ball at foot

When standing proudly on the turf of the Schalke Stadium, Zhao Yaning realized that this might really be the most important game he played in his life.

Although I am still young, I still have the opportunity to challenge the Champions League in the future.But there is no such thing as luck.Nedved has already won the Ballon d'Or, hasn't he played in the Champions League final?

This is, after all, the pinnacle of club honors.For someone like Zhao Yaning, who is destined not to win the World Cup honor, the club's highest honor is the greatest honor he can strive for.

This is a game worth fighting for.And the team in front of them, since they can get to this point, they are also their strong enemies.

He recalled the characteristics of the team that Deschamps said, recalled everyone's name, and speculated on the other party's mind. [

Baia, Portugal's No. [-] national goal, it is normal for him to be the main force.Jorge Costa, their captain, left-back, is good but just average, Carvalho and Valente, their pair of defenders, the former is better defensively, aggressive on the tackle, and has good technical skills , can plug in support, is a strong enemy.Right back Paulo Ferreira is strong, but it seems that he is not fast enough to deal with him in a targeted manner.

Costija, Mendes, a pair of defensive midfielders, are very good defensively.Maniche, Deco, two central midfielders, both offensive and defensive - none of the opponent's four midfielders is a real offensive player, and each of them has a good defensive ability.

And their striker, the Brazilian Delle, has always been a player that Portugal hopes to let him transfer his nationality, but he is very firm and unwilling to play for Portugal.This is a strong junior player and cannot be underestimated.The other one is Alberto, a speedy striker who is also a typical example of strength over fame.

Deschamps said that the biggest feature of this team is their excellent defense and excellent cooperation, so let's see for ourselves how good they are.

As the whistle blew, the two sides started the game.Soon, a pass from Deco was intercepted by Zicos.After Zhao Yaning received the pass, he immediately accelerated and rushed up, and the moment Mendes intercepted him, he kicked the ball to the right.

Jiuli succeeded in countering offside, and got a single chance in just 2 minutes of the game.

This made the fans shout excitedly, but Baia had already rushed out at this time. Jiuli was a little far away from the goal, which gave him enough confidence. He shoveled across the penalty area and passed the ball from Jiuli. The foot broke.

This made the fans on the scene sigh: They are not supporting Monaco, they just hope to score a goal at the beginning and stage a big score.

After stabilizing for a while, Porto quickly launched an attack.Dellei's attack from the wing was brought down by Evra, but their free kick was not able to perform to the standard.

With these two tentative attacks, both sides also began to compete in the midfield.

At this time, Zhao Yaning also began to perceive the characteristics of this team.None of their four midfielders are very defensive.But each of them can defend, and they are all good at blocking positions. It is not difficult for Zhao Yaning to pass one, but the difficulty is to face the next one after passing one.Their blocking was not to completely block Zhao Yaning’s breakthrough, but to grab up one person, and the person behind was stuck. It is always inevitable that there will be problems with the action, and as long as there is a problem with Zhao Yaning, they will naturally be able to steal the ball.

What an interesting defense.Zhao Yaning is more knowledgeable, relying on his personal ability and his one-on-one midfielder, he also finds this kind of defense quite strange.They don't value one-on-one defense, but value the positioning of consecutive combinations to restrain the opponent's reunion tactics. No matter how you look at it, it looks like the tactics of the Dutch, not like the Portuguese style of play.

But it seems that this coach used to be Van Gaal's assistant... no wonder.

Zhao Yaning knew that in the face of such a defense, if he kept his head down, he would only get lost in this blockage. What he needed to do was not just to break through, but to think carefully about how to break through their defense.

In this way, the two sides stalemate.Monaco can't attack, and Porto is the same.As the core of the midfield, Deco was also guarded by Yaya Toure. He was restricted. For Porto, it was naturally a big bad news.

"The game between the two sides was a bit boring." Seeing that for nearly 10 minutes, both sides had only one shot, Thierry complained a bit.

"For sure, the competition is good. Both sides are strong enough to achieve a balance. However, there is a lack of people with sufficient ability to break the balance. Naturally, the game is not easy to play." Wenger thinks so The game is normal.

"At this time, isn't it time to look at the performance of Deco and Zhao Yaning?" Thierry said.It's just that he also knows that Deco is now entangled by Yaya Toure, Zhao Yaning's breakthrough has been restricted by Porto's defense, and both sides are waiting for a fatal opportunity.

And soon, Zhao Yaning found such an opportunity. [

The moment he stepped on the ball with his right foot and pulled it back, and turned half to the right to do things to divide the ball, Maniche rushed up.Zhao Yaning saw the timing, took a sudden step to the left, kicked the ball out, and then chased after him.

Maniche was passed and Mendes made it up.Zhao Yaning swayed on the spot twice, guessing that Costiha, who was defending, was approaching, and then suddenly passed the ball and kicked the ball behind Mendes.

At this time, Morientes had already responded out of the penalty area. When Ta received a pass from Zhao Yaning, Carvalho behind him had already squeezed the space for him to turn around, but Morientes just slid the ball to the left. Knocked, gave the plugged-in Rothen.

Take the ball, kick it, pass it.

Roten made the moves beautifully, but in the penalty area, Morientes was marked too deadly. Zhao Yaning suddenly stepped in and shot, but the position was too straight. Baia held the ball firmly. Into the arms, refused to let go.

"Monaco's offensive efficiency..." Thierry couldn't help but sigh.

And soon, this kind of thing happened again.Giuly's cross was sent into the penalty area, but Morientes, who was disturbed, fell to the top, and the ball was cleared out of the sideline by Carvalho.

"Monaco have the upper hand, which is a good thing. But the problem is, there seems to be something wrong with Monaco's attack. They have already missed three good chances. Such a waste of behavior is simply disgraceful."

It was still Thierry who explained the game, and his partner who explained the game was the most proud coach in France: Arthur Wenger.

"I don't think this is good for Monaco." Wenger said, "You have to know that Porto is a team that is good at playing defensive counterattacks. Their football philosophy does not emphasize the control of the midfield. Although Monaco relies on Yaya Toure's defense and Zhao Yaning's excellent performance controlled the midfield, but as we can see, Porto's defense is actually very stable. Morientes had to go wide under the interference of Carvalho Running, that's not good news for Monaco."

Wenger's analysis is very reasonable. Not only he knows this, but also Zhao Yaning on the field.Although he has a lot of room for movement now, he is very clear that this is what Porto has always done. If his team dares to press heavily, then they will definitely take advantage of it.Facing a defensive counterattack team, occupying the midfield advantage is not something to boast about.

You have to do your best to win.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yaning also began to target their weaknesses and began to fight.

After playing for half an hour, Zhao Yaning also realized that their weakness is not in the middle.The effect of four players who can play defensive midfielders piled up on the field is terrible. Although the personal defensive ability of these guys is not up to Lyon's level, their cooperation is more tacit and their tactics are more mature. They are no better than dealing with Lyon easy.

There is no need to entangle with them in the midfield, except for a few dribbles for yourself, there is no other help.Realizing this, Zhao Yaning immediately resolutely and decisively began to support the wing.

And their bilateral, it seems that Paul Ferreira is weaker.

After Zhao Yaning made a simple cooperation with Roten, he rushed towards Porto's right.Facing Paul Ferreira, he stopped the ball with one kick, and when Ferreira paused, he suddenly accelerated and rushed over.

Carvalho, who made up for the replacement, also jumped out at this time.Zhao Yaning swayed for a while, trying to lure him to grab him, but Carvalho was not stupid. He saw Zhao Yaning’s extraordinary ability, so he didn’t take the initiative to grab him, but kept backing away to prevent Zhao Yaning Accelerate suddenly.

But Zhao Yaning watched him retreat in small steps, and suddenly retreated with a big step, and then prepared to make a long pass!

This was a bit beyond Carvalho's expectation. Whether it was the pre-match preparation or the performance of this game, Zhao Yaning was very interested in his breakthrough, but what happened to this pass?

He quickly kicked with a sliding shovel, knocking Zhao Yaning to the ground with the shovel, and at the same time received the referee's whistle.

"Porto's first yellow card. It affected them to some extent. Moreover, the position of this free kick is very good. Zhao Yaning's free kick has a high success rate. I don't know if it will be effective this time..."[

When Zhao Yaning stood in front of the penalty spot, Deschamps also stood up.This ball should still look quite promising...

But he turned his head and saw the smile of the opponent's coach.

What went wrong?Deschamps was a little puzzled.

The free kick was initiated and went towards the inside of the penalty area.Baia rushed out, struck out with both fists, and knocked the ball out with one punch.

Maniche, who got the ball, gave the ball to Dellei on the wing, and Dellei rushed up immediately.

Big trouble!Deschamps saw that there was another problem with Yaya Toure's position, and he reacted immediately.

Zhao Yaning’s excellent free kick has become Monaco’s trump card.But precisely because of this, they forgot that the happier they are, the easier it is to be in danger.Yaya Toure thought about going forward to grab a long shot, but missed the position behind, and naturally there was a problem.

Dellei made a cross, Alberto received the ball in the penalty area, held the ball with his back, then turned around, and shot suddenly!

"gooool!!!!!!!!!"

Listening to the shouts around him, Deschamps suddenly felt a little depressed: This time, it wasn't the players who lost, but him, the coach.