113 Football legends that belong to us
113 Our football legend
A goal ignited a stadium and detonated the passion of more than 30,000 people!
Ivan Gattuso, at this moment, with this goal, he completely became the hero in the minds of Kaiserslautern fans and the darling of the city. He will inevitably enter the records of this season's Bundesliga.
There were endless shouts of Gattuso's name in the stands, especially whenever they remembered that the Italian had always been an unknown defender in the team's midfield. He was so low-key that he had almost no interviews, and he rarely even appeared on the streets outside.
But he is one of the indispensable players of the team, Yang Cheng’s most trusted player, and he is also the player with the highest attendance rate in the team for more than a season, no doubt about it.
From a low-key element to a team hero in an instant, they became the target of fans shouting. What changes will this sudden change bring to Gattuso?
I saw Bayern's attack first, starting from the left. As soon as Lizarazu arrived at the midfield, he was immediately restricted by Schneider. Then he saw Gattuso pushing over, so he knocked the ball back.
Bayern's offense slowed down. After several passes, he came to the right. Sauer retreated to get the ball and was pressed by Kivo. However, the Romanian did not dare to take the kick easily because Sauer's free kick was very fearful, so he forced Sauer to the sideline.
Sauer was facing Kivo at first, but suddenly, he felt a pressure behind him, but he didn't feel any difference, so he wanted to take the ball and turn around. But as soon as he turned around, he found that he seemed to have hit a mountain and fell to the ground.
Gattuso, who was just participating in the assistance defense on the left, had arrived on the right side at some point, raised his hands high and stood there innocently. The referee also looked at him with a gaze and determined that this was not a foul.
The Italian immediately passed the ball that Saul lost to Kyle, and then ran to the middle, but before leaving, he did not forget to give a thumbs up at the referee who was running forward quickly.
His actions immediately received cheers from all the fans at the scene, but they definitely aroused the dissatisfaction of Bayern players. If it weren't for Kaiserslautern's quick attack, if Mattus hadn't started and Effenberg hadn't arrived at Bayern, he would have suffered.
"This guy is crazy!" Yang Cheng laughed and scolded on the sidelines.
Paul Bayer and others also burst into laughter.
Although Gattuso is a tough guy on the court, he is a very idle young man in private. He has been in love recently and talks to his girlfriend on the phone all day long and stays together.
Just as Yang Cheng and others were joking with Gattuso, the crazy guy suddenly wanted to bring the ball with him after a successful interception, but Fink stole it and broke the ball. Gattuso himself tried every means to chase the ball and ran until not far in front of Yang Cheng. A tackled the ball and broke it out of the baseline.
"Hey, Ivan, are you over-energy?" Yang Cheng asked calmly.
Gattuso got up from the ground, scratched the back of his head awkwardly, smiled silly, not daring to respond, knowing that he had made a mistake.
"Be careful about the competition. If there is another time, you can go to the date the day after tomorrow!" Yang Cheng threatened.
As soon as he said this, Gatuso immediately became serious and nodded solemnly: "Don't, boss, I dare not!" After that, he immediately ran back to the competition as if he was flying.
Yang Cheng couldn't help laughing behind him.
"Date? What date?" Paul Baier and others next to them asked with interest.
Yang Cheng shook his head and smiled, "His girlfriend's family is coming here to see him the day after tomorrow. This kid is timid and dare not go alone, so he asks me for help!" After that, he laughed himself.
Paul Bayer and others were stunned, and then laughed loudly, but they couldn't tell that the old boy Gattuso looked very playful, but he didn't expect that he would be shy about such things. Who would believe it if he said it?
However, this incident has a origin. Originally, Gattuso wanted to ask his father to meet him, but his father scolded him and said that the woman's parents would not go to see him, and asked him to travel all the way from Italy to Germany to meet them, which was simply a loss of face.
However, this top-notch father obviously would not ignore his son, and finally gave him an idea to ask Yang Cheng for help.
"You are now his subordinate, so it is natural to ask him to help you stand out!" Gatuso's father was very mafia-like instigated, and Gatuso himself was helpless and could only follow his father's advice in the end.
Although Gattuso is very playful and active, and he looks fierce, he is actually a person who attaches great importance to feelings.
He has always been very grateful for Yang Cheng's introduction from the small fishing village in Italy and cultivated him into the Italian international. At the age of 19, he has even decided to treat Yang Cheng as the most important person in his life, besides his family.
In addition to taking Yang Cheng, he is also very serious about Monica. Although both of them are still young and Monica is still studying, Gattuso has already promised that he will love Monica in his life.
Yang Cheng also knew his proud disciple very well. He knew that Gattuso was not the kind of fickle radish. He was very dedicated and serious. Since he chose Monica and decided to meet his parents, it means that he had recognized Monica in his life.
It is precisely because of this that Yang Cheng agreed to accompany him to see his parents and use this matter to intimidate him.
It’s true that Gattuso, who was intimidated, seemed to be a different person, and he played football very vigorously. He ran wildly. Compared to when people were crazy just now, he is now the real midfielder who is valued and trusted by Yang Cheng.
After Gattuso returned to seriousness, Kaiserslautern's performance also improved, continuing to suppress Bayern.
Trapatoni was depressed to find that he and his team could not defend against Kaiserslautern, especially when this Kaiserslautern was at an absolute peak in terms of momentum and morale.
In the 41st minute, after another interception in the backcourt, Lucio cleared the ball to Yanker in advance. After receiving the ball, Kyle passed it directly to the right and handed it to Schneider's feet.
After getting the ball, Schneider faced Bayern's defense directly. Seeing Larson, who was originally on the right, he immediately handed the ball to the Swedes' feet, but the Swedes knocked the ball diagonally again. Barack pressed Fink with his body in the arc of the penalty area, faced the ball and gently picked up the right foot.
The ball passed over Helmer and Kuffor's heads. Van Nie, who was originally on the same position as Helmer, immediately started. After successfully breaking into the penalty area, the ball kept hitting the ball and volleyed.
"goallllllllll!"
"Kaisslautern scored another goal! 2:0!"
"The goal of Dutch striker Van Nie once again opened the door to victory for Kaiserslautern!"
"Two goals in a row, leading 2:0, Kaiserslautern has seen the dawn of victory in the game!"
The live TV camera once again showed a slow-motion replay of the game. "This is a typical Kaiserslautern-style cooperation. From Kyle to the right, Schneider passed to Larson. After that, Larson and Barack all touched the ball without any drag. From the backcourt to the frontcourt, Kaiserslautern used the simplest and most efficient pass to tear off Bayern's defense line and scored a crucial goal!"
Looking at Fanny's goal as if he was striding around in the garden, no one expected that the second goal would be so simple!
"Everyone must admit that the most important thing to evaluate a team's strength is to refer to the team's performance in the moment of offense and defense transformation, especially when facing the opponent's counterattack after conceding the ball. There is no doubt that at this point, Kaiserslautern has done a very good job, and Bayern lost two consecutive goals in the counterattack!"
"Efficiency, not dragging on the mud, and very ornamental, this is Kaiserslautern's football! A kind of offensive football like a mercury-like rush!"
Not only the commentator was shouting loudly, but even the Kaiserslautern fans in the stands were extremely excited.
2:0, at Fritz Walter Stadium, Kaiserslautern has never been reversed or tied with two goals, so after scoring the second goal, Kaiserslautern has undoubtedly seen the dawn of victory, and Bayern suffered a tragic blow.
The entire Fritz Walter Stadium has completely turned into a sea of joy. The fans hugged each other in groups to celebrate the team's two goals lead. They all felt as if they had seen the victory of the game!
Fritz Walter didn't see it very clearly, but from the reactions of the fans around him and from the excited shouts of Warner Melzer, he could hear that the team he was loyal to had taken the lead, 2:0!
"Brother, you're right. This is an exciting team, and he is an incredible head coach!" Otma Walter praised excitedly.
In the unfavorable situation of being able to be reversed by Bayern three days ago and being eliminated from the German Cup, Yang Cheng will undoubtedly be the biggest contributor to this game, leading the team to adhere to their tactical philosophy and play such an exciting football at home.
Fritz Walter was also very excited and couldn't even speak.
Although he didn't see it very clearly, and although he couldn't stand the hot atmosphere at the scene, he could feel the enthusiasm in the hearts of the fans, which was the enthusiasm that only those who were truly obsessed with and loved football could burst out.
In the current football environment, there are undoubtedly fewer and fewer head coaches who can lead the team to play such exciting football, at least in German football, which is very rare.
During the intermission, in the distant China, Capital Television's live broadcast game, a specially produced interview appeared on the screen, including Kaiserslautern fans and some German football practitioners.
The first scene that appears is at the main gate of Fritz Walter Stadium.
"Are you Chinese? Are you all here to photograph Yang? Oh, welcome to Kaiserslautern!"
"Yang? Oh, no, we usually don't call him that. We call him Caesar, because we are the city of Caesar, and he is Caesar who leads us to victory and glory!"
"A little over a year ago, all of us, including those American soldiers in the army, yes, American soldiers, were also fascinated by football and watched the game..." The fan interviewed seemed very talkative, but was immediately corrected, "Oh, yes, we were both disappointed and even angry at that time, especially when Frederick invited Young to coach, we were almost crazy, and the whole city was full of anger!"
"Hehe, but look, Caesar took a season to bring us three championship trophys. He became our Caesar, our hero, and the most popular person in the city!" After saying that, the talkative middle-aged woman fan also pretended to be mysterious and said to the camera: "Secretly say that Caesar is still the dream lover of countless girls. At least my daughter has told me more than once that she must find ways to marry Caesar, and I agree with this!"
"Caesar! Caesar!" The interviewee changed to another group of young people shouting at the camera, "Bayern? Oh, no, I don't think Bayern has a chance, because we have Caesar!"
Then the camera quickly switched the faces of more than a dozen fans, and everyone shouted Caesar, and finally the picture was frozen on Ye Wen, and behind him was the Fritz Walter Stadium.
"Yes, Caesar, this is the title given to Yang Cheng by the fans of Kaiserslautern, and it is also evidence of his conquest of the city. He spent a season leading Kaiserslautern from the Bundesliga to the Bundesliga, and now he is in the lead of the Bundesliga. Everyone, including football practitioners in Germany, unanimously admits that Yang Cheng has a fascinating temperament, which is a unique temperament belonging to Caesar and the winner!"
Ye Wen slowly introduced, while the picture kept switching between Yang Cheng's performance during the leadership of Kaiserslautern, including some game videos and football practitioners' evaluation of Yang Cheng.
"He is a natural winner!" Reiner Holtz, editor-in-chief of the kicker, sat in the office and smiled at the camera.
"He is an incredible head coach, and he has the potential to grow into the world's top head coach!" Football Emperor Beckenbauer was not stingy with his appreciation for his old age friends.
"Our head is the magician on the football field. Our motivation to win, our soul, our Caesar!" Captain Kaiserslautern Bremer gave the highest praise and recognition.
There are many more after that. Ye Wen got some evaluations of Yang Cheng from some German football practitioners during this period. All of them were good reviews. Even Trapatoni, who was an opponent, admitted that Yang Cheng was an excellent head coach.
The scene returned to the live broadcast room again, and the host smiled and faced the camera, "This is the first Chinese to appear in the top European leagues. It is very surprising. It is not as a player, but as a head coach, but he is the most popular head coach in German football and even European football in the past two years. I heard that even Bayern wants to poach him to take charge of Green Hollywood!"
Speaking of this, the host deliberately paused, "After watching the 18th round of the Bundesliga, Kaiserslautern's first half game against Bayern Munich at home, we saw the home team temporarily lead 2:0. This is a very amazing game and a score!"
"From the game, it is not difficult to see Yang Cheng's transformation of Kaiserslautern and the football tactical style he insists on. At the same time, we must admit that he is indeed an outstanding head coach and is very capable, so he can lead Kaiserslautern to win so many honors and win the recognition of so many peers!"
"Here, we wish Kaiserslautern to successfully defeat Bayern Munich, to maintain the lead until the end of this season, to complete an unprecedented legend of winning the championship, and to create a football legend that belongs to us Chinese!"
Yang Cheng naturally didn't know what was happening in the distant China, nor did he know that this short film, which was just a few minutes during the intermission, made him become more popular in his motherland, and everyone began to praise the number one person in China to enter European football.
At this moment, he was in the locker room, carefully advising his players to not be careless just because of 2:0, because although Bayern fell behind and his morale was low, he was still Bayern, a powerful Bayern that was enough to make any team fatal!
The players returned to the stadium with Yang Cheng's instructions and re-entered the game.
Trapatoni still dared not bet. He did not choose to counterattack, but hoped to continue the game with steady play.
He hopes that Yankee will kill Lucio so that Bayern's offense can completely defeat Kaiserslautern's defense, but unfortunately, Lucio did not let him do it.
This Brazilian central defender, who was known for his former attack, was confined to the backcourt by Yang Cheng in this game. As long as he had a little idea of trying to get in, he would be stopped by Yang Cheng immediately and then he went back to defend.
Gattuso used his almost desperate style to play football in the midfield to build an unbreakable interception zone in front of Kaiserslautern's defense line. Any Bayern player entering this interception zone will be harassed and attacked by Gattuso, but he is very civilized and rarely uses foul tactics, let alone those rough lethal tactics.
After the crazy attack in the first half, Kaiserslautern constrained in the second half, but he still controlled the situation and rhythm on the court. Bayern had no choice but to do so, because in terms of control, Bayern could not beat Kaiserslautern at all.
Especially in the 71st minute of the second half, Denilson passed the right post after a beautiful consecutive pass on the left. Larson ran out of the gap in time. Without anyone to guard, he easily pushed the ball into the net and scored the third goal in the game. The whole world knew that Kaiserslautern won this game!
Bayern lost, and even lost a 3:0 in a dirt-blazed manner!
This is definitely the most painful and most embarrassing defeat in Bayern this season!
Chapter completed!