Midfielder Ruler

The third round of the 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League group stage is getting closer and closer. The training atmosphere of the Real Madrid players at the Valdebebas training base has been significantly improved compared to the international competition in October.

The reason is very simple, the relationship between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo has gradually improved, from being strangers to frequent cooperation now.

Although it is not yet intimate, coach Ancelotti believes that it will be a matter of time.

In a blink of an eye, the third round of the 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League group stage is coming, and Real Madrid will host the Serie A giants Juventus at home.

However, Juventus is still on the rise, and there is still a certain gap compared to the thriving Real Madrid.

The current head coach of Juventus Conte fully showed his weakness in the regular press conference before the game, thinking that Real Madrid, which reached the Champions League final last season, is very strong, especially when Tang Zheng joined in a record-setting situation, it is not enough to describe it as invincible Pass.

This campaign came to the Bernabeu, the purpose is only to pursue a draw, even if the final loss is not an exaggeration.

In short, Conte's posture is very low.

But then the home team coach Ancelotti, who attended the regular press conference before the game, didn't take this set. We are all compatriots, and he knows what the other party thinks very well.

Besides, Ancelotti is not a newly promoted head coach. He has rich coaching experience. During his coaching AC Milan, he won two Champions League titles and one runner-up.

A day later, Real Madrid's Champions League third round group match against Juventus kicked off at the Bernabéu Stadium.

The main players of both sides are out. The goalkeeper of the home team is Captain Iker Casillas who has returned from injury. The defenders are played by Arbeloa, Ramos, Pepe and Carvajal. The double midfielder Khedira partnered with Modric. The first forwards are Cristiano Ronaldo, Tang Zheng and Di Maria, with Benzema at the forefront.

The official Juventus formation is 4312, captain Buffon is the goalkeeper, and Caceres, Barzagli, Chiellini and Obonna form a four-man defense.

The three midfielders are Vidal, Marchisio and Pogba, with Giovinco as the attacking midfielder, and the double striker is a special partner Tevez.

Prior to this, the two teams have played against each other 14 times in history. What is interesting is that all of them came from the UEFA Champions League.

It is worth mentioning that Real Madrid is slightly inferior to Juventus in terms of goals. They scored 15 goals and lost 18 goals, but they had an advantage of five wins and two losses at home, scoring 8 goals and losing 5 goals.

The last meeting had to be dated back to the 2008-2009 season group stage, Real Madrid was 0:2 at home and 1:2 away by Juventus.

Reminiscent of the 2008-2009 season when Real Madrid was at its darkest, this result is difficult to be a reference.

The Real Madrid coached by Mourinho reached the semi-finals for three consecutive seasons, and even entered the finals last season. If it weren't for Tang Zheng's powerful hat-trick, Real Madrid would have already won the tenth Champions League trophy in the club's history.

Closer to home, the third round of the Group B match between Real Madrid and Juventus at home was announced at the whistle of the German Golden Whistlebloch, and Juventus, who was a guest, took the lead in kick-off.

Apart from whether Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored five goals in the first two rounds of the group stage, can score another goal, the most interesting point of this game is the performance of Tang Zheng and Pogba, who are more than 1.9 meters tall. .

From the perspective of body model, there is not much difference between Tang Zheng and Pogba, but from the aspect of technical style, Tang Zheng is more practical than Pogba, and has a stronger reading of the game.

Of course, the biggest difference is that Tang Zheng is more threatening to the opponent's goal.

Juventus, who had the kick-off advantage, failed to control the football well, and encountered serious interceptions when penetrating forward. The midfield line composed of Tang Zheng, Modric and Khedira was like a movable Great Wall, and it was very easy to control the ball. host.

For Juventus, who is a guest at the Bernabeu, this possibility has been carefully deployed before the game, and the defensive level is maintained very well.

However, Juventus coach Conte has calculated everything, that is, if he misses the star, he will shine.

The role of the star was fully reflected in the third minute of the game.

Modric suddenly made a direct pass in the middle to find Di Maria, and the latter passed the ball straight to Tang Zheng at the front of the penalty area without stopping the ball.

Tang Zheng pretended to meet the ball with a long-range shot, and Pogba, who successfully tricked him, fell to the ground to block it, then quickly lowered his swung right foot, spiking the ball forward, and Vidal decisively shoveled it, but Tang Zheng's dribbling skills were excellent. The football kicked out of the right heel kept a very good distance, and the toe of the toe gently poked the ball forward, and the football passed between Vidal's legs.

"Aww-"

At the same time, the Bernabéu stadium sounded deafening huge cheers.

It's not that Tang Zheng's brilliance is so beautiful, but that Tang Zheng's poke seems to be a bit too forceful. After he walked around Vidal, a Real Madrid player wearing a white jersey appeared in front of him.

"Cristiano——" the Spanish TV five commentator shouted hysterically: "—Ronaldo!"

The broadcast screen showed Tang Zheng helplessly stopped, seeing Cristiano Ronaldo cut into the penalty area with the ball, Chiellini's shovel on the ground only shoveled into a cloud of air, and goalkeeper Buffon had to abandon the goal to attack.

Cristiano Ronaldo is in a hot state recently. Facing the attacking Buffon, he is very calm and directly pushes the far corner, which is the left armpit in the direction where Buffon fell to the ground to save.

When the football rolled into the net, the time was fixed at three minutes and fifty-seven seconds.

It is worth mentioning that the goal in this time period is the fastest Champions League goal in Cristiano Ronaldo's career.

In addition, Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a goal, tied the national team star Eusebio in the Champions League scoring list.

If he scores another goal in the next game, he will surpass Eusebio as the Portuguese player with the most goals in the Champions League.

For this, Cristiano Ronaldo knew it before the game, so even if the score is leading, he is full of fighting spirit and keeps asking for the ball in the frontcourt, hoping to score another goal to help Real Madrid expand the score.

When Cristiano Ronaldo was celebrating a goal, the on-site director suddenly showed the camera to Tang Zheng meaningfully.

Central 5 commentator He Wei looked at Tang Zheng's gloomy expression and changed his voice, and couldn't laugh or cry: "If Ronaldo hadn't appeared on Tang Zheng's way forward, I think the goal that broke the deadlock is likely to be scored by Tang Zheng, but... …Cristiano Ronaldo puts the ball into Buffon's goal and he gets an assist too..."

As the game resumed, the Real Madrid fans in the stands erupted one wave after another, and the chants of Cristiano Ronaldo were the loudest.

Because Real Madrid fans also hope that Cristiano Ronaldo can help Real Madrid score another goal and expand their lead.

The noise made by the fans is getting louder, and the Real Madrid players are also playing harder and harder, making Buffon's goal look shaky, as if a goal may be lost at any time.

However, what I didn't expect was that Real Madrid hadn't expanded the score yet, and Juventus, who was a guest, evened the score first...

Cáceres completed a cross from the right before Arbeloa defended. The football circled to the back point. Pogba, who had an obvious height advantage, overwhelmed Coentrao from the back point and completed a header. Goalkeeper Casili Yas subconsciously stretched out his hand to block it, but because he subconsciously failed to control the shape and direction of his hand, the football flew towards the goal.

The tall and strong Llorente carried Ramos, leaned back with his upper body, and completed an entertaining volley shot five meters in front of the goal. Casillas, who wanted to complete the redemption, did not touch the football.

1:1

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Tang Zheng was very helpless for this loss.

From a tactical point of view, Juventus' offense is very targeted. There is a 1.95-meter-tall high center Llorente in front of him as a cover. The latter point is the easiest to ignore, and Pogba's timing is also very good.

Even if they take 10,000 steps back, the attention of Ramos and Pepe is not attracted. Ramos, who is 1.84 meters, and Pepe, who is 1.86 meters, can hardly rush forward when facing the ball during the process of retreating. Pogba completes the clearance.

It is equivalent to saying that Conte's tactics are very targeted, using the only height advantage of the offensive line to create scoring opportunities.

Juventus equalized the score at the Bernabéu Stadium. Real Madrid's offense, which has a kick-off advantage, did not appear to be too anxious, but tried to create space through tedious continuous passes.

What Serie A teams are best at has never been offense, but defense.

Ancelotti's special understanding of the Italian team is estimated to be the highest in the game, so his deployment before the game requires players to be patient in offense.

Tang Zheng has excellent skills at his feet, wide field of vision, and strong ability to read the game. He seldom actively passes threatening balls in the midfielder position, and more often uses Modric's forward to widen the width of the attack.

It is true that the Italian team has excellent defense, but frequent scheduling of offensive directions will definitely expose some problems.

Because offense is active and defense is passive.

Defensive changes are passive changes that rely on offense. As long as the active offense is fast enough, passive defense is too late.

However, the game lasted only half an hour, and the Juventus players were still physically fit and focused, and were not exposed to defensive loopholes by Real Madrid's frequent offensive scheduling.

Another thing that cannot be ignored is Juventus captain Buffon. He has rich game experience and can often shout in front of the goal when the team has problems, reminding the defensive players to be in place quickly.

Ancelotti, who stood in the coaching area of ​​the home team and directed the game, was immobile. He was not worried because of Juventus' solid defense.

It's not that he has full confidence in Real Madrid's offensive ability, but that Juventus' current situation in the Champions League group stage does not allow them to lose another three points.

In the first two UEFA Champions League group matches, Juventus drew with Copenhagen and Galatasaray respectively. If they only get one point at the Bernabeu in this round, they are likely to move to Europa after the group stage with three points. league.

Compared with the huge bonuses of the Champions League, the bonuses of the Europa League are pitifully small.

Besides, the attention of the UEFA Champions League cannot be compared with that of the Europa League. The rising Juventus needs higher exposure.

The UEFA Champions League is the best choice.

So even if Real Madrid drew with Juventus at halftime, Ancelotti was not worried that Juventus would not press out to attack in the second half.

Ancelotti knows Antonio Conte very well.

Conte still has that devoted expression, reminding the players on the field how to adjust their game positions through provocative gestures from time to time.

If you look carefully, he is anxious.

Just as Ancelotti thought, the first two rounds of the Champions League draw put him under tremendous pressure. As the second favorite to qualify after Real Madrid, he failed to win the first two rounds of the group stage, which is somewhat unreasonable.

Even if the proud Conte is facing Real Madrid, he still hopes to win the opponent.

At this moment, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was cruising to attack the right, passed the ball laterally, and Modric, who was running towards the passing line, suddenly gave way with his legs, and the football leaked from between his legs and came to the middle.

Both Marchisio and Pogba were shaken, only Vidal, who was lagging behind, concentrated on the game and ran towards Tang Zheng who was facing the ball.

During Tang Zheng's running, he took a big step forward with his left foot, and at the same time, using his waist as the axis, he turned clockwise about 120 degrees, and his body happened to face the oncoming Vidal.

Vidal felt his eyes go dark, and subconsciously moved his hands forward to support Tang Zheng's back.

And Tang Zheng took advantage of Vidal's forward support to turn back to the right, and at the same time, the instep of his right foot flicked the ball back to the right.

It was too late for Vidal to reach out to pull Tang Zheng when he realized that the situation was wrong. With his amazing explosive power, Tang Zheng had already started again, facing the goal head-on.

Barzagli, one of the double central defenders, did not dare to neglect and took the initiative to move forward.

"Nice smash turn!"

Central 5 commentator He Wei suddenly stood up from his seat and shouted.

Tang Zheng, who was facing the goal, was not as excited as He Wei, his brain was in a state of insanity, the outside of his right foot passed the ball to Di Maria who was attacking the right flank, and then ran between Barzagli and Chiellini.

Di Maria didn't stop the ball and directly used the arch of his left foot to send the ball to the large space behind Barzagli, which was exactly the same as Tang Zheng's running direction!

Two over one!

Barzali stretched out his legs and tried to trip Tang Zheng outside the penalty area, but failed because Tang Zheng bypassed ahead of time.

Chiellini had to give up his defense against Benzema and pounce on Tang Zheng who was catching the ball.

Tang Zheng had a wide field of vision and noticed Chiellini coming forward. He swung his right foot exaggeratedly and made a gesture to hit the goal. In fact, he wanted to kick the ball back and pass it to Benzema who was unmarked.

But the plan often failed to keep up with the changes. Chiellini rushed too hard. Seeing Tang Zheng kick the ball to the left with the inside of the instep of his right foot, he stretched out subconsciously.

Although Tang Zheng is tall and has long legs, the frequency of his feet is very fast. Chiellini's leg stretching was half a beat slower, and Tang Zheng used the outer instep of his left foot to push the football away ahead of time.

"beep~"

The German referee Blüch decisively blew his whistle and pointed his left index finger to the penalty spot.

"Penalty kick!" He Wei, the commentator of Central 5, said excitedly: "Tang Zheng helped Real Madrid win a penalty kick!"

Next, Cristiano Ronaldo, who took the penalty kick, lived up to the penalty Tang Zheng helped the team win, facing Buffon overnight.

With penalty kicks, Cristiano Ronaldo's total number of goals in the European War became 58, officially surpassing Eusebio to become the player with the most goals in the UEFA Champions League among Portuguese players, and he also surpassed Ruud van Nistelrooy on the The third place in the Champions League overall scorer list.