Football’s First Defender

With the continuous development of modern football tactics, offensive players are always the best!

Whether it is a striker who is scoring goals, or a star-studded midfield commander, they are all the focus of the media and fans!

For the central defender, the attention this position receives may not be half that of the goalkeeper!

At least the goalkeeper has the opportunity to contribute to the attack besides being the background board, while the central defender seems to have the qualification to be the background board!

Of course, if your reversing attribute is extremely strong, the attention may be higher!

Although Yang Feng had a few wonderful reverse performances, but with the opponent's stricter marking, due to the lack of physical confrontation, there are not many opportunities to reverse in the game now!

And because his own team's offensive firepower is too fierce, pressing other teams to play fiercely, in fact, Yang Feng's chances to really perform on the defensive end are actually not too many!

But the lack of public attention does not mean that scouts and those professional football people cannot recognize excellence.

Many scouts have set their sights on Yang Feng, especially in the two games where Yang Feng was absent. Although Zenit also had a clean sheet in the first game, there were actually many flaws in defense during the process. The strength is not good, and the spirit has been beaten, only to succeed in zero seals!

But in the second game, facing the powerful Dynamo Moscow away, without Yang Feng's traditional defensive duo, he completely exposed his weaknesses!

Without enough defensive help from the midfielder, the opponent's counterattack was almost one-on-one. The end of Zenit's seven-game winning streak was largely due to the instability of the defense.

Comparing the two, Yang Feng is definitely better than Skrtel and Hagen on the defensive end, especially when the offensive pressure is high and the defense is empty! Even Skrtel has scandals with the Premier League giants, let alone the attention Yang Feng is receiving at this time!

A good central defender is scarce in any era!

Many scouts assigned by other European clubs or institutions, like sharks smelling blood, followed Zenit's games and training one after another, just to get first-hand information about Yang Feng!

For various professional scouts and football professionals, only by narrowing the gap of other variables can the role of Yang Feng, the only variable added, be more prominent! Advocaat also acted 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 stick to his offensive tactics during the winning streak!

The 20th round of the Russian Super League! Zenit returns to its home court to face the visiting Luengia!

Because of defeating Moscow in the last game, Zenit's point advantage is only 8 points! With 11 rounds left in the league, there is still some suspense for the Russian Super League champion! So although there will be a UEFA Cup match in 4 days The first round of the second qualifying round, but in this game, Zenit will still play with all the main force!

At the beginning, Zenit entered an offensive state!

Perhaps the team wants to resolve the battle early and save strength for the Europa League! It is obvious that the offensive players have exploded their strength at the beginning!

Arshavin! Do you want to rely on your own personal ability to solve the battle?

It really broke through!

It's just that after one, there's a second one!

Arshavin did not choose to be reckless, but chose to pass the ball directly!

Pogrebnyak in the penalty area attracted the attention of many players from the away team!

Denisov was killed in the oblique stab!

Shove your head and attack the goal!

It's a pity it's off the mark!

This ball, the head swing is still not enough, it is only a little bit short, and the home team can open the scoring!

Turning around, the goalkeeper of the visiting team kicked directly, trying to find his striker, but this footwork is really unflattering. The ball directly passed to Yang Feng's head, and it was another chance for Zenit to organize an attack!

Anyukov has not come back just because of the previous attack! Yang Feng directly found Anyukov on the wing, and the latter took the ball and advanced again!

Anyukov and Dominguez's wide cooperation!

As expected of a South American player, Dominguez's little skills are really great!

Following the direct acceleration of Anyukov's pass to the bottom!

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

This ball is very good, and Anyukov can get it directly while maintaining the acceleration!

A direct volley pass!

Passed to the door!

The ball is too fast!

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

Pogrebnyak!

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

GOAL!

Wave God! Wave God!

Add another goal to my goal account!

This wave of the ball used his body to forcefully squeeze away the defenders. He only needs to touch the football and change the flight trajectory of the ball.

Dominguez's pick pass, and Anyukov's strong pass, are the essence of this offense. Of course, it is not for Boshen's strong body, such a rough pass may not be able to Get in!

Zenit took the lead with the first goal at home!

I still remember that at the beginning of the season, Zenit's results were actually not outstanding. At that time, Zenit took the initiative to change its lineup to meet the needs of the record. When facing strong teams, it pursued defense appropriately. When facing weak teams leading, it would shrink. Come back and play defensive counterattacks, and strive to obtain the safest victory!

But since the game against the defending champion CSKA Moscow!

Advocaat re-imposed the offensive tactics he focused on, but his record has not fluctuated. A wave of seven consecutive victories has established Zenit's advantage in hitting the championship!

The fundamental reason lies in Yang Feng on the field!

The reason why Zenit was conceded 4 goals in the last game was due to Yang Feng's absence, which caused Zenit to be unable to deal with the opponent's pass in the first place when defending the opponent's counterattack!

Many professional comments and articles pointed out after the game!

If Yang Feng is on the field, there may be two counter-attack goals, which will be cleared by Yang Feng before!

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

Although there is still a gap between Yang Feng and the top central defenders in positional defense, in terms of Zenit's current tactics, few teams can fight against them. Zenit, who has always firmly occupied the initiative on the field Special, the most worrying thing may be that the space behind him is too large to defend when attacking!

The appearance of Yang Feng can be said to have hit it off with the original Advocaat. While ensuring strong offensive firepower, Yang Feng has a sweeping ability, running ability, and strong judgment ability in the backcourt!

It's no wonder that Yang Feng took the position directly after Hagen was injured, and firmly occupied the main position, squeezing Hagen to the bench and unable to play...

Before the goal, the visiting team only had one chance to count as a counterattack! But before the ball behind him hit the ground, it was already out of bounds by Yang Feng!

With Yang Feng's appearance, it is obvious that Zenit's defense line is full of confidence, and even the two full-backs dare to go deeper without any scruples!

Now Zenit with Yang Feng is the perfect Zenit!