Chapter 609 Sorry to disappoint you!
On the afternoon of September 13th, Bayern challenged the newly promoted team Cologne away.
This is another showdown full of gimmicks.
It's not just because of the contest between Sudon and Ibisevic, nor because Podolski encountered his former club, but more because of Cologne's head coach Christopher Daum.
Speaking of Daum, many fans probably don't know him, because his fame has indeed faded in recent years, but in the years before the turn of the century, Daum was a well-known figure in German and even European football, and was even very close to the head coach of the German national team at one point.
But at the peak of Daum's coaching career, a drug abuse incident that was exposed completely ruined his coaching career, and the whistleblower was the current Bayern giant Hoeness.
Back then, when Hoeness first started to reveal the news, many people didn't believe it at all, and some even criticized Hoeness for fabricating the news and slandering Daum. But Daum didn't know what was wrong with him, he actually chose to accept the test. As a result, it turned out that Hoeness was right!
This incident caused a sensation in the Bundesliga at the time, and Daum's coaching career plummeted. Later, he had to coach Cologne, but his ability was still extraordinary. This season, he led Cologne to be promoted to the Bundesliga as the third in the Bundesliga.
As the saying goes, when enemies meet, they become jealous of each other.
When Daum meets Bayern, the fight becomes particularly exciting.
Especially as a newly promoted team, Cologne must give their all in every home game.
Given Cologne's strength, their Bundesliga goal is to avoid relegation. If they want to avoid relegation, they have to try to get as many points as possible in every home game. So in the match against Bayern, Daum must fight to the death with Bayern both in public and in private.
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Cologne also adhered to the head coach's pre-match arrangements and launched a fierce pressing attack on Bayern from the beginning of the game.
This team kept up with the times and adopted a 4-2-3-1 style of play, concentrating its forces in the midfield. Playing at home, they had plenty of energy, and coupled with Daum's years of training, this team did perform very strongly from the start.
Bayern was affected by the absence of Ribery and Robben, plus two consecutive weeks of national team matches and the first round of the Champions League group stage next Wednesday. These have seriously divided Bayern's concentration, and they were more focused on control at the beginning.
One side controlled the game patiently, while the other side pressed hard, and the game situation became stalemate.
The best chance in the first half came in the 33rd minute. Schweinsteiger made a straight pass, Su Dong quickly cut into the right side of the penalty area, received the ball, forced a breakthrough and made a low cross, but Klose who received the ball in the middle failed to keep up in time and almost scored a goal.
The first half ended with a score of 0-0. Cologne really tried their best in their home court.
But in the second half, Heynckes decisively increased the intensity of the attack, especially the two flanks of Marcelo and Lahm, who actively moved forward and participated in the flank attack in the frontcourt.
In the 51st minute, Marcelo dribbled the ball on the left and caused a foul by the Cologne defender, winning Bayern a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
Schweinsteiger took the free kick and sent the ball into Cologne's penalty area. Su Dong pushed away the defender who was defending him, jumped high, and headed the ball into the goal, scoring the first goal for Bayern!
After breaking the deadlock, the rest of the game will be much easier.
Heynckes quickly replaced Klose with Cologne Prince Podolski.
Sure enough, Podolski played more vigorously against Cologne.
Just one minute after coming on, he cooperated with Modric and sent a straight pass. Modric stopped and passed, shook off the defender, and passed the ball low to the front. Su Dong used his speed to decisively insert the ball before the defender, and shot hard in the penalty area, scoring another goal for Bayern, 2-0! After scoring twice, Bayern slowed down their offensive appropriately, especially considering the Champions League in the middle of the week, Bayern had no reason to fight to the death with Cologne.
But Podolski obviously didn't think so, he played particularly hard.
Before the end of the game, Modric sent a straight pass, which was accurately sent behind the defense line. Sudong successfully made an offside, rushed into the penalty area, caught up with the ball, and faced the almost disarmed goalkeeper Mondragon. Sudong attracted all the defensive players and then selflessly passed the ball to the right. Podolski caught up with the ball with no one defending and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal.
Prince Cologne jumped up with excitement.
Who doesn’t want to return home in glory?
Although the whole world knows that Podolski's position in Bayern is very awkward, he can still get what he wanted by playing and scoring in the game against Cologne.
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Su Dong scored two goals and assisted one, and Bayern won 3-0 away against Cologne! This news quickly spread throughout the German football world, making the media and fans who were expecting a good show feel disappointed. They were all listless and the hype was not strong enough.
After scoring twice in the last round, he scored twice again in this round. How can anyone keep up with such a player? Although Su Dong has never responded publicly in the media, and has praised Ibisevic, everyone believes that he must have a competitive spirit in his heart, which is the mentality of all professional players.
Now, Su Dong has scored twice in a row. After four rounds of Bundesliga, he has scored six goals and four assists. Such data is amazing. He is almost ready to defend the Golden Boot and Assist King! Ibisevic, who scored five goals in the first three rounds, failed to score in the home game against Stuttgart on the evening of the 13th, which was affected by Su Dong's double goal.
In the end, Hoffenheim drew 0-0 with Stuttgart at home.
After two consecutive rounds, one draw and one loss, Hoffenheim's quality has been clearly tested.
The previous two consecutive victories were more due to the fact that Hoffenheim's opponents on the schedule were not strong. When they really encountered strong opponents like Leverkusen and Stuttgart, the quality of Hoffenheim as a newly promoted team was exposed.
In the last round against Bayer Leverkusen, Ibrahimovic was able to score two goals, but in this round against Stuttgart, he was completely silent, which disappointed the media and fans who were expecting to see him continue to dominate the Soviet Union.
Even many media have turned their guns around, believing that Ibisevic's ability has been overestimated.
The day after the game, after Bayern's routine open training session, Su Dong took the initiative to mention Ibisevic when he was interviewed by the media. He thought this was a very normal situation.
"He scored five goals in the first three games, which is an excellent record. I think everyone should be more tolerant of him."
He also reminded Ibisevic not to pay too much attention to the news and discussions in the outside world, but to focus on training and games and not be distracted, so that he can better display his strength and level.
"I believe that a scorer who can score five goals in the first three rounds will definitely continue to bring us surprises and unexpected results in the following leagues. I am also looking forward to seeing him continue to score goals."
Su Dong's remarks won him unanimous praise from the media and fans.
He was neither arrogant in victory nor discouraged in defeat, and especially gave Ibrahimovic targeted suggestions, which showed the magnanimity of the Sudong people.
Especially when the media reporter asked Su Dong if he was really worried about being overwhelmed by Ibisevic? Su Dong smiled and said that he had never cared about this.
"I know that my performance this season has indeed declined slightly compared to before. This is related to my summer preparations and training, but everyone has seen that I am gradually getting back to my best form."
Su Dong said that he would very much welcome someone to surpass him in scoring goals.
“This will give me more motivation!”
Su Dong's suggestion was quickly responded to by Ibisevic.
The Bosnian center forward expressed his gratitude to Su Dong for his encouragement, and also stated that he would continue to work hard to score goals.
"I believe that for me and all the scorers in the world, Su Dong is like a beacon on our way forward. We will keep charging towards him!"
This is undoubtedly a great recognition of Su Dong.
The German media was buzzing about the news for a month, but it finally ended with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe's great victory.
But this season's race for the top scorer title has just begun.
The league has only played four rounds.
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Three days later, Bayern played against Belarusian team BATE Borisov at home.
Robben finally officially returned and appeared in Bayern's starting lineup, forming a front trident with Olic and Sudon.
Toni Kroos, Mascherano and Modric formed the midfield three.
Less than a minute into the game, Toni Kroos made a precise through ball, Su Dong successfully made an offside move, dribbled into the penalty area, and calmly shot the ball into the goal, making it one to zero!
The entire Allianz Arena was boiling with excitement! All Bayern fans could not have imagined that the first goal of the new Champions League season would come so quickly.
After that, Bayern launched wave after wave of attacks on BATE Borisov.
In the tenth minute, Pepe scored a header from a corner kick, scoring another goal for Bayern.
After Bayern missed a series of good scoring opportunities in the first half, they temporarily took the lead 2-0.
In the second half, in the 47th minute, Olic's powerful shot in the penalty area was saved by the goalkeeper, but Su Dong cleverly picked up the ball and easily scored, 3-0! In the 64th minute, Su Dong scored again, helping Bayern expand the score to 4-0!
This time it was an assist from Modric.
After performing a hat trick, Su Dong was quickly replaced by Klose.
Not long after Su Dong left the field, Robben finally seized an opportunity after missing a series of good opportunities in this game and scored a goal. This was the Dutchman's first goal of the new season.
In the end, Bayern beat BATE Borisov 5-0 at home.
This battle fully demonstrated Bayern's strong momentum for the new season, and also laid a solid foundation for the upcoming Bundesliga match against Werder Bremen.
Everyone knows that in the Bundesliga, the only team that can pose a threat to Bayern's title is Werder Bremen.
Before such an important match, Bayern had won consecutive victories and their morale was high, with a momentum to overwhelm Werder Bremen.
(End of this chapter)
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