Football’s First Defender

Although, at the last moment of the first half, Crystal Palace still took advantage of the situation to play the last wave of threatening attacks, but they were still defended by the Liverpool players who were awakened from a dream, and the score of 0 to 1 was maintained until the end of the first half. .

During the intermission, the atmosphere in Liverpool's locker room was obviously a little dignified.

One goal behind the opponent at home, and the team's suppression has not yet been fully exerted. This made Klopp very angry, and it also made the Liverpool players feel powerless about the poor results of the first half.

It's useless to say more. For Liverpool players, they can only face Klopp's roar and find a way to play in the second half of the game to the greatest extent to try to reverse the game.

In response to the physical problems of the players, Liverpool's physical fitness coach has already prepared a lot of food and drinks that can replenish energy to ensure that the players can have a better physical support in the second half.

Klopp's requirements for the game are very simple. In the second half, the spirit of the team must be played, and it must not be at home to disappoint the fans watching the game.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, during the intermission, Liverpool, who had recovered a certain amount of physical fitness, began to reinvest a large number of offensive players on the offensive end.

If we say that in the first half of the game, when Liverpool attacked in the early stage, they treated the game with a sense of normalcy and were not in a hurry. At this time, the team was behind, and Liverpool's offense really achieved the maximum horsepower.

Not only the midfielders, but also the players in the game participated in the offense to a large extent.

The two full-backs, also at Klopp's request, began to participate more in the offense, providing greater oppression for the team's offense.

However, although the players of Crystal Palace are not good at putting up a defensive lineup, their advantages in athletic ability still allow them to have strong defensive control in the game.

It is to rely on the active running of the players to complete various defensive arrangements.

Liverpool's positional offense, even with the participation of a large number of offensive players, still has no way to achieve the best offensive effect.

Under the tight defense of the opponent, the team's wing breakthrough or the penetrating ball passed did not have a good chance at all.

It is impossible for Liverpool to continue to consume their opponents all the time. Although the running of Crystal Palace may expose the greatest physical problems at the last moment of the game, the Liverpool players, after experiencing the powerlessness at the end of the first half, also I am not sure about my physical fitness, whether I can persist until the end of the game and maintain a fierce offensive.

And the team is now behind after all, and scoring goals earlier can save the team from having to worry at the last moment, so as to avoid making bigger mistakes.

Liverpool's offensive wave after wave, for Klopp, the instructions for the team to go on are very simple, that is, to treat every minute as the last moment of the game, to attack desperately, to strive for quick progress ball.

After a full 15 minutes of siege, Liverpool still failed to break through the visiting team's gate.

This also allowed Klopp to quickly make substitution adjustments.

In the last few games, Benteke, who performed well as a substitute, has once again come up as a firefighter.

Recently, due to the physical problems of the main lineup and the lack of rapid formation of new tactics, Klopp has used Benteke frequently. He wants to use Benteke's characteristics as much as possible to provide the team with Richer offensive play.

With Benteke as a fulcrum in front, Liverpool's space activities behind Benteke have indeed increased the offensive threat to a certain extent.

And it is no longer a monotonous pass and cut cooperation. After using the players' personal breakthroughs and inserting some appropriate side kicks and passes, it is indeed a big test for the Crystal Palace's defense line arrangement.

With Benteke's high point in the penalty area, Liverpool's side kicks have also increased.

The increase in the proportion of wing attacks also makes it more likely for Liverpool to get a set kick.

With the appearance of Benteke, Liverpool is now competing for the top of the set ball. Yang Feng and Benteke have super strength, and the ability of Skrtel, Milner, Firmino and others is not too bad. .

It can be said that with the appearance of Benteke, Liverpool's chances of setting the ball will be more likely to be converted into threatening goal-scoring opportunities.

The first corner kick opportunity after Benteke came on the field, Liverpool created a murderous intention in the frontcourt.

Before Coutinho's corner kick was issued, many Liverpool offensive players spread around the penalty area.

In fact, this kind of dispersal is an illusion. When Coutinho sent a corner kick, Yang Feng and Benteke turned back and ran towards the goal at the same time.

Liverpool's two best headers took off in the middle area to compete for the top at the same time, which made Crystal Palace's defense, although they got to the landing area at the first time, it was still very difficult to form defensive interference between the two. .

In particular, the distance between Yang Feng and Benteke is not too far, so that under the mutual dependence, Crystal Palace players do not have the space for multiple people to interfere.

Although the two central defenders of the visiting team have tried their best to complete the defense this time.

However, Liverpool's sudden corner kick routine disrupted the defensive rhythm.

This ball, due to the power of Coutinho's pass, was a little too big, and Yang Feng, who was further behind, directly hit it.

Yang Feng jumped high, overwhelmed the opponent's central defender, and bounced the ball from top to bottom.

For goalkeepers, of all shots, the most difficult to defend is the rebound.

Because in a professional game, it is very rare for a goalkeeper to be able to judge the direction of the goal in an instant. If he has to judge the height of the rebound after the goal hits the ground and the direction of the second change within this time, that is amazing. It's too much to do.

Yang Feng's bouncing ball went directly past the goalkeeper of the visiting team who made a save and successfully equalized the score for the team.

Yang Feng's header scored the goal, as if blowing the clarion call for Liverpool's counterattack goal in the second half.

Liverpool's advantages in set kicks began to be displayed to the greatest extent.

Even though the Crystal Palace players are not weak in their ability to compete for the top, their defensive record and alertness when defending are obviously not as good as those strong teams.

In the 73rd minute of the game, with a "cover" provided by Yang Feng, Benteke easily got rid of the defender. In another corner kick tactic, he easily completed the header from the front point and hit the goal from a slightly forward position. .

Go-ahead score for Liverpool.

With Liverpool regaining the lead, the subsequent games will be easier to play.

The Crystal Palace players already consumed a lot of physical energy in the early stages of the game. When the physical energy was unsustainable later in the game, they had to fight desperately to tie the score.

The result is naturally on the defensive end. Yang Feng continued to play steadily, using his excellent supplementary defense and anticipation ability to block most of the opponent's attacks, while Liverpool was on the counter-attack end. Coutinho scored a goal to let The players of the visiting team were desperate and completely sealed the victory.

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