Midfielder Ruler

On the first match day of the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, only Bayern defeated Juventus 2-0 at home, while the much-anticipated Barcelona drew 2-2 away with Paris Saint-Germain, and Messi missed the lore.

Dortmund's away game to Malaga and Real Madrid's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Galatasaray took place on the second match day of the Champions League, and the two games were aimed at different fans and attracted different attention .

Going to the Bernabeu Stadium to challenge Real Madrid, Galatasaray has two players to face their mentors, they are Chelsea legend Didier Drogba and Sneijder.

Revisiting the old place, facing the old master and facing the mentor is a tear-jerking plot in world football, and the first round of the Bernabéu quarter-finals will be doomed to be like this.

However, due to the gap in strength, there is not much suspense for Real Madrid to beat Galatasaray at home, and the chance of an accident is so small that it can be ignored.

The game between Dortmund and Malaga was promoted by the "Torino Sport" behind it, which somewhat helped the quarter-finals of the Champions League to increase some attention.

The European Golden Boy Award was founded by "Turin Sports News" in 2003. It has been ten years since 2012, and its influence is growing day by day.

Now that both teams have golden boys, the mature "Torino Sport" will naturally not let go of this opportunity for self-promotion.

Dortmund has two golden boys, while Malaga has only one.

In terms of current influence, the two golden boys of Dortmund are more famous than the golden boys of Malaga.

Needless to say, Tang Zheng is the most important part of Dortmund's rise. The 2011 European Golden Boy Award winner Gotze has gradually become a core player of the German national team, and his reputation in European and international football is increasing day by day.

There are plenty of talented players in Spain, and Isco is very strong, but there is still no way to enter the Spanish regular lineup that has won three consecutive championships, and it is even difficult to enter the national team's squad.

However, before the game, the media often compared Gotze with Isco, because they were the winners of the European Golden Boy Award in 2011 and 2012, and Tang Zheng was the winner of the European Golden Boy Award in 2009.

In terms of age group, Tang Zheng is born in the 1980s, Gotze and Isco are born in the 90s, there is a bit of a generation gap.

It just so happens that Gotze and Isco were both born in 1992. As young players of the same age group, it is inevitable to be compared by the media.

The German media is touting Gotze,

The Spanish media praised Isco with great joy.

The focus of the Chinese media is pure, they pay attention to Tang Zheng's performance in the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Dortmund's Champions League knockout stage draw last season can be said to be unlucky. They first met AC Milan and then Barcelona.

This season's UEFA Champions League draw except for the group stage makes people roll their eyes. The draws for the knockout stage are all in the top draw. The Chinese media believe that Dortmund's elimination of Malaga will not be more difficult than that of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Malaga is the first time in the history of the club to participate in the UEFA Champions League. Perhaps with the increase in the number of matches in the UEFA Champions League, they will have more game experience, but it is inevitable that they will lack some experience at critical times.

These, Dortmund do not lack!

At 8:45 p.m. local time on April 2nd in Spain, on the second match day of the UEFA Champions League in midweek, Malaga sat at the Rose Garden Stadium to face the Bundesliga champion Borussia Dortmund.

The sun has not yet set, and the surrounding area of ​​the Rose Garden Stadium is already crowded with people.

Looking around, it's basically Malaga fans wearing sky blue and white striped shirts.

But if you look carefully, you can still see many Dortmund fans wearing yellow and black striped shirts.

They traveled across the ocean to Malaga, in order to cheer for the team they supported.

And Malaga, as Spain's second largest Mediterranean port, also has a large number of Chinese or ethnic Chinese who are working or studying. It is impossible for them to miss the gluttonous feast of the quarter-finals of the Champions League under the circumstances of Tang Zheng's reputation.

It is easy to distinguish the Chinese fans who support Tang Zheng from the Dortmund fans, because most of them in China are wearing the red home jersey of the Chinese team, which is clear at a glance.

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"Don, are you saying we're going to take away a win on the road?"

The bus slowly drove towards the designated parking spot for the visiting team's bus at the Rose Garden. There was a huge crowd of people outside, and Hummels suddenly turned his head and asked Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng frowned, took off the earphones, and gave Hummels a look of 'what did you just say'.

The helpless Hummels had no choice but to repeat it, and then Tang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's really hard to say before the game, of course...you have the ability to decide the outcome of the game, don't let me down."

After all, Tang Zheng patted Hummels on the shoulder meaningfully.

"Oh? You think I can score too?" Hummels' expression changed suddenly, and he looked very happy.

"Hey~ Matz, why are you smiling so happily?" Lewandowski, who was sitting in the front row, turned his head curiously and asked.

Hummels pointed to Tang Zheng and said, "Tang said that I have the ability to decide the outcome of the game, and I feel that a goal was scored in tonight's game."

At this time, Tang Zheng suddenly interrupted Hummels: "Mats, I said that your ability to decide the game is whether there will be any mistakes in tonight's game. If you make a mistake, then you really have the ability to decide the game .”

As soon as the words fell, there were bursts of good-natured laughter from the bus.

Hummels gave Tang Zheng a supercilious look, and silently raised his middle finger.

But he who just raised his middle finger retracted it, not for any other reason, but because he was afraid that Tang Zheng would suddenly lose his temper.

This animal has too high a force value!

Head coach Klopp and assistant coach Zeliko Buvac smiled at each other, seeing a trace of confidence in each other's eyes.

They had always been afraid that the players would be under a lot of pressure. Now that Tang Zheng's joke had diverted the players' attention, it could be said that the upcoming game would be to play lightly.

In many cases, it is better to play lightly than to play under pressure.

At 8:45 in the evening, the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals between Malaga and Borussia Dortmund at the Rose Garden kicked off on time.

The Swedish referee Eriksson made the whistle, and his whistle officially announced the start of the game.

At the same time, there was another UEFA Champions League quarter-final at the Bernabéu Stadium, Real Madrid faced Galatasaray.

Drogba and Sneijder faced their mentor Mourinho again, and Sneijder once again faced his mentor while also facing his former owner Real Madrid.

Both games were played on Spanish soil, undoubtedly increasing Spain's status on the world map virtually.

Closer to home, Malaga, who sits at the Rose Garden Stadium at home, kicked off first.

Both sides have sent the strongest lineup that can be sent at present. For the home team, the goalkeeper is Caballero, the defenders Gamez, Demichelis, Weligtong and Antunes, and the midfielders Joaquin, Toulalang, Itu La, Isco, the forwards are Baptista and Saviola.

The official lineup is four-four-two, but judging from the position of the game, it is more like the most popular four-two-three formation in world football.

Dortmund's goalkeeper is Weidenfeller, the four defenders are Schmelzer, Hummels, Santana and Piszczek, the double midfielder Pirlo partner Gundogan, Gotze, Tang Zheng and Reus In the middle of the midfield, Lewandowski is at the top.

The football quickly passed to Isco, the winner of the Golden Boy Award in Xinke Europe. Tang Zheng was the player at the front of the team's midfield line. He had no choice but to go up to him.

Before the game, Klopp fully studied Isco's technical characteristics for the team.

Isco is not tall, and his body is not strong enough, but his ability to hold the ball is very good, and he can often see the football sticking to his feet, so Tang Zheng did not dare to neglect, and chose to fight and retreat. .

"Aww-"

Tang Zheng didn't go up to meet him immediately, the Malaga fans at the Rosary Garden immediately went into high spirits, they made deafening shouts.

They had heard of Tang Zheng defending against Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League. Now that Tang Zheng faced Isco and chose to fight and retreat, did it mean that Isco was stronger?

Although this is not true, but the home team fans like to think so.

Isco, who was in possession of the ball, was very nervous. He had heard too many legends about Tang Zheng.

Both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo can't get benefits from him, what about yourself?

Noticing Tang Zheng's defensive strategy of fighting and retreating, the corners of Isco's mouth turned up slightly, ready to test whether Tang Zheng was as powerful as in the legend!

This year's Confederations Cup will kick off in Brazil, and next year will be the year of the World Cup. If you want to stand out from the talented Spanish players, you must show decent performance and results!

So Isco decided to use Dortmund to sacrifice the flag, which became an important weight for him to enter the Spanish national team!

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The idea is good, but the ending is unacceptable.

During the process of fighting and retreating, Tang Zheng concentrated his attention, taking advantage of the excessive strength of Isco's second touch with the ball, he fell to the ground and stretched his legs sharply.

Isco never thought that Tang Zheng's reaction would be so fast. It was too late for him to control the football, and the football was poked out of the sideline by Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng immediately stood up from the ground, and then directed his teammates' defensive positions to defend Malaga's frontcourt touchline.

At this time, central defender Demichelis ran up to Isco and whispered: "Pass the ball more, don't try to pass him, or we will be very passive."

After all, Demichelis turned and returned to his defensive position without waiting for Isco to reply.

Isco looked up at Tang Zheng who was directing his teammates to defend their positions, naturally clenched his hands and frowned.

The same is the golden boy, why is there such a big gap?

At the same time, the on-site director gave Tang Zheng and Isco a close-up shot respectively.

Regarding this meaningful shot, He Wei, the commentator of Central 5, talked eloquently: "Tang Zheng is the winner of the European Golden Boy Award in 2009, and Isco was the winner of the European Golden Boy Award last year. Judging from the first confrontation just now, Tang Zheng is the winner of the European Golden Boy Award. Zheng wins!"

The Spanish national TV commentator encouraged Isco: "It takes courage to try. The most important thing for Isco in front of us is courage. He has outstanding skills and excellent dribbling. Come on! Lead Malaga to beat Dortmund!!"

Antunes throws the throw-in and the game continues.

Malaga, who sits at home, really wants to dominate the game, but Dortmund's midfield dominance is too strong, and high pressure is like a fish in water.

Malaga, who is good at passing under their feet, has no way to compete with it, so they have to defend passively at their home court.

It is commendable that the atmosphere of the Rose Garden Stadium is maintained very well. They never forget to cheer and cheer when the team is passive.

After all, Malaga's historic entry into the quarter-finals of the Champions League is beyond everyone's expectations, and the desire to go further is not particularly strong.

Dortmund's ability is there, the team only needs to play their own style and momentum...

With Dortmund taking control of the situation, the two golden boys, Tang Zheng and Gotze, are performing better and better.

Especially Gotze, who appeared in the broadcast footage many times in the first five minutes.

Although the media mentioned Gotze, Tang Zheng, and Isco before the game, more media compared Tang Zheng and Isco, almost leaving Gotze behind, so that Stocks have to prove themselves.

It's true that Tang Zheng is strong, but he, Mario Gotze, is also not weak! !

In the seventh minute, Tang Zheng intercepted Isco's pass to Baptista while attacking the 40-meter zone, and then rubbed the pass behind him. Gotze, who hadn't had time to come back, ran to the right rib to respond.

Perhaps under the pressure of Demichelis, Gotze's shot from the right side of the small penalty area did not exert power, and the football was easily confiscated by goalkeeper Caballero.

Although there was no goal, it still made the scene take the initiative to startle the fans in a cold sweat.

The Dortmund Expeditionary Army who came with the team hugged their heads with regret. If the team can take the lead in breaking the deadlock and scoring a key away goal in less than ten minutes, then this game will be good.

In fact, Dortmund's positional offensive ability is not very strong, they rely more on counterattacks by stealing the ball from offense to defense.

Two minutes later, it was Gotze again. He got the football on the left side of the penalty area and used his upper body to gain space to shoot. Unfortunately, he pursued power so much that the front sight was not adjusted properly, and the football was higher than the crossbar.

Perhaps feeling the threat of Goetze, a player of the same age, Isco fought back in a subsequent attack.

After passing the ball around Tang Zheng, Isco got a one-on-one chance. Gundogan was taken aback, but Isco's subsequent pass did not form a tacit understanding with Argentine striker Saviola, and the football was won by Weidenfeller. .

Taking advantage of a corner kick, the on-site director broadcasted to Tang Zheng, who was a little quiet in the game, and the German Sky commentator Marcel Leif frowned and said: "I always feel that Tang is not in good condition, he has only contributed once so far. Long shot..."

In fact, there is a reason for Tang Zheng's silence. Now that Goetze is performing well, he is naturally happy to be free, so he puts more emphasis on the offensive organization in the midfield, and gives Goetze and Roy the chance to go forward and shoot. S and Lewandowski to finish.

In the twinkling of an eye, 20 minutes into the game, the two sides were attacking and defending each other under the premise that Dortmund had the advantage in the game, but Dortmund felt a bit dominant and did not score, which somewhat worried the commentators who followed them.