Midfielder Ruler

Tang Zheng had just participated in the championship parade with the team in the city. Before he returned to the luxury villa area in the center of Madrid, he received a call from his agent Fabino Rodrigo.

He smiled and swiped the screen with his right index finger to answer the call: "Hey~ Did the negotiation go well?"

"It went very well!" Fabino Rodrigo's heroic voice came from the receiver: "Is it unexpected?"

"No, no, no!" Tang Zheng said with a smile: "An expected result."

"As expected?" Fabino Rodrigo asked curiously: "It took a lot of effort to convince Florentino Perez!"

"Because Florentino Perez has to agree! From a competitive point of view or from a financial perspective, my level of attention is higher than that of Cristiano Ronaldo. Don't forget that there is a huge China behind me. Market, I'm younger than Cristiano Ronaldo! Real Madrid want to stay competitive, they need me more than Cristiano Ronaldo!"

"It is undeniable that Cristiano Ronaldo scores goals efficiently, but these are tactical sacrifices of other teammates to create opportunities for him, so Florentino Perez will agree with it anyway."

Fabino Rodrigo shook his head and smiled: "I think when you retire, you will definitely be a successful businessman."

"Businessman? Let's talk about it later." Tang Zheng changed his voice: "Let's not talk about it for now. I have to pack my things quickly and prepare to go to Edmonton. Zhao's second Women's World Cup group match is about to begin."

"Oh? Setting off so soon? Are you injured?"

The fatigue of traveling and traveling will definitely cause physical fatigue and affect the recovery of injuries, Fabino Rodrigo asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, the club has arranged a physical therapist for me, and he will accompany me throughout the whole process. Don't forget... I am now the highest paid player in Real Madrid."

"It saves me the trouble." Fabino Rodrigo suddenly thought of something and smiled: "Won't you treat me to a big dinner?"

Tang Zheng lowered his head and glanced at the limited edition Patek Philippe watch on his left wrist, roughly calculated the time, shook his head and said: "I guess there isn't enough time. There will be a celebration banquet in the team later. I will go to China next month and treat you to a Manchu-Han banquet. "

"OK!"

Tang Zheng hung up the phone and stepped on the accelerator. The unique violent sound of a supercar suddenly rang through the sky and roared away.

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Before the celebration banquet within the Real Madrid team that night,

Under the live broadcast of Real Madrid TV, Tang Zheng and Chairman Florentino, who represented Real Madrid, signed a new contract. The contract expired in the summer of 2019 and was extended to the summer of 2020.

Although Tang Zheng's contract with Real Madrid only expires in four years, the purpose of modifying the contract is clear, that is, the annual salary offered by Real Madrid two years ago is far less than Tang Zheng's current contribution to the team.

Everyone knows what it means to renew the contract for one year on the basis of the original contract. However, the official website of Real Madrid, which was broadcast simultaneously, did not disclose Tang Zheng's latest annual salary figure. However, the media reporters' imaginations are huge, and their guesses are very close. .

Tang Zheng's current role is obviously greater than that of Cristiano Ronaldo. Coupled with the crazy market ability to attract money, Tang Zheng's annual salary will definitely be higher than that of Cristiano Ronaldo, it's just a matter of how much higher the number is.

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Tang Zheng and Chairman Florentino were both absent, and then they appeared at the celebration banquet at the same time. How could Cristiano Ronaldo not know what they were doing?

This afternoon he received news from his agent Mendes. If nothing else, he had just signed the latest contract.

In terms of salary, it is definitely higher than mine!

So thinking of this, Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and sent a text message to his agent Mendes: Jorge, no matter what... I want to be the one with the highest salary in Real Madrid!

When the editor got here, Cristiano Ronaldo added another sentence: If I am not satisfied, I will consider returning to Old Trafford.

But instead of sending it immediately, Cristiano Ronaldo hesitated to add the last sentence because he didn't want to be the loser!

If you ask for the team's highest salary to no avail and then evacuate, what is it but a loser?

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The atmosphere at Real Madrid's Triple Crown celebration banquet was pleasant, but not for Cristiano Ronaldo. He was worried that the club would not agree to his request. Florentino is a businessman and a politician, and he was worried.

No one will ignore the huge Chinese market behind Tang Zheng, and the same is true for Florentino, and age is a big problem.

Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo also has his own characteristics. With the successful transformation since joining Real Madrid, his characteristics gradually tend to be a terminator.

He has contributed 40+ goals in all competitions for five consecutive seasons. He is stable and efficient and no one will ignore him.

This is also the confidence of Cristiano Ronaldo!

The next day, "AS" took the lead in revealing that Tang Zheng had renewed his contract with Real Madrid until the summer of 2020, and his basic annual salary had received a qualitative increase. However, the specific annual salary figure is still being speculated. Currently, the highest annual salaries in world football are Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo, 18.5 million euros after tax.

Therefore, "AS Daily" speculates that Tang Zheng's latest basic annual salary exceeds 20 million euros, and the specific data has yet to be 'investigated'.

Tang Zheng's contract extension not only caused concern to teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, but also attracted the attention of Messi. Although he won the humiliating Sanya King in the past 2014-2015 season, he never considered himself worse than Tang Zheng, so He also began to bring his agent father, Jorge Messi, into contact with the club president.

While Jorge Mendes and Jorge Messi were in contact with Real Madrid and Barcelona executives, Tang Zheng had already taken a flight to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, and then transferred from Ottawa to Edmonton.

One day later, the Chinese women's football team will face the second opponent of the group stage, the Dutch women's football team, at the British Association Stadium.

In the first round, the referee awarded a controversial penalty kick to the host Canada in the second minute of overtime. Zhao Lina, who defended the goal with a high defense throughout the game, was unable to do anything. In the end, the Chinese team lost to Canada 0:1.

In fact, that game was a huge blow to the Chinese women's football team and Zhao Lina. The Chinese women's football team, which was not dominant in terms of overall strength, relied on its outstanding fighting ability to maintain the 0:0 score until injury time. However, the referee was in charge of the host Canada's attack. Standing up despite being helpless...

When Tang Zheng arrived in Edmonton, the Chinese women's football team had their last practice before the game.

Zhao Lina learned that her boyfriend Tang Zheng came to Canada as soon as possible to cheer for her. She was very motivated and became the most eye-catching performer in the last practice before the game.

Head coach Hao Wei saw this and raised the corner of his mouth, confident in the second round of the group stage tomorrow.

The Chinese women's football team has struggled to get out of the trough, but its progress is much slower than that of the men's football team.

The generation born in the 1990s are basically only children, and not many parents are willing to let their beloved children suffer this hardship.

The most important thing is that the treatment of the women's adult team is completely incomparable with that of the men's adult team. The monthly salary of many national-level female football players is less than 3,000.

Not to mention Tang Zheng, who enjoys the highest salary in the world, just looking at the annual salary of the national-level men's football team in the Chinese Super League has reached tens of millions before tax, you can see how unbalanced the development between the two is.

Of course, there are also many parents who hope to see the Chinese women's football team return to the world's top ranks. With Tang Zheng, a world-class superstar, paving the way, the country has increased its efforts to train young men's and women's football teams, so the women's football team has returned to the world's top ranks. It takes time to settle.

Now the Chinese women's football team has gathered the best players at home and abroad. The biggest player among them is Zhao Lina, the captain of the Lyon women's football team. Zhao Lina's loss in the first round has little to do with it. If it weren't for her amazing performance, the Chinese women's football team would be very Probably down by at least two goals in the ninety minutes of regular time.

Closer to home, on the day of the game, more than half of the British Association Stadium, which can accommodate 60,000 fans, was filled with fans.

If you look around, it's almost all Chinese fans wearing red jerseys.

In addition to Chinese nationals working and studying in Canada, there were also many fans from other countries who came to cheer for the Chinese women's football team.

Because this Chinese women's football team has many good-looking players, including Zhao Lina, Wang Fei, Li Jiayue, Zhang Yue...

In terms of popularity, Zhao Lina is undoubtedly the most dazzling. In addition to her extremely good looks, she also has a boyfriend Tang Zheng who makes all Chinese fans proud. Moreover, she is also the first sister of the current Chinese women's football team.

But there is another reason for attracting a large number of fans to the venue - Zhao Lina's boyfriend Tang Zheng arrived in Edmonton the day before the game.

In other words, Tang Zheng will definitely appear in the second group match of the Chinese women's football team!

The Chinese fans are lucky to be able to sit next to Tang Zheng, but for Tang Zheng, there are some minor worries.

Domestic fans are often very fanatical about chasing stars. Tang Zheng was instantly recognized without any disguise, so fans nearby would look for Tang Zheng to take photos and sign autographs.

If the on-site security personnel are not properly controlled, a stampede is likely to occur.

Tang Zheng was also helpless about this.

Fortunately, the game started in time, and Tang Zheng and the enthusiastic fans diverted their attention and came to the stadium.

The overall strength of the Chinese women's football team is slightly stronger than that of the Dutch women's football team, but the Chinese women's football team coached by Hao Wei has relatively conservative tactics and chooses safe defensive counterattacks.

The Chinese women's football team, which lost the first round of the group stage, can no longer lose if it wants to qualify. Otherwise, it will have to return early. It is understandable that Hao Wei's choice.

Since the overall level of the Dutch women's football team is indeed low, the Chinese women's football team has no choice but to control the rhythm of the field.

But it is a pity that the team was in a good position to score and never scored a goal.

No goals were scored on the offensive end, so the Chinese women's football team's defense was under great pressure during the transition from offense to defense. Fortunately, Zhao Lina, who has high hopes from Chinese fans, showed excellent form and managed to keep the goal in the limited number of times she appeared on camera. Not lost.

Tang Zheng, who was sitting in the stands, was quite satisfied with the performance of his girlfriend Zhao Lina. Zhao Lina, who represented the national team in the World Cup for the first time, was not nervous at all. Instead, she showed her best in the fanatical atmosphere.

Zhao Lina, wearing the No. 1 jersey, has become the patron saint of the Chinese women's football team, but the frontcourt players' ability to grasp the situation is really poor.

At the end of 90 minutes of regular time, the Chinese women's football team has contributed 24 shots but failed to score.

Until...the first minute of injury time.

Different from the loss to the host Canada in the first round, this time the situation seems to have turned around. Player No. 19 Tan Ruyin made a seemingly careless long pass near the center circle of the Dutch women's football team, tearing apart the Dutch women's football team's defense for 90 minutes. , Wang Lisi, who was diagonally inserted into the attacking right rib, met the ball and shot the ball, and the football rolled towards the lower left corner of the goal...

1:0

And this goal was also the only goal in the whole game. In the end, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Dutch women's football team 1:0, scored three points, and ranked second in the group. As long as they don't lose in the final round, the Chinese women's football team can get close to this tournament. Round of 16 at the Women's World Cup.

The last opponent of the Chinese women's football team in the group stage is New Zealand, which is held at the Investors Group Stadium in Winnipeg.

This stadium, which can accommodate 35,000 fans, has an influx of about 20,000 fans, 75% of which are Chinese fans.

It is worth mentioning that the day before the game, Tang Zheng came to the hotel where the Chinese women's football team was staying and personally cheered the women's football girls. Therefore, in the last group match, which was about qualifying, the Chinese women's football girls showed a different state from the previous two rounds of group matches.

Wang Lisi and Wang Shanshan scored two goals early to help the Chinese women's football team lead the New Zealand women's football team 2:0. However, at the critical moment, the defense dug two holes for Zhao Lina in a row, so that the Chinese women's football team drew 2:2 with the New Zealand women's football team under a good situation. .

Fortunately, the draw did not affect the qualifying of the Chinese women's football team. With the advantage of more goals, the Sonorous Roses defeated the Dutch women's football team, which also drew in this round, and qualified for the second place in the group. Their opponent in the 1/8 finals was the Cameroon women's football team from Africa. .

The 1/8 finals between the Chinese Women's Football Team and the Cameroon Women's Football Team will be held at 7:30 pm on June 20, local time in Canada. The venue is the British Association Stadium where the Chinese Women's Football Team has had two group matches.

The Chinese women's football team has relatively good memories at the British Association Stadium, so the Chinese women's football girls are full of confidence in this game, especially with the encouragement of Tang Zheng. In addition to Zhao Lina's outstanding performance as always, other players also performed well.

In the 12th minute of the game, Wang Shanshan helped the Chinese team open the scoring.

The Cameroon women's football team, which was lagging behind, fought hard to catch up, but could not equalize the score until the end of the game. The Chinese women's football team also failed to seize the opportunity in frequent quick counterattacks, and finally defeated the Cameroon women's football team with a score of 1:0 and advanced to this tournament. World Cup quarter-finals.

The women's football team that advanced to the quarterfinals received unanimous praise from the domestic media, because the Chinese women's football team has been declining since it won the World Cup runner-up in 1999, and its results are even worse than those of the rising stars North Korea, South Korea and Japan.

Especially the Japanese women's football team, which defeated the host German women's football team to win the World Cup in the last World Cup held in Germany.

In sharp contrast is the Chinese women's football team, because the Chinese women's football team failed to appear in the World Cup finals...

Returning to the quarterfinals after a Women's World Cup, it feels somewhat elated.

As soon as the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Zhao Lina, who was wearing the armband of the captain of the Chinese women's football team, ran excitedly to where her boyfriend Tang Zheng was on the first floor of the main stand.

This scene happened to be captured by the on-site director, causing many commentators to laugh at the scene.