Football’s First Defender

The days of waiting for Yang Feng to recover are tormenting, especially for Liverpool coach Dalglish, who also bears the responsibility for Liverpool's poor record.

Everyone has seen how Chelsea have used Yang Feng in the past few seasons. Yang Feng is the most favorable defense guarantee when the team presses forward aggressively.

In terms of simply defending the opponent's counter attack, Yang Feng is the strongest in the world, and there is absolutely no dispute.

But now Dalglish, in fact, what is lacking is the quick return of Yang Feng, a defensive weapon, to the team.

Although Liverpool is not dragged down by the European competition in the new season, in the Premier League, it has struggled extremely from the beginning.

In the two transfer windows of winter and summer, Liverpool, which invested huge sums of money to buy excellent players, is indeed excellent on paper, but there is no tacit cooperation at all on the court.

Although many players did not intend to fight on their own on the court, these players were always unable to understand the offensive coordination that Dalglish wanted to play, and they were always unable to achieve the desired offensive effect. Severe stagnation, the players also have more than enough energy.

Especially the most expensive Carroll, his performance this season is not as good as his unsolvable offensive performance in the penalty area in the first half of last season when he was in Newcastle.

Since the start of the game, after 13 league rounds, Carroll has only scored one goal, and his contribution on the offensive end is far less than that of Suarez, who was transferred at a lower price during the same period.

Judging from Carroll's performance on the court, where he couldn't find an offensive method at all, many media couldn't wait to evaluate him as the biggest parallel player in the history of the Premier League...

Meanwhile, Tang Ning, England's home winger, also lost her magic power in Liverpool. Although Tang Ning's ability to break through is not bad, but at the end of the offense, she is still very embarrassing.

In the 13 rounds, all started, but the offensive data so far is indeed 0 goals and 0 assists. As a wing attack player that Dalglish relies heavily on, Tang Ning's statistics prove that in Liverpool's final attack, as long as it is related to Tang Ning, there is no chance of scoring. Tang Ning is also very embarrassing. Chinese fans gave Tangning the nickname "Tang Ling", and they didn't know how long it would take for Tangning to "break the egg".

As Dalglish's new season's focus on building an offensive system that combines side and center, due to the downturn of Downing and Carroll, the offensive system that Liverpool most wanted to build fell into the sand like this.

Although Gerrard and Suarez relied on outstanding performances in previous games to make up for a certain lack of offensive firepower, Liverpool still struggled on the offensive end.

During the course of the season, Dalglish also tried to let the full-backs advance more significantly, which increased the team's offensive number in the frontcourt, and it did have a certain offensive effect.

However, under the existing defense conditions, investing more on the offensive end means an imbalance on the defensive end.

Although the defensive line composed of Skrtel and Agger is full of vitality, the stability of the interception is not flattering. When Liverpool is fully pressing forward and launching an attack, it is accurate to be hit by the opponent's defensive counterattack.

Dalglish now wished that he could play 12 players, so that he could do both offense and defense, but now, Liverpool can only ignore their heads and ignore their backs. In a game, they actively choose whether to attack or defend.

Judging from the two full-scale offensive attempts, even though the number of frontcourt personnel has increased, Liverpool's overall offensive efficiency has not improved significantly, but the conceded rate has risen sharply.

This can only hold back Liverpool can only do their own defense first, and then find a way to attack.

Yang Feng's body finally recovered 100% after a comprehensive re-examination by the medical team in November. However, just to be on the safe side, Yang Feng still carried out a lot of personal training to restore his body and game state.

But no matter what, in December, before the most intense Christmas schedule starts, Yang Feng will definitely be able to come back.

In the fourteenth round of the Premier League, considering that Yang Feng had just practiced with the team for a short time and it was an away game, Dalglish did not let Yang Feng enter the squad, but still used the previous lineup to challenge the "farmers" away fulham.

In the first half, Liverpool still struggled on the offensive end despite being defensive, and neither side had many opportunities.

In the second half, they still wanted to try to get a three-pointer, but Liverpool, who attacked, were counterattacked by Fulham. Although Liverpool attacked in an all-round way, the finishing efficiency was really poor, and finally lost 0 to 1 in the away game.

After fourteen rounds of the league, Liverpool has 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, ranking seventh in the Premier League. The point gap with the leader Manchester City has widened to 15 points, and it is also 5 points away from the fourth-ranked Champions League "goalkeeper" Chelsea. many.

Liverpool's latest goal this season has been revised to win a cup and go all out to hit the Champions League!

However, for Liverpool fans, there are various complaints such as "Carroll is dissatisfied with Liverpool's tactics", "Dalglish has conflicts with midfielder Maxi", "Dang Ning wants to leave the giants and play for a small club". Among the good news, there is finally a piece of good news, that is, Yang Feng, who is also the central defender in the team's transfer history, has finally returned from injury!

At the pre-match press conference against Queens Park Rangers, Dalglish took Yang Feng to attend and said that no accident, this game will be Yang Feng's first game for Liverpool.

Compared with Carroll, another obviously abolished standard king, the current Yang Feng is the last straw for Liverpool to improve the team's strength.

Due to the "European debt crisis", major clubs in Europe have now released rumors that they will not buy new aid in this winter window, and Liverpool also do not have enough money to continue investing at this time.

Therefore, if Liverpool can be brought back to life this season, it can only rely on the x factor of Yang Feng. As for Carroll getting back to form, Liverpool fans have given up hope.

Even Liverpool coach Dalglish began to arrange some simpler tactics for Carroll, allowing him to act as a more blue-collar frontcourt fulcrum, replacing the main attack point with Suarez.

In the new season, Liverpool has seven games at home. Although they remain unbeaten, they only scored 2 wins and 5 draws, which is not even more than the points earned by 4 wins and 3 losses away.

The stagnant offense and sleep-inducing game scenes have also caused Liverpool's home attendance and consumption around the stadium to decline significantly.

However, in this game against QPR, Liverpool ushered in a rare high attendance rate in recent rounds.

This is also the reason why Dalglish announced early that Yang Feng will come back in this game, in order to attract more spectators to return to the game to watch the game.

With Gerrard injured and needing to recuperate for a few weeks, only Yang Feng, the "new aid", can show such appeal.

For Yang Feng, this is Dalglish's last bet. As long as Yang Feng can return to the state he was in Chelsea last season and ensure the team's defense, then Dalglish can make more bold attempts on the offensive end. .

It may not be possible to play the offense smoothly, but if more offensive power is invested in the frontcourt, the offense will definitely not be so "constipated" as it is now!

Many Liverpool fans who came to the scene wanted to see if Yang Feng, the x-factor, could become the savior to save the Liverpool team!

Yang Feng, is he the one Liverpool is waiting for?