Chapter 242: Four goals in the first three rounds of the new season
After the German Super Cup, the German media was full of wails.
It seems that there is really not much suspense in the new season of the Bundesliga, and Dortmund FC is really too strong. Of course, I mainly saw Gu Zhen's performance.
Gu Zhen's recent form is really hot, except for his performance in the warm-up games, his performance in the previous German Cup and German Super Cup is very scary. In these two games, Gu Zhen scored four goals, an average of two goals per game, which is quite efficient.
Gu Zhen maintains this momentum, and it is still very possible for Dortmund to win the championship.
The main thing is that there are not many clubs that can pose a threat to Dortmund this season, and Dortmund seems to have a sense of standing out in the Bundesliga.
A lot of German media are calling on Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich, when can you stand up, the Bundesliga needs you to stir up the situation!
We don't want to see Borussia Dortmund win the title again, we're tired of it!
Bayern Munich still has some moves this summer, they spent 20 million euros to bring in German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from Schalke 04, 13.5 million euros to bring in German defender Jerome Boateng from Manchester City, 5.5 million euros to bring in Brazilian defender Raphinha from Italy's Genoa, 2.8 million euros to bring in striker Petersen from Ivbus, and 300,000 euros to loan young player Takashi Usami from Japan.
Yes, Bayern Munich have also made a lot of moves this summer, and they are currently strengthening the transformation of the back down and strengthening their defensive strength. To be honest, Bayern Munich still have some chances, but not very much.
Bayern Munich saw the super benefits that Dortmund made in the introduction of Japanese players, and they also wanted to tap some young people from Japan to invest.
If you think about it, when Dortmund brought in Shinji Kagawa, he was only worth about $350,000. And now? Shinji Kagawa's worth has come to around 12 million euros, which is very scary.
Who wouldn't want to make such a profit?
And at this time, not only Bayern Munich has moved its mind to Japanese players, but even other Bundesliga land seekers have also moved their minds to such low-priced Japanese players.
As early as half a year ago, many Bundesliga teams have introduced Japanese players, and in this summer transfer time, Borussia Mönchengladbach also introduced a Japanese player, 400,000 euros to introduce Japanese midfielder Yuki Otsu.
Therefore, Japanese players are more popular in the Bundesliga now.
However, the Chinese players are not bad, the only thing that is worse is that the Chinese players have no advantage compared to the Japanese players in terms of value. Clubs in China are asking very high prices for players in Europe, and they all want to make a profit. The Japanese team is different here, they all encourage players to play in Europe, which is relatively low in terms of value.
Therefore, European teams have invested very little in bringing in Japanese players, and they are not afraid of failure, so the occasional introduction of one or two does not have much impact. But what if one or two of them are like Shinji Kagawa and explode, then they will make a lot of money!
Therefore, the small teams in the Bundesliga still prefer to bring in Japanese players rather than Chinese players.
Although everyone wants to find the next Gu Zhen, it is really too difficult. What's more, the Chinese club is asking too high a price for Chinese players, which is a bit of a big investment, and if it fails, they are really a little painful.
However, Gu Zhen and Zhang Ningpeng, who are currently playing in Germany, are both performing very well, which has given the Chinese players a certain reputation, and still made many German clubs pay more attention to Chinese players.
If Gu Zhen still performs so strongly this season, it is impossible to say that those Bundesliga teams will grit their teeth and go to China to find some players to cultivate.
Now everyone's eyes are focused on Gu Zhen.
Gu Zhen performed so well last season, can Gu Zhen continue last season's performance this season?
Gu Zhen said when facing reporters: "Indeed, it is true that the excellent performance last season gave me some pressure, which cannot be avoided. However, I'm still in great shape and I'm definitely going to do my best to do my best and I want to get even better results in the new season! ”
Yes, Gu Zhen wants to get better results!
However, German media reporters think that this is very difficult, and the situation of last season is really a rare occurrence in a century, and Gu Zhen is too lucky.
Now almost everyone's eyes are focused on the upcoming first round of the Bundesliga, all of them want to see what kind of performance Gu Zhen has in this season?
On August 6, 2011, the 2011-2012 Bundesliga season officially opened, with Dortmund hosting Hamburg in the opening match.
This game is also in the spotlight.
First of all, it was the defending champions' match, and secondly, this match was the opening match, and then there was the showdown between Chinese and Korean players.
Of course, this last one is the most important thing for the Korean media, and they are very excited.
A super genius has emerged in the Hamburg team, and this guy has called Son Heung-min. He was a player sent by the Korean Football Association and the German side for some exchange activities a long time ago, when a group of young Korean players came to Germany for training, and Son Heung-min and several compatriots came to the Hamburg club.
However, in the Hamburg club, Son Heung-min made a name for himself.
At the start of last season, he scored nine goals in nine games in the run-up to the season and showed great effectiveness to break into the first team of Hamburg. Last season, he scored three goals in 13 appearances for Hamburg and still had a good performance.
At the beginning of this season, Son Heung-min still showed super form, and he scored frequently in the pre-season warm-up games, and even scored two goals in Bayern Munich in the middle of the Telecom Cup, and performed very well.
Therefore, at this time, almost all the German media believe that Son Heung-min will be the absolute main striker of the Hamburg team in the new season. And the South Korean media is also talking about this game called a contest between China and South Korea, they think that Son Xingmin, who is in very good form in the new season, will definitely not be worse than Gu Zhen, and Sun Xingmin's performance in this game will definitely be better than Gu Zhen.
In this game, it must be Sun Xingmin who wins.
Yes, South Korean journalists are so confident. However, the reporters on the Chinese side didn't care about this matter at all, in their opinion, Gu Zhen is already a top star, and they really don't care about what Sun Xingmin is, Sun Xingmin is not worthy of being compared with Gu Zhen at all.
Sure enough, the Chinese journalists were right. In this game, Sun Xingmin didn't enter the squad at all, this is a fart. It's not a person at the same level at all, what are you Korean media clamoring for?
In this game, almost everyone's eyes were focused on Gu Zhen.
In the tenth minute of the first half, Gu Zhen received a cross from Blaschikovski in the penalty area, hit the goal with a direct header, and smashed the football into the opponent's goal. showed a super bouncing ability, which made many people stunned, this guy seems to be stronger.
At the beginning of the second half, Gu Zhen was successful in the penalty area. The opponent's goalkeeper Drobney pounced on the ball, and the football rolled right to Gu Zhen's feet, and Gu Zhen gently sent the football into the opponent's goal.
In the final game, Dortmund won 3-1 at home, and Gu Zhen scored twice.
Gu Zhen's state is really good, very hot. scored twice in the first round of the league, which really made the media reporters frightened, is Gu Zhen really going to continue to be hot this season?
On August 13, 2011, the second round of the Bundesliga began, and Borussia Dortmund FC played Hoffenheim away. In this game, Gu Zhen did not score, and the media reporters were relieved. Gu Zhen, this guy should also stop, how can he be so hot all the time?
In the end, Dortmund lost 0-1 away to Hoffenheim and ushered in the first defeat of the season.
Seeing this, German media reporters believe that Dortmund FC is definitely not as stable as last season. Now that the Bundesliga teams have studied them thoroughly, it is certainly impossible for Dortmund to defend the title again.
Journalists are so confident now.
On August 20, 2011, in the third round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund returned to their home stadium to face Nuremberg.
Last season, Nuremberg won the Bundesliga Earth position, and their ruthlessness in the team was indispensable. However, this season, JD An transferred to Dortmund, and Nuremberg's strength has declined.
As soon as this game began, Gu Zhen shocked many media reporters.
Within three minutes of the shovel game, Gu Zhen came to the front of the big penalty area with a burst shot, and the football flew into the goal of Nuremberg with a roar, and the Dortmund fans at the scene were extremely excited, standing up one after another, cheering and dancing excitedly.
Gu Zhen is still Gu Zhen, his goal efficiency is still so high, no one can stop him at all.
In the tenth minute of the second half, Gu Zhen grabbed a point in front of the point and stabbed the goal, helping the team expand the score and also lock up the win.
In the 70th minute of the match, Grosskreutz volleyed directly into the corner of the box to give Dortmund a 3-0 home win over Nuremberg to get the three points.
Now that the three rounds of the Bundesliga are over, Dortmund is two wins and one loss, with six points and sixth place in the Bundesliga. However, they are also just one point away from the top of the league table. Because so far, there are no teams in the Bundesliga who have won all of them, and the teams at the top and second place are both on seven points, and then the teams from third to ninth are all on six points.
Therefore, in the early stages of the league, this result may not be impressive for Borussia Dortmund, but it is also an acceptable result, as long as they are stable in the future, they are still the strongest contenders for the Bundesliga title.
Of course, we have to talk about Gu Zhen here.
Gu Zhen is really powerful, he scored four goals in three rounds, and averaged more than one goal per game, which is really scary.
As long as they keep up that momentum, they could really defend their title in the new season.
At this time, Dortmund's attention is no longer in the league, and their attention is on the upcoming UEFA Super Cup. In a few days' time, the UEFA Super Cup is just around the corner, when they take on Portuguese giants Porto at the Stade Louis II in Monaco.