Football’s First Defender

As a civilian team mainly built by local players in England, Wigan Athletic's most commendable feature may be their dedication to the game and their willpower!

Even if the score is behind, even if the game time has exceeded 80 minutes, their players are still on the court with vitality and are still fighting!

They did not directly hand in their guns and surrender in the face of the giants like many weak teams. They wanted to prove their strength at Stamford Bridge and prove that the strength of the team this season is not just based on luck!

Compared with their opponents who are full of hard work, it is Chelsea's players. After a week of double matches, the impact on physical fitness is beginning to show!

Ballack, Mikel, and Lampard have suffered from lack of energy one after another. The running distance and coverage area have obviously begun to decrease, but Hiddink, who only has one card in his hand, can only be replaced by Deco, who is obviously in the worst condition Ballack, expecting to rely on Deco to play, the control of the midfield can be improved!

However, the football world is cruel, and both sides will always stare at the opponent's most obvious shortcomings and attack!

Since Mikel is a full-time defensive midfielder, although his physical fitness is not enough, relying on his own defensive skills and judgment ability, he can still complete his defensive tasks excellently! But Lampard in front of him is different!

When Wigan Athletic's offensive players found that Lampard's interception ability and defensive strength began to decline obviously, they naturally increased their offensive investment and attack frequency on this side!

After the opponent made a successful breakthrough, seeing that there was no one to defend in front of him for the time being, the opposing player had a huge room to advance. In desperation, Lampard had no choice but to directly pull a foul from the back, destroying the opponent's attack this time!

I have a topaz card, which is naturally inevitable, and I also gave Wigan Athletic a free kick opportunity in an excellent position!

This free kick on the right, which is close to the penalty area line, cannot hit the goal directly, but it is an excellent position for passing the ball into the penalty area. Speed ​​and arc of the ball!

Wigan Athletic, which also regards set-pieces as the foundation of their team's livelihood, naturally has a lot of elders in the team. There is nothing to say about the English players. They are all tall and big, no matter what position they are. Certain heading ability!

Yang Feng is in charge of marking the opponent's midfielder Brandel. As for the opponent's two central defenders, one is defended directly by Terry, and the other is handed over to Drogba who needs to return to the penalty area according to the tactics when defending the set ball. !

Drogba's body is not covered, even if he is not as tall as the opponent's central defender Bass, but in terms of physical confrontation, Drogba does not suffer, and may even have some advantages!

However, behind the seemingly solid defense line, there are still certain hidden dangers!

That is the problem of Chelsea players' concentration in the final period of the game!

Two games a week, the impact on the players is definitely not only a physical problem, but also many players will feel mentally exhausted during the game!

In professional games, inattention is a big taboo for the team's defense!

Because as far as defense in professional games is concerned, every link needs to be seamlessly coordinated and truly man-to-man. If something happens at a certain point, it may cause problems in the entire defensive system!

Lampard's physical strength and concentration may really be consumed too much because of the Champions League!

In this set-piece defense, Lampard again missed his defender, the opposing midfielder Capo!

When a teammate sent a free kick, Capo used a cover from another teammate of his to leave Lampard directly behind him. Seeing that he couldn't keep up, Lampard simply stopped chasing him!

And the direction from which the free kick was taken happened to fly to the back point where Yang Feng was!

Although Yang Feng's own defender is the opponent's midfielder Brandel, Yang Feng has an absolute advantage in height, but in terms of strength, Brandel is obviously more dominant. The physical fitness of the black players is not good. too strong!

Its outstanding strength, against Yang Feng, turned Yang Feng's height advantage into invisible!

In fact, Yang Feng was very unwilling to do this kind of physical confrontation that was close to hand-to-hand combat, but because the referee's penalty scale in this game was too loose, the opponent was even more confident and bold enough to continue physical confrontation and pushing!

A free kick is taken, and since Yang Feng has judged that the ball is flying towards his own defense zone, no matter how unwilling he is, he will use all his strength to physically confront someone behind him. Yang Feng only needs to firmly occupy his position and ensure that he If you don't get pushed off, you can clear the ball!

It's just that Brandel behind him interfered with Yang Feng's take-off through some small pulling movements!

These small actions were regarded as normal physical confrontation actions by the referee in this game, and no penalty was given! This is the Premier League. Every referee has a different judgment standard. Everything needs to be figured out by the players on the spot. And sometimes, the referee will bring his own sunglasses to block the sun!

Although Yang Feng was not directly pulled down, his take-off height was greatly affected. Fortunately, no matter how much the opponent's lower back moves, it is still behind him. Yang Feng only needs to get stuck in the position, and the opponent cannot win this position. ball!

But a bad premonition suddenly struck! In the blink of an eye, when the free kick flew over, Yang Feng suddenly saw a figure flying from behind him from the corner of his eyes, but the clothes were not Chelsea blue!

"Grass!"

Before Yang Feng could react, the people behind him had already leaped high with their run-up!

Normally, if Yang Feng takes off, with Yang Feng's judgment on the landing point, coupled with his height, and his body control, it is definitely at the highest point, in the safest position, and he can clear the ball, even if there are others People come to interfere, most of them are useless!

But this time, Yang Feng's take-off was not sufficient, Kabo ran up a certain distance, and the take-off height completely crushed Yang Feng!

On the top of Yang Feng's head, Kapo scrambled to the landing point, and directly shook his head to attack the goal!

The movements are smooth and flowing, without delay! Although Cech on the goal line reacted very quickly, he immediately flew towards his right side, but the header was powerful and the angle was also widened. Before Cech's body stretched out, the ball was gone Got pushed into the net!

In the 83rd minute of the game, Wigan Athletic, who played away, relied on Capo's header to equalize the score tenaciously!

Yang Feng stood in the restricted area with his waist in his hands. He was also very helpless, so he could only smile wryly in return!

Are you at fault? Maybe, I have too much entanglement with Brandel behind me. After judging the landing point, all my attention is devoted to the entanglement card with Brandel, ignoring the card coming from the other side Bo, this is definitely Yang Feng's own problem!

However, the mistakes of my teammates may be even greater!

Yang Feng remembered that Capo's defensive task was given to Lampard. Although the free kick was given by Lampard's tactical foul, it avoided the bigger troubles that might have occurred at that time, and it was within a reasonable range. But this omission is definitely a huge mistake for Lampard! In the set kick, he missed his defender completely, which increased the defensive burden of others for no reason. Now Chelsea also Bitter fruit!

But there is no way, Yang Feng also understands that this time is not a pot-sharing meeting. And Lampard, who is a veteran player of Chelsea, is not something that young Yang Feng can directly criticize on the court!

After all, Yang Feng is just a rookie. It's not like in Zenit's late game, Yang Feng has already occupied the main position, or even the core of the defense, and when he is familiar with all the players, Yang Feng can remind him loudly. Other players' mistakes, or express your dissatisfaction with their defensive attitude!

Here, at Chelsea, Yang Feng himself has the number of ACs, so he can only do more and say less, at least until the main position is not stable, he can only silently bear the responsibility of conceding goals. It is impossible to throw the pot away of!

Some fans, watching the live broadcast, may think that Yang Feng is not particularly responsible for this goal, but those fans who watch the highlights or simply look at the poster of the goal must first notice the background board of Yang Feng! Creatures like sprayers can't be analyzed rationally, and Yang Feng is already ready to be a villain!

Lampard is also a little frustrated that his defender just scored with a header. Whether the media will accuse him of not knowing, but when the team replays the game after the game, he will definitely be reprimanded by the coach. However, the game is not over yet , Counting stoppage time and 10 minutes left, Lampard hopes that he can complete the redemption!

Although as the big brother, it is impossible to put down face and apologize to the newcomer Yang Feng, but he must do more for the team!

Lampard ignited his fighting spirit again! He hopes to make up for his mistakes!

Of course, Hiddink didn't want to let the victory in his hands slip away, that would be a boiled duck flying away! Joe Cole was used to replace Kalu, who ran the whole game, and directly let Joe Cole return to the position of the former winger to enhance the vitality of the wing and create opportunities for Drogba and Anelka!

The two full-backs also received hints from Hiddink at the same time that they should step forward to participate in the attack, put a certain amount of pressure on the opponent on the side, and play more balls on the side, so that Drogba can give full play to his ability to head the ball and grab points. Advantage!

The 92nd minute of the game!

When the game is almost over! Bosingwa made a 45-degree pass from the right, and was pushed out by the opponent's defender Bass first, but the ball was only pushed out of the penalty area. Lampard had been waiting for a long time outside the penalty area. A volley!

This kick was extremely powerful, but the ball was perfectly wrapped and did not fly. The Wigan goalkeeper was unable to make a save. Lampard used a long shot to kill Wigan Athletic!