King of the Zone

On the evening of November 2012, 11, the 8 Hua Guo Football Association Year-End Ceremony and Hua Chao Awards Ceremony was held in Yangcheng.

In the short film before the start of the grand ceremony, the highlights of Cheng Hai leading the Hua Guo Olympic team to win the London Olympic championship became the most important focus of the short film.

This has foreshadowed who the focus of tonight is.

Afterwards, the awards ceremony officially began. In the applause of everyone, the organizing committee successively awarded the top scorer of the Chinese Super League, the best local scorer, the best player of the Chinese Super League, the best coach, the best referee, the best rookie, the best goalkeeper, the best foreign aid and other awards.

After all these domestic awards were awarded, the most anticipated and least suspenseful event came.

The host stepped onto the podium and said affectionately:
"2012 is a memorable year for Huaguo football!"

"In the 2012 London Olympic Games, the Hua Guo Olympic team won the first Olympic champion in the history of Chinese football history, and also the first world champion."

"On the way for the Olympic team to advance all the way and finally win the championship, there is a player who deserves our thanks!"

"At the same time, this player won the Champions League in the club he played for, and is the first Chinese player to win the Champions League!"

"And, as a core, he led the club to become the first German team and the seventh European team to win the Triple Crown."

"Whether in the club or in the national team at all levels, he is everywhere, and his goals are unstoppable!"

"Next, let's watch the big screen!"

Everyone knew who the host was talking about, and many people turned their attention to where Cheng Hai was. Anya, Cheng Songquan, Xi Yulin and others all had proud smiles on their faces.

Then, Cheng Hai's wonderful performance in 2012 began to be played on the big screen.

Classic moments and goals including 6 goals in 17 games in the London Olympics and 131 goals in the club season led Dortmund to win the Triple Crown, five goals in 5 minutes, the European Golden Boot and other classic moments and goals appeared on the screen, attracting applause and exclamations from the scene.

Cheng Hai's achievements and honors are really dazzling.

The results and trophies achieved by Cheng Hai alone were not as dazzling as all the people present.

Cheng Hai's personal collection played for 10 minutes, and finally the words "2012 Huaguo Footballer Cheng Hai" were displayed on the big screen.

With the end of the short clip of the video collection, the host looked at Cheng Hai's direction on the stage and said loudly: "Next, let us use the warmest applause to invite the winner of the Huaguo Footballer of the Year in 2012: Cheng Hai!"

All the guests stood up immediately and gave out the warmest applause of the audience.

Whether they are from Huaguo or those foreign players who played for Huachao, they all gave the most sincere applause for Cheng Hai's achievements.

Cheng Hai led his team to win the Olympic championship, which won the respect of the Chinese people.And his great cause of leading Dortmund to win the Triple Crown also convinced those foreign players and coaches.

In front of so many compatriots, winning this honor also gave Cheng Hai the excitement of returning to his hometown and gaining the recognition of his hometown.

He stood up and bowed frequently to thank the audience, then stepped onto the podium and came to the host.

The staff next to him handed Cheng Hai a microphone, Cheng Hai bowed deeply to the audience again, and said, "Thank you everyone! Thank you!"

Then, everyone's applause subsided, the host shook hands with Cheng Hai, and said: "Cheng Hai, we all know that you have almost booked this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or, and you also won the Asian Footballer last year. Today is the first time for you to win the Huaguo Footballer. How do you feel now?"

Cheng Hai took a deep breath and said:

"Excited, proud, grateful!"

"Everyone knows what our Huaguo football has gone through!"

"No matter how much I have achieved in Europe, I will always be a Chinese!"

"The recognition and love from the people and compatriots in my hometown are always what I value most!"

"The Ballon d'Or and the Asian Footballer of the Year, they all just represent the recognition of the achievements I have made in my career, and they are cold digital feedback!"

"But today, the Huaguo Footballer is different."

"Although this award existed before, it has been discontinued for many years."

"This year because of me, the Football Association re-established this award under the call of the media and fans. This is the recognition of the people in my hometown."

"We Hua people all have the idea of ​​honoring our ancestors and returning to our hometown, and I am no exception."

"No matter how many achievements I have made outside, how many championships I have won, and how many individual awards I have won, it is always judged by foreigners."

"Only today, the recognition and encouragement from my compatriots in the motherland is what makes me most moved, proud and grateful."

"This land has bred me and educated me. No matter where I am, my heart will always be on this land."

"I'm only 20 years old now. As long as I don't get injured and retire in the future, I will definitely lead Huaguo football to create more history and move towards a more brilliant future!"

Cheng Hai's passionate speech made many fans at the scene and watching the live broadcast burst into tears, and there was thunderous applause at the scene. Everyone was moved by Cheng Hai's speech.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Hai, who usually doesn't talk much, has such a strong patriotic feeling in his heart!

Originally, some people still complained that the Football Association was coerced by the media and fans, and after a few years, the Huaguo Footballer was re-established in addition to the best players in the Chinese Super League. They thought this was a privilege for Cheng Hai.

But now, after listening to Cheng Hai's speech, looking back at his contribution to Huaguo football and the brighter prospects he may create in the future, everyone is relieved.

As the captain, he led the two-level national team to the Asian Games gold medal, the first Asian Cup champion, and the first Olympic champion. He was named the top scorer and the best player in all three events.

Amid thunderous applause from all the guests, Cheng Hai took over the Huaguo Footballer of the Year trophy from Nian Weisi, a famous Huaguo football player.

So far, Cheng Hai has already won the best player of the year awards at the national level and the Asian level, leaving only the FIFA Golden Globe Award from FIFA.

Based on Cheng Hai's performance in leading his team to win the Triple Crown last season, if he still can't win the Golden Globe Award, then there is really no need for this Golden Globe Award to exist.

The 2012 Huaguo football feast came to an end. Cheng Hai, his girlfriend and parents attended the reception dinner held by the host, Yangcheng Evergrande.

The next day, Cheng Hai bid farewell to his parents and returned to Germany with Anya.

After returning to Germany, Cheng Hai did not have time to rest and train, and immediately went to the away game with the team to participate in the 11th round of the Bundesliga Dortmund away game against Augsburg on November 10.

That is to say, Cheng Hai's ability to enter deep sleep at any time, was able to participate in such an away game and start the game after flying back and forth for more than half of the world.

Of course, flying back and forth across the country to receive the award, and it's an away game, Cheng Hai's on-the-spot status will inevitably be affected to some extent.

Even so, Cheng Hai still completed a goal and an assist performance in the away game, leading Dortmund to beat Augsburg 3-1 in the away game, retreated unscathed, and continued to lead the standings.

Although Bayern Munich also won the game this round, they still can only rank second behind Dortmund in the standings.

He flew back to China to receive the Huaguo Footballer of the Year award, and returned to Germany to participate in an away game in the 11th round of the Bundesliga. After contributing a goal and an assist, Cheng Hai flew back to China.

Because, Cheng Hai's next game is the sixth round of the World Preliminary Asian Top Ten Tournament between the Chinese National Team VS Lebanon.

Although the Hua Guo team has a very clear lead in the standings, this is only the sixth round of the game, and it is still very early to qualify. Neither the national football team nor Cheng Hai dare to be careless.

Therefore, Cheng Hai didn't complain even though he was tossing back and forth like this continuously.

Just like his speech when he received the Huaguo Footballer, he is doing his best to lead Huaguo football to create a bigger and more brilliant future.

However, flying back and forth over half of the world to participate in the competition still had a great impact on Cheng Hai's competition state.

Although full-scale physical fitness and the ability to enter the system dream training at any time and be able to sleep deeply made him persist in finishing the game against Lebanon, but Cheng Hai's strength may not have been fully utilized during the game.

In addition, of course, it rained heavily again during the game, which had a great impact on the game.

In the end, the Huaguo team struggled to win a 1-0 victory at home.

And the goal scored by the Hua Guo team was not scored by Cheng Hai, not even an assist.

But that ball was launched by Cheng Hai after stealing the ball from the backcourt, and in the end, forward Gao Lin was assisted by midfielder Yu Hai and scored.

Cheng Hai's offensive performance in this game was mediocre, and it could even be said to be a bit bad.

Fortunately, he played the midfielder position in the national football team. In addition to the attack launched by this long pass, his wide-ranging running in the midfield and sweeping the defense made a greater contribution to the defense of the Hua Guo team, and Lebanon did not score a goal in the end.

The most important thing is that Cheng Hai returned to China twice in a week, and also participated in an away game in the Bundesliga. He was able to perform at such a level in this world preliminaries, and he could no longer knock more balls.

Therefore, after the game, neither the Chinese media nor the European and American media spoke ill of Cheng Hai. Instead, many media and fans praised Cheng Hai's performance.

If this situation is someone else, there is no other way but to give up a game for the club or the national team.

Even if he barely participates, it will definitely be a disaster. It is impossible for Cheng Hai to start both games and still have a good performance.

In another group match later on, the Iranian team, which was at home, capsized in the gutter and was overturned 1-0 by Uzbekistan, who was playing away.

由此，除了华国队前六轮五战全胜（其中第四轮轮空）积15分高居积分榜第一外，No.2到No.5分别是6分的伊朗、5分的乌兹别克斯坦、4分的韩国和4分的黎巴嫩。

The gap between No.5 and No.2 is only 2 points, and the game can be reversed in one game.

In addition to the Hua Guo team ranking first and almost securing a qualifying place, the other four teams competed for the only No. 2 qualifying place. The quality of the death group is simply too worthy of the name.

It is more colorful than the death of Group D of the Champions League group stage composed of four league champions.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Cheng Hai.

Although he didn't score or assist, the Hua Guo team only won by one goal, but a victory is a victory. With 3 points, the Hua Guo team is almost guaranteed to advance to the World Cup.

Although physically and mentally exhausted, Cheng Hai was able to return to Germany with a relatively relaxed attitude to participate in club competitions.

On November 11, in the 17th round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund played against Fürth at home.

Cheng Hai, who traveled back and forth from Germany to China twice, still started the game.

And just like when participating in the National Football World Preliminaries, the state is very poor.

But what is different from the national football game is that the strength of the national football teammates is too weak, and in the end they only beat the opponent 1-0, while his teammates in Dortmund are much stronger.

Even without Cheng Hai, they could easily defeat a downstream relegation team like Felt.

In this game, not only Lewandowski scored twice, Royce added icing on the cake, Gundogan also used a wonderful breakthrough to enter the penalty area, forcing the opponent's defender to foul, and created a penalty for Cheng Hai.

Originally, Cheng Hai didn't want to take a penalty, but Jing Duoan insisted on letting Cheng Hai take a penalty, and Cheng Hai finally walked to the penalty spot.

Jing Duoan wants to help Cheng Hai get back to his status.

Cheng Hai lived up to expectations, his shooting skills never made any mistakes in this penalty kick, and he kicked the ball steadily into the dead corner of the goal.

In the end, Dortmund beat Fürth 4-1 at home and continued to lead the standings.

After the game, the gratifying news came.

In another Bundesliga game that started and ended at the same time, Bayern Munich challenged Nuremberg on the field, but was tied 1-1 by their opponents.

Bayern is 5 points behind Dortmund and finally started to fall behind.

And Dortmund, which has won 12 consecutive victories at the beginning, has become a nightmare for many teams.

After the Bundesliga ended, Cheng Hai could finally rest for two days with peace of mind.However, his journey has not stopped.

Because, the next game is away again, and it is still going to the Netherlands to play Ajax.

On November 11, in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, Dortmund challenged Ajax away.

Although it was another away game, and it was only four days away from the last game, after all, he didn't fly halfway around the world to Asia, and Cheng Hai's condition has recovered compared to the previous games.

Although Ajax, ranked fifth in the group, desperately wanted to win at home and strive for the second place in the group to advance to the knockout round.

But Dortmund this season is simply too strong.

Many people ignored Dortmund's strength because of Cheng Hai.But in fact, apart from Cheng Hai, Dortmund's Lewandowski, Gundogan, Reus, and Mario Gotze are all quite strong players.

In this game, Cheng Hai scored one goal and one assist, for him, his performance was average, even a bit poor.

It can only be said that it is better than the previous few games.

But other players made up for Cheng Hai's poor state.

Lewandowski scored twice, Gotze and Reus each scored a goal.

In the end, Dortmund beat Ajax 5-2 in the away game, achieved five consecutive victories in the group stage, and secured the first place in the group with 15 points.

In another group match, Manchester City, at home, drew 1-1 with Real Madrid.

After 5 rounds, Dortmund won all five games and accumulated 15 points to qualify for the first place in the group. Real Madrid ranked second with 7 points, Ajax ranked third with 4 points, and Manchester City ranked fourth with 2 points.

Manchester City have been eliminated from the Champions League group stage and cannot advance to the round of [-].

However, in the final round, they still have a chance to fight for the third place in the group to play in the Europa League knockout round.

The battle for second place in the group between Real Madrid and Ajax will continue until the final round.

The last round of the match is a direct dialogue between Real Madrid and Ajax. If Ajax can beat Real Madrid, they can still qualify for the second place in the group and advance to the top [-].

Back in China, on November 11th, in the 24th round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund played away against Mainz, and Cheng Hai continued to recover.

In this game, Cheng Hai scored twice and scored two goals to help the away game beat Mainz 3-1 and continue to lead the standings.

Although Bayern Munich beat their opponents 5-0 in this round, they have nothing to do with Dortmund's winning streak.

Dortmund has achieved an amazing record of 13 consecutive victories this season, creating the best start in the history of the five major leagues.

However, it's not over yet.

On November 2012, 11, in the 27th round of the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund played at home against the downstream team Dusseldorf.

In this home game, Cheng Hai finally returned to his peak state amidst the cheers of the home fans and ushered in a big explosion.

In the 7th minute of the opening, Cheng Hai received a cross from the winger Schmelzer who suddenly inserted an assist. After running too far in the penalty area, Cheng Hai turned around and flew into the air.

Cheng Hai opened the scoring and gave Dortmund a 1-0 lead.

In the 25th minute, Dusseldorf's counterattack was interrupted, Dortmund counterattacked, and Cheng Hai made a long-distance attack after passing four people in a row, facing the attacking goalkeeper and breaking through Dusseldorf's goal again.

In the 43rd minute, it was Cheng Hai's long-distance attack and continuous breakthrough, which forced the opposing defender to make a tactical foul at the front of the penalty area and knocked Cheng Hai to the ground.

But this foul did not stop Cheng Hai's goal.

Because, with a perfect arc, he sent the free kick directly into the dead corner of the opponent's goal.

Cheng Hai scored a hat-trick in the first half and fully recovered.

In the second half, Düsseldorf made it 68-3 with a goal scored by their forward Reisinger in the 1th minute.

However, not long after scoring the goal, Düsseldorf's defensive midfielder Paul Wich received another yellow card for a tactical foul on Cheng Hai. Two yellow cards turned into one red, and he was sent off the field by the referee.

Originally, the strength was not enough, and there was one less person to fight.

So, in the 80th minute, Cheng Hai cooperated with his frontcourt teammates to get a gap to hit the goal about 22 meters away from the goal outside the penalty area, and shot a powerful long shot from outside the penalty area, sending the ball into Dusseldorf's goal.

In the end, the score of this game was 4-1. Cheng Hai fully recovered, scored all four goals of Dortmund in this game, and staged a big four.

Dortmund also won the new season's Bundesliga with 14 consecutive victories, continued to lead the Bundesliga standings, and continued their record for the best start in history.