Chapter 64: Looking Forward to the New Season
On August 19, 2012, the new La Liga season kicked off, and this season's La Liga started earlier than usual. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The opening match was Celta Vigo against Malaga, who beat Celta 1-0 away from home.
After He Ying stayed in the Barcelona first team, the Chinese media and fans began to look forward to the "Chinese derby" in La Liga, the Bundesliga already has a "Chinese derby", and now it is the turn of La Liga.
However, they will not have to wait until the early morning of December 17, Beijing time, in the 16th round of the league, Barcelona hosts Atletico Madrid, and then it will be the "Chinese Derby".
In the first round of the league, at 3 a.m. Beijing time on August 20, Barcelona hosted Real Sociedad. Then at 5 a.m., Atletico Madrid challenged Levante away.
Sun Pan has already confirmed that he will not be able to play in this game due to injury, and according to the Atletico Madrid team doctor, Sun Pan may not be back until mid-September.
So what everyone is looking forward to the most during this time is He Ying.
But to the disappointment of Chinese fans and reporters, He Ying was not selected for the Barcelona squad in the first round of the league, which means that he started and it was impossible for him to even come off the bench.
After Barcelona announced the squad, He Ying said in an interview with Chinese reporters that he was absent from the team's pre-season training camp, so it is difficult to get into the squad in the first game. However, he has not been hit by this, and he will continue to work hard to impress the manager with his performances and try to get into the squad as soon as possible.
The game had little to do with most of the fans in China, except for the Barcelona fans, who would be in front of the TV at 3 a.m. and everyone else washed up and slept.
In the end, the mighty Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 5-1 at home, with Messi scoring twice, Pedro scoring a goal and an assist, Tello who started two assists, and substitute Villa scoring a goal. He Ying's competitors in the front line performed very well.
Next, Atletico Madrid, who did not have Sun Pan, was forced to draw 1:1 by Levante away.
The players have all missed their respective games, but for different reasons, so their futures are a little different.
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La Liga has already started, the Bundesliga has not yet started.
When Zhou Yi returned to the club after the Olympics, Dortmund played a German Super Cup with Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich, who have changed managers this season, beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Super Cup, and Pep Guardiola won his first trophy in Germany.
Beating Borussia Dortmund and winning the title, Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich got off to a very good start, and the football he showed also made many Bayern Munich fans and the media feel excited. They are all sure this time that after Dortmund monopolized the Bundesliga championship for two seasons, Bayern Munich has finally woken up from its sleep, and once the giant wakes up, it will definitely bring a huge threat to Dortmund, and even directly remove Dortmund from the league throne!
For a while, the media was full of optimism about Guardiola's Bayern Munich, and everyone hoped that Guardiola could transfer his successful system in Barcelona to Bayern Munich, and build Bayern Munich into a "cosmic team" like Barcelona.
It was as if the era of Dortmund was about to turn a page over.
The situation on Dortmund's side is indeed not very good, Shinji Kagawa is gone, the core Zhou Yi has barely caught up with the team's pre-season training camp, and there is nothing too exciting for Dortmund in the transfer market. A total of four people have been brought in, only one of Reuss was finalized at the beginning of the year, and the remaining three, nineteen-year-old attacking midfielder Bittenconte transferred from Cottages for a fee of 2.7 million euros. Kirich, 350,000 euros from Kaiserslautern, and striker Schiebert from Stuttgart, 5.5 million euros.
This transfer move is really different from Bayern Munich's.
This summer, Bayern Munich spent more than 61 million euros on the transfer market to bring in eight players. The transfer fee of Javier Martinez alone is more than the entire transfer cost of Dortmund this summer......
After winning the league title for two consecutive seasons, Dortmund's title cycle seems to be coming to an end. Shinji Kagawa's departure is a sign.
After all, winning the Bundesliga for two consecutive seasons is already remarkable, and there are only a handful of teams in history who have won three consecutive championships - only two teams have done so, one is Bayern Munich, and the other is Borussia Mönchengladbach between 1975 and 1977. Borussia Mönchengladbach only this once, Bayern Munich won three consecutive titles, namely 1972-1974, 1985-1987, 1999-2001, an unprecedented triple "hat-trick".
So both from the current situation and from the historical point of view, it is almost impossible for Dortmund to win the league three times in a row.
In the aftermath of the Super Cup, the Munich Zeitung believes that Jurgen Klopp should have put all his bets on the Champions League in the new season if he is smart, and if he can make a historic breakthrough in the Champions League, it will still be a successful season for Dortmund and him.
But if you want to get good results on both fronts, it's impossible.
“...... The Chinese are celebrating their first Olympic men's gold medal in history, and Zhou Yi has become a hero of their country by leading the weak Chinese team to a gold medal. But I think while Zhou Yi enjoys this cheering, maybe he doesn't realise that his performance in the national team will cause his club to struggle...... The impact of missing the entire pre-season training camp is known to anyone who knows the game...... It can be said that the price of Zhou Yi's Olympic gold medal is likely to be that Dortmund fell into the abyss!"
In the end, the reporter of the "Munich Zeitung" swore and said it conclusively.
In this regard, Zhou Yi said in an interview with local media in China and Dortmund: "...... After we got our first league title, they said we were going to meet a rookie wall, so it wasn't going to be a good defense. We successfully defended our title and now they have found a new reason. To be honest, I admire them, I don't have much to say, because when it comes to dead ducks, they have a talent bonus. ”
The media has always believed that Zhou Yi missed Dortmund's pre-season training camp, so he will definitely not be able to play in the first round of the league - he may have just rested by then, and football games are not physical to play, and his cooperation with the team is still a problem, leaving Shinji Kagawa, coming to Reuss, Klopp must make some adjustments to the tactics, and Zhou Yi is not there in this critical period of adjustment, which is a hidden danger for him and the team.
However, with four days to go before the first round of the league, Zhou Yi said to reporters: "My body has almost recovered, and I am looking forward to playing in the first round of the league against Werder Bremen." ”
His words surprised the reporters - how could they recover so quickly?
Even if you don't train at all, it will take at least 10 days. Zhou Yike came to the team directly to participate in training after playing in the Olympic Games, he has always been known for his poor physical fitness, how did he recover almost?
To the surprise of the reporters, Klopp also said in a subsequent interview: "I am more optimistic about his (Zhou Yi) appearance in the first round of the game, of course, it all depends on the decision of our team medical team, if they think it is okay, then it is okay, if they think it is not possible, then Zhou Yi and I must be patient." ”
The words of the two men caused all kinds of reverie and speculation among journalists and fans.
After Zhou Yi left the suspense to others, he was still training step by step in Bracker, and he had already conducted tactical training with the team, no longer just physical training alone.
It can be seen that what he said is not a pretentious matter.
It's just that reporters and fans can't see it, because this part of the training is not open to the public......
If someone wants to think that Zhou Yi and Dortmund are playing tricks and acting again, then let them think so. (To be continued.) )