King of the Zone

Cheng Hai's appearance was highly anticipated by his teammates and fans.

But the final result disappointed them.

Hoffenheim itself played defensively and counterattacked, gathering a considerable number of players to defend in the backcourt, and did not give Cheng Hai any room to move and grab points.

Coupled with Cheng Hai's reputation now, Hoffenheim's defense players did not despise him at all because he is a young man from Asia. Instead, they sent two players to guard him.

One of them defends closely, and the other player who assists in the defense is no more than 5 meters away. Once Cheng Hai gets the ball, he will immediately stick to it for defense.

Therefore, until the end of the game, although Cheng Hai had a chance to shoot, he still failed to break through Hoffenheim's goal.

However, fortunately for Dortmund, Brazilian striker Da Silva, who had a rare first start, broke out in this game. In the 91st minute of stoppage time, he broke through from the wing and cut inside. After a two-to-one cooperation with Shinji Kagawa, he entered the penalty area and volleyed from a small angle to tie the score at 1-1.

Dortmund was quite lucky to get a point.

However, this game was a bit depressing for Cheng Hai.Because he neither scored nor assisted, and he would not be judged as the best player by the system, and he didn't even get the benefits of the team winning.

After playing for more than 20 minutes, Cheng Hai didn't gain any experience. This was the first time he had participated in a professional game.

But there is no other way, who made him not physically fit?

If you are physically fit and able to play for 90 minutes, it should be no problem to score one or two goals in a game.

Now there are only two or three 10 minutes in each game, and it is understandable not to score occasionally.

In addition to Cheng Hai himself, the Dortmund club also has some depressing places.

Because also in this round of the league, when Dortmund was tied by Hoffenheim, the second-ranked Mainz defeated Leverkusen 1-0 away and scored all 3 points.

So, at the end of the ninth round of the league, Mainz overtook Dortmund again, with 9 more points than Dortmund.

Dortmund fell to No.2.

Fortunately, two days later, there was good news.

北平时间2010年10月26日下午、德国时间当天早上，2010年羊城亚运会华国男子U23足球队最终20人大名单公布，来自德甲多特蒙德的18岁华国球员程海首次入选国字号球队，位列其中，分配给他的球衣号码跟俱乐部一样：代表着主力前锋的9号球衣。

When the news came out, the whole country was boiling.

In fact, at this time Cheng Hai has already tied Yang Chen's single-season scoring record in Frankfurt.

Yang Chen scored the most goals in Frankfurt in the first season after moving to Frankfurt. He played 23 times in the Bundesliga and scored 8 goals.

And now Cheng Hai has played 9 times as a substitute in the Bundesliga, and has scored 8 goals, tying Yang Chen in terms of the number of goals scored in a single season.

But the number of appearances and playing time, Cheng Hai is far ahead of Yang Chen.

What's more, with the addition of the German Cup and the UEFA Cup, Cheng Hai has played 15 times for Dortmund so far this season, scoring a total of 13 goals, ranking first in the team and top scorer list in the Bundesliga.

This kind of efficiency is not comparable to Yang Chen.

Not to mention domestic players, even in the world's top professional leagues like the five major European leagues, Cheng Hai's current statistics are the top in Europe this season.

Therefore, the media and fans have long been eager for Cheng Hai to join the national team.

Now, I finally saw Cheng Hai recruited by the U23 Olympic team to play in the Asian Games.

Moreover, with Cheng Hai's strength as a top striker in the five major European leagues, leading the Olympic team to play in the U23 competition in Asia, it is definitely an anti-aircraft gun to kill mosquitoes!

Although other Olympic players may not be strong, it will drag Cheng Hai down.

But with the existence of Cheng Hai, the long-standing problem of frontal weakness in Huaguo football has been solved, and the strength of the Olympic team will definitely be improved several steps.

It turned out that the goal of the Asian Games called out by the Football Association was to enter the quarter-finals. Although the goal has not changed now, everyone has a new goal in mind, that is, at least to enter the semi-finals, and it is best to enter the finals to compete for the championship.

Of course, reasonable people will use Messi as a reference, saying that Messi led Argentina to do nothing in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

After all, football is a team sport. No matter how good one person is, there is no way to turn the tide with bad teammates.

But this statement was immediately refuted by the Chengcheng faction. The main point is that Messi met the world's top team in the World Cup.

And Cheng Hai in the Asian Cup, let alone the world's top teams, the opponents are not even the adult national teams of the Asian top teams, but only the U23 Olympic team.

Although Cheng Hai looks only 18 years old, his opponents in the Bundesliga and UEFA Cup are top European teams.

Facing the Ligue 23 giants like Paris Saint-Germain, they can score twice. Isn't it easy for an Asian team to play U[-] in the Asian Cup?
Of course, there are more people who are rational and protruding, neither too optimistic nor too inferior. Anyway, they think that with Cheng Hai joining, the strength of the Olympic team will definitely improve, and the number of goals will definitely increase.

In short, Cheng Hai's joining will definitely be beneficial but not harmful.

In Cheng Hai's hometown, Cheng Songquan has been elected as the new village group leader through the villagers' election.Coupled with Cheng Hai's fame, there are many young people in the village who didn't watch football before, and even adults have learned to watch live broadcasts and Cheng Hai's games.

There is no source of newspapers in the village, but there are some people who follow the news on the Internet through their computers every day, watching the movements of Cheng Hai, a football star who has gone out of the village.

Although Cheng Songquan has not yet started his New Deal, the villagers have already enjoyed the benefits of the fame of Cheng Songquan's son, Cheng Hai.

Whether it's chatting with outsiders or doing business, as long as it is said that Cheng Hai, who plays football in Europe, came from their village, others will take a high look, it's really embarrassing!
Being rich is not a problem. Cheng Songquan's house has already been built and is being renovated. He is very busy every day, so he did not get the news of Cheng Hai's selection for the U23 Olympic team for the Asian Games in the first place.

But it doesn't matter, someone from the village will come to tell him.

Although he had already called his son to find out about this before, Cheng Songquan was very excited when it was officially announced.

He immediately took out his mobile phone and called Cheng Hai.

At this time in Germany, it was still morning, and Cheng Hai had just arrived at the training base, and had not received the news that he was officially selected for the U23 Olympic team. He was in the locker room while changing training uniforms and chatting with his teammates.

Hearing the phone ringing, Cheng Hai picked it up and saw that it was his father, so he answered the channel: "Dad, what's the matter?"

Cheng Songquan said happily on the other end of the phone: "Xiao Hai, the Football Association has announced the list of the U23 Olympic team for the Asian Games. You have been selected, and your jersey number is No. 9!"

Although he already knew that he would be selected, Cheng Hai was very happy when he heard the list was officially announced, and said immediately: "Great! Then you and mom will be able to watch me play football. Have you booked your hotel and tickets yet?"

Cheng Songquan said: "Not yet, we don't understand. I asked your uncle's cousin for reference. He has a computer. Let's think about it and book hotels and tickets according to the number and venue of the Olympic team's games."

Cheng Haidao: "As soon as possible! I guess once the news comes out today, it may be more difficult to buy tickets for the Olympic team."

When Cheng Songquan heard it, he immediately came to his senses, slapped his head and said, "Yes! Now there are many fans who like you in China. When you hear that you have been selected for the Olympic team, let alone Yangcheng, there are countless people from all over the country who want to go to watch you play live. Let's not talk, I will quickly ask your cousin to help us make a decision."

Cheng Haidao: "Yes! Good!"

After the father and son hung up the phone, the teammates in the locker room asked Cheng Hai. Knowing that he had been selected for the Hua Guo Olympic team and was about to compete in the Asian Games, they all congratulated him and wished him good results in leading the Hua Guo team in the Asian Games.

Just when Cheng Hai changed into his training clothes and was about to go to the training ground with his teammates to start today's training, the phone rang again.

Cheng Hai picked it up and looked, but it was the phone number from Sun Wei, the head coach of the Olympic team.

Because the communication with the Borussia Dortmund club was not smooth, Cheng Hai's report time to the Olympic team was the last one, and the time for joint training with his teammates was very urgent.

Sun Wei called to tell Cheng Hai to book a plane ticket in advance, report back to China immediately after the club's last game, beat the jet lag, and try to train with his teammates for one or two more sessions.

Obviously, unlike the club's coaches and team members, Sun Wei knows that Cheng Hai has amazing resilience, so he doesn't have to worry about Cheng Hai's jet lag.

Of course, Cheng Hai himself didn't have to worry, but he didn't have to discuss these issues with the head coach. He just calmly agreed, claiming that the club would return home immediately after the last game.

Because the training was about to start, just when Cheng Hai wanted to hang up the phone, Sun Wei said again:

"By the way, every game in our team has some tickets presented by the organizing committee, and the location is very good. Everyone can share three tickets and give them to their relatives and friends. Do you need them? If you don't need them, I will give them to others."

Cheng Hai was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly said, "Of course I need it. My parents are about to buy tickets to watch me play football. Didn't expect the team to have such benefits?"

Sun Wei said with a smile: "That's necessary. Everyone fights for the country and doesn't get paid. If there are no such small benefits, how can you be worthy of a national team? You don't have to worry about tickets for the national team games in the future, let alone your parents. It doesn't matter if there are more people. The team leader can help you coordinate."

Cheng Hai thanked: "Then thank the head coach!"

Sun Wei smiled and said: "You're welcome, we still hope that you will lead everyone to get a good result! By the way, I will give you a phone call and send you a text message later. I am one of the assistants of our Olympic team in charge of this matter. You give this phone number to your parents, and they will connect. Your parents don't need to buy tickets, and you can refund them if you buy them."

Cheng Hai said hello, said goodbye to each other, and hung up the phone.

After a while, Cheng Hai's cell phone rang a text message, it was from Sun Wei, with a name and a phone number, obviously it was the assistant he just mentioned.

Cheng Hai called first to connect with the other party, but the other party was very polite to Cheng Hai.

After all, he is just an assistant, neither the head coach nor the team leader, and he has no status in front of Cheng Hai, a big-name star who plays for a European giant.

Of course, Cheng Hai didn't know how to play big names, and was very polite.

The communication between the two parties was smooth, and the other party reassured Cheng Hai that he would contact Cheng Hai's parents and send the ball tickets to Cheng Hai's parents himself.

Afterwards, Cheng Hai called his father again, telling Cheng Songquan not to buy a ticket.

Moreover, with three tickets, he asked his father to find a relative who was free to accompany them to Yangcheng.Then, Cheng Hai gave the phone number of the Olympic team assistant to his father.

Cheng Songquan was also very happy to hear that the Olympic team still had this benefit, and now he doesn't have to worry about not being able to buy tickets.

After hanging up his father's phone, Cheng Hai hurried out to the training ground to start today's training, almost being late.

While the players were training step by step, the coaching staff was discussing the next day's German Cup.

Dortmund's situation in the league this season is very good and they have a chance to win the championship.

In the UEFA Cup, they fell into the death group in the group stage and played very hard.

Dortmund's schedule on the third front is also very intensive.

However, Cheng Hai, the top scorer in the team, has poor physical fitness. He can only play two or three 10 minutes in each game, which is very annoying.

Of course, the club management hopes that the team will advance on three fronts, fight on three fronts and win the championship in the end.

But as a coach, Klopp and others have a good idea. It is very difficult to win the Triple Crown, even if it is just a small Triple Crown in the UEFA Cup.

Don't make it to the end, if you can't win a championship, it will be a pity that the good momentum of this season will be lost.

Therefore, the coaching staff has been hesitant.

Everyone is still discussing this matter today.

The assistant coach Blackmore looked at the sky, and then said: "According to the weather forecast, the weather will not be very good tomorrow, it will rain, and we will be away again. If we send the main players to fight for the German Cup promotion, on the one hand, the main players may be injured, and on the other hand, our promotion will also lengthen our front line. With our current strength, it is really difficult to fight on the third front. I think it is better to give up the German Cup and focus on the league and the UEFA Cup."

The other coaches also looked at the sky and agreed with Blackmer's statement.

Klopp also looked up at the cloudy sky, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Okay! Give up the German Cup and focus on the League and UEFA Cup. When the squad is announced later, it will be mainly substitutes, so that the main players can take a good rest. The management side, I will communicate."

Blackmore nodded, and then asked, "What about Cheng Hai?"

Klopp waved his hand and said, "Of course Cheng Hai will be added to the squad. His physique is so good that he is not easily injured, and his resilience is amazing. No matter how tired he is from playing, if he sleeps at night, he will be refreshed the next day. So let's take him!"

The idea was made, everyone dispersed and began to guide the training of the players in their area.

That afternoon, when Blackmer announced the 18-man roster for the second round of the German Cup the next day, everyone discovered that most of the rosters were substitutes.

The club has given up on the German game.

Cheng Hai naturally realized this, and felt a little depressed.

You know, the German Cup is also one of his tasks. After winning the championship, there will be 30 skill points as rewards!

Moreover, based on his experience in playing in the domestic UFC national finals, if he performs well in the German Cup and wins the best player and top scorer, there will be additional rewards.

Dortmund gave up the German Cup to let him give up a lot of skill point rewards!
No wonder Cheng Hai was a little depressed.

Fortunately, he was still included in the squad and might come off the bench.

Cheng Hai secretly made up his mind that he must do his best in tomorrow's game so that the team can win and advance to the next round.

If the team can reach the semi-finals in the end, I believe the club will not give up.After all, if they make it to the semi-finals, they are only two games away from the championship.

Even if the German Cup is not as important as the league, it is still the champion anyway!
If you make it to the semi-finals and don't try your best to fight for the championship, then you have a bag of brains.

Having made up his mind, Cheng Hai didn't say anything, since it's useless to talk anyway.

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Now that he has decided to give up the German Cup, most of Klopp's appointments are naturally substitutes. This is a deliberate decision to give up the German Cup.

On the other hand, Offenbach's players are very excited.

On the one hand, it is the excitement of being able to play against the Bundesliga team. On the other hand, everyone can see from Dortmund's starting lineup that the opponent has given up the German Cup. Offenbach may stage a super upset, defeat Dortmund, the Bundesliga giant, and advance to the next round.

However, it stands to reason that even if Dortmund's players are substitutes, they are much stronger and have an advantage than the players in the Bundesliga.

However, since they are substitutes, it proves that they have little time to play official games together and the cooperation is not tacit enough.

In addition, as the weather forecast said, it rained during the game.Although the rain is not heavy and will not interrupt the game, it will affect the performance of the players on the court.

Especially Dortmund, which is superior in technology, in this rainy day and slippery field, many technical moves cannot be done, or they dare not do them for fear of injury!

In addition, Offenbacher is playing at home again, showing [-]% fighting spirit.

In this ebb and flow, even though Dortmund is a Bundesliga giant and Offenbach is a Bundesliga team, the two sides still drew.

Under the rainy battle, both sides made more mistakes.

Dortmund didn't score and Offenbacha couldn't score either.

At halftime, the two sides entered the halftime with a score of 0-0.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

The situation in the second half remained unchanged.

Although Dortmund's substitute players, who seldom started once in an official game, wanted to prove themselves with victory in order to get more playing time, but the weather was bad and Offenbacher was also desperate, resulting in two teams with huge differences in paper strength.

The 0-0 score lasted until the 73rd minute. When Cheng Hai couldn't help but tell Klopp to let him come off the bench, Klopp finally let Cheng Hai replace a striker and played the game.