Chapter 646 Super Long Shot
On March 4, in the quarter-finals of the German Cup, Bayern Munich challenged Leverkusen away.
At the beginning of the game, the Bayer FC double striker consisting of Kiessling and Helmes launched a fierce attack on Bayern Munich.
Midfielder Rolfes fell back, with Barnetta and Augusto on the two wings, and Vidal rushed forward to support the two forwards and strangled Bayern's midfield, which allowed Bayer to suppress Bayern from the start.
The Bundesliga leader fell into a passive position away from home, especially in the 17th minute, when Vidal made a straight pass and Helmes made a low shot in front of the small penalty area. Neuer lost his balance and blocked the ball with his legs.
Although I didn't score a goal, I was still scared to death.
In the first twenty minutes, Bayern didn't even have a single shot on goal.
Bayer Leverkusen took advantage of Bayern's intensive schedule and tried to suppress Bayern from the beginning.
Heynckes was well prepared for the unfavorable situation away from home, Bayern defended very tenaciously and the players were quite confident.
In the history of the German Cup, Bayern has met Leverkusen three times in the knockout stage, and won all three times. In the last nine matches between the two teams, Bayern has also won all of them.
Whether it is the overall strength of the team or the past record, Bayern is more confident.
This allowed the Bundesliga leader to defend against Leverkusen's opening attack, which was led by Kiessling, Helmes and Vidal.
But everyone can see that continuing the stalemate is not a solution, Bayern must fight back!
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In the 21st minute, Su Dong retreated deep to receive the ball.
Leverkusen's midfield was very strong, especially Vidal, who was quite active.
The Chilean midfielder is one of the best performing midfielders in the Bundesliga this season, and Leverkusen has suppressed Bayern's midfield with his outstanding performance.
Su Dong retreated and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
After receiving the ball on the left, Schweinsteiger took a step sideways, saw Su Dong raise his hand, and immediately passed the ball to him.
Su Dong distanced himself from Rolfes, and after receiving the ball, he turned around and took a look at the penalty area and the goal.
Because the ball was on the left just now, and Ribery and Marcelo were on this side, goalkeeper Adler stood a little bit to the left. When the ball was passed horizontally to Sudong's feet, Rolfes was on the left, Vidal and Augusto were on the left, and Banetta was some distance away from Sudong.
Su Dong turned around and clearly saw a wide passage leading to the goal.
He stopped hesitating, adjusted himself slightly, poured all his strength into his right foot, and kicked out with all his might.
Su Dong's sudden decision surprised everyone in the stadium, including Bayern players.
There was only a loud bang, and the ball flew out at an extremely fast speed.
The arc was not high and was pressed very low by Su Dong, but the ball speed was extremely fast.
Adler reacted quickly and immediately moved to the right. As soon as he took the first step, a voice emerged in his mind, saying it was too late!
The Leverkusen goalkeeper immediately dived to the side.
Adler's reaction was quick enough and his dive to the side was swift enough, but Su Dong's sudden long shot, although without a run-up and a small swing of his leg, was quite powerful, which embodied the results of Su Dong's unremitting strength training over the past years.
The ball hit the right side of Leverkusen's goal at lightning speed, like a long-range missile.
The whole stadium let out a cry of surprise, and all the fans were frightened by Su Dong's sudden long shot! On the sidelines, Bayern's head coach Heynckes, the coaching staff, and the players on the bench were all frightened by this sudden long shot. They rushed out, scratching their heads in disbelief, looking at the field, and exclaimed.
"Wuhu! Oh my God, Bayern's first shot of the game came from Su Dong's super long shot!"
"Even someone as strong as Adler seemed helpless in the face of this amazing long-range shot."
"Bayern has been in a passive situation since the start. Leverkusen's midfielder is very strong, especially Vidal. But when the team was in trouble, Su Dong stepped forward and scored the first goal for Bayern with an amazing long shot!"
“This is the value of a superstar!”
After Su Dong scored a goal, he ran around the field excitedly, kissing the ring on his left hand, looking very excited.
Not far from him, the two forwards of the pharmaceutical factory opened their eyes wide, with disbelief on their faces.
A goal was scored right away? From such a long distance, without a run-up, and with a little swing of the leg, a goal was scored? Oh my God, what kind of leg strength is this? Helmes, who was also wearing the number nine jersey, looked down at his legs, looked at his teammates helplessly, and smiled bitterly and awkwardly, "I may have two prosthetic limbs."
Hearing his teammates say this, player No. 11 Kiesling became even more embarrassed, "Then my whole body must be fake."
Both of them looked helpless.
Helmes is Leverkusen's top scorer. He performed well in the German second division team Cologne. After coming to Leverkusen, he basically continued his previous performance, especially in the first five rounds of this season, he scored six goals, second only to Sudon and Ibisevic.
But at the moment, compared with Su Dong, he still felt inferior.
How can we compare with the Soviet Union?
Can he do it with this kind of footwork? Kiessling is an atypical German center forward. He is tall and strong, with delicate ball control skills. He started out as a midfielder. He can pass the ball to his teammates and has high ball ability. He plays a very important tactical role and is a good partner with Helmes.
But Su Dong's goal was really unexpected.
The first shot of the game was more than 30 meters away from the goal. There was no run-up and the leg swing was small, so the defensive players had no time to block it. But the leg strength was so amazing, the ball speed was so fast, and the shooting angle was so tricky, it was truly amazing.
As a center forward, Kiesling really feels like he has grown such a body in vain.
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No one knew what the two center forwards of the pharmaceutical factory were thinking, but Su Dong's goal completely changed the game.
The official data shows that the distance to the goal is thirty-nine meters.
This is already a super long shot close to the center circle!
Adler has performed very steadily in recent seasons and his reaction speed is incredibly fast. It is difficult for ordinary long-range shots to penetrate his goal.
From the beginning of last season to now, Adler has never conceded a goal from a long-range shot by the opponent. This is a very remarkable achievement for a young goalkeeper. At that time, many media used this point to accuse Neuer of being unstable.
But now, Su Dong's super long-range shot completely shattered Adler's amazing record.
At the same time, this goal also dealt a heavy blow to Leverkusen's morale.
In the first half, Su Dong scored a goal and Bayern temporarily took the lead 1-0 away from home.
After the second half, Leverkusen regained their composure and launched a counterattack against Bayern.
But under the ubiquitous threat from the Soviet Union, Leverkusen was never able to launch a decisive attack.
This is normal. Who can be assured that there is such a player in their half who can score a long shot of nearly 40 meters at any time? Especially when the game was in the 54th minute, Su Dong took the ball with his back, turned around and got rid of Rolfes, drove straight into the left side of Leverkusen's penalty area, and passed it to the back point.
Robben headed the ball from close range, but it went slightly wide.
Although this counterattack failed to score a goal, Leverkusen's defense was once again broken by Su Dong.
Pharmaceutical companies have had to adapt.
Bayern replaced Klose and continued to strengthen the attack.
In the end, Bayern won Leverkusen 1-0 away from home thanks to Su Dong's super long-range shot.
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Su Dong's super long-range shot shocked the entire German football world.
Bayern legend Gerd Muller said, "This shot has already secured the best goal of the year in German football!"
Tiger Effenberg also said in an interview with the media that this shot was indeed very difficult and was definitely a comprehensive reflection of Su Dong's overall strength. Whether it was his physique, shooting skills, or insight and grasp of timing, he was among the best among contemporary players.
"If you want to take a long shot like this, I can't think of anyone else who can do it except Su Dong."
As a former well-known scorer in Europe, Bayern coach Heynckes was also grinning from ear to ear. He said he was not surprised by Su Dong's long shot. "In fact, I know he can do better. It's just that on the court, he always makes the most appropriate choice at the most appropriate time. This is why he is trustworthy."
German media including Kicker magazine, Bild, and Süddeutsche Zeitung all praised and highly evaluated Su Dong's long-range shot, and Bayern successfully entered the semi-finals of the German Cup with this super long-range shot.
Among the other three teams that entered the semi-finals, Mainz, which plays in the German 2nd League, once again caused an upset, beating the powerful Schalke 04 1-0 at home and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
After Klopp failed to lead the team to promotion to the Bundesliga and moved to Dortmund, Mainz chose former Bundesliga Golden Boot winner Jon Anderson as the team's head coach. He has performed well in the Bundesliga this season and was also quite amazing in the German Cup, defeating Cologne, Freiburg and Schalke 04 in succession and advancing to the German Cup semi-finals.
According to the schedule, after advancing to the semi-finals, Mainz will face Bayern Munich.
In another match, Hamburg and Werder Bremen also met in the semi-finals. Werder Bremen defeated Wolfsburg 5-2, which was also a very exciting offensive feast.
The German Cup has decided its top four, and Bayern is still the number one favorite to win the championship, especially when facing Mainz in the semi-finals, they are considered to qualify automatically.
Although Heynckes and Bayern executives have repeatedly stressed that Mainz is not a weak team, everyone knows that it is difficult for this team to pose a threat to Bayern, especially since the semi-final will be held at the Allianz Arena.
But no matter what, Mainz's ability to reach the semi-finals of the German Cup is a victory in itself.
After defeating Leverkusen away from home, Bayern returned to Munich and soon faced Hannover 96 at home in the 23rd round of the Bundesliga.
As a result, Bayern conceded a goal shortly after the start of the game.
(End of this chapter)
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