Midfielder Ruler

"-" is the main theme before the game at the Westfalenstadion, Dortmund's home stadium.

Tang Zheng looked up at the Dortmund fans in the stands of the Westfalen Stadium. For a moment, he felt that these fans were particularly cute. Then he heard the familiar "Song of the Tang" played from the south stand and the main stand. Tang Zheng pursed his lips and tried his best to endure it. The excitement in the eyes.

In order not to "embarrass himself" in front of more than 70,000 fans, Tang Zheng turned his back instantly and wiped his eyes with his jersey. At the same time, he raised his hands above his head and patted them hard to express his gratitude to the home fans.

"Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang——"

Everyone is an adult and can understand what Tang Zheng wants to express, so the Dortmund fans let out deafening cheers.

In the Beijing studio, CCTV 5 receives the game signal from the Westfalenstadion in advance. Sitting on the left side of the studio is commentator Liu Jianhong, and his partner commentator is Gong Lei.

Liu Jianhong listened to the huge shouts from the game, and his emotions were instantly infected, and he was passionate: "There is still more than an hour before the start of the game, and the Dortmund fans at home have already adjusted their emotions to the best, huh?"

At this point, Liu Jianhong turned to look at Gong Lei: "Director Gong, did you hear the fans shouting Tang Zheng's name?"

The director subconsciously increased the volume of the scene, and the guest commentator Gong Lei heard it clearly. His emotions were exactly the same as Liu Jianhong's, full of passion: "The fanatical atmosphere of the Westphalia Stadium is world-famous, and Tang Zheng, as an away team player, can also receive a huge welcome from the home fans. , it is enough to say that his past achievements in Dortmund can transcend any game of any nature! As Tang Zheng said when he won the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, his success in the 2012-2013 season is inseparable from the fanatical fans."

At the Westfalenstadion, Tang Zheng turned around and did not interact with the home fans. He had to devote himself to the team's warm-up to prepare for the next second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

If you want to perform at a normal level in the game, you must warm up properly, otherwise you will easily suffer from muscle discomfort, especially now that the third-line battle has reached a stalemate.

Not long after, the home team players entered the stadium to warm up, and suddenly they burst out with shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami, which instantly swept the entire stadium and resounded throughout the sky.

With about twenty minutes left before the start of the game, all players and coaching staff from both sides returned to their respective locker rooms to make final preparations for the next quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Tang Zheng walked to the players' tunnel, and the Dortmund fans in the stands enthusiastically chanted Tang Zheng's name.

Listening to the overwhelming shouts, Tang Zheng stopped and looked up.

There were a large number of Dortmund fans holding up the number '10' jersey above the players' tunnel. The name displayed on the number was not 'Mkhitaryan', but 'Tang', which means that the jerseys these fans held up were the jerseys Tang Zheng wore last season.

As the familiar "Song of Tang" played sporadically and spread from one stand to the entire stadium, Tang Zheng pursed his lips, raised his hands above his head, and expressed his gratitude to the fans by applauding.

Wait until Tang Zheng finishes thanking the fans. Players and coaches from both sides entered the tunnel and returned to their respective locker rooms.

Entering the players' tunnel, Tang Zheng looked at the familiar staff of the Westphalia Stadium and waved hello as a habit.

The stadium staff also patted Tang Zheng's shoulders or other body parts affectionately as before to encourage him.

While greeting the staff, Tang Zheng habitually walked to the left at the end of the players' tunnel.

When he walked to the door of the locker room, he pushed forward with both arms and was stunned when he saw all the Dortmund people in the locker room.

At the same time, assistant coach Buvac, who was preparing the pre-match tactical board, was stunned when he saw Tang Zheng wearing a white Real Madrid jersey.

Klopp didn't wait for Buvac to hand over the tactical board for a long time.

He turned to look, but the first thing he saw was Tang Zheng standing at the door...

At this time, Hummels, who was wiping his wet hair with a towel, looked at Tang Zheng and said playfully: "Hey~ Tang, are you here to survey the enemy's situation?"

The Dortmund players who were busy with their own affairs subconsciously looked towards the locker room door after hearing Hummels' words. Then about a second later, there was a burst of laughter in the home team's locker room.

Tang Zheng scratched the back of his head in embarrassment: "Sorry, I just said hello to Tom (the groundskeeper) and the others, so I'm used to coming here, uh... you continue."

After that, Tang Zheng didn't give his former teammates a chance to speak again and closed the door directly.

But the moment before he closed the door, there was another burst of playful laughter in the locker room.

"..."

Thousands of grass, mud, and horses flew past Tang Zheng's head in an instant.

But soon he shook his head and chuckled, obviously feeling very warm towards his former teammate's approach.

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Tang Zheng walked to the visiting team's locker room. His teammates were still busy with their own affairs. Only assistant coach Zidane asked curiously: "Hey, Tang... why did you come in now?"

"No, just now." Tang Zheng pointed his right index finger upward and said, "The fans were too enthusiastic, so I was delayed for a while."

Zidane nodded slightly to express his understanding, and then went back to his work, which was to cooperate with head coach Ancelotti to summarize the pre-match tactics.

Immediately, Tang Zheng took off his wet jersey and walked to the bathroom with a new towel.

"The supporting facilities in the visiting team's locker room are really incomparable to those in the home team's locker room." Tang Zheng thought while rubbing the shower gel.

Not long after, the players finished washing and put on dry jerseys and equipment, and came to the prepared coach Ancelotti to listen to the final analysis before the game.

After all, the pre-match tactical explanation is for the unknown starting lineup, and now that the game time is less than ten minutes, both sides have obtained the starting list of their respective opponents, so the coaches must make corresponding tactical adjustments according to the different starting lineups of the opponents.

Dortmund's starting lineup has made two position adjustments compared to the first round at the Bernabeu. Luliang replaced Mkhitaryan and Sebastian Kyle replaced Sven Bender.

Real Madrid also made a position adjustment. Cristiano Ronaldo, who was adapting to the field before the game yesterday, felt unwell. For this game, coach Klopp used Isco to be on the safe side, and Cristiano Ronaldo was on standby on the bench.

Another adjustment is the left back position. Coentrao, who has performed well in recent training, will start in place of Marcelo.

At the same time, CCTV Beijing studio commentator Liu Jianhong looked at the starting lineup and talked eloquently: "I already have the starting lineup in my hands. I think the fans in front of the TV must be very excited, because there will be three players in this game at the same time. Appearing in this crucial second leg of the 2013-2014 Champions League quarter-finals, in addition to Tang Zheng and Yan Junling, young player Lu Liang replaced Armenian Footballer Mkhitaryan in the starting lineup."

Commentator Gong Lei said with a smile: "More and more Chinese players are appearing in top European competitions. I think our national team will definitely achieve various breakthroughs in this year's World Cup in Brazil. If the state can be stable, it will be possible to qualify from the group." It’s not impossible…”

About five minutes later, the live broadcast camera switched to the player tunnel. On the left side of the end of the broadcast screen, Dortmund players wearing yellow and black jerseys came out.

The commentary rights of the Beijing studio were transferred to He Wei, who commented on the game live at the Westphalia Stadium.

He Wei coughed lightly and did not say that 'players from both sides come to the tunnel', which is nonsense that anyone can say, but smiled and said: "I just heard a very funny thing said by my German colleagues. , Tang Zheng, the former Dortmund player who joined Real Madrid for 105 million euros plus 20 million euros in floating terms last summer, walked into the wrong locker room after the warm-up and went directly into the home team's locker room. Both parties were stunned..."

Countless fans sitting in front of the TV or computer laughed subconsciously, obviously automatically imagining the scene at that time.

As more and more players from both sides came to the locker room, Hewei's topic returned to the second leg of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in the 2013-2014 season: "The players on both sides seemed very friendly, and there was no sense of tension on the eve of the war. , maybe... the excitement of this game will be beyond imagination.”

For fans, the quality of the game is what they pursue, but this is not the case for those fans who have subjective support. They hope that they can support the team to score the opponent's goal first without conceding the ball.

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As the familiar UEFA Champions League theme song "Champions League" rang over the Westphalia Stadium, players from both sides followed the referee Clattenberg to the middle of the court.

In the sacred south stand, the die-hard Dortmund fans hope that the team can reverse the situation and advance to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League. This stand is hung with a huge Tifo show.

Cartoon fans wearing No. 2 Dortmund jerseys hold up the Champions League trophy, and under their feet are cartoon characters wearing No. 9 white Real Madrid jerseys, implying that Dortmund, which has won two Champions League titles, will beat Real Madrid, which has won nine Champions League titles, to advance to the top four of the Champions League this season. powerful.

There is also a line of German letters at the bottom of the cartoon, which means: The team that will advance to the semi-finals must be us, come on! Dortmund!

Tang Zheng naturally noticed these familiar German words, but he didn't pay too much attention because he is now a Real Madrid player.

As the start time of the game gets closer and closer, the banners, slogans and flags held up by Dortmund in the stands to support Tang Zheng were put down and replaced with banners, slogans and flags supporting Dortmund.

To them, Tang Zheng was a thing of the past.

He is a hero and must be respected, but now that the two armies are fighting, he must be on his side.

After a series of pre-match etiquette ended, the English referee Clattenberg blew his whistle and announced that the second leg of the 2013-2014 Champions League quarter-finals had begun at the Westfalenstadion: "Beep~"

As soon as Benzema kicked the ball to Di Maria, the Dortmund fans at the Westfalenstadion made deafening boos: "Boo boo boo -"

Even when the football reached Tang Zheng's feet, the boos in the stands showed no downward trend. On the contrary, they became louder and louder.

Facing the huge boos from the home fans, Tang Zheng made an extremely rare mistake in passing and receiving. His diagonal pass went directly to Gundogan.

Gundogan didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly. He was completely unprepared mentally. By the time he tried to control the ball, it was already too late. The ball was stabbed away by Modric who suddenly stepped forward.

Xabi Alonso and Gotze ran towards the landing point of the ball at the same time, but Xavi Alonso's kick was obviously half a beat slower, and Gotze kicked the ball out first.

Perhaps because of the excessive strength, Piszczek on the wing did not receive the ball, the ball went out of the sideline, and Real Madrid got the sideline ball.

Tang Zheng immediately waved to his teammates and apologized. If he hadn't made a mistake just now, the team's opening attack would definitely not have had twists and turns.

Soon, Tang Zheng threw himself into the game and did not lose his strength due to mistakes.

As the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or winner, Tang Zheng is no longer a fledgling young player. He has experienced more than 100 large and small battles, has rich game experience and excellent psychological quality.

In addition, his understanding is very special. The louder the fans boo, the more scared they are.

In the same way, the more fans like to boo who they are most afraid of.

Tang Zheng was an important force for Dortmund to attack the city in the past. Now... he is a key core player for Real Madrid. Dortmund fans hope that they can affect Tang Zheng's performance on the field, just like the mistake before the start.

For Dortmund fans, the more of these mistakes the better.

It's just that Tang Zheng adjusted quickly, and the mistake before the start never happened again in the rest of the game.

Instead, in the fourth minute of the game, he used a long shot opportunity to test Yan Junling...

Standing in front of the visiting team's coach, Ancelotti finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Tang Zheng's performance becoming more and more stable.

The loss of Cristiano Ronaldo, the sharp knife in the front line, before the game has greatly frustrated his strength. If Tang Zheng continues to perform poorly, advancing to the semi-finals of the Champions League this season will really become a luxury...

With Cristiano Ronaldo out of the starting lineup, it goes without saying that Tang Zheng shouldered the responsibility.

However, this kind of responsibility is nothing to Tang Zheng. During his time in Dortmund, he carried the team's offensive banner in many games.

Especially the high-quality Champions League games can especially stimulate his desire to fight.

In the blink of an eye, ten minutes passed in the first half of the game. The two sides went back and forth, contributing a total of six shots, and each side completed three shots.

It is worth mentioning that Real Madrid's three shots were all completed by Tang Zheng. He threatened Yan Junling with long shots and set-piece attacks to guard the goal.

Dortmund's offense is obviously richer than that of Real Madrid. Both Luliang and Royce have strong breakthrough and scoring abilities on the wings. They each contributed one test when Carvajal and Coentrao were unknown. Casillas' shot.

But as time passed, Real Madrid began to pay attention to defensive details as a guest.

Lu Liang and Royce, who are good at breaking through from the wing and cutting inside, feel that they are unable to beat four feet with two feet. They can't break through one or two players and can no longer break through the third one.

Klopp was also worried about Real Madrid's quick counterattack and signaled from the sidelines not to be too aggressive in attack. After all, the game had only started ten minutes ago. Dortmund, who had scored an away goal, only needed to beat Real Madrid 1:0 at home to advance to the top four of this season's Champions League. powerful.