The effectiveness of Rossi and kill Nilmar Bayer

The party tonight faced the Bayer Leverkusen and FC Villarreal in the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League has been an empirical demonstration of how much better to have two strikers capable of killing a rival in isolated moves. Nilmar Rossi and two tiny front shorter and talent oozing around the pores, have given more than half his team classification with three goals and three suns.

Surprised the alignment chosen by Juan Carlos Garrido, who left on the bench Nilmar, Cani and Cazorla. The news on the starting rate in the previous speaking were Marcos Ruben, who accompanied Giuseppe Rossi up front, the young Wakasa Mubarak (name go for these days ...), who played on the left, and the inclusion of Carlos Marchena the pivot, which once again moved Borja Valero to play inside right. As well as Valero usual anywhere you put it that her coach is using it as a wildcard. And it is true that in today's match Valero was great playing for the right lane, but I'm not very fond of putting players in secondary positions, and less if it is the cornerstone of the team, one that when played, makes the others play.

Bayer, despite being a squad with an average height well above the Castellón, no longer a team Jupp Heynckes, with a preference for having the ball and play with sense. The German midfielder won the game and dominated the first half hour at the rate imposed by the Chilean Arturo Vidal, a player who has held many different positions in life, but seeing him play the ball seems born to direct a team from the midfield. Renato Augusto moved very well between the lines and the Bayer managed to bring the party to field Villarreal and started having chances. Valero had to support Marchena Bruno and to compensate for inferiority in the middle, but in one of these, the side of a corridor Kadlec took his band to launch into the race, get to shooting position and drove a grueling cross-shot Diego Lopez played but not stopped (min32).

The North Rhine won with a goal well deserved reward for their dominance in the field. After the local goal, Villarreal tried to move forward, move more and better and take control of the ball. Not a bad situation for those of Heynckes, who tried to take the last ten minutes the first time to launch a couple of dangerous cons. But then a serious error in placement of plants after a clearance was seized upon by Marchena to enable and Italian Rossi was calm needed to make running the ball, to raise its profile ahead of him, show him the shot to the goalkeeper and still end housing the ball into the net.

Yellow Submarine came to rest in a very positive: in Europe an away goal is worth its weight in gold. After the break the match became more tactical and even and, after twelve shots that were in the first half (10 of Bayer, 2, Villarreal), during the first twenty minutes there was a single release to door. Until he came Nilmar. The Brazilian took 69 minutes in place of Rossi and did not need a minute to pierce the goal defended by Adler. Mark when barely had time to make contact with the party is indicative of a sharp eye for goal.

But the euphoria lasted very little, because only a minute later, Gonzalo Castro had the imagination and calm needed to build a rebound, fakes the shot, let dry and yellow defender to tie the game with a shot to the near post. The two do not tie was far from a bad result for the interests of the Spanish team. A tie on away goals give you the lead in the return game, where your opponent will have to go to your country to win. He pressed the tool Bayerhe could, with Stefan Kießling giving a workshop on how to repeatedly fall out of play, and knew Villarreal weather the storm. But Nilmar, insatiable in their pursuit of the goal, took advantage of an excellent service to make a spectacular Cazorla control that killed the ball and still was able to regain balance with a second touch, throw the race perfectly and on time to put him the ball between the legs of the German goalkeeper. The third froze both Bayer and sparked euphoria in Spain. The 2-3 final set in a unique position Garrido team to advance to the quarterfinals of the European League.

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