Soccer Card System

Chapter 832 Establishing an Advantage
Chapter 843 Establishing an Advantage

Spalletti rubs his forehead!

After qualifying in the group stage, the Italian coach is still full of longing for the team's prospects in the Champions League!
Although the opponent drawn in the round of [-] is Manchester City, the favorite to win the championship, for the Russian team, their home court is the biggest advantage.

In Russia, how many giant teams from the European continent collapsed into sand! !
Moreover, Zenit still has a few capable stars.

Arshavin has played for Arsenal for many years, and the Russian czar has very rich experience in the Champions League.

Hulk's personal ability is very strong. His big body and fairly soft foot skills can give him a great advantage in one-on-one situations.

However, the premise of all this is that the away game must be played well!

First of all, you can't lose!
And once they lose, it will be very difficult for Zenit to eliminate Manchester City at home.

However, if Zenit scored an away goal, it was only a small goal. Nit may not have no chance of advancing to the quarterfinals.

And now, two goals behind!

And it's just getting started!
Consecutive goals in a short period of time!
For Zenit, who was already at a disadvantage, the situation has reached the most critical moment!
For Spalletti, the most important thing now is to stabilize the situation first!
If Manchester City scores another goal at this time, then Zenit will be completely blown away!
If Manchester City's talented attackers are in full swing, let alone Zenit, even any team in the world may find it difficult to deal with them!

Thinking that his team is likely to encounter a massacre in the away game!

Spalletti's back was sweating at this moment!
Absolutely absolutely must not have such a situation to happen!

Even though it is two goals behind, if the situation is stabilized now, Zenit may not have a chance to score.

If Zenit can score a goal, even if they lose [-]-[-] away, it is not the end of the world.

Although Spalletti made a similar arrangement 2 minutes ago, this time, he repeated it again!
hold on! !
Shrink the restricted area!

"Even if all eleven people stand in front of the goal, they must not be allowed to continue to score goals!! Damn it!!!"

The anxious Spalletti even uttered swear words.

quickly!

Zenit is fully recycled! !

Even several of their forwards were completely recovered into the penalty area! !
Thus!
Manchester City deserves to be replaced! !
They were completely pressed up. Anyway, in the backcourt, Manchester City has no pressure at all!
Even goalkeeper Oblak has already stood in the middle circle! !

The two full-backs are also used entirely as wingers!

The restricted area is densely packed with people, making it difficult to infiltrate.

And there is no high center forward in the penalty area, so Manchester City simply shoots frequently from the outside of the penalty area!

In order to block the threat of Manchester City's long-range shots, the Zenit players also stepped forward frequently to block the action!

Game No. 11 minutes! !
Griezmann takes a shot from the top of the penalty area! !

Arshavin stepped forward to block it! !
Arshavin, who spread his legs as much as possible to expand his blocked area, pulled his thigh muscles.

Arshavin's football hit the bottom line on Arshavin!

Arshavin, on the other hand, was sitting on the court holding his thigh in pain.

"Arshavin's situation looks very bad!!"

"This is Arshavin's old injury. The reason why he left the mainstream league and chose to return to Russia is largely due to his injury!!"

At this time, Zenit's team doctor trotted into the field.

After giving Arshavin a brief diagnosis, he immediately made a gesture of substitution!
"Arshavin can't hold on anymore!!! Zenit must make a substitution!!!"

Former Bayern Munich midfielder Tymoshchuk warms up on the sidelines, ready to play.

When Arshavin walked out of the field with the support of the team doctor, the referee waved his hand and signaled Tymoshchuk to enter the field! !
"In the 13th minute of the game, Zenit made a forced substitution. Arshavin suffered a thigh muscle strain and was replaced by Tymoshchuk!!!"

On the sidelines, Spalletti's expression was already very serious.

The current situation of his team can be described as a leaky house and continuous night rain!
Moreover, even after completing the substitution, Zenit's situation has not changed!
Game No. 15 minutes! ! !
David Silva through the midfield! !

Griezmann's anti-offside success!
Under the care of Lombalz, he entered the penalty area and took a shot from a small angle. Lombalz desperately shoveled to defuse the dangerous situation, and Manchester City almost expanded their lead.

With Manchester City's suppression, Zenit also began to try to create some pressure on Manchester City on the offensive end.

After all, it is still very dangerous to always let Manchester City shoot!

Game No. 201 minutes!

The Hulk gets the ball on the right!
After he broke through Kolarov, he made a cross!

Midwinter suddenly stepped in front of the door and shook his head to attack!
But he missed the ball!

This was Zenit's most threatening attack in the 10st minute of the game!

And after this attack, the confidence of the Zenit players seems to have risen a bit.

No. In the 206th minute, after receiving a pass from his teammate, Hulk suddenly took a long shot from an area about 30 meters away from the goal!

Oblak has a good position and holds the ball in his arms!
This is the visiting team Zenit's first shot on goal in the whole game! ! !

however!
The overall situation of the game is still firmly controlled by Manchester City! !
No.30 minutes!
Griezmann takes a free kick from the right outside the penalty area!

The football was hoisted directly into the penalty area! !

Fernandinho leaps high to grab a shot!

The football hit him on the shoulder and bounced out of bounds.

This is a very beautiful pass, but Fernandinho's own header skills did not pass the test and failed to fix the football.

After the Brazilian landed, he was also very embarrassed to extend his hand to Griezmann.

And 1 minute later, Manchester City's offense made a comeback! !
David Silva, Griezmann, and Hazard made continuous passing cooperation!
In the end Hazard went straight to the ribs!

Sanchez entered the penalty area and directly pressed into the bottom line! !

Then the inverted triangle returns! !

Hazard kept up with the ball and pushed the far corner! !

The football hit the post! !
Zenit survived! !

No. 303 minutes! ! !

Sanchez cuts in and takes a long shot! !

The football was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper! !
1 minute later! ! !

Tymoshchuk brought down Griezmann from behind! !
The referee showed the old Bayern player a yellow card! ! !
No.308 minutes!

From a free kick 28 meters away from the goal, Griezmann hit an elevator ball!

It's just that the football hit the crossbar!
Popped out of bounds! ! !
And after this shot, the two sides failed to create any good shooting opportunities in the first half!

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Spalletti let out a long sigh of relief.

Although still two goals behind, at least, it stopped Zenit from conceding consecutive goals after the opening.

Although the scene is still not very good-looking.

But at least for four to ten minutes, Zenit did not concede a goal after all!

This is of course a good thing!
Players from both sides walked off the court.

There was a look of relief on the faces of the Zenit players.

They were almost completely suppressed in the first half and could only get a few sporadic counterattack opportunities.

And Manchester City's players didn't have many smiles on their faces. Although they were leading by two goals, this was all four or 10 minutes ago. After that, Manchester City attacked continuously and even hit the crossbar and uprights twice!

There is still no sign of the score being changed.

This is not a very pleasant experience for Manchester City players!
The 15 minutes of intermission passed quickly!
Neither side made substitution adjustments!
In the second half, change sides and fight again! !

Manchester City, which took the lead to kick off, quickly took the lead in attacking!
Hazard broke into the right side of the small penalty area with the ball in the penalty area!

Angry shot from a small angle!

The football was bravely resolved by the goalkeeper Rodkin! !
The ball made the Manchester City fans at the scene sigh with regret.

Even Gao Bo is the same.

There were several chances in the first half, but they just didn't score.

Although a two-goal lead is already a huge lead for Manchester City.

But Gao Bo's idea is that if the advantage of promotion can be established in the first round, the team can take a breather in the second round. After all, when the Champions League game comes, the team will start a four-line battle!

If you can save a little energy, then you should save it.

Leading two to zero, it would be fine if the game can be over, but what if the opponent equalizes one during this period?
Two to one, even though it was a win, this allowed the opponent to score an away goal!

In this way, in the second round of Russia, the team will not have the opportunity to relax.

In that game, the team must go all out, otherwise, if the defending champion capsized in the gutter and was eliminated by Zenit, it would be a big joke! !
And although the goal was not scored, it made the Manchester City players more eager to score!
Next, Manchester City's offense became more and more fierce!

The huge tsunami kept hitting Zenit's crumbling coast defense!

Game No. 409 minutes!

Criscito and Lombard tried to close the goal after Griezmann broke through, and the ball passed their feet!
Hazard jumped in at high speed against offside, and almost got a single-handed chance!

The Zenit goalkeeper strikes a little faster and gets the football!
game minutes! !

Sanchez rounded past the opponent's defender near the baseline in Marseille, and his performance caused a burst of applause!
Then, Sanchez broke into the penalty area and passed back! !

The Zenit defender rushed to make a clearance and kicked the ball towards his own goal!
Fortunately, Zenit goalkeeper Rodkin focused and blocked the ball out of the baseline with his feet! !

4 minutes to play! !
Zenit midfielder Anukov brings David Silva down from behind!
The referee showed him a yellow card!

This is the second yellow card in the game! !

Manchester City's offense is even fiercer!

however!
The so-called often walks by the river, there is no one who does not get wet shoes.

Zenit got a very critical counterattack opportunity in 5 minutes! !
Trippier's cross from the right was ejected! ! !

Then the Zenit player kicked the ball directly forward! !

Zenit striker Rondon stopped the ball with his chest and gave the ball to Hulk who quickly jumped in!

Rondon got the ball and made it to Hulk, who was fast in the first place. Hulk sent a pass from the left, Rondon unloaded the ball in front of the goal and hit the post with his left foot.

Two to one! ! !

The Russian team pulled one back! ! !
"pretty!!!!!!!!"

The commentator from Russia roared in the commentary booth! ! !

"Zenit came back with a goal!! A very valuable away goal!!! This kept their hope for the second leg! Of course, there is still time in the game! Zenit still has the opportunity to continue to tie the score!!!"

The Zenit players were also very excited after the goal.

In the stands, the Russians who came from afar also gave their cheers for the first time.

However, it turns out that the Russians were too happy!
Game No. 601 minutes!

After taking the ball in the penalty area, Hazard suddenly plugged the ball to the right! ! !

David Silva crosses the middle of the road after cutting into the penalty area at high speed! !
Hazard outflanks in place!
Take advantage of the opportunity and shoot low! !

Although the goalkeeper has touched the football, there is still no one to block the goal!
Three to one! ! !

Manchester City still maintains a two-goal lead.

And this goal did not suppress the momentum of the Zenit players!

Instead, they launched a rush attack after the kick-off! !

Game No. 606 minutes!

Fajzurin stumbled into the penalty area and made a cross!
The football passed between Umtiti's legs, followed by Hulk, who fired a shot and fired an anti-aircraft gun!
Zenit missed the opportunity!
Waste of opportunity, of course, will be punished!

Game No. 701 minutes! ! !

After Griezmann broke the ball at Tymoshchuk's feet 35 meters from the goal, he passed diagonally to the right at the first time! ! !

After David Silva dribbled the ball into the penalty area, he scored with a low shot from the far corner of the penalty area! !
Four to one! ! !

Manchester City extended their lead to three goals! ! !

"Manchester City scored again!! Four to one!!! This leading advantage can basically ensure that Manchester City will reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League!"

"Manchester City at home is unstoppable!! It's the same in the Champions League!!! Zenit did a good job at one point, they even completed the task of scoring at home in Manchester City, but Manchester City scored [-] more goals than them - this is a gap that is almost impossible to bridge!"

"Can Zenit beat Manchester City [-]-[-] at home? This sounds like a fantasy. You know, in the Premier League, Manchester City has not lost a game until now!!!"

The narrators talked a lot.

And after David Silva scored the fourth goal, there were no more goals in the subsequent games!
In the end, Manchester City defeated Zenit [-]-[-] at home!

Half of the body has already entered the top eight!
(End of this chapter)