Chapter 44 A pack of wolves ravages the Bundesliga! (Please vote!!)
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 44 A pack of wolves ravages the Bundesliga! (Please vote!!)
On October 18, the first six games of the 8th round of the 2014-15 Bundesliga season started at the same time at 14:30 that afternoon.
Wolfsburg is one of them, challenging Freiburg away at the Black Forest Stadium.
Freiburg is a civilian team. Although the team has a long history, it has been jumping repeatedly between the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga 2 in the early years.
Although it is not very famous in the Bundesliga, it is definitely the most unique club in the Bundesliga and even in Europe.
Because results are the criterion for testing the success of a coach, this does not seem to hold true in Freiburg.
In the 23 years from 1991 to 2014, including head coach Streich, who just took office in 2011, they only changed a total of 4 coaches. The club's senior management has plenty of patience with every coach.
In an increasingly impetuous and increasingly golden world of football, Freiburg can be said to be a rare flower.
Since Streich took over, Freiburg has been pulled out of the relegation quagmire.
The following season, Streich even led Freiburg to the club's highest ranking in the Bundesliga, fifth in the league, and also secured a spot in the European competition.
But in the 2013-14 season, Freiburg's results experienced ups and downs, falling directly to 14th place.
In 7 rounds so far this season, their record is 0 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses.
Since Hamburg upset Dortmund 1-0 in the last round of the league, among the 18 teams in the Bundesliga, only Freiburg and Werder Bremen have not won.
Therefore, if Freiburg continues to lose this round, they will face a more difficult and severe situation.
Chu Zheng is still the starter in this game, but his position has changed.
Because Rodriguez suffered a slight injury during the national team match, he was taken over by Dieter Heijing as a precaution.
Chu Zheng's position was his left back, and Knoch got his wish and returned to the left center back position.
Chu Zheng is also very happy. He is eager to try the new position and new challenges.
The only one who was a little unhappy was Rodriguez.
Because he felt the threat from Chu Zheng, but what made him feel more at ease was that Chu Zheng's offensive attributes were far inferior to his.
As long as Dieter Heijing still needs him to come in and participate in the offense, he will always be the starter at this position, and no one can take it away.
Neither can Chu Zheng, who is still very confident in this regard.
However, Chu Zheng's playing as a full-back was actually an experiment by Dieter Heijing. In fact, he went to Sebastian Jung.
Although after this period of training and inspection, Chu Zheng performed very well in the full-back position in the training match.
But he still doesn't know what will happen in the real game.
As a result, Chu Zheng, who was playing as a left back, happened to run into Freiburg's main offensive line in this game.
As a result, Freiburg's offense failed in the first half.
Chu Zheng ran wildly along the wing, killing Freiburg's wing attacks again and again, and once again became the most handsome guy in the game.
In addition to his consistent high-level performance on defense, Chu Zheng is also the most coquettish on the offensive end.
For example, in the 29th minute of the game, De Bruyne sent a precisely guided cross from the outside of the right rib at the top of the key.
After Chu Zheng was outflanked, he kept shooting the ball from the upper left corner of the small penalty area. As a result, he sent the ball into the stands with a kick, causing more than 20,000 Freiburg home fans to burst into laughter.
De Bruyne was so angry that he jumped up on the spot when he saw Chu Zheng's miraculous footwork that was so close to an empty goal. He was speechless.
Even Dieter Heijing on the sidelines was speechless.
Rodriguez, who was on the bench, was so happy to see this scene that he patted his thigh and laughed. He felt even more relieved that his position as the main full-back was stable.
When Chinese fans at home saw Chu Zheng's anti-aircraft guns, they became even more happy.
Even biubiubiubiu dubbed Chu Zheng's shot on the barrage, amusing both He Wei and Huang Jianxiang.
But they are satisfied. Chu Zheng's performance in the Bundesliga so far far exceeds that of any predecessor in the history of Chinese football.
But in the 75th minute of the second half, Chu Zheng became weak and couldn't run anymore.
After Dieter Heijing discovered that Chu Zheng was exhausted, he replaced him with Rodriguez.
In fact, Chu Zheng's physical fitness has just passed the passing line, and it is still not enough to play a full-back position that requires frequent participation in offense and defense.
In the end, Wolfsburg won the game thrillingly with a score of 2-1.
After this game, on October 23, Wolfsburg once again faced its opponent in the third round of the Europa League, the Krasnodar Club from the Russian Super League.
Although this team is not well-known in Europe, Dieter Heijing did not dare to be careless. He took most of the main members to Russia.
As a result, once the game started, Dieter Heijing found that he was a little too cautious.
The Krasnodar team was lucky enough to be promoted to the Russian Super League in the 2010 season, replacing the Moscow Saturn club that was disbanded due to debt problems.
Since then, this team, which competed in the Russian Super League for the first time, has shown great strength and has been ranked in the upper reaches of the Russian Super League for several consecutive seasons.
As a result, as soon as the game started, Dieter Heijing discovered that the opponent was a paper tiger, which was completely vulnerable.
When the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, Wolfsburg gave Krasnodar, who was playing at home, a 4-1 score.
In this game, Chu Zheng was put on the bench by Dieter Heijing, and Knoch was on the bench.
Chu Zheng had no complaints about this. He knew that Dieter Heijin was protecting him and letting him rest more.
Three days after returning to Germany, at 15:30 on October 26, Wolfsburg faced their ninth-round Bundesliga opponent Mainz at home.
Chu Zheng started the game, and Wolfsburg's momentum was as amazing as ever. From the beginning, it was like a pack of wolves hunting, suppressing Mainz with continuous attacks.
In the 4th minute of the game, De Bruyne withstood the physical collision of the Mainz players on the left center line, then took a few steps laterally, and then sent another shot through the ribs that made Chu Zheng drool with envy.
In the middle, Perisic started first, stuck the Mainz players behind him, entered the penalty area from the left side of the top of the arc, caught up with the ball and shot with a kick.
Mainz goalkeeper Karius blocked Perisic's low shot at the near post.
But because the shot was so powerful, Karius not only let go, but also took off his crotch. The ball leaked from his crotch and almost went in.
Just three minutes later, Sebastian Rong made a 45-degree long pass from the right side of the top of the arc to the back post.
Olic hits the ball and hits the top!
But the ball was still blocked by Karius, who was standing on the goal line next to the back post.
But this time he took action again, resulting in a goal-line issue in the game and a dispute between the two sides.
As a result, the referee, after listening to the bottom line referee's opinion, indicated that the ball did not completely cross the goal line.
This penalty was like a fuse, which directly detonated Wolfsburg and made De Bruyne and others even more violent.
Moreover, the finishing touches of Wolfsburg's frontcourt players today were very good. They made 8 consecutive shots in the first half alone, and each shot hit the goal frame. It just lacked a little bit of luck.
In the first half, Chu Zheng also made several eye-catching performances in the backcourt.
Mainz seized three good counterattack opportunities, but all three attacks were stifled by Chu Zheng and could not threaten the goal at all.
Especially when Chu Zheng stole the ball from Shinji Okazaki twice, the Chinese media on the sidelines cheered endlessly.
The reason why this game has attracted the attention and attention of Chinese and Japanese media is because of Chu Zheng and Okazaki Shinji.
In the second half, Mainz finally couldn't withstand Wolfsburg's wolf tactics and was directly defeated.
When the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, a 4-0 score stood out.
Two days later, the ninth round of the Bundesliga will usher in the final game.
When the final whistle sounded at the end of the game between Monchengladbach and Bayern, hundreds of Wolfsburg fans wearing green jerseys celebrated wildly.
Because this is a 0-0 draw.
In this way, the gap between Wolfsburg and Bayern will widen again.
Some Wolfsburg fans even led the confused Borussia fans to celebrate together.
What's even more amazing is that Borussia fans quickly began to respond to Wolfsburg fans and celebrated Bayern's draw.
This scene is ridiculous. Bayern has been suffering in the Bundesliga for a long time!
In the following days, Wolfsburg's strength was recognized by all the media, and they reported and exaggerated the situation, collectively expressing their optimism about Wolfsburg's possibility of winning the championship.
However, the heat of these reports has not yet subsided. Wolfsburg defeated the German second-division team Heidenheim 4-0 in the second round of the German Cup on October 29 and advanced to the third round.
Two days later, on November 1, in the 10th round of the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg, playing away from home, once again caused tragedy, losing 4-0 to Stuttgart.
This series of winning streak once again shocked German football.
However, after the media analyzed each game in detail, they soon made a very shocking discovery.
Because they discovered that Wolfsburg's 7-game winning streak was completely inseparable from the super performance of one player.
That is Wolfsburg’s No. 66, Chinese player Chu!
Through data analysis, they found that Chu Zheng's defensive data has been rising and his competitive status is shockingly stable.
The reason why Wolfsburg has only conceded one goal in the past 7 games is not because the opponent is too rubbish, but because this young Chinese talented center back has stifled the opponent's offense with precise and fierce defense time and time again.
Another point is that these media discovered that of all the goals Wolfsburg has conceded since the start of the new season, not one was caused by Chu Zheng, and there was not even an indirect relationship.
The biggest common problem of young players is that their competitive state is not stable enough, and they are high and low.
However, they could not find this at all in Chu Zheng.
Many German media reported these findings and praised Chu Zheng's outstanding performance.
These reports were transferred back to China, causing Chu Zheng's reputation to skyrocket in China.
Now the popularity of Chu Zheng's two domestic post bars has collectively exceeded one million.
In addition to the increase in fame, Chu Zheng's net worth has also increased several times, from 800,000 euros to the current 3 million euros.
The authoritative German sports media "Kicker" directly named Chu Zheng a supernova.