Chapter 341 - Very low-key

In the first matchday of the 2012-2013 Champions League quarter-finals, only Bayern defeated Juventus 2-0 at home, while the much-favored Barcelona drew 2-2 away to Paris Saint-Germain, and Messi missed the goal. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

Borussia Dortmund's first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals away to Malaga and Real Madrid at home to Galatasaray was played on the second matchday of the Champions League, and the two matches were aimed at different fans and received different attention.

Galatasaray, who travel to the Bernabeu to take on Real Madrid, have two players facing their mentors: Chelsea legends Didier Drogba and Sneijder.

Returning to the old place, facing the old boss and facing the mentor is a tear-jerking drama in world football, and the first leg quarter-final at the Bernabeu will be destined to be so.

However, due to the difference in strength, there is not much suspense for Real Madrid to beat Galatasaray at home, and the chances of accidents are negligible.

The match between Borussia Dortmund and Malaga was driven by Torino Sport, which helped to add some attention to the Champions League quarter-finals.

The European Golden Boy Award was founded in 2003 by Torino Sport, and by 2012 it has been ten years since then, and its influence is growing day by day.

Now that both teams have golden boys, the mature Torino Sports newspaper will not let go of this opportunity to promote itself.

Borussia Dortmund have two golden boys in their squad, while Malaga has only one.

In terms of current influence, Dortmund's two golden boys are more well-known than Malaga's golden boys.

Needless to say, Tang Zheng is the most important part of Dortmund's rise, and the 2011 European Golden Boy Award winner Gotze has gradually become a core player of the German national team, and his fame in European football and international football is increasing day by day.

Spain has a lot of domestic players, Isco is very strong, but there is still no way to enter the regular Spanish squad that has won three championships in a row, and it is even difficult to enter the national team squad.

However, the pre-match media compared Gotze to Isco, as they were the winners of the European Golden Boy Award in 2011 and 2012, and Tang Zheng was the winner of the European Golden Boy Award in 2009.

In terms of age group, Tang Zheng is a post-80s generation, and Gotze and Isco are post-90s, which is a bit of a generation gap.

It just so happens that Gotze and Isco were both born in '92, and as young players of the same age, it is inevitable that they will be compared by the media.

The German media are touting Gotze, and the Spanish media are touting Isco, and they are very happy.

The focus of the Chinese media is simple, they pay attention to Tang Zheng's performance in the first leg of the next Champions League quarter-finals.

Borussia Dortmund's draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League last season was unlucky, as they ran into AC Milan and then Barcelona.

In addition to the group stage, the draw for this season's Champions League is eye-rolling, and the draw for the knockout stage is all in the middle and upper draw, and the Chinese media believe that Dortmund's elimination of Malaga will not be more difficult than Shakhtar Donetsk.

Malaga is the club's first Champions League competition in its history, and it may be that there is more experience in the Champions League as they play more games, but it is inevitable that some experience will be lacking when it matters most.

Dortmund is not short of these!

At 8:45 p.m. local time on April 2, the second match day of the Champions League in midweek, Malaga faced Borussia Dortmund, the champion of the Bundesliga, at the Rose Garden Stadium.

The sun has not yet set, and the area around the Rose Garden Stadium Square is already crowded.

As far as the eye can see, they are basically wearing sky blue and white striped shirts to get Malaga fans.

But if you look closely, you can still see a lot of Dortmund fans wearing yellow and black striped shirts.

They travelled across the ocean to Malaga to cheer on their team.

As the second largest Mediterranean port in Spain, Malaga also has a large number of Chinese or ethnic Chinese who work and study, and it is impossible for them to miss this feast of the Champions League 1/4 final when Tang Zheng is famous.

It is easy to distinguish between Chinese fans who support Tang Zheng and Dortmund fans, because most of them wear the red home jersey of the Chinese team, which is clear at a glance.

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"Don, did you think we'd take a win away from home?"

The bus slowly drove towards the designated parking position of the away team's bus at the Rose Garden Stadium, and there was a sea of people outside, and Hummels suddenly turned his head and asked Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng raised his eyebrows, took off his headphones, and gave Hummels an expression of 'what did you just say'.

Helpless, Hummels had to repeat it, and then Tang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's really hard to say before the game, of course...... You have the ability to decide the outcome of the game, don't let me down. ”

After that, Tang Zheng also patted Hummels on the shoulder meaningfully.

"Oh, you think I can score a goal too?" Hummels' expression changed suddenly, and he looked very happy.

"Hey~ Mats, why are you smiling so happily?" Lewandowski, who was sitting in the front row, asked curiously.

Hummels pointed at Tang Zheng and said: "Tang said that I have the ability to decide the outcome of the game, and I feel that there are goals in tonight's game." ”

At this time, Tang Zheng suddenly interrupted Hummels's words: "Matz, I said that you have the ability to decide the game is whether there will be a mistake in tonight's game, if you make a mistake, then you really have the ability to decide the game." ”

As soon as the words ended, the bus rang out with a burst of good-natured laughter.

Hummels gave Tang Zheng a roll of his eyes and silently raised his middle finger.

But he just raised his middle finger and retracted it again, not for anything else, for fear that Tang Zheng would suddenly get angry.

This animal, the force value is too high!

Head coach Jurgen Klopp and assistant coach Jellico Bouare smiled at each other, both seeing a hint of confidence in each other's eyes.

They have always been afraid that the players are under a lot of pressure, and now Tang Zheng's jokes have diverted the attention of the players, so it can be said that the next game is to travel lightly.

A lot of times, it's better to travel light than to play under pressure.

At 8:45 p.m., the quarter-finals of the Champions League between Malaga and Borussia Dortmund at the Rose Garden kicked off on time.

Swedish referee Eriksson took the whistle and his whistle officially announced the start of the game.

Also kicking off was another Champions League quarter-final at the Bernabeu Stadium, where Real Madrid took on Galatasaray.

Didier Drogba and Sneijder faced their mentor Jose Mourinho again, while Sneijder faced his mentor again and his old club Real Madrid.

Both matches were played on Spanish soil, which undoubtedly increased Spain's position on the world map.

Getting back to business, Málaga kick-off at home at the Rose Garden Stadium kicked off first.

Both sides fielded the strongest teams they could field so far, with Willy Caballero in goal, Gamez, Demichelis, Veligton and Antunes in defenders, Joaquin, Tulalang, Itura and Isco in midfield, and Baptista and Saviola in strikers.

The official lineup is 442, but according to the position of the game, it is more like the most popular 4231 formation in world football.

Borussia Dortmund's goalkeeper is Weidenfeller, the four defenders are Schmelzer, Hummels, Santana and Piszczek, the two midfielders Pirlo partners Gundogan, Gotze, Tang Zheng and Reus are in central midfield, and Lewandowski is at the front.

The football soon reached the feet of Isco, the winner of the new European Golden Boy Award, and Tang Zheng was the player at the top of the team's midfield line, and he had no choice but to meet him.

Before the game, Jurgen Klopp gave the team a thorough study of Isco's technical characteristics at his feet.

Isco is not tall and physically not strong enough, but his ability to hold the ball at his feet is very good, and he can often see the football sticking to his feet, so Tang Zheng did not dare to slack off, and chose to fight and retreat.

"Whew-"

Tang Zheng didn't catch up at the first time, and the Malaga fans at the Rose Garden Stadium were suddenly excited, and they created a deafening shout.

They have heard of Tang Zheng defending Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League, and now Tang Zheng chooses to fight and retreat in the face of Isco, does it mean that Isco is stronger?

It's not true, but the home fans want to think so.

Isco, who was in possession of the ball, was nervous, and he had heard too many legends about Tang Zheng.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo can't get any benefits from him, but what about himself?

Noticing Tang Zheng's choice of fighting and retreating defensive strategy, the corners of Isco's mouth turned up slightly, ready to test if Tang Zheng was as powerful as the legend!

This year's Confederations Cup kicks off in Brazil, and next year is the World Cup, so if you want to stand out from the talented Spanish players, you have to put in a decent performance and results!

So Isco decided to take Dortmund as a sacrifice flag, which became an important weight for him to enter the Spanish national team!

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The idea is good, but the ending is unacceptable.

Tang Zheng concentrated in the process of fighting and retreating, taking advantage of Isco's excessive power in the second touch of the ball, and keenly fell to the ground and stretched his legs.

Isco didn't expect Tang Zheng's reaction to be so fast, and it was too late for him to control the football again, and the football was poked out of the sideline by Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng stood up from the ground as soon as possible, and then commanded his teammates' defensive positions to defend the frontcourt sideline ball in Malaga this time.

At this time, central defender Demichelis ran in front of Isco and whispered: "Pass the ball more, don't try to go past him, otherwise we will be very passive." ”

With that, Demichelis didn't wait for Isco to reply, and then turned back to his defensive position.

Isco looked up at Tang Zheng, who was directing his teammates to defend his position, his hands naturally clenched, and his brows were tightly locked.

is also a golden boy, why is there such a big gap?

At the same time, the on-site director gave Tang Zheng and Isco a close-up respectively.

For this meaningful shot, Yang 5 commentator He Wei talked eloquently: "Tang Zheng is the winner of the 2009 European Golden Boy Award, and Isco is the winner of the European Golden Boy Award last year.

The Spanish national television commentator encouraged Isco: "It takes courage to try, and the last thing we need in front of us is courage, he has excellent skills, excellent dribbling, come on, lead Malaga to beat Dortmund!!"

Antunes threw the touchline ball and the game continued.

At home, Málaga wanted to dominate the game, but Dortmund's midfield was too dominant and pressed high with it.

Málaga, who are good at passing at their feet, simply have no way to compete with it, so they have to defend passively on their home turf.

To his credit, the atmosphere at the Rose Garden has been maintained very well, and they have never forgotten to cheer and cheer for the team when they are on the back foot.

After all, Malaga's historic entry into the quarter-finals of the Champions League was already beyond everyone's expectations, and the desire to go further was not particularly strong.

Borussia Dortmund's ability is there, and the team just needs to play with their own style and momentum......

As Dortmund took control of the situation, the two golden boys, Tang Zheng and Gotze, performed better and better.

Gotze, in particular, was seen on the broadcast camera several times in the first five minutes.

Although the media mentioned Gotze and Tang Zheng and Isco before the game, more media compared Tang Zheng and Isco with the two teams, almost leaving Gotze behind, so that Götze was full of energy to prove himself.

It's true that Tang Zheng is strong, but he Mario Gotze is not weak either!!

In the seventh minute, Tang Zheng cut off Isco's pass to Baptista in the 40-meter area, and then rubbed the pass behind him, and Gotze, who had not had time to come back, ran to the right rib to respond.

Perhaps under pressure from Demichelis, Götze's shot from the right side of the six-yard box was not powerful and the ball was easily confiscated by goalkeeper Willy Caballero.

Although there was no goal, it still made the scene take the initiative to surprise the fans in a cold sweat.

The Borussia Dortmund expeditionary force who came with the team was a little regretful, and if the team could break the deadlock and score the crucial away goal in less than ten minutes, it would have been a good game.

In fact, Dortmund's positional offensive ability is not very strong, and they rely more on the on-the-spot ball from attack to defense to counterattack.

Two minutes later, it was Gotze again, who picked up the ball on the left side of the box and used the duffle of his upper body to get space to shoot, but unfortunately he was so power-hungry that the crosshair was not adjusted well and the ball went over the crossbar.

Perhaps sensing the threat of his age, Isco returned the colour in a subsequent attack.

After the pass bypassed Tang Zheng, Isco got a one-on-one chance, Gundogan was shaken, but Isco's subsequent pass did not form a tacit understanding with Argentine striker Saviola, and the football was obtained by Weidenfeller.

Taking advantage of a corner kick opportunity, the live director gave Tang Zheng, who was a little silent in the game, and German Sky commentator Marcel Leif frowned: "I always feel that Don is not in good shape, he has only contributed a long-range shot so far......"

In fact, there is a reason for Tang Zheng's silence, and now that Gotze is performing well, he is naturally happy to be idle, so he focuses more on the offensive organization of the midfield, and the forward and shooting opportunities are handed over to Gotze, Reus and Lewandowski.

In the blink of an eye, in the past 20 minutes of the game, the two sides attacked and defended each other under the premise that Dortmund had the advantage of the game, but Dortmund felt a little scoreless, which somewhat worried the commentators who followed them.