Chapter 097: A big victory, advance to the Champions League final

While the draw for the 2016-2017 Champions League semi-finals is interesting, the 2016-2017 La Liga second leg national derby is even more eye-catching.

Leaders Real Madrid are as many as 15 points ahead of second-placed Barcelona in the past two-thirds of the league, and if the next national derby at the Santiago Bernabeu cannot beat Real Madrid, then Real Madrid, who are 18 points ahead, will win this season's La Liga title.

Of course, even if Real Madrid lose the national derby, they have a good chance of winning the league title.

Real Madrid have won all three of their last three title battles, and the rest of the league is nothing to fear except for Barcelona, who can pose a threat to Real Madrid.

While winning or losing will be in Barcelona's 2016-2017 league title race, winning or losing the national derby is a multifaceted affair that Barcelona cannot afford to lose, especially if they lose the first leg at home in the national derby.

However, Real Madrid's Champions League quarter-finals in midweek were relatively easy, while Barcelona were not the same, they were eliminated by Juventus in two legs and did their best in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, which is completely incomparable to Real Madrid's retention.

Real Madrid focused on the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals before the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, so Real Madrid has an absolute advantage in terms of preparation.

The 2016-2017 La Liga 28th round focus match at the Bernabeu Stadium also verified this, Real Madrid at home under the leadership of Tang Zheng offensive tide, the visiting Barcelona played very awkwardly, because defense is not what they are good at at all, but Real Madrid has to focus on defense in the case of wave after wave of attack.

Attacking is what wins the game, but what needs to be done before that is not conceding goals at the back.

With Bravo's move to Manchester City this season, Ter Stegen became Barcelona's starting goalkeeper and performed as well as ever, and his performance in this game can be said to be a miracle help.

Until the thirty-ninth minute of the game, Tang Zheng received a pass from James Rodriguez on the line of the big penalty area and completed a non-stop volley directly.

The ball flew towards the goal from the blockage between Sergio Busquets and Pique.

Ter Stegen immediately made a move to the left as he watched the menacing football, but it was still half a beat slower than the speed of the football.

The soccer ball slammed into the top right corner of the goal with a devastating momentum, curling up a snow-white net.

The frenzy at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium was ignited, and a huge tsunami-like shout erupted: "Whoa, whoa—"

Tang Zheng, who scored the goal, looked particularly excited in the frenzied home atmosphere, raising his arms and shouting in front of the broadcast camera.

The 27-year-old Tang Zheng is in perfect form, leading Real Madrid out of the 2015-2016 slump and has the absolute ability to prove that he is the best player in world football today.

Last summer, Yang 5, which bought the broadcast rights from PPTV, broadcast the Spanish national derby that attracted global attention, and the commentator He Wei was full of passion, almost crazy shouting: "This is definitely the best season of Tang Zheng's career!" La Liga scored 29 goals in 27 rounds, 12 assists, and 10 goals and 4 assists in 10 games in the Champions League, which is Tang Zheng's 30th goal in La Liga this season, two goals ahead of Messi, the first scorer list, if he can continue this amazing state, he can get the La Liga Golden Boot this season!"

At this time, Tang Zheng was the focus of attention all over the world, including Cristiano Ronaldo, who was sitting at home in a luxury villa in Manchester, was also watching Tang Zheng in the broadcast screen, frowning, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who returned to Manchester United last summer, was in perfect form, scoring a hat-trick in his opening game and continuing his astonishing form into the Christmas Devils' schedule.

However, with the arrival of the Christmas Devils' schedule, Cristiano Ronaldo's competitive form has been seriously affected, he has been in Real Madrid for seven seasons has adapted to the absence of winter breaks, at the age of 31, he has a very large load on the body of continuous high-intensity games, injuries are not big, but affect the state.

Cristiano Ronaldo's form has been up and down, and United's overall form has suffered, dropping from top of the table to the top four and then outside the Champions League places.

Tang Zheng does not seem to be affected by this, and his form has continued from the beginning of the season to the end of the season......

Judging by the current form, it is likely to continue until the end of the season.

Tang Zheng, who has attracted the attention of the world, performed very well in the next game, in addition to his amazing performance on the offensive end, he often appeared in the core defensive position on the defensive end, playing a role as a man.

Barcelona, who were behind the score, launched wave after wave of fierce attacks under the leadership of Messi, Neymar and Suarez, but Tang Zheng's extremely high arrival rate during this period, coupled with the timely defense of Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, Barcelona's offensive was never able to threaten Navas to guard the goal.

The first half ended with Real Madrid leading Barcelona 1-0, and in the second half, Real Madrid, who had the advantage of kick-off, did not avoid the edge as they did before the end of the first half, but went the opposite way and increased their attack.

Under the leadership of Tang Zheng, Real Madrid extended the score advantage in the second minute of the second half.

Bale's breakthrough helped Real Madrid get a direct free kick about 32 meters away from the goal, everyone thought Tang Zheng would hit the goal directly, but instead passed a high-quality cross, Ramos tacitly ran in place, and completed a fish jump dive.

The redirected ball flew into the bottom right corner of the goal, and Ter Stegen made a save, but the header from the angle of Ramos could only be declared out of reach.

2:0

"Whoa—"

The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium was boiling again with loud cheers.

You must know that there are still many fans who have not returned to their seats at this time, but it does not affect them to celebrate the goal of the game, and they have raised their arms one after another to join the frenzied atmosphere.

Ramos, who scored the goal, was very excited, he spread his arms, ran wildly, and then excitedly played a kneeling celebration.

The psychological advantage of a two-goal lead is not comparable to a one-goal lead, so Ramos and the rest of the Real Madrid players were particularly excited.

Zidane, in front of the coach's seat of the home team, raised his arms and shouted, Tang Zheng's performance this season was a god, and he also followed the rising tide and became a new generation of head coaches praised by major media.

Zidane, who appeared on the broadcast screen, put his hands in his pockets and was in high spirits.

He knows that if nothing else, he can complete the transition as Real Madrid manager this summer.

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With Real Madrid leading by two goals less than 50 minutes into the game, Barcelona fans are gradually realising that beating Real Madrid away from home is out of reach given Real Madrid's impressive performances this season.

However, Barcelona on the field did not give up and launched another tidal attack under the leadership of Messi.

When the game reached the 60th minute, Messi's breakthrough caused Ramos to foul in the penalty area, and Messi, who took the penalty, narrowed the score in one fell swoop.

But it didn't take long for Barcelona fans to rejoice, and it was Tang Zheng, who had the best performance of the game, to help Real Madrid score, and his cold shot from outside the box pierced Ter Stegen's ten fingers to make it 3:1.

Three minutes later, James Rodriguez received a cross ball from Bale after a breakthrough and fired a precise shot into the bottom right corner of the goal.

4:1

By this time, Barcelona had finally realised how low the chances of beating Real Madrid away from home were.

Before the end of the game, Tang Zheng completed a hat trick, he received a header from Modric in the penalty area to complete a powerful header, Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen subconsciously touched the football, but did not completely change the trajectory of the football, the football hit the right post of the goal and bounced into the net.

5:1

Tang Zheng, who scored his third goal of the game, once again became the focus of the audience, and in the stands, in addition to the hysterical chanting of Real Madrid fans, there was also the strong and incendiary appeal of the live announcer Albert: "It was -"

“——Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaang”

More than 70,000 Real Madrid fans tacitly created a huge chant for the goalscorer Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng's performance this season is as bright as ever, so the reaction is often low-key, but the goals in the national derby often have different meanings, and in a frenzied atmosphere, Tang Zheng raised his arms and shouted, looking up to the sky and howling.

Immediately, the Barcelona stars Messi, Neymar, Suarez, Pique, Busquets and others looked very ugly.

Barcelona lost the game and not only completely withdrew from the league title race this season, but also meant that only the Copa del Rey trophy was left to compete for......

However, the Copa del Rey final was against Real Madrid, and many Barcelona would not have imagined the terrible situation that could have been in that Copa del Rey final.

With a close-up shot of the live director in front of the visitors' dugout, Enrique, who was in high spirits last season, looked very decadent and did not expect that this game at the Bernabeu would be played so badly.

"Hey~"

Enrique sighed and returned to the dugout.

This season's Barcelona can be said to be a replica of Real Madrid last season, the league withdrew from the championship race early, the Champions League was also eliminated, and the Copa del Rey final opponent is Real Madrid, with the current overall state of Barcelona, it seems to be ...... It's hard to take a title away from Real Madrid, who are in great form.

Just three minutes of stoppage time arrived, and the referee on duty decisively blew the whistle, two short and one long.

"Whoa—"

At the same time, the Real Madrid fans cheered, and the Real Madrid players on the pitch raised their arms in a frenzied atmosphere, excitedly venting the excitement brought by the victory.

In the past 28 rounds of the league, 26 wins and 2 draws have accumulated 80 points, leading Barcelona by 18 points, leading Atletico Madrid by 16 points, and there are still 10 rounds in the league, and the championship is about to be won!

However, Real Madrid did not let their guard down and continued to prepare for the first leg of the Champions League semi-final and the first two league games before the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Valdebebas training base.

The league opponents are Deportivo La Coruna and Valencia, who won both games, and Valencia 2-2 at home to Valencia in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at home to Atletico Madrid.

In the past 30 rounds of the 2016-2017 La Liga season, Real Madrid is still unbeaten, with 27 wins and three draws accumulating 84 points, ranking first in the league.

Therefore, in the case of the league title, more attention should be paid to the Champions League semi-finals, as a city rival, Real Madrid knows how powerful Simeone's reigning Champions League champion Atletico Madrid is.

Not to be underestimated!

Defending champions are also serious about visiting the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Bernabeu, where they were knocked out by Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semi-finals this season, and are as many as 14 points behind Real Madrid with 10 games remaining, meaning Simeone's Manchester City are only up for grabs in the Champions League.

Despite this, Simeone knew that it would be a bad luck to be a guest at the Bernabeu.

The previous two legs of the Madrid derby were lost, and Real Madrid, who had just beaten Barcelona at the Bernabeu, are likely to continue that impressive form......

At 8:45 p.m. local time on May 2, the first leg of the Champions League semifinals at the Bernabeu Stadium Real Madrid performed as Simeone predicted, and the amazing form successfully continued.

In particular, Tang Zheng, the absolute core, performed particularly well, and he insisted on completing a pass and a shot in the first half in the key marking, helping Real Madrid lead Atletico Madrid by two goals at home.

In the second half, Atletico Madrid, who was behind the score, had no choice but to strengthen the attack, strive to pull back a city in the second half and score away goals, but people are not as good as the sky, and Real Madrid led by Tang Zheng did not relax their vigilance because of a two-goal lead.

In the 69th minute, Real Madrid switched from defense to attack, Tang Zheng made a long pass to attack the first time after Tang Zheng got the ball, and Bale plugged in at high speed.

Godin gritted his teeth and didn't chase down his own Bale three seconds later, goalkeeper Oblak was just in time, but Bale was calm and his feint forced Oblak to make an early save.

Facing the empty goal, Bale was equally calm, pushing the ball and slowly rolling into the unguarded goal.

Defending champion Atletico Madrid fell behind by three goals and had no way out but to strengthen the attack, but Griezmann, the core of the attack, was in no state under Tang Zheng's marking, so that Atletico Madrid's overall attack was greatly affected.

In addition, Atletico Madrid's attacking style is not strong, so they failed to score until the end of the game.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 3-0 at home to seize the opportunity.

Monaco, who was at home in the first leg of the other Champions League semi-final, lost 0:2 to Juventus, which basically meant that they missed the Champions League final this season.

In other words, Real Madrid, who beat defending champions Atletico Madrid by three goals at home, are likely to meet Juventus in the 2016-2017 Champions League final at Cardiff Stadium this summer!

A week later, Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid and advanced to the final with an aggregate score of 4-1, while Juventus beat Monaco 1-0 at home and advanced to the final with an aggregate score of 3-1.