spn Zenit players did not give up, almost, but their captain, Arshavin, who had just performed well, seemed extremely irritable.
The referee's yellow card had a great impact on him. He was too emotional and he was not an expressive person, so he spent too much energy on dribbling.
He is sharp when he is calm, but he makes frequent mistakes when he is impatient.
Arshavin suddenly lost his offensive power, and Zenit's offense immediately weakened a lot.
Different from the first half, their fighting was still very active, and the connection between teammates was also very fast. However, when they arrived in front of Everton's penalty area, they seemed to have few options.[
Either mistakes or long shots were completely offensive, and the offense lacked changes in rhythm. It only focused on fast attacks. Everton players have long adapted to the Russian team's style of play.
The more Zenit attacks, the more impatient they become. On the contrary, the home team Everton becomes more confident as they defend, using Li Yu's quick counterattacks to create murderous opportunities from time to time.
Everton fans were sitting leisurely in the stands. They had just laughed at Zenit's attack as not threatening. Zenit's next attack shocked them into a cold sweat.
It was Arshavin's dribbling, and he received a pass from Fayjulin.
The ball bounced between Arshavin's left and right feet, confusing his opponents.
Then he suddenly took the football toward the baseline.
Everton's defensive players thought Arshavin was going to cross, so they ran after him.
At this time, Arshavin's trailing right foot gently passed the football between the Everton defenders, and then he accelerated from the bottom line and bypassed Everton players Lescott and Hibbert who were still in a daze.
"Beautiful breakthrough!" Dutch coach Advocaat shouted excitedly as if he saw the hope of scoring.
Arshavin broke into the penalty area and caused chaos in Everton's defense. Yabo hurriedly ran to cover his position. Now, Everton's defense in the middle was empty.
Neville and Arteta also quickly retreated to the penalty area to participate in the defense. The entire Everton team's penalty area was messed up by Arshavin's sudden attack.
Arshavin glanced at the situation in front of the goal and pretended to pass the ball to his teammates. After deceiving Yabo, he fell to the ground and tackled the ball. He pulled the ball back and followed up with a powerful shot.
The previous series of actions were all beautiful, but the last key shot went too far. Everton goalkeeper Howard watched the ball fly into the stands.
He was still too impatient, and his movements had already been deformed when he started to shoot, which only made the Everton fans in the stands break into cold sweats. There was no real threat at all.
"What the hell!" Advocaat couldn't help shouting, and such a good opportunity actually flew away.
Arshavin himself also regretted it. He covered his face with his hands and knelt down in front of the goal. He was so upset in his heart.
While the Czar was still upset, Everton immediately launched its own counterattack.
Howard threw the ball directly to Neville's feet, allowing him to launch an attack.
With two quick passes in succession, the ball was quickly handed over to Li Yu's feet.[
After seeing Li Yu catch the ball, Zenit players immediately became nervous. Li Yu's speed really left them too frustrated. Although Zenit had tried its best to stop Li Yu's attack,
For a time, Li Yu's offense was greatly compromised. However, after 1 goal and 2 assists, who can say that he can hold on now?
Zlyanov immediately came up to intercept Li Yu. The Russian used the same method as before, pressing him closely. His defense was quite sophisticated. He did not strike first with his feet but with his hands first. He grabbed Li Yu's shoulders and then stepped over him.
He stepped closer and pressed his body against Li Yu.
Li Yu was not allowed to turn around easily, and then he kept pushing forward with the back of his feet, trying to push the ball away.
Facing the Russian defense, Li Yu seemed to calmly push the ball back and forth, and beautifully used his heel to knock the ball to Cahill, who came up to meet him. He himself ran forward, and soon he received the ball from his striker partner again.
pass.
He simply hit the wall and passed 1, easily picked up the ball and started to speed up, without any intention of being reckless.
"This kid is really great. If he performs like this in every game, who should we be afraid of?" Moyes couldn't help but chat with the assistant coach.
"Yes! This kid Lee always brings surprises to us. He grows up so fast!" Assistant coach Avni looked excited, but seemed to have thought of something, and immediately felt a little sad.
"Is there something wrong?" Moyes noticed the changes in the assistant coach and couldn't help but ask.
"Actually, there is no big problem, but I feel that this kid cannot stay at Everton for too long. The Russian money offensive is not something our club can withstand! Even if the Russians don't bid, with this kid's current situation
With his performance, someone will definitely pay a big price, it depends on whether our chairman can resist the temptation!" Avni thought of many problems from the Chelsea transfer rumors.
"Forget it, this is not what we are worried about, let's just watch the game!" Moyes also felt a little uncomfortable and returned his gaze to the field.
At this time, the ball was already under the control of Arteta on the wing, and he immediately chose to cross.
"Be careful with that kid on No. 22!" Zenit goalkeeper Malafeev shouted nervously. He still likes to direct the defense of his teammates in front of the goal.
This greeting was so timely. Li Yu, who was rushing towards the landing point of the ball, was immediately surrounded by two Zenit players, who blocked Li Yu tightly and did not even want to give him a chance to take off.
There was no way to directly grab the first point, so Li Yu simply stopped running, and instead of entangled with the Zenit players, he turned around and ran out of the penalty area.
They were dumbfounded. The Zenit players had never seen such a player before. When they blocked him, they scared him away?
They themselves don’t believe the strange ideas that pop up in their minds, should they follow them or not?
After a brief hesitation, they did not follow Li Yu, but ran forward, choosing to protect the first landing point.
In fact, this is not the first time that Li Yu has made such a weird movement. Moyes has also specially studied Li Yu's seemingly erratic movement.
He was waiting for the ball in the chaos, ready to give it a kick at any time.
Li Yu ran out, and Cahill became the key. However, he still did not compete with Zenit players. There was no way. He had to face double-teams from two people, so being able to jump up was already considered good.
Shrokov's header pushed the threat out of the penalty area. In the penalty area, Li Yu, who had been waiting there for a long time, bent his bow and took an arrow and fired a powerful shot from the side.
"Reverse ball, the ball went in! Haha, Li Yu may not have thought of it, but he got a good opportunity in the penalty area. Li Yu's second goal in this game, the Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game did not wait in vain, 2 goals
With two goals and two assists, Li Yu dominated the trend of this game, but after the game is over, don’t be too excited to fall asleep!” Tang Meng screamed excitedly, explaining that the game has never been so exciting.
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4 to 1, Everton leads Zenit by 3 goals at home. No matter how you look at it, the 3 points belonging to Everton have been firmly placed in their pocket.
"See, it's this kid again! I've paid attention to his movement before, but I still can't understand why he is so sure that the ball will definitely appear in the range of his retreat!" Moyes saw it.
He wasn't too excited about the goal, but instead discussed Li Yu's movement with the assistant coach.
"There are some things that people just can't see through. This may be talent, a talent that is impossible to copy. He just knows where the ball will appear. In fact, I feel you think so too!" Avni mentioned Moyes in one sentence.
’s voice.
"The only way to explain it is that this kid's talent is really terrible. I don't want his talent to be used on Everton in the future!" Moyes subconsciously admitted that judging from Li Yu's current state,
It is no longer possible for Everton to keep him. His salary is close to the ceiling. Jia Kejia also expressed another intention from his words. In any case, Everton will not place Li Yu with a Premier League opponent.
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"You are thinking too much. At least this season, Lee is still our Everton player. However, I agree with your idea. Let this kid ravage defenders in other leagues!" Avni finished in a relaxed tone,
He turned his attention to the opposite side, Zenit's coaching bench.
The Dutchman Advocaat, who was directing the players' offense on the sidelines just now, has already returned to the coaching bench. There is no suspense in the game, and he doesn't have to direct anymore. I just hope that the loss will not be too ugly. Of course, it would be better if he can do it again.
Pulling back a goal will at least make you look better. The Dutch know the importance of a gap of two goals and a gap of three goals in the hearts of fans.
In the 80th minute, Zenit made a substitution, Jin Dongjin replaced Fay Julin.
Everton also made substitution adjustments, with Li Yu being replaced by Albert.
Everton fans sent off the hero of this game with applause. Moyes' idea was to let this young man feel the applause of the home fans.
With Li Yu's dismissal, Everton's players also relaxed, and the game entered a garbage period.
In the 85th minute, Zenit made an unexpected pass, but Lescott made a famous clearance own goal. He slipped on his footing and kicked the ball into his own goal. He helped Zenit completely.
Goal.
4 to 2, the Everton defender once again scored an own goal, which was not a feat of Yabo. At this time, the Nigerian was comforting Lescott, "It's okay, just get used to it!"
"Is this comforting? It sounds like a curse!" Lescott became even more depressed after thinking about it. After a long time, you discovered the successor.
A few minutes later, the referee blew the final whistle, and the game was over. 4-2. Everton had won all three games, and the first place in the group was definitely qualified.
