Chapter 23 German Super Cup Preview

Before the game, Gotze was definitely unable to participate in this game due to injury, so he escaped media harassment for the time being. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

However, another Dortmund "rebel" Lewandowski has become the focus and center of media attention.

Since the week before the game, reporters have been intercepting Lewandowski outside Bayern Munich's training base to hear what he thinks about the game.

"Will you play?"

'I don't know, it's a decision made by the manager. ”

"Would you want to play yourself?"

'As a player, of course I hope I don't miss a game. ”

"So would it be more motivating to meet Borussia Dortmund on the pitch here?"

"My motivation comes from the desire to win and nothing else. Also, I had a great time at Dortmund, I didn't have any conflicts with my coaches and team-mates, we got along very well and I am grateful for the help I received in Dortmund. Again, I have no problem with Dortmund......" Perhaps tired of the harassment of journalists with "I'm here to find fault" written on their faces, Lewandowski had to give the ultimate answer, which could be used to deal with all the reporters' malicious questions.

He knew that the reporters were trying to stir up the conflict between him and Dortmund.

That's right, he did have some contradictions with Dortmund in order to leave Dortmund. But fools are used by the media.

And he is telling the truth, there really is no contradiction between him and the coaches and team-mates at Borussia Dortmund. The conflict is between him and the Borussia Dortmund hierarchy, or rather the club's CEO Watzke.

His conflict with the club's hierarchy will not make him angry with his team-mates and coaches.

After all, he's picked up almost every honour he can win at club level in his career.

If Borussia Dortmund had been willing to give him a salary of €3 million a year, he would have signed a four-year contract with the club long ago. In fact, he did not have to leave Dortmund, he stayed very happily in Dortmund except for the small salary.

There are no such complicated reasons for his departure from Gotze that cannot be said.

So much so that in fact, Dortmund fans' dissatisfaction with Lewandowski's departure is mainly focused on leaving the team when Götze has to leave the team, if he leaves a year later, I am afraid that there will be no one who scolds him.

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Lewandowski is relatively low-key, but Bayern Munich seem keen to use the opportunity to hype up their big win over Borussia Dortmund in the summer transfer market.

Hoeness has claimed in interviews more than once that the successive poaching of Gotze and Lewandowski from Dortmund is a transfer operation that he is very proud of.

“...... I've been looking forward to our encounter with Dortmund more than once!"

Why is there an expectation? Does this need to be explained?

To which Watzke responded: "Hoeness seems to think that Bayern Munich can easily beat Borussia Dortmund? I don't want to say that he is wishful thinking, in football everything is possible, of course we can lose, but we can also win. Yes, this summer, we lost some people, but we also added some people. Isn't that the case with football clubs? somebody always leaves, and somebody comes. I think Hoeness was happy too soon!"

Although Watzke's response was somewhat tactful, his attitude was generally tough.

Snatching the league title from Bayern Munich for three years in a row, and beating Bayern Munich in both the domestic league and the Champions League last season, Watzke should have the confidence to do so.

However, in the eyes of the German media, this is not the case.

When Dortmund made a lot of money in China, some media in Germany criticized Dortmund for getting carried away, they were overdrawing the players' physical fitness, using the precious pre-season training camp to play commercial games, and letting the players' energy be used in commercial activities and TV talk shows.

After all, the team did not systematically conduct pre-season training camps, and spent a lot of valuable time on commercial activities and fan entertainment, how could the players stay in good shape, and how could they reserve enough physical fitness for the new season?

Although they, like Bayern Munich, had won all their warm-up matches before the German Super Cup, Dortmund were against three little-known Chinese teams, and in the eyes of the German media, they may not even be as strong as the Bundesliga team...... With such an opponent, how much gold can Dortmund's warm-up match have?

The media are curious to know where Watzke's enigmatic confidence and confidence come from for a team with this quality of pre-season training.

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When Dortmund was preparing for the German Super Cup, after some bargaining, the news about Yan Min's transfer to Dortmund finally had a result.

On 24 July, a news item appeared on China's Weibo first: "Confirmed! Yan Min joins Borussia Dortmund! Congratulations to the teenager Yan Min! The second Chinese player to play in Dortmund has been born!"

Soon after, Dortmund Club and Shanghai Chongming Club issued notices almost simultaneously, announcing that the two clubs had reached an agreement on the transfer of Yan Min, Yan Min had flown to Dortmund to undergo a medical examination, as long as the medical examination passed, he will officially become a player of Dortmund.

However, neither club's announcement revealed how much the transfer fee would be.

But this did not stump the media reporters, the Internet soon spread, according to the authoritative estimate of the German "Transfer Market" website, Yan Min's transfer fee to Dortmund should be about 1.5 million euros, and the two sides also have a floating clause, it is said that if Yan Min has made 20 appearances in the Dortmund first team, Dortmund will give another 500,000 euros to Shanghai Chongming Club, and if it reaches 50 times, then give another 1 million.

That is to say, if all the conditions are met, Yan Min is actually worth three million euros.

Yan Min's value is not the highest value of Chinese players, as early as nine years ago, Dong Zhuofang once transferred to Manchester United for 3.5 million pounds, creating the highest value of Chinese players, which has not been broken so far.

But in fact, Dong Zhuofang is strictly a transfer fee, not a value. Everyone believes that if Zhou Yi and Sun Pan want to transfer, they can casually break Dong Zhuofang's worth record of 3.5 million pounds.

At least in the German "Transfermarkt" ranking of Chinese players, Zhou Yi is the highest, the specific figure is 90 million euros - this is the amount of the release fee in Zhou Yi's new contract with Dortmund club.

Yan Min's successful transfer has pleased Chinese fans who have been following for a long time. European football is the center of world football, where there is the best league system in the world, where all the top players are gathered on the European stage, and being able to play there not only improves their own strength, but also means that they have entered the football world.

To put it simply, Chinese fans certainly want to see more and more Chinese players appear in the European arena with the highest gold content, and when enough Chinese players have established themselves in Europe, what is there to worry about the results of the national team? I am afraid that reaching the World Cup finals is not something to cheer and celebrate at all, but to take it for granted. At that time, Chinese fans will be able to look forward to their national team hitting the World Cup like the Japanese.

At the same time, a yellow V account ID also appeared on Weibo, named "Yan Min who plays football", the avatar of this ID is Yan Min wearing the red jersey of Shanghai Chongming, and the real-name authentication information reads "Former Shanghai Chongming winger, international player, and Dortmund active player Yan Min".

The physical examination has not yet been carried out, and the certification information is already an active player of Dortmund, which shows that Sina officials are very confident in this transfer transaction.

This account only posted one Weibo: "Hello everyone, I'm Yan Min, I'm here!"

And then there was no follow-up.

But under such a simple Weibo, it also brings together the blessings and cheers of fans from all over the country.

Everyone hopes that he can pass the medical examination and become a regular player at Borussia Dortmund, and then make a name for himself in Dortmund. There are also many people who joked: "The first thing I did when I went to Dortmund, don't forget to say goodbye to @Zhou Yi, who carried the handle, is not a dead fortune teller!"