Chapter 37 The End of China Day
As the football went through Nikolov's legs and rolled into the goal, the Macedonian goalkeeper heard the laughter from some Hoffenheim fans.
Duan Bin was excited to announce that Hoffenheim had opened the score gap again, but Yang Chen did not speak up. He was watching the replay after just scoring the goal.
He is not familiar with this Frankfurt team, and goalkeeper Nikolov is one of them. He has been playing in Frankfurt since the 1995-96 season. When Yang Chen's transfer in 1998 passed, he was the team's main goalkeeper, and the two had a good relationship. Seeing this old acquaintance being teased and humiliated in today's game, he picked up three balls from the goal in one game, he didn't know what to say. The original main goalkeeper played twelve games for Frankfurt last season, and he was going downhill like this team.
Although he has been away from Frankfurt for six years, no matter what, he always has a "Frankfurt complex" in his heart. He supported Hoffenheim before the game. Now, when Hoffenheim has confirmed his victory, there is no need for him to support Hoffenheim so much. Always let him miss the past?
※※※Frankfurt originally thought they had recovered one goal, even if they saw hope. They still wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursued it. As a result, Hoffenheim scored the goal just now, extinguishing the fire of hope they had just ignited.
Hoffenheim was like rain falling from the sky, not only extinguishing the fire of hope in the hearts of Frankfurt players, but also pouring them into chickens, as if mocking their attempts to resist.
After losing the goal, Frankfurt completely lost hope of winning the game. Although they were more than twenty minutes away from the end of the game, they never posed any threat to Hoffenheim's goal.
Only their head coach Vonkele has not given up yet. He has replaced Madawiki and Cayo (cesar_alves_dos_santos, nicknamed caio). Both of them are attacking midfielders, and Vonkele's ideas are obvious.
Unfortunately, his players have lost their fighting spirit. Even if he replaces with many offensive players, it will be difficult to save the defeat.
However, Hoffenheim won several more goals in the subsequent attempts, but the forward players were not sure.
Once in the 77th minute, Carlos Eduardo, who came on the bench, made a cross from the bottom of the penalty area, and BlackRock blocked the ball at the front point at Demba. Ba, who shot with his right foot seven meters away, and Rus flew into the small penalty area to head the ball to save the game.
Another time was in the 90th minute. Chu Zhongtian cut off the dribbling of the Frankfurt midfielder Mehdi_mahadavikia who came on the bench and handed the ball to Eduardo. Eduardo used his skill comparable to Ronaldinho, broke through again from the right and then tied the ball and crossed. Obasi scored eight meters in front of the goal, but hit the goalkeeper Nikolov's thoughts.
After this attack, the referee made up for both sides for three minutes.
Frankfurt made his last effort within these three minutes. They didn't want to win, but suddenly put down their burden and wanted to score another goal.
Unfortunately, Madawikia's long shot was rubbed by Chu Zhongtian's thigh, slightly changed the line and missed the post.
When the shot missed, the referee also blew the whistle to the end of the game.
"The game ends! Hoffenheim won a suspenseless victory at their home court! Chinese player Chu Zhongtian scored a goal and a direct assist in this game. In addition, the team's second goal was also initiated by him... He performed well! The live TV broadcast also pointed the camera at him. It seems that he is the best player in this game! Three consecutive rounds of games, three consecutive goals, three consecutive best in the game, Chu Zhongtian is in a surprisingly good condition now!"
After Chu Zhongtian and his teammates hugged and celebrated the victory, he walked to the sidelines and thanked the fans in the stands who cheered him.
As he moved, the shouts of "Chu Zhongtian" would constantly erupt in the stands. After a game, these Germans were able to call out Chu Zhongtian's full name more skillfully, and their pronunciation was not much worse.
"Chu Zhongtian! Chu Zhongtian! Chu Zhongtian!" They kept shouting the hero's name in the rain. Some fans even threw away the poncho in excitement, took off their shirts, exposed their breasts, and waved their arms hard to the rhythm of the shouting.
There is no such thing as a result in the history of Hoffenheim Club, and naturally there is no representative figure who can make it. So far, there is only one Dietma in the history of Hoffenheim Club for more than 100 years. Hope is a big shot, but he is not famous for his football, but for his assets.
This is also why others always think that Hoffenheim always thinks they have no foundation and lack history when talking about Hoffenheim. Hoffenheim fans look back on the club’s past 100 years and can’t find anything to use as a topic of conversation. Of course, their hearts belong to Hoffenheim, but they always feel that their hearts are empty and there is something missing. When Bayern Munich fans talk about Beckenbauer, Gede Muller, Mattus, and Klinsmann
, Hoffenheim fans can only remain silent. Dortmund fans can also talk about their hero Matthias Summer, even Mannheim, the German regional team, can also talk about Uwe Lahne (the top scorer in the 1987 Bundesliga and the German Footballer winner. Although this honor was won at Borussia Mönchengladbach, he was indeed trained by Mannheim), Vaughans (the main central defender of Dortmund and the German national team, also from Mannheim).
For Hoffenheim, they can't say anything, their history is pale like a piece of white paper.
Those who hate Hoffenheim never call this team "Hoffenheim", but directly call them "hoffenheim" in a contemptuous tone. In fact, Hoffenheim is not a village, but a town, but the German media is used to using "rural team" to describe this mini team. This is a nickname for those who like this team, and this is the best despicable name for those who hate this team.
Hoffenheim fans are eager to see a well-known star in their team. Last season they thought Salihovic was such a person, and now they have discovered another person, a guy who once took Salihovic's core position and made them feel annoyed.
Those who had prejudice against Chu Zhongtian before are now conquered by his performance on the court. This is Chu Zhongtian's favorite support - these fans are not supportive because of his attitude towards fans, nor because of his professionalism, nor because of his celebrity girlfriend. They support him just because he plays well.
Chu Zhongtian thanked them for their support. He waved upwards, then clenched his right hand into a fist, slapped the team logo on his chest.
Of course he knew how scarce Hoffenheim's history was. It was as pale as a piece of white paper, but isn't such a large piece of paper just making it easier for him to paint?
If Hoffenheim does not have a brilliant history, then we will create a new history. If Hoffenheim does not have a star who can make a move, then we will become such a star. If Hoffenheim is not a giant, then we will move towards the giants!
"Go forward, Hoffenheim!" He couldn't help shouting involuntarily by the refreshing victory today and the fanatical atmosphere on the scene.
The fans in the stands also shouted with him: "Go forward, Hoffenheim!! Go forward!"
After saying goodbye to the fans, Chu Zhongtian walked towards the locker room. He was stopped by many reporters in the mixed interview area. He must let the person who won the best player in three consecutive games and say a few words. The crew who came to shoot Chu Zhongtian's "Football Night" was also included.
"We are in good momentum." Chu Zhongtian just stepped out of that exciting scene and was full of confidence when speaking. "I think we have succeeded in relegation in advance."
The reporters laughed one after another.
"I know some people are always questioning us, and we will prove it to them. We want to win the next game, we still want to win the next game, and we still want to win the next game. We will continue to win, just as Mr. Rangnick said, we are not here to relegate, we are here to win every game!"
His declaration of victory made the reporters present stunned. Although they had expected that after winning the game, Chu Zhongtian would be very interested in winning the best three consecutive games. But no one expected that what he heard was such a confident declaration.
It's really arrogance to say something about winning streaks - even a Bundesliga overlord like Bayern Munich wouldn't say that.
After the initial surprise, the Chinese journalists quickly felt relieved and laughed. This is the so-called "newborn calf is not afraid of tigers"? As Chinese, of course, they support their own stars, and they also support the team where their stars are. This has been verified by Yang Chen's first joining Frankfurt and Yao Ming's joining the Houston Rockets.
So they didn't realize that there was anything wrong with saying this. Are there any lords, princes, generals and ministers? Who stipulates that the newly promoted team cannot make such a sound?
German journalists continue to be cautious about Chu Zhongtian's words. If Chu Zhongtian cannot say that their team wants to win in a row, they really praise the team in the media for the appearance of a king. No, the Germans are more rigorous. Unless there are some special reasons, they rarely make such irresponsible remarks in the media. They are different from those tabloids in England and Spanish sports media.
※※※Rangnick is not as arrogant as Chu Zhongtian. He only praised the team's performance at the post-match press conference. When a reporter asked him what he thought of Chu Zhongtian's prosperity, his performance was also very dull: "Every player has the power to express his own power, and I have nothing to say about this."
The reporter asked again: "So do you think the team can win continuously?"
Rangnick said: "I don't want to put too much pressure on the team. Can I win continuously? Let's wait for a few rounds of the league before watching."
He avoided this sensitive topic.
The reporters did not force the question. The team had just won the ball, so it was meaningless to get entangled on such topics. It would be better to ask Rangnik what the secret to such success...※※ Yang Chen went straight to the locker room in Frankfurt after the game. He met Nikolov at the door, and he was going to come to safely and secure Nikolov. After all, the relationship between the two was quite good when they played in Frankfurt.
Nikolov, who was slightly frustrated because he lost three goals and lost the game, was surprised when he saw Yang Chen.
"Yang? Why are you here?"
Yang Chen explained: "I am the commentator who came to this game."
Nikolov suddenly realized: "China Day! I understand. I don't know if it's the reason. The number eight in your country is really active..." He smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was so unlucky that he had become such an opponent on such a special day.
Yang Chen put his hand on his shoulder: "Don't take it to heart, Nikolov. He is the best player in China now!" Although he was comforting his former teammate, Yang Chen couldn't help feeling proud when he said this.
It is not common for Chinese players to be able to give up foreign players to a disadvantage.
Nikolov muttered: "I'd love him to be my teammate..."
Yang Chen laughed.
"I have nothing to say about losing to him in this game. Congratulations on finally having such a star player. He is almost the only star on the court in this game." Nikolov shrugged and shook his head.
Yang Chen was very helpful to this. "Thank you."
Then the two old teammates chatted for a few more times, and Yang Chen said goodbye to him.
As soon as the game ended, Yang Chen disappeared. Duan Bin was anxious when he saw Yang Chen appearing in his sight. He strode up and grabbed Yang Chen and asked, "Where have you been?"
"I went to visit an old friend." Yang Chen smiled.
"Frankfurt?"
Yang Chen nodded.
Duan Bin understood everything.
"We should leave. What do you think of this Chinese day?" he asked.
Yang Chen looked back at the Carl Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the rain and fog.
“What a game that impressed me.”
※※The game has ended almost an hour ago, and even the hard-core fans have all left in the cold rain, but Emily is still waiting outside the stadium with an umbrella.
Soon she saw her boyfriend trotting in the rain. She went up to meet him and divided the umbrella in half to Chu Zhongtian.
"It's over?" she asked.
"Well, it's over!" Chu Zhongtian took the umbrella and walked towards the parking lot with Emily. They will drive directly to Munich from here to meet their old friends, Ribery and his wife.
On China Day, he won a hearty game and was also elected as the best player for the third time in a row. Chu Zhongtian, who had been tired for a day, also had to take a good vacation for himself.
The two people got into the car, and Chu Zhongtian started the car. He did not rush to leave, but waited in the parking lot. After a while, the players came out of the passage and got on the bus parked at the door. He kept watching the bus leave the stadium, and then Chu Zhongtian drove away and drove to a completely different road from returning to Hoffenheim.
※※※In the home team locker room of the Allianz Stadium, the match against Bochum just ended. As soon as Ribery arrived at the locker room, he asked someone to find out the scores of the match between Hoffenheim and Frankfurt.
"3:1, they won!" The team's right-back Ram said angrily.
Bayern Munich has performed poorly so far this season. In the just-concluded game, they played 3:3 with Bochum. It is really unacceptable to be tied by a team like Bochum at home. In the last round of the league, they lost 0:1 to Hannover 96 away. In the last round of the league, they lost 2:5 to Werder Bremen at home.
The three consecutive league games have not won, which has put a lot of pressure on Bayern Munich. At this time, Hoffenheim has risen strongly again, which will inevitably make people put these two teams together and compare them. Comments believe that Hoffenheim will challenge Bayern Munich's status. This makes Bayern Munich's players even more unwilling to mention Hoffenheim. It is compared with a newly promoted team, and many Bayern Munich players feel that this is a shame.
Ribery screamed when he heard Hoffenheim win again. His teammates thought he had the same idea as him, but he knew that Ribery knew that he was going to be ridiculed by Chu Zhongtian in person. He was forced to be 3:3 against a weak team at home, and Chu Zhongtian defeated Frankfurt 3:1 at home, which was really awesome... Now the league has been held for seven rounds, Hoffenheim ranked second in the league, and where is Bayern Munich? The league is eleventh. Although the season has just begun, it is not enough to see this ranking.
After Ribery screamed, he went to take a shower. He was already thinking about letting Chu Zhongtian treat him to dinner. Of course, the person who won the game would lose money, so why should I pay?
※※After the players returned to the hotel, Rangnick disbanded the team and told them that they had a day off tomorrow. Everyone can go and play.
Anyway, the next round of the game will not be available after this game until October 18th, and this is the national team match day.
So it's nothing if you don't train tomorrow.
The players were very welcome to the decision. But not everyone could enjoy the holiday. Because some of the players selected for the national team had to leave the team and report to their respective national teams.
Fortunately, Hoffenheim is not a team with many international players, otherwise Rangnick would have to focus on physical training during this period.
What made Rangnick most happy was that the Chinese team was eliminated from the Asian qualifiers in the South Africa World Cup early, so on this national team's match day, Chu Zhongtian would not receive a call from any national team - the Chinese national team had no matches to play until the end of the year.
Rangnick decided to use the two weeks to have a good talk with Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian is the team's tactical core about Hoffenheim's tactical reform, and all new tactics must be carried out around him, so if Chu Zhongtian also plays the national team game, Rangnick will not be able to find anyone.
Rangnick is not just treating Chu Zhongtian as a player now. Sometimes he is willing to share some of his thoughts with Chu Zhongtian like an assistant coach.
At this time, Chu Zhongtian, who could hold a coach in Rangnick's mind, leaned against the passenger seat, tilted his head and fell asleep.
Chapter completed!