Midfielder Ruler

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"... Cruzeiro's performance is much better than that of three months ago, especially Ramirez, who has become the center of offense and defense, and he has launched several very threatening attacks. Fortunately, the double central defender Gustavo Cabral and Matteo Musacchio are in good shape."

Abel Claudio looked worriedly at the dazed Tang Zheng in the camera, explaining the game.

The reason why Cabral and Musacchio were required to come forward in the game was directly related to Tang Zheng's performance not being good enough. In the past, as a natural barrier in front of the central defender, Jean was often able to resolve most of the opponent's attacks, but today's final Some are out of standard.

The head coach Simeone was also aware of this. He called Tang Zheng to his side when the goalkeeper Daniel Vega kicked the goal, and said a few words: "This is just the first final in your life, don't be nervous, because There will be many, many finals in your days to come!"

After finishing speaking, Simeone stroked Tang Zheng's hair affectionately, and then pushed him into the court.

"come on!"

While Tang Zheng was walking towards the court with thoughts, Simeone clenched his right fist and hit the open left palm vigorously.

Tang Zheng has been adjusting his state, but there is always a feeling that he can't use his strength or that his strength is not right.

It would be fine if it was the nervousness of the game. As the game progresses, it will get better as long as you adapt to the rhythm of the game, but the physical state is not so easy to adjust.

He is the core of the team, and his sluggish state directly caused River Plate to encounter great troubles on both offense and defense.

Fortunately, other than Tang Zheng, the rest of the players were in good condition, otherwise Cruzeiro, who took the initiative, would have probably broken the deadlock on the field.

"With less than ten minutes into the game, Cruzeiro's level of performance surprised us..."

Nicholas, the commentator of Argentine National Television Five, said with some frustration.

In fact, not only in the field of football, Argentina and Brazil are very competitive, but football, as the world's number one sport, is particularly prominent.

Brazil is known as the kingdom of football and is the country that has won the most World Cup titles in the world, but Argentina is not bad either. They have won more Copa America titles than Brazil, and they have many more championships at the club level than Brazilian teams.

Thinking of this, Nicholas had no choice but to change the subject: "Looking at the past record of the Libertadores Cup finals between the A-1 team and the Brazil-1 team, the eight victories of the A-1 team far surpassed the three victories of the Brazil-1 team... "

It was the twelfth meeting between the Argentine club and the Brazilian club in the Copa Libertadores final, and from the past ten minutes Cruzeiro seemed more deserving of victory.

However, the game is a 90-minute battle, so there are not many voices saying that River Plate is wrong.

During this period of time, Ramirez's performance was very active. Bueno, the ace commentator of Brazil Global TV, rarely praised him: "Ramirez's progress is very fast. If it can be maintained, he will be selected as the latest player in Dunga. There is a great possibility that the national team will be preparing for the world preliminaries..."

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Tang Zheng's condition was not good, and Ramirez's performance in the midfield became very amazing, which made Dunga's eyes shine in the stands watching the match.

Because Cruzeiro's offense has become more and more threatening under the tandem of him and Wagner.

It's just that strikers Kleiber and Paulista failed to seize their due opportunities and failed to break the deadlock on the field.

In the 15th minute of the game, Cruzeiro's attack caused the left back Ferrari to make a mistake and kicked the ball out of the bottom line and a corner kick.

Wagner took a corner kick from the left to attack, and Tang Zheng's front point fell off the top. Fortunately, the opponent's central defenders Leonardo Silva and Kleber did not grab the point. The handling of the ball was half a beat slow, and he was forced to kick the baseline again, and it was another corner kick.

It stands to reason that Augusto Fernandez, who is at the back, can take the ball outside,

Then he thought about how to pass the ball, but he thought that the team hadn't had a decent counterattack from the beginning until now, so he wanted to see where Bonannot was. , He hastily kicked the ball out of the baseline.

This performance is entirely caused by tension.

The Cruzeiro fans in the stands burst into loud cheers collectively, cheering for the team when they saw the River Plate players behaving in such a panic.

However, the defensive arrangement of River Plate's second corner kick is relatively good. Musacchio struggled to jump the ball out of the penalty area, and Bonannot, who was standing near the front of the penalty area for protection, made a barb clearance.

The ball flies towards the center circle, but Falcao is still inside the penalty area. Bonannot's beautiful barb is just a simple successful clearance, allowing the team's defense to take a breather. attack.

Ramirez received a pass from his teammate again. He controlled the football like a leisurely step while observing his teammates' running positions.

Seeing that there was no good passing position, he simply passed the ball back, signaled his teammates to move actively, and then ran back to ask for the ball. Luo's Tang Zheng, in high spirits, gave advice.

Simeone, who was standing on the sidelines, became a little anxious. He kept giving orders to the players on the field, but the attacking forward Domingo paid more attention to defense, so no one was organized on the offensive end.

Bonannot, Augusto Fernandez and Falcao all have speed, but the key is that the counter-attack passes cannot be delivered to the frontcourt.

Batista has long seen that Tang Zheng's condition is not very good, so when River Plate changed from defense to offense, he asked the players to personally interfere with Tang Zheng and prevent him from passing the ball comfortably. one of the reasons.

Through observation during this period, Simeone knew that Tang Zheng's poor performance did not stem from nervousness, but from a more serious physical condition that could not keep up with the high-paced Libertadores Cup final.

Tang Zheng is the core of the team's midfield, and the match lasted less than 20 minutes. If he is replaced at this time, let alone the gap between master and apprentice, even if a substitution adjustment is made, it may not be the last move. A good plan, after all, players who re-enter the field also need time to adapt to the rhythm of the game.

Being ordered in a crisis is also a severe test for the players who come off the bench.

So Simeone finally decided not to make any adjustments, waiting for Tang Zheng's self-adjustment.

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When the game progressed to the twenty-sixth minute, River Plate managed to push the ball into the attacking frontcourt. After Tang Zheng got the ball, he immediately passed it to captain Domingo.

However, when he just passed the ball, he reminded Domingo loudly: "Be careful——"

As soon as the words fell, Domingo subconsciously blocked the position with his body, and then protected the ball with his left foot, but Parana, who was trying to steal behind him, had no time to stop his foot and kicked directly to Domingo's supporting foot. The referee's whistle Then the sound rang out.

Everyone thought it was just an ordinary physical contact and didn't care, but Domingo clutched his left ankle with a painful expression on his face.

Tang Zheng was the first player on his side to notice the pain on Domingo's expression. He squatted on the ground and asked with concern: "Nicholas, what's wrong?"

"Damn it, I seem to have relapsed from an old injury." Domingo clutched his ankle, frowning, looking in pain.

As a professional player, there are often some injuries on the body, but it is difficult for them to suffer from physical injuries. The real pain comes from the soul.

The worst enemy of a professional player is injury.

After a simple diagnosis by the team doctor Cavalieri, he shook his head, and then made a gesture towards the coaching bench of the visiting team that a substitution was needed.

Simeone looked at the bench while swearing. Captain Ortega can play as a midfielder, but the problem is that he is not active enough to defend, and his physical fitness is also a problem when he is older. Otherwise, he would not consider putting him on the bench. Coupled with the relative embarrassment during this period, replacing Ortega is equivalent to reducing half of the defensive players.

So he shook his head and looked at Aveleras.

Aveleras is not tall, and his advantage lies in his active running and tough style of play, he can stabilize the midfield, and replacing him can liberate Tang Zheng.

Thinking of this, Simeone ticked his fingers at Aveleras on the bench: "Matias, get ready to play."

"...on a stretcher, it seems that Nicolas Domingo will find it difficult to persevere. River Plate, the favorite to win the championship, is very passive on the field, and now the captain is off the field due to injury." Duan Xuan, a commentator in the bj live broadcast room, turned his head and asked Zhang Lu : "Director Zhang, what adjustments do you think River Plate will take this opportunity to make?"

"It's hard to say. The current situation of River Plate in the away game is very passive, and they need to strengthen their defense in the middle. But at the same time, they also have problems switching from defense to offense. That is to say, the final choice of substitutions depends on the head coach Diego Simon. Ni's choice...I personally think that Ortega will be more likely to play, after all, River Plate's current offense has reached the point where it has to change..." Zhang Lu thought for a while and said.

The on-site director switched the camera to the visiting team's bench. River Plate's main midfielder was unable to continue the game due to injury, and substitutions and adjustments were urgent.

"Matias Aveleras?"

When Abelleiras was standing next to tactical coach Sergi and head coach Simeone listening to the on-field tasks, Duan Xuan and Zhang Lu raised their brows at the same time.

But soon, Duan Xuan realized Simeone’s intention of substituting: “Simeone is a coach who pays attention to defense, Aveleras is more active in defense, and he can stand upright during the time when River Plate is relatively passive. pole, at the same time it can liberate Tang Zheng, killing two birds with one stone..."

Domingo walked to the sidelines with the support of the team doctor Cavalieri, but after walking a few steps he found that his left arm was still wearing the captain's armband, so he stopped, took off the captain's armband on his left arm, and limped Turning towards Tang Zheng, he put his right hand on Tang Zheng's right shoulder: "Tang, you are the third captain of the team. Now that Ariel is not on the field, the captain's armband will be handed over to you. I hope you can lead the team out of the current situation." Predicament, come... I'll put it on for you."

Accompanied by wild boos pouring down from the stands, Tang Zheng stiffly opened his left arm and looked down at Domingo wearing the black captain's armband on his left arm.

Suddenly, he felt an unprecedented sense of responsibility.

(To be continued.)