Midfielder Ruler

Chapter 168 Gutman's Curse

"Aww-"

With the on-duty referee blowing the whistle for the end of the game, the Westfalun Stadium was completely boiling, and every Dortmund fan roared hysterically, creating an amazing fanatic atmosphere.

"Champions! Champions!! We are champions!!"

Although it was determined that Dortmund was the league champion as early as three rounds of the league, but in the last round of the home court to receive the award, I still couldn't control the burning feeling in my heart.

Of course, this is not the most frenetic moment at the Westphalon Stadium.

Undoubtedly, the craziest moment was when Captain Dede, who started the game and played the whole game, held up the salad trophy plate symbolizing the league championship.

The league championship after nine years has been a long wait.

"Dortmund finally lifted their long-awaited league title! The league title is the ideal reward for their amazing comeback all season! They set a new league unbeaten record, a new top league points record, and even this season Still undefeated in all competitions…”

German Sky commentator Marcel Leif looked at the captain Dede holding the trophy in the broadcast camera, and suddenly felt a little sad. His voice changed: "As Schmelzer grew up, Brazil, who has played for Dortmund for 14 years Ren Dede completely lost his position in Dortmund, this is the cruelty of professional football, a new generation replaces the old."

"If nothing else, this will be the last Bundesliga game he played on behalf of Dortmund. Fortunately... Dortmund still has the Europa League final and the German Cup final. I believe that Dede, who left with the Triple Crown, is proud , he came when Dortmund were at their peak and when he left..."

At this time, the on-site director showed Tang Zheng holding up the award plate, Duan Xuan, the commentator of Central 5, was very excited: "This is Tang Zheng's second full season in Dortmund, and the first Bundesliga championship. At the Dublin Stadium, Tang Zheng will also win his first Europa League championship, and the German Cup championship after that..."

Just like the end of the German Cup last year, Tang Zheng didn't forget to put on the national flag when he held the trophy high.

There is no way to put on the jersey of the national team and play for the country. Using this method is also a way to win glory for the country.

This is the principle of curve saving the country.

The Chinese fans who came to the Westfalen Stadium have mixed feelings.

The same is true for Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV and computer.

They also hated the Chinese Football Association, which failed to accomplish anything but failed, and the famous "Little Linzi" in the Chinese hacker circle couldn't hold back the prehistoric power in his body. He tapped the keyboard nimbly, typed out codes one by one, and attacked. Football Association official website...

With Zheng Zhi's return to China and Shao Jia in the second division, Hao Junmin can only be said to be Schalke 04's main substitute. That is to say, in the whole of Europe, only Tang Zheng has supported the Chinese football sky.

But this kind of player doesn't know how to use it rationally, what a waste!

The 2010-2011 Bundesliga season is completely over, but it is not over for Dortmund. They still have a Europa League final and a German Cup final.

Whether Dortmund can win the Triple Crown this season depends on the last two games.

As is customary, Klopp gave his players a day off on the second day of the game.

Tang Zheng didn't practice more like in the past, he called Lu Liang and Hao Junmin from the Dortmund U16 youth team to have a meal together.

When it comes to Lu Liang, Tang Zheng has to be talked about. He took a few videos in the winter of winning the European Golden Boy Award with the mentality of trying, and then handed it over to the team's top scout, Mislin Tate, and he caught it at first glance. .

Of course, it would be boring for three big men to have dinner together, and it happened that Tang Zheng also found a reason to ask Zhao Lina to have dinner together.

Since the beginning of the second half of the season, Tang Zheng has focused all his attention on the league, the German Cup and the Europa League. He simply doesn't have any extra time, so... this dinner treat is meant to make amends.

On the second day, Tang Zheng fouled the Stobelari training center and followed the whole team to prepare for the Europa League final three days later.

Due to the injuries of Barrios, Gotze and Gross Kreuz, the atmosphere in the team is not good.

It doesn't matter much if the substitute is injured, but the three injured are all at the main level.

Although Barrios has been injured and missed many times this season, he has to say that he is in excellent form and has scored key goals many times.

Barrios missed the Europa League final due to injury, which is a big loss for Dortmund's attack.

After a season of growth, Lewandowski has made great progress, but there is still a certain gap compared with Barrios. Many times, facing good opportunities, there is no way to convert them into goals.

This is also what the German media and Klopp are worried about.

Tang Zheng is Dortmund's No. 2 scorer. With Barrios and Gotze unable to play, Tang Zheng's scoring pressure will increase exponentially.

Benfica coach Jesús is not an idiot either, he will definitely focus on marking Tang Zheng, and Dortmund's offense will definitely be greatly affected by then.

Moreover, the absence of Barrios and Gotze will also affect Dortmund's tactical performance.

The UEFA Europa League final is held ten days earlier than the UEFA Champions League final, so the mainstream media in Europe will focus on the UEFA Europa League final while focusing on the domestic league.

The British media "The Times" talked about Dortmund's injuries: "It is undeniable that Dortmund with neat personnel is surprising. They have played the overall football to the extreme, especially the injuries of Gotze and Barrios. It will be greatly affected, and Tang will also be exposed in front of the opponent's defense line, it will be difficult to give full play to his offensive advantages..."

The Spanish media "Marca" and "Aspen" also talked about this point. The Portuguese media "Record" focused on Tang Zheng, the core of Dortmund, and offered advice: "Without Mario Gotze in the frontcourt, the attack Organize a joint run, Don's activities will be under the supervision of Benfica, as long as Jesús sends a player to mark Don, the championship will be at your fingertips..."

Dortmund's success this season is directly related to Gotze, Barrios, and Gross Kreutz, in addition to Klopp's exclusive secret recipe for high pressure.

Coupled with Tang Zheng and Shaheen's behind-the-scenes regulation, there is a terrifying Dortmund this season.

However, with the injuries of Barrios, Gotze and Gross Kreutz, the loopholes in Dortmund's lineup have been infinitely magnified under the research of professional media.

While the German media and Klopp were having a headache, the Japanese media were very excited.

Because with Goetze and Gross Kreutz injured, the left midfielder's position is a bit stretched.

Shinji Kagawa, who has played as a substitute for most of this season, will most likely be ordered to become the main left midfielder in danger, and will make his debut in the Europa League final!

Dortmund's preparations for the Europa League final were already suppressed due to injuries. Now, with the increase in media reports, many players in the team feel great pressure.

On the contrary, Dortmund fans have a stable mentality and believe in the team's Europa League championship in the 2010-2011 season.

It is true that the three generals of the team were injured, and it is true that Benfica has a neat lineup, but many historical issues have to be taken seriously.

Because of this issue, Dortmund fans and Benfica fans broke out many times, and even in Dublin, fans of both sides had physical contact and clashed.

Fortunately, the local police were fully prepared to avoid further expansion of the gaffe.

Benfica fans believe that the team they support has a long history. It is the second team in the history of the Champions League to win the championship and the second team to defend the Champions League. Compared with Dortmund, which is seriously injured, it is more likely to win the championship.

Dortmund fans didn't take it seriously, they dug up old accounts in Benfica's history.

And this old account is the last thing Benfica fans want to mention-Gutman's curse.

When it comes to Gutman's curse, Gutman has to be mentioned.

Modern fans may not be familiar with the name Bella Gutman, but his place in the history of world football is great.

In nearly forty years of coaching career, the famous Hungarian coach has traveled all over Europe and South America. Especially when he coached Sao Paulo, he became the founder of the 424 formation. The Brazilian team won the 1958 World Cup in Sweden with This tactic won the World Cup trophy for the first time.

However, Bella Gutman spent his peak period in Benfica. In the 1960-1961 and 1961-1962 seasons, he led Benfica to defeat Barcelona and Real Madrid to win the Champions League trophy, becoming the first team to break Real Madrid's five consecutive Champions League. crown team.

It was also two consecutive Champions League champions that Gutman asked the Benfica board of directors for a salary increase, but was rejected.

In a fit of anger, Gutman said: not-in-a-hundred-years-from-now-will-benfica-ever-win-a-european-cup.

The general meaning in Chinese is: From now on, Benfica will not win the European championship in a hundred years!

At that time, the members of the Benfica board of directors scoffed, and even the fans took it as a joke. After all, Benfica's strength lies here, and it is impossible to miss the European championship because of the so-called "curse".

But what happened?

No one expected that Gutman's venting would become a prophecy.

Since then, Benfica have reached five Champions League finals and one final of the Europa League predecessor, the UEFA Cup.

Without any surprises, all six finals were lost!

In the 1960s, they entered the Champions League final three times. They lost to AC Milan, the "Great International Era" and Manchester United 10 years after the Munich air crash.

What is interesting is that before the 1989-1990 UEFA Champions League final, the legendary Benfica superstar Eusebio specially prayed at Gutman's grave, hoping that Bella Gutman would take back the 'curse', but Benfica still lost 0:1 to AC Milan .

Twenty-eight years ago, Benfica participated in the final of the UEFA Cup, the predecessor of the Europa League.

Twenty-eight years later, with Benfica in the Europa League final again, Borussia Dortmund fans have every reason to believe that Benfica will once again be under the curse of Bella Guttmann.

It just so happens that this is a thorn in the hearts of Benfica fans, and they dream of pulling it out quickly.

So Dortmund was very upset when they talked about the "Gutman Curse", and naturally there was a conflict between the two.

Meanwhile, Dortmund boarded a flight to Dublin, the Irish capital, to prepare for the Europa League final.

There were also a large number of Dortmund fans who went there, most of them were fans from the South Stand of the Westfalun Stadium, because they were the main force to cheer!

"Mario, can you make it to the final?"

After adapting to the Europa League final venue, Tang Zheng returned to the hotel and found Gotze who had just received massage treatment from the team doctor.

Gotze shrugged his shoulders and said: "I still feel a little pain. If I warm up enough, I think I should be able to catch up with the final."

Tang Zheng nodded, and then asked the chief medical officer, Dr. Schlenberger: "Andres, I want to know if Mario can make it to the Europa League final the day after tomorrow."

Schlumberger looked serious, first glanced at Tang Zheng, then shook his head: "Mario can make it to the finals, but it's a bit difficult to start."

Hearing Schlenberger's first words, Tang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, seeing Schlenberger's serious expression and shaking his head, he almost thought that Gotze would not be able to catch up with the Europa League final.

Fortunately fortunately.

The most important part of this season's planned triple crown is undoubtedly the Europa League final. Benfica is more difficult to deal with than the German Cup final opponent Augsburg.

Moreover, Augsburg is from Bundesliga Bundesliga. The 2010-2011 season Bundesliga Bundesliga ranked second with a goal difference advantage and will be directly promoted to the Bundesliga next season.

The strength of the two teams is very different. As long as Dortmund does not actively make mistakes, it will not be surprising to defend the German Cup champion at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

"Dear Dr. Andres, I really want to know why your doctor always likes to give a very heavy and meaningful expression? I almost thought that Mario would not be able to make it to the finals." Tang Zheng said speechlessly .

"Hey~" Schlenberger shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Professional habits, professional habits."

Tang Zheng felt much better after learning from Dr. Schlenberger that Gotze could catch up with the Europa League final. Although the core of the team is himself, without Gotze's cooperation, Dortmund would be like a machine Missing key parts is not good for the whole.

Meanwhile, the German press took a different approach as Dortmund were affected by injuries.

Dortmund fans value it, and the "Gutman Curse" that Benfica fans worry about is very suitable to stir up public opinion and put great pressure on Benfica.

We are all Europeans and know that each other values ​​these so-called 'curse' the most, so most of the headlines in the German media are: Benfica is 51 years away from the European championship.

In other words, if Benfica wants more Europa League or Champions League champions, then wait another 51 years!

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