Midfielder Ruler

The 2017 Club World Cup came to an end at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. In the end, Real Madrid relied on Tang Zheng's direct free kick in the second half to defeat Gremio 1:0 and win the Club World Cup championship. The magical record of six championships in a natural year has created a new record in team history.

In 2014, Real Madrid coached by Ancelotti won the Copa del Rey, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup, a total of five championships.

Although Real Madrid won the Triple Crown in the 2014-2015 season, they were unable to win the Spanish Super Cup and the European Super Cup due to the conflict between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo. They only won the World Club Cup at the end of the year. Club Cup champion, four championships in total.

Six championships in one calendar year means that Real Madrid will dominate the entire 2017.

The reason why Real Madrid was able to win six championships in 2017, everyone knows who it is because of.

Tang Zheng!

A young man from the East, the beginning of his career means championships and glory.

At River Plate, at Dortmund, at Real Madrid.

He proved himself in the first team of River Plate for a year and a half, thus gaining a close relationship from Europe, the center of world football.

During his four years in Dortmund, Tang Zheng gained worldwide recognition and became one of the world's top stars.

In Real Madrid, Tang Zheng truly became the top echelon of the world's top stars and reached the top of the pyramid.

Real Madrid President Florentino, who was interviewed by the media after the game, spoke highly of Tang Zheng and even said bluntly: "Tang is the kind of player who can lead the entire team to improve. His goals and assists can help. Until the team is out of trouble, anyone who questions Don is questioning Real Madrid, he is questioning football, he is great, the best player in the world!"

At this time, media reporters with good intentions talked about giving up Cristiano Ronaldo and choosing Tang Zheng.

Florentino was cunning and cunning. He changed his tone and said with a smile: "This is the development trend of football. We have all chosen the best path, haven't we?"

Cristiano Ronaldo, who returned to Manchester United, failed to help the team enter the top four in the league in his first season, but he won the Europa League and successfully got a ticket to advance to the UEFA Champions League in the 2017-2018 season.

If he hadn't been injured, Cristiano Ronaldo could have appeared in the European Super Cup and faced off against Tang Zheng.

After an unstable state in the 2016-2017 season, the 32-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo showed a very high level of competition in the 2017-2018 season, helping Manchester United cling to the top team in the league, Manchester City.

Closer to home, without Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid's strength has not declined but has risen. The six championships in 2017 are the best evidence.

So Florentino's remarks are correct. Cristiano Ronaldo's departure is a good choice for all three parties, regardless of right or wrong.

The Club World Cup has ended and La Liga has entered a two-week winter break. The draw ceremony for the 2018 Russian World Cup was held in the Kremlin in Skopje. More than 2,100 reporters, representatives of 32 national teams and more than 1,400 distinguished guests witnessed the scene. and personally witnessed the lottery ceremony.

Of course, Tang Zheng was sitting in front of the TV watching the live broadcast.

The Chinese team was drawn in Group C, with France, Peru and Denmark in the same group, which is a very good draw, especially compared to the other four teams representing Asia in the World Cup, Japan, Iran, Australia and South Korea.

Australia is drawn in Group A with hosts Russia, Egypt and Uruguay, and Iran is drawn in Group B with Portugal, Spain and Morocco.

The draw between South Korea and Japan is also not optimistic. South Korea is in Group F with Germany, Mexico and Sweden.

Japan is drawn in Group H, along with Poland, Senegal and Colombia.

The group drawing is over. Although there is no apparent group of death among the eight groups, almost every group has the potential to become the group of death.

However, the pressure for the Chinese team to qualify will not be very high. As long as it performs normally in the games against Peru and Denmark, it can stand out from Group C even if it loses to the seeded team France.

The qualifying situation for Australia, Japan, South Korea and Iran is not optimistic. Unless they perform exceptionally, it will be difficult to qualify from the group. Therefore, the Chinese team, which has a good draw, shoulders the responsibility of defending the glory of Asian football.

However, the domestic media in Australia, Japan, South Korea and Iran do not believe that their national teams will miss the group stage. The responsibility to defend the glory of Asian football lies with their national teams rather than the Chinese team, even if Chinese football has gone crazy in recent years. increase.

The current Chinese media naturally disdains to talk to the media of the other four countries. The overall strength of the Chinese men's football team goes without saying. Whether they admit it or not, the Chinese team is now the number one football team in Asia.

In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Tang Zheng was 25 years old. He led the Chinese team to the quarterfinals of the World Cup before he was at his peak. In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Tang Zheng was 29 years old and in full swing. Therefore, the Chinese media firmly believes that the Chinese men's football team will be better in the World Cup in Russia. Further, create the best performance of an Asian team in the World Cup.

Tang Zheng did not pay attention to the domestic media reports. All his thoughts were now on taking care of his children.

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The two-week winter break came to an end, and Tang Zheng took a flight back to Madrid to prepare for the second half of the upcoming tournament.

It is worth mentioning that the European winter transfer market is quite crazy. Barcelona, ​​which received a lot of money from selling Neymar last summer, successfully reached an agreement with Liverpool. Coutinho transferred to Barcelona for 160 million euros.

Liverpool, who are selling Coutinho, have a lot of money. Klopp first supplemented the defense. Dutch international Van Dijk transferred to Liverpool from Southampton for 75 million pounds.

In addition, Manchester City and Arsenal also have blockbuster deals.

Aubameyang moved from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal for 63 million euros, and Laporte moved from Athletic Bilbao to Manchester City for 65 million euros.

At the same time, Manchester United and Arsenal had a direct deal, and Tang Zheng's friends Sanchez and Mkhitaryan exchanged clubs.

The Chinese Super League team Beijing Guoan also made a mistake in this winter transfer window. Villarreal forward Bakambu was transferred to Beijing Guoan for 35 million euros.

The club's winter window transfer that Tang Zheng hoped to see has not yet been seen, so he became somewhat dissatisfied with the club and suspended contract renewal negotiations with the club.

Real Madrid won many championships in the past few seasons when Tang Zheng joined, and they did so without continuous signings, so that Florentino had the idea that signings were unnecessary.

Since you can win championships in various competitions without bringing in strong players, why bother buying stars?

Look at Barcelona, ​​Manchester City, Manchester United, and Paris Saint-Germain who have invested so much in recent seasons. Have they won a lot of glory?

not much!

Not even as many as Real Madrid in total.

Rodrygo, who was negotiating with Real Madrid on behalf of Tang Zheng, suspended contract renewal negotiations. Real Madrid Chairman Florentino felt something was wrong, but considering that Tang Zheng still had two and a half years of contract with the club, and 2018 is the year of the World Cup, The second half of the tournament will follow, so I didn't deliberately ask about the specific details of the contract extension negotiations.

Real Madrid has established a certain advantage in the first half of the league, but it cannot be underestimated in the second half of the game.

So Tang Zheng, who returned to the Valdebebas training base, worked very hard to prepare for the upcoming league and Copa del Rey matches.

In addition to the World Cup championship in his career, Tang Zheng has won a Grand Slam, but it is not enough for the ambitious Tang Zheng. He wants to win more championships and create a legendary story before retiring.

In January and early February, Real Madrid lost to Villarreal as a guest in the league. In the remaining five league games and six Copa del Rey games, Real Madrid achieved eight wins and two draws. While it topped the league, it also entered the final of the Copa del Rey. .

In the first round of the 2017-2018 Champions League 1/8 finals, Real Madrid visited Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes. With Tang Zheng's one shot and two passes, they defeated Paris Saint-Germain led by Neymar 3:1 in the away game.

The victory in this game also allowed Tang Zheng to prove that Neymar, who moved to Paris Saint-Germain, is not worth 222 million euros. In other words, if Neymar is worth 222 million euros, then Tang Zheng is worth 500 million euros.

Half a month later, in the second round of the 1/8 finals, Tang Zheng once again produced amazing statistics. With one pass and one shot in the game, he led Real Madrid to a 2:0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain, thus advancing to this season's Champions League with a total score of 5:1. Quarterfinals.

The quarter-finals held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland the next day were very interesting. Manchester United, which eliminated Sevilla with Cristiano Ronaldo's last-minute goal, was drawn to Real Madrid...

The other three quarter-finals are Manchester City VS Liverpool, Barcelona VS Roma, and Bayern Munich VS Juventus.

When the draw results came out, the mainstream media in Europe were in an uproar. Except for Barcelona who drew the big gift package Roma, the other three quarter-finals were all strong dialogues.

Among them, the draw between Manchester United and Real Madrid attracted the most attention. Last year’s European Super Cup held at the Philip II National Arena in Macedonia did not sign up for the competition because Cristiano Ronaldo was injured. After Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo broke up, The first game had to be postponed.

The reason why Manchester United was able to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League was entirely a reflection of Cristiano Ronaldo's personal ability. If it weren't for his goal in stoppage time, Manchester United would have been upset by Sevilla.

In other words, Cristiano Ronaldo is healthy and in full condition. People are looking forward to the two Champions League quarter-finals in half a month...

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In the blink of an eye, the first legs of the Champions League quarter-finals are approaching. The first legs of the two Champions League quarter-finals on the first Champions League match day are Manchester United VS Real Madrid and Juventus VS Bayern Munich.

There is no doubt that the most watched contest is the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Manchester United and Real Madrid.

Why?

the reason is simple.

First, former Real Madrid coach Mourinho coached Manchester United to face the old club again, and then Cristiano Ronaldo, who set a world football transfer record in the summer of 2009, faced Real Madrid after returning to Manchester United.

Finally, there was the much-discussed break between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2015-2016 season.

Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid and returned to Manchester United. The biggest reason was that his contribution to the team was not as good as that of Tang Zheng.

Now that they meet in the quarter-finals of the Champions League knockout round, the attention attracted is naturally unparalleled.

Although Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have different positions on the field, from a competitive perspective, whose team ultimately advances to the semi-finals of the Champions League will mean who is more valuable.

Before the game, the two behaved very low-key and were not affected by public opinion. They focused on the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

At 8:45 pm local time in Europe, Manchester United faced Real Madrid at Old Trafford at home.

The starting lineup of both sides is currently the strongest lineup. Manchester United's goalkeeper is De Gea, the four defenders are Ashley Young, Smalling, Bailly, Valencia, and the double midfielder Pogba partners with Matic. The three forwards are Cristiano Ronaldo, Lingard and Sanchez, with little monster Lukaku at the front.

Real Madrid goalkeeper Navas, four defenders Marcelo, Ramos, Varane and Carvajal, three midfielders Modric, Tang Zheng and Casemiro, three forwards Bale, Benzema and I Sco.

It is worth mentioning that before the start of the game, the on-site director specially gave Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo a close-up shot in the player tunnel.

Standing at the end of their respective teams, they did not communicate at all. They only hugged, shook hands and chatted with the people they were talking about.

Tang Zheng exchanged greetings with his old friend Sanchez, while Cristiano Ronaldo shook hands with his former teammates, excluding Tang Zheng and Bale, as if the other party did not exist.

Therefore, the commentators in the on-site commentary box concluded that the next game will be very exciting.

as expected!

The game started from the first second and was exciting.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the core of Manchester United's offense and has the ball a lot, so he has many opportunities to directly compete with Tang Zheng.

However, the 33-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo's ability to break through has declined, so he is at a disadvantage in a direct confrontation with Tang Zheng.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who had made consecutive breakthroughs without success, felt very frustrated. When he got the ball, it was like opening a gap from Tang Zheng, helping Manchester United defeat Real Madrid at home, so much so that he forgot that his current ability was reflected in scoring goals. In other words, Cristiano Ronaldo now has the intention of abandoning his martial arts skills.

Mourinho, who was standing in the command area of ​​the home team coach, frowned. It was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with Cristiano Ronaldo's choice, but he was helpless. Cristiano Ronaldo's influence in Manchester United was extremely high, even more than him. This head coach is even higher.

However, Mourinho did not show it directly. This season is his second season coaching Manchester United. Cristiano Ronaldo is 33 years old this year. The decline in competitive status is inevitable. As long as his performance in the remaining games of the second half of the season is not good. Well, he will slowly remove Cristiano Ronaldo from the starting lineup.