On the evening of August 8, in the opening round of the Bundesliga, Bayern faced Hoffenheim away.
This was the first time Su Dong had seen Ibišević since 2009.
Last season, the media often compared the two, even hyping up the idea that Ibišević was going to take down Su Dong. For a time, he had indeed shown signs of doing so, but a sudden serious injury forced him to spend six months on the sidelines, far from the pitch.
Even Su Dong had not expected his first appearance of the new season to be an away match against Hoffenheim.
Ibišević was still wearing Hoffenheim's blue number nineteen home jersey. When he saw Su Dong, he still came over to greet him courteously. He had always treated Su Dong quite well.
"How's your injury?" Su Dong asked with concern.
Ibišević looked at his right knee with a complicated expression. A torn cruciate ligament was an extremely serious injury, and many players had retired outright because of it. But he had still made his comeback.
"Pretty good. I've been training for quite a while now, and I feel that my form is decent."
Su Dong smiled and nodded. "You still need to take care of the injured area. Don't get hurt again. Repeated injuries in the same place can be a real hassle."
"The team doctor reminded me, and I've also done specialized training for that." Ibišević thanked Su Dong for his concern.
"Keep it up!" Su Dong encouraged him.
At Su Dong's level, Ibišević was simply incapable of shaking his position. Even if Ibišević scored more goals than Su Dong, so what?
Up to now, the most astonishing thing about Su Dong had not been his high goal tally in a single season, but the fact that he had scored