Midfielder Ruler

The third round of the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League group stage is about to kick off. The whole of Europe and even the whole world are paying attention to the focus of Group D. Borussia Dortmund will face the Galacticos Real Madrid at home.

As the champions of the Bundesliga and La Liga in the 2011-2012 season, the two teams' league results this season are not satisfactory. Dortmund scored four wins, three draws and one loss in eight rounds of the league, accumulating fifteen points.

Real Madrid's performance was even worse. The star-studded league started with one win, one draw and two losses. At present, after the same eight rounds, it is one point less than Dortmund, ranking fourth in the league and eight points away from Barcelona, ​​which ranks first in the league.

However, the Spanish media is still quite optimistic about Real Madrid's prospects. After all, their strength lies here, and their results are also affected by the early stages of the league. Now they are back on track.

The Spanish media is worried about Real Madrid's away performance.

And this is where the German media is most at ease.

Dortmund's poor record this season is limited to away results. So far this season, they have maintained a complete victory in all competitions at home, scoring 14 goals and only conceding two goals.

Such a performance somewhat worried Real Madrid fans and the Spanish media.

Real Madrid lost two league matches this season to Celta Vigo and Sevilla respectively. The biggest feature of the two teams is the emphasis on ground attack and oppressive defense. It happens that Dortmund is also good at these two points. Even in terms of impact, Dortmund is stronger than Celta and Sevilla.

Especially the captain Tang Zheng was in excellent form during this time, including the national team competition, he had already scored goals in five consecutive games.

In addition, Dortmund's goals in the UEFA Champions League this season were all scored by Tang Zheng.

In the regular press conference before the game, Real Madrid coach Mourinho did not hesitate to praise him. He greatly praised Tang Zheng for his superb performance during this period. It is a pity that he was not brought to the Bernabeu this summer... …

Through the media, Tang Zheng learned about the remarks made by Real Madrid coach Mourinho. He smiled and did not respond. Teammates took down the Galactic Battleship together.

It can be said that Dortmund's preparations for the Champions League at home are very low-key.

From Klopp's answer to the media interview at the regular pre-match press conference, it can be easily heard that his answer is not even as sharp as Tang Zheng's.

His posture is very low: "A full home victory does not mean that the next Champions League group match against Real Madrid can be easily won.

Our opponent is one of the best teams in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo is the most expensive player in the world, Real Madrid has too many players who can change the game, Mesut Ozil is very familiar to us ..."

At the same time, Chinese media is quite active, whether it is physical media or online media.

Of course, most of the media sided with Dortmund, they believed that Dortmund with Tang Zheng was invincible.

Only a small number of neutral media believe that Real Madrid is not the Raptors, and Dortmund, who has won the recent form in the away game and started to come back, is nothing to worry about.

In this campaign, Özil came to Westphalia to challenge Dortmund on behalf of Real Madrid. The German media described Tang Zheng and Özil as "the peak duel of two No. 10s".

Among them, some British media joined in the fun, deliberately using Tang Zheng as a stand-in to describe Modric.

It just disappointed the media that Modric did not respond, just like his playing style, unpretentious.

In short, there are too many topics to discuss in Dortmund's home game against Real Madrid.

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The contract renewal negotiations between Nike and Tang Zheng completely collapsed this summer, which also means that there is no possibility for the two to cooperate again. Therefore, Nike has given a task to the first football signing, Cristiano Ronaldo. If Real Madrid is away Beat Dortmund, he will have a million euro bonus.

If they can double-kill Dortmund in the two rounds of the home and away group matches, they will get a total of three million euros in bonuses from Nike.

Three million euros is not a lot to Cristiano Ronaldo's current wealth, but it is not a small sum either.

Moreover, Cristiano Ronaldo's pursuit of victory has reached an almost blind point.

Since winning is what I pursue, and there are additional bonuses in the case of winning, why not?

At the same time, Modric and Ozil also made great efforts to give Tang Zheng some color in the focus match at the Westfalen Stadium.

They want the media and fans to know that they are no worse than Tang Zheng!

On the contrary, Tang Zheng, who was in the vortex, stayed at home and enjoyed the rare tenderness with his girlfriend Zhao Lina like a normal person.

On the day of the UEFA Champions League match, the city of Dortmund was filled with a fanatical football atmosphere. Dortmund fans began to gather around the Westerlund Stadium. They sat together in small groups and chatted about the UEFA Champions League group match tonight.

They are full of confidence in the next Champions League group stage, even if the opponent is the mighty Real Madrid.

Although the two teams have faced each other five times in the past, Real Madrid remained unbeaten with three wins and two draws. However, Real Madrid has only won one game in the past 23 UEFA Champions League games in Germany. A little confidence.

In the evening, Dortmund fans from all over Germany came to the seventh largest city in Germany by train, flight, self-driving, etc., in order to cheer for the team they supported.

Among these fans who support Dortmund, there are some Chinese fans.

Their purpose was relatively simple, to cheer for Tang Zheng.

Chinese fans watching TV highlights all lamented that having a large number of people is an advantage, and there are compatriots everywhere.

Of course, even if there are no Chinese fans supporting Tang Zheng, there will still be many local German fans who like Tang Zheng holding up the Chinese flag to show their love and support for Tang Zheng.

So since 2010, there will always be one or two Chinese flags flying high above the Westphalon Stadium...

Two hours before the game, players from both sides of the game arrived at the Westphalian Stadium by bus.

As in the past, Tang Zheng saw through the glass that a large number of Dortmund fans had gathered in the square outside the stadium. Most of them did not have a ticket, but they came to the Westphalian Stadium specially in order to support their favorite team.

Tang Zheng withdrew his thoughts, took off his earphones, followed the teammates in front, and got off the bus in line.

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When the entire Dortmund team showed up to warm up, the Westfalen Stadium was almost full.

At each entrance of the stadium, there are still many fans waiting in line to enter. As players from both sides enter the warm-up sprint stage, the stadium that hosts the focus of the Champions League is finally filled.

Half an hour before the start of the game, players from both sides returned to the locker room one after another, waiting for the game time to come.

At this time, the head coaches of both sides also got each other's starting lineup.

Real Madrid's main left-back Marcelo is absent due to injury. If nothing else, this position will be replaced by Essien.

Let Klopp see the opportunity to take advantage of Real Madrid's partners in the central defender position, Pepe and 19-year-old French teenager Varane.

The tacit understanding between the two is likely to become a breakthrough point for the team.

The other positions have not changed much. The double defensive midfielder Harvey Alonso partnered Khedira, the three forwards were Di Maria, Ozil and Cristiano Ronaldo, and Benzema was at the top.

Mourinho looked at the Dortmund starting list handed over by his assistant Faria, his eyes lit up.

Dortmund's main left-back Schmelzer is back on fire. He didn't play in the league last weekend, and he is likely to become the team's breakthrough point!

Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria can take turns attacking Schmelzer in the game, maybe they will find an opportunity.

Ten minutes before the game, UEFA staff knocked on the doors of the locker rooms of both sides, and Mourinho and Klopp accelerated the pace to explain the tactical content.

Not long after, the starting players of both sides came out of the locker rooms from two different directions and gathered in the player tunnel.

There are many German internationals in the Dortmund team, and there are also two active German internationals, Ozil and Khedira, in the Real Madrid team, so they communicated normally.

Captain Tang Zheng stood at the forefront of the team, staring intently.

The on-site director's camera switched to the player channel, and the camera was switched one after another to show the starters of both teams.

Modric was not a starter for the game, he didn't stay in the player tunnel, but walked straight.

Naturally, his gaze was attracted by the tall Tang Zheng.

Also looking at Tang Zheng was Ozil who was wearing a white No. 10 jersey.

Tang Zheng, who was not looking sideways, felt that someone was looking at him from behind on the right side, and instinctively turned his head to look.

He saw Modric with mid-length hair tied in a headband and baby-faced Ozil, with the corners of their mouths raised, revealing a contemptuous and provocative smile.

This scene happened to be captured by the live broadcast. Shen Fangjian, the commentator of CCTV 5 in the Beijing live broadcast room, said with a smile: "Tang Zheng's smile is really meaningful. Whether it is Ozil or Modric, a large number of European media call them As Tang Zheng's substitute, this time the focus of the battle at the Westfalen Stadium, I think they are the Real Madrid players who want to prove themselves the most..."

Seeing Tang Zheng's smile, Modric and Ozil didn't know what was wrong, they always felt annoyed and wanted to vent.

When they wanted to stare back, Tang Zheng put his attention back to the front, without squinting.

Not long after, the Hungarian referee Kassai received a notification from the UEFA control center, indicating that the two sides of the game should enter the field.

"Aww-"

Immediately, deafening cheers rang out from the Westphalon Stadium.

The two teams stand in a row with the referee group on the center line of the court as the center.

Immediately, the UEFA Champions League theme song "-League" sounded on the live radio, and Tang Zheng's heart adjusted to this passionate song.

In the arc of the stadium, more than a dozen teenagers waved the Champions League Logo banner, which gave a huge visual impact to the fans on site and in front of the TV.

The focus of the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League group stage is about to kick off!