Football: The national football team was expelled and rewarded with a long-range goal card Chapter 177

No one wants to live forever in someone else’s shadow.

But Son Heung-min, who played in the Bundesliga, was inevitably compared to Ye Chen.

Especially after fans commented, “Ye Chen is more suitable to be Korean than Son Heung-min,” Son Heung-min was heartbroken.

It was precisely because of this that he secretly swore to defeat Ye Chen fair and square!

At that time, he would shout what he most wanted to say… Is there anyone else!

Of course, he didn’t realize that he had learned even this phrase from Ye Chen!

Son Woong-jung suddenly uploaded the training video online, which left Son Heung-min somewhat flustered. His original revenge plan seemed to have been laid out in the open prematurely.

It would be fine if he won, but what if he lost…

Son Heung-min took deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.

Today, it was either success or martyrdom!

Many of his Hamburg teammates knew about this.

“Son, all the best today!”

“Son, believe in yourself, you’re no worse than Ye!”

“Son, when you used to fight me for a starting spot, did you also kick my face off?”

“Son, I think people need to face reality. Ye is someone who created history in the Bundesliga. You don’t deserve to be compared to him!”

“Son, give up. If your combat power is 1000, then Ye’s combat power is 10000!”

Asians abroad would receive encouragement from some due to politeness, but more often, they would face ridicule and disdain.

As the news of Son Heung-min challenging Ye Chen intensified online, there were more people within Hamburg mocking Son Heung-min than supporting him.

After all, Dortmund was the top team in the Bundesliga, and Ye Chen had proven himself with 36 goals in the first half of the season.

But what about him?

Although wingers don’t primarily aim for goals, isn’t 3 goals and 1 assist in half a season a bit too little?

With such stats, he still dared to challenge Ye Chen? Wasn’t this asking for humiliation?

Especially his act of replacing the face of the ball-catching robot with Ye Chen’s photo, wasn’t that like AI face-swapping?

January 22nd, 2:30 PM.

The bus with the Borussia Dortmund logo slowly drove into the Volksparkstadion, Hamburg’s home ground!

The Volksparkstadion is one of UEFA’s five-star football stadiums, capable of hosting UEFA Cup and Champions League finals, and can accommodate up to 55, 000 fans.

Because Dortmund was visiting this time, tickets had sold out early.

Ye Chen sat on the bus, wearing headphones and quietly listening to Jay Chou’s songs.

Just the night before, the campus belle, who hadn’t messaged him in three years, suddenly contacted him and asked if he wanted to hang out.

He was almost ecstatic.

But soon he saw a piece of news online that it was a large-scale account theft…

As the bus stopped, Ye Chen got off with the team.

Originally, he wasn’t going to sign autographs or anything, but when he saw the bright red of China, he stopped.

“God Ye! God Ye! God Ye!”

Ye Chen looked closely and saw it was the chubby kid he had met during the Manchester United U 18 match!

“How did you come? Weren’t you studying in Manchester?”

The chubby kid was incredibly excited when he heard Ye Chen, “You still remember me! Oh my god, God Ye actually remembers me!”

Ye Chen smiled, “I don’t have Alzheimer’s, hahaha, autograph or photo?”

The chubby kid’s face turned red, “I’m an adult, can I…”

“Sure!” Ye Chen readily agreed.

After a series of interactions, Ye Chen finally left.

“God Ye, all the best! You must teach that Korean kid a good lesson!”

“Beat the crap out of him!”

Ye Chen didn’t look back, just made an OK gesture and walked into the tunnel.

If it were Son Heung-min during his Tottenham days, Ye Chen might have been wary, but the current Son Heung-min was just a kid who had just secured a starting spot in the Bundesliga.

In terms of both strength and talent, he completely dominated him.

Of course, despise the enemy strategically, but take them seriously tactically.

Although Hamburg was a relegation-threatened team this season, as a team that had never been relegated from the Bundesliga, they often unleashed astonishing energy.

Klopp didn’t rush to experiment with a new formation, but instead used Dortmund’s more familiar 4- 2- 3- 1!

As for who would rest, Ye Chen or Lewandowski…

“Ye, is your shoulder feeling better?” Klopp walked up to Ye Chen and asked worriedly.

“Coach, my shoulder is fine!” Ye Chen said with a smile.

“Didn’t the team doctor say five days? Are you sure you’re okay?”

“Really fine! My recovery ability is much better than average!” Ye Chen nodded confidently.

In the match on January 19th, in the 78th minute, Ye Chen collided with Oberhausen’s center-back and fell heavily on the grass.

Ye Chen received simple treatment and continued the match. Everyone thought there was no problem, but after diagnosis by the team doctor, Ye Chen’s shoulder was injured and was expected to be out for five days.

This just happened to miss the match against Hamburg.

After all, the match between Dortmund and Hamburg was an away game on January 22nd, with only three days in between.

This injury situation also appeared on Dortmund’s official injury list.

However, Ye Chen’s recovery ability seemed extraordinary. Last night, he even found Klopp and said he could play as a substitute!

So Ye Chen reappeared on the roster.

And online, a group of people were already cursing Klopp, saying he was a sly old fox, since he had said before the match that Ye Chen was injured and couldn’t play…

Sitting on the bench with Ye Chen were the four new signings: De Bruyne, Wang Chu, Mané, and Azpilicueta, plus Ye Chen, Gündoğan, and goalkeeper Focher, who was temporarily called up from the second team, making exactly seven people.

Weidenfeller had suffered an adductor strain in training and needed three days off.

Langerak once again got a precious opportunity to play!

“Welcome everyone to the Volksparkstadion, I’m your commentator Mike, and beside me is my partner Jack!”

The Double J commentary duo reappeared!

“Let’s first look at the starting lineups for both teams…”

“Hamburg goalkeeper Drobný… left winger Son Heung-min…”

“Son Heung-min indeed appeared in the left-wing position. His good performance in the warm-up match earned him a valuable starting opportunity!”

“Next up is Dortmund’s starting lineup!”

“The goalkeeper is the substitute goalkeeper Langerak… We don’t see Ye in the starting lineup. According to the official injury list, he has a shoulder injury and needs five days of rest!”

“However, Klopp still put him on the bench!”

“Of course, today is still an Asian Derby. Son Heung-min and Lam Zhi Gin from Hamburg, and Kagawa from Dortmund, are from Korea, Hong Kong, China, and Japan respectively! Japan and Korea are both strong football nations in Asia, while Chinese men’s football is very ordinary! It is precisely because of this that Lam Zhi Gin has publicly stated that he will not play for the national team!”

Lam Zhi Gin is of Chinese-German mixed heritage. Because he looks very similar to Lahm, he is known as “Hamburg Lahm.”

His father is from Hong Kong, China, and his mother is German.

But he is determined to play for Germany and has publicly rejected the Chinese men’s national team.

Of course, there are also a group of Chinese fans leaving comments on his Instagram.

Roughly along the lines of “Don’t ever come back to China” and “Don’t join the Chinese men’s national team.”

However, Lam Zhi Gin is mainly confident in his own abilities; he yearns to join the German national team and soar!

If a person has no dreams, what’s the difference between them and a salted fish?

“Excellent players like Ye and Lam Zhi Gin are unwilling to play for the Chinese Football Association. I think the Chinese Football Association should seriously consider its own problems! After all, Ye is a talented striker that even Löw desires!”

“Alright, back to the match!”

With Mike’s commentary, the match officially began!

Hamburg’s players also perked up and threw themselves into the match!

This was the first match of the second half of the season, and they hoped to repay the fans who came to support them with a victory!

But would Borussia Dortmund grant their wish?

Dortmund used the main lineup from the first half of the season, and the formation was the familiar 4- 2- 3- 1!

On the left was Großkreutz, who scored twice against Hamburg in the last match, and on the right was Kuba. Götze was injured and didn’t even make the squad.

Up front was Lewandowski, Kagawa in the middle, and the midfield partners were Kehl and Sven Bender.

Hamburg wanted to stabilize the situation at home, but Dortmund immediately took the initiative.

After 13 minutes of the match, they gradually gained control of the field.

And at 15 minutes and 24 seconds, Dortmund launched a deadly attack.

Shinji Kagawa on the left wing received the ball, directly shrugged off the marking of midfielder Lam Zhi Gin, and threaded a through ball to the onrushing Großkreutz.

The latter created an angle and took a shot.

The ball went straight into the net, with goalkeeper Drobný being beaten three times by the same person in one season.

Away team Dortmund led Hamburg 1- 0!

At this rate, Ye Chen probably wouldn’t even need to come on…

PS: Still writing, keep going!! I’ll try to finish this match today~~~