Chapter 021: International Champions Cup
Morata, who had just finished passing the football, hurriedly waved his hand and gave an apologetic gesture, but he was stunned after only half of this action, because Tang Zheng took the initiative to meet the football, poked the ball with his toes, and then ran between Cristiano Ronaldo's legs.
Although Tang Zheng had a slight change of footwork before touching the ball, which slowed down the ball speed, he was so close to Cristiano Ronaldo that Cristiano Ronaldo did not have time to close his legs again.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who was moving, noticed the smile on the corner of Tang Zheng's mouth, and his body happened to be affected by inertia to continue to move forward.
Cristiano Ronaldo used the inertia of his body to stretch his left leg seemingly unintentionally, and the forefoot was tense and slightly buckled upward, revealing the spikes.
Tang Zheng has been able to maintain a full season from the start of the La Liga to Dortmund, and in addition to his physical strength, his sensitivity to dangerous movements has also played a crucial role, so he noticed the spike of Cristiano Ronaldo's left foot.
Suddenly, the anger was raging!
Ancelotti, who is in charge of refereeing, is about to pop out his eyes, how can he, who used to be a professional player, not know the harmfulness of Cristiano Ronaldo's actions?
In general, Cristiano Ronaldo is able to close his feet, but ...... He didn't.
Between the lightning and flint, Tang Zheng used the huge explosive power of the left leg that touched the ground, and the whole person rose into the air, and then tucked his abdomen, and his left and right feet were retracted upwards at the same time.
At the same time, Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly woke up from a dream and realized how shameful his actions were, so he had a subtle change in the retraction of his extended left leg at the most critical moment.
Tang Zheng, who narrowly avoided Cristiano Ronaldo, naturally couldn't see this, he only felt that Cristiano Ronaldo's spikes were hanging on the soles of his shoes.
Because Tang Zheng's movements were very hasty, the center of gravity could not be controlled, and he came to a flat sand and goose style with his butt backwards.
However, with Cristiano Ronaldo under him as a cushion, he didn't fall.
Everyone was a little stunned because of Cristiano Ronaldo's big move towards Tang Zheng, and Tang Zheng turned around abruptly after getting up, and grabbed Cristiano Ronaldo's chest training shirt with both hands, and roared condescendingly, almost madly: "What is the dissatisfaction to say in front of me, what is the black foot under training?"
Tang Zheng was very emotional, and saliva splashed on Cristiano Ronaldo's face.
Although Cristiano Ronaldo usually looks very bold, in the face of Tang Zheng's sudden roar, the whole person is in a state of confusion.
The teammates finally reacted at this time, Benzema was quick-eyed, and hurriedly held Tang Zheng's right fist with both hands, and the other teammates divided labor and cooperated, pulling Tang Zheng back respectively.
It wasn't until his teammates pulled Tang Zheng away that Cristiano Ronaldo realised that his dignity had been insulted.
Because Tang Zheng really scared him just now, he was so confused.
After a short buffer, the other two groups of Real Madrid players also realized that Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo had a conflict, and hurriedly pulled away Cristiano Ronaldo, who was going to make a move with Tang Zheng.
Assistant coaches Clemen'o and Zinedine Zidane whistled repeatedly, hoping that the two who were angry could calm down quickly.
Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo are the best players in the team, and they are very good in terms of physical condition, and the Real Madrid players have a lot of difficulty pulling up, especially Tang Zheng, who has worked hard and explosively, and two or three teammates have not even pulled it.
If eyes can kill people, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have been killed by each other thousands of times.
After about two minutes, the angry Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo looked no longer so unhappy under the isolation of their teammates.
Cristiano Ronaldo shook his shoulders, broke away from Khedira and Ramos, and glared at Tang Zheng.
Perhaps it was estimated that Tang Zheng's big body was large, and he turned around and walked out of the first-team training ground.
There was such a conflict in the circle to grab the ball, and it didn't make much sense for the training to continue, Ancelotti called the players to explain what had just happened and couldn't reveal it to the outside world for half a minute, and then signaled to disband on the spot, and then the next time was at his disposal, and he gathered at six o'clock in the afternoon, and the whole team set off for the airport.
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Although the clash between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo at the training ground Ancelotti issued a gag order to the players, the new season has not yet begun, the first-team training ground does not exist independently, there are other echelons watching nearby on the sidelines, and there are even many club staff.
The small videos that often appear on the Internet are basically shot by those staff members who take advantage of their positions.
Less than an hour after the disbandment of Real Madrid's first team, a short video of Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo suspected of clashing appeared on Twitter.
The video shooting is not clear enough, and you can only see the general outline, but according to the outline analysis, it is not difficult to see that the two are Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, and the video is also accompanied by relevant text descriptions, which say that Cristiano Ronaldo deliberately retaliated after being continuously pierced by Tang Zheng in the circle to grab the ball.
Suddenly, the whole network seemed very lively.
Some fans think that Cristiano Ronaldo plays a big name, and he usually wears his teammates' crotch to play very high, but this time he retaliated when he was crotched, and he is not worthy of being a professional player at all.
Some fans think that Tang Zheng's joining Real Madrid with a record transfer fee is a bit inflated, and it is a non-gentleman's behavior to deliberately provoke the team's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo.
In general, the statements of cyber fans are bizarre.
There is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing you can't see.
Meanwhile, Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane are doing ideological work for Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng.
Real Madrid's top management made public relations immediately after learning that Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo had a conflict and was known to the outside world, but the speed of the Internet was so terrifying that Real Madrid's public relations was useless.
Therefore, the Real Madrid hierarchy, under the organization of President Florentino, instead discussed how to minimize the consequences of this matter.
After more than half an hour of discussion, I finally decided to do Tai Chi with the outside world.
Fiction is real, reality is virtual.
Who knows?
Before the whole Real Madrid team gathered, Real Madrid's official website and official Twitter stated at the same time that the conflict between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo did not exist, they were just joking in training, and there was no actual physical altercation.
Despite this, the mainstream media and fans in Europe are not very convinced, after all, there is no ground, and the two have conflicts off the field before......
As soon as the whole Real Madrid team arrived at the international flight gate of Madrid's Barajas Airport on the bus, a large number of media reporters flocked to block the bus.
Fortunately, the airport security forces responded in time and immediately dispatched to form an encirclement and stop the reporters on the perimeter.
Many reporters were stopped by airport security personnel and were unable to interview Real Madrid's coaches and players, but they could learn some basic information through filming.
For example, the parties Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo were expressionless and looked preoccupied.
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The flight from Madrid to Phoenix, or Phoenix, is 10 o'clock in the evening, and the arrival in Phoenix is 12 hours later.
The Real Madrid players disembarked from the plane with their exhausted bodies and made their way through the terminal to the international exit.
Due to the fatigue of the journey, Real Madrid did not give any interviews, even though it was only half past eight in the morning local time, but took the bus provided by the International Champions Cup Organizing Committee directly from Phoenix Airport International Airport to the hotel to adjust to the time difference.
The club's hierarchy has already issued a gag order to coaches and players, and it would be a mistake to reply to speculation about Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo at the training ground.
The first match of the inaugural Guinness International Champions Cup in the Americas was played between Everton and Juventus at the AT&T Stadium in San Francisco, with the two sides playing 1-1 after 90 minutes and Everton winning 6-5 on penalties.
The match between Real Madrid and the Los Angeles Galaxy will be played at 8 p.m. local time on August 2, which is 8 a.m. Beijing time on August 3.
Prior to this, the focus of media attention was still on the contradiction between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Although Real Madrid has denied that the two had a conflict in training, and even fired the staff member suspected of affecting the unity of the Real Madrid dressing room, it is even more doubtful that this happens.
During the International Champions Cup, Real Madrid has many sponsors in the United States and needs to participate in many commercial activities, which is also the most common extra money in commercial competitions, and it is common for them to be interviewed by the media.
Of course, it is very difficult for the media to dig out the contradictions between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo from the mouths of the players.
The parties Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo did not communicate in the two days after arriving in Phoenix, and as long as the reporter mentioned each other in media interviews, they would deliberately avoid each other and try to change the topic.
It is precisely because of this that it seems to be covered up more and more.
Chelsea and Milan were played at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis before Real Madrid and LA Galaxy played out, with Chelsea from the Premier League beating the slumping Inter Milan 2-0.
Real Madrid's match against the LA Galaxy is played at the University of Phoenix Stadium, but the 63,000-seat stadium is usually used as the home of the Arizona Cardinals, and rarely hosts football games.
With just over an hour to go, the University of Phoenix Stadium was packed, with a large number of American fans and many fans from all over the world who had come to Phoenix to watch the warm-up match for Real Madrid.
Speaking of which, we have to talk about Tang Zheng, who transferred to Real Madrid in the summer of this summer.
As we all know, the Chinese population base is the largest in the world, plus the Chinese, there are more and more, now Tang Zheng has made extraordinary achievements in the world's first sport football, as a Chinese is very proud of this, so Chinese citizens or Chinese Americans working or studying in the United States will go to see Tang Zheng's style.
Therefore, the pre-game tickets were speculated to sky-high prices, and the market was priceless.
In addition to the large number of Chinese fans pouring into the stadium, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti announced the starting lineup in advance before the game, and Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, who are most concerned about it, are in this starting lineup.
Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo are worth more than 200 million euros combined, plus Benzema, Higuain, Modric, Xavi Alonso, Ramos and other top players, the total value of the starting lineup is more than 500 million euros.
In the face of such a starting lineup, no fan can sit idly by and can't help but find out.
Fans came to the University of Phoenix stadium to watch the performance of the stars, but the reporters who came to the scene paid attention to the cooperation of Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo.
If the previous rumors are false, the cooperation between Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng must be quite familiar.
On the contrary, the conflict between the two on the training ground is likely to be real.
The LA Galaxy had heartthrob David Beckham, who is well known in European football, but he retired this summer and is now left with only Irishman Robbie Keane, who has played for Tottenham and Liverpool.
However, with his retirement from European football, new fans are unaware that there was once such a number one who once dominated the Premier League.
Real Madrid's match against the LA Galaxy began at the whistle of the referee on duty, and Benzema kicked the ball at his feet to Di Maria, who handed it to Tang Zheng.
CCTV 5 commentator He Wei subconsciously said the CCTV broadcast line: "CCTV! CCTV! The game that is now being broadcast for you is the fourth match of the 2013 Guinness International Champions Cup, Real Madrid faced the Los Angeles Galaxy game at Phoenix University Stadium in Phoenix, and now we see the Real Madrid player wearing the No. 10 jersey is the Chinese player Tang Zheng, who transferred to Real Madrid for 100 million euros in June this year......
The game was a warm-up game, and the LA Galaxy did not press the Real Madrid players much, and Tang Zheng, who played as a forward midfielder in this game, did not let the football move forward, but passed the ball back to Xavi Alonso, who controlled the pace of the game.
The TV broadcast footage is very interesting, and a long shot was deliberately given, and in the upper left corner of the broadcast screen, you can see the accelerated Cristiano Ronaldo shaking his right arm angrily, obviously dissatisfied with Tang Zheng's lack of choice for a long pass.
When the football reaches the feet of Cristiano Ronaldo, he will 'also' ignore Tang Zheng's request.
And such a scene appeared several times in a row in the following games, so much so that coach Carlo Ancelotti shook his head again and again.
Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo lack a connection, and the impact on Real Madrid's attack is not ordinary.