Midfielder Ruler

"Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaang——"

When Real Madrid trailed Barcelona 0:2, whether they were Real Madrid fans in the stands or those sitting in front of the TV, what they missed most was undoubtedly Tang Zheng, so despite the constant calls, Tang Zheng stood and held up the substitution electronics. Card next to the fourth official, waiting to appear.

"Real Madrid trailed Barcelona by two goals in the first half. Ancelotti finally couldn't bear it and made substitutions! Mr. Tang Zheng, the big scene man, came into battle!" CCTV 5 commentator He Wei's voice was obviously an octave higher: "People You have to have a dream, otherwise you will live like a salted fish. Now let us wait for Tang Zheng's performance and let him lead Real Madrid to achieve a super reversal at the Mestalla Stadium!"

British Sky commentator Andy Gray shouted during the substitution ceremony between Tang Zheng and Khedira: "Tang, who has turned miracles into normality, came on as a substitute amid the cheers of the entire Real Madrid fans! Can his magic continue? Go ahead and lead Real Madrid to a comeback at the Mestalla Stadium and win the second championship trophy this season!"

As soon as he finished speaking, guest commentator Martin Taylor was in high spirits: "Perhaps I would put a big question mark behind other people, but if it was Tang, I would be sure, very sure! A man who is good at turning miracles into normality, and also Is there anything I can’t do? Even if I come back from injury..."

Obviously, the Barcelona players were very afraid of Tang Zheng. Tang Zheng, who came on as a substitute, was knocked to the ground by Rakitic the first time he touched the ball. However, the referee Marienko did not give Rakitic a yellow card. There was not even a warning, so Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was very dissatisfied and immediately complained to the fourth official.

"Uuuuuu——"

The Real Madrid fans at the Mestalla also gave Rakitic a deafening boo.

However, Barcelona fans are very satisfied. In their understanding, as long as Tang Zheng does not perform well enough, Barcelona will win in the end!

Rakitic chose to commit a big foul when Tang Zheng came on as a substitute for the first time he got the ball. This must be a kind of psychological pressure for Tang Zheng, who is returning from injury, and it is likely to affect Tang Zheng's performance.

It's just that many times it's difficult for ideas to become reality. Rakitic's foul not only failed to show off his power, but instead aroused Tang Zheng's stronger desire to win.

Rakitic is both offensive and defensive, specifically in terms of offensive strength and weakness, which means that Barcelona still has to rely on Busquets for frontal defense in the midfield, and then Rakitic and Iniesta are responsible for assisting in defense.

The Real Madrid midfield combination headed by Tang Zheng has played many games with Barcelona, ​​and the cooperation is quite tacit. Moreover, when Tang Zheng realized that the Barcelona midfielder wanted to affect his playing rhythm with rough fouls, he used more passes and receptions. He seldom dribbles the ball forward for a long time, but always plays the ball for his teammates.

Five minutes later, Tang Zheng seemed to be very active, but it did not help Real Madrid narrow the score. Therefore, Barcelona coach Enrique breathed a sigh of relief for the time being. He believed that the team had been cautious after being defeated by Real Madrid many times. , there will be no more low-level mistakes...

In fact?

The Barcelona players on the court felt a little indifferent after feeling that Tang Zheng was not a direct threat, because Tang Zheng's outstanding performance in the last game was in the second round of the Champions League semi-finals half a month ago, and he has been recovering from a thigh strain. Six days ago, he had a brief playing time in the last round of the 2014-2015 La Liga season, and his condition did not seem to be very good.

Any player will have ups and downs from injury to return. Busquets and Rakitic believe that Tang Zheng, who has always been at the peak of his career, has finally reached a period of personal ups and downs.

In the 53rd minute, Real Madrid got a corner kick opportunity.

Tang Zheng came to Barcelona's penalty area as before, ready to fight for a header.

With Busquets and Suarez beside him, this defensive posture is undoubtedly high-standard, but Tang Zheng gained an unmarked opportunity by running around before Modric took the corner kick.

Modric's corner kick happened to be covered by Tang Zheng's running, and then the fans sitting in front of the TV could clearly see Tang Zheng leaping high at the front point without any Barcelona defensive players around him to interfere.

"Oops!"

Barcelona coach Enrique realized something.

Tang Zheng, who jumped high, raised his hands naturally in mid-air, maintaining his body balance, twisting his waist and swinging his abdomen, and headed the ball towards the upper right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Ter Stegen's reaction in front of the goal was not unpleasant, but compared to the speed of the football that Tang Zheng pushed out, it was still a bit slow. Before his body could fully stretch, the football had already hit the snow-white net...

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"Goooooooooooooooogl——"

British Sky commentator Andy Gray stood up with his hands on the commentary box and suddenly stretched his voice.

At the same time, the Mestalla Stadium entered a state of madness among Real Madrid fans. They made deafening shouts: "Ooooooooo-"

He Wei, the CCTV commentator in the commentary box, went into crazy mode as usual, shouting hysterically: "The ball is in! The ball is in! Tang Zheng jumped high after receiving Modric's corner kick in the seventh minute after coming off the bench. From the beginning, he headed the ball into the goal guarded by 'Little Lion King' Ter Stegen, helping Real Madrid reduce the score to one goal! Now we are 1:2 behind! There is more than half an hour left in the game, I believe Real Madrid is very likely to win During this period, we equalized the score or even overtook the lead! What do you think, fans in front of the TV??”

Tang Zheng, who scored in the fanatical atmosphere of the Mestalla Stadium, was not very excited. He was used to big scenes, and it was not the first time he scored against Barcelona. He simply hugged and high-fived his teammates. Celebrate the goal that narrowed the deficit.

The reporters scattered behind the Barcelona goal kept pressing the camera button in their hands, and the flashlights kept flashing, but this was very normal for a top star like Tang Zheng, and he was not affected in any way. He raised his arms high towards the Real Madrid fans in the stands and waved vigorously.

The Real Madrid fans in the stands were very cooperative and shouted: "Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang——"

These Real Madrid fans believe that as long as Tang Zheng is on the court, winning will become easy.

The media reporters in the mixed zone paid the most attention to Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo. Although the two were not as close as before, they at least high-fived and questioned while narrowing the score difference. There was no difference. .

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti naturally saw it and breathed a sigh of relief temporarily.

Many times, victory can cover up some things, so Ancelotti hopes that the victory can continue.

Tang Zheng's header helped narrow the gap to one. Barcelona coach Enrique clearly felt the pressure. He returned to the coaching bench and nervously communicated with his assistants to see if adjustments should be made to the lineup.

The MSN team, which had high hopes from Barcelona fans, was in a bad mood while Real Madrid fans made huge cheers. They thought that a two-goal lead in the first half would have a positive effect on the game, but they did not expect that everything would change when Tang Zheng came on as a substitute. changed.

The controlling midfielder gradually lost control, the defensive time began to increase, and the offensive time automatically decreased. They who should have been the protagonists were reduced to the background in the second half.

In other words, many of the stars of the game were reduced to the background.

There is only one real protagonist, and that is Real Madrid's No. 10 who just scored a goal.

Tang Zheng!

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"... With Tang Zheng playing, Real Madrid's confidence has improved significantly. Modric and Kroos cooperate with him very well. Their passing and cutting movements are very similar to Xavi, Iniesta and Buchanan during Barcelona's peak period. The combination of Schets, but the current three-man midfield combination of Real Madrid is more aggressive and has better scoring ability than the Barcelona midfielder at its peak!"

There was a period of time after the game restarted, and the central 5 commentator He Wei talked about the ongoing game.

Messi often returned to the midfield to help organize the offense as he did in the past games with Real Madrid. When Rakitic has not yet integrated into Barcelona's tactical system, it is difficult to sort out the midfield by relying solely on Iniesta.

However, Messi returning to the midfield to help organize the offense is equivalent to abandoning his martial arts skills. The farther he is from the goal, the less threat he poses to Casillas guarding the goal.

In addition, Messi, who returns to the midfield, has to play more one-on-one with Tang Zheng. However, his past experience with Tang Zheng has led to a lack of confidence. Many times when he has a chance to qualify, he chooses to pass the ball.

Messi, who has lost his normalcy, can hardly pose a practical threat to Real Madrid's defense.

Messi is further away from the goal. Except for Suarez between Real Madrid's two central defenders as a tactical suppression, Neymar is trapped in a solo battle situation.

British Sky commentator Andy Gray shook his head and sighed: "With Don coming off the bench, Barcelona's tactical play has been greatly restricted. In other words, Don's excellent performance has put a lot of pressure on Barcelona players, resulting in some changes in their playing style. The changes may not seem obvious, but their impact on the game is profound..."

Guest commentator Martin Taylor laughed: "This is the inevitable result!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly changed his tone: "Perhaps Barcelona's failure is due to their failure to defeat Real Madrid in the competition."

The local commentator in Catalonia was more optimistic: "The score is ahead. As long as they don't make any more mistakes in the next game, Barcelona will still win the game!"

Messi worked very hard during the period when Barcelona's offense was blocked. He really wanted to help the team solve its offensive difficulties through personal efforts.

But every time he dribbles the ball to organize an offense, he always feels inexplicable nervousness whenever he sees Tang Zheng appear in his field of vision. You must know that he has never felt this way since the beginning of his career.

What a hell!

Messi's state went from excellent in the first half to sluggish in the second half, which is obviously directly related to Tang Zheng's appearance.

Messi gradually became sluggish, and Neymar, who had the right to distribute the ball in the frontcourt, entered into individual operations and became separated from the whole.

As Iniesta turns thirty, his physical condition and condition are no longer comparable to those of the past. It is difficult to relieve the pressure on Messi in high-level confrontations.

Barcelona head coach Enrique naturally saw this, so he was thinking about whether to make substitution adjustments and replace the veteran Xavi.

With Xavi's current physical condition, it is difficult for him to start and play for ninety minutes, but there is no problem in playing for half an hour, so after a few minutes of consideration, Enrique decided to replace Xavi.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Barcelona made substitution adjustments and Xavi replaced Rakitic.

According to Enrique's tactical adjustment, Xavi's appearance was to solve Barcelona's lack of smooth offensive operation and lack of creativity in the midfield, but... who would have thought that Real Madrid's equalizing goal opened the gap from Xavi's side?

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Through continuous interspersed movements, Tang Zheng faced the ball not Busquets, the strongest defensive player in Barcelona's midfield, but Harvey, who came on the bench.

Facing Harvey's defense, Tang Zheng knew that the opportunity had come.

In the broadcast, Tang Zheng was seen passing through continuously, using the change of rhythm to pass Harvey and advance from the right side of the attack.

Neymar, who was actively returning to defense, fell to the ground and shoveled. Tang Zheng stepped forward with his right foot in a very fancy way, pulling the football back with the sole of his foot, just like driving when facing an obstacle and suddenly slamming on the brakes, and then pushed the ball with the sole of his left foot. The football that was pulled back by the sole of his right foot was pulled back to the left again, and the whole person passed by Neymar, who was gliding in front of him.

Marseille roundabout!

"Oh-My-God!!" British Sky commentator Andy Gray suddenly shouted: "Marseille Slalom!!"

No one noticed that assistant coach Zidane, who was sitting in the Real Madrid coaching bench, suddenly stood up from his seat, holding his head in his hands, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Looking around, he looks like he is thirty years old.

You must know that Tang Zheng is over 1.9 meters tall, his turning radius is larger than Zidane's, and the difficulty is also rising in a straight line, but it is more enjoyable to watch than Zidane's.

"Oh oh oh——"

Real Madrid fans and Barcelona fans at the Mestalla Stadium let out a burst of exclamations in "tacit understanding".

Tang Zheng was not affected by these small effects. After breaking through Neymar, he directly raised his right foot and shot directly from about 35 meters away from the goal.

Since there was no interference from any Barcelona players three meters in front of him, Tang Zheng was basically unmarked.

For a player of his level, it is fatal!

After adjusting his steps, Tang Zheng naturally raised his left arm to keep his body balanced, and then raised his thick right leg.

The football was like a cannonball, flying quickly towards the goal without a trace of rotation in mid-air.

Goalkeeper Ter Stegen's pupils shrank suddenly. He had competed with Tang Zheng when he was playing for Monchengladbach. This game was his first direct confrontation with Tang Zheng since joining Barcelona. He wanted to turn the tide, but... …

The football kicked by Tang Zheng seemed to be loaded with GPS and flew towards the upper right corner of the goal. Ter Stegen, who was standing slightly closer to the middle, moved to the left immediately.

However, as soon as he took the first step, the football flew near the penalty spot, so he could only rely on the inertia of taking one step to jump hard, driving his whole body into the air, straightening his waist and abdomen, extending his left arm, Trying to block a football with your fingertips...

"Ouch, ouch, ouch—"

Half a second later, the Mestalla Stadium was boiling again. Real Madrid fans were as excited as children, dancing and hysterically making huge cheers.

Tang Zheng relied on his own efforts to score two goals in a row!