Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 821 Napoli

Lin Zhijian's goal made the Hong Kong TV commentators very excited.

Because Lin Zhijian's father was from Hong Kong, the Hong Kong media had paid close attention to Lin Zhijian ever since he debuted in Hamburg, and the degree of attention was no less than that of the Chinese mainland media to Zhou Yi at the beginning.

Now, as long as there are Hamburg team games, Hong Kong TV stations will choose to broadcast them.

Now they have witnessed Lin Zhijian's first league goal in his career.

"Lin Zhijian's shot was beautiful! A real world-class goal! I hope this goal can bring more good luck to Lin Zhijian!"

They also hoped that Lin Zhijian could represent the Hong Kong team in the competition. If Hong Kong had a player who could secure a main position in a Bundesliga team, it would be of great help to improve their strength.

Lin Zhijian's goal also invigorated the lagging Hamburg team.

In the following game, although Dortmund's offensive was very fierce, Hamburg did not concede another goal. Of course, this result was also exchanged for those two yellow cards—it was impossible for Hamburg not to foul in order to contain Dortmund's attack.

They ended the first half with a score of 1:2.

At the beginning of the second half, Hamburg's center-back Westermann equalized the score for Hamburg with a header in a corner kick.

"The tenacious Hamburg! They equalized the score!"

"It seems that the national team match day really has a great impact on Dortmund..."

After Hamburg equalized the score, Dortmund's offensive became even fiercer.

They seemed to be irritated by Hamburg.

The entire Hamburg team had to face Dortmund's anger.

Statistics after the game showed that Dortmund had a total of twenty-eight shots in that game, of which thirteen were on target...

In the sixty-fifth minute, Hamburg finally failed to withstand Dortmund's storm-like offensive.

Zhou Yi suddenly moved forward outside the penalty area, inserted into the penalty area, received a pass from Schieber, and used his strength on the spot to directly aim the football at the far corner.

Hamburg goalkeeper Adler couldn't save it, and the football flew into the goal!

"Zhou Yi! He regained the lead for Dortmund! This is also his first league goal in the new season! The practice of not rotating Zhou Yi no matter who is rotated is correct!"

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Zhou Yi's goal was like a basin of cold water poured on the heads of Hamburg players... disintegrating the Hamburg players' will to resist.

At the same time, Klopp also took the opportunity to make substitutions. He replaced Kuba with Aubameyang and Schieber with Mark.

In the seventy-third minute, Mark, who had just come on the field, took advantage of an offside opportunity to receive a through pass from Zhou Yi and broke through Hamburg's goal.

4:2! Dortmund turned the lead back into two goals!

Just one minute later, taking advantage of the Hamburg players' distraction due to conceding a goal, Reus scored another goal for Dortmund, 5:2!

With more than ten minutes left in the game, leading their opponents by three goals basically meant that Dortmund was sure to win, and there was no suspense in the outcome of this game.

But Dortmund didn't seem to want to stop there.

In the eighty-first minute, Mark scored a header, scoring twice!

Amidst the deafening cheers in the Westfalenstadion, Dortmund's offensive frenzy finally came to an end.

Zhou Yi was also substituted off the field after that. Klopp wanted Zhou Yi to rest more with the victory already secured.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Hamburg 6:2 at their home stadium.

Although there had been twists and turns in the game, the final victory was still brilliant.

Dortmund welcomed their twenty-third consecutive league victory at their home stadium with a big win.

Dortmund, the European champions who had just won the European Super Cup, seemed invincible now. Although they lost two main core players before the start of the new season, they quickly found two excellent successors in Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan in the transfer market.

After the Champions League group draw results came out, according to the odds given by the bookmakers for each team to win the championship, although Dortmund was not the highest-ranked team, they were also in the first group.

All of this fully demonstrates the current strength of Dortmund. They are no longer just a regional powerhouse that can dominate domestically in Germany, but a top European powerhouse comparable to Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Barcelona, and no one can ignore them.

Dortmund's bright future is like cooking oil over a raging fire, with brocade-like splendor.

But maybe some people will disagree.

For example, Napoli from the Italian Serie A, Dortmund's first opponent in the Champions League group stage.

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Naples is no stranger to older Chinese fans, because they will remember the Serie A championship team led by Maradona.

Naples was once glorious. Under the leadership of Maradona, the team defeated strong opponents such as AC Milan, Inter Milan, and Juventus in the league and won the league championship. In the years when they did not win the league championship, they were always strong contenders and disruptors for the championship, and they were definitely a top-tier team in Serie A. This is not the same concept as the later Naples that was relegated and the Naples before Maradona arrived.

Naples was founded in 1926. In the fifty-eight years before Maradona came to the team, Naples had only won the Italian Cup twice and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup once. In other times, the history of this team is unremarkable.

From 1984, when the club brought Diego Maradona from Barcelona to the southern Italian city of Naples for four million US dollars, which was a world transfer fee record at the time, they had the best time of Maradona's career.

In seven years, Maradona helped Naples become a powerful force in Italian football. The changes in Naples, from being unknown to being able to compete with the Northern Three for the championship, can be described as earth-shattering.

Third in Serie A in 1986, Serie A champion and Italian Cup champion in 1987, Serie A runner-up in 1988, UEFA Cup champion and league runner-up in 1989, and Serie A champion again in 1990.

These championships were not only unprecedented for Naples, but also no other Southern Italian team in history had comparable honors.

However, this legend ended in 1991. Maradona was found to be taking drugs and was banned for fifteen months. After the ban expired, he was unable to return to Italy due to tax evasion issues. He left Naples and joined Sevilla in La Liga.

The crazy legend between the King of Football and Naples came to an end.

Since then, Maradona's career has come to an end, and he was banned again in 1994 for taking drugs.

The Naples club also fell into a quagmire after losing Maradona, and was even ordered to be relegated in 2004 due to bankruptcy.

The current Naples was rebuilt after being acquired by Italian film tycoon De Laurentiis.

After some ups and downs, the current Naples has returned to everyone's attention.

Starting from winning third place in the Serie A league in the 2010-2011 season, Naples has also returned to the big stage of the Champions League.

The current Naples no longer has Diego Maradona, but the new Naples hopes to surpass the legend's achievements in the Champions League.

In the past, Naples, when Maradona was there, won the Serie A championship twice and participated in the Champions League twice. At that time, it was not called the "European Champions League", but the "European Champions Cup."

And unlike now, where the top few teams in the league can participate, the European Champions Cup at that time was a true "Champions" Cup—only the champions of each league, and the defending champion of the Champions League could participate. Moreover, there was no so-called group stage, but a single round of home and away knockout system.

After winning the Serie A championship in the 1986-1987 season, Naples participated in the 1987-1988 Champions League, which was also the first time in their club history to participate in the Champions League. As a result, the ambitious Serie A champion met the La Liga overlord Real Madrid in the first round. In the first leg at Real Madrid's home stadium, Maradona was mediocre, and they lost 0:2 to Real Madrid away. They were unable to recover after returning to their home stadium. Their first participation in the Champions League in history ended with a "one-round tour".

In 1990, Naples defeated AC Milan in Serie A and won the championship. In the 1990-1991 season, Naples participated in the Champions League for the second time. This time, Naples met the Hungarian team Újpest in the first round. In the two rounds of home and away games, Maradona contributed two goals and one assist, helping the team eliminate their opponent with a total score of 5:0 and historically entered the second round of the Champions League. Then, in the round of sixteen, they met the Russian powerhouse Spartak Moscow. In the two rounds of matches, neither side scored a goal. In the penalty shootout, Naples players missed a penalty, and the King of Football's Champions League journey came to an end.

Without Maradona, the reborn Naples participated in the Champions League for the third time in the 2011-2012 season. This time they performed well, breaking through from the group stage and entering the top sixteen of the Champions League, once again reaching the height that Maradona had once led Naples to create in the Champions League—the round of sixteen.

This time they almost surpassed the best result of the team in the Champions League created by the former King of Football. They defeated Chelsea 3:1 at home, which directly led to the dismissal of Chelsea coach Boas. But unfortunately, in the second leg, they were also beaten 3:1 by Chelsea away. The two sides played extra time. In extra time, Chelsea scored another goal and eliminated Naples with a total score of 5:4.

In the end, Naples was unable to surpass the team's best result in the Champions League during the Maradona era.

Now, after introducing strong reinforcements, Naples is setting off again. But this time, their luck is not so good, they have been assigned to a group of death...