Midfielder Ruler

In the end, Real Madrid defeated the visiting Dortmund 2:1 at home with Tang Zheng's shots and passes in the first and second half.

But when the full-time whistle sounded, the fans in the stands were dissatisfied, and the Real Madrid players on the field were also dissatisfied.

The knockout round of the Champions League is a two-leg event. A goal difference at home in the first leg is not enough, and it also allows the visiting Dortmund to score a valuable away goal. This pair of Real Madrid will visit the Westfalenstadion next week. brings a certain degree of difficulty.

Tang Zheng, the best player in the game, put his hands on his knees and pursed his lips, his face full of helplessness.

However, his situation did not last long, and he quickly adjusted, because the visiting Dortmund players were all his former teammates. As a host, he should express congratulations to the visiting guests.

The close-up lens of the live broadcast was aimed at Tang Zheng, and CCTV 5 commentator He Wei gave the final line of the live commentary of this game: "Real Madrid's 2:1 victory at home brought some suspense to the second leg of the away challenge against Dortmund. Real Madrid No. 10 Tang Zheng Zheng was not discouraged. He was very graceful and took the initiative to go to his former teammates and express congratulations to them. I think... Tang Zheng, who is so broad-minded, will definitely bring us a different game when he returns to the Westfalenstadion. ! Who advances to the semi-finals? Dortmund? Real Madrid? Let’s meet for the second round of the battle at the Westfalenstadion! I am Hewei, this is the live broadcast I brought to you at the Bernabeu Stadium. Next week we will See you at Signal Iduna Park…”

The first person Tang Zheng congratulated was not Lewandowski, who helped Dortmund score the away goal, but Lu Liang, who made his first appearance in the Champions League quarter-finals.

As a civilian player discovered by Tang Zheng himself, Lu Liang naturally attracted more attention, and Lu Liang's performance did not disappoint him.

If it weren't for Klopp's tactical adjustments, it is estimated that Lu Liang might have brought an even bigger surprise.

Immediately, the goalkeeper Lewandowski, goalkeeper Yan Junling, friend Hummels and others...

At the end, Tang Zheng walked to the visiting team's coaching bench and hugged Klopp vigorously.

If Klopp hadn't personally come to the airport to greet him, maybe... he wouldn't have had four glorious seasons in Dortmund.

Klopp patted Tang Zheng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Hey, the performance was okay. He didn't embarrass us."

"Of course!" Tang Zheng put his arm around Klopp's right shoulder: "But the score makes me a little depressed. I don't want to give you a chance to come back in the second round."

"Hahaha!" Klopp smiled proudly: "It turns out that we have a high possibility of reversing Real Madrid next week."

"Yeah?"

Tang Zheng glanced at Klopp meaningfully, and when he saw him nodding lightly, Tang Zheng smiled and said, "Okay! See you in Westphalia!"

After that, Tang Zheng walked towards the assistant coaches Buvac and Klewicz, then the physical coach Bartlett and other members of the coaching staff...

In another game at the same time, Paris Saint-Germain defeated visiting Chelsea 3:1 at the Parc des Princes, giving itself a higher chance of advancing to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

At the regular press conference after the game, Klopp was confident that the team would advance to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League in the second round.

The dissatisfaction shows that they lost a net goal at the Bernabeu Stadium and still have a precious away goal in their hands. In the second round at the Westfalen Stadium at home, Dortmund has a higher possibility of winning than Real Madrid.

Although Dortmund's home winning rate has dropped significantly since Tang Zheng joined Real Madrid, the fanatical atmosphere at the Westfalenstadion cannot be underestimated.

Any team traveling to Westphalia must be extremely careful.

Not long after, Ancelotti took captain Casillas to participate in the regular press conference of the home team after the game. In response to the unfavorable factors brought about by the 2:1 victory over Dortmund at home, whether it was Ancelotti or Casillas, They are all confident about the future second legs of the Champions League quarter-finals.

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the next day,

The content reported by European mainstream media all centered on the first leg of the 2013-2014 Champions League quarter-finals against last season's Champions League final opponent.

Many media are making predictions about the future second round game, and most well-known media believe that the Westfalenstadion at home has a higher chance of advancement.

Of course, visiting Real Madrid also hopes to advance to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.

Because Real Madrid's overall strength is stronger and they are leading the score, they don't need to win when they visit the Westfalenstadion. As long as they maintain a draw on the road, they can qualify by virtue of their total score lead.

However, Real Madrid's attention after a small victory over Dortmund at home did not shift to the second round. On the weekend, they will also visit the Anoeta Stadium to challenge Real Sociedad.

The league is now behind Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, ​​so Real Madrid cannot afford to lose in the next league. Otherwise, once the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid ends, it will be much more difficult for Real Madrid to wait for the opportunity to overtake the points.

And the prerequisite for overtaking points is that you don't make mistakes first, otherwise chasing points can only become a fantasy.

Dortmund is too many points behind Bayern Munich in the league, and it will be very difficult to catch up, so Klopp focuses more on preparations for the Champions League.

After all, returning to Westphalia in the second round only requires a 1:0 victory to qualify for promotion.

Even if Real Madrid's overall strength is stronger!

In order to prepare for the next second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid has reserved its lineup to challenge Real Sociedad as a guest. Most of the main players have received valuable rest time, but the main players Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have Without rest, they went into battle.

It was the starting lineup led by Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo that beat Real Sociedad at home 4:0 in the away game, reaching 76 points.

In other words, Real Madrid is only three points behind Atletico Madrid and one point behind Barcelona in the first round.

Later, Atletico Madrid will face Villarreal at home, and Barcelona will face Real Betis away.

Logically speaking, except for Villarreal, which is slightly troublesome, Real Betis cannot pose a threat to Barcelona. However, Barcelona drew 1:1 with Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at home in midweek. This will bring great instability to their visit to the Calderon Stadium in the second leg.

In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Barcelona, ​​like Real Madrid, chose to rest some of its main players.

This is even more true for Atletico Madrid. Their lack of bench depth has long been exposed. If Real Madrid hadn't fallen behind at the critical moment, they wouldn't have been able to lead Real Madrid i by so many points.

So, with Real Madrid winning, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, ​​who have Champions League duties next week, both draw.

The 32 rounds of La Liga in the 2013-2014 season have come to an end. Atletico Madrid ranks first in the league with 80 points, Barcelona ranks second with 78 points, and Real Madrid ranks third in the league with 76 points.

With the last six rounds of the league left, the top three points are not separated, which means that the last six rounds of the league will be exciting.

Some Real Madrid players had lost hope in the league title, but with draws between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, ​​they regained hope of winning the league title.

While Ancelotti's coaching team is focusing on next week's Champions League opponent Dortmund, it has also restarted research on its opponents in the last six rounds of the league. The last six league opponents except Valencia are basically difficult to pose a threat to Real Madrid.

The opponents are Almeria, Valladolid, Osasuna, Espanyol and Celta Vigo.

The quality of the league opponents of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid is also not high, but the problem is that the two teams finally have a direct confrontation in the last round of the league. That is to say, as long as the two teams make mistakes before the final round of the League, Real Madrid's hope of winning the championship will be restored. Big increase!

Of course, then again, it's still the same sentence, Real Madrid must make sure they don't make mistakes before they have a chance to wait for others to make mistakes.

Closer to home, at the end of the league, Real Madrid's focus of preparations shifted to the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Head coach Ancelotti even took a flight to Germany on the evening of the end of the league to watch a Bundesliga match in Dortmund. Prepare for the Champions League knockout rounds next week.

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The Westphalia Stadium, also known as the Signal Iduna Park Stadium, is currently the professional football stadium with the largest capacity in Germany. It is also the stadium with the most average attendance at home in the European League.

According to an authoritative European data media report, in the past 2012-2013 season, this stadium ranked first in the world in terms of the number of fans it received.

Such high achievements are directly related to Dortmund's technical, tactical play and record. In the 2012-2013 season, Dortmund also achieved the most glorious year since the team was founded, winning the Bundesliga championship, the German Cup championship, the Champions League championship, and the German Super Cup champion, European Super Cup champion and Club World Cup champion.

However, with the transfer of Tang Zheng to Real Madrid last summer, Dortmund's home fans have seen a certain downward trend, but overall the impact is not significant, and the fanatical home atmosphere is negligible.

Because the home atmosphere at Westfalenstadion is currently the best in Europe!

Therefore, Real Madrid's 2:1 victory over Dortmund at home gave people a very uneasy feeling. Football matches often consider not the overall strength, but the on-the-spot performance.

Speaking of on-the-spot performance, we have to talk about the crucial home fanatic atmosphere.

Just think about it, in a stadium with a capacity of 83,000 fans, the home fans tacitly create deafening cheers. The home team players will definitely have a mental attribute bonus.

When the visiting team players control the football, the home fans boo like a roaring tsunami. Can the visiting team players maintain a calm mind and control the football?

Don’t forget, many Dortmund fans are descendants of miners from the Ruhr area, which means they are wild and unruly.

However, for Dortmund fans, the following Champions League quarter-finals are a little special.

Real Madrid's guest No. 10 can be said to be the best No. 10 in the history of the Dortmund club, so the fans decided to do something to welcome Tang Zheng home.

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The entire Real Madrid team arrived in Dortmund on the afternoon before the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Dortmund and Real Madrid.

At the international airport, there were many Real Madrid fans who arrived early to welcome the team to the game city at the pick-up gate.

Of course, the more fans are the Dortmund fans at home.

When the Real Madrid fans shouted in unison, the Dortmund fans deliberately sang the opposite and made deafening boos to affect the mentality of the Real Madrid players.

But the moment Tang Zheng appeared in the sight of Dortmund fans, the huge boos from the international airport were instantly replaced by chants: "Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaang——"

Tang Zheng, who had just taken off his earphones, was very moved when he heard the roar of the mountain and the tsunami. At the same time, he subconsciously raised his right hand and waved to the Dortmund fans who were present.

Cheers resounded throughout the sky until Tang Zheng followed the group into the bus.

Not long after, the Real Madrid team took a short rest at the hotel where they were staying, and then took the bus to the Westphalia Stadium for pre-game acclimatization training.

Head coach Carlo Ancelotti took Dortmund's meritorious player Tang Zheng to the stadium press conference hall to participate in the regular pre-match press conference.

There is no doubt that Tang Zheng, the best player in the eyes of most Dortmund fans, has become the focus of media reporters.

Head coach Carlo Ancelotti, who should be the focus of attention, is almost ignored, which is frustrating...

However, he was mentally prepared for Ancelotti's visit. He brought Tang Zheng to the regular pre-match press conference to divert the attention of the media and fans.

Tang Zheng was very patient with many well-intentioned media reporters, but he would mercilessly fight back those who deliberately sought trouble.

Therefore, Tang Zheng did not disappoint head coach Carlo Ancelotti. He successfully diverted the attention of the fans and gave other teammates a rare chance to breathe.

The next day, some enthusiastic fans gathered early in the square around the Westphalia Stadium.

As time goes by, more and more fans from both sides of the game come to the Westfalen Stadium.

As the home team's Dortmund fans, almost the entire square turned into a sea of ​​yellow and black, and the Real Madrid fans wearing white jerseys could be ignored in their eyes.

According to international practice, fans from both sides of the game take buses and drive into the Westphalia Stadium between one and a half to two hours before the game.

Riding the bus route in Dortmund, Dortmund fans made huge cheers like a sea.

On the other hand, the Real Madrid bus was filled with deafening boos.

Tang Zheng, who was sitting in the bus, shook his head. After all, he should be the enemy now, right?

There is nothing wrong with booing your enemies.

It wasn't until he entered the familiar Westfalen Stadium to warm up that Tang Zheng felt that he was still being treated enthusiastically by Dortmund fans.

In the main stand and the south stand, there are fan organizations dedicated to singing the familiar and easy-to-sing "Song of the Tang Dynasty".

There were also many banners, slogans and flags held by Dortmund in other scattered stands to support and thank Tang Zheng.

The most numerous of them is undoubtedly "-"

Chinese message to the effect: Welcome home.

They were very moved to see these thousands of slogans in the same but different fonts.

But what he didn't know was... there was an even bigger surprise ahead.