Football’s First Defender

With Klassenberg's whistle, the focus of this round of the Champions League group stage officially began.

The game between Real Madrid and Dortmund is destined to be very exciting. From the beginning of the game, the two sides have improved the rhythm of the game on the offensive end, focusing on offense and playing against each other.

The first to get an offensive opportunity, of course, is Real Madrid.

Real Madrid's excellent organization and cooperation in the frontcourt. Ronaldo's cross ball found Ronaldo in front of the penalty area. In the case of being stuck in the position, Ronaldo's huge offensive pressure caused the difficulty of going forward to defend. Handball foul by Weigel.

Before the penalty area, Real Madrid got a set-piece opportunity in just one minute of the opening.

This time the positive set-piece opportunity happened to be within Ronaldo's range.

Ronaldo walked to the penalty spot without hesitation and chose to take the free kick himself.

Dortmund's defensive line formed a defense of up to eight people, lined up in the game, everyone knows Ronaldo, this free kick will definitely hit the goal directly, Dortmund's players are closely lined up to try to block Ronaldo Luo hit the door angle.

Ronaldo ran up, hit the goal, directly and fully exerted his strength, and kicked the iconic elevator ball straight to the goal.

Dortmund goalkeeper Burki's reaction was very quick. It was not disturbed by the favor formed by his teammates in front of him. The moment Ronaldo finished hitting the goal, Burki judged the direction of Ronaldo's goal and jumped sideways to the right. , hit the ball directly with both fists in the air.

Burki's defensive handling this time is very experienced. He knows that in the face of Ronaldo's powerful free kick, he must never use his palm to pounce or block it, because it is very likely that the palm will not be able to cover it. The ball, let the ball go straight through the glove and fly towards the goal again.

Therefore, Burki's defensive summary this time, simply after taking off, with a certain amount of time in place, he chose to hit the ball with double fists, and hit the ball out of the threat range as soon as possible.

Burki, who jumped to the right, of course hit the ball to the right, that is, to the left of Real Madrid as the offensive side. After Ronaldo finished hitting the goal, Real Madrid's offensive players on the outside were watching. After the ball was blocked, of course he rushed to the second landing point immediately.

The first to arrive was Ronaldo on the left. Ronaldo faced the football blocked by Burki and chose to hit the goal directly with a volley with his left foot.

Ronaldo's shot hit the far corner of the goal, and he hit the goal from the left to the right post of the goal.

Although Burki, who fell to the ground at this time, reacted quickly and made a save, but he couldn't intercept the gate that hit the far corner at all.

Ronaldo's shot crossed the penalty area and flew towards the goal without being intercepted by any defensive player.

It's just that Ronaldo's luck today was not good. This wonderful volley hit the goal, but in the end it hit the right post of the goal and did not score for Real Madrid.

The offensive end of the game between the two sides is completely a fight between gods.

Just after Ronaldo had just completed a wonderful free kick, and then Ronaldo had completed another excellent supplementary shot, in the third minute of the game, Dortmund responded with their own offense.

Dortmund player Götze's breakthrough with the ball also caused a foul by Real Madrid's defenders before the penalty area. Toni Kroos' tackle directly brought down the breakthrough Götze. Dortmund also won a free kick in the frontcourt. .

The location of the foul this time is almost the same as the location of Ronaldo's free kick before.

However, it is different from Real Madrid's decision to directly determine that Ronaldo will be the one to do it when it comes to setting the ball.

When Dortmund took the set kick, it still had a certain degree of confusion. There were as many as three offensive players standing in front of the set kick to confuse the Real Madrid team.

But in the end it was still Castro's free kick to directly attack the goal to complete this free kick opportunity.

Castro's free kick went straight to the upper left corner of the goal. Like Ronaldo's previous shot, Castro's free kick also hit the goal with a very high quality of direct free kick.

However, although Navas has been out of battle for a long time, after returning from injury in this game, Nas still maintained his excellent competitive state.

Taking off in the air, Navas also chose to block the ball directly. Although Nas is not tall enough, he is not considered a golden figure among the top goalkeepers in Europe, but Nas's reaction speed and sensitivity, his jumping and explosive power are excellent. This makes it one of the best goalkeepers in European football today.

Unlike Burki who simply blocked the ball before and allowed Real Madrid to catch the opportunity to make up shots, Nass hit the ball with two fists this time, with a forceful movement of his wrist, and the ball was directly hit outside the penalty area, even close to The position on the sideline made it impossible for Dortmund to organize a second attack immediately.

This allows Real Madrid's defense to have time to quickly complete defensive adjustments and put out their own suitable defense.

Although the two excellent teams want to play their own offensive methods and play their own offensive ability in the game, there are actually certain difficulties in breaking the opponent's defense.

Both defensive players have excellent strength.

Real Madrid's players' personal strength is more dominant, while Dortmund relies on their own running to make up for their lack of personal strength.

On the offensive end, in the opening stage, after both teams dedicated a wonderful free kick to the goal, the offense of the two teams was actually a bit flat.

Both sides are only using a few offensive players, constantly testing the opponent's defense, constantly trying to use wide crosses, or penetrating through balls, to try to pose a threat, but they have not gained much. Effect.

In this game, if you want to break the deadlock, it is actually to see who of the two teams can seize the opportunities that appear on the field and who can create better offensive opportunities. Especially for Real Madrid, facing Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion this time, Real Madrid's offense is actually very difficult.

Even if the player's personal strength is superior, being pressed by Dortmund's crazy frontcourt also made it difficult for Real Madrid to play the ball in the backcourt.

In Real Madrid's game, his ball possession rate has actually dropped significantly compared to Real Madrid's previous La Liga. limits.

Of course, restraint is mutual. Dortmund's running ability restrains Real Madrid, but for Real Madrid, Dortmund's main attacking style is also restrained by Real Madrid.

What is Real Madrid best at?

Defensive counterattack of course!

Since the Mourinho era, the best thing about Real Madrid is that he has built the world's best counterattack lineup, which can play the most exciting counterattack coordination on the counterattack end and play the most threatening counterattack impact.

Today, the guarantee of Real Madrid's counter attack is actually Yang Feng's excellent defensive performance.

Yang Feng has a lot of room to play in this game.

Although Dortmund's offense is very penetrating, they often aim at Real Madrid's penalty area to pass the ball and make quick offensive conversions.

In the previous few seasons, Real Madrid was a combination of Ramos and Pepe on the defensive line, so when facing Dortmund's interspersed offense, the two central defenders of Real Madrid are actually the kind of defensive players who are good at attacking and oppressing. Therefore, it is inevitable that the untimely pursuit and the vacancy in the position will always be seized by Dortmund's offense.

But today's Real Madrid lineup is Yang Feng's partner Ramos, Ramos is in charge of the forward attack, and Yang Feng is sitting at the back to make up for the position at all times, to control the space and allocate the defensive force reasonably at all times, to give Dortmund attack creates more pressure.

Yang Feng is alone in the backcourt, so he can fully observe the situation on the scene, plan the most reasonable defensive space in the penalty area, and carry out the most reasonable defensive method, so that most of the opponent's attacks are at the embryonic stage. Get rid of it.