Midfielder Ruler

Chapter 98: Pass it to yourself 3 seconds later

As Bartra equalized the score with a header, Barcelona's offense became more and more threatening, and Casillas guarded the goal in danger.

The Barcelona fans at the Mestalla Stadium were very excited. They were hysterical and made deafening cheers. The Real Madrid fans were a little overwhelmed during this time.

The lack of Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo originally made them feel unsure. In addition, with Barcelona's current offensive, Tang Zheng, who they had high hopes for, was too tired to defend and had no time to attack.

Fans who know a little bit about football know that defense can only remain undefeated, and only offense can win the game.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti looked nervously at the court from time to time because of the difficulties the team encountered, but he and the coaching team had not yet thought of a suitable solution, so the game could only be played according to halftime and temporary supplementary tactics. Contest.

In the blink of an eye, the game reached the 70th minute. Barcelona had already made two substitution adjustments, but Real Madrid had yet to make any substitution adjustment.

Central 5 commentator He Wei's tone sounded even more anxious than Ancelotti's. He said: "Barcelona's offensive is getting more and more fierce. Tang Zheng has no time to participate in the offense now. What Ancelotti should solve is not defense, but It's the offense, because the offense can't bring enough threats to Barcelona's defense, so Barcelona dares to boldly participate in the offense. The top priority should be to liberate Tang Zheng so that he can focus more on offense..."

In fact, Ancelotti is also considering whether to liberate Tang Zheng, but he does not dare to make adjustments easily now.

First of all, substitute players need to adapt when playing. Casemiro or Khedira can indeed liberate Tang Zheng, but when they come on the field and directly face Barcelona's tidal attack, they will inevitably make mistakes.

Placing Tang Zheng on the defensive end can relieve the defensive pressure on the entire back line, so Ancelotti did not dare to release Tang Zheng.

At the other end, Martino is ready to make the last substitution adjustment of the game, trying to take the lead before the end of the game!

"Oh oh oh——"

At this moment, Pedro hit a long-range shot from the left side of the penalty area and hit the outside edge of the right post of the goal. Real Madrid fans burst into exclamations.

Ancelotti subconsciously looked up at his penalty area. Assistant coach Clement came over and said seriously to Ancelotti: "Hey, Carlo, we have to make adjustments. Liberating Don is the best one at the moment." solution, trust my judgment.”

Clement was very serious and his tone was slightly excited. Ancelotti frowned and paused, obviously still thinking.

But Clement was worried that Barcelona would score in the next consecutive attack.

So he said emphatically: "The top management decided to buy Tang in the hope that he can play the role of Cristiano on the offensive end, rather than letting him defend. Carlo, you should let go. Our defensive line is in trouble not because of the problem of defense, but of the offense." Can't bring enough threat to Barcelona!"

"Um!"

Casillas took the football from the ball boy, and Ancelotti seemed to have made up his mind: "Call Sami over and get ready to play."

Real Madrid's goal kick in the backcourt was deliberately controlled by Xavi Alonso and Tang Zheng to barely stabilize the situation. However, once the offense reached the 30-meter area, it seemed that there was no good way. Modric passed the ball without any purpose. Interrupted by Bartra, Barcelona switched from defense to offense.

Due to Barcelona's many attacks, Real Madrid's frontcourt players have given up the so-called frontcourt pressure and directly retreated to the half-court.

Messi handed the ball to Iniesta, who passed it to Neymar who dropped back to receive the ball.

Neymar received the football and faced Tang Zheng's defense. He was a little slow in handling the ball, so he lost the best opportunity to pass the ball.

When Neymar wanted to pass the ball, Tang Zheng saw through it and stretched out his feet to block it. However, Neymar lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

Immediately, the referee Laos's whistle sounded: "Beep~"

However, it was not a foul committed by Tang Zheng, but a kicking foul by Iniesta who pressed the ball holder Tang Zheng immediately.

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Real Madrid did not take a quick free kick in the backcourt because the referee Raos pointed to the sidelines at the same time and Real Madrid requested a substitution.

Khedira replaces Modric.

Many commentators still criticized this substitution.

Modric has no physical problems, so instead of consuming a substitution adjustment, it is better to let Modric and Tang Zheng change positions.

Of course, Ancelotti has his own considerations.

Modric can indeed switch positions with Tang Zheng, but the problem is that Modric has played a lot of games recently, and is relatively tired mentally and physically. His motivation to run is much lower than at the start of the game.

In addition, Khedira is a professional defensive midfielder, and his presence can truly liberate Tang Zheng.

Khedira not only stood in Tang Zheng's original defensive midfield position, he also brought coach Ancelotti's latest tactical arrangements with Tang Zheng.

Although Tang Zheng no longer serves as a defensive midfielder, his position is not obviously forward, and he can only be regarded as a central midfielder.

Because Khedira has just come on as a substitute, it will take some time to adapt to the rhythm of the game. Tang Zheng's slightly better position can effectively make up for Khedira's shortcomings in the transition from offense to defense.

As Khedira gradually adapts to the rhythm of the game, Tang Zheng can finally put aside some baggage and participate in the team's overall offense.

At this time, the game situation that Barcelona coach Martino least wanted to see emerged.

Tang Zheng's bold participation in the attack prevented Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta from moving up too high, and the extent of the two wingers' participation in the attack was also greatly reduced.

Seeing the effect of Khedira's liberating Tang Zheng gradually showing up, Ancelotti finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sanchez, who was still pressing his muscles in the warm-up area, felt very aggrieved as he looked at his friend Tang Zheng who was doing better and better.

Logically speaking, this kind of final should be played by myself.

But...head coach Martino actually chose Fabregas and did not let him start.

This summer, you have to go!

While Sanchez was distracted, the game time came to 80 minutes, and the score was still Real Madrid's 1:1 draw with Barcelona.

But now the game has changed a lot compared to the past few minutes. From Barcelona's dominance of the game to now a mutual attack and defense.

But overall, Real Madrid's offense is more threatening.

Tang Zheng has an excellent ability to read the game. He knows when to break through, when to pass the ball, and when to shoot from long range.

Therefore, Real Madrid's offense became more effective under his management, but the problem that followed was that the defense was not stable enough, and there would be loopholes from time to time.

However, Barcelona's frontcourt offense was affected by the backcourt defense, and the offense seemed cautious. Even if Real Madrid's defense exposed problems during the movement, they did not successfully grasp it.

In the 82nd minute, Tang Zheng got a one-on-one opportunity with Busquets in the 30-meter offensive area.

Although they are both tall, Tang Zheng's ability to move with his feet is obviously better than that of Busquets, so he used the feint of his upper body to trick Busquets' center of gravity into shaking to the left, and then used the outside instep of his right foot to slam the ball. Move to the right.

Tang Zheng's next connecting movement was very fast. He stepped forward with his left foot and followed up with a powerful and heavy long-range shot on the heel of his right foot.

This shot was so powerful that it didn't spin at all in mid-air. Goalkeeper Pinto's body flew all the way without touching the football.

"Oh oh oh——"

Just as the Barcelona fans made loud exclamations, there was a crisp collision sound in the stadium.

Central 5 commentator He Wei's passionate tone suddenly changed: "This...Barcelona escaped! Tang Zheng's long-range shot hit the outside of the right post of the goal and missed the baseline! What a pity! Real Madrid missed the chance to win the game. !”

The Catalan TV commentator put his head in his hands and half-opened his mouth. After a while, he said: "Oh-My-God!! So lucky! God is with us at the critical moment! I believe that in the end The championship will belong to Barcelona!"

Real Madrid coach Ancelotti waved his hand dissatisfied, meaning how could he be unlucky at this time?

Barcelona coach Martino was stunned. In a state of shock, he ran to the visiting team coach's command area and roared at Busque.

Busquets was very unhappy when Tang Zheng easily passed him, but now Martino vented on him again, so his brain short-circuited for a moment, and he waved angrily in the direction of Martino, while still speaking plausibly.

Coupled with that angry expression, it is not difficult to guess what Busquets probably said.

The on-site director keenly captured this interesting scene, which immediately aroused heated discussion among all the commentators.

But the game continues, and the commentator's attention has to return to the game itself, because the game is the focus of everyone's attention, and the events in the game can only entertain the public.

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Since Tang Zheng's long-range shot that was so close to scoring appeared, Barcelona's defense has become very focused.

The result of the concentration was that the offensive end could not pose a sufficient threat to Real Madrid's defense. Martino was keenly aware that the team's offensive problems were caused by players paying too much attention to defense, so he took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to pull Yi. Nesta said a few words briefly.

Immediately, Barcelona's offense was significantly strengthened.

In this case, the offenses of both sides are quite threatening, so the fanatical atmosphere at the Mestalla Stadium has been enhanced unprecedentedly.

The fans in front of the TV were even more focused, fearing that they would miss the wonderful shot in half a second of blinking.

In the 86th minute, Messi got a chance to break into the penalty area on the line of the penalty area. Tang Zheng ignored being in the penalty area at the critical moment and chose to make a decisive tackle, shoveling the ball from the side to the central defender Pepe.

Due to inertia, Messi fell to the ground.

Immediately, the Barcelona fans in the stands jumped up one after another, raising their arms excitedly to signal that Tang Zheng had committed a foul.

The same was true for the Barcelona players near the penalty area. They turned around and looked at the referee Laos in excitement.

But Laos looked calm, crossed his arms, and waved from the inside out.

The meaning is obvious, Tang Zheng did not commit a foul!

After receiving the ball, Pepe was about to subconsciously make a big-footed clearance, but he heard the loud shout of left back Coentrao, so he put his left foot back again, and instead used the arch of his foot to push the unmarked Coen. Trump.

The Barcelona players had rich experience in the game and did not complain excessively to the referee Laos. Iniesta turned and ran towards Coentrao who was in possession of the ball.

In addition, Alves turned to help defend Coentrao, hoping to complete the encirclement with Iniesta.

Coentrao didn't have the ball at his feet and quickly handed the ball to Di Maria with his left foot.

Alves had no choice but to turn around and chase Di Maria, but Di Maria moved forward to meet the ball.

Perhaps due to his decline in physical fitness, Alves reached out for Di Maria but did not hold him back, but it effectively slowed down Di Maria. Iniesta, who has a strong sense of responsibility, chased after Di Maria who was accelerating to dribble the ball along the right sideline of the broadcast. .

Busquets noticed from the corner of his eye that Tang Zheng was moving into the area after completing the defense and participating in the attack. However, he did not choose to stick close to Tang Zheng. Instead, he blocked the passing route between Di Maria and Tang Zheng. Anyway, there was central defender Bartra behind him for protection.

At this time, Tang Zheng, who was in the ribs, suddenly ran towards the sideline and signaled Di Maria to pass the ball along the sideline.

Di Maria passed the ball without hesitation, and the ball rolled to the midline along the sideline. Busquets was unable to do anything due to space reasons and could only pin his hopes on Bartra.

"Ouch-ouch——"

Real Madrid fans and neutral fans in the stands burst into loud cheers in unison.

When Tang Zheng received the ball, he noticed that Busquets did not speed up to fill the space in the middle of Baltrala's side defense, and an idea came to his mind.

His left foot suddenly pushed the ball forward for about thirty meters, and then he walked around to the sideline to maintain balance.

Baltra already knew before the game that Tang Zheng was extremely fast, so he realized that competing for speed with Tang Zheng was tantamount to taking the initiative to commit suicide.

Therefore, Baltra very smartly chose to use his body to squeeze towards Tang Zheng, even if he committed a foul.

In fact, Tang Zheng, who was lagging behind, was indeed squeezed by Baltra and lost his balance.

But Tang Zheng did not give up. He gritted his teeth and engaged in a direct physical confrontation with Bartra, while at the same time kicking his left foot towards the strong aluminum alloy billboard.

"Bang!"

The aluminum alloy billboard explained was instantly deformed under Tang Zheng's hard kick.

However, it was Tang Zheng's kick towards the aluminum alloy billboard on the side of the field that brought huge reaction force to his body, allowing him to regain his center of gravity, which was gradually unstable.

After Baltra and Tang Zheng came into physical contact, the two of them bounced outwards due to their respective reaction forces. Tang Zheng's arms swung rapidly, driving his legs to swing more frequently. Baltra did the same, but his speed was obviously not comparable to Tang Zheng's.

Tang Zheng walked around from the sideline to the court, and then chased the football that he had gone out 30 meters away.

At the end of the game, Bartra's physical fitness dropped significantly, and speed was not his advantage.

At this time, Bartra was very helpless. Due to space constraints, he couldn't even commit a foul, so he could only watch Tang Zheng surpass him.

"Ouch-ouch——"

Tang Zheng caught up with the football from the sideline, and then pushed the football into the penalty area. The fanatical atmosphere at the Mestalla Stadium reached its peak, and every Real Madrid fan and neutral fan was hysterical.

Even the countless fans sitting in front of the TV subconsciously stood up and watched the incredible scene.

Meanwhile, British Sky commentator Andy Gray exclaimed: "Don... pass it to yourself three seconds later."

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