The 2013-2014 Copa del Rey final will be played on April 17 at 9pm local time in Spain at the Mestalla Stadium, home of Valencia.

Although the game was played in midweek and the venue was neutral, the Real Madrid and Barcelona fans were very active, coming to the outer square of the Mestalla Stadium early to cheer on their beloved team.

Despite this, the number of people at the Mestalla Stadium did not live up to expectations until around seven o'clock in the evening.

Two hours after the end of Spain's daily working hours, and two hours for Real Madrid and Barcelona fans to travel from their respective cities to the Mestalla Stadium, the capital of the Valencia region, to cheer on their beloved team.

There was still about an hour and a half before the start of the game, and the two sides took the bus to stop at the designated parking position at the Mestalla Stadium.

Mestalla Stadium Tang Zheng is not the first time to come, the first time to come is the 17th round of the league this season, that is, the last league game before Christmas last year, Real Madrid visited the Mestalla 3:2 thrilling defeat of the home team Valencia, Tang Zheng had a goal, so the Mestalla Stadium is still a good place for Tang Zheng.

The Mestalla Stadium, a large professional football stadium with a capacity of 55,000 fans, although this stadium cannot be compared to the Bernabeu and Camp Nou, is a temple that is difficult to surpass in the hearts of Valencia fans.

To get back to the point, the Copa del Rey final at the Mestalla Stadium was a favour for Barcelona, who have been in poor form recently, starting with Cristiano Ronaldo missing out on the Copa del Rey final squad due to a knee injury, and left wing-back Marcelo also missing out on the squad for the Copa del Rey final due to a soleus muscle injury.

Perhaps Marcelo's absence will not have much impact on Real Madrid, but Cristiano Ronaldo's absence is a huge hidden danger for Real Madrid.

In the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals at Westphalad Stadium, if Tang Zheng had not scored twice in five minutes, there would have been a big question mark over whether Real Madrid could advance to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.

First of all, Cristiano Ronaldo has excellent foot feeling this season, scoring an astonishing 13 goals in 10 games in the Champions League, and if it weren't for the injury plague in the two legs of the Champions League quarter-finals, his goal figure could have equaled the record of 14 goals in a single season in the Champions League held by Altafini, Messi and Tang Zheng.

An hour before the start of the game, the two sides of the game received the list of each other's starting lineups from the official.

Real Madrid's official formation is 4231, the goalkeeper is still controlled by Casillas, and the four defenders are Coentrão, Pepe, Amos and Carvajal.

The midfielders were lined up with Xavi Alonso and Tang Zheng, with three defenders Di Maria, Luka Modric and Isco, with Benzema at the front of the line.

Barcelona opted for a traditional four-three-three formation, with Pinto in goalkeeper replacing Valdés, who was unable to play due to injury, and centre-back Gerard Pique, who was replaced by Bartra, partnered by Mascherano and the two full-backs Jordi Alba and Alves.

The three midfielders Xavi, Sergio Busquets and Cesc Fabregas are the striker, and the forward three are Andres Iniesta, Messi and Neymar.

Tang Zheng also learned from assistant coach Clement that Sanchez was not in the starting lineup, which he felt very sorry for, he was very aware of the ability of his friend Sanchez, and Martino actually abandoned him......

However, Barcelona is more happy that they did not send Sanchez, because Sanchez's fighting spirit is the most lacking in Barcelona, which is currently in a slump.

Without Sanchez, Barcelona would not be able to shine brightly.

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With half an hour to go before the start of the Copa del Rey final, the Mestalla Stadium was already full, and the deafening cheers resounded throughout the stadium.

Real Madrid fans in white jerseys and Barcelona fans in red and blue stripes are distinctly separated, sitting in the north and south stands of the Mestalla Stadium, and then moving in turn, with neutral fans in the middle.

Of course, among these neutral fans, there are many people wearing the red home jerseys of the Chinese men's football team, they are Chinese who are studying and working in Spain, and the reason why they came to the Mestalla Stadium to watch the Copa del Rey final is very simple, that is, to cheer for Tang Zheng.

In fact, in many La Liga and Champions League matches, this kind of scene will be seen, so many foreign commentators will ridicule China, the world's most populous country, and there are Chinese everywhere they go.

It is worth mentioning that there was a short ceremony before the start of the Copa del Rey final, in which the current King of Spain, Juan Carlos, spoke, advocating the spirit of friendship first and competition second.

Not long after, with the referee Laos blowing the whistle, the 2013-2014 Spanish Copa del Rey final was officially announced: "Beep~"

Messi kicked the ball at his feet to Iniesta, and then ran forward, Iniesta, who received the football, did not pass forward, but pulled the ball and turned to face his own goal, and then handed the ball to Xavi to control the rhythm.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei seemed to have discovered a new continent, and his voice changed: "Barcelona's tactical play seems to have changed very much, and the strategy is much smaller than in the past, is it afraid of Real Madrid's rapid counterattack?"

Indeed, Tang Zheng did not appear in the central midfield or forward midfield position in this game, but a defensive midfielder, partnering with the experienced Xavi Alonso.

Tang Zheng has an excellent positional sense, he is very solid in defensive midfield, and can play a role in defending in the middle, which, combined with Xavi Alonso's experience, can also understand why Barcelona chose to control the rhythm of insurance.

Real Madrid did not defend as passively as expected, but were full of strategic and active defense, so that the Barcelona players, who have been in a slump of form recently, will feel uncomfortable in the face of pressing defense and make mistakes.

suffered two consecutive defeats in the Champions League and the league, in fact, it does not have much to do with Messi, but the active pressing of Atletico Madrid and Granada is very effective, frequently disrupting the rhythm of Barcelona's attack.

Modric's defensive ability may not be comparable to Tang Zheng's, but his tactical execution ability and running ability are top-notch, so the active pressing in the midfield can put enough pressure on Barcelona's brain Xavi.

Cesc Fabregas's organizational ability is also not weak, but his ability is still a little behind Xavi, so Barcelona's attack did not go well in the initial stage, but was almost counterattacked by Real Madrid on the spot.

As Real Madrid's on-the-spot counter-attack worked, Tang Zheng's position slowly began to pretend, and Real Madrid's attack became more and more threatening.

In the third minute, Tang Zheng suddenly stepped forward at the front of the penalty area to receive Modric's oblique plug and adjusted it slightly, and then suddenly shot a cold arrow, the football flew to the goal against the ground, goalkeeper Pinto did not react, but the football did not roll into the goal, but grazed the right post of the goal and rolled out of the bottom line and crashed into the billboard behind.

Two minutes later, it was Tang Zheng again, who took advantage of a corner to force goalkeeper Pinto to make a world-class save.

"Oh, oh, oh-"

Tang Zheng continued to create threats, so much so that Barcelona coach Martino stood on the sidelines and frequently made complaining body movements.

The atmosphere was frenetic, and the Barcelona players on the pitch were also helpless, so they didn't notice the reaction of head coach Martino.

Even if they take 10,000 steps back and notice Martino's movements, they will not have much psychological fluctuation, because with Barcelona being eliminated in the Champions League, Martino has basically lost control of the dressing room.

Fortunately, compatriot Messi is still more supportive of Martino, otherwise Martino would have been rolled up and left.

At the same time, Yang 5 commentator He Wei said excitedly: "Tang Zheng is in very good shape, although his position in this game is a defensive midfielder, but he has an extraordinary ability to read the game, and can often appear in the most appropriate place at the most appropriate time, if it is not bad luck, I think Real Madrid has the score ahead!"

Of course, Barcelona didn't create chances, but Messi, who has been in a slump of form lately, didn't take advantage of it, and his shot from the penalty spot went wide of the post.

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Ten minutes into the game, Martino took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to pull left-back Alba to explain two sentences, which he then conveyed to his teammates on the field.

Immediately, Barcelona's attacking tempo suddenly accelerated, and Messi got more opportunities to get the ball.

But Messi had just broken through Modric and Di Maria, and was about to accelerate his breakthrough to Xavi Alonso when Tang Zheng appeared in sight.

Perhaps out of instinct, Messi actually forgot to accelerate the breakthrough, but subconsciously jumped up.

Tang Zheng was not surprised by Messi's avoidance, and he swept the ball to Di Maria with the ground down.

Di Maria was aware of Alves' upward rush while facing away from the attack, and directly handed the ball to Modric with the arch of his right foot, and Modric, who received the ball, did not take the ball forward by himself, but completed a 'two-by-one cooperation' with Di Maria to send the ball to Alves.

And Tang Zheng, who completed the key interception, did not stop in place, he quickly got up, and then started on the spot, running diagonally and straight towards the far end.

It was only then that Messi realized that he had just made an unforgivable mistake on the offensive end, but he did not stand still, but rarely took the initiative to defend.

To be precise, it is chasing Tang Zheng.

But Messi found that his proud speed was inferior to Tang Zheng, who was more than 1.9 meters tall.

In the process of running empty with each other, the distance between the two has not only not shortened, but has a tendency to get longer and longer.

Di Maria spun around and accelerated to catch the ball in one go, and centre-back Mascherano had to pull to the wing to make up for the huge void left by Alves' reckless steal.

Di Maria, who had crossed the halfway line, did not dribble again because Mascherano had already jammed his straight acceleration and inward angle, and he picked up his left foot and made a wide transfer, and the ball went to Isco on the right.

With Mascherano pulling to the right flank, Baltra and Alba automatically adducted, leaving a large gap on the right side of Real Madrid's attack.

Interestingly, Isco, who received the football, did not accelerate forward, but took the initiative to reduce his speed.

"This ......"

Marcel Leff, the German Sky commentator, was stunned when he looked at the broadcast screen, until a white figure suddenly appeared in the lower left corner of the broadcast screen, with a large '10' Arabic numeral behind him, and he suddenly shouted: "Don-"

At this moment, Isco suddenly took the ball and accelerated to the ribs, and Tang Zheng accelerated from behind Isco to the bottom line very tacitly.

Behind Tang Zheng is Messi, who is chasing after him.

Isco's sudden inward cut immediately attracted Alba's attention, and Bartra had to pay attention to Benzema's run, so that Tang Zheng, who was inserted in the back, went unnoticed.

"Woo-woo-"

The area of the stands near the left side of Barcelona's half-court defence belonged to the Barcelona fans, so they erupted in huge boos.

Isco had a very high level of tacit understanding with Tang Zheng, and he used the outside of his right foot to pass the ball to Tang Zheng's high-speed path when Albany received a position in the inside.

Perhaps it was the boos that interfered with Isco, whose passing power was too strong and too close to the sideline, which meant that Tang Zheng had to turn a corner and go around to chase the ball outside the realization.

It was a turning point that Messi, who was chasing after him, finally caught up with Tang Zheng.

Martino, who was standing in the coaching area of the home team, finally breathed a sigh of relief, even if Messi is not a professional defensive player, at least Barcelona is not inferior in terms of the number of defenders, as long as Messi does not play easily, and when Busquets makes up for the defense in place, Real Madrid's attack can basically be transformed into a positional attack.

But after Tang Zheng stabilized the football, he exaggerated his right foot and made a gesture of wanting to cross, Messi was not a defensive player in the first place, and he didn't have much defensive awareness, so he subconsciously stretched his left foot to block Tang Zheng's 45-degree cross about 30 meters near the bottom line on the right side.

However, Tang Zheng didn't cross, he quickly put down his right foot, pushed the ball inside with the outside instep, and then started.

Suddenly, Messi realized that he had been fooled, and quickly put down his left foot to chase Tang Zheng, but Tang Zheng was explosive and consciously stuck in position during the run, so Messi, who rarely helped the defense, was blocked behind by Tang Zheng's sturdy body.

Alba had no way to defend in the process, and the slower Sergio Busquets and Cesc Fabregas had not yet returned to the defense, so he had to press Tang Zheng head-on.

Messi took the game very seriously, and chose to reach out and pull Tang Zheng's jersey when he lost his defensive position, not letting him fully get up to speed.

Tang Zheng looked up at the penalty area in the process of chasing the ball, then stretched out his left hand back, pulled Messi's shirt in front of him, and exerted his strength forward.

So Messi, who was not strong enough, was pulled forward a few meters by Tang Zheng, and the referee Laos in view of Messi's foul first, the two dragged each other, and simply let the game continue, and Tang Zheng, who chased the football, picked up his right foot and quickly crossed.

The ball goes around Alba and Baltra at the front point and flies towards the back point.

Mascherano and Di Maria faced the football at the same time, but Di Maria was obviously faster than Mascherano, so the momentum was even stronger, and he bent over about 14 meters from goal on the left side of the penalty area, and it was too late for Mascherano to reach out and pull.

Tang Zheng's quick cross from the right found Di Maria, who headed the ball into the far corner.

Goalkeeper Pinto made a knee-jerk save, but he could only declare that the whip was out of reach due to the power and angle of Di Maria's header......