Chapter 040: Turning Hostility into Friendship

Tang Zheng, who was briefly examined by the team doctor, never thought that the referee on duty Burgos would give him the second yellow card of the game, because he didn't have any inclined movements, and his hands were even behind his back, so how could he get a yellow card?

In fact, the referee Burgos's basis is very simple, he believes that Tang Zheng's behavior is likely to cause chaos in the field, and the huge boos that erupted in the Municipal Stadium are the best evidence.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was being briefly bandaged by the team doctor, saw the red card shown by the referee to Tang Zheng, and his heart was rolled.

If there was no 'protection' from Tang Zheng before, he would have been sent off with a red card directly.

And Tang Zheng's two yellows and one red are equivalent to suffering for himself.

Coupled with the bad relationship between the two in the past, Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't understand why Tang Zheng wants to give himself a head.

It stands to reason that he should be happier when he gets a red card and is sent off, right?

At the same time, Tang Zheng stood up from the ground, walked up to the referee Burgos, spread his hands, and said innocently: "Mr. referee, I am a victim, and I am ......."

After that, he pointed to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was looking at him, and was filled with righteous indignation: "Did you see it? My teammate was hit on the eyebrow bone by Levante's fourth elbow, and the blood flowed out, was it wrong for me to come forward and reason with him? I just stood in front of him, and I didn't do anything, and you saw it." ”

Tang Zheng's words were reasonable, and his hands were still shrunk behind his back as before, telling the referee that Burgos had no violations.

The referee Burgos was moved by Tang Zheng's explanation, but the majesty of the referee could not be violated, and the judgment made could not be changed, so he insisted on his decision, looked at Tang Zheng with a smile, and stubbornly pointed to the player's tunnel with his right index finger, signaling Tang Zheng to leave the field.

Seeing that the referee had made up his mind, Tang Zheng shook his head, slapped Ramos's outstretched right hand, and turned around and walked to the players' tunnel.

Just as Tang Zheng took two steps, Cristiano Ronaldo, whose left eyebrow bone had stopped bleeding, suddenly grabbed Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng turned his head and saw that it was Cristiano Ronaldo, he was a little puzzled, and raised his eyebrows.

Cristiano Ronaldo is not the kind of person who is pretentious, and said directly: "Why help me out." ”

"Help you out?" Tang Zheng knew why Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly came over, so he grinned and said, "You think too much, I just can't get used to that guy"

Obviously, 'that guy' is referring to David Navarro.

"Anyway, thank you. ”

Cristiano Ronaldo stretched out his right hand and raised it in front of Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng was stunned, but reacted quickly, quickly met it with his right hand, and then patted Cristiano Ronaldo's left shoulder with his left hand, and said meaningfully: "Whether we can beat Levante away and get three points depends on you." ”

Cristiano Ronaldo tapped his chin and said confidently: "I will, definitely." ”

Tang Zheng patted Cristiano Ronaldo on the shoulder twice more with his left hand before turning around and walking outside the court.

The close-up of the live broadcast explained to Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, the relationship between the two in the past was quite bad, and the Real Madrid offensive even failed to achieve the desired effect because of their prejudices.

This time, the two actually shook hands with each other, which somewhat surprised the Real Madrid fans who came with the team and the fans in front of the TV.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei said in a timely manner: "Maybe some fans think that Tang Zheng's approach is very reckless, but as far as I know, Tang Zheng has always been a team-oriented player, from the slow-motion replay, we can clearly see David Navarro elbowing Ronaldo, Tang Zheng does not need any reason to stand up for his teammates, and there is a detail I don't know if you have seen it, Tang Zheng and David · Navarro's theory is that his hands are behind his back, which is equivalent to saying that he has no intention of provoking trouble, and I think the referee Burgos showed Tang Zheng's second yellow card in this game to take into account the emotions of the home fans......"

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Tang Zheng walked to the sidelines, and head coach Carlo Ancelotti was waiting there, stretched out his right hand, put his arm around Tang Zheng's neck and said, "Your dedication is obvious to all, great!"

The game restarted in the 65th minute, and each side sent off one man each, and in order to stabilize each other's lineups, they made substitutions in the next dead goal.

David Navarro was the team's centre-back, and Levante's substitution was to replace striker Baba with substitute centre-back Adua.

Real Madrid made two substitutions in one go, Marcelo, who had more assist ability, replaced Coentrão, and Isco replaced Khedira, who was no longer very useful.

With more than 20 minutes remaining, Real Madrid need to score goals to win the game, so Khedira, who has a heavier defensive task, is not well suited to stay in the field.

Replace Isco, who has more breakthrough and organizational skills, and strengthen the attack.

Although Tang Zheng, the core of the attack, received a red card, Real Madrid's attack was not affected, and it was even better in terms of fit.

At present, except for Isco, who joined Real Madrid with Tang Zheng this summer, the other players on the field have played together for several seasons.

The most unfortunate Modric also has a season and a half, so the tacit understanding of Real Madrid with ten players is very high.

Of course, it is not that Real Madrid's offense can't play when Tang Zheng is there, but that Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have a competitive component on the field, and they are not very willing to play the ball for each other, or they are not familiar with each other's ball and running, so that Real Madrid's overall attack has fallen into a slump.

Another problem that cannot be ignored is that the Municipal Stadium is a small stadium with a capacity of only more than 20,000 people, and the defense can make reasonable use of the narrowness of the stadium in 11VS11, but with David Navarro's red card down, the home team's Levante defenders have much weaker space restrictions in the defensive area.

Therefore, Real Madrid's offensive is getting more and more fierce, if it weren't for the outstanding performance of goalkeeper Navas, the visiting Real Madrid would have successfully broken the ice.

Tang Zheng, who was sitting in the away team's locker room, watched the live broadcast of the game, and was very anxious, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, who played one game first, won respectively, if they couldn't win Levante, the points would be increased to eight points, and the situation would become very bad.

Because of the red card in this game, the next round of the league against Malaga at home will inevitably be suspended, and I am a little apprehensive.

If Levante can get a point by sticking to it, Málaga will definitely follow suit in the next round......

However, at this moment, Isco received a through ball from Modric in the 30-metre area of the attack, and in the face of the defense of Austrian international Ivanskitz, he did not choose to pass, but broke through.

After playing more than 70 minutes, Ivanskitz's fitness has dropped significantly, especially after David Navarro was sent off, he needs to cover a larger area and therefore consumes more energy than before.

Isco was skilled at his feet, and Ivanskitz's subconscious leg extension was half a beat slower, tripping Isco to the ground.

The referee on duty, Burgos, blew the whistle decisively and signaled for a foul on Ivanskitz.

Tang Zheng's eyes lit up when watching the live TV, and the set-piece in this position is very suitable for Cristiano Ronaldo.

The speaker's passionate and indignant voice was also heard: "Set-pieces are one of the best ways to break down dense defences, Cristiano Ronaldo's form has improved significantly, maybe this is the closest Real Madrid has to score!"

Since Tang Zheng is not on the field, Cristiano Ronaldo has the absolute right to take the penalty.

After a while, when the Levante wall was settled, Cristiano Ronaldo held his breath and carefully reflected on the feeling of oppression that he had practiced at the training ground in the past two days.

"Beep~"

Referee Burgos blew the whistle and Cristiano Ronaldo, who was standing in the compass style, started to run.

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“Goooooooooooooooooal——”

The elongated and passionate voice of the commentator of Televisión España 5 came from the TV speaker.

At the same time, Tang Zheng raised his arms and shouted in the locker room, as if he had scored a goal.

Finally a goal!

In the stadium, what was surprising was that Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored the goal, did not make the trademark domineering celebration, but simply raised his fists.

Tang Zheng, who had returned to normal, glanced at Cristiano Ronaldo, who was given to the broadcast screen, with deep meaning, and seemed to ...... The New World was discovered.

Immediately afterwards, the live director gave Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti a close-up, only to see him raise his fist and then let out a sigh.

Assistant coach Clement and Zinedine Zidane were more excited than Carlo Ancelotti's celebrations, jumping three times high.

It's not easy to break through Levante, who sacrifices offense to make up for defense!

The score fell behind, forcing Levante, who was sitting at home, to think about attacking.

But many times wanting to achieve is not the same thing, and Levante in order to strengthen the offense will inevitably lead to a reduction in the number of defenders.

There is a huge difference in ability between the two, and Levante, who has strengthened the attack, has not yet broken through the Real Madrid goal but conceded another goal in his own goal.

Isco, who came off the bench in the second half, assisted Karim Benzema to extend the score to two goals.

And this goal was also the last goal of the game, Real Madrid beat Levante 2-0 away.

After the Real Madrid players returned to the away team's dressing room, Cristiano Ronaldo found Tang Zheng as soon as possible.

At this time, Tang Zheng had already finished taking a shower and changed into a set of clean clothes, he looked at Cristiano Ronaldo and raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

Cristiano Ronaldo glanced at the lively crowd of melon eaters, and then coughed lightly, the meaning he wanted to express was already very obvious.

The accustomed crowd glanced at each other, and for the sake of Cristiano Ronaldo's face, they walked to the bathroom one after another.

When his teammates were completely evacuated, Cristiano Ronaldo sat next to Tang Zheng and said, "Thank you." ”

Tang Zheng looked at Cristiano Ronaldo playfully: "Didn't you already say it on the court just now?"

Cristiano Ronaldo rolled his eyes and said as if to himself: "To be honest, you are really annoying, my second Champions League trophy was won by you." ”

Speaking of this, Cristiano Ronaldo turned his head to look at Tang Zheng, and his voice changed: "Your ability is indeed very strong, and you also have excellent leadership skills, so I feel a lot of pressure...... I admit it...... Last time you tackled you on the training ground on purpose, but I realised my mistake when it mattered, so I put my foot in time. ”

Tang Zheng listened to Cristiano Ronaldo's words and carefully recalled everything that happened at the training ground that day, and suddenly, he realized that Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to really close his feet at a critical time, otherwise even if he jumped in time, he would not be unscathed.

However, in order to make himself more generous, Tang Zheng turned his head to look at Cristiano Ronaldo: "It's all trivial, I have long forgotten it." ”

After that, Tang Zheng stood up, showed a charming smile, and stretched out his right hand: "The auto show didn't give you face, I'm sorry to tell you here, I really didn't know at that time that you bought it as a gift for Mini Luo, and then I heard from the team pet...... I knew. ”

"It doesn't matter. Cristiano Ronaldo also stood up and stretched out his hand to meet him: "In your Chinese words, it means 'no fight, no acquaintance'." ”

Meanwhile, head coach Carlo Ancelotti and two assistants, Clement and Zidane, returned to the dressing room just in time to see Tang Zheng shake hands with Cristiano Ronaldo.

They looked at each other, and they both saw the wonder and ecstasy in each other's eyes.

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them.

If Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo can let go of their prejudices, Real Madrid's results are just around the corner!

Cristiano Ronaldo has gradually transformed in recent seasons, he is extremely efficient with an average of more than one goal per game, and Tang Zheng can pass and shoot, if the two have cooperation, plus Benzema, there is still a team's backline on Earth that can stop the BTC combination?

At the regular press conference after the game, although Real Madrid won, because Real Madrid's overall strength is more than two points higher than Levante, the focus of media attention is not on the result of the game, but on Tang Zheng's head for Cristiano Ronaldo in the game.

After Tang Zheng ate two yellows and turned one red, Cristiano Ronaldo took the initiative to show favor again, so media reporters wanted to know whether Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo turned their rivalry into jade because of what happened in this game.

Ancelotti did not admit or deny this.

Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo's 'getting back together' is still a secret in the dressing room, with Málaga and Juventus in the October international break being a big problem, and the next Spanish derby will be a priority.

With this national derby he could not afford to lose, Carlo Ancelotti decided to give the world an infinite number of possibilities.

The confusion will inevitably bring the odds of winning the future national derby.

The media was naturally very dissatisfied with Ancelotti's statement, but there was nothing to be done, after all, he didn't say nothing, but left infinite reverie......

During the international break in October, the Chinese team had no playing assignments, and Tang Zheng was able to prepare for the upcoming league games, Champions League and national derby in Madrid.

Five points behind in the league, it's not a big problem!