Golden Greenery

Schalke 04, who were dying and then reborn, burst out with overwhelming courage and fighting spirit. An unreasonable and indiscriminate bombardment not only made Klopp unable to sit still, but also Zhuo Yang, who returned to the bench. Standing nervously on the sidelines.

In the 76th minute, Brazilian midfielder Lincoln used a free kick to rewrite the score to 2:3. Schalke 04 showed an unstoppable comeback momentum. The shouts from the Schalke stands were loud and clear. Uncle Zha urgently replaced Sasha Ritter to strengthen the defensive protection at the front of the penalty area, but he was unable to offset much of the opponent's offensive.

The young Madibao was beaten mercilessly in the half by an experienced opponent. If it weren't for goalkeeper Handanovic's high-level left and right block, Madibao would have been reversed by Schalke.

Even so, Schalke 04 still scored a goal in consecutive corner kicks in the 87th minute by veteran defender Jose Boden. The last few minutes of the game seemed so long to the Madibao people. Amid the sighs of the 50,000 home fans, Madibao managed to hold on to a draw.

The score of 3:3 left Schalke 04 still unsatisfied and left Madiburg with lingering fears. After the game, they went to the Schalke stands to once again shout support for coach Rangnick. Schalke fans knew that Madiburg was by no means an easy opponent and could regain the score after falling behind by two goals. Few teams in the Bundesliga can do that. But coach Rangnick did it today, and he almost overturned this swaggering upstart.

Ralf Rangnick once again went around the stands to thank the fans, staying for a long time and reluctant to leave. At the post-match press conference, Rangnick publicly criticized the Schalke 04 board of directors for their inaction. The fierceness of his words made Zhuoyang and Uncle Zha gasp in admiration, and they quickly took advantage of the chaos and ran away.

The two sides finally broke up publicly. The Schalke 04 board of directors held a three-hour meeting overnight. After the meeting, chairman Aschauer informed Rangnick that you were fired. ‘Professor’ Ralf Rangnick becomes the fifth Bundesliga coach to be dismissed midway through the season.

"We don't think it is the right behavior for the coach to accuse us of doing these unprofessional actions. We have never talked about coaching issues in public before." Schalke 04 board of directors said.

"If someone has been hitting you on the leg from behind with a stick for 15 months, and the fans suddenly react so enthusiastically and friendly, it is only natural for people to be brought into such emotions. It is not right to regard this as a provocation. Fair enough." Rangnick showed no sign of weakness and accepted the fate of being fired calmly.

After leaving Schalke 04 leisurely, Rangnick began to look for another Madiburg. The coaching environment and team philosophy deeply attracted him. So, in the summer of the following year, when people were immersed in the excitement of the World Cup, Ralf Rangnick quietly signed a contract with the regional league team Hoffenheim and quietly became this village team out of people's sight. coach.

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The end of the seventeenth round of the Bundesliga against Schalke 04 means that the half-way period of the league has arrived, which means the winter break and Christmas. After this round, most Bundesliga teams will have an on-site holiday, and the white holiday has arrived as scheduled. But not Madiborg. They still have the last game to play before the holidays, an away game against Nuremberg in the FA Cup round of 16.

After arriving in Nuremberg, the whole city has been decorated. The street trees on both sides of the street are decorated with twined lights like a huge diamond, and the shining spiers of the church are like magic castles towering in the city. The day after tomorrow is Christmas Eve, which also makes both sides of the game a little distracted.

In the twelfth round of the Bundesliga more than a month ago, Madiburg defeated Nuremberg 4:1 on this ground. After the game, Nuremberg coach Wolfgang Wolf dismissed get out of class. A few days later, 58-year-old Hans Meyer took office. This old man is no ordinary person. He is one of the greatest goalkeepers in German history. Meyer, who was in the same batch as Beckenbauer, has been playing for Bayern Munich. He has not missed a single game for the team in eleven years and won the German Footballer of the Year three times.

It's so awesome that it makes people's scalp numb.

Meyer worked as a goalkeeper coach for quite some time after retiring as a player, and single-handedly trained famous players such as Schumacher, Ilgner, Koepke, and Kahn. Everyone in German football must be polite when meeting him. However, Meyer, who later became a head coach, performed poorly and sent a good Borussia team to the second division.

On the second day after the old coach took office in Nuremberg, he neatly defeated Kaiserslautern 3:1, and then his true colors were revealed with a 3-1 draw. The winter break is approaching, but Nuremberg, which was extremely strong last season, has to spend the New Year in the relegation zone. The way the club looks at Meyer has changed.

But the old coach didn't care. He cleared his throat and clapped his hands and said, "Don't be anxious, don't panic. I'll see you after the winter break. Let's treat it like this..."

"You give me a trust, and I'll give you a miracle; you give me a little time, and I'll give you a blue sky." - Hans Meyer

Sure enough, the coach led Nuremberg to launch a desperate counterattack in the second half of the schedule, and finally allowed Madiburg to re-establish themselves in the middle of the Bundesliga rankings at the end of the season. Even more impressive is that in the following season, Nuremberg under Meyer won the 2006-07 DFB Cup.

A year and a half later, let's look back at this season's FA Cup and this game.

In the last game in 2005, for Madibao, the outcome was not important at all, and being eliminated from the FA Cup was nothing. The only pursuit of everyone was to let captain Zhuoyang score. So, after Vermaelen scored a goal with a header in the first half, no one celebrated much. Killings tied the score at 1:1 for Nuremberg, and the Madiburg people were not discouraged.

In the 59th minute of the second half, Zhuo Yang took a direct free kick, and a hundred-step shot from 40 meters away went through Yang Changhe and went straight into the goal.

All Madiborgs in the Grundig Stadium jumped to their feet;

The Madiburgs of Hanover all jumped to their feet;

My sister Zhuo Qiu, who was waiting at home, jumped up;

The fat Raiola in Italy jumped up;

Beckenbauer jumped in Munich;

Everyone who loved Zhuo Yang and everyone who admired Zhuo Yang jumped up.

This is Madiburg's last game of the year. In 2005, Madiburg had a total of 34 Bundesliga games, 6 Champions League games, 9 UEFA Cup games, 1 European Super Cup, and 3 DFB Cup games, a total of 53 official games. Contest. Zhuoyang participated in every one of them and never missed it.

In 2005, Zhuoyang participated in all 53 official games of Madiburg. In these 53 games, he scored a total of 47 Bundesliga goals, 11 Champions League goals, and 14 UEFA Cup goals. Two UEFA Super Cup goals and 5 DFB-Pokal goals.

A total of 79 goals were scored in various competitions throughout the year! 7 hat tricks and 12 braces.

The most important point is that Zhuo Yang achieved the miraculous feat of scoring goals in every game throughout 2005, which is unique in modern football history.