Football’s First Defender

In a 90-minute game, it is unrealistic for all athletes to keep their attention all the time!

It is unrealistic for athletes to choose the optimal solution and make the most correct decision every time they face their opponents.

This has nothing to do with the player's personal ability, it's just because the player is a human, a living person, destined to be unable to perform all the command actions perfectly like a machine!

For the Zenit players on the field, under the crazy oppression of the opponent, sometimes some mistakes are unavoidable, but it is the Zenit players who try to reduce mistakes as much as possible, or make fewer big mistakes. Our top priority!

Shirokov's previous defensive loopholes were due to the fact that he was not suitable for defending South American players with standard skills like Fernandez. Shirokov didn't have that much defensive pressure, which caused some inattention!

With Fernandez's high-quality kick, the home team's center was also activated. Villarreal, who started to participate in the attack, put more and more pressure on Zenit's defense!

"Although Zenit equalized the score with a header and regained the lead, the players of the home team Villarreal have a very strong ability to adjust!"

"They didn't sigh at the loss of the set kick. Instead, because of the total score behind, they aroused their desire to attack! They urgently need to score goals!"

"Amidst the cheers of the home fans, the home team players launched wave after wave of offensives, posing a huge threat to Zenit's defense!"

"Especially Mathias Fernandez, who was under the light of Cazorla and Pires before, he used his strong personal ability in the middle and the creativity of South American players to turn Zenit's defense upside down! "

"Zenit midfielder Shirokov, who is mainly responsible for marking him, is now very embarrassed. Not only did he allow Fernandez to create an excellent long-range shot before, and he completed a high-quality shot. Afterwards, he also lost two in the defensive process. An excellent positioning foul! It’s just a pity that these two free kicks hit the goal directly, one was sent flying by Cazorla, and one shot by Fernandez himself was confiscated by the goalkeeper!”

"But there is no doubt that Zenit, which has been beaten on the two sides before, is now in a precarious position in the center of the defense!"

"In the penalty area, there is also the Turkish national Nihat. Unlike Giuseppe Rossi who stood and waited for the ball most of the time in the first round, Nihat is more willing to run more without the ball in the penalty area to contain Zeni. The attention of the two central defenders. Although it may be useless in many cases, it firmly restricts the Zenit central defenders to their own defensive area, and cannot provide support to the front midfield defense!"

"Should Zenit, who has been fully suppressed, make some tactical adjustments? Although the home team has a gap of two goals in order to advance, but at the Estadio de l'Oro, if Villarreal's offense breaks out in an all-round way, it will be very difficult for the visiting team Zee. As far as Nite is concerned, it is definitely not that it can be completely parried!"

Advocaat also knows the difficulties his team faces!

When Pogrebnyak scored, Advocaat thought he could defeat the fighting heart of this Villarreal team! Or at least make some players lose their desire to fight!

but now……

The players of Villarreal, especially the offensive players in the entire midfield, still maintain a high fighting spirit, and even the offense is smoother than before the start of the game, the tactical cooperation is better, and even the running ability may be better. Strong!

The pressure on their own team's defense line was even greater because of the continuous successful breakthroughs of the opponent's midfielder Fernandez. Coupled with Pires and Cazorla who are staring at the flanks, Advocaat is also a little helpless now!

Adjustment? How to adjust! You can't just change someone now! That will definitely seriously interfere with my pre-match tactical preparations, and, because of early substitutions, my team's physical advantage will be weakened!

At this time, I can only choose to stand up! Tough to the end! Don't be afraid of being scored, just hit back in the second half!

"Defend! Pay attention to the defense! Don't be afraid of wasting energy! Run! Don't give the opponent a direct free kick in a dangerous position!"

Although he knows that his players' defensive attributes are not that high, Advocaat believes that as long as the players can run, it is not a big problem to persist until the end of the halftime! No matter how bad it is, it's not a big deal to let the opponent make another one, as long as the opponent doesn't reverse the big score.

After all, the entire first half was spent running without hesitation. Even if three substitute attackers were replaced in the second half, would the rest of the home team really have the ability to run the entire field?

The decisive battle will be 60 minutes later, don't care about the gains and losses of one city and one pool now!

"The game has been going on for 35 minutes. The first half of the game was really exciting. Both teams contributed a wonderful goal. The visiting team Zenit still has a big lead, but the home team is constantly attacking. Can the home team score another goal before the end of the game?"

"Capdevila put in an assist this time to support Pires in front of him. Because Pires is restrained by his own teammates behind him, he can naturally break through to the bottom line with more confidence!"

"Zenit's right-back Hill is still struggling to face Pires alone. Arshavin has to come over to defend against interference, but!"

"Pirres didn't choose to pass back the empty Capdevila, but took advantage of Arshavin's lack of position and forced Hill!"

"In the past, directly in the acceleration process, looking for a physical confrontation, Hill was at a disadvantage in this instant physical confrontation! It is no loss that he is a strong player who has been honed in the Premier League for many years. Pires' physical fitness is definitely not bad!"

"Pirres, it's over!"

"Hill can only follow closely, and Yang Feng in the penalty area has to give up Nihat to defend!"

"Pirres didn't choose the inverted triangle pass, but did it himself!"

"Before Yang Feng rushed to the defense, hit the goal directly from a small angle!"

"The ball! Powerful grounder! Malafeev's wicket!"

"Fortunately, Malafeyev reacted quickly. At the critical moment, he chose to quickly fall to the ground sideways, and blocked this shot that might have passed through his wicket sideways with his legs!"

"Follow up and shoot!"

"But Yang Feng has already arrived!"

"Directly took the lead to control the football, and did not give Pires a chance to step forward! Directly clear!"

"Wait, this ball is not a blind clearance. Yang Feng's clearing direction is exactly the space left by Villarreal after pressing forward!"

"Capdevila was desperately running back, and the ball was looking for the space behind him! But Denisov, who was supposed to be on the left side of his house, has come here while others are not paying attention. Space on the right, run to where the football lands!"

"Zenit's opportunity is definitely a good opportunity to counterattack!"

"Pogrebnyak is also striding into the penalty area, holding Godin for Denisov!"

"Denisov's speed is extremely fast, he has already unloaded the football, and the Spanish international Capdevila is still behind him, and he has not rushed back to his position!"

"2v2!"

"Denisov and Pogrebnyak against Godin and Gonzalo Rodriguez!"

"Godin has been following Pogrebnyak!"

"Gonzalo is pressing on Denisov from the middle!"

"Denisov speed up! Keep going!"

"Wow!"

"Gonzalo!"

"Shovel directly!"

"Shoveled over Denisov!"

"Denisov! Turned over in the air! Landed in pain!"

"This ball!"

"It's a bit ruthless!"

"Referee! How will the punishment be..."