Champion’s Heart

The Shanghai Chongming team’s home stadium is the Shanghai Stadium. This name may be a bit unfamiliar to outsiders, but when it comes to “80,000 people stadium”, many outside fans probably understand it. ┡Ω『E┡小Δ』saysWw┡W. 1XIAOSHUO． COM

Although this stadium is called the 80,000-capacity stadium, it actually cannot accommodate that many people. There are only 56,000 seats.

The difference is more than 20,000, so why is it still called the 80,000-person stadium?

Because this stadium was prepared for the Eighth National Games held in Shanghai. During the opening ceremony, there were about 80,000 people including temporary facilities. At that time, this number was among the highest in China. Therefore, it is commonly known as the 80,000-person stadium.

The official name is Shanghai Stadium.

The match between Dortmund and Shanghai Chongming filled the 80,000-person stadium.

Most of the people here actually came to see Dortmund and Zhou Yi. This is very similar to the situation in Guangzhou.

Many fans of the Chongming team also came to see Zhou Yi.

In addition, there are many Shenhua fans uniformly dressed. Their blue jerseys are very conspicuous in the sea of ​​red, yellow and black people. Judging from their uniform clothing and actions, this is obviously the famous Blue Devils fan organization in Shanghai.

This surprised everyone - what did you Shenhua fans come to do in the match between Chongming and Dortmund?

As a result, when the game started, everyone knew what they were here to do...

They pulled out a banner and displayed it on the stands, where it caught everyone's eyes and the camera lens of the broadcast.

Letter: Only Shenhua can represent Shanghai!

The upper part is in Chinese, the lower part is in German.

Obviously this is Shenhua fans protesting to Dortmund about their negligence in choosing their opponents, reminding them that the Chongming team wearing red jerseys they are playing against cannot represent Shanghai football at all.

It is also a demonstration to the fans in Chongming, telling them who is the boss of Shanghai Bund.

However, the banner was quickly confiscated due to the intervention of stadium security personnel...

However, there were small-scale conflicts between fans from both sides. Fortunately, the security personnel dealt with them quickly and decisively.

In addition, everyone's interest was actually in Dortmund and Zhou Yi, so the conflict did not expand.

The CCTV commentator cleverly did not mention what happened in the stands, not even the banner. As a national TV station, whatever their commentators say may be amplified by the media and fans, which will be detrimental to them.

So it was best to remain silent, and the television broadcast no longer gave a shot of the blue stands where the fans gathered.

On the Internet, public opinion management is not so strict, and many fans are discussing this episode.

Some people feel that it is not appropriate for the feud between fans of the two teams in Shanghai to continue against a foreign team.

Some fans said angrily that this was simply embarrassing in the eyes of foreigners because the banner had German characters on it. Of course, German reporters will not miss this news point, and there will definitely be reports on this matter after the game.

However, some fans applauded the behavior of Shenhua fans and believed that only Shenhua fans in China have the temperament closest to European fans. The organization and combat effectiveness of the Blue Devils are several levels higher than those of other Chinese team fan groups.

He also believes that those fans who are worried about being disgraced and sent abroad are strong proof that servility still exists in their hearts. During the derby in the Ruhr area of ​​Germany, the intensity of the fight between the fans of the two teams was much more intense than that of Shenhua and Chongming. It has been reported and paid attention to by media all over the world. It is talked about by Chinese media and fans as a symbol of football spirit and culture. How come the same thing becomes embarrassing when it happens in China?

The two factions started a war of words online, but not much attention was paid to the game itself.

There is actually nothing special about this game, except for the episode at the beginning.

It was a bit different from Dortmund's game against Hengyuan. In that game, Hengyuan launched some offensive attacks at the beginning of the game, which also made the Guangzhou fans excited.

In this game, Dortmund, who had learned from the past, did not underestimate their opponent. They controlled the rhythm and scene from the beginning of the game, so Chongming had no chance.

In the 13th minute, Royce opened the scoring for Dortmund.

At that time, the stadium of 80,000 people was full of people and thunderous cheers. In addition to the die-hard Chongming fans, everyone was cheering for Dortmund's goal - Royce is also very popular in China. He is handsome and plays well, so he naturally has many fans.

Of course, the cheering crowd was also indispensable for the group of Shenhua fans - they cheered heartily under the strict protection of the armed police, and they were happy to see anything that could make their mortal enemy look embarrassed.

That's the derby mood. This sentiment isn't just reflected when the two teams talk directly.

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Dortmund then continued their efforts, scoring three goals in the first half, and Zhou Yi provided an assist. In addition, his work in the midfield was one of the reasons why Dortmund was able to gain the overall upper hand.

Shanghai Chongming showed no power to fight back against Dortmund led by Zhou Yi.

Yan Min, who was not involved in this game, was very dissatisfied with the roar of cheers in the stands every time the team conceded a goal. He believed that since everyone is Chinese, of course you should support the Chinese team, even if you are not a Chongming fan. Shouldn't we side with the Chinese team in foreign wars? Why does everyone cheer when Dortmund scores a goal? It’s not like Zhou Yi scored a goal. If Zhou Yi scored a goal, I would understand you cheering...

The angry Yan Min could only sit on the bench and sulk. From time to time he looked up at the Chinese fans in the stands, feeling increasingly dissatisfied.

He vented his anger in the halftime warm-up.

The players all entered the locker room, while he and other substitutes stayed on the court to warm up under the leadership of the assistant coach.

He kicked the football toward the goal one after another, but due to excessive force and poor accuracy, the football flew everywhere.

Warm up well Yan Min! the assistant coach scolded upon seeing this.

Yan Min shrank his neck and restrained his temper a little.

He didn't dare to offend the coach, because he still hoped that he could play in this game... If he offended the assistant coach, he might just sit on the bench until the end of the game.

Assistant coaches still have a lot of say in the selection of substitutions, and the head coach must respect and listen to their opinions.

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At the beginning of the second half, Klopp made a large number of substitutions to the team. While waiting for the kick-off, four Dortmund players stood on the sidelines, waiting to come on.

Because it is a commercial competition, there is no strict limit on the number of substitutions. Everyone has discussed how many people can be substituted before the game. This kind of competition generally does not limit the number of substitutions. You can substitute as many people as you want.

So basically there will be situations where the lineup is changed completely after a game.

Dortmund changed four people at the beginning of the second half, and Royce, who scored in the first half, was replaced. This disappointed many Chinese female fans in the stands.

Fortunately, Zhou Yi was not replaced, so that everyone would not find the second half of the game boring...

Regarding not replacing Zhou Yi during the halftime break, Klopp had a meeting with Zhou Yi, the club's financial director Tres and the club's CEO Watzke at the beginning of the China trip.

Everyone must respect each other's opinions, so all interest representatives are present.

After some discussion, it was decided not to replace Zhou Yi at halftime of each game, but Zhou Yi could not be allowed to play all the game time. Anyway, he would be replaced in the second half. When will he be replaced? Pu decided for himself.

This arrangement fully takes into account the interests of all parties, considering commercial interests, allowing Zhou Yi to spend more time on the court, and also giving a good explanation to the sponsors and sponsors of this trip to China. From a competitive perspective, not allowing Zhou Yi to play the entire game is also to prevent him from being overtired and causing injuries. As for Zhou Yi himself, he doesn't care when he ends. He is also happy to be able to play for a while in front of his compatriots.

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Although Dortmund changed four players in the second half, their control of the scene did not decrease. They continued to have the upper hand, and the game almost turned into an exhibition match for Dortmund.

They took advantage and scored two more goals.

There were waves of cheers in the stands, and the fans even played Mexican waves. They really regarded this game as a carnival.

This made Yan Min, who was called by the coach to warm up again, really unhappy - we are fighting desperately against Dortmund, can you not look like we are on a spring outing! That really disrespects us!

But looking at the court again, Yan Min was even more angry - how could his teammates have any intention of fighting Dortmund? As if they were afraid of hurting the Dortmund players, their movements were very cautious and reserved, completely different from their performance in the Chinese League.

The CCTV commentator explained the performance of the Shanghai Chongming players this way: They were too exhausted after just finishing a league game three days ago. In fact, arranging the game in the middle of a normal league is not a good choice. None of our players were able to perform at their best, which was a bit of a waste of the opportunity to play against the European champions, and also reduced the enjoyment of this game...

The commentator also felt that this one-sided game was a bit boring, but there was nothing he could do to change it.

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Three minutes later, Yan Min was called back, and the assistant coach patted him on the shoulder. Yan Min waited until he was about to be replaced. He waited expectantly for the assistant coach to arrange specific tactical tasks for him.

Unexpectedly, after the assistant coach patted him on the shoulder, he just said: Go up and play hard and feel the game. There are not many opportunities to compete with the European champions.

Okay! Yan Min nodded excitedly, waiting for the assistant coach's next arrangements, but the assistant coach turned around and explained to the other players who were about to be substituted. The content was almost the same: Perform well, feel the game, and show Europe Champions learn to learn…”

Yan Min quickly approached the assistant coach and asked, Coach, are you gone?

What else? The assistant coach was also surprised and looked at Yan Min with surprised eyes.

Oh, it's nothing... Yan Min quickly lowered his head and stepped aside.

He knew that the coaching staff probably didn't expect any decent results from this game...

But he won't give up so easily. If he can't beat Dortmund, he still has to find a way to cause some trouble for Dortmund. If he can score a goal for them, that's enough!

During the dead ball time, Yan Min was replaced on the court, and he was joined by five other teammates.

Everyone is excited and wants to learn from the European champions.

But Yan Min frowned, wondering how he could score a goal for Dortmund...