Grass roots glory

Chapter 134 Setting a record in team history [add more!Ask for tickets and subscribe! 】

Hearing Zhou Tiancheng's harsh words, the reporters of the home team showed gloating expressions on their faces.They now all know that Zhou Tiancheng is not a person who shoots cannons, and with his ability, this is definitely not a lie. They all know that he just had a little bad luck today, otherwise he will be on the headlines of the German media again—killed by himself. Killing the European giants Bayern Munich, this achievement is enough to make the media go crazy.

To some extent, Bayern has also held back Schalke's progress in the standings. It is actually an opportunity for the three teams behind him, but Schalke's luck this season is really good, except for Wall Forsborg successfully won Cottbus 3:0, Dortmund and Stuttgart did not win again!

Dortmund lost 1:2 away to Hamburg, and Stuttgart drew 2:2 with Frankfurt, all of which missed the opportunity to narrow the gap. On the contrary, Wolfsburg quietly overtook Stuttgart and climbed back to third place.The situation of the Bundesliga championship group is really chaotic.

Schalke's next two-lane schedule will be much easier. Before the winter break of the Bundesliga in mid-December, there are still six league games and two Champions League group games left. Only the away game against Stuttgart is a bit difficult.

After the crucial battle with Bayern, Slomka found in the next two days of training that Zhou Tiancheng's foot injury seemed to be further aggravated because he was fighting with the injury. After judgment, he gave an unquestionable suggestion: "Zhou said before that he just stretched his tendons, but now I suspect that he may have a soft tissue contusion."

Slomka was a little puzzled: "Soft tissue contusion? Isn't it easy to get long-term muscle strain?"

"Excessive external force is also possible." La Jota is earnestly doing science popularization of medical knowledge in this area.

"Well, it seems that Zhou must rest, how long will he need?" This is the question that Slomka is most concerned about.

"One week is the minimum, to be on the safe side, half a month is the best... Mirko, I know he is very important to you, but he is still young, if you don't want these accumulated old injuries to ruin his future Career, now we must ensure adequate rest and get rid of all hidden dangers." Lajota seriously suggested to Slomka.

At this time, Slomka was thinking silently in his heart. If Zhou Tiancheng was absent for half a month, which games would be affected. After all the calculations, Slomka was very happy: Zhou Tiancheng should be just in time for the key game against Stuttgart at the end of the month before comeback.

What Slomka values ​​most is the contest with the top four teams. Now that Zhou Tiancheng has no problem catching up with this game, he let go of his mouth: "I think what you said is very reasonable. Throughout the world of football, how many talents have died due to injuries, we must not let such a tragedy happen again in Zhou."

La Jota looked at Slomka's serious look with disdain, and really wanted to say that Oscar owed you a statuette.

This season is not the first time that Zhou Tiancheng has been absent, and Slomka is also very comfortable in coping. Rakitic will take over from Zhou Tiancheng again and assume the responsibility of the team's offensive playmaker.

Also thanks to Slomka’s willingness to give young people opportunities, Rakitic no longer has the youthfulness at the beginning of the season and the timidity of debuting in the Bundesliga, although there is still a clear gap compared with the top midfielders in terms of experience and ability , but these opponents before Zhou Tiancheng's comeback, Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Olympiacos and Marseille, are not strong enough, and Rakitic is completely enough to deal with it.

Thinking of this, Slomka sincerely felt that the greatest favor of God this season was to gain two offensive engines with unlimited potential in the midfield, which solved the problem that he had been quite a headache before.

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Zhou Tiancheng's absence couldn't be concealed. The championship opponents once again smelled the opportunity and waited for Schalke to overturn. However, Schalke 04 once again slapped everyone who was ready to see a joke with the facts.

In the No.13 round of the league, the away game reversed Leverkusen 2:1. The opponent's forward Kisling scored a goal in the first half, but Rakitic and Farfan scored two goals in the second half to reverse the situation.

Immediately after another Champions League match day with double matches a week, Schalke 04 visited the Kareskakis Stadium in Athens and beat Olympiacos 2:0, winning the group at the devil's home stadium named after the hero of the Greek War of Independence Five consecutive victories, one step away from a full victory.Some media who stand on the opposite side of Schalke are desperate.Only then did they discover that what is really scary about Schalke this season is not Zhou Tiancheng, a super rookie, but a deeper qualitative change is taking shape in Schalke 04 after winning becomes a habit.

King temperament is being developed!
Zhou Tiancheng can safely watch the TV to appreciate the performance of his teammates. Facing the reporter's question, Slomka answered confidently: "We must use the facts to reassure Zhou from his injuries. When he comes back healthy, we will be able to recover." The start of our real run for the league title."

This is the first time that Slomka has publicly declared that he will hit the league championship this season. Although everyone knew it before, it is more impactful to publicly call out this goal when Zhou Tiancheng is absent and the team's momentum remains undiminished. force.

Before Zhou Tiancheng's comeback, Schalke 04 had two consecutive home games against league rival Borussia Mönchengladbach and Champions League rival Marseille.As a result, there was no suspense, and the Schalke fans who did not go to the scene were not even interested in taking a look!Rested early.

Do you still need to see it?Waking up is another big win!
With a 3:1 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach and a small 1:0 victory over Marseille, Schalke not only won six consecutive victories at home, but also created a record in team history, with [-] points in six games, and won all the Champions League groups!
This record is indeed worthy of Schalke's joy. Before them, only four teams in the history of the Champions League have achieved it. AC Milan in 1992-93, Paris Saint-Germain in 1994-95, Spartak Moscow in 1995-96 and Barcelona in 2002-03.

Most of the mainstream media in Europe hold the same point of view: rationally taking the state of the group stage as a reference, Schalke 04 should be listed as one of the favorites to win the championship!

However, the German media is very worried that Schalke will repeat the mistakes of the first four teams - the first four teams won the group and missed the championship.

Slomka couldn't help laughing when he heard the concerns of the home team's media: "For us, if we go one step further, we will equal the best record in the Champions League. The level of opponents in the knockout round is completely different. We can only try our best to challenge and break through ourselves. As for winning the championship... ..."

Slomka paused and smiled: "Even if you dare to think about it, I haven't thought about it."

(End of this chapter)