Grassroots Glory

Duan Xuan has been a first-line commentator for CCTV for eight years. He is very clear about the hope that Chinese players who can enter the first team of Schalke represent for the current Chinese football.

Almost without any delay, after Duan Xuan returned to the CCTV headquarters building, he directly knocked on the door of Jiang Ping's office, director of the sports channel. He hoped to arrange for him to follow up closely and even interview Zhou Tiancheng.

After Jiang Ping heard Duan Xuan's application and reasons, he showed a very embarrassed expression, and said: Xiao Duan, I completely understand your thoughts. But now there is really no one in the stage. You know, the current job in the stage The focus is on the Olympics, which is a major event that the whole country is concerned about. Let’s put this matter aside for now? Let’s talk about it after the Olympics.”

Duan Xuan insisted: Mr. Jiang, as long as you allow me to go alone, I still think we should pay more attention to him. This player has not been paid attention to by the domestic media at all, and now he suddenly appeared in the first team of Schalke 04. If he is really strong, he may be a new flag for Chinese overseas players. Our CCTV should report such excellent overseas players first.”

Jiang Ping pondered for a moment, weighed things up a bit, and insisted on his own opinion: Xiao Duan, don't expect too much from an unfamiliar young man. Now he just appears in the Bundesliga first-team roster. I don’t know. And you know, the Chinese Olympic team played like this in this home game, and the common people are getting angry with football. At this time, it is not appropriate to add fuel to the flames. I can incidentally mention it in the next issue of World Soccer, if it is true What is worth is gold, and it will shine sooner or later, and no one will be able to compete with us for the right to interview.

Being rejected by the leader, Duan Xuan was also mentally prepared, who made football not an advantageous sport like diving, weightlifting, and national table tennis. Even as far as the three major Olympic goals are concerned, the attention of women's volleyball and men's basketball is higher than football. The former is the defending champion, while the latter is led by NBA superstar Yao Ming, both have the opportunity to look forward to a breakthrough. Only the performance of the National Olympic men's football team is more like trying to make things worse.

However, Duan Xuan still asked the staff of the World Football program group to pay more attention to the news of the Bundesliga. He believes that the unknown is always worth looking forward to.

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The week before the start of the new Bundesliga season, the first round of the German Cup took the lead. More like a prelude to the arrival of the new season.

The first round of the German Cup is more like a formality for the Bundesliga team. Schalke 04's first opponent is the fourth-level regional league team Humboldt. Slomka still has comprehensive considerations for the first game of the new season. He started with a mixed lineup of main players and substitutes, including Altintop Jr. and Asamoah. Obviously, the coaching staff still hopes that these The main force is as stable as possible.

Zhou Tiancheng did not appear in the starting lineup, not because he is not capable enough, on the contrary, Slomka has already trusted his ability and gave him sufficient rest time. Killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, the next start of the Bundesliga, there are a lot of opportunities for him to display his ability.

However, the embarrassing thing is that facing the opponent's 5-4-1 iron barrel formation, Schalke 04 only took a one-goal lead in the first half, with a possession rate of more than 70% in the half. Most of the shots were blocked by the brave goalkeeper. The only goal was a penalty kick, which was scored overnight by right winger Lowenkland.

Slomka was very dissatisfied with the low-level league team with only a one-goal lead. At the beginning of the second half, Zhou Tiancheng and Kuranyi both went into battle to strengthen the midfield and striker.

Obviously, Slomka's goal in this game is not only to win, but also to win beautifully.

When Zhou Tiancheng played, Rakitic was immediately liberated. He could devote himself to the offensive organization without paying any attention to defense, and Zhou Tiancheng could also provide strong support on the offensive end. His wide-range running and fast and precise passing can fully bring life The entire midfield.

Facing an opponent like Humboldt, Zhou Tiancheng didn't even bother to rely on the help of the system to understand the opponent,

He is confident that with his current strength, he can handle it completely.

In the last warm-up match debut, Zhou Tiancheng felt a little regretful that he didn't get his first goal for the first team. Loophole, after one step of dribbling horizontally, he volleys vigorously straight to the dead corner, beyond the reach of the opponent's goalkeeper.

After the goal, Zhou Tiancheng knelt on the ground and kissed his jersey, but even he himself would not have thought that good things would come in pairs. In the 80th minute, he received a corner kick from Rakitic and scored twice with a sideways volley. Although the goal came late, but he scored twice on behalf of the first team for the first time. Zhou Tiancheng is still satisfied with this sign.

In the eyes of the German media, the first round of the German Cup was uneventful. Bayern, Werder Bremen, Schalke 04, Dortmund and other strong teams all passed the test. big news.

However, not everyone sees it that way.

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CCTV Five Olympic Channel, in order not to conflict with the game time during the Olympic Games, adjusted the World Soccer program to midnight on Monday, but even so, it still couldn't stop the ratings of this program. It’s not a big deal to stay up late in the early hours of the morning. The live broadcast of the five major leagues + World Football is the standard package for real fans for many years.

In fact, ordinary fans think that the most suspenseful games before the season are La Liga and the Premier League. Who will be Real Madrid and Barcelona this year? Which team can be as much of a spoiler as Villarreal, runners-up last season? Who has a better chance of winning the traditional top four of the Premier League? How long will it take for Arsenal to break the title drought?

Everything is suspense.

But at the beginning of today's program, the program group, uncharacteristically, first focused on the Bundesliga. Fans of Real Madrid, Barcelona and the Premier League semi-finals, who had worked so hard to get up and stay up late, protested collectively.

What are you doing?

What's so good about the Doudizhu league?

But these fans still endured. Because the team they want to watch is behind.

The host Duan Xuan suppressed his excited voice and reached the ears of every fan in front of the TV: In the first round of the German Cup in the new season that ended two days ago, Schalke beat Humboldt 3-0 in an away game in 2004. The 19-year-old Chinese player Zhou Tiancheng scored twice in the game...

Next is the live video of the goal. There is no more introduction about Zhou Tiancheng, because CCTV also has no information about Zhou Tiancheng.

Many fans have a moment of trance, but they are sure they can hear clearly.

Chinese player Zhou Tiancheng? Scored twice?

All the fans were collectively confused, and many Schalke fans were so shocked that their mouths opened wide.

Unbelievable as they may be, the truth is right in front of them. Outside the penalty area, the world wave hangs dead ends. In the corner kick, he withstood the opponent's pull and volleyed sideways. Combined with Zhou Tiancheng's body, fans who know a little bit about football know that he is a big bull.

Many fans were excited and puzzled, and they all asked the same question in their hearts. Who is Zhou Tiancheng?

Such an awesome character, why didn't I have any impression of it before, as if he jumped out of a crack in the rock?

At that time, forums were still the most commonly used social networking tools. So on the Tianya Forum, a question and answer post Who is Zhou Tiancheng who scored twice in the German Cup? appeared, and the reply reached thousands of floors within 20 minutes. No one really answered the question, and everyone followed suit with replies like same request and +1. For a while, the popularity of this post was no less than that of the Chinese and American men's basketball battle in the Olympics.

Zhou Tiancheng has become a mysterious focus figure that many fans want to know.

PS: I suddenly received a task today, it is very complicated, try to make the second update on time, if it can't be updated by 3:00 pm, I will make up for it in the third update tomorrow. The author is a part-time writer, everyone understands more.