Midfielder Ruler

Tang Zheng followed assistant coach Jorge Gortillo to the coaching bench on the training ground, and the head coach Diego Simeone stood with his hands behind his back and looked at him.

Out of politeness, Tang Zheng said first, "Hi, boss."

Diego Simeone nodded in satisfaction, then patted Tang Zheng on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "How do you feel when you enter the starting list for tomorrow's game?"

Tang Zheng didn't answer immediately, but thought for a while before giving an answer: "To be honest, I very much hope that I can make my debut in the national derby, but I have only been promoted from the youth team to the first team for less than a month. The confidence to enter the starting lineup is not particularly high, so when you said my name, it was quite unexpected, but... more excited!"

"Oh?" Diego Simeone looked over meaningfully: "Excited?"

"That's right." Tang Zheng nodded, then raised his head and looked up at the sky at forty-five degrees. Through the blue sky and white clouds, he remembered the hard work of these years, and then slowly said: "This is the opportunity I have dreamed of, so I will pay special attention to it." Cherish it, boss... we will definitely defeat Boca Juniors, for sure!"

After finishing speaking, Tang Zheng clenched his fists, his expression extremely firm.

Faced with Tang Zheng's sudden change of expression, Diego Simeone was a little taken aback. His greatest expectation for this game was to keep the tie. Winning was just an extension of the game. After all, there are a lot of injuries in the team now, Ortega, Alcubi, Fernandez... …

It's good to win, but the first thing to consider in an away game is defense, otherwise Tang Zheng wouldn't be included in the starting lineup.

But then again, isn't the true meaning of sports competition to try your best to win?

Perhaps with the integration of fresh blood like Tang Zheng, there will be unexpected results in the competition?

Diego Simeone faced Tang Zheng and stretched out his right hand: "Tang, I wish you victory for the upcoming national derby!"

Tang Zheng reacted quickly, stretched out his right hand to meet it, and grabbed it firmly: "It must! Victory belongs to the river bed!"

Jorge Gortillo stood aside and watched the conversation between Diego Simeone and Tang Zheng, especially Tang Zheng's mental outlook and game attitude.

The national derby is a game that cannot be lost, and there must be a belief in winning!

Yes, victory... belongs to River Plate!

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When Tang Zheng returned to the locker room to take a shower, he received a call from his agent, Fabino Rodrigo, who probably meant that if he had a chance to play in the next national derby, he must be firm. grasp.

Now Tang Zheng has played three games in the first team, his performance is obvious to all, and his potential is unlimited.

If the performance in the next national derby is still outstanding, then Fabino Rodrigo can discuss with the club about a new contract. After all, Tang Zheng still holds a youth team contract, and there is a serious imbalance between his contribution and income.

Tang Zheng thought about it too. With a monthly salary of about 1,500 US dollars, when will he be able to satisfy his parents' desire to buy a house and a car?

So he simply replied: "OK, no problem."

Originally, Tang Zheng was going to tell Fabino Rodrigo the good news of his starting game, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it. After all, this is a secret of the team's employment, and it is not suitable for announcement.

Tang Zheng believed that in addition to recognizing his own strength, Diego Simeone also considered that Boca Juniors would not think that he would start the game, and that the team would definitely take the initiative at that time.

He took a simple shower in the bathroom of the locker room, packed up all the equipment, and followed the team on the team bus to the hotel where he stayed.

In order to avoid the disturbance of Boca fans, the River Plate Club chose the five-star Alvear Art Hotel in the capital area, and waited until three hours before the start of tomorrow's game to go to the Candy Box Stadium in Boca area.

As soon as the team bus arrived at the entrance of the hotel, the reporters who had been waiting for a long time swarmed up.

in the periphery,

There are also many fans wearing River Plate jerseys, standing outside holding banners and slogans.

Falcao, as the team's new thigh, is the most popular. Almost most of the banners, slogans or huge posters held up by fans are related to him.

Tang Zheng looked out through the window of the bus. After scanning a large circle, he didn't find anything related to him.

Disappointment!

But Tang Zheng was not discouraged, but secretly swore to these fans holding up the banners and slogans - one day, I will see banners, slogans and huge posters related to me everywhere.

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"May I ask Mr. Simeone, how does it feel to lead the team to participate in the Argentine National Super Derby for the first time?"

"Will the draw in the first round of the Copa Libertadores 1/8 final affect tomorrow's game?"

"Mr. Simeone, don't go... I want to know whether you will be the main offense or the main defense in tomorrow's game?"

"Candy Box Stadium is the world-famous home stadium of hell, are you ready?"

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As the bus door slowly opened, the reporters stood outside the double-layer human wall formed by the hotel security personnel and asked various questions.

Diego Simeone walked from between the double walls to the hotel lobby as if he hadn't heard anything.

Tang Zheng wanted to be interviewed by the media when he got off the bus door with Diego Bonanault, but the other party didn't pay attention to him at all.

"I really have no vision!" Tang Zheng pursed his lips and muttered to himself, venting his dissatisfaction.

At the same time, in the live broadcast room of the headquarters of TYC Sports TV Station, the picture of all River Plate players getting off the bus appeared on the LCD screen in the live broadcast room, and the beautiful host Emma Valentina standing next to the screen showed a smile With a charming smile on his face: "Now we can see that River Plate has checked into their royal hotel. It is less than 24 hours before the National Super Derby tomorrow. I don't know if you feel the surge from your heart like me..."

There are not a few TV stations that have the same live broadcast as TYC Sports TV, but the live TV stations are also fundamentally different. TYC Sports TV is headquartered in the capital area, and the team it pays attention to and supports is naturally River Plate, and the TV station established in Boca District supports the affirmation It's Boca Juniors.

Different camps focus on different teams.

But in the final analysis, the purpose of all TV stations is the same, every second of attention is on the teams they support, until the game officially starts...

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At 8 o'clock in the evening, as in the past three games, the head coach Diego Simeone and the assistant coach Jorge Gortillo organized all the team members to come to the conference room provided by the hotel to explain the skills and tactics of tomorrow's national super derby and analysis.

But the next arrangement was a little different from the past, someone knocked on Tang Zheng's door before the break.

It was his roommate Falcao who was well-informed. He got up and opened the door to say hello to the psychologist, then pointed to the unattractive middle-aged man and said to Tang Zheng: "This is a must-have lesson before every crucial battle. , spiritual counseling."

"Spiritual counseling?"

Falcao stood up and patted Tang Zheng's shoulder: "That's right, the team hires a psychologist to talk to the players about their excitement before the game, so as to avoid tension and insomnia in major games, especially for players like you. This kind of young player who participated in the national derby for the first time... well, I will go out first."

Before Tang Zheng could speak, Falcao turned his head to the middle-aged psychologist who was about forty years old and said, "Hey, Professor Fernandez, I'll go out first, and I'll leave Tang to you..."

"Ok, no problem."

It has to be said that before the National Super Derby, the club made corresponding solutions for every detail, but Tang Zheng was born with a big heart, so he didn't have any nervousness at all, and some were only slightly excited.

One must know that in China, the only people who see a psychiatrist are those who have a disease in their hearts. They will chat with the psychiatrist. Tang Zheng felt very strange receiving the spiritual counseling from the psychiatrist before this major competition.

But then again, after talking with the psychologist Professor Fernandez, Tang Zheng felt much more at ease, and felt like he was traveling lightly.

So that night, Tang Zheng had enough sleep time and the quality was very good.

At eight o'clock the next morning, the entire Riverbed team had a high-nutrition breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

Then, after a 90-minute rest, the players went to the hotel gym under the leadership of the physical coach to warm up in advance for the next game and feel whether their physical condition was at its peak.

Football matches are not only about skill, but more about body!

Especially in critical games, intense physical confrontation is essential.

At twelve noon local time in Argentina, all River Plate team members had a special lunch.

At about 1:30 in the afternoon, the entire River Plate team boarded the team bus. Under the flashing lights of reporters and the cheers of fans, the bus slowly left the hotel and headed for the Candy Box Stadium.

At the same time, TYC sports TV commentator Abel Claudio couldn't restrain his excitement, and said excitedly: "The riverbed bus left the hotel, and the first national super derby in 2008 is officially here!"

Sitting in the back row of the bus, Tang Zheng turned his head to look at the fans and buildings retreating quickly outside the window, and slowly put on his earphones.

The first critical battle in life is just around the corner!

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