Chapter 602: The first prize of 2008
The opening match of the new Bundesliga season was a big drama.
Bundesliga defending champion Bayern will host Hamburger SV at home.
The first match was the North-South national derby, which undoubtedly whetted the appetite of the fans.
The second round will be equally exciting, with Bayern challenging Dortmund away, which will be another strong dialogue.
It can be said that as soon as the new season starts, it will be a series of football feasts.
After Bayern played against Cologne, they played a first-round knockout match in the German Cup before the first round of the league.
The opponent is Erfurt, a team from the third division.
Ribery, Sagnol and Lucio were all absent due to injuries. Podolski, who performed well in the European Cup, and two substitute players in the team, Lehr and Hummels, all started. So did Toni Kroos, Thomas Muller and Badstuber, the team's highly anticipated young players.
Among them, Badstuber plays as left back.
Su Dong also followed the team out again, sitting on the bench, but did not play.
But even so, it still attracted thousands of fans away from home.
Erfurt is a small team. The maximum capacity of their home stadium is only more than 11,000 people. The attendance of a normal game is about 7,000 people, which is already a very good result and can barely maintain the survival of this small team.
But for the match against Bayern, nearly 30,000 people entered the stadium.
In order to accommodate more fans into the stadium, they even temporarily renovated the stadium, changing all the original seats into standing seats. In other words, these 30,000 fans all watched the game while standing.
But even so, the stadium was still surrounded by crowds of people.
There is a big gap in the strength of the players of the two teams. Although Bayern sent out all the young players, they still played quite actively. They also had big players like Van Buyten in the back line and strong players like Demichelis in the midfield.
In the end, Bayern defeated their opponents 4-2.
Toni Kroos made one assist and one goal, Thomas Muller scored twice and Badstuber also scored a goal. These young players of Bayern all performed very well, which makes people full of expectations for their prospects.
Su Dong sat on the sidelines throughout the game. He became more and more impressed with Bayern's management because he believed that these young guys from Bayern had a bright future, especially Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller.
The former is the kind of genius that anyone who sees him play will be amazed, while Thomas Muller is a very smart stream-of-consciousness scorer with excellent shooting skills.
Perhaps, all people named Muller are goal-scoring experts.
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Although he did not play, Su Dong was not idle either.
Whether it was before, during, or after the game, there were many fans chasing him for autographs and taking photos. Su Dong tried his best to meet their requests. After signing autographs, the whole team had already boarded the bus, but he was still blocked by fans.
Finally, I left with many thanks from the Erfurt management.
Everyone knows that today's game will be enough to sustain this small team for a while.
If we were luckier, maybe our strength would have greatly increased and we would have been promoted this season.
For example, last season's Red and White Allen, after playing against Bayern, introduced strong reinforcements during the winter break and were promoted to the Bundesliga after the season. Reus, who left a deep impression on Su Dong, performed well in this team.
It is said that Bayern's scouting team has already set their sights on him.
Of course, it is definitely not just Bayern. The Red and White Allen is so close to Dortmund, and Reus is from Dortmund's youth training. It is estimated that the Hornets' scouting team is also paying attention to Reus.
Su Dong feels that sometimes it is a good thing for wealthy teams to lower their status and play in such small teams to give back to the middle and lower-level teams.
Football leagues and clubs are pyramid-shaped, but they also need a virtuous cycle mechanism.
This is the foundation of European professional leagues!
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On the evening of August 15th, in the north of Munich, the foam exterior wall of the Allianz Arena lit up with dazzling red lights. Even from a few kilometers away, this charming ruby could be clearly seen.
Seventy thousand fans walked into the venue, filling every corner of the Allianz Arena.
At the same time, the stands were also crowded with guests.
Not only the Bayern giants and Hamburg's core executives were present, but the German Football Association Chairman Dr. Laubal also attended with important members of the Football Association, as well as the Bundesliga Professional League, as well as political and business celebrities from Munich and even Germany.
This makes the stands of the Allianz Arena crowded with distinguished guests and stars.
Bayern prepared a short but wonderful performance specifically for the opening game. Guests included Paul Purcell, a singer who had just won the British talent show. The atmosphere on the scene became quite intense before the game even started.
After the performance, Dr. Laubar presented the important awards of the Bundesliga last season on behalf of the German Football Association.
Amid the thunderous applause of 70,000 Bayern fans in the stadium, Su Dong became the player with the greatest gains of the game.
He won the Bundesliga Golden Boot, Bundesliga Best Player and Bundesliga Best Forward last season. He was also the most popular football player among German fans last season, which made him so overwhelmed with awards that he couldn't let go of them.
In the first major award ceremony in 2008, Su Dong won a great harvest! Heynckes won the best coach of the season, and Lucio won the best defender of the season.
When the German Football Association arranged the schedule, it held the opening game at the Allianz Arena, in fact, just for tonight's award ceremony.
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Bayern faced Hamburg at home, but the situation was a bit bad.
Ribery and Sagnol were both injured, and Robben was also confirmed injured by Wolfart before the game and was banned from participating in the game.
This resulted in Bayern only being able to field a combination of Olic, Sudon and Podolski in the frontcourt when facing Hamburg.
In midfield, Mascherano participated in the Olympics, Van Bommel started, and Modric has not yet adjusted his form. Instead, Toni Kroos, who has performed well recently, partnered with Schweinsteiger and became Bayern's starting midfielder.
Needless to say, Marcelo also participated in the Olympics. Lahm, Pepe, Lucio and Lell formed the back line, and the goalkeeper was Rensing.
Neuer is adapting quickly to Bayern's training and is also constantly improving himself under the guidance of Sepp Maier and Dreyer, but for the time being, Rensing is the recognized crown prince of Bayern for many years.
It’s not that Neuer is not strong enough, but sometimes the head coach has to take the emotions into consideration when selecting players.
It is not possible to say that once Neuer arrives, he will immediately banish Rensing to the sidelines. What will the locker room think? If an outsider is good at chanting, will the old players in the locker room still have the fighting spirit?
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Hamburg's head coach is Dutchman Martin Jol. His Hamburg team has a strong Dutch flavor, with many Dutch players. Therefore, even though they were playing away from home, Hamburg did not hold back from the start and launched an offensive.
In the sixth minute, Hamburg striker Guerrero's shot from the edge of the penalty area was firmly caught by Rensing.
This was also the first shot of the game for both teams.
Afterwards, Hamburg continued to launch attacks on Bayern, with the momentum to severely crush Bayern's spirit from the very beginning.
If it were last season, Bayern might have been a little flustered, but the Bayern today is no longer the Bayern of last season.
After a season of reorganization, the team achieved outstanding results and won the first treble in Bundesliga history. This also made Bayern full of confidence. Not to mention in Germany, even in the Champions League, the confidence and ambition were extraordinary.
Even a young player like Toni Kroos seemed calm and composed when facing Hamburg's pressure.
In the eleventh minute, after a strong start, Hamburg did not stop while they were ahead and ended up in trouble.
After intercepting the ball in the midfield, Toni Kroos made a slight adjustment and quickly sent a precise through ball to the left side behind the defense line. Former Hamburg player Olic quickly ran behind Jerome Boateng.
The Croatian striker's technique is a bit rough and his footwork is a bit poor, but he is very fast.
In the speed competition, Olic got ahead of Boateng and sent a cross with his left foot into the middle of the penalty area.
Su Dong, who was walking slowly just now, suddenly rushed to the front point. After judging the landing point, he turned sideways and stopped the ball with his chest. Under the watchful eyes of Mathijsen and young player Kompany, he volleyed the ball with his left foot without stopping.
From stopping the ball to volleying, Su Dong's entire movement was extremely stretched and graceful, and at the same time did not give the defensive players any chance to react or block.
By the time Mattijsen and Kompany reacted and moved sideways to block the ball, the ball had already been shot out and went directly into the left side of Hamburg's goal, and goalkeeper Rost was unable to reach it.
One to zero!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
The entire Allianz Arena suddenly cheered wildly.
The 70,000 Bayern fans in the stadium were shouting Su Dong's name at the top of their lungs.
The first goal of the new Bundesliga season came from Su Dong, and it was a wonderful volley.
Bayern's players also rushed forward to celebrate Su Dong's goal, while Hamburg's players hung their heads, looking very helpless.
How could this be a level-up contest? The first chance of the game, giving Su Dong such a small flaw, he could score a goal directly.
How can one defend against this? ...
After scoring a goal, Bayern's morale became higher and they immediately pursued Hamburg relentlessly.
Just six minutes later, in a frontcourt out-of-bounds defense, Su Dong pulled to the wing, suppressed Boateng with his body, received the pass from Lahm, paused with his chest, and pretended to pass it back to Lahm and Olic, but suddenly changed his mind, took the ball himself, turned around to get rid of Boateng, and passed the ball to the front point.
Schweinsteiger reacted the fastest, rushing into the penalty area and heading the ball in from close range, scoring another goal for Bayern, 2-0! Boateng was almost crying! Damn, you did so much foreplay, tricking me into passing the ball back, but it turned out to be all fake!
You're a liar who plays with people's feelings! This may be the saying that if you do a good job in foreplay, you will definitely score goals.
The 2-0 lead also meant that Bayern had basically secured the victory in advance. The fans at the scene were also very excited and repeatedly called on the team to keep up the good work.
Isn't this the North-South national derby?
Why don't you score more penalties into Hamburg's goal and keep them for the New Year?
(End of this chapter)
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