Chapter 016 Double Insurance

Real Madrid took the lead less than an hour into the game, and the frenzy at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium increased significantly, with shouts from the Bernabéu Stadium being heard even a few kilometres away.

The Real Madrid fans in front of the TV were excited like children, as if they were there in person, frantically venting the great excitement brought by the score overtake.

The game continues at the Bernabeu and Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is looking to tighten his grip on the midfield with substitutions.

Rakitic may not be as delicate as Xavi in terms of passing detail, but his running ability and sense of responsibility on the defensive end are beyond Xavi's, so Enrique's adjustment idea is correct, he hopes to strengthen the defense with Rakitic's running ability in midfield, and then wait until Rakitic adapts to the rhythm of the field before integrating into the team's attacking system.

If nothing else, Rakitic's presence could play a key role.

But as a result, is that really the case?

At least judging from his two-minute performance as a substitute, it only had some effect in defence, with the offensive side having more football distribution at the feet of Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets, and Rakitic only having some transitional power.

It was clear that the Barcelona players on the pitch did not seem to trust the Croatian international, who moved from Sevilla this summer.

With Rakitic on the side, Barcelona's control of midfield has been somewhat strengthened, but the chances that threatened Casillas' goal did not materialize.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the three Real Madrid midfielders who are gradually adapting to Ancelotti's four-three-three tactical system.

Modric, Tang Zheng and Toni Kroos have greatly improved their tacit understanding with the accumulation of playing time, coupled with Tang Zheng's superior ability to read the game, he can often complete key fills in regular defense.

Messi even gave up his personal breakthrough after Tang Zheng's successive successful defenses and switched to organizing attacks.

The on-site director took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to give Messi and Tang Zheng a close-up shot, thinking of Messi's system in the first and second halves for most of the time, many Barcelona fans felt extremely frustrated.

Messi is a famous royal star, but the game did not play much power for an hour, which will be somewhat worrying.

In the 61st minute, Messi tried to cut inside horizontally on the right side of the attack, and he used the shaking of his upper body to make an illusion of continuing to cut inside, thinking that he would deceive Tang Zheng, who had a high center of gravity, to move in advance, and then slammed the ball to the bottom line on the inside of the instep of his left foot.

Tang Zheng did move ahead of schedule as Messi thought, but Tang Zheng, who was tall and long-legged, kept an eye on it, stretched his long leg forward with his left foot, and the side of his instep was just blocking the football that Messi was buckling to the bottom line.

The ball popped off the line and Barcelona won just one corner.

If Tang Zheng is more lucky, it is possible to stop the ball directly at his feet if he has a larger area of contact with the ball with his left foot, and then launch a counterattack on the spot.

It's a pity......

Messi pouted and looked at Tang Zheng, very depressed.

He has an illusion, every time he faces Tang Zheng's breakthrough, he always has a feeling of being seen through in advance.

Isn't TM just for me to break through once?

Tang Zheng habitually looked down at Messi after getting up, he seemed to understand what Messi wanted to say, and shrugged his shoulders.

"Whoa—"

At this time, a deafening huge chant sounded over the Bernabeu Stadium, shouting for Tang Zheng's wonderful defense, hoping that Tang Zheng's performance would continue to improve.

Feeling the shouts coming to his face, Messi's frowning brows deepened by half a minute.

Barcelona attacked from a corner, and the broadcast screen did not give Tang Zheng and Messi eye contact, but to Rakitic, who was about to take a corner kick.

Everyone's attention also came to Real Madrid's corner kick defense from the contest between Tang Zheng and Messi, but most Real Madrid fans are not very worried about Real Madrid's corner kick defense, because the offensive end can grab many landing points, and the same is true on the defensive end.

With the control of the high-altitude ball, Real Madrid rarely falls behind in La Liga.

Even against a Premier League team, you won't lose much.

Tang Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ramos, Pepe, and Benzema all have strong header fighting ability, although they may not be able to grab the football landing point every time, but at least they can put pressure on the opponent.

Rakitic, who was about to take a corner, looked into the penalty area and his brain was racing as he looked at the penalty area, where exactly he was going to kick the football.

The front point?

After the point?

Or is it a mid lane?

Suddenly, Rakitic saw Andres Iniesta, who was pressed outside the arc of the penalty area, waving his hand towards him, pointing his finger at the ground.

Although Rakitic has not been with Barcelona for a long time, he still has some tacit understanding with Iniesta, so he hesitated to pass the ball to the turf according to Iniesta's idea.

After all, many people in corner kick attack have the conventional idea of their own player to complete the header, and the defender will subconsciously think that the opponent's corner kick attack method is high-altitude ball, and it is very likely to work wonders when choosing a flat ball under this conventional choice.

The idea is good, but a lot of times it takes a certain amount of luck.

The ball rolled quickly against the turf to the top of the penalty area, and if nothing else, Andres Iniesta, who was facing the football, could at least complete the statistics of the goal.

However, at this moment, a leg suddenly stretched forward and blocked the trajectory of the football, so Iniesta, who ran to the line of the big penalty area, picked up his right foot and slammed it into the air, and the football was intercepted by Tang Zheng in advance.

"Whoa—"

Suddenly, there was another loud shout over the Bernabeu Stadium.

Iniesta didn't have time to remorse, he quickly retracted his picked up right foot and started chasing after Tang Zheng.

But Tang Zheng didn't stick to the ball, and kicked the ball horizontally to Marcelo with his left foot.

Andres Iniesta slammed into the brakes and instead of defending Marcelo, he quickly helped to make up for the gaps behind him.

Marcelo, who was on the left side of the Real Madrid penalty area, kept the ball and crossed directly, looking for James Rodriguez, who was running along the left sideline of the defense.

James Rodriguez was a little slower to start and was snatched in front of him by Andres Iniesta, who was behind.

Knowing that he was lacking in the transition from defense to attack, James Rodriguez did not stop where he was, but followed behind Andres Iniesta, looking for opportunities.

In order to ensure the safety of Iniesta's rib defense after a mistake, central defender Mascherano jogged past to form a double insurance.

At this time, the loud cheers that rang out at the Bernabeu Stadium had dropped significantly, because James Rodriguez was behind in a position and there was Mascherano in front of him to protect him, and James Rodriguez would not be able to touch the football nine times out of ten.

Despite this, Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng, who played a huge role in the defensive end, ran forward.

They all know that many times opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

With James Rodriguez chasing after him, the ball running slowly and not rolling out of the bottom line, Iniesta, who maintained control of the ball, was under pressure from James Rodriguez behind him and chose to kick the ball with his right foot to Mascherano.

The problem is that Mascherano thinks that Iniesta is protecting the ball and then allowing himself to clear the ball, which is the initiative to meet the football.

So, something went wrong.

Andres Iniesta's pass rolled towards where Mascherano was standing, and James Rodriguez, who was chasing after him, seemed to be mentally prepared, accelerating from Iniesta's right and chasing the ball towards the ball the moment Iniesta kicked it out.

"Andres Iniesta and Mascherano have a mismatch!

Yang 5 commentator He Wei said suddenly.

Between the words, Mascherano, who was about to kick the ball off the touchline, obviously did not understand Iniesta's approach, but he reacted very quickly and quickly turned around.

Because James Rodriguez's absolute speed is not fast enough, the combination of man and ball has not reached a very high level, as long as you persevere, you will always catch up.

In addition, Iniesta quickly started when he realized that James Rodriguez was chasing the ball diagonally, running in a straight line.

The distance between the two is the shortest in a straight line, and even if Iniesta starts too slowly, he will end up in front of James Rodriguez.

Andres Iniesta's positivity proved to give Barcelona some of the initiative, and James Rodriguez, who caught up with the football, had to pull the ball back with his left foot on the run.

His peripheral vision saw Cristiano Ronaldo following up in the middle and sweeping the ball quickly with his right foot.

Since James Rodriguez's sweeping pass was completed at the moment of pulling the ball, the passing foot was not the usual left foot, and the power was slightly less.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was plugged in at high speed, had to slow down to wait for the ball, but Barcelona coach Enrique, who was standing in front of the visitors' dugout, did not take it lightly because Benzema, who was running at high speed at the far end, was unmarked.

And the most critical Tang Zheng followed up at high speed in the middle of the road, and no one was watching!

However, Tang Zheng Enrique is not worried, Cristiano Ronaldo, who is holding the ball forward, faces a space equivalent to a 2D plane, and he can't see the situation behind him.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who received the ball, did not hesitate, and Alves, who was in the process of high-speed defense, passed the ball to the right rib of the attack.

Benzema took the ball forward and went into the box.

Alves didn't blindly pounce on Benzema who went into the penalty area, because Benzema's shot angle was not too good, and if he got too close to Benzema, and Benzema passed back to Cristiano Ronaldo, that would be the real problem!

An experienced defender, he interfered with Benzema while also limiting Cristiano Ronaldo, who was likely to receive the ball.

If Benzema passes the ball backwards to Cristiano Ronaldo, Alves is confident that Iniesta, who is actively returning to the defense, will break the ball.

However, it is impossible for personal subjective consciousness to change the choice of others, and Benzema did not give the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo in the middle of the penalty area when he entered the right rib of the penalty area, nor did he shoot directly, but passed an inverted triangle with the arch of his right foot, and the ball rolled to the top of the Barcelona penalty area.

The on-site director pulled the camera suddenly, and Tang Zheng, wearing Real Madrid's white No. 10 jersey, appeared on the left side of the arc of the big penalty area in the broadcast screen.

At the same time, He Wei, the commentator of Yang 5, suddenly got up from his seat and was still there: "Tang Zheng-"

From his field of vision, it can be clearly seen that Tang Zheng is unmarked around him, and goalkeeper Bravo's attention is completely on Benzema, who has a shooting angle.

By the time he realised that Benzema hadn't chosen to shoot and make another move, it was too late.

Because Tang Zheng, who is facing the goal, has a lot of space to shoot, there are no defenders except him, and there are no defenders in front.

In other words, Tang Zheng has enough time to adjust his shooting opportunities, but as a technical player, Tang Zheng likes to pursue difficulty, and he can see that Bravo's lateral run has a noticeable center of gravity sinking at the same time.

So Tang Zheng's brain has already figured out how to shoot in the process of adjustment.

Almost at the moment when Tang Zheng picked up his right foot and kicked the football, Barcelona goalkeeper Bravo was like a hungry tiger, and the next moment, he regretted it.

Tang Zheng picked up the inside of his right foot and did not kick the ball towards the near corner of the goal, but used the flexibility of his ankle to rub the inside of his instep towards the bottom of the ball, and the ball rose into the air at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The flight altitude may not be very high, only about 1.5 meters, but it is enough for Bravo who completely throws his body to the left side of the broadcast screen.

Iniesta, Alves, and Mascherano, who were back in the box, were not on Tang Zheng's shooting path, so they could only watch as the ball passed over Bravo, which pounced on the left side of the goal, and then fell into the middle of the goal.

A second later, a deafening loud shout rang out at the Bernabeu stadium: "Whoa, whoa—"

The Real Madrid fans in the stands vented their support for the team's expansion of the score in this way, and the incendiary voice of the announcer Albert sounded at the right time, hitting the sensory world of every fan: "It was -" that scored for us——"

The passionate fans at the scene tacitly elongated their voices: "-Don!!"

In this frenzied atmosphere, Tang Zheng, who helped Real Madrid expand the score, also looked particularly crazy.

Barcelona were two points ahead of Real Madrid before the game, and if they win the game, Real Madrid, who are two points behind, will be one point ahead of them and become the top scorer in the league.

Everyone knows that the La Liga title for the new season will be between Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and the first leg of the Madrid derby was won in a reversal way, and this round in the national derby was won in a reversal way, which has a clear motivating effect on the morale of the army.

Getting to the top of the league table is a start, a start to the league title.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei finally found an angle to praise Tang Zheng, he was passionate and eloquent: "Tang Zheng's role is vividly reflected in this goal, from completing the defense to scoring goals, every link has his huge role......!

The close-up of the live director was given to Tang Zheng, and a close-up shot was pushed to the face.

The fans sitting in front of the TV can clearly see Tang Zheng's handsome face that is a little hideous with excitement, but the Real Madrid fans in front of the TV don't care, they are desperately venting their excitement to expand the score under the drive of Tang Zheng.

One goal is not enough insurance, so a two-goal lead and a home game is equivalent to playing a double insurance!