down.

However, with the existence of Cheng Hai, the long-standing problem of Chinese football has been solved, and the strength of the National Olympic team will definitely be improved by several steps.

Originally, the Football Association shouted that the goal of the Asian Games was to enter the quarterfinals, but now although the goal has not changed, everyone has a new goal in their hearts, that is, at least to enter the semi-finals, and it is best to enter the final to compete for the championship.

Of course, sane people will take Messi as a reference, saying that Messi led Argentina to do little in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

After all, football is a collective sport, and no matter how powerful a person is, his teammates are too vegetable, he can't turn the tide.

But this statement was immediately refuted by the upright, and the main point was that Messi met the world's strongest team in the World Cup.

And Cheng Hai is in the Asian Cup, not to mention the world's strongest teams, and the opponents are not even the senior national teams of the Asian powerhouses, but only the U23-level national Olympic team.

Although Cheng Hai looks only 18 years old, his opponents in the Bundesliga and the UEFA Cup are the top teams in Europe.

In the face of a French giants like Paris Saint-Germain, who can score a brace, and an Asian team that plays U23 in the Asian Cup, is it not easy to catch?

Of course, there are more people who are rational and upright, but they are not optimistic, nor too inferior, anyway, they feel that with Cheng Hai's joining, the strength of the National Olympic team will definitely be improved, and the number of goals will definitely be improved.

In short, Cheng Hai's joining must be beneficial and harmless.

Cheng Hai's hometown, Cheng Songquan has become the new leader of the villager group through the villagers' election. Coupled with Cheng Hai's fame, there have long been many young people in the village who didn't watch football before, and even adults have learned to watch live broadcasts and watch Cheng Hai's games.

There is no newspaper source in the village, but there are also people who follow the news on the Internet through the computer every day, watching the movements of Cheng Hai, a football star who has walked out of the village.

Although Cheng Songquan has not yet started his new policy, the villagers have already enjoyed the benefits of Cheng Songquan's son Cheng Hai's fame.

Whether it's chatting with outsiders or doing business, as long as Cheng Hai, who plays football in Europe, is from their village, then others will look up to him and have face!

It's not a problem to have some money, Cheng Songquan's house has been built and is being renovated, and he is very busy every day, so he didn't get the news that Cheng Hai was selected for the U23 National Olympic Team to compete in the Asian Games for the first time.

But it didn't matter, someone from the village naturally came to tell him.

Although he had already called his son to find out about it before, now that it has been officially announced, Cheng Songquan is still very excited.

He immediately took out his mobile phone and called Cheng Hai.

At this time in Germany, it was still morning, Cheng Hai had just arrived at the training base, and he had not yet received the news that he had been officially selected for the U23 National Olympic team, and was chatting with his teammates while changing training clothes in the locker room.

Hearing the mobile phone ringing, Cheng Hai picked it up and looked at it, and saw that it was his father, so he answered the channel: "Dad, what's the matter?" ”

Cheng Songquan said happily on the other end of the phone: "Xiaohai, the Football Association has announced the list of the U23 National Olympic team for the Asian Games, you have been selected, and the jersey number is No. 9!" ”

Although he already knew that he would be selected, Cheng Hai was still very happy to hear that the list was officially announced, and suddenly said: "Great! Then you and your mom will be able to come and watch me play. Have you booked your hotel and tickets? ”

Cheng Songquan said: "Not yet, we don't understand, I found your uncle's cousin for reference, he has a computer." We will consider booking hotels and tickets according to the number of matches and venues of the national Olympic team. ”

Cheng Haidao: "As soon as possible!" I estimate that as soon as the news comes out today, it may be difficult to buy tickets for the National Olympic team. ”

When Cheng Songquan heard this, he immediately reacted, patted his head and said, "Yes!" Now there are more fans who like you in China, and when they hear that you have been selected for the National Olympic team, let alone Yangcheng, there are countless people from all over the country who want to come to see you play on the spot. Don't talk about it, I'll quickly ask your cousin to help us settle it. ”

Cheng Haidao: "Hmm! Good! ”

After the father and son hung up the phone, the teammates in the locker room asked Cheng Hai about it, knowing that he was selected for the Chinese Olympic team and was about to compete in the Asian Games, they also said goodbye, and then wished him good results in the Asian Games.

Just as Cheng Hai changed into his training clothes and was about to go to the training ground with his teammates to start today's training, his mobile phone rang again.

Cheng Hai picked it up and looked at it, but it was the phone number of Sun Wei, the head coach of the National Olympic team.

Because the communication with the Dortmund club was not smooth, Cheng Hai was the latest to report to the National Olympic team, and the time for joint training with his teammates was very tight.

Sun Wei called to tell Cheng Hai to book a plane ticket in advance, return to China immediately after the last game of the club, take advantage of the jet lag, and strive to train with his teammates for one or two more sessions.

Obviously, Sun Wei is not like the coaches and players of the club, who know that Cheng Hai's recovery is amazing, and he doesn't have to worry about Cheng Hai's jet lag, afraid that Cheng Hai will have jet lag when he flies long distances and won't be able to play a role during the game.

Of course, Cheng Hai himself didn't have to worry, but he didn't have to talk to the head coach about these issues, he just calmly agreed, claiming that the club would return to China immediately after the last game.

Because he was about to start training, just when Cheng Hai wanted to hang up the phone, Sun Wei said again:

"By the way, we have some tickets from the organizing committee for every game in our team, and the location is very good. Each person can give three to their relatives and friends. Do you need it? If I don't need it, I'll give it to someone else. ”

Cheng Hai was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Of course there is a need, my parents are preparing to buy tickets to watch me play on the spot, I didn't expect the team to have this benefit?" ”

Sun Wei said with a smile: "That's necessary, everyone fights for the country and doesn't get paid." If you don't have this little benefit, how can you be worthy of the national team? In the future, you don't have to worry about tickets for the national team's games, let alone your parents, it doesn't matter how many more people there are, the team leader can help you coordinate. ”

Cheng Hai thanked: "Then thank you to the head coach!" ”

Sun Wei smiled: "You're welcome, we are still looking forward to you leading everyone to get a good result!" By the way, I'll give you a phone call and I'll send you a text message later, one of the assistants in charge of this for our Olympic team. You give this phone number to your parents, and they can connect with you, so that your parents don't have to buy tickets, and you can get a refund if you buy them. ”

Cheng Hai said hello, then said goodbye to each other and hung up the phone.

After a while, Cheng Hai's mobile phone rang with the sound of text messages, it was sent by Sun Wei, a name and a phone number, obviously the assistant he just said.

Cheng Hai called the other party first, and the other party was very polite to Cheng Hai.

After all, he is just an assistant, neither a head coach nor a team leader, and has little status in front of Cheng Hai, a big-name star who plays for European giants.

Of course, Cheng Hai will not play any big names, he is very polite.

The communication between the two sides was very smooth, and the other party reassured Cheng Hai that he would contact Cheng Hai's parents and deliver the tickets to Cheng Hai's parents in person.

Subsequently, Cheng Hai called his father again and asked Cheng Song not to buy a ticket.

Moreover, there were three tickets, and he asked his father to find a free relative and accompany them to Yangcheng. Then, Cheng Hai gave his father the phone number of the assistant of the National Olympic team.

Cheng Songquan was also very happy to hear that the National Olympic team still had this benefit, and he didn't have to worry about not being able to buy a ticket.

After hanging up his father's phone, Cheng Hai hurried out and rushed to the training ground to start today's training, almost being late.

While the players were training on course, the coaching staff was discussing the next day's German Cup.

Borussia Dortmund are in good shape in the league this season and have a chance to win the title.

In the League Cup, they fell into the group of death in the group stage and played hard.

Dortmund's schedule is also dense on the third front.

However, Cheng Hai, the team's top scorer, is not physically fit and can only play twenty or thirty minutes per game, which is very annoying.

Of course, the club's management wants the team to go on three fronts, fight on three fronts and win the championship in the end.

But as coaches, Klopp and others have a spectrum in their hearts, and it will be very difficult to win the treble, even if it is just a small treble in the League Cup.

Don't get to the end of the chicken, you can't win a championship, then it's a pity that the good momentum of this season.

As a result, the coaching staff has been hesitant.

We're still discussing this today.

Assistant coach Blackmer looked at the sky and said: "According to the weather forecast, the weather tomorrow will not be very good, it will rain, and it will be away again." If we send the main team to fight for the German Cup qualification, on the one hand, we may injure the main players, and on the other hand, it will also stretch our front after qualifying. With our current strength, the three-front battle is really a bit reluctant. I don't think it's better to give up the German Cup and specialize in the league and the UEFA Cup. ”

The other coaches also looked at the sky and agreed with Blackmer's statement.

Klopp also looked up at the overcast sky, muttered for a long time, and then said, "Okay! Abandon the German Cup, specialize in the league and the UEFA Cup, and use substitutes when the squad is announced later, so that the main players can rest. On the management side, I'll communicate. ”

Blackmer nodded, then asked, "What about Cheng Hai?" ”

Klopp waved his hand and said: "Cheng Hai naturally wants to join the squad, his physique is too good, he is not easy to get injured, and his recovery is amazing, no matter how tired he is, he sleeps at night, and he is full of energy the next day." So take him with you! ”

The decision was made, everyone dispersed and began to coach their own players in training.

In the afternoon, when Blackmer announced the 18-man squad for the second round of the German Cup the following day, it was discovered that most of the people in the squad were substitutes.

The club has given up on the German game.

Cheng Hai naturally realized this, and suddenly felt a little depressed.

You know, the German Cup is also one of his tasks, and after winning the championship, there will be a reward of 30 skill points!

And, based on his experience playing in the national finals of the domestic big football federation, there will be an additional reward if he performs well in the German Cup and gets the best player and top scorer.

Dortmund gave up the German Cup, which is to make him give up a large number of skill point rewards!

It's no wonder that Cheng Hai is a little depressed.

Fortunately, he is still in the squad and may come off the bench.

Cheng Hai secretly decided that he must do his best in tomorrow's game to let the team win and advance to the next round.

If the team can reach the last four, I believe the club will not give up. After all, if you make it to the semi-finals, you are only two games away from the championship.

Even if the German Cup is not as important as the league, it is still a champion!

If you don't go all out to win the championship after reaching the semi-finals, it's a braincase.

The decision has been made, Cheng Hai didn't speak, it was useless to speak anyway.

The next day, at 20:30 on October 27, 2010, with the referee's whistle, the 2010/2011 DFB Cup second round match between Offenbach and Dortmund officially began at the Bibere Borg Stadium, home of the German team Offenbacha.

Since it has been decided to give up the German Cup, most of the substitutes sent by Klopp are naturally intended to give up the German Cup.

On the other hand, the players in Offenbacha are very excited.

On the one hand, there is the excitement of playing against a Bundesliga team, and on the other hand, it can be seen from Dortmund's starting lineup that the opponent has given up on the German Cup, and Offenbacha may stage a super upset, defeat Dortmund, the Bundesliga giant, and advance to the next round.

However, it stands to reason that Dortmund's players, even if they are substitutes, are much stronger than those in the German C, and they have an advantage.

However, since it is a substitute, it proves that there is little time to play official games together and the cooperation is not tacit enough.

Also, as the weather forecast says, it will rain during this race. Although the rain is not heavy and will not interrupt the game, it will affect the performance of the players on the pitch.

Especially Dortmund, which has superior technology, in this rainy day and slippery field, many technical actions cannot be done, or dare not do it, for fear of injury!

In addition, Offenbacha is playing at home again, and he has played 12 percent of his fighting spirit.

Despite the fact that Dortmund is a Bundesliga giant, and Offenbacha is a Bundesliga team, the two sides are still tied.

Under the rain battle, both sides made more mistakes.

Borussia Dortmund didn't score, and Offenbacha didn't score.

At half-time, both sides went into the break with a 0-0 scoreline.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

The situation in the second half remained unchanged.

Although Dortmund, a substitute who rarely starts once in an official game, is eager to prove himself with a victory in order to get more playing time, but the weather is not good, and Offenbacha is also very desperate, resulting in two teams with huge differences in strength on paper playing evenly and no one can help the other.

The score of 0-0 lasted until the 73rd minute, and when Cheng Hai couldn't help but take the initiative to ask Klopp to let him come on as a substitute, Klopp finally let Cheng Hai replace a striker and play.