Chapter 165 Egg Pain (Second Update)

When the whole Marseille team arrived in St. Petersburg, the media reported their arrival in St. Petersburg at the airport, and the French press reported a sense of superiority, and when they talked about it, they basically regarded Zenit St. Petersburg as a group of dead people.

But it can't be said that they are arrogant or anything...... Because the situation is indeed infinitely close to the one that is favorable to Marseille.

Marseille are now two goals ahead, and with such a score in the first leg, they will feel like they have the win.

But the players of Zenit St. Petersburg just felt unhappy and unwilling.

is not quite the same as the pessimistic view of the outside world, they are still confident internally, because of Chen Yingying's away goal.

It's better to be just two goals short than three.

For the past week, Advocaat has been practicing another tactic, which is to have Chen Yingying as a tactical center, rather than a scoring center. Let him draw the attention of Marseille's defence and create scoring opportunities for the likes of Krzhakov, Arshavin, Domingos and others.

This is sacrificing Chen Yingxing's scoring ability. But who made him lose his scoring ability after losing his wing support?

Advocaat needs the team to win now, and he can't take into account Chen's feelings. So even though he knew that Chen Yingying would definitely have an idea, he could only insist on doing so.

Of course Chen Yingying has an idea...... He didn't show it, though. He knows that the team's results are more important at this time, and if he can't make it to the quarter-finals, it won't help if he performs well.

So Advocaat asked him to play as a tactical center, and he surprisingly didn't object.

It's just that no one knows the little abacus in his heart......

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The starting line-ups for this match are not much different from the previous leg ().

They all sent out the strongest lineup they could. From this point of view, Marseille manager Eric . Gretz (eric_gerets) still values this game very much, and is not as arrogant as the French media shows.

But he values it, and his players don't necessarily value it.

Before the start of the game, in the home team's dressing room, Advocaat was cheering up his players and boosting their fighting spirit and morale.

"Our goal is definitely not to go to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup and go home. We're going further, and it's up to you how far we go! Actually, I think it's a good thing that we lost 3-1 to Marseille last time, please let you know that the UEFA Cup is not as simple as you think, from the knockout round, every game is a tough game. I don't know if we'll make it to the final, but we can play every game as if it were the final, and now let's enjoy it! ”

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Journalists from both sides stood and sat in the media booth discussing the game before it even began.

"I think Marseille can at least make it to the semi-finals......"

"This team is in great shape and it's not impossible to reach the final!"

"Who will be the next opponent?"

"Hell knows, look at the results of the chou sign."

Journalists in France are already discussing Marseille's opponents after Marseille.

The St. Petersburg media and the Chinese media are worried.

"The situation is serious...... Does Zenit have a chance to come back from two goals down? ”

"Zenit fans say they will fight the team until the last minute, but I really hope that this last minute doesn't come too soon!"

"Pray for a miracle!"

"Could it be that the best result of a Chinese player in the UEFA Cup is the round of 16?"

"Although this result is already the best in history, I am really unwilling!"

The emotions and momentum shown by the reporters on both sides are completely different, which is very in line with everyone's attitude towards the game before the game.

The home team is not favored, while the away team is popular.

It's not that St. Petersburg will lose at home, but Marseille only need to score a goal to offset one of Zenit's away goal advantage, and Zenit will have no choice but to score desperately and overtake Marseille on aggregate. But they had to beat Marseille 4-1 at their home stadium, which was too difficult.

Therefore, the media in St. Petersburg have analyzed before the game that the most difficult point of Zenit's game is not to win by two goals, but how not to let the opponent score. Marseille are not weak in attack, and since Skrtel's departure, Zenit's defence has dropped a notch. Skrtel is young, explosive, and has outstanding air defense capabilities, and is relatively comprehensive. He has always been the central force of the Zenit backline, and once he left, the defenders who stayed behind were either too old or too young to lack a backbone.

This was evident from the ease with which Marseille scored three goals in the last game.

If we can defend it all the way, but how can we score goals in this way?

So the hard part of this game is that you have to make a choice, do you choose to attack or defend? In order to qualify, you have to attack, but you can't concede goals in order to qualify.

Anyway, the journalists in St. Petersburg and China are trying to break their heads and don't know what to do.

This dilemma is the difficulty of this game ().

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After the start of the game, Marseille did not attack aggressively, their tactics were a little more conservative, and Greetz asked the whole team to focus on defense rather than attack - this is a matter of course, they are already two goals ahead, and then attacking is not too much of a few goals ahead, but not conceding a goal to ensure that they can advance with this scoreline, which is cheaper? Which is less risky?

A manager like Gretz wouldn't be unaware.

Marseille contracted their defense and looked like they were going to play a counter-attack, which made it more difficult for Zenit to attack.

In the past, Zenit was not afraid of this kind of positional battle, because they had a strong center like Chen Yingying in the team, and it was enough to poke into the opponent's penalty area and come with a few headers.

Not today, he lost the support of his wide crosses and he was more of a ball for his team-mates than with his own headers.

And Marseille laid heavy troops in the penalty area, trying to squeeze him out of the box. Everyone knows that the farther away such a pure center forward is from the goal, the less dangerous it is, because they are not good at dribbling, and the passing level is also very average, they don't know anything but shoot and score, and they don't even dare to compliment the level of long-range shooting. So the closer the center is to the goal, the less of a threat.

Chen Yingying's long-range shot is very good, but Marseille also has a way to defend him, and that is to not let him turn around - let him always have his back to the attacking direction, no matter how good your long-range shot is, do you have a chance to use it?

What is the use of a center other than making a wall for his teammates?

Judging from the first round of the game, Gretz has already known very well that Chen Yingying is a center forward with poor turning ability and poor back-to-back ball skills.

This center forward is simply good for nothing but a powerful header......

He really understands why Advocaat would use such a person as an attacking arrow, maybe it will be somewhat useful in the Russian domestic league, right? But this is the League Cup, which is more than ten times stronger than the Russian Superleague ().

Just because you're in the domestic league doesn't mean you can eat it all in the League Cup.

Gretz was very tactically careful, and he felt that these arrangements should be enough to freeze Chen Yingying. As long as Chen Yingying can't shoot, then you can pay attention to defending the shots of other Zenit players. It's a lot simpler.

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Advocaat gave Chen Yingying the task of making balls for his teammates, and Chen Yingying did the same at the beginning. He gave his teammates a few passes – most of the time with his head, which he was more skilled than his feet.

But it didn't work very well.

His teammates were also very well defended.

Marseille's defensive strategy is very simple - just stick to the box, I don't care if you are Arshavin, Domingos, or Krzhakov, anyway, when you enter the box, you are surrounded by all our Marseille people. Want to score goals? It's hard to climb! I won't even let you finish the shooting action!

Outside the penalty area, just keep the pressure on and don't let the opponent have a chance to shoot from a distance in a too dangerous place, and from 30 meters away, the defense is very lax, allowing Zenit to go back and forth, but it just can't pass through.

Advocaat also saw it, and he turned his head to look next door, Marseille's head coach Gretz was really well prepared. The self-confidence of the French media is also well-founded......

But how do you score a goal in this way?

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In order to be able to score goals and occupy the advantage, Zenit fought fiercely on the field.

In the ninth minute, the "regimental leader" Denisov, who started the game, received a yellow card for a foul ().

He didn't mean to apologize in the slightest, but glared at the Marseille player viciously.

Of course, Sana on the Marseille side also stared at Denisov with the same fierce eyes - do you dare to touch my players, don't you want to be ghosted?

In the fourteenth minute, Sana tackled Denisov to the ground, and a skirmish ensued. It ended with the referee showing Sana a yellow card.

In this conflict, Chen Yingying, who loved to join in the fun, did not rush in to fight for his regiment commander, he was thinking about the problem.

Whether it's a header or a pass with his feet, he can only make a wall. As it stands, the wall is of limited use. The team still can't score.

The little calculator in his mind came alive, and he decided to try what he had done in the dungeon the night before.

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The captain of the game Marseille, known as the "Marseille killing machine" Lorique. Sana didn't play in the midfield position he does best, but at centre-back. His mission is to contain Chen Yingying and prevent him from turning around easily.

Lorik is 1.86 meters tall. Sana has the height of a centre-back, and he could have played in multiple positions, including centre-back, midfielder and centre-back. Therefore, a temporary cameo as a central defender is not a duck on the shelf.

Under his watch, it was difficult for Chen Yingying to turn around.

This is a very difficult opponent, Chen Yingying knew it before. His movements were fierce and swift, and he was clean - all the fouls were made cleanly. And most importantly, his defense is very aggressive, full of momentum, and can scare a lot of people. Just look at the foul he just took a revenge on Denisov, and you can see it. It's as if every kick is going to your ankles and knees, and he won't stop until he kicks your legs.

But now it's time for him to fight back.

When Chen Yingying took the ball with his back again, Sana posted it ().

This time, Chen Yingying did not pass the football to his teammate who was nearby to pick him up, because he knew that it was just a reversing the ball outside the opponent's 30-meter area, and Marseille strictly guarded the direct pass, and it was difficult to pass the threatening ball.

After receiving the ball, he stomped the ball under his feet and leaned back sharply.

A player like Sana doesn't run away in the face of physical confrontation, and when he saw Chen Yingying leaning towards him, he met him instead.

The 1.86-meter-tall Sana and the 1.92-meter-tall Chen Yingying collided together!

Bang.

Sana gritted her teeth.

Before he could come back to his senses, he suddenly felt Chen Yingying's body bow forward again...... Immediately after the butt arched up.

It hit him right in the lower abdomen......

Caught off guard, Sana's lower abdomen tightened, and he only felt a sadness coming from his crotch - his eggs hurt.

was hit in the lower abdomen by Chen Yingying with his buttocks, and Sana's painful cold sweat oozed out, and he fell directly on his back to the sky.

The battle between the killing machine and the giant bear, in the first round, the giant bear wins!

Just when Chen Yingying was about to turn around and shoot, he heard the referee's whistle!

Foul!

Chen Yingying opened his hands and clenched them into fists.

It's just a little bit!

But he also saw hope, so he just fought! Let other people's eggs hurt!