Chapter 32 Another Duel Between Friends

European leagues often usher in two international match days when entering September, and then start national leagues and European competitions.

Real Madrid's home game against Athletic Bilbao ended at 2:00 p.m., giving Tang Zheng plenty of time, so he took a flight back to China that night to join the national team and prepare for two international friendly matches.

It is worth mentioning that as the Chinese team came to the fore in the 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian qualifiers, FIFA points soared, from the original 68th to 52nd, ranking fourth in Asia, only After Japan, Australia and Iran.

At present, the Chinese team is only a few points away from Iran, which ranks third in Asia. That is to say, after winning the warm-up match against Mexico at home, the Chinese team will likely surpass Iran in the FIFA rankings next month and tie with China. The men's football team created a record of ranking third in Asia in 1993.

The highest ranking in the world was in 2002, which happened to be ranked thirty-second in the world.

Under the leadership of Tang Zheng, the Chinese men's football team entered the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The self-confidence of Chinese fans has increased significantly. Even if they face Mexico, which is ranked higher in the world, they are full of confidence in the national team.

It's just...the process and the result are a bit depressing. 0:1, Mexico broke the undefeated gold medal of the Chinese men's football team in Changsha Helong Sports and won the victory at the same time.

The most frustrating thing for Chinese fans was that when the game went on to the 68th minute, the head coach Camacho had an argument with Tang Zheng on the sidelines, and Tang Zheng shook his hand back angrily, expressing his dissatisfaction with the head coach Cama Joe's strong dissatisfaction.

In the mixed zone after the match, although Tang Zheng explained that he had no conflicts with Camacho, it was just that the match was too intense and everyone focused on the match, it was normal for this to happen.

Camacho also clarified at the regular press conference after the game, saying that the two had no conflicts and the cooperation was very pleasant.

Even so, Chinese and foreign media still caught a clue.

Although many directors in the Chinese arena are not professional enough, but the close-up angle is adjusted well, and there are many meanings that can be understood.

Coincidentally, the close-up shots of the quarrel between Tang Zheng and Camacho and the previous exchanges were successfully captured by the on-site director. Through the translation of the lip language experts, it was possible to obtain what the two said when the quarrel broke out.

When the Chinese team fell behind Mexico, head coach Camacho gave Tang Zheng face-to-face instructions not to strengthen the offense, but to maintain the current defense strength.

In the first few times Tang Zheng still nodded to express that it was meaningless, but as the game entered the rhythm of Mexico, Camacho still hoped that Tang Zheng would defend more and attack less.

Thus, Tang Zheng, who was skeptical of Camacho's game tactics, broke out.

Tang Zheng's lip-pronunciation to Camacho was obvious, it was Spanish "Shut up, old-fashioned person."

Later, Tang Zheng focused more on offense, and the overall offense of the Chinese team also changed significantly, so Camacho's face was very ugly, and the communication with his assistant was basically deciphered...

With the help of the media, the conflict between Tang Zheng and Camacho was infinitely magnified.

In the first training session when the Chinese team arrived in Tehran, the capital of Iran, it is not difficult to find that there seems to be a clear gap between the Chinese coaching staff and the Spanish coaching staff, and there is not much communication between the players and the coaches.

Camacho did not accept media interviews, but his assistant Jose Casselen accepted Spanish interviews. Although he did not answer directly, he hinted from the side that the Chinese players headed by Tang Zheng have not listened to Camacho's formation for a long time. Formation, and even the Chinese coaching staff often interfere with the routine training they arrange.

All of a sudden, the wind and thunder surged.

Of course, the Football Association came out to refute the rumors immediately, saying that the current media reports have no basis, and hoped that the fans would treat it calmly.

In this case, the Chinese team adjusted the Iranian national team at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran.

The focus of media attention is the conflict between China's top star Tang Zheng and head coach Camacho, but for the fans, they are more concerned about the quality of the national team's games.

From the first second of the game, the fans found that the Chinese team gradually returned to the simple and rough style of play in the early days of Camacho's coaching. The offense no longer had too many tedious conduction runs in the middle, but directly chose long passes.

Faced with this straightforward style of play, the physically strong Iranians are not afraid at all, so that the Iranian fans watching the game were a little surprised.

Is this... still the Chinese team with Tang Zheng as the core and a technical style of play?

Tang Zheng was indeed on the field, but his responsibility was more to defend and counterattack the long pass.

The Chinese team, which was good at passing and cutting on the ground in the Asian top ten competition, changed into a traditional British style of play, which was unfamiliar.

If the Chinese team is facing a Southeast Asian team and chooses a straight-forward tactical style of play, there is no problem. The problem is that Iran likes such an opponent!

Central 5 commentator He Wei frowned and said: "This is Camacho's tactical play in the early days of the Chinese team. Compared with the past eight Asian top ten games, the play is very rough. The players of the Iranian team are physically strong and have a strong style of play. Han, this style of play can certainly reduce physical contact, but is it really suitable for the Chinese team?"

Currently, according to media leaks, the players headed by Tang Zheng have conflicts with the Spanish coaching staff. Although the two sides have not confirmed it, all signs point to the contradictions. As a national-level sports channel commentator, He Wei will not directly assert it. After all The Football Association officials had just come forward to refute the rumors.

At the end of 90 minutes, the scoreboard showed 2:0

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

The Chinese team lost to the Iranian team by two goals at the Azadi Stadium.

Tang Zheng did not return to China with the team, but took the flight back to the cities where their respective clubs were located with Hao Junmin, Wu Sanshi, Zhang Linpeng and other European players.

All questions are left to Camacho.

There are still nearly ten months before the World Cup in Brazil next year, but the Chinese team appears in the World Cup in this situation, and it is very likely to repeat the tragedy of the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.

Therefore, the domestic media continued to report, and the media were also divided into two factions.

Some media believe that Camacho's tactics are outdated and not suitable for the current Chinese team at all, and he doesn't know how to get along with the core players in the team, so a coaching change is urgent.

However, some media felt that the European players headed by Tang Zheng became more and more ignorant of "respect" as their fame rose. The 'Tacit Ball'.

Obviously, as a Chinese fan, I am naturally willing to believe that Camacho's tactics are outdated and he doesn't know how to get along with players.

In the impression of many Chinese fans, Tang Zheng has always been very hardworking and has always had a good relationship with the coach, otherwise he would not have succeeded in River Plate and Dortmund.

Moreover, it is recognized that Camacho's tactics are outdated, and there are precedents for not getting along well with players.

During the period of coaching Real Madrid, Benfica, and Osasuna, there were a lot of such news, so the media and fans believed that the problem was Camacho and not Tang Zheng.

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Tang Zheng and Camacho, the conflict between the Chinese coaching staff and the Spanish coaching staff has been heard for a long time, but the contract signed by the Chinese Football Association and Camacho’s coaching team is 2+1, and the contract will be automatically renewed for one year after passing the Asian top ten competition .

The Chinese Football Association has already received feedback from the Chinese coaching staff, and has also tried to discuss with Camacho's legal team the possibility of not renewing the contract.

You must know that with Camacho's current coaching experience and ability, it is difficult to find a fat job in the Chinese team, and his legal team naturally refused.

As the media and fans' dissatisfaction with Camacho increased, Chinese Football Association officials tried to contact Camacho's lawyer team again to discuss the early termination of the contract between the two parties.

Camacho's lawyer team responded very quickly, which was more meaningful than the last contact - the contract can be terminated! Take the termination fee!

The Chinese coaching staff and the Spanish coaching staff don't see eye to eye with each other, and the players don't see eye to eye with the coach. Anyone with a little common sense knows that this situation should be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise...

huge influence.

It's not that the officials of the Football Association are incapable of thinking, but they often need to consider more levels of issues.

Camacho's annual salary is 4.3 million euros after tax and 6.45 million euros before tax, which is equivalent to more than 50 million yuan. Naturally, it is impossible for the Football Association to spend so much money, and the Chinese team coached by Gao Hongbo at that time performed very well.

So why replace Gao Hongbo with Camacho?

The reason is that a large domestic group sponsored the Football Association, and the prerequisite for the sponsorship was that the national team could not use local coaches, so the senior management of the Football Association decided to replace the local coaches with foreign teachers.

Due to various reasons, the choice is nothing more than Camacho, and one of the reasons for the signing of the two parties is that many media and fans scoff at it.

Of course, even if this condition does not change, the Chinese Football Association will not be able to break up with Camacho peacefully. After all, Camacho led the Chinese team to the World Cup, and the contract will be automatically extended for one year.

So in this case, breaking up peacefully is completely impossible!

Just when the top executives of the Chinese Football Association didn't know how to choose, the boss of the large domestic group that sponsored the search for Yangshuai was willing to pay liquidated damages and fund the search for a new head coach.

At this time, Tang Zheng had just resumed training with the team, preparing for the away match against Villarreal in the fourth round of La Liga in the 2013-2014 season.

However, the termination of the contract is not something that can be done overnight, and it will take time to solve it. After all, money does not fall from the sky, and it can save a little bit.

For Tang Zheng, Villarreal is a special opponent.

Why special?

It is due to his good friend Musacchio playing for Villarreal in the River Plate, and Musacchio, as the main central defender of Villarreal, is very likely to start against Real Madrid without injury. hundred percent.

Villarreal won all the first three rounds of La Liga in the 2013-2014 season, which has a lot to do with Musacchio. He played a very important role in the central defender position. Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Villarreal can reach the top three in the league.

Tang Zheng entered the love song stadium with the team to warm up, and he saw a familiar figure from a distance.

The last time they met was back in the 2010-2011 season, the semi-finals of the Europa League.

The old friend reunited after a long absence, so it was natural to chatter for a while. The two chatted from the recent performance to the Spanish model, and from the model to which female star...

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Time flies, at 8 pm local time on September 14th, Spain, the focus of Villarreal's home game against Real Madrid will proceed as scheduled.

Although the capacity of the Love Song stadium is only 22,000 fans, the momentum created by the home fans is very terrifying. In less than two minutes after the opening, Real Madrid defender Pepe made a mistake in the noise of the home fans.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Diego Lopez struck in time, otherwise Dos Santos would have scored the first goal for the home team.

Ancelotti did not expect Villarreal to be so aggressive at home. He quickly adjusted his tactics and asked Modric and Illarramendi to pay more attention to defense.

At the same time, Tang Zheng's position shrank, retreating from the front midfielder position to the central midfielder, playing a role of connecting the past and ushering in the future.

This substitution adjustment was immediate, and the problems exposed on the defensive end were resolved.

However, a new problem has been exposed again, because Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have not sparked for a long time, and the offense has no way to pose a direct threat to the defensive system led by Musacchio.

As the competition progressed, Tang Zheng's rating of Musacchio was much higher.

Compared with the Europa League semi-finals in the 2010-2011 season, Musacchio is now more mature.

Of course, this is not the fundamental reason why Real Madrid's overall offense cannot be effective.

The real reason is that Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have no way to communicate directly, otherwise the pressure on Villarreal's defense will be even greater.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Villarreal finally took advantage of the home court and scored with a low shot from striker Carney.

The score is behind, and there will be a new season of the Champions League in the middle of next week. Ancelotti had to choose the simplest way.

Since Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo are not directly connected, let's use their respective super scoring abilities.

Wing attack has always been an important way for Real Madrid to score in recent seasons, especially on the right.

Di Maria came back from the national team and maintained a very good state. After breaking through the right, he suddenly gave the ball to Carvajal, who was plugging in at high speed on the right. The latter looked at the penalty area while running, and then passed a kick and a half High ball, roughly to the chest.

Tang Zheng ran forward from the middle, Musacchio followed closely and at the same time stretched out his hand to grab the jersey.

Tang Zheng has always been more accurate than Musacchio in judging the landing point.

For this point, Musacchio already knew it, so he didn't compete with Tang Zheng, but mainly interfered.

Tang Zheng aimed at the football, bent over and pulled his belly in, ready to face the football.

Musacchio was very thieves, he added strength to Tang Zheng's waist, making his body move forward.

The football hit the right shoulder of Tang Zheng, who lost his center of gravity in the early game, and then refracted, and continued to fly towards the middle of the penalty area.

Cristiano Ronaldo runs very fast, and the refracted football is flying behind him, but his reaction ability is super strong. At the penalty spot, he leans his entire upper body forward, and drags his right foot behind him from the bottom. Buckle up, and use your heel to kick the football with your extraordinary ball feel...

Goalkeeper Asenjo watched the football flying from the crowd, dumbfounded, and it was too late by the time he realized that he was about to make a save.