Chapter 536 Even with a telescope, I can't see Su Dong's back!
August 25th afternoon, Allianz Arena, Munich.
In the third round of the Bundesliga, Bayern will host Hannover 96 at home.
It really feels like watching the game commentary when playing FM Football Manager, because Hannover 96 has only defeated Bayern Munich away once in history. That was last season when Bayern coached by Magath lost 0-1 to Hannover 96 at home. This was the first time in history.
After the game, Magath and Bayern players were scolded.
Times have changed. When we meet again this season, Bayern is no longer the same as before.
Unlike teams like Werder Bremen, Hannover 96 will only take a defensive stance when facing Bayern under any circumstances.
So, as soon as the game started, Bayern took the initiative.
In the seventh minute, Marcelo received Schweinsteiger's pass on the left, causing a foul by the opponent and winning a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. Ribery took the penalty himself, and Su Dong in the middle of the penalty area jumped high and headed the ball into the goal, opening the scoring for Bayern.
One to zero!
This is also Su Dong's third consecutive league goal! ...
Bayern continued their offensive against Hannover 96.
In the 24th minute, Ribery dribbled the ball from the left and cut inwards, then passed the ball to the right.
Robben passed the ball to the wing again, Lahm made a run and rushed directly to the right side of the penalty area, passed a low ball to the middle, Su Dong rushed to the front of the small penalty area and easily shot the ball into the goal, scoring another goal for Bayern.
2-0! Just four minutes later, Schweinsteiger intercepted the ball and sent a precise through ball behind the defense. Su Dong successfully made an offside, rushed into the penalty area, and scored a goal.
Three to zero! Hat trick!
The fans of the entire Allianz Arena went crazy! No one would have thought that Su Dong would score such a crazy goal at the beginning of the league.
Three rounds have already scored nine goals! …
With Su Dong's hat trick, Bayern played more and more vigorously.
Even Modric saw an opportunity, passed three players, rushed into the opponent's penalty area and shot.
Unfortunately, the Croatian midfielder's shot missed the goal.
Just before the end of the first half, Hannover 96's midfielder Lara fouled Modric, received a second yellow card and was sent off directly with a red card.
Trailing 0-3 and with one player sent off, the situation for Hannover 96 was quite serious.
But with one less person, Hannover 96 became more determined to hold on to the end.
After the second half, no matter how Bayern attacked, Hannover 96 defended tightly.
It was not until the 58th minute that Su Dong stopped the ball with his back, turned around and passed it behind him. Ribery quickly dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the left rib, and after attracting the attention of the central defender and goalkeeper, he passed it horizontally in front of the goal.
Su Dong arrived at lightning speed and calmly sent the ball into the empty goal.
Four to zero! Another big four!
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Perhaps the goal was so much that even Heynckes couldn't bear to watch it anymore, and in the 65th minute, he replaced Su Dong with Klose.
Su Dong rushed to the front to eat the meat, so others had to follow behind to drink the soup, right? When Su Dong walked off the field, the 70,000 Bayern fans in the Allianz Arena stood up and gave him warm applause and cheers.
Scoring ten goals in three rounds, is there anything crazier than this? But the facts once again proved that it was not that Bayern's strikers scored too easily, but that Su Dong scored too easily.
After Klose came on the pitch, Bayern's offensive continued, and they had one more person on the field than their opponents.
Just four minutes later, Lahm made another cross from the right, but failed to find Klose. Instead, Van Bommel, who also came on as a substitute, seized the opportunity and fired a fierce shot near the penalty spot, breaking through Hannover 96's goal.
Five to zero! In the 73rd minute, Klose had a great chance.
After cooperating with Ribery on the left, Marcelo cleverly passed the ball to the front of the small penalty area. The cross was just right, and Klose quickly judged the landing point and headed the ball into the goal.
The header was very close and should have been a sure win, but Klose's header was too straight and was caught by goalkeeper Enke.
It was not until the 86th minute that Bayern got another chance. Robben received a straight pass from Modric, dribbled past the defender on the right side of the penalty area, and shot with his left foot to seal the victory for Bayern.
Six to zero! …
When the game was over, the news that Bayern had defeated Hannover 96 6-0 spread, and the entire German football world was shocked again.
Four to zero, five to zero, six to zero...
So will the next game be seven to zero?
Bild was incredulous about Bayern's crazy goals this season and believed that Heynckes had coached a remarkable Bayern team that was not only solid in defense but also very sharp in offense, especially the trident in the frontcourt.
Bild stated that if the players had not been so poor at seizing opportunities, Bayern could have easily scored double-digit goals in this game.
"Sudon played for only 65 minutes and was substituted off with four goals, but then we also saw a decline in Bayern's goal-scoring ability. Through the obvious contrast between the first hour and the last 30 minutes of this game, we have to admit that Sudon is indeed the core combat force of Bayern's attack."
Bild believes that it was the same group of players and Bayern's teammates who created many opportunities for Klose, including the close header passed to him by Marcelo, but the German striker failed to seize it.
In the evaluation given by Bild, Klose is at the continental level, while Su Dong is at the world's top level.
Bild said this is the gap between the two.
After three rounds, Bayern topped the Bundesliga standings with three consecutive wins.
Su Dong is far ahead with ten goals, leading the scorer list.
Kicker magazine described it this way: "No other forward in the Bundesliga could even see Su Dong's back with a telescope."
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At the end of August every year, UEFA holds the Champions League group stage draw and awards ceremony at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monaco. The time is not certain, but it is basically after the third round of Champions League qualifiers.
This year it is scheduled for the evening of August 30th.
Su Dong received an invitation from UEFA, but he did not attend.
This year's event was really embarrassing for Su Dong.
In last season's Champions League, Su Dong won the top scorer with twelve goals, but because he only played in the group stage, he was not eligible to participate in the selection of the Champions League's best striker.
This leads to a very interesting phenomenon, that is, the player who won the Golden Boot Award is not the best striker.
Of course, that's nothing.
In fact, if it wasn’t Su Dong who won the Golden Boot Award, anyone else would definitely be questioned for inflating their statistics.
After all, it is much easier to score goals in the group stage than in the knockout stage.
Because of this, Su Dong simply decided not to go. He knew that Ronnie would definitely win the prize anyway.
So he called Ronnie in advance to congratulate him and explained his absence.
Ronnie also understood Su Dong's embarrassment and immediately said it was okay.
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In addition to the embarrassment of Su Dong, Bayern's situation in the Champions League this season is equally embarrassing.
Why do I say that? Because Bayern was ranked in the second tier.
The Bundesliga champions and the Champions League quarterfinals were ranked in the second tier, which is definitely a nightmare for all the first-tier teams.
According to the tiering rules for the Champions League group stage, the results in European competitions over the past five years are taken into consideration. After Bayern won the Champions League in 2001, their results in European competitions in recent years have actually been pretty good.
In the past four years, Bayern reached the quarterfinals twice and the round of 16 twice, which is actually pretty good, but it just has no sense of presence. The problem is that in the 2002-2003 season, in the first round of the group stage, Bayern was drawn into the same group with La Coruna and AC Milan. As a result, with a dismal record of two draws and four losses, they were eliminated and missed the second round of the group stage.
It is precisely because of the poor results in the 2002-2003 season, coupled with the fact that the Champions League in 2001 was not included in the European competition points, that Bayern has been a second-tier team in the past two years.
Last season, Bayern was not feared by many people, but this season is different.
With Su Dong's strength, no matter which team he is in, he will be the nightmare of all European top teams.
Not to mention the arrival of Ribery and Robben this season, Bayern can be said to be even more powerful.
In the first three rounds of the season, Bayern won three consecutive games in the Bundesliga, scored 15 goals and conceded no goals. What an amazing performance! The entire European football world was shocked! Which giants would want to face such an opponent in the Champions League group stage? But there was no way. Bayern was indeed a second-tier team, in the same tier as Valencia, Porto, Roma, Sevilla and Lyon, but its overall strength was definitely better than these teams.
Due to the league's European competition points, only three Bundesliga teams participated in the Champions League. Stuttgart and Schalke 04 were both placed in the third tier. Schalke 04 finally emerged from the third round of qualifying.
The two Bundesliga teams, plus Serie A's Lazio, have become the teams that the third-tier teams are most reluctant to face.
As for the fourth tier, the overall strength is relatively weak and there are no strong teams, but the long journey for teams like Shakhtar Donetsk is also a big test for Western European teams.
It can be said that because Bayern unexpectedly "fell" to the second-tier team, the draw for the entire Champions League group stage became more suspenseful. Even before the draw, many seeded teams said that they least wanted to meet Bayern.
For example, Liverpool's head coach Benítez said that he did not want to meet Su Dong too early because Su Dong was the most troublesome striker in European football.
Among the odds offered by the three major bookmakers, the seeded team that fans most hope Bayern will face is Barcelona.
According to media reporters, fans are very happy to see Su Dong fight to the death with Barcelona.
This has to be said to be a kind of bad taste.
But it’s true that such dramatic draws always happen frequently in the Champions League draw.
Regarding the draw, Su Dong said that he didn't care much about it, and even if he really drew Barcelona, he wouldn't care.
"As a second-tier team, we actually have no choice. No matter which seeded team we meet, they will be very tough opponents. The only thing we can do is to play well in every game and try our best to defeat every opponent."
The main reason is that the eight seeded teams are all very strong and none of them is weak.
(End of this chapter)
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