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Chapter 127 Defend the top spot (55, please subscribe, monthly pass!)

"Haozi, it seems that you are really good at it. Now you have a good dribbling and shooting. Finally, you don't have to worry about your second kick."

Jiang Hao's opening blitz was also the only goal in the game. After winning the game, Jiang Hao smiled happily, and Zhou Tiancheng also praised him a few words.

With Zhou Tiancheng's affirmation, Jiang Hao was even more happy, with a lot of confidence: "Brother Cheng, with your words, I have more confidence, wait for me, I will work hard to join you in the first team as soon as possible. "

Zhou Tiancheng nodded: "I believe in you, yes. But can you show up in the group once in a while, so that I don't have to find you and have to find time to come here."

"No! We are pure men. If we speak out, we will pour water out. And this will allow me to calm down and improve myself."

Zhou Tiancheng made sense after thinking about it, he nodded and compromised: "Okay, then I'll wait for the day you bubble up in the group."

After spending a day in the U19 base, Zhou Tiancheng can only spend the rest of the time in a rented house. Playing live broadcasts is one of his hobbies, and he also pays attention to the World Cup qualifiers of the German team by the way. That’s all for a few days Get over it.

The FIFA match day is over, and the next Bundesliga schedule is relatively tight. It is now late October, and the winter break begins on December 04. It will take less than one and a half months to play six league games. During this period, Schalke [-] There are still two UEFA Champions League group stage tasks, which means that there will be a game in four days at most. It is not a small challenge for the physical fitness of several core players. The thickness of the lineup is still not enough. Only Bayern's personnel reserves in the entire Bundesliga can cope with this intensity of multi-line combat.

Originally, Slomka didn't want to rotate. Schalke's top position in the standings was not safe. Several strong teams were watching behind them, but after returning from their respective national teams, Kuranyi and Rakitic were in full condition. Not meeting the playing requirements, the reaction to dribbling in training was slower than usual, which clearly required rest and adjustment.

The horrible FIFA virus can hide from the first day of junior high school, but not the fifteenth day of junior high school.

In the ninth round of the league against Bielefeld at home, Slomka had no choice but to passively adjust Kuranyi and Rakitic, and Germani Jones and Kobyashvili topped the striker and striker positions respectively.

Two important main players are injured, and the offensive strength must be severely compromised, but this does not shake Slomka's confidence. The opponent is ranked in the bottom half of the standings. Slomka feels that even if he fights according to his personal strength Lao Ben should take these three points.

But the facts tell him: Sometimes, don't be too confident!

Kobyashvili sat on the bench for a few games, and his condition was obviously not as good as when he played the main force in the opening stage, but with Zhou Tiancheng, the midfield suppression can still be achieved.

But the striker Zhou Tiancheng can't help...

Schalke had 70.00% of the ball possession at home, 22 shots and nothing!Zhou Tiancheng tried to create miracles with his best world wave, but the South African goalkeeper Fernandez, who was in a fiery fighting state, blocked Zhou Tiancheng's several chances to kill.

Bielefeld had a big upset, drawing 0:0 with Schalke 04 in the away game and stealing a point.

The material prepared by the reporters for this upset lasted only one day, and when the ninth round of the Bundesliga ended on the weekend, the entire German sports media burst into exclamations at the same time.

Dortmund 1:1 Hertha Berlin.

Stuttgart 2:0 Bochum.

Wolfsburg 2:4 Bayern Munich.

Now it's exciting. Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund, and Stuttgart all have 2006 points. The ranking order has not changed, but this kind of spectacle has never happened in the Bundesliga for ten years!Even in the 07-[-] season when Bayern did not win the championship, the points difference between the top three teams was very similar, but none of them had the same score.

The mass media and fans have become accustomed to the Bundesliga’s long-term arena structure—Bayern, as the long-term class bully, is the unyielding champion. The main players are Dortmund and Schalke. Bayern wins early, and there are occasional situations like the 04-2006 season when Stuttgart counterattacked and overthrew the champion, but they are only a few.Often in the following season, Bayern will regain the position of the champion, and then condescend to meet the challenges of all teams.

But this year seems to be a bit wrong, and this pattern is going directly to the direction of killing the Three Kingdoms.

People in the industry are a little dazed.

Why is this rhythm becoming more and more like the Premier League?
As for the media, it doesn't matter whether they understand it or not, they only know one thing: this year's Bundesliga has undergone major changes!Big news is coming!

Schalke 04, which is still at the top of the list with its goal difference advantage, is the focus of attention.The media that supports them is giving advice to Slomka, hoping that the team can return to the winning streak at the beginning of the season as soon as possible, while the neutral media is waiting to see if Schalke can hold on, but some of them feel that Schalke couldn't hold out for three rounds. They will face Bayern in the No.12 round. It is possible that after that game, Schalke will surrender the top position.

As for the media like Dortmund, naturally needless to say, they have already started to create public opinion, and they are waiting for Schalke to overturn in a certain round, and Dortmund will replace them, and then they will come to attack the deadly enemy.

The situation suddenly became very serious, but Slomka did not put pressure on everyone, but announced an important decision: Zhou Tiancheng took over as the team's third captain!

In terms of ability and role on the field, Zhou Tiancheng has no problem at all. His only weakness is that compared with Westerman and Kuranyi, his qualifications are too low. Being a captain is not just about the field. He has the right to speak and authority in all aspects. Zhou Tiancheng was not as good as these two big shots.

Strictly speaking, the "third captain" is a position that only has a title, unless the two main players can't make it, it will be Zhou Tiancheng's turn to take responsibility.But Slomka made it clear that he would put more burden on Zhou Tiancheng, and at the same time further increase his status in the team.Anyone with a little brain can understand that Zhou Tiancheng's future is limitless, and Slomka is cultivating future leaders.

Slomka gained some insight from the last game, and he wanted to give Zhou Tiancheng the status of being able to call on his teammates in the midfield justifiably.

The series of changes within Schalke and Slomka’s private psychological massage for several core players are unknown to the outside world. What they only see is the next tenth round of the league. Ke 04 defeated Karlsruhe 3:0 perfectly in the away game, and all three goals were unsolvable world waves from 30 meters in the penalty area. Zhou Tiancheng contributed two of them, and the other came from Rakitic.

Stuttgart lost 0:2 to Hamburg in this round, Dortmund only beat Cologne by one goal, and although Wolfsburg also won a three-goal victory, they lost to Bayern in the last game, and they are already four points away from the top of the list. , Schalke 04 strongly consolidated the top position.

The Schalke media was immediately excited: Want to be at the top of the list?Come grab it if you have the ability!
But on the other hand, after winning the game, Schalke sports director Helter and chairman Clemens are expected to be depressed for a while-Chou Tiancheng has now scored six goals, exceeding the five goals in the season in the contract The threshold, next season Zhou Tiancheng's annual salary will rise to 100 million euros.

Hegel is regretting why he didn't set the salary increase threshold a little higher, at least the season will start with ten goals!

Well now, the season is only a quarter of the way, and it has been confirmed that next year the club will spend hundreds of thousands more!

PS: The fifth shift will be delivered in advance, and two shifts will be guaranteed every day in the future.

(End of this chapter)