Midfielder Ruler

The focus of the 11th round of La Liga in the 2013-2014 season was Real Madrid's home game against Sevilla. After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Real Madrid beat Sevilla 7:3, showing a good competitive state.

Tang Zheng performed outstandingly, with two goals and three assists, he was the biggest contributor to Real Madrid's home victory over Sevilla.

With the big victory in this round of the game, Real Madrid has tied Barcelona again in points, overwhelmed Barcelona with a mutual win-loss relationship, and returned to the top of the league.

But then Atletico Madrid defeated Granada 2:1 away as a guest and returned to the top of the league with a one-point advantage.

Even so, most of the world's sports media are quite optimistic about Tang Zheng's prospects of being selected for the FIFA Ballon d'Or in the future.

However, during this period of time, the schedule was intensive, and the focus of the media also shifted as time passed.

When everyone thought that the morale of Real Madrid would usher in a winning streak on the international match day in November, Real Madrid encountered consecutive away games in Waterloo.

First, it was tied 2:2 by Vallecano in the away game, and then it was tied 2:2 by Juventus in the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the middle of the week.

The league returned to third place in the league after both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona won. The Champions League group ranking has not changed, and it is still the first in the group.

La Liga is a long season, and the national derby defeat against Barcelona has surprised many Real Madrid fans, so occasional small overturns are also allowed.

The UEFA Champions League group stage is different, a slight mistake will result in early exit.

For example, the qualifying situation in Group B is confusing. Except for Real Madrid, which ranks first in the group with ten points in four rounds, Galatasaray, Copenhagen and Juventus may all compete for the remaining qualifying spot.

Originally, after the UEFA Champions League group draw, the media had already written the script for Group B. Real Madrid was first in the group and Juventus was second in the group. However, last season the Champions League forced defending champion Chelsea to play in the Europa League. The past rounds have not been successful, with only three points, and they are at the bottom of the ranking group.

Of course, the Spanish media and the Chinese media did not pay attention to these, and they returned to the league with the end of the Champions League.

It is worth mentioning that Juventus star Pogba was shortlisted for the 2013 European Golden Boy Awards 40-man squad. In addition, the 18-year-old Chinese star Lu Liang, who returned to Dortmund this summer, was also shortlisted for this list. The youngest player on the shortlist.

The Chinese media are very concerned about the selection of the 2013 European Golden Boy Awards,

China's number one star Tang Zheng beat the long-established Pato to win the European Golden Boy Award in 2009. Can Lu Liang, who is also in Dortmund four years later, replicate Tang Zheng's winning the European Golden Boy Award?

Tang Zheng also followed the shortlist for the 2013 European Golden Boy Awards on the Internet. He tweeted @吕良, expressing his support for him and hoping that he will continue to work hard in future competitions and add points for the selection.

The soldiers who drew away with Real Madrid returned to Madrid on the second day to prepare for the 13th round of the 2013-2014 La Liga season against Real Sociedad at home on the weekend.

During this period of preparation for the battle, Tang Zheng worked very hard, and the extra training time after the training was obviously lengthened.

He rarely felt great pressure during his time at Dortmund, but the pressure he felt has increased significantly in the past two months.

It wasn't until this time that Tang Zheng realized that the first necessary skill for a Real Madrid player was not on the court, but the ability to withstand pressure.

After Real Madrid ushered in six consecutive victories in various competitions, they suffered two consecutive draws. In fact, there is a certain reason for Tang Zheng's ups and downs. In the past, he contributed six goals and six assists in the league and the Champions League.

This should be a very dazzling statistic, but as a Real Madrid player, Tang Zheng was still found to be criticized by the vitriolic media.

Six goals and six assists in all competitions in the past are indeed true, but in the past two league games and the Champions League, they only contributed one assist and no goals.

The media never follow your most dazzling statistics, they often look for breakthroughs from your weaknesses.

One assist in two games is qualified according to the standards of ordinary players, but as Real Madrid's No. 10, this is far from enough.

So Tang Zheng took the initiative to practice after the training, accompanied by Cristiano Ronaldo and Isco.

It is not surprising that Cristiano Ronaldo's history of extra training is still not surprising. What is unexpected is that Isco has also joined the lineup of extra training, which somewhat surprises the outside world.

In fact, the reason for Isco's additional training was similar to that of Tang Zheng, his playing time dropped significantly during this period.

The most important reason is that Di Maria is in very good condition, and as a new player who joined this summer, his playing time must be suppressed. If he wants to increase his playing time, he must correct his attitude and actively practice more.

Additional training may not directly increase the playing time of the game, but this behavior will bring attention and comfort to coach Ancelotti, and the formation will definitely be tilted at that time.

Talent is important, but diligence is even more essential.

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Before Real Madrid played Real Sociedad at home, Tang Zheng followed a match in Guangzhou, China.

In the second round of the 2013 AFC Champions League final, Guangzhou Evergrande played against Seoul FC at home.

This game was considered by the Chinese and Korean media to be the most glorious game in Asia. Tang Zheng had perfectly suppressed the Korean players in the personal glory of the players, so this AFC final became a game that the Korean media believed that they could not lose again.

In the previous first round match, Guangzhou Evergrande drew 2:2 away with Seoul FC. Guangzhou Evergrande has a certain advantage when they return to the home court, because they only need to win a 0:0 or 1:1 when they return to the home court. The advantage of more away goals has become the first Chinese Super League team to win the AFC Champions League since the Chinese Professional League.

The AFC Champions League final match time is at 8:00 pm on November 9th, Beijing time, which is 2:00 pm local time in Spain. At this time, the Real Madrid players are still resting at the hotel in Madrid, so Tang Zheng can watch the live broadcast of the game through the hotel's satellite TV. .

Real Madrid's home game against Real Sociedad is at 11:00 pm Beijing time on November 9th, which means that domestic fans can watch Tang Zheng's La Liga after watching the AFC final.

So some Chinese fans said before the game that this day will be their football gluttonous feast.

Witnessing Guangzhou Evergrande defeating Seoul FC to win the AFC Champions League, and then seeing Tang Zheng leading Real Madrid to the league victory, and closely following Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

The second round of the 2013 AFC Champions League final kicked off at 8 o'clock on time. Guangzhou Evergrande played at Tianhe Sports Center at home against Seoul FC in the Korean K-League.

Guangzhou Evergrande, coached by Lippi, chose to play steadily and wait for an opportunity to attack after a solid defense.

Of course, Guangzhou Evergrande, who sits at home, is not very passive. With Kongka and Zheng Zhi, Guangzhou Evergrande has a strong midfield control. They choose to play steadily to avoid accidents.

The first half ended 0:0, but after a 15-minute break, Guangzhou Evergrande took the lead in the second half. Foreign aid Elkeson received a pass from Muric and led the ball forward with the outside of his left foot. , the whole movement was very freehand, even Tang Zheng, who was watching the live broadcast, was amazed.

With the advantage of speed, Eriksson rushed into the penalty area at high speed, and then pushed through Seoul FC goalkeeper Jin Yongdae.

Immediately, the entire Tianhe Sports Center fell into a state of madness.

But the frenzied atmosphere at Tianhe Sports Center lasted less than four minutes, and De Young, also a foreign aid, helped Seoul FC equalize.

Next, the game was extremely stalemate in a fanatical atmosphere, and the Guangzhou Evergrande fans in the stands were very nervous.

The two sides have mutual offense and defense, and there are opportunities to threaten the opponent's goal, but the final kick lacks some luck.

Three minutes into stoppage time, Irmatov, the Asian golden whistle, decisively blew his whistle. Guangzhou Evergrande finally drew 1:1 at home with Seoul FC in 90 minutes of regular time, and the total score was 3: 3, but won the 2013 AFC Champions League with the advantage of more away goals.

Tang Zheng, who watched the second half of the AFC Champions League final on 4G network, just arrived at the Bernabéu Stadium by the team bus to make final preparations for the league.

In the 13th round of La Liga in the 2013-2014 season, in addition to Real Madrid's home game against Real Sociedad, Villarreal's home game against Atletico Madrid and Real Betis' home game against Barcelona have attracted the attention of the Spanish media.

In the past twelve rounds of the league, the first and second groups have begun to become clear. Atletico Madrid ranked first with 11 wins and one loss with 34 points, Barcelona ranked second with 10 wins, one draw and one loss with 31 points, and Real Madrid ranked second with nine wins and two losses. With one draw and one loss, they ranked third with 29 points.

In this round of home games against Atletico Madrid, Villarreal ranked fourth with seven wins, two draws and three losses with 23 points.

Barcelona's away trip is a little easier. They are facing Real Betis, which is currently ranked third from the bottom in the league. Real Madrid's home game against Real Sociedad is ranked seventh in the league. However, Real Sociedad is still not lacking in lethality. The odds are slightly skewed towards a draw.

Judging from the beginning of the game, Real Sociedad does have a certain destructive ability. If goalkeeper Diego Lopez is not in good condition, French striker Griezmann is likely to break the deadlock.

When Real Madrid was playing relatively passively at home, Tang Zheng stood up.

In the face of recent media doubts, he handed in a perfect answer!

In the 19th minute, he took advantage of a long-range shot to help Real Madrid break the deadlock.

Two minutes later, Isco, who got the starting chance with another assist, expanded the score.

Before the end of the first half, he made an imaginative wide-range through pass from the attacking right rib to accurately find Cristiano Ronaldo, who was attacking the left rib. The latter behaved very calmly and scored from the far corner.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, the scoreboard showed a score of 3:0, with Real Madrid leading.

In the second half, Tang Zheng focused more on defense, so there was nothing dazzling on the offensive end, but it was precisely because he focused on defense that his teammates could focus more on offense.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Varane helped Real Madrid extend the score to five goals. The only minor flaw for the home fans was the French striker Griezmann who took advantage of Ramos' lack of concentration to score in stoppage time. A face-saving goal.

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Real Madrid finally defeated Real Sociedad 5:1 at home, and Tang Zheng, who was questioned by the media before the game, performed perfectly, with one goal and two assists.

In the two games later, Villarreal drew 1:1 at home with Atletico Madrid, and Barcelona defeated Real Betis 4:1 away, narrowing the points with top Atletico Madrid while winning three consecutive league victories. Difference.

With Atletico Madrid's away draw against Villarreal, the 2013-2014 season's La Liga top spot has become even more stalemate.

Atlético Madrid top the table with 35 points, followed by Barcelona with 34 points and Real Madrid third with 32 points.

The three teams in the second group of the league have not changed much in terms of points, which means that the gap between the first group and the second group of the league is still obvious, which means that the league champions this season will definitely be at Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid produced between.

But with the end of this round of the league, the focus of the world's mainstream media began to shift to the continental play-offs of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The focus of the Asian media is naturally the play-off between the South Korean team and Uruguay. However, except for the South Korean media who remain optimistic about the South Korean team's entry into the World Cup in Brazil, other countries are not optimistic about the prospects of the South Korean team's qualifying.

Leaving aside the gap between Asian football and South American football, we can get a clue just by looking at the comparison of player strength between the two teams.

The Chinese team still has no international competition tasks in the last two international competition days of 2013, because the Chinese Football Association has broken up peacefully with the Spanish head coach Camacho last month, and the new head coach is undergoing intensive assessment.

Coupled with the fact that Guangzhou Evergrande, a major player in the international football team, has just participated in the AFC Champions League final and has severe physical exertion, it is a very correct choice not to arrange international competition tasks.

During the two international match days, Tang Zheng didn't pay much attention to the play-offs. Apart from South Korea and Uruguay, the Portuguese national team led by club teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and the Swedish national team led by Zlatan Ibrahimovic played against each other. The European play-offs are the games he is most concerned about.

The South Korean team first guest and then host, the arrangement on the schedule is very beneficial to them, but the result made Korean fans despair.

At the end of 90 minutes, the score board showed a score of 5:0.

The home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.

If nothing else, it is only a matter of time before the South Korean team is out.

In another World Cup play-off match, Portugal, at home, beat Sweden 1-0 with a goal from captain Cristiano Ronaldo, gaining a head start.

The second round at home in Sweden can be described as Cristiano Ronaldo's personal performance. Originally, Sweden saw the hope of reversing and advancing with Ibrahimovic's brace, but Cristiano Ronaldo staged a hat-trick. Even the majestic Zlatan Ibrahimovic applauded for him.

The two international competition days are over, and the last seven qualifications for the World Cup in Brazil have been settled. France, Croatia, Portugal, Greece, Uruguay, Ghana and Mexico take the last train of the World Cup in Brazil.