Midfielder Ruler

"Leo is in a very bad situation now. He should cooperate with his teammates instead of breaking through alone." As Tang Zheng found the defensive feeling, the tone of the Catalan TV commentator became more and more low: " Dortmund are very good on the ball, so it's normal to affect the overall quality of Barcelona's attack."

Coach Guardiola thought for a long time, and took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to remind Messi loudly, signaling him to calm down.

Messi nodded on the surface to show that he knew, but Guardiola couldn't help shaking his head and smiling wryly when he handled the ball next.

With two Champions League titles in the 2008-2009 and 2010-2011 seasons, Guardiola feels that the current team lacks the ambition of the past, which means that many players are no longer hungry for glory. .

In fact, it is right to think about it, this Barcelona Spanish international is a winner in life.

The family has a beautiful wife, parents are alive, and children are lovely.

Holding the league title, King's Cup title, Champions League title, European Cup title, and World Cup title.

Oh, yes, there is also the Spanish Super Cup, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

They've got all the titles a pro can dream of.

It is also because of winning all the championships that many players no longer work as hard as before.

Players are no longer hungry for glory, how can they be motivated?

And now Barcelona is relying more and more on Messi. This season's Champions League group stage is not obvious due to the strength of the opponent, but it is becoming more and more obvious in the knockout stage.

The first leg of the UEFA Champions League 1/8 final was lost to AC Milan 0:2 away, the first leg of the UEFA Champions League 1/4 final was drawn 2:2 away with Paris Saint-Germain, and the home game was a 1:1 draw.

Through these three games, it is not difficult to see that once Messi is out of form, the entire team will become depressed and do not know how to play.

"Aww-"

The frenzied atmosphere at the Westfalenstadion is still there, and the Dortmund fans in the stands created huge cheers one after another.

After a quarter of an hour of the game, Dortmund followed Tang Zheng to retreat to defend and limit Messi, and they gradually took the initiative under the cheers of the home fans.

Although Pirlo missed all the remaining games of the season due to injury,

But the midfield combination of Tang Zheng and Gundogan can still control the rhythm of the game very well.

Barcelona's three midfielders Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta are not the kind of players who are very defensive. They rely more on mutual protection and overall defense to limit Dortmund's offensive space.

In the past, Barcelona never had to think about defense, because they were used to substituting offense for defense and pressing in high positions. Any team encountering them would give priority to defensive counterattacks. This also gave Barcelona too many opportunities to control the ball and observe the loopholes in the opponent's defense.

However, as Harvey gets old and the mentality of the players changes, the majestic Barcelona team seems to be no longer sharp.

In addition, Dortmund's players are mainly young players, with super running ability and not weak feet, so that Tiki-Taka, which Barcelona is proud of, can't exert its due power at all.

German sky commentator Marcel Leif said: "Barcelona's away performance in the Champions League this season is very bad. They only won one of the five away games from the group stage to the knockout stage, drew three games, lost one game, and played in the group stage. The reference value is not high. Compared with Dortmund's three wins and one draw in the knockout rounds, Barcelona's one win, two draws and one loss are far inferior, and Dortmund is the only unbeaten team in the Champions League this season, so... Barcelona is in trouble gone."

As soon as the words fell, Tang Zheng received a whimsical cross pass from Royce at 30 meters in the attack, and shot directly!

It was too late for Busque to block the ball when he saw the pass. The football flew towards the goal with a strong whistling sound, and then brushed the outer edge of the right goal post and flew out of the baseline.

"Ooh-oh--"

The next moment, there was a deafening sound of regret at the Westfalen Stadium.

Tang Zheng himself held his head in both hands with regret, and then plucked the somewhat messy bangs on his forehead.

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"Long shot! Oh—it's a pity!" Marcel Leif changed his voice and shouted: "Don's condition is really good!"

Two minutes later, Tang Zheng took advantage of a corner kick to overwhelm Pique and Bartra and smashed the ball headlong on the crossbar, making a crisp collision sound, so that there was a ten-second-long sound of regret at the Westfalen Stadium. .

Central 5 commentator He Wei said excitedly: "There is no doubt! This is the best Tang Zheng!"

In the 20th minute of the game, the on-site director cut a scene to Messi, and then to a confident Tang Zheng.

The contrast between the two is very obvious, Tang Zheng is full of confidence, and Messi is full of sadness.

British Sky commentator Andy Gray turned to Martin Taylor and said: "Personally, I have a very bold guess. I think Don has a good chance of scoring in the first half."

"Of course!" Martin Taylor said hastily, "I believe Don can score a goal that astounds everyone."

Not long after, the broadcaster gave the ball possession ratio of both sides.

48%VS52%

Compared with the possession ratio ten minutes ago, Dortmund has recovered too many disadvantages.

Dortmund's tactics are very clear, with Tang Zheng as the absolute core.

Once Tang Zheng had done this well, attacking would naturally not be a problem.

The Barcelona Expeditionary Force slowly discovered that the game did not go as they thought, but a passive defense that rarely appeared.

Guardiola, who is standing in the command area of ​​the coach of the visiting team, has discovered this a long time ago, but he has no good way to solve it now.

The game time passed slowly, and he found that not only Messi's performance was not good, but the performance of other players was also a bit sluggish.

Only Sanchez and Alba, who have not tasted the Champions League, played very hard, but football is a team sport, and it is difficult for one person to play well to drive the entire team.

Of course, if Messi plays normally, it can bring Barcelona back to normal.

So Guardiola looked at Messi, whose running range was constantly decreasing, and frowned.

Sometimes many things cannot be said face to face, we are all adults, we can only rely on ourselves to understand.

So Guardiola looked up at the scoreboard on the pitch.

The 0:0 is very eye-catching, but the main thing he looks at is the time of the game: 22’42”

It's only halfway through the first half, when will it be halftime?

According to the team's situation, there is no way to fully adjust unless it waits until halftime.

Guardiola had no choice but to make a gesture of multiple lateral passes and back passes towards Harvey, signaling him to keep control of the football as much as possible and not to pursue too threatening through balls.

Harvey's tactical execution is very high, and the game is developing in the direction Guardiola wants to see under his deliberate control.

But football changed when it reached Messi's feet. His current intention to speed up is obvious, trying to speed up the offensive rhythm to help the team break the deadlock.

However, Tang Zheng's state is really good, and with the help of his teammates, Messi really can't find a good chance to break through.

The rebroadcast footage showed Tang Zheng again. After receiving the football, he tried to pick a pass behind Pique, but Lewandowski didn't realize that it was too late for him to run after seeing the pass. Balder, who was attacked by the football, Adams got it.

Valdez did not throw the football quickly for the first time, but slowed down the rhythm.

Tang Zheng also gained precious time to think, how can he find the loopholes in Barcelona's defense?

Barcelona's individual defensive capabilities are not very strong, but the combination is very threatening.

Thinking of this, Tang Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

Is it possible to try a personal breakthrough?

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In a blink of an eye, thirty minutes into the game, Dortmund and Barcelona were attacking and defending each other.

However, they always feel that there is something close to each other, and the offense has never been able to hit the core area.

Tang Zheng continued to threaten Valdez's goal through long-range shots and set kicks. The Barcelona defenders paid more and more attention to him, so he didn't create any more opportunities.

Two minutes into the game, Dortmund switched from defense to offense.

Barcelona's first round of high pressure didn't even touch the fur of the football. According to Guardiola's tactical requirements, they retreated back to their own half.

Gundogan really wanted to hand over the football to Tang Zheng, but he was being watched by Busquets and Iniesta, and Sanchez was watching his ribs, so he was not an ideal passing point.

Even so, Tang Zheng told Gundogan how to handle the ball and organize the attack through hand gestures.

The football was passed to the feet of Royce who was attacking on the right. He looked up at his surrounding teammates and found that there was no good passing point, so he handed it to Sven Bender who was responding.

Sven Bender is a very qualified defensive midfielder who knows what to do in his game.

He didn't stick the ball, and returned it directly to Gundogan who opened the gap to catch the ball.

According to Gundogan's advance observation, he wanted to hand the ball to Hummels.

Slow down the pace of the game again, and involve Barcelona's defensive system more to see if they can find space.

Just when he was about to pass the ball, he noticed from the corner of his eye that Tang Zheng stretched out his hand for the ball, put down his swung right foot, pulled the ball back with the momentum, pushed the arch of his foot, and the football rolled towards the 30-meter goal line. Tang Zheng.

As in the past, Busquets used his body to carry Tang Zheng, preventing him from turning around with the ball.

Perhaps because of Busquets' interference, Tang Zheng's first stop was not good, and it was a little far away from his body.

Iniesta, who was paying attention to Tang Zheng's activities while defending, jumped out like a shark smelling blood.

"A stop error?"

At the same time, Central 5 commentator He Wei exclaimed.

However, Tang Zheng's explosive power was very strong, and he even used Busquets' thrust from back to front to shorten the distance from the football.

Iniesta never expected that Tang Zheng's explosive power would be so strong, he who originally wanted to steal the ball could only adopt the second plan - to clear the siege.

The fans at the scene saw very clearly that Iniesta swung his right foot and kicked towards the football, while Tang Zheng's right foot blocked in front of the football.

The collision between the two made a crisp 'Boom~' sound, which was equivalent to saying that the football kicked by Iniesta was just stopped by Tang Zheng.

The football bounced irregularly towards the attacking right flank, Tang Zheng chased after the football while signaling Royce to move away.

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Busquets did not let down his vigilance, while marking Tang Zheng, he also chased after the irregularly bouncing football.

At this time, Tang Zheng's outstanding golf intelligence was fully reflected.

Instead of grabbing the football like Busquets did, he grabbed the position first.

When Busquets realized that it was too late to fight for the position, all he could do was to stick Tang Zheng.

But Tang Zheng didn't give Busquets a chance, he took a big step forward with his left foot, swung his right foot without even looking at the goal.

Seeing this, how could Busquets not know what Tang Zheng was going to do?

Before he had time to judge whether Tang Zheng faked the shot, he extended his left leg to block it while running.

"Shoot?" Marcel Leif raised his voice an octave: "NO! False shots are real buckles!"

Tang Zheng swung his right foot and slammed the football to the left, twisting it back to his body, while Busquets, who was also tall and long-legged, retracted his left leg, and it was too late to keep up with Tang Zheng's rhythm.

The left central defender Pique, who had been protecting behind him, quickly made up for it and came to Tang Zheng.

Busquets, who was swayed by Tang Zheng, quickly retreated to make up for the vacancy left by Pikra.

Tang Zheng flicked the football to the left with the instep of his left foot, then looked up at the goal.

Valdés and Pique were immediately tense, especially Pique, who subconsciously extended his right leg to block the moment Tang Zheng swung his left foot.

But Tang Zheng didn't shoot the goal, he dunked the ball to the right with the inside of the instep of his left foot.

Pique quickly withdrew his right foot and kicked the ground with the momentum, so that he had enough strength to complete the change of body center of gravity.

At this moment, Tang Zheng did not turn back with the center of gravity of his body, but used the inside of the instep of his right foot to kick the football that was originally buckled to the right and then to the left again, which is equivalent to saying that he buckled the football to the opposite direction that Pique was throwing.

It is very difficult for a big man with a height of more than 1.9 meters to make two consecutive emergency stops, and Pique is like this.

Tang Zheng was different, his explosive power was stronger.

The moment he realized that Pique's center of gravity could not keep up, he decisively swiped the football forward to the space between Pique and Baltra, and accelerated!

"Aww-"

At the same time, the huge cheers produced by Westfalen rose again, like an explosion when the stereo was turned on to the maximum.

Baltra had a good defensive awareness, when he realized that Pique was not enough to stop Tang Zheng, he stepped forward decisively and made a shovel, and decided to use a foul to block Tang Zheng outside the penalty area.

The idea was good, but the result didn't develop according to his script.

After Tang Zheng completed the forward spike on the inside of the instep of his right foot, there was an obvious change. His right foot went to the left side of the football and swiped the ball to the right with the outside of the instep. .

Immediately, Tang Zheng kicked the ground with his left foot vigorously, the powerful explosive force allowed him to complete the jump in an instant, avoiding Baltra's inevitable sliding shovel.

Busquets was very lucky, he was glad that he chose to retreat to fill Pique's vacancy, so after Tang Zheng broke through Pique and Baltra, he was able to stop Tang Zheng again.

The only pity was that Tang Zheng entered the restricted area, he didn't dare to make any moves, so he could only stand in front of Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng entered the restricted area as if he had entered no one's territory. He was so red-eyed now that he couldn't even see Lewandowski and Gotze on the left side.

His upper body center of gravity has an obvious tilt to the left, and at the same time, the outer instep of his left foot is turned towards the football.

Busquets didn't even think about it, and chose to fall to the ground in an instant, with his whole body lying in front of Tang Zheng's left.

But Tang Zheng didn't dial the ball with the outer instep of his left foot, but just feigned a shot.

Cycling!

Seeing this, a picture flashed in the mind of He Wei, the commentator of Central 5, and subconsciously said: "This... this scene looks familiar."