"Tang Zheng!Tang Zheng!Tang Zheng!!"

As the pre-World Cup warm-up match between the Chinese team and Italy reached the 65th minute, Tang Zheng stood next to the fourth official holding the substitution electronic card, and a deafening huge cheer suddenly sounded over the National Stadium.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice was obviously excited, and he shouted: "Tang Zheng is finally ready to appear on the stage under the call of all 80,000 fans in the National Stadium! I think the countless fans sitting in front of the TV are also like this, right? Look at Tang Zheng, the absolute superstar who performed the most eye-catching in the 2014-2014 season in our hearts!"

Tang Zheng, who wore the No. 10 jersey, replaced Huang Bowen, who wore the No. 16 jersey.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Tang Zheng was able to wear the No. 10 jersey was related to the follow-up plot of his respect for the old captain Zheng Zhi and his refusal to wear the captain's armband.

In order to thank Tang Zheng for making him the captain and leading the team to the World Cup, Zheng Zhi chose to give up the No. 10 jersey, which symbolizes the absolute core, to Tang Zheng, and he should wear No. 19.

A simple high-five exchange of appearance etiquette, followed by thunderous applause in the stands, praising Huang Bowen for his outstanding performance and encouraging Tang Zheng.

In the first half of this year, the Chinese team had friendly matches on every international break, but the head coach Lippi and the Football Association considered that Real Madrid had a dense schedule and many games in the second half of the season, and Tang Zheng's participation in the meaningful international friendly match was prone to injuries caused by fatigue, so Tang Zheng was not called for the international friendly match.

Commentator Xu Yang talked about the possible problems of Tang Zheng not playing with the national team for nearly half a year: "As we all know, Tang Zheng did not participate in the three warm-up matches of the Chinese team in the first half of this year, and due to the Champions League final, he was the latest player in the team to return to the team. ”

"I've thought about this too, but ......" He Wei said here, and his voice changed: "But Tang Zheng's adaptability is very strong, and you can see a hint from the beginning of his career, and then Dortmund and Real Madrid, I think head coach Lippi has also studied this, otherwise he would not communicate with the Football Association and suggest not to recruit Tang Zheng in irrelevant warm-up matches." ”

Before Tang Zheng came off the bench, the Chinese team had already made two substitution adjustments, all of which were aimed at the offensive line.

Lu Liang replaced Sun Ke, and Gao Lin replaced Yang Xu.

Tang Zheng replaced Huang Bowen and did not appear in the forward position imagined by the media, but partnered with the veteran Zheng Zhi as a defensive midfielder, which is equivalent to saying that this adjustment is a counter-substitution.

The formation is still 4231 position, goalkeeper Yan Junling, four defenders Jiang Zhipeng, Ren Hang, Feng Xiaoting and **, double backs Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi, three forwards Lu Liang, Hao Junmin and Wu Sanshi, and Gao Lin at the front.

And this lineup is also the strongest lineup that the Chinese team can put on at present.

The Italian side had the same opportunity as the Chinese team in the first half, and did not send a large number of main players, and it was not until the second half that some famous and powerful main players began to be replaced, but the formation did not change, and it was still 4411.

Goalkeepers Gianluigi Buffon, Chiellini, Barzagli, Paletta and Darmian, midfielders Candreva, De Rossi, Andrea Pirlo and Marchisio, Verratti as the second striker, Balotelli at the front.

Tang Zheng, who was jogging to his position, consciously ran to his former teammate Andrea Pirlo, who had played for Dortmund, and the two smiled and stretched out their right hands to salute them.

"Whoa"

The football soon reached Tang Zheng's feet, and the frenzied atmosphere in the National Stadium was unprecedentedly warm, and the deafening huge shouts were higher and higher.

Although the Italian team cannot be compared with Tang Zheng in terms of individual ability, football is a team sport, and the Italian team coach Prandelli has obviously studied Tang Zheng in depth, so Tang Zheng's activity space on the field is greatly limited.

However, the Chinese team's offense has improved significantly, and the transition between attack and defense is smoother.

Tang Zheng's long pass is accurate, and he can launch a quick counterattack at the first time when he switches from defense to attack.

In this regard, the assault capabilities of Lu Liang and Wu Sanshi can be used to create a threat.

It's a pity that whether it is Lu Liang or Wu Sanshi, they are not decisive enough to handle the ball in the process of rapid counterattack, and they do not bring absolute threat to Buffon's goal.

The Italian midfield is very controlling, and Marchisio, Pirlo and De Rossi, the midfield iron triangle partner, has been in the national team for a long time, and the cooperation is quite tacit.

Coupled with Verratti, who often retreats to the midfield line to organise attacks, the Italian attack is more threatening.

At this time, Tang Zheng's strong sense of position was gradually amplified, and he often appeared in the best line of Italy's offensive passes, turning danger into relief.

It is not an exaggeration to describe Tang Zheng's role in the Chinese team with 'one husband is the key, ten thousand people are not open'!

Despite this, Yan Junling was still in the goal by Balotelli in the 80th minute.

Balotelli first squeezed the position with his body, then unloaded Pirlo's imaginative long ball with Xiong, and shot directly at the penalty spot without stopping the ball, and the ball hung straight into the top left corner of the goal.

Immediately, Lippi changed his tactical play, and Tang Zheng was positioned further forward, and then participated in the team's attack while taking into account the heavy responsibility of defense.

In the cheers of the Chinese fans, the Chinese team's attack has improved significantly, with Pirlo, De Rossi and Marchisio gradually feeling the pressure, after all, Pirlo and De Rossi are older, and Marchisio is difficult to take on the big responsibility.

China's attack threatened Gianluigi Buffon in the back of the net, and it was Tang Zheng, who had been in the limelight of the past 2013-2014 season, forcing Buffon to make his first crucial save of the game with a swoop from the edge of the box.

Italy coach Prandelli was also quick to adjust, replacing Verratti with Motta to strengthen the defensive rigidity of the midfield while maintaining the playmaking ability of the midfield.

Due to the lack of overall ability, the Chinese team finally lost 0:1 to the former world champion Italy at the National Stadium.

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Although the Chinese team eventually lost to the Italian team, the outside world is quite optimistic about the ability shown by the Chinese team, after all, the overall ability is there, and Italy is obviously superior.

However, the obvious gap in strength is before Tang Zheng came off the bench, and the situation after Tang Zheng appeared has changed significantly.

The offense and defense are remarkable, and in attack they can directly threaten Buffon to guard the goal.

Italian coach Prandelli fully praised the Chinese team after the game, saying: "The overall strength of the Chinese team is beyond my imagination, especially the game situation after Tang played, fortunately Marcelo only gave him 20 minutes of game time, if he gives 10 more minutes, I believe that the winner is likely to be the Chinese team!"

This sounds polite, but it's actually very convincing.

The first half of the Chinese team was basically based on domestic players, and it was not easy to maintain a score of 0:0 until halftime.

It is not difficult to see that Lippi's coaching ability is very good, even if he loses to Italy in the end, Chinese fans are full of confidence in the Chinese team's World Cup journey.

At the end of the game, Tang Zheng walked towards Pirlo again.

In the past at Dortmund, they were super partners.

The game is an opponent, and now they are friends, and Tang Zheng, as the host, naturally treats this super master from Italy well.

Of course, there is not enough time for hospitality.

The World Cup is imminent, and the Chinese team needs to take a charter flight to Santiago, the capital of Chile, and Italy will fly to the United States to play the last warm-up match before the World Cup with the United States.

Tang Zheng and Pirlo's post-match chit-chat photo became the headline material of the Chinese domestic media the next day, and the "Football Newspaper" took "The Legacy of the Master" as the headline: "As we all know, Tang Zheng once worked with Pirlo as teammates in Dortmund, and the two worked together very happily, and Tang Zheng's performance and role on the field were more inclined than Pirlo......

In fact, in addition to the World Cup champion, Tang Zheng's glory is already comparable to Pirlo.

The most important thing is that Tang Zheng only turned 25 in November this year, and the future ...... There's still a long period of career peak.

It's worth the wait!

At the same time, the Chinese team took a chartered flight to Santiago, the capital of Chile, at Beijing International Airport that afternoon.

This also means that the Chinese team's World Cup journey has officially set sail.

The Chilean national team, many Chinese fans are not familiar with this national team.

Because in the Chilean team, except for Sanchez who plays for Barcelona, Vidal and Isla who play for Juventus, the other players are all playing in second-rate teams, and they are not well-known, but it does not mean that the Chilean team is not strong.

On the contrary, the strength is superb.

There are even media reports that Chile has a good chance of coming out of the group of death.

Tang Zheng had just arrived at the hotel in downtown San Diego when his mobile phone text message sounded.

When I took it out, it was sent by my friend Sanchez.

The gist is that the wait for this international friendly has been a long time coming, and it will be Chile that will win the game.

As a good friend, Tang Zheng naturally wouldn't let Sanchez go well, he replied directly: Impossible!

It took about five minutes for Sanchez to reply: "Don't cry when you lose. ”

Tang Zheng grinned and sent a voice message over: "Dear Alexis, you have even thought about how you feel after losing?

“……”

Sanchez knew that the battle of words could not win against Tang Zheng, so he simply replied with an ellipsis.

Tang Zheng, who still had to adjust the jet lag, didn't send any more messages to Sanchez, the friendship between men is always like this, you have to complain when you should complain, and you have to ignore it when you shouldn't.

Friendship between men does not need to be cultivated too hard.

The venue for the international friendly match between China and Chile is the Chilean National Stadium, a complex stadium with a capacity of 50,000 fans.

If it was placed in the past, Chilean fans would definitely not pay attention to the international friendly match between the national team and the Chinese team, but now it is not the same as before, and China has Tang Zheng, the world's top superstar, in charge, and its appeal is increasing day by day.

Besides, there are Chinese in almost every part of the world, so ...... There is never a shortage of Chinese fans cheering and cheering on the scene in the game of the Chinese team, especially when it was learned before the game that Tang Zheng would start the game.

On the day of the match, the Chilean National Stadium, which can accommodate 50,000 fans, was packed.

For the Chilean national team, Tang Zheng actually knows a lot, Sanchez needless to say, Vidal once played for Bayer Leverkusen, and Tang Zheng had many battles during his time at Dogmund.

Captain and goalkeeper Bravo is a Real Sociedad goalkeeper who has been impressed by the fact that Bravo has saved Tang Zheng's must-score goals in the past 2013-2014 season.

Valencia striker Vargas is not particularly talented, but his attitude and ability to take chances are quite good.

Before the game, Chinese head coach Lippi told the back line that in addition to keeping an eye on Sanchez, the little-known Vargas also needs to pay more attention.

Sure enough!

The Chilean national team's first shot to threaten Yan Junling's goal came from Vargas, who suddenly stepped forward from the penalty spot to stab Feng Xiaoting in front of Feng Xiaoting, but fortunately Yan Junling's goal-line skills were excellent, and he fell to the ground to block the ball from the right post.

Chile's offensive at home has been wave after wave, so much so that the head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, frequently appears on the sidelines to direct the game.

However, Tang Zheng's performance Lippi is very pleased, Tang Zheng's existence tells fans in front of the TV what is called world-class performance.

Tang Zheng, who plays as a defensive midfielder, is very good at inhibiting the threatening attack organized by Chile in the midfield, and even in the supplementary defense stage, he can deter Sanchez who is trying to break through, so as to reduce the frontal defensive pressure of ** or Jiang Zhipeng.

The frenetic atmosphere at the Chilean National Stadium was the same as the usual South American home atmosphere, with an unprecedented frenzy and deafening cheers that continued from the start of the game.

Sanchez has never won against Tang Zheng's team at the club level, and he has always wanted to get back on the field at the national team level, so he has worked extra hard, but many times hard work may not be successful, and may even have the effect of half the effort.

Therefore, Chilean coach Sampaoli stood on the sidelines and frowned, and Sanchez's role in his tactical system was very important.

Chile's ability to emerge from the Group of Death will depend more on Alexis Sanchez's performance.

And now Sanchez is showing a worrying state.

Sanchez's form has declined seriously under Tang Zheng's assistance, which has greatly affected Chile's overall attack.

However, this does not affect Chile to use the advantage of home to suppress the Chinese team, and the ability of other Chilean players is significantly stronger than that of Chinese players.

Tang Zheng also had some miscare for Sanchez because of the defense, and Vidal and Isla, the Chilean twin stars who play for Juventus, frequently used direct passes and long-range shots to threaten Yan Junling to guard the goal.

Immediately, Tang Zheng's attention shifted to no longer fully focus on Sanchez, but also on the area of activity that controls the core of Chile's midfield, Vidal.

Vidal was known for his attacking prowess during his time at Bayer Leverkusen and is now more mature.

Some Spanish media said that how far Chile can go in the end does not depend on Sanchez, but on Vidal, the core of the midfield!

As Tang Zheng's attention shifted to Vidal, other players were also strengthened by the sidelines of head coach Lippi, and Chile's attack was effectively suppressed, and the score of 0:0 did not change until the end of the first half.