Football’s First Defender

Damn it! These people are like mad dogs! Aren't you tired?

When his side was forced to choose to pass the ball back to Yang Feng's feet, facing Nihat who was sprinting at full speed, Yang Feng had to choose to safely kick the ball out of bounds. It was because Nihat sprinted too fast, and there was no time for Yang Feng to swing his legs. Yang Feng didn't want to pass the ball blindly. After all, if he made a mistake, it would be a disaster for the entire defense line!

The entire Villarreal team was attacking crazily. After the attack was over, all members immediately switched to the local pressing mode. Relying on the crazy running of all players, it caused great psychological pressure on the Zenit players. !

In addition to the simple counterattack with a long pass, Zenit's real killing move, the cooperation between several central and frontcourt players, can't be played at all under this crazy pressing!

Is this a desperate fight?

Advocaat on the sidelines glanced at Pellegrini on the bench next to him, and couldn't figure out why this old guy was so desperate!

Isn't it just a Europa League game? If you don't prepare well for the league and qualify for the Champions League next season, why are you working so hard with us!

Of course Advocaat doesn't know that Pellegrini already has plans to change teams at this time, so what does next season's game have to do with him? The Europa League championship is of course excellent for a South American coach like Pei Gong!

Hold on! Hold on! They won't be able to hold on to the audience! Just hold on now!

Advocaat on the sidelines still chooses to remain unchanged, after all, you can't interfere with your opponent's reckless running! When the home team chooses this crazy tactic of betting in the early stage, it means that Zenit can only shrink back and let the opponent attack. Persisting for halftime is a victory for Zenit!

As for the desperate running and confrontation with the opponent, what should I do if I don't have physical strength in the second half hour? This is the opponent's home court. When the physical energy is exhausted, the cheers of the fans may allow the home team players to run an extra kilometer. The blessing of mental strength, although fantasy, can indeed make the home team players perform better! At that time, if Zenit's players had no physical support, they might really be defeated by their opponents looking for opportunities!

At this time, it is good to hide and defend, after all, Zenit holds the lead! As long as the tie is maintained in this game, or even lost by 1 goal, but as long as there is an away goal, it will be Zenit's victory!

However, the situation on the court is not something that the coach can defend...

Villarreal's offensive is getting stronger and stronger!

Although Zenit have already returned to their own half, except for Pogrebnyak who is at the forefront, but their own defense line still looks a little shaky under the crazy attack of the home team!

The home team is clearly playing on the two flanks. Although Zenit knows this, Anyukov and Hill are clearly unable to do what they want in the face of two world-class flank attackers! And if the midfield supports Come here, not to mention leaving space in the midfield, Pires and Cazorla's technical ability, sometimes 1v2 is not impossible!

This time it's still Cazorla! Facing the Russian international Anyukov, he gave full play to his advantage. Anyukov wanted to go up to find a physical confrontation, but Cazorla cleverly avoided it. Already!

Anyukov stretched his legs!

In an opportunity that seemed to expose the football while Cazorla was dribbling the ball, Anyukov chose to stretch his leg and steal the ball!

but!

The frequency under Cazorla's feet is obviously faster!

Pull the ball back directly, then start up at the same time, and break through the penalty area from the other side of Anyukov!

Anyukov was passed!

It seemed that the ball was out of Cazorla's control before, maybe it was Cazorla's trap to attract Anyukov!

Anyukov's legs are already very fast on this ball, but Cazorala's movement is faster!

Cazorla has entered the penalty area!

Skrtel defends!

Yang Feng has been marking Nihat in the penalty area! Prevent Cazorla from passing the ball to the Turkish striker!

Due to Cazorla's breakthrough in the penalty area, there is some confusion!

Skrtel rushed towards Cazorla in a big stride, but he had to control his speed, don't be caught by Cazorla again!

Pass the ball!

Facing Skrtel who was about to rush over, and the goalkeeper who had already stood in the near corner to block, Cazorla did not choose to hit the goal by himself!

A push pass!

The defense zone that Skrtel was in charge of before has been partially empty at this time!

Yang Feng is limited by Nihat's running, and there is no way to completely fill this part of the gap!

Although Tymoshchuk has tried his best to rush back, he is still not in place!

Fernandez!

It is indeed an old teammate who has cooperated for many years, and the tacit understanding is full!

He may have already guessed Cazorla's purpose, and ran to this space early!

A great shot!

Fernandez has adjusted his pace during the running process, follow up! Hit...

Yang Feng on the other side has already rushed over at this time, shoveling out, is he going to block the angle of the shot with his body?

Pass the ball!

As if he had already seen through Yang Feng's ability to defend in time. At the last moment, Fernandez swung his leg until the last moment, but chose to flick his ankle and stuff the ball towards Nihat who was already empty!

Yang Feng's flying shovel did not block the trajectory of the football as expected!

GOAL! Nihat! With no one interfering, he shot from close range and hit the goal! Goalkeeper Malafeyev is really helpless in the face of a shot so close!

Villarreal took the lead 1-0 in the 19th minute of the game and evened the total score to 1-1!

Of course, the first goal of this goal should be attributed to Cazorla. After the continuous attack from the beginning to the present, Cazorla caused great psychological pressure on Anyukov on the wing. Otherwise, Anyukov, who has always been experienced, may not have He will choose to steal the ball hastily and lose his position! In professional games, if a defender is caught in a 1v1 confrontation, there must be a problem with his mental state! Every defensive coach will emphasize, If you’re not 100% sure, don’t stretch your legs, the ball will pass if you keep going, this is the iron law!”

Afterwards, Cazorla's pass after the breakthrough was handled very skillfully. He chose the space in the penalty area with better opportunities, instead of hitting the goal recklessly by himself! And the timing of the choice was just right, which not only led to the center back. Cottle, and also made it impossible for him to effectively interfere with his passing line!

And Fernandez, who received the ball afterwards, completed the finishing touch for this attack. Faced with such an excellent shooting opportunity, he still calmly chose the best plan, passed the ball with one kick, and avoided the flying shovel. Yang Feng's supplementary defense created a better opportunity for the team!

Nihat also did not waste such an excellent opportunity, calmly pushed and completed the fatal blow!

Now the score is 1 to 1, how will Zenit face it!

Advocaat is also very desperate now. What can he do? Before the game, he did think that Villarreal would start a fierce attack, but he did not have the demeanor of a strong team. As soon as he came on the field, he ran wildly and attacked at the cost of exhaustion. Still not expected! This kind of desperate play is generally those weak teams who know they are invincible and want to try it, but most of them die miserably in the end. After all, this style of play will leave a lot of hidden dangers in the second half of the game. Without physical fitness, a team of Zenit's level can easily score you two or three in 5 minutes! Compared with the benefits, the risk is too great, and Villarreal's strength is not weak. In a normal confrontation, with the home court advantage of alcohol, there is no chance! But today's home team definitely took it by surprise, and punched the old master to death, attacked and robbed, and out of nowhere Zenit was scored by the opponent!

Hold on, hold on, don't be led into the rhythm by the opponent, just hold the half court first!

Although the score was equalized, Zenit itself is not considered a defensive iron army. Advocaat never thought about being able to seal the opponent in the away game. Zenit's magic weapon is always offense, and the 1-0 victory at home , so that Zenit only needs one away goal, which can be used as two goals. As long as a goal is scored, then Villarreal can only advance by winning by 2 goals or more!

Don't rush to attack! Stabilize the defense first!

Advocaat anxiously reminded the players on the sidelines that the game time is still long enough, and the physical strength consumed by the players of the home team cannot be recovered. Although the big score was equalized, Zenit still has a physical advantage , and even has the advantage of away goals, if he can score, of course, Advocaat believes that his team will definitely score, that's how confident he is...

The most fearful thing now is the Zenit players. When the opponent is in the craziest period, when they are about to rise up, they will go up. If they score another goal and make a two-pointer, then Zenit Tate may really be about to roll over in the away game!

However, the most indispensable thing on the football field is that accidents happen! Although the head coach's tactics may be formulated very well, all kinds of unexpected situations are the charm of football games.

When Advocaat wanted to keep the halftime score and took advantage of the second half, the Zenit players gave him a surprise, um, a surprise without quotation marks!