King of the Zone

Because the game was at night local time, it was already 3 o'clock in the morning in Beijing time, so Cheng Hai's parents didn't watch the live broadcast.

But on the land of Huaguo, there are still countless fans staying up all night watching this game.

Seeing Cheng Hai's goal, watching Cheng Hai and his teammates celebrating, listening to the commentator's excited roar and commentary, countless Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game felt deeply happy.

Many people use computers to watch the webcast, and they can discuss in comment areas, forums, and QQ groups while watching the game.

While listening to the praise of Cheng Hai from the narrator and guests, everyone posted a speech to express their excitement:
"Cheng Hai is really awesome! After scoring in the German Cup debut, he also scored in the UEFA Cup debut."

"I only heard about Cheng Hai after he scored a goal in his German Cup debut last time. Today, I got up in the middle of the night to watch the live broadcast to see if he was so awesome! I trusted him, and it really didn't disappoint. Watching the game in the middle of the night is worth it!"

"Cheng Hai's level, if it is not limited by physical fitness, should be the main force."

"Even so, it is enough. Klopp takes him with him every game and gives him a chance to come off the bench in every game, which is already much better than most Chinese players who have traveled to Europe."

"Yes! Just being able to come off the bench and score goals in the UEFA Cup is worthy of Dortmund's attention. Didn't you see that Dortmund gave Cheng Hai the jersey number 9? Although the jersey number can't explain everything, it can at least explain part of the problem. The club will definitely not give the No. 9 jersey to a dispensable marginal substitute to wear."

"Not bad! From now on, we should pay more attention to Cheng Hai. I think he will definitely be selected for the national team."

"Oh, don't mention the national football team to me!"

"Yes! Don't mention the national football team, it will affect your mood!"

At the scene, the excited Cheng Hai and his teammates celebrated for more than 20 seconds before returning to their own half and waiting for Kabalak's players to kick off.

In fact, Cheng Hai's ball has knocked out all the resistance of Kabalak's team.

In the end of five goals behind, it is impossible for Kabalak to come back. They have already recognized the fact: it is impossible to reverse the comeback.

Therefore, in the next few minutes, Kabalak did not counterattack, Dortmund did not attack much, and Cheng Hai did not find any good opportunities.

In the 92nd minute, Cheng Hai completed his last shot in the penalty area, but unfortunately he was weak under the interference of the opponent's defender and was easily confiscated by the goalkeeper.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. Dortmund beat Karabak from Azerbaijan 2010-2011 in the first round of the 5/0 UEFA Cup playoffs, and basically advanced to the UEFA Cup group stage ahead of schedule.

And Cheng Hai also received a winning award of 10 experience after the game.Unfortunately, just one goal prevented him from being selected as the best player in the system's mind, and he did not win the best player award.

Even so, Cheng Hai is very satisfied with his rich experience in the UEFA Cup.Scoring 5 goals and winning 10 is quite interesting.

After one game, Cheng Hai's experience soared to level 16, 16.16/20, and there was still more than 3 left to upgrade.

Really cool.

It's a pity that the second round of the play-offs with Qarabag will not be played until every other round of the Bundesliga.

The next day, August 8, Klopp gave the team a day off to get some rest.

Also on this day, Cheng Hai, who scored a goal in his first show in the UEFA Cup, signed an agent contract with the famous German agent Baker.

From then on, Baker will become Cheng Hai's agent, helping him with a series of matters such as contract renewal, transfer, and commercial endorsement. The various endorsement shares in Europe and China are also classified in detail.

Just when Cheng Hai and Baker were discussing the agent contract, many TV stations, newspapers, and Internet media in Huaguo reported the grand event of Cheng Hai making his debut in the UEFA Cup and scoring a goal.

You know, this is the second goal scored by Huaguo players in the European war after Sun Jihai.

Therefore, the media coverage is very extensive.

The same is true for Germany.

If it is an ordinary player who scores in the UEFA Cup play-offs, it will not make waves at all.But Cheng Hai is different. He had a certain reputation before his career debut, and he was regarded as a peerless genius on the same level as Mario Gotze.

While completing his career debut, Cheng Hai scored goals in two consecutive games off the bench. The total playing time was less than 40 minutes, but he scored two goals in a row.

Coupled with the fact that Cheng Hai is only 18 years old and has no previous professional game experience, this is worth reporting.

In general, although Cheng Hai has only played two professional games, his potential and his background in the Huaguo market have higher news value and commercial value than many professional players in the Bundesliga.

No matter how low the share ratio is, as long as Cheng Hai is signed, it is equivalent to picking up money.

This is also the reason why Baker decided to accept the harsh conditions offered by Cheng Hai and Fu Hangyi.

After a day of rest and a day of training, at 2010:8 on August 22, 17, Borussia Dortmund played at home against their powerful opponent Bayer Leverkusen.

German football is actually a situation where one super is multi-strong. One supernatural refers to Bayern Munich, and multi-strong refers to Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04, Werder Bremen and other strong teams.

Among them, Dortmund has a slightly higher reputation among the second-tier teams because they have won the Champions League, but they do not have a great advantage against other second-tier teams in normal games.

Therefore, Klopp was a little cautious in this game. Instead of playing the 442 formation that everyone used to, he played a 4231 double midfielder formation to strengthen defense.

Klopp let Shinji Kagawa withdraw to the midfielder line, and partnered with captain Kyle to double the midfielder to protect the defense line, leaving only center Barrios on the forward line.

As a result, this style of play caused Dortmund, who was playing at home, to suffer a lot.

Originally, as the first Bundesliga game of the new season, it was another strong dialogue, and the Westfalenstadion was also packed. The fans wanted to see a passionate battle.

Unexpectedly, Klopp actually sent out a defensive and counterattack formation with double midfielders, which not only made the fans look confused, but even the players were very uncomfortable.

After Shinji Kagawa came to the team, he played as a front midfielder and a full-back in training matches, friendly matches, and official games, but he just didn't play a midfielder.

Although he has the experience and ability to play as a midfielder in Japan, the problem is that he has not played since coming to Dortmund, and there is a huge problem in cooperating with his teammates in the backcourt.

As a result, Leverkusen caught it.

At the Westfalenstadion, Leverkusen was the main opponent. In the 19th minute of the first half, they used the loophole between Shinji Kagawa and Kyle to break through the defense and sent the ball into Dortmund's goal.

Leverkusen lead 1-0 away.

Just when Dortmund's players were still a little confused and couldn't believe that they were behind at home, only 3 minutes later, in the 22nd minute, Leverkusen once again played an exquisite cooperation and sent the ball into the penalty area. The midfielder Augusto volleyed the ball into Dortmund's goal.

Leverkusen scored twice in three minutes to give Dortmund a 3-2 lead at the Westfalenstadion.

The Hornet fans in the stands were dumbfounded, and Klopp on the sidelines was also a little angry.Of course, in addition to the anger towards the players, there may not be no annoyance at their formation.

After the anger passed, Klopp hurriedly made a remedy, allowing Shinji Kagawa to move ahead of Nuri Shaheen, cruising around Barrios to play shadow forwards.

It's a pity that Shinji Kagawa and Barrios are not familiar with the cooperation, which is not as good as Qi Dan or Cheng Hai's cooperation with Barrios.

In addition, Shinji Kagawa is used to playing the front midfielder, and always retreats habitually, squeezing the position of the front midfielder Shaheen.

As a result, by the end of the first half, Dortmund hadn't pulled back a single goal.

Dortmund, who played at home, returned to the locker room with a score of 0-2 behind.

Fortunately, the home fans in the stands did not boo the home team, which made Cheng Hai on the bench more gratified.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Klopp did not make any substitutions, and continued the second half of the game with the lineup of the first half.

It is conceivable what effect this can have.

More than ten minutes later in the second half, Dortmund's offense still has not improved, and it is still 0-2 behind Leverkusen.

Finally, in the 63rd minute, Klopp made a decision to substitute.

As a result, it was not Shinji Kagawa who was replaced, but the winger.

I don't know what he was thinking, maybe he didn't want to admit that his formation was wrong?

As you can imagine, the game still did not improve.

Until the time approached 70 minutes, Klopp might have finally figured it out and wanted to replace Shinji Kagawa.

He glanced twice on the bench, and after looking back and forth between Cheng Hai and Qi Dan for a while, he finally decided who to replace: he asked Cheng Hai to warm up.

Qi Dan had a look of disappointment on his face.

But Cheng Hai didn't care so much, he got up excitedly and warmed up outside the sideline.

He felt he might be making his Bundesliga debut.

Although it is now 0-2 behind, there is a high probability that even if they play, they will not be able to help the team win, but for Cheng Hai, being able to play is a victory, so don't worry about it so much.

The same is true for Chinese journalists, Chinese and overseas Chinese fans, and Cheng Hai's parents on the scene and in front of the TV.

The life and death of Dortmund has nothing to do with them, they just want to see Cheng Hai play.If you can score goals, even better.

Now seeing the head coach call Cheng Hai to warm up, everyone immediately felt refreshed and felt that the wait for staying up late to watch the game was worth it.

Sure enough, after Cheng Hai became hot for a while, Klopp called him to his side, gave him instructions for a while, and then made a decision to replace him.

In the 74th minute, Dortmund made a substitution, Shinji Kagawa on the 23rd, and Cheng Hai on the 9th.

After coming off the bench for two consecutive games and scoring goals, and after the last UEFA Cup play-off game was a home game, many fans have already remembered this young No. 9 genius from Huaguo, and everyone has high hopes for him.

Therefore, when Cheng Hai was on the court, he also received applause and cheers from many fans. Obviously, he hoped that Cheng Hai would continue to carry forward the tradition of scoring goals from the bench and help Dortmund equalize or even reverse the score.

Of course, for Cheng Hai, there is only about 20 minutes of stoppage time, and it is almost impossible to score two or three goals.

Cheng Hai could only take one step at a time and see if he could score a goal.

Leverkusen naturally knows Cheng Hai. Although Cheng Hai has never started from the pre-season friendly match to the official game, everyone knows that Cheng Hai is actually Dortmund's main offensive player, but he has not been able to start due to physical reasons.

They don't want to be scored by Cheng Hai, and become the backdrop for Cheng Hai's substitute goals in three consecutive games, and the possible danger of being equalized.

Therefore, Cheng Hai was heavily marked by Leverkusen after he came on the field.Not only Hyypia, a famous central defender, is dedicated to marking him, but even the world superstar and Bayer Leverkusen's midfielder Michael Ballack is cruising near Cheng Hai, ready to help defend.

Yes, everyone read that right, it is the captain of the German national team, number 13 and international superstar Ballack who has the same agent "Beck" as Cheng Hai.

At this time, Ballack has come to the end of his career. He just transferred from Chelsea to his old club Bayer Leverkusen on a free transfer this summer.

But no matter what, he has a lot of experience in various big scenes, and Cheng Hai is basically a child in front of Barack.

Therefore, facing the coordinated defense of Hyypia and Ballack, it is difficult for Cheng Hai to get a chance to shoot in the open.

Coupled with the strength of Leverkusen, it is stronger than all the opponents Cheng Hai has encountered before, including Manchester City in a friendly match.

If Manchester City in the friendly match only showed 50% of their strength, then Leverkusen in the Bundesliga played 100% of their strength. Cheng Hai's feeling is naturally stronger than Manchester City's.

There are also fewer opportunities.

In the 79th minute, Cheng Hai ran out of a fleeting gap in the penalty area, ready to receive a pass from Gross Kreutz and shoot.

As a result, Hypia had an insight into Cheng Hai and his teammates' passing and running cooperation in advance, and with a flying tackle, he shoveled the ball passed by Gross Kreuz and flew out of the penalty area halfway to clear the siege. Cheng Hai kicked the goal and almost fell to the ground.

In the 83rd minute, Leverkusen's attack was counterattacked by Dortmund. Cheng Hai succeeded in countering offside. As a result, Kung Fu Shaheen's long pass was shoveled away by Ballack's flying shovel on the way.

It was not until the 86th minute that Cheng Hai finally completed his first shot after playing.

In fact, this time his teammates did not pass it to him, but Mario Götze made a pass from the bottom after breaking through from the side. As a result, Barrios did not grab the first point and was pushed by Leverkusen defender Kadlec.

But Kadlec did not do well under the interference of Barrios. He neither pushed out of the bottom line nor out of the penalty area.

But this time, Cheng Hai, who has full skills in running without the ball and grabbing points, finally seized the opportunity, suddenly started to throw off Hypia to grab the spot first, and then poked the ball back to the goal.

Originally, Cheng Hai thought he could finally score a goal this time.

Unexpectedly, Leverkusen goalkeeper Rene Adler made a world-class save. Haidilaoyue, who was throwing sideways, saved Cheng Hai's shot that almost went straight to the corner.

Not only did he fish out the ball, but Adler didn't even lose control of the ball. He pressed the ball firmly under him as his body fell, and didn't even give Cheng Hai a chance to make a follow-up shot.

Countless Bumblebee fans and Huaguo fans at the scene and in front of the TV sighed, feeling very sorry that Cheng Hai's shot was saved by Adler.

Cheng Hai, who was about to celebrate the goal, also widened his eyes, looking at the goalkeeper Adler in disbelief, feeling as if he had hit a ghost!
This goalkeeper whose name he has never heard of can make such a world-class save?
Cheng Hai felt that he was too unlucky.

In fact, Cheng Hai didn't know that Rene Adler was a very good goalkeeper in Germany, but his edge was overshadowed by Kahn, Lehmann, Neuer and others, and his popularity was not high.

This kind of world-class save is not a miracle on Adler.Otherwise, he will not be able to sit firmly as the main goalkeeper of a strong Bundesliga team like Leverkusen.

The game continues.

Although time was running out and Dortmund's chances of equalizing the score were getting lower and lower, but everyone did not give up.

After all, they are playing at home. Even if they know they are going to lose the game, they must show their spirit of never giving up in front of 8 Hornets fans.

He had already lost the game, and he also showed a dejected, surrendered look. After the game, he didn't know what he would be scolded for.

Therefore, in the last few minutes of the game, Dortmund was still struggling to attack.

The fans of Westfalen did not give up either. The closer to the final stage of the game, the more they cheered for Dortmund.

Especially in the famous South Stand, more than 2 diehard fans have been singing Dortmund's team song, cheering for the team and never giving up.

With such an atmosphere, Dortmund finally got a chance when they entered the 91st minute of stoppage time.

This chance was created by Mario Gotze.

Being able to become the darling of the Westfalenstadion, Mario Gotze's strength is beyond doubt. He is one of the best young people in European football. Many people even predict that he will be one of the strong contenders for the European Ballon d'Or in the future.

Of course, the future is still far away.

But in the Bundesliga, Gotze's strength is enough to threaten the threat of many goals.

This time, it was Gotze who did not make a pass from the bottom after dribbling the ball from the side. Instead, he suddenly changed his route and cut inside into Leverkusen's penalty area.

This caught Leverkusen's defenders off guard.

When Gotze entered the big penalty area, approached the corner of the small penalty area, and was about to take a shot, defender Reynarts did not care about the risk of fouling in the penalty area, and decisively shoveled the ball at Gotze's feet from the side.