Football’s First Defender

Although Zenit's counterattack has a certain threatening ability, Bayern's suppression is obviously stronger!

Whether it is the number of attacks, the number of shots, or the number of shots on target, Bayern has achieved comprehensive suppression in terms of statistics!

But after suppressing the attack in the opening ten minutes, Bayern also began to retreat a bit in preparation.

On the one hand, it is because it is impossible for players to maintain a high position throughout the game. As a team that thinks it is superior, Bayern will not spend a lot of physical energy in order to pursue a period of comprehensive suppression like Villarreal did. cost. The Bayern players need to drop back, take a breath, and adjust!

On the other hand, although Zenit's formation has been squeezed and flattened, its defensive strength has not declined. After Pogrebnyak also participated in the half-court defense, there is not much room for Bayern to intersperse. Bayern only hope to lead the snake out of the hole, take advantage of Zenit's offensive opportunity, and create more space for their counterattack!

As for Zenit's positioning, in fact, both the coaching staff and the players know that although their defense is not bad, it is definitely not an iron wall! It's not a question of tactics, it's simply a matter of the defensive attributes of the players. There are many people who can't meet the top defensive requirements!

Blindly defending, for Zenit, facing an opponent of Bayern's level is definitely seeking a dead end!

Therefore, in an away game, for Zenit, it is not a good strategy to rely on defending Bayern to keep a draw and keep a clean sheet!

Only attack, even if you are scored by Bayern, just attack back by yourself. Keep the suspense of the game as much as possible and strive for away goals, which is Zenit's goal in this game!

Although Zenit does not have the size to play against Bayern at the Allianz Arena, seizing the opportunity for Bayern players to recuperate, find opportunities to attack a few times, and strive for goals is itself a key arrangement of Zenit before the game !

Now that Bayern gave up possession of the ball, Zenit naturally took over the offensive banner and began to try their own offensive tactics!

However, in the face of Bayern's defense, everyone in Zenit still has to worry about their own defense. Only a few offensive players invested are surrounded by Bayern players, and they rarely create excellent opportunities. Several counterattacks, very effective!

"Zenit won a free kick in the midfield!"

"Because the distance is too far, Yang Feng and Skrtel did not choose to go forward!"

"However, Tymoshchuk still chose to pass directly into the penalty area, hoping to find the only high point Pogrebnyak, so that he can take the opportunity to create some chaos in the penalty area, so that other players can take advantage of the chaos to get shots. Opportunity!"

"But this ball is too slow for the accuracy of the pass!"

"Pogrebnyak was caught in the double-team of Lucio and Demichelis, and he couldn't take off with all his strength!"

"Demichelis headed the ball to Van Bommel outside the box!"

"Van Bommel advances to counterattack!"

"Take two steps and pass directly to Ribery, who is already on the left and goes forward quickly!"

"Franck Ribery on the left, along the touchline, speed up!"

"Rixon's defense is extremely difficult!"

"Franck Ribery didn't choose to go directly to the bottom. After all, although I have two forwards, facing Yang Feng and Skrtel, I don't have a big advantage in headers. And at this time, Timoshchuk And Shirokov has already run to the penalty area to help defend!"

"Franck Ribery chose to cut in, at the level of the penalty area line, choose to dribble the ball laterally, close to the penalty area!"

"Ricksen hopes to rely on physical confrontation, give him enough interference, and wait for the help of others!"

"But Ribery is not entangled!"

"After the posture continues to cut in, feint a shot, dribble the ball and continue to the bottom!"

At this time, Ribery himself also understood in his heart that this ball cannot be dragged on. It is really completely bottomed out. It is to give Zenit defenders in the penalty area a few more seconds to react and think, so even if the ball is passed. At this time, Klose and Podolski, who are keeping up with the counterattack, may not be able to 2v4, what an advantage! So this time is to be fast and be surprised!

"With only one step forward, Ribery directly chose a half-high ball and passed it between the penalty areas!"

"The pass is too fast!"

"But Yang Feng appeared in time! Klose behind him has already made a leg swing, ready to shoot, but Yang Feng didn't give the ball a chance to pass, and kicked the ball out of the sideline!"

"Although Rixon lost his position just now, when Ribéry passed the ball, he also stretched out his thighs to block a certain pass angle as much as possible!"

"Yang Feng also understood, and ran with all his strength to cover the angle that Rixon couldn't take care of on this side!"

"This ball and the passable angle are really not big, and because the breakthrough is too deep, the depth is not big, and the ball cannot be passed too high, otherwise it will only cause the pass time to be too long, giving the goalkeeper enough time to attack!"

"So Yang Feng's supplementary defense was just right. He directly intercepted the half-high ball and destroyed Ribery's attack this time!"

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"Zenit attacked again, but when the long pass was diverted to the left, the pass was too powerful and it went straight to the touchline!"

"Rahm throws the throw-in fast!"

"After receiving the ball, Schweinsteiger faced Denisov who was rushing up to press him, and then gave it back to Lahm!"

"Lahm directly kicked a long-distance pass!"

"The goal is the space on the Zenit right!"

"Because of Zenit's offensive round just now, the player has not completely retreated to the half!"

"It's a great pass from Lahm!"

"The landing point is near the penalty area line, and the goalkeeper dare not come out!"

"Podolski and Skrtel fight for speed!"

"good chance!"

"Podolski has the advantage of speed!"

"You can hit the goal directly after unloading the ball!"

"but!"

"Yang Feng!"

"He abandoned Klose!"

"Just come over with a flying shovel!"

"This ball Podolski has not had time to catch up to the point of impact and unload the ball!"

"Yang Feng, who came from the weak side, directly touched the football with a sliding tackle and kicked it out of the sideline!"

"Yang Feng's excellent awareness of filling positions has once again made Bayern's offense come back in vain!"

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"It's the cooperation of Bayern's left trio again, this time after Ze Roberto passed the ball to Ribery, he went straight behind the Zenit defenders!"

"Franck Ribery didn't procrastinate, he just passed through without stopping the ball!"

"Successful anti-offside!"

"Zero Roberto's Chance!"

"After hitting the bottom, in the penalty area, directly choose an inverted triangle to pass to the penalty spot where there is no one!"

"Yang Feng again!"

"Yang Feng, who obviously couldn't catch the ball, just fell to the ground and stretched out his legs. Although he didn't make a direct clearance, it also changed the trajectory of the pass, and then he was directly cleared by Skrtel. Already!"

"Yang Feng has become the biggest obstacle on Bayern's offensive road!"