[Football] Crown of Thorns

After the winter break, the Bundesliga players have returned to the team and entered the journey of the second half of the season.

The Dortmund first-team players returning to the team first collectively had a lively party at their midfielder Gama, and then began to face the "horrible" extra training life-declaration: I am not included in the extra training crowd!Gama language.

Afterwards, on the [-]th, the first game of the second half of the season for Dortmund's first team was a friendly warm-up match. They flew to Switzerland to play Basel Football Club (FootballclubBasel) in Basel, Switzerland's third largest city kick the game.

The weather in Dortmund in January is cold, and the temperature in Basel in January is above freezing, the sun is shining brightly, and the city is so beautiful that people can't take our eyes off it.

When the old-fashioned classmate Mao Jiama looked at it from the plane, he saw the red-topped and white walls on both sides of the river on the ground.

"It's beautiful. What kind of river is that?"

Jia Ma asked Ge Xiaoce, who was beside him.

Ge Xiaoce, a student with a fairly good academic performance, looked at it and said, "That's the Rhine."

"Uh, isn't the Rhine part of Germany?"

Jia Ma, who had long forgotten the geography knowledge in his memory, was stunned.

Ge Xiaoce looked contemptuously at the ignorant Jia Ma, "Basel is located at the junction of the Rhine River and Germany and France, connecting France, Germany and Switzerland, but the highways of these three countries are here. Intersection. There are three railway stations in Basel which belong to France, Germany and Switzerland respectively, and the Rhine River just flows through the center of the city, dividing the city into two parts. Its left bank is called Grossbasel (Grossbasel) , is mainly an economic, commercial and leisure shopping center, and the right bank is called Kleinbasel, which mainly operates flower shops, studios, craft workshops, and cafes that serve cheese snacks and drinks with exquisite wooden tables. Basel is called Central Europe The city with the 'best weather' is a famous tourist city in Europe."

In the cabin, the teammates who heard that Ge Xiaoce was teaching Jia Ma about geography all laughed.

Jia Ma heheed twice, not wanting to admit that he was a cultural blind.

"Read more when you have time, or don't say you know me when you go out, I can't afford to lose that person."

Ge Xiaoce had a sad expression on his face.

Jia Mamo fell silent, then stretched out his evil claws, and pinched Ge Xiaoce's chubby face fiercely, "You are fat, fat, you dare to talk to me like that, you are a baby who can't even get rid of the smell of milk!" Face."

"Help, help~~~"

Ge Xiaoce waved his hand.

Watching their noisy teammates laughed, they didn't stop their noisy actions until the staff shouted that they were about to get off the plane.

"You wait for me."

"Hehe~"

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St. Jakob Park Stadium (St.Jakob-Park) is the home stadium of the Basel team, usually nicknamed "Joggeli", where the 2008 European Football Championship, the stadium can accommodate 500 people, the largest capacity in Switzerland The football field and the European Football Association four-star stadium.

"It's so beautiful!"

When looking at the stadium from a distance from the bus, you can see that the upper half of the St. Jacobs Park stadium is a translucent outer structure. It is not only beautiful, but also familiar.

A teammate poked Hummels, "How does it feel?"

The handsome young man rolled his eyes at the teammates who wanted to watch the excitement, "Yes, yes, this is indeed similar to the Allianz Arena, haven't you read the introduction here, this stadium is not only similar in appearance to the Allianz Arena Similarly, at night, like the Allianz Stadium, it can emit a variety of lighting effects. By the way, there are two restaurants and a shopping mall in the stadium. Does anyone want to go shopping?"

Hearing the players talking and laughing, the coaches sitting in front also laughed.

Assistant coach Mr. Buvac turned his head, "After the warm-up is over, I will give you half a day to relax, but remember, you are not allowed to go out alone or eat indiscriminately, and return to the team on time."

"Thank you, sir."

The boys shouted happily.

Buvac and Klopp smiled at each other and shook their heads.

Sometimes these young men are like school children, curious and playful, but they can't be controlled, and they need to be guided and loosely managed.

After stepping on the field, the boys wandered around the field in twos and threes.

When I walked to the shopping mall, I looked up and saw a very large advertisement printed on the wall. The handsome man on the advertisement was very familiar.

"Federer, the king of tennis!"

"Tsk, it's very handsome."

"This is the watch he endorsed."

"It seems expensive."

"It must be expensive."

Hehe, the poor boy Gama shrugged and followed his teammates into the mall.

Speaking of which, every time there is a tennis match, many football stars will take the time to watch their debuts. Gama thought, I heard that the Brazilian star Kaka, who has a good relationship with his captain, especially likes to watch tennis?

By the way, I wonder if Kaka's injury has healed?

Thinking of last year’s World Cup, Kaka played in the national team for the World Cup with a closed needle and was scolded for the poor performance of the national team. After the start of the new season, he underwent surgery due to injuries and is recuperating. Well, I don’t know how he is now. how?

Gama, who is walking around with divergent thinking, has nothing to do, wandering around the mall with a group of men who love shopping, and of course bought something——Joanna’s birthday is approaching, and he bought something for her. Order Swiss specialties and a lady's watch.Bought one for Ernesto too.Even himself, he has a sponsor now, and of course he has to wear ClosedDenim accessories, although they are not big names, they are still very fashionable in Germany.

Everyone was chatting while strolling, and when they were done shopping and ready to go to the restaurant to fill their stomachs, they scanned it. Outside the restaurant was a photo of the Swiss king Federer.

"It's everywhere!"

"Don't you know," Lewandowski looked at the menu and said in his mouth, "Federer is not only the king of Switzerland, he is also a diehard fan of our tomorrow's opponent, the Barcelona club. Fans, the club will reciprocate and will not miss the opportunity of publicity."

"Oh, no wonder."

"Another side note," Lewandowski said with a smile, "Federer played both tennis and football at school, and he was very good at both, but when it came time to make decisions about his future, he had to learn from both. He chose tennis. If he didn't play tennis, he would probably be a good football player."

"Wow, what an exaggeration."

Gotze made a face.

Gama thought for a while, he had never watched tennis, nor did he remember anyone, so he was not familiar with it, but the name Federer often appeared on the sports page and sometimes even appeared in the headlines of reports, so he was familiar with the name.

"Robert, you know very well."

Lewandowski shrugged. "If you had a girlfriend you would know."

"Isn't your Anna only playing karate?"

"Woman!"

Lewand sighed, "Are there any women who don't pay attention to celebrities?"

"Especially a handsome guy."

haha~~

The teammates who sat down all laughed.

Taste the small Swiss fondue, use a large piece of cheese as the bottom of the pot and boil it in a small pot with fire to make a soup, and then you can eat the prepared potato chips, apple sticks, noodles, seafood, etc. Jia Ma missed the Tianchao spicy hot pot, but the taste of the Swiss cheese fondue was quite good.

Jia Ma stared at the bottom of the cheese pot in front of him, and decided to go to the market one day after returning home to see if there was any hot pot ingredients for sale and make a meal for himself.

They also tasted the famous local Kabbah specialties. The Dortmund players in a happy mood decided to play well tomorrow. They can't live up to the delicious food they have come all the way!

2011 January 1, St Jakobs Park

Borussia Dortmund won 4-0 in a friendly match between Basel and Dortmund.

"Ugh, we take the game very seriously, don't we!"

Looking at the score board on the sidelines, Gama touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.

Gross Kreutz looked back at him silently, "In fact, there was a player in the team who transferred from Basel before!"

"Uh yes!"

Jia Ma blinked, looking for something to say, "Who is it!"

"Well, Laden Petric, but he stayed for one season in the 0708 season and then moved away."

"Is it?"

"Ah."

"I said Kevin, why are we standing here chatting?"

"Because the coaches are still chatting with Basel's coach, Mr. Fink, over there!"

"Oh, so we just stand like this?"

"...No one asked us to change the jersey, hehe~~"

"Kevin, your smile is really ugly."

"...Xiko, I think you are very excited to play today."

"It's probably because, with their red and blue tops, gold-rimmed blue shorts and red-rimmed blue socks, I feel like I've seen Barcelona."

"Chico, don't you know that the founder of Barcelona, ​​Hans Gamper, once played for the Basel club or was the captain of the team, so the emblem jersey he chose when he founded Barcelona was taken from Basel?"

"Hehe... I don't know!"

"Shiko, like Mario said, you should read more."

"...Kevin, can I beat you up?"

"No. By the way, I think Chico seems to be hostile to Barcelona."

"It's not hostility, I'm just supporting my national team captain with practical actions."

"Hehe~~~"

"Again, Kevin, your smile is really ugly!"

"roll!"

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PS: Basel is one of the clubs with the best results in the Swiss league.

PS: Barcelona's famous "blaugrana" (red and blue jersey) is indeed based on Basel's "RotBlau".