Chapter 032: Mutual Guest Goals
Alejandro Domingos has been in Russia for six years. In the spring of 2004, he transferred from River Plate to Kazan. Six years later, Dominguez now speaks Russian as well as Spanish.
Russia is a bitter cold land in Europe and is not accepted by traditional Western European countries, so football information here is often ignored by mainstream football. But Domingos is almost half Russian, and he understands football opinion here very well.
Russian football has had two excellent opportunities to reach the top of Europe in recent years. Of course, the Champions League is a bit extravagant, and the UEFA Cup is enough to satisfy those feelings. The first time was CSKA Moscow in 2005. That year Abramovich invested a lot of money in this team, and CSKA also advanced very smoothly until the semi-finals.
The other time was Zenit St. Petersburg in 2008. They also invested huge amounts of money and were equally determined to win. Domingos was at Zenit at the time and knew these things very well. It was a pity that in 2008, Zenit reached the final but failed.
Both times he was sniped by Zhuo Yang! Fort Madi and AC Milan.
Those two times were so close to the championship, but they were both so far away. Russian football doesn’t know if there will be such good luck in the future, and it doesn’t know if it will still be such bad luck. The Russian football media is even saying that Zhuo Yang is the nemesis of the Russian Super League. They firmly believe that without Zhuo Yang, they could have reached the top twice.
This year Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine took away the UEFA Cup. Although Ukraine and Russia share the same origin, the separated brothers are the biggest enemies. The Russians never want to see Ukrainian football weigh on them. They said that this year it was because the Ukrainians did not meet Zhuoyang.
Domingos didn't know that Zhuoyang and Messi were talking about him behind his back, and he didn't know that Messi spoke highly of him. In fact, even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Messi is now the proud son of Argentina, but what does this have to do with me? Our group has become yesterday's flowers, so what does it matter?
Dominguez has long had no illusions about the Argentine national team, and he doesn't care about Messi at all. He only cares about things as big as the stadium around him. Because such a big place is enough to earn yourself a good salary. Isn’t it just for the money that I came to Russia, a place that is so quiet?
Compared with Messi, Dominguez has to pay more attention to Zhuo Yang, because he was at the Manchester City Stadium that day in May 2008. Domingos saw with his own eyes what kind of god Zhuoyang came to the world and how he only It took about twenty minutes to snatch away the trophy that Zenit already had.
Thinking about it now, Zenit actually lost the moment Zhuoyang ran onto the court shirtless that day, because it is impossible for a mortal to defeat God. Domingos knew that although the people here would not admit it, they were all afraid of Zhuo Yang just like him.
As long as Zhuoyang is within ten meters, the defender and midfielder will immediately shoot the ball to the other side when they get the ball, regardless of whether it is reasonable or not; as long as Zhuoyang gets the ball, the defender will knock him down immediately, regardless of whether it is legal or not. unreasonable. Dominguez knows that this all stems from his teammates' fear of Zhuoyang.
The exaggerated and aggressive expressions they made in front of Zhuo Yang actually stemmed from their fear of Zhuo Yang. Just like the people here, deliberately leaving an image of an aggressive fighting nation to the outside world is actually due to fear, lack of confidence, and even despair. Because a truly strong person does not need to be fierce in appearance.
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Kazan Ruby is very eager to play the ball in the midfield and backcourt out of fear and caution, and will distribute it to the wing as soon as the ball is available. In this way, it seems that Kazan played relaxed and well-organized football today, and its tactics were very particular, which was more targeted than in the first round at Camp Nou. Coupled with the weather and the blessing of the home court, even if Barcelona did not underestimate the enemy today, they could only do nothing.
In the 82nd minute, after former Racing Santander defender Cesar Navas took the ball, he saw Zhuoyang trying to approach from a distance and quickly passed it to Ryazantsev who was patrolling on the right, and then to Shemak and Bukharov. After five or six consecutive passes without stopping,
Domingos appeared in the center of the ball.
Because time was tight, Zhuo Yang had retreated step by step to the midfield and was frantically chasing the football. The Kazan people could only play the ball quickly and kept spinning in the midfield because they were afraid of being interrupted by this madman.
Dominguez avoided Zhuo Yang and slowly pushed up in the organization's passing. It's hard to say whether he was pushed forward by Zhuo Yang. Anyway, on the surface, Kazan's series of very smooth passing and cutting cooperation, and all It's a kick.
Almost everyone in the midfield and frontcourt participated in the transfer. At the last moment, Dominguez suddenly took out a low shot from the top of the arc. The football plowed a shallow arc on the hard turf and passed by Valdez's fingertips. Into a blind spot.
Barcelona people were shocked! Kazan fans were shocked! The whole world was shocked!
It is not unusual for anyone to score in the game, but the Kazan people scored a very Barcelona goal in front of the Barcelona people in Barcelona's way, which is a bit too fantasy.
It doesn't matter whether the Kazan people intentionally hit the ball or whether it was accidentally hit by Zhuo Yang's madness. 1:0 is a fact that cannot be changed.
Guardiola couldn't put on his woolen hat at all. After he tore it off angrily, white smoke could be seen on his bald head. Henry urgently replaced Keita, and the trident turned into a four-pronged steel fork.
If they lose this game, it will be very troublesome later on, and Barcelona will be in an extremely disadvantageous situation. The players on the field no longer had the word "foresight and backwardness" in their minds. They blocked Kazan in the 40-meter area and wedged it inward.
Knowing that this was playing into Kazan's hands, his iron defense was not unworthy of its reputation, and there was a huge risk of being counterattacked behind him, but he couldn't care less. However, it is impossible to penetrate at all. It is pure wishful thinking to want to pass the ball to the shooting spot like the Kazan people did just now.
Every position in the formation was completely messed up. Barcelona's cross-positions were out of the blue, and Messi dared to chase back to the back line. Think about this scene. In fact, Barcelona's defense and forward lines are only about ten meters apart at this moment.
When the time reached 90+3, the Austrian referee Pletz had already looked at the clock twice. All the fans of the home team at the Kazan Central Stadium stood up and shouted. Many old men even turned into white meat and were frozen in the cold wind. There's nothing to be afraid of when you're red.
Being able to defeat Barcelona twice in the group stage can make Kazan people brag about it for a lifetime and even their great-grandchildren can brag about it.
Henry's strong shot was intercepted by Ansaldi and kicked directly into the other half. Messi chased back the hook to get the ball from Valdez, and Domingos bit him like a hyena.
There was no time. Messi took two steps back and then suddenly turned around and passed a long pass. There was no target. He just went in the direction of the densely populated penalty area, which was a lucky pass. Ibrahimovic, who is tall and strong but never likes to fight physically, had a bayonet with Sharonov on the penalty area line. However, due to mutual interference, neither of them was able to top the ball. Instead, they were blocked by the goalkeeper who strode up. Zhikov hit the football back to midfield with both fists.
Messi had already moved forward, and Dominguez was the only one under the landing point. He trotted forward, twisting his head and looking at the flying football. There is no need to break through Valdez's door, just take the football to the frontcourt and win.
Suddenly, a figure flashed from the side of Domingos, startling him. Dominguez didn't see clearly who it was, but he could see the yellow Barcelona away jersey.
Zhuoyang, who came out from the diagonal stab, opened his right leg and fired directly like a side kick in Sanda. When the football brushed against the face of the running Domingos, he felt the skin being scratched raw.
Everyone was gathering together, and the football passed over the heads of the other twenty people except Zhuo Yang and Valdez at low altitude, cutting through the icy cold night in Kazan.
Rizhkov was still in the penalty area. He looked up at the football flying by and remembered the Baiyang intercontinental missile he had visited.