Football’s First Defender

There has been no change in Liverpool's lineup. When facing their rival Manchester United, at their home court, it is impossible for Liverpool to admit defeat.

The team's regular 442 offensive lineup is to compete with Manchester United at home.

Liverpool is because the team is not dragged down by the European war. Although they have made great strides in the two major domestic cup competitions, compared with Manchester United, which still has European competitions, Liverpool's team lineup has not been greatly affected by injuries.

As for Manchester United, although there are players who are absent due to injuries, thanks to the team's luxurious personnel reserves, several wounded will not hurt Manchester United.

Although the goalkeeper De Gea is young and not used to life in England, his skills on the goal line and his excellent attacking ability ensure that he is absolutely qualified and finally retired as the Manchester United goalkeeper, Van der Sar's mantle.

Among the back four, Nemanja Vidic is still affected by injuries. Manchester United's double central defender in this game can only be Ferdinand and partner Evans.

The left back is still Evra, who is as strong as a bull and has almost no injuries, and the right back is Smalling who has just received a yellow card.

Four midfield positions, the defensive midfielder is still the unshakable Carrick, the veteran Giggs is the left midfielder, Valencia is the right midfielder, and the veteran Scholes is also responsible for the attack in the center.

In such an important double red meeting, Ferguson also increased his trust in the elderly.

Considering the team's offensive flexibility and the ability of the frontcourt players to run back to defense, Ferguson put the "handsome brother" Berbatov on the bench in this game. The starting striker combination is Rooney and teenager Welbeck .

Welbeck has played more than 15 games this season and scored 4 goals for Manchester United. Although his efficiency is not too high, his offensive attributes can open up a lot for Rooney attack space.

Both teams have a 442 formation, and both obviously pay more attention to offense.

It's just that because Liverpool's frontcourt has Carroll's high point, in terms of offensive tactics, they are more inclined to pass the routine.

On the Manchester United side, although they also mainly play on the wing, they choose to attack more on the ground.

Smalling's foul was near the baseline, so this free kick is equivalent to a corner kick that is farther forward.

The absolute high points of the two teams are not too many. Ferdinand, who has rich experience and stronger ability to fight, the main defensive task is to limit Carroll alone.

Evans is defending Skrtel, while Smalling is marking Yang Feng.

Others either defended the area or marked the man. Manchester United assembled a large number of defensive players in the penalty area to prevent Liverpool from scoring with set-pieces.

Downing stood in front of the free kick, his first goal must still be the strongest point in the penalty area, Carol!

Due to the closer distance of the ball, the reaction time left for both sides to compete for the landing point player will be shorter. The more test is actually Tangning's own passing skills, whether he can directly find Carol and let him subconsciously complete the header. Goal!

"Free kick! The ball is fast!"

"Carol shakes his head and hits the goal!"

"Ferdinand also jumped high, and both heads and the ball collided at the same time, and the ball went out of the baseline!"

"The referee calls for a corner kick!"

When Tang Ning walked towards the corner flag area, Ferdinand began to use bigger movements to seize the position.

Carroll's height and weight are at the top level among Premier League strikers. In this kind of stand-and-go header, Carroll can still have a certain advantage in one-on-one situations.

As the former No. 1 defender in the Premier League, Ferdinand also has excellent natural conditions, defensive ability, and physical fitness are also not bad. If he refuses to accept the old Ferdinand, he will naturally not really call his teammates to help defend.

For Ferdinand, he has the confidence that he can handle it.

Therefore, when arranging the defensive set-piece tactics before the game, although Ferguson was also interested in arranging personnel to come to help when defending the set-piece, but at that time, Ferdinand had clearly refused.

At this time, calling people temporarily will not only disrupt the team's own defensive positioning before the game, but also Ferdinand himself will lose face.

"Tangning's corner kick is delivered!"

This time, Tang Ning chose to send the ball to the back point, and Tang Ning increased the spin of the ball, paying more attention to the control of the ball, so that it fell into an open area in the back point, and the speed of the ball was actually not very fast.

Carroll in the middle position, under the entanglement of Ferdinand, has been staring at the ball and retreating.

However, since everyone ran to the back position, even if Carol was as tall as Ferdinand, he could not easily retreat to the back position under crowded conditions.

Adding up the two sides, as many as 6 or 7 people crowded together from all directions. Carol himself was a little staggered because his eyes were fixed on the ball, his back was backed up, and he was exerted force from all directions.

And Ferdinand was next to him, and suddenly exerted force, trying to rush to the landing point of the ball. After Carol received another force from Ferdinand this time, he finally couldn't maintain his balance.

"Carol fell to the ground inside the penalty area!"

Carroll fell to the ground this time, of course, he would not be able to cheat a penalty.

However, due to Carroll's own weight and the width of his body, as Carroll himself fell to the ground, he "smashed" a space abruptly, and by the way, it also affected the surroundings. Many players on both sides The stature is stable.

The players near Carroll were more or less affected, and the two Manchester United players who were thinner than Carroll were simply brought down.

In the restricted area, it became extremely chaotic in an instant. Many people's way to the back point was blocked by downed players.

Everyone was a little disturbed by the sudden situation.

"Yang Feng!"

"One forward! Header!"

In the penalty area, when there was chaos, Yang Feng only saw where the ball landed, ignoring the interference from the outside world.

On the way to the landing point, he first took advantage of the advantage of starting first, occupied the dominant position of running, got rid of Smalling, and then exerted force with his arms to "reasonably" push away Carrick who was interfering with him , In the end, regardless of everything in the penalty area, Yang Feng just aimed at the landing point of the ball, and made a forward rush to head the ball after taking off!

"GOAL!!!"

"The ball is in! The ball is in!"

"Yang Feng! In the first Shuanghong meeting he participated in, he made a header and broke the gate of Manchester United!"

Now there is no video playback technology, and looking back at the referee and lines referee, the goal is meaningless, Yang Feng can celebrate boldly without any restraint!

"Liverpool's best deal last season may be to bring the seriously injured Yang Feng from Stamford Bridge to Anfield!"

"Although Yang Feng has been training for nearly a year, after his comeback, Liverpool's record is getting better and better!"

"In his first double-red match, Yang Feng not only made a wonderful contribution on the defensive end, but now on the offensive end, he relied on a header to win Liverpool the first place!"

"Liverpool's 35 million spend is definitely not a loss!"