Football’s First Defender

Bayern's offense this season, in terms of the scene, actually pursues a simple and efficient offensive method. The team creates a chance to pass from the wing, and it will definitely seize the opportunity to complete the pass immediately without any hesitation.

Especially through the large-scale transfer of the ball on the two sides, it is very easy to mobilize the opponent's defense through the ground, constantly tearing the opponent's defense line, and then create opportunities for themselves.

Lahm on the right, Alaba on the left, and the two Bayern full-backs, dared to attack directly from the beginning of the game, and had no intention of being stable in the away game.

Ram and Muller were active on the right side at the same time, directly pulling Liverpool's defensive focus to this side.

After that, Lahm's cross pass found Kroos in the middle. After Kroos' transition, Kroos didn't stop the ball.

Ribery came to the center to respond, which naturally made Liverpool's side defense line take the opportunity to retract further to the inside. However, in view of the vacancy in Liverpool's side line defense, Ribery is now unable to use it in the center, but Bayern suddenly stepped in. Alaba on the top can make full use of the wing space.

Ribery kicked a diagonal through ball and transferred the ball directly to the left side of the court.

Alaba, who rushed in quickly, received the ball in the open space of Liverpool's wing defense. Glenn Johnson snatched it from the middle again, but it was too late in time.

Alaba made a 45-degree cross directly after the adjustment on the left.

However, I don't know if it was an accident or the intention. Alaba's side pass did not circle the arc to find Mandzukic who was in the penalty area.

Instead, the landing point fell behind Mandzukic, near the penalty spot, and the offensive and defensive players of both sides maintained a forward state near the small penalty area, forming an empty space in the penalty area.

After the ball rebounded, it flew directly to the back point. On the contrary, Thomas Muller, who came forward from the right, caught this unexpected offensive opportunity.

On the right side of the penalty area, Thomas Muller volleyed and hit the goal directly after stopping the ball. However, Jose Enrique did not make any mistakes in his defensive position. He reacted instantly and blocked the ball after stretching his legs. Only gave Bayern a corner kick.

The first corner kick of the game, Bayern, many tall players scrambling for landing all entered Liverpool's penalty area.

Especially the 1.96-meter Van Buyten, as the highest point on the court, poses a considerable threat.

Liverpool players such as Yang Feng and Skrtel also need to pay more attention to today's game when defending set-pieces.

After all, Van Buyten's height and Mandzukic's strong header scoring ability can give Liverpool's defense a fatal blow.

Fortunately, the corner kick taken by Kroos this time was first cleared by Yang Feng with a header. Although the second point was still under the control of Bayern, but the Liverpool players frantically snatched it, and Muller took the ball from outside the penalty area. Or choose to pass the ball back to the midfield and hand it over to your teammates to reorganize.

However, Lahm was in the midfield. After receiving the ball, he took advantage of Liverpool's defense line and the overall premise to see the opportunity. He moved the ball in a wide range, and in the right position of the midfield, he made a long pass to find the attack point on the left. .

Mandzukic stepped in knowingly, and succeeded in offside, hoping to create a threat. It's just that Yang Feng's protection of the landing point is very good. Even if Lahm makes a sudden pass, Yang Feng maintains the greatest vigilance against Mandzukic who advances forward.

Excellent positioning judgment, unstoppable defensive action, and finally Yang Feng completed the clearance, not giving Bayern any chance to attack.

Yang Feng's clearance header, the ball's second landing point, was within the control of his teammates, and Liverpool's counterattack followed immediately.

After Henderson received the ball, he directly dribbled the ball forward and quickly pushed forward to counterattack. When Bayern counterattacked on the spot and forced his own dribbling route, Henderson did not stick the ball too much and gave the opponent a chance to foul. It was a short pass and the ball was given to Gerrard in front of him. Gerrard only took the ball two steps forward before encountering the opponent's tighter defense in the middle.

Gerrard chose to hit the ball horizontally without continuing to carry the ball forward, nor did he give the Bayern players the opportunity to block his pass. Glenn Johnson, on the right, was also pushing forward at the same time during the counterattack. , just received Gerrard's pass.

With Bayern's overall defense concentrated in the middle, Glenn Johnson directly chose a position on the right side, tried his best to pass the ball through the ball, and passed the ball deep into the right side in time.

In the Liverpool team, the fastest is of course Sterling. After the opponent's corner kick was over, he moved forward quickly. At this time, Sterling, who had entered the core area of ​​​​Bayern, was directly in the middle, using his own speed, to forcibly get rid of Martinez's follow-up defense, and inserted into the empty area on the right.

Received a backcourt pass from Glenn Johnson on the right, took the ball directly from the wing, and killed Bayern's penalty area.

Sterling's lightning speed posed a great threat to Bayern's defensive players.

After forcing Bayern's defenders to lean to his side, Sterling sent a cross pass very decisively.

Passing the ball with a slight oblique angle, the ball passed between Bayern's defense and goalkeeper Neuer.

"Sturridge at the end!"

"Shoot with one kick!"

Sturridge's follow-up, followed by a left-footed shot directly in front of the goal, everything happened between lightning and flint.

but!

"Neuer! Fell to the ground!"

"Block Sturridge's kick!"

"Sturridge still wanted to follow up with a follow-up shot, but Lahm had already taken the lead to complete the clearance."

Neuer played his role as a world-class goalkeeper, with excellent reflexes, to help Bayern avoid disaster.

In just a few minutes of the start of the game, the offenses of the two sides opened up and closed, creating a lot of opportunities, which may also indicate that today is bound to be a goal battle.

This is not to say how poor the defense of the two sides is, but just because, in this kind of giants' duel between the two sides, the players' own strong personal strength and their ability to grasp opportunities are extremely strong. Get a fatal blow from your opponent.

Lahm's anxious clearance in the penalty area gave Liverpool a corner kick.

Skrtel and Yang Feng are Liverpool's excellent header combination, and of course they are also very eager to contribute to the team in the Champions League game against Bayern.

It's just that the corner kick was just taken, because Neuer attacked and was knocked down by Skrtel, and the referee re-awarded the ball to Bayern.

Bayern, who patiently organized the attack again, finally began to show their real killer move today.

Aiming at Liverpool's defense on the left, Bayern began to attack their own right, and Lahm continued to advance forward, cooperating with Thomas Muller to create a threat on this side.

Schweinsteiger, Martinez, Kroos, and even Ribéry on the left wing will all lean to the right, constantly putting pressure on Liverpool's side.

"Ram's bottom cross!"

"He was cleared with a direct header by Yang Feng and did not pose a threat."

"Mandzukic was greatly restricted by Yang Feng's defense today."

Lahm is particularly active today, and even in many cases, Lahm's forward position is higher than that of the orthodox right midfielder, Thomas Muller.

The use of Lahm's pass pass, in fact, for Bayern, can further liberate Muller's restrictions on the wing position, allowing Muller to move more to the center, increasing Bayern's final offensive threat in the center.

Today, even if Bayern is a guest at Anfield Stadium, they are confident and confident that they can use their offense to retreat unscathed, and even directly in the away game, they have to establish a big score advantage.

The stronger the team, the more willing it is to minimize the interference of unexpected factors. For Bayern, even if they return to the home court in the second round, they will have a greater advantage, but the first round can kill the game, or they can build a big enough team. The advantage, for Bayern, is a safer choice.

Liverpool's pass and control style of passing the ball in the backcourt is still under a lot of pressure from Bayern. For Bayern, their previous press was limited by Yang Feng's long pass ability and had no effect.

Then turn around, Bayern's pressing went a step further, and this also made Mandzukic use more active running to form enough pressure on Yang Feng.

This is the executive power of a giant team. Under the guidance of the coach, the players will overcome various difficulties and complete the ultimate defensive goal.

After passing the ball, Liverpool didn't have a good chance to move forward. In the end, they could only hand the ball to Skrtel and let him complete a long pass without marking, or a clearance.

Skrtel didn't drive out directly, but put in a little effort, trying to find Suarez who was running in the opponent's half.

However, in terms of passing accuracy, Skrtel is still far behind.

This pass to Suarez was finally easily met by Van Buyten. After the Bayern player got the ball, he directly and quickly moved forward to seize this opportunity to switch offense and defense.

Schweinsteiger quickly dribbled forward, using his excellent physical confrontation ability, blocked Gerrard's attack, dribbled the ball laterally, and sent a straight pass to Muller who advanced from the right.

Muller accelerated directly on the side this time. Jose Enrique's grab was not timely enough. Although he kept following, he did not form enough defensive pressure.

This time, Ribery simply came to the right side of the side with the ball in the process of turning the frontcourt into a counterattack, and responded to Thomas Muller at the nearest point, further causing confusion to Liverpool's defense.

During the running process, Muller first passed the ball short to Ribery who came over, and Ribery only dribbled the ball one step laterally. After attracting Jose Enrique's defensive attention, he turned to the right A diagonal through ball was sent, and Thomas Muller kept going forward at high speed, facing Ribery's pass, and sent a cross directly.

The power is not great, but it has an arc of outward rotation.

Thomas Muller's pass did not pass directly to the goal and flew in the direction of the Bayern attacking players who outflanked the goal. Instead, it landed on the outside of the penalty area quite casually and bounced back to the unguarded mid lane position.

"Thomas Müller! Quite a characteristic pass."

"Bounce back!"

"Toni Kroos following up in the middle!"

"Yes!!!"

"Kroos! Volley and shoot for Bayern!"

"Bayern's wing attack, this time it worked. Muller made a very innovative pass and passed the ball into the open space of Liverpool's penalty area. Kroos followed up and hit the goal with a rebound. .Liverpool goalkeeper Reina's save did not block the kick, and Bayern took the lead."

Kroos' kick successfully silenced the previously noisy Anfield Stadium.

No one thought that Bayern's strong impact on the side, in the end, neither directly sought a breakthrough on the side, nor directly used the advantage of the side to try to pass the ball to find a point in front of the goal.

And the real murderous intent was actually following up in the middle.

Everyone has ignored the offensive threat of Kroos, or before, Liverpool players, including Yang Feng, have always regarded Kroos as Bayern's organizational point.

Even though Yang Feng knew that Kroos would have a very powerful "putting and shooting" ability in the future, he did not expect that Kroos, who is so young now, has such a big heart and outstanding shooting skills.

I didn't expect that the defense line of other Liverpool teammates would really be in the middle, leaving Cross with such a big gap.

In less than ten minutes of the opening, Bayern's offense scored a goal, which can be regarded as completely handing over the pressure to Liverpool, who are playing at home.

The Liverpool soldiers who didn't need Rogers to order an onslaught and lost a goal were also holding back their energy to prove their strength.

On his own home court, no matter who he is facing, Liverpool will not give up easily to make it easier for the opponent.

This is Anfield!

Even if the opponent is Bayern, if they want to get out of Anfield, they will have to pay for their comeback.

"After conceding the goal first, Liverpool's offense is obviously more aggressive."

"The team's offensive rhythm in the frontcourt started to become faster, and the passing became more penetrating."

"Especially in the middle, when delivering the ball to the two wingers, they pay great attention to hitting the Bayern central defender. The ribs between the full back and the full back are bullying. Bayern's two central defenders are slow and slow to turn around."

"Van Buyten, and the defensive pressure on Dante, is getting bigger and bigger."

"Especially Suarez, instead of receiving the ball in his original position, he gave full play to his advantages in running position and constantly used his running position to tear up the space."

"The same opportunity was created again. Suarez went forward directly, received a diagonal pass from Gerrard, and after receiving the ball, he volleyed directly to the goal before Van Buyten grabbed it!"

"However, Neuer still used his outstanding performance to prevent Suarez from hitting the goal this time"...