Tang Zheng returned to the team, and the training enthusiasm of the River Plate players increased a lot, and the haze of only one victory in the past four rounds was swept away, and the smile returned to the face of head coach Simeone. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Because Tang Zheng had just experienced a long-distance flight, in order to avoid unnecessary injuries to Tang Zheng, Simeone did not train with the team, but conducted recovery training under the leadership of physical coach Enzo, and did not allow joint training until his physical condition returned to his regular state.

Two days later, although Tang Zheng's body had returned to the regular game state, Simeone still did not put him in the starting lineup of the away game and the independent team in order to protect Tang Zheng, but put him on the substitute list.

Tang Zheng, who was sitting on the bench, finally knew why the team only won one of the four league games he was absent from, because the midfield lacked an effective barrier, and the long pass transfer lacked precision, which directly led to a single offensive routine, coupled with the fact that Falcao was severely limited, the overall scoring ability declined is an inevitable result.

At the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0

Although he did not score in the first half, Simeone did not make any substitutions at the beginning of the second half, and waited until the fifteenth minute of the second half to replace Avelelas with Tang Zheng.

With Tang Zheng's play, River Plate's offense has been significantly strengthened, and the offensive routines are not limited to middle penetration and side crosses, and the use of the width of the court has gradually become River Plate's new tactics.

In the 10th minute of Tang Zheng's substitute play, his precise long pass found Sanchez, who used his speed to form a break away and then swept the ball into the box, where Falcao scrambled the ball into the net before the opposition centre-back.

The goal was the only goal of the game, as River Plate narrowly beat Independiente 1-0 away, taking advantage of a draw with San Lorenzo and the league to close the gap on points.

River Plate won the first game of Tang Zheng's return to the team, and the reporters in the mixed area naturally did not let Tang Zheng go.

Originally, Tang Zheng didn't want to be interviewed by reporters, but he accidentally saw Xu Wei, the editor-in-chief of "Sports Weekly", in the mixed area, so he walked over.

Xu Wei didn't talk too much nonsense, and after shaking hands with each other, he went straight to the point, and he said the recent unfavorable remarks against Tang Zheng in China, especially the punishment of him by the Football Association.

Tang Zheng's face changed quickly, and the handsome face that was smiling just now instantly became extremely ugly, Xu Wei patted Tang Zheng's shoulder: "Are you okay?"

"Huh?" Tang Zheng raised his eyebrows: "It's okay." ”

"What do you need to say from our Sports Weekly? As long as you dare to say it, I can pack a ticket with you, and it will definitely appear in the headlines of tomorrow's newspaper!" Xu Wei glanced at Tang Zheng and patted his chest and said.

Tang Zheng crossed his hands on his hips, shook his head, and smiled bitterly: "Forget it, if they want to blame, they will be blamed, and if they are suspended, they will be suspended, in a team that does not believe in themselves, I am like an outsider, do you know? The days in the national youth team are really painful, and there are intrigues everywhere, and that is a major event related to the future of Chinese football! Why should it be linked to interests? Isn't it the most important thing to get a ticket to next year's World Youth Championships?"

Xu Wei half-opened his mouth and didn't say a word, because he knew that what Tang Zheng said was the truth.

The surrounding reporters focused on Tang Zheng, who had great mood swings, but they couldn't understand Mandarin, so they had to give the camera to Tang Zheng and find a lip expert to solve it when the time came.

Many things are difficult to solve in a short period of time, and sometimes it takes generations to solve.

Xu Wei patted Tang Zheng on the shoulder twice comfortingly, and said firmly: "No matter what, as long as I am in "Sports Weekly" for one day, "Sports Weekly" will be on your side!"

"Hey. Tang Zheng let out a long sigh, turned around, avoided the lenses of other reporters, and turned his head to look at Xu Wei: "Brother Xu, thank you." ”

Xu Wei smiled and said after a while, "Actually, this may be a good thing for you." ”

"A good thing?" Tang Zheng said suspiciously.

"Hmm. Xu Wei nodded and said: "You are very young, talented and good, it must be difficult to get a chance to play in a big club like River Plate, if you fly around frequently, it will definitely affect your game form, think about Frankfurt's dust, Manchester City's Sun Hai, Everton's Li Tie...... It's all a lesson from the past, the group of officials of the Football Association don't understand football at all, they know that they are tossing blindly, now you are in the stage of rapid growth, you must follow the rules, and sometimes, the patriotic performance is not only for the country. ”

"You should have heard Shepchenko say such a sentence, right?" Speaking of this, Xu Wei paused, saw Tang Zheng's shoulders shrug, and then continued: "He once said, 'My motherland is not a football power, so maybe I won't have the opportunity to participate in the World Cup in my career, so the final of the Champions Cup is my World Cup!'"

Tang Zhengmu nodded, as if he understood another level of meaning from Xu Wei's words.

Champions Cup final?

It was the highest-quality, most influential and top-level competition in the world.

No one knew that on this night, the teenager who had crossed the ocean in search of his dream had a new dream......

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Sun Xiang and Dongfang Zhuo became the first and second Chinese in the history of the Champions League respectively, but this historical record has nothing to be proud of for Chinese fans.

On the contrary, this record has become a joke for RB, the Korean media and fans, especially South Korea's No. 1 star Park Ji-sung who won the Champions League with Manchester United in the 2007-2008 season.

So what Tang Zheng wants to do is to use the Arab League as a springboard to log in to the top five European leagues, and use another way to prove that Chinese football does not lose to any country!

Xu Wei, editor of "Sports Weekly" who returned to China, fulfilled his original promise to Tang Zheng, coupled with some of Tang Zheng's teammates in the national youth team to help speak, those remarks that were unfavorable to him were self-defeating, and Xie Yalong, chairman of the Football Association, knew that he could no longer serve as chairman of the Football Association, so he resigned from the General Administration of Sports, but because there was no suitable candidate, he had to re-serve as the chairman of the Football Association.

Countless fans have begun to give up on the national teams at all levels, and they have paid attention to the Bundesliga, the Championship and the A-League, which have Chinese players playing in the leagues, which can be regarded as a kind of spiritual comfort.

Tang Zheng, who is aiming to enter the European League, has gradually improved in the following leagues, and his performance before the Asian Youth Championship is even better, and he helped River Plate end the 2008-2009 season of the 2008-2009 Arab League Spring League with a five-game winning streak.

As a result, they became the champion of the Spring League with 42 points in 19 rounds, and if Tang Zheng had not missed four of the key games, it is estimated that he would have beaten striker Falcao to become the best player in the Spring League.

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With the end of the spring league, Christmas is very close and the team has begun to take a holiday, but Tang Zheng did not return to China, he chose to stay in Argentina for special training.

Dream, because dare to think!

And if you want to realize your dreams, you must take practical actions.

On January 1, 2009, the winter transfer window in Europe will open, and clubs that urgently need to strengthen their player pool are ready to buy at any time.

This is especially true for the big clubs with money in their hands, who, in addition to poaching players who have performed well in the Europa League, are also on their radar in as far away as South America.

At the beginning of December, AC Milan announced that they had bought Fluminense's main centre-back Thiago Silva for 10 million euros before a number of European giants, but because their non-EU quota this season has been used for Bijoudes, Thiago Silva will have to wait until next season to be eligible to play for AC Milan.

As the champion of the 2008-2009 A-League Spring League, River Plate, several players who performed well in the team have become the focus of everyone's attention, especially Falcao and Tang Zheng.

River Plate have now received several faxed offers from European teams, but president Aquilar has rejected all of them, saying that Falcao and Tang Zheng are not for sale.

Of course, the most important thing is that the offer is not satisfactory to Aquilar.

Falcao is the top scorer in the fall league and spring league, how can he get tens of millions of dollars, right?

European black stores Porto and Benfica only offered 5 million euros, and Tang Zheng's insurance price was even more outrageous, only 3 million euros.

This is undoubtedly an insult for Aquilar, who has not even reached the level of cost price.

This Christmas, Tang Zheng was invited by head coach Simeone again, but he refused, because Chen Jia called him and named them to go to their house to celebrate the holiday together.

Originally, Chen Zhonghua and Chen Jia hoped that Tang Zheng would be able to spend the traditional Chinese holiday New Year's Day before letting him go, but Tang Zheng couldn't resist it on the grounds of training.

At this time, the Argentine media began to report on players who were likely to leave in the summer (or winter in Europe and Asia), and Tang Zheng, who was the defensive barrier and engine of River Plate's midfield, was prominently listed, and the probability of a transfer was very high.

Because "Ole Daily" picked up Tang Zheng's agent Rodrigo frequently appeared in Europe, and it was suspected that he was in contact with some European teams.

Coupled with River Plate's chairman Aquilar's ambiguous answers, River Plate fans are more willing to believe the media's speculation, after all, there is no air to come.

As a result, during the period of Tang Zheng's training, there were many River Plate fans holding banners and slogans outside the training ground.

Tang Zheng looked at it, and his vanity skyrocketed.

The banners and slogans basically revolve around the fans' hope that Tang Zheng will continue to stay in the team and make contributions to the team.

However, Tang Zheng smiled, it is an eternal truth that people go to high places and water flows to low places.

Maybe Tang Zheng will choose to retire in River Plate many years later, but he is in the age of rapid growth, and it is impossible to stay in River Plate forever.

It's just that River Plate has always been kind to Tang Zheng, and it will definitely not work to just leave, so ...... At least leave something for the fans.

(To be continued.) )