Real Madrid's failure to win the 2014 Spanish Super Cup was not expected by the media and fans, even though Atletico Madrid made a lot of recruitment deals this summer, after all, Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey and the Champions League last year.

But fans who watched the game know that Atletico Madrid, who missed out on the Champions League last season, is very strong, stronger and more strategic than last season.

If Tang Zheng could not play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army on the field, it is estimated that Atletico Madrid would be very likely to beat Real Madrid home and away.

Tang Zheng, who played a particularly significant role in the first leg at the Bernabeu Stadium at home, was the opener who scored the goal from his planning, and in the second leg he was both a father and a mother when other teammates were sluggish, giving people a feeling of being alone.

At the end of the game, Tang Zheng, who appeared on the broadcast screen, was very helpless, he tried his best in both games, but the level shown by his teammates was far from their ability.

To put it mildly, you can't work hard.

The staff on site were so efficient that they didn't know about the makeshift podium, and the losing Real Madrid player quickly left after receiving the silver medal and returned to the dressing room through the players' tunnel, leaving the field for the home team players and fans.

Not many people noticed that Tang Zheng handed the silver medal in his hand to the Real Madrid fans as he walked to the players' tunnel.

The next day, Real Madrid, which lost the game, was collectively bombarded by the media at home and abroad in Spain, and even Tang Zheng, who performed well, was also affected.

However, Tang Zheng did not care about this, he was more concerned about the upcoming 2014-2015 La Liga season and the 2014-2015 Champions League group stage draw at UEFA headquarters in Nyon at the end of the month, and the 2013-2014 Champions League award ceremony.

The best news for Real Madrid, who lost the Super Cup, is that in the first round of the 2014-2015 La Liga season, they will face promoted Cordoba and play at home.

As a promoted horse, the strength is definitely limited, and when the time comes, you can give some confidence to those Real Madrid players who are not confident, so as to give their best level.

The atmosphere at the Valdebebas training base, the first-team training ground is particularly heavy.

Assistant coaches Clement and Zinedine Zidane could not find a solution in this atmosphere and could only improvise.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti is known as a good man, but he can only sigh at the sluggish training atmosphere and cannot do anything.

The mental work of the players has always been done by Clement and Zinedine Zidane, and Carlo Ancelotti as head coach is only responsible for the game and part of the training content.

In fact, Tang Zheng knows that the team's problems are not so complicated, but he lost confidence in the face of Atletico Madrid in the two legs, coupled with the criticism of the media, it is inevitable that he will think about some more things in his heart.

Obviously, the defeat in the Super Cup has caused the whole team to be so affected by the outside world that the preparation for the domestic league has been disrupted.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti naturally bore the brunt of the media bombardment as the head coach, while Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng, the best performing duo of Real Madrid last season, were fortunate enough to be the second critics.

On the contrary, Toni Kroos, who caused Real Madrid to lose the Super Cup, did not receive much attention, and he breathed a sigh of relief, but it was inevitable that there would be a hint of imbalance.

Of course, he was just unbalanced, more than lucky.

I was not exposed to the media, and I had more time to release my pressure and adapt to the team's overall tactics.

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Real Madrid's first league opponent of the new season, Cordoba, was very lucky to be promoted, finishing seventh in the 2013-2014 La Liga and logically ineligible for the promotion play-offs.

However, the Spanish league is different from other leagues, and the echelon of La Liga teams can participate in the professional league, so there are corresponding rules, that is, the echelon must be one level lower than the original team.

Barcelona B won the third place in the 2013-2014 La Liga, and Barcelona is in La Liga, and B is not eligible for promotion to the first division, so they are not even eligible for the play-offs.

As a result, Cordoba unexpectedly qualified for the qualifying round in the 2013-2014 La Liga seventh-place Liga and faced fourth-placed Murcia in the semi-finals.

The home team drew 0:0 and won 2:1 away from home.

In the crucial promotion final, the home team also drew 0-0, and in the second leg of the away game, Córdoba drew 1-1 with Las Palmas to qualify for the 2014-2015 La Liga season with more away goals.

Facing Cordoba in the first round of the new season is definitely a very good start for Real Madrid, but many times promoted horses only start the first round of the league with the mentality that a draw is a victory, which means that Real Madrid, who are sitting at the Bernabeu at home, will inevitably face the iron bucket of Córdoba.

In the blink of an eye, the first round of the 2014-2015 La Liga season kicked off at the Rose Garden Stadium, and at 6 p.m. local time on August 23, Málaga hosted Athletic Bilbao.

With Luis Albert's penalty kick, they finally beat the visiting Athletic Bilbao 1:0 at home and made a good start to the golden season.

With the end of the opening match, the 2014-2015 La Liga season kicked off.

Except for Sevilla's clash against Valencia at the Estadio Pizjuan, the other eight matches were basically strong and weak.

Real Madrid's opening round against Cordoba comes on the third day after the opening round of La Liga, and before that, Barcelona beat Elche 3-0 at home to sit top of the league on three goal difference.

Against this backdrop, Real Madrid's home game against Cordoba has become a must-win and at least three goals different!

At 6 p.m. local time on August 25, the first round of the 2014-2015 La Liga season kicked off at the Bernabeu Stadium.

The change from a four-three-two-one formation to a regular four-two-three-one formation last season, but the starting list was a surprise, as Spain international Xavi Alonso, who partnered Luka Modric last season, did not appear in the starting midfield, and the starting midfielder was Toni Kroos, one of the biggest 'sinners' in Real Madrid's Super Cup loss.

The goalkeeper is still captain Casillas in front of goal, with Marcelo at left-back, Coentrão at right-back, and Pepe in central defense partnering Ramos.

The attacking front three are made up of Cristiano Ronaldo, Tang Zheng and James Rodriguez, with Benzema at the top of the line.

Although Xavi Alonso was not in the starting line-up, the straight flush of 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, which was the focus of media and fans, started at the same time for the first time, causing a lot of discussion.

Of course, the main focus is on the game itself.

"Whoa—"

With the whistle of the referee on duty, the Bernabeu stadium erupted into loud chanting, which was deafening.

Real Madrid quickly launched an offensive under the chanting of the home fans, but Córdoba, who played in the top flight for the ninth time in the team's history, wisely chose to retreat to the half, except for goalkeeper Juan Carlos, the other ten players all retreated to the half, compressing Real Madrid's attacking space.

Breaking through dense defenses has always been a world-class problem, especially for this fusion galaxy battleship, it is even more difficult.

First of all, James Rodriguez relieved Tang Zheng's playmaking pressure in the midfield on the offensive end, and then Toni Kroos, who started in place of Xavi Alonso, integrated into Real Madrid's overall offensive and defensive transition.

From the start of the game, James Rodriguez was very active, dropping back several times to cooperate with Tang Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo and Modric, involving the Cordoba defence.

Toni Kroos' performance was a clear improvement over the two legs of the Super Cup, but it was based on the premise that Córdoba gave up attacking and all-round defence.

All of Córdoba's players huddled between 20 and 40 metres in the defensive zone, giving playmaker Tony Kroos plenty of space to organise the attack.

However, when he gets the ball to the 40-metre zone, there is not much he can do, and the pass success rate is even lower than that of the frontcourt players.

Knowing that his pass is in a relatively deep position, in this case the pass success rate is lower than that of the midfielder, which means that his overall understanding with the team is quite low, so much so that Ancelotti, who is standing in front of the home team's coach's box, frequently shakes his head.

President Florentino has made it clear that his decorator Xavi Alonso will definitely leave before the end of the summer transfer window, with Toni Kroos taking his place.

Toni Kroos has the ability, but his run-in with the team has been slow to improve, and if nothing else, the team's results in the new season are difficult to guarantee.

In the last 30 minutes, Real Madrid had more than 70 per cent possession and had a far lead in shots on goal, with the exception of Juan Carlos, who threatened Córdoba goalkeeper.

Real Madrid has been scoreless for a long time, and the shouts created by the Real Madrid fans in the stands have dropped significantly.

It is clear that the fans are using this behavior to express their dissatisfaction with Real Madrid.

It wasn't until the 42nd minute of the game that Tang Zheng stepped up, he received a corner kick from the right side of Tony Kroos in a corner kick attack, and pushed the football into the corner of the goal.

And Tang Zheng's goal was also the only goal in the first half.

In the second half, Córdoba, who were behind the score, had no choice but to step up their attack and try to equalize.

However, Córdoba's attack is not as determined as their defense, the attacking players in the front court want to strengthen the attack to score goals, the back players want to ensure the safety of the goal, and the lack of unity of thinking in the front and back courts also limits the offensive efficiency of the front court.

In the sixteenth minute of the second half, Tang Zheng sent a precise cross at 45 degrees on the right rib of the attack, bypassing all the Cordoba defenders in the penalty area, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who was inserted into the left rib of the penalty area, made a powerful leap to the top of the ball to the lower right corner of the goal.

2：0

Córdoba, who were two goals behind, seemed to have no hope of equalising, so they had the idea of winning with fewer losses and retreated to half-time.

Real Madrid, who want to score again, are back in trouble in attack and have struggled to create a dangerous attack.

Real Madrid, who practiced offensive and defensive drills at half-time, thought of a lot of ways, but Córdoba put a lot of effort into the air defense after conceding two headers in a row, and did not give the Real Madrid players any chance, so the scoreboard did not change until the referee on duty blew the whistle at the end of the game.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Cordoba 2:0 at home with Tang Zheng's shot and pass.

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Although the game was won, the Real Madrid players were still criticized by many media.

Real Madrid had 81% possession at the end of the game, and it was somewhat unreasonable to be able to win by a large margin in such a situation of total control of the game, especially after Barcelona's three-goal victory over Elche.

Real Madrid, who have won by two goals at home, can only finish joint third, behind Barcelona and Celta Vigo.

Fortunately, after the first round of the 2014-2015 La Liga season, the attention of the mainstream media in Europe shifted to the 2014-2015 Champions League group draw ceremony and the 2013-2014 UEFA awards ceremony.

The draw for the 2014-2015 Champions League group, whether there is a group of death, and the final attribution of the best UEFA player in the 2013-2014 season can all attract attention, so that Real Madrid players on the cusp of the storm can breathe.

At 5 p.m. local time on August 28, the draw for the 2014-2015 Champions League was held on time at the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monaco.

The opening ceremony, as usual, did not show any bright lines, so fans in front of the TV were more focused on the Champions League group draw for the new season.

Real Madrid fans were naturally concerned about Real Madrid's group draw, which ended up in Group C with Liverpool, Basel and Ludogorets returning to the Champions League.

The group of death that fans are focusing on is Group E, and the protagonist of the group of death is Manchester United, who are drawn with Bayern, Roma and CSKA Moscow.

In addition, it is difficult to guess the final qualification place in Group H, which is relatively evenly matched, with Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk and Athletic Bilbao not much different, and the final qualification rights can only be pursued by the three teams themselves.

The signing of Group C is often good for Real Madrid, except that Liverpool is relatively difficult to bite, Basel and Ludogorets are equivalent to accompanying the prince to study, and it is even difficult to threaten Liverpool, so they can only compete for a place in the Europa League.

It is worth mentioning that Real Madrid and Basel are drawn in the same group, and Chinese fans are very excited, because the Champions League group stage is about to stage the first scene in the history of Chinese football, the Champions League group stage Chinese derby.

Chinese international Wu Sanshi is Basel's main winger, and as long as he is healthy, he will definitely appear in the Champions League group stage against Real Madrid at home and away!

The 2014-2015 Champions League group season is over, and the 2013-2014 UEFA awards ceremony begins.

The UEFA Awards ceremony will determine the best men's and women's player of the year, starting with the UEFA Women's Player of the Year.

Nadine Kessler was named UEFA Women's Footballer of the Year, beating out teammates Muller and Fisher.

Immediately, it was the UEFA Player of the Year who attracted the most attention tonight.

Two of the three candidates are from Real Madrid, namely Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, and the last candidate is Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

The broadcast screen switched to Tang Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neuer in succession.

In fact, Neuer is just a number, and the final UEFA Player of the Year will only be between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo.

In the past 2013-2014 season, Tang Zheng was the guarantee of Real Madrid's Champions League and Copa del Rey triumph, while Cristiano Ronaldo set a new UEFA single-season scoring record......