Football’s First Defender

In this FA Cup final, for both teams, there is no drag from other competitions afterwards, and they can give it a go.

Chelsea’s Champions League final will not start until two weeks later. Today’s match with Liverpool can be seen as a "warm-up match" for the team to prepare for the Champions League final, adjust the team's game state, and improve its own play.

Chelsea's ability to reach the last step in the Champions League is inseparable from the outstanding performance of the defenders in the midfield.

In the league, perhaps Chelsea’s somewhat "weak" offensive line has caused the team to lose a lot of points due to offensive problems.

But in the Champions League game, Chelsea's defensive counterattack has been maximized against a large number of active offensive teams.

With the efforts of many Chelsea veterans, Benfica, the famous offensive giant of the Portuguese Super League, as well as the Western super team Barcelona, ​​were all beaten down by Chelsea in the knockout process.

And Chelsea’s opponent in the Champions League final is Bayern Munich, who is sitting on the "home court". Not surprisingly, it will be a classic battle suitable for Chelsea's defensive counterattack.

In order to cope with the subsequent Champions League final, in this FA Cup final, although Chelsea tried to attack several times at the beginning, afterwards, it turned directly into a defensive counterattack and practiced its defense.

Defence is Chelsea’s unique skill. All veterans in the back of the defense are in charge. Although the athletic ability of these players has declined due to the influence of age, the defensive experience and the degree of tacit understanding between them all increase with age. Increase, and the older the more demon.

In the midfield, Essien and Ramirez’s midfield midfielder combination, both old and young, are both typical black and hard players. Both offensive and defensive ends can use their physical strength to run to complete their own court. task.

This season's Essien, although he has a rowing performance in many competitions, but in the focus of the battle between the strong, he is not soft.

In the previous FA Cup, Chelsea eliminated the Premier League superstars all the way, and all the way through the Champions League, Essien made an absolute world-class defensive performance on the defensive end.

Therefore, in this FA Cup final, which is about the final championship honor, Essien's performance is also outstanding as always.

"Chelsea's defense is still the best in the world!"

"I have to admit that although Chelsea gave up Yang Feng, the team lacked a key player when defending the opponent's counterattack. But in the orthodox positional defense, Chelsea still has the best defensive strength in the world. ."

"The two players in the midfield, with strong sweeping capabilities, have provided sufficient support for Chelsea's defense."

"The four defenders who have worked together in multiple seasons have formed the last line of defense with a tacit understanding."

"Liverpool's offense really can't form a full penetration in a short time."

In the opening phase of the game, when the two teams performed on the offensive end, it was actually Liverpool’s best chance to launch an offense. At that time, Suarez had actually created an excellent opportunity to hit the goal in a counterattack, but it was a pity. With Chelsea's defensive players, Suarez's shots did not play a very good role.

When Chelsea began to shrink back and put on a defensive counterattack posture, Liverpool's offense was no longer too threatening and could pose a sufficient threat to Chelsea.

The choice for Liverpool is very simple. Facing Chelsea, who are both world-class in defense and counterattack, will Liverpool dare to move out and continue to give Yang Feng the pressure of the defense?

Facts have proved that Liverpool's choice made the entire first half a little dull.

Liverpool still frequently uses the two wings, but when it comes to the offensive choices of the players in the center, Liverpool are indeed cautious.

In this game, Henderson, except for scheduling in the backcourt, will almost never appear in the frontcourt to participate in the attack, ensuring that there is always a midfielder in front of Yang Feng to help him do something appropriate. Blocking work.

With the targeted counterattack arrangements of the major clubs for Liverpool’s defense, the so-called counterattack, a big pass in the backcourt, when facing Liverpool, was obviously given up by the clubs. Everyone tried their best. Promote on the ground to limit Yang Feng's defensive characteristics.

Lost Yang Feng's destructive ability at the first point, although Yang Feng can still use his defensive ability to limit the opponent's counterattack in one direction.

However, the opponents used the pass very wisely to avoid Yang Feng's defense and beat Liverpool's defense in other directions.

In order to deal with other teams’ counterattacks against Yang Feng’s ability, Liverpool had to sacrifice a little offensive strength for its own defensive security, and first build a line of defense in the midfield, so that the opponent’s ground advancement will not enter the ground. People blocking stage.

As a giant team, it is not only strong on the players' personal ability, but also on the tactical quality of the team.

This is especially true for Chelsea. No matter how many coaches they have changed, these Chelsea players have played together for many years and have formed a team model integrated into their bones.

In view of Liverpool's weaknesses, Chelsea will never sit idly by.

Even if Liverpool stayed behind Henderson in the middle, as the season progressed, midfielders with long-term improvement in the overall defensive situation defended.

However, in the counterattack of many of Chelsea's strong players, Henderson's defense can play a role, but it is impossible to guarantee that it can completely limit the opponent's performance.

Therefore, in the frontcourt, Liverpool's attack was not too smooth, but Chelsea's several counterattacks, relying on the ground to make progress.

It's just a pity for Chelsea that Torres and Drogba are familiar with Scotter and Yang Feng.

When the defensive player is familiar with the offensive player's routines, he can do his best defensively and avoid making some mistakes so that he can make the best choice when making a decision on the spot.

Thanks to the team’s defensive line Yang Feng and Scotter’s excellent on-the-spot performance, Chelsea’s two dangerous counterattacks in the first half, Torres and Drogba each had a chance to play, but they did not form enough in the end. Threat of hitting the door.

The half-time game was 0-0. In the second half of the first half, both teams were clearly strengthening the team's defense. They were afraid to make mistakes in the finals and concede the first goal.

In this stalemate situation, what is needed may be the interference of some unexpected factors, and this time, the goddess of luck is once again on Liverpool's side.

In the second half of the game, Liverpool launched attacks many times, hoping to turn the initiative in possession of the ball into a goal and win the final victory.

However, the attack after several complex tactical cooperation did not have much effect. Instead, he used a simple out-of-bounds cooperation to achieve unexpected gains.

After receiving Jose Enrique's hand toss the ball, Gerrard took a step horizontally, close to 30 meters from the goal, and completed a long shot.

The defensive player on Chelsea's defense was not prepared enough because it was Liverpool's fast boundary kick. Without keeping up with Gerrard, Gerrard completed a wonderful long shot.

Cech’s reaction was not unpleasant, but Gerrard’s shot was too tricky, even though Cech’s save was extremely stretched, but the goal was too big.

"GOAL!!!"

"Gerard! When the game was at a deadlock, he kicked the world wave and scored the first goal for Liverpool!"

"This is the Liverpool captain, an absolute big-time player, Gerrard!"

"This red and blue battle determines the final of the FA Cup championship this season. Will the balance of victory be completely biased towards Liverpool because of Gerrard's goal?"

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"Gerard!"

"Gerard!"

"Gerard!"

The Liverpool fans on the scene shouted uniformly, completely suppressing the voices of the Blues fans.

Although a goal will not completely lose the suspense in this final, but it is undeniable that Liverpool now absolutely occupy a greater initiative.

Because after taking the lead, the Liverpool team does not have to be too obsessed with offensive suppression, but can reduce the number of players in the offense and ensure the participation of necessary offensive players. Other personnel can contribute more on the defensive end. Make the team more balanced.

What I have to say is that with Gerrard’s long-range goal, when the heavy responsibility of offense is in the hands of Chelsea, Chelsea’s offensive tactics, although there is a certain tactical system and tactical rearrangement, but in In the game, it is not a simple matter to find an attack opportunity easily.

Unlike the excellent coordination on the defensive end, Chelsea’s offense is absolutely an extravagant desire for a fluent offense.

Not to mention that there is no outstanding passer, and there is no outstanding pure wing attacker.

Malouda is indeed an excellent wing player, but as he ages, it is still difficult for a Malouda to rely solely on his own energy to defeat Liverpool's sideline defense.

This also makes Chelsea's wing attack actually need to rely on two full-backs to advance.

Chelsea, who lacks excellent passers, ultimately can only rely on the wing to accumulate the number of offensive players to make a simple and practical offensive method such as passing.

In order to ensure the success rate of the pass, and the team's offense can create a threat and create a continuous offensive suppressing force, the extent of the participation of Chelsea's two full-backs in the attack has gradually increased.

Relying on the full-backs to participate in the offense has made Chelsea's cross-threat from the wing become stronger, but everything has a double-edged sword. For Liverpool, Chelsea's all-round attack means that Liverpool will further rely on counterattacks and continue to create An absolute opportunity to gain an advantage.

Veteran Drogba, I have to say that this game has contributed his greatest strength, Drogba is also very active.

However, under Yang Feng’s defense, Drogba was unable to show his strength at all. It is true that Yang Feng’s follow-up defense and the judgment of passing the ball were very good, and Drogba was completely locked. , Which also reduced the defensive pressure of other Liverpool players.

Drogba now wants to rely on physical confrontation, and it is not easy to gain the confrontation advantage with Yang Feng.

After all, the increase of Drogba's age will naturally lead to the decline of the competitive state, and on the other side, Yang Feng's hard training in confrontation ability has caused his physical fitness to increase daily.

After a long time in the direct confrontation between Drogba and Yang Feng, after all, the young Yang Feng had the advantage. Drogba did not have an easy chance to hit the goal. Although occasionally he could forcefully grab the spot, he could not form it. Hitting the goal is destined to fail to complete the most threatening attack.

The Liverpool players, while dedicating their defense, are also looking for opportunities, ready to rely on defensive counterattacks, and then give their opponents a "surprise".

By the 60 minutes of the game, the two sides had already entered a white-hot stage.

The two teams come and go, offensive and counterattack complement each other, and the number of shots is gradually increasing, but in the eyes of discerning people, Liverpool's performance is still better.

The source is Liverpool's lead ~www.NovelMTL.com~ The one-goal lead gives Liverpool more options, and players can dare to make moves and show their full strength.

"Chelsea's offensive position is still a big problem."

"Although sitting on two world-class shooters, Drogba and Torres, Chelsea's weak midfielder ability is still a chronic problem."

"The tactics of attacking the sideways in turns have not caused enough offensive threats after being figured out by the opponent."

"It was Ivanovic's cross from the wing again. It was a good spot, but Yang Feng was the first to get a header to clear it."

"Henderson near the big penalty area, after receiving Yang Feng's header to clear the siege, he directly advanced with the ball and launched a counterattack."

Since Chelsea's main offensive method is on the wing, the center is only for long shots and transfer of the ball, so Henderson's dribbling advancement, for a while, there is really no player near Chelsea to form an effective defense.

"Liverpool's counterattack opportunity, Henderson drove the ball far enough, only when the defensive players coming from Chelsea rushed to **** it, he chose a through ball and passed it forward."

Henderson's own dribbling forward reduced a certain passing distance so that at the last moment, Henderson could use a long through ball to send the most suitable through ball.

"Suarez, after receiving a long-range through ball from Henderson, he can move on without stopping, Suarez!"

"GOAL!!!"

"A wonderful counterattack! A wonderful shot! Suarez's volley near the penalty area caused Paul Ferreira, who defended him, to return without success, extending the lead to two goals for Liverpool!"

"Liverpool is closer to this year's FA Cup championship!"