Football’s First Defender

In the second half of the game, Dortmund, after half-time adjustments, prepared to fight more aggressively and attack more decisively, launching a counterattack against Liverpool at home.

The main offensive method of the "Bumblebee", of course, is still placed on Lewandowski.

Although Liverpool mainly play defensive counterattacks, when they get the ball and cannot directly pose a counterattack threat, Liverpool will of course immediately control the ball, try to choose possession to pass the time of the game, and look for possible defensive loopholes in Dortmund .

Dortmund has always been a team that is stronger in offense than defense. Klopp emphasized active running and tight frontcourt in Dortmund. This is Dortmund's current position. The number of goals conceded on the defense line is not small More reasons than Dortmund's defense is really impenetrable.

For Liverpool, if they can pass the ball patiently and mobilize Dortmund players, it is not impossible for Liverpool to achieve better offensive effects in the game and try to gain a further lead in the game.

But the premise of the offense is that Liverpool can organize a systematic offense, and the tight defense of the Dortmund players can cause headaches for opponents facing any giant team in Europe.

This is the benefit of a younger team. Although the team may lack experience, the players are all at the age with the most physical fitness, and they can absolutely crush their opponents in terms of running.

When Liverpool's passing space on the wing was squeezed by Dortmund in all aspects, sometimes mistakes appeared.

Liverpool sent the ball from the left sideline, but was suddenly pressed by three Dortmund players.

Gerrard can only choose to pad the ball directly to Flanagan.

Flanagan was going to pass directly to the front with a big foot, but before the ball was kicked, it was blocked by Gross Kreutz who was rushing over.

Shaheen directly controlled the ball from the side. With Flanagan and Gerrard pressing from left to right, Shaheen flicked his ankle and passed the ball from Gerrard's "wicket". ", sent out, a short pass to Mkhitaryan in front left.

Mkhitaryan advanced with the ball. After attracting Henderson's defense, Mkhitaryan did not give Henderson a chance to foul.

Looking at the space on the right, he kicked the ball directly behind Flanagan.

Gross Kreutz is striding forward down the right.

Flanagan has lost his defensive position, and the huge space on the left side of Liverpool can only be defended by the midfielder Lucas who is close to this side.

Fortunately, Lucas's position is at the back, and the defensive reaction this time is considered fast enough, and he made up for the defensive position in time, limiting the breakthrough route of Gross Kreutz on this side.

At such a position close to the sideline, in a chaotic situation, Lucas directly exerted his physical strength, even if he really fouled, it could be regarded as aborting Dortmund's quick counterattack opportunity this time.

Then Gross Kreutz lost his balance under the impact of Lucas' body, but before falling to the ground, he also directly completed a diagonal kick.

The referee spreads his hands forward, which is good for attacking!

The referee is very experienced in law enforcement. When he saw the Dortmund player responding in the direction of the pass, the referee did not blow his whistle.

Gross Kreutz's pass is not very powerful, but the angle is still good.

The receiving point of this pass is exactly Mkhitaryan who sent the pass before.

Taking advantage of the vacancy in the middle after Lucas made up the defense, Mkhitaryan rushed directly to the vacancy after passing the ball.

After receiving the pass from Gross Kreutz, Mkhitaryan led the ball directly to the penalty area, causing further confusion in Liverpool's defense.

Sktel immediately stepped forward to help defend, and must stop Mkhitaryan from hitting the goal.

It's just that when Skrtel and Gerrard rushed to Mkhitaryan's side to defend, Mkhitaryan chose to pass the ball directly to the goal while he was moving fast.

It was Lewandowski who responded in the middle.

Lewandowski leaned on Yang Feng beside him, occupying a better position, and then moved towards the passing line, making a direct movement of hitting the goal without stopping the ball.

Lewandowski's body is extremely dominant in the 1v1 confrontation inside, but this time he is facing Yang Feng, the strongest defensive player in Liverpool.

Although Lewandowski was leaning on his side and couldn't directly form a defensive influence on the ball, Yang Feng has been fighting against Lewandowski all the time, which also made Lewandowski unable to go further under Yang Feng's defensive pressure. Once he made the move, he could only keep his previous move and finish hitting the door directly.

However, at the moment when Lewand finished hitting the goal, Yang Feng suddenly withdrew his strength, got rid of his body confrontation, and directly fell to the ground and stretched his legs to intercept from the side.

Lewandowski's kick was ejected, but after the ball flew out, it was directly blocked by Yang Feng with his right leg.

Such a close-range shot should have caused a great threat, but because of Yang Feng's successful interception, it just reflected the baseline and gave Dortmund a corner kick.

In Dortmund's corner kick tactics, it was another direct confrontation between Yang Feng and Lewandowski. This time, Yang Feng had an advantage in judging the landing point, occupying a better position, and passing the incoming ball to Lewandowski's head. I pushed it out first...

Dortmund's offensive in the second half was very continuous, and the team was doing everything possible to create offensive opportunities.

For Liverpool players, when facing a fast-paced and fast-attacking team like Dortmund, when they are really caught by a Dortmund player and run out of a dangerous offensive opportunity, Liverpool players will always not be stingy with a foul. Foul to stop the opponent's dangerous attack.

Shaheen, Mkhitaryan, and Jingdong played a wonderful cooperation in the midfield. Shaheen made a through ball and found Mkhitaryan who ran to a more threatening position.

On the left side, Mkhitaryan has a pretty good positional advantage after receiving the ball.

Gerrard, who rushed over to defend, could only use fouls to prevent Mkhitaryan from further breakthroughs.

It’s really that Dortmund’s small-scale pass this time is so wonderful, it has held back a lot of Liverpool’s defensive energy. When Mkhitaryan stepped forward to catch the ball near the left penalty area, the only one who could rush over at the first time was Gerald alone.

Facing Mkhitaryan, who is still very offensive and impactful today, Gerrard is also afraid that he will miss the defense alone and be passed by Mkhitaryan to create a greater threat. Anyway, he has not received a yellow card before. Gerald It would also be appropriate for Germany to pay a foul.

In this position, losing a foul and giving the opponent a set kick is definitely much less of a threat than if Mkhitaryan breaks through the past.

The experience of old players can sometimes allow them to choose the most suitable time to foul.

Mkhitaryan tripped when Gerrard tried to grab the ball.

The referee stopped the game and gave Dortmund a free kick, but Gerrard was not given a yellow card, only a verbal warning.

This also means that Gerrard did not get a yellow card penalty, and he can still use foul opportunities in the game afterwards.

For the set kick on the left, Shaheen will take the penalty.

The former Liverpool player, after leaving Liverpool and coming to Dortmund, has a new life.

Shaheen, who is very adaptable to the Bundesliga environment and Dortmund's tactics, has become an indispensable member of Dortmund's lineup.

In today's Dortmund midfield, he can fully display all of his offensive characteristics. Although Klopp's strict requirements for players to press forward, Shaheen's own physical fitness sometimes has problems and he cannot persist in the whole game. .

However, it is enough for Shaheen to have a stable starting qualification and be able to become the team's midfield organizer.

Still familiar with Liverpool's set-piece defensive position selection.

Shaheen, who had been teammates with Yang Feng, knew Yang Feng's defensive characteristics very well, and immediately passed Lewandowski's choice of passing directly to the center.

A very fast curve ball drew a farther arc in the air, and the ball landed directly towards the point behind the penalty area.

Subotic, when Shaheen kicked off, from the middle position, diagonally inserted and hit back.

Cooperating with the Dortmund players who were originally in the back position to cross the center, Liverpool's defensive line was handed over instantly, except for some problems.

Subotic was able to throw off the defender by a position, take the lead in taking off, and compete for the landing point of the ball.

Since the ball finally fell to the right side of the penalty area, although Subotic was in the air, it has been determined that this ball can be grabbed.

But considering the angle problem, and Subotic himself is still jumping forward during the acceleration process, which makes his adjustment space limited.

Subotic did not choose to attack the goal directly.

Instead, he chose to return the header, and re-pointed the ball back to the goal within the small penalty area.

Lewandowski in the front area has always been an offensive strength that Dortmund relies on.

Just this time.

Although Lewandowski had already reacted quickly, after moving two steps laterally, he directly made a volley to hit the goal, but Lewandowski still missed the ball.

Lewandowski's kicking action did not hit a ball, but a person.

Lewandowski, who slapped Yang Feng directly with his foot, was also directly whistled for a foul by the referee and awarded the ball to Liverpool.

Lewandowski did not make a mistake in judging the point of the ball, but Yang Feng also quickly judged it.

The two of them ran towards the landing area almost at the notice.

Unlike Lewandowski, who has to put on a good posture and pursue the accuracy of hitting the goal, Yang Feng's goal is simply to touch the football.

So when Lewandowski paused to prepare, Yang Feng could continue to maintain his forward speed, take off directly, and hit the ball with his head.

And Lewand's kicking action, there is no way to retract, and in the end he can only kick Yang Feng.

Yang Feng stayed by Lewand's side today, effectively restricting Lewandowski.

Not only guarding Lewandowski, Yang Feng's defensive performance today appeared in many positions.

Liverpool's pass-and-control style of play today, under the tireless running of Dortmund players, made quite a few mistakes. This kind of mistake was directly caught by Dortmund on several occasions.

A cross pass by Lucas made a mistake, and Shaheen directly and swiftly completed the steal.

After that, Shaheen directly dribbled forward with the ball, and Mkhitaryan who quickly advanced on the left was the first to respond to him.

2 vs 3 in the frontcourt, although Liverpool players have the upper hand, but with Shaheen driving the ball at full speed, Glenn Johnson, who is closer to the wing, can really make limited defensive contributions.

In fact, Liverpool's defense is somewhat stretched.

Skrtel could only look closely at Mkhitaryan who was on defense, while Shaheen handed it over to Yang Feng to deal with.

Facing Shaheen who was rushing at full speed, Yang Feng kept staring at Shaheen's feet.

Technical players like to use feints to confuse the opponent, but the control of the ball is the most real and cannot be covered up by bodily feints.

An experienced defender, to put it bluntly, has experienced enough and can react faster, how the football is controlled by the offensive player, and will not eat the opponent's fake moves.

Yang Feng is an extremely experienced player. Although Yang Feng is definitely not very old, he has watched enough videos and practiced in the game more attentively. Therefore, Yang Feng's defensive experience is definitely in the top position in terms of judging the ball. The level of a first-line defender.

This is how hard work can make up for clumsiness, not to mention that Yang Feng is not actually clumsy.

Moreover, Shaheen left Liverpool. Although Shaheen's playing time in Liverpool was limited, in Liverpool's usual training games, Yang Feng had a long-term experience as a teammate or opponent with him.

Faced with Shaheen's stride forward, Yang Feng was fully prepared.

Shaheen's body began to sway from side to side. Usually, this kind of swaying is not only conducive to the player's subsequent change of direction, but also conducive to the player's quick pass.

But looking at the football under Shaheen's feet, it was still moving straight forward. Shaheen was only swinging his body, but he didn't have any control over the ball at all. Yang Feng didn't hesitate, and still stood in his defensive position.

Yang Feng's standing still caused Shaxin to have some surprises. In Shaxin's plan, Yang Feng should deflect in at least one direction, then he can go to the other side, directly gain the positional advantage of breakthrough, and directly kill Into the penalty area, threatened the goal.

But Yang Feng didn't move, and Shaheen was a little at a loss.

The moment Shaheen reconsidered, Yang Feng moved again.

Not to the left or to the right, Yang Feng suddenly chose to press forward.

At the moment when Shaheen hesitated, Yang Feng stepped forward and hooked the ball directly under Shaheen's feet with his feet.

This ball, at the last moment, was so easily resolved by Yang Feng.

Throughout the game, Dortmund made many attacks, either kicking the ball from the wing and passing it, or breaking through the center.

There were positional battles and quick counterattacks, but many offensive opportunities were completely resolved by Liverpool's defense at the last moment.

Yang Feng himself completed many interceptions in the second half, as well as clearing and breaking the ball.

Not to mention perfectly restricting Lewandowski's performance in the penalty area, he also used his excellent anticipation ability to play a key defensive role in Dortmund's several counterattacks.

Dortmund, who lacks Royce, does not have a real explosive point at all, which can tear apart Liverpool's defense and Yang Feng's defense.

In the end, relying on their excellent defense, Liverpool was a guest at the West ** Stadium, taking away a crucial away game victory 1-0, and grasped the initiative to advance.