Chapter 854 Unstoppable, Approaching the Record

After the draw results were announced, major European bookmakers quickly updated their winning odds. In the odds offered by William Hill, the defending champion Inter Milan is still the favorite to win the championship with an odds of 3.00. Barcelona is in second place with an odds of 4.00, and Real Madrid, which has a good draw, is 4.33. It ranks third.

In the top scorer list, Dong Fangzhuo is ranked third because he does not have as many goals as Messi and Ronaldo. Ronaldo ranks first in the scorer list with 13 goals. The odds are 3.40. Messi Dong Fangzhuo ranks second in the scorer list with 11 goals, and the odds are 4.20. Dong Fangzhuo ranks third in the scorer list with 10 goals, and the odds are 4.75. The difference is not big.

Since the teams of Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Dong Fangzhuo are all very hopeful to reach the finals, it is not surprising that any of them will be the top scorer. The maximum goal difference between the three is only 3 goals, maybe just 3 goals. It's just a game.

But at the moment, Dong Fangzhuo may be more concerned about his position on the Serie A scorer list. By the 28th round of the league, he has scored 24 goals in the league, ranking first in the scorer list, 4 goals ahead of his second-placed teammate Milito. With 10 rounds left in the league, he still hopes to break the Serie A scoring record.

The Serie A goal record is 35, and he only needs to score 12 goals.

This may be his biggest motivation in Serie A.

The newborn child seemed to continue to bring him good luck. In the next three league games, he scored a goal in an away game against Palermo, a home game against Livorno and scored twice, and an away game against Roma. , he scored two more goals. Quickly pushing the number of goals scored to 29, one step closer to the record.

With 7 league rounds left, as long as he maintains an average goal rate of 1 goal per game, he can break the record. And it seems that it is not difficult, as long as Mourinho gives him enough playing time.

"He is heading towards a new record," Gazzetta dello Sport wrote after the match between Inter Milan and Roma: "If Chinese Dong had started in the league midfield this year, he might have broken this record long ago. But he has only started 26 of the 31 rounds this season. In the remaining 7 league rounds, Mourinho will probably consider his playing time as appropriate for the sake of the Champions League."

"Unfortunately, no one stopped him from scoring goals." Corriere dello Sport also praised Dong Fangzhuo after the game. "In Serie A, he is invincible. Even at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, he told the story with two goals. Everyone, he is the number one star in Serie A, not even Totti can compare with him."

"If he hadn't rested for several rounds, perhaps the Serie A scoring record would have been rewritten by him. You know, that was the 35 goals in a single season set by former AC Milan Swedish forward Gennar Nordahl in the 1949/50 season. Serie A goal record." "Turin Sports News" predicted, "We have reason to believe that he has a high probability of breaking it this season. Judging from his goal rate, the next four games will be enough. If it is enough If it's fast, it's likely to be in the El Clasico. Unfortunately, the third opponent in the future will be Juventus..."

"Turin Sports News" seems to smell a deep sadness.

Next, Inter Milan faces CSKA in the Champions League.

However, Inter Milan coach Mourinho's words before the game diverted everyone's attention from the game.

Mourinho went berserk again. Not only did he claim that he was unhappy in Italy, he also described his relationship with Italian football as a broken relationship, "I don't like it, and it doesn't like me."

In an interview with Sky Sports, he said: "This is a very simple situation. I am very happy, very happy to be with Inter Milan, but I am very dissatisfied with Italian football."

Mourinho has frequently appeared in press conferences recently to express his dissatisfaction with Italian football, because there are always people jumping out to criticize him.

However, in Dong Fangzhuo’s view,

This seems to be a deliberate conspiracy on the part of Mourinho.

Although Mourinho didn't say anything to Dong Fangzhuo, he knew that Mourinho wanted to leave. He was originally going to leave Inter Milan and join Real Madrid this season.

So in front of the media, he began to show impatience and expressed his dissatisfaction with Italian football...

These are all routines.

Perhaps, only Dong Fangzhuo and Mendes know his thoughts.

For this reason, Dong Fangzhuo also bluntly called Mendes to ask. His current relationship with Mendes could not be better. Because Dong Fangzhuo is Mendes' biggest cash cow, Mourinho and Ronaldo are not.

He got straight to the point and asked: "Is Mourinho going to Real Madrid?"

Mendes was taken aback by Dong Fangzhuo's straightforwardness. He did not want to tell the world at this time that Mourinho would probably not be at Inter Milan next season.

Although things have not been settled yet, the overall intention is set.

He had no intention of hiding anything from Dong Fangzhuo: "Basically, it's like this. But everything has to wait until the end of the season to talk about it."

"The question is, how did you know?"

Mendes thought about it again and again. He had never disclosed this information to anyone else. Did Mourinho say so? It doesn't look like Mourinho is a guy who messes up his position.

"Is it Real Madrid?"

Apart from this, he couldn't find any other reason. Maybe Real Madrid wanted to play Mourinho's card and deliberately leaked the news to Dong Fangzhuo.

"Haha, guess what, apart from Real Madrid, I don't think Mourinho will go to other teams. Besides Real Madrid, no other team will be so anxious."

"Oh, okay, then, Dong, would you also consider Real Madrid?" Now that Real Madrid has been talked about, Mendes simply started to discuss Dong Fangzhuo's future.

"Let's talk about it at the end of the season. Now is our most important time. Any rumblings will cause the team to go wrong."

Dong Fangzhuo interrupted Mendes' fantasy.

At this time, he doesn't think about anything but winning the Champions League again...

In the first leg of the next Champions League quarter-finals, CSKA did not surrender in the away game. They persisted for more than 60 minutes before Inter Milan broke the goal. It was Dong Fangzhuo who broke the deadlock.

Dong Fangzhuo continued the good momentum of scoring goals. In the 65th minute, Sneijder got the ball in midfield and ran 25 meters to send a through ball. Dong Fangzhuo stopped the ball and volleyed vigorously at the top of the arc. The ball went into the lower left corner of the goal.

There was no sloppiness at all, and the final score was 1:0.

Although it was a small victory, Inter Milan had the advantage throughout the game and gave CSKA almost no chance to shoot. Although CSKA had 4 shooting opportunities, none of them hit the target. The 63% ball possession rate in the game even suffocated CSKA. Only Barcelona in Europe had a higher ball possession rate than Inter Milan.

In the match against Arsenal, the "Barcelona copycat", the real Barcelona taught Arsenal how to play pass-and-control football. The ball possession rate was as high as 69%, which made Wenger think that his team was not Arsenal, but a football team. A Championship football club...

Of course, without a good ball possession rate, it does not mean that Arsenal will definitely fail. Arsenal, sitting at the Emirates Stadium at home, fell behind by two goals and finally forced a tenacious 2:2 against Barcelona with 10 men.

Real Madrid defeated Bordeaux 2:0 away from home. Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka each scored a goal. Cristiano Ronaldo's number of Champions League goals increased to 14.

Bayern Munich defeated Manchester United 2:1 at the Allianz Arena. After the first leg of the quarter-finals, only Real Madrid is guaranteed to win, and it is unclear who will enter the semi-finals in the other three games.

Returning to the league, Dong Fangzhuo was once again unstoppable in the game against Bologna. With two goals and one assist, he continued to dominate the crowd, and his 31 goals once again brought him close to the Serie A scoring record.

"With 31 goals and 5 goals left, he can set a new scoring record. But the next opponent is Fiorentina. It is not easy to play in the fourth place in Serie A." "Gazzetta dello Sport" cheered, "There are still 6 league rounds left. , everything will become a reality.”

Not good at playing?

There is no such thing in Dong Fangzhuo's dictionary. After taking care of CSKA, he will take care of Florence. But the most important thing right now is the World Cup draw...

The next day was the group draw for the World Cup in South Africa, and he was very concerned about which group the Chinese team would be placed in...

The eyes of the world are on Kepler, South Africa...

In the afternoon of the next day, Dong Fangzhuo squatted in front of the TV and watched the live broadcast.