Football’s First Defender

"As soon as the game started, Yang Feng used a very fierce tackle to steal the ball from Rooney's feet!"

"Rooney was shoveled into the air, but the referee Atkinson raised his hand to let Rooney stand up, indicating that there is no problem with the ball!"

Yang Feng is actually rarely willing to use this kind of rough shovel in the game, because this kind of sliding shovel is a one-shot deal. If an accident fails to stop the opponent, the opponent may create an excellent attacking opportunity, and Even if the football is intercepted, it is very likely that the referee will whistle a foul, and may even be directly shown a yellow card by the referee.

However, because of Rooney's sudden smash before, this ball overwhelmed Henderson's defense too quickly, and it had already accelerated to the center of Liverpool's defense. Before Yang Feng was concerned about another Manchester United forward, Welbeck's diagonal Pushing forward, but too far away from Rooney who retreated to catch the ball.

Although Yang Feng tried his best to help defend, facing Rooney who has accelerated, Yang Feng, who lacks enough flexibility compared to Rooney because of his height, is destined to be in a defensive position when Rooney fully controls the ball.

At the critical moment, Yang Feng could only choose to make a flying shovel to try to stop Rooney. The sliding tackle during the running process can not slow down one's forward speed, and the tackle after falling to the ground, the cross-sectional area of ​​the body also increases the probability of hitting the ball, which limits the space Rooney wants to take the ball this time .

After passing Henderson's defense, Rooney hadn't completely controlled the football he waded out before, so when Yang Feng shoveled over, although Rooney wanted to kick the football sideways, he even dribbled the ball to avoid Yang Feng. shovel, but the last attempt, but still failed.

Yang Feng's shovel was accurate and fast, and at the end he touched all the people with the ball. However, it may be because he touched the football first, so Atkinson was aware of the details and decided that this was a good defensive move.

Following Yang Feng's wonderful shovel this time, huge cheers from the fans erupted from the sidelines.

It is not only to cheer and applaud Yang Feng's wonderful defensive performance, but also to mock Rooney's unsuccessful attack this time.

"Listen to Yang Feng! Make moves with confidence and boldness. As long as the moves are not purely hurtful, no matter how big the move is at the Shuanghong Club..."

After Yang Feng finished the tackle this time, he thought of the experience in the double-red game that the old team deputy Carragher taught him before the game started.

This is the most intense game in England, the most physical game, the most important battle of victory and defeat.

In the double-red game, it is common for players to push each other and make big moves, and the task of the referee is only to control the situation on the field, and it is good to avoid fights and intentional injuries up.

As for some ordinary fouls, for the sake of the fans' enjoyment and the smoothness of the game, the referee will generally turn a blind eye.

The defensive lines of both sides, in the game, used various small moves and concealed fouls to block the opponent's attack.

The physical confrontation between the players and the verbal quarrel between them have also become the catalyst to stir up the emotions of the fans on both sides.

"Hush—"

With Gerrard and Giggs defending him near the sideline, because Gerrard's breakthrough was stopped by Giggs' foul, the two barged together. Although there was no further action between each other, they continued to speak on the conflict.

The Liverpool fans immediately booed Giggs in unison.

Gerrard and Giggs were immediately pulled away by each other's teammates, and the referee came over and only gave a verbal warning instead of showing a yellow card to each of them.

For Atkinson, what he has to do is to control the situation of the game. In a game like the Double Red Club, if there is a red card in the end and one side plays more and less, it is actually a manifestation of the referee's lack of control over the game. .

Just like the quarrel between Gerrard and Giggs, if there is a verbal conflict, a yellow card will be given, then how will the foul actions that will inevitably occur between the two sides be punished? Atkinson can guarantee that if he will punish such small conflicts If so, then the number of yellow cards today, it is easy to get to 10.

The pure "Red soldiers" and "Red Devils diehards" of Gerrard and Giggs will definitely not be small in this game. When there is a foul, they will give a warning card. It is the best control of the situation on the field.

So this time, the verbal conflict was simply a matter of making a major event into a minor one.

However, although the referee Atkinson used the art of law enforcement to calm the matter, the fans on the sidelines did not care.

The Liverpool fans approaching the stands near the sideline had already used their curses to force their way into the game when Gerrard and Giggs were arguing.

The Liverpool fans are not used to Giggs, everyone stood up, pointed at Giggs on the sidelines, cursed, made various indecent gestures, and greeted Giggs together, the live broadcast footage , also during the stagnant stage of the game, directly looking for hot fans to support the field.

Giggs dug his ears and pretended not to hear. After more than ten years of "Double Red Meeting", Giggs is too familiar with this kind of hot scene and the feeling of public enemy at Anfield. Off-court factors have very limited impact on what Ryan Giggs can do.

"As expected of the Double Red Club, the game was very intense from the very beginning. The two sides clashed constantly in various parts of the court, while Atkinson has been controlling the situation on the court and has not played a card yet."

"Liverpool's attacking chance!"

"Dang Ning's forceful breakthrough on the left side faced Manchester United's right back Smalling!"

"Tangning forced her way from the outside!"

Although Smalling is tall and claims to be in the top speed in the Manchester United team, but in the game, considering the problem of slightly changing directions back and forth according to the attacking team's route when defending, Smalling is facing During Tangning's time, the speed couldn't be fully utilized at all.

During Tangning's breakthrough from the wing, he also interspersed with an emergency stop, and then accelerated down the routine. In order to prevent Tang Ning from making an emergency stop and cutting in, Tangning finally used full speed to sprint to the bottom line. The left wing accelerated to get rid of it, and there was room for a bottom pass.

It's just that, although Smalling lost his position, as a young and energetic defender, playing in a game of this level in the Double Red Club, Smalling does not want to be easily completed by the opponent to complete a 1v1 pass.

"Smolin! A slide tackle from the side rear!"

"Tangning's pass didn't fly completely, but Smalling's sliding tackle even dribbled the ball!"

"Tangning is rolling on the ground!"

Smalling's tackle action once again continued the smell of gunpowder between the two sides. Because of this ball, Smalling was a sliding tackle when he lost his position. Compared with Yang Feng's previous tackle, Smalling did not After touching the football cleanly, bring it to the person.

Instead, shoveling the ball and feet at the same time must be a clear foul.

"Yellow card!"

"Atkinson gave Smalling the first yellow card of the game just 8 minutes into the first half!"

"Smolin's sliding tackle this time was really reckless. Facing Tangning's breakthrough, he can no longer make some big foul moves to block it."