Chapter 046: The Player with the Best Performance
"Croquettes!"
Countless TV commentators stopped reporting the starting lists of both sides of the game, and instead chanted Tang Zheng's brilliant performance at the beginning of the game.
However, when Tang Zheng used his superb foot skills to pass Messi and Neymar in front of more than 90,000 fans at Camp Nou, the whole stadium was silent for half a second.
"Woo-woo-"
Half a second later, a deafening loud boo rang out over the Camp Nou.
The home fans used this extreme way to express their strong dissatisfaction with Tang Zheng.
Don't you know whose home turf this is?
The opening shows superb foot skills, is not our presence?
Tang Zheng didn't stop to feel the anger of the Camp Nou, and he quickly handed the ball to Isco, who opened the gap in front of him.
Isco, who received the football, stopped on the spot, pulled the ball to the left with the arch of his right foot, shook off Cesc Fabregas, who had stepped forward, and then handed it to Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Woo-woo-"
Suddenly, the Camp Nou stadium once again resounded with huge boos, and the mountains roared and the tsunami swept the whole stadium.
Cristiano Ronaldo's reaction was the same as Tang Zheng's, completely ignoring the feelings of the home fans, and he even used his backheel knock to play Pique who was staring at him very fancy.
Real Madrid's first attack went well, but the quality was not very good, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who had the ball, did not control the crosshair in the face of Mascherano's close defence, and the ball flew over the crossbar and flew towards the second floor of the stands.
The home fans at the Camp Nou were very accommodating and they made a huge laugh and mocked Cristiano Ronaldo's 'masterful' finishing skills.
Of course, for Cristiano Ronaldo, who is used to seeing the big world, he doesn't care about the coaxing of Barcelona fans, he is more holding his energy and waiting for the next game to vent.
Can't score a goal?
Inexistent!
Immediately, Barcelona launched an attack, and the visiting Real Madrid except for Cristiano Ronaldo at the front of the front line as a strategic suppression without returning to the defense, the other nine players all returned to the 40-meter defensive area.
Ramos is also accustomed to marking man to man as a centre-back, so his task of defending in the middle is the equivalent of a return to his old job, with only the focus on Messi, who is active in his defensive coverage area.
As a forward midfielder, Tang Zheng has a huge task at the defensive end, and with Ramos 'taking care' of Messi and Khedira in front of the central defenders, he must play a role in assisting the middle and wings.
The ball was quickly passed to Messi, who received it in the 35-meter attacking area.
Ramos was the first to greet him, while many Barcelona fans in the stands stood up and held their breath as they waited for Messi's performance.
Messi didn't seem to be in a hurry to get the ball out either, stepping on the ball with the sole of his left foot and waiting for Ramos to step up to defend.
Ramos was unhappy with Messi's attitude and took the initiative to step forward.
As everyone knows, Messi is waiting for this opportunity.
Messi, who broadcast the footage, pulled the ball to the right with the sole of his left foot, and then quickly flicked the ball to the left with the outside instep and started on the spot.
His explosive power allowed him to shake off Ramos, who was making a stop-and-turn on the spot, in the first step, ready to use his superb foot skills to open a gap in the middle.
In Messi's previous observations, he noticed that Khedira was holding his position, and Tang Zheng, who should have appeared in the defensive position, was still five meters away.
So Messi decided to open the gap in the middle, even if he can't pose a direct threat, he can also buy time and space for his teammates.
At the moment when Messi broke through Ramos and accelerated forward, Messi saw a long leg appear in the direction of the breakthrough in front of him.
Out of self-protection, he subconsciously jumped on the spot and narrowly dodged a tackle with the ball.
"Oh, oh, oh-"
At the same time, there was a burst of exclamations over the Camp Nou.
Messi, who landed on his feet, turned his head to look, his brows furrowed, and a big greeting appeared in his brain: "Is it him?
Yang 5 commentator He Weilang said: "Beautiful! Tang Zheng's wonderful tackle cut off the ball at Messi's feet!"
The Real Madrid fans who came to the Camp Nou with the team raised their arms and shouted for Tang Zheng's defense this time.
The only fly in the ointment is that the next switch from defense to attack was not done well, Isco who received the football fell into a dead end after being pressed, and Barcelona switched from defense to attack.
Of course, Barcelona's attack did not create an absolute threat, and the game entered a stalemate.
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In the blink of an eye, ten minutes into the first half, the score was still 0:0.
The ratio of possession between the two sides was 58 per cent to 42 per cent, with Barcelona leading at home.
Barcelona had two shots, Real Madrid once and one from each corner.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei commented on the game: "The game entered a stalemate, I think both sides want to find each other's loopholes at this time and break the deadlock, but scoring requires a certain amount of luck, otherwise the 0:0 score is likely to continue." ”
The reason why the game became stalemate was because Tang Zheng paid too much attention to Messi.
Tang Zheng's enthusiasm for paying attention to Messi is solid defense, but it is also a restriction on his own offense.
Di Maria's performance was relatively stable, while Isco looked a little nervous and not confident enough to break through with the ball.
In this situation, Cristiano Ronaldo has received very little support, so it is difficult for Real Madrid's attack to improve.
Of course, with Real Madrid on the defensive, Barcelona don't have many ways to attack.
But the game was definitely not boring, and Tang Zheng was the most dazzling presence on both sides of the game in the first ten minutes.
He has limited Messi and Iniesta on the defensive end, especially Messi, and he has no way to make up for Tang Zheng or defend frontally.
So much so that Messi has the illusion that no matter what choice he makes, Tang Zheng seems to know what he is going to do in advance.
In order to ensure control of the football, Messi gave up his judgment and cooperated with his teammates instead.
It's a tradition for Barcelona to play football properly, using skilful coordination to pull the opposition defence.
It's just that many times the idea is good, and it takes a certain amount of luck to achieve the desired effect.
First of all, the use of the width of the field is to play two more wings, and the ultimate goal is to pass the ball to the penalty area, but the penalty area is the key defensive area of the Real Madrid defense, plus the two wings and the rib defense are very concentrated, and it is undoubtedly impossible to send the ball to the teammates in the penalty area after many difficulties.
Moreover, each of Barcelona's three strikers is not very tall, and none of them are the kind of players who are super capable of grabbing points in the box, so unless it is a subtle pass, it is difficult to find teammates.
As a result, Barcelona coach Martino came to the edge of the home team's coaching area and made a gesture to captain Xavi that he could only understand.
Tang Zheng also saw the obvious changes on the sidelines, but he did not speculate on Barcelona's tactical changes, but set his mentality correctly to respond to all changes.
After two minutes of analysis, Tang Zheng sensed Barcelona's latest intentions.
It turned out that it was to take advantage of the excellent skills of Brazilian genius Neymar to open gaps on the left side of the attack.
Although this game was Carvajal's first time representing Real Madrid in the national derby, he was not stage frightened at all, and completed the defensive task well with the assistance of Tang Zheng.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti saw his team defending continuously, and instead of standing in the coaching area of the visiting team, he turned back to the dugout, sat down on his butt, and discussed the progress of the game with his assistant Clemente.
This scene happened to be captured by the live director, in stark contrast to Martino, who was full of tension.
From another point of view, it also highlights the mentality of the players on both sides in this game.
Real Madrid seems to have been defending passively, but in fact the pressure is not great, but the Barcelona players who have been unable to attack for a long time are very anxious.
Sergio Busquets was booked for a behind-the-back kick of Di Maria, who had formed a breakthrough in the process of switching from attack to defence.
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"Whoa—"
The 167th Spanish national derby in La Liga history entered a stalemate, and the fans on both sides in the stands were still full of fighting spirit, and the deafening huge cheers continued to resound throughout the stadium.
The momentum was so loud that fans in front of the TV had a wonderful feeling of being there.
Neymar is talented, skilled at his feet, and when he first arrived in the European League, he was quite a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers.
Neymar received the ball about 30 meters from the baseline close to the sideline, Carvajal did not dare to step forward because of Alba's pressure, and Khedira and Ramos were affected by the running of Messi and Iniesta and did not directly help, but controlled the space.
Tang Zheng, who was temporarily in a state of no work, approached Neymar and defended.
The corners of Neymar's mouth curled slightly, and he suddenly picked up the ball with the tip of his right foot at the moment before Tang Zheng stopped on the spot.
The football flew up under the force, and Neymar wanted to take advantage of the gap between Tang Zheng looking up at the football to bypass the left, and then complete a somewhat insulting breakthrough to break through Tang Zheng.
Outcome...... I never thought of it.
Tang Zheng, who stopped on the spot, took the forefoot of his right foot as the axis and completed a 120-degree counterclockwise turn to the left, and his back just blocked Neymar who was trying to bypass from the left.
Neymar didn't expect Tang Zheng to be able to turn so flexibly when he was more than 1.9 meters tall, just stuck in his forward route.
In order to avoid a crash, Neymar subconsciously chose to brake sharply on the spot, and the consequence was that he lost control of the football.
"Beautiful!"
Yang 5 commentator He Wei suddenly stood up from the commentary seat, raised his arms and shouted.
There was also a brief silence at the Camp Nou because of Tang Zheng's brilliant defense.
Tang Zheng stretched out his right foot to stop the football, adjusted it slightly, and then picked up his left foot to make a long pass.
But the football didn't go out because he was brought down by Neymar behind him.
Referee Marienko's whistle sounded: "Beep~"
The party Tang Zheng didn't bother with Neymar, but the fullback Carvajal looked very angry, and he roared at the foul Neymar, and even splashed saliva on Neymar's face.
The Barcelona players saw that Neymar was 'educated' by Carvajal, and naturally they couldn't bear it, with the young Alba bearing the brunt.
The other Real Madrid players certainly couldn't sit idly by and trotted over.
Referee Marienco was just as quick to react, quickly blowing the whistle as a warning and then giving Neymar a yellow card.
The assistant referee also quickly entered the field and acted as a buffer.
When the Real Madrid players saw that the referee Marienko gave Neymar a yellow card, their anger was reduced by more than half, and Tang Zheng stood up with Isco's support and looked healthy, so they dispersed.
This caused strong dissatisfaction among the home team fans at the scene, who believed that Tang Zheng had a serious acting element.
However, the next slow-motion replay restored the truth, Tang Zheng was indeed kicked down by Neymar behind when he was preparing a long pass to find Cristiano Ronaldo, and he also had serious revenge intentions.
If the situation wasn't bad enough, referee Marienko could have given Neymar a red card, after all, Neymar was retaliating from behind.
The home fans didn't think Neymar had made any mistakes, they all thought that Tang Zheng was deliberately acting, so they erupted in huge boos and sent them to Tang Zheng and the referee.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei said with emotion: "To be honest, Neymar's action is a bit dirty, it's no problem to break through Tang Zheng with fancy small techniques, but he retaliates when the small skills are recognized, which is very unprofessional." ”
At the same time, not only on the Chinese Internet, but also on the Internet of various countries that follow the Spanish national derby, there are two voices.
One is to despise Neymar's behavior, and the other is to love the house and Wu, no matter what Neymar does, in short, it is extremely dissatisfied with the performance of referee Marienko.
Of course, skirmishes can never be the protagonist, because the game is the focus of everyone's attention.
Goalkeeper Diego López took a free-kick at the back, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who was at the front of the attack, leaped high and beat Pique, who is more than 1.9 meters tall, to head the ball to Di Maria.
Di Maria knocked the ball directly to Tang Zheng who kept up, Tang Zheng used the outside of his right foot to adjust slightly during the run, and then took a big step forward with his left foot, picked up his right foot, and directly shot a cold arrow 30 meters away from the goal!
Goalkeeper Valdés was in a good position to provide the basis for his next save.
I saw Valdés in the broadcast screen flying to the right, and rubbed the ball slightly with the fingertips of his right palm.
It was also this rub that the football flew out of the bottom line by grazing the outer edge of the right post of the goal.
Corner kick!
Immediately afterward, a huge exclamation sounded over the Camp Nou: "Oh, oh, oh-"
Seeing that the football was out of the bottom line, Tang Zheng dragged his hair with both hands and looked at the night sky, looking very disappointed.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei fully encouraged Tang Zheng: "Although Tang Zheng's long-range shot failed to bring a goal, the eyes of all the fans in front of the TV are bright, and his performance can be said to be the best player in the whole game so far, there is no one!"
Barcelona fans at Camp Nou felt very bad about Tang Zheng's amazing performance, as if they saw Tang Zheng who led Dortmund to sweep Barcelona.
In the next corner, Tang Zheng once again became the focus of the whole game, and his jump on the spot beat Busquets and Mascherano to smash the ball on the crossbar, causing the whole stadium to fall into a brief silence again.