Football’s First Defender

"Zenit's two substitutions and adjustments seem to have shown their cards to the home team, 'I'm going to stick to it to the end!'"

"After all, Lee Ho and Kim Dong-jin, the two South Korean internationals, don't have particularly outstanding offensive attributes. Now that Zenit is threatening to counterattack, it is estimated that only Denisov or Arshavin are left to attack from the flanks! "

"However, the two who are deeply mired in defense are rarely able to appear in each other's danger zone!"

"Under such circumstances, it is reasonable for Pellegrini to properly adjust the team's full-time defensive midfielder Bruno Soldado and replace him with Mavuba, who has a certain offensive ability!"

"The most important thing now is whether Zenit's defensive line can hold on to the opponent's imaginable violent attack after losing Yang Feng's defensive ability!"

Although Villarreal's players have been running since the beginning, but because Zenit played one less player, in fact, in the second half of the game, the home team's players did not have to run as before and then retreated to defend. , In fact, it is not as big as expected, so naturally it can still carry out an effective attack!

On the contrary, Zenit's players, because they have to take care of their own defense, and the players are always in a tight state of defense, their mental state is also a big problem!

"In the final stage of the game, the home team's offensive basically never stopped!"

"This time, after a pass from the midfielder, Marcos Senna, who was in charge of receiving the ball at the end, passed the ball to Cazorla who retreated from the wing to the left and right of the penalty area to receive the ball!"

"This ball, Cazorla, facing the incoming ball, directly chose to knock the ball lightly, and he took advantage of the situation to complete his back turn and insert into the penalty area!"

"Anyukov, who was defending against Cazorla, obviously did not expect that Cazorla still had the physical and mental strength to make such an unconventional move at such an anxious moment in the game!"

"Anyukov's first reaction was of course to intercept the football, but this ball Cazorla played very skillfully, Anyukov's legs were just not stretched enough, this ball, Cazorla just passed !"

"The area where you can directly hit the door!"

"Although Anyukov immediately turned around and chased after him, he was at a very obvious disadvantage in terms of body position, and it felt like it was futile!"

"Yang Feng in the penalty area has come to defend against everything!"

"But it's still a step too late!"

"Cazorla knocked the ball back and turned around, and then went forward to get the ball. All the movements were done in one go, and there was not enough time for the Zenit players to react and defend!"

"The door is open!"

"The first step into the penalty area, Cazorla has already adjusted his steps and completed the goal!"

"This goal! Yang Feng flew over to defend, but it was doomed to be futile. If he didn't do it, he would have to use it as a background board for the goal. Cazorla's kick was of excellent quality, no matter whether it was the speed of the ball or the angle. Picky!"

"but!"

"Zenit's last line of defense! The second goalkeeper of the Russian national team, Malafeyev, has become the hero of the Zenit team at this moment!"

"Malafeyev, who had been under the protection of Yang Feng before, made a very high-quality save this time!"

"Excellent take-off timing, perfect flying height, and extremely stretched saving action! At the most critical moment, Malafeev made an extremely beautiful save, and Cazorla's kick was equally wonderful. , shut out!"

"Moreover, this shot was directly blocked by Malafeyev from the bottom line, and there was no chance for the home team players to take advantage of the chaos to make a follow-up shot!"

"Corner for Villarreal!"

"This is Villarreal's tenth corner kick of the game. However, the home team that has been suppressing Zenit has won so many set-piece opportunities, but they just can't create a good goal!"

"The defense led by Yang Feng and Skrtel contributed a lot. Perhaps Zenit's defense is indeed still a little insufficient in overall defense due to the problem of personnel ability, but in terms of the defense of set kicks, Zenit's defense The standard is impressive! Both Skrtel and Yang Feng are good at scrambling for high balls, and Pogrebnyak is also in the regular lineup, which makes Zenit never suffer at all in set-piece defense! "

"A corner kick this time!"

"Again without exception!"

"Villarreal's corner kick tactics are too focused on finding their own central defender Godin!"

"But Godin is facing Yang Feng, who is in an excellent defensive state in this game, and Yang Feng's housekeeping skill may be in the judgment of high-altitude balls. Godin did not take advantage of it at all!"

"On the contrary, when he was stuck for the top position, he was directly fouled for pulling Yang Feng's jersey!"

"Zenit free kick in the box!"

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The coaches of the two sides on the sidelines no longer cared about each other's image! All on the sidelines are jumping and jumping, shouting and screaming! I hope to convey my instructions to my team members!

But whether it works or not, I don't know! Maybe the players are too lazy to respond to their head coach because of the fierce competition!

Although Pellegrini still has a substitution quota in his hand, Pellegrini actually has some thoughts of giving up the substitution in his heart! There is no way, the strongest offensive lineup is already on the field, and there is really no high-level offensive player to replace!

It can be said that the game has progressed so far, the coaches of both sides have tried their best, and it depends on the players of the two teams, their own performance!

"This time it's Pires looking for the left!"

"Pirres still wants to break through the bottom, but the newly replaced Jin Dongjin has enough physical strength, and he is very close to Pires, which makes Pires very uncomfortable!"

"Pirres made a circle on the left side. After realizing that there was no good chance, he chose to go out and pass the ball back to Fernandez who came over in the middle!"

"Fernandez dribbles straight into the box!"

"After attracting enough defensive personnel and defensive attention, the ball was lightly picked out of the encirclement that was about to be formed, and passed laterally to Senna on the right side of the court!"

"After Senna received the ball, he took another step horizontally and hit the goal directly!"

"Slash with one foot! Go straight to the lower left corner of the goal!"

"This ball, the quality of the goal is also extremely high!"

"It's still Malafeyev! At the same time Senna finished hitting the goal! Malafeyev moved laterally to his right, and then quickly fell to the ground!"

"Although Malafeyev's fall was not completed when the ball was about to cross the goal line, his right hand has reached the position ahead of time!"

"Fortunately, Senna's kick hit the goal. Although the angle is tricky, the speed and power of the ball on the ground are not so fast and powerful. Malafeev blocked the ball with a single palm!"