Chapter 322 Announcement: Engagement

In the final battle of the season, Schalke came to the Berlin Olympiastadion for the second time in a row. Since the 1985-86 season, the German Cup final has been held here, but this season is more like a formality. No one believes that Schalke Erke will lose the championship against the Bundesliga team.

The mentality of the whole team was extremely relaxed, and even many players came to Berlin with a tourist mentality. Although Magath had been prepared for this situation, he tried to use a lot of exercise to train everyone. But now this trick doesn't work anymore - everyone is used to being abused, so they don't feel the pain at all. And the opponent's strength is indeed not at the same level, the advantage is too obvious, no matter how much attention is paid, it is inevitable that there will be psychological slack, at least the nerves will not be as tense as they were against Bayern.

But after the pre-match press conference, the atmosphere of the team changed. Magath very rarely took Neuer to the press conference. When facing reporters' questions, Neuer admitted that he was ready to accept the olive branch thrown by Bayern Munich.

Only then did everyone understand why Magath brought Neuer instead of Zhou Tiancheng to the press conference: This should be the last time Neuer appeared in public on behalf of the team, and this German Cup final was also his Schalke team. The last game of my career.

The next good press conference for the finals turned into a media briefing for Neuer joining Bayern. The question of whether to go or not has been determined. The next thing everyone is most concerned about is the contract details between Neuer and Bayern, especially the annual salary.

Before the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" and "Bild" broke the news one after another, Bayern's transfer fee for Neuer was as high as 20 million euros. If sold at this price, Neuer will become the most expensive goalkeeper in Bundesliga history.

But Neuer obviously doesn't want to talk about this issue: "At least now I still belong to Schalke. Winning the German Cup is the only thing I think about now. Before I and Bayern have officially finalized, my responsibility is to contribute to this contribute as much as possible to the team.”

Neuer's statement is enough to see that he still has nostalgia for this place, and he chose to leave only out of career considerations. Going to Bayern does have a great chance to win the championship for a long time.

Schalke still can't escape this iron law. If they lose the championship, they will lose their meritorious players. Many reporters feel that Neuer's departure may be just the beginning.

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In the Schalke locker room,

Everyone didn't like to talk to Neuer, which made Neuer very embarrassed. He knew that his teammates were very upset. At this time, he could only ask Zhou Tiancheng for help. Zhou Tiancheng smiled and clapped everyone: "Everyone What are you doing? Who are you showing your face to? These are all our own people."

It's okay if Zhou Tiancheng didn't say it. When he said this, a straightforward person like Hewedes couldn't suppress his anger: "He will soon be no longer his own, traitor! I don't have a friend like him."

Zhou Tiancheng frowned slightly: "Benedict, at least Manuel is still our brother right now? Besides, he just made his own choice. It's normal for professional players to get together and part ways. Your characterization is too serious. , I don't want you to say that."

Hewedes glanced at Neuer: "Isn't it? If it were me, no matter how much money I paid, I would never go to a team that is going to be an enemy of Schalke. Hmph!"

Hearing what he said, Zhou Tiancheng was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head and glanced at the others. Although some players didn't say anything, they still thought so in their hearts. They didn't understand Neuer's choice. It can be seen.

Zhou Tiancheng smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, Benedict, there's no need to do this. Let me ask you a question. If Real Madrid invited you, what would you think?"

Hewedes was taken aback: "That must be agreed."

"That's right, Bayern is on the same level as Real Madrid in all aspects, just because we often meet Bayern, so you don't want to see Manuel choose like this? Or do you think Manuel has passed , we can't beat Bayern?"

Hewedes was stunned by the question, and he really couldn't answer. After all, he was just feeling uncomfortable. He and Neuer entered the Schalke U19 in the same year, so they have a good personal relationship, and it is natural to feel a little uncomfortable to be separated.

But Neuer couldn't help but have an opinion when he heard this: "Hey, Zhou, I don't agree with this, do you look down on me?"

Neuer wanted to say that I would definitely not be able to win in Schalke, but he didn't say such words that would cause public outrage.

Zhou Tiancheng understood what he meant, and snorted with a smile: "Okay, if you don't believe me, let's talk about it then, let's finish the game in front of us now, brothers, don't be so sad, win the game first, I have one thing to do." Announce."

"Oh, brother Cheng, I don't like you to be a joke the most. Is there anything you can't say directly?"

Zhou Tiancheng smiled: "It's time to play, let's talk after winning the championship."

...

Magath didn't emphasize too much about this game, and it is true that the strength advantage is too obvious. It was half-court offense and defense from the start. With Schalke's usual training intensity, the confrontation that Duisburg can exert is not much stronger than Magath's training.

In just five minutes of the game, Zhou Tian made an assist for Huntelaar to open the scoring. Schalke had taken a 3:0 lead in the first half.

Marcel Leif found it very interesting: "This score was completely expected. However, players like Schalke really didn't give Neuer a chance to perform. After all, it was the last game. I thought he could stay. Next some highlights, haha!"

We can only blame the opponent for being too weak. Magath had already replaced Zhou Tiancheng at half-time. He scored a wonderful world wave and replaced him to accept the applause of the Schalke fans in the stands. But even if Magath replaced him, Schalke still firmly controlled the situation. Jurado and Baumjohann are still unambiguous, and Duisburg's offensive is pitiful.

The camera even showed Neuer warming up in front of the goal several times, and most of the topics of the commentary were actually transferred to him. The red-blue duel between Schalke and Bayern in the future may not be much worse than the Ruhr Derby.

In the second half, Schalke scored two more goals and beat Duisburg 5:0 on aggregate to win the championship. After the game ended, Neuer first walked under the Schalke stands, waved to all Schalke fans, and made a gesture of hugging. The fans responded to him with huge shouts and cheers.

Then Neuer hugged every teammate present. The end of the season is the time to say goodbye. And I won't see you again... At least I won't meet again in my current capacity.

When embracing Zhou Tiancheng, before Neuer could express his feelings, Zhou Tiancheng spoke first: "Manuel, although we will not be teammates in the future, but after all, our friendship is still there, right? If you are free during the holidays, can you come to celebrate at the beginning of next month?" A field?"

"Zhou, what's good?" Neuer was interested.

Zhou Tiancheng smiled and said, "I'm getting engaged, can you come and support me?"

"Wow! God!"

Neuer's eyes widened suddenly, and he covered his mouth and let out a scream.

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