Chapter 156: The Decisive Battle in the Air (3400 Monthly Pass Plus Update)

The UEFA Cup is not as influential as the UEFA Champions League, but it is still an attractive competition for teams in smaller leagues.

After all, the winner of the League Cup is also a European champion.

The UEFA Cup will also be broadcast live throughout Europe and the world, and the influence is not comparable to that of the Russian Premier League, which is a second-tier league in Europe.

When the TV screen showed the whole Villarreal team walking down the ramp of the plane, Chen Yingying felt excited.

It was the natural reaction of a giant bear that had just woken up from hibernation when it smelled food.

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February 13, Race Day (). Snow.

"Good weather!" Anyukov couldn't help but admire when he saw such a heavy snowfall.

"Sure enough, the weather is good!" Krzhakov spoke.

For the Russian team, there is no better weather than a game with goose feathers and snow falling from the sky.

Because Villarreal, who comes from warm Spain, will certainly not be able to adapt to football in this climate.

In fact, this has been confirmed since Villarreal first arrived in St. Petersburg.

Villarreal's head coach is Chilean Manuel Pellegrini uel_pellegrini) complaining about the weather.

Now the "captain" of the submarine is frowning at the snowflakes flying outside the window.

Playing at home, Zenit have the home advantage and they are better suited to the weather and the conditions in this weather than we do.

This game is more than lucky. Although Pellegrini feels that Zenit is far inferior to them in terms of pure strength, he does not want to take any risks this away from home. He decided to defend the most away from home.

Giuseppe. Rossi (giuseppe_ri) saw through the car window a few fans outside, their upper bodies out, waving blue and white scarves from Zenit St. Petersburg in the snow and singing loudly.

He couldn't help but shudder.

"God, aren't they cold?" He exclaimed.

"Russians who drank too much...... It's all like that. The well-informed Frenchman Pires (robert_pires) glanced out the window and took his gaze back.

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The heavy snow did not dampen the enthusiasm of the Russian fans, and the fans of Zenit St. Petersburg began to line up in the afternoon, and even shirtless people could be seen cheering loudly - these people had just drunk a lot of vodka...... Every year in Russia, many people freeze to death in winter, and a large part of these people are drunk on the street at night because they drink too much, and they end up ...... the next day I haven't opened my eyes ().

They whistled and gave the middle finger to the Villarreal bus outside the stadium, which was not friendly at all.

And when the Zenit bus arrived, they let out a burst of cheers.

This is the home field!

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"Remember, you have to warm up well! Warm-up is more important than competition! Anyone who gets injured because they haven't warmed up enough will not get any sympathy! "Assistant Coach Kuhl. Potter yelled in the locker room.

At the same time, the players are changing their clothes and getting ready to go out to warm up.

"It's okay! The warm-up is not enough to drink to make up, haha! "Denisov joked in the locker room. The outside temperature at the time of the match was -10 degrees Celsius, and it was really difficult to compete in such temperatures.

Potter glared at him and didn't say anything, Denisov was the pistachio in the locker room, he knew it, this man was so open-mouthed.

Chen Yingying felt cold, and he put a close-fitting thermal underwear under his jersey. The underwear is lightweight, yet warm, and is made of high-tech fabrics that absorb and heat up the water vapor produced by the body.

Last season, Chen Yingying wore such underwear to compete, and it was really warm.

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When the players of both sides were warming up outside, Chen Yingying and his friends did not forget to pay attention to the opponents of this game while warming up ().

"Look at the way they shrink their necks, ahaha!" Denisov was glad that his opponent was deflated in such weather.

Chen Yingying followed him and laughed heartlessly at his opponent.

"I really doubt that they still have any fighting power......" Krzhakov also pouted.

The Villarreal players noticed a few people in the opposition half, and they were grouping together, pointing at their side, not laughing.

Obviously, they were laughing at the way they were shivering with the cold now with their necks shrunch......

Although the group of people kept trembling, they still glared back viciously - they must not lose in terms of momentum!

This momentum did not last long, and it was immediately discharged......

"It's really, really cold......"

"The weather forecast says...... Say today...... It's minus 10 degrees today! This kind of weather, weather, I think, I think the game should be canceled directly! ”

A group of people are fighting with their teeth, and they can't make sense.

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After the warm-up, the players from both sides returned to the locker room. Villarreal's players slipped back into the dressing room almost at the speed of light, and they were scared of the cold outside. There was air conditioning in the locker room.

Advocaat was in the dressing room waiting for his players to come back and he had a few last words to say to everyone.

"Villarreal are a strong team, so the crucial leg of the quarter-finals is today, and as long as we can establish an advantage on our home turf, then we have a good chance of qualifying. So I don't accept anything other than a win, and a draw doesn't work. Must win, and if possible, try to win them by as many goals as possible ()! ”

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Manuel Pellegrini has studied footage of Everton's home game against Zenit St. Petersburg. He knew that Zenit had a very good high school striker - the No. 99 hero.

The centre-forward has an excellent header and a long-range shot. Not to be underestimated.

After the game, Moyes also admitted that the reason why he lost at home was because he underestimated the hero. Of course, I can't repeat the mistakes of the past.

So in this game he put a lot of effort into air defense.

The first is to have two centre-backs in the penalty area who are not bad in height with excellent headers. The 1.92-meter-tall French defender Sigan l_cyg partner the 1.82-meter-tall Argentine central defender Fabicio. Fuentes (fabricio_fuentes), these two have excellent headers, although Fentes is a little shorter, but Sigan's height can still compete with the opposing hero. Originally, the team's main central defender was Diego. Godin (diego_godin), but the young centre-back is good everywhere - with a calm style of play, a good sense of position, good timing and excellent anticipation...... But the body is too thin, and in the face of a strong center, people often turn on their backs, and the opponent of the Yellow Submarine backline in this game happens to be a strong center, which is very savage at first glance. Manuel Pellegrini had no choice but to put him on the bench and use the stronger Fuentes.

In addition to arranging for defenders with excellent headers to beat Chen Ying-hung in the air, he also asked the two wings not to easily give Zenit the opportunity to assist and then cross.

The snow is so big in this game, it is definitely impossible for the opponent to take any technical flow under his feet, and playing more high balls is the choice of smart people.

Therefore, Villarreal does not intend to stick to the Spanish technical and tactical style and go any further. Pellegrini Jean Joseba. Josellorente started the game, the centre-forward is 1.84 meters tall and good at headers. He was at the front alone.

Behind him are three attacking forwards, with Carney in the middle, and on the right is Spain international Santiago. Cazorla tiagzorla), on the left is the 21-year-old Chilean demon Matthias. Fernández tiferdez) ().

Cazorla and Fernandes are both players who can break down the flanks and cross and are responsible for feeding Llorente in the box.

In the midfield position, Pellegrini arranged captain Sena Re and twenty-three-year-old young Spanish midfielder Bruno (BRU).

The two full-backs were Angel Gel on the right and Spain international Jdevilla at left-back.

This is the starting line-up of the "Yellow Submarine" in this game.

4231, the core of this lineup is to stabilize the back, as well as the wing rush.

Pellegrini has taken great pains to curb Chen's play.

With such careful arrangements and preparations, he is not too worried about Chen Yingying now. He was worried that the weather might cause some surprises......

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Nizet's starting line-up was not much different from before, that is, the centre-back position was changed. Lombartes, who had received a red card in the previous match against Everton, was unavailable for this game, and the two "old" centre-back pairings sent by Advocaat - Eric Brown. Hagen and Krizanachi.

The key weakness of these two defenders was their slow turnaround and they did not start in the game against Everton. However, there is no such problem now, because the university is in full swing, and he does not expect Pellegrini to send Giuseppe. Speed strikers like Rossi and Nihat are coming. Because they don't know how to play on the ground, and the through ball will rarely come in handy because of the poor field, he will use Llorente, a high-school striker who is 1.84 meters tall, and the football is still mainly flying around in the air.

So turning around slowly is not too much of a weakness, as long as it can defend itself.

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The reporters in the media box had already been given the starting line-ups for both sides, and they were shivering in the unair-conditioned and heated media box, but they were still excited to discuss the starting line-ups of both sides.

"It's not surprising at all, both sides are going to focus on high-altitude balls!"

"In the air, today will be an area of fierce contention between the two sides. I don't know, how many times will the air defense sirens go off at Petrovsky Stadium today? ”

A group of Chinese journalists laughed.

These men have been covering the game at Petrovsky Stadium for the past season and have become accustomed to air raid sirens. At first, I thought it was a little sad, but then I thought it was wonderful, just like nature.

The music playing on the stadium radio stopped suddenly.

There was a burst of cheers, and the reporters in the media gallery discussing the starting lineup also stopped, and they turned their eyes to the exit of the tunnel.

There, players from both sides walked onto the pitch under the guidance of the referee!

The race is about to begin!

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ps, plus more delivered, although there are still a few votes left, but there is no need to be so rigid.

In addition, I'm very sorry for the question that Lao Fish raised that there are a lot of typos, because the writing is fast, and the typos will naturally rise, and many times my eyes are swept over, and I may not know what I hit with my fingers...... And I have to work hard every day, so I really don't have time to check for typos.

Thank you for the criticism, I will try to proofread the manuscript before uploading it in the future, but my eyes are staring at the document for more than ten hours a day, and it is inevitable that I will be dazzled......