Although River Plate conceded two goals in the Summer Cup against Athletic, it had nothing to do with Tang Zheng, as Simeone replaced him early in the second half because he was scouting other players. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now Simeone has a headache, he not only excavated Tang Zheng's super defensive ability, but also used the spring league to tap Tang Zheng's potential in attack, but a person's energy is always limited, modern football is about efficiency, and wanting Tang Zheng to complete the defense and participate in the offense in time is a violation of efficiency football.

In fact, this question has been bothering Simeone's coaching team for a long time.

Now Tang Zheng is at a critical moment when his skills are fixed, if both offense and defense are taken into account, then he will become an offensive and defensive balance, and the offensive and defensive balance means that both aspects are mediocre and have no characteristics at all.

After the match against Apolitico International, Simeone's coaching staff turned their attention to the Challenge Cup match against Boca Juniors four days later.

At the same time, they are also analyzing whether Tang Zheng's positioning in the future is a defensive organizational midfielder or an offensive central midfielder.

Jorge Gortillo held his chin and pondered for a moment before saying to Simeone: "You can try to play the next two games against Boca, whether Don who is more defensive will contribute more to the team, or Don who is more offensive will contribute more to the team, what do you say?"

Simeone glanced at tactical coach Sergi, saw the meaning of the attempt in the other party's eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, but ......"

Then Simeone's voice changed and said: "In the next game, will Don play a defensive playmaker at the back, or?"

"It's an attacking midfielder. Tactical coach Sergi hadn't spoken yet, and Jorge Gortillo was the first to speak.

"Why?"

"The reason is simple, Don played most of the time in the spring league in a defensive position, there is no pressure on him, and now the big enemy is making him adapt to the new position, isn't it ......"

Everyone is smart, and even if Jorge Gortillo doesn't finish his sentence, they can guess the rest of the meaning.

"Okay! Simeone turned to Sergi and said: "I have a tactical system with Don as the core of the attack as soon as possible, and I want to try it at tomorrow's training ground." ”

"No problem. Sergi gave Simeone an 'ok' gesture.

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On January 23, 2009, the Challenge Cup match between River Plate and Boca Juniors was held at the Candy Box Stadium, although both sides were holding a warm-up mentality to treat the game, but as the game deepened, the game process still could not be worry-free, and the scene of people turning over often happened.

Tang Zheng received a yellow card in the ninth minute for helping his teammates come out and theorize with the referee.

Simeone, who was sitting in the coach's seat, felt helpless, Tang Zheng's performance in the game can be said to be very stable, but the only thing that worried him was his enthusiasm.

Tang Zheng in the spring league has not been directly sent off in a game, but he has had an automatic suspension of accumulating yellow cards.

But then again, Tang Zheng's enthusiasm also won him the reward of the locker room.

In other words, Tang Zheng has a lot of character and a leadership temperament.

Suddenly, Simeone wondered, should Tang Zheng's status in the locker room be mentioned again?

Set a small goal and get a third captain to play?

In any case, the first captain Ortega has rarely had the opportunity to play, and the agent of the second captain Ahumada is in talks with Atalanta about the details of his personal treatment, which means that he is likely to leave in the winter transfer window.

But what should be solved now is Tang Zheng's habitual problem, he is now always habitually leaning back and moving closer to Poncio.

So Simeone had to run to the sidelines and shout: "Hey, Don, forward, forward, forward, don't retreat, attack, attack!!"

In order to allow Tang Zheng to organize an attack forward, Simeone even asked Ahumada to partner with Poncio to assist Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng awkwardly waved to Simeone, the head coach in front of the coach's seat, to show that he understood.

In fact, with the development of modern football, many tactics have no front midfielders, and no matter where in the midfield you are, you need to run a wide range to catch the opponent's defensive holes.

One of Tang Zheng's biggest characteristics is that he is full of physical fitness and has a large range of running, and his current running position is much better than last year.

Coupled with the skills at his feet, he can be fully qualified for the important task of front-court organization.

It's just that a lot of work has inertia, and it's hard to change it for a while.

After all, change always takes a time to adapt.

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In the 19th minute, Ahumada, with the assistance of Poncio, cut off the ball at Riquelme's feet, and then passed the ball without hesitation to Tang Zheng, who was ready to receive the ball in the 35-meter defensive area of his side.

Suddenly, there was a tsunami-like boo from the stands.

Boca fans hope to use this way to interfere with Tang Zheng, who is holding the ball and organizing the attack, to resolve this crisis, but Tang Zheng's attention is very focused and not disturbed.

Batagria, who was delayed to do protection, immediately faced Tang Zheng who took the ball, but he soon noticed that Tang Zheng consciously retreated to take the ball, so he was ready to kick down with the ball behind him.

However, Tang Zheng seemed to have eyes behind him, and ran back two steps with him facing his own goal head-on.

With half a meter to go, he took a big step forward with his long leg of his right foot, stepped on the football, and pulled the ball back with his right foot.

Seeing that the football suddenly appeared in his sight, Batagria subconsciously stretched out his right foot to clear the ball, but Tang Zheng's feet were too fast, his waist and abdomen violently exerted force, and his body turned clockwise nearly 180 degrees, and at the same time the right foot landed, he changed to his left foot to pull the ball back to the original place where the football was.

If there is a regret pill in the world, Batagria will definitely not be willing to make a defensive move just now.

Because after Tang Zheng pulled the ball back, he was already facing his own offensive direction, and Batagria had lost his defensive position.

"Oh-my-god!" narrator Abel Claudio's eyes widened, blinked a few times, rubbed his eyelids twice in disbelief, and then exclaimed, "Marseille Roundabout!!"

Even the candy and the sky above the stadium lost their voice for a short time because of Tang Zheng's technical move......

Simeone, who was standing in the coach's command area, grinned in surprise and muttered playfully: "The technical moves are a bit fancy, but ...... Reasonable. ”

Tang Zheng, who completed the technical action, was not stunned, and after pulling the ball back with his left foot, he pushed the ball forward with the instep of his left foot, and raised his right foot slightly to avoid Batagria's defensive moves.

Falcao and Sanchez, who were pressing near the halfway line, were like a double ghost slamming into the heart of Boca.

Boca Juniors coach Ischea jumped up from the dugout and ran to the sidelines: "Watch out for their long passes!"

At the same time, Tang Zheng did not choose the direct long pass behind the opponent in the past, he chose to take the ball himself and move forward.

Because only Falcao and Sanchez are now crossing the midline, although a sense of hierarchy has been formed in the attack, the opponent's four defenses still have a great advantage.

Defending and counterattacking, in the end, is the success rate.

For the sake of the success rate, Tang Zheng chose to push the ball forward hard and accelerate!

Of course, this has a lot to do with Tang Zheng's passing of Batagria, who has no protective barrier before Boca's two central defenders.

Tang Zheng quickly advanced past the halfway line, except for Falcao, who was interspersed with running positions in the fixed middle, Sanchez was consciously attacking his own side and cutting forward on the right side.

Just as Tang Zheng passed the half-circle arc of Boca, central defender Caceles said hello to his partner Paletta and greeted him.

But Tang Zheng was prepared, and when he was still two meters away from Caselles, he used his right foot to dunk the ball to the left, and forcibly changed direction to bypass Casles' defensive area.

"Beautiful!" Tang Zheng's stride won the praise of most of the commentators in the commentary seat.

Boca's backline, which had become four defenses and three defenses, was quite stable, but after Caceles was passed by Tang Zheng, this seemingly stable backline seemed to be killed out of a bloody way.

At this time, right-back Ibarra had to defend Tang Zheng forward, but his defensive strategy was relatively conservative, but it was suitable, and he chose to fight and retreat.

Left-back Monzon gave up his marking on Sanchez and opted to defend Falcao alongside centre-back Paletta, giving up space on the wing.

In fact, this defensive choice is completely out of helplessness, Falcao is the top scorer in the A-League for two consecutive seasons, and the middle is a battleground for soldiers, so the only way to protect the middle is to give up the wing.

At this moment, Tang Zheng suddenly picked up his right foot while running, and central defender Paletta subconsciously reached out and grabbed Falcao's shirt out of nervousness.

However, Tang Zheng's handling of the ball next made him breathe a sigh of relief, because Tang Zheng did not pass the ball to Falcao who was inserted forward in the middle, but used the outside of his right foot to develop the ball to the right.

The ball was headed towards the left side of Boca Juniors' defence with a strong outside instep arc, and Sanchez galloped through the grassland like a wild horse on the loose.

Left-back Monzon had to run back down the wing again and showed up on Sanchez's inside line to give way to the wing.

However, Sanchez had neither the intention of cutting inside nor going outside, and he made a slight adjustment to the football passed by Tang Zheng to the right side of the penalty area.

Paletta pressed all the weight of his body on Falcao in the middle of the run, not allowing the opponent to get up easily, and the former international Abondan Sheri, who had just returned from the transfer of Getafe, was a little lacking in confidence and did not choose to attack.

Falcao was physically strong, elbowed up as he faced the football, and battled Paletta's wits and courage.

In the blink of an eye, Falcao entered the penalty area and accelerated towards the football.

The moment Paletta saw that Falcao had adjusted his step and picked up his right foot, his right hand was close to his body and slammed into Falcao......

But Falcao, who picked up his right foot, didn't shoot, he ...... Knock the ball back with your heel.

The on-site director hurriedly switched the camera, and from the bottom of the screen, Tang Zheng, who was wearing the No. 31 jersey, could be seen facing the football without being marked.

Falcao's heel knock ball is very good, so Tang Zheng doesn't need to make any adjustments, and he directly picks up his right foot to shoot during the run!

The ball rolled quickly to the near corner of the goal on the turf, and the goalkeeper Abondanseri was older, and there was a big gap in terms of movement compared to his peak.

Although he made a save, he did not touch the football, which grazed the left post and rolled into the goal.

(To be continued.) )