Chapter 045: Refreshed
It's been a few days since the match against Borussia Dortmund, but the face of Bayern Munich's leading goalscorer Robert Lewandowski is still clouded.
In the past few days, the media is still hyping up his loss to Jiang Chenxi in the national derby, which makes the Pole feel angry, he now refuses to read the newspaper, and the TV at home will try to avoid sports news.
On this day, Lewandowski went out shopping with his wife, and then, in the middle of a traffic jam, he saw a huge billboard newly erected not far from the bustling street:
As reliable and assured as a river!
Then I saw the smiling face of the kid who made him unhappy.
This is the Swiss Re Group is installing an advertising wall, in fact, the whole of Germany, in this small half a year, can see the invasion of the Swiss Re Group endorsed by Jiang Chenxi.
"Hell!" Lewandowski slapped the steering wheel hard, just in time to hit the horn and let out a long whistle.
"Robert!" The wife said dissatisfied.
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In the fourteenth round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund faced Mainz away.
Opel Arena.
Before the game began, Jiang Chenxi saw a scene that surprised him.
Led by the live announcer, the Mainz fans stood and applauded Klopp's name.
And the bearded man, who has always had a rebellious personality, put one hand on his chest, raised the other hand and waved, and then bowed slightly.
At the scene, there was thunderous applause.
Despite returning to the stadium as the opposition's manager, the Mainz fans still applauded Klopp.
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In the hearts of Mainz fans, Jurgen. Klopp represents a memory of the times.
Mainz has long been involved in the lower leagues, the city is best known for its Fort and the Printing Press, where football was once barren, and the explosion of the whole team began in the Bundesliga, and then gradually moved to the Bundesliga, which also accompanied Klopp's career and coaching experience in the team.
Jurgen Klopp, who was born in Stuttgart, dedicated 12 years of playing to Mainz, captaining the team in Mainz's history before retiring and was appointed manager when the club needed it most, in 2001.
By the 20002001 season, Mainz was in trouble in the Bundesliga and was even in danger of falling into the regional league of German football. Crouchen was sacked and sporting director Heider made a bet by appointing Klopp, the team's captain who had not yet retired, as the team's firefighting coach. This was considered by many at the time to be a "crazy decision".
Klopp's impact as a coach was immediate. Jurgen Klopp went unbeaten in six games, winning five of them to escape relegation and avoid relegation.
Over the next two seasons, he began to play with high pressing, twice taking the team to fourth place in the Bundesliga, but in the end they were a breath away from the first division: on the final day of the 20012002 season, they lost 3-1 to Union Berlin in the final round, dropping out of the top three and missing out on the promotion play-offs. 20022003 season was even worse, as they were only beaten by Eintracht Frankfurt on goal difference.
In the following season, Jurgen Klopp and his Mainz finally achieved their dream and the club reached the top flight of German football for the first time in their history.
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Mainz's next two Bundesliga seasons were fantastic, finishing 11th in the first two seasons and playing in the Europa League for the first time.
In the 20062007 season, they were back in the second division, and although Jurgen Klopp was still in charge, they were unable to return to the Bundesliga in time for a two-point deficit and a one-place gap.
Despite this, no one in Mainz has complained about Klopp, whether as a player, captain or later manager of the team, Klopp has given it his all.
In that summer, Jurgen. Klopp left Mainz, chose Dortmund, and then stayed in Dortmund until now, more than five years.
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In the final game, at the Opel Arena, Dortmund defeated the opponent 2-1 away, with Jiang Chenxi and team captain Kyle scoring respectively.
After the game, Klopp waved apologetically to the stands.
The camera captured, some gray-haired old fans standing there, waving in response, they are all old fans of Mainz, the years are passing, they are also aging, they rarely go to the scene to watch the game now, this time came to the stadium, to see their old friend Klopp, although this person is now the head coach of the opponent team, but, in the eyes of these old fans, he is still the Mainz himself, the one who has played for Mainz in the Bundesliga for twelve years, Then as a manager, he led the team to the Bundesliga in history.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Chenxi was a little moved.
One person, one city, at this moment, he suddenly had this feeling.
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After playing against Mainz, Borussia Dortmund welcomed the third round of the German Cup three days later.
Jurgen Klopp rotated the team, Jiang Chenxi and many other main players watched the game from the stands, and in the end, Dortmund, who was semi-main, still beat Saarbrücken 2-0 away and reached the quarterfinals of the German Cup in 20132014.
Jurgen Klopp rotated in the German Cup in order to rest his main players and prepare for the subsequent round of 15 matches in the Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund host Bayer Leverkusen.
At present, in the Bundesliga standings, Bayern Munich leads with 37 points, Borussia Dortmund ranks second with 36 points, and Bayer Leverkusen ranks third with 34 points.
All, a direct clash between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen, he was described by some German media as a rehearsal for the runner-up battle.
Of course, for this kind of rhetoric, Dortmund people are very repulsed and disliked, they are aiming to compete with Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga title, runner-up? What the hell is that? Last season's Sanya kings, they had enough.
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"The referee steals the show!"
This is the general consensus in the German media after the match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen, and everyone pointed the finger at the referee of this game, Steinfeig.
Steinfiger showed a total of ten yellow cards and two red cards throughout the game, four of them were yellowed for Dortmund, one was sent off for a direct red card, and five for Bayer Leverkusen, one of whom was sent off for two yellow cards.
In the words of the Ruhr News, the referee was there to whistle and draw cards, and the game was dismembered by whistles and rough fouls.
In this game, Dortmund played 0-0 with Bayer Leverkusen at home, Jiang Chenxi was once tackled to the ground by the opposing defender Donati in the penalty area, however, the referee Steinfeger did not pay attention, which made Klopp angry, he roared on the sidelines, and was finally sent to the stands by the referee.
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It is worth mentioning that in another game in this round, Bayern Munich slaughtered Werder Bremen 7-0 away, Bremen, who was once also the Bundesliga champion, was abused by the Southern King, Lewandowski caught Bremen scoring a goal and scored a hat trick, and the Poles scored 19 goals on the scorer list, 2 goals ahead of Jiang Chenxi.
After the game, the smile on the face of the Pole, who had been unhappy all this time, spoke to the media in the mixed zone, "I'm in great shape right now, I feel like I can score any shot!" ”
"I'm two goals ahead of Jiang? It's normal, there's not much to say. ”
Thinking that when he met Dortmund before, the Chinese kid ignored his indifferent attitude, the Poles have always been very unhappy, and now, the scorer list is pressing Jiang Chenxi again, and Lewandowski is refreshed.