Football’s First Defender

"Do not worry!"

"The current score is just a draw!"

"This is Anfield, our home stadium."

"We were able to score the first goal in the first half, and we will definitely have an excellent offensive performance in the second half, and then score again."

"Chelsea is a strong opponent, everyone must not worry, play patiently and look for opportunities patiently."

During the half-time break, Klopp was constantly instilling in the players the belief that they must win.

For Liverpool, there is no room for losing points in this game.

But Chelsea is a strong opponent. Although Liverpool want to win the game, they must not be in a hurry. If they are too anxious, it will only leave Chelsea with an offensive opportunity.

For Liverpool, this is absolutely not allowed.

Under the current situation of the game, when Liverpool want to attack, they can still occupy a certain advantage on the field.

So for Klopp, in the second half of the offense, it is more necessary to continue to maintain the situation on the field, and try to score as much as possible while ensuring that the team has a certain advantage.

If the team is still unable to take the lead in the opening 20 minutes of the second half, then after 65 minutes, Klopp will make substitution adjustments, replace Benteke and others, and continue to strengthen their offensive strength.

For Liverpool, which needs to win the game, in this game, being able to score goals as early as possible can also make the fans more at ease.

However, in the case of away games, Chelsea's posture is very low.

For Chelsea, in this game, they don't have a big game task.

Victory or failure doesn't mean much to the team itself.

It's just a simple dedication to a high-quality game for one's own fans, and then to hone the lineup for next season, so that the players have a stage to express themselves.

Therefore, without too much pressure on the performance of the game, the players can play more freely.

On the defensive end, it shows Chelsea's long-standing defensive tradition. In the game, it has excellent defensive options.

On the offensive end, it is to rely on defensive counterattacks to hit Liverpool's back to see if they can score another goal and end Liverpool's dream of three consecutive championships.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool naturally exerted their full strength on the technical and offensive end to try to score goals earlier.

For Liverpool, scoring early means that they can gain a greater advantage in the game to ensure victory in this game.

Liverpool's offense has also invested a lot of offensive power without substitutions.

Almost all the offensive power owned by the existing team has been invested in the offense.

Especially on the premise that Chelsea's iron barrel formation can still maintain the essence of Mourinho's era, Liverpool has to use two full-backs to participate in the offense at the same time.

Even if a certain amount of defensive security is sacrificed, I want to achieve offensive suppression as much as possible and obtain sufficient offensive security.

From the beginning of the second half of the game, Liverpool did play an extremely effective offensive effect on the offensive end.

The team's wing, with the full-back's unrestricted attack plugged in, has a great wing threat.

Whether it is a sudden burst of speed to start a strong rush, or to play a few players in the frontcourt, and to cooperate with a small range of passing the ball, Liverpool has indeed created a lot of offensive opportunities on the offensive end.

The 53rd minute of the game.

Liverpool almost rewritten the score on the field.

Within a small area of ​​the frontcourt, Coutinho, Lallana, and Firmino sent out consecutive kicks, flashing and moving in a small area, regardless of the opponent's defense.

It's just that, before the penalty area, although he played a wonderful cooperation, when the ball was delivered into the penalty area, it was still seen through by the experienced Mikel.

Mikel plays the central defender's position, although he does not have the technical ability of a central defender, nor does he have the height of a traditional central defender.

But his excellent defensive awareness of the midfielder is more than enough to act as a sweeper.

This time, it was Mikel who showed his defensive awareness as a defensive midfielder. In the game, he directly completed the decisive grab.

Without any hesitation, it was entirely Mikel's subconscious grabbing action, even if he gave up his defensive position in the penalty area, resulting in a defensive gap.

But Mikel made the right choice.

The through ball sent by Coutinho was directly aimed at Klein who suddenly advanced on the other side.

Klein has already exploded with his fastest speed. As long as the ball is passed, Klein will receive the ball in the penalty area, which is equivalent to a chance to hit the goal with a single goal.

Liverpool's offensive has been looking for a very threatening offensive method.

After finally using the offensive ability of several midfielders to attract Chelsea's defensive attention and create such an offensive opportunity, the result was directly destroyed by Mikel who was "doing nothing" on the back line.

Mikel completely ignored the space in the middle of the penalty area, and this time he chose to go directly to grab it, which Coutinho did not expect.

The ball was directly intercepted by Mikel, which can be regarded as making Liverpool's attack return without success.

In addition to Liverpool's offense, Chelsea's defensive counterattack also played very well.

Chelsea put up an iron barrel formation in the away game, not just to defend a draw in the away game.

Adopting the iron barrel formation is only the chosen way of playing, but it does not mean that Chelsea's purpose is to defend.

Defensive counterattack will always be Chelsea's sharpest offensive weapon in the game.

The team's midfielders are almost all players suitable for counterattacks, especially Hazard, who has fast speed and strong breakthrough ability.

On the counter-attack end, as long as there is enough offensive space for him to display, he can use his speed and breakthrough ability to single-handedly challenge the opponent's entire defensive line in the game.

Of course, defensive counterattacks are also for scoring goals, for creating threatening offenses.

Therefore, Chelsea still gave Yang Feng a lot of "face".

Everyone knows how strong Yang Feng is when defending against the opponent's counterattack.

Naturally, Yang Feng's misfortune will not be met. In the game, Chelsea's counterattack is either on the ground, without passing the ball, and the players personally advance.

Or it is to go to the opposite side of the area where Yang Feng is located, and try not to give Yang Feng room to play.

When Chelsea played against Liverpool, they must do their best to avoid Yang Feng's defense on the counterattack end.

As Yang Feng's first stop in the Premier League, although Yang Feng did not have time to "evolve" to his full body when he was at Chelsea, many old people in the Chelsea team are still familiar with Yang Feng's ability in defensive counterattack of.

After all, for Yang Feng's defense, other teams may only meet twice in a season.

I learned more about Yang Feng's defensive ability from the game highlights. When I actually encountered Yang Feng's defense in the game, it was only a few times, and I didn't feel deeply.

Only old players like Chelsea, those coaches who belong to the Chelsea team, and the current Liverpool players can clearly know the horror of Yang Feng.

They have more time than others to get in touch with Yang Feng's defense in daily training and to see Yang Feng's excellent defensive ability.

Yang Feng's terrifying defensive ability made all offensive players feel suffocated.

You know, for Yang Feng, his excellent position selection ability in defense, as well as his excellent overall situation view and ability to predict the trajectory of the ball are the reasons why he can perform well in the game.

Moreover, Yang Feng's defense has been stable for almost a long time, and there will not be too many ups and downs.

For a team with Yang Feng, Yang Feng's defensive ability can be used by one person as two defensive players, and sometimes it is even better than two defensive players.

Especially when defending the opponent's high-altitude ball, Yang Feng's outstanding performance is equivalent to directly restricting the opponent's counterattack during the game, not daring to pass the high-altitude ball, or the requirements for long-distance balls are too high, which limits some teams. The counterattack unfolded.

In the Chelsea team, players like Cahill and Mikel who have stayed for a long time know Yang Feng's defensive ability, and they have been emphasizing not to trouble Yang Feng's side as they have competed with Zhu before the game.

After all, defensive opportunities are limited, and rare counterattack opportunities cannot be wasted.

This time, Chelsea's counterattack was to stare at Yang Feng on the defensive end and play on the side of the uncontrollable defensive range during the game.

Lovren has always been a weak point in Liverpool's defense that Chelsea have mainly found on the counter-attack.

This is also impossible.

Yang Feng controlled more than half of the field, so the attacking players could use more room to attack. However, the Chelsea players had no good way to complete the attack on Yang Feng's defensive side.

Then you can only choose to attack Lovren's defensive side in the game to complete the offensive advancement, stare at Lovren's side, and play an effective offense.

This time Pedro dribbled the ball forward quickly from the midfield, but he didn't give the ball to Hazard in front of him immediately.

In this 2v2 process, Pedro with the ball actively accelerated forward to find Yang Feng's defensive area.

For this ball, Pedro's idea is very simple, he wants to exchange one with Yang Feng.

Use your own offensive threat to force Yang Feng to attack and defend yourself, and give Hazard a chance to create a 1v1 with Lovren on the other side, avoiding Yang Feng's defense, and will later, against Hazard The catch offense poses a defensive threat.

This is also an offensive tactic that many teams will use when facing Yang Feng's defense when they counterattack.

Use the ball holder to actively find Yang Feng's defense, force Yang Feng to defend himself, and then create opportunities for other teammates to counterattack.

And this kind of offense is completely based on the personal ability and passing ability of the ball holder.

After all, Yang Feng's defensive strength and ability to judge the defensive form are extremely good. If Yang Feng does not form a high-quality ball in the first time to grab the ball, then it may not be able to form an excellent offensive opportunity on the other side.

You must know that although the central defender who is partnered with Yang Feng may still have some gaps with Yang Feng in terms of strength, he must have two brushes to gain a foothold among the rich teams.

It's just that Hazard's type of player has too great an offensive advantage over Lovren.

Lovren's size and mobility will probably do a good job defensively against most Premier League forwards.

But when facing Hazard, he was at an absolute disadvantage.

Hazard's speed, flexibility, and breakthrough ability are all too unfriendly to Lovren.

Even Yang Feng may not have any advantage in 1v1 when facing Hazard, let alone Lovren.

Pedro took the initiative to find Yang Feng to "explode each other". Although Yang Feng knew what Pedro was thinking, he couldn't find any other way. He could only hope that Lovren's defense could withstand it.

This ball is a conspiracy, which is to use force to prevent Yang Feng from forming a supplementary defense against Hazard's side.

If Yang Feng can't come, Pedro's own attack can also create a huge threat.

Pedro is not bad in terms of passing ability between quick moves.

After all, when Pedro was in Barcelona, ​​he was also familiar with Barcelona's quick pass and cut cooperation in counterattacks, otherwise there would be no way to gain a foothold in Barcelona.

So this time during the fast march, facing Yang Feng's attack, when Pedro judged that Yang Feng would no longer be able to turn around and complete the defense, he threw the ball directly into the open area on the left side of the field. .

On the left, Hazard and Lovren are playing "peek-a-boo".

Lovren wants to complete an effective defense, of course it is impossible for Hazard to accelerate recklessly and explode his own speed.

If Lovren wants to form a successful defense, he can only choose to use his physical advantages in the game.

Using physical confrontation to entangle Hazard, Hazard was unable to fully exert his speed and flexibility, and fell into the quagmire of confrontation.

However, Hazard was able to stand out in the entire European football world, and as a technical player, he thrived in the Premier League.

His own physical resistance is not weak, which is why Hazard can gain a foothold in the Premier League.

Moreover, Hazard himself can effectively avoid physical confrontation.

You Lovren want to confront me physically, I'd rather go around a little longer and avoid your defense.

Hazard avoided Lovren's defense. When Pedro sent a through ball directly, he even overtook from the outside and forcibly ran past Lovren, making it impossible for Lovren to defend.

Receive the ball directly in the penalty area and take advantage of the opportunity to complete the goal with his left foot.

Fortunately, Mignolet is also in excellent form today.

Facing Hazard's left-footed goal, Mignolet quickly fell to the ground during the game, blocked the ball with his right foot, and saved Liverpool.