King of the Zone

Chapter 98 The UEFA Cup Final

Amidst the media and fans' pursuit and hot discussion of Cheng Hai, on May 2011, 5, Dortmund sat at home and ushered in the last round of the 14/2010 Bundesliga with Frankfurt.

As the closing battle of the Bundesliga this season, although Dortmund has won the championship ahead of schedule, and it is drizzling today, the Westfalenstadion is still packed to the brim for this game.

Countless fans of Dortmund and Cheng Hai came from all directions, filling up more than 8 seats.

They are going to witness Cheng Hai's possible record for the highest scoring in the Bundesliga in a single season.

42 goals is definitely not the end of Cheng Hai, he should be able to push this record even higher.

In addition, the German Football Association has brought the trophy representing the top scorer of the Bundesliga - a small steel cannon to the scene. After the game, there will be an award ceremony for Cheng Hai's top scorer.

For Cheng Hai, this is the final game of the league in the first season of his career, and it is also a day of harvest.

At 15:30 in the afternoon, in the slight drizzle, the match between Dortmund VS Frankfurt officially started.

Before the last round, Frankfurt ranked second to last in the Bundesliga standings and was in an extremely dangerous relegation zone, but there is still the possibility of going ashore to avoid relegation.

Therefore, in this game, Frankfurt will naturally play the main force, and they will fight at the Westfalenstadion.

And Dortmund has won the championship ahead of schedule, so Klopp sent a half-main half-substitute lineup to prepare in advance for the next UEFA Cup final.

But even so, with Cheng Hai playing, Dortmund's fighting power is still beyond the charts.

While Frankfurt is aggressively attacking, it is natural to guard Cheng Hai strictly to prevent him from scoring goals on himself.

But they have to attack and also mark Cheng Hai, so it is inevitable that they will be negligent against other Dortmund players.

The result was that in the 13th minute, Cheng Haila attracted the defensive attention of two or three Frankfurt players, and then Lewandowski received a pass from Shaheen in the gap, and volleyed the ball into the dead corner of Frankfurt's goal.

Dortmund lead 1-0.

For Frankfurt, which is deep in the relegation zone, it has been cornered at this time.

If they lose this game, they will definitely be relegated, no surprises.

Therefore, they had no choice but to invest more manpower to strengthen their offense.As for the back line, they couldn't care less.

As a result, before they scored a goal, their goal was broken by Dortmund again.

But this time, it was the much-anticipated Cheng Hai who scored the goal.

Cheng Hai successfully reversed offside in a counterattack, received a long pass from midfielder Bender to form a single-handed goal, and easily lobbed the ball into Frankfurt's goal.

Dortmund lead 2-0.

Cheng Hai, on the other hand, increased his Bundesliga scoring record this season to 43 goals, which is beyond reach.

Frankfurt, who was driven to a dead end, went crazy to attack, and began to use foul tactics on defense.

In the 20th minute, Cheng Hai once again received the ball in the midfield to get a chance to counterattack.

At the moment when he used Matthews' fake move to break through the defender Koller and was about to walk away, Koller in a hurry gave Cheng Hai a flying shovel from the side, knocking Cheng Hai and others to the ground with the shovel.

However, Cheng Hai, who had a full physique, was not injured, but hit Koller on the head with an elbow during the process of falling to the ground, which directly made Koller faint.

Both Koller and Cheng Hai were shown yellow cards. Koller committed an intentional foul and Cheng Hai injured someone with a dangerous action.

However, it was Koller who fouled first, and the referee awarded Dortmund a free kick in midfield.

However, what made Frankfurt's situation worse was that Koller, who was knocked unconscious by Cheng Hai's elbow, could not persist in the game after waking up. He was helped off the field by the team doctor and had to be replaced by a backup guard.

The main defender was forced to replace in the opening 20 minutes and replaced with a substitute defender. For Frankfurt's defense, it was indeed a disaster.

Although Frankfurt's imminent relegation experience deserves sympathy, Cheng Hai and his teammates did not hold back.

It can be said that Koller's fate is his own fault.If he hadn't fouled Cheng Hai maliciously, he wouldn't have been knocked out by Cheng Hai's elbow and forced to leave.

Therefore, in the 34th minute, Cheng Hai took the lead in a corner kick attack without any psychological burden, grabbed the first point in the penalty area and shook his head to attack the goal, and blasted Frankfurt's goal again with a powerful header.

Cheng Hai has raised his Bundesliga season scoring record to 44 goals, which made the fans and fans in the audience excited. They kept shouting his name and paying homage to him.

Some fans even sang the "Song of Cheng Hai" they wrote:
"Ah, Cheng Hai, the son of football from the mysterious East..."

"You are invincible, you score goals like hemp, you are the god of football!"

"Come on, the feast of the champion is ready!"

"Come on, smashing records is your mission!"

"Cheng Hai, oh, you are the pride of Dortmund..."

"Cheng Hai, oh, you are our friend..."

"Thank you, Cheng Hai, we will always be with you..."

The lyrics can't be said to be very literary, and the melody can't be said to be very lofty, but these simple words are catchy, and more and more fans can sing, and others can't help humming along.

In the first season of professional football, being able to have fans composing songs for him and causing tens of thousands of people to hum at the Westfalenstadion is enough to show how successful Cheng Hai's first season in Dortmund was.

The disadvantage of falling behind by three goals made Frankfurt, from the coaches to the players, to the hundreds of Frankfurt away fans who came with the team desperately, all look ashamed.

Still, the game isn't over and they can't throw up their hands and surrender just yet.

Frankfurt continued to attack aggressively, trying to score goals with a numerical advantage.

In the 42nd minute, Frankfurt's aggressive attack finally paid off. Their midfielder Rhodes made a shocking long-range shot from outside the penalty area and broke through Dortmund's goal.

Eintracht Frankfurt finally scored to make it 1-3, only two goals behind.

Excited Frankfurt players and fans celebrated excitedly and seemed to see hope.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 3-1. Dortmund, who was playing at home, led by two goals.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Frankfurt, which fell behind by two goals and was driven to a dead end, was forced to continue to attack aggressively, trying to score an equalizer, or even reverse the game, in order to maintain a glimmer of hope of relegation.

However, their hopes were completely dashed in the 58th minute of the second half.

And it was Cheng Hai who dashed their hopes.

After Cheng Hai took the ball from the wing and made a breakthrough with the ball, he made another rainbow that made the fans excited and applauded. Then he feinted a shot when facing the full back who stepped forward to intercept, but he didn't make a pass from the bottom, but dribbled the ball inside himself.

In the process of cutting inside to the penalty area, Cheng Hai did not break through forcibly, but cooperated with his teammates outside the penalty area to do a two-pass and one-hit the wall. He easily passed the opponent's defender who stepped forward to intercept him.

When the ball flew into the near corner of the Frankfurt goal, the commentators on the commentary booth shouted excitedly:

"Toooooooooooooooooooor..."

"The ball is in!"

"In the 58th minute of the second half, Cheng Hai scored again, helping Dortmund lead Frankfurt 4-1!"

"The game has ended early and Frankfurt is relegated."

"Cheng Hai, on the other hand, scored another hat-trick, raising his league goals this season to a terrifying 45 goals."

"This height is already the height of scoring the second most goals since the European Golden Boot was officially established in the 1967/1968 season, second only to Argentine striker Hector Yasalde who won the European Golden Boot in Sporting Lisbon in the 1973/1974 season."

"Hector Yassard won the European Golden Boot with 46 league goals that season, becoming the highest scoring record since the official establishment of the European Golden Boot, and no one has broken it so far."

"Unfortunately, Cheng Hai is only one goal away from catching up with this record, and only two goals away from breaking this record."

"If Cheng Hai hadn't participated in the Asian Games and Asian Cup halfway, Cheng Hai would definitely have broken this record."

"However, although the record has not been broken now, Cheng Hai's feat of blasting 26 goals in 45 Bundesliga games is enough to surpass European football in terms of scoring efficiency, and is unmatched in the top league."

"Cheng Hai is still very young. He is not even 19 years old. This is his first season. His career is still very long. I look forward to the day when Cheng Hai breaks Hector Yassard's record of 46 European Golden Boot goals."

Amidst the singing of the fans paying homage to Cheng Hai, the Frankfurt players completely lost their confidence in continuing the game.

Three goals behind, the game time is only more than 30 minutes, how can they catch up?

Moreover, even an equalizer may be useless, and Dortmund must be defeated to have a little chance of relegation.

That's four goals.

At the Westfalenstadion, scoring four goals in more than 30 minutes is simply an impossible dream.

They have given up.

Even when Klopp replaced Cheng Hai in the 65th minute, Frankfurt did not raise their spirits to counterattack and try to reverse the score.

The score difference is too great, making people extremely desperate, and there is no hope and fighting spirit at all.

In the end, neither side scored any more goals during the remaining period.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. Dortmund ended the last Bundesliga game of the season with a 4-1 victory, and Frankfurt ranked second to last in the Bundesliga.

The sad Frankfurt players and fans quietly left with their heads down, and the Westfalenstadion became a sea of ​​celebrations for Dortmund players and fans.

Witnessed by more than 8 fans and countless reporters and celebrities, Cheng Hai won the 26/45 Bundesliga Golden Boot with a record of 2010 goals in 2011 Bundesliga games, received the small steel cannon representing the Golden Boot, and broke Gerd Muller's 40-goal record, raising the Bundesliga single-season personal scoring record to 45 goals.

Except for Cheng Hai himself, there is a high probability that no one can break Cheng Hai's record in the Bundesliga with only 18 teams and 34 league rounds.

同时,程海的德甲45球也是欧洲金靴奖自1967/1968赛季设立以来的第二高进球纪录,仅次于埃克托·亚萨尔德在1973/1974赛季创造的46球单赛季欧洲金靴奖最高进球纪录。

If there is anyone who can break Hector Yasard's record of 40 goals that has been dusty for nearly 46 years, it will most likely be Cheng Hai.

However, although he did not break Hector Yassard's European Golden Boot scoring record, Cheng Hai finally broke Gerd Muller's 40-goal Bundesliga single-season personal scoring record.

Therefore, in addition to the rewards that the media and fans can see, Cheng Hai also received the Bundesliga Golden Boot reward issued by the system, which is 10 times the goal reward and 30 experience.

In addition, there is also a record-breaking reward twice as much as the Golden Boot Award, which is 60 experience.

Including the previous game rewards, Cheng Hai's total experience has risen to level 25, 242.91/1000 million.

As the level rises, more and more experience is required to upgrade, and it becomes more and more difficult to upgrade.

In addition to the Bundesliga Golden Boot and record-breaking rewards, there are also rewards for the Bundesliga's best player, best rookie, best foreign aid, and best team.

But basically there will be no surprises. Whether it is the best player, the best rookie, the best foreign aid, or the best team, they are basically in Cheng Hai's pocket.

It is worth mentioning that perhaps being left too far by Cheng Hai in the European Golden Boot list stimulated the proud Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored consecutive goals in the last few games, and has increased the total number of goals to 36 goals after the penultimate round of La Liga.

If it weren't for Cheng Hai's 45 goals being too high, no one would be sure that Cheng Hai would win the European Golden Boot this season.

Although Ronaldo still has two league rounds, but with the reality of being 9 goals behind Cheng Hai, it is absolutely impossible to catch up in two league games.

The gap of 9 balls needs to be scored five yuan in one game and four in one big game to be tied.

To surpass Chenghai, you need to win five yuan in two games.

It's two games in a row.

If this can be caught up by Ronaldo, then Ronaldo can be a god.

Of course, for Ronaldo, like Falcao, it is extremely unlucky to meet Cheng Hai this season.

If Cheng Hai hadn't been born, Falcao would have become the one who broke Klinsmann's 15-goal record and won the UEFA Cup Golden Boot this season.

Ronaldo will also get the European Golden Boot this season.

As a result, both of them lost a major honor because of Cheng Hai's qualifying, and people have to lament their bad luck.

Of course, after this year, it is estimated that European shooters will have to tremble under Cheng Hai's barrel.

As long as Cheng Hai retires without injury, with Cheng Hai's scoring efficiency and speed of improvement, I am afraid that in the future, no one else will have the European Golden Boot, Champions League Golden Boot and so on.

The German domestic league has come to an end, and Dortmund has only the last game left, which is also the most important UEFA Cup final of the season.

The venue for the UEFA Cup final this season is the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, which is large enough to accommodate 5 people and is the only five-star stadium in Ireland.

The day after the league match with Frankfurt ended, Dortmund chartered a flight to Ireland with the whole team to make final preparations for the final.

This time, not only the players who entered the squad, but all the first-team players flew to Ireland together.

If the team wins the championship, UEFA has prepared 24 medals. Some important players who have not entered the final squad but have played in the UEFA Cup can all get a medal.

Even the remaining fringe substitutes will be brought on by Klopp. At that time, they will sit in the stands and celebrate with the team this UEFA Cup championship and Dortmund's brilliant double this season.

In addition to the top and bottom of the team, there are tens of thousands of ordinary Dortmund fans and fans of various players, who traveled to Ireland in various ways.

Among them, Cheng Hai undoubtedly had the most fans.

On the streets of Dublin, the capital of Ireland, Chinese and overseas Chinese fans holding five-star red flags and smearing the national flag or national emblem on their faces can be seen everywhere. They came from thousands of miles to Dublin to cheer for Cheng Hai.

Cheng Hai has undoubtedly become the number one star in Asia and a representative of Chinese football. Countless Chinese and overseas Chinese are looking forward to Cheng Hai leading Dortmund to win the UEFA Cup and the first European trophy won by a Chinese player.

As the match day approached, newspapers in various European countries paid more and more attention to the UEFA Cup final. Various tactical analysis, homestay interviews, and interviews with the players and coaches of both sides filled the important pages of major newspapers.

Of course, the most eye-catching ones are Dortmund and Porto's respective stars Cheng Hai and Falcao.

Cheng Hai expressed absolute confidence in an interview: "Dortmund has won the Champions League and the European Cup Winners' Cup, but has never won the UEFA Cup. This time, we are confident to make history and win the first UEFA Cup in club history for Dortmund."

As for himself, Cheng Hai is a little more modest: "I have created a single-season UEFA Cup personal scoring record, so it doesn't matter to me whether this record can be raised too high. As long as I can help the team win and win the championship, I don't care whether I score or not. However, as the team's attacker, I will still try my best to score in the final and help the team win the final victory."

For Porto, Falcao also expressed the same meaning in an interview with reporters. It doesn't matter whether he himself can score goals, as long as the team can beat Dortmund to win the championship, it is the greatest glory for him.

For Cheng Hai, Falcao also expressed his appreciation, saying that Cheng Hai is one of the most talented talents in football history. Whether it is the record of 45 goals in the Bundesliga or 23 goals in the UEFA Cup, it is an unattainable peak.

However, he believes that Cheng Haiqiang is only strong alone. He will unite and unite with his Porto teammates to defeat Cheng Hai and Dortmund led by him as a whole and win the final championship.

Of course, these are just the war of words before the game.

The real result will naturally be decided by a real match!

The UEFA Cup final, one of the two major European cups, is about to begin.

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