With the new season approaching, last season's injuries have basically recovered, but this has also caused Simeone to have a happy trouble, because there are too many reserve players in the midfield position......

If Simeone had followed last season's autumn league staffing, the starting midfield partners would have been Tang Zheng and Poncio, but Augusto Fernandez and Rubens Sembersa, who had returned from serious injuries, should not be underestimated, and they were versatile and able to play multiple positions. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Rubens Sembelsa, in particular, was a huge contributor to the team at the start of the fall league last season.

Coupled with the already competitive Aveleras and Ahumada as the team's vice-president, the competition for the midfield position will be fierce like never before. ，

However, Simeone is wondering if he can squeeze the originally relatively bloated midfield, those who are willing to stay can wait for opportunities, and those who are unwilling to stay can find a home.

In the blink of an eye, River Plate's first warm-up game at the end of July is coming, and their opponent is Sarsfield, a Divisie powerhouse who has produced manager Simeone.

The first match of the pre-season was also played at the Jose Amalfitani Stadium, home of Sarsfield, where Simeone, one of the most prominent stars in Sarsfield's football history, was welcomed by a large number of home fans.

However, he is only one of the protagonists in this warm-up match, and the real protagonists are the twenty-two fighters on the field.

Tang Zheng started River Plate's first warm-up game of the new season, and he was partnered by Leonardo Poncio, which is the most commonly used midfield configuration for River Plate in recent times.

The playmaker is Ahumada, the two wings are Sanchez and Augusto Fernandez, and the forward is still Colombian striker Falcao.

It is remarkable that Tang Zheng's good friend Mousacchio has won over manager Simeone with his excellent pre-season preparations, and he has made his first appearance for the first team after a year's absence, and he has also started.

Many River Plate youth team teammates sitting in front of the TV feel extremely envious, Tang Zheng and Musacchio, who were training together at the beginning of this year, are now playing for the first team respectively.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Sarsfield is not strong, plus everyone is trying to verify the competitive state of the players, and they have not sent the strongest squad of the team, anyway, it is all to run in the team.

In a warm-up game like this, there are no substitution restrictions, and if you like it, you can even replace everyone.

The players worked the pitch, with managers Simeone and Jorge Gortillo standing on the sidelines to assess the players' competitive form.

Simeone is very satisfied with Tang Zheng's performance, his performance on the court is as steady as ever, and the calmness he shows is not like an eighteen-year-old at all, but more like a veteran in his thirties.

It's so calm!

With the development of world football, the back back that can carry on the past and the future is becoming more and more important, and the simple engineer back will slowly withdraw from the historical stage, and the more versatile back will enter the main stage.

In Simeone's eyes, Tang Zheng is the kind of all-round back.

The defense is impeccable, and the offensive means are changeable.

After more than a month of intensive practice, Tang Zheng's foot skills have improved rapidly, although there is no way to compare with players such as Sanchez and Ortega, but at least it is better than the average Argentine player.

What an enviable learning ability!

The rapid progress is extremely beneficial to Tang Zheng's future development in the riverbed......

"Diego, I don't think there is any need for Don to observe anymore, at least one and a half main spots can be determined. ”

As the first half drew to a close, assistant coach Jorge Gortillo turned his head to Simeone.

"Huh?" Simone asked meaningfully, "What do you mean by that?"

"It's so stable!" Jorge Gortillo said briefly.

Four simple words, straight to the point.

Indeed, Tang Zheng has the most important point of a professional player - stability!

In the second half, Tang Zheng, Falcao and Sanchez were substituted together.

Tang Zheng, who didn't know much about the coach's thinking, thought that the head coach Simeone was dissatisfied with his on-field performance.

Still Falcao is well-informed, he sat on the bench and patted Tang Zheng's left thigh and said, "Don't worry, this shows that your performance has conquered the leader." ”

"Really?" Tang Zheng was a little skeptical.

"Of course, why else would I have come down?"

"Because you're so bad......"

"Where is it rotten?"

"I gave you two good balls and you didn't put the ball in, and you still say it's not bad?"

"I'll go, if I can take all the opportunities, then I'll be in Real Madrid!"

"That's right. ”

“……”

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River Plate's first warm-up game of the new season ended up beating Sarsfield Town 3-1, but the second warm-up game was a bit bumpy.

After all, Estudiantes de La Plata is much stronger than Sarsfield, the two sides drew 2:2, and it is worth mentioning that Tang Zheng scored with a pass in the game that directly assisted Augusto Fernandez, who played on the right wing.

River Plate, the final warm-up match of the new season, will host Sao Paulo from Brazil...... River Plate fans will be waiting to see.

At the same time, as the Olympic football match in BJ is about to kick off, the Chinese Football Association, which did not call Tang Zheng into the national Olympic team, is under certain pressure.

Because the current choice of the Chinese Olympic team in the back position is worrying, and the defensive hardness of the technical teams such as Brazil and Belgium cannot keep up.

However, this has little to do with Tang Zheng, although he really wants to join the Chinese Olympic team to participate in the local Olympic Games, but many times he can do what he wants, and Tang Zheng, who was forced to move from home to abroad, knows better than anyone the inside story that others don't know.

Despite this, Tang Zheng often browses the Internet to pay attention to the preparation of the Chinese Olympic team.

Before the start of the BJ Olympics, River Plate hosted their last warm-up opponent of the pre-season - Sao Paulo.

The current Sao Paulo team should not be underestimated, they have won the Brazilian league title for two consecutive seasons, and their strength can be said to be in full swing, which is the most suitable for the current River Plate team.

Only by facing a strong opponent can we verify that the player's condition meets Simeone's ideal requirements.

The starting list and main substitutes for the new season are basically determined in Simeone's mind, so in the last warm-up game before the new season, he sent the strongest eleven squad in his mind.

The goalkeeper was Juan Ojeda, the defenders were Ferrari, Cabral, Tucio and Billy, the midfield three were Tang Zheng, Ponsio and Ahumada, and the forward line was Sanchez, Falcao and Augusto Fernandez.

There is only one person Tang Zheng of Sao Paulo who knows one, and that is their goalkeeper and captain Cheney, a legend of Sao Paulo who has dedicated all his youth to the club.

But this is not what makes Tang Zheng remember him, the most important thing is his terrifying scoring ability.

As a goalkeeper, Cheney not only has superb goal-line skills, but also excellent skills at his feet.

To date, Cheney has scored 87 goals, including 48 direct free-kicks and 40 penalties.

You know, he's a goalkeeper!

So Cheney's achievements are lifelong and deserve the respect of any professional footballer.

After the start of the game, the visiting Sao Paulo had the meaning of anti-guest, and once took advantage of the tee to press River Plate in their own half.

Tang Zheng has a strong ability to read the game and quickly realised that the reason why Sao Paulo were able to take the initiative was because of their midfield core Hernals.

He's very erratic, he reads the game well, his feet are quite balanced, he has a certain passing ability from a midfielder, and he is very strong.

Of course, the most important thing is that Elnals is smart enough to play.

Perhaps it was learned that Conca had suffered from Tang Zheng, and Hernanes consciously bypassed Tang Zheng when organizing the attack.

Tang Zheng didn't have a good way to do it now, so he had to protect the defensive space in the backcourt, after all, the opponent's offense always had to hit the core area.

At the same time, Hernanes was very surprised by Tang Zheng's calmness and judgment, he always thought that as long as he kept running and organizing the team's frontcourt attack, he could find River Plate's defensive holes, but the truth was cruel, Tang Zheng was able to keep a good distance from his teammates during the movement and never lose his defensive position.

After all, there is such a field at the edge of the penalty area, and it is really difficult to cram a ball in.

Both wings have tried to get down and 45-degree crosses, but River Plate's centre-backs are very capable of fighting for the top and have never been able to open up the situation.

However, Tang Zheng's counterattack launched by two consecutive long passes almost led to the loss of his own goal, which is really an opponent that should not be underestimated.

However, what scares Hernanes the most is Tang Zheng's back-up involvement in the attack, his big stride and man-ball combination are very good, plus he has a wide vision, which makes people unguardable.

Hernanez's fears came true in the 24th minute of the game, and Tang Zheng seized the moment and stepped in to get involved.

When he drew enough attention from the defence to pick up a decisive pass to the right flank, Sanchez accelerated the ball into the right side of the box and then passed to the flanked Falcao in the middle, who slotted the ball into the back of the net with a tackle.

Before the end of the first half, it was Tang Zheng's long pass to launch a counterattack, and Augusto Fernandez, who had returned from injury, had a very strong desire to shoot after getting the ball, and he stepped on his bicycle twice in a row to shake off the central defender Miranda, and then scored on the line of the big penalty area, and the score became 2:0

With a two-goal lead, River Plate took the lead in making personnel adjustments in the second half, and many main players such as Tang Zheng, Falcao and Ahumada were replaced one after another.

Hernanes found an opportunity to perform, scoring with a cross to help Sao Paulo equalise.

In the end, the friendly match between the two giants ended in a draw.

(To be continued.) )