Chapter 098: Upgrading to be a Father
Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid to advance to the 2016-2017 Champions League final with an aggregate score of 4-1, while their final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was against Serie A giants Juventus.
However, the whole Real Madrid team is not thrilled by this, after all, they have been in good form this season, and reaching the Champions League final is a sure result.
As long as the league wins at the weekend, it can win the league title early, which means that Real Madrid's chances of winning the treble are very high.
The Copa del Rey final will be against Barcelona, who have suffered a double in the league this season, and if nothing else, the winner of this Copa del Rey final at the Stadio Calderón is 90% likely to be Real Madrid.
The Champions League final opponent Juventus, not to mention, the overall strength is not as good as Real Madrid, and there is a lot of luck to be able to advance to the final, except for the 1/4 finals defeated Barcelona has the strength to win the Champions League, and they drew Porto in the 1/8 finals and Monaco in the semifinals The overall strength is not strong, and it lacks a certain degree of convincing.
Real Madrid, unlike Real Madrid, have maintained excellent form throughout the 2016-2017 season, with no signs of a slump in form at all, so many media outlets believe that Real Madrid will win the 12th Champions League in the club's history when Real Madrid first entered the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
Because neither Juventus nor Monaco can pose a real threat to Real Madrid.
Time flies quickly, Real Madrid visited the Pizjuan Stadium in the league at the weekend, although the final draw was 1-1 with Sevilla, but Barcelona and Atletico Madrid scored a point 3-3, each with a point, so that Real Madrid won the 2016-2017 La Liga season ahead of schedule.
Real Madrid's win of the league was a matter of time, so it was no surprise to the media and fans, who were backing Real Madrid, and the attention of those who supported Real Madrid began to shift to the Copa del Rey final at Calderón Stadium and the Champions League final at Cardiff Millennium Stadium in Wales at the end of this month.
Winning the league title ahead of schedule allowed the whole Real Madrid team to temporarily relax their guard and prepare for the two most important games of the season.
But the most important thing for Tang Zheng is the child that Zhao Lina is carrying, and the interesting thing is that the due date is on the day of the Copa del Rey final this season, which means that Tang Zheng may be upgraded to a father on the day of the Copa del Rey final.
Of course, this is only possible, and the due date can only be used as a reference and cannot be directly positioned as the birth of the child on the same day.
Real Madrid coach Zidane is very flexible, he specially approved Tang Zheng when Real Madrid won the league championship in advance, as long as it does not affect the training state, Tang Zheng can leave the Valdebebas training base at any time to go to the best maternity hospital in Madrid to accompany his wife Zhao Lina.
Zhao Lina, who was pregnant for the first time, inevitably had some fluctuations in her mood, and prenatal depression was real, so Tang Zheng often traveled back and forth to the Valdebebas training base, the maternity and children's hospital and her home in May.
Fortunately, Real Madrid have already won the league title ahead of schedule, and they don't need to play in the league anymore.
Zinedine Zidane, who took charge of Real Madrid for the first time in his coaching career, does not attach much importance to the so-called league points record, in his opinion, winning the Copa del Rey and the Champions League is the most important thing to pursue, after all, the new single-season points record is the icing on the cake, and the Copa del Rey and Champions League are the send-off.
Zidane, who used to be a professional player, knows best.
Although Zidane doesn't care much about the league's single-season points record, at the end of the 2016-2017 La Liga season, Real Madrid still won 33 wins, four draws and one loss, accumulating 103 points, chasing the amazing results that Cellotti led Real Madrid to in the 2014-2015 season.
The failure to break the single-season points record set in the 2014-2015 season in La Liga is not due to the overall performance, but because Zidane's Real Madrid has shifted its focus and abandoned the league to the Copa del Rey final and Champions League final.
Fans did not blame Zidane and the Real Madrid players, after all, compared to the so-called points record, it is still the heavy Copa del Rey trophy and the Champions League trophy are more real.
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The 2016-2017 Copa del Rey final was held at the Calderón Stadium at 9:30 p.m. local time on May 27.
It is worth mentioning that this Copa del Rey final at Calderón Stadium is of great significance, starting from the 2017-2018 season next season, the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium will be the new home of Atletico Madrid, and Calderón Stadium will become history.
In other words, the 2016-2017 Copa del Rey final is the last match at the Calderón Stadium!
On the day of the Copa del Rey final, Tang Zheng had already received a notice from the maternity hospital that he ...... today There is more than an 80% chance that he will be promoted to become a dad.
And the other 20 percent is tomorrow.
Therefore, Tang Zheng, who followed the team to prepare for tonight's Copa del Rey final, was a little surging and a little overwhelmed, sometimes smirking, sometimes shaking his head.
If Real Madrid's teammates didn't know that Zhao Lina's birth was imminent, they would think that Tang Zheng had suddenly become stupid.
Two hours before the start of the game, the whole Real Madrid team took a bus to the Calderón Stadium to make final preparations for the Copa del Rey final, but when Real Madrid just left the hotel by bus, Tang Zheng, who closed his eyes and recuperated, was woken up by the ringing of his mobile phone.
Looking at the caller ID, the whole person behaved differently.
"Zheng Zheng, Lina is about to give birth!"
Swiped the screen, and Tang's mother's hurried voice came from the earpiece.
"Ah, really?" Tang Zheng's voice suddenly rose an octave, so that Bell, who was sitting next to him, was startled, and the whole person was stunned: "I'll come right away!"
Tang Zheng, who cut off the call, hurriedly stopped the bus, and then said to head coach Zidane: "Qi Dan, Zhao is about to give birth, I must rush to the hospital right now, so ......"
Zidane has long been mentally prepared, and he is also the father of the child, and Tang Zheng is excited to know that he will be a father soon.
Compared to the Copa del Rey final, being a dad is more sacred, or the Copa del Rey final is completely incomparable.
Even if the World Cup final is about to be held, Tang Zheng, who is about to become a father, should wait for the angel to come.
Nothing is more important than the birth of one's own child.
Zidane looked down at his watch, and said to the driver as the bus pulled over: "Robertson, drive to the Royal Maternity Hospital, and then to Calderon." ”
Tang Zheng didn't know what Zidane meant, and hurriedly hugged and thanked him.
Because it was very inconvenient for Tang Zheng to go to the Royal Maternity Hospital halfway, it was different now that there was a bus.
At the same time, the media reporters who followed Real Madrid in the bus arrived very surprised, because the bus suddenly changed lanes, and the direction of the lane change was not to Calderón.
However, when the bus stopped at the Royal Maternity Hospital in the center of Madrid, I realized that the bus was taking Tang Zheng to the maternity hospital first, and then to the Calderón Stadium.
Tang Zheng just stepped out on the front foot, and suddenly thought of something, so he said to Zidane: "Qi Dan, put me on the bench lineup, and when Zhao is finished and the mother and son are safe, I will go to Calderón as soon as possible." ”
"It's not good......"
Before Zidane's words were finished, Tang Zheng had disappeared into the bus, and through the transparent glass, he saw Tang Zheng's tall but flexible body dodging left and right in the crowd, and quickly entered the Royal Maternity Hospital.
Anyway, the game brought an eighteen-man squad, but Tang Zheng was put from the starting list to the substitute list, which did not affect it.
In addition, Tang Zheng is indeed very important to Real Madrid, and the Copa del Rey final cannot be lost, the reason why Real Madrid can be invincible this season is linked to Tang Zheng's performance.
Zidane knew that Tang Zheng was true to his word, as long as his wife and children were safe, he would definitely rush to Calderón Stadium as soon as possible to inject a shot of strength into the team.
Real Madrid without Tang Zheng, the overall strength is to drop by at least one notch.
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The 21st century is a high-speed era of information transmission, Tang Zheng just appeared at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Madrid, and there was news on the Internet that Tang Zheng might not be able to participate in the next Copa del Rey final.
Barcelona manager Luis Enrique got Real Madrid's starting list an hour before the game, and as the grapevine said, Tang Zheng did not appear on either the pitch or the starting lineup, but his name appeared on the substitute list.
However, there is evidence in the picture, Tang Zheng is in the Royal Maternity Hospital, according to the normal situation, Tang Zheng is close to 100% missing the next Copa del Rey final.
Compared with the competition, the wife and children are more important.
Shortly after, players from both sides arrived in the tunnel from the dressing room to prepare for the upcoming Copa del Rey final.
Chinese fans who watched the Copa del Rey final through PPtv were a little surprised because they couldn't see the No. 10 Tang Zheng, at this time, Shen Fangjian explained: "According to the latest reports ahead, my country's international Tang Zheng is about to be upgraded to a father, and he is accompanying his wife Zhao Lina in the Royal Maternity Hospital...... With the birth of an angel, I don't think there is any match that can compare to it, even if the World Cup final ......."
The fan sitting in front of the computer tapped his head in understanding, because nothing in this world is more important than being a father.
At the same time, Tang Zheng, who was staying outside the delivery room, was worried about his wife Zhao Lina, and at the same time paid attention to the Copa del Rey final that was about to start at Calderón Stadium.
It's not that Tang Zheng is too confident, but the current Real Madrid's dependence on him is too high, Barcelona is not a weak team, and only the Copa del Rey can compete for the Copa del Rey when it is eliminated from the league championship and the Champions League, so the desire to win the championship is quite strong, and it is likely to explode with full explosiveness in the next game.
Less than three minutes into the game, Barcelona won a direct free kick on the right side of the penalty area, Messi stood in front of the football, Messi ran in two steps, and the inside of his left foot made a perfect arc, the ball went around the fingertips of Navas's outstretched left arm in mid-air, and then flew into the goal at a ten-point angle between the right post and the crossbar.
1:0
Real Madrid, who have been invincible this season, did not show any panic, and they still played according to the tactics laid out by Zidane before the game.
Barcelona took the lead, and coach Enrique did not breathe a sigh of relief because of this, but feared that Real Madrid would equalize in a short time, so he asked his players to focus on attacking efficiency in the attacking organization and strive for another goal.
The psychological advantage of a two-goal lead is much higher than a one-goal lead, and even if Lie Zheng can come back in time, it will not be able to change the final outcome.
The result Enrique was hoping for was not long in coming, and in the 16th minute, Neymar, Messi and Suarez made a succession of passes on the edge of the Real Madrid penalty area, Iniesta stepped in to participate in the attack, Messi knocked the ball back with his left heel with his back to the goal, and the ball rolled right into Iniesta's forward running path.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas was too late to give up and Andres Iniesta fired a right-footed shot that rolled against the turf into the near corner......
2:0
Tang Zheng, who followed the Real Madrid game, was extremely worried and wanted to narrow the score with his teammates, and then equalize and reverse.
At this moment, the green light outside the delivery room suddenly turned on, and then the door of the delivery room opened, and there was a cry of a baby's birth.
Tang Zheng, who was standing outside the delivery room, became extremely excited, at a loss, sometimes holding Tang's father, sometimes hugging Tang's mother, and said excitedly: "I'm a father!"
Dad Tang is still experienced, and he patted Tang Zheng on the back hard: "Hurry up~ Go in and see your baby." ”
The doctors and nurses of the Royal Maternity Hospital had known about Tang Zheng for a long time, so the sexy and sultry nurse led Tang Zheng into the delivery room as soon as possible.
The baby's cry was louder in the delivery room, but it was full of spirituality and sounded very comfortable, and Tang Zheng's nervous mood was released in the lightning.
Of course, Tang Zheng did not forget his hard-working wife Zhao Lina, he first lowered his head and kissed Zhao Lina's forehead, and then said gently: "Thank you wife!"
"Husband, I gave birth to a daughter, you ......" Zhao Lina felt Tang Zheng's strong love, pouted, and said unhappily.
Tang Zheng glanced at his daughter in the care of the obstetrician, rubbed Zhao Lina's hair with his right hand, and his tone was still gentle: "Silly wife, boys and girls are the same, I told you a long time ago, if it is a boy, we will protect you together, if it is a girl, I will protect you two together." ”
After a few minutes, Tang Zheng hugged his newborn daughter, looked at the eyes full of spirituality, and made a crying mouth, and couldn't help but whisper softly: "Good daughter, don't cry, I'm your father, good~"
What's interesting is that as soon as the words fell, the baby who was still crying gradually stopped crying, and the big eyes looked at Tang Zheng and laughed.
Zhao Lina, who was lying on the delivery bed, looked at the first meeting of the father and daughter, and instinctively showed a smile, and suddenly, she seemed to think of something.
After hesitating for half a minute, Zhao Lina didn't make up her mind until she saw the nurse take her daughter from Tang Zheng's hands, and called Tang Zheng: "Husband, our mother and daughter are safe, you should go to Calderon Stadium." ”
Tang Zheng focused all his attention on his newborn daughter, and it wasn't until he disappeared from view that he lowered his head and said gently, "Wife, you have to know...... Nothing in this world is more important than you and your daughter, everything else is a floating cloud. ”
Having said that, Tang Zheng is a man with a strong sense of responsibility, and he saw that Barcelona had extended the score to two goals before entering the delivery room, and he knew that it would be difficult for Real Madrid to beat Barcelona at the Calderón Stadium without him.
Zhao Lina didn't know what her husband Tang Zheng was thinking, she pulled Tang Zheng with both hands: "Husband, go...... Your teammates and fans are waiting for you. ”