Grass roots glory

Chapter 128 Bundesliga's First Chinese Derby
With an away victory over Karlsruhe, the pressure on Schalke 04 was lessened. For the time being, only Dortmund kept the same footsteps behind them. Stuttgart was opened up by three points. Counting the back-to-back games against Liverpool in the Champions League, there will be three games in seven days. Fortunately, the next league opponent, Cottbus, is not too strong. Like Karlsruhe, it belongs to the team in the lower half of the relegation grade. Schalke It's totally possible to travel light.

Schalke 04 played against Cottbus. In the eyes of the German media, with the strength and state of the two teams, the outcome was of no concern at all. It was the first Chinese derby in the history of the Bundesliga that attracted a lot of attention. , The Chinese media has long set their sights on this game.

Zhou Tiancheng is a supernova who just started to emerge this season, and the Chinese international Shao Jiayi in the Cottbus team has played in the Bundesliga for five years and has joined Cottbus for more than two years. The duel between the two has a bright future. The supernova, one is China's only active overseas international footballer, which has a lot of topicality in the Chinese media.

[Note: Sun Jihai basically didn’t play for the national team after 2007, so he is not counted among them. 】

Compared to the media's hype about the game, Slomka's focus is very boring: "The only thing that interests me now is whether we can get the victory we deserve. As for the topics you care about, well, you still ask Week."

Slomka obviously couldn't get along with the media on this topic. He felt that Cottbus had nothing to pay attention to.The reporters didn't like his "uncooperative" people very much, so they all hoped that Zhou Tiancheng could come up with something fresh.

Seeing so many reporters staring at him eagerly, Zhou Tiancheng really wanted to spread his hands and say, "I really don't know Shao Jiayi", but it would definitely not be possible to make a difference, especially among the many Chinese reporters, Zhou Tiancheng knew their nature and professionalism somewhat. Uneven, but terrifyingly strong.If you don't get a satisfactory answer from them, they will definitely pester you like candy.

Zhou Tiancheng rolled his eyes twice and said, "I look forward to learning from Brother Jia. He has played many international games and has more experience in the Bundesliga than me. Believe it or not, he used to be my idol, so now he is a little bit small." nervous……"

As soon as these words came out, there was a little commotion among the journalists. German journalists didn’t understand the way of modesty in China, and they were a little surprised to hear Zhou Tiancheng say that. They really didn’t pay much attention to Cottbus in the past. Did Shao Jiayi Is the strength even stronger?These reporters wondered if they didn't do their jobs well enough, and it was time to make up lessons.

And the Chinese reporters couldn't help but smile, they are all good people, how could they not understand that Zhou Tiancheng is deliberately lowering his posture to praise his opponent, now they want to know one thing, how will Shao Jiayi respond?
As soon as Shao Jia heard the Chinese reporter quote Zhou Tiancheng's words, he said with a smile: "Don't you know that the real masters are all superficially low-key? Haha, Zhou Tiancheng said that I am his idol? This is obviously modest. Now he is obviously stronger than me. Today's young people are amazing, let's learn from him."

Although Cottbus coach Brasznica could not understand the Chinese communication between Shao Jiayi and Chinese reporters, he could tell from the expressions of these reporters what Shao Jiayi said. After Shao Jiayi finished speaking, he added: "Shal Ke 04 is very strong, Zhou Tiancheng is even stronger, but it is not so easy to win the game at our home court. As for the Chinese Derby...I want to say that Shao is too humble. He has participated in major competitions such as the World Cup and the Asian Cup , talent is important, but at certain critical moments, more experienced players will decide the game!"

Although Brasznica looked very blunt on the surface, it was only superficial. Before the match, he approached Shao Jiayi more than once and asked, "Shao, do you really know nothing about Zhou Tiancheng?"

Shao Jiayi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I don't have any friendship with him. If I knew, I wouldn't hide it, but I really don't know his origin. I don't know him as much as your coaching staff!"

Brashnica also understood Shao Jiayi's professionalism, so he had to give up. He originally thought that if he could learn more about Zhou Tiancheng, he would have a better chance of scoring points at home, but now Brashnica must admit that it is a bit difficult to grab points. big.

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Cottbus adopts a 4-5-1 defensive formation at home. Shao Jiayi's position is a slightly forward attacking midfielder. Originally, he played more as a left midfielder at Cottbus, but today Brad Shnika wants to pursue counterattack efficiency. Shao Jiayi is one of the players with the best awareness and footwork in the team, so today he is placed in the middle.

Duan Xuan was a little excited when he saw this formation: "Shao Jiayi in the middle of the midfield is also capable. He plays the role of midfielder in the national team, and Zhou Tiancheng is also in charge of Schalke's midfield defense. The two of you can't avoid having a direct conversation now!"

Partner Tao Wei also said: "This is something to watch. What the two said before the game is very interesting, and it just provides them with a chance to learn from each other! Haha!"

When Schalke 04 dominated the offense, except for the arrow Zimmerman, the remaining nine players of Cottbus were all recycled to their own half. Zhou Tiancheng even enjoyed special treatment. Shao Jiayi usually did not have heavy defensive tasks, but today he was very active and took the initiative to stick to Zhou Tiancheng. He really wanted to see how strong the youngsters could be in the center of the Champions League team. .

Blasnica warned the players carefully before the game that although Zhou Tiancheng is big, don't think about stealing the ball from him easily, as long as he doesn't face his own goal.

So Zhou Tiancheng received the ball in the midfield, and Shao Jiayi immediately stuck to him from behind. Although with Zhou Tiancheng's physical fitness, he would not lose his focus easily, he also lost the opportunity to turn around and organize an attack immediately.

"The coaching staff said that you are very strong, but now that you have your back to the goal, you can't do anything, right?" Shao Jiayi whispered to Zhou Tiancheng as the two leaned against each other.

This was the first time that the two had faced each other, and Shao Jiayi definitely didn't want to lose to a junior.

"Oh? That's fine, brother Jiayi, come and ask for advice on two tricks."

Zhou Tiancheng originally wanted to cross pass to Rakitic next to him, but now he heard Shao Jiayi's words, and he refused to admit defeat.Turning his head slightly, he saw that there was no one behind Shao Jiayi from the corner of his eye. Zhou Tiancheng picked the ball back with his toes, and the ball flew directly over the heads of the two of them and flew behind Shao Jiayi. At the same time, Zhou Tiancheng turned around directly, revealing his strong physical fitness When Shao Jia saw that he couldn't hold back, his whole body was about to hang on Zhou Tiancheng, but Zhou Tiancheng seemed to turn around without any pressure, and others looked as if he was carrying Shao Jiayi to complete this action.

But Zhou Tiancheng has an even more astonishing move to do next. The Cottbus players saw that Shao Jiayi could turn around like this and was wiped out, so he rushed towards the ball. The movement was not unpleasant, but at the moment he stretched his legs, Zhou Tian grew his legs Arriving first, he swiped his instep from the outside of the center circle arc and made a pass to the right side of the penalty area. The commentator was still wondering what the intention of this kick was. Just as this thought flashed, Asamoah appeared in the camera like a black whirlwind. Comfortably stopped Zhou Tiancheng's pass at his feet...

(End of this chapter)