In the first round of the German Cup, Cologne defeated the regional league amateur team, Offenbach Kickers, and successfully reached the second round of the German Cup.

The German Cup is a single-legged knockout tournament that is played by all teams from all over Germany, and it is relatively easy to qualify from the first round of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga teams drawn from non-professional teams, but from the second round onwards, the competition becomes interesting.

Although it is unlikely that the Bundesliga team will meet the Bundesliga team in the second round, it is possible for the Bundesliga team to meet the Bundesliga team, but the probability is not large, and under normal circumstances, after the first two rounds, the Bundesliga and Bundesliga teams will advance.

This year, however, Cologne were clearly unlucky, as they were drawn in the second round against Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.

Dortmund is no longer the Bundesliga champions of 2002.

At this time, Dortmund fell into a debt crisis and the team was in difficulty, but even so, Dortmund led by Dutchman Van Marwijk was still favored by the outside world, at least the outside world thought that Dortmund had no problem crossing Cologne.

Cologne's own fans are also generally not optimistic about the team's prospects of promotion, and many even believe that the team should abandon the German Cup and concentrate on the league, and rush to the Bundesliga is the team's most important goal this season.

Coach Stevens is a little contradictory, on the one hand, the cup is a hotbed of upsets, but also an opportunity for small teams to make a name for themselves, because this kind of single-leg knockout is relatively accidental, so Stevens does not want to give up this stage.

But on the other hand, Cologne's strength is really limited, and it is okay to rely on Podolski to play the Bundesliga, but against the Bundesliga team, Cologne obviously has no advantage.

But Stevens is not at all helpless, he now has two cards in his hand - Podolski and Tang Zhenglong.

One scored 6 goals, the other scored 5 goals, especially Tang Zhenglong, the performance can be described as magical.

Stevens is even a little looking forward to Tang Zhenglong's performance in the German Cup, will he also be able to score?

"Don always surprises me." Stevens thought to himself.

*****

"Lu snakes, I'm back, do you miss me?"

Tang Zhenglong swaggered to the second team locker room.

"Hey, isn't this Don? Was he expelled from a team? Welcome. ”

The teammates stepped forward to knead Tang Zhenglong, as if they wanted to suck the aura from his body.

"You bastards."

"Haha."

After the trouble, many people asked Tang Zhenglong for an autograph.

"If you don't sign us today, you rest and leave."

"Damn, you snakes are very hanging."

"Hurry."

Tang Zhenglong was like a drawing, signing autographs for his former teammates of the second team one by one.

In my heart, the players of the second team all admire Tang Zhenglong, he is a role model, who doesn't want to play in the first team like Tang Zhenglong!

"Alright, I'm signing it for you, don't make a fuss, I'll look for John."

"Then you may have to wait a while, the U17s have just brought in a couple of rookie rookies, they were lazy in training today, and John is training them on the pitch now."

"Huh." Tang Zhenglong smiled in his heart, remembering that he had been trained before, and it was quite interesting to think about it now.

Ten minutes later, John returned to the locker room.

"Don, my star." John gave Tang Zhenglong a big hug.

"Why do you remember the second team?"

Tang Zhenglong took out a small box, "I remember that today is your birthday, I'll give you a gift." ”

Without John's recommendation, Tang Zhenglong would not have been able to go to the first team so quickly, and Tang Zhenglong still kept this favor in his heart.

"You have a conscience."

John took the box and saw the Omega logo.

Although Omega is not as good as Rolex, it is also a first-line brand, and the price of a few thousand euros is equivalent to the bonus of Tang Zhenglong for a goal.

"It's too precious for me to take it."

"Take it, now it's my prize money for a ball, but Rolex can't afford it for the time being, it's tens of thousands of euros."

"Haha."

John hesitated, but accepted it anyway.

"Don, I hope you can surpass Lucas."

Tang Zhenglong shook his head, "My dream is to surpass Elber and become the greatest foreign shooter in Germany. ”

John laughed, "You really will die if you don't blow for a second." ”

When he got home, Tang Zhenglong saw a stranger opening the door next door.

"Could it be that I'm on the wrong floor?"

I took a closer look and found that I didn't go wrong.

"Thief?"

Tang Zhenglong walked over, "Hello, are you Alia's friend?" ”

The other party turned around when he heard the voice.

Fair skin, black eyes, black hair, tall build, typical Turk.

Because of historical reasons, a large number of Turks immigrated to Germany after World War II, and the first generation of Turkish immigrants were basically engaged in manual labor, but over time, the second and third generations of Turkish immigrants have been integrated into all walks of life in Germany.

Especially in German football, there are many famous Turkish immigrants.

"Hello, my name is Kaya and I'm Arya's roommate."

"Roommate?"

Tang Zhenglong estimated that Alia's financial situation should be really poor, her apartment is not big, and she is now subletting it to others.

"My name is Tang Zhenglong, and I live next door."

"I've heard Arya say you're a footballer."

"Yes, Cologne."

"I studied acting."

"Actors?"

"Yes, I used to do stage plays in Düsseldorf, and I came to Cologne to find a filming opportunity."

Tang Zhenglong looked at Kaya, he is indeed very beautiful, but if he wants to mix in the entertainment industry, just being beautiful is probably not enough.

"Let's have dinner together in the evening, I'll have a treat, call Arya."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to do it tonight, I still have to audition, there's an advertising opportunity, I want to fight for it."

"Well, good luck."

"Thank you, tell you, I'm also a fan, but I'm a Bayern fan."

"Well, hopefully I can go to Bayern one day."

"Haha."

In the evening, in the small restaurant downstairs, when eating, Tang Zhenglong took the initiative to speak: "Alya, have you been very tight on money lately?" ”

"No, why do you ask?"

"You don't live in a big place, and you have a roommate, so I think you might be strapped for money."

Arya smiled, "You misunderstood, Kaya and I are netizens, we have known each other for a long time, she has always wanted to be a movie actress, you know, Cologne is a big city, there must be more opportunities, so she came over." ”

"I see!"

"By the way, let me ask you, isn't Kaya pretty?"

Tang Zhenglong nodded, but suddenly realized that there was a hole in this problem, so he shook his head again.

"Hehe, but I warn you, don't hit my friend's idea."

Tang Zhenglong said without skin and face: "What you should be worried about is Kaya's idea to beat me." ”

"Get out!"