Football’s First Defender
Chapter 82: Advance to the semifinals
In any case, Zenit has advanced! Although the process was very tortuous, it still passed the first level of the knockout round without any risk!
The next opponent will be the French giants Marseille!
However, Marseille's encounter in the league is very embarrassing, only ranked fifth, and there is a gap of 5 points from the Champions League!
And the team has ups and downs, especially the home and away performance, the gap is very obvious! But the combat effectiveness at home is very strong!
Its opponent in the first-round knockout round was Zenit's old opponent Sparta Moscow!
In the cold Moscow wind, Marseille lost to Sparta Moscow 0-2. After returning to the warm France, it cleanly broke the bus of Sparta Moscow 3 times in a row, and it was abruptly reversed 3-2. Big score!
This time encountering this convulsive-type Ligue 1 downturned giants, although Zenit was well prepared, he still suffered a blow in the away game!
3 feet long shot to set the universe!
In the away game, Zenit played against the home team Marseille!
Was beaten by the home team's three-foot long shot in the first and second half!
Zenit, who clearly occupies the advantage on the field, has almost twice as many shots and positives as Marseille, but he has no luck!
On the contrary, it was Marseilles, the three-legged long-range shot was more exciting than one, and the other was a fairy ball! Especially the third ball!
During the counterattack, a world wave 35 meters away made Yang Feng, who was in charge of following defense, helpless!
The shot is too accurate, the toe is too hard!
However, although the game was lost, Zenit didn't suffer much in away goals!
Pogrebnyak scored a low shot in the penalty area before halftime, and Yang Feng's header in the second half earned Zenit two away goals. The big score was just One goal behind. The initiative is still in the hands of his own team, Zenit's players are so confident!
One week later! The Zenit team back in St. Petersburg, with the blessing of the cold wind buff, brought their strength to the fullest!
Arshavin became the highlight of this game!
In 23 minutes, after a breakthrough and change of direction, he stopped and shook off his opponent, and took a far corner with a curved ball, which caught the Marseille goalkeeper by surprise and made Zenit a direct equalizer!
After that, in the 36th minute, during the counterattack, he made a tricky through ball and assisted "Hot Dog" Domingos to score the second goal!
In the second half, Pogrebnyak continued his good form in the European Cup. After receiving a high-quality cross from Arshavin from the wing, he directly defeated the opponent's central defender and scored with a header to rewrite the score as It's 3 to 0!
At the last moment, Arshavin had the opportunity to stage an assist hat trick, but Fazuelin, who came on the bench, gave a pie to his mouth and spit it out ruthlessly, wasting a great single-handed shot!
But 3 to 0, total score, 5 to 3, Zenit advanced to the top 8!
In this game, Yang Feng and his partner Scott are also outstanding!
When Zenit aggressively attacked, Yang Feng expanded his range of activities even more in this game, stifling Marseille's counterattack in the bud. For more than half of Marseille’s chances of counterattack, before entering the long-range area, Yang Feng directly intercepted or destroyed the ball. In the whole game, except for the set-kick, Yang Feng and Scotter did not give Marseille a penalty area. Opportunity to kick inside!
Yang Feng, who played particularly well in this game, was directly selected by UEFA as the best team in the knockout round this time, which made Chinese fans who support Yang Feng extremely happy!
There is no way, some people do not watch the game, just knowing to watch the score, they are willing to give pointers!
Three goals were poured in the first round, and the pot was inexplicably detained by some domestic pseudo-fans on Yang Feng's body, as if Yang Feng's various mistakes were flying all over the sky! What Chinese players are not suitable for European football, how can they be the core of the defensive speech is endless!
But in the second round, Yang Feng responded to some domestic murmurs with his visible performance. As long as he is not blind, he can see Yang Feng flying on defense and his role in the team!
However, after playing Marseille, the new season of the Russian Super League will also begin!
Zenit will no longer have the advantage on the schedule, and will face a double match in a week!
However, they have all entered the quarterfinals. Faced with the newly-started league and the European Championship is within reach, the team's choice is of course obvious!
In the first round of the Russian Super League, due to only three days of rest, the Zenit generals who have not recovered from the match against Marseille have obviously been offensive on the offensive end!
Even if Ed Wocart adjusted Fazuelin, Tek, Miguel Danny, and three offensive powers in turn, he still had a 0-0 ending!
The copper walls and iron walls of Sparta Moscow, this time finally let Zenit hit his head! The journey of defending the new season is not that simple!
Turning to the second round of the league, Zenit, who has been trimmed for a week, finally showed his strength this time. He won the Moscow Torpedo 2-0 in the away game. Arshavin and the substitute Fazilin were in the field. Contribute to the team in the game!
In the third round of the league, even if the main scene invested heavily in the off-season and introduced a large number of powerful players, Kazan Ruby, who had won two consecutive victories before, chose to rest a large number of main players in rotation to prepare for the European Cup and midweek. The first round of the Bundesliga powerhouse Leverkusen!
As a result, Zenit simply lost 1 to 3 at home! The new season has just started three rounds, UU reading www. uukanshu.com has been opened by Kazan Ruby by 5 points!
However, the frustration in the league does not mean that Zenit's strength has declined!
At Leverkusen’s home court! Zenit once again showed his terrifying offensive power to Europe!
At 4-1 away, Zenit used his best offense to solve his opponent in almost one round!
However, in this game, Yang Feng made a rare error in the game!
Yang Feng, who has always been known for his ability to judge, was cheated by a fake action by a Leverkusen striker in the game, stealing his foot and judging the wrong direction!
Caused his team's first goal concealment! The score was evened by the opponent at halftime!
But in the second half, Yang Feng, full of fighting spirit, made atonement! In the free kick tactics, first the header relay, assists Pogrebnyak to score again, scored twice! Immediately afterwards, in a corner kick, the Lions shake their head and score the third goal of the team!
And Arshavin, at the last moment, in the counterattack, assisted Denisov, set the score to 4-1, completely defeated Leverkusen in the Bayer Arena!
As for the second round one week later! Due to three goals behind, after Leverkusen tried to attack without any effect in the opening, it was quite a sign of surrendering. The two sides have been working hard in the midfield. In the end, the second round ended with a 0-0 approach and let stay up late to watch the ball. Many of the Chinese fans fell asleep boringly at the end of halftime!
The Russian Super League team once again appeared in the semi-finals of the European Cup, but this time the difficulty of wanting to win the cup is definitely much more difficult than that of CSKA Moscow!
Because the obstacle in the semifinals is the Bundesliga giants, it should be said that it is the European giants, Bayern Munich!