Chapter 11 Worth the Price
In fact, when playing against Dortmund, the Chinese League was going on as scheduled. For Guangzhou Hengyuan, they did not get more rest time just because they had to play against Dortmund. They just squeezed out the usual week's rest time to play against Dortmund. Play a game. E novelWw『W. ┡1XIAOSHUO. COM So they didn't have to face double matches a week, but now they have to face double matches a week.
Hengyuan had just finished an away game in the Chinese League and returned to Guangzhou without stopping. The whole team was engaged in training to prepare for Dortmund.
Although it is very hard, everyone at Hengyuan is still looking forward to this game.
"We hope to compete with the top teams in Europe. Only by playing against strong teams can we improve ourselves." This is the common sentiment of almost all Hengyuan players interviewed.
Lippi didn't send a substitute in just because this was an unplanned game. This is a rare learning opportunity for his team, and it would be a waste to cope with it with substitute players.
Therefore, in the list announced before the game, Guangzhou Hengyuan is the main force.
Although Beijing TV station once used world stars such as Ronaldo and Inzaghi to ridicule Guangzhou Hengyuan's upstart transfer concept. But in fact, there are no such world-class stars in today's Hengyuan team.
Back then, there was a Barrios who transferred from Dortmund and was awarded the Bundesliga Golden Boot. However, his performance at Hengyuan was very poor. In the end, he had an unhappy relationship with Hengyuan Club in order to leave China. He refused to return to the team and spread rumors that Hengyuan was in arrears with his wages. In the end, Hengyuan Club sold him to Russian giant Spartak Moscow for 7 million euros.
There are quite a few domestic internationals in the current Hengyuan team, but in terms of foreign players, the most famous one is Conca, the Argentinian midfield playmaker.
The former Brazilian League Best Player midfielder moved to Hengyuan in 2011 for US$10 million. At that time, everyone was intimidated by Hengyuan's wealth, and some people thought that Hengyuan had once again made a fool of itself and had too much money.
However, after Konka joined Hengyuan, he quickly won the love of the fans. With his outstanding performance, he helped Hengyuan win the Chinese League championship for two consecutive seasons. He was therefore named the "King of Tianhe".
Although this player has never been selected for the Argentine national team and has not been favored by European teams, he is the well-deserved number one superstar in the Chinese League.
In addition to Conca, Hengyuan's famous frontcourt South American trident also includes two forwards from Brazil, Muric and Elkeson.
They are much less famous than Conca.
But the strength cannot be underestimated.
Muriqi is a very fast forward. He is a top-notch player in the entire China and Asia.
Elkerson was once selected for the Brazilian National Youth Team. His comprehensive skills and outstanding speed are his characteristics.
The two of them charge in front, with Kongka behind them feeding them shells. Hengyuan's trident runs smoothly and is sweeping. The current momentum in the AFC Champions League is also very good.
The three of them are also the reason why others always rely on foreign aid to attack Hengyuan.
Offensively, Hengyuan does rely heavily on these three South Americans. Although the Chinese team's international player Gao Lin is also the main player in Hengyuan, he can only play for Muric and Elkeson, and he does not score many goals.
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At eight o'clock in the evening Beijing time, the Tianhe Stadium was packed and the crowd was buzzing. The referee blew his whistle and the game between Guangzhou Hengyuan and Dortmund began.
Zhou Yi also played in this game.
At the beginning, when Dortmund faced Hengyuan, most of the players probably did not take Hengyuan's players seriously. After all, the strength gap between the two sides was huge.
But at the beginning of the game, Hengyuan took advantage of Conca's organization and Muric's speed to create several opportunities in succession. Guangzhou fans in the stands burst into cheers.
On one occasion, he even came close to scoring.
The camera captured Zhou Yi shouting loudly to his teammates on the court.
"I think Zhou Yi must be reminding them not to underestimate the enemy..." the CCTV commentator speculated. "I don't know what exactly he shouted..."
In fact, what Zhou Yi shouted was: "They are the champions of China! You should be serious!"
Hengyuan's continuous offensive makes Chinese fans very happy - although they are fans of Zhouyi, when playing between domestic clubs and foreign clubs, unless they are Dortmund fans and not Hengyuan fans, they will not Support your national team.
Rationally speaking, it is impossible to expect Guangzhou Hengyuan to defeat Dortmund, but they hope that Hengyuan can score at least one goal in the game and play with style and level.
So seeing Hengyuan's offense playing vigorously, the Guangzhou fans in the stands were very excited.
But they were not happy for long.
After several consecutive attacks but failed to score, Dortmund finally came to their senses and realized that if they underestimated their opponent, they might really lose the game, which would be a big shame...
Once Dortmund starts to get serious, there will basically be no long-term opportunities.
Zhou Yi is the core of Dortmund, but when playing against Hengyuan, his core does not need to be very strong, and Dortmund does not need to rely on his core. Others are enough.
Before the game, Hengyuan also arranged for special people to mark Zhou Yi. During the actual game, it was discovered that they were actually thinking too much - Dortmund could easily defeat them without Zhou Yi...
Of course, Zhou Yi can't just walk on the court to make soy sauce, so the Chinese fans will be the first to refuse - they come just to watch Zhou Yi's performance.
Several of his wonderful passes drew cheers from the fans in the stands.
In the past, cheers of this level would only erupt after a goal was scored, but now they occur frequently when Zhou Yi passes the ball.
In the 27th minute, Zhou Yi made a wonderful through ball in the midfield and sent the football to Hengyuan's ribs. Kuba received the ball there and passed it across the ball immediately.
Mark Wagner, who followed up from the middle, easily pushed the ball into the goal.
Although Zengcheng fought back hard and made a save, it was too late.
After scoring the goal, Dortmund played more easily.
Before the end of the first half, Dortmund scored another victory and rewritten the score to 2:o.
During the halftime break, Zhou Yi was not replaced. He continued to stay on the court in the second half. The Guangzhou fans applauded Klopp's approach - they did not want to watch Zhou Yi for half the game.
Dortmund, which had already led by two goals in the second half, began to control the rhythm under the leadership of Zhou Yi.
They pass and cooperate continuously, just like they play in Europe. When they pass continuously, it is difficult for Hengyuan's players to stop the football no matter how they run.
Even the Guangzhou fans were impressed by the skillful passing and cooperation between Dortmund players, and cheers erupted from the stands.
And just when Hengyuan became impatient because of Dortmund's continuous passes, Dortmund suddenly changed its rhythm.
Zhou Yi sent the football to the front and then quickly moved forward.
Mark then passed the football to Zhou Yi who had already run into the space.
After receiving the pass on the line of the penalty area, he directly shot a long shot. The football was curved by him, bypassed Zengcheng's outstretched arm, hit the lower edge of the crossbar, and then bounced into the goal. !
"Zhou Yi!! Good goal!! World wave!!!!" the CCTV commentator shouted excitedly - in this game, Dortmund depends on Zhou Yi's performance, and now Zhou Yi has scored a goal, this is simply perfect. But that's it!
When Zhou Yi scored, huge cheers erupted from the Tianhe Stadium, which was louder than any before.
Both were scored by Dortmund, but the first two goals definitely didn't have such momentum.
Zhou Yi, who scored the goal, did not celebrate the goal in front of his national team teammates. He just waved to the Chinese fans in the stands.
Klopp also applauded Zhou Yi's goal on the sidelines, and then prepared to replace Zhou Yi - allowing Zhou Yi to score the goal was an explanation. Now, for the benefit of the team, he wants to replace Zhou Yi to avoid injury and excessive fatigue.
Two minutes after Zhou Yi scored, there was a dead ball and Zhou Yi was replaced by Shaheen.
After Zhou Yi came off the field, he applauded and thanked all the fans, and everyone stood up and applauded to cheer him.
At this time, no one cared about the outcome of this game. Zhou Yi appeared, performed well, and scored a world wave, so they felt that it was worth the ticket price.
The Chinese players on and off the court of the Hengyuan team were filled with envy when they saw this scene - they were obviously opponents, but they were able to get the support and love of so many people. For a player to be able to do what Zhou Yi did, it was simply fatal. And no regrets!