Chapter 50: Loneliness in the Snowstorm

The ball was driven from the corner spot, Arshavin picked it up just outside the penalty area, shook Ribery off and crossed it.

The football flew into the penalty area, and just when Alexander Kerzhakov jumped up and thought he could hit the ball, Neuer suddenly appeared, took the ball down, and drove it directly to the front.

"The opposing goalkeeper was too strong, making high-level saves in a row, both goals were continuous threats, but they didn't hurt Mainz in the slightest." Live narrator Albertov sighed.

Neuer's ball was picked up by Wang Zhen, but when he dribbled, he rolled directly out of the bottom line.

The broadcast of Russian TV was blunt: "Except for the legendary German defender Link on the field, the two teams with the highest weekly salary are the two center forwards, but in this game, the two center forwards disappeared into the field together as agreed!" ”

The wind and snow are getting heavier.

The whole weather was out of place with the warm atmosphere of the course.

However, there is no gap between the fusion with the atmosphere on the field.

Both sides played very stuckly, without the slightest fluency to speak of, and the scene was extremely cold.

The unbelieving Arshavin once again crossed the half-court line with the ball.

Ribery was a little slower to start before Arshavin took his chance.

Arshavin's dribbling ability is extremely delicate, although it is also a wide open and close route, but he can firmly control the ball at his feet, every time the ball goes out, one step is adjusted, and the next step can be accurate again.

This is the state that Wang Zhen has been pursuing recently.

The weather was too cold, and Wang Zhen was also a little uncomfortable, so he basically didn't return to the defense in this game, and he has been standing in the front court.

After Arshavin broke through all the way, he was sad to find that there was no striker or midfielder in the front field to follow, and when he was close to the goal, he got up directly.

At this time, Neuer was almost ready to rush out, and when he saw Arshavin get up, he immediately took two steps back, and then pounced on the left-hand side.

Football is firmly in Neuer's arms.

"A strong sense of attack, the way the defenders play, the goal-line skills, Manuel Neuer in Mainz, reminds me of Yashin!"

The wind blew, and the fans on the stadium were instantly speechless by a sentence from the on-site commentary, and the whole scene was eerily quiet.

Yashin, the only football superstar in Russian history.

When it comes to the world's No. 1 goalkeeper, fans will always argue, Banks, Zoff, Meyer, Hilton, Filor, Buffon, Casillas, Kahn, everyone is a candidate.

However, if you ask the rising stars on this list, if you ask the football legends, if you ask the mainstream European football media who have been reporting on football for many years, you can only get one answer.

The first goalkeeper in history is Lev Yashin.

One would argue that Neuer's style of play is the first in the world, unprecedented, and groundbreaking.

Some people will also tell you that it's not like that, after all, there are some unknown goalkeepers who also play like that, such as those in the Chinese Super League.

But if you say, none of them are world-class, not even good goalkeepers.

Well, there was a player in the world who changed the development of football, Lev Yashin!

There is no doubt that the world's No. 1 goalkeeper, who saves penalties better than Kahn, has goal-line skills to stabilize Buffon's head, and has a slight disadvantage in height, but he is the goalkeeper that strikers are most afraid of encountering.

However, the goalkeeper did not achieve too much success with the former Soviet Union at the time.

Teammates are too weak.

It was just an episode, and the scene quickly became hot again, Lev Yashin has been dead for fifteen years, and most fans don't remember that handsome figure anymore.

In the midst of the snow, the game continued.

At the forty-fifth minute, the fourth official signaled for one minute of stoppage time.

The ball changed sides, and soon the ball was at the feet of Arshavin again, and the ball moved forward little by little.

Arshavin caught a slight gap between Ribery and Misimovic as he got past him, and blasted the ball straight away.

"Opportunity! Cross! ”

There is a huge gap between Spasoye and Michael Schutte, and just behind that position, there are No. 24 left winger Predlag Wadejanovic and No. 7 Sergij Vasalowjic.

However, neither of these two people was activated.

Watch the soccer ball fly off the sideline.

Arshavin sat down on the ground after completing the pass, expecting his team-mate to make up for it.

However, the only reaction in that area was Neuer, who wanted to pounce on the ball and stop as soon as he saw the ball fly overhead.

"Toot, toot!"

Hearing the halftime whistle, Arshavin hid his face, bowed his head, knelt on the ground, and only got up after a long time.

"Maybe Arshavin is overrated, maybe Arshavin is not as high as the fans expect, maybe Arshavin can't be a real tsar, can't lead Russia to Europe, and yet, he's as lonely as Yashin."

The wind and snow were already very heavy, and suddenly there was no noise at the scene.

Everyone withdrew from the tense atmosphere of the game.

Recall everything that happened in this half.

Andrei Arshavin, a twenty-four-year-old young man, fights alone.

Mainz didn't play well themselves, but they limited Zenit's play perfectly.

Ten minutes into the game, Ribery and Arshavin disappeared together, leaving twenty men to play.

However, by the twenty-five minutes of the first half, the remaining twenty men had disappeared and the match turned into a duel between Ribery and Arshavin.

The score was 1 to 0.

At halftime, everyone didn't dare to let themselves cool down.

Faced with such a situation, Klopp was helpless.

This is not Germany, this is Russia.

At the same temperature, Russia will feel colder.

What's more, Germany at this time has not really entered winter yet.

Klopp walked in from outside, and since he had stood for the entire half, the snow had melted all over his body, and Klopp looked as if he had been fished out of the water.

"Switch to Turf smash spike football boots."

This sentence is undoubtedly a compromise.

With this stuff, the whole person will start up much faster, but the Russians are obviously more comfortable with it.

"I don't want you to get hurt, there's a long season to go, and you're all going to give me the Spike Boots."

Wang Zhen silently put on the backup shoes, he was not afraid of being injured, but in the situation outside, he couldn't stand steadily.

It stands to reason that on general rainy and snowy days, it is best to wear spike boots, but here is artificial turf, plus rain and snow, wearing spike boots is equivalent to self-inflicted sprain.

Everyone warmed up while lining up to re-enter.

The game had just reached the fiftieth minute of the game.

Arshavin worked tirelessly for his team and won a free-kick for himself.

Just as Arshavin was about to make a free throw, Karankika, who was lined up in the human wall, suddenly collapsed unconsciously, and shrank directly to the ground.

Ribery at his side immediately grabbed Karankika.

The referee blew the game off.

Regardless of the wind and snow, old Christopher hurried to the field and almost fell.

After checking it, old Christopher raised his head: "It's out of strength, the consumption is too great, it is equivalent to being tired and dizzy." ”

Due to the extreme weather, Karankica was still a little thin after all, after the consumption of the first half, the heat was not kept warm at halftime, and the second half began with a cold.

The on-site commentary was not too playful, but just sighed: "I was actually stunned, this is a game episode." ”

(To be continued.) )