The king of green grass lore

Chapter 240
On March 3, Cologne played against Energie Cottbus at home.

Although Cologne has already won the championship ahead of schedule, fans still packed the RheinEnergia stadium to the brim.

The German Football Association has sent the league championship trophy to the scene, waiting to win the cup after the game.

During the warm-up before the game, Shao Jiayi found an opportunity to get close to Lin Xiu and said, "Brother Xiu, how about I hug your thigh next season?"

Lin Xiu replied: "If you simply win the championship, there will be no problem. I'm afraid you won't have the main position."

"I've been planning to return to China to play for two years. It doesn't matter if the main player is not the main player." Shao Jiayi said with a wry smile.

"What, can't kick anymore?" Lin Xiu asked.

"Well, the physical function has declined badly. If you play continuously, you can only play for [-] minutes." Shao Jiayi replied.

With 12 goals and 13 assists, Shao Jiayi's current statistics are good enough, and he is also an important contributor to Cottbus' energy relegation. However, in the case of not being able to play, in the long run, returning to the Super League to earn some pension money may not be a bad choice.

The Chinese Super League has implemented a salary cap system, but the salaries of returning players who have played in overseas leagues for a sufficient number of years are not included in the salary cap. At the same time, they must pay the same amount of foreign players' salaries to the Football Development Fund.

These two measures have limitedly curbed the blind burning of money in the Super League, and also made players such as Shao Jiayi and Zheng Zhi very popular.

I dare not say anything else. If Shao Jiayi's current state returns to the Super League, he can earn thousands of dollars a year, which is more than double the salary of the Bundesliga.

Of course, the short exchange between the two did not attract attention, and soon it was game time.

In the last round, Cottbus dispatched all substitutes. This time, all the main players made the domestic fans full of expectations.

Shao Jiayi's performance lived up to everyone's expectations. No. sent an assist in 17 minutes and scored a goal in 6 minutes. His performance was perfect.

But Lin Xiu also found that after 10-[-] minutes, he really couldn't run very much. Of course he could kick, but the efficiency was too low. The offense did not threaten the defense and had no speed. It was really not very effective.

Lin Xiu planned to have a talk with him. From now on, he would forget about defense and focus on offense. The energy he saved was enough to run all over the court. It would be no problem to play for another two years.

Of course, Lin Xiu didn't care if Shao Jiayi really wanted to win the championship.

Then, Lin Xiu welcomed Shao Jiayi with two goals and assists.

After the game, the entire Cologne team received a salad plate, but no championship celebration was held.

Super Show is right. The team has already won the league championship. It is not appropriate to hold the championship celebration alone. It is better to wait until the triple crown is complete and hold the celebration.

When the game is all over, you can enjoy your high.

On the 23rd, more than 2 fans of the visiting team walked into the Weser Stadium to cheer for Cologne's German Cup journey.

In this regard, Bremen is happy to see.

Because of Cologne's strength, the home fans didn't sell many tickets at all. Fortunately, the visiting fans were willing to take over, which gave Bremen some comfort.

The game is lost, the money is earned, not bad.

Before the game, Schaf expressed his determination to fight to the end, but also emphasized: "We can't win, all we can do is to express ourselves, even if we lose, we must lose with dignity."

Well, very dignified indeed.

2:4, the home team was behind the visiting team, Lin Xiu made a pass and made three shots, leading the team to the final.

The German media has become numb to Lin Xiu's performance, and did not make a big report.

The Rheinische Post arrogantly stated: "The German Cup champion already belongs to Cologne. The only suspense is what statistics can be obtained from the super show."

As of now, Lin Xiu has only 7 goals and 5 assists in the German Cup, and the data can be described as miserable.

As for the opponent in the final, it will be decided between Schalke 04 and Bayern.

In this regard, Daum said it doesn't matter: "I don't need to pay attention to this game. Neither Schalke 04 nor Bayern Munich will pose a threat to us. The German Cup championship will not belong to others."

The two teams did not refute, but Van Gaal played with a full substitute lineup and simply walked Schalke 04 into the final.

At the post-match press conference, Van Gaal emphasized again: "We need to accumulate energy for the Europa League, so we have all substitutes. I think the Europa League champion is more important than the German Cup champion."

Of course Magath will not expose Van Gaal's careful thinking that he does not want to encounter Cologne again, but he said: "I hope Bayern will win this year's Europa League, so that next year's European Super Cup will become a civil war for Bundesliga teams. Great."

Yo Fake~Van Gaal silently greeted the Magath family.

This knife really pierced Nan Dawang's little heart.

The German Super Cup, the European Super Cup, the league, if you add the German Cup, and if UEFA allows Bayern and Cologne to meet once, Faknima will play seven times a season, and Fak will be disbanded.

Magath didn't care about Van Gaal's inner drama, and continued: "Of course I know that we can't beat Cologne, but it still makes sense. This at least ensures our qualification for the Europa League."

In fact, Magath was just laying the groundwork for himself, because Schalke 04 ranked third, and unless the next six rounds collapsed, it is impossible to fail to qualify for the Europa League.

In any case, the final of the German Cup will have to wait until May, and before that, it is still the league.

On March 3, Cologne went to an away game against Hannover 27.

As a veteran team, Hannover 96 is currently ranked 16th. If they can't cheer up, they may have to return to the Bundesliga.

"Of course I know that three points are very important, but we have no way to defeat Lin Xiu. Instead of increasing consumption, it is better to let the players rest and concentrate on dealing with the remaining opponents." Mirko Slomka said.

He is already the third head coach of Hannover, and there is only one thing to come to the team-relegation.

But facing Cologne, Mirko Slomka chose to lie flat.

However, Hannover's substitutes showed extraordinary fighting spirit. After Cologne took the lead for three times, they evened the score three times.

To be honest, if the Hanoverians performed like this in the previous games, they wouldn't be still in the relegation zone.

Mirko Slomka also had this idea, so even after losing the game, he still said happily: "I am very happy, I have seen the team's extraordinary fighting spirit, I hope we can keep it going, this will be the key to our relegation .”

Daum was equally happy that the Hanoverians cooperated with Lin Xiu in collecting statistics. In any case, the Supershow's statistics could not be much worse than last season, so he praised Hanover.

Of course, it is impossible to make a long story. After the post-match press conference, Daum hurried to France with the team.

The quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League are about to begin. As a team with better results, Cologne will play away first and then host. This is a recognized favorable schedule.

(End of this chapter)