017. Confederations Cup and Summer Transfer Market
When the referee blew the full-time whistle, South Korean fans couldn't believe that they had drawn 1-1 at home to Australia.
As a result, Australia are top of Group A on goal difference, China are second, and South Korea are third in their group after two straight draws in World Cup qualifying, and they will compete with the third-placed team in Group B for 0.5 play-off spots representing Asia.
Although the Chinese team was scored twice by Qatar at the end of the second half, they still won the opponent without danger and gained valuable three points.
You must know how worried the Chinese fans in front of the Wuhan Sports Center and the TV watched in the three minutes of injury time, and they should have won the game without pressure, but they were almost turned into black by head coach Camacho for n minutes.
Therefore, at the moment when the whistle blew at the end of the game, Tang Zheng and the Chinese fans pressed on the sideline excitedly raised their arms and rushed to the court to celebrate the 'hard-won' victory.
Head coach Camacho also breathed a sigh of relief, and three minutes of stoppage time really made him tremble, because the news from South Korea was still 1:1, if this game is drawn, and South Korea is also drawn, then South Korea and Australia will join hands to qualify.
The last three minutes were a bit of a mess, but the result was perfect.
The close-up of the on-site director was given to the players after the game, and the ghost was given to Camacho, the head coach of the Chinese team who was on the sidelines.
Huang Jianxiang, a commentator of New Wolf Sports, was extremely sober after being excited, he said: "It is certainly gratifying that the Chinese team directly qualified for the World Cup in Brazil by finishing second in the group, but for head coach Camacho, it is worth pondering and even constantly reflecting! The lion fights the rabbit and has to do its best, let alone a World Cup qualifier...... and we do not despise the strength of others."
Of course, Huang Jianxiang's words have an extraneous meaning.
As for the meaning of understanding, it is up to everyone.
The Wuhan Sports Center was completely reduced to a sea of joy for Chinese fans, and those who did not have tickets chanted loudly in the square outside the sports center, frantically venting for the national team to enter the World Cup again after 12 years.
In countless bars, homes, college dormitories and other places, there are endless cheers from Chinese fans.
Many non-fans don't understand, isn't it just to win and enter the World Cup?
Is it so exciting?
But only real Chinese fans know the bitterness of the past 12 years, and their cheers are not at all because of the national team's promotion, but more like a kind of emotional venting.
What to vent about?
Or rather, prove it to the whole world.
China can enter the world's top football stage.
At this time, Tang Zheng forgot the unhappiness of being replaced at the end of the game, and devoted himself to the carnival of the whole audience.
In the corners of his eyes, two lines of hot tears couldn't help but slide down his cheeks and to his neck.
The dreams of those years are being realized one by one.
In the stands, Tang's father, Tang's mother, Zhao Lina, Fibino Rodrigo, Chen Jia, Liu Nian and others were all proud of Tang Zheng.
All Chinese are proud of this day, and on June 18, 2013, the Chinese men's football team broke into the main round of the World Cup for the second time.
He Wei, the commentator of Central 5, said aloud at the end of his comments: "Fans in front of the TV, you can already make an itinerary in advance, apply for visas and book air tickets, of course...... The most important thing is the ticket to the game! I hope to see our own red whirlwind sweep strongly across the Brazilian soil next summer! Come on! My beloved Chinese team!"
The close-up shots of the live director are endless carnivals, crazy celebrations, and many fans have nothing to do with the people around them, but at the moment of promotion, they seem to be like the best and closest friends.
Tang Zheng, who pulled up his jersey to hide his face, felt the shouts coming to his face, and he knew that all these years of hard work had not been in vain.
It's a good feeling.
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While Chinese fans are carnivaling, the psychological shadow area of Korean fans is very large.
With two wins in a row and another big win in the opening round, who would have thought that the World Cup qualifiers would end with two draws?
Typical anticlimactic.
The dust has also settled on the qualification spot for Group B, with Japan topping the group by a dominant margin, Iran second, and Jordan beating Oman in a crucial game to finish third, where they will face South Korea for 0.5 qualifying places.
The play-off spots are very difficult for South Korean fans to accept, and they have been directly involved in the main tournament for seven consecutive World Cups since the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, so they are somewhat unhappy that they need to participate in the play-offs for the eighth time.
In addition, according to the official play-off matchups given by FIFA before the game, the 0.5 places in the Asian zone will play the final play-off match with the 0.5 places in the American zone.
In other words, South Korea has finally crossed the Jordan hurdle, and they still need to face the test of fifth place in the Americas region.
Judging from the current points situation in South America, it is likely to be Uruguay.
Of course, what happened to the South Korean team has nothing to do with the Chinese fans.
Today's Chinese fans have only one task, which is to vent their hearts and minds.
The next morning, the morning news of Central 1 focused on China's 3-2 home defeat of Qatar and its re-entry into the World Cup after the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, and the whole country rejoiced.
Almost all the media in the country are reporting that the Chinese team has qualified for the World Cup, not to mention entertainment newspapers, and even military newspapers have talked about the Chinese team entering the World Cup in Brazil again after 12 years.
And the figure that the media talked about the most is Tang Zheng.
At that time, the Chinese team was almost eliminated in the Asian Top 20, and it was because of Tang Zheng's return that the team advanced to the Asian Top 10.
In eight games, Tang Zheng made outstanding contributions, and the Chinese team was able to achieve four wins, three draws and one loss with 15 points, which is inseparable from Tang Zheng's excellent performance.
There are even professional football media reports that if Camacho lets Tang Zheng play the whole game in the last World Cup qualifier, the Chinese team may even win the group.
According to the same rules for World Cup qualifiers, the first thing to look at is the goal difference, then the number of goals scored, the number of goals conceded, and finally the relationship between victory and defeat, which is equivalent to saying that the Chinese team did not concede a goal in the last ten minutes, and will rank first in the group with a goal difference.
In order to attract the attention of fans, some media highlighted the tension between Tang Zheng and Camacho.
The interlocking text gives a very convincing feeling.
Coupled with the fact that something happened in the last two World Cups, many fans chose to believe that after all, nothing would come to the wind.
Although it is gratifying that the Chinese team successfully qualified for the World Cup, some media began to deliberately target Camacho and question his use of Tang Zheng in the last two games.
Camacho naturally won't admit that he was unhappy with Tang Zheng, but only said that it was tactically necessary.
The other party, Tang Zheng, returned home as soon as possible to enjoy a rare family fun with his family.
According to his plan, he will travel to the resort town of Hawaii with his family this summer.
However, his girlfriend Zhao Lina is going to participate in a new women's football training camp to prepare for the East Asian Cup in South Korea next month.
So Tang Zheng can only take his parents to go on vacation first, and then take Zhao Lina to travel alone after the East Asian Cup of the women's national football team is over.
Originally, Tang Zheng was also obliged to participate in the East Asian Cup, but Real Madrid officials came forward to persuade the Chinese Football Association, saying that Tang Zheng was too tired in the past season, and he had just led the Chinese team to the World Cup, and his body was extremely tired.
The East Asian Cup is not a particularly influential event, so there is no need to overdo it.
The 2013-2014 La Liga season began in mid-August, and the East Asian Cup was held at the end of July.
Like Hao Junmin, Wu Sanshi and **, these three do not have the top treatment of Tang Zheng, they have to return to the national team after a short break to prepare for the East Asian Cup, which is commonly known as the East Asian semifinals.
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During Tang Zheng's vacation, the Confederations Cup officially kicked off in Brazil.
Japan, who represented Asia in the Confederations Cup, failed to make a breakthrough, losing 0:3 to Brazil, Italy 3:4 and Mexico 1:2 in their three group games.
The teams that advanced to the semi-finals were hosts Brazil, Uruguay, Spain and Italy.
Tang Zheng did not watch the live broadcast of the two semi-finals, because he temporarily decided to take Tang's father and Tang's mother to Brazil to watch the Confederations Cup final, the semi-finals between Brazil and Uruguay were on the plane, and the semi-finals between Spain and Italy were adjusting for the time difference.
The Confederations Cup final was played at the Santimacanac Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between hosts Brazil and South Africa 2010 World Cup winners Spain.
I thought it would be a close final, but what I didn't expect was that the host Brazil team broke the deadlock two minutes into the game.
Hulk Hulk and Oscar combined crosses from the right, and Fred, who flanked the follow-up in the middle, fell to the ground and swept home, and Casillas couldn't reach it.
Next, Spain, who had fallen behind, woke up from a dream and began to take control of the game.
However, Scolari's Brazil team was not afraid of Spain's controlling style of play, and instead ceded the initiative.
In the face of the Brazilian team, which had been guarded for a long time, Spain's advance was not smooth, and the attack was slow to achieve results.
Of course, the home team Brazil did not score either.
It wasn't until the end of the first half that a powerful left-footed volley from Brazilian genius Neymar helped Brazil extend the score to two goals.
In the second half, Spain, who were two goals behind, stepped up their attack, but the holes left by their attack were too big.
In the third minute of the second half, Fred took advantage of the cover of the new No. 10 Neymar to score twice with a low shot from inside the box.
With three goals down, Spain had no choice and they had to press out to attack.
Four minutes later, substitute Keylor Mata Navas won a penalty for Spain.
However, what is surprising is that it is not Torres, who is currently hot, standing in front of the penalty spot, but Real Madrid's vice-president Ramos.
Tang Zheng, who was sitting in the audience, turned his head to Tang's father and said, "Do you think Ramos will score a penalty?"
Father Tang thought for a moment and nodded, "I believe in your new teammate." ”
"Oh?" Tang Zheng glanced at his father meaningfully and said with a smile: "I can't guess." ”
"Why?" asked Daddy Tang curiously.
"Mentality. ”
"Mentality?"
As soon as Daddy Tang's words fell, a deafening cheer rang out at the Maracanã Stadium.
It turned out that Ramos' penalty went wide of the post.
The game continued, the two sides attacked and defended each other, but they never created a great chance, but in the 68th minute of the game, Pique brought down Neymar from the back of the side in the process of switching from attack to defense, and went off the field with a red card.
Spain trailed by three goals and played one less, and the next outcome was already doomed.
3:0
Brazil eventually defeated defending champions Spain to claim the title.
Brazilian teenager Neymar won the Ballon d'Or, while Spanish striker Fernando Torres won the Golden Boot with less playing time.
At the same time, the transfer market in European football is also in full swing.
One of the most dazzling clubs is Monaco, which has been funded by Russian billionaire Rybonorev, who first paid 70 million euros for James Rodriguez and Portugal international Moutinho from Porto, and then 60 million euros for Tiger Falcao from Atletico Madrid.
Tang Zheng's new club, Real Madrid, sent Kaka back to AC Milan for free after selling Mesut Ozil, fully expressing their expectations for Tang Zheng in the new season.
Of course, Real Madrid isn't just making ends meet.
Tang Zheng has comprehensive ability, but he is not an iron man after all, he needs a suitable replacement, plus Xavi Alonso is old and needs a suitable successor.
Real Sociedad midfielder Ilya Ramendi joined Real Madrid for 32 million euros, and Isco, the European golden boy who flourished in the past 2012-2013 season, also moved to Real Madrid for 30 million euros.
And Tang Zheng's most concerned head coach problem has also been solved, Mourinho and Real Madrid broke up peacefully, and Ancelotti, who was once brilliant in AC Milan, became the future head coach of Real Madrid, and signed a three-year contract.
Real Madrid's training camp for the new season is scheduled for July 25, and it was at the same time that the new manager Carlo Ancelotti personally called.
According to the club's pre-competition training plan, the first is to return to the training base for recovery training, and then at the end of the month, the whole team will fly to Los Angeles in the United States to participate in the first International Champions Cup.
When Tang Zheng and Tang's father and Tang's mother returned to China on a flight, Real Madrid's rival Barcelona also joined with strong reinforcements, and the Brazilian genius Neymar, who had just won the Confederations Cup Golden Ball Award, joined Barcelona for 57 million euros.
Tang Zheng's old club also reaped the benefits, with Borussia Dortmund, who received up to 100 million euros in transfer funds, buying Mkhitaryan from Shakhtar Donetsk for 27.5 million euros, and then Aubameyang from Saint-Etienne for 13 million euros.
Selling Tang Zheng to buy Mkhitaryan and Aubameyang is not something to be happy for Dortmund fans, after all, Tang Zheng is worth much more than the two of them.
The thing that deserves the joy of fans is that the Dortmund senior management who has received a lot of money has successfully renewed the core players such as Lewandowski, Gotze, and Reuss, and stabilized the original squad with the purchase of new players, which is the foundation for the team to create good results.