198 Cup Heroes

Jin Ming's transfer is lively.

From Germany to China, Chinese fans are also discussing Jin Ming's next family. Arsenal fans are of course ecstatic and are supporting Jin Ming to go to Arsenal. Manchester United fans, Chelsea fans, Liverpool fans and Manchester City fans are all against it.

They think that Jin Mingtai is not aggressive, how could he choose Arsenal and choose Arsenal, an unenterprising team.

Anyway, it's a lot of fun.

However, no matter how lively the transmission is, Jin Ming is still a player of Schalke. Jin Ming will not affect his performance on the court because of the transfer. On February 9, 2012, the quarter-finals of the German Cup began.

Schalke was still lucky.

Although they did not continue to meet teams from the lower leagues, the draw was very good. Ran into a club that is currently in a very turbulent team, the big dark horse Hoffenheim in the previous two years.

Hoffenheim has been in turmoil since Rangnick's departure. Rangnick left Hoffenheim because the club sold Gustavo. This is especially true for the club after Rangnick's departure.

The owner of Hoffenheim was also a bold winner back then. Especially in the lower leagues, there are a lot of powerful stars. If it weren't for that, even if Rangnick was a magician, he wouldn't have been able to really complete the Dark Horse saga. Hoffenheim started in the lower leagues and were promoted to the Bundesliga, and then excelled in the Bundesliga.

It's a pity that this guy doesn't know if he's tired of playing, and he doesn't have any big moves anyway. After arriving in the Bundesliga, there were no very good players.

On the contrary, the group of players who were the dark horse legends slowly left Hoffenheim. Demba Ba, Obasi, Gustavo were the core players of the year. All began to leave Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim's results have plummeted.

The situation is very bad. It has even reached the point of relegation.

In such a situation, where are they in the mood to play in the German Cup.

Therefore, the game was played relatively simply. Schalke played away from home but easily won 3-0. Reached the semi-finals of the German Cup. Jin Ming didn't know what was going on, and he was energetic as soon as he arrived at the cup.

In this game, Jin Ming once again completed a pass and a shot. Bringing Jin Ming's goals in this season's German Cup to ten.

After playing in the German Cup, Schalke immediately switched to European competition.

On February 17, 2012, Schalke played in the Europa League round of 32.

In fact, the German Cup and the Europa League are really the same for Jin Ming except for the different names and different opponents. Because the opponent is just as weak.

The Europa League is really full of underdogs.

Europa League round of 32 knockout round. Schalke's opponent is Plzen Victory FC. This is a club from the Czech Republic, and it can be regarded as a strong team in the Czech Republic. But it's just a Czech team.

The Czech club has only reached the group stage of the Champions League once in its history.

That's the Plzen victory this season.

Since the formation of the Champions League. Czech clubs have never been in the Champions League. There has never been a Czech team in the Champions League group stage. It wasn't until this season that Plzen made history and entered the Champions League group stage.

However, although they entered the group stage of the Champions League, it is certainly impossible to break through from the group stage of the Champions League with their strength. After all, when the Czech golden generation emerged, Czech clubs did not have any performance in Europe. What's more, the football strength of the Czech Republic as a whole has dropped a lot. Czech clubs are even worse. So I had to come and play in the Europa League.

The Europa League is actually these teams.

Schalke away to Plzen for victory. Although because Stevens is not in rotation, the main players are tired. But because of the advantage of strength, in the away face of Plzen Victory, it still won 3 to 1.

Huntelaar, Farfan, and Jin Ming each scored a goal.

A week later, Schalke faced Plzen at home.

It's 3-1 away and back at home should have been some rotation. After all, Schalke is far stronger than Plzen, and won 3-1 in the first game of the knockout round.

The game is almost nine out of ten, any coach. No matter what type of coach you are, this is the time to rotate. This is the obvious thing.

Don't say it's a coach. Something that even some laymen understand.

But even in this kind of game, Stevens is reluctant to rotate.

Basically, all the main players are on the field. The main players of the team are tired like dogs, and their results in the league are getting worse and worse. Schalke even had a chance to win the Bundesliga title in the first half of the season, but Schalke's results plummeted in the second half of the season.

Although it has not yet fallen out of the top three, the downward trend of results is obvious.

However, the league results are not good, but the results of the cup are really stable. Of course, it also has something to do with the fact that the cup opponents are too weak.

2-0 at home.

Schalke's main force still easily defeated the opponent. Jin Ming scored another goal in this game, and so far Jin Ming has scored eight goals in the Europa League. They are currently at the top of the Europa League goals table.

March 6, 2012, Europa League round of 16 knockout round.

Schalke 04 finally ran into a team that was okay. But it's just okay, it's not a really good team. is a FC Twente from the Eredivisie.

The strength is just like that.

The Eredivisie has not achieved much virtue over the years. Even giants like Ajax and PSV Eindhoven are not very strong teams in European football right now. Not to mention a team like FC Twente. FC Twente's quality is just average.

Schalke's luck is still good. Or maybe there weren't a few very good teams in the Europa League. At present, the strongest teams are Schalke, Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Athletic Bilbao. At the moment, we have just entered the knockout stage, and we will not run into each other.

The Europa League is inherently unattractive. Lack of influence.

In such a situation, UEFA does not dare to let the strong teams meet in advance. At the very least, these strong teams need to be retained to ensure the attractiveness of the games in the Europa League. Although the influence of these so-called strong teams is also insufficient. But at least there's a little bit of influence. But if they are all eliminated, then the Europa League really has no attention. Therefore, a strong team like Schalke, UEFA will not let him meet those strong teams in advance.

Schalke drew 1-1 away at FC Twente.

On March 16, 2012, the second round of the Europa League round of 16 knockout round began.

Schalke returned home to face FC Twente.

Five to one.

Defeated the opponent by a big score. Huntelaar scored a hat-trick and Kim Ming also scored a brace. So far, Jin Ming has scored ten goals in the Europa League, and Huntelaar has also scored ten goals. The two are tied for the top spot in the current Europa League scorers' charts.

However, two of Huntelaar's goals were penalties, but none of Jin Ming's goals were penalties. It's all goals in athletic battles.

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The competition is intensive.

The players are tired from playing.

However, Jin Ming is more and more energetic. At this time, Jin Ming's super strong body slowly appeared. Schalke's first-team players are very much consumed because manager Stevens doesn't like to rotate.

They were all tired.

But after Jin Ming entered March. Instead, it's getting more and more lively.

Probably because he was leaving Schalke, Jin Ming wanted to leave something behind for Schalke. Negotiations between Arsenal and Schalke have been going on for a month, but in fact, the terms of the two sides have been almost negotiated.

Actually, there's not much to talk about.

When Schalke and Jin Ming had that liquidated damages clause, the meaning was already obvious. Just give that money. Schalke immediately released him. So Arsenal just have to come up with that money.

Therefore, the two sides quickly negotiated the transfer.

It's just that it's the middle of the season. It's not good for everyone to announce it too early. Especially Schalke, now that Raul's contract renewal issue has been in a uproar, he doesn't want Jin Ming's problem to affect the locker room as well.

Therefore, the two sides are ready to choose a favorable time to announce the matter.

Jin Ming knows that Arsenal and Schalke have completed the transfer, so he has a strong desire. That is to leave a good gift for Schalke fans before leaving Schalke.

Probably because of this, Jin Ming is becoming more and more energetic.

Because it is a three-line attack, the Bundesliga, the German Cup, and the Europa League. So Schalke has a dense schedule. Shortly after the Europa League round of 16 knockout round, Schalke will continue to play in the semi-finals of the German Cup.

March 23, 2012. The day of the semi-finals of the German Cup.

Attention is high.

It's not just because this game decides who will reach the final of the German Cup, but also because there are really strong players in the last four of the German Cup this time. In the semi-finals of last year's German Cup, only Schalke and Bayern Munich, plus two teams from the Bundesliga.

This year is different, though.

Four Bundesliga powerhouses.

Bayern, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke, Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Among them, Bayern, Borussia Dortmund, and Schalke are all teams that have a chance to chase the Bundesliga title. They all reached the semi-finals of the German Cup, which of course attracted a lot of attention.

This is the end of Schalke's good fortune in the German Cup. Although I have been in the German Cup competition, I have always encountered all kinds of fish belly. But by the time it came to the semi-finals, there was no more belly.

Schalke drew Dortmund.

Ruhr derby.

It's a semi-final of the German Cup, or a knockout round. Coupled with the match between Schalke and Dortmund, which are the century-old rivals, there is enough attention. Schalke are at home to Borussia Dortmund.

Even in the usual Ruhr derby, the game between the two sides is full of Mars.

Not to mention the semi-finals of the German Cup.

It's even more sparkling.

"Kim, Hefferson."

On the bus before going to the game, Stevens announced the main lineup for the game. Needless to say, Jin Ming is currently the second scorer in the Schalke team. The goals scored in the league, the German Cup, and the Europa League plus the thirty-four goals already scored are definitely a number that shocked everyone. Although 20 of those goals were scored in cup competitions, many of them were scored against fish belly. But looking at this number jù is very good-looking, and it is definitely the number jù of a high-yield shooter.

Therefore, Jin Ming will not be absent from such an important game. And immediately after Jin Ming, it was Farfan who was chosen by Stevens.

Jin Ming had no surprises.

Stevens is a very conservative coach. The more important the game, the more afraid to take risks. Between Farfan and the young genius Draxler, Stevens ultimately chose Farfan.

Jin Ming understands that Farfan is on the field, and he has to play on the left side in this game.

No problem, though.

This season, Jin Ming played on the right side for half a season, and now the left and right sides are no big problems for Jin Ming. Although there are still many problems playing on the right side, he is already proficient.

Hearing Stevens' announcement of the starting lineup, Draxler was a little sad.

Since Farfan's return from injury, Stevens has placed more trust in Farfan. Draxler was highly regarded under both Magath and Rangnick. It's a pity that under Stevens, he can't compete with Jin Ming and Farfan, so he is a little sullen.

However, Stevens has no interest in following a young player's affection at this time.

'Borussia Dortmund they were aggressive defensively. Therefore, don't dribble too much, pass the ball more. ”

Stevens puts the finishing touches on the setup before the game starts. (To be continued......)