Midfielder Ruler

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Although River Plate conceded two goals in the Summer Cup match against Athletic, it had nothing to do with Tang Zheng, because Simeone inspected other players in the second half and replaced him in advance.

Now Simeone is a bit of a headache. Not only has he discovered Tang Zheng's super defensive ability, but he has also used the spring league to discover Tang Zheng's potential in offense. However, one's energy is always limited, and modern football pays attention to efficiency. Wanting Tang Zheng to complete the defense and participate in the offense in time is a violation of efficient football.

In fact, this problem has troubled Simeone's coaching team for a long time.

The current Tang Zheng is at a critical moment when his skills are finalized. If both offense and defense are considered, then he will have a balanced offense and defense, and a balanced offense and defense means that both aspects are mediocre and have no characteristics at all.

At the end of the competitive game, Simeone's coaching team turned their attention to the Challenge Cup against Boca Juniors four days later.

At the same time, they were still analyzing whether Tang Zheng's position in the future would be a defensive midfielder or an offensive midfielder.

Jorge Gortillo held his chin, pondered for a moment before saying to Simeone: "You can try it in the next two games against Boca. Whether Tang, who is more defensive, contributes more to the team, or Tang, who is inclined to attack, has contributed a lot to the team, what do you think?"

Simeone glanced at the tactical coach Sergi, saw the meaning of trying in the opponent's eyes, nodded and said: "Okay, but..."

Then Simeone changed his voice and said: "In the next game, will Tang play a defensive midfielder, or?"

"Let's lean towards the offensive central midfielder." Before the tactical coach Sergi could speak, Jorge Gortillo said first.

"why?"

"The reason is very simple. Most of the time in the spring league, Tang played as a defensive midfielder. There was no pressure on him. Now the enemy is letting him adapt to the new position, isn't it..."

Everyone was smart, and even if Jorge Gortillo hadn't finished speaking, they could guess the rest.

"Okay! Let's do it like this." Simeone turned his head and said to Sergi: "Formulate a tactical system with Tang as the core of the offense as soon as possible. I want to try it on the training ground tomorrow."

"No problem." Sergi gave Simeone an 'OK' gesture.

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On January 23, 2009, the Challenge Cup match between River Plate and Boca Juniors was held at the Candy Box Stadium. Although both sides approached the game with a warm-up mentality, as the game deepened, the game process was still not worry-free. Shots of people turning their backs on their backs often happen.

Tang Zheng received a yellow card in the ninth minute for arguing with the referee for helping his teammates out.

Simeone, who was sitting on the coach's bench, felt quite helpless. Tang Zheng's performance in the game could be said to be very stable, but the only thing that worried him was his enthusiasm.

Tang Zheng in the spring league has never been sent off in a game, but he has had the experience of accumulating yellow cards and being automatically suspended once.

But then again, Tang Zheng's enthusiasm won him back in the locker room.

In other words, Tang Zheng has a great personality and possesses the charisma of a leader.

Suddenly, Simeone thought, should he mention Tang Zheng's status in the locker room again?

Set a small goal first, get a third captain for fun?

Anyway, the first captain Ortega has rarely had the chance to play games, and the agent of the second captain Ahumada is negotiating the details of his personal treatment with Atlanta, which means that he is likely to transfer in the winter transfer window. will leave.

But what should be solved now is Tang Zheng's habit problem, now he always leans back habitually, moving closer to Poncio.

So Simeone had to run to the sidelines and reminded loudly: "Hey, Don! Go forward! Don't retreat, attack forward! Attack!!"

In order for Tang Zheng to organize an attack forward, Simeone even asked Ahumada to partner with Ponceo to assist Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng awkwardly waved to the head coach Simeone in front of the coach's bench, expressing his understanding.

In fact, with the development of modern football, many tactics no longer have a midfielder. No matter where the midfielder is, they need to run in a wide range to capture the opponent's defensive loopholes.

One of Tang Zheng's biggest characteristics is that he has plenty of physical energy and a wide range of running, and his current running position is much better than last year.

Coupled with the ability to keep up with his feet, he can fully handle the important task of frontcourt organization.

It's just that a lot of work has inertia, and it's hard to change it all at once.

After all, change always takes time to adapt.

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In the 19th minute, Ahumada, with the assistance of Poncio, intercepted the ball from Riquelme's feet, and then without hesitation passed the ball to Tang Zheng who was ready to receive the ball in his 35-meter defensive area.

Immediately, there was a burst of wild boos like a tsunami in the stands.

The Boca fans hoped to use this method to interfere with Tang Zheng, who was holding the ball and organizing the attack, to resolve this crisis, but Tang Zheng was very focused and was not disturbed.

Battaglia, who was behind to protect, immediately faced Tang Zheng who was holding the ball, but he soon noticed that Tang Zheng was consciously retreating to take the ball, so he was going to kick him down with the ball behind him.

But Tang Zheng seemed to have eyes behind him, and he ran back two steps when he was facing his own goal.

When he was half a meter away from the football, he took a big step forward with his long right foot, stepped on the football, and then pulled the ball back with his right foot.

Seeing the football suddenly appear in sight, Battaglia subconsciously stretched out his right foot to clear the ball, but Tang Zheng's feet were connected too quickly, and his waist and abdomen exerted force suddenly, leading his body clockwise. Turn almost one hundred and eighty degrees, and at the same time switch to the left foot to pull the ball back to where the football was originally when the right foot landed.

If there is regret medicine in the world, Battaglia is definitely not willing to make a defensive move just now.

Because after Tang Zheng pulled the ball back, he was already facing his own attacking direction, while Battaglia had already lost his defensive position.

"Oh-My-God!" The narrator Abel Claudio widened his eyes, blinked a few times, and even rubbed his eyelids twice in disbelief, and then exclaimed: "Marseille roundabout!!"

Even the candy and the sky above the stadium lost their voice for a short time because of Tang Zheng's technical move...

Simeone, who was standing in the coach's command area, grinned after being surprised, and murmured playfully: "The technical movements are a bit fancy, but...very reasonable."

Tang Zheng, who had completed the technical moves, did not hesitate. After pulling the ball back with his left foot, he pushed the ball forward with the instep of his left foot, slightly raised his right foot, and avoided Battaglia's defensive change.

Falcao and Sanchez, who were pressed near the center line, went straight into the heart of Boca like a pair of ghosts hitting the door.

Boca Youth coach Ischia stood up from the coaching bench excitedly and ran to the sidelines: "Pay attention to their long ball counterattack!"

At the same time, Tang Zheng didn't choose the direct long pass to hit the opponent's back, he chose to take the ball and push forward.

Because only Falcao and Sanchez cross the center line now, although a sense of hierarchy has been formed in the offense, the opponent still has a great advantage in four defenses and two defenses.

Defensive counterattack, in the final analysis, is the success rate.

For the sake of success rate, Tang Zheng chose to force the ball forward to speed up!

Of course, this has a lot to do with Tang Zheng passing Battaglia. There is no protective barrier before Boca's double central defenders.

Tang Zheng quickly advanced across the center line, except that Falcao was running through the fixed center, and Sanchez was consciously attacking his own side and advancing on the right.

Just when Tang Zheng passed the half-circle of Boca, central defender Caceles greeted his partner Paletta and went up to meet him.

But Tang Zheng was prepared early on, when he was two meters away from Casseles, he kicked the ball to the left with the arch of his right foot, and forcibly changed direction to bypass Caceles' defensive area.

"Beautiful!" Tang Zheng's extraordinary strides won the praise of most of the commentators.

Boca's defense line, which had originally turned into four defenses and three defenses, was fairly solid, but after Casseles was passed by Tang Zheng, this seemingly solid defense line seemed to be killed abruptly.

At this time, the right back Ibarra had to defend Tang Zheng forward, but his defensive strategy was relatively conservative, but it was also suitable, he chose to fight and retreat.

Left-back Monzon gave up marking Sanchez and chose to defend Falcao with central defender Paletta, giving up the space on the wing.

In fact, this defensive choice is completely out of helplessness. Falcao has been the top scorer in the A-League for two consecutive seasons, and the center is a battleground for military strategists.

At this moment, Tang Zheng suddenly swung his right foot while running, center back Paletta subconsciously reached out and grabbed Falcao's jersey out of nervousness.

But then Tang Zheng's handling of the ball made him heave a sigh of relief, because Tang Zheng didn't pass the ball to Falcao who advanced in the middle, but used the outside instep of his right foot to develop the ball to the right.

The football moved towards Boca Juniors' defensive left with a strong outer instep arc. Sanchez was like a wild horse running wild in the grassland.

Left-back Monzon had to run back wide again, appearing on the inside of Sanchez and giving way to the wing.

However, Sanchez neither intended to cut inside nor to go outside. He adjusted the football passed by Tang Zheng and went straight to the right side of the penalty area.

Paletta put all his body weight on Falcao during the run to prevent the opponent from getting up to speed easily. The former national goalkeeper Abangdan Sheri, who had just returned from Getafe, had been out of battle for a long time. He lacked confidence and did not choose to attack. .

Falcao, strong and strong, crossed his elbows as he faced the ball, outwitted Paletta.

In a blink of an eye, Falcao entered the penalty area and accelerated towards the football.

Paletta caught sight of Falcao adjusting his steps and swung his right foot. His right hand stuck to his body and rushed towards Falcao...

But Falcao, who swung his right foot, didn't shoot, but... knocked the ball back with his heel.

The on-site director quickly switched the camera. From the bottom of the screen, Tang Zheng, who was wearing the No. 31 jersey, could be seen facing the football without being marked.

Falcao hit the ball with his heel very well, so Tang Zheng didn't need to make any adjustments, he just swung his right foot to shoot while running!

The football rolls quickly against the turf towards the near corner of the goal. Goalkeeper Abang Dan Sheri is too old, and there is a big gap in movement compared to his peak period.

Although he made a save, he did not touch the football, and the football rolled into the goal against the left post of the goal.

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