Midfielder Ruler

The 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian qualifiers have ended in June this year. The Chinese team arranged two warm-up matches on the international match day last month. Therefore, the Football Association did not arrange a warm-up match for the national team in October.

Leaving aside the fatigue of the Chinese players studying abroad, Guangzhou Evergrande, a major player in the national football team, is now competing for the AFC Champions League. Therefore, the Football Association has considered various factors and did not arrange a warm-up match for the national team.

At the same time, Brazil's World Cup European, American, North American, and African qualifiers have entered the final two rounds. That is to say, whether they can get tickets for next year's World Cup depends on the performance of the last two games.

The German national team, which Tang Zheng had many friends with, was already far ahead, and qualified ahead of the group stage. The national team of the club's Spanish teammates was a little troublesome. They were in the same group as the powerful French team. Points are the same.

But qualifying should not be a problem, Spain's remaining two opponents are Belarus and Georgia, while the French team will play Finland at home.

There is no chance of direct confrontation, which also means that the defending champion Spain does not make active mistakes and the situation of qualifying in Group I will not change.

Moreover, the remaining two games are Spain's home games, so the chance of an upset is infinitely close to zero.

However, what worries the Spanish fans is that Spain's qualifier against Belarus at home turned out to be a 2:1 narrow victory, but the game played four days later made the Spanish fans completely relieved.

Spain, which sits at the Carlos Belmont Stadium, took a two-goal lead early and eventually defeated Georgia 3-0, ranking first in Group I with a three-point advantage and qualifying for next year's World Cup in Brazil.

It is worth mentioning that Spain has remained unbeaten in the World Cup qualifiers for 21 years, which is amazing. It is truly the king of the world preliminaries.

The international competition day in October is over, and the teams that have qualified for the World Cup in Brazil are basically settled. There are 24 direct promotion places. Excluding the host Brazil, the remaining seven places will be determined through play-offs.

Among them, Europe has four places to enter the World Cup finals through play-offs, Africa has one place, and the remaining two places are Asia VS Americas and Oceania VS Central and North America.

During the international match day, the Chinese sports media was not idle. They paid attention to the Korean team's play-offs as if they were watching a good show.

Uzbekistan has never been a difficult team, even very tricky.

In addition, even if the South Korean team beat Uzbekistan to get 0.5 promotion places in the Asian region, they still have to compete with Uruguay, the fifth place in the South American qualifiers, for the promotion places.

Leaving aside the FIFA rankings of the two teams, the strength gap between them is quite obvious.

Even though the Korean media wanted to scold their mothers, they couldn't find a breakthrough point.

Recently, Tang Zheng has not been very happy in Real Madrid, and has attracted the attention of the mainstream media in Europe. It is only a personal problem of the players, and he cannot reach the level of the national team at all. Moreover, the Chinese team has directly qualified for the World Cup in Brazil. Also irrelevant.

During the two international competition days, Tang Zheng spent time at the Verdebebas training base.

Real Madrid is a world-class wealthy club. The players in the team are either the main core of each national team or indispensable players. No matter how poor they are, they are also rotation players. Therefore, only Tang Zheng is training in the first team at the Veldebebas training ground.

Since he was the only one who practiced extra during the international match day,

So it stands out.

While the Spanish media were paying attention to the World Cup qualifiers of the Spanish national team, there were also reports that Tang Zheng used the spare time during the international match day to practice extra, he was a model of a professional player.

Of course, Tang Zheng's attention was not only on training, he had to fly to Lyon, France when he was free, to spend a romantic day with his girlfriend Zhao Lina.

With the end of the international competition day, Tang Zheng's attention shifted.

Because an authoritative domestic media broke the news that the Football Association has negotiated a breakup fee with the head coach of the national football team Camacho, and the new head coach will be selected in the next month, and the most promising candidate to become the head coach of the national team It is Silver Fox Lippi, that is, Marcelo Lippi who is now leading Guangzhou Evergrande to the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League.

In addition, the "crazy" Bielsa who is currently idle at home and former Atletico Madrid coach Manzano are also popular candidates.

This news is very good for Tang Zheng. It is very difficult for him to bear Camacho's poor tactics now. At the beginning of the cooperation, he has not found Camacho's shortcomings in all aspects. After the real cooperation, it is not difficult to find that his tactics are outdated. And stubborn.

Regardless of whether it is Lippi, Bielsa, or Manzano who will take over as the head coach of the national team in the future, his coaching resume and ability are enough to leave Camacho a few blocks behind.

In Tang Zheng's mind, the most ideal head coach is 'Madman' Bielsa. As a striker, he has a smooth attacking blood in his bones. It's just that he has a sense of responsibility and has to sacrifice a lot, so Tang Zheng and 'Madman' Bielsa's philosophy fits perfectly.

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Naturally, Tang Zheng's attention could not always be on the Chinese men's football team, he still had to prepare for the next Champions League group stage and national derby.

Because Tang Zheng had two yellows and one red in the league before the international match, he was automatically suspended for one round. The Real Madrid club also tried to appeal, but the appeal failed and the suspension was maintained.

Real Madrid's home game against Málaga is the first time Isco has faced his old club since he moved to Real Madrid. He will replace the suspended Tang Zheng as the starting midfielder.

Perhaps because of facing his old club for the first time, Isco's performance in the first half was not outstanding.

This season, Malaga's lineup has not been adjusted very much. The players are very familiar with Isco's technical characteristics, so his performance is greatly limited, and most of the players in the team have participated in the national team competition on the international match day. Not excited enough.

The two sides fought 0:0 in the first half, and He Wei, the commentator of Central 5, commented: "Although the tacit understanding between Tang Zheng and Ronaldo is not high, it has a great impact on Real Madrid's offensive, but Real Madrid's offensive without Tang Zheng is obviously lacking. Aggressiveness, although Isco is full of aura, but he does not have Tang Zheng's aggressiveness, and his reading of the game is not good enough."

Guest commentator Zhang Lu said with a smile: "Tang Zheng's personal ability has been recognized by the whole world. With his own strength, he led Dortmund to win the Triple Crown. As long as he is given enough trust and time, it is only a matter of time before Real Madrid wins the tenth Champions League." The problem."

At this time, Tang Zheng was sitting in the VIP seats at the Bernabéu in casual clothes, occasionally interacting with the fans, looking very natural.

In fact, he cares about the team now.

In the ninth round of La Liga in the 2013-2014 season, Real Madrid's home game against Malaga was the first game to start, which means that Real Madrid's victory in the game can temporarily narrow the difference between them.

On the contrary, if the score cannot be reduced in the case of a game first, it will be a heavy blow to the next national derby.

According to Tang Zheng's observations, Malaga's overall strength has declined to a certain extent compared to Malaga, which entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season, but its defensive ability seems to be stronger.

No one expected that less than a minute into the beginning of the second half, Di Maria made an arc pass with his left foot from the right 30 yards close to the sideline. Cristiano Ronaldo, who followed up from the center, jumped high and failed To the football, but swayed to the goalkeeper Caballero, the football bounced into the far corner of the goal.

With an unexpected goal, Real Madrid struggled to take a 1-0 lead.

The element of luck can often determine the direction of the game, and the league match between Real Madrid and Malaga at home fully demonstrates that luck determines the game.

It's not that Real Madrid needs luck to win, but that Real Madrid needs an opportunity to win.

Real Madrid played more relaxed after taking the lead, controlling the rhythm of the game with their strong technical advantages.

Malaga, who was behind in the score, wanted to strengthen their offense, but Real Madrid, who was sitting at the Bernabéu Stadium, played with ease, using familiar passes and cuts to control the game.

As time passed, the time left in the game became less and less, and the visiting team Malaga played more and more impatiently.

Isco, who did not perform well throughout the first half, took advantage of the impatience of his former teammates to pass several people in the penalty area. When he swung his right foot to shoot, he was tripped by central defender Welitong.

The referee on duty decisively blew his whistle, and then pointed to the penalty spot.

Cristiano Ronaldo wasted no chance and made it to two goals in one stroke.

Taking into account that there will be a Champions League group match against Juventus at home in the middle of next week, Real Madrid, which is leading by two goals, began to withdraw their troops, supplemented by controlling positions and counterattacks.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated the visiting Malaga 2-0 at home with Di Maria's surprise and Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty kick, and won two consecutive league victories.

Perhaps Real Madrid's luck in the ninth round of the league was not exhausted. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, which had previously won eight consecutive league victories, were invincible in the next league.

Barcelona was a guest at the El Sardar Stadium against Osasuna and did not win. Both sides had no achievements in 90 minutes, and the game ended 0:0.

Atletico Madrid, who was a guest at the Cornella El Prat Stadium in Catalonia, simply lost 0:1 to the Spaniard and suffered their first defeat of the season.

After the ninth round of La Liga in the 2013-2014 season, Real Madrid, who defeated Malaga at home, narrowed the gap from five points behind to two and three points.

In this way, the 167th national derby in La Liga at Camp Nou in the next round will be full of suspense.

Real Madrid, which has seven wins, one draw, one loss and 22 points in nine games, is only three points behind Barcelona, ​​which has eight wins and one draw in nine games and 25 points. If Real Madrid can beat Barcelona in the next national derby, the difference between the two will be tied .

According to the same rules of La Liga points, if the two teams have the same points, first look at the relationship between the two sides, and then the goal difference. That is to say, if Real Madrid beats Barcelona at the Nou Camp, Real Madrid's ranking will surpass Barcelona.

If luck is good enough and Atletico Madrid fails to reap the victory, Real Madrid is likely to reach the top of the league by virtue of their goal difference advantage.

Of course, the script is written in this way, and whether it can be performed in this way depends on the Real Madrid players' hard work in the 167th Clasico in La Liga in the future.

There is never a pie in the sky, and even if it does, it will drop a knife.

Although Barcelona has replaced a new head coach this season, their combat effectiveness has not decreased but increased.

Stars such as Messi and Iniesta are in full swing. This summer, the Brazilian genius Neymar joined in. The overall performance is quite good.

If it weren't for the fact that Barcelona has a large number of international footballers, they will play away games just after the international match day, and the head coach Martino will have to take into account the third round of the Champions League away game against AC Milan in the Champions League next week. It is very possible to win the league's first nine consecutive victories of.

Before the 167th Clasico in La Liga comes, both Real Madrid and Barcelona have to face strong enemies from Serie A, so they dare not neglect. The attention of the Spanish media is not all on the first leg of the 2013-2014 season starting next weekend. More attention will be paid to the Western-Italian matchup in the middle of next week.

Like the UEFA Champions League group stage in previous years, the third and fourth rounds are back-to-back. If the key two rounds of the group stage are not played well, although it will not prevent the two giants of Spain from the knockout round, it will definitely increase the difficulty of themselves.

Last season's Real Madrid is the best evidence. When everyone thought that Real Madrid would stand out as the first in the group even if it was deep in the death group.

The results of it?

Borussia Dortmund, led by Tang Zheng, won the first place in the group unbeaten. They almost doubled Real Madrid in back-to-back group matches at home and away. In the final, they performed a miracle and won the final Champions League.

All together, it means that no game should be underestimated.

Especially Juventus and AC Milan, they are world-renowned giants, neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona have underestimated each other's capital.

Therefore, Ancelotti and Martino did not focus too much on the national derby on the weekend, but focused on their respective opponents in the Champions League group stage.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the Champions League match day.

The only difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona is that Real Madrid play at home, without the need for travel and fatigue, while Barcelona needs to fly to the Apennine Peninsula to challenge AC Milan as a guest at the San Siro Stadium.

It is worth mentioning that the first-team training ground at the Valdebebas training base is the scene that Real Madrid players most want to see. The two superstars Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo no longer ignore each other as they used to. Do not actively seek cooperation.

Now their cooperation is not so tacit, but at least they can understand what the other party wants to express.

Coach Ancelotti is the happiest. The best tactics conceived after he became the coach of Real Madrid finally have the possibility of implementation.

In addition to training, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo are both the kind of players who like to take the initiative to practice more, so after breaking the window paper, they actively increase the small-scale cooperation with each other.

Tang Zheng had the feeling of returning to Dortmund, the small-scale cooperation with his teammates emerged endlessly, and he played very comfortably.

The same is true for Cristiano Ronaldo, maybe Benzema and Rooney have a technical gap, and now he and Tang Zheng have a special tacit feeling that only Rooney had back then...

In addition, the strengthened relationship between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, head coach Ancelotti, gave the players a gag order.

For the 167th National Derby, you must be prepared!