Football’s First Defender

　　 With the end of the UEFA Champions League group stage, 8 UEFA Champions League group thirds have also joined the UEFA Europa League knockout rounds. 32 teams will be drawn to fight against each other!

　　 The two-round home and away game system, when the total score is the same, the team with more away goals advances to the next round. If the away goal is the same again, overtime will be played, and the final is a penalty shootout!

　　 Through a lot of "unknown" drawing operations!

　　 The new Russian Premier League champion Zenit has drawn the La Liga powerhouse Villarreal!

　　 This team, called the "yellow submarine" by Chinese fans, has been at its peak in the past few years!

　　 In the 04-05 season, the rapidly rising Villarreal only lags behind the traditional La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​ranking third and winning the "La Liga" championship (non-Spanish Super League)! Qualified to participate in the Champions League for the first time in team history!

　　 In the next 05-06 season, Villarreal created the dark horse legend of his own team in the European arena! After the UEFA Champions League qualifier double-kill Everton, the next group stage also went smoothly, overwhelming Manchester United to qualify for the first group, and the knockout stage played well, directly reaching the Champions League semi-finals before being eliminated by the Gunners Arsenal! But this also created the history of the team itself in the European war, so that many European footballers saw the madness of this small team!

　　 The outstanding achievements of the yellow submarine in recent years are inseparable from the South American factor in the team!

　　 The head coach of the team is Pellegrini, nicknamed "Engineer"! As a rare South American coach in European football, Pellegrini realized the integration of South American football and European football on the Villarreal team, and led this low-input small team to create a Own history!

　　 There are many good South American players in the team, and under the guidance of Pellegrini, the whole team also possesses continental football, tactical rigor and teamwork. When a group of creative South American players fill up the team's offensive system and can still maintain discipline most of the time, it is no wonder that Pellegrini will become the sweet pastry of major giants in the years to come!

In fact, this year will be Pellegrini’s peak year in Villarreal. In the original historical trajectory, Villarreal will complete the overtake of Barcelona in the final stage of the season. , Become the runner-up in La Liga after Real Madrid! Makes the best history of the team, from the 2005 league third place, one step further!

Although this season, Villarreal’s ace striker, Diego Forlan moved to Atletico Madrid, but Giuseppe Rossi, who spent nearly 10 million euros in the introduction, is also a good striker, filling most of the goals. After Lan left, the firepower was blank!

　　 Coupled with the simultaneous introduction of midfielder Mavuba, defender Angel, and goalkeeper Diego Lopez, the strength of the entire Villarreal lineup, after Fran left, should rise steadily!

Although the former core Riquelme was loaned back to South America to play because of conflicts with the head coach, the team’s overall tactical framework has been rehearsed for several years and will not change because of someone. For the Europa League level of competition In terms of today's Villarreal, one of the most powerful!

　　 This lottery is not friendly to Zenit!

　　 But now Zenit is afraid?

　　 It's true that Villarreal is not a vegetarian, but Zenit, who recruits soldiers in Winter Window, does not eat plain rice!

First, he signed the free-body midfielder Roman Schrokov, and then signed Fazilin as a substitute striker. After all, Tektronix’s type now overlaps with the main striker Pogrebnyak. Ed Wokart needs different types of strikers and rich tactics!

He also introduced Portuguese winger Miguel Danny from Dynamo Moscow to ensure that his wing has a sufficient level of substitute players. Even Denisov or Domingos who is in bad condition, Danny is completely Have the ability to become the main player!

　　 It is a pity that in the winter window transfer market, there is no defender who has the eyes of Edvard Carter, making his own defender line only rely on existing personnel!

However, before the holiday, Hagen and Skrtel finally improved in defending the opponent's counterattack after a long period of team play before the holiday, and Yang Feng could come back in full form to catch up with the Europa League knockouts, which made Ed Wocart. Don't worry so much anymore!

　　 After the result of the draw is determined, Zenit’s players only need to continue their training tasks, and the coaching staff will start to work overtime and study their opponents again!

　　 "The strength of this Villarreal now cannot be underestimated!"

　　 "But their thin lineup can still be used by us. We have made up several players in the winter window, isn't it just for this kind of physical strength!"

"Yes, after two rounds of matches a week, plus the league, I see how they play! And I don’t believe Villarreal really wants to do something in the Europa League, knowing that his record is only Ranked third in La Liga, behind Atletico Madrid and Espanyol, he is only 1 point and 3 points away, respectively. In the second half of the league, I don’t believe Pellegrini will risk losing his Champions League qualification. The risk, come and fight with us in the Europa League knockouts!"

"Of course! They are not like the big gold masters behind us. The various bonuses obtained by entering the Champions League are something that this low-cost small team must grasp. As for the European war honors, they are only in the top 32 now. In the finals, I also think that they will not necessarily fight with us!"

　　 "That's right, that's right, unless Pellegrini's mind is watt, otherwise it is not good to play in the league to qualify for the Champions League, what kind of Europa League to play!"

　　 "Hey! I say comrades! Holding a tactical seminar is not for you to analyze the general situation and relax your mind. What I want is a tactical response! "Tactics"!"

　　 Ed Wo Carter saw that the members of his coaching staff, the direction of the discussion was a little off, and he couldn't help but interrupt!

"Back to the topic! No surprises, it should be Villarreal's most commonly used 451 formation! The forward is not sure, after all, Rossi and Nihat have had a starter experience, and the number of goals is roughly the same. I am optimistic about Giuseppe Rossi playing in the first round! The other five midfielders are not surprised and should play together. After all, they don't have any decent substitute players!"

"This kind of team that relies on a set of starting kicks, the substitute players are badly injured! The gap between most of their substitutes and the main team is not a bit or a half, but a world of difference. A position is injured or suspended. That position is basically It's scrapped!"

　　 "What are you talking about! Obviously there are two good substitute players! They are as good as the main players!"

"you are right?"

　　 "Replacement goalkeeper! That is the main goalkeeper Vieira last season, and his performance this season is still okay!"

　　 "There is also the Mavuba who transferred over ten million euros~www.NovelMTL.com~ that is known as the successor of Makelele!"

　　 "That's right, but I'm not satisfied with the situation, and I don't adapt to the tactics. I spent 10 million euros in a few games. These rounds are all on the bench, haha!"

　　 "You still forgot one person, they are players in the team, but there are world-renowned players like Riquelme!"

　　 "Then I was driven away by my head coach and returned to Argentina on loan!"

　　 Seeing that the topic of his colleagues has gone wrong again, Ed Wocart also has a headache, but at least this cheerful atmosphere shows that his team is confident and not afraid of a team of this level!

　　Although in the Europa League, Villarreal's strength is definitely the top level, but now Zenit is definitely the overlord!

In particular, the joining of several new aids has definitely improved their strength by another level, and the advantages of the Russian Super League schedule have become more obvious. Other mainstream leagues have entered the second half, such as Villarreal Such a team must also take into account the results of the league, and after two rounds of matches within a week, plus the weekend league, Villarreal must make a trade-off and consider physical issues!

　　 If you play 3 games in 7 days with a lineup, it is purely your own death!

　　 Zenit has no worries about the schedule. After all, the Russian Super League has not started after two rounds!

　　 Zenit’s problem is how to adjust the state of the game. For this reason, Ed Wocart has negotiated with two Russian Super League clubs about friendly matches and finds the status for his players!

　　 For Zenit, the top priority for the entire 2008 is the Europa League, this opportunity to become famous in Europe!

　　 If Villarreal wants to be a stumbling block, then just defeat him and step on his body!