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Chapter 308 Ruhr Derby

After defeating Wolfsburg, Schalke 04 has won six consecutive victories since the beginning of 2010, leading Bayern Munich to lead the standings by 3 points.

Although Magath and Sun Wu discussed several times, they all believed that this Schalke 04 team still has a lot of room for improvement in offense, but the internal atmosphere of the team is quite good. The racial discrimination of the Cologne fans unexpectedly made Schalke 04 Has a strong cohesion in a short period of time.

Magath was quite surprised by this, but he was also quite happy, because the next game was the second of the two games that clubs, players, and fans valued most in a season, the Ruhr Derby.

The Ruhr Derby can be traced back to more than 90 years ago. Both cities are located on the banks of the Ruhr River. Both started with coal and mining industries. Both have fan organizations with bottom-level workers as the core. At all levels of society, after the mining industry gradually declined, the duel between Schalke 04 and Dortmund pinned on the old competitive mentality of the two cities.

These two teams are natural rivals.Blue is not even allowed in Dortmund's neighborhoods, and yellow is also the eternal enemy of Schalke's neighborhoods.

The fans allow the team to lose to Bayern Munich, allow the team to be unable to lift a salad plate for more than ten years, but never allow the team to lose the Ruhr Derby without resistance. Dortmund won the team for the first time in history Derby's Augusta Lenz is still lauded by Hornets fans to this day.

Although Sun Wu, who participated in the Ruhr Derby for the first time, and even the first real derby, took this seriously, he still thought it was a normal game in general, even if Westermann, Neuer Er solemnly reminded him.

February 2th, Derby Day.

Since the early morning of this day, the blue and yellow tides have gradually gathered from the two cities, forming a two-color ocean outside the Veltins Arena.

The 16-year-old Leo quietly came to Gelsenkirchen from Dortmund. Instead of going to the Veltins Arena immediately, he found a public toilet to take off his Dortmund jersey and put on his favorite blue shirt. jersey.

But when he ran outside the court, he was still caught by his classmates. A tall man with thick hair directly picked up Leo, "Damn it, you are actually a Schalke fan!"

The timid Leo's calf was trembling, and he reluctantly explained: "I never admitted that I was a Dortmund fan. You dragged me to the South Stand last time..."

The classmates next to him started clamoring. This little guy only came to Dortmund to study last summer. Although he is not from Gelsenkirchen, he unexpectedly turned out to be a fan of his sworn enemy.

"Hey, what are you doing!" A blond girl suddenly appeared and reprimanded sharply: "A group of bumblebees bullying a Miners fan?"

Before the group of little guys on the opposite side could react, the little girl had already shouted loudly not far away, and then seventeen or eighteen young people in blue jerseys rushed over, all gearing up for a fight.

"Dididi..." At the critical moment, a middle-aged policeman blew his siren and separated the two parties, "Listen to me, if anyone doesn't want to watch the game, he can come with me, but I will teach him a lesson, because He prevented me from seeing how Schalke taught those Hornets a lesson!"

Uh, this is considered a home court advantage. The young Bumblebee fans left angrily, and the tall leader stared at Leo fiercely, "Damn it, I will deal with you later!"

"Ooh!" Schalke fans booed one after another, giving the middle-aged policeman a thumbs up.

"Your name is Leo? What a waste of this name! You don't look like a lion at all!" The little girl frowned at the timid Leo, "Follow us, I hope you don't lose face to Schalke!"

"Sabina, this little guy is also wearing the number 38!" A young man said loudly: "Leo, maybe you can join us!"

It was only then that Lei Ao was surprised to find that all the fans were wearing No. 38 jerseys.

"We all like Best, you know, he was racially discriminated against two weeks ago, we will support him!" Sabina greeted her companions, "Come on, maybe I can get Best's autograph today! "

"Signature? It is said that Best's signature is in Chinese..." Leo trotted behind Sabina, "Why did you get it..."

All the way into the stadium and into the stands, Sabina pointed to a middle-aged man in a miner's costume and said proudly, "Look, that's my dad!"

"Oh, I see, that's the representative of the club's fans!" Leo excitedly took out a large poster of Best from his arms, "Sabina, can you help me?"

"No problem!" Sabina took it all in, but she had conditions, "Guys, are you ready? We must suppress those damn bumblebees today!"

"Blue and white, how much I love you!"

"Blue and white, don't leave me!"

"Blue and white are the colors of the sky."

"Blue and white, the colors of our uniforms."

"If we had a kingdom, we'd build it like the Schalkes."

"The girls are so young and beautiful, everyone has to go for a walk in blue and white..."

The not-so-exciting tune gradually sounded in the stands, suppressing the singing of the away fans.

Sun Wu was a little surprised, there was still an hour before the start of the game, and he was still warming up, so it started so early?

"This is the Ruhr Derby." Neuer patted Sun Wu on the shoulder, "I hope you won't be scared."

Be scared?Sun Wu curled his lips and said nothing, but Rakitic on the other side nodded in agreement, "Best, you have to know that there will be many accidents in the Ruhr Derby."

The Ruhr Derby is one of the most popular derbies in Europe. Sun Wu has been famous for a long time, but in his previous life, he was concerned about Dortmund, the large pattern on the south stand...he lacks understanding of Schalke 04.

It's half sea water, half flame... Sun Wu looked up at the stands, and after a while he asked: "Manuel, will the referee have a tendency?"

"Derby in the Ruhr area, don't count on the home whistle. As I said, this is completely different from other Bundesliga games!" Neuer said solemnly: "Best, you can only win this derby if you win this derby." Really embraced by the fans."

"The club's official fan organization has not invited you to participate in any activities so far. They will only issue an invitation letter if they win this derby." Westerman walked over, "Come on, Best."

Today's captain Westermann looks very murderous. In 2007, Schalke 04 led by him occupied the top spot for three months. As a result, the second derby was not lower than Dortmund's 0 to 2. After that, the team's mentality collapsed. Lost, and eventually passed the salad plate.

Before the start of the game, Sun Wu felt the meaning of the derby. When the Dortmund players began to warm up, Sun Wu greeted his acquaintances.

"Hey, Mats!"

But Hummels walked past Sun Wu expressionlessly, without any reaction.

(End of this chapter)