On March 4, the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Saxony, eastern Germany.
The third round of the German Cup is about to begin, with Red Bull Leipzig playing against Wolfsburg at home.
Fans who have been paying attention to the Bundesliga for a long time may know something about this club. It is also one of the products of the Jinyuan Football Era.
Looking at the world of football, in order to gain a foothold in the top leagues, clubs must have strong financial resources to support them.
For example, Wolfsburg FC has achieved such dazzling results this season because they have the Volkswagen Group behind them.
Without the financial support of the Volkswagen Group, Dieter Black Gold would not be able to buy De Bruyne, Perisic, and Gustavo, and it would not be possible to attract fans of countless other clubs in Germany as it is now. An enviable achievement.
Red Bull Leipzig also has this condition, but the financial backer behind them does not sell cars, but a certain functional drink.
After this team became one of the many clubs acquired by the Red Bull Group, they began a gorgeous journey of transformation.
In 2009, Red Bull Leipzig was just an ordinary club in Germany's fifth-tier semi-professional league.
After receiving a steady stream of financial support, Leipzig jumped four levels in six years and successfully entered the Bundesliga Professional League.
This year is also the first Bundesliga professional league in the history of Red Bull Leipzig.
At the beginning of the season, they were very strong and even led all the Bundesliga clubs at one point.
It's a pity that during this year's winter break, they were targeted by the three Bundesliga powers Bayern, Dortmund, and Leverkusen.
These three clubs have taken action one after another and poached many of their main players.
Including Kimmich, a talented player who is still playing in the team and can play as a defensive midfielder and full-back, he will also go to Bayern next season.
Therefore, this caused a major blow to Red Bull Leipzig's plan to rush to the Bundesliga this season.
But does Chu Zheng know how arrogant Leipzig is? They will enter the Bundesliga next year as the second runner-up in the Bundesliga.
Then as a newly promoted team, they defeated Bayern, Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and other powerful players, and occupied the top spot in the Bundesliga for a long time.
If it weren't for their lack of foundation and the decline in performance in the second half of the Bundesliga, they would never have been ranked second, and they would definitely be able to stage the Kaiserslautern myth again.
Therefore, Chu Zheng asked Niu Benben to choose RB Leipzig.
"Didn't you say you had a game today?"
At the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Chu Zheng and Zhao Dudu appeared in the stands of the Leipzig Red Bull fans. They came to watch Niu Benben's career debut today.
"Originally I was the starter, but the Europa League draw results came out the day before yesterday, and then I was unlucky!" Chu Zheng looked depressed when he mentioned this.
The results of the Europa League quarter-final draw came out a few days ago.
Wolfsburg is very unlucky. They were drawn by the only wealthy team in the top 16, Inter Milan, one of the Milan duo in Serie A.
This is a strong enemy.
Therefore, Dieter Heijing, whose rest schedule was disrupted by the lottery result, directly kicked Chu Zheng out of the 18-man roster, allowing him to gain more time to rest in order to cope with the upcoming fierce battle.
What else can Chu Zheng do? Although he really wants to compete, he also knows that a person cannot eat alone.
Every season is actually a table of delicious food for professional players.
The Europa League and the Bundesliga are the two most delicious dishes on Wolfsburg's table this year.
Key players like Chu Zheng have already eaten the most delicious dishes, so they have to leave some for other players, otherwise they will be cheated.
In addition, people like Dost, Gustavo, Gilavoji and others are also sitting on the bench.
At seven o'clock Berlin time, with the cheers of 43,000 fans at the Red Bull Arena, the game officially kicked off.
After the game started, Chu Zheng focused on Leipzig Red Bull.
Under Chu Zheng's continuous observation, he found that the Leipzig Red Bull team played very openly and was not conservative at all.
The players are also young players with high physical fitness.
Defensively, Leipzig Red Bull is also very active and fierce. Although the players are young, they handle the ball very cleanly without any sloppiness.
As for Wolfsburg, Dieter Heijing can be said to have changed the team from head to toe today.
Bendtner started the game, and players with more physical strength such as Honte, Schürrle and Malanda were also introduced in the midfield.
In the backcourt today, Knoch and Naldo partnered.
Goalkeeper Glenn also denied Benaglio.
Although many players were rotated, the game was played vigorously.
Chu Zheng only watched for less than ten minutes. Based on the situation of the game, he analyzed that there should be no big problem for them to win this game.
Soon Chu Zheng's prediction was confirmed.
In the 28th minute of the game, De Bruyne suddenly made a 45-degree cross from the ribs under the intensive defense of Leipzig Red Bull.
Bendtner took off in the middle and hammered the ball directly in, helping Wolfsburg lead 1-0.
Then Leipzig Red Bull launched a fierce counterattack.
But Naldo and Knoch performed very well today, and together with Rodriguez and Sebastian Jung, who started after the break, they stifled Leipzig Red Bull's offense time and time again.
As for Niu Benben, Chu Zheng also observed carefully.
So far in the competition, Chu Zheng's evaluation of him is quite satisfactory, which is in line with his understanding of Niu Benben's strength.
But Chu Zheng was soon surprised by Niu Benben's excellent defense.
In the 38th minute of the game, De Bruyne moved from the ribs to the wing and received a cross from Hundt.
He saw that the position between Niu Benben and the other Leipzig Red Bull center back was a little loose, and the distance was too wide, so he suddenly spiked the ball with his left foot and sent a highly concealed through ball, thinking
Look for Bendtner to drive forward from the top of the key.
However, the amazing thing is that Niu Benben was prepared in advance.
This guy's long legs stretched directly into the passing line, not only blocking the ball, but also successfully keeping the ball at his feet.
Chu Zheng's eyes lit up at this successful interception.
Niu Benben's successful interception this time was not as easy and simple as it looked on the surface.
Chu Zheng could tell that Niu Benben deliberately left the gap for the Wolfsburg players. It was a trap.
And Chu Zheng knows that De Bruyne's through ball is very fast, and even if the average player successfully intercepts it, it will be difficult to stop the ball at his feet.
But Niu Benben did it with his good sense of the ball, and his interception of the ball fully demonstrated his good skills.
"Bah, bang, bang, bang!" Seeing this scene, Chu Zheng applauded along with the Leipzig fans.
But soon he found Zhao Dudu sitting on a chair playing with his mobile phone.
Chu Zheng looked down and saw that Zhao Dudu had taken off his high heels, so he smiled and sat down.
"Now! Put them on!" Chu Zheng took out a pair of pink flip-flops from his backpack and handed them over with a smile.
Zhao Dudu was stunned when he saw the flip-flops with tags still hanging on them. He then smiled, took them and put them on, stood up, looked up at Chu Zheng, and said in surprise: "It fits well, no." I think you are quite attentive for a grown man!"
She overslept at noon and almost missed her appointment with Chu Zheng, so she got up and put on a pair of shoes and went out.
When I got on the train heading straight to Leipzig, I realized that it was high heels.
I originally planned to buy a pair of shoes at the stadium mall to exchange for them, but I forgot about them. Zhao Dudu didn't expect Chu Zheng to be very thoughtful and delicate.
Chu Zheng smiled at Zhao Dudu but did not answer, then stood up and continued watching the game.
Zhao Dudu glanced at Chu Zheng's back for a few moments, and soon turned his attention to the game on the court.
In the 44th minute of the game, Niu Benben once again performed brilliantly.
Rodriguez made a pass from the left wing and accurately found Bendtner at the back point.
As a result, at the critical moment, Niu Benben rushed out and used his good jumping power to beat Bendtner, a former Premier League genius, to clear the ball.
In the second half, Niu Benben, who was getting better and better, was fully involved in the game and performed wonderful defense several times.
No matter how big the opponent is, this guy will tackle and grab when he comes up. If he can't grab or tackle, he will knock the opponent down directly. His defensive style is very fierce.
"This is the first time I've seen Niu Benben so devoted!" Zhao Dudu looked at Niu Benben who was very active on the field and laughed, "Usually this kid always looks ridiculous and scolds! "
"Football is our men's romance! You women don't understand." Chu Zheng replied with a smile, "That just means you don't know this guy very well."
"Don't think he's being serious, but he's actually very steady in what he does!"
"Maybe it has something to do with that incident!" Zhao Dudu said suddenly.
"Are you talking about the time when he got jealous and almost killed someone?" Chu Zheng asked.
"You know?" Zhao Dudu looked surprised, "He even told you about this? It seems that he really regards you as a brother!"
"Haha!" Chu Zheng smiled, "The four of us kowtowed to the boss back then!"
“Although I am worshiping Jesus, I don’t know if Mr. Guan would mind!”
