Chapter 62 Muddy
Shaqiri and Dejoric have good physical fitness. Their defensive ability can only be said to be average, but they are definitely much better than Marcelinho, especially the defensive attitude. That's not what Marcelinho can compare with. Lin Fenglei finally understands why Castella didn't send Marcelinho to play.
In terms of speed, Shaqiri and Djorich's speed is good, at least faster than Antunović and Ivanovic. After all, they are all players who can play wingers. At their speed, it is not difficult to pester the two midfielders of the Gosho team.
After the two backs of Gosho were entangled, their attack could only be launched directly through two sides, but every time the two wingers attacked, they had to carry the ball from the backfield through the midfield, and then cut and cross. How tired will they be? Even if there is no defense, it is not easy for them to sprint so long distances. What's more, how can Zurich have no defense? That's what Berisha and Spalf did. They also pestered Avanceni and Hollensten respectively, paying special attention to the inside defense, not letting them cut in, and forcing them to go in the direction of the bottom line. When they approached the bottom line, the two full-backs of the Zurich team would come up to attack, making them uncomfortable. In the cross of the server, occasionally they succeed in cutting, and Salami, the back of the Zurich team, will fill the position in time.
Seeing that the side's offensive was unfavorable, Gosho's two full-backs, Guelman and Ribero, also increased their own assists, but this did not solve the fundamental problem. Each Gosho's offensive was very difficult. With the full defense of Zurich's side, it was difficult for them to send high-quality passes.
In the penalty area, today, Zurich's two centre-backs, Jinho and Sereda, are very focused. They keep a close eye on Egman and Kodinho. Both central defenders are about 1.90 meters tall and have good header ability. Even if they can't beat the two strikers of Gosho at the first drop, at least It can also play a role of interference, making Egman and Codingho uncomfortable headers. Their goalkeeper Miller also expanded his control, increased the number of attacks, and strengthened the control of the ball.
As for the second landing point, Zurich's back midfielder Salami also often retreated to the penalty area, strengthening the control of the second landing point.
The game quickly lasted for 15 minutes. In these 15 minutes, Gosho only had three shots, two long-range shots outside the penalty area, and one was a header far away from the goal in the penalty area. These three shots did not pose any substantial threat to Zurich's goal.
Lin Fenglei's face was a little solemn. The Zurich team really knows the enemies of the Gosho team the best. The tactics formulated by Castella, or the strange tricks he took, are indeed very targeted, so that the Gosho team can't organize the offensive smoothly as usual, especially the point of strangling Ivanovic, which made the Gosho team lose. Go to one of the most important offensive launch points.
Lin Fenglei couldn't help but think of the past when Gosho played against AC Milan in the UEFA Europa League final, he used Antunović to pester Milan's organizational core Pirlo. Unexpectedly, Zurich is now using Gosho's tricks to deal with Gosho.
Of course, strangled Ivanovic does not mean that the Gosho team has completely lost its attack power. The personal ability of the other players of the Gosho team is also very strong, but the Zurich team almost completely gave up the attack, and it is clear that they want to pester you one by one, really It's difficult to stop you even if it's a foul. Now it's difficult for the Gosho team to make every attack, and it's completely lost the rhythm of the game.
Of course, this tactic has its limitations. For example, it requires players to have strong execution and high physical requirements for players. However, Lin Fenglei can see that the Zurich team has obviously trained for this game for a long time. There is no problem with their execution, and in terms of physical fitness? Zurich began to rotate in the league a few weeks ago, and this weekend's league has made all the main players rotate, even their goalkeeper Miller.
Lin Fenglei thought about it, and there was no good way to crack this tactic. He had to look at the situation on the field before making plans. Maybe it is impossible for Zurich players to maintain such attention in the whole game, or maybe their physical reserves are not enough to stick to such a high-intensity playing method? At that time, it was the opportunity for the Gosau team. Anyway, it seems that the Zurich team has no threat on the offensive.
Ivanovich is very depressed. He rarely encounters the situation where he is stared to death in the back position. He also knows his importance to the team in terms of attack, so he desperately wants to break this situation. However, he is always accompanied by a Shaqiri. This guy will never leave him for three meters, so that his teammates have to be careful to pass the ball to him. After finally receiving the ball, Shaqiri immediately began to get close to him. How can he pass the ball? If you want to fall down, Antunović also has a Dejorich, and it is also risky to pass back. Bijelyka is still wandering around two central defenders.
Two times Ivanovic has tried to get rid of Shaqiri with his own technology. He has the unique delicate skills of Serbian players. These two in situ have succeeded, but since he got rid of it in place, the speed can't be very fast. He is not a winger and does not have such good explosive power. Therefore, As soon as he got rid of Shaqiri, Shaqiri began to get started. Both times, he grabbed Ivanovic's jersey with his hand without hesitation. Ivanovic, who couldn't speed up, had to stop helplessly.
Of course, these two referees on-duty referee Lesinski blew Shakyrie's foul, but Shakiri's attitude is very good. He always has an apologetic smile. In addition, the circumstances of these two fouls are not very serious, and the place of the foul is in the half of the Gosho team, so it is impossible for Lesinski to give him a yellow card. There is not even a verbal warning, it's just an ordinary foul.
When Shaqiri pulled Ivanovic's jersey for the third time, Ivanovic finally couldn't help it. He spread out his hands to the referee with a helpless face. He hoped that the referee would stop the opponent's behavior, but Lesinsky had nothing he could do. He signaled to Ivanovich that Shaqiri was just Pu. There are no big moves for fouls, which are too common in football games.
In this way, the stars of the Gosho team fell into a quagmire and could not extricate themselves. Even if they were unwilling, they could only admit that they were not psychologically prepared to face the tactics of the Zurich team. Now that they really encounter difficulties, they have no good choice.
After Ivanovic was blocked, Gosho's team was more driven by two central defenders directly kicking the ball forward, and two strikers Egman and Kodinhoe competed for the header. However, this kind of kick is really inefficient. Although Egman and Kodinhoe's headers are very good, Egman has reached full value 2 0, but they can't head the goal directly from such a long backcourt pass, and there are not enough people to grab the second point of the ferry.
Seeing that the Goshao team was in trouble, 50,000 Goshao fans at the Wind and Thunder Stadium cheered more loudly. They hoped that the Goshao team could rise from the predicament and kill their opponents like countless times before, but this time it seemed to be different from before. The Goshao team has not come out of the predicament for a long time. Elephant.
Zurich head coach Castella smiled at the sidelines. This scene did not surprise him. He has been preparing for this game for a long time. He did not plan to score at the home of Gosho, but he did not intend to let Gosho to score a goal. For this reason, he deliberately arranged this strategy of losing sides.
Now it seems that his tactics have played a proper role. Although this tactic is to hurt both sides, if they really lose both sides and don't score, there is no doubt that the Zurich team will make a lot of money. You know, the Goshao team is the defending champion. The Zurich team is really barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. They should lose. Yes, but what a great success it would be if we could draw the Gosho team away from home?
The important thing is that if there is a draw, this draw will seriously dampen the confidence of the Gosau team, which will be very good for the next round of Zurich's home game. Castella believes that the next time at home, Zurich will never lose to Gosho.
The game has been carried out to the 40th minute of the first half, and the Gosau team's offensive has not been good, because the game has been going on until now. The players in Zurich have been strictly implementing Castella's tactics, with almost no mistakes, and their attention has been very focused. If you look closely Their eyes can see the burning fire from their seemingly peaceful eyes, which is their fighting spirit of desire to defeat this fateful opponent!
An unnoticed bitter smile appeared on Lin Fenglei's face. Today, this opponent is really unexpectedly tenacious. He really didn't expect that the players of the Zurich team would stay focused for so long. This should be the power of resentment, right? Maybe it will be difficult for the Zurich team to play such a game in the future, but what does it matter? If they can really win such a duel, they will take another step from now on and become a real European powerhouse, right?
The game is so intermittent that it doesn't seem to end the first half at all, but only real insiders know that the Zurich team has played almost all their level in this game. It can even be said that they are super-level, and this seemingly plain scene is actually full of Technical content.