Chapter 164 High-Speed Parallel Chariots

After Ruud van Nistelrooy scored, the 50,000-seat Schalke stadium began to sing the Schalke team song. Although Ruud van Nistelrooy could not fully understand German, he knew that the singing came from himself. goal.

He hasn’t had this feeling for a long time. He often heard the singing at the Bernabeu in the past one or two seasons, but it was dedicated to Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema, and even captain Casillas. It doesn't matter a dime.

So at this moment, Van Nistelrooy really felt that he didn't listen to his agent, and how right it was to insist on his own opinion. It was this moment that made him feel that he was still valuable on the court.

Zhou Tiancheng came over and stretched out his palm; "Nice job, Fanny! But I said I will feed you cakes, get ready."

The palms of the two touched lightly, and Van Nistelrooy was obviously more confident: "Just give it to me, how can 1:0 be enough, I haven't had enough yet!"

In the past half of the season, Van Nistelrooy only scored one goal, and even had few chances to play. Only he himself knows how tormented this is for a striker who once stirred up the situation. Scoring the first goal to join the team just opened the gate. He needs more goals to release the depression that has accumulated for two seasons.

But Nuremberg performed very tenaciously today. After Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal was left for nearly half an hour, Schalke continued to exert pressure and did not get another chance to score.

The result of 1:0 is not a good result for Van Nistelrooy, but it is enough for the team. At least got the three points they needed.

After the game, the Chinese reporters blocked Zhou Tiancheng in the mixed interview area as usual. The question they were most interested in was: How does it feel to cooperate with the former Manchester United and Real Madrid superstars?

Zhou Tiancheng felt that this question was quite nonsensical, and he personally didn't think of Ruud Van Nistelrooy as a superstar. However, he still maintained his demeanor and replied: "Naturally, I don't need to say more about Van Nistelrooy's ability. You all know in your heart that today's goal is also a good proof. Even though he was seriously injured, he is still the same Van Nistelrooy. The experience is exactly what we need.”

"And what about off the field? What kind of person is Van Nistelrooy?"

The reporter actually wanted to learn about the image of world-class stars in the eyes of Chinese players through Zhou Tiancheng's mouth. Sun Jihai has played for Manchester City for many years, but Manchester City in the past was not as big as it is now, so Zhou Tiancheng is the first Chinese player to really be a teammate with a superstar, so it is naturally more three-dimensional for him. To put it bluntly, the media can mine more material.

"Off the field..." Zhou Tiancheng thought for a while and gave an answer: "He is a good person."

Zhou Tiancheng didn't know much about Fan Ni, so he would give him a good person card first, so that he would never offend anyone.

This answer surprised all the reporters present. While holding back their laughter, they gave Zhou Tiancheng a thumbs up in their hearts.

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While Schalke beat Nuremberg, Bayern also easily won Hoffenheim 2-0 at home. Continue to expand the goal difference advantage over Schalke, and at the same time, the two teams also opened up the five-point gap behind Werder Bremen.

Many media and industry insiders began to make the overall prospect of winning the Bundesliga. Their homework is easier than last season. You only need to focus on the two teams of Bayern and Schalke. The pattern of the Bundesliga this year is duo contending for hegemony.

The latest issue of Kicker magazine is mainly about this topic. The cover is very interesting. It imitates the famous cartoon of Soviet leader Khrushchev and American President Kennedy during the Cold War. The protagonist in it is replaced by Magath. And Van Gaal, coupled with a title "Guess Who's Confident", immediately aroused readers' curiosity.

As the most authoritative sports media in Germany, its skills in this area are naturally deep enough.

Otherwise, it would not be able to gain such a good reputation when it only publishes weekly magazines. The sales volume still crushes the major sports media, and even in some months it is not an opponent.

In fact, as long as the league championships of various countries enter the pattern of two heroes competing for hegemony, apart from ensuring that they win as much as possible, a considerable part of the attention of the two teams will be on their opponents. So in fact, it is a matter of who will lose the chain first.

The two teams have to face a two-line battle schedule since the start of the Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds in mid-February, so the common idea of ​​the two coaches is to try their best to grab points before the start of the Champions League knockout rounds, and at the same time expect their opponents to make mistakes.

In the nineteenth round of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 beat Bochum 2-0 at home, Zhou Tiancheng assisted and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored in two consecutive games. Status is returning.

In the twentieth round, they defeated Hoffenheim with two goals at home.

In the 21st round, they beat Freiburg 3-0 in the away game and avenged their home game. Zhou Tiancheng made two passes and one shot, which was the undisputed best in the game. On the other side, Chen Pengfei seemed helpless. The domestic media did not play up the "Chinese Derby" after the game. First, the performance contrast between the two sides was too great. Second, it was because the "Chinese Derby" was too prevalent in the Bundesliga, and even the reporters were tired of aesthetics.

Next, Schalke pursued the victory and beat Cologne 3:1, achieving five consecutive victories in the league.

They also played a quarter-final of the German Cup this week, defeating the biggest dark horse of this German Cup, the regional league team Osnabruck 1:0.

Before ushering in the Champions League knockout round, Schalke maintained a complete victory. This state made the media in far away Moscow feel a lot of pressure. Even at the home court where the time and place are favorable and various conditions are unique, facing such a Bundesliga defending champion, they have to make them feel like an enemy.

What made the media even more crazy was that after such a winning streak, Schalke still couldn't take the top spot in the standings.

Bayern also achieved five consecutive victories. Moreover, Wolfsburg, who just won the runner-up of last season easily 3:1 at home, is in no worse condition than Schalke 04.

Pico Eno, who has been engaged in Bundesliga professional forecasting for 20 years, expressed his views in an interview: "There is no doubt that the suspense of this season's championship lies between these two teams, and it is difficult for other teams to deal with them." It poses a threat, like two chariots running side by side at high speed, with only opponents between them. Only when these two teams meet and face each other, may the final suspense be revealed."

The reporter then asked him which team he was more optimistic about. Einault's expression changed, and after a few minutes of thinking, he gave his answer: "A stronger team has a better chance of winning."

This remark made Bayern fans elated, they have always believed that Bayern has the most powerful overall in the Bundesliga.

This is indeed the case in terms of value, but this season, Robery's joint contribution accounted for more than 60% of the goals.

In the top ten scorers, there are four Schalke players. It seems that they are relying on the team to get to this point...