Football’s First Defender

High-level competition, sometimes the fast pace can make the audience forget the time of the competition!

For the audience in front of the TV, they have been immersed in enjoying the fast offensive and defensive games. It seems that in the blink of an eye, the game has come to the final stage of the half!

Bayern is still one goal ahead. However, whether it is Zenit, which has been leading the offense recently, or Bayern Munich, which has defended steadily and threatened counterattacks several times, in the last 10 minutes, they all felt a little tired!

It's not that they are too tired to run, but that the players need to allocate their physical energy reasonably to save energy for the second half. Naturally, in the final stage of the half, they are a little bit sluggish!

The decline in physical strength naturally leads to the deformation of technical movements. The mistakes on the offensive end gave the defense the hope of seeing the interception, and the speed of the defense slowed down, which made it impossible to intercept accurately and timely, and fouls began to increase! There are unintentional fouls, of course there are also lost positions, conscious intentional fouls!

Fouls are always a part of football games, as long as they are not bad fouls directed at people, it is also common for professional players!

Zenit's offense is gradually on the right track! For Zenit, who temporarily gave up the domestic league, mobilized all resources and attention, and concentrated on the match against Bayern, of course, it has made special tactical preparations for Bayern's defense during the entire preparation cycle!

Especially Arshavin and Denisov's transposition and free running really caused a lot of trouble for Bayern's defense!

"Arshavin came to the middle area to take the ball again this time! From the middle of the first half, his range of activities was not limited to the penalty area and the right side of the previous game. He can be seen active in the entire center and front field. !"

"His wide-ranging movements and the interspersed movements of other players caused great confusion to Bayern's defense."

"For this ball, Tymoshchuk was near the middle circle, and still made an excellent pass, passing the ball directly to Arshavin's feet!"

"After turning around and breaking through directly, Arshavin intends to rely on his personal ability to break the deadlock! However, Van Bommel and Schweinsteiger completed the blocking from both sides in an instant. Arshavin fell to the ground directly under the blocking of the two, but The referee didn't say anything!"

"The Zenit players raised their hands to express their dissatisfaction, but after being invalid, they still chased and defended desperately!"

"Van Bommel passed the ball directly to Klose near the midfield! Klose counterattacked with the ball!"

"Facing Tymoshchuk's defense, Klose turned his back directly and accelerated forward diagonally! When Tymoshchuk was not in the dominant position, he directly wanted to tackle the ball on the side, But before the movements are complete, he has already fallen to the ground by himself!"

"Klose seemed to have fouled, but the referee moved forward with both hands vertically, the offense was favorable, and he still didn't blow the whistle!"

"Zenit has a neat four-man defense this time, but Bayern also has four attackers lined up, and Klose in the middle dribbles in with the ball!"

"Frontcourt 4v4!"

"Zenit's players kept retreating, and they all retreated to the center to tighten the defense. Everyone understands that rushing up at this time is in itself conducive to the offensive side using the pass to break through!"

"Klose takes the ball to Skrtel in the middle!"

"Other Bayern players spread out and move around!"

"Zenit's players stopped in front of the penalty area and prepared to respond. Skrtel chose to attack at this time, hoping to block Klose's advance!"

"However, Klose made a deft buckle, changed direction directly, and passed Skrtel!"

"But Zenit's formation is too tight. Klose can't get past Yang Feng who is a few meters away from here after passing Skrtel. Go up and grab the blocked football!"

"This ball Klose may split the side is a better choice!"

"Following Yang Feng's big foot to clear the siege, the referee stopped the game at the same time!"

"Tymoshchuk, who fell to the ground near the midfield, hasn't gotten up yet! The referee also stepped forward to look and signal the team doctor to enter the field!"

"The close-up camera playback shows that when Klose turned around just now, his arm swung his elbow unconsciously, which just hit the throat of Tymoshchuk, who was half down on the ground and was about to shovel, but before that, Tymosh Chuuk's leg has actually touched Klose's ankle, but because of Klose's good balance, the ball can continue to advance!"

"The referee's penalty should be fairly accurate!"

However, on the football field, sometimes the most lacking thing is rationality. After all, the authorities are obsessed with the onlookers, and the players cannot see the replays. Naturally, they rely on their subjective first impressions to judge right or wrong!

Anyway, in the minds of the Zenit players, the referee favored the players of the home team, causing their comrades to suffer in vain. A wave of anger filled the hearts of the Zenit players, and the subsequent actions naturally began to grow louder!

"Tymoshchuk stood up and participated in the game again. After Zenit got the ball, he quickly advanced the attack, but this time Ziryanov's through ball was directly intercepted, which was another chance for Bayern to counterattack !"

"Schweinsteiger on the right, after receiving a long pass from the backcourt, saw that there were not many teammates participating in the counterattack, so he did not choose to break through from the side, but advanced to the middle area by himself, in order to get a better pass Space, maybe I can directly complete the door!"

"However, Skrtel doesn't care about that!"

"Just take a step forward, that is, stretch your legs and run hard for the ball!"

"Fall to the ground! Schweinsteiger couldn't dodge in time, clutched his ankle, and knelt down in front of the penalty area."

"But the referee still didn't blow the whistle and signaled the game to continue!"

"It's too late to watch the replay of this ball, Zenit's counterattack has advanced to the midfield!"

"After Ziryanov took the ball, he was observing the running position of his teammates in front of him and preparing for a long pass!"

"However, behind him is Van Bommel who just came back!"

"A direct tackle from the side!"

"Although Ziryanov had already spotted the figure behind him and made a move to avoid the ball by pulling the ball backwards, he was still brought down by Van Bommel's deliberately raised legs!"

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"The referee gave Van Bommel a direct yellow card this time!"

"But Ziryanov was still writhing on the ground, clutching his ankle!"

"Players from both sides gathered together from all over the court. In the past few rounds, players from both sides fell to the ground, which obviously made both sides a little angry!"

"Franck Ribery and Rixon are already shoving!"

"Other players are fighting, or joining the ranks of pushing and shoving, the scene is a bit chaotic!"

"Perhaps it is understandable for the referee to encourage the offense for the sake of the fluency of the game, but it may still be questionable in the handling of some foul actions!"

"The referee may not have a good grasp of the whistleblowing scale of the game, leaving players on both sides unhappy!"

"Now we can only rely on yellow cards to force both sides to calm down!"

"Franck Ribery and Rixon, who took the lead, each had a yellow card and each played 50 boards!"

"I hope this yellow card can calm down both sides. After all, this is a football match, not a fighting arena!"

"What the audience wants to see is a wonderful football game, not a fighting scene!"