Chapter 092: Ancelotti who reversed her word
When referee Rizzoli blew the whistle for the end of the match, the Allianz Arena scoreboard showed an incredible scoreline.
4:1
The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.
No one thought that Bayern Munich, who was sitting at home, would play a 4:1 in the team where the 'Bayern nemesis' Tang Zheng was located.
But Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo's relationship has plummeted this season, extending from off the field to on the pitch, so much so that Real Madrid's results have been severely hit.
With the Copa del Rey eliminated and then an early exit from the league title race, the Champions League became Real Madrid's final fig leaf for the 2015-2016 season.
In the first leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals, Real Madrid lost 0:2 to Wolfsburg at the Volkswagen Arena, and the feud between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo was pushed to the forefront, and Ancelotti chose to put Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench in the second leg of the 1/4 finals.
The result worked very well, and Tang Zheng led Real Madrid to a big home win over Wolfsburg and advanced to the semi-finals.
No one thought that Cristiano Ronaldo, who missed the key match of the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, would perform well in the league and lead Real Madrid to consecutive victories, thus gaining a lot of public opinion support, 2016 is another European Championship year, and the Portuguese national team president Santos and the famous agent giant Mendes cleverly put pressure on them.
In order to ensure that Real Madrid can get past Bayern Munich, the good old man Ancelotti has to consider putting Tang Zheng on the bench.
According to his idea, Real Madrid will stabilize the defense in the first half, wait for Tang Zheng to come on in the second half, and find someone to replace Cristiano Ronald, even if they can't beat Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, they can get enough away goals.
However, people are not as good as heaven, and Bayern Munich established an early advantage and almost killed the game.
Tang Zheng worked hard and scored a valuable away goal, but Tang Zheng was injured because of it, which made it difficult to recover the three-goal gap even if he returned to the Bernabeu.
In front of the coach's box of the visiting team, Ancelotti, who was still in high spirits in the last two seasons, looked a lot of vicissitudes.
Obviously, this season has been a tough one for him.
If Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have a good relationship, Real Madrid has a good chance of defending the treble this season.
"Hey~"
Thinking of the 1-4 loss to Bayern Munich, Ancelotti didn't know how to play when he returned to the Bernabeu in the second leg.
Bayern coach Pep Guardiola is calm and calm on the surface, but he is happy in his heart.
The team's big win at home to Real Madrid, as long as they don't take the initiative to die in the second leg of the visit, will be certain to qualify for this season's Champions League final at the San Siro.
At the regular press conference after the game, Ancelotti was questioned by major media, believing that his tactics before the game were extremely unrigorous, otherwise how could Real Madrid fall behind early at the Allianz Stadium?
Carlo Ancelotti is now preoccupied with the second leg at the Bernabeu Stadium and has no intention of talking to reporters and ending the press conference hastily.
When it was Guardiola's turn to attend the home team's regular post-match press conference, it was a different scene, the reporter flattered and wanted to send all the praise, but Guardiola did not eat the sugar-coated shells of the media reporters, but said very rigorously that the second leg should be more focused than the game that just ended.
According to Pep Guardiola's speculation, Real Madrid, who returned to the Bernabeu for the second leg, will definitely make changes to the starting line-up.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who had a poor first leg, will definitely be put on the bench, while Tang Zheng, who has a minor injury to his right shoulder, will start as the core.
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The next day, the mainstream European media reported the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Allianz Arena last night.
Many media criticized Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti for putting Tang Zheng on the bench, and some media believed that Cristiano Ronaldo should not start because the overall state of Real Madrid where he played was sluggish.
But some media believe that Cristiano Ronaldo's sluggish performance is related to the decline in the support of his teammates, after all, he has scored 50+ goals every season since joining Real Madrid, and he is the most goalscorer in Real Madrid's history.
The second leg is about whether Real Madrid can qualify for the Champions League final for four consecutive seasons, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who is Real Madrid's all-time top scorer, should start.
Of course, the media supporting Real Madrid hopes that Carlo Ancelotti will put Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench, because the statistics of this season will not lie, and the winning rate of games with Tang Zheng controlling Real Madrid's attacking rhythm is very high.
In fact, Ancelotti's idea was indeed to hope that Tang Zheng would start and put Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench, but ......
Bayern Munich is not Wolfsburg, will there be more Cristiano Ronaldo, the most goalscorer in Real Madrid's history?
In the case of undecided, Ancelotti could only communicate with his assistants, except for Zidane's insistence that Tang Zheng start Cristiano Ronaldo as a substitute, and the other members of the coaching staff who brought him supported Cristiano Ronaldo to start.
After all...... Cristiano Ronaldo's individual qualities are very strong and will be a great boost for Real Madrid, who are eager to score in the second leg.
Looking at Ancelotti, who had already made a decision, Zidane reminded: "Carlo, don't forget...... You had a verbal agreement with Don. ”
Hearing this, Ancelotti subconsciously frowned, but considering the criticality of the second round, his slightly hesitant eyes became firm: "Zidan, extraordinary times should be used in extraordinary times." ”
"Well, I hope you don't regret it. Zidane said coldly.
After that, he didn't give Ancelotti a chance to speak, and walked straight out of the manager's office.
Real Madrid's domestic league campaign at the weekend had no surprises, sending out a full bench to draw with Real Sociedad, who have no relegation prospect in Europe, with one point each.
In the blink of an eye, the Champions League match day is approaching, and Real Madrid kicks off the second leg of the 2015-2016 Champions League semi-final at home to Bayern Munich.
The media, football commentators and Pep Guardiola who got their starting line-ups before the game were surprised that Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo started the second leg of the Champions League semi-final when Real Madrid could qualify for this season's Champions League final.
If it was placed a season ago, no one would be surprised, the key is that this season's Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo completely broke up.
This is true both off and off the field.
It stands to reason that Cristiano Ronaldo started in the first leg, so Tang Zheng should start in the second leg.
But...... In the second leg, both started at the same time.
Guardiola was stunned at first when he saw Real Madrid's starting lineup, and then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
However, Pep Guardiola kept an eye on it, after all, playing away from home, everything should be careful.
In case of...... Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo reconciled?
As it turned out, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo did not reconcile, even if Ancelotti focused on the tactical arrangement before the game.
In the past, Tang Zheng did have a very high implementation of the tactics of head coach Ancelotti, but ...... Now it's different.
Before the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, he made an agreement with the coaching staff.
The result?
Head coach Carlo Ancelotti backtracked, so much so that Tang Zheng, who has an injury to his right shoulder, resisted a little.
It's not that he doesn't execute the tactics, it's that there's a noticeable delay.
Coupled with the fact that the visiting Bayern Munich were clearly prepared, they chose to defend first and then try to launch a quick counter-attack.
Douglas Costa and Robben are very fast, and if it weren't for Tang Zheng's several supplementary defenses, the visiting Bayern would have been likely to score first and score valuable away goals.
Thirty minutes into the first half passed quickly, and Real Madrid, who should have scored early, simply did not score.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei hesitated for a while and said bluntly: "Ronaldo's start has a great impact on Tang Zheng, his time to hold the ball in the front court is significantly less, and Real Madrid's threatening attacks are all initiated by Tang Zheng, so the game has not actually threatened Bayern Munich's attack on the goal." ”
Commentator Zhang Lu tapped his chin: "The second leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals has verified the positive effect of Tang Zheng's control of the ball, in the first leg of Tang Zheng's bench standby, should Ronaldo be allowed to sit on the bench in the second leg?
In addition to Cristiano Ronaldo's die-hard fans in front of the TV, many Chinese fans agree with He Wei and Zhang Lu's commentary.
Tang Zheng is Chinese, they are proud, and Tang Zheng's performance is indeed very good, without any exaggeration.
If you have to make a choice, Chinese fans will definitely support Tang Zheng.
Cristiano Ronaldo once again received a pass from a teammate and chose to shoot from distance, and due to the interference of Xavi Alonso, he directly fired the anti-aircraft gun.
The live director first gave a depressed Cristiano Ronaldo, and then meaningfully gave Tang Zheng a close-up shot that was pushed to his face.
Tang Zheng kept shaking his head, looking very disappointed.
When the whistle blew at the end of the first half, the scoreboard at the Bernabeu Stadium was still 0-0.
Real Madrid fans in the stands have gone from sporadic boos to huge boos now, with many holding banners and slogans announcing Carlo Ancelotti's dismissal.
In the eyes of these Real Madrid fans, there is a significant gap between Real Madrid's results this season and last season, in addition to the discord between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, Ancelotti also has absolute responsibility.
Who made him the manager?
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In the home dressing room, Ancelotti looked heavy, but he didn't know where to start.
In other words, he realized his mistake but did not have the courage to bear the consequences.
If Zidane had been heeded, the situation would have been very different.
Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have privileges in the team, and as the head coach, he can only explain and cannot impose it forcibly, which caused the situation of the two to compete again in this game......
It's a pity that time can't be turned back, and as an adult, he should be responsible.
Thinking of this, Ancelotti was relieved, he let out a sigh of relief, and then took the tactical board and explained how to play in the second half.
However, most of the Real Madrid players in the home dressing room are not on Ancelotti, but on Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Real Madrid once trailed Atletico Madrid 0:3 at halftime, and finally reversed 4:3, Bayern Munich's defense is obviously not comparable to Simeone's carefully built Atletico Madrid defense, but then again, the current Real Madrid is no longer the Real Madrid that reversed Atletico Madrid.
If you want to complete a super reversal at home, you still have to pin your trust on Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The fifteen-minute half-time break passed quickly, with Carlo Ancelotti not making any changes to the line-up, with Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo remaining on the pitch at the same time to contribute to Real Madrid's comeback.
As the clock ticked by, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo both wanted to help the team score first, but many times speed was not enough.
When two superstars of a team compete against each other, how can there be a good offense?
In particular, Bayern Munich is strong as a whole and is not inferior to Real Madrid.
Of course, Tang Zheng's rivalry is different from Cristiano Ronaldo's.
Cristiano Ronaldo is overconfident and frequently uses his personal ability to kick the ball into goal.
It's a pity that Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't involved in the complex attack, so it was difficult for him to finish in a relatively relaxed environment.
Tang Zheng's competition is very pure, that is, he does not pass the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, even if he delays the fighter.
In addition to expressing dissatisfaction with Cristiano Ronaldo's approach, there was also a knock on the head coach Carlo Ancelotti.
You don't believe in your words, no wonder I disobey the yang and the yin.
Besides, the rivalry between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo began at the beginning of the season and continued until the end of the season.
Sixty-five minutes into the game, Carlo Ancelotti made up his mind to replace Cristiano Ronaldo, who was in a slump with Isco.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who appeared on the broadcast screen, was obviously at a loss, he didn't guess that Ancelotti would replace him in such a crucial game, so his first reaction was to look at the coach's box, meaning that he was not mistaken.
As a result, Ancelotti tapped his chin, and Cristiano Ronaldo's whole face sank instantly, his brows were tightly locked, and he slowly walked to the sidelines under the referee's reminder.
Cristiano Ronaldo was substituted, and Real Madrid's attack was significantly enhanced, and the front court was so dazzled by a kick that Guardiola, who was firmly seated in the Diaoyutai, felt a burst of pressure.
But there is too little time left for Tang Zheng, and Bayern Munich has already prepared, how can it be possible to create a miracle in just 25 minutes?