Football King Bale

Spalletti punched the coach's bench next to him in anger. He specifically told his players before the game that Manchester United would definitely attack fiercely for a while at the beginning of the game. During this period, they should pay attention to defense and not give the opponent a chance to enter the penalty area. Unexpectedly, in just twenty minutes, he gave the opponent three excellent scoring opportunities and conceded a goal!

Such a terrible defense!

"Our players are simply being led by the opponent's nose!" he complained to his assistant.

He was right, Zenit did fall into Manchester United's most accustomed rhythm from the beginning of the game, and they could only defend passively.

On the court, Manchester United's players celebrated even more happily, and Bell was the core of this celebration. Even Berbatov, who scored the goal, put his arm around his shoulders and said to him: "Well done, Gareth! Your plan worked!"

Bell smiled and said to everyone: "This is just the first ball. Keep doing this and try to solve the two-round problem in one game!"

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Although he lost the ball, Spalletti still did not let the team press out to attack, because he suffered too many losses at the hands of Manchester United. And today's Manchester United is even stronger than the Manchester United a few years ago. If Zenit rushes out regardless, it will play into Manchester United's hands.

At the moment when the team just lost the ball and the team was in some confusion, what Zenit needed to do was to strengthen its defense, stop conceding the ball in a short period of time, stabilize its position, and then seek to equalize the score or reverse it.

So he just rushed to the sidelines and scolded the players, asking them to strengthen their defense, concentrate on defense, and stop letting the opponent lead him by the nose.

The game quickly resumed. Manchester United's morale was boosted after scoring a goal, and their defensive performance was also very good. On the other hand, the home team Zenit must have been affected by this conceding goal. Originally, their kick-off was a good opportunity to attack, but they squandered it in a hurry. Under Manchester United's defense, it ended with a ridiculously high long-range shot.

The home team fans in the stands were somewhat dissatisfied with the team's performance, and even booed sporadicly.

However, about two thousand Manchester United fans who came to Russia sang and danced in the stands to celebrate the team's lead in the away game.

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Manchester United entered an offensive situation, and Bell was still the target of Zenit's focus. But Bell has long been used to such scenes. Since his emergence, he has been flanked by opposing players in most games. At first he was a little uncomfortable with it, but he soon got used to it. No matter how many defensive forces he faced,

He can handle everything.

When the football is passed, he can choose to catch the ball and then dribble, or he can choose to adjust and then pass the ball after catching the ball, or he can choose to pass the ball directly without stopping. In addition, he can also directly pass the ball without touching it. To the teammates behind you. He has so many options that it's very difficult for Zenit's players to defend him because you don't know what he will do next.

The previous goal was lost because everyone thought that Bell would play a one-two with his teammates. As a result, they went to defend Bell, but missed Berbatov.

Now everyone has learned not to defend Bell. Bell immediately used this little space to control the ball and organize the team's offense. Okay, let's continue to defend Bell. Everyone went up to defend Bell. Bell stopped catching the ball and frequently made the football spin at the feet of his teammates through movements, kicks, and even missed balls. Then he pulled Zenit's defensive players around.

As a result, five minutes after Berbatov's goal, Manchester United created another excellent shooting opportunity. It's a pity that Nani didn't grasp it this time and shot the ball on the side net.

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Zenit was in a very awkward situation during this period. Bell's unrestrained playing style and the entire Manchester United team following him made them very uncomfortable.

In the video analysis and tactics class before the game, Spalletti never mentioned that Manchester United's tactics would change so drastically. They had no idea how to deal with it and could only defend desperately. The more loopholes appear in a place, and Bell's ability to catch loopholes is very high.

Spalletti also saw that today's Manchester United is different from the previous Manchester United, which makes him feel very strange.

Facing such an unfamiliar team, what should he do?

So far, he has not been able to find an effective way. All he could do was sit on the bench and watch. The situation may develop in a direction that is beneficial to Zenit, or it may develop in a direction that is not beneficial to Zenit. There was nothing he could do but wait.

Denisov, who is directly responsible for defending Bale in Zenit's formation, may feel it more deeply than Spalletti. This kid is worthy of being a Ballon d'Or winner, and his abilities are really not at the same level as those of his opponents in the group stage. .

Denisov found that he had no idea what Bell was going to do next. It seemed that any action was possible, and it seemed that any action was impossible. He may pass the ball, but he may also leak it. He may leak the ball, but he may also control the ball. He may control the ball, but he may also pass the ball directly. He may pass the ball directly, but he may also pass the ball directly. He can dribble, he may dribble, but he may also leak the ball...

In short, that's it, there are no rules to follow at all. The information they learned from Bell's game video has completely lost its effect now. Not only has it lost its effect, but it has become a burden to them, because the more they know, the more they learn. The more you will think randomly and think too much when making a judgment, you will lose the most basic judgment and miss the best opportunity due to hesitation.

When he thought Bell went back to catch the ball, Bell stepped on the football and rubbed the ball behind him. Denisov missed again.

His breathing became heavier. The game had only started for twenty minutes, but he seemed to have been fighting with his opponent for eighty minutes. Every time this person caught the ball, he was forced to make short sprints. This was a very physically demanding behavior. .

You know, he is not yet 28 years old, and he is in the golden age of his career. It is the time when he has all the physical fitness, technology and experience, and the strongest overall ability.

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Spalletti saw Denisov's problem, so he took the opportunity of a dead ball and shouted to Denisov: "Igor! Igor! Don't attack him! Keep the formation, stop. Location!!"

So Denisov no longer defended Bell every time he caught the ball. He let Bell take the ball and let him handle the football. No matter what he did in front of him, he remained unmoved and just stood still. Keep your position and defend the area you are responsible for.

This is the essence of the Italian chain defense concept - give up possession and maintain formation. As a head coach who came out of Serie A, Spalletti naturally has deep knowledge in this matter. He has been Zenit's head coach for almost two years and has already integrated this into the hearts of Zenit's players.

During the group stage, Zenit also successfully used this method to deal with their opponents, and achieved good results. As a result, Zenit, who was not dominant in strength, performed well in Group G with Porto, APOEL and Shakhtar Donetsk, with 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, totaling 9 points, and also had the largest goal difference, but Because they were at a disadvantage against APOEL, they became second in the group.

Now, facing Manchester United's fierce offensive, Spalletti used this trick again.

Bell was not surprised to see that his opponents no longer came up to press him. It would be strange if his opponent kept pressing him. After all, it was a very physically demanding job.

The opponent stopped coming to press, and Bell got more space to play. When he got the ball, he would shoot long distance.

This powerful and heavy long-range shot flew out of the goal post, shocking Zenit fans and players into a cold sweat.

The matter was not over yet. Three minutes later, Manchester United made a comeback. As soon as Bell got the ball, he shot another long shot. This time the distance was slightly farther, 35 meters, but more suddenly. Bell had more power and higher quality. Football It roared and flew towards Zenit's goal. Thanks to Zenit goalkeeper Zevnov's concentration, he jumped up and saved the football.

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Zenit's defense was very difficult and embarrassing, which meant that Manchester United's offense was very smooth and powerful.

Led by Bell, other players improvised a lot more.

"Bale shot directly from a long distance - the football was firmly held by Zevnov!"

"Bale shot? No! It was a pass, he passed the ball! It was not Nani who caught the ball, but Valencia who came from behind! He made a cross? No! It was not a cross either, it was a fake move, a breakthrough! He entered the penalty area! Pass the ball again! Alves blocked the low ball from the bottom line! Corner kick! Manchester United is really attacking like a wave..."

Manchester United won another corner kick, and Zenit's players returned to the goal to defend. They also discussed the current situation facing the team.

"We have to press out and attack! We can't be passively beaten in front of the goal like this!" Another Zenit midfielder Serokov was very dissatisfied with the team's shrinking situation.

"Passive defense will lose the ball sooner or later!" His allies are forward Kozakov and attacking midfielder Faizulin. As offensive players, their role in defense is minimal. But the team has been unable to send the football forward, and they cannot play their role, which makes them very depressed.

Captain Alves did not agree to do this. He said: "No, if we press out, there will be more openings for the opponent to take advantage of. Have you all forgotten what kind of person Bale is? We should defend until the end. At half-time, let the coach tell us what to do!"

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