Chapter 220 Chinese People Who Don’t Look Like Chinese People

Bayern Munich's Champions League game has already been played, and Dortmund's Champions League game has just arrived.

Dortmund and Monchengladbach were locked in a close match in the league, and the winner was not decided until the last moment, which must have consumed a lot of energy and energy.

But Dortmund doesn't care, they have the capital and confidence. Because they defeated Zenit St. Petersburg 4:2 away from home in the first round of the Champions League.

In the next second round, even if Zenit St. Petersburg defeated Dortmund 2:0 away from home, Dortmund would advance to the next knockout round with more away goals.

The advantage of four away goals is huge.

Therefore, Klopp adopted rotation in the next game against Zenit St. Petersburg.

Several key players from the game against Monchengladbach last weekend were not in the starting lineup, and some were not even included in the squad.

Even Zhou Yi did not start the game, but was only on the roster.

Just sixteen minutes into the game, Hulk opened the scoring for Zenit St. Petersburg.

Zenit St. Petersburg, who were fighting against the odds, started well.

However, in the 38th minute, veteran captain Sebastian Kyle, who started the game in place of Sven Bender, equalized the score for Dortmund with a header from Grosskreutz's cross.

The total score between the two sides is now 5:3, and Dortmund still leads Zenit St. Petersburg by two goals.

There was no further achievement from either side in the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Spalletti took the lead in making substitution adjustments, but he still did not give up.

Despite the long odds, Zenit St. Petersburg showed their mettle.

In the 62nd minute, Spalletti made another substitution and continued to strengthen the offensive. He was already going to make a desperate move.

In the 73rd minute, Zenit St. Petersburg's offensive finally paid off. Substitute forward Langdon, who had been replaced ten minutes ago, received a pass from Italian defender Criscito, allowing Zenit St. Petersburg to exceed the score again. The total score is 4:5, only one goal behind.

There are nearly twenty minutes of game time left. If Zenit St. Petersburg can score two more goals,

And if Dortmund is not allowed to score, they can complete a great reversal with a total score of 6:5 and eliminate Dortmund.

But their opponents are not just wooden piles.

Klopp's morale was high after seeing Zenit St. Petersburg's goal, and he quickly made substitution adjustments.

He replaced Mkhitaryan with Zhou Yi.

After Zhou Yi came on the scene, he used passing games to control the rhythm, slowing down the pace of the game little by little, which shattered Zenit St. Petersburg's idea of ​​attacking.

The game returned to Dortmund's rhythm.

Klopp then continued to make substitutions, but the remaining two substitutions did not have much tactical significance. The reason was more to delay time.

Until the end of the game, Zenit St. Petersburg did not score a single goal.

Of course, Dortmund didn't score either.

In the end, Dortmund lost to Zenit St. Petersburg 1:2 at home, but still eliminated their opponent with a total score of 5:4 and qualified for the quarter-finals.

Although he lost after the game, Klopp's mood was not affected. He believes that on the one hand, the team successfully advanced, and on the other hand, key players also received sufficient rest. This was a very successful game.

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A day later the teams of two other Chinese players also appeared in the Champions League.

Chelsea plays Juventus at home, and Schalke 04 plays Real Madrid away.

Among them, there is no suspense in the match between Schalke 04 and Real Madrid, and it is absolutely impossible for Schalke 04 to go further.

However, there is suspense in this game between Juventus and Chelsea.

Because the first leg of the match between the two sides was tied at 1:1, Chelsea had an away goal, but Juventus also had a chance. In the second leg, Juventus played away from home, and they had ninety minutes to pursue away goals.

As long as they can get an away goal, they can offset Chelsea's away goal. All that remains is the total number of goals scored.

However, to achieve this goal, they faced Chelsea goalkeeper Sun Pan.

Before this game, Sun Pan once again "spoke wildly" in an interview: "Juventus wants to score a goal? Stop kidding, is this looking down on me?!"

Having been in London for almost a year, Chelsea fans and the London media all know that this is the case for Sun Pan. At first, fans didn't like Sun Pan's behavior because his predecessor was Cech. Cech is a low-key and modest person. After playing for Chelsea for many years, everyone is used to it and thinks that Chelsea's goalkeepers should be like this.

As a result, Sun Pan, whose personality is completely different from Cech, suddenly comes. Of course, everyone will feel uncomfortable and cannot accept it.

It was not until later, as Sun Pan conquered the doubters bit by bit with his performance on the court, that the fans began to get used to and accept such a Sun Pan. I realized that all Chinese people are shy, and there are also Chinese people like Sun Pan who are "not quite Chinese."

Unlike the fans, the London media liked Sun Pan very much from the beginning, because Sun Pan's big mouth is so entertaining and can always provide them with a lot of hype topics.

How could the London press not like him?

It was the same this time. As soon as Sun Pan said these words, they were amplified by the London media.

All kinds of scary titles came out.

This kind of thing happens to other players, and nine times out of ten, it needs to be clarified.

But Sun Pan didn't, he didn't do that.

On the contrary, he was happy for the media to speculate like this. His name often appeared in the media, which gave Sun Pan a sense of accomplishment.

The result of such speculation is that Sun Pan has a very bad reputation among Juventus fans. Juventus fans angrily accused Sun Pan of disrespecting his opponents. Some Juventus fans hope that the team can break Sun Pan's goal in the game and eliminate Chelsea. Then he humiliated Sun Pan severely.

Sun Pan's words also caused a lot of discussion on the Internet in China. There are also many Juventus fans in China. Of course, they are also very unhappy with Sun Pan.

Originally, people with a flamboyant personality like Sun Pan were not lovable, but if he said such words again, it would simply provide the other party with ammunition to scold him.

But apart from these Juventus fans, other Chinese fans support Sun Pan.

They all said that although Sun Pan was indeed a bit tongue-tied sometimes and often spoke big words. But this is his true nature. He doesn't pretend and lives authentically, so that everyone can feel the warmth and feel that this is a living person, not one of those false idols.

They would rather like such an imperfect and flawed person.

Of course, football matters will ultimately be resolved through football.

No matter how much controversy there is, it will all fall into the game.

In the match between Chelsea and Juventus, Eto'o opened the scoring for Chelsea in just four minutes, which was equivalent to pouring cold water on Juventus' head.

However, this did not extinguish Juventus' fighting spirit. On the contrary, they relaxed their hands because of this conceded goal.

Launched a fierce attack on Chelsea's goal.

At this time, Sun Pan became the protagonist of the game.

He caught high and low blocks again and again, trying to keep the goal.

Only forty minutes into the game, he had already made three key saves.

Although he made wild remarks before the game, which made the Juventus fans unhappy. But what's even more unpleasant is that not only did he talk arrogantly, but his actual performance was also very good, fully worthy of his arrogant words...

Sun Pan's high pass and low block helped Chelsea buy time to recover from Juventus's indiscriminate bombardment.

Then in the 42nd minute, they took advantage of a corner kick and defender Cahill scored with a header, rewriting the score to 2:0.

The total score, Chelsea leads Juventus 3:1.

There is only half half left in the game.

Unless Juventus can score two goals in a row in the next forty-five minutes, the situation is almost certain.

Of course Juventus is not willing to fail like this. They have experienced many years of troughs and finally returned to the Champions League. How can they be willing to go home in the first round of the knockout rounds?

After the start of the second half, Juventus continued to attack Chelsea's goal.

Chelsea simply launched a defensive counterattack.

Sun Pan faced more shots from Juventus.

But even so, the goal guarded by Sun Pan still did not concede a goal.

Near the end of the game, the score was still 2:0, unchanged.

After Sun Pan made a successful save, he would continue to make provocative moves against his opponents, causing bursts of cheers from the Chelsea fans in the stands - now Chelsea fans have fully accepted this Sun Pan, and sincerely Love that such an arrogant person is on their side.

In the end, Juventus failed to score even a goal until the end of the game.

They had twelve shots in the game, nine of which hit the goal frame. The quality of their offense was actually quite high.

But not a single goal was scored.

After the game, the TV broadcast immediately gave Sun Pan a close-up shot.

In a close-up shot, Sun Pan raised his fists to celebrate victory.

He really fulfilled the "big words" he said before the game and did not allow Juventus to score even a goal.

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