Chapter 052: La Liga's first assist hat trick
When referee Marienko blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Barcelona players at Camp Nou hid their faces, feeling embarrassed to face the home fans.
The visiting Real Madrid players raised their arms and shouted for the national derby they won.
The 5,000 or so Real Madrid fans who came with the team were excited like children, and the Camp Nou stadium, with a capacity of almost 100,000 fans, was left with only the voices of Real Madrid fans who came to the away stadium at this moment.
They waved their fists excitedly to show their presence to fans around the world.
In front of the visiting coach's box, Carlo Ancelotti and his assistants Clement and Zinedine Zidane hugged each other excitedly.
In order to win the national derby, the effort they put in is known only to themselves.
The close-up of the live director gave Tang Zheng, as the most dazzling player in this game, he deserved it!
Although Cristiano Ronaldo also contributed a goal and an assist, his performance was only on the offensive end, Tang Zheng is different, in addition to contributing a goal and an assist on the offensive end, the defensive end almost with his own efforts to limit Neymar, Messi and Sanchez perfectly.
Tang Zheng, who led the team to win the game, didn't think about it so much, he enjoyed the hard-won victory with his teammates for the first time.
From falling behind to equalizing, and then to leading, it's really not easy!
Fans who watched La Liga's 167th national derby televised could see a more pronounced contact between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo after the game, high-fives and shoulder-to-shoulder, giving vent to the excitement of winning.
The Catalan TV commentator is still unrelenting: "Real Madrid is a bunch of liars, liars who deceive the whole world! Even if they win the game at Camp Nou, it will be Barcelona who will win the league in the end!"
He Wei, the commentator of Yang 5, was in a surging mood, and he was in a suspenseful mood as he sat in the on-site commentary seat, and his witty words were full of words: "Tang Zheng has created too many firsts in European football! As the best player in this game, he deserves it! Real Madrid, who won the national derby, narrowed the gap between them to two points with three points, and there are still 28 rounds of the league! Everything is possible!"
British Sky commentator Andy Gray gave the closing comment: "The classic game has an end moment after all, the game has a loss and a win, but the visiting Real Madrid can win the game not by luck, but they have this strength, especially Cristiano Ronaldo and Don are not as lacking in cooperation on the field as the outside world rumored, each of them gave a wonderful assist for each other in this game, and the goal that overtook the score is a perfect embodiment of tacit understanding......"
Martin Taylor laughed: "I have to say that Real Madrid really went to great lengths to win the national derby, Cristiano Ronaldo and Don are incompatible in our impression, but in the just-concluded national derby, the two scored a wonderful tacit goal." ”
Speaking of which, Martin Taylor looked at Andy Gray and smiled, "Old man, do you believe they didn't have any cooperation in training?"
Andy Gray rolled his eyes and said, "Of course I don't believe it. ”
The fans sitting in front of the TV were still paying attention to the footage given by the broadcast screen, and Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo were still on their shoulders, smiling from time to time and saying something.
Obviously, the relationship is very good.
The footage of the live broadcast was given to Barcelona coach Martino, as the loser, he did not lose his demeanor, Martino even took the initiative to walk to the away team's coach's seat and shook hands with Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti.
There is no doubt that the Barcelona fans in the stands are miserable.
When have they ever lost at home in such a baggy way?
The same is true for Barcelona fans in front of the TV, the huge Camp Nou is like a quiet city, except for the Real Madrid fans who came with the team and the Chinese fans who came to Camp Nou specifically for Tang Zheng.
In the mixed area, Tang Zheng, as the best player of the game, was routinely interviewed by major media.
The Catalan regional media newspaper "Le Monde Sport" praised Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo for deceiving the world by acting, to which Tang Zheng laughed: "Football matches have always only focused on winning and losing, not about the process, and ......"
Speaking of this, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo glanced at each other and said with a smile: "And our previous relationship was indeed very bad, but something happened to resolve our contradictions, so it's not that we deceived the world, after all, everything will change, just like a girlfriend who loves you deeply may fall in love with another man one day, right?"
Suddenly, there was laughter in the mixed area, leaving only the reporter of "World Sports" who asked the question, with an embarrassed face.
The middle-aged reporter of Daily Sport wanted to find a place for Le Monde Sport, which is also a Catalan outlet, but Tang Zheng ignored it at all, leaving the opportunity to other Chinese, German and Spanish media with better connections.
There is no way but to wait for the regular press conference after the game, but as Tang Zheng said, the game is about the result, and the process is not important.
Therefore, the so-called search for the field in the local media in Catalonia is equivalent to self-inflicted humiliation, but Barcelona coach Martino took the initiative to take responsibility for the loss, and captain Xavi also said that his condition was not adjusted to the best.
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The next day, the content reported by the mainstream media in Europe revolved around the 167th national derby in La Liga, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo combined to decide the outcome of the game, especially the two consecutive five-footed and one-kick goals near the big penalty area can be called a textbook tacit cooperation, which is dazzling.
As early as the end of the game last night, there were GIF pictures of Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the Barcelona goal with one kick in a row.
With Real Madrid's 2-1 win away to Barcelona, their points reached 25 points, level with Barcelona.
According to the rules of La Liga points, the first thing to look at is not the goal difference, but the mutual win-loss relationship.
Real Madrid beat Barcelona away, and the relationship between the two wins and losses naturally prevailed.
As a result, Real Madrid temporarily topped the 2013-2014 La Liga season with one less round of Atletico Madrid.
However, in a later league game, Atletico Madrid shouted 5:0 at home Real Betis, and with the victory in this game, Atletico Madrid reached 27 points, surpassing Real Madrid and rising to the top of the league.
In the 10th round of the 2013-2014 La Liga season, Madrid occupied the top two in the league, Barcelona ranked third, and Villarreal ranked fourth in the league with 20 points.
In addition to the top four spots in next season's Champions League spotlight, the relegated teams are also in the spotlight in the Spanish media.
At the end of the first ten rounds of the league, Almeria has not tasted victory so far, with three draws and seven defeats at the bottom of the points, and is the team that the Spanish media believes is the most likely to be relegated.
However, as time passed, the focus of the mainstream media in Europe shifted to a message published on the official website of the French media magazine "French football" and FIFA - the 23-man squad for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or.
Borussia Dortmund has the largest number of finalists for the 2012-2013 Champions League title, not counting Tang Zheng, with five players: Lewandowski, Gotze, Reus, Hummels and Pirlo.
This was followed by Real Madrid and Barcelona with four players each.
Real Madrid are Tang Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi Alonso and Benzema.
Barcelona are Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Neymar.
Surprisingly, Bayern Munich, who won the Sanya King last season, only Schweinsteiger and Ribery made the cut.
Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United are also selected, with Paris Saint-Germain having Thiago Silva and Ibrahimovic respectively and Manchester United having Gareth Bale and Robin van Persie.
Also, Chelsea Eden Hazard, Monaco Falcao, Liverpool Suarez and Arsenal Mesut Ozil.
In this squad, the most competitive is Tang Zheng, who joined Real Madrid on a sky-high transfer this summer, and no one has been more eye-catching in the past 2012-2013 season.
It is difficult to match the achievement of leading Dortmund to win the league title, the domestic cup title and the Champions League with his super individual ability, after all, 2013 is not a big year, and no one can compare with Tang Zheng's 'tough' statistics.
In addition, the just-concluded Spanish national derby has the play of pressing Messi, which can add a lot of points to him.
It is worth mentioning that in the semifinals of the Champions League last season, Dortmund led by Tang Zheng defeated Barcelona 7:0 on aggregate home and away, giving Barcelona the biggest losing score since the establishment of the team.
Of course, the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or will not be awarded so quickly, and will have to wait until January 13 next year, and the final three-person shortlist will have to wait until December this year.
However, it does not affect the media's speculation about the selection of the 2013 FIFA Golden Globe Awards, after all, there are no absolutes.
There is not much suspense except for the 2009 World Footballer of the Year and the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or, like the 2010 and 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or.
No one can say whether Tang Zheng, who performed amazingly throughout the 2012-2013 season, will be able to win the FIFA Golden Ball.
Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case!
In terms of popularity around the world, Tang Zheng has some gaps compared to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The FIFA Ballon d'Or Award is not only voted for by professional football media, but also by the captains and managers of FIFA member countries.
Expect those world-ending teams that can't play a few games a year to hear of Tang Zheng, who has only gradually gained popularity in European football in the past two seasons?
They know better that Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are two old enemies!
The Chinese media and the German media are quite optimistic about Tang Zheng's prospects, because he led Dortmund to a super league victory over Bayern Munich in the 2012-2013 season, and then turned the tide in the Champions League final, and the German Cup final became logical.
In the end, it was Tang Zheng who led the Chinese team to enter the main match of next year's World Cup in Brazil after 12 years.
And the results and data can't deceive people, so the Chinese media and the German media have enough reasons to support Tang Zheng.
"Bild" even said that if the 2013 FIFA Golden Ball Award was not awarded to Tang Zheng, it would be a shame for FIFA and international football!
The Spanish media is divided into two parts, Tang Zheng is relatively optimistic about Real Madrid, and the Catalan media is optimistic about Messi, even if Barcelona only won the La Liga championship in the 2012-2013 season, in their minds, Messi is the best.
The Portuguese media supported Cristiano Ronaldo, believing that he is the star of Real Madrid and an important pillar for Real Madrid to compete with the Cosmos Barcelona in the past three seasons.
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Media attention on the final selection of the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or has almost reached a blind stage, but the parties Tang Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi seem to be hanging on their minds, and their attention is focused on the 11th round of the league that is ready to start in midweek.
Barcelona kicked off first with a 3-0 away win over Celta Vigo, so Barcelona moved ahead of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid to the top of the league table with one round to go.
The next day, the focus of mainstream media in Spain was on Real Madrid's home game against Sevilla.
And this game is also the most interesting game in this round of La Liga, there is no one.
The two sides have met 138 times in La Liga history, with Real Madrid having the upper hand with 72 wins, 26 draws and 40 defeats, scoring 291 goals and conceding 189 goals.
Real Madrid's home record is 50 wins, 11 draws and 8 defeats in 69 games, scoring 187 goals and conceding 74 goals, and the last home defeat to Sevilla was back in the 14th round of the 2008-2009 season, when Sevilla beat the turbulent Real Madrid 4-3 at the Bernabeu.
However, Real Madrid has won all of its last four league games at home against Sevilla, which can be said to have given Real Madrid fans full confidence.
Coupled with Real Madrid's 2-1 away defeat to Barcelona four days ago, the contradiction between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, which was worried by Real Madrid fans, seems to have been perfectly resolved, so Real Madrid fans think that Real Madrid is now in full swing and will not be able to sweep La Liga.
As it turns out, it does.
Tang Zheng, who performed well in the national derby, scored two early goals to help Real Madrid take a two-goal lead at home, giving the home fans a reassurance.
Next, Tang Zheng showed the passing skills of the Bundesliga assist king for four consecutive seasons, and passed two good balls to Cristiano Ronaldo in a row, which is equivalent to scoring two goals to help Real Madrid lead Sevilla 4:0 at home.
When everyone thought the game was out of suspense, Sevilla captain Rakitic scored twice to make the score 2:4, and even a penalty was saved by Diego López, otherwise Sevilla's morale would have been boosted.
At a critical time, Tang Zheng stepped forward!
He used his superb dribbling ability to get past two people in a situation where the team's attack was inefficient, forcing Rakitic to foul in the penalty area, and the referee on duty awarded a penalty and Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick from the penalty spot.
If it weren't for La Liga's penalty kick, Tang Zheng would have scored a hat trick of assists.
In the 81st minute of the game, Tang Zheng picked a pass to assist Benzema to score, and scored his first hat trick of assists in La Liga while the score became 6:2.
A slight fly in the ointment was that both sides scored a goal in the closing stages of the game, and in the end, Real Madrid defeated Sevilla 7-3 to make it four consecutive league wins.