Midfielder Ruler

No one expected that the third and fourth place finals between the Chinese team and Belgium would end with the Chinese team winning, and they still won with a big score of 4:2.

In addition to having longer ball possession time and more shots, Belgium's other statistics were not much better than the Chinese team in the whole game. In addition, Tang Zheng had a suppressive performance on both offense and defense, so in the second Sports media all over the world are praising Tang Zheng's outstanding performance.

Rather than saying that this game was a victory for the Chinese team, it would be better to say that Tang Zheng played the best data of his career and led the Chinese team to defeat Belgium and win third place in the Russian World Cup.

There are many news reports about Tang Zheng single-handedly leading the Chinese team to third place in the World Cup. In addition to his unparalleled fame, Tang Zheng is also supported by huge data, which makes people think that his contribution cannot be replaced by anyone, even if the entire team.

Although football is a team sport, the Chinese team without Tang Zheng can only be said to be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

How could there be a third place in the World Cup?

China's domestic media mainly praises Tang Zheng, followed by praise for other Chinese players and head coach Lippi.

A long time ago, maybe the football game was a team sport, but with the emergence of Tang Zheng, the football game was just a sport where Tang Zheng's team won the game in the end.

The third and fourth place finals between the Chinese team and Belgium are not the last game of the World Cup in Russia. There will be a final game at the Luzhniki Stadium in the capital Moscow at 6 pm local time the next day.

This game is also the most important game of the entire World Cup in Russia, but it has nothing to do with the Chinese team, even though Tang Zheng is likely to become the winner of the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards in the Russian World Cup.

The Chinese team players, including Tang Zheng, took a flight to Beijing at Pulkov Airport at noon on the day of the Russian World Cup final, and then disbanded on the spot.

At St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport, naturally thousands of Chinese fans came to the airport to see them off.

It is worth mentioning that many fans from other countries came to the airport, but they did not come to see off Tang Zheng and other stars, but to see off the Chinese team coach Lippi.

After this farewell, if you want to see Lippi again, it depends on fate.

Faced with the reluctant fans, Lippi felt very emotional, but in many cases he had no choice. It is difficult for him, who has turned 70 this year, to spend time in such a high-intensity work...

Life,

Always choose.

After less than an hour's flight, most of the Chinese team's players fell asleep. Tang Zheng did not feel sleepy at all. He turned his head and looked at the clouds through the porthole window. He felt inexplicably uncomfortable. Losing to England in the semi-finals was really too painful. accept.

Finally, they managed to overtake the score at the end of overtime, but England equalized the score in stoppage time of overtime, and finally relied on penalty kicks to advance to the final.

"If we can hold on to the score, we should be playing the final against France now, right?" Tang Zheng looked at the clouds and murmured to himself in a voice that only he could hear.

If the Chinese team can advance to the World Cup finals and can be evenly matched with the French team in the group stage, then there shouldn't be much difference in the finals.

A lifelong regret!

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When the Chinese team was halfway through the direct flight to Beijing, the Russian World Cup final between France and England kicked off at the Luzhniki Stadium.

Both the French team and the English team chose to prioritize defense at the beginning. After all, defense can ensure that the team does not concede the ball first.

Only by not conceding the ball defensively can players gradually look for opportunities on the offensive end.

In addition, the offenses of both sides at the beginning of the game were tentative, and there were not many technical offenses.

In addition, England captain Harry Kane and Sterling and France team Griezmann and Mbappe are all closely marked by the opponent's defensive players, so there are only a handful of threats to Pickford or Lloris guarding the goal.

In the first ten minutes of the game, both sides combined for only one shot, and it was a long shot from outside the penalty area.

It can be seen that both sides played very cautiously at the beginning of the game.

However, the goal was not too late. In the 18th minute, Harry Kane scored his seventh goal of this World Cup. However, this goal did not hit the goal guarded by Lloris, but his own goal...

Therefore, Harry Kane's goals cannot be accumulated into his personal World Cup goals and can only be regarded as own goals.

The French fans at the Luzhniki Stadium were as excited as children. In their view, England's leading striker Harry Kane heading the ball into his own goal was a good sign. According to England's game statistics against strong teams, It is difficult to score goals.

But everything has exceptions. Ten minutes later, Alli helped England equalize the score from Trippier's cross.

Unfortunately, Sterling, who assisted after nine minutes, committed a handball foul in the penalty area. After watching the video replay, the referee Piñata blew his whistle to signal that Sterling had committed a handball foul and awarded a penalty point to the French team. ball.

Griezmann withstood the pressure and scored in one stroke, helping the French team equalize the score again.

England then stepped up their attack, but failed to score until the end of the first half.

In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again. The England team continued to strengthen their offense, hoping to score an early goal to equalize the score. However, the French team gradually became better as they participated in more games, especially the improvement on the defensive end. They did not lose a single goal in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. The ball is the best evidence.

As time passed, England's players became more and more anxious to equalize the score, and the defense was no longer as solid as it was in the first half.

In the 58th minute, Pogba first instigated a counterattack in the middle, and then personally participated in the final blow, extending the score to two goals.

Being two goals behind has no way out for the English. Strengthening their offense is their no choice, because the game has entered the second half and time is passing second by second. If there is no way to narrow the score in the shortest time, Then the hope of equalizing the score will be infinitely close to zero.

However, what was cruel to the English was that the score had not narrowed yet. First, their city gate fell first.

4:1

The scoreboard at the Luzhniki Stadium showed a score that made England feel desperate.

Mbappe helped the French team expand the score to three goals in the counterattack, which basically meant that England had no hope of equalizing the score with twenty minutes left in the game.

Looking at the past twenty World Cup finals, no team has ever equalized the score after falling behind by three goals.

British Sky commentator Andy Gray felt desperate: "At this point, the game has ended early."

In the subsequent game time, the French team focused on defense while consciously suppressing the rhythm, or disrupting England's offensive rhythm to increase the defensive success rate.

But there is still good news for the English. In the 69th minute of the game, Lloris hesitated to kick off. Rashford, who came on as a substitute, stole the ball successfully and hit the empty goal. The score changed from 4:1. 4:2.

The English people in the stands seemed to see the hope of the team they supported to equalize the score, and they cheered one after another like a tsunami.

Unfortunately, the score did not change until the end of the game. The French team defeated England 4:2 at the Luzhniki Stadium and won the World Cup again after four World Cups.

The Luzhniki Stadium became a sea of ​​joy for the French, but the English in the audience did not show too much disappointment, because the Football Association's performance requirement for the England national team is to qualify for the group, and the English also have requirements for the national team. It’s not high, and being able to reach the finals was a complete surprise.

Especially in the semi-finals, defeating the Chinese team in an almost desperate situation and advancing to the finals has made the English feel extremely satisfied.

Of course, the most important reason is that the current England team is very young. The World Cup in Qatar four years later is the time when they will truly make their mark on the World Cup stage. The World Cup in Russia can be said to be England's best training platform.

At the end of the game, the French were celebrating their victory crazily, and the staff were setting up a temporary podium.

On-site commentator He Wei said emotionally: "The French team finally defeated the England team 4:2 and became the champion of the 21st FIFA World Cup. However, after scoring six goals in the previous six games, England captain Harry Kane did not score, which means that Tang Zheng, who scored eight goals in seven games, became the top scorer in this World Cup!"

As soon as he finished speaking, commentator Xu Yang added: "According to the voting score of the FIFA Technical Committee, Tang Zheng is also very likely to compete for another major individual award. Although the Chinese team failed to enter the World Cup finals, the Chinese team set a record To get the third place in the World Cup, captain Tang Zheng played the most important role. I think not only the media around the world saw it thoroughly, but also the FIFA Technical Committee, so the Golden Ball winner of the World Cup in Russia is likely to be Tang Zheng!"

Although the Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV did not see the Chinese team appear in the Luzhniki Stadium to meet the French team in the final, they could see that Tang Zheng could become the Golden Globe winner and the Golden Boot in the witness of fans all over the world. The winner of the award can be regarded as fulfilling the World Cup dream of Chinese fans.

Not long after, former German team captain Lahm placed the Hercules Cup, symbolizing the World Cup championship, on the podium. The fanatical atmosphere at the Luzhniki Stadium was significantly intensified, and the mood of the Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV also increased significantly.

It's not that the Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV are fans of the French team, but that the Chinese fans are waiting for the announcement of the World Cup Golden Ball winner.

Tang Zheng, who had previously scored eight goals, was confirmed to be the winner of the Russian Golden Boot after the game. The only suspense was the World Cup Golden Ball.

Is it Tang Zheng, Griezmann, or Harry Kane.

The first individual award announced was the Best Young Player. This honor was undisputed and was won by Mbappe, who was only 19 years old.

Immediately, the top scorer of this World Cup was announced on the live broadcast and on the big screen.

Central 5 commentator He Wei listened to the live broadcast commentary and became emotional: "Tang Zheng, who scored eight goals in seven games, has become the undisputed top scorer in the World Cup in Russia! He has also become the top scorer in the World Cup since the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. The first player to score eight goals in a single World Cup since then, if Tang Zheng comes to the scene, we can see him take over the golden boots symbolizing the top scorer..."

In the midst of Hevey's words, the on-site announcer mentioned the last personal honor of this World Cup.

He Wei perked up and concentrated, holding his breath for fear of missing even a single word. It wasn't until he heard the name of the Golden Globe winner that he suddenly shouted: "Congratulations to Tang Zheng, he successfully defeated Griezmann and Harry ·Kane became the best player of the 21st World Cup in Russia in 2018!"

At the same time, the huge LCD screen at Luzhniki Stadium also displayed a huge photo of Tang Zheng.

Commentator Xu Yang regretfully said: "It is a pity that Tang Zheng is on a flight to Beijing with the team at this time and cannot appear at the Luzhniki Stadium to accept the trophy from FIFA President Infantino. "

In fact, relevant FIFA staff contacted Tang Zheng to contact Tang Zheng before the Chinese team went to Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg. However, Tang Zheng did not want to watch the World Cup final at the Luzhniki Stadium, so he declined.

Although Tang Zheng did not appear at the World Cup finals to receive the World Cup Golden Boot and Golden Ball trophies, the World Cup finals award ceremony still attracted the most attention to the World Cup champion France. Not many people were dissatisfied with Tang Zheng's absence. .

At around 9pm local time in Russia, which is around 2am the next day in Beijing time, the Chinese team arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport by flight.

Tang Zheng learned about the selection results of the World Cup Golden Globe Award immediately, and he was not surprised at all by his selection.

The best example is Uruguayan Forlan, the Golden Ball winner of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Eight years ago, Forlan led Uruguay to fourth place. Eight years later, Tang Zheng single-handedly led the unfavorable Chinese team. Winning third place in the World Cup deserves corresponding rewards.

The Golden Globe Award is the best award.

In addition, Tang Zheng has the gimmick of being the number one football player in the world today, which naturally adds a lot of points, and winning the Ballon d'Or becomes a matter of course.

It's just possible that Tang Zheng hopes to give up all personal glory and lead the Chinese team to win the World Cup.

However, there are no ifs in the world. If you miss it, it will become a permanent regret...

The Chinese international players who returned to Beijing did not disband on the spot, but went to the Beijing Hotel to take a short rest and attend the state banquet during the day.

With the current overall strength of the Chinese team, it is already a very good result to win the third place in the World Cup. Coupled with the huge influence of the World Cup around the world, it is absolutely necessary for the country to praise all the members of the national team.

On this day, most media around the world are reporting on the French team's second World Cup championship, but the Chinese media focuses on reporting on the Chinese men's football team's participation in the state banquet, because this is the first time in the Chinese sports world, an unprecedented first time!

As the captain of the Chinese team, Tang Zheng has naturally become the focus of attention of the people across the country again.

Because Chinese fans who have watched the World Cup know that the Chinese team's third place in the World Cup is entirely the result of Tang Zheng's personal efforts...