Chapter 114: Qualification for the German Cup

The Chinese team won the World Youth Championships, and Ling Feng won the title of best player - everything was expected - in Maradona's words: "I would not be surprised that Ling led the team to win the Hercules Cup." ”

Maradona's affirmation of Ling Feng's strength made reporters follow up on it - if Ling Feng is now the world's No. 1 player, no one will deny it - even if he is not No. 1, no one can be better than Ling Feng - but to say that he can lead the not-so-good Chinese team to the World Cup - this is too exaggerated......

In response to the reporters' questions, Maradona just smiled and said: "Don't underestimate China, especially the current Chinese ......"

Is this a prophecy of a ball king? Consider Uncle Pele's prophecy - I hope that Maradona, the king of the ball whose personality is the opposite of Bey's crow, will also be accurate in predicting the outcome of Uncle Pele......

Ling Feng didn't have time to participate in the celebration of his return to China - he and Zhu Guanglu were supposed to take a roofless bus in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing with the championship trophy and the best player trophy, but now, Ling Feng had to go back to Germany.

Because, on the night of the World Youth Championship final, the Hamburg team came with bad news, in the away game against Bielefeld, the Hamburg team lost 0:1?!

Bayern Munich went on a winning streak by knocking out third-placed Borussia Dortmund away from home to keep the winning streak alive and the gap between the two teams narrowed to one point as Hamburg lost a game.

One point, this is a score that can be caught up with a little leak!

With three rounds of fixtures remaining in the Bundesliga, Hamburg and Bayern Munich are high in the top two of the table, ten points away from third-placed Borussia Dortmund, and it can be said that this year's Bundesliga title will be contested between Hamburg and Bayern.

What's more, none of Bayern's remaining three opponents is currently in the top ten, that is, it is difficult for the next team to snipe Bayern, plus Bayern is now united, and they are expected to win all three games.

And the next two opponents of the Hamburg team are not very strong, but in the final round, their opponent will be Dortmund!

However, Hamburg will not have to wait until the final round, as they will face Borussia Dortmund away from home in the German Cup semi-finals.

In this game, the two sides played a 2:2 draw, and the Hamburg team relied on Ling Feng's two assists, with Hao Haidong and Baron scoring one goal each - and Ling Feng was very dead by Summer's defense throughout the game, and there were not a few decent shots at all - Hao Haidong and Baron's goals were a free kick and a corner kick opportunity, and Ling Feng's pass was scored.

This can be said to be one of the several very embarrassing games of the Hamburg team this year, Summer's defense is not covered, as the hero of the German team winning the European Championship in 96, although Summerer missed most of the games this year due to injury, but in the game with Ling Feng, Summerer played against Ling Feng twice, the first time failed, the second time, he actually forced Ling Feng to score for the first time in the game, I have to say that it is a great improvement.

As for the two goals scored by Hamburg, it was entirely from set-pieces, so it's no wonder that Summer......

It's just that the Hamburg team scored two goals away from home, and they also have an advantage in the aggregate score, but compared to this away goal advantage, the Hamburg team's losses in this game are more serious!

Hao Haidong is injured!

Twenty-five minutes into the second half, Hao Haidong tripped and sprained the ankle of his right foot while breaking through, and although it was not a major injury, he would have to miss at least two weeks of play.

This means that when Hamburg and Borussia Dortmund play the second game of the German Cup, Hao Haidong will definitely not be able to play!

With Colts languishing and Hao Haidong also injured, the Hamburg team is now in a very unfavorable situation, and in the final moments of facing the three major cups, the Hamburg team obviously felt a lot of pressure.

Even Hoffmann, the chairman of the Hamburg team, came to Ling Feng and tentatively asked if he could give up such an unimportant game as the German Cup and shift his energy to the remaining Bundesliga and UEFA Cup - Ling Feng rolled his eyes back.

It's just that Ling Feng is also hesitating, the next game after the German Cup game is the semi-finals of the League Cup against Scotland's Glasgow Rangers, and the first game is still away, although Laudrup Jr. was poached by him to Florence, but there are two people in their team that should not be underestimated - Scottish veteran McAllister and England's "genius" - Gascoigne!

It would be a mistake to think that Rangers are just a normal powerhouse outside the top five leagues, and in the quarter-finals of the last round, it was Gascoigne who helped Rangers beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 away with his hat-trick of assists, and also interrupted the dream of German fans that the two German teams would meet in the semi-finals.

The most outstanding talent in England's history, a rebellious guy who gets into trouble all day, a guy who likes to stand on the training ground in women's clothes and say to his teammates: "Hi, sir, are you lonely?" But among the active players, in addition to Ronaldo and Zidane, Ling Feng is the most feared now.

The football geek has unpredictable footwork and awareness, and this is the last year of Gascoigne's glory, because by the time of the '98 World Cup, Gascoigne was thrown out of the England national team by Hoddle for alcoholism and his downfall - England's most promising midfielder was destroyed by his own hands.

It's funny to think about it, starting with Maradona and now famous football in world football, basically all of them have dealt with themselves - Schuster, Effenberg, Gascoigne, etc., and now there is only one Manchester United Cantonna.

As for Keane and Vieira, the future big-tempered ballball bully - one is pressed by Cantona and the other is pressed by Ling Feng, and they can't make any waves for the time being.

It is impossible for Ling Feng to give up any game, the Bundesliga, the German Cup and the League Cup, and now the Hamburg team is fighting on the third line, plus the last game was forced to draw by Dortmund, the whole Hamburg is filled with a pessimistic mood.

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"Carsten (Baron), catch the ball!" Ling Feng made a brilliant right-footed arc around the human wall and flew to the top of Baron's head, and Baron pressed the header of Henkoz next to him to score.

"That's what you did," Ling Feng praised, "Remember, tomorrow's game against Dortmund will depend on your header." ”

On the training ground, Ling Feng and his teammates were planning tomorrow's tactics, emphasizing Baron's header and scoring from set-pieces.

However, on the eve of the big game, the Hamburg team did not close the training ground, but allowed other personnel to watch freely from the sidelines.

"We have nothing to say to others," Ling Feng said confidently when interviewed by reporters - compared to Heathfield's old fox who couldn't even fly a fly into the training ground, it was undoubtedly much more upright for the Hamburg team.

It's just that Ling Feng's words just now seemed to be a bit aimed at Heathfield......

Heathfield looked at the video of the Hamburg team's training taken by the scouts, and pondered carefully: "It turns out that Hamburg's main offensive force tomorrow is that stupid big man......"

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“GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!” The Arena Stadium resounded with the passionate cheers of the old Thomas - I have to admit that our old Thomas can really go to the World Tenor Championships, and his decibels almost broke the windows of the live broadcast room.

Needless to say, it was the second game of the German Cup semi-final against Borussia Dortmund, and towards the end of the first half, Hamburg scored the first goal of the game – and the credit was given to Ivanoskas, who came on as a substitute for the injured Hao Haidong.

Heathfield in the coach's bench was dumbfounded, the goal just now was Ling Feng who shook off Summer's side of the penalty area and made a beautiful bottom cross - not to Baron who was surrounded by three people at the front point - but to Ivanoskas who was unguarded at the back point......

The Dortmund players who couldn't even move a finger for Baron were puzzled, Ling Feng had always given the point to Baron, a big man, why was the ball just now - they didn't see where Ivanoskas was, who had been doing nothing, was there.

Heathfield carefully observed the slow motion on the big screen, just now when Ling Feng started to break through to the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, Ivanoskas near the center circle also began to accelerate forward, and when Ling Feng took the ball - he didn't look inside the penalty area at all - it was directly to Ivanoskas at the back point of the periphery, and at this time, there was not a single defender near the Lithuanians......

"Fooled......" The old fox Heathfield immediately understood that he had fallen into the trap of the little fox - this was obviously a long-planned tactic, and the core of the attack was just a bait on Baron, but in fact, the real killer was the Lithuanian!

In the first half of the game, the Dortmund team had an absolute advantage in the situation, and the possession time reached 69%, while the Hamburg team could only use Ling Feng's speed and Baron's height to bring a blow to Dortmund through fast breaks and set-pieces.

It's just that although Baron is tall, his movement speed is very slow, and his body is not flexible at all, so he was immediately disarmed by Heinrich and Cesar.

It's not that Heathfield didn't arrange personnel to mark Ivanoskas, but in the first half of more than 40 minutes, the Lithuanian basically didn't touch the ball a few times, and the Dortmund team was at a disadvantage in the aggregate score and had to score, so he pressed all the way, and gradually forgot about this guy nicknamed "Horror Ivan".

They forgot that in the quarterfinals of the League Cup, it was this forgotten guy who made a steal at the last moment and gave Ling Feng a chance to overtake.

And now, it was this Lithuanian who once again dealt a fatal blow to Borussia Dortmund - two goals had to be scored in the second half to qualify!

Heathfield made a tactical change at half-time, replacing centre-back Khloe with midfielder Scotsman Lambert, changing the 4-4-2 formation to 3-5-2 in an attempt to tighten the control of the midfield to control the tempo of the game.

But in the second half, the Hamburg team seemed to have suddenly changed, no longer cowering in the first half and not daring to attack in their own half, Ling Feng replaced Baron, who was inactive in front, and replaced the 25-year-old German local striker Masson, and Ivanoscas strengthened the ground attack and the sniping of Dortmund in the midfield.

Seventeen minutes into the second half, Ling Feng took advantage of a corner kick to launch a quick counter-attack – his long ball fell behind Cesar like a precise GPS missile, and substitute Masson almost opened the door guarded by Klaus – and the post helped Dortmund a lot.

In defense, due to Ling Feng's participation and Vieira's excellent play, it was difficult for the Dortmund team to organize an effective attack due to the constant destruction and troublemaking in the backfield, but could only return again and again in vain.

With fifteen minutes left in the game, the score was still 1-0 and it was almost impossible for Dortmund to score two goals to win.

Heathfield changed two strikers in a row, and asked Summerer to give up the defense of Ling Feng and strengthen it into the camp of long-range shooting - so that although the Dortmund team's attack has been strengthened, the holes in the defense are also a big mess - if it weren't for Ling Feng only caring about defending in the back and having no time to step forward to attack, with the two people of the Dortmund team in the backfield, who could stop Ling Feng?

Just as the second half was about to end, Summer's long-range shot bounced off Vieira's butt and Kovacevic drove towards the Dortmund half.

This was originally just a relief without any intention to attack, but Heinrich was "lightly" touched by Ivanoscas when grabbing the point and fell to the ground - and behind Heinrich, there was only one Klaus left!

Probably due to the Hamburg team's home stadium, this not very obvious foul referee did not blow, and Ivanoscas quickly took the ball and rushed up after being stunned for a moment - a single knife!

The ball rolled under Klaus's armpit into the door, and Ivanoscas became the hero of the game for Hamburg, and his goal completely broke Dortmund.

With an aggregate score of 4:2, the Hamburg team reached the final of the German Cup, and what awaits them is the Bayern Munich team that is waiting for revenge - since the final of the German Cup is played after the end of the Bundesliga, I don't know if the reason for Bayern's revenge at that time is just the loss of the first two games, or the addition of a snatched Bundesliga championship......