Football’s First Defender

It has to be said that Yang Feng is the kind of player who pays equal attention to luck and strength!

His ability to quickly embark on a career path is inseparable from the insight of Zenit's youth coaches and the vigorous promotion of Zenit's head coach, Mr. Advocaat! And now, this fellow of Advocaat, the head coach of the Russian national team, Mr. Hiddink, still plans to reuse Yang Feng in the new team. Perhaps Yang Feng's type of central defender is the perfect central defender required by the Dutch football total defense concept. Anyway, the two Dutch coaches are very fond of Yang Feng!

However, in the training match, when the three forwards were forward and the midfielder lacked sufficient offensive creativity, it was obvious that Chelsea needed to rely on two full-backs to advance and drive the wing attack. There were actually obvious loopholes in the defense. !

Although the three midfielders all have excellent defensive and intercepting abilities, they will still be unable to achieve a comprehensive interception at some times, allowing the substitutes to counterattack to the huge gaps in the two wings!

At this time, Yang Feng's role was perfectly displayed!

All of this was expected by Hiddink. After all, although Essien still needed another month of training due to a knee injury during the national team game at the beginning of the season, Mikel's contribution on the defensive end was actually catching up with Essien's performance! And Lampard and Ballack are also the kind of midfielders who are diligent in running and have strong covering ability, so it is actually difficult for ordinary ground passes to penetrate the blockade formed by three people!

If you want to attack Chelsea's defense, the best choice is to cross the interception of the three generals in the midfield, high balls, and long-distance through balls!

However, these two passing options happen to be Yang Feng's best way of intercepting passes!

Hiddink didn't know what his predecessor Scolari was thinking. He would rather continue to seek to increase the number of wingers than let go of the offensive ability of his two full-backs. Perhaps it was because the combination of Alex and Terry really couldn't bear the gap left after the full-back stepped forward to attack!

But Yang Feng can! Giving up Yang Feng's biggest advantage in this way, Hiddink doubted, had Scolari really carefully studied Yang Feng's past game videos?

During Hiddink's one-year observation period, Yang Feng's technical characteristics are definitely the most suitable for those wealthy teams, especially the offensive giants!

Although in pure positional defense, Yang Feng was not so outstanding due to the limitation of pure physical talent, but after enough hard training, in the European Cup final, Hiddink had discovered that Yang Feng, in the positional battle, With the gradual strengthening of the physical confrontation ability, the defensive level has at least reached the level of defenders in the top five European leagues!

Coupled with Yang Feng's ability to predict where the ball will fall and the speed of reaction that have frightened all passers in the Russian Super League, Hiddink doesn't think Yang Feng even has the ability to gain a foothold in the Premier League! It can only be said that Scolari has been stubborn, but missed such a defensive talent who can change Chelsea!

Although Hiddink himself took a break between national team games, stayed up late and worked overtime, he also watched a lot of video materials of Alex and Belletti!

Indeed, as the two Brazilian international players, there is no doubt about their strength, and they must have the level of a first-class central defender! Otherwise, there will be no place in Chelsea!

And while the two contribute on the defensive end, they also have the offensive talent of the Brazilian. The jack-of-all-trades attributes of Belletti's central defender and winger are indeed a supplement to the team's lineup. And Alex's heavy bombardment from the outside can indeed enrich the team's offensive options!

However, it is inevitable that the two of them are not the kind of defensive players with general demeanor!

The starting central defender Terry is a typical English central defender with a tenacious style, fierce fighting, and good at grabbing. The defensive methods of Alex and Belletti are similar to Terry's and overlap!

This has also caused Chelsea's defense. When facing a field battle and opening up a defensive posture, there may not be any major problems, but when encountering a counterattack, or a strong team that is good at possession and penetration, it always There will be various problems on the defense line!

In the top professional football leagues, when there are obvious defensive shortcomings, and the opponents continue to take advantage of them, they will be pointed out and destroy Chelsea's entire defensive system!

After observation and comparison, it is also possible that in terms of comprehensive strength, there is still a small gap between Yang Feng and Alex, who has become famous in Europe, but in terms of team matching style, Hiddink boldly uses Yang Feng instead of continuing to use Alex s reason!

Perhaps Carvalho's style is also very attractive to Hiddink, but Carvalho will continue to recuperate for a period of time, so reusing Yang Feng has become the only choice!

Moreover, in these recent games, Alex's performance on the defensive end was indeed not that good. Last season, Alex was in a fairly good state on the defensive end because he had to compete with Carvalho. This season, due to Carvalho's injury and Scolari's infinite trust in him, Alex's game state is not as good as last season without the pressure of competition!

All kinds of mistakes, and defensive leaks, often put Chelsea, who already had an advantage in the game, into the quagmire!

Now, Hiddink only hopes to use the promoted Yang Feng to rejuvenate Chelsea's defense and effectively stimulate Alex so that he can regain his form!

As for Abramovich, who is determined to make Chelsea an absolute giant in Europe, in addition to the buy-buy-buy policy of the main players, Chelsea has also invested heavily in youth training over the years, which makes Chelsea's reserve talents very important. adequate.

Even as the main training team, Chelsea's training team consisting of substitute players and youth players is not too bad!

Perhaps it is also a 433 formation. For players like Chelsea, it is also the first time they have used it. Fewer missed balls!

As Quaresma and Malouda, who will be put on the bench in the next game, it is natural to prove their abilities again in front of the new coach!

To seize the opportunity of the main force's mistakes, it is to hit the backs of the two full-backs!

Everyone has been teammates for a long time. For the midfield composed of Ballack, Mikel and Lampard, no one is willing to go directly to the bad luck. In terms of defensive level in the middle, Chelsea is definitely the best in the world. No team and The players can be said to have penetrated Chelsea's central defense line head-on!

But the sideways are not necessarily the case, especially if there is enough space to turn the game into a 100-meter sprint race. No matter how strong Chelsea's midfielder is, they will definitely not be able to compete with these simple sideways players in terms of speed!

Malouda took advantage of the main team's offensive pass error and ran behind Ashley Cole crazily!

He believed in his teammates' ability to pass long passes. After all, Deco was on his side. With such a big gap in the backcourt, Deco would definitely not miss such an opportunity!

When the ball was cut off by Alex and immediately transferred to Deco's feet, Deco of course had already seen the main team. Plugged in, almost always in an undefended state!

And because it was a training match, everyone obviously kept their kicks. Naturally, it would not be like in the game, someone directly came up to foul, shoveled, and blocked Deco's pass!

Deco made a long pass after adjustment, giving enough lead, Malouda can sprint at full speed, chasing the football!

only! In the current Chelsea main team, there is not only the world's top midfield defense team, but also a world-class Yang Feng who is also world-class when defending the opponent's counterattack!

For this kind of high-altitude pass, for Yang Feng, he can see the landing point and the flight trajectory of the ball at a glance. The rest is to evaluate his body, whether he can keep up with his mind, and find the best defensive plan. !

In the end, the result fed back by the brain is of course safe to chase, there is no problem with this ball!

Malouda was still sprinting along the sideline, looking up at the ball's flight path, ready to make a move to unload the football!

But out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yang Feng running towards him with all his might!

Malouda had already thought about what kind of technical moves he would use after taking off the football to get rid of Yang Feng's defense and rush directly to the penalty area!

After all, in such a high-speed moving state, the central defenders usually choose to be on the safe side when they come to make up defenses from a long distance. Most of them follow the opponent's counterattack players to defend. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to grasp the landing point and take-off height. Even if it is not a missed top, as long as the ball cannot be fully exerted, it will give the counter player a chance to get a second landing point. At that time, because the center back took off, the landing time is long enough The defense will be gone!

However, Yang Feng is no ordinary central defender!

Deke's pass was too pursuit of depth and landing point, so the speed was not so fast. Yang Feng directly took off with a full-speed run-up, and under Malouda's astonished eyes, Yang Feng directly soared into the air. Behind Malouda, he pushed the football that was still in the process of falling, directly and firmly, and pushed it out of bounds!

Hiddink on the sidelines was very happy. This is Yang Feng, the defender he admires the most in the Russian Super League! No accidents happen, always so stable!

Anyway, in the Zenit game he was concerned about, when Yang Feng competed for the high-altitude ball, unless he encountered a foul by the opponent, or a large-scale physical confrontation that was deliberately ignored by the referee, he would miss the top and head. A ball error has never been seen in Yang Feng's body!

And there is a group of world-class midfielders forming the first blockade in front of Yang Feng. Yang Feng can confidently and boldly fill the gaps on the side in the defense!