Chapter 085: Scoring an 'Own Goal'?

Real Madrid's home match against Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-finals of the Champions League has attracted much attention, and the plot at the beginning of the game is also in line with the attention of this key battle, and Dortmund, who has the advantage of kick-off, created enough to score the goal at the first time.

But as the game progressed, Real Madrid, who had the advantage of being at home, gradually took control of the game.

Whether it is Tang Zheng, Xavi Alonso, or Modric, they are all masters of controlling the rhythm, and their skills are very good at their feet, and their vision is open enough, so it is difficult for Dortmund, who are good at pressing high, to grab the ball.

In the absence of a choice, the Dortmund players had to play according to a different pre-match plan, from high pressing to current half-court defense.

Although Jurgen Klopp had always denied before the game that Dortmund was still strong without Tang Zheng, the game was enough to say something.

From attack to defense, Dortmund's transition speed and efficiency are at least a notch slower than last season.

Mkhitaryan is still in the overall tactical system at Borussia Dortmund, Gundogan is not enough to take on the responsibility after the departure of Tang Zheng and Andrea Pirlo, and Sven Ben's role is to defend, and he is responsible for the safety of the central defenders in front of him.

Therefore, Dortmund's attack relies more on two wings, namely Reus and Gotze.

Tang Zheng played for Dortmund for four seasons and is well aware of the technical characteristics and habits of his former team-mates, so he can do it like a fish in water in the midfield position.

In the fifth minute of the game, Real Madrid launched a wave of attacks in the middle that was enough to score.

Tang Zheng, who recycled to the 45-meter area of the attack, received a short pass from Ramos and chose to make a direct long pass, and Marcelo, who was running inside the sideline on the left sideline, inserted it at high speed, and Piszczek reacted half a beat slower to attack and defend weakly, so Hummels had to participate in the defense.

However, the central defender position is very crucial, and unless it is absolutely necessary, it is generally not possible to pull out to defend the opposition full-back.

Because the defensive complement means that there are already some defensive holes in other positions......

Marcelo stopped the ball with his left foot on the run, looked up at Benzema in the box, and then crossed an inverted triangle pass with the arch of his left foot.

Cristiano Ronaldo appeared on the trajectory of the football, and Sven Bender subconsciously fell to the ground to make a tackle.

It was this tackle that prevented Cristiano Ronaldo's crosshairs from adjusting, and she shot slightly over the crossbar and flew towards the stands.

"Oh, oh, oh-"

Suddenly, the sky over the Bernabeu stadium resounded with the huge regret of the home fans.

If Cristiano Ronaldo's crosshairs can be adjusted, this left-footed shot from the left rib of the penalty area can test Yan Junling.

Immediately, Dortmund launched an offensive, but Tang Zheng predicted it in advance without passing a few kicks, and cut off the short pass that Sven Bender gave to Gotze by going around the front defense.

Tang Zheng, who broke the football, made a long pass to the left side for the first time to insert Cristiano Ronaldo at high speed, but fortunately, Hummels knew Tang Zheng very well, and he moved sideways at the same time when Tang Zheng broke the football, close to the oblique ribs Cristiano Ronaldo.

Hummels then jumped high and flicked his neck to head the ball over to Piszczek, who was defending on the right.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei is excited, passionate, and witty: "The game is slowly getting better, Real Madrid at home has a clear advantage, but they lack some luck, and Dortmund players know Tang Zheng very well, Tang Zheng also knows Dortmund players, so the offensive and defensive conversion speed is relatively fast, the only pity is that the offensive conversion rate is low, the game until now except for Lewandowski at the beginning and Ronaldo's 13 yards from the goal to threaten the opponent's goal two shooting opportunities......"

Dortmund, who retreated to the half-time defense, were not all about defending, they were waiting for their chances, just like Real Madrid.

The frenetic atmosphere at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is still frenetic, and everyone in the stadium has their part.

The only thing they weren't happy with was that they didn't score in the twentieth minute, but they were just not satisfied, after all, a draw meant that their team didn't fall behind.

Of course, the most satisfying are the Dortmund fans who travel with the team.

Last season's Real Madrid's overall strength was stronger than Dortmund's, and this season's Tang Zheng joined Real Madrid, which is equivalent to saying that Real Madrid is like a tiger.

In other words, it will be difficult for Dortmund, who are now 'rebuilding', to beat Real Madrid.

German Sky commentator Marcel Leif gave his analysis of the game situation: "Don, who is too familiar with Dortmund, does not talk about the old feelings at all, and focuses on Dortmund's defensive holes to play, fortunately, Jurgen Klopp has a well-prepared plan before the game, otherwise it is really likely to be in the ......"

Before the words fell, Lewandowski's long-range shot from outside the big penalty area was blocked by Ramos head-on, and flew right towards the area covered by Tang Zheng, who was facing his own goal.

Sven Bender also monitored Tang Zheng's selection while attacking on his side, so he rushed over without hesitation, wanting to use his body to stop the football in advance and organize a second attack in the front court as soon as possible.

However, Tang Zheng was like a long eye in the back of his head, and without looking back, he picked the ball back with the tip of his left foot, and the football flew right over the head of Sven Bender, who was jumping forward.

So Sven Bender, whose body was still on the upper body, had no choice but to watch Tang Zheng turn two ninety degrees to the right with his right foot as the axis, facing the offensive direction head-on.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Angel Di Maria flew like three arrows towards the heart of Dortmund's defence.

Tang Zheng had a wide field of vision and did not pass to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was fighting with Piszczek on the left side, but to Di Maria, who was unmarked on the right side.

The way the ball passed was very different from Subotic's prediction, Tang Zheng did not pass high, and with a low pass, the football rolled over the halfway line from the 35-meter defensive area of Real Madrid against the turf and came to the right side of the attack.

Schmelzer was involved on the left side of the attack before he could return to the defense, and another defender, Gundogan, had to make up for it.

Because Subotic's prediction made him lose the possibility of chasing Di Maria directly, he chose to run straight to the edge of the penalty area, and the responsibility of defending Di Maria was handed over to Gundogan.

Di Maria's speed is very fast, and Tang Zheng's diagonal plug on the ground is also very good.

The so-called man-to-ball is talking about this kind of passing.

Jurgen Klopp, who was standing in front of the away coach's box, looked very worried, his vision was good, so it was not Di Maria who was on the ball, nor Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo who were outflanked in the middle, but Tang Zheng.

After passing the football, Tang Zheng did not stop in place, he participated in the attack at full speed.

Sven Bender's advance prediction was skillfully used by Tang Zheng, and Schmelzer did not return to his position, which is equivalent to saying that his own defensive system is four defenses and four.

Among them, Di Maria, who holds the ball, has attracted the attention of both Gundogan and Subotic, so that Tang Zheng, who runs forward after passing the football, is in the stage of being unmarked.

"Hey~ Pay attention to Don!"

Thinking of this, Klopp took a big step forward, his upper body reached over the touchline, and shouted at the players on the field.

But all the attention of the Dortmund players on the field is on the pitch, and there is no extra focus on the off-field at all, so Klopp's loud voice is equivalent to saying that it is useless.

Di Maria slowed down the ball after receiving the ball on the right flank and watched his teammates' movements.

Whether it's Karim Benzema or Cristiano Ronaldo, they're not in a good position.

So Di Maria simply dunked the ball back with his right foot, ready to turn the fast break into a positional attack.

German Sky commentator Marcel Leif pleasantly surprised: "The start of the game was not particularly long, the Dortmund players on the pitch were very focused and did not give Real Madrid much space to attack......"

Interestingly, before the words fell, Di Maria crossed the ball back with the arch of his right foot and came to the middle of the attack about 40 meters from the goal.

The live director switched cameras, and Marcel Leif was dumbfounded.

It stands to reason that Di Maria's return ball would be very beneficial for Dortmund's defence.

“Oh-Tannnnnnnnnnnng!!!”

The next moment, Marcel Leiff stretched out his voice.

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp crossed his arms, pursed his lips and frowned, and it was clear that the last thing he wanted to see finally appeared.

However, Klopp did not stand on the sidelines and yell, because Tang Zheng had a certain understanding of Chinese culture.

There is a saying that it is a blessing not a curse, and it is a disaster that cannot be avoided.

Tang Zheng received the football in the core of the offensive center, and Gundogan had to forcibly twist his waist back to the middle and cross in front of Tang Zheng.

Di Maria, who finished passing the football, did not stay in place, he accelerated and accelerated with central defender Subotic towards the bottom line.

Defending Tang Zheng one-on-one, Gundogan was not sure, so he was ready to foul and wanted to exchange the price of a yellow card for the success of his own defense.

Tang Zheng has not partnered with Gundogan for one or two seasons, and he is very familiar with him, so when Gundogan rushed up and wanted to foul the pair, Tang Zheng suddenly froze on the spot, and the outside of his right foot and instep at the same time flicked the ball to the right front, and the football rolled under Jing Duo's stretched left leg, that is, Tang Zheng crossed Gundogan's small door for the emergency stop dial.

Immediately, Tang Zheng jumped on the ground with both feet, just in time to avoid Gundogan's legs stretched over to sweep the hall.

"Whoa—"

Suddenly, there was a loud cheer over the Bernabeu Stadium.

Obviously, the home fans were very satisfied with Tang Zheng's ball sharing this time, and even many fans began to raise their arms and shout, as if they had scored a goal.

"Oops!"

German TV 2 commentator Michael Reti exclaimed suddenly.

Tang Zheng passed Gundogan, which is equivalent to saying that Tang Zheng, who is holding the ball forward, is unmarked......

Hummels has to keep an eye on Benzema's movements, and at the same time have to beware of Di Maria's diagonal inside line, not daring to rashly defend Tang Zheng.

Gundogan was already a clear case of failure, and Hummels, who was more solid defensively, naturally couldn't make a mistake and chose to fight and retreat.

Of course, he wouldn't be too far away from Tang Zheng, otherwise it would give Tang Zheng a chance to shoot from a distance.

Time waits for no one, and Tang Zheng's choice was not as predicted by Hummels, who quickly handed the ball to Di Maria who ran outside on the right after receiving the football.

Subotic was not sure if Di Maria was offside, so he fought to catch up, and the assistant referee did not raise the flag to prove that Di Maria was not in an offside position.

Di Maria did not rush to the bottom line with the ball as imagined and then crossed, but ran on the spot, facing Tang Zheng to pass the football, and made an obvious inside arc on the inside of the instep of his left foot and flew to the far corner of the penalty area.

Benzema and Hummels in the middle looked at the location of the football, stopped tacitly, and turned their heads to look at the trajectory of the football.

Goalkeeper Yan Junling was the same, but when he saw it like this, he was so frightened that he couldn't see the seven souls.

Piszczek's position was completely pressed behind Cristiano Ronaldo, which meant that he lost the chance to clear the ball defensively.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was running, leaned forward and made a leap from about ten yards out.

The header was full of power, and Yan Junling, who was already about to surrender, subconsciously fell to the left and slapped his palm forward.

But because the action was too fast and the hand shape was not well controlled, Yan Junling only completed the save action and could not block the ball out of the bottom line.

"Wonderful save!!!" Yan !! he saved the ......" German Sky commentator Marcel Leif shouted here, and his tone was sluggish again, and the whole person was very uncomfortable, until the camera of the live director switched, and suddenly stretched his voice again: "Tannnnnnnnnnnnnnnng-"

Yan Junling subconsciously blocked Cristiano Ronaldo's leap to the top, which made the Dortmund fans on the spot feel extremely excited.

However, the time only lasted for a second, because the football flew in front of Tang Zheng, who entered the penalty area.

For Dortmund fans, Tang Zheng is like a god.

Tang Zheng, who happened to be at the same point as the trajectory of the football, had no extra thoughts, his right foot took a big step forward, his right arm naturally opened to maintain his body balance, his body formed an angle of about 60 degrees with the grass, and his left foot was slashed from back to front, completing a left-footed half-volley in front of the goal.

Because Tang Zheng's speed was too fast, Yan Junling, who had just completed the physical conditioning reflex save, was powerless, and all he could do was to keep his eyes off the football.

That's all.

Hummels was not in a daze, he leaned forward sideways, trying to block Tang Zheng's follow-up shot head-on.

It's just that...... He slowed down by half a beat, and the ball grabbed his hair and flew towards the top right corner of the goal.

“Goooooooooooooooooooal——”

At the same time, the live announcer Alberta had a long voice.

"Whoa—"

The Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu Stadium subconsciously created a deafening loud cheer.

Ancelotti, the head coach in front of the home team's dugout, let out a sigh of relief and raised his arms and shouted.

The same was true for the substitutes on the bench, who jumped up from their seats.

The Real Madrid players on the pitch also ran to the scorer Tang Zheng, looking very excited.

Tang Zheng, who scored the goal, looked very calm, and even a little unhappy, and he raised his hands above his head as soon as he confirmed the goal to apologize.

If fans who just turned on the TV to watch the live broadcast saw this scene, they would definitely think that Tang Zheng had just scored an own goal......

In fact, he scored the opener.