Chapter 121: A New Sports Idol for All (Part 1)

The quarter-finals of the 2012/2013 Champions League season all came to an end on this night.

La Liga giants Real Madrid eliminated Porto 3-0 at home in the first leg, 3-3 away in the second leg, and eliminated Porto with an aggregate score of 6-3 in the two legs, and advanced to the Champions League semi-finals. Real Madrid's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to take his tally in the Champions League this season to 11.

Bundesliga powerhouse Borussia Dortmund beat Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 in the first leg, 3-2 at home in the second leg, and 3-2 on aggregate in the two legs to reach the Champions League semi-finals. Borussia Dortmund's Polish centre-forward Robert Lewandowski scored twice to take his tally to six goals in the Champions League this season.

Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich defeated Serie A giants Juventus 2-0 at home in the first leg, and Bayern won 2-0 again in the second leg away game, and in the end, Bayern Munich easily advanced to the semi-finals with a total score of 4-0 over two legs.

Barcelona was 4-0 at home in the first leg, 1-4 away in the second leg, and 5-4 on aggregate in the two legs.

So far, the top four of this season's Champions League have all been produced:

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund!

La Liga and the Bundesliga each have two seats.

It is also seen as a confrontation between La Liga and the Bundesliga.

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Real Madrid and Bayern Munich advanced with ease, and even Borussia Dortmund, who narrowly beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-2, were always in the lead and in control of the game.

On the contrary, after the results of the quarterfinals draw came out, Basel was drawn, and Barcelona, which was regarded as a super gift package, played a little embarrassed, which caused an uproar in the media.

"Basel played a great game." According to Le Monde Sport, this is not so much the greatness of Basel as the absurdity created by Barcelona's understatement. Basel, led by their number one star, Jiang, gave fighting spirit and motivation, and they deserved a score of 4-1. Barcelona's underestimation and excessive relaxation created absurdity and played in embarrassment. The team almost squandered a 4-0 lead, and we have Messi to thank and Basel for coming too late.

It's embarrassing to think that after the draw came out, Le Monde Sports directly called Basel a super package, and now they are sharply critical of Barcelona, as if they have forgotten that they themselves despise Basel.

The "Daily Sport", which is also the mouthpiece of Barcelona, criticized Vilanova's team for playing messily away from home with the title of Barcelona's almost collapse in Basel, and they were not ready to deal with a tough battle at all, and they were to blame for the embarrassing 1-4 played by Jiang Chenxi led Basel.

Similarly, the newspaper selectively forgets the story of their describing Basel as a delicious candy......

After praising Basel twice, the Catalan media criticized Barcelona more, thinking that Barcelona was underestimating the enemy, and that the head coach Vilanova's lineup and on-the-spot command were problematic, and the tone of the whole argument was: The Barcelona of this game is not the real Barcelona, and the Basel of this game is Basel.

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Of course, there is one thing that is the consensus of Catalonia and other Spanish media, as well as mainstream European media: "This is Jiang's game!" ”

As: Jiang and Salah, the Basel twin make Barcelona tremble!

Marca: Barcelona on the verge of Waterloo, crazy river!

The newspaper Sport praised Basel for playing a master's game with the headline Jiang and Salah's goals that gave Basel a fantastic night...... If it weren't for Messi's goal, Basel would have almost created a fabulous comeback!

The cover of the French "Team Newspaper": Jiang brings a carnival to Basel!

The newspaper praised Basel for a great victory that made a name for itself, a night that belonged to the river, who drove the city of Basel into a frenzy and made the Swiss bow down.

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Jiang Chenxi and Basel bid farewell to this season's Champions League.

The media has also begun to take stock and summarize the Chinese player's debut season in the Champions League.

Basel reached the quarter-finals, creating the best Champions League record in the club's history, and the second leg of Barcelona is destined to become a classic in the history of the Champions League.

Jiang Chenxi's individual goals in this season's Champions League are also fixed at 12 goals!

So far, the 2012/2013 season is on the Champions League scorer list.

The first place is: Jiang Chenxi (Basel), 12 goals.

Second place: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) with 11 goals.

Third place is: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) with 10 goals.

Fourth place is: Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) with 6 goals.

Jiang Chenxi is 1 goal ahead of Ronaldo and 2 goals ahead of Messi.

Real Madrid and Barcelona both reached the semi-finals, and both superstars have hope of continuing to score.

Therefore, Jiang Chenxi's position as the number one scorer is not stable.

It can be surpassed at any time.

However, this is enough to make the Chinese media and fans excited and crazy.

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Even if Jiang Chenxi was surpassed by Ronaldo and Messi, however, Jiang Chenxi's top three positions are very stable, and the fourth-place Lewandowski wants to surpass Jiang Chenxi, at least 7 goals must be scored, even if Dortmund creates a miracle to reach the final, Lewandowski wants to score seven goals in the semi-finals and the final, which is almost impossible, no one has ever accomplished such a feat!

Therefore, in the eyes of Chinese fans and media, Jiang Chenxi's position in the top three Champions League scorers is solid!

What's more, Jiang Chenxi was one step away from the semifinals, and until the moment he left, he was still suppressing Ronaldo and Messi on the scorer list!

This is a list of achievements!

Such a performance!

Anyone who reads it should give a thumbs up and say:

Awesome!

That's quite an achievement!

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In China, there has once again been a wave of praise for Jiang Chenxi, and the mainstream media is focusing on the brightest star in Chinese sports today.

After basketball superstar Yao Ming and track and field superstar Liu Xiang, the Chinese finally found a national sports idol again.

Suddenly, the name of Jiang Chenxi, a 20-year-old young man, was full of online media, TV news, and major newspapers.

The whole country knows the name of this young Chinese football star.

Like a hurricane passing through, Jiang Chenxi's heat swept across the country all at once!

The whole country knows about him.

It's like someone who has never paid attention to tennis, and suddenly was overwhelmed by the news, and jumped up in shock:! Li Na is the French Open champion! Cattle!

It's like someone who has never paid attention to the Chinese women's football team, and suddenly jumped up in shock when he wondered: What? Did Sun Wen lead the women's football team to the World Cup runner-up? Cattle!

It's like a person who is very disappointed in Chinese football, or someone who has never paid attention to football, suddenly exploded:! Jiang Chenxi's goals are better than Ronaldo and Messi?

Awesome!

In an instant, a strong sense of national pride came up, excitement, pride!

National pride bursts forth at this moment, and national pride overrides reason, unfamiliarity and boredom of a certain project.

People are inexplicably excited, and they will look for all the news that pays attention to Jiang Chenxi, praise him, and be proud of him.

Cause?

Foreigners call him: China River!

China's Jiang Chenxi!

Jiang Chenxi is Chinese!

He is our compatriot!

Chinese!

In this way, all the emotional catharsis and reasons for pride are enough.