Chapter 108 The Four Crowned King!
"This is the most popular European Super Cup match ever. Neither side is a giant in the traditional sense. Schalke 04 from the Bundesliga and St. Petersburg Zenit from the Russian League will compete for the final championship of the year." The French commentator on the scene viewed the game so.
Over the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, the flags of the two teams each occupy half of the venue. The enthusiasm of the fans of both sides burned the entire stadium. In the player channel, Schalke players and Zenit's players hugged each other. As the new champions of the Champions League and the League Cup, they felt a bit sympathetic. At this moment, Zenit's ace player Arshavin stood beside Qin Tian. [..com]
Born in 1981, Al Shavin was born in St. Petersburg. He is the number one star in Russian football. He is known as the "tsar". He has excellent physical fitness and vision. In the League Cup last season, the Zenit team he led won the championship. Look at the teams that fell at their feet. Leverkusen, who was in the same league as Schalke 04, 4:1 away, which made the latter's right-back Castro praise, "We were so shocked that we didn't expect our opponents to play so well." In the European Championships of the same year, Al Shavin became famous in one game, attracting the attention of countless giants, such as Real Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Gunners, etc.
Qin Tian looked at Arshavin with a strong face on the other side and a faint smile on his lips. At the age of 27, he is definitely a late bloomer and has many similarities with him. This game may be a direct collision between Qin Tian and Arshavin. Whoever performs better will win the trophy back.
When the players from both sides entered the court, the French commentator on the scene loudly introduced each player. In addition to the loud shouts of the fans on both sides, the French fans of the Neutral Square also showed great enthusiasm. This was Qin Tian's first European Super Cup match. He was facing a big dark horse that had emerged on another battlefield in the European war. He had a bit of the smell of a Huashan sword contest. He gently stroked the yellow captain's armband on his arm. This has become a small move for Qin Tian before every game, relaxing his mood.
Both teams are young teams, both teams are newborn calfs and are not afraid of tigers. They were very fierce at the beginning of the game. This is the first time they have fought with Eastern European powerhouses. Schalke 04 is also not very suitable for the opponent's impact method, and gradually Zenit has the upper hand on the field and frequently creates dangers in front of Schalke 04's goal.
In the 20th minute, Zenit's goal came soon. Arshavin on the left side's smart and extraordinary skills shook Ozil down and pushed straight ahead in front of defender Westerman. He hit back like a heel. Radimov in the middle side followed with a strong shot, and Fehrman flew to save the ball out of the baseline.
Arshaven took the corner kick, and Turkish striker Turk jumped high in the penalty area, with a very amazing momentum. He made a shot directly on Pique's head. After the football was swept by Fehrman, he flew to the left side of the penalty area. Arshaven, who caught up with the receiving one, jumped up and stopped the ball with his chest. His body twisted forward on the left and dexterminated avoiding Westerman's flying ball. After a line-changing cut, he shot with his right foot in an arc shot. The ball bounced into the net on Fehrman's calf, and 1:0.
After scoring the goal, Arshavin was raised in the air by his teammates. The Russian Tsar pointed his index fingers into the sky with both hands and muttered to himself, as if he was grateful to the sky. The Russian fans in the audience also shouted Arshavin's name in unison at the same time. It is said that this is already the exclusive feature of Zenit's team after every time Arshavin scores.
"We saw Zenit fans at the scene shouting the names of heroes in their minds. It is said that this has become a characteristic of this team. The reason we learned before the game is that the fans are grateful for Arshavin's contribution to the team. They are afraid that after the Tsar leaves the team, they will never have such a moment of gratitude again. This is really touching." The commentator said with a little envious tone. Which man doesn't want to have such a moment?
Schalke 04 players were not worried too much about conceding the goal. After the trouble just now, they had adapted to the opponent's attack method. It was indeed sharp, but there were many problems. That is, if Arshavin was restricted, Zenit would undoubtedly have been pulled out by someone.
In the 30th minute of the game, Al Shawen continued to hold the ball and make waves on the left, and quickly advanced to the edge of Schalke 04's penalty area. Just as he was about to cut in, Qin Tian, who had retreated to the penalty area to defend, suddenly moved, an acceleration in running, "Storm Step".
He rushed to the front of Arshavin. Before the latter could react, Qin Tian had already made a beautiful slip shovel and "Shadow Raid", intercepted the ball under Arshavin's feet. Without standing up, he directly swung the ball to the right on the ground and rolled to Ozil's feet.
After receiving the ball, Ozil quickly broke through fiercely before the opponent's defender returned to the position. Facing Domingos's robbery, Ozil passed the ball beautifully into the middle uninhabited area, and Falfan's insertion was very fatal. The Peruvian boy did not hesitate for a moment and directly shot. The goalkeeper Batto Falski hurriedly and saved the ball.
A blue figure on the other side has already appeared in despair in a position that shouldn't have appeared. Kuranyi! Facing the volley from the empty goal, the ball entered the net. This is the basic quality of an excellent shooter. He has a sense of smell in front of the goal. Kuranyi also scored the first goal in the European battlefield in the new season.
Originally, Zenit's defender was still signaling to the referee whether Kuranyi had offside just now, but through the big screen on the scene, you can clearly see that while Falfan shot, Kuranyi stayed honestly behind the last defender, which was a good goal!
After scoring the goal, Kuranyi hugged Falfan and Ozil at the first time. Most of the credit for this goal was from them. As for Qin Tian, Kuranyi curled his lips. Do you still need to thank this kid? It made Qin Tian helplessly look at the scoundrel in front of him!
After grasping the opponent's key points, Schalke 04 did not give the opponent any chance. After firmly controlling Arshavin, the other Zenit players were like headless flies, shooting without a star and passing without direction, and Schalke 04 kicked even more calmly.
Schalke's goal to overtake the score in 04 appeared in the first minute after the opening of the second half. This was Zenit's offensive opportunity. After the striker Boglebrek got Arshavin's exquisite pass, he shot the goal with a heavy cannon. He was very powerful, but he obviously did not wear a scope and directly hit the ball on the post. The fierce rebound force bounced the ball directly back outside the penalty area. Rakitic turned halfway and transferred the ball to Qin Tian.
After Qin Tian dribbled the ball and ran 20 meters, he made a straight pass and "piercing!" and stuffed the ball into the center of Zenit's penalty area. This time, Falfan did not waste any chance and pushed the ball and knocked on the Russian goal again. 1:2, the situation became quite beneficial to the Blue Miners.
In the 80th minute, goalkeeper Ferman thrust Arshavin firmly under his body, throwing the ball with his hand to launch an attack, passing it to defender Boden, Boden passed the ball to the frontcourt, Englar, who was on the bench, ferrying in the air to Qin Tian. Qin Tian leaned against the defensive player behind him, stretched out his left foot and gently rolled under the falling ball, and then picked it again. Oh, you even twisted the body flexibly next to the opponent. After a beautiful man scored the ball, he used his passing skill again without waiting for the ball to land, "lightning chain"!
Kuranyi, who understood it, rushed out from behind the opponent's central defender. Just now shed to the bottom line, the ball had already landed in front of him and slowly rebounded to his feet. The passing was so fucking comfortable. Faced with such a top-notch opportunity, Kuranyi was really going to commit suicide by missing it. He pushed the arch with a casual foot shot, and the ball drilled through the goalkeeper's armpit, 1:3.
Qin Tian, who completed two assists in this game, was replaced by Kobe and received applause from all the fans. In the end, the 2007-2008 European Champions League champion Schalke 04 defeated the 2007-2008 European Cup champion St. Petersburg Zenit 3:1 at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, and won the fourth championship trophy in 2008 - the European Super Cup!
The award ceremony after the game is very simple. After all, it is not at home, and the atmosphere is much worse. However, the Blues fans who came from afar still dedicated their long-lasting applause and singing to the heroes of their team. Qin Tian, who completed two assists in this game, was named the best player of the European Super Cup and was surrounded by reporters as soon as the game ended. In addition to asking Qin Tian to express his feelings about winning the championship, more questions are about the future, the views on the draw of the UEFA Champions League this season, and the hope of awarding various awards last season.
Qin Tian, who had already been familiar with the interview, answered every question calmly and calmly, saying what should be said and never reveal a little about what should not be said. Every word and action completely showed the style of a superstar.
On the next night, UEFA also held a draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 2008-2009 season. The final grouping situation was:
Group a: Schalke 04, Rome, Bordeaux, Cruges (Romania);
Group b: Inter Milan, Chelsea, Palasinekos, Anothussis (Cyprus);
Group c: Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Basel, Donetsk miners;
Group d: Liverpool, Eindhoven, Marseille, Atletico Madrid;
Group e: Manchester United, Villarreal, Celtics, Albor (Denmark);
Group f: Lyon, Bayern Munich, Bucharest star, Florence;
Group g: Arsenal, Porto, Fenerbahce, Kipdinamo;
Group h: Real Madrid, Juventus, St. Petersburg Zenit, Borisol (Belarus);
After learning about the grouping, Sloka's face kept smiling. The draw was quite good. Except for Roma, the other two teams in this group are not difficult to defeat the opponent based on Schalke 04's current strength. If nothing unexpected happens, the team will qualify with the Italians.
At the Champions League Awards Ceremony last season, Schalke 04 won all other awards except the Best Player, and it was a big win. The best coach is naturally Sloane, Best goalkeeper Neuer, Best defender Boden, Best midfielder Qin Tian, Best striker Kuranyi, and Best player is Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo. Although losing to Cristiano Ronaldo made Qin Tian a little regretful, it doesn't matter. Our family is still young and we will come back next year.
After winning four championships historic and almost all awards, the happy Chairman Reiberg also made a big comeback. He invited all the players and staff in a local super five-star hotel in Paris, and let the players rest comfortably in the hotel for a night. The next day he chartered the flight back to Germany, which made the players quite satisfied.
Chapter completed!