"I have thought about Enzo since I met him!" The person who said this was Dortmund teenager Adeyemi.

This past night, he became the brightest star in the Champions League.

In the first round of the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals in the early morning of the 16th, Dortmund defeated Chelsea 1-0 at home, which has been in an ups and downs recently. It was the young Adeyemi who scored the winning goal for the team.

  When it comes to Adeyemi, people who are familiar with German football will not be unfamiliar with this name. As a descendant of Nigeria, he was born in Munich, Germany in January 2002. At the age of 14, he entered the Unterhassing echelon and officially opened Football career, and after switching to the Salzburg Red Bull U19 echelon in 2018, this extremely fast striker and all-rounder began to gradually enter the mainstream media's field of vision.

Especially after getting the opportunity to play for the first team of the Austrian giants, his performance was out of control. During the two and a half years of playing for the Salzburg Red Bull, he played a total of 94 times for the team in various competitions. He also contributed 24 assists while scoring 33 goals, and he was under 20 years old at that time.

  Last summer, Dortmund spent 30 million euros to bring the supernova back to Germany.

Since the team's main striker Allais had been away from the game due to cancer treatment, Adeyemi and the younger Mukoko and others shouldered the attack line of a Bundesliga giant team.

After more than half a season, Adeyemi's goals are not too many, including only 5 goals in this game. However, for him who is still in the early stage of his career, he can play more goals Playing games and getting in touch with teammates more is far more important than scoring goals.

  But gold always shines. In this game, Adeyemi broke out.

His long runs were impressive and it is worth mentioning that he scored after passing the opponent's midfielder Enzo Fernandes.

After the final match between these two young people, it aroused great attention.

After the game, the German "Bild" praised the performance of the young German international with the title "Adeyemi ran 60 meters and made Mr. 120 million yuan a spectator".

The article read: "In the 63rd minute of the game, Dortmund seized the opportunity to counterattack. After receiving the ball, Adeyemi ran for 60 meters. The successful one-on-one breakthrough made Enzo Fernandez, who was bought by Chelsea for 120 million euros, only by his side. Watching the ball roll into his net, he took 16 seconds from first touch to finish and it was an absolute world-class goal."

  Adeyemi also said amazingly after the game: "Facing Enzo, the only thing I think about is to pass him with the ball. I may have some luck, but I am happy with the goal." As a teammate and veteran Emre Can of the big brother said that this little brother is indeed too strong.

He said: "We are lucky to have a teammate like Adeyemi. He is so fast and his strength is so strong that sometimes we doubt how fast he is."

  Text/Reporter Zhang Kunlong

  Beijing Youth Daily