Four Hundred and Twenty-Three Blast Them!

From a technical and tactical point of view, Zenit St. Petersburg is actually more like an atypical Dutch team.

A Russian team, under the guidance of the head coach of the Netherlands, played the Netherlands' four-three-three tactics, which is an alternative in any way.

The reason why he is said to be atypical is because his two wingers, Arshavin and Dani, are not wingers in the true sense. An excellent attacking midfielder in terms of speed and other aspects.

But they all have a common weakness, which is the body against deviation.

And the terrible thing is that on the football field, everything is based on the body.

Thus, this limits their further possibilities.

With Arshavin and Dani as wingers, Zenit is destined to adopt an unusual four-three-three.

The winger is atypical, but the center Pogrebniak is a typical Dutch football centre-forward.

He is tall and strong, has excellent ability to hold the ball, and has certain passing ability, but his tactical role is far greater than his scoring ability.

This is the favorite center forward in the Dutch football tactical system.

With such a center forward, supplemented by such a winger, Zenit is doomed to be a team that focuses on overall combat.

Facts have also proved that in the past few years when the Dutch coach Advocaat coached the team, the top scorer in the Zenit team has never reached double-digit goals, but the number of goals is large, and it is multi-point blooming. situation.

This is the result of the overall battle.

With Tymoshchuk behind in the midfield, two teammates with both offensive and defensive skills are on both sides, forming a three-midfield. The back line is composed of two full-backs with excellent attacking ability and two central defenders.

Gao Shen has always felt that Hiddink was able to lead Russia to shine in the European Cup in 2008, largely due to his compatriot Ed Vokat and Zenit trained by him.

Zenit has never been a conservative team, but is aggressive and aggressive at home.

The most typical example is that when he was in St. Petersburg before, Advocaat still chased Naples after leading by one goal.

In fact, at that time Advocaat just wanted to further expand the results.

But Naples is not a vegetarian either. Through defensive counterattacks, they took away a point from the away game.

Now, it's Zenit's turn to be in trouble.

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When getting Zenit's starting lineup, Gao Shen had already returned to the locker room.

Goalkeeper: Malafeev.

Defense line: Hill, Krizhanak, Robates, Anyukov.

Midfielders: Denisov, Tymoshchuk and Zlyanov.

Forwards: Arshavin, Pogrebnyak and Dani.

It is worth mentioning that South Korean defender Kim Dong-jin is currently playing for this Zenit team, and he is a substitute tonight.

In the past two years, Zenit has shined in the European arena and won too many surprises.

Needless to say, the Russian Super League champion, in the Europa League, teams such as Standard Liege, Villarreal, Marseille, Leverkusen and Bayern Munich have all been defeated by Zenit.

Last season, they beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-1 away and beat Bayern Munich 4-0 at home, which was soul-stirring.

And this season in the Champions League, they encountered Bayern Munich again, and were in the death group with Naples and Real Madrid, but the performance of this Russian Super League team still won respect and showed strong competitiveness.

After the one-on-one away game against Pingzenit, Gao Shen has already experienced the strength of this team, so he does not dare to be careless right now. This is why he will carry out a large rotation in the game against AC Milan. A strong lineup to face Zenit.

Fighting at home, aiming to win, Gao Shen formed a four-three-three formation.

Goalkeeper: Handanovic.

Defense: Vargas, David Luiz, Bonucci and Lichtsteiner.

Midfield: Biglia, Thiago Motta and Rakitic.

Forwards: Di Maria, Cavani and Sanchez.

In this four-three-three formation, Gao Shen won Hamsik and started with Thiago Mota. The main reason was to ensure the stability of the back line when the full-backs actively participated in the frontcourt attack.

The presence of Biglia and Rakitic can ensure the strength of the Naples midfielder.

So, he let Hamsik play more in the domestic league.

Not only that, he also adjusted the starting lineup.

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"Tonight, Sanchez played on the left and Di Maria on the right."

After the players finished training and returned to the locker room, Gao Shen made detailed adjustments to Zenit's starting lineup.

Since the team became familiar with Gao Shen's tactics, the wingers have also crossed positions from time to time. Especially this season, Gao Shen often let Sanchez play on the left and Di Maria play on the right.

Therefore, it is not surprising that everyone heard it.

But Gao Shen immediately warned, "Don't switch places, you two."

Sanchez and Di Maria looked at each other, and they both noticed the surprise in each other's eyes.

"Boss, fix it?" Sanchez asked.

"Yes, don't go to the right, and Di Maria don't go back to the left, just stay in your respective positions and attack with all your strength!"

Although the two players were surprised, they still nodded, indicating that they knew.

"I believe that everyone has experienced the trip to St. Petersburg, so you should be able to understand how difficult this kind of away game is for us. It is so difficult for us to go to St. Petersburg from Naples, and it is also not easy for us to come to Naples from St. Petersburg. "

"So, I can conclude that Zenit's current situation will not be much better than ours, but our San Paolo Stadium is not their St. Petersburg Stadium. Explode Zenit's defenses and let them taste our power!"

With Gao Shen's words, the fighting spirit of the players was immediately ignited.

"Sanchez and Di Maria are responsible for dealing with the two full-backs Hill and Anyukov. I believe that with your abilities, you won't have a big problem getting rid of these two guys. As for the middle, leave it to Cavani. !"

Gao Shen pointed to the Uruguayan center forward.

Cavani immediately nodded heavily, "Don't worry, leave it to me!"

He also seemed to be gearing up for a long time, eager to try.

"Be careful with Tymoshchuk, he can also withdraw to the back line at any time." Gao Shen reminded.

"Understood." Cavani agreed.

Gao Shen also explained several other details, all of which were adjustments to Zenit's starting lineup.

The overall tactics have been arranged long ago, and Gao Shen is just fine-tuning now. When it comes to the actual game field, it needs to be constantly adjusted. This is the art of on-the-spot command.

Regarding the team's overall tactics, Gao Shen re-emphasized what he said several times before.

Especially passing.

"We have to hold the possession of the ball, remember, pass more ground balls, we have an absolute advantage in this regard, let them grab it!"

For this style of play, Naples has long been familiar with it.

As many people have said, a deep team actually has many different faces.

It can not only play a defensive counterattack, but also adopt a violent bombing like a storm, and even adopt a passing and possession style of play, or even directly use a strong midfield strangling tactic...

To put it simply, a deep team depends on what the opponent likes, and he can play any role.

"In the end, I still say the same thing. If we win this battle, we will qualify for the knockout round of the top sixteen!"

"I believe that you will not disappoint me!"

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Tonight's referee is Jonas Eriksson from Sweden.

When he led the players of the two teams into the stadium, and routinely set up their positions on the court, ready to guess the side, he walked to the coach of the visiting team politely and shook hands with Advocaat with a smile.

The coaching ability of this Dutch head coach is still very good, and Gao Shen also admires him very much.

Not to mention anything else, it is not easy to train a team like Zenit.

Although the Europa League is not as gold-rich as the Champions League, winning the championship is definitely a manifestation of superior strength. What's more, Zenit also defeated Manchester United in the European Super Cup.

Speaking of this game, Manchester United's performance is really disappointing, which is also related to the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Before kick-off, the two chatted on the sidelines.

Advocate asked the question of adaptation politely, and Advocaat smiled wryly.

It can be seen that his team is also very uncomfortable with the climate in Naples.

"I hope tonight will be a wonderful game!" Gao Shen said with a smile.

Advocaat heard the deep overtones, but didn't answer.

Can't win Naples at home, and the away game is so unfavorable, everyone can see that Zenit is more or less ominous.

Of course, it still depends on the actual performance of the game.

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With the referee Eriksson's whistle, Zenit took the lead to kick off.

From the moment the whistle sounded, Naples rushed towards Zenit's hinterland, and with a big effort, it directly overwhelmed Zenit's momentum, forcing the Russian team to pass back all the way.

Seeing that Naples pushed directly to the back line, they drove directly to the frontcourt with a big kick.

Center forward Pogrebnyak couldn't get into position and David Luiz headed it back into midfield.

After Rakitic got the ball, he immediately passed forward and tried to counterattack.

But Zenit's defense was organized very quickly. When the ball reached Di Maria's feet, the Russian Super League team had already organized the defense.

Di Maria had no choice but to pass back.

After getting a pass from his teammate, Thiago Motta chose to divert the ball to the left.

Vargas stopped the ball and moved forward. Without waiting for Dani to get close to him, he quickly kicked the ball to Biglia in the gap, and he quickly stepped forward to respond.

Biglia stopped and pushed, and passed the ball back to the front of Vargas, who then passed it to the feet of Sanchez who retreated in front of him, but Anyukov and Zlyanov blocked Sanchez The Chilean winger was forced to pass back to Vargas.

The Peruvian passed a cross to the unguarded Biglia. The latter glanced ahead and quickly sent a mid-length pass, sending the ball directly to the top of the penalty area.

I saw that Cavani had blocked the position with his body, stopped Biglia's long pass with his chest, and was about to turn around, scaring Zenit's two central defenders Robates and Kriza. Knack made a block at the same time.

But Cavani is no longer a rookie at the beginning, and his experience is getting richer and richer. He has been prepared for a long time. After stopping the ball in time, he turned around to protect the ball, and then crossed to the right side of the top of the arc.

I saw a sky-blue figure rushing over, facing Cavani's pass, and shot directly.