Midfielder Ruler

Chapter 22 A good start

While Real Madrid's take on the LA Galaxy at the University of Phoenix Stadium wasn't the most-watched matchup of the inaugural Guinness International Champions Cup, it was definitely one of the most exciting. m. The mobile phone saves the most traffic and has no advertisements.

First of all, Tang Zheng represented Real Madrid for the first time in Xinke’s 100 million euro competition. His existence made those Chinese working and studying in the United States have a strong interest. In addition, Tang Zheng’s performance in Dortmund in the past 2012-2013 season was perfect. , Up to now, Tang Zheng's highlights have been circulated on the Internet, which makes people linger and forget to return, and the blood boils.

It is a kind of enjoyment to be able to see Tang Zheng play football with his own eyes!

A height that can almost play basketball but can play with small skills on the football field like a fish in water, it can be called a work of art.

Tang Zheng at the University of Phoenix Stadium was indeed excellent in small skills, frequently causing deafening shouts from the fans on site.

As Real Madrid's number one star, Cristiano Ronaldo also had a very dazzling performance, but as his style of play gradually transformed, his personal breakthroughs with the ball were no longer gorgeous, but more concise and practical.

However, this is not the case in the eyes of coach Ancelotti. He and his two assistants Clement and Zidane looked at each other.

There is nothing wrong with using small tricks in the exhibition match, and it is also in line with the nature of the commercial match, but Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo did not have any communication from the start of the match to ten minutes.

In commercial competitions, if the two stars do not communicate directly, the impact will not be great. After all, the overall strength of the Los Angeles Galaxy is obviously inferior to that of Real Madrid, and they can find opportunities locally if they fight independently.

It's just that in Ancelotti's eyes, he is full of worry.

There is still half a month before the 2013-2014 season of La Liga, if the conflict between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be resolved, it is estimated that all four will be unavoidable.

The absence of any communication in the game was not provoked by Tang Zheng, but because Cristiano Ronaldo believed that Tang Zheng 'isolated' himself in terms of offensive organization, and the lack of communication between the two was normal suspicion of each other.

If Tang Zheng knew what was going on in Cristiano Ronaldo's mind, he would definitely call him wrong, because the first two passes Cristiano Ronaldo was not the best pass point, hand it over to Harvey Alonso or Modric is the best choice.

Of course, Tang Zheng had to slowly adapt to playing football in a different environment.

He is the absolute core and spiritual leader in Dortmund, and the whole team has to sacrifice for him unconditionally.

Real Madrid is not Dortmund, he has to slowly adapt to the way Real Madrid stars play.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Real Madrid opened the scoring.

Modric took an offensive right corner kick, Tang Zheng leaped high before the penalty spot, twisted his waist and swung his abdomen, the football fell to the far corner of the goal, and goalkeeper Rowe took the goal.

The close-up shots of the live broadcast were handed over to the goal scorer Tang Zheng, and the central 5 commentator He Wei shouted hysterically: "Beautiful! Tang Zheng used his iconic header in the penalty area to help Real Madrid open the scoring! We thought of him There are tens of thousands of times to represent Real Madrid, but I really didn't expect it to come so quickly..."

The shouts at the University of Phoenix Stadium continued to be high-spirited, but not many people noticed Cristiano Ronaldo's face was livid, because if Tang Zheng hadn't jumped to compete for the top just now, he would have a 90% chance of contributing to the goal, which is equivalent to saying that Tang Zheng... ...to snatch food from the jaws of a tiger.

Tang Zheng's goal made Carlo Ancelotti and Zidane in front of the Real Madrid coach's bench temporarily put down their worries, and entered into the short-term celebration goal.

The excitement brought by the goal is limited, and the problems of the team are still hovering over Ancelotti's head, lingering for a long time.

And Tang Zheng's goal Cristiano Ronaldo didn't intend to celebrate, this scene happened to be captured clearly by the live broadcaster.

The commentator of Spanish National Television Four shook his head and said: "From here, it is not difficult to see that Tang and Cristiano Ronaldo do have conflicts.

Otherwise, instead of celebrating the goal together when the new teammates score, what about turning around and walking back to their own half? "

Fortunately, other Real Madrid players took the initiative to run to Tang Zheng to celebrate the goal together.

This is also where Ancelotti is more gratified. If other players treat Tang Zheng like Cristiano Ronaldo, then the new season will be a bit troublesome.

Two minutes later, Real Madrid expanded the score.

Cristiano Ronaldo ignored Tang Zheng's running without the ball on the left side of the attack and chose to shoot a cold arrow 30 meters away from the goal. What is unexpected is that the quality of his long-range shots is very high. The football did not spin in mid-air, and then In the exclamation of the fans in the audience, he hung straight to the net.

After scoring a goal, Cristiano Ronaldo made his signature lightweight movements, and his mouth seemed to be talking when facing the scene camera. The index fingers of both hands kept shaking up and down, pointing at the grass.

Meaning, me! He is the master of the football field!

After taking care of the goal hero Cristiano Ronaldo, the on-site director switched to Tang Zheng. Unlike Cristiano Ronaldo before, Tang Zheng did not keep a straight face, but embraced and celebrated the goal with his teammates around him.

Assistant coach Clemente seemed to have discovered a new world, his eyes lit up!

Perhaps, the situation is not as bad as imagined!

Robbie Keane pulled the LA Galaxy back just before half-time, thanks to an oversight by Ramos.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. The two sides made a wide range of personnel adjustments to allow more young players and substitute players to get the chance to play on the field.

But Tang Zheng still stayed on the court. In Ancelotti's tactical system, Tang Zheng played a very important role. His presence could make the game easier, and he could even create opportunities with his super personal ability.

Less than five minutes into the second half, Tang Zheng assisted Morata to expand the score to two goals.

It wasn't until the 20th minute of the second half that Tang Zheng was replaced by Khedira.

Although it was only a friendly match, the contribution of a goal and an assist in 65 minutes of the starting game was the perfect debut.

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After 90 minutes, Real Madrid defeated Los Angeles Galaxy 3:1 and won their first victory before the season. However, considering that the overall strength of the Los Angeles Galaxy is far from that of Real Madrid, winning is not worthy of praise.

However, a few small close-ups of the game attracted the attention of the media and fans.

After Tang Zheng scored a goal, Cristiano Ronaldo looked very angry, with a straight face and plausible words.

When Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal, Tang Zheng opened his arms to celebrate, but Cristiano Ronaldo turned a blind eye and turned around to perform his own celebration.

Two obvious close-up shots mean the biggest problem exposed by Real Madrid at present.

As we all know, Cristiano Ronaldo's contract expired in the summer of 2015. Manchester United in the post-Ferguson era is eyeing him, and Tang Zheng spent more than 100 million euros for Real Madrid.

According to Florentino, buying Tang Zheng said that in order to make the Galaxy Battleship stronger, there will naturally be no possibility of selling Cristiano Ronaldo.

Now Real Madrid's two billionaires are at odds, which is a huge hidden danger to the locker room and the team's performance.

The outside world kept reporting on the problems between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, but Real Madrid, from the top management down to the coaches and players, said that the relationship between the two was normal.

The next morning, the Real Madrid team took a flight to Los Angeles to prepare for the second game of the first International Champions Cup against Everton from the Premier League.

In response to Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo's failure to pass the ball, Ancelotti and Zidane once again divided the labor and cooperated with each other to assist in communication.

It turned out that what happened against the Los Angeles Galaxy was a misunderstanding. It wasn't that Tang Zheng didn't pass the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, but that it was better to have teammates.

Through the replay of the game video, Ancelotti's coaching staff found that Tang Zheng's judgment was very accurate.

The rest of the team-mates made better runs than a direct pass to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Although the game video will not make Cristiano Ronaldo completely let go of his dissatisfaction with Tang Zheng, but at least he can let go of some.

Cristiano Ronaldo's ability to grow into one of the best players in the world, in addition to talent and hard work, is directly related to his flexible brain.

Not buying his favorite limited edition LaFerrari at the Madrid Auto Show before really made Cristiano Ronaldo very unhappy. If Tang Zheng had a better attitude at the beginning, even if he refused to let him go, he would not care about anything.

The conflicts that occurred in the training ground later were caused by his viciousness. Although he stepped back in time, if Tang Zheng didn't evade in advance, there was a high possibility of injuries that would affect his career.

In this regard, Cristiano Ronaldo could understand Tang Zheng's reaction, but Tang Zheng's continuous crotch piercing made him very unhappy.

Tang Zheng, who communicated with Zidane on the right, could solve it better, because in Tang Zheng's heart, the game is a game, and the off-court is off-court. If it wasn't for Cristiano Ronaldo deliberately not passing the ball, he would not be arrogant.

As for the conflict at the training ground, it was an off-field matter, as long as Cristiano Ronaldo apologized, everything would be fine.

So, in the second International Champions Cup game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the two gradually passed the ball.

Although it was just an insignificant transitional pass, it was already a great improvement for coach Ancelotti.

Real Madrid's first goal was planned by Tang Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo directly assisted, and then Benzema, who outflanked the ball in place, waded the ball past goalkeeper Howard and scored an empty goal.

Ten minutes later, Benzema returned the favor with a solo pass to an unmarked Cristiano Ronaldo.

2:0

Before the start of the second half, Real Madrid made a six-man rotation, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Harvey Alonso, Benzema and other stars.

However, Tang Zheng was not replaced, he still stayed on the field to connect the team's frontcourt to attack, and the midfield and backcourt were handed over to Modric to divide and cooperate with each other.

In the fifty-seventh minute, Tang Zheng received a long pass from Modric's instep and directly tipped the ball into the penalty area with his chest. Then, without stopping the ball, he made a half-volley, and the football hit Jagielka's thigh. There was a refraction on the upper edge, and the football accidentally missed the goalkeeper Howard.

Perhaps Ancelotti was very satisfied with Tang Zheng's performance, he was replaced by Isco and enjoyed the applause of the fans.

In the end, Real Madrid beat Everton 3-0 and advanced to the first International Champions Cup final with a goal difference advantage. The opponent will be the winner between Chelsea and AC Milan.

Because Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo had a stadium connection in this game, the outside world's voices about the instability of the Real Madrid dressing room were much smaller.

But it doesn't mean that Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have turned their fights into friendships. After all, the two of them have no communication other than passing the ball. These are also the fundamental motivations for the Catalan media to continue to report on Real Madrid's 'civil turmoil'.

A day later, the match between Chelsea and AC Milan was held at the MetLife Stadium in New York. Chelsea, who had a clear advantage in overall strength, beat AC Milan 2-0 and joined Real Madrid in the final of the International Champions Cup.

It is worth mentioning that Sun Life Stadium in Miami, which hosts the finals, will hold four games, namely the 7th and 8th finals, the 5th and 6th finals, the 3rd and 4th finals and the final final.

From ancient times to the present, the best show is yet to come.

The same is true for the final. Based on one game per day, the final between Real Madrid and Chelsea will be held at 7:00 pm local time on August 8th in the United States.

Four days before the final, coach Ancelotti showed his good-natured side and gave the players a day off so they could have time to play in Los Angeles.

As the second largest city in the United States, Los Angeles has too many places to play.

Such as the famous Hollywood, California Disneyland, Universal Studios, etc...

Tang Zheng didn't go shopping in Los Angeles early in the morning like most of his teammates did, he got up early and started exercising in the gym provided by the hotel where he stayed.

In his perception, exercise cannot be relaxed for a moment, especially during the league preparation period.

After all, Tang Zheng has just joined Real Madrid, and despite his reputation, he has yet to prove himself in Real Madrid, so he has to put in more effort to win the recognition of his teammates and fans.

Now Tang Zheng is no longer playing football for himself, but... for all Chinese people!

However, what surprised him was that someone in the gym started exercising, so he looked around.

It's... Cristiano Ronaldo!

Cristiano Ronald saw someone coming in with extra light, and subconsciously looked up, but when he saw that the person coming in was Tang Zheng, he quickly turned his head away, showing a little guilty conscience.

Tang Zheng grinned, walked towards the treadmill and started to warm up.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who turned his head away, immediately realized that what he did was inappropriate, and quickly raised his head, ready to meet Tang Zheng's gaze.

But Tang Zheng had already walked towards the treadmill, which meant that Cristiano Ronaldo's preparations were useless.

About half an hour later, fitness coach Giovanni Mauri came to Ancelotti's room and reported that both Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo were in the gym.

Ancelotti was shocked to hear that no players were in the gym together.

Ten seconds later, Ancelotti gave Giovanni Mauri a blank look and said, "Can you make it clear next time?"

When Giovanni Mauri left, Ancelotti looked at the cityscape of Los Angeles through the glass window, as if talking to himself: "Maybe, this is a good start."

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