Chapter 064: Champions League 1/8 Finals

"Oh, oh, oh-"

When Tang Zheng received Cristiano Ronaldo's cross with a slight pause, the Atletico Madrid fans behind the goal let out a subconscious exclamation.

Tang Zheng's next move did not surprise the Atletico fans at the Calderón Stadium, as he glanced at goalkeeper Courtois's position as he ran, then adjusted his pace and picked up his right foot.

Turan flew to the tackle to block, but his leg extension was slightly slower than the speed of the soccer ball.

Because, the football kicked out by Tang Zheng was almost wiped with the tip of his elongated right foot.

The soccer ball flies very fast, like a cannonball out of the chamber, straight in the direction of the goal.

The twin centre-backs Godin and Miranda turned their heads to look at goal as the ball spun in mid-air without a hint of spinning, while pinning all their hopes on goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who had already begun to move at his feet.

Countless Atletico Madrid fans held their breath and watched intently at the football that did not spin in mid-air.

There are even Atletico fans who choose to close their eyes and cross their hands over their shoulders.

Obviously, they hope that God will be with them at this time, and turn away Tang Zheng's inevitable long-range shot!

Goalkeeper Courtois's body has been followed up by the side inertia brought by the run, and all he can do is to push his waist and abdomen upward, so that the whole body moves forward by one centimeter.

But it's not enough to be tricky about football, so what Courtois can do is keep his eyes off the football.

Then witness the ball hit the inside of the right post of the goal and then enter the net.

“Gooooooooooooooooooal——”

German Sky commentator Marcel Leif's hysterical elongated voice was just like the original commentary on Dortmund's game: "Amazing world wave! Courtois, the goalkeeper who has conceded the fewest goals in La Liga this season, failed to stop Don's long-range shot! 2:1!! Real Madrid regained the lead!!"

PPTV commentator Su Dong was full of passion, raised his arms and shouted: "Incredible! Atletico Madrid took advantage of a chance that was not a chance to exceed the score in less than five minutes after equalizing!

Sosa, the commentator of Spanish National Television 5, stood up from his seat suddenly: "Real Madrid exceeded the score again! Don! He took advantage of the long-range shooting opportunity of Real Madrid to exceed the score again when Real Madrid was relatively passive! 105 million euros is not expensive at all! Not at all!!"

Immediately, the close-up of the on-site director was given to Tang Zheng, who had entered the world wave.

However, Tang Zheng was not as excited as he imagined, he simply stood in place, opened his arms, clenched his fists, raised his fists, and then lowered his head to kiss the 'NANA' tattoo on his left forearm.

The other Real Madrid players are not as calm as Tang Zheng, it is not that they have not played against Atletico Madrid, but every time they play against Atletico Madrid, they always feel that they are more difficult to play than the last one.

Even Cristiano Ronaldo was very excited, after all...... He also brushed up an assist.

In front of the away team's dugout, Carlo Ancelotti and his coaching staff high-fived in celebration.

It was really not easy for Real Madrid to be able to overtake the score again in a passive situation!

Simeone in front of the coach's seat of the home team put his hands in the trouser pockets of his suit, and he shook his head and smiled bitterly in the broadcast screen, obviously very speechless about Tang Zheng's kick.

The direct long-range shot of more than 30 meters went around many obstacles, and the power and angle were perfect.

Is...... It's hard to find.

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Messi, who was sitting at his home in Barcelona, frowned as he watched Tang Zheng on the broadcast screen, and then watched the slow-motion replay of the entire goal, and he became more and more worried about the national derby a month later.

It's okay that Cristiano Ronaldo is in full form, and now Tang Zheng is still so powerful.

If the match is finished according to the current scoreline, Real Madrid will be the team that qualifies for this season's Copa del Rey final, which means that Barcelona will face Real Madrid at the Mestalla Stadium.

"Damn it!"

Messi leaned back, leaned back on the luxurious sofa, and broke a sentence.

Antonella lay on Messi's strong chest like a sheep and whispered: "Leao, among the vast majority of fans, you will always be the strongest among the active players!"

Messi has never been good at expressing himself, he prefers to use practical actions, so he listened to his girlfriend Antonella's words and tapped his head and encouraged himself in his heart.

As the best performer in world football from 2009 to 2012, he has the absolute confidence to think that he can beat any opponent!

Cristiano Ronaldo?

Tang Zheng?

They will all be stepping stones to success again!

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The two sides stood in their respective halves, and the referee on duty blew the whistle to signal that the final game of the 2013-2014 Copa del Rey semi-finals would be reopened.

With the home team Atletico Madrid, which has the advantage of kick-off, unabashedly strengthened the attack, obviously hoping to equalize in the shortest possible time and overtake!

But the leading Real Madrid are clearly not going to give Atletico that chance.

Moreover, Atletico Madrid's equalizing goal has a certain element of luck, which is similar to Tang Zheng's world wave.

This season, Atletico Madrid scored a goal in a 1-0 away win over Real Madrid in the seventh round of the league, which is more of a first-time counterattack of high pressing, and does not count as a positional attack, which means that Atletico Madrid's positional attack is not enough to break through Real Madrid's relatively stable backline.

Atletico Madrid coach Simeone stood on the sidelines and looked very anxious, but he had no better way to solve the problems that arose, after all, the most suitable tactic for Atletico Madrid against a strong team is to counterattack quickly.

Positional attacks are also not characteristic of Atletico.

In this case, Real Madrid appropriately gave up some possession and let the backward Atletico dominate the game.

The minutes of the game passed by the minute, but the score did not change at all, and Atletico Madrid temporarily trailed Real Madrid 1:2 at home.

Simeone still has a substitution in his hand, but he doesn't know what to choose, and there are no players on the bench like Tang Zheng, Xavi Alonso or Luka Modric.

He shook his head, deeply frustrated that the bench was not deep enough.

In the blink of an eye, the game entered the eighty minutes.

Atletico's attack was never able to threaten Real Madrid's defence, so Simeone made one final change, replacing full-back Juanfran with Christian Rodriguez.

The lineup has been changed from the original 442 to 352, strengthening the number of people in the middle and enhancing the assault ability of the two wings.

Ancelotti saw the move and removed striker Benzema and replaced it with Ilia Ramendi.

Trailing by one goal at home has always given Atletico Madrid, who are playing at home, the illusion that they can equalise.

Though...... It would take two goals to guarantee their comeback and qualification.

Just when Simeone was considering whether to further strengthen the attack, Real Madrid scored again.

Tang Zheng used his foot skills to shake off Gabi and Koke in the stage of Real Madrid's transition from defense to attack, and then directly made a long pass to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was at the front.

The two passed and ran at the right time, Cristiano Ronaldo crossed the half court at high speed, stretched out his foot to stop the ball forward in the run, like a wild horse.

"No offside!"

Miranda, who was at the back, was not an advantage in the first place, and there was nothing she could do against the extremely fast Cristiano Ronaldo.

In addition, Cristiano Ronaldo deliberately widened the distance between him and Miranda in the moment before Tang Zheng's pass, and when Tang Zheng picked up his right foot, Cristiano Ronaldo instantly pressed the middle line and accelerated forward.

Simeone, who watched the whole process, shook his head, this kind of opportunity is not going to be wasted for a star of Cristiano Ronaldo's level.

Sure enough!

To the boos of the crowd, Cristiano Ronaldo crossed goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and then kicked the ball into the empty net.

1:3

The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.

The flamboyant Cristiano Ronaldo once again celebrated in a very arrogant way, causing the home fans at the Calderón Stadium to create a huge boo.

But Cristiano Ronaldo didn't care, and he had to vent his crucial brace in the second leg of the semi-final.

Of course, he didn't forget Tang Zheng, who sent accurate long passes.

TC connects and shines on the pitch again.

With the remaining minutes of the game, and at most ten minutes of stoppage time, Simeone, the defending champions, has already dropped the competition.

The lack of goals on the road meant that they had to score three goals in a row to qualify for the final.

Morale is low and it is still unknown whether they will be able to score, plus another domestic league game in four days' time.

It is not cost-effective to focus entirely on the Copa del Rey, and there is a good chance that there will be a chance that the chicken will not be lost.

In addition, the league has a four-point advantage, and the Madrid derby of the league is also starting soon, and the league should be taken more seriously than the Copa del Rey, which is about to be eliminated.

So, Simeone sat back in the dugout.

The live director gave Simeone a close-up PPTV commentator Su Dong said: "If I guessed correctly, Simeone has given up the Copa del Rey and focused entirely on La Liga." ”

Until the end of the game, the score of 1:3 did not change anything, and the visiting Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid with an aggregate score of 3:1 to qualify for the 2013-2014 Spanish Copa del Rey final.

According to the schedule, the Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be played at the Mestalla Stadium, the home stadium of Valencia, at 8pm local time in Spain on April 16.

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At the home team's regular press conference after the game, Simeone did not make excuses, but took the initiative to take the mistake, thinking that his preparation before the game was not sufficient, so that Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo's TC connected to penetrate the defense.

However, Simeone's subsequent remarks were very domineering, saying: "It's good for us to be eliminated from the Copa del Rey so that we can focus entirely on the league and the Champions League, which now have a four-point advantage and at the end of the season you will see that four points is an insurmountable gap. ”

The media that supported Real Madrid and Barcelona scoffed and even sneered, but Simeone didn't care, he was very confident in the team he coached.

I am confident about the Madrid derby in the near future and the final round of the battle against Barcelona on Tianwang Mountain.

Although Tang Zheng, who scored one goal and one assist, was not named the best on the spot, many media were amazed by Tang Zheng's performance, and they even thought that Tang Zheng should beat Cristiano Ronaldo to win the best.

After all, Cristiano Ronaldo has only scored two goals, and that assist is considered a masterpiece.

Tang Zheng is different, the first goal is planned by him, the second goal is to rely on super personal ability to blast the world wave, and the third goal is his control of the situation and a long pass at the right time.

In addition, the role on the defensive end is very obvious.

He can rank in the top three of the two teams in terms of interceptions, frontal breaks, disruptive offense, aerial duel success rate, and distance traveled, and is the most in the game in terms of running distance.

In 90 minutes, I ran nearly 14,000 kilometers.

You must know that Tang Zheng's position is the front waist rather than the back waist, and the most direct manifestation of a front waist being able to run such a long distance is his devotion to the game.

Perhaps the Spanish media, Portuguese media and other mainstream media are boasting about Cristiano Ronaldo, but the rigorous German media is truth-seeking, and the player they focus on praising is Tang Zheng.

While thinking that Borussia Dortmund and the Bundesliga have lost a superstar, they have also made a good deal.

Five years ago, Tang Zheng joined Dortmund for only 15 million euros.

Five years later, €105 million + €20 million floating.

Now that half of the €20 million clause has been fulfilled, the remaining half will not be revealed until the end of this season's La Liga.

However, it is already eight or nine years old, one of which has won the FIFA Golden Ball Award, and the remaining requirement is that Tang Zheng has 20+ assists in a single season.

Although the 2013-2014 La Liga season has only passed 23 rounds, Tang Zheng's league assists are infinitely close to 20, which means that before the end of the season, Dortmund can receive the remaining 10 million euros of Real Madrid's floating clause amount.

In this way, Tang Zheng's total transfer fee is as high as 125 million euros.

Tang Zheng's transfer to Real Madrid for 105 million euros was very sensational, and now it has increased by 20 million euros from the original 105 million euros.

20 million euros can only be said to be a small transfer in European football, but the addition of 20 million euros after 105 million euros is different.

The focus of attention of the Chinese media and the German media is almost the same, in short, they boast about Tang Zheng's omnipotence, and some media even exaggerate that Tang Zheng has become the boss of the Real Madrid dressing room.

To get back to the point, Real Madrid's elimination of Atletico Madrid to reach this season's Copa del Rey final means that the schedule is much less intense, and it also has a rare respite.

The next league opponents are not strong, Getafe and Elche respectively.

Two games were clean and two 3-0 wins.

At the end of the league, Real Madrid's focus shifted to the first leg of the 2013-2014 Champions League quarterfinals.

They will be visiting Gelsenkirchen to challenge Schalke 04, so many Dortmund fans are very interested, full of expectations for Tang Zheng's return to the North Rhine-Westphalia Lun game, and said that they will definitely go to the Battlens Arena to cheer for Tang Zheng and beat Schalke 04!