Midfielder Ruler

The 2013 international match days are all over, but it is destined to be an unforgettable time for Korean fans. The Korean men's football team has entered the World Cup finals for seven consecutive times since the World Cup in Mexico in 1986.

But the door of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was tightly closed towards them.

In fact, as early as entering the intercontinental play-offs, the ending was already doomed.

Uruguay's overall strength is obviously higher than that of the South Korean team. If you want to beat Uruguay to get a place in the World Cup, the chance is not that there is no chance, but the probability is infinitely close to zero.

The net loss of Uruguay in the first round was 0:5, which has fully demonstrated the huge difference in strength between the two sides.

The South Korean men's football team was eliminated, and the South Korean media did not point the finger at the players who performed poorly, but unbelievably aimed at the Chinese men's football team. Among them, the accusation received by the first star Tang Zheng was even more speechless.

However, the Chinese domestic media did not pay attention to these, and the fans did not exchange views with Korean fans, but paid attention to the newly released male head coach of the national team.

In the previous assessment, Bielsa, Manzano and Guangzhou Evergrande coach Lippi who were idle at home.

Except for Manzano's slightly poor resume, Bielsa and Lippi are both the best head coaches of the Chinese men's football team.

Bielsa once led Argentina and Chile to the World Cup. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, he also led the Argentine Olympic team to win the gold medal. His coaching experience is quite rich.

Not to mention Lippi, he has brilliant achievements in coaching clubs, and the national team also has led the Italian national team to win the World Cup in 2006.

Coupled with the fact that Lippi just led Guangzhou Evergrande to win the AFC Champions League, the popularity in China is unprecedentedly strong.

At 8:00 p.m. on the night when the Korean team drew Uruguay 0-0 at home, the official website of the Chinese Football Association suddenly announced a piece of news that Chinese fans have been paying attention to for a long time: "According to the Chinese Football Association national team coach selection procedures, after friendly negotiation between the two parties, China The Football Association has officially hired Marcelo Lippi as the head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team since November 21, 2013. The Chinese Football Association will hold an official media meeting in Beijing on November 26, 2013."

Tang Zheng paid attention to this news at the first time. He looked at the Weibo that was swiping the screen, and grinned, "Is it Lippi? It's not bad."

Although the head coach is not the ideal Bielsa, Lippi, who once led the Italian national team to win the World Cup, is definitely good news for the Chinese team in the World Cup next year.

Cup,

Experience matters.

It's just that this news doesn't feel good to the fans of Guangzhou Evergrande. After all, Lippi just led Guangzhou Evergrande to win the first AFC Champions League in the history of the Chinese professional league.

Of course, it's not without good news.

According to the contract between Guangzhou Evergrande and Lippi ended in the winter of 2014, but due to special reasons, the contract was terminated one year in advance, and the contract was switched to the Chinese Football Association, and the two parties signed a 2+1 contract.

Whether or not they can get a +1 contract depends on their performance in the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia.

As a "concession", Lippi will continue to serve as the head coach of Guangzhou Evergrande to participate in the Club World Cup in Morocco in December, and then prepare for the World Cup in Brazil as the head coach of the Chinese men's football team.

It is worth mentioning that Lippi's ability to become the head coach of the Chinese men's football team has a lot to do with the sacrifice of Guangzhou Evergrande, otherwise Lippi would not be able to jump out of the contract and sign with the Chinese Football Association.

In addition, the annual salary signed by Lippi with the Chinese Football Association remains unchanged, still 10 million euros after tax.

What makes fans feel weird is that the five million euros in this annual salary will be borne by Guangzhou Evergrande, and the Chinese Football Association and sponsors will pay the other five million euros.

Tang Zheng smiled helplessly after reading the relevant reports of the incident.

Half of the high annual salary of the head coach of the national team is borne by the former club boss, which is really an unprecedented way of hiring.

Therefore, some domestic media sneered at the Football Association's approach. It is a good thing to invite Lippi to be the head coach of the Chinese men's football team, but why should half of the annual salary continue to be borne by the original club?

As time went by, a large number of domestic fans joined the discussion.

But Tang Zheng did not continue to pay attention. For him, the head coach is not Camacho who is not capable enough, even if it is not Lippi or Bielsa, even Manzano is fine.

Back at the Valdebebas training base, Tang Zheng, like other teammates, congratulated teammate Cristiano Ronaldo for leading the national team to the World Cup finals.

After finishing their compliments, Cristiano Ronaldo and other teammates turned their heads and walked in front of Tang Zheng, covered their mouths and said with a smile: "You said that if the World Cup draws us to be in the same group, what do you think will happen?"

"Oh?" Tang Zheng pretended to think while pressing his legs, "I really haven't thought of this."

"What if I get it?"

"I think...you will lose." Tang Zheng turned his head to look at Cristiano Ronaldo playfully.

"What?" Cristiano Ronaldo rolled his eyes: "Why did we lose? In terms of overall strength, we are much stronger than you."

"Hey." Tang Zheng smiled and said, "As you said, what if?"

"..."

Cristiano Ronaldo felt like thousands of mud horses were galloping past his head.

Immediately, Tang Zheng fell into deep thought. Cristiano Ronaldo was right. In terms of overall strength, the Chinese team is indeed weaker than the European teams.

If you want to go further in the World Cup, it is the most important thing to get right.

Tang Zheng thought that perhaps Lippi, who is good at defensive counterattacks, is a truly suitable head coach for the Chinese men's football team.

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The draw ceremony for the 2014 Brazil World Cup was held in the early morning of December 7, Beijing time, which is 1 pm local time in Brazil.

Before the draw ceremony, Real Madrid played three games, two La Liga games and one Champions League group game.

Two of them are home games and one is away.

The home game is against Galatasaray in the Champions League group stage and Valladolid in the league. The guest is to challenge Almeria after the international break.

Regarding Almeria's opponent, whether it is the Madrid media or Real Madrid fans, they are very relieved.

Why?

So far, Almeria has not yet tasted a victory. As the deputy squad leader of the league, Real Madrid's victory is a matter of course.

The following Champions League group matches against Galatasaray at home and Valladolid at home will not be a big problem. After all, Real Madrid's overall strength is strong, and now Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo are in very good form.

as predicted!

In the week of rekindling the war, Real Madrid won three consecutive victories in double matches, and every game was a big victory, and the Real Madrid fans who watched it said it was enjoyable.

The away game beat Almeria 5:0, and the two home games beat Galatasaray 4:1 and Valladolid 4:0, which means that Real Madrid scored in the three games at the end of the international match day. A crazy thirteen goals and only one goal conceded.

But what worries Real Madrid fans is that Cristiano Ronaldo has been in such a good state in recent games that he has become the focus of the opponent's defensive players. In the 5-0 away game, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal. In the case of injury end.

Although nothing serious, Ancelotti rested Cristiano Ronaldo for the next two home games in order to protect him.

Real Madrid's ability to score eight goals without Cristiano Ronaldo is directly related to Tang Zheng's amazing performance.

Three games, two goals, four assists.

One of the goals and three assists occurred in the league, which means that Tang Zheng contributed eight goals and fourteen assists in the past fifteen rounds of the league.

This statistic can amaze the Spanish media. You must know that the assist record in a single season in La Liga was set by Xavi, the core midfielder of Barcelona. Completed fourteen assists.

You must know that the calculation of assists in La Liga is stricter than other leagues, so in this case, it is rare to get 14 assists in 15 rounds.

In addition, the match against Malaga at home in the ninth round of the league is automatically suspended, which is equivalent to contributing 14 assists in the 14th round...

The data of one assist per game is really scary when you think about it.

But with Cristiano Ronaldo's average of one goal per game, Tang Zheng's average of one assist per game is still within the understandable range.

While the Chinese media are paying attention to Lippi, the new head coach of the Chinese men's football team, they are also paying attention to Tang Zheng's amazing statistics.

Given that La Liga is currently in a three-nation struggle between Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, and the other 17 teams are more like studying with the prince, so Tang Zheng is expected to break the record of 20 assists in a single season created by Harvey in the 2008-2009 season Just a matter of time.

It is even possible to create a new record that has never been seen before and will never come again!

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After the league match against Valladolid at home, Real Madrid's stars got nearly a week of rest.

For the main players, the rest time is longer.

Because the game that starts a week later is the first round of the 1/16 final of the 2013-2014 Copa del Rey, Real Madrid's opponent is the little-known CD-Olim.

Even if they challenge the West C team in an away game, Real Madrid can easily deal with it even if they send substitute players and youth team players.

In the decision-making of Carlo Ancelotti's coaching team, it is to let Cristiano Ronaldo continue to train,

Tang Zheng, Benzema, Ramos and other main players also got a chance to rest, so they didn't even go to the away game in the first leg of the Copa del Rey 1/16 final as a guest, and stayed directly in Madrid.

Lacking a large number of main players and main substitute players, Real Madrid, who was a guest, was tied 0:0 by the West C team CD-Olim, which broke out a moderate upset, so the suspense was reserved for the second round.

However, Real Madrid's away game against West C team CD-Olim attracted the attention of many Spanish media and European mainstream media. The draw is also within an acceptable range.

After all, there are two rounds in the knockout stage of the Copa del Rey, and winning the second round at the Bernabeu is almost certain.

Immediately, the focus of the Real Madrid team shifted to the final round of the Champions League group stage.

It’s just that the last round of the Champions League group can still be used as training for Real Madrid. Real Madrid, which scored 13 points in five rounds of the group, qualified one round ahead of the group and secured the first place in the group. Therefore, the last group match as a guest in Copenhagen can send a lot of young players. players.

Tang Zheng, Benzema, Ramos and other players who got the chance to rest all appeared in the 18-man roster, but one day before the expedition, an official news published on FIFA's official website and "French Football" attracted the attention of the global media.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Tang Zheng, who are currently playing for Real Madrid, and Messi, who is playing for Barcelona, ​​are on the final shortlist for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, that is, the final selection for the FIFA Ballon d'Or will be between the three of them .

With the announcement of this news, the local media in Catalonia began to build momentum for Messi.

Since 2009, Messi has won the World Footballer and FIFA Golden Globe Award for four consecutive years. Counting the final three-man list in 2007 and 2008, he has entered the final list for seven consecutive years.

Although Messi only won the La Liga title in terms of team honors in the 2012-2013 season, the local Catalan media and Barcelona fans believe that Messi is still the best player in the world.

Some Madrid media and Portuguese media are very supportive of Cristiano Ronaldo. In the past 2012-2013 season, he led Real Madrid to win the league runner-up, King's Cup runner-up and Champions League runner-up.

It is undeniable that it is somewhat embarrassing to take out the King of Sanya, but it just shows how strong Cristiano Ronaldo is. After all, there was a serious conflict between the generals in Real Madrid in the 2012-2013 season, which means that there is no Cristiano Ronaldo. Excellent performance, it is impossible for Real Madrid to get three runners-up.

In addition, Portugal's ability to qualify for next year's World Cup is entirely dependent on Cristiano Ronaldo. He scored all four of Portugal's goals and even got Ibrahimovic when he scored a hat-trick in the away game. thumb.

Of course, Tang Zheng was the FIFA Golden Globe winner who was favored by mainstream European media.

In terms of team glory in the 2012-2013 season, no one can compare to Tang Zheng. He led Dortmund to win the Triple Crown, becoming the first team to win the Triple Crown since the Bundesliga was founded.

At the national team level, he also led the Chinese team to the World Cup to be held in Brazil next year.

The only thing that worries the media supporting Tang Zheng is that he is not as widely known internationally as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, just like Sneijder in 2010 and Iniesta in 2012.

Tang Zheng, who was interviewed by Central 5, did not show much worry. Facing the camera, he first expressed his regrets from last year, and then said: "Scores and statistics will not lie, even if the final FIFA Ballon d'Or does not belong to me, then It doesn't matter, what belongs to me is mine after all, just like the old saying in China, "sometimes you have to have your life, but you can't force it when you have no time to live." Of course... I believe that my performance can be worthy of the FIFA Golden Ball prize."

"Bild", which has a pivotal position in the European media, once again reported that if Tang Zheng is not selected for this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or, it will be the biggest shame in world football so far, bar none!

The former Ballon d'Or selection party "French Football" and the brother newspaper "L'Equipe" also reported on it, and other "Marca", "Gazzetta dello Sport" and "Torino Sport" also supported Tang Zheng.

The voice of support lasted until the last round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2013-2014 season before it shifted.