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Chapter 444
The game started on time at seven o'clock on Thursday evening.

With the advantage of the home court, the Celtics launched an extremely resolute offensive from the beginning of the game and after a short trial.

The home team also understands the importance of this game. Although the group stage is a six-round round-robin match with three teams in total, winning or losing a game is not enough to determine the final qualification. Liarreal is obviously different. They are the Celtics' biggest competitors on the road to promotion. The result of the game with them is likely to directly affect the final qualifying situation. It is worth six points. It can be said that whoever can take the lead in the direct dialogue will have the initiative to qualify for the group.

In the already concluded first round of the group stage, the Celtics were unexpectedly tied 0:0 by Aalborg, the weakest team in the group, which made their situation very embarrassing.For the Celtics and Villarreal, the two teams aiming to compete for another qualifying place in Group E, if they want to break out of the tight encirclement smoothly, they must not only ensure that they can win as much as possible in the match against their direct competitors. To stay undefeated as much as possible, the more important point is to ensure the maximum grabbing of points from the "point-giving boy".If your rivals are able to grab six points from two games against Aalborg, but you don't manage to keep both, then at the starting line, you're likely to lose.This is extremely detrimental to the competition for qualifying places.

Obviously, the Celtics are now in a disadvantageous situation. The three-pointer they were determined to win turned into one point, which put them under a lot of pressure. If Villarreal wins in the next game If they double-killed Aalborg, even if they could win the second round with Aalborg, they would only be able to get four points, and there would be a gap of two points.

Don't underestimate the gap between these two points, maybe at the last moment, this will determine the life and death of the two teams who can finally qualify.

Therefore, the Celtics are extremely eager to smooth out the possible two-point difference, and the way to smooth it out is undoubtedly to beat Villarreal, get three points and at the same time Suppress the opponent's score.

The Celtics' offensive was extremely fierce, and there was a posture of not giving up until they reached their goals. Villarreal was a little overwhelmed by the home team's crazy three-axes. Fortunately, Mr. Ruben accepted the real coach in this game Pellegrini's suggestion is to focus on stability and arrange two defensive midfielders. Mawuba replaced Fan Bizhuang's starting position and guarded the team's midfield with Senna.

This provides the hardest barrier for the submarine's defense line. With these two full-time sweeping defensive midfielders in front to protect, although Villarreal's defenders were a little embarrassed at the beginning, they survived. After the opponent's fierce attack, he gradually stabilized his position and seemed to be more and more comfortable.

After the defense is solid, the next thing to consider is offense.

In this game, Villarreal's formation is 4-2-2-2, and the personnel in the back line have not changed, while Cazorla in the frontcourt has served as a central midfielder, connecting the front and back courts. In the last round of La Liga, Cazorla performed extremely well in this position, so in this game, he still played the role that Riquelme played before, assuming the role of connecting the front and back of the team. important task.Fernandez continued to start, serving as the attacking midfielder, and the combination of Forlan and Nihat on the front line.

Without Fan Bizhuang, a player with strong impact, Villarreal's offensive power in the frontcourt will inevitably be affected, but the three players at the top all have good speed and foot skills, which is extremely impressive. Suitable for defensive counterattacks, especially when the home team is aggressively attacking, a quick counterattack that seizes the opportunity can often bring a lot of threat to the opponent.

Under the control of Cazorla, Villarreal launched several swift counterattacks. The Celtics' goal suffered a lot. Although they failed to score in the end, they were gradually contained. Against the onslaught of the home team, Villarreal's defense was solid, and the counterattack was even sharper, which made the home team start to be cautious and dare not attack with all their strength.

Throughout the first half, the game was played at a fast pace. The Celtics were the main attackers, while the visiting team Villarreal used a quick counterattack to threaten the opponent's goal. Judging from the scene alone, the home team occupied a certain The advantage, but the advantage is not obvious, Villarreal is not powerless to fight back, on the contrary, through several quick counterattacks, the threat they created is even stronger than the home team.

The two can be said to be on equal footing, evenly matched.

At the end of the first half, the score was kept at 0:0, neither side was able to score a goal.

At the beginning of the second half, the rhythm that had gradually calmed down in the first half suddenly accelerated again, but this time, it was Villarreal who took the lead in launching an offensive. They suddenly increased their speed in order to catch their opponents by surprise.

The continuous fast breaks made the Celtics flustered for a while. Villarreal got consecutive shooting opportunities, but all of them were resolved by the home team in a thrilling manner.

After seeing that the sudden blitz could not establish a lead, Villarreal took the initiative to slow down the rhythm and changed to the ball-handling tactic.

The Scottish Premier League and the Premier League belong to the same line. They are both representatives of high-altitude play and long-passing tactics. Their impact is very strong and they have an advantage in physical confrontation, but Villarreal is not at all Instead of fighting head-to-head with the opponent, he used the characteristics of the La Liga team's delicate footwork and exquisite passing, skillful passing back and forth, and while controlling the rhythm, he searched for the opponent's gaps and loopholes at a leisurely pace.

In this game, Villarreal's tactical style has changed a lot. In the first half, they mainly focused on defense, supplemented by quick counterattacks. In the second half, they used offense to suppress their opponents unexpectedly. After breaking the opponent's defense line, he quickly changed to the tactics of passing and receiving the ball.

This change of rhythm made the Celtics very uncomfortable. Although they did not concede a goal, their performance was not as good as in the first half, and they gradually showed signs of being suppressed by the visiting team.

This is the result of Villarreal's recent hard training. Pellegrini came up with a new routine after the team was greatly contained by the opponents in the first four rounds of the league.In the last season, Villarreal almost dominated the world with a main lineup. Their offensive firepower is very strong, but after this crazy offensive routine has been thoroughly studied by the opponent, it has not changed much, and it is difficult to achieve expectations. results in .

Now, under Pellegrini's changes, the effect has gradually emerged. Villarreal's formation and tactical routines will be adjusted according to the situation of the game, which makes their offensive and defensive methods more effective. Diversification also makes it more difficult for opponents to guard against.

Blindly attacking seems very passionate and passionate, but it is also easy to be targeted. Now that changes have been added, it is more difficult to guard against, and the effect is even better.

Villarreal gradually took the initiative on the court, and the Celtics were gradually brought into the rhythm of the submarine.

However, although the scene is dominant and there are many opportunities created, Villarreal has never been able to score a goal. Last season's La Liga Golden Boot Diego Forlan has been in an unstable state since the start of the new season. He is still in the process of finding his status, and although Nihat is very active, it is difficult for him to take advantage of the tall Scottish defenders because of his thin body.

"Let me play, Mr. Reuben."

Off the court, this is the third time that Fan Bizhuang has made his "appeal" to the substitute head coach Mr. Ruben.The team has a great advantage in the scene, but has been unable to score for a long time, which makes Fan Bizhuang feel anxious.

A draw is also an acceptable result for Villarreal. After all, it is an away game, and the opponent is their most direct competitor. It is not easy to get all three points.But now that there is clearly hope of winning, Fan Bizhuang naturally does not want to let this hope fail.

Being able to win is naturally not something that can be satisfied by a draw.

Fan Bizhuang also observed very thoroughly on the bench. In general, Villarreal suppressed the home team by virtue of their ability to pass, but in the penalty area, La Liga teams were physically confrontational. The weak electricity was exposed, especially in front of a tall and strong man like Su Chao, their ability to grab points was really not enough.

Fran and Nihart, including Fernandez who often appears in the shadow forward position, these three people are more than flexible, but not strong in confrontation. They are closely watched by tall defenders and cannot display the characteristics of flexible running. And in the confrontation, they couldn't take advantage of the slightest advantage, which led to the reason why the midfielder kept feeding them the ball, but they still couldn't seize the opportunity.

Villarreal now has the upper hand in the scene, what is missing is a player who has the final say!

Fan Bizhuang is very confident in himself. He is not short in height, his jumping ability is even better, and his confrontation ability is also very strong. He is confident. He can play the role of a center forward temporarily, whether it is to grab points by himself or as a center forward. The bridgehead can create a lot of threats when playing the ball for teammates.

What Fan Bizhuang can see, as a professional coach, Coach Ruben's vision is not too bad, he can see the current problems of the team, and also knows that the team needs a center forward, but whether this game He still hesitated to send Fan Bizhuang on the stage.

In all fairness, although Kearney affirmed that Fan Bizhuang's health was fine, he was still injured after all. The wounds on his forehead and the corners of his eyebrows had just healed, which looked shocking.

In the fierce competition, it is easy to touch the wound again, resulting in bleeding.

If it wasn't necessary, he was unwilling to "excessively squeeze" Fan Bizhuang.It's not that he is worried that the media will give him the bad name of "ignoring players' injuries and brutally persecuting players' careers" after the game. He really doesn't care what the media will say, what he is more concerned about is that he doesn't want Fan Bi Zhuang had any accidents.

But looking at Fan Bizhuang who was asking him urgently for the third time, especially the fiery desire in the other party's eyes, Mr. Ruben hesitated to say what he wanted to refuse.

(End of this chapter)