Football’s First Defender

(There is no way to do it during the Chinese New Year. Everyone in the Northeast knows that when you go home during the Chinese New Year, it will be a gathering of relatives, friends, and classmates. Either you drink too much, or you are on the way to drink too much! Try to make sure there is a change, and if you are sober, there will be more changes! Eunuch Impossible! Please forgive me, after a few days, it would be nice if there were fewer family gatherings)

This is the first league championship since the establishment of the Zenit Russian Super League!

A full 23 years have passed since the last Zenit won the top league championship (Soviet League).

In 23 years, the ignorant child who followed his father to watch football became the father who leads his own children to watch football now!

Let the tall father who looked like a cow back then become a crooked old man!

Two fathers and sons become three generations of grandparents!

But now, whether it is a lively teenager, a middle-aged man who is gradually overwhelmed by life, or an elderly person struggling with disease, the three generations of grandparents, like many St. Petersburg families, forget everything and go crazy for Celebrate the team's performance this season!

Although there is still the second round of the Europa League final qualifying play-off next week, Zenit will challenge the Belgian team Standard Liege away!

But going to the away game with a score of 3 to 0 in the first round, Zenit must be the dominant side, both in terms of strength and psychology!

So today's on-site championship celebration ceremony after the victory of the game was also recognized by the coaching staff!

After working hard for a whole season, after winning the championship, the players also need to vent their emotions and enjoy the joy of winning the championship!

Sleepless tonight, the entire St. Petersburg has turned into a sea of ​​joy, and every member of Zenit has become a hero of the city!

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There is no room for carelessness in professional football games!

Although the coaching staff agreed to the celebration in the stadium on the night of the game, the time-consuming and laborious celebration of the city parade will still be postponed until after Zenit flies back from Belgium!

If they can qualify for the UEFA Europa League, the group stage will take place in three weeks. During this period, there will be enough time for the Zenit players to parade around the city for the Russian Super League champions! Enjoy the praise the whole city has for them!

Because there is still a whole week before the second round against Standard Liege, Zenit still has a daily post-match holiday!

Yang Feng declined the suggestion of a group of teammates to go out happily together, and went home obediently...

Many teammates have long been accustomed to it. Except for the formal gatherings attended by the whole family, Yang Feng generally does not participate in private gatherings among players, because the venues for such night gatherings are usually not in line with the core values ​​of socialism... …

On October 5th, the second round of the battle between Zenit and Standard Liege started as promised!

As one of the traditional giants of Belgium, Standard Liege finally ushered in a strong recovery this season. In the new season of the Belgian league, they have 6 wins and 2 draws, temporarily ranking first in the list with an unbeaten record!

The standard Liege is the kind of standard ancestor. It is quite glorious in the history of Belgian football and has quite a lot of fans, but since the 82/83 season, it has never won the league championship again!

And the performance of Standard Liege at the beginning of this season was extremely good, which gave the management the hope of regaining the league championship this season!

Compared with the league championship, going to the Europa League to be a soy sauce player and earn some extra money is not that important!

That's why Standard Liege played a half-main and half-substitute lineup in the previous away game against Zenit. The meaning of giving up is very obvious!

After all, although the Europa League matches have certain bonuses and appearance fees, for this kind of giants in the league, they really look down on that little hard money!

And the chances of winning the cup are extremely slim for Standard Liege. If they really make it to the group stage, they will have to play at least four more group matches!

For Standard Liege, who is aiming to win the league championship and resume its glory this season, it is better to play the league with peace of mind than to waste the physical fitness of those four games!

Moreover, the opponent in the qualifying round is still the Russian Super League team whose league strength is not weaker than Belgium, and may even be the new Russian Super League champion, Zenit, who is getting hotter!

Then give up, and naturally there will be no pressure!

The second round of the match begins!

Because Zenit has won the Russian Super League championship in the new season, it can devote itself to European competitions! This game is also played with all the main players!

Standard Liege, as the home team, continues to use a mixed lineup of main players and substitutes!

It seems that the home team has no intention of going all out in this game, but is playing with a Buddha-nature mentality!

Zenit takes the lead!

Facing the opponent's slightly lacking sincerity lineup, Zenit doesn't seem to intend to save face for the home team! Still insisting on their more mature offensive tactics for more than half of the season!

Around the home team's half court, the half court offensive and defensive drills will begin!

Ziryanov's long shot!

It's a pity that it's a little higher!

Because there are a large number of dense defensive players in the opponent's penalty area!

Long-range shooting has become the best and labor-saving attack method for Zenit at present!

This time it's Arshavin again!

I want to break through!

Although relying on the change of direction to gain the advantages of position and the first start, there is still not enough space to hit the goal, and the defenders in the penalty area of ​​the home team can't make up for it!

Arshavin chose to hit the goal forcefully, but he hit the defender and was cleared!

Another long shot! From Tymoshchuk! Excellent height and strength, but a little too far, maybe less than 10 centimeters from the goal! We can see the home team's goalkeeper shouting angrily to the midfielder , accusing him of giving the opponent such a good long-range shot!

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Only 20 minutes into the game, Zenit has already completed 8 shots! Everything is going on according to the familiar script. For Zenit, scoring may be a matter of time!

Arshavin! Wonderful backheel pass!

With a light tap on the back heel, the ball rolled directly from the front of the penalty area to the penalty spot!

Domingos on the other side understands! He is already moving forward quickly!

Kick the goal directly! The ball is in! The ball is in!

Dominguez! After receiving the very beautiful pass from Arshavin, he hit the goal directly after receiving the ball! The goalkeeper's saving action has not been completed yet, and the ball has been blasted into the net vigorously!

The key point of this ball is the kick of Arshavin's light back heel!

After trying to attack from the side a few times before, this time the ball suddenly shifted from the side to the center!

Ziryanov's pass is also very exciting, with excellent angle power!

It happened to pass to Arshavin's running route without the ball!

Facing the defenders around him and other home team players who are ready to support at any time, Arshavin is in this position in front of the penalty area, and it is extremely difficult to even turn around and face the goal!

But in this case, Arshavin successfully knocked the ball into the penalty area with an imaginative backheel pass!

When the defenders were a little dazed, Dominguez had already plugged in and hit the goal!

Zenit has too many offensive routines, and the tacit understanding among the players is extremely high. Occasionally, there are flashes of inspiration, just like this goal. How can Zenit defend with such full firepower?

Leading 1-0 away and 4-0 on aggregate, Zenit's entry into the UEFA Cup is almost a certainty!

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Although the home team's players are a mixed lineup of main players and substitutes, Belgium is also a fairly mainstream league in Europe after all. Standard Liege is one of the giants in Belgium, and the player level is still acceptable!

Even if it's for the face of the home court, even if they don't have any hope of promotion, they won't let others slaughter them at home!

Have the home team finally been kicked after conceding a goal?

Finally came out and played a few decent offenses!

Zenit went on the defensive! Continue to practice their defensive tactics after leading the game...

This goal is a rare opportunity for the home team!

A beautiful through ball! Passed to the space between the full-back and Yang Feng!

Yang Feng chose to fill the seat and passed!

The home striker also strode into football!

Sure enough, it is as stable as ever! Yang Feng successfully got the ball! He even controlled the ball under his feet. This is another chance for Zenit to counterattack!

Ah! No! Wait a minute!

Beep beep—

This ball! The home team's striker, Harley, fouled a bit hard!

A yellow card!

Harley was at the closest position to Yang Feng, and directly shoveled Yang Feng over!

It's not an exaggeration to give a yellow card for this ball!

We saw Yang Feng clutching his ankle in pain!

Hope he's okay!

The team doctor has entered the field!

After some inspections, he made a substitution gesture and helped Yang Feng off the court!

Zenit's youngest defender, but Yang Feng, who is at the core of the defense, is off the field due to injury. I don't know how long he will be absent. This is by no means good news for Zenit!

You must know that Zenit's last loss was in a game where Yang Feng was not there. Otherwise, for Zenit, excluding that loss, it may create a record-breaking winning streak!

Let us bless Yang Feng...