February 19, St. Petersburg Stadium.

The highly anticipated Champions League knockout round officially returned to the public tonight.

Even though Dortmund's game against Zenit in St. Petersburg was not the focus battle, it also touched many people's hearts.

Russian fans, in particular, naturally hope that St. Petersburg Zenit can show his strength on this stage.

Tang Hong met with his opponents Hulk and Witsel, who had been in the player channel for the past overtime in Portugal. They nodded and greeted each other without greeting each other. After all, they were the opponents of each other when they were in Portugal.

A year and a half ago, Vitsel and Hulk made a sky-high transfer fee together to come to St. Petersburg Zenit and Porto made a big profit. Tang Hong, as the Portuguese Super League MVP who has left Hulk and Vitsel several streets in both the scorer list and the team honor, made a fortune in the Premier League. A year and a half later, these two people are still making money in the Russian Super League, and Tang Hong has ranked third in the Golden Globe Awards!

At that time, Hulk might have been eager to work hard to surpass Tang Hong, but after being beaten on the Portuguese Super League scorer list, he was determined to make a lot of money. Football is still football, but the people who play football have their own ambitions.

If the Portuguese media broadcast the game, the commentators will inevitably feel a lot of emotion.

The two forwards who won the Portuguese Super League top scorer are now in a world of difference.

Especially in everyone's opinion, Hulk's innate conditions are absolutely far superior to Tang Hong.

But even if Tang Hong does not have Hulk's developed and strong body, he can maintain a strong body and the increasing strengthening of his body makes every inch of his muscles contain incredible power!

With the accumulated training and reasonable planning of one's own career, the persistence of one's original aspirations and the accumulation of strength in the end seems so natural.

The starters of the two teams appeared. Tang Hong and his teammates, wearing long-sleeved sportswear, had already experienced the coldness of Eastern Europe and the scene of Russian fans cheering for the team with shirtlessness in the cold weather.

They did not have a sip of strong wine to warm up, but their strong fighting spirit and passionate pursuit of victory were enough to resist the cold waves sweeping over Siberia.

"Good evening, everyone, the Champions League war rekindled after two months!

Starting today, the Champions League entered a tense and exciting knockout round.

In the round of 16, St. Petersburg Zenit was the second qualifier in the group and drew the top Dortmund in another group.

Whether it is strength or experience, St. Petersburg Zenit is obviously the weaker side, but perhaps this cold weather environment will become their home advantage, so they have the opportunity to cause trouble for Dortmund.

I believe that fans who are following the Bundesliga in European football this season should be aware that this season's Bundesliga is performing an epic battle!

If it is not a miracle, Bayern Munich and Dortmund remain unbeaten in the 21-round league season, then the two teams will simultaneously refresh the Bundesliga record in the same period, which can be said that they are creating a new Bundesliga history every weekend!

Dortmund advanced early in the group stage with four consecutive victories. Now that they come to the knockout stage, they will inevitably give full play to their offensive advantages.

I just don’t know if the cold weather in Russia will cool down Dortmund.

Let me introduce the starting lineup of both sides.

St. Petersburg Zenit starts 4231.

Goalkeeper: Lodi King.

Defenders: Ahnukov, Neto, Lombards, Krishto.

Midfielders: Hulk, Witsel, Fayzulin, Shatov, Arshavin.

Forward: Longdong.

Dortmund started 433 today.

Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller.

Defenders: Piszczek, Hummels, Papastasopoulos, Schmelzer.

Midfielder: Sven Bend, Mkhitaryan, Gundogan.

Forwards: Reus, Lewandowski, Tang Hong.

Judging from the lineup, Dortmund has no reservations. Apart from Subotic's recovery, they have already lined up the strongest lineup.

What kind of performance will be like for St. Petersburg Zenit at home will directly determine the promotion situation of the two teams.

Next, let’s enjoy this game together!”

Just looking at the lineup of St. Petersburg Zenit, you will know how many players they have who can actually play the main players in the five major European leagues.

But these players were wearing the jerseys of Zenit from St. Petersburg.

If they say that they are working hard in the Russian Super League not for money but for their dreams, they really don’t even believe it!

After all, even if you sweep the Russian Super League, what's there to be proud of?

When the fallen leaves return to their roots, do they take out the Russian Premier League’s honor and reminisce about the past with pride?

However, everyone has their own ambitions, making money is the hardest truth in the world. Even Tang Hong, who has a big family and a big business, will not criticize it.

Everyone has their own path, and they will walk their own way.

Compared with foreign players who play in the top European leagues, foreign players in the Russian Premier League are more like mercenaries.

If Dortmund falls to Zenit, St. Petersburg, it will definitely be a big joke and irony, and it will definitely be a humiliation for Dortmund.

The game officially began with the referee's whistle.

The Zenit generals in St. Petersburg launched a fast attack to try to get the start.

Ahnukov on the right rushed to the frontcourt and gave Hulk a good shot. Hulk dribbled the ball like a small tank and cut into Dortmund's penalty area!

Even though Gundogan could not stop Hulk, Papastasopoulos stepped forward to put Hulk down to the ground, which declared that Dortmund was not a soft persimmon and could allow Hulk to eat raw with such arrogant attitude!

Hulk personally took the free kick and slid past the goal, which was enough to shock Dortmund fans.

The fans of Zenit St. Petersburg were extremely excited. It seemed that their performance was not bad after the opening game!

Dortmund came to the cold Russia without the intention of taking over the main character on the scene, and it is unwise to compete with his opponents in the rhythm and overall speed.

Therefore, when they launched the offense, they did not speed up rapidly, but instead controlled the rhythm to the right level, and then used more team cooperation and technical advantages to create threats.

In the third minute of the game, Tang Hong cut inward and received the pass from Mkhitaryan. When Faizulin rushed to intercept, Tang Hongla turned around and retreated. When Witsel came from the side, Tang Hong continued to dribble and retreated. It seemed that he was driven out of the dangerous area, but found the pass line on the way back. Tang Hong passed the ball diagonally in front of the penalty area and went to the right area.

Reus cut inward and made a short pass to send the ball into the middle of the penalty area.

Lewandowski stopped the ball and moved horizontally, and turned around and shot directly in the second half of the defense!

The football was confiscated by Lodikin in front of the goal.

The threat of Dortmund's attack this time is very limited.

But at least they attacked the organizational links even if the scene was not fierce, they were smooth and free.

Zenit, St. Petersburg, couldn't control so much, turned around and launched a fast attack.

After a round of the Premier League, Arshavin returned to the Russian Premier League quickly dribbled the ball on the left, and when he encountered Pisczek, he trolled the ball and cut inward.

It looks extremely fast, with a very stunning style that made European football in those days.

But this is really a bit too timid in Dortmund's eyes!

Hummels opened low and closed high after the winter break, and now he has once again become the decisive force on Dortmund's defense line.

Arshavin cut inward with great momentum, and even pushed Sven Bend directly, so he was too unscrupulous. Hummels didn't wait for Sven Bend to grab the ball and saw the right time to start the attack and press forward to complete the interception.

Arshavin was stuck when he was intercepted. He hit Hummels and fell to the ground to ask the referee for a set piece, but the referee ignored him.

Hummels teleported the ball to the right to look for Pischek, then looked back at Arshavin and took the initiative to reach out to pull the opponent up. Arshavin turned around and stood up without any appreciation.

Hummels didn't care either.

The other party may return to the Russian Super League and forget that he was so embarrassed that he was kicked out by Arsenal in European football.

It doesn't matter, it will help him recall it.

Piszczek dribbled from the right and rushed to the frontcourt, and it was a bit surprising that St. Petersburg Zenit launched a quick interception from the midfield.

Even with home advantage, if St. Petersburg Zenit thinks that he can suppress Dortmund with offense as the center of attention, he will be ignorant of the world!

Piszczek passed the ball across the middle without any haste, and he passed the ball to Gundogan in the middle for a moment without any trace. He directly passed the ball to the right side of the frontcourt with a diagonal pass.

After Reus stopped and cut into the inside, he faced Crishto who was in the middle. He decisively passed the ball across the middle and immediately accelerated forward.

At this time, Dortmund's forward line began to really speed up!

Mkhitaryan hit the ball in the middle of the penalty area and sent it out with a diagonal pass.

Reus stepped forward and passed the ball without making any adjustments in the right rib area.

The football that passed by the ground was slanted across from Neto and Lombards and rolled diagonally to the left rib of the penalty area.

Tang Hong had already arrived to meet him. Before touching the ball, he saw Faizulin rushing towards him. He made a move and kept kicking the ball and shot directly. Faizulin directly made a tackle to block his shooting angle.

But he didn't expect Tang Hong to shoot a fake shot. When he landed on his right foot, he used his outer instep to push the ball towards the middle. At the same time, he started cutting across the middle and faced the inner support he grabbed and then slammed the ball towards the front left.

The robbery on the back failed, and Tang Hong missed him and formed a single sword!

Goalkeeper Lodijin attacked, Tang Hong made a move to pass the ball to Lewandowski, who was unguarded in the middle. Lodijin's center of gravity moved to the middle. As soon as his legs stepped out, Tang Hong still made a fake move and continued to wade to the front left. In front of him was an unguarded goal near corner.

Lodijin had no time to rush towards this side, so he could only watch Tang Hong push the ball into the goal with a light shot.

Unlike the past, he scored a goal in the penalty area with a combination of speed and explosive power and impact. Tang Hong's goal pace was not fast, but every step forced the St. Petersburg Zenit defensive player to make extreme defensive moves, while he controlled the ball like a stroll in the opponent's penalty area, and finally scored easily!

The fans of Zenit, St. Petersburg were dumbfounded!

Dortmund fans were ecstatic!

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Chapter completed!