Chapter 110: The preliminary list of thirty players for the World Cup
Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 4-2 at the Bernabeu Stadium to advance to the 2017-2018 Champions League final with an aggregate score of 7-3.
For many media and fans, this is an expected result, after all, Real Madrid's overall strength is stronger than Bayern's, and Real Madrid took away a two-goal win away from home in the first leg, and they only need to hold on to the win when they return home.
Coupled with Bayern nemesis Tang Zheng's excellent performances against Bayern in the past, the media and fans have enough reason to think that Real Madrid's meeting with Liverpool in this season's Champions League final in Kiev is a foregone conclusion.
However, it has a special significance for the Chinese media and Chinese fans, as Lu Liang, who moved to Liverpool from Borussia Dortmund last summer, will face Tang Zheng directly on the stage of the Champions League final.
In other words, for the first time in the history of the Champions League final, the Chinese derby will be held at the Olympic National Stadium in Kiev, which has become the focus of attention of the majority of Chinese fans.
Due to the excellent performance of Salah and Mane, Lu Liang spent a very depressed first year of the season and rarely played.
It wasn't until Coutinho's move to Barcelona in the winter window that Klopp made a bold attempt to let Lu Liang, who is excellent at speed, passing, dribbling and shooting, try Coutinho's place at the heart of the tactical system.
Even Jurgen Klopp didn't expect his attitude of giving it a try to such an effect, Lu Liang played well in his new position, and even fully activated Sadio Mane, Firmino and Salah, helping the team beat league leaders Manchester City and Manchester United in the Premier League.
The performance of the Champions League knockout stage is even more obvious, following Liverpool all the way to the semi-finals, but unfortunately the yellow card in the first leg caused Lu Liang to miss the second leg, otherwise Liverpool would not have lost to Roma at the Rome Olympic Stadium.
Despite this, Liverpool are back in the Champions League final for the first time in a decade.
The crazy Tang Zheng on the Chinese Internet also pays attention, as the current representative of the Chinese international player Liuyang, Tang Zheng has @Lu Liang on Weibo and Twitter, about the Champions League final.
Yang 5 set a title that is very in line with the match between Tang Zheng and Lu Liang for the Champions League final held at 8:45 p.m. local time on May 26 in Europe - Maxima vs. Bole.
Fans who have followed Chinese football in recent years know that the reason why Lu Liang was able to join the Dortmund youth team is completely due to Tang Zheng, that is to say, if there is no Tang Zheng, maybe the current Lu Liang has just finished college, and then played a job to support his family and live a life of inaction......
Even though Lu Liang is talented, he can't afford to suffer the destruction of his talent by time.
Having returned to the final of the Champions League, Real Madrid will need to concentrate on preparing for the second leg of the 2017-2018 La Liga national derby at Camp Nou at the weekend.
If Real Madrid can remain unbeaten on the road, they will be the 2017-2018 La Liga champions.
Of course, even if Real Madrid lose to Barcelona at Camp Nou, it will not affect their title prospects.
Real Madrid's remaining two league opponents are Celta Vigo and Villarreal, two teams with no hope of relegation and no hope of European competition, naturally will not fight with Real Madrid, and the hope of winning the 2017-2018 La Liga title is still very high.
But Tang Zheng does not want to save the league championship for the last two rounds of decision, after all, the last round of the league is only six days away from the Champions League final, and the team must get enough rest time if it wants to defend the Champions League title, so Tang Zheng consciously communicated with his teammates when preparing for the game, and must confirm the league champion at Camp Nou!
Real Madrid players are not stupid and can win the league title as long as they remain unbeaten at Camp Nou, and then have plenty of rest time to prepare for the Champions League final.
If you lose at Camp Nou, there is a good chance that the league title will happen, and if you lose the last three rounds in a row, then ...... They will become the laughing stock of the whole world.
In order to put an end to this possibility, be sure to leave the Camp Nou with your whole body gone!
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The 36th round of the 2017-2018 La Liga season kicked off at the Camp Nou, with Barcelona hosting Real Madrid.
Before the start of the game, the live broadcast was very good and managed to capture a very interesting scene, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and assistant coach Kravitz came to the Camp Nou.
Obviously, Jurgen Klopp came to the Camp Nou to watch the National Derby for the Champions League final in Kiev!
Bayern did not put up much resistance at the Bernabeu in midweek, with Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid making only two rotations.
Isco replaces James Rodriguez and Casemiro replaces Luka Modric.
With three rounds of the league remaining, Barcelona are seven points clear of Real Madrid, and although there is still a theoretical hope of winning the league title, almost all Barcelona players have no hope of winning the league title.
From the first seconds of the game, the Real Madrid players showed confidence to be determined to win, while the Barcelona players lacked the desire to fight and made decisions.
Messi opened the scoring for Barcelona in the 17th minute with a long-range shot from outside the box, but Tang Zheng soon equalised with a direct free-kick.
Just before half-time, Gareth Bale's goal helped Real Madrid take the lead.
The second half was the same as the national derby at the Santiago Bernabeu in the first half of the season, with Messi and Luis Suarez's Barcelona attacking line completely unable to threaten Keylor Navas's goal.
In the 68th minute, Tang Zheng took advantage of an outflanking opportunity in the penalty area to expand the score, and the score changed from 2:1 to 3:1.
"Whoa—"
The Camp Nou stadium was silent, and the Real Madrid fans who accompanied the team took the rare opportunity to vent their emotions and create a huge cheer.
Valverde, who accepted Barcelona last summer, had no choice but to step up his attack, but his tactical changes failed to make a fundamental difference.
In the end, it was a penalty awarded by the referee that could be awarded or not awarded to chase the score to 2:3, but Real Madrid, who received the troops, protected the defense line very well, coupled with Tang Zheng and Casemiro's deliberate protection of the back line, and the score did not change until the end of the game.
2:3
The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.
In the 2017-2018 La Liga season, 36 rounds of matches, Real Madrid won 30 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss with 95 points, and Barcelona, which ranked second in the league, won 26 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses with 85 points, which means that Real Madrid won the 2017-2018 La Liga championship two rounds in advance.
Winning the league title early at Camp Nou, home of arch-rivals Barcelona, means a lot to Real Madrid players and fans alike.
The players raised their arms in the air and were passionate, and the fans were hysterical and ecstatic.
Immediately, the on-site director gave a meaningful close-up, and Tang Zheng appeared in the broadcast screen.
Tang Zheng has been with Real Madrid for exactly five seasons since he joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2013, in addition to Atletico Madrid winning the 2013-2014 league championship and Barcelona winning the 2015-2016 league title, Real Madrid won the 2014-2015, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 league titles.
Under the leadership of Tang Zheng, Real Madrid won the treble in the 2014-2015 and 2016-2017 seasons, and even won an astonishing six titles in the 2017 calendar year, and this season's 2017-2018 season is likely to continue its past glory.
Before the Camp Nou achieved a double against Barcelona to win the league title, Real Madrid had already won the Copa del Rey and reached the final of the Champions League......
Real Madrid, who have already won two titles, are likely to defend their Champions League title by beating Liverpool, who are seriously inexperienced in the Champions League final, at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev.
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Real Madrid won the 2017-2018 La Liga title two rounds ahead of schedule, so the final two rounds of the league were well rested to prepare for the Champions League final.
Real Madrid, who consciously rested their main players, still won one and drew one in the last two rounds, beating Celta Vigo at home and drawing away against Villarreal.
The 38 rounds of the 2017-2018 La Liga season have all ended, and Real Madrid has topped the league table with 31 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss.
Real Madrid also became the first team in La Liga history to exceed 100 league points in four seasons, improving their record.
With La Liga over, the focus of mainstream European media is on the Champions League final in Kyiv in addition to the World Cup in Russia next month.
As Real Madrid and Liverpool prepare for the Champions League, many of the national teams participating in the World Cup in Russia have announced a preliminary list and a waiting list, and the final 23 players will be decided on the preliminary list and the waiting list.
Of course, it is also possible that the players on the primary and waiting lists will not perform well as the manager expects and will be replaced by other players.
On the day of the final round of the 2017-2018 La Liga season, the Chinese Football Association announced a 30-man preliminary squad for the World Cup on its official website.
Goalkeepers: Yan Junling (Borussia Dortmund), Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande), Wang Xiaolei (Shandong Luneng), Li Zheng (Gondomar)
Defenders: Zhang Linpeng (Juventus), Gao Zhunyi (Gent), Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande), Li Xuepeng (Guangzhou Evergrande), Deng Hanwen (Guangzhou Evergrande), Jiang Zhipeng (Hebei Huaxia Happiness), Shi Ke (Shanghai Shanggang), Huang Zhengyu (Guangzhou R&F), Liu Yiming (Tianjin Quanjian)
Midfielders: Tang Zheng (Real Madrid), Hao Junmin (Schalke 04), Liu Ruofan (Marseille), Li Kui (Shakhtar Donetsk), Wu Xi (Jiangsu Suning Tesco), Cao Yunding (Shanghai Myth), Huang Bowen (Guangzhou Evergrande), He Chao (Changchun Yatai), Zhang Xizhe (Beijing Guoan), Zhao Xuri (Tianjin Quanjian)
Forwards: Lu Liang (Liverpool), Sun Jingbo (AC Milan), Wu Sanshi (Roma), Yerfan Yezimujiang (Feyenoord), Zhang Yuzhan (Werder Bremen), Wei Shihao (Beijing Guoan), Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande)
Before the World Cup, the Chinese team had three international friendlies on May 27, June 2 and June 9, against Norway, Germany and Ecuador.
However, neither Tang Zheng nor Lu Liang will be able to participate in the first warm-up match of the Chinese team, as they still have a Champions League final in Kiev.
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In the 2017-2018 Champions League final, Real Madrid and Liverpool both arrived in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, two days before the match, but the two teams arrived at the airport at staggered times, with the Real Madrid flight from Madrid to Kyiv arriving in the morning and the Liverpool flight to Kyiv arriving in the afternoon.
Three hours before Real Madrid's arrival at Kyiv's Boryspil airport, in addition to the Real Madrid fans who arrived early, a large number of local Kyiv fans welcomed Real Madrid's arrival.
In order to prevent incidents, the local police in Kyiv sent more than 200 police officers to ensure that the Real Madrid players arrived safely at the hotel, while fans who wanted to take photos with the players were asked to keep their distance.
Although the last time Liverpool reached the Champions League final was back in the 2006-2007 season, Liverpool, as England's team that won the most championships in Europe, still has many die-hard fans in Kiev.
Real Madrid's overall strength and experience in the Champions League final are stronger than Liverpool's, but Liverpool's style of play is passionate and passionate, as the team with the most goals in a single season in the Champions League, they can break through the door of any team, so many media believe that Klopp's Liverpool is enough to wrestle with Real Madrid in the final.
Jurgen Klopp's coaching style has not changed since Mainz to Borussia Dortmund and then to Liverpool.
The spectacle was very ornamental, advocating ground advancement, and the fast and concise coordination made the fans addicted, and the game often played by big scores.
In addition, it is impossible to ignore Klopp's personality, his passion, vitality and true temperament have gradually intoxicated the fans, and can even drive the emotions of the whole team, so as to win many major games.
Of course, Real Madrid's style of play is also good enough, and the highly technical midfielder can lead the whole team to play a pleasing game.
In addition to the technical content of the game to attract everyone's attention, there are also off-field topics that attract the attention of fans.
If Simeone is Tang Zheng's mentor, then Klopp is an important guide for Tang Zheng to become the first person in world football.
Tang Zheng is the absolute core of Real Madrid, and Lu Liang is an important chess piece in Liverpool's attack, often able to send second passes to Mane, Firmino and Salah.
Therefore, the 2017-2018 Champions League final at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv is destined to be the most watched match before the start of the World Cup.
There is still half a day before the start of the game, and a large number of fans have gathered in the outer square of the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, including Real Madrid fans, Liverpool fans, and countless Ukrainian fans and fans from all over the world.
Thousands of local police officers in Kyiv who maintain order are also indispensable, as well as heavyweight journalists from all over the world.
The last time Kyiv hosted a major tournament was back in 2012, when Ukraine and Poland jointly hosted the 14th European Championship, and the Kyiv Olympic Stadium was the venue for the final of that tournament.
Interestingly, at Euro 2012, England and Spain both won their matches at this stadium, with the difference being that England won the group stage and Spain won the eventual title, so the Champions League final is a highlight-seeker for both clubs.