Football’s First Defender

In 22 minutes of the game, Liverpool took a 2-0 lead on the pitch. During this period of time, in the Champions League, Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, the excellent defensive ability shown, most people watching this Premier League game Fans in the league and the live broadcast of the game thought that Liverpool would win this game.

After all, facing an opponent of Atletico Madrid's level in the away game, Liverpool can withstand the offensive pressure of Atletico Madrid. It makes no sense to give Southampton a chance to comeback when they are already leading by two goals.

Excellent defensive ability, and extremely impactful counter-attack style, so that even more people think that Liverpool can use Southampton to attack in the game, launch an extremely effective defensive counter-attack, and directly win in the away game. Big score, massacre Southampton.

However, on the football field, the final outcome of a game can definitely not be inferred simply by looking at the score on the field, as well as the strength of the team and past team performance.

The intertwining of various realistic factors and unexpected factors will have a great impact on the game.

This influence will bring many changes to the course of the game, and there will be many incredible results.

Southampton, who fell behind by two goals, was indeed eager to launch an offense. However, although Southampton's offensive gradually unfolded and began to invest in the offensive end, there were not many signs of confusion.

After all, for the Southampton team, the players did not have too much performance pressure in this game, and the players' game mentality was still good.

Southampton's league ranking is now ninth, in a position that is too low to be high.

Upwards, Southampton is still a long way from the European theater. In the later stage, even if they play well, they may not be able to catch up with a giant team like Manchester United.

Moreover, the qualification for the Europa League is not that important to Southampton, and it is really not eye-catching.

There are even some Premier League teams who deliberately lose and be eliminated in the qualifying rounds, so as not to consume too much energy in the Europa League. For those small money, these non-rich teams in the Premier League will also see not on.

Ordinary teams in the Premier League only need to pay attention to the Premier League. Every season, if they succeed in relegation, they will receive a huge broadcast fee, and then they will sell outstanding players for a large sum of money. Isn’t he good?

Therefore, the Southampton players are not concerned about the victory of this game. Their idea is very simple, that is, to use their outstanding performance to prove their strength and to give back to the fans who watched and cheered.

In this regard, the Southampton fans at the scene are also quite Buddhist about whether they can win this game.

For them, although the game is behind, they don't insist that the team can really reverse and defeat the defending champion Liverpool at home. For them, what they hope to see most is the team's game momentum, and more Good performance, just let them enjoy the happiness brought by football.

If you lose, you don't lose.

Even though Southampton was two goals behind on the scene, the team players did not have much psychological fluctuations. Instead, they continued to play in the game and played as they wanted. Instead, they could show their team's offensive style .

Southampton's offense, in the game, is still quite organized, and it is constantly creating pressure on Liverpool's side defense.

Southampton's offense focused on breakthroughs from the wing and then created crosses into the penalty area.

After all, the team's two starting forwards, Pellet and Sean Lang, both have a good ability to fight for the top in front of the goal. They mainly play wide crosses and create cross threats, which are the offensive methods that Southampton is good at.

There are indeed certain problems with Liverpool's wing defense.

Especially on Klein's side on the right. After all, in recent games, Klein has played full-time and has a considerable physical consumption. Therefore, it is inevitable that on the defensive end, there will be some consecutive breakthroughs that cannot keep up with the opponent. And it was regarded as a breakthrough in Liverpool's defense, and it was continuously hit into crosses on this side.

However, as far as Liverpool's overall defense is concerned, there is no big problem. Although the wing cannot block Southampton's offense for a while, the ball can be passed, but in front of the goal. , but it does not leave too many opportunities for the opponent.

Pellet should have been the core offensive player of Southampton's lineup. As an Italian international, Pellet is extremely good at hitting high-altitude balls and playing a tactical role as the fulcrum of the team.

However, his fulcrum function may have a good offensive effect when facing the defense of other central defenders, but under Yang Feng's marking, Pellet has no effective means.

Yang Feng's defensive advantages are all-round. Not only is he taller and stronger than Pellet, but Yang Feng's ability is stronger than Pellet's in judging the placement that Pellet is good at.

Facing Yang Feng's marking, Pellet has no room to play in the penalty area today.

On the contrary, Xiao Enlang's side was still able to barely get a chance to attack when facing Skrtel after Pellet restrained Yang Feng's defense.

Using his own running and forward penetration, Sean Lang can still achieve good results in the face of Skrtel's defense.

Of course, Southampton's side continued to play offensive, although it could barely create a few chances to hit the goal, but correspondingly, Liverpool's counterattack was more threatening.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Southampton's offense was only completed by Sean Lang in the frontcourt with a header that did not pose much threat.

After receiving the ball, Mignolet threw the ball directly to find Yang Feng. Yang Feng completed a long pass in the backcourt and quickly hit the ball into the opponent's backcourt hinterland.

Yang Feng's long pass found Origi on the left.

Although Origi is young, he dared to fight and rush in the game. After receiving a pass from Yang Feng on the wing, he lowered his head and launched a strong attack.

Although there is no offensive cooperation and no passing considerations, the young Origi opened up the entire left wing alone.

After breaking through forcibly and getting rid of the defender, Origi quickly cut inside, forcing Van Dijk to come over to defend.

At this time, Origi had enough space to observe the situation on the field and completed an inverted triangle pass.

It was Joe Allen who quickly followed up in the middle.

Joe Allen followed up and hit the goal. He wanted to push the far corner, but he kicked a little bit. So positive.

Southampton's goalkeeper, when rushing forward at close range, did not block the ball with his hand, but blocked it with his face.

The ball bounced to the right, and Sturridge was facing an empty goal. He directly chose to shoot the ball with a kick, but the defensive player followed Sturridge very closely.

This kick was directly blocked by the defender with his body. Liverpool missed the opportunity to extend the lead to 3 goals.

And Liverpool's menacing attack, too, was just bad luck.

This time Sturridge's supplementary shot hit the goal and after being blocked, Liverpool won a corner kick in the frontcourt.

Coutinho aimed at the pass at the top of the arc in the penalty area, allowing Joe Allen to make up for it.

Completed a wonderful volley long shot directly from the periphery.

Joe Allen controlled the ball very well, completely suppressing the football, and the ball was not fast enough, passed through the crowd, and flew directly into the lower left corner of the goal.

However, just as Joe Allen was about to celebrate, his enthusiasm for celebration was extinguished by the referee's whistle.

The linesman signaled that the ball was offside just now!

"Is the ball offside?"

The Premier League broadcast played the replay of the corner kick just in time. Not to mention, this time Liverpool's attack was really offside.

It's just that it wasn't Joe Allen who was offside who caught the ball from the outside and made an excellent goal.

But Skrtel in front of the door.

Skrtel, who was originally fighting for the top in front of the goal, retreated a little slowly, and was in an offside position just when Joe Allen hit the goal.

If he didn't make any extra moves, just stood there, and the ball didn't hit Skrtel, there would be no problem.

As a result, Facing Joe Allen's long-range shot, Skrtel, who was standing near the ball's flying trajectory, raised his leg directly, wanting to complete a relay in front of the goal and change the direction of the ball again.

The result was that Skrtel kicked empty by himself, but still interfered with the Southampton goalkeeper.

For this ball, Skrtel, who was whistled for offside, interfered with the goalkeeper, and directly whistled for offside, without any problems.

Liverpool's luck can only be said to be a bit of a back.

Failure to grasp the successive excellent scoring opportunities may also mean that this game is doomed to fail.

In the second half of the game, Southampton obviously continued to strengthen the team's offense.

Mane came off the bench directly at halftime, replacing Sean Lang, to continue to strengthen the agility of Southampton's frontcourt.

Not to mention, as soon as Mane played, he showed enough vitality on the offensive end.

In the 49th minute of the game, when Pellet had been moving without the ball and restraining Yang Feng's defense, Mane made a diagonal penetration and used his speed to get rid of Skrtel on the side and rear.

Skrtel tried his best to chase and defend, but he couldn't catch up with Mane's speed at all.

Romeu's penetrating through ball passed directly into Liverpool's penalty area.

Just when Mane caught up with the football and was about to hit the goal, Skrtel slid directly behind the side and tried to tackle the ball.

As a result, it was Mane who stepped out of the football first, which frustrated Skrtel's desire to tackle the ball.

A sliding shovel just touched Mane's ankle and brought him down directly.

McDean, of course, sternly and unselfishly sentenced Liverpool to death and whistled a penalty.

He got a penalty kick at the beginning, and the situation of the game seemed to have some bad meaning.

Mane created the penalty kick himself, of course he chose to take the penalty himself.

Take a deep breath and run up.

It was a tricky penalty kick.

But Mignolet's luck struck.

After all, in the previous Champions League match, Mignolet was scored 8 consecutive goals by Atletico Madrid, and Atletico Madrid did not miss a goal.

Now, the so-called conservation of luck has finally paid off.

Mignolet guessed the direction of the ball first, and there was still a lot of space to take off. He directly hit Mane's foot towards the left post of the goal, and hit both with a single palm.

Mignolet successfully completed the save, and Yang Feng reacted quickly at the first time, quickly came to the penalty area, and completed a quick clearance.

A penalty kick failed to recover the score. Southampton's luck seems to be not very good.

However, Southampton's offense continued.

Still looking for opportunities to complete the offensive on the field.

And just when Liverpool, already in the game, began to relax and prepare to accept the game easily.

The Southampton players still haven't given up.

Especially Mane, who came off the bench, is constantly using his running to make his own contributions on both offensive and defensive ends in the game.

Hard work pays off, and Mane's tireless running still allows him to find an excellent offensive opportunity in the game.

In the 64th minute of the game, Liverpool's counterattack lost the ball, but it gave Southampton the possibility to seize the opportunity to counterattack.

Pellet's high point in the frontcourt was severely restricted by Yang Feng, but Antić's sudden advance played the role of Southampton's frontcourt fulcrum.

A header was ferried and just found Mane who was fast forward on the left.

Before Mane, he was still in the game, defending on the side of his own half. In an instant, he accelerated with all his strength and rushed to the hinterland of Liverpool's half.

After consecutive stoppages, Mane dribbled the ball and continued to advance quickly.

Accelerated forward in a flash, and rushed from the middle of the two players, Skrtel and Klein.

Dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area, on the left, facing the attacking goalkeeper Mignolet, this time Mane did not choose too many skillful moves.

It's just a burst shot in the middle of the road and hits the goal, hitting the goal directly.

Mignolet's save action was at close range, and his reaction was already half a beat slow.

"The ball went in!"

"The ball went in!"

"Mane!"

"After creating a penalty kick before, but kicking it away by himself, he made up for it at this time, took advantage of a counterattack opportunity, shot a blast and hit the goal, pulling back a goal for Southampton."

"The score was 1 to 2. For Southampton, this goal gave them hope to continue to regain the score at home."

The Southampton fans at the scene were celebrating this goal. For them, even though the total score was still behind, but seeing the team's excellent offense and never give up spirit, for them , is enough.

What they like is the attitude of the team.

Victory, when facing the defending champion Liverpool, they don't pursue too much, but a goal has already made them happy for a long time.

Sometimes, being a pure fan is as simple as that, even if it is so easy to satisfy...