Soccer Card System

Chapter 168 Who Is The Weakest Group? (16155+12)

Chapter 162 Who is the weakest group?
"Good viewers!! Welcome to Luton's away game against CSKA Sofia in the first round of the 2009-2010 Europa League group stage!!"

Letkinson's voice came from the TV. At this time, in various bars in downtown Luton, fans were already waiting.

The figure of Gao Bo began to appear on the TV screen, and the fans cheered quickly, and then drank the beer in their hands.

The owner of the bar loves game day!

Gao Bo came out of the player tunnel. He met Penev, the coach of CSKA Sofia, on the coach's bench. After the two shook hands, they walked to their respective positions.

Gao Bo has read Penev's information a long time ago. Speaking of which, the coach is quite young. He is only 38 years old this year. Of course, he is a bit older than Gao Bo, but in the entire coaching industry, Penev can be regarded as young and promising. In June 2008, CSKA was once excluded from the European competition by UEFA due to financial problems. The club began to sell star players in order to alleviate the financial crisis, which led to the resignation of the then coach Miradanov.The new coach Penev who took office then set out to build a young team and won the cup.

This is a duel between two young teams.

At this time, the players of the two teams began to enter the field under the leadership of the referee, and the fans at the scene stood up.

CSKA Sofia fans naturally cheered for their team, while Gao Bo applauded for his disciples.

Gao Bo looked at the stadium.

The Bulgarian Army Stadium, as soon as you hear the name, you know what kind of relationship this stadium has with the Bulgarian army.In fact, many of the teams in former socialist countries have the colors of the military and government departments. The most famous is of course CSKA Moscow. This team can be counted as a team of the Soviet Red Army, and Russia also has a team called "Soviet Wings". They have a close relationship with the Soviet Air Force.
At this time, in the stands of the stadium, the fans of CSKA Sofia were basically shirtless, with various slogans written and painted on their bodies. They clenched their fists and roared in the stands, looking quite sturdy.

"I didn't expect the fans here to be so fanatical!"

Gao Bo said to John who was beside him.It was his first time in Bulgaria.

It is also the first time for John to come to Bulgaria. This small country in the Balkans has little sense of presence in Europe. Even if it is for tourism, the British probably would not think of going to Bulgaria.

John looked at the Sofia fans in the stands with curious eyes. He was very interested in the topless cheering methods of the other party. After all, it was different from England. In England, if two shirtless men hug each other, the picture is so beautiful. Isn't this the name of the corrupt country?

In the background music of the majestic Europa League theme song, players from both sides stepped into the stadium!

When the players from both sides shook hands, the CSKA Sofia players looked at the England team with curious eyes.In this Europa League competition, Luton is considered a relatively special team.On the one hand, they competed as FA Cup champions, on the other hand, they are only the third-tier team in England.These two juxtaposed pieces of information make Luton's opponents very contradictory, because before the game starts, it is difficult for you to accurately control where Luton's strength is?

Penev made a judgment before the game. He told the players that the Luton team must not be underestimated. Their strength is comparable to CSKA Sofia!

In this group, the media generally believe that the two weakest teams are Luton and CSKA Sofia, and the other two teams in the same group will most likely regard CSKA Sofia as targets for scoring points!

As for the two teams in this game, if they want to qualify, they must score points on the "big belly" team in the group!

But when the game started, the CSKA Sofia players discovered which group was the "weakest". If such a team was the weakest group, how would CSKA Sofia deal with itself?
At the beginning of the game, CSKA Sofia kicked off first, but as soon as they kicked the ball out, they found that they were completely suppressed!

Luton pressed heavily and launched a press in the air field!

Pressing up front!One of Gao Bo's favorite tactics!

Almost every CSKA Sofia player was closely marked, which made it very difficult for them to play the ball, so in the end they could only go forward with a big foot by the goalkeeper.

The CSKA Sofia striker ran into Sol Campbell, who put the ball right back into Drinkwater's feet!
Drinkwater passes the ball to Griezmann in front! !

Griezmann flicked his instep outside, and the football was assigned to the wing. Adam White on the wing came up very quickly. He rushed up directly, and then made a cross with his left foot.

The left foot is not Adam White's main foot, so he couldn't control the ball well, and the football passed a little too much.

But it doesn't matter, Kevin Keane on the other side also followed, and he stopped the ball on the right side of the penalty area.

Under the oppression of Luton, CSKA Sofia's defense line is a bit chaotic. This is the advantage of the frontcourt pressing. If it can be intercepted on the spot, then launching a counterattack on the spot will be a great threat.At this time, the players in the CSKA Sofia penalty area were frightened by Luton's fairly fast pass this time.

Sol Campbell headed forward, then Drinkwater moved forward, and Griezmann also forwarded the ball.

forward forward forward! !
The three consecutive kicks are all vertical passes, without the slightest sloppy, and there is no cross pass back.

So fast that the CSKA Sofia players were completely unprepared.

Gao Bo was standing on the sidelines when Sol Campbell headed forward. At this time, the opponent was ready to attack, so such a counterattack would be a very threatening offensive opportunity.

In fact, this is also the case. Kevin Keane did not pass the high ball directly, but passed the ball back in an inverted triangle!
Griezmann's flexible characteristics were shown, he got rid of the entanglement of the defender in a few moves, and then faced Kevin Keane's pass and shot directly with his right foot! !

Amidst the exclamation of the fans at the Bulgarian Army Stadium, the football flew against the turf and flew towards the goal.

It's impossible, right? !
The CSKA Sofia players had incredible shock on their faces.The football has crossed the goal line and hit the net behind the goalkeeper!

How long is it now?The game has just started in less than 1 minute! !
In less than 1 minute, Luton scored a goal!
Not only the CSKA Sofia players, but also the fans in the stands were dumbfounded.

Before the start of the game, even the most pessimistic Bulgarian media said that the game was a close match at best, because Luton is, after all, a team in the English First Division.Although Bulgaria's football is not as developed as England's, it's not possible that even the top giants in their top league can't play against England's third-tier teams, right?

But now.
Judging from the opening minute, the situation is indeed not as optimistic as the Bulgarian media predicted.

For the fans of CSKA Sofia, it is really difficult for them to accept the current situation on the field at this time.

Isn't it said that Luton is the weakest team in the group?
Who is the weakest now? !
(End of this chapter)