Chapter 088: Welcome Home
In the end, Real Madrid defeated the visiting Dortmund 2:1 at home with Tang Zheng's shot and pass in the second half.
But when the full-time whistle blew, the fans in the stands were dissatisfied, and the Real Madrid players on the field were also dissatisfied.
The Champions League knockout rounds are a two-legged affair, with a goal difference at home in the first leg not enough, but also a valuable away goal for the visiting Borussia Dortmund, which will make it difficult for Real Madrid to visit Westphalun in the middle of next week.
Tang Zheng, the best player of the game, supported his knees with his hands, pursed his lips, and his face was full of helplessness.
However, his situation did not last long, and he quickly adjusted, because the visiting Dortmund players were all his former teammates, and as the host, he should congratulate the visiting guests.
The close-up of the live broadcast was aimed at Tang Zheng, and the central 5 commentator He Wei gave the closing line of the live broadcast commentary of the game: "Real Madrid's 2:1 small victory at home brought some suspense to the away second leg to challenge Dortmund...... The return of Tang Zheng to Westfala will definitely bring us a different game! Who will advance to the semi-finals? Borussia Dortmund Real Madrid Let's meet in the second leg of the battle of Tianwangshan at Westphalen Stadium! I'm Hevy, this is the live broadcast I brought you at the Bernabeu Stadium, and we'll see you next week at the Signal Park Stadium in Iduna......"
Tang Zheng's first congratulations were not Lewandowski, who helped Dortmund score away goals, but Lu Liang, who made his first appearance in the Champions League quarterfinals.
Lu Liang, as a civilian player excavated by Tang Zheng himself, naturally paid more attention, and Lu Liang's performance did not disappoint him.
If it weren't for Klopp's tactical adjustments, it is estimated that Lu Liang would probably bring a bigger surprise.
Immediately, it was the goalscorer Lewandowski, goalkeeper Yan Junling, friend Hummels and others......
At the end, Tang Zheng walked to the away team's coach's box and hugged Klopp hard.
If Klopp hadn't personally greeted him at the airport, perhaps...... Nor his own four seasons in the scenery of Dortmund.
Klopp patted Tang Zheng's shoulder and said with a smile: "Hey~ The performance is okay, it doesn't embarrass us." β
"Of course!" Tang Zheng put his backhand around Klopp's right shoulder: "But the score makes me a little depressed, I don't want to give you a chance to turn the tables in the second leg." β
"Hahaha!" Klopp smirked: "It turns out that we have a high probability of reversing Real Madrid next week." β
"Really?"
Tang Zheng glanced at Klopp meaningfully, and when he saw the other party tapping his chin, Tang Zheng smiled and said, "Okay!
After that, Tang Zheng went to the two assistant coaches Bwach and Klevitz, and then the physical coach Bartlett and other members of the coaching staff......
In the other game at the same time, Paris Saint-Germain beat visiting Chelsea 3-1 at the Parc des Princes, giving them a better chance of progressing to the last four of the Champions League.
In his regular press conference after the game, Klopp was confident that the team would qualify for the second leg of this season's Champions League semi-finals.
Dissatisfied, the BernabΓ©u Stadium lost a goal, and still held a valuable away goal in their hands, and Dortmund at Westfalfa in the second leg has a higher probability of winning than Real Madrid.
Although Dortmund's home win rate has dropped seriously since Tang Zheng joined Real Madrid, the frenzied atmosphere at Westfala Stadium should not be underestimated.
Any team heading to Westphalia should be doubly careful.
In a short time, Carlo Ancelotti and captain Casillas participated in the regular press conference of the home team after the game, and in response to the disadvantages brought by the small 2-1 win over Dortmund at home, whether it is Ancelotti or Casillas, they are full of confidence in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in the future.
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The next day, all the mainstream media in Europe reported on the first leg of the 2013-2014 Champions League quarter-finals against last season's Champions League finalists.
Many media outlets have predicted a future second leg, with most of the well-known media believing that Westphalia Stadium has a better chance of progressing at home.
Of course, Real Madrid also have a chance of qualifying for the last four of this season's Champions League.
Because Real Madrid are stronger overall, coupled with the lead in the score, they don't need to win when they visit the Westphalen Stadium, as long as they keep a draw away from home, they can qualify with an aggregate lead.
However, Real Madrid's narrow home win over Borussia Dortmund has not shifted their attention to the second leg, as they travel to Anoeta to take on Real Sociedad at the weekend.
Now the league is behind Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, so Real Madrid cannot afford to lose in the next league, otherwise once the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid is over, it will be much more difficult for Real Madrid to wait for the opportunity to overtake the points.
And if you want to overtake the points, the premise is that you don't make mistakes first, otherwise chasing points can only become a reverie.
Borussia Dortmund are too many points behind Bayern Munich in the league, and it will be very difficult to catch up, so Klopp's attention is more focused on preparing for the Champions League.
After all, returning to Westphalia in the second round, it only takes a narrow 1:0 win to qualify for the promotion.
Even if Real Madrid's overall strength is stronger!
In order to prepare for the second leg of the next Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid has reserved the squad to challenge Real Sociedad, and most of the main players have been given valuable rest, but Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two main players, have not rested, and they are on the field.
It was also the starting lineup led by Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo that defeated Real Sociedad at home 4-0 away, bringing the points to 76 points.
In other words, Real Madrid is only three points behind Atletico Madrid and one point behind Barcelona in the first round.
Atletico Madrid will host Villarreal later in the evening, while Barcelona will take on Real Betis away.
It stands to reason that Real Betis are unlikely to pose a threat to Barcelona except for Villarreal, but a 1-1 draw in the first leg of Barcelona's Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid in midweek brought great instability to their visit to the CalderΓ³n Stadium in the second leg.
In order to be sure, Barcelona, like Real Madrid, chose to rest some of their main players.
This is especially true for Atletico Madrid, whose lack of bench depth has long been exposed, and if it weren't for Real Madrid's loss of chain at a critical time, they would not have been able to lead Real Madrid by as many points.
As a result, with Real Madrid winning, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, who have Champions League missions next week, both drawn.
In the 2013-2014 La Liga season, 32 rounds were over, with Atletico Madrid ranking first in the league with 80 points, Barcelona ranking second with 78 points, and Real Madrid ranking third in the league with 76 points.
With six rounds of the league remaining, the top three points are not stretched, which means that the final six rounds of the league will be exciting.
Some of Real Madrid's players were already hopeless about the league title, but with Atletico Madrid and Barcelona both drawing and renewing their hopes of winning the league title.
Carlo Ancelotti's coaching team will focus on Champions League opponents Borussia Dortmund in midweek, while also restarting to study the final six league opponents, who are unlikely to pose a threat to Real Madrid except Valencia.
The opponents are Almeria, Valladolid, Osasuna, Espanyol and Celta.
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid's league opponents are also not of high quality, but the problem is that the two teams finally have a direct meeting in the final round of the league, which means that as long as the two teams make mistakes in the Wulun League before the final round, Real Madrid's hopes of winning the championship will increase again!
Of course, then again, it's the same sentence, Real Madrid must do not make mistakes themselves in order to have a chance to wait for others to make mistakes.
Getting back to business, the league is over, Real Madrid's preparation focus has shifted to the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, and coach Carlo Ancelotti took a flight to Germany on the evening of the end of the league to watch a Bundesliga match in Dortmund to prepare for the Champions League knockout match in the following midweek.
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The Lun Stadium in Westfa, also known as the Signal Park Stadium in Iduna, is currently the largest professional football stadium in Germany and the stadium with the highest average attendance at the Europa League home stadium.
According to an authoritative European data report, in the past 2012-2013 season, the stadium received the most fans in the world.
The 2012-2013 season was also the most glorious year in the team's history, with the Bundesliga champion, the German Cup, the Champions League, the German Super Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup.
However, with Tang Zheng's transfer to Real Madrid last summer, Dortmund's home fans have a certain downward trend, but overall the impact is not great, and the fanatical home atmosphere is negligible.
Because the Westphalen Stadium has the best atmosphere in Europe at the moment!
Therefore, Real Madrid's 2-1 home win over Borussia Dortmund gives people a very uneasy feeling, and football games are often not about overall strength, but about on-the-spot performance.
When it comes to on-the-spot performance, we have to talk about the all-important home frenzy.
Just imagine, in a stadium with a capacity of 83,000 fans, the home fans tacitly create a deafening huge cheer, and the home team players will definitely have a mental attribute bonus.
When the away players control the football and the home fans let out a huge tsunami-like boo, can the away players maintain a calm mind and control the football?
Let's not forget that many of Dortmund's fans are descendants of Shakhtars in the Ruhr region, which means wild and unruly.
However, for Borussia Dortmund fans, the next Champions League quarter-finals are a little special.
The visiting Real Madrid No. 10 can be said to be the best No. 10 in the history of the Dortmund club, so the fans decided to do something to welcome Tang Zheng home.
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The day before the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final when Borussia Dortmund hosted Real Madrid, the whole Real Madrid squad arrived at Dortmund.
At the international airport, there were many Real Madrid fans who arrived early at the pick-up gate to welcome the team to the city of the match.
Of course, more fans are the Dortmund fans at home.
When the Real Madrid fans shouted at the same time, the Dortmund fans deliberately sang the opposite tune and created a deafening huge boo to affect the mentality of the Real Madrid players.
But the moment Tang Zheng appeared in the sight of Dortmund fans, the huge boos that sounded at the international airport were instantly replaced by shouts: "Taaaaaββ"
Tang Zheng, who had just taken off his headphones, was very moved when he listened to the tsunami-like chanting, and at the same time his right hand was subconsciously raised and waved to the Dortmund fans present.
The cheers resounded in the sky until Tang Zheng entered the bus with the team.
After a short time, the whole Real Madrid team took a short rest at the hotel, and then took the bus to the Westphalia Lun Stadium for pre-match acclimatization training.
The head coach Carlo Ancelotti took Dortmund meritorious player Tang Zheng to the stadium press conference hall to participate in the regular press conference before the game.
There is no doubt that Tang Zheng, who is the best player in the minds of most Dortmund fans, has become the focus of media reporters.
Ancelotti, the head coach who should have been the focus of attention, is almost unnoticed, which is frustrating......
However, he was mentally prepared for Ancelotti to come, and he brought Tang Zheng to the regular press conference before the game to divert the attention of the media and fans.
Tang Zheng is very patient with many well-meaning media reporters, but those media reporters who deliberately find fault, he will mercilessly scold back.
So Tang Zheng did not disappoint coach Carlo Ancelotti, he successfully diverted the attention of the fans and gave the rest of his teammates a rare respite.
The next day, the square around Westphapha's Lun Stadium was filled with fanatical fans.
As time went on, more and more fans came to the Westfallun stadium for the matches.
As the home team's Dortmund fans, almost the entire perimeter of the square has become a sea of yellow and black, and the Real Madrid fans in white jerseys are negligible in their eyes.
In accordance with international practice, between an hour and a half and two hours before the game, fans from both sides of the game drove into Westfala Stadium by bus.
The bus route in Dortmund was filled with huge cheers from Dortmund fans.
On the other hand, Real Madrid's bus ride was a deafening boo.
Tang Zheng, who was sitting in the bus, shook his head, he should be an enemy after all, right?
In the face of the enemy, there is nothing wrong with boos.
It wasn't until he warmed up at the familiar Westfalfa Stadium that Tang Zheng felt that he was still being treated feverishly by Dortmund fans.
In the main stand and the south stand, there are fan organizations that specialize in singing the familiar and easy-to-sing "Song of Tang".
There were also many banners, slogans and flags in support of and thanks from Dortmund in the other scattered stands.
The most numerous of them are "elcome-home"
Chinese meaning: Welcome home.
They were very moved to see the thousands of slogans in a uniform but different font.
But what he didn't know was ...... There are even bigger surprises to come.