Midfielder Ruler

Ancelotti's idea is to rest the core players who played in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek on the weekend, and then put Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting lineup for the weekend league. If his condition is not good, In the following Champions League semi-finals, he can be naturally placed on the bench.

However, in the weekend league, without most of the main players, they actually performed a hat trick, showing an excellent competitive state.

Coupled with the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo has the club's maximum salary, it is completely undesirable to put him on the bench without any basis.

Then there is only one other option left, Cristiano Ronaldo starts the game and Tang Zheng sits on the bench.

As a head coach, no one knows Tang Zheng's role on the team as a whole better than Ancelotti, otherwise he would not have left Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench.

However, as the end of the season comes and the countdown to the European Cup begins, Portuguese head coach Santos accepts media interviews to put pressure on Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo, as the top scorer in Real Madrid history and the top scorer of the Portuguese national team, is Portugal’s first goal scorer in France this year. A good ranking in the European Cup is guaranteed. If Cristiano Ronaldo does not have enough high-quality games to ensure his competitive status, it is very likely that the tragedy of the Brazil World Cup two years ago will occur...

Although the conflict between Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng has seriously affected Real Madrid's performance, after all, Cristiano Ronaldo has made a great contribution to Real Madrid and is the top scorer in team history. Many fans still hope that Cristiano Ronaldo will be healthy when he is healthy. First appearance.

Before the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in the 2015-2016 season, La Liga will usher in a double-match week to compress the league cycle and increase the preparation time for the Spanish national team's preparations for the European Cup. Real Madrid will face Villarreal at home and challenge Valle as a guest. Kano.

The league has not already missed the championship, even the second place in the league is not guaranteed, so Ancelotti will focus on the two-leg semi-finals of the Champions League.

Real Madrid has previously won the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. Real Madrid, which has entered the semi-finals this season, can become the first defending team since the Champions League was restructured and become the first team to win the Champions League for three consecutive seasons. Team.

However, in order to ensure the status of the main players, the two league games took turns. Among them, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo also staggered the starting time, and each started one game, which also gave media reporters room to fully use their imagination.

Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, who missed the start of the league, both showed excellent competitive form. They defeated Villarreal 3:0 and Rayo Vallecano 3:1 respectively, ushering in their fourth consecutive league victory.

Bayern head coach Guardiola, who came to watch the Real Madrid game, had a wry smile on his face.

The first leg of the Champions League semi-finals is coming soon. Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid's most troublesome players, are both in unignorable form. They are very worried.

In most games this season, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo started the game and Real Madrid's results were quite poor. However, Real Madrid's overall offensive efficiency and performance have improved significantly after staggering the starting lineup.

Guardiola was thinking, how great it would be if Tang Zheng could start at the same time as Cristiano Ronaldo...

But after the poor performance in the Champions League quarter-finals, Ancelotti, as a veteran, will definitely think carefully and will not easily try to start at the same time again.

So... keep putting Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench?

"Ouch, ouch, ouch -"

The fanatical atmosphere of the game brought deafening shouts, but Guardiola was like a master in the valley, completely aloof and thinking about his own things.

However, considering that there have been many voices supporting Cristiano Ronaldo recently, there is a high possibility that Ancelotti will not continue to hide Cristiano Ronaldo in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

Starting together?

The possibility is there, but not high.

Could it be... let Tang Zheng sit on the bench?

Thinking of this, Guardiola felt that the possibility was extremely high.

Real Madrid didn't need a victory in the first round at the Allianz Arena, they just needed to get away.

After all, Ancelotti is an Italian coach, with conservative blood in his bones, and it is impossible to take risks in away games.

Therefore, Real Madrid, who are visiting in the first round, should first consider defense, and there are many voices supporting Cristiano Ronaldo. Ancelotti will most likely consider putting Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting lineup, thus leaving Tang Zheng on standby. .

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The entire Real Madrid team returned to the Valdebebas training base to prepare for the first leg of the Champions League semifinals at the Allianz Arena four days later. Just after the first training session, Zidane approached Tang Zheng apologetically.

With the development of the modern Internet, Tang Zheng, who pursues fashion, pays some attention to the news spread by the media. Combined with the coyness of Zidane, who is a teaching assistant and a good friend, Tang Zheng seemed to have guessed something, so he tentatively asked: "Qi Dan, what are you doing? Are you... here to be a lobbyist?"

Zidane looked surprised. He had finally prepared himself mentally, but Tang Zheng got right to the point, so he nodded softly.

The relationship between Tang Zheng and Zidane is very good because of Ronaldo, and he smiled: "As long as it is a decision made by the coaching staff, I support it, but..."

Having said this, Tang Zheng paused, raised his voice twice, looked in the direction of Cristiano Ronaldo, and said, "It's just... I hope we can treat everyone equally."

Zidane didn't know what Tang Zheng meant, but he was not the head coach and had no choice but to discuss it with Ancelotti.

Five minutes later, Zidane agreed to Tang Zheng's request.

Ancelotti has a headache and has solved the starting problem of Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo. It is not easy to play Bayern Munich as a guest.

Bayern Munich's overall strength has greatly increased this season. Last summer they spent a lot of money to package Lewandowski and Gotze away from Dortmund. Coupled with the original good lineup, now this Bayern Munich is completely It is said to be a luxurious army.

As the Champions League semi-finals get closer and closer, the interaction between Bayern stars and Tang Zheng becomes more and more intensive, especially former teammates Lewandowski and Gotze, who claim to kill the 'Bayern nemesis' at the Allianz Arena.

Tang Zheng was not in a very good mood after learning that he was not included in the starting lineup, so he was tepid in the face of the teasing from his former teammates.

In the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals at the Allianz Arena, in addition to the clash between former Dortmund teammates, there was also a confrontation between former Real Madrid teammates.

In the summer of the 2013-2014 season, Xabi Alonso transferred to Bayern Munich for 9 million euros. Many people believed that the 33-year-old Xabi Alonso had already gone on a career decline. Real Madrid sold him. A very cost-effective deal, but it turns out that Xavi Alonso is in very good condition. At 35, he can still serve as the core of Bayern Munich's midfield.

The first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid was the time for Xavi Alonso to 'revenge' his old club.

In addition, Bayern youth training player Toni Kroos also faced his old club.

The first game of the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals was Manchester City playing against Atletico Madrid at home. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, the two sides finally tied 1:1. Former Atletico Madrid stars Aguero and Griezmann each scored a goal.

On the second Champions League match day, when Real Madrid's starting lineup appeared on UEFA's official website, it attracted a lot of attention.

Because Tang Zheng is not in Real Madrid's starting lineup, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who should have been on the bench, appears in the starting lineup.

Bayern head coach Guardiola was surprised at first when he saw the starting list, and then he was delighted.

Before the game, he thought that Ancelotti would take corresponding measures, so he made arrangements in advance.

The forty-minute warm-up time passed in the blink of an eye. The Bayern players returned to the home team's locker room full of energy. Coach Guardiola was very satisfied and waved his hand: "Guys, there is no need to say more about tonight's game! Can we enter the final? The first half is the key! We attack with all our strength!!”

Hearing this, Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, Ribery and Robben had their eyes on their faces. They were most afraid of hearing that the team facing Tang Zheng should defend first and then attack.

Who would have thought that this game would involve an all-out attack!

I was so excited that I didn’t even notice that ‘the first half’ is the key.

However, for Bayern at home, this key sentence is not important in the entire first half of the game. What is important is that we can score goals in the first half, and score as many goals as possible...

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"Goooooooooooooooal——"

When Lewandowski celebrated the goal, the entire Allianz Arena fell into extreme madness. Every Bayern fan was hysterical and the German Sky TV commentator Marcel Leif stretched his voice.

The game was only in the 36th minute, and Bayern, which was sitting at home, actually led the defending champion Real Madrid by three goals at home.

No matter the result or the process, no one thought of it.

The Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena fell into extreme madness. The on-site director gave a meaningful close-up shot, first showing Cristiano Ronaldo with his hands on his hips and looking helpless, and then switching to Tang Zheng on the visiting team's bench.

Compared to Cristiano Ronaldo's helplessness, Tang Zheng can't wait to play.

He was worried that it would be difficult for the team to hold on to the current score for the rest of the first half in this state.

In other words, Bayern Munich may go all out in the next game, score more goals, and kill the game early.

So Tang Zheng turned to look at Ancelotti in the visiting team coach's command area. The sign of coming on as a substitute was a warm-up. Without Ancelotti's reminder, he was not qualified to come on as a substitute.

In fact, Ancelotti also wants to make adjustments to the lineup, but Real Madrid is not an ordinary team, and non-injury substitutions will cause great harm to the replaced players.

Therefore, Ancelotti now wants to stabilize the rhythm first, don't panic, send Tang Zheng in the second half, wait for opportunities to organize effective attacks, and then score at least one away goal, and then wait until he returns to the Bernabeu at home to work hard.

But just as the first half of regular time was about to come to an end, Xavi Alonso, who had left Real Madrid without a position, sent a precise long pass and successfully found Ronaldo, who was running in. Jumping back to the top, the football flew flat from the right rib of the penalty area to the middle of the penalty area. Lewandowski leaned against Ramos with his back and completed a side shot. The football flew into the goal from the armpit of Navas who subconsciously fell to the ground...

4:0

Who would have thought that Bayern Munich would beat Real Madrid 4-0 at home, and...it only took less than forty-five minutes in the first half.

In one minute of stoppage time in the first half, Real Madrid, which was trailing by four goals, had no momentum at all. When the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, the Real Madrid star walked straight to the tunnel with his head lowered and returned to the locker room.

In the second half, the game changed sides and Tang Zheng came on as a substitute, replacing Isco who was playing as an attacking midfielder.

Although Tang Zheng's appearance as a substitute has positively improved Real Madrid's offensive and defensive transition, the lack of tacit understanding between him and Cristiano Ronaldo has resulted in Real Madrid's frontcourt offense being unable to pose a direct threat to Bayern's defense.

In addition, Guardiola's tactics changed quickly, shrinking the defense and striving to maintain the four-goal lead until the end of the game.

Looking at the history of the Champions League in the past 60 years, no team has ever been reversed with a four-goal lead.

Although it cannot be said that Bayern Munich is 100% qualified to advance to the Champions League final this season, it can at least increase the possibility to more than 90%.

Tang Zheng, who has high hopes from Real Madrid fans, works very hard and often actively participates in the offense while completing the defensive work. However, when the ball comes to Cristiano Ronaldo's feet, it always takes half a beat, so that he misses the best passing opportunity. .

In fact, Cristiano Ronaldo also wanted to pass the ball to Tang Zheng, but he was a little unconvinced. If he took the initiative to pass the ball to Tang Zheng, it would be equivalent to admitting that he had given in. By the time he overcomes his psychology, it would be too late to pass the ball again.

The actual control of Cristiano Ronaldo was also quite good, so he realized that the opportunity was too late and did not pass the ball to Tang Zheng. Instead, he passed the ball through other teammates and then reached Tang Zheng's feet.

Football matches are ever-changing, especially high-level confrontations. The rhythm changes too fast. If you are not paying attention, the opportunity will be fleeting.

It wasn't until the 84th minute of the game that Real Madrid got a goal back. Tang Zheng stepped in and entered the small penalty area to receive the pass from James Rodriguez and completed a very stretched diving dive. Goalkeeper Neuer was beyond reach and didn't even react.

However, Tang Zheng rushed too hard and his right shoulder directly hit the post on the right side of the goal. After scoring, he did not celebrate the goal, but his expression was distorted, looking very painful.

Neuer, who was scored by Tang Zheng, was very unhappy and kept a straight face. If the fans hadn't looked at the score, they might have thought that Bayern was lagging behind Real Madrid.

But when he saw Tang Zheng's expression twisted and his left hand covering his right shoulder, he immediately realized something...

After nearly a minute of treatment, Tang Zheng was fine and continued to play despite the pain.

One away goal is not enough!

Bayern Munich is not comparable to a team like Wolfsburg that has just lost its core midfielder.

Tang Zheng, who returned to the game, suffered some discomfort caused by pain in his right shoulder, which resulted in poor performance. Just after four minutes of injury time, the referee Rizzoli decisively blew the whistle to end the game.

No one expected that the defending champion would lose to Bayern Munich 1:4.