"Beep~"

With the whistle of the referee on duty, Kupels, the first half of the extra-time of the 2013-2014 Champions League final officially began.

Since the two sides of the game have used up the three substitutions as early as the regular 90 minutes, there were no substitutions for both sides in the first and second halves of extra time, perhaps because of excessive physical consumption, Atletico Madrid captain Gabi who won the right to pick the side directly signaled that the team did not change the side, and directly used the half of the second half of the game.

After 90 minutes of passionate watching the game, the momentum they created in the extra time of the game was significantly weakened, after all, people are not machines, they cannot continue to operate normally, they also need a good rest and recuperate.

When the game came to extra time, both sides of the game had serious physical consumption, and they did not participate in the attack significantly at the beginning, but on the contrary, they were cautious, for fear that the attack would not score but be scored.

This possibility is too much to see in overtime.

The 90-minute regular game has left many players close to exhaustion, and it is natural to be cautious in playing overtime, and it takes willpower to play overtime.

The players played cautiously, and the managers of both sides stood in their respective command areas and stared at the situation on the field, without blaming for being careful.

In fact, in their minds, they already have the idea of a penalty shootout.

Of course, if the battle can be resolved in extra time, why wait for a God-decided penalty shootout?

However, the three substitutions on both sides of the game have all been used up, and they can only rely on the players on the field to implement the tactical arrangement before the start of overtime to continue the game, catch the opponent's mistakes as much as possible while keeping themselves from making mistakes, and then give a fatal blow!

Since we all think this way, no one will take the initiative to make mistakes easily.

Carlo Ancelotti is Italian, and he has conservative blood in his bones, while Simeone's tactical play is biased towards conservative defense due to the influence of his career.

Counter-attacking was the core tactic of both sides in the 2013-2014 Champions League final.

Tang Zheng has excellent physical fitness, but by the end of 90 minutes of regular time, he had already run more than 13,000 meters.

You must know that this data appears when Real Madrid fully occupies the initiative, which means that Real Madrid spent most of the second half in Atletico Madrid's defensive half for offensive and defensive drills, so how difficult it is for Tang Zheng to run more than 13,000 meters in 90 minutes.

Therefore, in overtime, Tang Zheng had to consciously reduce his running coverage to alleviate the possible disadvantages of excessive physical exertion.

In addition, Atletico Madrid decided to defend, and the Real Madrid midfielder led by Tang Zheng always controlled the game and controlled the ball.

The attacking end relied solely on Cristiano Ronaldo, Alvaro Morata, Isco and Di Maria.

And Tang Zheng needs to slow down, he does not participate in the attack much forward, so Real Madrid's attacking players have never found a decent opportunity in the face of Atletico's stable and complete defensive system.

Cristiano Ronaldo's disappointing performance in 90 minutes of regular time is very hopeful of setting a new Champions League single-season scoring record with 14 goals already scored in the Champions League this season, and he is the one with the strongest attacking desire in the whole front.

But as the saying goes, it's hard to stand alone.

Alvaro Morata is very positive, but he is inexperienced in major competitions.

Isco is old and afraid of physical confrontation.

Di Maria was in hot form for the game, but he was too far away from Cristiano Ronaldo to create a threat.

Atletico Madrid had two quick counter-attacks, but the veteran David Villa was too physically exhausted, and the physical confrontation was not as good as before, and the defense of his national team teammate Ramos seemed helpless.

In the blink of an eye, fifteen minutes into the first half of extra time passed, and neither side created an offensive to break through the opponent's goal, and the score was still 1:1.

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There was no halftime in extra time, and the two sides directly exchanged venues and fought again.

Tang Zheng, who got a chance to breathe, consciously increased the coverage of his runs, because Atletico Madrid now has defense but no offense, and Tang Zheng also dares to participate in the attack to a large extent, and can even come to the front of the big penalty area to look for opportunities.

Although the physical exertion of Atletico Madrid players is more severe than that of Real Madrid players, the desire to fight and fighting spirit are more than equal.

Hot-blooded Atletico Madrid, hot-blooded Atletico Madrid.

However, in the second half of extra time, most of the Real Madrid players wanted to seek no merit but no fault, especially the defenders.

Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo, Angel Di Maria, Isco and Alvaro Morata were keen to help the team in the second half of extra-time.

Tang Zheng is a qualified playmaker in midfield, and his passing is more direct than in the first half of extra time.

The horizontal pass gradually decreases, and the oblique pass and the direct pass slowly increases.

Diagonal and through balls put more pressure on Atletico's defence than crosses, and because they are in the heart of the area, the defence is relatively adequate.

Unless the pass runs are just right, it's hard to pose a direct threat to Courtois's goal.

The close-up of the live director once again frequently gave Atletico Madrid coach Simeone, but it was not he who incited the excitement of Atletico fans, but infected the fighting spirit of the players on the field through his colorful body movements.

As extra-time came to the second half, both Koke and Thiago, who had always been known for their physical strength, were suffering from cramps, so what Atletico players needed most at this critical juncture was encouragement.

Simeone made frequent body movements, the Atletico fans in the stands became more and more active, and the deafening loud cheers resounded at the Stadium of Light.

Another wave of successful defenses, and the Atletico fans once again created a huge cheer: "Whoa, whoa—"

It happened that the live director gave a close-up shot of Atletico Madrid fans, and Yang 5 commentator He Wei praised: "The equalizing goal by Tang Zheng at the last moment of injury time, Atletico Madrid fans at that time were definitely the saddest people in the world, but they were very strong, accept reality, look forward to the future, in the past two minutes of the second half of extra time, Atletico Madrid was able to continue to complete the defense, I think these lovely fans played a vital role......"

Between the words, Courtois's goal kick was pushed back by Varane, and Real Madrid once again organized the attack.

After a succession of passes, Cristiano Ronaldo found a good chance to shoot from distance on the left flank, but Courtois was very focused and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one palm.

"Whoa—"

There was another huge shout from Atletico Madrid fans.

However, the next corner was a headache for them, including the players on the pitch and Simeone.

Fortunately, Modric's corner kick did not bypass Miranda, the football was pushed out of the penalty area by Miranda, and David Villa, who was guarding the right side of the penalty area, drove the ball forward with a big kick regardless of 3721.

Football naturally fell into the hands of the Real Madrid players again, and then the attack was organized.

Tang Zheng received Ramos's through ball from the back of the midfield line, and instead of continuing to pass forward, he passed it back to Ramos.

Ramos was a little confused, but he saw Tang Zheng signaling him to pass the ball back again, so he kicked Tang Zheng back again.

However, Tang Zheng didn't mean to go forward, but hooked his finger in the direction where Isco and Cristiano Ronaldo were, signaling them to pick up.

Isco and Cristiano Ronaldo are the kind of players with high ball intelligence, and they realized that Tang Zheng should have a new attacking idea, and then retreated.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Isco followed the retreat, with Alvaro Morata and Di Maria in awkward positions as it was too far away to find it difficult to catch the ball from their teammates.

Alvaro Morata and Angel Di Maria are not incompetent, otherwise they would not have been able to get the likes of Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti in succession, and they were alert to retreat.

The Atletico defenders were stunned and didn't know what to do.

Simone was not stunned, but frowned, because he saw why Tang Zheng did this.

The defense of this side is hoarded in the core defensive area of 30 meters, even though Real Madrid's offensive ability is super strong, but it has no choice but to find offensive space, Tang Zheng did this completely to force the position of Atletico Madrid players, so as to provide the space that Real Madrid needs to attack.

Whether it's Angel Di Maria or Cristiano Ronaldo, they need space to sprint.

Of course, the retreat of the Real Madrid players was not blind, but targeted, and the attacking position they chose was a gap between the ribs of the Atletico defenders.

It doesn't matter if Atletico's defensive line doesn't keep up, it means that their defensive system consisting of the midfield line and the forward line will face Real Madrid's offensive system of up to six men, plus two full-backs who are good at assisting, which is equivalent to six defenses.

Defense was originally about defending more and defending less, but now there are more defenses with less, and loopholes emerge one after another.

In the eighteenth minute of extra time, Marcelo passed to Di Maria on the left side, Gabi quickly drove the ball off the sideline, and then he looked at the manager Simeone as tacitly as the rest of the players.

Simeone's brain was running at high speed, and he soon realized that if this situation continued, something was going to be a big problem.

Real Madrid's players have a certain advantage in physical fitness, and the problem of not following the Real Madrid players at the front is obvious, that is, it is difficult to deal with the Real Madrid players who are facing the goal between the midfield line and the back line.

Adapting to the situation is not in line with the current situation because his players are too tired!

So Simeone made a quick decision, and made a tactical gesture with his hands together.

Marcelo threw the ball from the sideline, and the Atletico defenders began to stick to Real Madrid's attacking top player.

Seeing this, Tang Zheng grinned.

As long as the Atletico players are willing to press out, everything will be easy!

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After adjusting the team's defensive tactics, Simeone became more nervous, and he focused most of his time on Tang Zheng while focusing on the team's defense.

Tang Zheng has contributed ten goals and fifteen assists in the Champions League this season, which also means that basically all of Real Madrid's attacks are directly related to him, and he has to pay special attention to such a player.

Especially since joining Real Madrid, Tang Zheng has become more mature.

It was not without good news for Simeone, as two minutes later, Real Madrid's attack still did not improve much.

After all, each other's physical energy consumption is great.

At the same time, Tang Zheng was also keenly aware that his teammates in the front court, except for Morata and Isco, were too physically exhausted, and it was difficult to play the imaginary threat attack, so he decided to personally participate in the creation of opportunities.

The frenetic atmosphere at the Stadium of Light has grown significantly as the playing time has dwindled, and the players on the pitch continue to fight for the ultimate Champions League title.

In the twentieth minute of extra time, Tang Zheng, who had been waiting for an opportunity, suddenly had his eyes lit up, and Isco, who almost made a mistake in stopping the ball, pulled the ball back with his skillful foot skills, and then handed the ball to Marcelo.

"Give it to me!"

Tang Zheng suddenly stepped forward and shouted at Marcelo, who received the ball.

Marcelo reacted quickly and pushed the ball with the arch of his left foot to Tang Zheng's forward running route as he attacked the left rib.

Koke just thought that he would be able to grab the ball at the feet of Isco, who had a mistake in stopping the ball, but Isco was full of energy and reacted quickly, and pulled the ball back, and now it seemed impossible for him to turn around and defend Tang Zheng.

Captain Gabi immediately followed, but Tang Zheng did not give Gabi a chance to get closer, he suddenly stopped in place during the acceleration process, and held the ball in place with his left foot at the same time, Gabi subconsciously followed the emergency stop.

Tang Zheng moved quickly, and instantly used the outside of his right foot to pick up the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo two meters in front of Gabi Heng.

Also out of instinct, Gabi stretched out his foot to try to cut off Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, but was half a beat slower.

Where does Cristiano Ronaldo not know what Tang Zheng is going to do?

Each other has performed countless one-on-two cooperation in the training ground in the past, and this time it will be reproduced at the Stadium of Light!

Tang Zheng restarted, bypassing Gabi to attack the left rib, which is the gap between Juanfran and Godin.

Juanfran sticks Tang Zheng, and Godin chooses to come out of the box to pinch Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng, who was running, first raised his left elbow, and his body's center of gravity dropped slightly, because he was worried that the raised elbow would hit Juanfran's face, and at the same time, the ball was stopped to the right with the outside of his right instep.

Just as Juanfran pushed hard, Tang Zheng stopped the ball with too much force, and Godin, who was about to pinch Tang Zheng, had his eyes lit up and fell to the ground to put the shovel.

On a normal basis, Godin is nine times out of ten capable of destroying the ball.

But he forgot that Tang Zheng was tall and had long legs, and Tang Zheng, who was running, took a big step forward with his right foot, stepped on the football with the sole of his foot, and then pulled hard to the left.

Juanfran saw the opportunity to stretch his right foot and try to poke the ball out before Tang Zheng could fully control the ball.

As a result, Tang Zheng used the arch of his left foot to push the ball behind Godin when his right foot had not yet landed, and the right foot that landed on the ground exerted force, and the whole person was like a wild horse on the loose, chasing the football.

"Croquettes!"

He Wei, the commentator of Yang 5, looked at Tang Zheng, who was extremely chic in the broadcast screen, and shouted.

Suddenly, Juan Fran was extremely remorseful.

He thought he could poke the ball out before Tang Zheng, but Tang Zheng took the lead in completing the adjustment.

Even with a yellow card on his back, Juanfran chose to foul without hesitation, after all, he made a mistake and cried to make up for it.

However, Tang Zheng was explosive, and Juanfran's back leg was not fully kicked, he only touched Tang Zheng's heel slightly, so Tang Zheng staggered to stabilize his body and chased the football that was pushed to the penalty area in advance.