ALL NOVEL Chapter 32 Arshavin's leadership!
(Because the team information is too difficult to check, some Russian Super League players, I will directly use the name of the current lineup, please understand o(╥﹏╥)o)
We can see that Zenit's performance today is really not good. The national team's match day did have a huge impact on the home team!
Lokomotiv Moscow, which is playing in an away game, can even play 50-50 with Zenit on the scene.
The goal is dangerous! A long-range shot from midfielder Tarasov! It was slightly wide and the visiting team almost scored!
We can clearly see that Tymoshchuk's running pace is a bit heavy today. Just now, Tymoshchuk's replacement was not timely, allowing Tarasov to have enough time to adjust and shoot such a high-quality long shot ! Grabbed the goal post and flew out!
Mr. Advocaat on the sidelines obviously has no solution. After all, for Zenit today, there are many main players who cannot be replaced. There is a huge gap between the main players and the substitutes.
In the face of this equally strong locomotive, the substitute players may really not be able to complete the established game tactics, but now I am worried about these main players, can they really show their full strength?
Even the captain of the team on the field, Tymoshchuk, couldn't run in place. One can imagine how many loopholes Zenit's current defense has!
Yang Feng and Skrtel became the busiest people on the field. They not only had to keep an eye on their defenders, pay attention to the coordination of the back line, but also be ready to fill in the loopholes in the midfield at any time!
Arshavin has the ball and is ready to break through!
He wants to get rid of the opponent's full-back Vedland
This ball is a bit taken for granted!
Wadeland firmly held his position and did not allow Arshavin to make a breakthrough, but succeeded in grabbing the football!
It's obvious that Arshavin's movement with the ball is a bit slow!
In 1v1, the ball was directly intercepted, which is not common for Arshavin!
Vederan directs the ball to the midfield!
Zenit's players obviously didn't expect that the core of their team would lose the ball directly on the wing, and they are all running back with all their strength!
However, it's too late! The visiting team formed a 4-on-3 situation in the frontcourt!
Although central defender Yang Feng has rushed forward, he is ready to rely on fouls to stop the opponent's counterattack!
But Tarasov is clearly experienced!
When I saw Yang Feng rushing forward at full speed, I had already chosen to pass the ball in advance!
This ball is good for attacking! But Yang Feng's tactical foul should be dealt with later!
Away team striker Smolov received the ball from his teammates and faced Zenit's last central defender Skrtel!
It's still a pass, and it's passed to Vladislav who followed up from the far end
A successful 2 on 1 followed by a direct shot!
GOAL!
Vladislav didn't waste the pass from his teammate, he pushed the ball directly. Without any defense, he made a high-quality shot, and the ball was right in the lower right corner!
Lokomotiv Moscow has successfully taken the lead in the away game!
This goal went from stealing the ball in the backcourt to succeeding in the counterattack. The away team played without delay. Zenit's midfielders have been running behind, but they have no chance to catch up!
Advocaat, facing the team's backward situation again, but the offensive players who are obviously in poor condition, will they complete the reversal this time?
What's wrong with everyone! This time it was indeed my mistake that caused the loss. However, this is our home court. I don't want the fans to see a humiliating defeat. Let's attack! We can definitely score!
Although the captain of the team is Tymoshchuk, there is always only one core in Zenit, and that is Andrei Arshavin!
First, he has the courage to admit his mistakes, and then he cheers up the other team members!
We must not lose! No! We still have to win!
Everyone work together! Definitely score before half-time!
Sometimes physical exhaustion can be overcome by willpower. At least the Zenit players who were woken up began to forget their heavy legs, forget their physical and mental exhaustion, and devote themselves to the game!
After Arshavin gathered his teammates together to encourage them, we can clearly see that the Zenit players are gradually getting on the right track!
The visiting team, which was able to fight Zenit 50-50 on the scene before, is now completely besieged in its own half!
This is the Zenit we are familiar with, the Zenit with the most offensive firepower in the Russian Super League!
Arshavin is worthy of his nickname of 'Tsar'. He successfully showed his arrogance and brought his teammates back to the game!
There are still more than 20 minutes before the end of the first half. With Zenit's current offensive, it may be possible to tie the score at halftime!
Now we will see how long the Spartan Moscow can last. Although it seems unbreakable, Zenit has the sharpest spear in the entire Russian Super League!
The visiting team's two heavily-staffed defensive lines made Zenit's offense only stop near the penalty area line, and there was no good opportunity to directly contact Pogrebnia in the penalty area.
Tymoshchuk! A very creative cross!
Over the heads of all the defenders!
Arshavin! Insert it from behind!
Successful anti-offside!
Unloaded the football in the corner of the wicket!
People continue to move towards the bottom line due to running inertia!
Turn around directly!
The ball was still bouncing off the ground, but Arshavin turned around and volleyed! The movement was extremely coherent!
Pillar!
This ball is a pity! The angle is too small, the ball hit the post and flew out of the baseline! Goal kick!
But this coherent action of going in against offside first, stopping the ball on the spot, and then turning around and volleying, proves that Arshavin's state is back!
This is definitely good news for Zenit!
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Yang Feng's header!
Door frame!
After Arshavin's post, Yang Feng contributed another goal frame. The home team's goal is really disrespectful today!
During Zenit's corner kick this time, the young central defender Yang Feng got rid of his defensive midfielder and went straight in from behind, almost scoring another header!
The opponents after Zenit must pay attention to Yang Feng. His ability to find opportunities to head the ball is really too strong!
Although we can see that Yang Feng still can't gain an advantage in physical confrontation, but because Pogrebnyak attracts attention, Yang Feng can always rely on running to get a good chance to head the ball!
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Tymoshchuk's long shot!
Blocked by the goalkeeper, the goalkeeper has made a contribution!
It's Dominguez again, breaking through from the wing and sending a beautiful pass!
Pogrebnyak!
Flying and lying on the ground to shoot!
It missed a little bit!
Zenit's offense is getting more and more fierce, and it is only a layer of window paper away from a goal!
This time is a rare opportunity for the visiting team to counterattack. Facing Zenit, which is back in form, the visiting team will never have such a good offensive opportunity before the start of the game!
The pass is too big!
Tarasov wanted to find Smolov at the front, but the passing power was too strong, and the ball was directly caught by Yang Feng who rushed to the position first!
After having a normal interception in the midfield, Yang Feng completely froze his teammate Skrtel, relying on his excellent judgment and running without hesitation, he basically rounded up the opponent's crosses...
Yang Feng passed the ball directly to Timoshchuk!
It's another direct connection between Tymoshchuk and Arshavin!
Taking advantage of the loosening of the defense line when the opponent counterattacked, Zenit directly turned around and prepared to complete a quick attack!
Arshavin breaks through!
This time Vedran was passed. Sure enough, facing Russia's current number one player in football, Vedran is still unable to complete the defense in a 1v1 under normal conditions!
Arshavin!
After getting rid of it, kick up directly!
Is this a shot?
Dominguez!
Dominguez!
The goal is scored!
Dominguez, who followed up from the back point, faced Arshavin's pass, lightly touched the ball with his head at the back point, and successfully scored!
This ball!
From Arshavin's point of view, it can definitely be regarded as a powerful kick!
But from Dominguez's point of view, it was another fantastic pass, a quick, angled football that completely out-of-touched all the players in the middle.
Dominguez just needs to touch the ball before it goes out of the baseline and change the route!
He did it!
Zenit, in the 39th minute of the first half, successfully equalized the score!
No one can stop Zenit who is in form!
In the second half of the game, as Yang Feng became more and more mature and the defense line became more and more stable, Advocaat gradually began to show his full offensive tactics!
Although the visiting team can occasionally come out to fight back under Zenit's continuous attack, but the hasty pass can only be sent to Yang Feng to collect statistics.
Except for an extremely precise long pass, which avoided Yang Feng's coverage and allowed Smolov to get it, and completed a counter-attack shot, the other balls were directly pressed to death by Yang Feng at the budding stage. The second half of the game went to 85 minutes , the visiting team only had one shot.
The score on the field was 3 to 1, with the home team leading!
This is the change that Advocaat has brought to this Zenit team, an extremely gorgeous offensive coordination!
The home team scored two goals within 5 minutes of the second half! It almost killed the suspense of the game!
Arshavin received a through ball from Ziryanov in the 53rd minute. This time, Arshavin, who succeeded in countering offside, directly completed the goal. The ball flew directly into the upper left corner, and Zenit overtook the score!
Five minutes later, taking advantage of the gap left by the opponent when he wanted to attack, Arshavin stole the ball in midfield and made a long pass directly to the penalty area to find Pogrebnyak!
Under the interference of the defenders, the latter successfully unloaded the football, faced the attacking goalkeeper, and shot it with one foot. The ball rolled directly from the goalkeeper's armpit into the goal. The score was 3 to 1. Zenit expanded the score advantage!
Afterwards, Zenit firmly grasped the rhythm and started to play with the ball, consuming time!
After all, many players have experienced national team competitions. It is not surprising that there are physical problems. It is reasonable to choose the lowest consumption of the ball!
The game has entered the final stoppage time!
The visitors finally take advantage of a bad pass from Zenit!
Crossed to the 30-meter line of Zenit!
Tugarov, who came off the bench, kicked the ball directly from the left!
Smolov in the penalty area leaned on Yang Feng and stopped the ball! Half-turned and hit the goal!
This ball can be missed! This is a shot near the small penalty area!
Smolov protested to the referee, but the referee ignored it and blew the whistle for the end of the game!
In the twelfth round of the Russian Super League, Zenit successfully defeated the visiting Lokomotiv Moscow 3-1 at home!
What's there to protest! Isn't it just a tug on his jersey?
Yang Feng, who was getting used to professional competition more and more, didn't understand what Smolov had to protest.
The referee can't see it, do you have a video referee?