Europa Leagues tend to have two international breaks in September, followed by national leagues and European competitions.

Real Madrid's home win over Athletic Bilbao ended at 2 p.m., giving Tang Zheng plenty of time, so he took a flight back to China that evening to join the national team and prepare for two international friendlies.

It is worth mentioning that as the Chinese team stood out in the 2014 Brazil World Competition Asian Qualifiers, FIFA points soared, from the original 68th to 52nd, ranking fourth in Asia, second only to Japan, Australia and Iran.

At present, the Chinese team is only a few points away from Iran, which is ranked third in Asia, which means that after playing the warm-up match in Mexico at home, the FIFA points ranking next month will likely surpass Iran and tie the record set by the Chinese men's football team in 1993 to rank third in Asia.

The highest ranking in the world was in 2002, which happened to be ranked 32nd in the world.

The Chinese men's football team entered the 2014 World Cup in Brazil under the leadership of Tang Zheng, and the self-confidence of Chinese fans has increased significantly, even if they host Mexico, which is ranked higher in the world, they are full of confidence in the national team.

It's just that...... The process and result were a little depressing, 0:1, Mexico won the victory at the same time as breaking the undefeated golden body of the Chinese men's football team in Changsha Helong Sports with the final blow of Little Pea Hernandez.

One of the most frustrating for Chinese fans was that in the 68th minute of the game, head coach Camacho had a verbal altercation with Tang Zheng on the sidelines, and Tang Zheng angrily shook his hand back, expressing his strong dissatisfaction with head coach Camacho.

In the mixed area after the game, although Tang Zheng explained that he had no conflict with Camacho, it was just that the game was too intense, and everyone focused on the game, which was normal.

Camacho also clarified in his regular post-match press conference, saying that there was no contradiction between the two and that the cooperation was very pleasant.

Despite this, it still allowed Chinese and foreign media to capture a hint of clues.

Although many of the directors in the Chinese arena are not professional enough, the close-up angle is well adjusted, and there are many meanings that can be understood.

It just so happened that the close-up of Tang Zheng and Camacho's quarrel and the previous exchanges were successfully captured by the on-site director, and through the translation of lip experts, the words that the two said when they broke out into a verbal altercation were obtained.

When the Chinese team fell behind Mexico, head coach Camacho gave Tang Zheng a face-to-face lesson not to strengthen the attack, but to maintain the existing defensive strength.

At the beginning, Tang Zheng nodded that it was meaningless, but as the game entered the rhythm of Mexico, Camacho still hoped that Tang Zheng would defend more and attack less.

As a result, Tang Zheng, who was skeptical of Camacho's game tactics, broke out.

Tang Zheng is pronouncing Camacho's lips obviously, it is the Spanish "Shut up, outdated people." ”

Then Tang Zheng's attention was more focused on attacking, and the overall attack of the Chinese team also changed significantly, so Camacho's face was very ugly, and the words he communicated with his assistant were basically deciphered......

Fueled by the media, the contradiction between Tang Zheng and Camacho has been infinitely magnified.

In the first training session of the Chinese team in Tehran, the capital of Iran, it was not difficult to find that there seemed to be a significant gap between the Chinese coaching staff and the Spanish coaching staff, and there was not much communication between the players and the coaches.

Camacho did not give an interview to the media, but his assistant José Casseren was interviewed by the Spanish newspaper "Confidential", although he did not answer directly, but the side hinted that the Chinese players led by Tang Zheng have long been not obedient to Camacho's arrangement, and even the Chinese coaching staff often interferes with their regular training.

All of a sudden, the wind and thunder surged.

Of course, the Football Association came out to refute the rumors as soon as possible, saying that the current media reports have no basis and hope that fans will treat them calmly.

In this case, the Chinese team adjusted the Iranian national team at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran.

The media focus is on the conflict between Tang Zheng, the number one star of the Chinese team, and the head coach Camacho, but for the fans, they are more concerned about the quality of the national team's games.

From the first second of the game, fans found that the Chinese team gradually returned to the simple and rough style of play in the early days of Camacho's coaching, and the offense no longer had too many cumbersome conduction runs in the middle, but directly chose to make long passes.

In the face of this straightforward style of play, the physically strong Iranians were not afraid at all, so much so that the Iranian fans who watched the game were a little surprised.

This...... Is it still the Chinese team with Tang Zheng as the core of the technical style of play?

Tang Zheng was indeed there, but his responsibility was more on the defense and the long pass that defended the counterattack.

The Chinese team that is good at ground passing and cutting play in the Asian Top 10 has been transformed into a traditional British style of play, which is unfamiliar.

If the Chinese team is facing a Southeast Asian team, there is no problem in choosing a straight tactical style of play, the problem is that Iran likes such an opponent!

Yang 5 commentator He Wei frowned and said: "This is Camacho's tactical style of play in the early days of the Chinese team, compared to the past eight Asian top 10 games, the Iranian team players are strong and strong, this style of play can certainly reduce physical contact, but is it really suitable for the Chinese team?"

At present, according to the media, the players led by Tang Zheng have a conflict with the Spanish coaching staff, although the two sides have not confirmed it, but all kinds of signs point to contradictions, He Wei, as a national sports station commentator, naturally will not directly assert, after all, the Football Association official has just come forward to refute the rumors.

At the end of 90 minutes, the scoreboard showed 2:0

The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.

The Chinese team lost to the Iranian team by two goals at the Azadi Stadium.

Tang Zheng did not return to China with the team, but took a flight back to the city where their respective clubs were located with Hao Junmin, Wu Sanshi, Zhang Linpeng and other players in Europe.

All questions, left to Camacho.

There are nearly 10 months to go until next year's World Cup in Brazil, but the Chinese team appears in the World Cup in the current situation, and it is very likely that the tragedy of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan will be repeated.

Therefore, the domestic media continue to report, and the media are also divided into two factions.

Some media believe that Camacho's tactics are outdated and not suitable for the current Chinese team at all, and they don't know how to get along with the core players in the team, so it is urgent to change the coach.

And some media feel that the players in Europe led by Tang Zheng have become less and less aware of what "respect" is as their fame rises, and the 0:2 away defeat to the Iranian team is completely aimed at the head coach Camacho's 'tacit understanding'.

Obviously, as a Chinese fan, I naturally want to believe that Camacho's tactics are outdated and he doesn't know how to get along with the players.

In the impression of many Chinese fans, Tang Zheng has always been very hardworking, and he has always had a good relationship with the coach, otherwise he would not have succeeded in River Plate and Dortmund.

Moreover, Camacho's tactics are admittedly outdated, and there are precedents for not getting along well with players.

During his tenure at Real Madrid, Benfica, and Osasuna, there was a lot of such news, so the media and fans thought that the problem was Camacho rather than Tang Zheng.

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Tang Zheng and Camacho, the conflict between the Chinese coaching staff and the Spanish coaching staff has been around for a long time, but the contract signed by the Chinese Football Association and Camacho's coaching team is 2+1, and the contract will be automatically renewed for one year after passing the top ten matches in Asia.

The Chinese Football Association has long received feedback from the Chinese coaching staff, and has also tried to discuss with Camacho's legal team the possibility of not renewing the contract.

You must know that with Camacho's current coaching experience and ability, it is difficult to find a fat difference in the Chinese team, and his legal team naturally refuses.

As media and fans became dissatisfied with Camacho, Chinese Football Association officials tried again to contact Camacho's legal team to discuss an early termination of the contract between the two parties.

Camacho's lawyer team replied quickly, and it had an extra layer of meaning compared to the reply from the last contact - you can terminate the contract!

The Chinese coaching staff and the Spanish coaching staff don't look at each other at each other, and the players don't look at each other......

The impact is huge.

The officials of the Football Association are not without the ability to think, but many times they need to consider more level issues.

Camacho's annual salary is 4.3 million euros after tax and 6.45 million euros before tax, equivalent to more than 50 million yuan.

So why replace Gao Hongbo with Camacho?

The reason is that a large domestic group funded the sponsorship of the Football Association, and the precondition of the sponsorship was that the national team could not use local coaches, so the senior management of the Football Association decided to replace local coaches with foreign coaches.

For a variety of reasons, Camacho was the only one left, and one of the reasons for the signing of the two sides was that many media and fans scoffed.

Of course, even if this condition is not changed, the Chinese Football Association will not be able to break up with Camacho peacefully, after all, Camacho entered the World Cup with the Chinese team, and the contract was automatically extended for one year.

So in this case, a peaceful breakup is completely impossible!

Just when the senior management of the Chinese Football Association did not know how to choose, the CEO of the large domestic group that sponsored the search for a foreign coach was willing to pay liquidated damages and fund the search for a new head coach.

At this time, Tang Zheng had just resumed training with the team and prepared for the fourth round of the 2013-2014 La Liga season against Villarreal.

However, the termination of the contract is not an overnight thing, and it will take time to solve it, after all, money does not fall from the sky, and it can save a little.

For Tang Zheng, Villarreal is a special opponent.

Why is it special?

It is due to the fact that his good friend Mousacchio plays for Villarreal, and Musacchio, as Villarreal's main central defender, is 100% likely to start against Real Madrid without injury.

Villarreal were able to win all three rounds of La Liga in the 2013-2014 season, which has a lot to do with Musacchio, and his role in the central defender position is very large, if it were not for the lack of goal scoring ability of the forward line as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Villarreal could have reached the top three in the league.

Tang Zheng entered the Love Song Stadium with the team to warm up, and he saw a familiar figure from a distance.

The last time they met was back in the 2010-2011 season, when the Europa League semi-finals were played.

Old friends reunited after a long absence, and naturally chatted for a while, and the two chatted from their recent performance to Spanish models, and from models to which female stars......

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Time flies, and at 8 p.m. local time on September 14, Villarreal's home match against Real Madrid went on as scheduled.

Although the capacity of the Love Song Stadium was only 22,000 fans, the momentum created by the home fans was terrifying, and Real Madrid centre-back Pepe made a mistake in the noise of the home fans less than two minutes into the game.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Diego López was on the right time, otherwise Dos Santos would have scored the first goal for the home team.

Carlo Ancelotti didn't expect Villarreal to be so aggressive at home, and he quickly made tactical adjustments, asking Luka Modric and Ilia Ramendi to pay more attention to defence.

At the same time, Tang Zheng's position shrank, and he retreated from the forward position to the central midfield, playing a role in connecting the past and the future.

The substitution was immediate, and the problems exposed on the defensive end were solved.

However, new problems have been exposed, because Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have not sparked for a long time, and the attack has not been able to pose a direct threat to the defensive system led by Musacchio.

As the game deepened, Tang Zheng's rating of Musacchio was much higher.

Compared to the 2010-2011 Europa League semi-finals, Musacchio is now more mature.

Of course, this is not the root cause of the failure of Real Madrid's overall attack.

The real reason is that Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have no way to make direct contact, otherwise there will be more pressure on Villarreal's defense.

In the twenty-third minute of the game, Villarreal finally took advantage of the home advantage and scored with a low shot from striker Carney.

With the score behind and the Champions League next week in the middle of the week, Carlo Ancelotti had to choose the easiest way.

Since Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo are not directly linked, then take advantage of their respective super scoring abilities.

Attacking from the flanks has been an important way for Real Madrid to score in recent seasons, especially on the right side.

Di Maria came back from the national team in excellent form, breaking down the right and suddenly giving the ball to Carvajal, who was running around and glancing into the box, before slotting a half-high ball into his chest.

Tang Zheng ran forward from the middle, and Musacchio reached for his shirt while following closely.

In terms of judging the landing point, Tang Zheng has always been more accurate than Musakio.

Musacchio already knew this, so he did not compete with Tang Zheng, but mainly interfered.

Tang Zheng aimed at the football, bent down and prepared to face the football.

Musacchio was a thief, and he put a lot of force on Tang Zheng's waist to make him move forward.

The football hit the right shoulder of Tang Zheng, who grabbed the front point but lost his center of gravity, and then refracted and continued to fly towards the middle of the penalty area.

Cristiano Ronaldo ran very fast, and the refracted football flew behind him, but his reflexes were super strong, allowing his entire upper body to lean forward at the penalty spot, and his right foot, which was dragged behind, was buckled from the bottom up, and he kicked the football with his heel with his passing ball sense......

Goalkeeper Asenjo watched the ball flying through the gap, dumbfounded, and by the time he realized it was too late to make a save.