Chapter 143 There are threatening figures (guaranteed number

David Moyes is studying the next UEFA Cup group stage opponent, Zenit St. Petersburg.

The Russian domestic league is too closed, and he gets all the games that Zenit played in the League Cup.

Although Everton are currently top of the group and qualifying is not a problem, they still have to try to fight for a favorable position.

He found that there were a few people in Zenit St. Petersburg who were quite expected, and he wrote down the names of these people and how they were, intending to alert the players during the tactical meeting.

Needless to say, Arshavin is a player who has long been famous in Russia, and ordinary fans may not know anything about him, but professional coach David Moyes has heard of his name more or less - although he has not seen Arshavin play much either......

Another threat is their striker Domingos. The Argentine made a name for himself at the 2001 World Youth Championships, when he was team-drawn by Saviola in Barcelona. Unfortunately, he was kicked off his leg in the World Junior Championships against France, and since then, the man has disappeared from mainstream football circles. Later, I heard that he went to Russia, I don't know why he made this decision, for many people, the bitter cold place of Russia is not suitable for football at all, and going to Russia is tantamount to self-exile, especially such a promising player...... Now he is the main striker of Zenit St. Petersburg and plays a very important role in the attack.

One more dangerous man is their midfielder, captain Timoshchuk (). The vice-captain of the Ukrainian state, has a natural leadership temperament. His interceptions and runs in midfield will be a great threat to Everton's attack. And he's not just defensive, he's attacking, he's a key point in the transition between attack and defence, and a lot of times Zenit's attack is through his tackles in the midfield and then initiation.

If you want to stop Zenit's attack, you may have to start with Timoshchuk.

The last man to be a threat is their centre-back Martin. Skrtel. The young centre-back has already caught the attention of some of Europe's major league teams through his impressive performances. Liverpool are said to be intent on seducing him in.

Skrtel, who is 1.91 meters tall, has excellent air defense, because he played ice hockey as a child, so he has excellent physical fitness and explosiveness, and he will not be at a disadvantage in a physical confrontation with any forward. But he is not without his weaknesses, and the tall centre-backs have a common weakness, which is slow turning. The dexterous striker would be his nightmare.

Moss also thought about it, almost all of his team are fast forwards, such as Andy. Johnson dy_js, James. Vaughan (js_v, and Yakubu.

It's just right to deal with Skrtel.

Just thinking about it, Moyes has basically decided on the basic tactic when he plays Zenit when the time comes - speed. Constantly attacking Zenit's backline with the speed of the forward line, leaving their tall defenders overwhelmed and unable to find the north.

Moyes also noticed that Zenit has a big center forward who stands out on the pitch because of his ...... size It's so burly, like a giant bear.

He started out as a striker, and either way, a striker of this size would be a nightmare for the backline. Previously, Bayern Munich and the German national team had a center forward named Yankel, who was 1.93 meters tall and weighed 91 kilograms, and was like a heavy tank on the field. Despite his rough technique and slow pace, he has good back-to-back skills and a powerful right-footed shot to score, and as long as he is on the pitch, he can cause a lot of problems at the backline, even if he can't score, he can also attract defensive firepower and create chances for his teammates ().

Even more dangerous than him is Czech centre-forward Jan. Kohler. With a height of two meters and a weight of one hundred and three kilograms, he is a big threat as long as he is in the penalty area, even if he just stands without jumping.

Therefore, Moyes originally listed Chen Yingying as a threatening figure, which needs to be investigated.

Unexpectedly, after watching a few videos of Zenit's games in the League Cup, he found that this striker has almost no other strengths except for the good header, his body is not flexible enough, the technique at his feet is extremely rough, and in addition to the header, the level of shooting is not flattering...... He was even surprised - how did such a guy get on Advocat's list?

The result was that the big man scored just one goal in almost every league cup game, and it came against the weakest team in the group like Larissa, and while that goal helped the team to victory, it was not really exciting or indicative of his quality - more luck than strength. Luckily, he showed up there and watched him round his thighs as an amateur, and no defender poked the ball first, which was really lucky......

And this goal reflects more of the mistakes of the defending Larisa's backline, rather than Chen Yingying's astuteness.

Moyes, thinking about it, finally crossed out the name "hero" off the paper.

He felt that such a center forward who only looked strong physically and looked excellent with his header could not threaten his back line.

His two centre-backs, Jolles and Josyo, are both tall and good at headers, so defending this man should not be a problem. When the time comes, in front of his own goal, there will be no low-level mistakes like a defender around him when he rounds his thighs and shoots!

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When flying from St. Petersburg to Liverpool, England, many Zenit players shouted, "Britain is so warm!" ”

The people of Liverpool on the street, with their necks hunched and their whole bodies wrapped in thick coats, don't know how to feel if they hear the excited voices of these Russians.

But for someone from a city with an average winter temperature of around -13 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of -30 degrees Celsius, this coastal city in the United Kingdom really has to be considered warm......

This is Chen Yingxing's first time in the UK.

When he and his father were selling themselves like ascetics, they didn't come to England because they knew they wouldn't be able to represent the teams of the four British Football Associations because they knew they wouldn't be able to get a labor permit. So Britain was not in their plans from the start.

Playing in St. Petersburg, his main area of activity is in Eastern Europe. The farthest away is Vladivostok and the closest to the heart of European football is Greece – he travels with the team to play Larissa.

The city of Liverpool and this team, Chen Yingying, have heard of it and are famous.

It is a historic port city located on the east bank of the Mersey estuary with a population of nearly 500,000. Its unique tradition of Irish immigration, as well as its trade with the rest of the world, makes Liverpool stand out from the rest of the world.

This is somewhat similar to the position of St. Petersburg in Russia. They are all immigrant cities, they are all close to the sea, and they all have trade relations with the rest of the world, and they all seem a little different in their own countries.

The city has made a name for itself in the world of football because of two great teams.

One is naturally the great Liverpool, who are the most successful club in the history of English football. It's just that the recent years have not been good......

Another great team is Zenit and their opponents Everton this time.

In English football, the red-blue duel is an eternal theme, but for those rivals, the colour of their shirts is basically red and blue. For example, Manchester United and Manchester City, Liverpool and Everton. Red and blue are the most used traditional colours in England, which is why so many rivals use these two colours.

Everton are a little less well-known in world football than Liverpool, but they are just as famous in England. They are a team that has played 100 seasons in the top flight and are one of the founders of the football league. Over the course of more than a hundred years, they have won nine English top-flight titles, five FA Cups and one European Cup Winners' Cup.

Such a team, the history and results are definitely much more brilliant than Zenit.

Compared to them, Zenit is simply not worth mentioning.

That's why the English media believe there is no suspense in this group stage, with Everton comfortably beating Zenit at home and then qualifying for the knockout stages as group winners.

And the Russian media are not very optimistic about Zenit's future. After all, it is too difficult to beat Everton on the road.

The situation in this group is like this, before the game on December 5, Zenit has played three games, one win and two draws, and accumulated five points, and is temporarily second in the group. Everton have one game in hand, two wins from two games, six points and top the group. Next up are Nuremberg and AZ Alkmaar, both teams have one win, one draw and one loss, with four points.

With two rounds remaining, Zenit finished their group stage against Everton and would still have five points if they lost to Everton. Everton, on the other hand, will top the table with nine points and it is almost impossible for any team to shake their place again, with Everton finishing as group winners.

At the same time as Zenit and Everton are playing, two teams with the same number of points will also go head-to-head, AZ Alkmaar and Nuremberg will decide the winner, and if Zenit loses to Everton, the winning team will move up to second place, and Zenit will be squeezed into a very dangerous third place.

If the two teams are drawn, all three teams are on five points, but Zenit has a bye in the last round of the group stage, and Nuremberg and AZ Alkmaar both have one game left (). Nuremberg travel away to Larissa, the weakest side in the group, and the odds of winning are quite high. The match between AZ Alkmaar and Everton is also full of uncertainties, and no one knows if Everton, who qualified early, will send a substitute to rotate, because everyone knows that the Premier League schedule is the most intense during the Christmas period, and that group stage is on December 20......

So in the final round, Zenit could only watch the other four teams fight each other, completely unable to control their own fate, and life and death were in the minds of others.

This is very dangerous.

If Everton let AZ Alkmaar go and Nuremberg win Rally Three, the two teams would finish second and third, pushing Zenit into fourth and knocking them out of the competition.

And at the root of it all is Zenit St. Petersburg's away defeat to Everton in this fixture.

So, in order to hold their fate firmly in their hands, Zenit must win Zenit away from home.

The media, however, are not very optimistic about Zenit.

"They played so badly in the first few games that they won against Larissa, who were the worst in the group, and they narrowly won it...... You must know that Larissa has only scored three goals so far, and two of them were scored against Zenit! On the two most important opponents, Nuremberg and Alkamal, Zenit only managed to draw and thus pushed themselves to a dead end! ”

The press in St. Petersburg were very pessimistic about Zenit's British expedition......

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