Football’s First Defender

This time Yang Feng appeared in time. He successfully passed this extremely threatening cross on Carrasco’s passing route, successfully completed the block, and kicked the ball out of the baseline, only to the Atletico Madrid team. It's just a corner kick.

Carrasco has a bit of chagrin. After breaking through this time, he created a passing opportunity forcibly. As long as the teammate in front of the goal can touch the ball and change the line, there is a chance of scoring. Resolved, some are unwilling.

However, there is still another corner kick. Atletico Madrid's offensive players immediately re-adjusted their offensive mentality to play their own style in this corner kick.

For the Atletico Madrid team, after the first leg with Liverpool, in recent weeks, they have focused on practicing different corner kick offensive tactics.

In the past training of Atletico corner kicks, Godin’s threat of contention must have been focused on.

However, in the direct match-up with Yang Feng in the first round, Godin, who was completely at a disadvantage, could no longer afford the team's heavy task in the penalty area.

In the tactical corner kick attempt, the same is not too threatening circumstances, Atletico Madrid can only start to seek other players, in the corner kick in the penalty area, create a threat.

Simeone aimed at the changes in the team's corner kick tactics and made a series of small attacks to maximize the characteristics of offensive players.

First of all, let Godin play his role. Let Godin continue to stay in the small penalty area in front of the corner kick. The defensive pressure brought to Liverpool will restrain Yang Feng's defensive position and force Yang Feng. With Godin, the formation of positional binding in set-kick tactics is more like a "duezier" tactic.

Other offensive players of Atletico Madrid, especially players like Griezmann, are no longer waiting for the ball on the spot, but before the corner kick is taken, they must constantly move and use constant interleaving to try to run , To gain space for the real tactical main attack point this time, to make a cover during the offense, so that when the corner kick is played, the attack that the tactical "protagonist" inserts can be directly created at the front or back points Threat of goal.

In the corner kick this time, Cork completed a run-up, drew vigorously at the bottom of the football, completed a very strong arc, a powerful corner pass, and the ball went directly to the back point in the Liverpool penalty area and flew quickly. .

Yang Feng judged the drop point and felt the threat of the ball.

Although Yang Feng himself was in the middle of the small penalty area at this time, it was not too far from the location of the impact point, but under Godin's block, Yang Feng had no choice but to reach this point and could only shout to his teammates. Protect the rear point.

Regardless of the noisy sound of the scene, whether the Liverpool players can hear Yang Feng's shouts.

Cork's passing speed this time, Yang Feng's reminder about the impact point, may not have fully said it, but the ball has already landed in the impact area.

Atletico Madrid hides in many players, constantly running, and it is Saul who intervenes in this position.

Saul rushed up to speed at the back point, and directly chose to dive to the top, wanting to hit the close corner directly to complete the attack.

This time, the header goal was achieved fairly well in terms of strength.

It's just that Saul's top door is still a little bit worse in terms of direction control.

This ball almost flew out of the bottom line against the goal post. Atletico Madrid's header shot again, and the goal may be a small difference.

However, if you didn't make it, you didn't make it. Liverpool still maintained a 0-0 score with Atletico Madrid.

Afterwards, for Carrasco, who was extremely active at the beginning of the second half, Yang Feng played his role as captain on the field, and conducted certain "micro exercises" on the positioning and defensive selection of the teammates on the field. , The purpose is to make Carrasco more uncomfortable, instead of constantly creating opportunities in the game as before.

This time Carrasco continued to receive the ball on the left. Although he was still the only defender in front of Klein, he did not have the opportunity to break through like the last time.

Liverpool's shrinking defense is very beautiful, and the player's position has been adjusted in detail to form a small defensive system for Carrasco after receiving the ball on the left.

At this time, for Klein, when facing Carrasco's breakthrough, the main defensive task is to comprehensively limit Carrasco's breakthrough to the bottom line.

As for Carrasco's transverse direction, there will be other teammates coming over to make up the defense. When Carrasco is making moves, the defense will be activated to prevent Carrasco from passing the ball in advance.

Carrasco really wanted to repeat the old tricks, forcibly breaking through Klein's defense, to continue to make threats from the bottom line to the penalty area.

But after having a defensive bottom line, Klein was completely ruthless on the defensive end and did not leave his opponent too many offensive options at all.

After encountering Klein’s “barbaric” defense, Carrasco didn’t get a good break from the wing. Instead, he could only choose to smash back, try to get on the line to get the pass, or inside Cut the opportunity to hit the door.

It's just that, counting Klein, a total of four Liverpool players have formed a semicircular defensive formation around the penalty area.

Carrasco wanted to cut inside the penalty area, but the line was completely blocked.

And continue to mention the high position, want to cut along the big penalty zone line, and try to have a long shot to hit the goal.

However, it was also the Liverpool player who kept a one-meter range and concentrated on interfering with long-range shots, without the angle of the goal, and could not complete the shot.

In desperation, Carrasco, who had no chance at all, could only transfer the ball laterally to the right.

Saul on the right side barely finished a long shot, but only hit the goal. The ball flew directly into Mignolet's arms without much threat.

After blocking Carrasco, a strong point that broke out in the second half, Liverpool later regained the defensive style of the past on the defensive end.

Atletico Madrid is also looking for another possibility on the offensive end.

It's just a pity that in the subsequent games, the two teams were more in the midfield, rushing for the ball. The ball hit the opponent's half, and more of it was played by way of relief, which also gave up the field. Simeone at the edge was a little worried.

For this "brotherman", after several threatening attacks before the second half, he still wanted the team to score goals and end the game within 90 minutes.

The two teams insisted on the situation, just maintained for a few minutes, Atletico Madrid made the first substitution adjustment of the game.

Veteran Torres came off the bench.

In this season, Torres is more of a substitute offensive player.

And he replaced Augusto, who was in charge of the midfield defense of Atletico Madrid.

After Augusto leaves the field, it may be that Gabi and Cork should be placed further back, and the front field will be completely handed over to the front four to complete the attack.

The attacking player, replacing the defensive player, Simeone's subsequent tactical plan is already clear, that is, to continue to attack.

For Liverpool, Klopp watched Simeone make changes on the court from the sidelines, but did not immediately make changes.

Klopp is very satisfied with the team's lineup on the field, and believes that the team's defense will not be any greater threat after being replaced by a Torres.

However, after Atletico Madrid replaced Torres, their offensive impact was still superficial. Although they achieved a certain degree of offensive suppression, they were unable to cause substantial damage to Liverpool's defense.

On the other hand, for Liverpool, it is closely watching Atletico Madrid's final defense, looking forward to finding opportunities to complete a counterattack to combat Atletico's defense.

With Yang Feng's command, the loopholes in Liverpool's defense line are actually very small. They only need to be able to gain a certain offensive voice in the game.

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

Atletico Madrid made another offense. At the last pass, Yang Feng's excellent defense judged him and intercepted the dangerous pass that went straight into the penalty area.

And Yang Feng, after stealing the ball, made a direct pass with a big foot and found the open space in the front half of Atletico Madrid.

Liverpool’s defensive players in the center and front field all attacked with all their strength to fight back this time.

In the end, this counterattack really made Liverpool a very good offensive threat.

Firmino took the lead in controlling the drop point of the ball and proceeded directly from the center.

Atletico Madrid's left-behind players did not spread out to defend to prevent each from being broken, but all retreated to the penalty area and defended, waiting for the teammates in the front field to return.

Firmino received little defensive pressure before, but afterwards, before the big penalty area, he suffered strict guards from Atletico players.

Firmino is not greedy for attack. In fact, he has the opportunity to complete a direct long shot while he is dribbling forward.

It's just that he didn't play like this. Although there is a certain amount of space to play, Firmino still chooses the best offensive method for the team.

While on the move, Firmino directly divided the ball to the left, and the through ball on the left allowed Coutinho to finally get the pass from his teammate in this quick advance.

Stop the ball, volley!

Before Atletico Madrid's defensive player came to defend, on the left side of the penalty area, Coutinho had already completed a kick.

"Boom!"

Coutinho's shot finally crossed Oblak's ten fingers this time, but this time he hit the goal post and did not score.

The ball bounced back, and the following Firmino wanted to make another kick, but as soon as he hit the ball, he was grabbed by Godin instead and directly completed the kick.

Firmino lost to the foot, and the ball was directly surrounded by Godin.

Liverpool's counterattack was quite effective.

For Liverpool, who played away games, although a lot of effort was put on the defensive end, the team didn't really want to defend the next draw on the away game.

Klopp still knows the truth that he will lose for a long time.

And even if he defends, if he can't score a goal, it will actually be a 0-0, and he needs to play overtime and even a penalty shoot-out.

And for Klopp, an ambiguous defense will not bring the results he wants.

Even if you want to do a good job in the team's defense, you still need a threat enough offense to put pressure on Atletico's defense and prevent them from attacking easily.

Use your own offense or counterattack to contain Atletico's offensive firepower, help the team's defense, and reduce the opponent's offensive energy.

Therefore, when doing its own defense, Liverpool's counterattack must also have a certain effect to play a role in atletico Madrid.

Of course, if Liverpool can really score an away goal first in the game, then Klopp will have the confidence to guard the next promotion spot.

For Liverpool's defensive counterattack, it has been launched several times, but they are all in the face of Atletico Madrid's remaining defense, unable to penetrate Atletico's defense and unable to achieve the desired offensive results.

In the 35th minute of the game, Atletico's further investment in the offensive end gave Liverpool a chance to counterattack.

Atletico Madrid, which has been unable to achieve results on the offensive end, has also begun to invest as much offensive force as possible on the offensive end.

The two full-backs began to send one person in every attack to strengthen the team's offensive in the front court.

Atletico Madrid's investment on the offensive end is to give Liverpool a greater play in the counterattack.

This time, Juan Fran played as a right-back forward to help Atletico Madrid on the right side to provide offensive strength~www.NovelMTL.com~ But Atletico Madrid’s offense, even with Juan Fran’s cheer on the side, was added. It is still difficult to penetrate Liverpool's defense.

Passing the ball continuously, trying to penetrate Liverpool's defense line failed. Under the pressure of Liverpool's defensive players, the football was finally passed to Juan Fran's feet.

Before the Liverpool defender came up, Juan Fran could only send a 45-degree cross on the right.

A cross hit Liverpool's penalty area, hoping that Atletico Madrid players in the penalty area can compete successfully.

But Yang Feng's defensive selection is very good.

Even if Griezmann had judged the point of Juan Fran's pass, but in the confrontation with Yang Feng, Griezmann was at an absolute disadvantage.

Yang Feng didn't just win the game for the top, and completed the clearance, he could even control the landing of the header and give it to Henderson accurately, so that he could organize Liverpool's counterattack in the next step.

Henderson, after receiving Yang Feng's header to clear the siege, immediately finished unloading the ball, observing the situation on the field, and preparing to send the pass.

The reason why Yang Feng chose to pass the header to Henderson is because there are no other Atletico players around Henderson, allowing him time to fully observe and make adjustments.

And Henderson’s hard training for long passes in the past few seasons, Yang Feng also knows. When he could not complete the long pass, he chose to hand the ball to Henderson, which is more conducive to the backcourt pass this time. Threats from the ground.

As far as Henderson can see, he has seen Coutinho speeding forward.

Out of trust in Yang Feng, the moment he saw Juan Fran complete the cross on the wing, Coutinho had already changed from a defensive state to a counterattack state.