Chapter 57 Traits

Chapter 57 Traits

Eastern European football!

Before the 1990s, the European football genres were roughly divided into these types, the Nordic body style, the Southern European Latin style, the British punching style, and the German overall tactical style!

As for Eastern European football, it completely pays attention to the word "fast".

The players of the Eastern European teams, especially the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia, are generally tall and strong. Even the small players are very stocky. Most of them play very well, that is, they have the physical fitness of northern European players and the skills of southern European players, and they are good at getting chances to score through quick counterattacks. Among the Eastern European teams in the 90s, the biggest feature is that each team Here, there is a giant midfield brain. Their common feature is that they have excellent skills. They can send a scalpel-like precise assist at the most reasonable time, and they can also advance to solve the battle when necessary. , Therefore, watching Eastern European teams play football at that time was a very good choice visually, and it can be described as smooth and smooth when playing smoothly.

As a representative of Eastern European football, the former Yugoslavia team can be described as full of talents, such as Savicevic, Mijatovic, Suk, Stojkovic, Boban, Boksic, Prosinecki, Pantsev , Mikhailovich, Jugovich, Milosevic, Djaerni, these players are all superstars, they swept the 1987 World Youth Championship, and led Yugoslavia's domestic Belgrade Red Star with the original team Winning the Champions Cup can be said to be a veritable golden generation.

However, in the 1990 World Cup, because these players were too young, they lost to Argentina on penalties in the knockout round. After winning the Toyota Cup in 1991, the war broke out, and they were therefore disqualified from the 1992 European Cup. We have participated in competitions together, and many of them are the main force of Croatia in the 98 World Cup.

There is also Romania, representative players Haji, Dumitrescu, Petrescu, Popescu, Moldovan, Raduchoiu, and Monteanu are also leaders among Eastern European players. Zahovic of Slovenia is also a generation of ghosts.

Eastern Europe is a magical land. Years of wars and turmoil did not weaken the optimism of the people here. On the contrary, it gave birth to many outstanding talents in literature and art, and even gave birth to Bosnia with its various styles. culture. It is also under the encouragement of this kind of optimism and enterprising that Eastern European football has left people stunned time and time again.

The heyday of Eastern European football was of course in the 1950s. At that time, the Hungarian team not only dominated the world in terms of performance, but also led the world in terms of football concepts and tactics.

After Hungary, the former Soviet Union still has a place in world football relying on its special training system. The disintegration of the Soviet Union changed people's views on life and society in Eastern Europe to a certain extent. Their football also fell into a state of confusion for a while. Fortunately, this state did not last long. In the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Bulgaria's football was completely black. It makes people have to re-examine those neighbors who live next to each other but are strange and unusual.

Subsequently, Romania, the former Yugoslavia, etc. carried the banner of Eastern European football one after another, and then the Czechs also started their performances.

In fact, as early as the European Cup in 1996, the Czechs made it all the way to the final, but finally fell under the golden head of Bierhoff.

Eastern European players are generally physically strong, coupled with repeated hard training of basic skills. Although the training systems of these former socialist countries are not as scientific and advanced as Western Europe, the hard-working folk customs have prompted them to firmly believe that "the iron rod is ground into a needle." "The boring and arduous training method can also fight against strong opponents.

Coupled with the fact that it is located in the open European football market, many talented players have begun to go abroad in large numbers to further their studies under the advanced football system. There are few opportunities and the flaws of rigid technical tactics.

After reprocessing, these semi-finished products with solid basic skills and strong physique returned home with rich football experience and became the backbone of their respective national teams.

Together, they retain the original characteristics of Eastern European football: active and brave fighting, solid and practical technical movements, tenacious style, fast offensive and defensive transitions, and continuous forward momentum.

Compared with other football styles in Europe, Eastern European football is slightly mechanized, rushing and playing, which seems to give people a sense of lack of control, but this style and style of playing that maximizes strengths and avoids weaknesses is quite suitable. The team is easily overwhelmed by this offensive method.

The decline of Eastern European football is accidental and inevitable. There are no superstars in Eastern Europe now, Shevchenko is old, Arshavin is still dormant in his own league, and Modric, who made people shine in Florence, is a general rather than a handsome talent. , At critical times, we cannot rely on our own strength to turn the tide. Rosicky has passed his peak and is slightly inferior to Nedved. Petr Cech, one of the top three goalkeepers in the world today, only makes Eastern European football more tragic when it faces Western bullets.

Without superstars, the domestic league is also sluggish day by day, and there is no longer the feat of dominating Europe like Red Star Belgrade did.

From the 1980s to the early 1990s, Romania's Bucharest Steaua and Yugoslavia's Belgrade Red Star won the European Champions Cup. That was the most glorious era of Eastern European football at the club level.

However, after the reform of the political system, football entered the transfer market, and stars flocked to Western Europe. The wealthy clubs in Eastern Europe were quickly disintegrated, followed by nearly 20 years of depression. Only Dynamo Kiev broke into the Champions League semi-finals once.

Over the past 20 years, the five major leagues in Western Europe have pushed the Eastern European leagues farther and farther. It is an indisputable fact that the competition within the Eastern European leagues is not fierce.

The Russian Super League is considered the highest quality league in Eastern Europe. The top two in the league can directly participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and the first place in the Ukrainian Super League can also directly participate in the group stage. The champions of other Eastern European leagues have to play play-offs without exception. This is what Eastern European football needs. embarrassing situation.

There is always a golden generation in the second-rate national team, but the golden generation means that there is no success. Yugoslavia from 1990 to 1998, Croatia from 1996 to 1998, Romania from 1994 to 2000, and Czech Republic from 1996 to 2004 were the most beautiful memories of many fans.

Since 1996, every European Cup has an Eastern European team that can compete with Western Europe. Even in the 2000 European Cup, the bleakest Eastern European football, Romania reached the quarterfinals from a group encircled by England, Portugal, and Germany.

However, after the golden generation, it means a long-term outage. For Eastern European football, the golden generation has become more and more extravagant.

Now Eastern European football has gone into decline. The Poles packed their bags to go home, the Serbs sang parting tunes, and the Czechs put away their nostalgic eyes. Now they are still holding high the banner of Eastern European football. Ukrainians who inherited the essence of former Soviet football.

Through the meandering Dnieper River, strolling on the vast and fertile black land, the towering yellow cross on the Sophia Cathedral in Kiev shelters 47 million people. This fertile land that has suffered from wars since ancient times is not only European. The granary also gave birth to the seeds of football germination.

Once Dynamo Kiev, now Shakhtar Donetsk, this season's Champions League, for the first time, two clubs from Ukraine entered the Champions League group stage.

This is a breakthrough!

However, before the start of the game, more people still believed that these two teams were just to accompany the prince to study, and it was simply a fantasy to break out of the group surrounded by powerful enemies.

But I believe that anyone who has watched the last ten minutes of the first half will not have such an idea now. Fiorentina, which has already become a powerful force, was actually forced by the little-known Shakhtar Donetsk at the last moment of the first half. In a hurry, he had no choice but to retreat and defend. Relying on Frey's brave performance, he saved himself from danger several times.

"Guys! I feel like you are all afraid. After you took the lead, you didn't dare to scramble. You actually let our opponents surround the penalty area and bombarded indiscriminately. Maybe you hoped to give Sebastian a chance to fight." Tian has some opportunities to perform, but I think Sebastian will not be happy, let alone thank you!"

After Degan returned to the locker room, he roared to express his dissatisfaction. The last ten minutes of the first half was an embarrassment for him. Fiorentina did not attack and was completely besieged by Shakhtar Donetsk. In the game, it has never appeared before.

"This situation must not continue, we have to make a change, the Ukrainians can press our formation with their physicality, their tackles, their quick passing and reception, then what we have to do is put all these , return it as it is."

In the second half, the Fiorentina players, who had been reprimanded by Degan, started their battle of dignity. They, who had gradually climbed up the ranks of the giants, not only did not allow themselves to be defeated by opponents like Shakhtar Donetsk, they even did not allow He fell behind on the scene.

At the beginning, Fiorentina got the opportunity to counterattack, Motta made a short pass from the midfielder, and Ledesma broke through from the left rib, almost forming a single-handed breakthrough, but Hubschmann shoveled from behind to defuse the danger.

Although the offense was not completed, everything was running very smoothly. Fiorentina seemed to have come out of the confusion in the last ten minutes of the first half and returned to the right track.

In the forty-ninth minute, Degan crossed with a header from the middle, Montolivo broke into the penalty area with a single knife and crossed from the left, Motta followed up and ran slightly on the right, and the defender fell to the ground to tackle and destroy it.

In the past few minutes, Shakhtar Donetsk seemed to have returned to the period at the beginning of the first half, and they could not see their offense at all. If Fiorentina's two offenses hadn't been filled in time by the back position, perhaps the score would have changed again. will expand again.

Lucescu was also anxious on the sidelines, calling the players loudly, pressing, pressing, and keeping pressing.

Anxious to equalize the score, Shakhtar Donetsk started the tactics at the last moment of the first half again. Fernandinho, the original offensive core, has now become a traditional midfielder, no longer participating in the offense, but staying in his own half The heavy responsibility of helping defense and offense fell on the shoulders of Lewandowski and others.

These traditional Eastern European players began to use their methods to attack Fiorentina's defense crazily. Finally, when the game progressed to the fifty-second minute, goalkeeper Puyatov opened his feet and Lucarelli pressed hard. Thiago Silva headed forward, and Fiorentina's defense suddenly became chaotic. Abarth made a left-footed clearance from the edge of the penalty area, but accidentally kicked the ball to Brandon's feet. After Brandon got the ball, he kicked low. The shot was blocked by Frey, but he didn't hit the ball far. Lucarelli got the ball at the penalty spot. Such an opportunity, for a prolific shooter like him, would never be missed , sideways right foot volley hook shot, the football went straight to the right side of the gate, and the score was 1:2!

After scoring the goal, Lucarelli also seemed very excited. He was over 30 years old before he scored his first Champions League goal. Lucarelli was like a child, beating his chest frantically, loudly Roaring, he rushed to the sidelines, opened his arms, and celebrated with the fans.

There was also jubilation in the Donbass Stadium. Although the team is still behind, Lucarelli's goal gave them hope.

"Lucarelli! The powerful striker from Italy, Lucarelli, scored the first Champions League goal in the history of Shakhtar Donetsk with a shot, and it was also his first Champions League goal! "

The Ukrainians went crazy and gave up the delicate style of Brazilian football. Shakhtar Donetsk, holding high the Eastern European hard bridge and iron horse, finally recovered a goal. They used the characteristics of Eastern European football to defend the last dignity of Eastern European football.

Lucescu on the sidelines also raised his arms and shouted, this goal came too timely, there are nearly 40 minutes left in the game, and everything still has a chance.

Abate, who made a serious mistake, was lying on the ground. It was precisely because of his clearance error that Lucarelli was given the opportunity to almost hit an empty goal.

Degan stood near the center circle with his hips crossed, looking at the Shakhtar Donetsk team celebrating wildly, feeling helpless in his heart. He had nothing to say about this goal, it was just an accident.

However, the tough style shown by Shakhtar Donetsk before really convinced him. Maybe this is the charm of Eastern European football, which once traversed the world football and created countless miracles.

Seeing this, Prandelli walked to the sidelines, shouted at Digan twice, and explained a few words to him.

"The next five minutes are very critical. We must suppress them before their momentum is fully recovered, otherwise, it will be dangerous!"