Football’s First Defender

In the ninth round of the Premier League, Chelsea and Liverpool, who tied for the top with the same record of 6 wins and 2 draws, will face off at Stamford Bridge!

One is a nouveau riche who has transformed into a wealthy family after capital injection, and the other is a traditional wealthy family that has been down for many years. Although both teams have Manchester United as their life and death enemy, at this time, dead friends are not dead poor, and everyone wants to take advantage of it. When Manchester United performed weakly at the beginning of this season, they will strive to win the Premier League championship this season!

Chelsea, which sits at home, hopes to use the support of the home fans to monopolize the top spot with a victory!

Even though Drogba was still unable to play due to injuries, Scolari still formed a 442 formation, with Kalou and Anelka serving as double strikers to attack!

And on the bench, except for the substitute goalkeeper, Alex, and Belletti, who can play on the wing, the remaining four generals are all midfielders, and even the young striker Di Santo, who has just been transferred to the first team this season They all entered the bench, and Scolari's determination to win the game by attacking is evident!

Although Yang Feng didn't even enter the squad, the Chinese fans who have gradually regarded Chelsea as the home team are still watching by the TV, and together with many fans of the two teams in the world, they are witnessing the focus of this round of the Premier League match!

It's just a pity that the many offensive tactics formulated by Scolari before the game have not been fully launched, and Chelsea suffered bad news!

In a corner kick defense, Bosingwa unfortunately scored an own goal in the chaos and sent the ball into his own gate. Only 10 minutes into the game, Chelsea fell behind at home!

Benitez, who was originally satisfied with a point in the away game, after taking the lead by accident, of course set up the bus more rigorously! One point might turn into three points. Master Bei was very happy in his heart, and the smile hanging from the corner of his mouth made Scolari very uncomfortable!

Facts have proved that Benitez, the tactician, has been studying Chelsea's game videos recently. Since Liverpool took the lead in the 10th minute, they retreated to the half-court, gathered heavy troops in the middle, and set up layers of defense!

Chelsea's central offensive tactics were firmly blocked by a big wall in front, and the two strikers Anelka and Kalou were lost in the muscle jungle in Liverpool's penalty area!

And because there is only Malouda on the wing, Malouda has no achievements on the wing in this game under the portable marking of Liverpool's full-backs and the supplementary defense of other midfielders. The entire Chelsea's offensive system, Under Liverpool's tight iron barrel formation, it was completely split!

After countless offensive rounds, it was almost impossible to penetrate the ball into the dangerous area, and in the end they had no choice but to choose a long-range shot from outside the penalty area to end it!

However, the Chelsea generals in this game did not have good long-range shots. It may also be because Liverpool's frontcourt players used tireless running on the defensive end to put a lot of pressure on Chelsea's midfielders to hold the ball. Chelsea, who had 60% possession of the ball, completed a total of 17 shots in the end, but only 2 shots were on target. The conversion rate of shots on goal is terrible, and they can only lose 0 to 1 at home to Liverpool, which is the team's first loss of the season!

In fact, it is no wonder that Scolari prefers to use his fellow Belletti in the game. In any tough battle, Belletti will almost always be placed on the bench as a surprise soldier!

Because as a Brazilian, Belletti can not only contribute on the defensive end, but also allow Belletti to play as a full-back or even a full-back when the team needs it, and act as a wing attacker!

In this game against Liverpool, Scolari, who was eager to strengthen his ability to break through the wing, replaced Belletti in the 60th minute of the game and played a guest role as a winger! However, this change did not achieve the expected effect. After all, if the central defender goes to play wide, you can't ask him to instantly become a world-class wide player!

Yang Feng can only silently watch his teammates fight for 90 minutes at home like the majority of Chinese fans, firmly occupying the advantage on the field, but can only swallow the result of defeat!

On the second day, because the team lost in such an important game, the Chelsea team did not have the usual vacation after the match day, full training! The players dare not complain too much! Football is like this, the winner is the king and the loser is the king, the result is the most important, the loser has no right to ask for more!

However, Scolari himself obviously hasn't adjusted from the disappointed and angry state yesterday, watching the training situation with a gloomy face on the sidelines! Occasionally, because of the player's mistakes, he would roar and criticize severely!

Yang Feng heard the gossip from his teammates during the training interval. It is said that after the loss in this game, Scolari went to the management to have a big fight, and he has been complaining about the team's failure in the summer transfer window. Didn't bring back enough available players for myself, especially wide players!

Yang Feng, on the other hand, unfortunately became the object of Scolari's anger in the following period of time. After all, the Yang Feng bought back for 11 million pounds was not in Scolari's plan, but it cost the team precious money. The transfer fee led to the failure of Robinho's transfer!

Even though the management has repeatedly emphasized the importance of Yang Feng to the team's future, Scolari still insists on sending Yang Feng to the reserve team!

Yang Feng suffered such misfortune. He usually only came to the reserve team to play games. This time, he couldn't even participate systematically in the training of the first team!

In the next Chelsea game, even if there are double matches in a week, because the rotation of four central defenders is enough, Yang Feng has not been recalled to the first team. After Chelsea lost to Liverpool, they quickly adjusted the team's state. They defeated Hull City, the dark polo team in the third place in the league, 3-0 away, and Sunderland, the black cats, 5-0 at home!

In the victory over Hull City, the "magic lamp" Lampard opened the home team's iron barrel formation with a long shot in just three minutes, giving Chelsea the lead! In the second half, Anelka's goal in the counterattack and Malouda's shot from the inside cut in from the wing successfully sealed the victory for Chelsea 3-0, firmly following Liverpool at the top of the list!

In the subsequent game against Sunderland, Anelka performed a hat-trick in the game, continued his excellent competitive state, and put Drogba, who had returned from injury, firmly on the bench ! The other two goals were Alex's opener header for Chelsea on 30 minutes, and Lampard's icing on the cake before the end of the game with a long-range shot!

For Scolari, there are two outstanding and hot forwards and many powerful midfielders. Even if Essien is injured in the midfielder, Mikel will sweep the midfield, and the defense is even worse. Solid as gold, goalkeeper Petr Cech is even more stable! Now, the most missing thing in the lineup puzzle may be a few wide players to enrich the offensive tactics!

Although the director of youth training and the coach of the reserve team recommended a few native English wide players, Scolari still appreciates the combination of speed and technique more than the rough English players who only have speed and body. Quick horse on the sidewalk! Stick to the winter transfer window, buy wide players, and then fight for honor in the league and the Champions League double-line battlefield!