Russia defeated the Netherlands..

[European Cup 08] You have to be low-key, the Netherlands is also afraid of confrontation

Russia’s victory was not unexpected. I wrote this after Russia’s defeat in the first game of the group stage The comments said that they are still optimistic about Russia, and Russia plays football in the right way (Russia plays the ball correctly and Spain plays the ball correctly). Many famous European coaches were surprised by Arshavin. They were probably too busy preparing for their respective teams and didn’t have time to watch Russia’s home win over England and Zenit’s victory over Vorkusen. So they didn’t know Arshavin’s details, otherwise you wouldn’t be surprised. . In addition to Arshavin, Russia also has a group of strongmen. After watching Zlyanov and Bergrebnyak leading Zenit to a 4-0 victory over Bayern when Arshavin was suspended, I firmly believe that Russia has a bright future. If Russia had a better ability to seize opportunities, the game should have ended with 3:1, 4:1 or even 3:0 in the 90th minute.

Before the game, Hiddink said that he wanted to play a duel with the Netherlands. Basten was still relatively dismissive. In fact, it is the duel that kills the Netherlands. Other methods may not necessarily solve the Netherlands. There are two conditions for a confrontation: first, Russia must attack; second, the Netherlands must attack, and this can be called a confrontation. Many people have ignored the second element of the attack: if the Netherlands attacks, they feel that the Netherlands has scored the most goals in the group stage, but if it attacks, it is not more dangerous. In fact, this is not the case. Most of the Dutch people's fault is that they are trying to attack. The Netherlands defeated Italy in the group stage. Its style of play is an improved version of defensive counterattack, not an end-position attack. The group stage went so smoothly that I felt a little carried away. I felt that my opponent, Russia, was far inferior to the world champions and runners-up Italy and France, and that they were able to put on airs and attack from a position, so they suffered a huge defeat. The world champion Italy's offensive attack was beaten 3:0 by the Netherlands (I was in Italy: the Wudang leader lost his life in Tai Chi Sword and I talked about this). The Dutch team's offensive attack that defeated the world champion and runner-up was almost defeated 3:0 by Russia: 0. What do you mean you have to pay back sooner or later? The example of the Netherlands is too vivid. It can be seen that you need to keep a low profile as a person. Anyone who thinks he has the capital to exploit others will most likely be exploited by others.

In my impression, except for Germany who advanced to the finals after 8:0 in the group stage, teams that have always won wildly in the group stage usually stop after one or two games in the knockout rounds, especially the Spanish and Argentinian teams. , won a n:0 victory in the group, and went home after failing to escape the knockout rounds. Therefore, the Dutch were too hot in the group stage and should not be favored. In the third game of the group stage, the Netherlands sent a substitute to play against Romania. I knew that Romania was out of luck. Anyone who defeats the world champion and runner-up in a row will inevitably be mentally relaxed. If he still plays as the main force at this time, he may not win. But I didn't expect that this lax adjustment has not been adjusted after 8 days.

Moreover, Robben was injured again at the right time (Robben was good, but he couldn't be reused with his body). Basten was mentally disturbed in the face of the Russian's momentum and commanded inappropriately. Kuyt didn't perform well in the first half, so of course he replaced Van Persie. Van Persie performed a little better than Kuyt, but that's all. Boraluz seemed unable to defend Arshavin, but Heitinga was even worse. The first two goals conceded were caused by Arshavin breaking through the area defended by Heitinga. As for the third substitution, it was too early to make adjustments during overtime. Playing 120 minutes at Ruud van Nistelrooy's age is crazy.

Going back to what Hiddink said about the confrontation, Russia needs to provide, but it is not a ball-control positional attack, but a concise breakthrough attack based on pressing and grabbing. It was this offense that suppressed the Dutch attack. The Netherlands scored the most goals in the group stage, and their offense is sharp. However, the Netherlands' offense is not a ball-controlling offense, and the Dutch tradition is not a ball-controlling offense. This in turn illustrates a problem. The Netherlands is not the best in controlling the ball in the midfield, nor is it impeccable. So it is a very possible goal to contain the Dutch midfield organization through pressing. Once the Dutch midfielder cannot control it, the offense will naturally become a waterless source.

But Russia is not without its problems. Lack of efficiency is Russia’s primary problem. This efficiency is reflected in two aspects: First, the efficiency in the offense. A large number of coordinated offensives have been formed in the penalty area, because there are too many times when the last player is one and a half steps away and does not score. Instead, it is a personal shot from a longer distance. Showed good footing. If Russia needs to waste so many opportunities for every goal, I'm afraid the future will be difficult, because other teams may not give you as many opportunities to score as the Netherlands. The second is the efficiency of set kicks. Free kicks are good, but corner kicks are terrible.

There must have been at least 7 or 8 corner kicks in this game, but none of them posed a threat. It is said that Russia was the team that won the most corner kicks in the group stage, but none of its 4 goals came from corner kicks. So many corners are wasted. If Russia's corner kicks were the same as O'Neal's free throws, the opponent would have less to worry about when defending.

If Russia can improve these two problems, it really has the potential to dominate Europe. Moreover, what is beneficial to Russia is that the UEFA Cup Golden Boot Bergrebnyak is still sitting on the sidelines.

Dark horse, dark horse!

I was really excited to watch the European Cup recently. Russia is such a strong dark horse.

When Sweden was defeated, all Swedish friends had nothing to say. They sent me text messages saying its a terrible game, so embarrassing... (a terrible game, so embarrassing), admitting that Russia won. Beautiful, Sweden's defeat was ugly:) Of course, we can't blame the Swedish team too much. After all, the average age is 5 years older than the Russians. Sometimes they really have more than enough energy and lack of energy. What can be done if they can't run? Can players like Arshavin run more than 14 kilometers in a game be counted in the Swedish team?

Personally, I think the match between Russia and Sweden was really exciting. Of course it was a nightmare for the Swedes and meant the end of the golden era of Swedish football. Yes, Larson is already 36, so it’s time to consider developing new players. My friend said it’s not that they don’t want to develop it. Sweden is such a big place with a total population of only eight million. If there are no new people, there will be no new people. How can we develop it? Haha, at this time, I found that countries with a large population base still have an advantage, although this is not reflected in our own football. At that time, I made a bet with my friends that Russia would defeat the Netherlands. Although I was once fascinated by Van Basten's style, I had an intuition that they would lose. Maybe it’s because I don’t understand football. After watching the match between Russia and Sweden, I felt that no matter how good your skills are, the competition in football is about physical strength, and football requires team work. Looking at the cooperation of the Russian team, it’s really too much. Well, in the 90-minute game, the Swedish team only had the ball in the opening three minutes, even if they have first-class stars Ibrahimovic and Larsson.

As a result, everyone sneered at me, and everyone said that the Netherlands would win. Now I just regret why I didn’t make some bets with them at that time? You can also earn some pocket money.

In fact, I was really looking forward to seeing a big battle between Russia and Italy. Haha, one is so fierce in offense, and the other is always famous for defense. When the two meet, I wonder what the outcome will be? Unfortunately, Buffon was unable to save the day in the penalty shootout. What a pity.

After a short pause, the battle continued on the 26th. Still, support Russia as always, come on!