At the end of the bundesliga season, which is the biggest dark horse team? It's The small team Freiburg coached by Streicht! After beating rivals Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in the final half-time, Freiburg managed to come back in the table and entered the winter break with a third-place best finish in the league.
Looking back at this crucial battle between Freiburg and Bayer Leverkusen, Zheng Youying, a winger from South Korea, is absolutely indispensable. In the 31st minute of the first half, it was Zheng Youying's quick forward shot that led to Bayer Leverkusen defender Flympon appearing in the box for handball, and finally teammate Griffe broke the deadlock for Freiburg through a penalty opportunity.
In the whole game, Zheng Youying had 2 breakthroughs, 38 passes of success rate of 89%, and 3 key passes; in addition to 2 steals, 2 times to break the siege, can be said to have made positive contributions at both ends of the attack and defense. Looking at the first half of this season's Bundesliga, Zheng Youying made all 17 appearances (14 starts) and contributed 3 goals, becoming an indispensable member of the team.
Fans familiar with the Bundesliga will know that the 22-year-old Zheng Youying was born in Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga. If you look at Zheng Youying's growth trajectory, there are actually too many similarities with the Chinese teenager Liu Shaoziyang, who just joined Bayern last week, and his step-by-step development path to success in the Bundesliga is undoubtedly the right role model for "master and disciple" Liu Shaoyang.
Born in September 1999 in Incheon, South Korea, Jeong Yoo-young began his football career at the age of 10. With his proud football talent, Zheng Youying gradually became a star player in the youth echelons of Incheon United. At the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, Jeong You-young, as the core, led the Korean team to the final and opened the record, which aroused the attention of world football.
In April 2017, Zheng Youying went to Germany for a four-week trial for four teams. Among them, Bayern showed the most positive attitude and signed Zheng Youying from Incheon United for a transfer fee of 700,000 euros. However, like Liu Shaoziyang before, Zheng Youying, who was subject to fifa regulations, initially only trained with the team, and did not formally sign a professional contract with Bayern until the beginning of 2018 (at the age of 18).
After coming to Bayern, Zheng Youying initially played in bayern U19 for half a season, and soon stood out and was promoted to bayern second team. In the 2018-19 season, Zheng Youying made 29 appearances with Bayern II in the Fourth Division of Germany, contributing 13 goals and 6 assists, and finally helped the team to successfully promote to the Bundesliga. Also in the season, Zheng Youying was also fortunate to be promoted to the Bayern first team, making his appearance in Bayern's 5-1 victory over Borussia Borussia Béneur de La Monchenga and a 5-1 win in the Champions League.
In order to seek better development, Zheng Youying joined Freiburg, a Bundesliga team that is good at cultivating young talents, for a transfer fee of 4.5 million euros (another report is 2 million) in the summer of 2019. Perhaps, this transfer node is a bit anxious for Zheng Youying, because Zheng Youying at the beginning of joining Freiburg is obviously uncomfortable, and because he did not get the opportunity to play, he rented back the Bayern second team half a year later.
Apparently, the Bundesliga helped Zheng Youying to further adapt to the German professional arena. After helping the team win the Bundesliga title that season, Jung Yoo-young returned to Freiburg in the summer of 2020, and gradually gained playing opportunities in the team, contributing 4 goals last season and knocking on the door of the South Korean national team...
It should be added that as an important measure of international development, Bayern also introduced New Zealand player Singh (19 years old, with Indian ancestry) from the Australian Premier League in 2019. After playing with Bayern in the regional leagues and Bundesliga, Singer has been promoted to bundesbald for the past two seasons, contributing five goals and seven assists in the Bundesliga at Regensburg this season.
It can be seen that Liu Shaoziyang, who has just joined Bayern, is about to enter the U19 team to officially play. Just like Zheng Youying and Singer at that time, Liu Shaoziyang also had the foundation and stage for success. Next, only with the help of Bayern's strong youth training and echelon strength, constantly improving their technical foundation and on-field performance, they will surely find their own sky in the European arena.
As for individual domestic self-media and fans, since the beginning of Liu Shaoyang's joining Bayern, he has been constantly singing down and even humiliating, and even rumors that Liu Shaoyang, who is not an EU national, does not have the qualifications to represent the Bayern echelon, which is really ridiculous and generous - South Korean players, New Zealand players can, Chinese players can not? Don't question Bayern's professionalism!