Football’s First Defender

Chapter 38: Return of the King (1)

   With the continuous development of modern football tactics, offensive players are always the most brilliant people!

   Whether it is a striker who scores a hefty goal or a star-pleated midfield commander, it is the focus of the media and fans!

   For the central defender, this position may receive less than half the attention of the goalkeeper!

   At least the goalkeeper has the opportunity to make a great contribution in addition to being the background board, and the central defender seems to have the qualifications to be the background board!

   Of course, if you have a strong reversing attribute, your attention may be higher!

   Although Yang Feng had several wonderful reversing performances, with the stricter marking of his opponents, due to the insufficient physical confrontation, there are not many opportunities for reversing in the race now!

  Because the offensive firepower of his own team is too fierce, pressing other teams fiercely, in fact, Yang Feng has not too many opportunities to perform in the rear defense!

   But the lack of public attention does not mean that scouts and professional footballers cannot identify talents.

Many scouts have set their sights on Yang Feng, especially in the two games in which Yang Feng was absent. Although Zenit was also zero in the first game, in the process, there were still many defects in defense, only the visiting team. The strength was inadequate, and the heart was beaten, only to succeed in zero seal!

   But in the second game, the away scene was against the powerful Dynamo Moscow. Without Yang Feng's traditional rear defense duo, his weaknesses were completely exposed!

   In the absence of adequate defensive help from the midfielder, the opponent's counterattack was almost exactly one strike. Zenit's seven-game winning streak ended. The big reason was due to the unstable defense.

   Compared the two, Yang Feng's defensive performance on the defensive end, especially when the offensive pressure is on, and the rear defense is empty, is definitely better than Scotter and Hagen! Even Scotter has had scandals with the Premier League giants, let alone Yang Feng's attention at this time!

   A good central defender is a scarce product in any era!

  Many scouts assigned to other clubs or institutions in Europe, like sharks smelling blood, follow Zenit’s games and training in order to grasp Yang Feng’s first-hand information!

   For various professional scouts and football players, narrowing the gap between other variables can highlight the role of Yang Feng, the only variable added! Ed Wocart also worked according to their wishes. In this game, except for Yang Feng who replaced Eric Hagen, he did not make adjustments to other personnel and continued to adhere to his offensive tactics during his winning streak!

   "The 20th round of the Russian Premier League! Zenit returns to his home court to face the visiting Luengia!"

"Because of the defeat to Moscow in the last game, Zenit's points advantage is only 8 points! With 11 rounds of the league, the Russian Premier League still has a certain amount of suspense! So although there will be UEFA Cup 4 days later In the first round of the second qualifying round, Zenit is still the main player in this game!"

   "In the beginning, Zenit entered an offensive state!"

   "Perhaps the team wants to resolve the battle early and save energy for the Europa League! It is obvious that the offensive players have burst out of their own strength from the beginning!"

   "Arshavin! Do you want to solve the battle by your own personal ability when you come up?"

   "It really broke through!"

   "It's just that there is a second after one!"

   "Arshavin did not choose to be reckless, he chose to pass the ball directly and reasonably!"

   "Pogrebnyak in the penalty area has attracted the attention of many players from the visiting team!"

   "Denisov is here in the diagonal assassination!"

   "Shook his head to attack the door!"

   "It's a pity!"

   "This ball, the head flick is still not enough, just a little bit worse, you can start the home team!"

   "Turning around, the visiting team goalkeeper kicked his feet directly, trying to find his own striker, but this footwork is really not flattering, the ball passed directly to Yang Feng's head, and Zenit's opportunity to organize an attack!"

   "Anyukov has not come back because of his previous attack! Yang Feng directly found Anyukov on the side, and the latter took the ball again!"

   "Anyukov and Domingos' side lanes cooperate!"

   "As expected of a South American player, Domingos' small skills are really great!"

   "With the direct acceleration of Anyukov's pass!"

   "Anyukov who stopped the football, directly at the most suitable time, flicked his ankle and picked the ball over!"

   "This ball is very level, Anyukov can directly keep accelerating to get it!"

   "A direct volley pass!"

   "Passed to the door!"

   "The ball is too fast!"

   "The goalkeeper can't attack at all! You can only stand on the goal line and wait!"

   "Pogrebnyak!"

   "With a strong body, run forward and hit the door!"

   "GOAL!"

   "Boshen! Boshen!"

   "Add another goal to your goal account!"

   "This ball wave **** used his body to forcibly squeeze the defending team away. He only needs to touch the football and change the trajectory of the ball."

"Domingos' picking pass, and Anyukov's heavy footed pass are the essence of this attack. Of course, it is not the strong body of Boshen, and such a rough pass may not be possible. Score in!"

   "Zenit was at home and still took the lead with the first goal!"

"Remember that at the beginning of the season, Zenit's results were actually not outstanding. At that time, Zenit took the initiative to change in order to meet the needs of the record. Faced with strong teams, he pursued defense appropriately, and when faced with weak teams, he would shrink. Come back and fight defensive counterattacks, and strive to get the safest victory!"

   "But since the game against the defending champion CSKA Moscow!"

   "Ed Wo Carter re-emerged the offensive tactics he focused on, but the record did not fluctuate, a wave of seven consecutive victories, laying the edge of Zenit to hit the championship!"

   "The root cause is Yang Feng on the court!"

   "The reason why Zenit was scoring 4 goals in the last game, there are many situations, because of Yang Feng's absence, leading to the defense of the opponent's counterattack, Zenit can not deal with the opponent's pass in the first time!"

   "Many professional comments and articles pointed out after the game!"

   "If Yang Feng is on the court, there may be 2 counter-attack goals, and Yang Feng will clear it before!"

   "Although it is unfair to Scotter and Eric Hagen, the 19-year-old Yang Feng has become the defensive core of this Zenit in most cases!"

"Although Yang Feng still has a gap with top central defenders in positional defense, in terms of Zenit's current tactics, few teams can play positional battles with them. Zeni has always firmly occupied the initiative on the field. Especially, the most worrying thing is that the space behind you when attacking is too big to defend!"

   "The appearance of Yang Feng can be said to be a hit with the original Ed Wo Carter. While ensuring strong offensive firepower, the backcourt has a sweeping ability, running ability, and strong judgment ability Yang Feng!"

   "No wonder Yang Feng has been directly on the post since Hagen was injured, and firmly occupied the main position, squeezing Hagen onto the bench and unable to play..."

   Before scoring a goal, the away team only had one chance to counterattack! But before this ball fell to the ground, it was already out of bounds by Yang Fengding!

   Yang Feng's appearance clearly felt Zenit's defense line, and he was full of confidence. Even the two full-backs dared to go deeper and forward without scruples!

   Now that there is Yang Feng’s Zenit, it is the complete Zenit!