Football’s First Defender

After the second half of the game, Benitez's pressing tactics started to be successful in terms of purely defensive effect.

On the offensive end, Chelsea are unable to effectively conduct the ball, and there is no way to organize effective offensive tactics.

However, in addition to getting more ball possessions, Liverpool did not get too many good offensive opportunities.

For the frontcourt pressing tactics, after the players of the defensive team have put in a lot of physical energy, if they only get the ball, they must still have some shortcomings.

The biggest benefit of the team's pressing should actually be to cause the offensive players to make mistakes when passing and receiving the ball, and then give the pressing players the opportunity to counterattack on the spot by stealing.

For Yang Feng, who always receives the pass at the end, although his feet are not strong enough, he cannot rely on precise long passes to break Liverpool's full-court press.

However, Yang Feng's calm personality can also ensure that Yang Feng will not make some serious mistakes when he can receive a pass later.

After several attempts of long passes, none of them had much effect. After being scored by Liverpool’s backcourt players, Yang Feng saw that the team’s offense was ineffective. Instead, after the opponent got the ball, they would always try to counterattack and threaten Chelsea’s defense. .

When Yang Feng received the ball afterwards, he went directly to the boundary of the opponent's half to make a clearance.

Liverpool, who have no chance to counterattack, is really difficult to organize an offense in a positional battle and want to penetrate Chelsea's defense.

The two sides have mutual offense and defense. Although Liverpool has an obvious advantage in ball possession, the degree of offensive threat is not too great.

"Liverpool's offense, the idea of ​​​​opening a breakthrough on the wing, did not work very well. In today's game, Ivanovic's defensive performance was really good."

Liverpool has attacked many times on the left, but there is still not much substantive progress. In the eyes of Benitez, the team's offense is superficial and has not created too many good opportunities at all.

In the absence of much development in the attack on the left, as a last resort, Benitez can only signal the players on the sidelines to try to play on the right and give it a try.

Chelsea's Ashley Cole on the left is an extremely good left-back in all aspects, but his height and build are slightly thinner in the Premier League.

For Ashley Cole's side, Benitez still has some small tactical cooperation. Up to now, the offense of the two teams has come to a standstill. There are enough offensive tactics, and they can be taken out immediately at this time, and they can be effective immediately.

Riera, who had no chance to cross from the left, passed the ball back to Mascherano, who came in from the midfielder, and the little brother directly diverted the ball and kicked the ball to Lucas, who returned to the right. .”

At this time, Glenn Johnson also went forward directly, attracting Lampard's attention. Regarding Lucas' possession of the ball, since Ashley Cole was still in the penalty area to help defend just now, after all, Liverpool organized an attack on the left side of their side. At times, Ashley Cole will withdraw into the penalty area to help the central defender defend, while his right side will be handed over to the midfielder for the first level of defense. If the ball is transferred to the right side, Ashley Cole will Li Keerzai came from the penalty area to help defend.

So facing Lucas on the right at this time is Deco who stands in front of him. Deco also knows that he may not be able to defend this orthodox British midfielder with plenty of physical strength, and he has already made plans in his heart. When necessary, directly foul and prevent Lucas from breaking through.

However, for Lucas, he also knows that it will not be easy to easily create offensive opportunities, and the rigor of Chelsea's defense will not give him too much space and time to carry out the next step. Individual operations on the right.

As soon as he got the ball, Lucas saw Dirk Dirk in Chelsea's penalty area and began to quickly move out of the penalty area on the right side...

"Lucas! Suddenly kicked a pass!"

"The one who came over from the penalty area was Dirk Dirk! A step away from Terry, Ashley Cole came to complete the defense, but the difference in height between the two was too obvious. Dirk Didier stopped his position and directly stuck Ah Shley Cole!"

"Header for the top! Dirk Dirk grabbed the landing point of Lucas' pass and directly returned the ball to the penalty area line not far away!"

For Dirk, although within the restricted area, both Yang Feng and Terry can effectively restrict him, but that refers to fighting for the top and finishing the goal. If it is just to grab the landing point, Doing the ball backwards is much easier than fighting directly in the air and adjusting the body and head to complete the header.

Not to mention, at this time Chelsea's left back, Ashley Cole, who is standing behind Dirk, his height is obviously more disadvantaged, and the interference with Dirk is also limited. While completing the return to the top, according to the situation of the field, he can also pass the ball in a good position.

"Gerald!"

"Suddenly thrust forward and hit the door with one kick!"

"Valley!"

"Cech! Jump sideways!"

"This ball..."

"It flew straight out of the bottom line!"

Gerrard's kick kicked the goal. When the return ball bounced slightly from the ground, Gerrard had already got rid of Essien's defense. .

The quality of this shot was extremely high. It hit a diagonal corner, and the ball went from the right side to the upper left corner of the goal.

Moreover, Gerrard's forceful scoring, this kick is powerful and heavy, and the ball is extremely fast. Although Cech barely reacted, but when he took off and completed the side attack, the time for his body in the air was obviously still not in place in time.

It's just that Gerrard hit the goal, and in the end it almost slid and flew out of the baseline from the upper left corner of the goal, a little bit higher, otherwise it would definitely be the best goal of this round of the Premier League game.

"Pay attention to defense, pay attention to your defenders, don't be careless..."

Petr Cech, who had just been startled by Gerrard's long-range shot, shouted at his teammates directly. Perhaps it was Liverpool's siege on the left before, which made Chelsea's defensive players in other positions obviously not fully focused. This time, not only did Dirk Drivet play a role in this point, but Lucas' pass and Gerrard's sudden advance after getting rid of the defender all caused certain problems in Chelsea's own defense.

Chelsea, who made a false alarm, reorganized their offensive opportunities. No matter how well the Liverpool players can run, they still need to take back to have a rest time. After all, there are only three substitutions, and the remaining Liverpool players still have to persist for a whole game.

And during this period, when the Liverpool players did not press, it was the time for Chelsea to show their possession of the ball and advance and attack layer by layer.

Although, in the face of Liverpool's defense, Chelsea's offense can't create too good chances, but the ball is firmly in Chelsea's hands after all, allowing Chelsea players to regain the rhythm of the game by controlling the ball. Return to your familiar rhythm.

"Ivanovic once again advanced from the right side. Today Ivan is too active, and he performed extremely well on both ends of the offense and defense."

"Ivanovic didn't go too deep. After receiving Deco's transfer ball, he made a through ball on the ground and gave the ball to Anelka who pulled out of the penalty area and was on the right."

Facing Liverpool's left back Insua, Anelka still clearly has the advantage in physical confrontation. After receiving the ball, Anelka turned his back to Insua and directly chose to move the ball laterally to the center.

Anelka completely crushed Insua's defense and dribbled the ball laterally to the middle. At this time, Liverpool's central defender Carragher also rushed forward to complete the defense, forming a double-team with Insua. Potential.

Moreover, the two stood on both sides of Anelka, which also cut off Anelka's idea of ​​directly hitting the goal with a long shot.

However, before Carragher's last move was completed, Anelka crossed the ball, passed Mascherano's defense, and passed it to the other side not far away.

In fact, Anelka has always wanted to get rid of Insua by himself and hit the goal with a long shot when he got a certain amount of space. However, although the defensive players in the Liverpool penalty area have not yet come out, but Liverpool's midfielders, such as Li A Mascherano, who is the closest to Nelca, has been eyeing this side all the time. If Anelka puts a little more distance to the ball, in order to get rid of the space, Xiao Ma may immediately give up the defender , came to help defend the steal, so Anelka could only fight with his body, and kept moving the ball laterally, but he couldn't make a goal shot by himself.

And Ballack, who was under the defense of Xiaomao before, made a fake move to meet Anelka. After deceiving Xiaomao's center of gravity, Ballack jumped directly to the other side , just as Anelka passed the ball, and in an instant, a vacuum was formed around Ballack.

But this is in the core area of ​​​​Liverpool, and the supplementary defense of others, as well as the return defense of Xiao Ma, will arrive immediately.

The seasoned Ballack also knew that he would not have much time to adjust, so he directly put his left foot on Anelka's pass, and directly pointed out his right foot, which was a shocking long-range shot!

"Barack! Received a pass from Anelka and hit the goal directly!"

Just like Gerrard's high-quality shot before, Ballack's shot is also full of power and has a tricky angle. In the eyes of many players present, this long-range shot should be within the range of the goal frame. Yes, such a wonderful goal, but in the end it still didn't bring Chelsea a second goal.

"Reina! Standing up again! A sideways jump with full strength ensured the height of the jump, and then he shot Ballack's long-range shot and blocked it with a single palm!"

"Although the ball was out of his hands, Drogba, who was alone in the penalty area, still couldn't grab the other three Liverpool defenders. The second point was kicked out of the baseline by Insua, who retracted as quickly as possible. Chelsea corner."

Reina's save was wonderful. In fact, Reina didn't notice Ballack's side at first. Reina had been staring at Anelka with all his attention before, defending him outside the penalty area, taking advantage of his body, and suddenly grabbed the ball. With a certain space, complete a long-range shot to hit the goal.

So in terms of positioning and physical condition, Reina was extremely well-prepared. After Ballack hit the goal, when Reina reacted, he was able to make such a wonderful performance because of the advantages of his positioning. save!

"Several Chelsea's defensive backbones have once again collectively dispatched to show Chelsea's defensive attack ability within the opponent's penalty area!"

"Ashley Cole's pass!"

"Within the restricted area!"

"Yang Feng!"

"A top shot from the back, a header to the goal!"

"It's wrong!"

"The ball flew directly out of the baseline from the right. Yang Feng didn't grasp the angle of the header well this time."

Chelsea's offensive ended, and the Liverpool players, who had recovered a little bit of physical strength, immediately started their full-court running state, and on the offensive end, more people were invested to create an offensive threat.

After all, the team is now 0 to 1 behind, and the Red Army players also know that they must create more opportunities to break Chelsea's solid defense. Anyway, there is no point for losing. For Liverpool at this time, losing one or two is a loss. If you attack hard, you will have a chance to equalize!

However, Liverpool, which invested more power on the offensive end, immediately encountered bad news.

"Liverpool's attack on the left this time came to an abrupt end!"

"Ivanovic suddenly completed a personal steal on Riera directly from the wing, and Liverpool, who inserted both sides to compress Chelsea's space, formed a huge game space in the backcourt in an instant."

"Ivanovic didn't hesitate, he just made a big kick, looking for Drogba, who was passing through the huge space on the left!"

Glen Johnson didn't expect his teammates to be so pitiful. While he was already plugging in at full speed, he would be directly intercepted by the opponent on the left, and he was directly looking for the huge space left after he plugged in.

But Glenn Johnson's defense was doomed to be too late. Drogba directly unloaded Ivan's pass. Before Skrtel went up to defend, Drogba suddenly used a deep-fried ball, Directly complete the change of direction.

Although Drogba's body is a bit weak in fancy moves, but when he does it occasionally, many defensive players do not expect it.

Drogba evaded Skrtel's defense, took a step across, and completed a shot near the penalty area line!

"Drogba's shot!"

"This ball! Reina has already made a save!"

"The ball went in! The ball went in!!!"

"Drogba! Shot from around the penalty area! Expanded the score to a two-goal advantage for Chelsea!"

Drogba deliberately chose the way of shooting from the outside corner, a large arc, from outside the door frame, spinning into the door!

Reina's save couldn't reach the outside curve ball at all, and Liverpool lost the second goal like this!