road to victory

Chapter 536 UEFA Cup Final (4)

Chapter 536 The UEFA Cup Final ([-])

2:0, Valencia expanded the score before halftime with Tony's goal.

This ball is completely a manifestation of Tony's ability. In the penalty area, one person confronts two central defenders, unloads the ball from the air calmly, turns around and shoots. Judging from this ball, Tony is a dominant center forward.

In fact, in this game, the head coaches of many national teams sat on the stadium, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Italy, China, etc., all came to observe their players.

There are also those who come to observe the opponents, such as Slovenia in the same group as Spain, and Ireland in the same group as Germany. The head coaches of these teams mainly observe the important players of these opponents.

The current head coach of China, Milu, is really speechless as to why Milu came to Fanshang. Qu Bo’s position in Valencia this year is very low. Although he has played some games, Fanshang will not let him at this critical moment. Those who appeared on the stage, Milu came here purely to join in the fun.

Tony's goal is to book his air ticket to Japan and South Korea this time. Trapattoni can't let such an excellent center forward go unused, but the competition for the Italian striker will be fierce, especially for the center position.

These are all the troubles of Trapattoni's happiness, and Vincent knows that Tony will expand the score, and Valencia is one step closer to winning the UEFA Cup.

Fortunately, the score was 2:0 during the halftime break of this game, and before it reached 3:0, Fan Shang was still very calm in the locker room.It just talked about how to maintain the score, and let the players strive to expand the score. Only by keeping the lead can they win the game in the end.

At the beginning of the second half, Dortmund made a substitution. Captain Ruyter couldn't hold it anymore. He took a rest and replaced Algerian central defender Maduni. The biggest advantage of this player is his height. Merle may be hoping that he can limit Tony.

But what Dortmund should adjust is actually the offensive line, but Sammer has so many cards in his hand. The strongest combination of one high and one fast is already on the field. Look at the only genuine striker on the bench. Lenson.

However, after more than ten minutes, Sammer really understood that his team still lacked offense, so he made another substitution in the 60th minute, replacing Rickon with Nigerian star Oliseh.

This substitution is obviously a substitution that removes the east wall to make up for the west wall. Although it is said that the winger can make the full-back one-stop, the effect is definitely not as good as before.

Seeing that Dortmund changed their tactics when they were out of action, Fan Shang smiled, and Sammer still didn't have the guts to throw the boat!

Of course, Fan Shang also had to make substitutions. In the 65th minute, Fan Shang used the first substitution. Fan Shang planned to use counterpoint substitutions for all three substitutions, so the first one was to replace Tony with Zikic. , Tony's performance today is enough, what can let him down is to make Trapattoni look a little less, so that Tony can have more opportunities to enter the Italian national team.

After Tony left the field, Dortmund's defense line, which was originally relieved, saw a Zikic who was as tall as Jan Koller run into the field, and the two central defenders obviously gasped.

Let’s talk about Tony, his aerial advantage is not so obvious, and the Zikic who played is a standard air fighter, with a tall body and an excellent header. Although there is a big gap with Tony in other aspects, he is just this height And the header made the two central defenders overwhelmed.

When Sammer saw Zigic coming on the field, he thought he had no height at first, but when Valencia was robbed by Zigic for several consecutive crosses, Sammer's face changed, but He has no choice, the tallest central defender Maduni is already on the field, and this cannot limit Zikic, so there is really nothing to do.

Now there is a relatively rare situation on the field, that is, the centers of both sides are giants over two meters tall, which is really rare on the football field.

But these two styles are still not the same. Although Jan Koller is tall, he prefers to use his own foot skills, while Zikic is good at heading and can play his most natural advantages.

Sammer actually knew that Jan Kohler's header was mediocre, but today he wanted to use this advantage in height to bully Valencia's central defender, but up to now, Valencia's central defender has not bullied, and his team But he was bullied by Zikic.I can't do anything about it, this is Valencia's way of dealing with others.

Dortmund, who were already at a disadvantage, became more passive. If Zikic hadn't found his form just after playing, the score would have changed a long time ago.

Sammer's last substitution was also made quickly. He is only now starting to break the boat and overthrow his tactical thinking at the beginning of the second half. He replaced the central defender Wo with the only remaining striker Enns, Dortmund will attack with all their strength in the short time left.

Fan Shang also made his second substitution, replacing Angulo with Van Bronckhorst. Van Bronckhorst appeared as a winger, but Fan Shang told him that there might be a wave of offensive pressure. He also needs to get back to defending at full-back.

Just when Van Bronckhorst was replaced, there was bursts of cheers from the stands of Feynord's De Kuip Stadium. Vincent's previous promise was about to be fulfilled, and Van Bronckhorst was replaced. !

Van Bronckhorst also knew about this before the game, so this week he was extraordinarily serious in training, and he did extra training every day. Fan Shang saw all this, so it was like letting him hurt at the end. It was a waste of time during stoppage time, but now Fan Shang wants to give him time to perform.

In the 73rd minute, Van Bronckhorst, who had just played, made a cross from the wing, and Zikic's header went slightly wide of the goal.

And Dortmund also started their own crazy attack, not to mention the effect, but their determination was reflected in the number of players. Except for central defender Maduni and goalkeeper Lehmann, everyone else overwhelmed the halftime.

However, Dortmund's negligence in defense soon suffered bad results. In the 78th minute, Jan Koller failed to compete for a header in the penalty area again.

Valencia organized a counterattack quickly. Ayala passed the ball to Baraja. Baraja decisively gave it to Mendieta on the wing. Mendieta took the ball forward. An oblique long pass from range diverted the ball to Van Bronckhorst on the left.

(End of this chapter)