Chapter 060: Doing It Yourself
“Taaaaaaaaaaaaaang——”
In the case of Real Madrid trailing Barcelona 0:2, whether it is Real Madrid fans in the stands or Real Madrid fans sitting in front of the TV, what they miss most is undoubtedly Tang Zheng, so under the thousands of calls, Tang Zheng stood next to the fourth official holding up the substitution electronic card, waiting to play.
"Real Madrid fell behind Barcelona by two goals in the first half, and Ancelotti finally couldn't bear to make substitution adjustments! Mr. Tang Zheng put on the battle!" Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice was obviously an octave higher: "People have dreams, otherwise they will live like a salted fish, now let's wait for Tang Zheng's play, let him lead Real Madrid to achieve a super reversal at the Mestalla Stadium!"
British Sky commentator Andy Grey shouted at the same time as Tang Zheng and Khedira made a substitution handover ceremony: "Don, who turned miracles into normalcy, came off the bench to the shouts of the Real Madrid fans!
As soon as the words fell, the guest commentator Martin Taylor was in high spirits: "Maybe I will add a big question mark to the back of other people, but if it is Don, I will be sure, very sure! A man who is good at turning miracles into normalcy, what else can't he do? Even if he returns from injury, ...... return."
Obviously, the Barcelona players are very jealous of Tang Zheng, and Tang Zheng, who came on as a substitute, was put to the ground by Rakitic at the first touch, but the referee on duty, Marienko, did not give Rakitic a yellow card, and did not even warn, so Real Madrid coach Ancelotti was very dissatisfied and complained to the fourth official as soon as possible.
"Woo-woo-"
The Real Madrid fans at the Mestalla Stadium also let out a deafening loud boo for Rakitic.
However, Barcelona fans are very satisfied, in their cognition, as long as Tang Zheng does not play well enough, then Barcelona will win in the end!
Rakitic chose to foul with a lot of action on the first time Tang Zheng came off the bench, which must be a psychological pressure for Tang Zheng, who has returned from injury, and it is likely to affect Tang Zheng's performance at that time.
It's just that many times it is difficult for ideas to become reality, and Rakitic's foul not only did not play a role in dismounting, but aroused Tang Zheng's stronger desire to win.
Rakitic has both offense and defense, specifically attacking strong and weak, which means that Barcelona's midfield defense still has to rely on Busquets, and then Rakitic and Iniesta are responsible for the defense.
The Real Madrid midfield combination led by Tang Zheng has played many games with Barcelona, and the cooperation is quite tacit, and Tang Zheng realizes that the Barcelona midfielders want to affect their playing rhythm with rough fouls, and rarely dribbles forward for a long time, all for teammates.
Five minutes later, Tang Zheng seemed to be very active, but it did not help Real Madrid narrow the score, so Barcelona coach Enrique temporarily breathed a sigh of relief, he believes that the team has been careful after being defeated by Real Madrid many times, and there will be no more low-level mistakes......
In fact?
The Barcelona players on the pitch felt that Tang Zheng was not a direct threat after a little slack, because Tang Zheng's excellent performance in the last game was the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals half a month ago, and then he has been recovering from a thigh strain, and six days ago in the final round of the 2014-2015 La Liga season had a short playing time, and his form did not seem to be very good.
Any player will have ups and downs from injury to return, and Busquets and Rakitic believe that Tang Zheng, who has always been at the peak of his career, has finally reached a period of personal form.
In the 53rd minute, Real Madrid won a corner kick.
Tang Zheng came to the Barcelona penalty area as before, ready to scramble for a header.
With Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez next to him, the defensive posture was undoubtedly high-standard, but Tang Zheng got the chance to go unmarked by running around the front before Modric's corner.
Modric's corner kick was exactly in the area covered by Tang Zheng's running, and then the fans sitting in front of the TV could clearly see Tang Zheng jumping high in front of him, without any Barcelona defenders around him as interference.
"Oops!"
Barcelona manager Luis Enrique realized something.
Tang Zheng, who jumped high, naturally offered his hands in mid-air, maintained his body balance, twisted his waist and threw his abdomen, and pushed the ball to the upper right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Ter Stegen reacted in front of the goal, but it was still a little slow compared to the speed of the football that Tang Zheng pushed out, and before his body could fully stretch, the football had already crashed into the snow-white net......
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“Gooooooooooooooooooogl——”
British Sky commentator Andy Gray stood up with his hands on the commentary seat, and sharply lengthened his voice.
At the same time, the Mestalla Stadium entered a state of frenzy among the Real Madrid fans, who created a deafening loud chant: "Whoa, whoa—"
He Wei, the commentator of the central 5 commentary seat on the spot, entered a crazy mode as always, and shouted hysterically: "The ball is in! The ball is in! Tang Zheng received a corner kick from Modric in the seventh minute of the substitute and jumped high, and pushed the ball into the 'Little Lion King' Ter Stegen to guard the goal and help Real Madrid narrow the score to one goal! Now it is 1:2 behind! There is still more than half an hour left in the game, and I believe that Real Madrid is very likely to equalize and even overtake during this time! What do you think of the fans in front of the TV? ?"
Tang Zheng, who scored in the frenzied atmosphere of the Mestalla Stadium, was not very excited, he was used to seeing big scenes, and it was not the first time he scored against Barcelona, just simply hugged and high-fived his teammates to celebrate the goal that narrowed the score.
The reporters scattered behind the Barcelona goal kept pressing the camera button in their hands, and the flash kept flashing, but it was a very normal thing for a top superstar like Tang Zheng, who was not affected in any way, but raised his arms and waved vigorously at the Real Madrid fans in the stands.
The Real Madrid fans in the stands were very cooperative, and their voices were elongated: "Taaaaa-"
These Real Madrid fans believe that as long as Tang Zheng is on the field, then winning will be easy.
The media reporters in the mixed area are still Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, although the two are not as close as before, but at least in the case of narrowing the gap of high-fives, there is no difference.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti naturally saw it in his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.
A lot of times, a win can cover things up, so Ancelotti wants it to last.
Tang Zheng's header helped narrow the gap to one, and Barcelona coach Enrique clearly felt the pressure, and he returned to the dugout and nervously communicated with his assistant to see if he should make adjustments to the lineup.
The MSN pair, who had high hopes from Barcelona fans, were in a bad mood while the Real Madrid fans were making a huge shout, they thought that a two-goal lead in the first half would bring a positive effect to the game, but they didn't expect that everything would change with Tang Zheng coming off the bench.
The controlling midfielders gradually lost control, the defensive time began to increase, the attacking time automatically decreased, and they were supposed to be the protagonists in the background.
Or rather, the stars of the game are reduced to the background.
There is only one real protagonist, and that is Real Madrid's No. 10, who has just scored a goal.
Tang Zheng!
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“…… With Tang Zheng's appearance, Real Madrid has significantly improved its self-confidence, Modric and Kroos cooperate very well with him, and the passing and cutting positions are very similar to the combination of Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets in Barcelona's peak time, but the current Real Madrid three-man midfield combination is more strategic and more capable of scoring than the peak of Barcelona's midfield!"
There was a period of time when the game restarted, and He Wei, the commentator of the Central 5 Campaign, talked eloquently about the game in progress.
Messi has returned to midfield as often as he has in the past against Real Madrid to help with the attack, and it will be difficult to sort out the midfield by relying on Iniesta alone when Rakitic has not yet integrated into Barcelona's tactical system.
But Messi, who returned to the midfield to help organize the attack, was also equivalent to self-defeating, and the farther away he was from the goal, the less threatening he was to Casillas' goal.
In addition, Messi, who returned to the midfield, had to play one-on-one with Tang Zheng, but his experience with Tang Zheng in the past led to a lack of confidence, and many times he chose to pass the ball more when he had a chance to qualify.
Messi, who has lost his normal heart, can hardly pose an actual threat to Real Madrid's defense.
Messi was further away from the goal, except for Suarez as a tactical suppression between Real Madrid's two central defenders, Neymar fell into a one-man situation.
British Sky commentator Andy Gray shook his head and sighed: "With Don's substitution, Barcelona's tactical play has been greatly limited, or Don's excellent play has put a lot of pressure on Barcelona players, resulting in some changes in their style of play, which may not seem obvious, but the impact on the game is far-reaching......"
Commentator Martin Taylor laughed: "It's an inevitable result!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly changed his voice: "Maybe Barcelona's failure is due to the failure to beat Real Madrid in the competition." ”
The local Catalan commentator is more optimistic: "The score is ahead, as long as there are no more mistakes in the next game, Barcelona will still win the game!"
During the period when Barcelona's attack was blocked, Messi worked hard and he really wanted to help the team solve the attacking dilemma through his individual efforts.
But every time he takes the ball to organize an attack, as long as he sees Tang Zheng appear in the field of vision, there will always be an inexplicable sense of tension, you must know that he has never felt this way since the beginning of his career.
Hell yes!
Messi's state went from Qijia in the first half to a slump in the second half, which is obviously directly related to Tang Zheng's appearance.
Messi gradually became sluggish, and Neymar, who had the right to distribute the ball in the front court, entered a single team, free from the whole.
As Iniesta reaches the age of 30, his physical condition and condition are not comparable to those of the past, and it is difficult to relieve the pressure on Messi in high-level confrontations.
Barcelona coach Enrique naturally saw this, so he was thinking about whether to make a substitution and replace the veteran Xavi.
With Xavi's current physical condition, it is difficult to start the full 90 minutes, but there is no problem with playing for half an hour, so after a few minutes of consideration, Enrique decided to bring on Xavi.
In the 62nd minute of the game, Barcelona made a substitution, Xavi replaced Rakitic.
According to Enrique's tactical adjustment, Xavi's appearance is to solve the lack of fluidity and creativity in Barcelona's midfield's attack, but ...... Who would have thought that Real Madrid's equaliser would have opened the gap from Xavi's side?
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Through continuous interspersed runs, Tang Zheng who faced the ball was not Busquets, who had the strongest defensive ability in Barcelona's midfield, but Xavi, who came off the bench.
In the face of Xavi's defense, Tang Zheng knew that the opportunity had come.
I saw that Tang Zheng in the broadcast screen stopped continuously, used the change of rhythm to shake Harvey, and advanced from the right rib of the attack.
Neymar, who was actively defending himself, fell to the ground and put the shovel, Tang Zheng took a step forward with his right foot very fancy, and pulled the football back with the sole of his foot, just like driving a car in the face of an obstacle and suddenly stepping on the brakes, and then pulling the football back with the sole of his right foot to the left rear again, and the whole person passed by Neymar who was gliding in front of him.
Marseille maneuver!
"Oh-My-God!!" British Sky Commentator Andy Grey shouted violently, "Marseille Rounddown!!"
No one noticed that Zidane, the assistant coach sitting in the Real Madrid dugout, suddenly stood up from the bench, holding his head in his hands with an incredulous expression.
Looking at it, it is full of his thirty-year-old style.
You must know that Tang Zheng is more than 1.9 meters tall, the turning radius is larger than Zidane, and the difficulty is also rising in a straight line, but the ornamentation is more freehand than Zidane.
"Oh, oh, oh-"
The Real Madrid fans and Barcelona fans at the Mestalla Stadium let out a burst of exclamations.
Tang Zheng was not affected by these small influences, he picked up his right foot directly after breaking through Neymar and fired directly from about 35 meters from the goal.
Since there was no interference from any Barcelona player in front of him, Tang Zheng was in an unmarked state.
For a player of his calibre, it's deadly!
Tang Zheng, who adjusted his stepping point, naturally raised his left arm to maintain his body balance, and then picked up his thick right leg.
The ball was like a cannonball, without a hint of spin in mid-air, and flew quickly towards the goal.
Goalkeeper Ter Stegen's pupils shrank suddenly, he played for Menchengladbach and Tang Zheng, this game is the first time he has directly confronted Tang Zheng since joining Barcelona, he wanted to turn the tide, the result was ......
The football kicked by Tang Zheng seemed to be loaded with GPS, flew to the upper right corner of the goal, and Ter Stegen, who was standing slightly closer to the middle, moved to the left for the first time.
However, as soon as he took the first step, the football flew near the penalty spot, so he could only rely on the inertia of taking a step to leap hard, driving his whole body to rise into the air, pushing his waist and abdomen up, stretching out his left arm, trying to block the football with his fingertips......
"Whoa—"
Half a second later, the Mestalla Stadium was boiling again, and the Real Madrid fans were excited like children, dancing with their hands and hysterically creating huge cheers.
Tang Zheng relied on his own strength to score two goals in a row!