Football’s First Defender

In the UEFA Champions League game in the middle of the week, Liverpool wasted a good situation and did not become the first in the group, but entered the next stage of the knockout stage with a thrilling second in the group.

But for Rogers, the team did not start an offensive posture with Naples in the game, but used the pass tactics to successfully defend the "two-goal lead" and complete the Champions League promotion goal is enough, the most important thing is It is to retain enough physical energy to deal with opponents in the weekend league.

It’s just a pity that Sturridge, on the second day of recovery training after returning from Italy, Sturridge suffered some minor injuries to his hip and needed a period of rest. This is another one for Liverpool’s offensive striker. A huge blow.

And Liverpool’s opponent in the weekend league is Tottenham, one of the six giants, and the game is still played at Tottenham’s home court at the horrifying White Hart Lane stadium.

The continuous injury of the team will be a huge test for Rogers' tactical adjustments and player selection.

Among Liverpool's usual starting lineups at the beginning of the season, Gerrard, Sturridge and Jose Enrique could not play in this game.

And Glen Johnson, who could come back in this game, was arranged to play the left wing under Rogers' consideration, and the right wing was still handed over to Flanagan.

For Rogers, after all, Glen Johnson has a lot of experience in playing the left wing, and even if there is some inversion on the left, it does not affect Glen Johnson's offensive strength.

Unlike Flanagan, who can only defend on the left, the offensive effect is not obvious.

In the face of a strong enemy like Tottenham, Rogers does not want the team to walk with a limping leg. He must at least ensure that both sides of the team can create a certain offensive threat to the opponent.

Scotter's injury has recovered these days, and he is still starting this game with Yang Feng.

In the midfield selection, Gerrard could not play, Rogers could only let Henderson fill the position of Gerrard, and let Joe Allen play the role of the team's attacking midfielder.

Center Suarez remains unchanged, Sturridge's position is handed over to Coutinho instead, and the offensive player on the right is on the more impactful Sterling.

Tottenham’s performance in the league this season is absolutely outstanding.

After the sale of Bell, although the team introduced quite a few talented players and performed well in the first few games of the season, they encountered many problems afterwards.

Perhaps due to the drag of the Europa League, Tottenham’s league record is fluctuating.

It is possible to achieve two consecutive victories, three consecutive victories, or four consecutive victories.

The current 27 points for Tottenham are only seventh in the Premier League, even less than Everton and Newcastle.

Especially Tottenham’s home record, 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. For a giant team, a home win rate of less than 50% is absolutely unreasonable.

Before the match against Liverpool in this scene, Tottenham had just recovered their status and ended four rounds without winning. They won two consecutive league victories, and Liverpool also won three consecutive league victories. It can be said that the two teams have recently been in the league. , All have recovered.

Nowadays head-to-head confrontation, it is necessary to look at the two teams, which team recovers better.

As soon as the game started, Tottenham, who played at home, unexpectedly failed to grasp the initiative.

In the Premier League, in addition to strong and weak games, generally speaking, the home team can have an opening advantage.

However, today, Liverpool, who played away in the away game, learned the strategy of the Champions League opponent, Dortmund, on the basis that the players on the field were young enough. From the beginning of the game, they started directly in the center and front court.

Spurs this season, the degree of tacit understanding of the team has always been a big problem. Under the pressure of Liverpool players, this lack of tacit understanding is thoroughly revealed.

Under the pressure of Liverpool players, Tottenham players made frequent mistakes, and Liverpool's possession rate quickly increased to more than 70%.

This is 70% of the ball possession rate that was hardly grabbed by Liverpool, not the ball possession rate that Spurs actively gave in based on tactics. This shows how embarrassed Spurs are at home.

On the basis of getting a lot of possession of the ball, Liverpool also began to form a continuous attack on Tottenham.

Although Sturridge is missing, Coutinho and Sterling are left and right, one relying on technology and the other relying on the speed of the breakthrough mode, but it also made Tottenham’s wing defense, from the very beginning into a hard fight. .

Liverpool's offense, in this game, is to break through the points with the wing, forcibly tearing the Tottenham defense line.

Behind the two strikers, Glen Johnson and Flanagan also gave full support, allowing them to fully demonstrate their breakthrough ability.

Even if you encounter a double team, you only need to pass back the first time, and teammates can also create a passing threat.

With the wing as the main attack point, Suarez in the middle and Liverpool's midfielder are all interspersed into the penalty area, looking for an excellent position to receive the pass from the wing.

In the opening phase of Liverpool, the shot opportunities created were quite threatening, making Tottenham's defense exhausted.

And the constant offensive also blossomed early.

In the 17th minute of the game, Sterling's threat of possession on the right made Tottenham have to send Paulinho to help defend.

Facing the double-team of the two ~www.NovelMTL.com~ Sterling retreated with the ball, and the opponent confronted physically. Before falling to the ground, Sterling hooked the ball and passed the ball to the center.

Withdrawing to the midfield position, Suarez, who met Sterling, received the pass from Sterling.

After stopping the ball, he directly sent a through ball and found Henderson who inserted into the ribs of Tottenham and reached the penalty area.

Tottenham defender Janssen reacted very quickly and fell to the ground and stretched his leg to intercept the pass.

However, when Suarez passed the ball from such close range, Janssen could only touch the ball on the ground, but he could not completely control the ball.

Henderson, who was in front of him, saw that the ball was not leaking, and immediately turned around to grab the ball next to Janssen.

Although Yang Sen got up fast enough, Henderson still controlled the ball first.

Yang Sen directly confronted him physically, preventing Henderson's further movement, and waiting for the defense of other teammates to be in place.

Henderson, with his back to Janssen, directly swiped the ball to a position of about 2 meters.

Suarez, who had passed the ball to Henderson before, also inserted into the penalty area after passing the ball.

After receiving Henderson's dial, he immediately led forward under acceleration and entered the penalty area.

Walker, who made up the defense, made a slip, trying to block Suarez’s goal, but Suarez stopped in the penalty area, smashed the ball, directly avoided Walker’s slip, and then immediately. A kick shot hit the goal.

Because everything happened so fast that Suarez’s body could not be fully stretched, so the kick was not fast, but the angle was extremely difficult, and he hit the lower left corner of the goal. Lori made a save, but But I really can't touch this shot that hits the dead corner.

1-0, Liverpool took the lead away.