Chapter 23 German Super Cup Preview

Before the game, Gotze was injured and would definitely not be able to participate in the game, so he temporarily escaped the harassment of the media. ┡E小ΔsaysWw＊Ｗ.ん1XIAOSHUO. COM

However, another Dortmund "traitor" Lewandowski has become the focus and center of media attention.

Since a week before the game, reporters have been intercepting Lewandowski outside Bayern Munich's training base, wanting to hear what he thinks of the game.

"Are you going to play?"

"I don't know, it's the head coach's decision."

"Would you wish you were on the field?"

"As a player, of course I hope I won't miss any games."

"Will you be more motivated when you meet Dortmund on the pitch here?"

"My motivation comes from the desire to win, not anything else. In addition, I have a great time at Dortmund. I have no conflicts with the Dortmund coaches and teammates. We get along very well. I am also very grateful to all the staff at Dortmund. The help I got. Again, I have no conflicts with Dortmund..." Perhaps tired of the harassment from reporters whose faces said "I'm here to make trouble", Lewandowski had to give the ultimate answer, but Used to deal with all reporters' malicious questions.

He knows that reporters just want to highlight the conflict between him and Dortmund.

Yes, he did have some conflicts with Dortmund in order to leave Dortmund. But only fools will be taken advantage of by the media.

And he told the truth. There was indeed no conflict between him and Dortmund's coaches and teammates. The conflict is between him and the senior management of the Dortmund club, or to be precise, between the club CEO Watzke.

His conflicts with the club's senior management will not cause him to vent his anger on his teammates and coaches.

After all, he has won almost all the honors he could win in the club in his career with this team.

If Dortmund had been willing to simply give himself an annual salary of three million euros, he would have signed another four-year contract with the club. In fact, he didn't have to leave Dortmund. Apart from the small salary, he was very happy in Dortmund.

There is no complicated and unexplainable reason why he left Gotze.

So much so that Dortmund fans' dissatisfaction with Lewandowski's departure was mainly focused on the fact that he had to leave the team when Gotze left the team.

If he had left a year later, I'm afraid there wouldn't be a single person left to scold him.

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Lewandowski is relatively low-key, but Bayern Munich seems to be keen to use this opportunity to hype up their major victory over Borussia Dortmund in the summer transfer market.

Hoeness has claimed in interviews more than once that the successive acquisitions of Gotze and Lewandowski from Dortmund were transfer operations that made him very proud.

"...I have been looking forward to our meeting with Dortmund more than once!"

Why expect it? Does this need an explanation?

Watzke responded this way: "Hoeness seems to think that Bayern Munich can easily beat Dortmund? I don't want to say that he is wishful thinking. Everything is possible in the football world. Of course we may lose, but we may also win." Win. Yes, we lost some people this summer, but we also added some. Isn’t that what football clubs are like? People always go and people always come. I think Hoeness is too happy too soon!”

Although Watzke's response was somewhat tactful, his attitude was generally very tough.

Having snatched the league title from Bayern Munich for three consecutive years and defeating Bayern Munich in both the domestic league and the Champions League last season, Watzke should have such confidence.

But in the eyes of the German media, this is not the case.

When Dortmund was making money in China, some media in Germany criticized Dortmund for getting carried away. They were overdrafting the physical fitness of the players, using precious pre-season training to play commercial games, so that the players' energy was spent on It has been included in commercial activities and TV talk shows. Although it is very close to the people, it does no harm to the team's preparations for the new season.

After all, the team did not conduct pre-season training systematically and spent precious time on a large number of commercial activities and fans' entertainment. How could the players maintain a good condition and reserve enough physical fitness for the new season?

Although they, like Bayern Munich, had a complete victory record in all warm-up matches before the German Cup, Dortmund's warm-up match opponents were three little-known Chinese teams. In the eyes of the German media, their strength was Maybe not even as good as the Bundesliga 2 teams...How valuable can Dortmund's warm-up match be with such an opponent?

The media all want to know, for a team with a pre-season training of this quality, where does Watzke's mysterious confidence and confidence come from?

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When Dortmund was preparing for the German Cup, after some bargaining, the news about Yan Min's transfer to Dortmund finally came to a conclusion.

On July 24, a piece of news first appeared on China's Weibo: "It's confirmed! Yan Min joins Dortmund! Congratulations to the young player Yan Min! The second Chinese player to play in Dortmund is born!"

Soon afterwards, Borussia Dortmund and Shanghai Chongming Club issued announcements almost at the same time, announcing that the two clubs had reached an agreement on Yan Min's transfer. Yan Min had flown to Dortmund and was preparing to undergo a physical examination. As long as he passed the physical examination, he He will officially become a Dortmund player.

However, neither club's announcements revealed how much the transfer fee would be.

But this did not stump the media reporters. It spread quickly on the Internet. According to authoritative estimates from the German "Transfer Market" website, the transfer fee for Yan Min's transfer to Dortmund should be about 1.5 million euros, and both parties There is also a floating clause. It is said that if Yan Min plays 20 times in the Dortmund first team, Dortmund will give Shanghai Chongming Club another 500,000 euros. If he reaches 50 times, then he will give another 1 million.

That is to say, if all the conditions are met, Yan Min is actually worth three million euros.

Yan Min's worth is not the highest worth of a Chinese player. As early as nine years ago, Dong Zhuofang transferred to Manchester United for 3.5 million pounds, creating the highest worth of a Chinese player. It has not been broken yet.

But in fact, Dong Zhuofang's transfer fee is strictly speaking, not the value. Everyone believes that if Zhou Yi and Sun Pan want to transfer, they can easily break Dong Zhuofang's record worth of 3.5 million pounds.

At least in the German "Transfer Market" ranking of the value of Chinese players, Zhou Yi ranks first. The specific figure is 90 million euros - this is the amount of the termination fee in Zhou Yi's new contract with Borussia Dortmund. .

Yan Min's successful transfer made the Chinese fans who have been paying attention to him for a long time very happy. European football is the center of world football. It has the best league system in the world. All the top players gather in the European arena. Being able to play there will not only improve your own strength, but also means that you have already established a strong presence in the football world. Zhongdengtang entered the house.

To put it simply, Chinese fans certainly hope to see more and more Chinese players appear in the most valuable European competitions. If enough Chinese players have established themselves in Europe, then there is nothing to worry about about the performance of the national team. of? I'm afraid that reaching the World Cup finals is not something to cheer for and celebrate at all, but it is something that is taken for granted. By then, Chinese fans will be able to look forward to their national team competing in the World Cup like the Japanese do.

At the same time, a yellow V account ID also appeared on Weibo, named "Yan Min who plays football". The avatar of this ID is Yan Min wearing a red jersey of Shanghai Chongming. The real-name authentication information reads "Former Shanghai Chongming winger, international footballer, and current Dortmund player Yan Min."

The physical examination has not yet been carried out, and the certification information shows that he is an active player of Dortmund, which shows that Sina officials are very confident in this transfer transaction.

This account only has one Weibo post: "Hello everyone, I'm Yan Min, I'm here!"

Then nothing more happened.

But under such a simple Weibo, there are also blessings and cheers from fans across the country.

Everyone hopes that he can successfully pass the physical examination, become an official player of Dortmund, and then make a name for himself in Dortmund. Many people also joked: "The first thing you do when you go to Dortmund, don't forget to say hello to the mastermind A, Zhou Yi is not a fortune teller! [laughing cry]"