Football scouting system

Chapter 458 Huaxia Cup Farce

On March 3th, the second round of the Europa League was ushered in. Yu Tian and the Spaniard played against Zenit St. Petersburg at home.

Although the Spaniard had already won 3-1 in the first round, and this game was still a home game, Yu Tian still played with all the main players, but put Chen Chen on the bench.

Yu Tian didn't want his opponent to make a big comeback at home. On the other hand, Zenit St. Petersburg knew that the game had to be offensive, otherwise there would be no chance.

After the start of the game, Zenit St. Petersburg did launch several attacks. In the 9th, 10th, and 11th minutes, they hit the goal once. The efficiency of hitting the goal with one kick in one minute also made Yu Tian on the sidelines very dissatisfied.

Yu Tian kept accusing the defensive players of losing their positions on the sidelines. After hearing Yu Tian's dissatisfaction, the Spaniard's players on the field recovered and began to limit Zenit St. Petersburg's offense.

In the 28th minute, Iglesias received an inverted triangle pass from Piatti and easily pushed the goal with his left foot. The occurrence of this goal greatly reduced the morale of the opponent.

Then in the 46th minute at the start of the second half, Sandro Tonali's stunning long-range shot flew into the goal again, and the Spaniard led 2-0.

Although in the 90th minute, Ivanovic pulled a goal back, but it didn't help. In the end, the Spaniard defeated Zenit St. Petersburg 2-1 at home, and finally successfully advanced to the Europa League quarter-finals with a total score of 5-2.

So far, the teams that have advanced to the top 8 are already strong teams, such as Valencia in La Liga, Benfica in the Portuguese Super League, Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, Chelsea and Arsenal in the Premier League, and Naples in Serie A.

But there is one exception. This team is Slavia Prague in the Czech League, which is the brother team of Beijing Guoan. It is undoubtedly the weakest team among the eight teams.

It's a pity that the Spaniard's next opponent is not Slavia Prague. Chelsea has become the lucky one. Arsenal will compete with Naples, Benfica will play against Frankfurt, and the Spaniard will challenge Valencia.

On March 3th, the 18th round of La Liga was ushered in. Yu Tian and the Spaniard played against Sevilla at home. This game ushered in the China Derby. China midfielder Xu Zhuping will start this game.

The Espanyol faced this formidable opponent at home, and the game was once very difficult. At the end of the first half, the two sides ended 0-0. It has to be said that the presence of Xu Zhuping has sublimated Sevilla's midfield defense.

After the second half, the Spaniard made a mistake. Sandro Tonali calmly tackled Ben Yedder in his own penalty area. The referee gave a yellow dot package. In the 53rd minute, Ben Yedder scored a penalty kick to help Sevilla lead the Spaniard.

After conceding the ball, the Spaniard quickly counterattacked. In the 59th minute, Chen Chen succeeded in turning offside. After receiving a through ball from Roca, he directly faced the opponent's goalkeeper Vaclik. An easy shot helped the Spaniard equalize the score.

With this goal, Chen Chen successfully scored 30 goals. However, a draw at home is not what the Spaniards would like to see. After all, Barcelona behind them is too tight.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and it was only a few minutes before the end of the game, but the score was still 1 to 1, just as everyone thought that this game would end in a draw.

However, in the 2nd minute of extra time, Piatek, who came off the bench, ran into the opponent's penalty area to chase the through ball sent by Piatti. The opponent's defender Sergi Gomez and Piatek ran side by side to chase the ball.

Before chasing the football, Piatek suddenly fell in the penalty area. In the end, the referee passed VAR and gave the Spaniard a penalty. It turned out that Sergi Gomez hit Piatek's head with a concealed elbow.

It was still Chen Chen who took the penalty. At this critical moment, the opponent's goalkeeper did not expect that Chen Chen would take a penalty kick. In the end, Chen Chen's penalty kick sealed the game, and the Spaniard took the lead 2-1.

After the game ended, there was another two-week rest period, because the international match day was ushered in. However, to Yu Tian's surprise, none of the three Huaxia players on the team were called up.

Yu Tian got a rare rest time. You must know that on March 3, the Spaniard will challenge Barcelona away. This is a game that involves 30 points. If the Spaniard wins, he will consolidate the first position in the standings.

Far away in China, the Huaxia Cup is ushered in. There are a total of four teams, namely the host Huaxia team, the South American powerhouse Uruguay, Uzbekistan in Asia, and Ukraine in Eastern Europe.

This is G State Evergrande coach Cannavaro's first game in charge of the Huaxia team. Cannavaro also attaches great importance to this game and recruited all the main players of the Huaxia team.

The Huaxia fans saw the Huaxia team's lineup and were full of confidence in this match, but the result was beyond everyone's expectations.

Uruguay played against Uruguay for the first time on March 3, and there was no Uruguay team without Suarez. In the 21th minute, Uruguay's Pereiro received an inverted triangle pass from his teammate. With the general shooting space, he shot into the net with his left foot. The Huaxia team temporarily fell behind 35-0.

In the 67th minute of the second half, the Uruguayan team seized the Huaxia team's mistake and succeeded in stealing in China's halftime. It was given to Stuani in the penalty area, and Stuani scored with his right foot again.

In the end, the Huaxia team lost the first round 0-2. The Huaxia team played chaotically throughout the game. Cannavaro on the sidelines commanded anxiously, but the effect was very mediocre.

After the game, a reporter broke the news. According to friends close to Li Long, Li Long was very dissatisfied with the loss after the game and questioned Cannavaro's coaching level. What is surprising is that Li Long did not come out to refute the rumors immediately after the news came out.

Not only Li Long, some media said that many Huaxia players did not trust Cannavaro's coaching.

Even in the Huaxia Cup third place competition, the Huaxia team defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 with Chen Yangyang's goal, but still no one thinks that Cannavaro can continue to coach the Huaxia team.

Sure enough, Cannavaro quickly announced that he would resign as the coach of the China national team, bluntly saying that he was unable to take care of both the national team and the club, and that the revelations made by the reporters were not true.

With Cannavaro's resignation, the head coach of the China National Team was once again vacant. Later, some media summarized the main reason for Cannavaro's failure, which is that Cannavaro's coaching qualifications are too shallow.

There is no ability to suppress this group of famous European stars. What the Huaxia team needs now is a capable head coach who can suppress the players.

So some people began to hope that Lippi would come back again and continue to coach the Huaxia national team. However, Lippi soon accepted an interview and bluntly said that he would not continue to coach the Huaxia team.

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