Football’s First Defender

Losing to Newcastle did make Klopp a little unwilling, but this is the league. Even as a top giant team, it is normal to lose some incredible games in a season, let alone Liverpool, which is already Not at its best.

Due to the approach of the Club World Cup and the rush of the Premier League Christmas schedule, for Liverpool, it will become busier since mid-December.

In the last Champions League group match in the middle of the week, Liverpool still rested the main players in the game according to the plan.

With such a rest, Wolfsburg was able to play, defeated Liverpool at home, and gained a valuable place for promotion.

Regarding CSKA Moscow's responsibilities in the media, Klopp didn't care so much about the rules of fair play. For the team, it is good for themselves, and others can control it there.

Although they lost the last game of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool, whose main players were corrected, still defeated the visiting West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on the weekend without bloodshed.

3 to 1!

Although West Bromwich Albion played very tenaciously in this game, Anfield Stadium is the home of Liverpool's devils. Liverpool naturally played better on this field.

Coutinho continued his excellent footwork. In this game, he took the lead in breaking the opponent's goal with a world wave. In the following games, Liverpool performed even better. Sturridge was in a counter-offside process. Completed the scoring in the center, broke the long-term scoring drought, and is recovering his game state.

Although West Bromwich Albion took advantage of a set-piece in the second half and passed the ball to the goal, causing chaos. Midfielder Joe Smith scored a goal in the midst of the chaos, but after that Liverpool made a quick counterattack. Henderson, who returned from injury, scored a counterattack, which can be regarded as stabilizing the situation for Liverpool.

Before going to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup, it was regarded as a victory in one game, which temporarily ended the Premier League journey.

This year's Club World Cup will still be held in Japan.

This also makes, in addition to the AFC champion Hengtai team, there is also a Japanese team participating in the competition for the Club World Cup.

Obviously, compared to the UEFA Champions League champions Liverpool, who automatically entered the semi-finals, and the Copa Libertadores champions River Plate, who also entered the semi-finals, in the competition for the other two semi-finals, the strength and desire to fight are stronger. The two Asian teams still played well and grabbed tickets to the semi-finals.

Hiroshima Sanfrecce first defeated the Oceania representative team Auckland 2-0 in the "qualification match".

Sanfrecce Hiroshima will then compete with non-championship champion Mazembi for a semi-final spot, while AFC champion Guangzhou Hengtai will compete with Mexico America for another semi-final spot.

For Liverpool, this kind of rookie pecking game is not concerned. After all, for one of the best teams in Europe, no matter who advances to the final, it is just a slightly stronger "rookie". Even if River Plate, the most likely opponent in the final, is a stronger "cattle chicken", after all, today's South American football has already been covered by the rich scouting system of various European clubs.

Except for a few players, most players may have been brought to Europe when they were not famous.

In terms of team strength, the combat power of River Plate today may be at the level of the middle-level teams in the five major leagues. As long as Liverpool can perform smoothly, the impact of the River Plate team is extremely limited.

Of course, in order to overcome the jet lag factor, Liverpool still flew to Asia and Japan immediately after the Premier League game against West Bromwich Albion, so that the players had the opportunity to adjust the jet lag and adjust their status.

Hiroshima Sanfrecce defeated Mazemby, and Guangzhou Hengtai lived up to expectations. Relying on the excellent performance of the foreign aid in the center and front field, they defeated the Mexican American team. The Players Cup champion River Plate will play against each other.

And in the half-zone arrangement at the beginning, I don't know if it was for the draw, or if the local team wanted to meet the relatively weaker River Plate. Anyway, Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs. River Plate, while Guangzhou Hengtai played against Liverpool.

This group of duel arrangements is exactly on the minds of many domestic fans.

On the stage of the Club World Cup, the direct confrontation between the two favorite teams of domestic fans will be very eye-catching for fans.

You can also witness a rare Chinese derby in the game.

Everyone also wants to see how far Guangzhou Hengtai, which is based on the main axis of its own national team, is compared with the world's top clubs.

In the past, everyone's opinions on the level of combat power of the top teams in the Chinese Super League were varied.

Some people think that after all, Guangzhou Hengtai's foreign aid is top-notch, and domestic players are almost all at the international level, so it must be almost the same in the middle of the five major leagues.

Others believe that although the foreign players are top-notch, they are only at the star level of the mid-range teams in the five major leagues, far from being superstars. In addition to domestic players, even if Hengtai is at the international level, his physical fitness is really high. It is not comparable to the players in the five major leagues. Hengtai's overall strength can reach the level of the relegation team.

Some people even think that although the foreign aid is very strong, the drag of domestic players is too great, and the overall strength of Hengtai is equivalent to the level of the second-tier teams in the five major leagues.

After all, the national football team may be in the second division, and they may not be able to play the main position in the British Championship. In fact, many people seem to know it well.

In contrast, Zheng Zhi was only relegated with the team in the Premier League when he was at his peak, and went smoothly in the English Championship. He was able to play the main position and fight bravely on the field.

And when Sun Jihai was in Manchester City, was Manchester City still a famous lifter in the Premier League? At the time, it was at the level of the top giants.

And the status of these two players in domestic football can be imagined.

After Zheng Zhiliuyang's return, he has always been the absolute main force in the domestic midfielder. Even now Guangzhou Hengtai, in the midfield position, the club coach still trusts Zheng Zhi even more in key battles, even though he is old. But his level is there, and it is a fact that he is a bit higher than other players.

And Sun Jihai, let alone, Asian players are actually at the peak of their bodies at the age of 30, and then the cliff-like decline is actually very fast, but Sun Jihai, at the age of nearly 40, can still play in the midfield. The upstream team can play the main position and lead the team forward.

On the one hand, it can be said that Sun Jihai's condition remains good, and the decline is not so obvious, but on the other hand, it actually proves that Sun Jihai, as a veteran left over from the platinum era of the national football team, is still better than many players in his current playing years. Strong, how obviously the overall strength of the national football team has regressed.

So this Guangzhou Hengtai, in the semi-final match, the contest with Liverpool, in fact, it can show how far the Chinese players are from the world's top players.

Before the game, many club teammates were asking Yang Feng if he wanted to save some face for his hometown team during the game.

But Yang Feng answered in unison.

"Please show your game attitude and help me let my compatriots understand the gap between each other. Three goals are not many, four goals are okay, five goals are better, as long as you don't hit double digits."

Yang Feng asked his teammates to try their best to show the seriousness of the half-time game, and to show what is called the strength gap.

Before the game, the two sides were very harmonious. Even many Hengtai players and Yang Feng's teammates in the national team were deliberately getting close to Yang Feng. After all, the strongest players in China, if they get in touch with each other, they will have a wider way to make money in the future ?

It's just that although Yang Feng was decent on the surface, he didn't tell these teammates of the national team in a "bad heart" that he didn't regard this match as a friendly match, unlike them, who wanted to use the game of the rich to come. Show yourself, hype yourself...

At the very beginning of the game, after the Liverpool players received the instruction from the captain to "kick to death in the first half", they naturally showed their best form.

As soon as the kick-off was kicked off, Liverpool organized a very good frontcourt attack.

Without any tentative play, the first attack in the opening game, after serving in the midfield, taking advantage of Guangzhou Hengtai's defensive position is too forward, Henderson directly made a long pass and found it deep on the right.

Jordan Ibe, giving full play to his speed advantage, accelerated forward on the wing.

What is called extreme speed, maybe in the Premier League, Jordan Ibe's performance is not so obvious, but when he played against Hengtai's Chinese full-back, Jordan Ibe showed it fully.

With extremely fast speed and strong body, the Hengtai players who defended Jordan Ibey could neither catch up nor hit them. In the opening 1v1, they were directly and cleanly defeated.

After receiving the ball, Jordan Ibe directly rushed into the penalty area. Facing the supplementary defense of Hengtai's international-level central defender, he made a light inverted triangle pass to the center.

In the past in the Premier League, Jordan Ibe's passing ability was actually not very good, but facing the huge space in the penalty area of ​​Hengtai, Jordan Ibe, who can no longer pass the ball, also sent a very threatening kick the pass.

In the case of not too much defensive pressure, Coutinho, who followed up in the middle, was very

With an easy arch shot, he completed the first attempt to hit the goal in the opening game.

Then……

"Is this a goal? Only 23 seconds into the game, after Liverpool's midfielder served, they immediately found the right time to launch an offensive."

"Jordan Ibe, who showed a strong personal ability, broke through directly on the right to open a hole, passed the ball to assist Coutinho who followed up in the middle, and scored a goal. This time, Liverpool scored in just 23 seconds in the blitz. Goal."

The commentator didn't even fully introduce the starting players of both sides. Liverpool has already scored a goal at a fast pace.

It can only be said that for this "friendly match", everyone knows that Liverpool is superior, but they did not expect Liverpool to be so serious when playing against an underdog team.

"Perhaps it's just that Liverpool don't want to waste their physical energy, so hurry up and get a 2 or 3 goal lead, and then play 'play house' with Heng Tai."

Hengtai's players were actually a little confused. They didn't expect that Liverpool would have such a "killer" in the opening game, and they didn't save any face.

For the players of Hengtai, this game has never seemed to be able to win the game. If you lose, you will definitely lose. I have never thought about embarrassing Liverpool, but I can lose. As a strong team, don’t you I also have to take care of my face, let's play evenly for a while on the court.

Why is the situation of this game different from what was expected?

Liverpool's blitz goal woke up many of Hengtai's players, but quickly entering the game state does not mean that the huge gap in personal strength between the two players can be smoothed out.

In the 8th minute of the game, Liverpool's offense made a comeback. Coutinho and Lallana cooperated in a small area in the midfield. Plug, passed the ball directly to the right side of Hengtai's big penalty area.

Firmino, who inserted diagonally, succeeded in anti-offside. After receiving the pass, he directly completed a volley and hit the goal.

Hengtai's goalkeeper couldn't make a save, so he volleyed to the opposite corner and flew directly into the goal.

"It's 2 to 0. Hengtai's defense suffered a heavy blow at the beginning of the game. Liverpool's offensive was too fierce. They didn't give Hengtai team time to think and react. They took a two-goal lead in less than 10 minutes."

Many imagined situations where Liverpool would take the lead and then retreat, it didn't happen.

Under the gaze of the captain "big brother" Yang Feng, Liverpool's midfielders resolutely showed their best competitive state in the first half.

In the 17th minute of the game, Coutinho took a sudden long-range shot from the outside. Taking advantage of Hengtai's defensive players who were not active, he blasted a wonderful world wave and scored directly. 3-0, Liverpool's offensive did not any attenuation.

Liverpool seems to have a feud with the Hengtai team. Even though they have already led by three goals, the Liverpool origins are still pressing the frontcourt at the expense of their physical fitness. The fourth goal is Hengtai. There was a mistake.

Under the huge defensive pressure on the right side, instead of directly clearing the siege, he chose to transfer the ball to the left side with a certain amount of space. There was nothing wrong with it, but the player on the left side actually stopped the ball and made a mistake. 2, 3 meters, such an opportunity is in front of him, Jordan Ibe naturally has no reason to let it miss.

Adding up his speed with all his strength, he directly laughed at the big gift from the opponent's defense this time. After entering the penalty area, facing the attacking goalkeeper, he calmly pushed and succeeded, helping the team gain a 4-0 lead .

After that, the fifth and sixth goals were all scored by Firmino.

Firmino's consecutive anti-offside successes turned Hengtai's defense into a joke. Although running back and forth without the ball consumed a lot of Firmino's physical energy, this is how Firmino played in the Premier League. The most common thing to do today is just to play normally, but the result is to complete a hat-trick in the first half.

"6 to 0! Is this the gap between the domestic clubs and the top European clubs? Less than 35 minutes into the half, the Chinese Super League champion, the winner of the AFC Champions League last season, Hengtai team, has already fallen behind 0 to 6, And in the game, being beaten was so helpless..."