Chapter 204: The Crumbling Giant

"Hahaha! Old Zhou, can you speak more directly in front of the media in the future, without such a big pant? I read the first half and thought that you actually gave up. The second half is your style. Are you It really captures the essence of our Chinese speech—the key point is at the end.”

Hao Junmin took a copy the next day and walked up to Zhou Tiancheng. Now he has no problems in daily conversations, reading and writing in German. He is often alone here. He also develops the habit of reading newspapers after games. habit. Different from China, in Germany, the newspaper industry is far more developed than the TV media, which is also related to the need to pay to watch TV programs.

Zhou Tiancheng took it from his hand and took a quick look. The local media was indeed faithful enough to insist on presenting his speech verbatim in the next day's report. Zhou Tiancheng nodded lightly: "It's just a few words of truth, hey! It looks okay, at least the media here still have confidence."

Zhou Tiancheng already expected that he might be hacked miserably in places other than Gelsenkirchen, but it doesn't matter, he is only responsible for this city when he plays for Schalke. As long as the fans and media here still support him, what other places say has nothing to do with him.

And he is also very confident in fulfilling his bold words. Zhou Tiancheng specifically checked the schedule on the Internet. The Bundesliga, the German Cup and the Champions League will all end in May, which are the first, second and third weeks of May, which means that the league is the first to end.

Zhou Tiancheng slightly hooked the corner of his mouth, God help me too! Next, you can sprint to the league with all your strength, and win the champion who has worked the most.

I heard that Bayern is going all out for the Champions League, and the league is just a guaranteed goal?

Heh, I'm sorry, I won't keep any of them. It's necessary to brush up the league copy of last season again!

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"GOOOOOOAL!!! Zhou, long shot! There's nothing Ter Stegen can do. His thirteenth league goal of his own, Schalke lead Borussia Mönchengladbach in the opening five minutes, the leaders are unstoppable. And Bayern... can only blame themselves. Who made them draw with Leverkusen in the last round? This draw made them lose their victory over Schalke at home. Now they and Schalke Ke has another four points, a gap of more than one goal. I am afraid that Schalke will not give another chance."

One goal at home to lead Borussia Mönchengladbach is not the end, but Zhou Tiancheng did not forget the experience of being defeated by his opponent in the away game. He set his sights on the right midfielder of Borussia, Marco Reus, wearing the No. 11 jersey .

This is the guy who made a penalty on himself and got himself a yellow card. When he got to his own territory, he had to get it back. How can you only score one goal?

Soon he had such an opportunity. Borussia obviously didn't have the capital to compete with Schalke in the midfield. Their main offensive routine was Royce's right-sided assault, either cutting inside the penalty area or crossing from the side to find the main force. Forward Oliver Neuville, when facing a strong team like Schalke, coach Fronzek thought twice and decided to use this 37-year-old former German main striker with two World Cup experience, although he played this season Eleven times, no goals yet, but the state has actually been pretty good. He bet that a strong opponent like Schalke can stimulate a sudden epiphany in the veteran.

But as the game progressed, it proved that this was just his wishful thinking. Zhou Tiancheng focused on Royce, repeatedly stealing the ball from his feet, and the wing attack was gone, so there was no room for Neuville to play. Marcel Leff kept praising Magath for his tactical wisdom, which was effective in marking the core players. In fact, Magath just mentioned in the locker room, pay attention to the opponent's No. 11. He didn't ask Zhou Tiancheng to assist the full-back to take care of him, but Zhou Tiancheng did, and the effect was excellent.

Magath can only think that this comes from Zhou Tiancheng's self-judgment,

But he was taken aback by his own conclusions. This ability to read the game is simply against the sky, not losing to the head coach at all.

Under the pressure of Zhou Tiancheng's strong anticipation and overall strong field control, Schalke finally won the opponent 3:1. The goal was an accident. Foot world wave, a goal with a lot of luck.

Schalke continued their momentum. Their points reached 70 points, with 21 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses. Bayern swept Hannover 7-0 in this round, and continued to maintain a four-point chase behind them. Leverkusen's draw really inspired the Bayern stars, and such a victory is enough to prove that they have not given up.

The spirit is still commendable, but this is just a cornered beast still fighting. Four points is a decisive advantage. Schalke no longer needs to look at Bayern's results, as long as they bury their heads and win the last three games, they're done.

At this time, those media who originally wanted to criticize the arrogance of the Triple Crown's remarks all retracted their heads into their shells and remained silent. Schalke's fan base took over the recent trend of public opinion.

And the team they supported gave them the opportunity to sing their praises.

In the thirty-second round, Schalke struggled to win the league vice-team leader Hertha Berlin 1-0 in an away game. As soon as the game ended, fierce cheers erupted from the stands of the Schalke Expeditionary Force—there were still fans paying attention Looking at the results of Bayern's game, the real-time score displayed at the Prussian Park Stadium, Bayern and Borussia scored 1:1. The two games kicked off at the same time, which also means that this score is also the final score there.

Marcel Leff also got Bayern's battle report for the first time. He said with a smile: "Mönchengladbach drew with Bayern! This is indeed very dramatic. The team defeated by Schalke can often win Stop Bayern, such as Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, ha! Bayern may have dominated for a long time and made too many enemies, so many teams are happy to see this result continue... This can almost declare that Bayern's general situation is over, There may not even be a theory to smooth out the six-point gap in the two rounds! Is it possible that Schalke lost to Werder Bremen and Mainz in a row? If it really happened, I would rather believe that the great Jesus will be resurrected tomorrow!"

As a staunch "benevolent faction", this result is in line with Marcel Leff's wishes. Bayern is about to equal the "record" set 34 years ago and missed the league championship for two consecutive seasons.

And Schalke is different from the original Monchengladbach team. From any angle, it is difficult to see that this team will fall apart in a short time. If they were to be dismantled, they would have had bad luck last season. In other words, their hegemony with Bayern will continue.

According to this momentum, will Schalke restart a dynasty in the Bundesliga and replicate their glory in the early days of the Bundesliga?

Right now, it's hard to tell.

But fans who really care about the prospects of the Bundesliga as much as Marcel Leff are happy to see this scene.

A single flower is not a spring, the Bundesliga giant who is pressing on all the Bundesliga teams, this time I am afraid that the foundation under his feet has really been shaken, and he is also beginning to crumble.