Midfielder Ruler

The second semi-final of the UEFA Champions League in the 2012-2013 season started with the whistle of the referee Kasai.

Just as Klopp guessed before the game, Guardiola asked his team to press high in the first place, so the Dortmund players who kicked off the ball first did not stick to the ball, except that Tang Zheng deliberately controlled the rhythm and made the football pause under his feet. The other players played strictly according to Klopp's tactical arrangements.

One kick is the keynote of Dortmund's first five minutes of playing.

Barcelona's Tiki-Taka tactic is known for its tacit pass, and then uses countless triangles to get rid of the opponent's defense.

The current Dortmund has somewhat of a shadow of Barcelona. Except for Sven Bender's slightly weaker skills in the midfield, other players have a strong ability to hold the ball.

In addition, this season's Dortmund players have been using the footbonaut training room for additional training, so the ability to play the ball has greatly increased, so that Barcelona's high pressure has no effect.

The on-site director meaningfully gave Barcelona coach Guardiola a close-up shot of his face.

From the beginning of the game, Guardiola, who has been standing on the sidelines, looked quite serious, frowning, and stood on the spot pacing back and forth.

Klopp, who was standing not far away, looked much calmer. Although he was also standing in the coach's command area, his expression was quite natural, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, giving people an unruly feeling.

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The frantic atmosphere of the Westfalenstadion is still there, and the home fans guide the players forward with their enthusiasm.

The football reached Tang Zheng's feet again, and there was a deafening cheer from the stands: "Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaang—"

Obviously, the home fans are becoming more and more infatuated with Tang Zheng, they will never forget the life and death minute of this season's Champions League quarter-finals.

As long as Tang Zheng gets the ball in the 30-meter area, the fans will always happily raise their arms high, turn up the volume, and create a full goal sound effect.

I don't know if the fans at the scene were too enthusiastic. Tang Zheng felt a little nervous after holding the ball, and he didn't feel at ease like before the start.

Of course, Barcelona's defensive focus has something to do with it.

Although Barcelona is not always good at defense,

But their defensive system is very special.

Its core is to surround but not grab, which is different from all the opponents Dortmund has encountered this season, so there are not many methods on the offensive end.

But the Dortmund fans at the scene were not worried at all. First of all, because Dortmund is the only team in the UEFA Champions League this season that has been promoted to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League and remains undefeated. In addition, Tang Zheng, a monstrous player, is in charge. They believe in the final winner The team is Borussia Dortmund.

In the game, just win, why care about when you score?

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Apart from waiting for Dortmund to score the first goal, the fans at the scene watched the contest between Tang Zheng and Messi.

In terms of contribution, which of the two No. 10s performs better will have a higher chance of winning.

Leaving aside last season's Champions League quarter-finals first leg, Tang Zheng's performance in the 2011 UEFA Super Cup and the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals second leg was absolutely phenomenal, completely suppressing Messi.

But in this game, because Tang Zheng's position is relatively high, he and Messi haven't had any chance to fight since the first place in the game.

Until the seventh minute of the game, Barcelona suppressed Dortmund's defensive players in their own 40-meter area through continuous lateral passes.

In order to ensure that there is no problem with the defense, Tang Zheng defended in the center, with two double midfielders in the ribs to help defend.

The heights of Barcelona's three forwards all fluctuate around 1.7 meters, which is completely incomparable with Dortmund's defensive players with an average height of more than 1.85 meters. Therefore, their passing and cutting movements between them are particularly important.

Among them, retreating to take the ball is one of Messi's favorite ways of playing.

About 35 meters away from the goal, in the center, Messi received a triangle pass from Harvey.

Excellent vision allows Messi to observe the Dortmund players who are following up.

If it was other defensive players, Messi must have focused on passing the ball as required by coach Guardiola, but when he saw from the corner of his eye that the Dortmund player who stepped forward to defend was Tang Zheng, he changed his focus.

Although Messi's back was facing the goal, Tang Zheng didn't let up, and used Messi's body to cover the jersey with his right hand, increasing the success rate of defense.

Messi was fully prepared. He directly buckled the football to the left on the inside of the instep of his right foot, trying to use his outstanding explosive power and speed to eat Tang Zheng who was over 1.9 meters tall.

The idea is very good, and Messi also succeeded in breaking through.

It's just that Tang Zheng had a back move, his right hand that was on Messi's jersey was pulled back.

Messi, who was accelerating forward, was immediately stagnant by the backward pull, his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell backward.

The referee Kashaoyi couldn't tell if Tang Zheng had pulled Messi's jersey, but he had a lot of experience in law enforcement. According to Messi's "irregular" center of gravity change, Tang Zheng, who was defending Messi, was suspected of fouling.

So, the whistle in the mouth was sounded.

Tang Zheng, who committed the foul, naturally would not take the initiative to admit the foul. On the contrary, he spread his hands to the referee, expressing his innocence.

In order to prevent Barcelona from kicking off quickly, Tang Zheng hugged the football in his arms, and then argued with the referee.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-"

At the same time, there were also huge boos at the Westfalen Stadium, which was given to the 'blind' referee Kasai.

Kasai ignored the loud boos from the surrounding stands, he looked at Tang Zheng with a smile, and pointed to his own eyes, expressing that he could see clearly.

Tang Zheng didn't say anything else, he put the football on the ground, left the scene of the incident immediately, and retreated to his own 30-meter defensive area.

Messi was obviously very dissatisfied with Tang Zheng's performance after fouling.

It stands to reason that as a FIFA Ballon d'Or winner he should be taken seriously by everyone.

From Tang Zheng's expression just now, it seemed that he was not in his eyes at all.

"damn it!"

Iniesta pulled Messi up, and Messi couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of saliva on the grass.

"Leo, you should prioritize passing."

Iniesta naturally heard what Messi wanted to express, and he patted Messi on the shoulder.

Messi glanced at Iniesta, he nodded lightly, and then kicked the ball to Iniesta to reorganize the attack.

The game restarted, but the focus of the live commentary commentary was still on the confrontation between the two No. 10s.

Central 5 commentator He Wei said: "Messi's explosive power is extremely good, he takes the ball and turns around in one go. Fortunately, Tang Zheng's defensive awareness is very strong. He didn't let Messi rush up. He used his defensive skills to prevent Messi from speeding up in the midfield. .”

The Catalan TV commentator was very excited: "Leo is the best player on the planet! No one can guard against him! His performance told everyone in front of the TV that Leo Messi is invincible. block!"

"The two No. 10s are facing each other for the first time. Although Messi is slightly better, I believe that Tang's condition will get better and better. After all, he has not had a full-time defense for a long time, and he still needs time to find a defensive rhythm. "

German sky commentator Marcel Leif said.

Tang Zheng, who had retreated to his own 30-meter defensive area, frowned, his brain was running at high speed, constantly simulating how to increase the success rate of defending Messi.

As Marcel Leff said, he has not defended as a professional defensive player for a long time, and his business is a bit rusty.

Especially defending a top offensive player like Messi, he needs a little time to get familiar with and adapt.

A minute later, Tang Zheng and Messi met again.

This time it was almost the same as the confrontation a minute ago, Messi used super explosive power and change of center of gravity to get rid of Tang Zheng's defense.

And Tang Zheng's defense also left behind tricks, when he turned around, he seemingly unintentionally turned his elbow down, and pressed down Messi who had formed a breakthrough.

The referee Kasai's whistle sounded again.

Compared to the normal whistle a minute ago, this time Kasai gave a serious warning to Tang Zheng.

Barcelona captain Xavi was obviously not satisfied with Kasai's soft whistle, he hoped that Tang Zheng would get a yellow card.

Because once Tang Zheng received a yellow card, Messi's offensive pressure would be greatly reduced.

But Kassai's verdict has been decided, and he has no intention of changing the sentence. On the contrary, he also signaled Harvey not to speak again.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-"

Despite this, Dortmund fans at the Westfalenstadion still didn't buy it, and sent deafening boos to Kassai.

Barcelona's No. 10 Messi was also treated equally. The fans in the stands believed that if Messi did not fall to the ground exaggeratedly, the referee's whistle would be impossible to whistle.

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Tang Zheng faced Messi's breakthrough twice in a row and chose to foul. Klopp, who was standing in the coaching area of ​​the home team, smelled a hint of danger. Sven Bender.

British Sky TV commentator Andy Gray turned his head and said to his old partner Martin Taylor playfully: "Martin, the Great Wall of China seems to be in great trouble."

Martin Taylor rolled his eyes and spread his hands helplessly: "Trouble, anyone will encounter it, but I believe Tang can resolve it, forgetting that he hasn't played a defensive midfielder for a while, and offense is his characteristic !"

After all, he added: "Besides, who in this world can restrict Leo Messi 100%?"

As soon as the words fell, Messi, who received the football, tried to break through Tang Zheng again.

"Leo——" the Catalan TV commentator said excitedly: "Pass him, pass him!!"

But at the next moment, his high-spirited posture dropped very quickly. Looking at Messi who fell on the ground, his voice changed and his voice was octave higher: "Foul! Foul!! Absolute foul!"

The results of it?

The referee Kassai was unmoved, but hooked his fingers towards Messi who was lying on the ground, signaling him to get up.

The camera goes back to one second ago.

Messi thinks of the past two consecutive breakthroughs against Tang Zheng, and he is full of confidence. Coupled with the referee's warning, Tang Zheng's defensive actions will definitely be restrained, so he chooses to change the direction of the ball very boldly and directly.

However, Messi never expected that Tang Zheng would dare to make such a bold shovel less than ten seconds after the referee Kasai gave a warning.

So much so that it was too late for Messi to smash the ball again, Tang Zheng accurately left the football under his feet, and Messi fell out due to inertia.

"Aww-"

All of a sudden, deafening cheers sounded over the Westfalenstadion.

Martin Taylor's passionate indignation seemed to be showing off his might: "See? This is the real Great Wall of China! No one can take half a step! Leo Messi can't either!!"

"I said old partner, don't you need to be so excited? Maybe... this was an accident?" Andy Gray laughed.

But what happened next left him speechless.

Messi, who was tackled by Tang Zheng, was quite unhappy, and he decided to regain that happiness.

It's just that many times the ideal is full and the reality is very skinny.

Messi's arrogant dribbling frequency in world football seems to have lost all his magic power in front of Tang Zheng. Not to mention his breakthrough was fruitless, and he almost caused the defense to lose the ball.

If it wasn't for Pique's decision to foul immediately, Gotze, who got rid of it, is likely to send a very penetrating pass.

Both Lewandowski and Royce ran into open positions, waiting for the pass.

The referee Kassai was relentless in the face of this kind of foul with obvious tactical foul intentions, and showed Pique a yellow card.

Seeing this, Guardiola felt unbalanced.

Tang Zheng didn't get a yellow card for two fouls against Messi, why did Pique get a yellow card for one defense?

In fact, Guardiola knew the reason, but he didn't want to admit it, and incidentally put pressure on the referee.

At the same time, Central 5 commentator He Wei said excitedly: "This is the Tang Zheng we are most familiar with! Messi? He is one of the best players in the world, but so is Tang Zheng! His offensive and defensive skills They are all top in the world! I think... Dortmund, who are playing at home, will gradually find their form under Tang Zheng's leadership!"

Immediately, the on-site director gave a slow-motion playback.

Analyzing from multiple angles, Messi's breakthrough was fast and ruthless, but Tang Zheng's prediction was very accurate, as if he knew Messi's next move in advance.

With the slow-motion playback, the voice of the Catalan TV commentator became no longer confident, but rather worried: "Pique's decisive foul saved Barcelona, ​​but now the game is only ten minutes into the game. A yellow card is likely to bring great changes to the next 80 minutes..."

Dortmund got the opportunity to attack, Tang Zheng did not go to the frontcourt to fight for the top, but kicked the football back, deliberately controlling the rhythm of the game.

Most of the football in the first few minutes hovered at the feet of the Barcelona players. The big reason was that the offense was so eager for quick success that the offense ended hastily.

Barcelona's offense is characterized by possession of the ball, and the Dortmund players who have been trained in the footbonaut training room are also good at passing. In the next few minutes, even Barcelona, ​​which is not very good at defense, has no time to organize the offense.

The number of times Tang Zheng appeared in the broadcast footage also gradually began to increase.

As the core of Dortmund's offense, his multiple appearances in the camera also means that the team's offense has begun to work, and the heart of the head coach Klopp has fallen again.

I don't know why, as long as he sees Tang Zheng who is full of confidence, Klopp will always give birth to a kind of reassurance without confidence.

As Tang Zheng became more active, Messi, whom Barcelona fans placed high hopes on, gradually fell into a downturn...