Midfielder Ruler

Benzema scored twice to help Real Madrid take the lead. Under the deliberate instigation of the Bernabeu announcer Albert, the entire stadium burst into loud cheers. All Real Madrid fans chanted Benzema's last name: "Karim— —”

The sound was so loud that it was deafening.

Tang Zheng, who planned this exquisite assist, was deeply grateful for his fame and merit, and also joined the celebration.

After Barcelona coach Martino felt the frustration in his heart, he immediately made a tactical gesture to captain Xavi on the field. Then he felt that it was not safe enough, and then he hooked his finger, signaling Xavi to come to the sidelines and do A more detailed analysis.

Going from leading to falling behind as a guest puts a lot of pressure on your heart, but which professional player doesn't have pressure?

Especially those successful stars, the pressure is even greater!

This is the saying that it is easier to conquer a country than to defend it.

In fact, Martino's tactical changes were relatively simple. He asked the team to stabilize the situation first, and then try to attack Real Madrid's defense.

Special instructions for convenience only, give up the inverted triangle cross after two wing breakthroughs or quickly sweep into the penalty area, and instead rely on the traditional Barcelona Tiki-Taka tactic to boil the frog in warm water.

Although Harvey, the most powerful brain, is old, his experience and ability to read the game have not declined at all. On the contrary, he has become more and more demonic as he gets older.

Harvey is not the kind of player who thinks too highly of himself. He knows how to assess the situation and knows when to play in the most appropriate way.

Real Madrid players have superior physical fitness and strong control in the midfield, but there is a problem in the defensive area in the middle. Tang Zheng and Xabi Alonso do a good job of protecting the area in front of the central defender, but Modric is the only one in front of them. If the location connection is not done well, there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.

The game restarted, and Barcelona did not rush to attack when they got the kick-off advantage, but took it step by step under Xavi's control.

Real Madrid, who are leading the score, are not in a hurry. Playing at home, they have gone from falling behind to overtaking, and their mentality is more stable than the Barcelona players.

Tang Zheng partnered with Xabi Alonso as a defensive midfielder when defending at Real Madrid. Its presence greatly relieved the defensive pressure of the double central defenders Ramos and Pepe. At the same time, Xavi Alonso's responsibilities were also reduced. A corresponding reduction.

Tang Zheng has a strong ability to read the game and has a strong sense of position, so he often plays a vital role on the defensive end. Even the defensive positions of his teammates have to be adjusted according to his running position.

The ground passing that Barcelona is famous for was unable to do anything against the defensive group headed by Tang Zheng.

Xavi, Busquets or Fabregas who get the ball can only use the width of the court to adjust the defensive focus of Real Madrid players, hoping that the pass can lead to fatal gaps.

However, the game continued until the end of the first half, and Barcelona failed to find it. The first half ended with Real Madrid leading Barcelona 2:1.

For a period of time after Real Madrid overtook Barcelona, ​​both sides were attacking and defending each other, and both seemed to be threatening. However, in fact, there was no shooting opportunity to test the opponent's goalkeeper. This is why Real Madrid ended the first half with a 2:1 lead over Barcelona. reason.

The game is a ninety-minute battle. Forty-five minutes cannot prove anything. It can only be said that the leading Real Madrid has done a better job than Barcelona in terms of details.

The close-up shot of the on-site director showed Benzema, who scored twice in this game to help Real Madrid take the lead, and his aggrieved face rarely showed a trace of pride.

Ever since he joined Real Madrid, he has always been the team's scapegoat. Now he scores twice in this crucial El Clasico, which is equivalent to clearing his name.

Cristiano Ronaldo, whose performance was relatively dull, had a heavy expression. Although he had always been Real Madrid's goal spearhead in the past, his performance in this game had highlights, but he had not scored a goal yet, and he was a little anxious.

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At the end of the first half, the two teams returned to the locker room. The focus of the live commentary box or the commentators on various live TV stations shifted to review the end of the first half.

The broadcast signal of CCTV 5 switched back to the Beijing studio, and the hosts were Duan Xuan and Xu Yang.

Duan Xuan was full of energy and eloquent: "I believe fans who watched the first half of the game can easily see that the best player was not Benzema who scored twice, but the Chinese player Tang Zheng. Not only did he directly assist Benzema He scored a goal and sent out his 21st assist in La Liga this season. He also played a huge role on both offense and defense. He did a very good job of filling in at the right time and making transitions at his fingertips..."

Commentator Xu Yang then added: "Tang Zheng's presence allows Real Madrid's players on both offense and defense to worry a lot, but I'm a little worried about his physical fitness in the second half. It took a lot of running in the first half to get Real Madrid's two goals. The ball, and the defensive end has to make key replacements again and again, which consumes a lot of physical energy, so from another perspective, Real Madrid has become more and more dependent on Tang Zheng on both offense and defense."

The implication is that if Tang Zheng is not in good condition or gets injured, it will have a huge blow to Real Madrid's offense and defense.

At the same time, the Real Madrid players in the home team's locker room were in a state of excitement. They were obviously very excited about overtaking Barcelona in the first half, especially Benzema, who scored two goals. He usually rarely joked in the locker room and talked about porn for the first time. Jokes.

Head coach Ancelotti did not show his presence. He stood aside silently and waited until the players' voices subsided before taking the tactical board from assistant Clement.

At the other end of the Bernabeu Stadium, Barcelona players were generally in a bad mood.

Looking around, almost all of them had frowns on their faces.

Martino sees it, but he is not the kind of head coach who is good at inciting players' emotions, so emotional control can only be handed over to the players and they can adjust themselves.

Martino had only one new addition to his second-half tactical approach.

Neymar, who has a strong breakthrough ability, is responsible for the team's breakthrough with the ball after the team's overall transfer. In other words, Barcelona's initial stage of the game in the second half is to help Neymar attract attention as a whole, and then let him break with the ball to create opportunities.

Neymar, who was being taken seriously, was naturally very happy and almost patted his chest to assure every teammate present.

But other players are not in a good mood, especially the players trained by La Masia, who have reached the stage of obsession with Tiki-Taka tactics.

Once known as the Cosmos Team, they do not want to seek the results of the game through such a non-technical method. After all, people have faith.

But then again, quality professional players will obey the head coach's arrangements. As for the final effect, it is unknown.

In the blink of an eye, the fifteen-minute intermission time passed, and players from both sides of the game walked back to the court from their respective locker rooms one after another.

The atmosphere at the Santiago Bernabeu gradually became more enthusiastic as the players returned to the stadium. The South Stand where the die-hard fans were located rang out the Real Madrid team song "Come on!" Madrid! 》

The momentum was so great that it was like overwhelming a mountain.

Many Real Madrid players who have just stepped onto the court seem to feel inexplicably excited, so much so that they have the illusion that they are better than me.

At the beginning of the second half, captain Ramos tripped Messi because of an excessive tackle. In order to avoid a conflict between the two players at the first moment of the second half, referee Marienko decisively stepped in front of Ramos, and then Take out a yellow card.

The on-site director showed a slow-motion replay. Central 5 commentator He Wei shook his head and said: "Ramos' foul this time was really reckless. From the horse's face, we can see that Tang Zheng has already covered the defense from the side. The second half started less than Getting a yellow card within two minutes was very detrimental to Real Madrid's overall defense in the second half."

Ramos in the broadcast was also very regretful. He didn't know why he suddenly acted stupidly.

But the result has come out, and it is useless for Ramos to regret it. All he can do is try to keep a calm head during the next game time.

You must know that in the past El Clasico, Real Madrid's losses in many games were directly related to his lack of calmness.

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Head coach Carlo Ancelotti looked very speechless and didn't understand why Ramos stepped forward and fouled Tang Zheng in advance when the defense was in place. However, the result had already happened and Ancelotti could only pray for Ramos. Don't be too hot-headed for the rest of the game.

Real Madrid during Mourinho's coaching period was full of blood, and Ramos was one of the representatives. However, what Ancelotti focused most on coaching the team was not the blood, but the execution of game tactics.

Fortunately, Ramos is not lacking in this aspect. What is lacking is the ability to control emotions.

This is also the fundamental reason why Ramos has been unable to become a world-class central defender.

The game continued, and Barcelona's offensive players obviously focused on the sudden number of times Ramos, who had a yellow card, was on the ball.

Messi, Neymar, Iniesta, and even Cesc Fabregas all stepped in to participate in the attack.

Fortunately, Tang Zheng and Xabi Alonso protected the area in front of Ramos and Pepe well. Even if something slipped through the net, Ramos could barely cope with it with his solid basic skills.

Seeing that Messi's impromptu attack on Ramos did not have the desired effect, he decisively gave up and then re-implemented the offensive tactics arranged by head coach Martino during the halftime break.

Real Madrid, who was sitting at home, naturally would not let Barcelona run wild on its own. Cristiano Ronaldo, who was relatively quiet in the first half, took advantage of a quick counterattack from defense to attack and tested Valdez with a long shot.

If Valdes hadn't reacted quickly in front of the goal, Cristiano Ronaldo's sudden shot after the breakthrough might have helped Real Madrid expand the score.

When Valdes saved Cristiano Ronaldo's long-range shot with one palm, the reactions of the coaches on both sides of the game were different.

Ancelotti put his head in his hands and looked in pain.

Martino let out a sigh of relief, feeling like he had narrowly escaped death.

Real Madrid's next corner kick attack also created an absolute threat. Tang Zheng circled from the center to the back point and jumped high. Neither Pique nor Fabregas followed, allowing him to get an easy chance to take off.

Tang Zheng knew his header skills well, and he was able to exert sufficient force when almost completely unmarked, and he also found the angle accurately.

Valdez, who moved from the center of the goal to the near corner, looked at the ball falling in a parabola towards the far end of the goal. He subconsciously froze on the spot and turned to look at the football in the air.

"Ouch-ouch——"

The Real Madrid fans at the Santiago Bernabeu subconsciously raised their voices and made deafening cheers.

But when the momentum reached its peak, it came to an abrupt end.

Because the football hit between the right goal post and the crossbar.

Mascherano, who happened to be guarding Cristiano Ronaldo and came to the front point, reacted faster. He got the ball out of the baseline before Cristiano Ronaldo.

Immediately, there was a cry of regret in the sky above the Bernabeu Stadium: "Oh oh oh -"

Tang Zheng, who thought he was determined to win, looked at the football pushed out by Mascherano and covered his mouth with his hands, looking incredible.

It took a long time for CCTV 5 commentator He Wei to say something: "It's really... so... such a... pity."

If Real Madrid can lead Barcelona 3:1 within an hour of kick-off, the possibility of eventually defeating Barcelona will increase by one point.

Compared to Cristiano Ronaldo's sudden attack after a breakthrough, Tang Zheng's header this time was closer to scoring, so Ancelotti's reaction was like being hit with a gun and he suddenly held his head.

Martino took a deep breath and patted his chest. He was obviously frightened by Tang Zheng's header.

If the score becomes 3:1 in the 60th minute of the game, the rest of the game can be surrendered.

Fortunately, fortunately!

Messi, who had been waiting for an opportunity to attack, did not let out a sigh of relief like most of his teammates, but put his hands on his hips, feeling helpless.

But it doesn't mean that Messi accepts his fate. On the contrary, it stimulates his desire to fight.

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Perhaps because of the catastrophe, Barcelona equalized the score in the subsequent offensive opportunity.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng successively contributed very threatening shots, but they were unable to expand the score, so that the fanatical atmosphere at the Bernabeu Stadium declined.

At this time, Barcelona switched from defense to offense. Xavi changed his previous control rhythm. He directly handed the ball to the Brazilian international Neymar who opened up a large space on the left.

Carvajal did not lose his position, but he did not dare to rush forward to defend.

Neymar is extremely skilled with his feet, and many times it is difficult for both players to intercept the football.

It wasn't until he was defending the 40-meter area that Tang Zheng caught up and came to help defend.

Neymar, who was attacking with the ball, did not try to break through Tang Zheng. He flicked the ball to the right with the outside instep of his right foot, and the football came to Messi's feet.

Tang Zheng had no choice but to turn around and defend Messi when Xavi Alonso didn't catch up. However, Messi's upper body feinted to the right, which tricked Tang Zheng into pulling inward.

Taking advantage of Tang Zheng's change of center of gravity, Messi moved the ball to the left with the outside instep of his left foot, which was the opposite direction of Tang Zheng.

Messi knew that Tang Zheng was explosive and quick to react, so he quickly pushed the ball with the arch of his left foot to Neymar, who was crossing his ribs.

Neymar is very smart. He meets the ball and leads Ramos who has a yellow card on his back.

Ramos took into account that he had a yellow card on his back and retreated until he reached the penalty area.

Tang Zheng had no choice. He returned to the penalty area to help defend Neymar.

Neymar's front shot angle was blocked by Ramos, and Tang Zheng's inward angle shot was blocked. He cleverly passed the ball to Messi behind the back.

"Oh oh oh——"

With the screams above the Bernabeu, Messi kicked the football with the inside of the instep of his left foot in the left rib of the penalty area.

The football flew towards the goal from the gap between Tang Zheng and Ramos. By the time Diego Lopez saw the football, it was already too late to react...