Football’s First Defender

At the beginning of today's game, the two teams played such a slow pace of the game. It can be seen that the coaches of the two teams attach great importance to this game.

Both sides want to patiently launch their own offense and defense in this game, focus on stability, strive to catch the opponent's mistakes, or use the opportunity of defensive counterattack in the game to give the opponent a fatal blow.

However, when the tactics chosen by the two sides are so similar in general thinking, almost every team, after getting the ball, does not have a good chance and can only patiently backcourt for nearly 1 minute. Makes the game pretty dull and boring.

For the fans, there is too much meaningless game time in such a defensive battle, which makes the fans a little boring and a little sleepy.

Fortunately, Simeone on the sidelines still intends to use his home court advantage to do something.

After all, I am at home. If I continue to play in such a dull manner, my home court advantage will not be as great as I imagined.

After about 20 minutes of unsightly progress on the scene, I saw that Liverpool did not have any posture to launch a full-scale attack. It was Atletico Madrid who took the lead in launching their own attack under the command of Simeone.

As Simeone made gestures and shouts to change tactics on the sidelines, which were accepted by the players on the field, Atletico Madrid players began to stand more forward.

On the one hand, Atletico Madrid players took the initiative and began to invest more players in the midfield for oppressive defense.

On the other hand, after completing the conversion of the ball, Atletico Madrid invested more people on the offensive end.

Although it has not yet reached the level where all members participate in the offense, there are still enough people in the back line to defend and protect, but it is also in the game, which strengthens the space for the players to play individually, and finally makes this game aroused. waves.

The oppressive defense of Atletico Madrid's midfield put a lot of pressure on Liverpool's offensive advancement.

After all, Liverpool's own offensive number is limited, so at this time, after suffering from Atletico Madrid's strong defensive oppression, it is inevitable that due to the lack of receivers, they can only choose to pass the ball back, and then the defensive players, at a certain time Under defensive pressure, he completed a clear-style big-footed pass, but it was also difficult to pass Atletico Madrid's defense.

In the 21st minute of the game, Atletico Madrid just stepped up their offensive and reaped the effect.

Cork passed the ball with a very creative kick in the midfield area, making the ball pass to the front of the penalty area in a strange route, at the feet of Griezmann, who was surrounded by Liverpool's three .

Griezmann quickly unloaded the ball, and before Lucas and others grabbed the ball, he chose to take the ball, and passed the ball deep into the left penalty area with a through ball.

Carrasco quickly moved forward, using his own speed to successfully reverse offside, resisting Klein's defense, and directly shot the goal with his left foot without stopping the ball.

Fortunately, Yang Feng's reaction was timely this time, and Griezmann's pass made the position a little too deep, which gave Yang Feng the opportunity to limit the angle from which Carrasco could hit the goal.

Yang Feng directly defended from the middle and used a sliding shovel to completely block Carrasco's goal, almost blocking it.

Carrasco's half-high shot hit Yang Feng's raised leg and flew directly out of the baseline, only giving Atletico Madrid a chance for a corner kick.

In the corner kick tactics, due to Yang Feng's high rate of contention when defending Godin in the first round, and Atletico Madrid's own high-point players, Atletico Madrid's corner kick tactics, in this game, still choose tactics Corner kicks are mainly based on the second pass from the outside, or finding opportunities for long-range shots.

Facing the "rough" Liverpool, Atletico Madrid still intends to play finely on the offensive end to break Liverpool's defense.

When Atletico Madrid took the lead in adding up the offensive rhythm, Liverpool concentrated on launching a defensive counterattack.

Klopp didn't let the players expend too much physical energy to press the frontcourt, because the attacking team of Atletico Madrid's style does not have a delicate pass and control style of play, but the team can still rely on teamwork. Effectively complete the cracking of the high-position press in the frontcourt.

Rather than expending physical energy in the frontcourt press, it is better to let the team save more energy in the game and save it for later use.

Even if Atletico Madrid starts to take the initiative to attack and Liverpool is on the defensive, but for Atletico Madrid, it is still difficult for Atletico Madrid's offense to really achieve an excellent suppression effect.

Today, Liverpool's investment in defensive players in the midfield has made Liverpool's midfield press very defensive.

It is not easy for Atletico Madrid to easily deliver the ball in the middle.

On the defensive end, Milner's back position is very deep, making Liverpool completely like three defensive midfielders, sweeping most of the midfield, and some corners are played by Coutinho and Lallana. Such a player who is not good at defense will make defensive supplements.

It is not easy for Atletico Madrid's offense to easily penetrate Liverpool's core area.

For more offensive development, Atletico Madrid still needs to rely on the players' personal breakthrough ability to create opportunities and complete the attack in a small area.

Griezmann, Saul, and Carrasco, the three used their personal offensive ability to forcibly tear apart Liverpool's defense, but they usually could only pass the first line of defense, and they were beaten by the second line. The second line of defense was blocked.

Even if they barely passed the second line of defense, there was still Yang Feng, the final big boss, guarding their only way, causing defensive interference for them.

In the 28th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid had an opportunity to attack in the frontcourt.

It is Griezmann and Saul, before the central penalty area, continuous use of personal dribbling, and the short pass cooperation between the two, treating Liverpool's five-man defense as nothing, but in the final handling of the ball middle.

Saul's pass to Griezmann had already passed the defense of other Liverpool players, but Yang Feng directly grabbed it and formed an interception.

Yang Feng is the last pinnacle of Liverpool's defense, and it is also the reason why Klopp dared to choose to hand over the initiative in the away game and play a defensive counterattack.

As long as the teammates' previous defense can help Yang Feng set up enough difficulties for the opponent.

At the critical moment, even if the opponent's players have played well, Yang Feng can still fully play his defensive role and completely destroy the opponent's offense.

It's because Yang Feng's field reading ability is too strong.

Relying on the defense of his teammates, Yang Feng can always observe the route where the opponent may play an offensive opportunity, and directly make targeted defensive positions to complete the defense.

Yang Feng is the biggest enemy of the Atletico Madrid team. With great difficulty, relying on the personal performance of several star players, the offensive opportunities created are always judged by Yang Feng. It is really amazing to complete the interception when he is about to hit the goal at the end. Too much to hit the offensive enthusiasm of Atletico Madrid players.

Of course, for Simeone, although the team always falls short in the last attack, it is enough to achieve good offensive results. After all, although the team has increased its offensive investment, it is far from enough. When the horsepower is attacking with all its strength, this can be seen from the limit of the assist range of the team's full-backs.