Football’s First Defender

(There are a lot of trifles and troubles. Yesterday, I didn’t get up to watch the Real Madrid game. I didn’t miss a single game of Real Madrid... But as I said in the previous chapter, eunuchs are impossible, as long as you save them It’s not 0, and the number of clicks is still increasing, so I will write it down! In the future, I will code while watching the ball, and make more use of my spare time...)

While Zenit continued to attack the home team!

Everton's counterattack was also impressive!

Although Yakubu, the fulcrum of one's own counterattack, was limited by Skrtel and Eric Hagen and rarely played!

But whether it is Pienaar on the left or Leon Osman on the right, they both posed a big enough threat during the counterattack!

Zenit's seemingly stormy offense, while making Everton's defense crumbling, also gradually exposed its own weakness in the defense!

Now the score is still 0-0, and the game time is almost 75 minutes!

At the beginning of the second half, the visiting team took the initiative to attack and created several good shooting opportunities, but due to the brave performance of the opponent's goalkeeper Howard, they all failed!

While the home team endured Zenit's onslaught, they did not give up their threat of counterattack!

Pinal once had a wonderful counterattack and almost succeeded one-on-one! Fortunately, Skrtel arrived in time and completed the blockade, so that Zenit would not be the first to fall behind again!

After the tacit understanding of ball possession between the two sides for a short period of time just now, the game will also enter the final decisive stage!

The coaches on both sides are ready to play their cards and fight for the final victory!

For Zenit, replace the full-back Lombalz with a stronger offensive attribute first, and replace Kim Dong-jin, who is hardworking in defense! It seems that they plan to attack more violently at the end, leaving no room for it!

The energetic Fernando Riksen was replaced again, and Ziryanov was replaced to increase the vitality of the midfield!

The home team Everton also made two substitution adjustments!

Victor Anichebe replaced Yakub, who had a hard time in this game!

This change actually feels like it can be done earlier. After all, Anichebe's counterattack speed is more than one level higher than Yakubu's. It can definitely make Everton's counterattack speed significantly improved again!

Then replace Osman on the right with James McFadden, and continue to increase the speed of advancing on the side!

Everton's tactical purpose is very obvious! It is to rely on their own counterattack speed to penetrate Zenit when Zenit is about to attack!

This can be said to be an alternative offensive tactic! Both sides are replaced by players with stronger offensive attributes, but one is to break the iron barrel formation, and the other is to rely on sharp counterattacks to directly kill the opponent. Kill the game!

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Zenit replaced Lombalz on the right side! The two full-backs on Zenit's field at this time have excellent ability to insert assists, which can support the frontcourt attack to the maximum extent!

After Lombalz came up, he was very active! Arshavin finally gained more space, and finally had enough teammates to support him on the right side, instead of relying on him to fight alone!

Zenit's attack is now more layered!

Everton's defense now needs to bear more pressure! This is Zenit's strongest offensive firepower!

This time it's the cooperation of Dominguez and Arshavin!

Before this, due to the quick bottoming of the new force Lombalz, two defenders were attracted to follow up and pass the ball back to the center!

Arshavin takes the ball and cuts inside!

Facing the attacking midfielder Phil Neville!

Arshavin didn't have much time to think about it!

See Dominguez who has already inserted into the penalty area from the other side!

Just a straight plug!

The strength is just right! Over the defender but not in the goalkeeper's control!

Dominguez!

Howard abandoned the door and attacked!

The ball! Dominguez fell! Fell in the penalty area!

Penalty?

However, the referee made a gesture of raising his hand to signal Domingos to stand up! This ball was not awarded a penalty kick!

Look at the replay! After Domingos received the ball, he didn't have time to adjust his shot! He was thrown by Howard!

But Howard did touch the football first, and he didn't intentionally foul Dominguez! This ball, Howard saved it!

Perhaps many Mingos directly chose to lob the shot, or take another big step and pass the goalkeeper. It is a better choice to widen the angle!

Zenit missed another great opportunity!

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This time Arshavin and Lombalz played beautifully in the 2v2 on the right!

Bynes and Pienaar are completely unable to limit the attack of these two people!

Phil Neville also defended to reduce the defensive pressure on his teammates!

But in this way, the defense in the middle will be a little empty!

Arshavin saw the opportunity and knocked across the middle!

In the middle is Domingos' follow-up!

A volley!

It hit Jajelka!

One more kick!

Blocked by Howard again!

Dominguez had a lot of opportunities today, but he just couldn't knock on Everton's door!

As the competition became more intense, Zenit's assistant coach also learned about the real-time situation of another match and told Edvocaat!

Damn! That idiot Van Gaal! Can't even draw with Nuremberg? How come it's like playing chicken blood when you play against us!

At the same time, another game in the group started. Nuremberg is at home and has already led the visiting Alkmaar 2-0!

If the result of the other game is maintained, then the situation of qualifying for the group will force Zenit to go shopping!

In the last round of Nuremberg against the Greek team Larissa, basically there will be no mistakes, so they will score 7 points, and Everton will have at least 7 points if they do not lose. Although Alkmaar only has 4 points now, if Ever Donton qualified ahead of schedule, so at home in the Netherlands, Alkmaar faces Everton, who may be on the bench to release water, and may have a chance to squeeze out Zenit!

6 points after a draw is no different than 5 points after losing the game!

Attack with all your strength!

We have no way out! This game must be won!

Edvocaat had no other choice in the end. If Nuremberg couldn't win, he could still qualify by keeping a draw, but now!

Attack! Attack! We must win!

Seeing the head coach urging to strengthen the offense at the last moment, the players on the field will understand what's going on!

After all, I said before the game that if Alkmaar is strong, it is not impossible to defend as appropriate in the final stage of the game!

In the game at the same time, Nuremberg has scored the second goal and achieved a 2-0 lead!

Zenit, who had a bye in the last round of the group stage, wants to advance. If they can't win this game, they can only hope that their opponent Everton can carry forward their sportsmanship and not lose to Alkmaar in the away game, or Nuremberg capsized the Greek team Larissa away!

However, there are more than 10 minutes left in this game including stoppage time. Zenit may not have the possibility to directly decide the result of the game by itself!

Arshavin's breakthrough again! At the last moment, can Zenit's ace change the team's fate?

But except for Anichebe who is still ensuring the team's counterattack ability, other Everton players have retreated to defend!

Especially just now when Moyes switched Pienaar with McFadden, who came off the bench before, so that Arshavin had to face the defensive line composed of Baines and the more energetic McFadden in the attack!

This time it didn't work. Arshavin was cut off by McFadden when he broke through!

After all, Arshavin, who has been active until now, has physical problems and it is reasonable!

This is an opportunity to fight back!

McFadden's own speed is very good, and he dribbles the ball quickly!

Tymoshchuk comes back to defend!

Pass the ball. McFadden didn't choose to do it alone when facing Tymoshchuk!

Cross to Arteta who is unmarked in the middle!

A nice long pass!

This ball! Hagen is held back by Anichebe!

Can Skrtel alone limit Everton's trump card, Pienaar?

It is in this kind of open and closed counterattack that Everton's central defender combination has taken the blame for conceding goals in many games!

This time!

Skrtel didn't go up blindly!

He is retreating, limiting Pienaar's breakthrough, instead of going directly to the football drop as usual!

Pinaal receives the ball and is dribbling fast!

The action of pedaling a bicycle! This ball!

Changed direction! Breakthrough!

Skrtel! This time! He's not in the background again!

While putting a physical confrontation on Pienaar, Skrtel successfully blocked the football with his legs!

Although it may be a yellow card action if the ball cannot be touched, but if it is successfully intercepted, it is a good ball!

Everton's counterattack, this time did not achieve results!

The game is still going on...