Football’s First Defender

The final score of the two teams at halftime in the first half remained at 1-0. Liverpool temporarily took the lead with Coutinho's goal.

However, even if Liverpool took the lead early, Juventus is not without a chance.

Today's Juventus midfielder played very well in the second half of the first half and strongly supported Morata, who was constantly creating opportunities ahead.

In Tevez, after being blocked by Yang Feng, Morata's side got many offensive opportunities, but unfortunately, Morata tried several times to hit the goal, but failed to score for Juventus.

There are two major difficulties facing Liverpool's defensive players today.

One is whether Skrtel can defend Morata against the position.

Judging from Morata's performance in the first half, when facing Skrtel, he was able to give full play to his speed and running ability, which enabled him to get rid of Skrtel's defense and directly The possibility of threatening Liverpool's penalty area.

Especially when Juventus launched a counterattack, Morata can pull the attributes of the side, allowing him to exert his speed advantage on the side, creating the greatest threat.

And Juventus has a Morata on the front line, waiting for a chance to score.

In terms of midfield, Juventus' young midfielder Pogba also makes Liverpool's defense overwhelmed by him.

Throughout the first half, Coutinho, Lucas, and Henderson received three yellow cards, all for the offense instigated by Pogba.

In particular, Henderson and Lucas, who are mainly responsible for the defensive tasks of Liverpool, both have yellow cards. It is a severe challenge for Liverpool's midfield defensive hardness in the second half.

For Rogers, how to solve, or avoid Juventus, the two continue to create a large number of threats, will be the key to determine the trend of the second half.

As for Juventus, they created some opportunities in the first half, but they didn't grasp them. What they need to do in the second half is to continue to maintain their offensive pressure to score early and equalize the score.

In such a crucial Champions League final, the coaches of the two sides chose to fine-tune the lineup in the midfield, and did not immediately make substitution adjustments. The number of substitutions is precious and must be left on the cutting edge.

For Rodgers, although he continues to ask Liverpool to retain the offensive posture, but for the positions of Sterling and Coutinho as two wingers, further targeted adjustments are still made.

When Juventus's wing attack is not that oppressive, let the two adduct properly, further organize Juventus' midfield and strengthen the oppressive press.

It is impossible to completely lock down an opponent at the level of Juventus, but Liverpool must use layers of defense to consume Juventus' offensive advancement, so that every Juventus offensive, in the end, will try to become a barely hit goal.

The most important change is the replacement of the central defender.

When Morata created consecutive opportunities in the first half, Rogers could only choose to let Yang Feng mark him, and he must hold on to Morata's performance.

Tevez, on the other hand, was "submissive" in the first half and didn't have much performance. After all, he is a veteran. Rogers can only hope that Skrtel can live up to the expectations of completing the defensive task.

"This time the substitution came to guard against me?"

"The world's number one central defender! I want to see your strength!"

Looking at Yang Feng who switched positions to mark him, Morata's eyes were full of fighting spirit.

For Morata, since his debut, he has been tempered in a rich family.

Real Madrid and Juventus, as the dominant teams in their respective leagues, also guarantee a place in the Champions League knockout rounds all year round.

The central defenders of the two teams are also world-class central defenders.

Especially in Real Madrid and Mourinho before, he boasted to the media, "I have three of the world's top five central defenders".

Although everyone doesn't know who the other two top five central defenders are in Mourinho's eyes, after all, there are still many top defenders scattered outside, such as Yang Feng, Chiellini, Kompany and others.

However, Real Madrid's three central defenders are all among the top five defenders in the world in terms of strength, which may be a bit bragging.

But it is no surprise that all the top ten central defenders in the world are shortlisted.

"Master of Water" Ramos, "Warrior Monk" Pepe who became more and more demonic as he got older, and "Scholar" Varane who has gained fame in recent years.

It can be said that these three central defenders are the treasures of the Real Madrid lineup, let alone the fourth central defender in the Real Madrid lineup, Nacho, who can also play in any position in the midfield, also has the strength of a wealthy family. 20 million euros to buy, but Real Madrid will not let go of a strong fighter.

In the Real Madrid team, in front of the terrifying defensive line, the young Morata suffered from "social beatings" at the beginning.

However, after experiencing that horrible defensive tempering, for Morata, he is also convinced that he has completed a transformation on the offensive end.

No matter how strong the defensive teammate in front of him is, when the offensive team takes the initiative, the offensive dominance is still under his feet. No matter how strong the defensive player is, he cannot create defensive pressure on himself alone.

In the semi-finals of the Champions League, facing his old club and the defense line composed of Ramos and Pepe, Morata used his wonderful performance to break through the goal completed by Ramos and help Juventus score. Kill the old master.

But today, after blasting the "ordinary" central defender Skrtel in the first half, Morata brought out the "big boss" Yang Feng, and the battle to rectify his name as a world-class striker is here.

Young, young and vigorous, for Morata, although Tevez is a well-deserved big brother, but the football field always depends on the ability to speak.

Morata wanted to score goals in the second half under the defense of Yang Feng, a long-established world-class central defender, to help Juventus equalize the score and even win.

Then I can prove to everyone that I am also a world-class striker now...

And Morata's chance to prove himself came very quickly.

Not long after the start of the second half, Liverpool failed to attack once, and Juventus counterattacked immediately.

When Morata frantically signaled for the ball, and there was a certain gap in his running position, Pirlo made a long pass and went directly to Morata.

Due to the defensive distance, Yang Feng had no chance to directly grab the ball, so he could only hold his position and wait for Morata's impact after unloading the ball.

Without any fancy moves, Morata directly exploded his speed and launched a breakthrough near the right flank.

Morata had already planned in his heart, the ball was scored by himself, the ball was kicked to the front first, and he accelerated to chase the ball to avoid damage to the ball by Yang Feng.

Morata kicked the ball out according to the plan before Yang Feng's forward tackle was in place, but he didn't make it...

Yang Feng's attack was reserved. After confirming Morata's idea that the ball had been divided, Yang Feng did not turn around to chase the ball, but took the initiative to fight against Morata immediately.

The body blocked Morata's forward route in front, making it impossible for Morata to get through.

After all, in the first half, Yang Feng witnessed Morata bullying Skrtel like this, so how could he turn over when he had learned from the past?

It can only be said that Morata is still too natural, too lacking in game experience and on-the-spot flexibility...