green mercenary

Chapter 363 Stam's Weakness
Zaccheroni was sitting on the coach's bench, listening to the huge cheers of the fans in the field, with a long-lost smile on his face.

The fans can support the home team so much, of course Lazio can play a beautiful game.

On the court, Lopez and Inzaghi Jr. were back and forth, looking for loopholes in PSV's defense.

In the opening ten minutes, Lazio really took advantage of the home court and formed a siege against Eindhoven.Even Bai Xiaotian on the front line had to step back to defend.

"Now it's Simeone dribbling the ball, and Simeone kicks a long pass after passing the opponent's defender."

"Inzaghi header!"

"Ah, the power of the header is slightly less."

Indeed, this round of the Champions League group stage is too important for Lazio. If they lose again, they may not even be able to participate in the Europa League group stage.

So Zaccheroni sent out a [-] attack formation, trying to tear apart PSV's defense from the wing.

The two sharp knives on the front line are Inzaghi Jr. and Lopez. Although he lives in the "shadow" of his elder brother Inzaghi, Inzaghi Jr. is not weaker than his elder brother in terms of body and consciousness.

This summer, Juventus introduced Trezeguet, and Philip Inzaghi was "squeezed" to AC Milan.But it is precisely because of this transfer that Inzaghi's running position, grabbing points and shooting skills are completely remembered by the world.

Different from his brother's style, Simone Inzaghi is more calm in offense.Just like a swordsman, before the sword is unsheathed, it already gives the opponent a chilling feeling.

So on defense, Inzaghi Jr. became Kevin Hovland's focus.

Another player on the front line is Lopez from the black bat.

Claudio Lopez won a lot of applause on his first official appearance in Lazio. In the Italian Super Cup in 2000, he dedicated a pass and a shot, successfully helping Lazio reverse Inter Milan 4-3 and win the Super Cup.

As a player with dual nationality of Argentina and Spain, he has both the gorgeousness of South America and the delicacy of Spain under his feet. This small man of less than 1.8 meters made PSV's defense suffer a lot.

Facing Lazio's onslaught after wave after wave, Bai Xiaotian was also very helpless.

During this period, Eindhoven did not have the opportunity to fight back.

But no matter whether Bai Xiaotian passes or shoots, he can't avoid one of the opponent's central defenders - Yap Stam.

This former Eindhoven veteran player knows Eindhoven's offensive system well.

In addition, after three years of Manchester United career, the Dutchman knows how to use his body reasonably to defend against players who are weaker than himself.

Although there was a little conflict with Ferguson at the end of last season, at the beginning of this season, Stam only played one game for Manchester United before moving to Lazio.

After coming to Lazio, this 1.9-meter-one Dutch man immediately secured his position as Lazio's main central defender.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Eindhoven had a rare chance to counterattack.

Van Bommel jumped up when the opponent kicked a long pass and blocked the long pass with his body.

However, at this time the Lazio players had already started to move forward. Taking advantage of this moment, Van Bommel immediately kicked up after landing, looking for Bai Xiaotian who was running forward.

Naturally, Bai Xiaotian would not waste such a good opportunity, the moment Van Bommel kicked, he had already accelerated forward and ran towards the ball's landing point.

But Stam, who was a little ahead of Bai Xiaotian, was extremely smart. He knew that if he tried his best, he might not be able to outrun Bai Xiaotian, who was 9 centimeters shorter than him.So he stuck to Bai Xiaotian at the first time, squeezed the opponent away with his body, thus limiting his speed.

Seeing that the ball was getting more and more crooked, Bai Xiaotian had to grit his teeth.

If his speed was faster, he could definitely overtake him in the outside lane.But now all Bai Xiaotian can do is to slow down and pass behind the opponent.

But in this way, the position is completely lost.Relying on the tall stature of the opponent, it is entirely possible to completely restrict himself in front.

Just for a moment of hesitation, Bai Xiaotian was pushed away by more than one meter again.

In desperation, Bai Xiaotian had no choice but to give up his position temporarily, hoping that this 1.9-meter-one man could stagger a bit due to the sudden loss of leverage on his body, thus leaking the space.

But Bai Xiaotian's little calculation was wrong. Although Stam was tall, his body balance was also very good.After realizing that Bai Xiaotian flinched, he immediately adjusted his figure and used his running position to keep in front of Bai Xiaotian.

Seeing the ball bouncing off the ground and rolling out of bounds little by little, Bai Xiaotian was extremely impatient.

For a striker, watching a pass from a teammate roll out of bounds bit by bit as it is physically blocked by an opposing defender is an absolutely terrible experience.During this process, you can only watch the ball roll out of bounds. Even if you know the final result, you can't turn your head and leave smartly, because who knows if the opposing defender will stretch out a foot and stop the ball on the sideline.

Seeing that the other party has the same hairstyle as the later Robben, Bai Xiaotian couldn't help but spit secretly. "Damn, I wish you never grow any hair in your life!"

Unexpectedly, the experienced central defender paused for a moment when he heard Bai Xiaotian's curse.

Bai Xiaotian's eyes flashed, and naturally he would not miss such a good opportunity.Immediately accelerated and plugged in from the right, instantly and Stam's body was on the same level again.

"Not good!" Stam also knew that he had slipped away, and quickly rushed his back to Bai Xiaotian, stretched his arms, and stopped Bai Xiaotian from going any further.

But Bai Xiaotian grinned, and didn't take the opportunity to regain his position.Instead, he stretched out his foot directly and kicked the ball back hard.

With a bang, the ball hit Stam's thick calf and bounced off the sideline.

A throw-in in the front court is also a good result!

"Boy, watch your mouth!" The bald man ignored the ball that jumped out of the bounds, but turned around, stared at Bai Xiaotian condescendingly, and stared fiercely at him with his eyes.

Bai Xiaotian grinned at the corner of his mouth, and stroked his thick hair in front of the other party.The dust in the hair immediately flew into the opponent's nostrils. Stam was about to reach out and push Bai Xiaotian away, but the intense itching in the nasal cavity forced him to bend down and sneezed several times.

When Stam was young, he was definitely a handsome blonde, although his hairline was a bit receded.But since his move to Lazio, there has been more hair on his chin than on his head.

Seeing that the other party had the same brain shape and hairstyle as the later Robben, Bai Xiaotian sighed sincerely: It seems that "Roben-style hair loss" is not exclusive to Robben alone!

(End of this chapter)