Midfielder Ruler

It was the first time Tang Zheng realized the unprofessional nature of the Chinese Football Association when he arrived at the Xiata Hotel of the Chinese team. Although he didn't mean to play big names, he should at least arrange the time for the press conference in advance, right?

Otherwise, the media wouldn't be so crazy.

What also made Tang Zheng dissatisfied was that the Chinese Football Association did not greet the security personnel of the hotel where he was staying, so that Tang Zheng encountered a large number of excited reporters and fans just as soon as he got off the taxi.

Of course, this is just a trivial matter, an insignificant matter.

Tang Zheng had just got rid of the media and fans, and was taking out his relevant documents to prepare for check-in. The Chinese men's football team took a bus and stopped at the entrance of the hotel where he was staying.

Under the escort of the hotel security personnel, the players entered the hotel from the hotel entrance one after another.

At this time, Tang Zheng was the only one who checked in, and he was tall, wearing a cap that stood out.

Hao Junmin, who played for Schalke 04, saw Tang Zheng who was checking in at a glance. He turned his head and said something to Zheng Zhi before walking over, and then patted Tang Zheng on the right shoulder.

The reason why Hao Junmin arrived in Doha earlier than Tang Zheng to prepare for the World Cup Vertigo match was because he received a yellow card in the eleventh round of the league against Hoffenheim at home, and was automatically suspended in the last round.

Tang Zheng turned his head and saw that it was Hao Junmin, who smiled and stretched out his right hand: "Finally we can be teammates."

"yes."

Hao Junmin smiled and nodded.

Tang Zheng, Hao Junmin, Huang Bowen, and Zhang Chengdong are the only four Chinese players who have studied abroad to participate in the World Cup qualifiers. Except for Tang Zheng and Hao Junmin who play in the five major European leagues, Huang Bowen and Zhang Chengdong play for teams with limited strength.

Among them, Huang Bowen is still playing in the Korean K-League, and Zhang Chengdong is playing for the Portuguese Super League Beiramar team.

Among the four overseas players, naturally Tang Zheng had the greatest influence.

After all, when he was 22 years old, he won the glory that countless Chinese players could not get through their hard work.

Whether it is team glory or personal glory, it is a new chapter in the history of Chinese football.

Last season, he led Dortmund to win the Triple Crown almost on his own, and even led Dortmund to beat Cosmos Barcelona in the European Super Cup with one less player.

The terrifying strength is unbelievable. Is this really a Chinese?

In fact, Tang Zheng's history has been dug up and reported by the media thousands of times. He has been a player with outstanding talent since he was a child.

The best player and top scorer in the National Junior High School Football League, the best player and top scorer in the National High School Football League, but was later transformed into an all-around midfielder by the head coach Simeone in River Plate.

Everyone's focus was on Tang Zheng, and among these players, Zhang Zhanglinpeng, the former captain of the Chinese National Youth Team, was in the most complicated mood.

What happened in Saudi Arabia three years ago seems like yesterday.

Thinking about it now, the past was really naive.

What level of player is Tang Zheng?

What level of player are you?

There is a huge gap between China's domestic top and the world's top.

While Zhang Linpeng was wandering in the void, Tang Zheng, accompanied by Hao Junmin, came down to the lobby, where the current members of the Chinese men's football team were waiting.

Tang Zheng didn't see anything wrong, he smiled and greeted his future teammates on the field.

Perhaps Zhang Linpeng has not forgotten that scene three years ago, but Tang Zheng has long since forgotten it.

Many things are not worth worrying about.

The past is the past.

In the national youth team three years ago, among Tang Zheng and the current national team members, he had the best relationship with Wu Xi, so he also greeted him most warmly.

He gave Wu Xi a big hug: "Long time no see."

Wu Xi was flattered, he really didn't expect Tang Zheng to be as easy-going as he was three years ago, and his reaction was a little slower.

Tang Zheng smiled,

He didn't speak, but patted Wu Xi's shoulder meaningfully, and walked towards other teammates.

Many members of the national team expressed friendliness to Tang Zheng's arrival, like the captain Li Weifeng and the core midfielder Zheng Zhi of the Chinese team, they were very indifferent, even a little perfunctory.

But Tang Zheng didn't care, he was here to help the national team play in the World Cup qualifiers, but he didn't get the approval of all his teammates.

Li Weifeng's reputation in the past has always been bad, and many media reported that he is a ball bully.

And Tang Zheng has the title of China's number one star. It is normal for Li Weifeng to worry that Tang Zheng's arrival will threaten his status in the team.

As for Zheng Zhi, it comes purely from playing time.

In a sense, Tang Zheng's and Zheng Zhi's positions are the same, but Tang Zheng's kicks are more aggressive and his offensive ability is stronger.

Finally, Tang Zheng walked towards Zhang Linpeng.

At this time, head coach Camacho walked slowly to the lobby of the hotel accompanied by translator Zhou Yi.

Camacho was very familiar with Tang Zheng, so he saw the tall Tang Zheng at a glance.

Tang Zheng, who had played football in Argentina for two years, could speak fluent Spanish. Camacho naturally understood this. He made three steps in parallel, and stretched out his right hand towards Tang Zheng: "Hi, I finally saw you with my own eyes. gone."

The reason why Camacho is so enthusiastic about Tang Zheng is because he knows that if the Chinese team wants to get out of the current predicament, they must rely on Tang Zheng's ability.

Tang Zheng didn't quite understand Camacho's enthusiasm, but because of the head coach's face, he also smiled and stretched out his hand to greet him, complimenting him: "I should be the one who said that, you have coached Spain and Real Madrid, and I have admired you for a long time." Great name."

The two chatted for a while, and then the hotel staff handed Tang Zheng the room card.

Tang Zheng was the latest player to arrive before the Chinese men's football team participated in the fourth round of the 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian Top Twenty, so he was able to enjoy his personal space.

Facing the enthusiastic Camacho, Tang Zheng yawned unnaturally. As a human being, Camacho immediately realized that Tang Zheng had to sit on the plane for half a day after finishing the league, which must have brought a lot of physical fatigue.

So Camacho said: "Take a good rest and train in the team tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay." Tang Zheng was not pretentious, nodded and said: "Then I will go up first."

Immediately afterwards, Tang Zheng waved goodbye to his teammates.

Only Zhang Linpeng stood there feeling a little emotional. He was very happy when he saw Tang Zheng take the initiative to say hello to him just now, thinking that the events of the year could be let go, but when he was about to greet him, Tang Zheng turned a corner and followed The head coach said hello and went.

This……

Slap in the face in public!

If Tang Zheng knew what Zhang Linpeng was thinking, he would definitely cry out for being wronged.

After all, the body is too tired, and the head coach takes the initiative to greet himself, so he will not leave the head coach and continue to greet his teammates, right?

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The next day, Tang Zheng got up early, looked at the morning view of Doha through the glass, stretched his waist, and felt the strength of his body by the way.

Compared with before playing Wolfsburg in the league, there are some deficiencies in physical coordination and absolute strength.

Tang Zheng knew that this was the aftereffect of the long journey after the high confrontation match.

But as a professional player, this kind of situation is very common, and the recovery is also very fast, especially for young people like Tang Zheng.

The Chinese team's training in Doha took place in the afternoon, Tang Zheng went to the gym of the hotel where he was staying to exercise after waking up in the morning.

Just after running on the treadmill for less than two minutes, the Football Association staff found him.

It turned out that the Chinese Football Association temporarily held a press conference for Tang Zheng at the hotel where he was staying.

"Not bad, understand the taste." Tang Zheng was very satisfied.

Although he never thinks that he is playing big names, sometimes people have a little vanity. As the number one star in China, he naturally wants to enjoy this treatment!

There were many journalists attending the press conference, among which the most were Chinese journalists.

But there are also many foreign media, such as Japan, South Korea, Australia, Qatar, Iraq...

The Iraqi media had the most mixed feelings among the visiting foreign media. They beat China away in the third round of Group A of the Asian Top 20. They would have defeated the Chinese team in the fourth round without any suspense.

Because the Chinese team without Tang Zheng is the same in their eyes, without any threat.

But now Tang Zheng has been recruited by the Chinese Football Association and has become a national footballer.

In other words, Tang Zheng will play in the World Cup qualifier four days later...

Thinking of Tang Zheng's amazing performance in the Bundesliga and Champions League, they didn't have any confidence in their hearts.

The most frequently asked questions by the Chinese media are the mood of returning to the national team and the prospect of future competitions. Tang Zheng pondered for a while and said: "I have said on many occasions that a professional career without the experience of the national team is incomplete. Even if I have achieved a lot in River Plate and Dortmund, there is still no way to make up for it... Now I have finally been called up by the country..."

Speaking of this, Tang Zheng paused, adjusted his mentality, and said with a smile: "I only have one mentality when dealing with the game, and that is to do my best to win the game! And in the past three rounds, I ranked third in the group with one win and two losses, so For us this is a match that cannot be lost, not even a draw, victory! is my only goal!"

The foreign media who came to the press conference can naturally understand Chinese.

The reporter from the Iraqi sports media was a little upset. He raised his hand and asked in English: "Football is a team sport. I personally want to know where your confidence comes from?"

Tang Zheng's English is not very good, but he can understand a general idea. He said in broken English: "As I said before, do your best, and you must go all out when the group ranking is unfavorable! As for self-confidence? That is Because I am strong! Stronger than you expected!"

Hearing Tang Zheng's answer, not only the Iraqi sports media was dissatisfied, but also other foreign media.

Because Tang Zheng was too arrogant!

The Chinese media didn't have many extra thoughts, in their hearts, Tang Zheng was the strongest!

In fact, the reason why Tang Zheng said this was very simple, that is, he hoped that he could attract all the off-court firepower so that his teammates could go into battle easily.

From the perspective of personal tactical ability, many Chinese players are not bad, but the awareness of team play is not very strong, and they are too concerned about how the outside world thinks of themselves.

Just like a sentence often mentioned in CCTV 5's live broadcast of Chinese men's football games: There is not much time left for the Chinese team.

Why is this happening?

It's not that the psychological quality and ability to withstand pressure are low.

Tang Zheng focused all his firepower on himself, then the pressure on other national team teammates would be minimized, and they would be able to display more strength on the court.

The direct result of foreign media's dissatisfaction with Tang Zheng was the collective bombardment of online social media and the next day's physical newspapers.

Tang Zheng knows best about the face of the media, so he doesn't take it seriously.

All his attention is on the first joint training with his national team teammates in the afternoon.

In the Chinese national team, Tang Zheng is only familiar with Zhang Linpeng, Wu Xi and Hao Junmin, and his understanding of other teammates is limited to game videos.

Of course, Hao Junmin is the most familiar one.

Today's Zhang Linpeng and Wu Xi have undergone three years of transformation. Zhang Linpeng now plays more positions as right back and center back.

Wu Xi, on the other hand, is more of a jack-of-all-trades type, able to play in any position.

He can only play as a substitute in the hands of Camacho, not competent for the main force.

Due to the vacancy of the central defender position, Zhang Linpeng is likely to play central defender in the next game. There will not be many opportunities to contact Tang Zheng, but it doesn't matter much.

Tang Zheng and Hao Junmin had a contest in the Ruhr Derby, and he knew his personal skills very well.

The most direct manifestation of this understanding is that Tang Zheng's pass can easily find Hao Junmin, and it is a very comfortable pass, which makes it easier for Hao Junmin to make the next move.

Zheng Zhi, who once played in the Premier League, had to admit that Tang Zheng's abilities were indeed very strong.

However, new problems arose during training.

The national team used to train with Zheng Zhi as the core, but now it was suddenly replaced by Tang Zheng. Except for Hao Junmin, the other players were not used to it.

To put it simply, the rhythm is not at the same point.

In other words, there is a big gap in the awareness of playing football.

Tang Zheng was used to passing the ball in Dortmund's midfield, and he was also used to the tacit cooperation with his teammates. He thought that his teammates would keep up with his rhythm.

But the result was cruel.

It's like there is an open field in front of Zheng Zhi, Tang Zheng naturally passed a pass with an advance amount, but Zheng Zhi would spread his hands and say, "Can you give me the foot?"

There was a time when Sun Xiang made a high-speed drive on the left according to the tactics, and Tang Zheng made a long pass after getting the ball.

Considering Sun Xiang's speed, some of his passes are a bit too early, and the pass method is a backspin long pass, that is, there is a deceleration after landing.

As a result, Sun Xiang stopped where he was after seeing the pass, a little at a loss.

There was a time when Tang Zheng passed the ball under pressure from the substitutes, Zhao Xuri stopped the ball three meters away, and the control of the football naturally changed.

Although Tang Zheng's passing power is a bit strong, but in the Bundesliga, this kind of passing is not strange, it is easy to control.

It can only be said that the basic skills of the international players are very poor, and they can't even stop the pass in this field...

The master Camacho, who stood aside to watch the training, frowned as he watched Tang Zheng's first joint training.

Before he summoned Tang Zheng, he was full of confidence, because Tang Zheng's ability lay there.

But now, it's messy.

It's not that there is a problem with Tang Zheng's ability, but that the abilities of other international players are very different from his, and they can't keep up with Tang Zheng's football awareness.

So Tang Zheng made many "mistakes" in training.

Tang Zheng realized that if this situation continued, it would definitely be extremely detrimental to the next game, so he adjusted his playing style, focusing on stability, and carefully observed his teammates' habits of holding the ball, stopping the ball, and running positions...