King of the Zone

The next day, the Huaguo team returned to Huaguo on an Air China chartered flight.

This time, Cheng Hai did not return directly to Germany from Qatar, but returned to China with the team.

The first Asian Cup champion in the history of China, and Cheng Hai is the captain, how could he be absent from the championship celebration?
When the chartered plane landed at Beiping International Airport, the slogan "Congratulations to the Chinese team for winning the Asian Cup" was displayed on the airport terminal.

There were also leaders from the General Administration of Sports, the Football Association, dozens of media, and [-] fan representatives, who directly entered the tarmac to welcome the Hua Guo team's glorious return.

When the cabin door opened and Cheng Hai and Gao Hongbo appeared at the cabin door holding the championship trophy together, warm applause and cheers erupted immediately, and the flashlights of the media reporters also lit up.

A red carpet was even laid out on the tarmac to welcome the Hua Guo team.

Cheng Hai and others received the ardent care of the leaders of the General Administration of Sports and the Football Association, and Zhang Linpeng's injury received the condolences of every leader.

In fact, Zhang Linpeng was only slightly injured, and he will be fine after a few days of recuperation.

However, under the background of the Hua Guo team winning the Asian Cup, Zhang Linpeng's minor injury has also become a heroic injury for the country, which deserves the care of the leaders and expresses their leadership mind.

After a brief welcome ceremony was held on the apron, everyone left the airport through the VIP passage, boarded a double-decker open-top bus, and headed for the Huaguo National Stadium, commonly known as the Bird's Nest.

There, there are more fans waiting for the arrival of the national team and holding a celebration ceremony.

Although Tian'anmen Square is relatively large and can accommodate more fans to participate in the celebration together, but that place is too sacred to hold this kind of sports celebration, so it was arranged to be held in the Bird's Nest.

Although the Bird's Nest is big enough to accommodate more than 9 spectators, it is a drop in the bucket for the huge number of Chinese fans.

Not to mention the fans from other places, how many fans are there in Beiping City with a population of more than 2000 million?

The Bird's Nest has a capacity of 9 people and is filled in minutes.

The celebration of the Bird's Nest had already been arranged, but the real preparations for the celebration had to wait until the Hua Guo team had won the championship.

After the Hua Guo team won the championship last night, the Football Association started selling tickets overnight. As a result, more than 9 tickets were sold out before the Hua Guo team boarded the plane from Qatar.

What about fans who have not bought tickets?
They also want to see the national team that won the championship, and want to see the Asian Cup championship trophy.

Therefore, the bus from the airport did not go directly to the National Stadium by the shortest route, but went around the city to celebrate after arriving in the city, and finally passed Tian'anmen Square, and then turned to the Bird's Nest.

Along the way, millions of fans gathered on both sides of the bus and surrounding buildings, and the national flag of Hua Guo was hung everywhere. The shouts of "Hua Guo team come on" and "We are the champions" were heard endlessly as the bus passed.

In the end, the team had more than an hour of celebratory interactions with more than 9 fans in the Bird's Nest, and was received by a senior leader before returning to the hotel arranged by the Football Association to hold a celebration banquet.

The next day, it was another commendation meeting of the General Administration of Sports. Everyone got a lot of money, and then collectively accepted a CCTV-5 interview.

It was not until the third day that Cheng Hai was able to board the plane to Germany.

Cheng Hai had to go back.

Dortmund's next game is the Ruhr Derby against Schalke 04. In order to ensure the victory, Klopp even made several phone calls to urge Cheng Hai to go back, but Cheng Hai couldn't shirk it.

Of course, I don't want to shirk.

The domestic celebrations are almost the same. These days, the domestic media has been completely overwhelmed by the news that the Hua Guo team won the Asian Cup.

"Cheng Hai staged a hat-trick in the final and led the Chinese team to win the Asian Cup!" "

"The Hua Guo team won the Qatar Asian Cup and created a new history of the national football team! "

"Cheng Hai won the top scorer and best player awards, and set a record for the highest number of goals scored by a single shooter in a single session of the Asian Cup and the number of goals scored in the total scorer list. "

"Hua Guo team returned to China with honor, the bus circled the city of Beiping to celebrate, and the streets were empty for thousands of people. "

"The Chinese team that won the Asian Cup championship held a grand celebration ceremony in the Bird's Nest! "

"National football players have a great harvest of honor, fame and fortune, even the team doctor's bonus exceeds 5 yuan, and the minimum bonus for official players exceeds 20 yuan. "

In the past few days, the fans have almost done nothing, just watch the news about the Hua Guo team, and even the five major leagues, the Champions League, etc., cannot attract their attention.

"I'm so excited. I haven't slept well in the past few days, and I've been reading the news of the national football team!"

"Yeah! On the night of winning the championship, I completely lost sleep. I checked the news and chatted until dawn, and then went to work."

"Before Cheng Hai appeared, I never expected to see the national football team win the Asian Cup in my lifetime."

"That's right! Since 2004, our football has been worse year after year, declining every year. Unexpectedly, after Cheng Hai came out, it immediately bottomed out and rebounded. Now we can even win the Asian Cup championship."

"So this championship is mostly due to Cheng Hai. If he hadn't been the captain, he scored 6 goals in 17 games, let alone the Huaguo team. I doubt whether they can qualify for the group stage."

"Yes! However, no matter what, although other players are not as strong as Cheng Hai, they still have some contributions in defense."

"Not bad!"

"Did you see the national football bus going around the city to celebrate? I saw it. Both sides of the street were full of people. It was a huge crowd. Other countries won the championship and said that tens of thousands of people participated in the celebration. I think we have several million in Beiping alone."

"Yes! I watched it in the Bird's Nest, and it was really shocking. I think this Asian Cup champion will definitely set off a wave of football playing across the country. Maybe, in a few years, the national football team will have a wider selection of talents and better players. We can make a difference not only in the Asian Cup, but also in the World Cup!"

"I hope there will be a day when we can see it! But in any case, the impact of this Asian Cup champion on the country is absolutely huge."

Indeed, the impact of winning the Asian Cup this time is very great.

Coupled with the overwhelming publicity and disclosure by the media, many parents see that Cheng Hai and others can get such high honors and praises for playing football, and also have hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of annual salary, bonuses and endorsement income, so they no longer restrict their children from playing football.

Just like when Liu Xiang won the 110 Olympic Games, there was a burst of hurdle fever all over the country.

The technical difficulty of hurdles is much higher than that of football, but Qiantu is not higher than that of football.

A world champion in hurdling and a world superstar in football have two different levels of income.

For example, Cheng Hai, if he can win the Champions League, Golden Globes, etc., his fame, status, influence, and net worth will be many times higher than that of Liu Xiang.

In the past, the national football team set a very bad example, which made parents dislike football, feel that playing football is useless, and it is easy to be scolded.

But it is different now, an Asian Cup champion has changed the minds of countless people.Not to mention support, but there are far fewer parents who oppose their children playing football.

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When the heat in the country hadn't subsided, and the discussions and celebrations of the Hua Guo team's Asian Cup championship were still going on, Cheng Hai had already taken the opportunity to return to Germany.

Cheng Hai, who returned to the club, was naturally congratulated by the coaches and teammates. Congratulations to him for leading the team to win the Asian Cup, and won two awards for top scorer and best player.

Then, Cheng Hai resumed training, waiting for the Ruhr Derby against Schalke 04.

Before the start of the competition, Cheng Hai found that his weight had increased again, to 74kg.

Cheng Hai is now 179cm tall and weighs 74kg, which is already very good.

Although not as big as central defenders and defensive midfielders, compared with non-center offensive players such as Shinji Kagawa and Gotze, they are no longer physically disadvantaged.

Coupled with his full-scale physique and balance ability, when confronting the opponent's defenders, he will definitely have the upper hand most of the time.

Cheng Hai was basically not worried about the upcoming game at all.

Although he just played a strenuous Asian Cup, flew back to China from the Middle East, and then flew back to Germany from China, but with the help of the system, he was able to sleep peacefully and rest very well on the plane. Both his body and energy were fully recovered, and there was no need for rest at all.

Of course, Klopp did not let Cheng Hai start.

After all, there is still a gap between the level of the Asian Cup and the level of the Bundesliga.Especially in derby matches like Dortmund VS Schalke 04, its technical and tactical level and offensive and defensive rhythm conversion are much higher than those in the Asian Cup.

With Cheng Hai's physical fitness, he still can't reach the point where he can start and finish the first half.

He still can only come off the bench in the second half and play until the end of the game.

多特蒙德主场迎战沙尔克04的比赛是本赛季的德甲第21轮，前20轮过后，多特蒙德仍然高居积分榜No.1，而且领先No.2的优势已经从10分增加到了11分。

Even without Cheng Hai, Dortmund's performance this season is quite good. The team's offensive line composed of Kagawa Shinji, Barrios, Lewandowski, Gotze, Shaheen and others is not much weaker than Cheng Hai.

It's just that it doesn't look as stable as Cheng Hai, and the efficiency is not as high as Cheng Hai.

Therefore, Hornet fans still miss Cheng Hai very much.

In particular, Cheng Hai staged a shocking performance of scoring 6 goals in 17 games in the Asian Cup, and his scoring rate almost hit an average of 3 goals per game.

This is just too scary.

The technical and tactical level of the Bundesliga is higher than that of the Asian Cup. Everyone does not want to score three goals. As long as Cheng Hai can maintain an average goal rate of more than one goal per game as before, it will be very cool.

Isn't it cool that the opponent is already behind by one goal before the game starts?

Coupled with the performance of other Dortmund players, it is enough for Dortmund to win the game.

Therefore, on February 2th, the Westfalenstadion on the match day was full of slogans and banners welcoming Cheng Hai back, as well as Cheng Hai's spray-painted headshot.

Of course, there are also slogans and banners congratulating Cheng Hai for winning the Asian Cup.

At 21:30 in the evening, after the game started, Cheng Hai sat on the bench as usual, waiting for the chance to play in the second half.

The derby in the Ruhr area was really fierce. From the very beginning of the game, the two sides fought off their backs and collided constantly.

From the start of the game to the 66th minute of the second half, the two sides had a total of 4 yellow cards, and one player was injured and was directly carried off by a stretcher.

It can be seen the intensity of the fighting between the two sides.

However, although the game was fierce, it may be because the players focused on how to confront each other that both sides failed to score.

Therefore, in the 66th minute, neither side scored and the score was still 0-0.

Finally, in the 66th minute of the second half, Klopp finally replaced Cheng Hai, and there was a burst of cheers from the Hornet fans in the stands.

Of course, those Schalke 04 fans wished Cheng Hai would not play, booed deafeningly, hoping to affect Cheng Hai's state.

But this is pure wishful thinking.

Even won the Asian Cup final, will Cheng Hai be affected by such an ordinary Bundesliga?

What's more, before the game, Cheng Hai, who had 192 skill points, was extravagant for a while. He added the four skills of undercut shot, rainbow pass, long pass in the air, and cross to the full value of 20. He spent a full 184 skill points, leaving only 8 skill points left.

Now Cheng Hai has a full 17 full-value skills, covering many aspects such as physical fitness, dribbling breakthroughs, and grabbing shots.

A little booing from the fans has no effect on him, but it can stimulate his desire to fight even more.

After playing on the field, Cheng Hai immediately felt a completely different feeling from his teammates in the national football team.

Dortmund's teammates, whether it is passing, cutting, running or offensive awareness, are much better than the Huaguo team.

Cheng Hai, who has added several full-value skills, and with the cooperation of these teammates, suddenly exploded into a state comparable to the Asian Cup.

You know, none of Hua Guo's opponents in the Asian Cup can match Schalke 04.

But Cheng Hai was able to face Schalke 04 and staged the same performance as the Asian Cup. This not only shows the improvement of Cheng Hai's strength, but also proves the importance of the overall strength of the team.

Although the players of Schalke 04 knew Cheng Hai's strength and did not slacken their defense against him, they were still stunned when faced with Cheng Hai, who had suddenly improved in strength.

In the 69th minute, just 3 minutes into the game, Cheng Hai ran out of the penalty area line and received a wonderful pass from the midfielder Shaheen, leaving only Schalke 04's defender Höwedes in front of him.

Originally, as long as Howedes can stop Cheng Hai, the other players on the side can rush to form a pinch with Howedes, and poke Cheng Hai's ball away.

However, Cheng Hai's current strength has improved a lot, especially the newly added skills, which Hewedes did not expect at all.

Based on the old information, he thought that Cheng Hai would know Matthews' fake moves or fast speed tricks!

Unexpectedly, Cheng Hai activated a new skill, Fried Meatballs, and also added it to the full value of 20.

Cheng Hai skillfully used this croquette trick when facing Heweides at the moment of receiving the ball. Hewedes clearly saw that Cheng Hai turned the ball to the left, instead of just moving his body like Matthews' fake move.

So, based on his own experience and physical instinct, Hewedes naturally rushed to the left, trying to intercept Cheng Hai's breakthrough.

Unexpectedly, the ball rolled to the left, and was immediately blocked back to the right by Cheng Hai's left foot, and then Cheng Hai stepped forward with his right foot, and easily broke through Hewedes, whose center of gravity shifted to the left, and entered the penalty area.

Hewedes was tricked by Cheng Hai's fried meatballs.

The next thing was easy, Cheng Hai kicked the ball out before the defender who came over with a sliding tackle from the side.

The ball just passed the toe of the defender with the sliding tackle, avoided the leg of another defender who was trying to clear the siege, and flew into the lower right corner of the Schalke 04 goal against the goal post before the palm of goalkeeper Neuer was in place.

Just 3 minutes after coming off the bench, Cheng Hai broke through the opponent's central defender on the penalty area line to form a shot and successfully scored, helping Dortmund take a 1-0 lead.

Tens of thousands of Bumblebee fans, who had long been dissatisfied with the 0-0 score, erupted in earth-shattering applause and cheers, paying homage to Cheng Hai's goal.

If Schalke 04 can still deal with the tie score slowly, then now that the score is behind, they must attack and score goals.

However, after Schalke 04 took the initiative to attack, their midfield inevitably became Cheng Hai's racetrack.

In the 76th minute, Schalke 04's frontcourt attack was interrupted, and the ball was passed by Sebastian Kyle to the feet of Cheng Hai near the center circle.

Although the opponent still had two central defenders dragging behind to try to delay Cheng Hai's attack, Cheng Hai's current speed and skills were beyond their imagination.

In the face of the No.1 defender who was going up, Cheng Hai just made a simple fake move by Matthews, which tricked him into shifting his center of gravity, allowing Cheng Hai to break through from the other side.

Although he immediately turned around and tried to hold Cheng Hai, but Cheng Hai's speed was too fast, and he easily got rid of his pull and left without a trace.

The remaining defender had no choice but to retreat and get stuck, but in the end he was overtaken by the faster Cheng Hai and had to fight head-on.

As a result, at the moment when the two sides were about to meet, Cheng Hai hooked the ball while running, which was the first time he used a rainbow trick in an official game.

This move was beyond the expectation of the last guard of the opponent, Schmitz. He didn't expect Cheng Hai to use this move to break through his defense.

However, by the time he reacted and wanted to turn around and pull Cheng Hai, and wanted to keep Cheng Hai even if he made a tactical foul, it was already too late.

The effect of Cheng Hai's full-value Rainbow Extraordinary is quite accurate, and it perfectly matches Cheng Hai's speed and running position, leaving Schmitz with no way to remedy it.

Although Schmitz held Cheng Hai's hand, before he could pull it firmly, he was broken free by the impact brought by Cheng Hai's full physique and speed.

Schmitz was left behind by Cheng Hai, and he himself took the ball to the penalty area line.

Neuer, known as the doorman, had already attacked into the penalty area, and suddenly jumped down, throwing himself at the football under Cheng Hai's feet.

He wanted to complete the save before Cheng Hai shot, and directly threw the ball at Cheng Hai's feet into his hands, not giving Cheng Hai a chance to shoot.