Midfielder Ruler

The degree of media development in England is very high. Although it cannot be said to be the best in the world, it is definitely the first in Europe. Moreover, Liverpool has a very high economic status in the UK. It is a famous commercial center and the second largest commercial port. Liverpool has a vast hinterland and accounts for 10% of its foreign trade. 1/4 of the country, ranking first in the UK in exports and second only to London in imports.

This shows how developed Liverpool is.

Madrid is the capital of Spain. Just look at the name of Real Madrid's club and you will know what it means. Therefore, in addition to the competition on the competitive level, the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid also has an economic duel.

Real Madrid's purchasing power was extremely strong in the past few seasons, but the decline has been very obvious in the past three seasons. On the other hand, Liverpool, which had insufficient purchasing power in the past few seasons, has invested heavily in recent transfer windows, so some British media have targeted Real Madrid's declining purchasing power. Make a fuss.

Of course, fans are watching for fun, and their focus is still on the Champions League final at the Kyiv Olympic Stadium.

It is worth mentioning that Liverpool is the first team to reach the Champions League final through the qualifying rounds after Bayern in the 2011-2012 season, and is also the first English team to reach the Champions League final since the 2011-2012 season.

There were still two hours before the game. Real Madrid and Liverpool took buses to leave their respective hotels and headed to the Kiev Olympic Stadium, the competition venue.

Ouch, ouch, ouch -

When they arrived outside the Kyiv Olympic Stadium at 7:15 pm local time in Europe, the long-awaited Real Madrid fans subconsciously made huge cheers after seeing Real Madrid taking the bus to welcome the team's arrival.

Through the transparent window glass, Tang Zheng can feel the fans' heartfelt excitement and excitement.

Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang——

Many fans in the crowd held up banners, slogans and posters about Tang Zheng. At this time, some fans suddenly noticed that Tang Zheng was looking through the window, and their voices suddenly changed and became longer.

Tang Zheng grinned. The fans were still so enthusiastic, but...

Thinking of this, Tang Zheng shook his head. He looked at the passionate Real Madrid fans again and waved.

By the time Real Madrid, who had drawn the home team, changed their equipment in the locker room and arrived at the Kyiv Olympic Stadium, the stadium, which can accommodate 70,000 fans, had already been filled with about 80% of the fans, and these empty seats were slowly filling up at a speed visible to the naked eye. .

You must know that there is still more than an hour before the start of the game, and the Kiev Olympic Stadium is almost full. It is not difficult to see the fans' expectations for this peak showdown.

An hour before the game, the starting lists submitted by Real Madrid and Liverpool appeared in the hands of commentators on major TV stations broadcasting the Champions League final.

The formation officially submitted by Real Madrid is 4312, with goalkeeper Navas, defenders Marcelo, Ramos, Varane and Carvajal, and three central midfielders Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro. , Tang Zheng served as the attacking midfielder, with Benzema and Bale at the forefront.

Liverpool follows the usual 433 formation in the past, with goalkeeper Karius, four defenders Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk and Robertson, Wijnaldum, Henderson and Luliang in the middle, Salah, Firmino and Mane are at the front as Liverpool's trident.

The starting lineup came out, and Central 5 commentator He Wei was particularly excited. He said excitedly: Tang Zheng and Lu Liang appeared in the starting lineup of both teams at the same time, which means that the first Chinese derby in the Champions League final that we were looking forward to before the game has appeared! The 2018 World Cup in Russia is about to start. In the Champions League final, which symbolizes the club's highest glory, two Chinese players appear in the starting lineup of different teams competing for the championship. What does this mean? It means that we have enough strength to compete with the world's top players. Team arm wrestling!

Although what He Wei said is a bit exaggerated,

But thinking about Chinese players studying abroad, especially offensive players, makes people full of daydreams.

Two weeks ago, in the Europa League final at the Parc Olympique in Lyon, Chinese player Liu Ruofan made his debut on behalf of Marseille and played the entire game. If not for bad luck, he might even have helped Marseille compete with Atletico Madrid. They are equally matched and indistinguishable.

It is a pity that Liu Ruofan's two shots hit the crossbar and the goalkeeper, otherwise it is still unknown whether Atletico Madrid can defeat Marseille in the final.

Despite this, Liu Ruofan proved himself in the French Ligue 1 and Europa League in the 2017-2018 season. Recently, many wealthy teams have even expressed interest in this young Chinese player who is under the age of 20.

Among them are many of Europe's top giants such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Manchester City, and Bayern.

Liu Ruofan aside, Tang Zheng is at the top of the world football pyramid. Hao Junmin, Lu Liang, Sun Jingbo, and Wu Sanshi are all main players in wealthy teams in their respective leagues.

On the defensive end, Zhang Linpeng is the representative of China's defense. He is the main right back of Serie A giant Juventus and is good at attacking and defending. The 23-year-old Gao Zhunyi is the main central defender of Belgian giant Gent.

The national goalkeeper is Dortmund's main goalkeeper Yan Junling. Except for the starting left back and starting central defender, which are slightly insufficient, the other positions are all European main level players.

Closer to home, the forty-minute warm-up time passed quickly, and the seats that were originally empty had already been filled.

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The game has not yet started. Real Madrid fans, Liverpool fans and neutral fans did not lower their voices because the players from both sides returned to the locker room. Instead, they let out huge cheers under the leadership of their respective fan organizations, creating a fanatical atmosphere for the upcoming Champions League final.

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Before the start of the UEFA Champions League final in the 2017-2018 season, Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium held a brief but full of Ukrainian national characteristics performance, allowing those fans sitting in front of the TV to fully understand the enthusiasm and hospitality of the Ukrainian people.

Players walked from the locker room to the tunnel one after another. The ambassador of this final, Shevchenko, entered with the Big Ear Cup, and the cheers of the fans gradually increased.

At the same time, Tang Zheng took the initiative to walk towards national team teammate Lu Liang and raised his right hand.

Lu Liang was as humble and enthusiastic as ever. While raising his right hand, he gave Tang Zheng a big hug and said with a smile: Brother Zheng, please give me some face in the finals, please forgive me.

I won't drink this poisonous milk from you.

Tang Zheng smiled and let go of Lu Liang, then patted Lu Liang on the shoulder.

The close-up camera of the on-site director was focused on Tang Zheng and Lu Liang. He Wei, the commentator of CC5, was in high spirits and full of passion: The 2017-2018 Champions League final is getting closer and closer. The two Shanghai-born Chinese internationals were very friendly before the game. Embrace and chat, but I wonder if it will still be so friendly once the game starts?”

In fact, this game was not the first confrontation between Tang Zheng and Lu Liang in the Champions League. On the contrary, they had played against each other many times. Tang Zheng, who moved to Real Madrid at the time, and Lu Liang, who played for Dortmund, contributed wonderful duels to the Chinese fans in front of the TV.

In addition, Karius and Toni Kroos are both Germans. The two held hands with each other in the player tunnel and talked about the next Champions League final.

Firmino, Marcelo, and Casemiro are all Brazilian internationals, so naturally there are many topics.

The chat before the game is not just for the sake of chatting, but to divert attention, relax the body and mind, and make final preparations for the upcoming Champions League final.

When all the players came out of the locker room, the starting players of the two final teams stood behind the Serbian referees, while the substitutes walked straight to the court, turned to their respective benches, and sat down.

Tang Zheng and Lu Liang were chatting enthusiastically when he saw a familiar figure from the corner of his eye. He patted Lu Liang on the shoulder and pointed at Klopp, who looked serious: I'll go over and talk to Jurgen.

No problem, we will compete again in the next arena.

Lu Liang nodded lightly and walked towards the queue.

Klopp looked up and saw Tang Zheng coming towards him. His tense nerves instantly relaxed and he gave Tang Zheng a big hug with open arms.

The on-site director with a keen sense of smell switched the camera from the Brazilian international to Tang Zheng and Klopp. As the two founders of the former Dortmund dynasty, each has its own master in this game, which will attract the attention of countless fans.

Especially fans from Dortmund. Although there was no Dortmund in the 2017-2018 Champions League final, the Dortmund genes in the final were abundant.

Tang Zheng and Lu Liang both became famous in Dortmund, and Klopp was the leader who led Dortmund to break Bayern's dominance of the Bundesliga. If not for Tang Zheng's transfer and departure, perhaps Dortmund could continue to dominate the Bundesliga.

Central 5 commentator He Wei changed his voice and said in a deep voice: The most glorious moment in Dortmund's football history is undoubtedly the 2012-2013 season, the Bundesliga championship, the German Cup championship and the Champions League championship, but Dortmund can win these three championships and Tang Zheng and Klopp are directly related. In this Champions League final, will Klopp lead Liverpool to win the sixth Champions League title in team history, or will Real Madrid, led by the king of the finals Tang Zheng, defend the Champions League? Let us wait and see...

The conversation between Tang Zheng and Klopp did not last long, because the game was about to begin, and both of them were focused on the upcoming Champions League final, so after encouraging each other, they returned to the queue and went straight to the stadium.

Not long after, Serbian referee Milorad Mazic led the players from both sides of the match from the tunnel to the mighty Kiev Olympic Stadium.

Just as the referee Milorad Mazic appeared in the tunnel, the familiar and exciting Champions League theme song sounded at the Kyiv Olympic Stadium.

Although Tang Zheng listened to the Champions League theme song nearly a hundred times at the scene, every time he heard this religious song, he couldn't help but feel his blood speed up, his blood boiling, and he couldn't wait for the game to start immediately.

The exciting Champions League theme song - League Ending is a necessary ritual before a series of games.

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Firmino stepped on the football with his left foot, and the atmosphere in the entire Kiev Olympic Stadium entered its most gloomy moment. Everyone held their breath, including the players on the field, who were all waiting for the referee Milorad Maz. The whistle sounded to start the game.

Beep~

At this moment, the referee Milorad Mazic blew his whistle, announcing that the 2017-2018 Champions League final had officially begun!

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The entire Kiev Olympic Stadium was like a giant speaker turned to the extreme, with violent and fierce sounds pouring out among the electric lights and flints, resounding throughout the entire stadium.

Firmino kicked the football directly to captain Henderson who was halfway outside the arc. The latter passed back without hesitation in the face of Benzema and Bale's tackle. The football rolled towards the worried Liverpool player Lovren.

Lovren was obviously well prepared before the game. He faced the ball without any hesitation. He directly raised his right foot and kicked the ball to the bottom. The ball flew towards the right rib of Real Madrid's defense at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Firmino and Salah ran towards the landing point at the same time. Carvajal, Ramos and Casemiro did not dare to neglect. They worked together to overpower Firmi, who was not very good at grabbing points. Novo Salah pushed the football towards Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng had a wide field of vision, blocked his position in advance, and blocked Lu Liang who was trying to steal the ball. Then he stopped the ball with his chest, as if there were eyes in the back of his head, raised his right foot to waist height, and kicked the ball back. , the football flew towards Modric, who was unmarked behind the right side.

After completing the pass, Tang Zheng did not stop there. With his back to Lu Liang, he used his left foot as an axis to complete a nearly 180-degree turn to the left.

Lu Liang had strong offensive attributes but weak defensive ability and awareness. By the time he realized that it was too late to continue following Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng once again blocked Lu Liang behind him.

After receiving the ball, Modric neither stuck to the ball nor moved quickly. Instead, he used the arch of his foot to tip the ball toward Tang Zheng's forward running path.

Wijnaldum is the key flag in Klopp's tactical system to make up for Lu Liang's lack of defensive awareness, so when Lu Liang was out of position, he immediately pounced on Tang Zheng. At the same time, captain Henderson was also ready to make up for the defense and strive to Keep the football in Real Madrid's defensive half.

Coupled with Lu Liang, Salah and Firmino who actively counterattacked, Liverpool instantly formed a classic counterattack encirclement deployment with more defense and less defense.

But Tang Zheng was unmoved. Facing Wijnaldum, he did a right-foot bicycle. After landing, he pushed the ball to the left with the outer instep of his left foot, forming a breakthrough.

Ouch, ouch, ouch—

The fanatical atmosphere at Kyiv's Olympic Stadium has increased significantly, with Real Madrid fans getting into the mood at the start of the game!

They all knew that Tang Zheng was in good condition and no one could guard him!

Wijnaldum was passed by Tang Zheng, but he couldn't trip Tang Zheng with his outstretched leg. Captain Henderson quickly covered up the defense. Tang Zheng had a wide field of vision and did not try to break through again. Instead, he quickly sent a kick with his right foot. A through ball that hits the ground at high speed.

The football rolled from the right side of Real Madrid's half-circle arc to Liverpool's defensive right rib. Unfortunately, Bell, who was originally ready to sprint, thought Tang Zheng was going to continue to break through, so he paused, but at this moment the football rolled over.

Even though Bale, who was dubbed the Red Rabbit by the Chinese media, was extremely fast, it was obviously a bit difficult to start his pursuit again. He gave up chasing the ball and the ball rolled out of the right sideline of Liverpool's defense.

Bell quickly turned to face Tang Zheng and raised his arms, clapping his hands to express that Tang Zheng passed the ball well and that it was his fault for not running in place.

Despite this, the Real Madrid fans in the stands still let out a depressed exclamation: Oh oh oh -

If Bell didn't pause for a moment, Real Madrid would very likely have made a dream start at the beginning of the game.

Pity……

Looking at Tang Zheng in the broadcast, CCTV 5 commentator He Wei was in high spirits: The game has just begun, and Tang Zheng has already shown excellent form. The king of the finals, Tang Zheng, is likely to decide the direction of the game again and lead Real Madrid to defend the title!