Grass roots glory

Chapter 293: To fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside (Two updates are here!)

The five major leagues in Europe have come to an end one after another. For the German and Spanish media, their task is far from over. For the UEFA Champions League final that is close at hand, compared to Barcelona, ​​which is already recognized as a top giant, Schaal, who has reached the UEFA Champions League final for the first time Gram 04 is obviously more attractive to everyone's attention.

But what makes all the media feel boring is that the entire Schalke team pursues the strategy of "keep your mouth shut from the media", especially Zhou Tiancheng. Even if the Chinese media's cameras are on him, he will not sell his face. .

Zhou Tiancheng knew the purpose of the media. The Chinese media obviously wanted to make a fuss about him.In the case of the poor performance of the national team, it is of course a precious honor for Chinese players to compete in the Champions League final for the first time.Although Zhou Tiancheng does not have much contact with the Chinese media, from the limited contact with "Football News" reporter Xu Jing, he still has a general understanding of the Chinese media's profound skills in "blowing", thanks to the extensive and profound Chinese culture.

As for most of the foreign journalists present, Zhou Tiancheng believed that most of them had malicious intentions. On the surface, they were flattering, but in fact they were looking for news in disguise to brag about Barcelona.It can be seen from the recent public opinion in the media that, except for the Gelsenkirchen media, most of the media in other parts of Germany have bad-mouthed them.Who made them too strong in the Bundesliga and made too many enemies?In addition to the "historical grievances" of the Dortmund media, the Bayern media also joined in to bad-mouth them. It is very easy for a newspaper like "Süddeutsche Zeitung" with great influence in Germany to guide public opinion.

But he doesn't care at all. It can be seen from his reluctance to accept media interviews, and his words are not speculative.Schalke has frequently surprised the so-called experts and senior media reporters in the past two seasons, and whenever they have an upset and are confident and ready to climb the peak again, they are always not optimistic. All kinds of doubts.For example, "Schalke is difficult to go further", "Facing Liverpool/Manchester United/Inter Milan, Schalke's miracle road should come to an end. These are all teams that have won the Champions League!"

But Zhou Tiancheng has been used to it for a long time, they just walked all the way, constantly slapping those who are not optimistic about them.In the past two seasons, he has been in frequent contact with European journalists. He is well aware of the virtues of these journalists. In their eyes, there is only one standard for measuring top giants-the Champions League.So far, Bayern is the only recognized top European giant in the Bundesliga. The fundamental reason is that Bayern has won four Champions League trophies!

The winner is king in professional football, which is fully reflected in European sports journalists. If Schalke wants to be regarded as a strong team, it will not matter how many times they defend the Bundesliga. The Big Ears Cup is the ultimate convincing.

Perhaps this season is the best chance to surpass Bayern - Bayern has never achieved a triple crown in history, if Schalke can do it, maybe it can really give all the media in Europe a "surprise"... Zhou Tiancheng in I thought to myself while watching the media reports.

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When the Schalke team went to the Olympiastadion in Berlin to hit the second championship of the season, La Liga on the Iberian Peninsula followed the pace of the Bundesliga and came to an end. Barcelona beat Real Madrid with a three-point advantage to re-crowned.Guardiola has received unanimous praise from the Catalan media.The national derby beat Real Madrid with zero seals in two rounds. At the end of the season, Pique was injured and Puyol was suspended. In the semi-finals, Iniesta and main striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic were damaged. The team regained the league championship from Real Madrid, and once again stood in the Champions League final. The two consecutive Champions League titles are imminent. Barcelona has the opportunity to become the first team to successfully defend the Champions League after the restructuring. Barcelona's queen mouthpiece "World Sports "Newspaper" has even released such an argument: Guardiola may follow Cruyff and Rijkaard to create the Barcelona dream three dynasties.If the title can be successfully defended, this is the beginning of the dynasty.

The Catalan media secretly lamented that God had helped Barcelona, ​​and Schalke, a rookie with no experience in finals, was simply the best opponent!Godsend.They don't worry about Schalke's threat at all, even if they were strong before.But the Champions League final is different.With a neutral position, pressure from public opinion, the temptation to win, and various other factors, it is easy for rookies to misplay and turn into a massacre...

The German Cup final is just around the corner, and even the focus of the German media is not on it. They are very concerned about Magath's start in this game, but the drunkard's intention is not to drink, the real purpose is to pay attention to Magath's Attitude, will you choose to work late in this game and make an appropriate rotation for the Champions League final next week.

However, at the press conference half a day before the game, Magath refuted the "reservation theory": "The championship needs to be fought for with all its strength. There is no distinction between primary and secondary. Werder Bremen and Barcelona are both opponents that must be dealt with with all their strength."

The reporter from Gelsenkirchen was slightly stunned. There is nothing wrong with the attitude of this game, but it is inevitable that it is not smart. Iniesta in the opposing team has been confirmed to be injured for six weeks and missed the final. Is it more certain to meet a strong enemy in the best state?

Could it be that Magath lacked confidence because he almost lost in the league and was a little afraid of Bremen?
Zhou Tiancheng glanced at the faces of the reporters, and added with a smile: "Everyone, don't miss it. There is a saying in China that we must first secure our internal affairs in order to resist foreign enemies, which means that we must first deal with potential internal crises in order to resist foreign enemies. , we don’t want to face Barcelona as losers.”

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In the locker room before the game, Magath reiterated to the players: "Because of your relaxation, Bremen almost beat us half a month ago, boys, I hope you can learn this lesson, this is a game to decide the outcome The final of the final, now, throw the bullshit Barcelona aside for me. Zhou said a Chinese saying, you must first settle down when fighting against the outside world. The whole of Germany now knows that our goal is the Triple Crown. No one wants to be the loser and the Shall we enter the Champions League as a joke? Then go fight this game, let us be the winners - to Madrid! to the Bernabeu!"

Everyone was confused, and after Magath finished speaking, they gathered around Zhou Tiancheng and asked, "Zhou, what does that Chinese proverb mean?"

Zhou Tiancheng explained the meaning again, and everyone was amazed: "Hey! Zhou, it seems that your Chinese civilization of thousands of years is really amazing."

Zhou Tiancheng chuckled: "That's a famous saying of our Chinese ancestors, there's nothing to say. Work hard, brothers, I don't want this sentence to become a false proposition."

"We don't want to either, Zhou." Everyone replied in unison.

This is the final!

Who wants to lose?

PS: I still send two updates. The rented house is out of electricity, so I try my best to send two updates in the computer room of the school.

(End of this chapter)