Chapter 342: Breaking the Dense Defense

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In addition to some dazzling performances in the opening stage, Tang Zheng played in the following game time, no mistakes, but there were no bright spots, which can make fans who follow Dortmund feel a little worried.

Dortmund's good results in the past four seasons are directly related to Tang Zheng's state, once Tang Zheng's form is not good, Dortmund's results will inevitably be affected.

The live director gave Tang Zheng a close-up, and German Sky commentator Marcel Leif said at the right time: "In the past 20 minutes of the game, Don's performance is remarkable, I don't know how the guys in front of the TV feel, in short, I feel that Don's performance is relatively mediocre, but Mario Gotze shows his best self." ”

Borussia Dortmund's manager, meanwhile, Jurgen Klopp was sitting on the sidelines thinking the same thing.

Why is Tang Zheng's performance relatively mediocre?

Soon, he found the answer.

Gotze's desire to take the ball is very strong, and Tang Zheng, as the core of the midfield, can only cooperate with the brave Gotze, which means that Tang Zheng has to take a back seat to do tandem and auxiliary work.

In fact, the reason why Tang Zheng's performance is not outstanding is not only because Gotze has a strong desire to take the ball, but also because he is observing the holes in Malaga's defense.

Malaga is a La Liga team, but Manuel Pellegrini's Málaga is unlike any other, with a rigorous and safe style of play that makes the team look very boring and lacking in passion.

The rigorous style of play has been vividly reflected in the road to Champions League qualification this season, conceding only five goals in six games in the group stage, an average of less than one goal per game.

In addition, it cannot be ignored that Malaga scored seven goals in the first three rounds of the group and did not concede a single goal.

It is equivalent to saying that all five goals conceded came from the next three rounds, but considering the one goal conceded at the San Siro, it is also within reasonable limits.

In the last four rounds of the group, Malaga qualified from the group early, and the remaining two games were dominated by substitutes, so it is not surprising that they conceded four goals.

The 0-1 away loss and 2-0 win at home against Porto in the Champions League 1/8 final also showed Pellegrini's coaching style, which was rigorous and boring.

However, it is this boring style of play that has made Malaga the biggest dark horse in this season's Champions League, making it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League along with history.

Football is always about results, never about the process.

If Malaga are to reach the last four of the Champions League, 90 per cent of the media will surely say that Manuel Pellegrini has chosen the right tactics.

This...... It's the development trend of modern football.

To play well and win the title, that's Real Madrid.

If you play well and you can win the title, that's Barcelona.

Malaga's defense slowly became more rigorous after the test of the first few minutes, and Tang Zheng was keenly aware of this, and then took advantage of Gotze's activity to retreat behind him as a staff member to observe the cohesion and loopholes of Malaga's overall defensive system.

From the perspective of frontal defense alone, the central defender Demichelis is very strong, but he is 33 years old this year, and his explosiveness, speed and turning ability are certainly not as good as they were back then, and Dortmund's Gotze, Lewandowski and Reus are all very fast, and they can attack Demichelis.

However, the other centre-back, Weligeton and other players in other positions, have a good sense of filling in the position, which means that Málaga's defensive system is very solid.

If you want to break through the system defense, you need to use your brain.

Tang Zheng observed for more than ten minutes, but he didn't find anything.

In the 23rd minute, the football came to Tang Zheng's feet through the pass of the midfield, and he saw Gotze use the cover of left-back Schmelzer to accelerate to the left rib, so he passed the ball without thinking.

Joaquin, who was in charge of keeping an eye on Götze, was no longer the wind-chasing boy he was back then, and he was overtaken by an acceleration of Gotze.

"Mario Gotze!!!" exclaimed German TV 2 commentator Michael Reti.

Tang Zheng's pass was very comfortable, exactly the same as Gotze's running speed and direction, and what Gotze needed to do was to adjust it slightly.

The French defender was quick enough to defend, but Gotze was quicker and decisive in his shot.

The live broadcast quickly switched cameras, and fans watching the live TV broadcast could clearly see that the five-star logo of the Champions League did not rotate without any rotation!

Goalkeeper Caballero reacted very quickly, plucked onions on the dry ground on the spot, and struggled with the tips of his right fingers.

It was he who made a slight change in the trajectory of the ball, and then hit the crossbar with a 'bang'......

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"Whoa, whoa—"

A deafening exclamation suddenly rang out on the Rose Garden Stadium.

The ball bounced off the crossbar and Demichelis had the better concentration than Lewandowski, who leapt over to head the ball off the touchline and gave Dortmund a corner.

The live director gave Götze a full-shot replay of the long shot, and then gave Caballero a close-up.

Caballero is a late bloomer, having started his career with Boca Juniors, but Boca Juniors' starting goalkeeper has always been occupied by Abondan Sheri, and the chances are naturally handful.

It wasn't until the transfer to Elche that he got a consistent chance to play, and even created a chance for the club to go 480 minutes without conceding a goal.

Later, he was appreciated by Manuel Pellegrini and came to Malaga.

Every step forward for the team has his credit behind it!

It doesn't matter if you can't represent the national team in the Copa America or the World Cup, you can still prove yourself in the Champions League, which symbolizes the world's top stage!

Immediately, the camera of the on-site director gave Gotze who failed to score the ball, and his expression was very regretful, holding his head with both hands, and his face was full of regret.

But Tang Zheng, who was not explained by the camera, had his eyes lit up, and then slapped his forehead suddenly.

He was always thinking about how to break down Malaga's solid defence, forgetting that the most direct way to break down the dense defence was from set-pieces and long-range shots.

The reason why soccer is so fascinating is directly related to the uncertainty it is full of.

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Andrea Pirlo took a corner kick, and Tang Zheng hit the ball under the interference of Tulalang and Demichelis, but the crosshair was not adjusted well, and the ball missed the goal post.

Despite this, goalkeeper Caballero expressed his displeasure.

The well-known Tang Zheng made him, a football veteran, a little worried, after all, scoring eight goals in the past eight Champions League games is not a joke.

It can be seen from the collection of various information before the game that Tang Zheng is full of strategy, and a slight slack is likely to make the team fall into a place of no return.

Tulalang and Demichelis spread their hands to each other, looking helpless.

Among them, the most touching is Demichelis, who used to play for Bayern Munich, he played against Tang Zheng several times during his time at Bayern Munich, but each time he fell into the disadvantage.

With the rise of his age and the decline of his physical fitness, he is even more incomparable with Tang Zheng......

So even at home, Demichelis doesn't have much confidence to help his team hold on to a draw.

As the game continued, Borussia Dortmund remained in control, with Malaga defending passively at the Rose Garden.

The constant defence gave a somewhat unreassuring feeling, as was the case with the Malaga fans in the stands, who feared that the team's defence would suddenly fall through at some point......

Taking advantage of a sideline ball, Tang Zheng ran to Gotze, pulled his elbow, and whispered: "Hey~ Mario, make more balls for me later." ”

Gotze felt that he was in good shape at the moment, so he raised his eyebrows slightly, but because of Tang Zheng's status in the team, he had to nod and say, "Okay, no problem." ”

Although the change between Gotze's eyebrows was small, it was still caught by Tang Zheng, who shook his head and smiled bitterly as he faced Schmelzer, who was about to throw the sideline ball.

The media is really a bad thing.

Götze was originally a five-good young man, humble and upward, but he was misled by the media's bottomless reports.

Ay......

I had no intention of being the boss, but the media reported it indiscriminately.

Schmelzer threw the ball from the sideline, Tang Zheng carried Tulalang, and then wanted to make it back to Schmelzer, and he passed it to the other teammates.

But Baptista, known as the beast, came out from the side and kicked the ball off the sidelines.

It's a sideline ball again.

With the carelessness just now, Tang Zheng took the initiative to face the football this time, and he used his chest to pad the football to Schmelzer, who threw the sideline ball.

The Malaga players are very concerned about the Dortmund players, pressing step by step, and do not dare to slack off at all, fortunately, the Dortmund players have been trained in the footbonaut training room, and their ability to play the ball has been greatly enhanced, plus their passing and receiving ability is already good.

So Malaga's pressing didn't do much, at best slowing Dortmund's forward pace.

The ball shifted from the centre to the right, and Reus, seeing that there was no good chance, passed the ball back to Gundogan, who was taking over.

"It seems that Dortmund's attack has not yet found a way, they are now using more of the two wide movements to involve the Malaga defence......"

Yang 5 commentator He Wei was talking eloquently, and the live football had come to Pirlo's feet.

He saw Tang Zheng asking for the ball with his back, and ignored Baptista and Tulalang's key marking, made an illusion of making a long pass to the right side, and then used the flexibility of his ankle to suddenly pass a shot close to the ground, and the football rolled towards Tang Zheng.

Baptista used his strong body to crash into Tang Zheng, who was facing the football, and Tulalang waited for the opportunity.

Tang Zheng had long been accustomed to the collision of Baptista behind him, and he was prepared, but he still stumbled forward.

At the moment when he stretched out his foot to touch the ball, his upper body leaned forward and he saw a yellow figure behind him on the right side.

So, in a flash of inspiration, the outstretched right foot did not touch the ball, but let it pass.

Tang Zheng is tall and has a significant obstruction to his vision.

The football slipped from Tang Zheng's feet, and it was too late for Baptista and Tulalang to stretch their legs to stop the ball.

Tang Zheng, who was stumbling under his feet, simply leaned forward, then supported the ground with both hands, and at the same time cooperated with his right foot to exert force, just like a switchback run, starting on the spot.

Swedish referee Eriksson saw the attacker possessing the ball, raised his arms flat forward, signaled that the attack was favorable, and the game continued.

Gotze received the missing football from Tang Zheng and originally wanted to take advantage of the lack of defenders in Malaga to attack, but the other midfielder moved very quickly and aggressively, obviously with the intention of a tactical foul.

Gotze was skilful at his feet, pulling the ball back with the outside of his right foot and jumping just in time to avoid Itura's foul.

In order to prevent the opponent from continuing to entangle, he pulled the ball back two steps and tried to find another passing point.

However, Lewandowski is not in a good position, and there is a special person to mark, but the left-back Schmelzer has more space to get the ball.

Gotze made a quick judgment and passed the ball to Schmelzer on the left, then ran to the left flank and signaled for Schmelzer to go straight forward without stopping.

It was a clear cross run and Itura quickly followed Gotze behind the right-back to prevent Schmelzer from passing the ball to Gotze.

According to the original script, Schmelzer was about to pass to Gotze, who ran to the empty space, but he saw Tang Zheng raise his hand forward to ask for the ball.

Head coach Jurgen Klopp stressed more than once before the game that Tang Zheng had a limited choice of passing points.

Schmelzer also trusted Tang Zheng very much in the game, and he gave the ball directly to Tang Zheng without stopping the arch of his left foot.

Tulalang, who was ready to assist the fullback, braked sharply on the spot, and it was a little difficult for Tang Zheng, who wanted to defend and receive the ball, and all he could expect was Baptista, who took care of the defense.

Baptista, who has more agility and reflexes than his huge body, subconsciously fell to the ground to make a tackle.

However, what he never expected was that Tang Zheng stretched out his right foot and long leg to push the ball to the left during the run, just avoiding Baptista's tackle foot, and then Tang Zheng's left foot arch pushed the football forward.

"Oh oh - " The Spanish national TV announcer exclaimed: "Croquettes!"

Baptista reacted quickly, especially for a 32-year-old who raised his right leg and tried to trip Tang Zheng when he realized he couldn't kick the ball.

However, Tang Zheng expected the enemy to take the lead, and jumped hard after touching the football with the arch of his left foot.

Baptista's raised right foot did not trip Tang Zheng, but the tip of his toe rested slightly on the sole of Tang Zheng's shoe.

Fortunately, it was only slightly rested on the sole of his shoe, and Tang Zheng staggered after landing on the ground and did not fall to the ground.

"Pretty!!"

With Marcel Leif erupting in shouts, Tang Zheng adjusted his feet in small broken steps, and shot directly from a distance of about 26 meters from the goal!!

For Tang Zheng's choice, everyone was surprised.

After all, Malaga's double back midfielders have lost their positions, and Tang Zheng can completely advance a few meters forward with the ball.

Goalkeeper Caballero did not dare to slack off, his double fork small steps, like a spring squeezed to the extreme.

At the same time, Tang Zheng's right foot was the instep of the foot and fully felt the information fed back by the football, and his heart was relieved!

Yang 5 commentator He Wei saw Tang Zheng putting on a posture, and subconsciously shouted: "Long shot!!"

“Boom~”

The crisp sound of the two colliding.

It was too late for Demichelis to block head-on, and the ball slid past his chest and continued to fly towards the goal.

The soccer ball was like a cannonball, without a hint of spinning in mid-air, whistling towards the top left corner of the goal.

"Oops!"

Caballero was startled as he made the move.

Based on his years of playing the game, he felt that it was difficult for him to pounce on the football......

"Whoa, whoa—"

It seemed to feel the crisis in front of the goal, and the fans at the scene suddenly created a deafening exclamation.