Chapter 038: Fighting on the Training Ground

"Beep~Beep~Beep~~"

With the referee on duty Lahoz blowing the whistle of the whole game, the score was finally fixed at 0:1.

The Real Madrid superstar looked very disappointed, with most of the players covering their faces with their hands, while others simply slumped on the grass and felt the sporadic boos coming from the stands.

Real Madrid fans have always been known as the most difficult fans in the world, and this is especially evident after the game.

The sporadic boos were not very loud, but they were particularly harsh in the quiet of the court.

Tang Zheng squatted on the grass with a straight face, his brows furrowed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Cristiano Ronaldo's mood was no better, as he clapped his hands on his hips and mechanically clapped his passing national team team-mate Thiago.

The broadcast camera showed Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, and it seemed that nothing was captured from the screen.

But if you think about it from another perspective, it's not hard to guess his bad mood.

The home defeat to Atletico Madrid in this game saw the opponent win seven consecutive victories while five points behind the top Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

Five points may not be a big deal in the early days of the league, but considering the overall run-in of Real Madrid in the new season and the problems exposed, it is a long way to go for Ancelotti's Real Madrid coaching career.

He shook hands politely with Atletico Madrid manager Simeone, and then walked to the players' tunnel without looking back.

Immediately, the broadcast cameras were given to Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo respectively.

In fact, from another point of view, Real Madrid's 0:1 loss to Atletico Madrid at home is directly related to the fact that the two of them did not form a tacit understanding, and even at the end of the game, the two had a verbal conflict because they did not pass the ball in place.

Atletico Madrid took three points away at the Bernabeu, and coach Simeone looked very excited, he saw Tang Zheng squatting there in disappointment, and walked over with a smile.

Tang Zheng saw a person standing in front of him, and he looked up to see that it was his mentor Diego Simeone.

Seeing the victor's smile, Tang Zheng couldn't help but roll his eyes, and then stood up along Simone's outstretched right hand.

"I'll just say you're going to cry, right?" said Diego Simeone, patting Tang Zheng on the shoulder.

"This is the first round. Tang Zheng held his head high and said unadmittedly: "We have a saying in China that 'the good show is behind', and it must be our Real Madrid who wins the championship in the end." ”

Diego Simeone didn't speak, but glanced at Tang Zheng meaningfully, feeling that Tang Zheng was still the Tang Zheng who never admitted defeat back then.

So he tapped his chin and patted Tang Zheng's right shoulder again: "Okay, then we'll see you in the second half of the season, I hope you can take away the victory in Calderón at that time." ”

"This is the inevitable result!" Tang Zheng said.

In the regular press conference after the game, Ancelotti did not bring Tang Zheng or Cristiano Ronaldo, who was on the cusp, but captain Ramos.

It is clear that the media is unhappy with Ancelotti's approach.

Real Madrid are world-class giants and every detail of every game receives huge attention.

In this game, there was a verbal conflict between teammates, and the media hoped to directly interview Tang Zheng or Cristiano Ronaldo to get valuable news.

The questions from the media were tricky, and Ancelotti and Ramos were difficult to answer, and the press officer had to summarily conclude the regular post-match press conference.

The next day, the coverage of the Spanish media and the mainstream European media focused on the just-concluded 153rd Madrid derby.

Among them, the most concerned place by the media is the verbal altercation between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo in the 82nd minute of the game because of a lack of tacit understanding between each other's passing and cutting positions.

The lip expert fully translated the lip shape of the two, and Cristiano Ronaldo said, "Will you pass the ball?

Tang Zheng quickly responded: "Shut up, narcissist!"

The two of them were pulled away by their teammates as soon as they said a word, which alleviated the quarrel conflict, but the media reporters' brains have always been very big and made something out of nothing.

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Real Madrid have played a total of eight official matches this season, seven in the league and one in the Champions League group stage.

The strongest opponents of these eight teams are Villarreal and Atletico Madrid, while Real Madrid, who have not fully integrated the new squad, drew and lost respectively, which is somewhat incompatible with Real Madrid's huge investment this summer.

Of course, Real Madrid fans are most unhappy with the home defeat to Atletico Madrid.

Real Madrid's last defeat to Atletico Madrid dates back to the 10th round of the 1999-2000 season, and in the thirteen years since, Real Madrid have been unbeaten at home with eight wins and five draws, but that record was set last night.

In addition, Real Madrid's unbeaten streak of 34 games at home also came to an end.

However, the pro-Real Madrid media did not pay attention to this, instead pointing out that the 1999-2000 season was followed by a home league defeat to Atletico Madrid and the Champions League title that season......

But the problem that more media talked about is the quarrel between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo in the game, the two are worth more than 200 million euros together, and if the problem of discord with each other is further expanded, it will definitely be a heavy blow to Real Madrid's results this season!

Therefore, the Real Madrid executives, led by President Florentino, came to the office building early in the morning for a meeting, which was also attended by Ancelotti's coaching staff to discuss how to solve the problem between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ancelotti, who participated in the meeting, seemed helpless, because this was not the first time such a meeting had been held.

The result?

It's still the same.

Carlo Ancelotti's coaching staff had a lot of headaches and they felt that the situation was out of their control.

Europe has always been about freedom, and personal grievances between players are not suitable for meddler, but sometimes they have to intervene.

Coming out of the conference room, Ancelotti, Zidane, and Clement glanced at each other, and it was not difficult to see the sense of powerlessness in each other's hearts.

At the end of next month, they will travel to Camp Nou to challenge Barcelona, and the national derby is the real one that cannot be missed compared to the Madrid derby, so Florentino has demanded that the team must win the Barcelona with a new manager.

Carlo Ancelotti also issued a military order, saying that he would definitely beat Barcelona in the national derby.

Although Real Madrid is a membership club, the member representative is a headache, and even the president Florentino is difficult to explain to the above, after all, 200 million euros can't be wasted......

It's one thing to have a high transfer fee, it's another thing to have a face.

Spain's two major clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona, are not only athletic, but also political.

In the afternoon, the whole Real Madrid squad underwent recovery training before preparing for the second round of the Champions League group in midweek.

The Madrid derby has been over for less than a day, but in today's era of high-speed information dissemination, the question between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo has been magnified countless times.

The two parties lacked communication, and the training did not care about each other, and the atmosphere of the entire training ground seemed very depressing.

Carlo Ancelotti's coaching staff had a headache, but they couldn't find a way to cut in, so they had to arrange training as usual.

The overall strength of Champions League opponents Copenhagen in midweek is weak, and with the home game, is there any reason to drop points?

Sure enough!

In the Champions League group stage at home in midweek, Real Madrid beat visiting Copenhagen 4-0.

Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two main culprits of Real Madrid's defeat last weekend, both scored twice, which is incredible.

The big win in the Champions League and the double brace have made a lot of media comments on Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo much quieter.

Despite this, Real Madrid's attack is still a huge problem, as the goals of Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have nothing to do with each other.

Cristiano Ronaldo's two goals came from penalties and Marcelo's crosses, and Tang Zheng's two goals were from distance and corners.

Carlo Ancelotti watched the footage of the game repeatedly after the game, hoping to find new tactical ideas.

Since the problem of Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be solved in a short period of time, it is better to put it aside for the time being and start a new tactical idea.

Prior to that, Real Madrid had only played a tough game at home to Juventus in the third round of the Champions League group stage.

Of course, Real Madrid's current focus on the game is still away to Levante, the league is currently five points behind Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, if the chain is dropped again on the road, then it will have to give up this season's league title competition in advance.

Most of the Spanish media have diminished with Real Madrid's 4-0 home win over Copenhagen against Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, but instead of releasing, the media in the Catalan region have stepped up their detailed analysis of Real Madrid's big win over Copenhagen.

As Carlo Ancelotti saw in the problem, the goals of Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo stemmed from Real Madrid's strong overall strength.

And the best evidence comes from 153 La Liga Madrid derbies.

The Catalan media even acted as tactical coaches, helping Levante coach Caparros to find out the serious problems exposed by Real Madrid's attacking and defensive system.

In this regard, the most obvious are Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Football matches are 11vs11 games, and once Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo can't get in touch, it's tantamount to saying that the game is equal to 10vs11.

Against a team that is a notch or two under, it may have a good chance of winning, but against a team of similar quality, it is a huge question whether or not to score goals.

Villarreal before and Atletico Madrid in the back are living examples.

Levante's overall strength is indeed incomparable to Villarreal and Atletico Madrid, but the Catalan regional media gives Levante full confidence.

In addition to the 0-7 defeat to Barcelona in the first round of the league, only four goals were conceded in the following six league rounds, and only one goal was conceded in three home games, making it the team with the fewest goals conceded at home in La Liga, along with Malaga.

With this layer of data, Levante fans swept away the gloom and began to have confidence in the team's home game against Real Madrid.

The head coach Caparos also came out to give an interview to the media at the right time, full of confidence: "Real Madrid are very strong as a whole, but they seem to be in big trouble right now, this is our chance! What? 4-0 win over Copenhagen? It was at the Bernabeu, don't forget that they are going to visit the City Stadium next. ”

On the Real Madrid side, only vice-captain Sergio Ramos responded, saying: "A team that doesn't even want a face at Camp Nou dares to come out and shout? Beware of a heavy defeat at home!"

Levante fans scoffed at Ramos' remarks and joked that Real Madrid was destined to not have a title destiny.

Real Madrid fans didn't want to join, but because of the arrogance of Levante fans, they had to respond, otherwise others would think that Real Madrid fans didn't have a seed.

As a result, an ordinary league became full of gunsmoke with the intervention of all sides.

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At the end of the day's training, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo practiced separately.

The first-team stadium is so big, they seem to have formed some kind of tacit understanding, and one person occupies a half-court goal.

While reaching a tacit understanding, the two are more energetic.

Both are experts in falling leaves, but the free kicks of Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo are slightly different.

Cristiano Ronaldo's direct free-kick relied too heavily on calf explosiveness and was more than thirty metres away.

Tang Zheng's defoliant balls are different, or his footwork is more delicate, no matter how far or near he is, he can hit high-quality defoliant balls.

For this, even if Cristiano Ronaldo is unwilling to admit it, he knows the gap in his heart, but he didn't say it clearly for the sake of face, but he has never been a professional player who easily admits defeat.

Being able to get to this point has little to do with his outstanding talent, and the most important thing to do is his diligence for ten years.

As time passed, only Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo remained in the training ground.

After a while, Cristiano Ronaldo listened to the sound of "clang" goalposts from time to time in the other half, and he couldn't help but turn to look at Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng turned his back to Cristiano Ronaldo, the football was placed on the right side of the attack about 30 meters from the goal, and the human wall board was placed on the line of the big penalty area to block the near corner.

To Cristiano Ronaldo's surprise, Tang Zheng stood behind the right side of the football instead of the left......

His brain had an idea - could it be that Tang Zheng practiced direct free kicks with his non-dominant foot?

The next moment!

Through three steps, Tang Zheng stepped on the right side of the football about 30 centimeters with his right foot and picked up his left foot.

“Boom~”

Like a cannonball, the soccer ball flew over the wall panel at great speed, and then fell violently......

Just when Cristiano Ronaldo thought the football was about to crash into the net, the ball slammed into the crossbar with a crisp 'clang' sound.

However, the more surprising part was still to come, Tang Zheng's left-footed direct free kick from nearly 30 meters hit the crossbar.

Other words...... Tang Zheng didn't control his footwork well, but ...... It's too well controlled.

After kicking a few times in a row, Tang Zheng was a little tired, so he turned around and prepared to walk to the sidelines to replenish his water.

In the afterglow, he felt someone looking at him, so he turned his head to see Cristiano Ronaldo, who had turned around in a hurry.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who turned around, did not feel embarrassed by Tang Zheng's gaze, but aroused the desire to fight in his heart.

Want to outdo me in a free-kick?

I'm not old yet!