Chapter 44: Dortmund's Public Enemy
At the final whistle, the Dortmund players fell to the ground, they even lost the German Cup, and the team was already in a bad situation, and now it is even worse.
And Cologne was celebrating, seething, their fans did not expect their team to advance to the round of 16 of the German Cup.
"I still remember last season when Cologne finished first in the Bundesliga and the Rheinland Arena was crying."
"Last season's German Cup Cologne was a nightmare season when they were eliminated in the second round by Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga, but now it's over, and the lads in Cologne have made Cologne fans proud with their performances."
"Don, let's go and thank the fans."
Schultz pulled Tang Zhenglong, and the whole team came up and down to celebrate with the fans.
Cry together when you fail.
Have fun together when you win.
That's the biggest charm of football.
"Lucas, I love you."
"Don, that's good."
Tang Zhenglong's data in this game is also very good, a goal, although it is a penalty, but two assists are indispensable.
"Kicker" gave Tang Zhenglong a high score of 2 points, and a German football score, the highest is 1 point, the lowest is 6 points, and 0.5 points is a unit, so in a German Cup game, 2 points is very good.
In addition, Podolski scored 2 points, the same as Tang Zhenglong, which was the highest score in the game.
While the whole Cologne team was celebrating, Van Marwijk was surrounded by reporters in the mixed interview area.
'What the hell went wrong with the team, a two-goal lead and someone turned it over in the second half.
Van Marwijk shrugged, "It was a strange game. β
"All I can say is football."
Apparently unhappy with Van Marwijk's clichΓ©s, one asked: "I noticed that the collapse of Dortmund began with the switch to the number 99. β
Van Marwijk's face turned pale.
"Football is a team sport."
"But you don't seem to have studied the other party's 99."
Van Marwijk finally became furious, "A Chinese, what is there to study." β
There was an uproar at the scene.
Van Marwijk realized he had said the wrong thing.
'I'm responsible for the loss, that's the only thing I want to say.'
Van Marwijk departed, and captain Kyle walked through the mixed interview area, feeling the loss was due to bad luck.
"The two goals of the equaliser and the overtake were actually of average quality, but the line was a bit weird, so I think it was probably the opponent's luck that was better than ours."
"Is Dortmund underestimated?"
Kyle paused, "There is a point, we didn't expect the opponent's luck in the second half to be so good, in fact, including that penalty, I still believe that it was not a penalty, our players were unintentional. β
Kyle clapped his hands, "It's so fast, no one can dodge, but there is no way, the referee blew a penalty." β
The Borussia Dortmund players were clearly smarter than their manager and they seized the first controversial penalty.
In an interview, the Borussia Dortmund players talked about the penalty.
'If it wasn't for that penalty then maybe the next two goals wouldn't have come at all, but that's football and we have to accept it.' Ricken shrugged.
Schmelzer said the team made too many mistakes, but the loss was accidental.
'We're going to play well in the Bundesliga, we lost the German Cup, it's a shame but if we could do it all over again I think we'd do better.'
The Dortmund players left the mixed interview area and it was the turn of the Cologne players, but the coaching staff had warned the team in advance not to talk nonsense, especially Don, because the team advanced to avoid unnecessary losses.
"Especially Don? Why Don in particular? β
Tang Zhenglong was not happy when he heard it.
Stevens patted Tang Zhenglong, who was unhappy, "If it weren't for your highest rating, I wouldn't have let you be interviewed." β
After passing through the mixed interview area, Tang Zhenglong was surrounded by reporters.
At the beginning of a few questions, Tang Zhenglong was still very low-key.
"What do you think of your highest rating in the audience?"
"It's a credit to the whole team and I think Cologne is the best."
'On that penalty, why did you make a temporary substitution for Lucas?
'It was the coach's arrangement, I just did what I was told, and the most important thing was that I played in.'
The assistant coach smiled at Stevens: "Actually, Don can still answer questions honestly." β
At this moment, someone said: "The whole team of Dortmund said that Cologne won because of luck, what do you think of this?" β
I saw that the smile on Tang Zhenglong's face suddenly froze.
"It's not good, Don can't hold it back."
Stevens wanted to drag Tang Zhenglong back, but it seemed impossible.
"What should I do?"
"What should I do?"
"I can't help it, from 0 to 2 to 3 to 2, I can say with a clear conscience that it's bad luck?"
"Okay."
Tang Zhenglong broke out.
"If I lose, then I'll send my blessings, and not talk so much, luck?"
Tang Zhenglong sneered.
"If Dortmund feel that luck is the most important part of football, then they should immediately fire Van Marwijk and replace him with a god stick as their manager, stop training in the future, pray for eight hours a day, and Dortmund can win."
"Also, Dortmund players can play with crystal balls, or anything that changes their luck."
"Dortmund can also change the name of the team to Dortmund Luck Team."
Burst.
The reporters at the scene couldn't hold back and laughed.
"Hahaha."
The smile on Stevens' face was more ugly than crying, although Tang Zhenglong said what was in his heart, but these words would definitely cause a storm after the game.
Tang Zhenglong continued: "We entered three. β
"Three."
Tang Zhenglong stretched out three fingers.
"What do you think of your teammate Lucas?"
Tang Zhenglong thought about it, he and Podolsky belonged to a healthy internal competition, and there was no need to say anything in front of reporters.
"Lucas?"
Tang Zhenglong shrugged, "You should watch "Kicker", I'm not responsible for scoring players. β
After speaking, Tang Zhenglong left.
"Don, wait a minute, let's say a few more words."
Soon, Tang Zhenglong's report on Dortmund became news in Cologne and Dortmund.
Cologne fans were delighted, while Dortmund fans were mad.
A few years ago, the Bundesliga champions and Champions League champions were not only eliminated in the German Cup, but a young player on the other side also made a big fuss.
So the Dortmund players remembered a nasty name - Tang Zhenglong.
The Dortmund fan group announced that Schalke 04, Bayern Munich, and Tang Zhenglong are the most unwelcome public enemies of the city of Dortmund.