Chapter 146 is on a dead end (the first update of the guarantee)

"Andy. Johnson - what a pity ()! ”

Everton striker Andy Anderson. Johnson with his head in his hands, behind him, is the frightened goalkeeper Malafeev and the football that slammed the door into the billboard......

Just five minutes into the game, Everton, playing at home, had a good chance to score. The team's midfield core Mikel Arteta kicked straight through the ball from Skrtel and Nicolas. Nicollerts got between the two centre-backs!

Andy parallel to the back line. Johnson picked up the pace and used his pace to get behind the Zenit backline and take the ball before slotting a one-on-one shot.

When Zenit fans saw Andy. When Johnson appeared ghostly behind the Zenit backline, his heart was in his throat, as if he was ready to roll out of his gaping mouth at any moment.

Luckily, the ball went out of the net......

Not satisfied, Advocaat got up from his actions, rushed to the sidelines and roared loudly into the court: "Watch behind you!" Stay protected! ”

In this game, why did he start the 21-year-old Belgian centre-back Lombartes and Skrtel? It is considering that the young Lombartes is faster than Eric. Hagen and Krizanacki are both quicker and can fight back a little bit against Everton's speedy forwards......

Who would have thought that the opponent would break through his own defense in five minutes, could he not be angry?

What he values more than offense in this game is actually defense, and there are Arshavin, Chen Yingying, Krzhakov, Domingos and others on offense, and the quality can still be guaranteed ().

But defensively it is much weaker. Tymoshchuk has to defend in the midfield, Anyukov and South Korean Kim Dongjin are both fullbacks with strong offensive ability in the backline, and the central defender Skrtel is trustworthy, but Lombartes only came to the team this season, and he usually doesn't play many games, and he doesn't know if his performance can be satisfactory in such an important game.

Advocaat didn't think about a back five, three centre-backs, and a scavenger behind the two centre-backs...... But he doesn't have the right person at hand, and the scavenger position is not something that can be played by pulling someone back at random.

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What worries him the most is the back, but the key to solving the problem is in the attack - if Zenit can use a strong attack to press Everton back at home, the crisis in his own backline will be resolved. This is called "Wai Wei to save Zhao", but Advocaat, a foreigner, doesn't understand this allusion. But he knew the truth.

He knows very well what the psychology of the Everton players is. Don't look at their attack now, Moyes has also sent almost the main lineup, but what the players think in their hearts, as a manager, they can't control it. They are not data, they are living people with their own minds and consciousness. So there are times...... They will behave less obediently.

The league is in full swing, and the team is still in first place with one game in hand, so is it necessary to focus all your energy on the League Cup? What if I get hurt? What if you run out of energy? When the time comes, he will be put on the bench for these reasons, and the devil knows if there will be a chance to turn over. So "staying" will definitely be a thought in the minds of these players.

As long as he can be a little stronger, he will force the Everton players to be cautious. A draw at home to Zenit is not unacceptable for them either. With seven points from three games, their qualification is almost certain. So why are we working so hard?

These players will definitely have this idea!

Thinking of this, Advocaat turned his gaze to the front, where there was a very conspicuous ().

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Chen Yingying is raising his hand, motioning for his teammates to pass the football to him.

Beside him stood Everton's centre-back Lescot.

Although Moyes said that Chen Yingying was the defensive task of Lescott and Yabo, in fact, there was no need for two people. So the young Lescott took the initiative to ask Ying and took on the task of defending Chen Yingxing.

After all, Zenit is not only a striker, Krzhakov is also a dangerous player.

Even in the eyes of the Everton players, Krzhakov is more of a threat than that hero.

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Although Chen Yingying raised his hand in front of him to ask for the ball, the football did not fly directly over, and Zenit still had to pass through the ground. Blindly passing long and rushing is too monotonous, and it is easy to be cracked by the other party.

The football was passed to the feet of captain Timoshchuk, who was tasked with not only defending, but also playing forward, tandem attacking and defending, up front and back.

It was customary for him to pass the ball to Dominguez when he received it.

But this time, he found that he couldn't even turn his body......

"Everton pressed up front! They don't mean to show mercy to their men on their home turf! The English commentator exclaimed. Such an Everton makes the opponent feel terrible! ”

When Zenit attacked, Arteta and others did not directly withdraw their own half and then wait for the opponent to come up and attack, but rushed directly and entangled Tymoshchuk, who had the ball.

In the pre-match analysis, it was well known that Timoshchuk was not the kind of player who was good at possession, and as long as he put pressure on him, he could concede the ball (). And what does it mean for a midfielder to concede a goal in front of his centre-backs? I'm sure everyone knows it very well.

Pressing Timoshchuk, his contact with Zenit frontcourt Domingos, Arshavin and others is Moyes's tactical arrangement. This will not only reduce the pressure on his own backline, but also have the opportunity to cause Tymoshchuk to make mistakes, break the ball directly in front, and play a counter-attack, so the chances of scoring are much greater.

Tymoshchuk saw that there was no way to turn around, and he also knew that it was dangerous for him to continue to take the ball, maybe the other players on the other side were watching, as long as he saw that he was entangled by the opponent, he would immediately rush up to support, and when he fell into the encirclement, the football was likely to be broken......

He had no choice but to pass the football back to Skrtel.

Meanwhile, just as he was passing, Everton striker Andy Anderson. Johnson shot out like an arrow and lunged at Skrtel. Since it's a front-court press, how can you not force a central defender with the ball? If you force the back to break the ball, you have to face the back line, and once you succeed in forcing the center back to break the ball, you can see the goalkeeper directly!

Skrtel did not hesitate like Tymoshchuk and was going to take his feet, he met the incoming ball, directly picked up his thigh, and then made a long pass!

The football flew to Chen Yingying in the front court.

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Chen Yingying kept raising his hands, but he couldn't count the football. He was like a bronze statue of the Statue of Liberty, and his hands were almost tired, when Skrtel kicked the football over.

When Lescote saw the football flying towards him, he made a jump, and just when he lowered his center of gravity and was about to jump, he saw that Chen Yingying had already taken off all of a sudden!

He was taken aback, jumped in a hurry, and had completely lost to Chen Yingying in terms of momentum, not to mention the technical battle......

Chen Yingying left Lescott behind him, headed the ball and passed the football to Dominguez on the back chā (). Then he landed, turned and ran forward.

After Lescott landed, due to Chen Yingying's interference, his steps even staggered a little, and his center of gravity was unstable. But you still have to turn around and chase after you, otherwise you will lose your position!

In the battle with Chen Yingying, Lethcote suffered his first setback.

Domingos split the ball on the flank, and as soon as Arshavin got the ball, he let the opposition full-back Barnes entangle.

In the end, Arshavin could only hurriedly raise a cross, and the quality of this foot can be imagined - it flew directly high off the bottom line. Chen Yingying, who followed up in the middle, couldn't jump up to the ball even if he was two meters 36 tall......

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The two sides were entangled like this, and it went on until almost thirty minutes, and they still had no achievements.

Everton's attack up front was sharp, with repeated straight balls behind them. Although such a pass is deadly once penetrated, the problem is that the success rate of penetration is too low. As for Zenit's offense, because several key figures were targeted by the opponent, the quality was not high.

The score was 0:0 all the time.

After 30 minutes of entanglement, Everton gradually took advantage of the home advantage to gain the upper hand.

The singing and cheering of the fans at Goodison Park never stopped. Everton's offensive is becoming more and more sharp and threatening in the voices of all of you. Every attack creates the idea that "next time this ball will go in".

In the 31st minute, Arteta continued to plug through!

The ball passed past Lombartes and Jakubu pressed the young Belgian defender to overtake and chase the goal.

The weakness of the tall defender's turning speed was evident, and by the time Lombartes turned around, Yakubu had already received the ball and stepped into the box.

The Belgian kid had a thought in his head: "It's going to be bad!" ”

If Yakubu keeps the ball in, it's a one-on-one shot. He has only one choice now, he must be stopped!

Foot down!

Lombartes flew out.

When he reacted, he fell to the ground, and Yakubu fell into the box in front of him, but instead of pain, he jumped up from the ground, arms raised.

The surrounding stands were full of cheers and tsunami.

He also saw his team-mate, the returning full-back Anyukov, who was holding his head in his hands......

"Oh no! Lombartes tackles man in the back! He's finished! It was a foul that was enough to get a red card, and it was ...... The foul was committed in the box...... Penalty kick! The referee points to the penalty spot! At the same time, he was groping in his breast pocket......"

The teammates rushed over and surrounded the referee.

But that didn't stop the referee from walking towards Lombartes, who was still lying on the ground looking confused, holding a ...... in his hand Red!

In the 31 minutes of the game, Zenit St. Petersburg's centre-back Lombartes was sent off for a behind-the-back tackle, while he also awarded a penalty to home Everton...... Zenit St. Petersburg, which must win this game, is really driven to a dead end this time!

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