Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 162 The decisive battle is in the air (3400 monthly ticket plus more)

The influence of the UEFA Cup cannot be compared with that of the UEFA Champions League, but for those small league teams, it is still an attractive event.

After all, the champion of the UEFA Cup can also be regarded as the European champion.

The UEFA Cup will also be broadcast live across Europe and even the world, and its influence is not comparable to that of the second-tier European leagues like the Russian Super League.

Chen Yingxiong felt excited when the whole Villarreal team walked down the gangway of the plane appeared on the TV screen.

It was a natural reaction of a giant bear that had just woken up from hibernation and smelled the aroma of food.

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February [-]th, game day.It was snowing heavily.

"Good weather!" Anyukov couldn't help admiring when he saw such heavy snow.

"The weather is really good!" Kerzakov said.

For the Russian team, there is no better weather than playing in the snow.

Because Villarreal, who comes from warm Spain, certainly cannot adapt to football games in this climate.

In fact, this has been confirmed since Villarreal first arrived in St. Petersburg.

Chilean Manuel_Pellegrini, Villarreal's head coach, was complaining about the weather.

Now the "captain" of the submarine is frowning at the snowflakes flying outside the window.

Zenit, who play at home, has the home court advantage. They are more adaptable to the weather and the venue conditions in this weather than us.

This game is more or less ominous.Although Pellegrini felt that Zenit was far inferior to them purely in terms of strength, but this away game, he didn't want to take risks.He decided to stick to the road most.

Giuseppe_Rossi (Giuseppe_Rossi) saw several fans outside through the car window. They were shirtless, waving blue and white scarves of Zenit St. Petersburg in the snow, singing something loudly.

He couldn't help shivering.

"God, aren't they cold?" he exclaimed.

"Russians who drink too much... are like this." The well-informed Frenchman Robert_Pires glanced out of the window and then looked back.

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The heavy snow did not freeze the enthusiasm of the Russian fans. Fans of Zenit St. Petersburg started queuing up to enter the stadium in the afternoon, and even saw shirtless people cheering loudly—these people had just drank a lot of vodka... …Every winter in Russia, many people freeze to death. A large part of these people are drunk because they drink too much. The drunks lying on the street at night, the next day...they didn’t open their eyes.

They were whistling and giving the middle finger to the Villarreal bus outside the stadium, not friendly at all.

And when Zenit's bus came, they cheered.

This is the home field!
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"Remember, you must warm up fully! Warming up is more important than the game! If anyone gets injured because he didn't warm up enough, he won't get any sympathy!" Assistant coach Kool Porter yelled in the locker room .

Meanwhile the players are changing clothes and getting ready to go out to warm up.

"It's okay! There's not enough wine for the warm-up, haha!" Denisov joked in the locker room.The outdoor temperature at the time of the game was minus ten degrees, and it was really difficult to compete in such a temperature.

Potter glared at him, but didn't say anything. Denisov was the pistachio in the locker room, and he knew it. This man was so open-mouthed.

Chen Yingxiong felt cold, so he put on a close-fitting thermal underwear under his jersey.This kind of underwear is very light, but very warm. It uses high-tech fabrics that can absorb water vapor produced by the body and generate heat.

Last season, Chen Yingxiong wore such undergarments for the competition, and it was really warm.

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When the players from both sides were warming up outside, Chen Yingxiong and his friends did not forget to pay attention to their opponents while warming up.

"Look at the way they shrank their necks, ahaha!" Denisov was glad that his opponent was shriveled in such weather.

Chen Yingxiong followed him heartlessly laughing at his opponent.

"I really doubt that they have any fighting power..." Kerzakov also pouted.

The Villarreal players noticed that there were so many people in the opponent's half. They gathered together, pointed at their side, and laughed.

Obviously, they were laughing at the way they shrank their necks and shivered from the cold...

Although the group of people kept trembling, they still stared back viciously—there is absolutely no way to lose in terms of momentum!
This momentum didn't last long, and it immediately vented...

"It's really, really cold..."

"The weather forecast said...that today...today is minus ten degrees! Such weather, weather, I think, think that the game should be canceled directly!"

A group of people were fighting with their teeth, and they couldn't speak fluently.

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After the warm-up, the players from both sides returned to the locker room.Villarreal's players slipped back to the locker room almost at the speed of light, they were frightened by the cold outside.At least there is air conditioning in the locker room.

Advocaat had some final words for everyone in the locker room as he waited for his players to return.

"Villarreal is a strong team, so the key round of the [-]th final is today. As long as we can establish an advantage at our own home court, then we have a good chance of qualifying. Therefore, I do not accept that other than winning Anything other than a draw won't do. It has to win, and if possible, win them as many goals as possible!"

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Pellegrini has studied tapes of Everton's home game against Zenit St Petersburg.He knew that Zenit had a very good high center - Hero No. 99.

The center forward has an excellent header and has a long-range shooting ability.Not to be underestimated.

After the game, Moyes also admitted that the reason why he lost at home was because he underestimated the hero.Of course I can't make the same mistakes again.

So he put a lot of effort into air defense in this game.

The first is to arrange two central defenders with good headers and not bad height in the penalty area. The 1.9-meter-two French defender Pascal_Cygan partnered with the 1.8-meter-two Argentine central defender Fabricio_Fuentes. Gan's height can still compete with the opponent's hero.Originally the main central defender of the team belonged to Diego Godin (Diego_Godin), but this young central defender is good at everything - a calm style of play, a good sense of position, good timing of his kicks, and excellent prediction... ...But his body is too thin, and he often turns his back on a strong center. In this game, the opponent of the Yellow Submarine's defense happens to be a strong center. It looks very brutal at first glance.Pellegrini had no choice but to put him on the bench and use the stronger Fuentes.

In addition to arranging a defender with an excellent header to beat Chen Yingxiong in the air, he also asked the two wingers not to easily give Zenit the chance to assist the winger and then cross.

With the snow falling so heavily in this game, it is impossible for the opponent to use some skill at their feet. Playing more high balls is the smart choice.

Therefore, Villarreal does not intend to stick to Spain's technical and tactical style, and what to do.Pellegrini started Joseba Llórente, a 1.8-meter-four center forward who is good at heading.He was alone at the front.

Behind him are three attacking midfielders, Cani in the middle, Spanish international Santiago_Cazorla on the right, and 21-year-old Chilean monster Mathias Fernandez on the left (Matias_Fernandez).

Both Cazorla and Fernandez are players with breakthrough ability on the wing and crossing ability. They are responsible for delivering shells to Llorente in the penalty area.

In the midfield position, Pellegrini arranged for captain Senna (Marcos_Senna) and 23-year-old Spanish young midfielder Bruno (Bruno).

The two full-backs are Angel on the right and Spanish international Joan_Capdevila on the left.

That's the starting lineup for "Yellow Submarine" in this game.

4231, the core of this lineup is to stabilize the defense and advance from the side.

In order to curb Chen Yingxiong's performance, Pellegrini took great pains.

With such careful arrangements and preparations by himself, he is not so worried about Chen Yingxiong now.What he is worried about is that the weather may cause some accidents...

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Nizet's starting lineup is not much different from before, that is, the central defender position has been changed.Lombartes received a red card in the previous game against Everton and was unable to play in this game. The two "old" central defenders sent by Edvocaat-Eric Hagen and Krizanaki .

The key weakness of these two defenders is their slow turning speed, and they were not used to start the game against Everton.But this problem does not exist now, because the university is flying around, and he expects Pellegrini will not send Giuseppe Rossi and Nihat (Nihat) speed strikers.Because they will not cooperate on the ground, the direct pass will rarely come in handy because of the poor field. He will use Llorente, a 1.8-meter-four high center forward, and the football will mainly fly around in the air.

So turning slowly is not a big weakness, as long as it can defend against air.

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The reporters in the media seats had already obtained the starting lists of both sides for this game. They were shivering in the cold in the media seats without air conditioning and heating, but they still discussed the starting lists of both sides with great interest.

"It's not surprising at all, both sides are going to focus on high-altitude balls!"

"In the air, today will become an area of ​​fierce competition between the two sides. I don't know, how many times will the air defense siren sound at the Petrovsky Stadium today?"

A group of Chinese reporters laughed.

These people have been covering games at the Petrovski Stadium for the past season and are used to air raid sirens.At first, I felt a little sad, but later I found it very beautiful, just like the sound of nature.

The music playing on the stadium radio suddenly stopped.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene, and the reporters in the media seats who were discussing the starting lineup also stopped, and they all turned their eyes to the exit of the passage.

There, players from both sides stepped into the field under the leadership of the referee!

The game is about to start!
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PS, plus delivery, although there are still a few votes short, but there is no need to be so rigid.

In addition, I am very sorry for the many typos raised by the old fish, because the writing is fast, and the typos will naturally increase. Many times my eyes are swept away, and I may not be clear about what I hit with my fingers. ...and I have to work hard to catch up with the manuscript every day, so I really don't have time to check for typos.

Thank you for your criticism, I will try my best to proofread the manuscript before uploading, but my eyes are staring at the document for more than ten hours a day, it is inevitable that I will be dazzled, if I missed it, please forgive me...

(End of this chapter)