Football’s First Defender

After Ivanovic jumped to complete the header, his eyes were fixed on the trajectory of the football flight!

Ivanovic, who jumped from the back, did not use the lion to shake his head to pursue the angle of the ball. Instead, he jumped up and used his neck hard to push the ball down!

Because the opponent's goalkeeper Reina's reaction speed is extremely fast, and he is tall and long, and the header from the non-dead corner, if it is too high, it will be easier for Reina to take off and get it. Ivanovic simply pushed the ball down. It's not easy for Reina to lower his center of gravity and block the ball!

Facts have proved that Ivanovic’s choice is correct. Reina’s state in this game is actually very good. Seeing the ball was pushed back to the goal by Yang Feng from the front position, he stood at the near post to prevent Yang Feng from directly hitting the goal. Reina at the door immediately moved horizontally to the middle!

When Ivanovic headed the ball, Reina did not actually lose his defensive position!

However, under such a close-range header, Reina's own technical characteristics are biased towards traditional goalkeepers, and all his kung fu is in his hands. He will not make full use of his legs and feet like De Gea in Spain in the future. , Waiting for all body parts to block the ball, Reina was obviously affected by his own high center of gravity when he fell to the ground, and this ball was not blocked!

The football flew into the goal about 10 centimeters below Reina's palm!

"GOAL!"

"Chelsea! Another header in the second half!"

"The creator of this goal is still Ivanovic, the hero who scored in the first half. In this game, he was a god and scored twice!"

"This man Hiddink! It's amazing!"

"It's hard to imagine that Ivanovic, who played very few games throughout the season and never scored a goal, was actually pushed by Hiddink to the main attacking point of the set-piece tactics in this game, and it was really It's done!"

"Two goals! In the quarter-finals of the Champions League, he scored two goals in a sports game, and he is still a backup defender who hasn't played for a long time!"

"Ivanovic, with his outstanding performance in this game, he repaid the trust of the Dutchman who dared to use him on the head coach's bench!"

"Of course, for this goal, Ivanovic also wants to thank his teammate Yang Feng who headed the ball in the middle for him. Chance for Ivanovic to perform!"

After confirming the goal, Ivanovic ran to Yang Feng, who assisted himself with a header, but after finishing the header, fell directly to the ground because of his cat waist and too fast sprint speed!

The two poor players who were marginal players at Chelsea in the first half of the season and hardly got a chance to play, each showed their best performance in this game!

Chelsea's players celebrated the joy of scoring in front of Liverpool's goal, the joy and excitement after the score was overtaken!

But the players on the Liverpool field, the fans at Anfield, and Benitez on the sidelines were all bitter at this time!

In the second half of the game, Benitez did not plan to attack at the beginning. After all, it was his home court. Benitez believed that as the game progressed, due to the impact of physical fitness at the end of the game, there were home fans cheering for his team. With the support of the sound, the final stage of the game is the golden opportunity for Liverpool to start and strive to win the game!

However, as expected, the situation that the two sides would be evenly matched for most of the second half did not happen. Maybe Benitez himself underestimated Chelsea's determination to attack away, and the execution of Chelsea players' tactics force!

At the opening stage of the second half, when Chelsea launched an offensive, Benitez's first thought was to wait and see. If Chelsea continued to stick to the offensive tactics and stick to the set of infinite crosses, then

I have to make targeted deployments, first defend with peace of mind for a period of time, strive for the second landing point of the high ball, and then immediately counterattack!

It's just that the wait-and-see time didn't last long, and Liverpool's own defense was once again pierced by the opponent's full-back, and it was the header from the substitute full-back Ivanovic!

Benitez is very tired, it's just a header, is it so difficult to defend? Why does one's own player either go up or miss when he is heading the ball on the offensive end? The opponent's headers are so wonderful that the goalkeeper Reina is powerless!

Moreover, their own defensive players gathered in the center when facing Chelsea's corner kick, just let it go, don't you know how to intervene in it? Don't know how to hold the area firmly?

It was just ignorantly following the Chelsea players, and Yang Feng ran to the front and even further forward. Basically, there was no dangerous angle for the goal. I don't know why Lucas, who is in charge of defending the area instead of man-marking, abandons the middle position and rushes forward. Is it to show his enthusiasm?

Of course, all the distress can only be borne by oneself. Even if you want to scold your mother, it will be after the game, when you return to the locker room, or when the game is resuming. Now, on the field, the game is far from over. Benitez You have to rely on the existing players to earn your face back!

This is Anfield, this is the first round of the Champions League knockout round, Benitez can't afford to lose, and he doesn't want to lose!

Back in the game, the Chelsea players after overtaking the score, as well as their own coach Guus Hiddink, knew that since they took advantage of the opponent in the away game, they must be prepared to meet the wrath of the local owner and be careful of being beaten!

With a 2 to 1 lead, for Chelsea, it has already exceeded the game goal set before the game. The rest is whether they can hold on to the victory of the game and return to Stamford Bridge with the advantage!

However, unlike the conservative ideas of the players and some assistant coaches, Hiddink has no intention of just defending a victory like this!

At this stage, a little conservative, to meet the anger of Liverpool, it is necessary to defend well! But he still has to continue to ensure the threat of offense and the pressure on Liverpool, instead of simply being passively beaten!

When the assistant coach of the former Chelsea team asked whether Mikel and Bosingwa needed to warm up to replace players on the field and strengthen the team's defense, Hiddink just shook his head!

In the end, I just chose to simply let these two people warm up with other substitute players to ensure their body heat, but did not make it clear that they would replace them!

Hiddink also has to wait and see carefully whether the players on the team can hold on to the defense and prevent Liverpool's crazy counterattack at home. If so, Hiddink hopes that he can use his own offensive ability on the field , It would be best to stab Liverpool again!

After Liverpool fell behind, they put Bao on their own offensive ability!

As a traditional giant of the Premier League, although Liverpool's league results have fluctuated this season, it is also a Premier League team that can be as tough as Manchester United. Liverpool's offensive methods are naturally very rich!

At the critical moment, Liverpool also showed all their offensive methods, aiming at Chelsea's defensive weakness, it was a fierce attack!

"Riera is more active on the field! The opponent's right back Ivanovic has played his biggest role in this game. In the set-piece tactics, he scored two goals. Now the pressure is on Riera!"

"He will continue to tear apart the defensive weakness brought by Ivanovic's playing. Chelsea's slightly tighter defense in the middle will ensure the smooth progress of Liverpool's offense!"

"Riera has the ball and is ready to break!"

"After the score fell behind, Liverpool's left back Aurelio also got a hint from Benitez and stepped forward to attack Riera to hold Chelsea's other wide players, so that Riera had a chance 1v1 with Ivanovic on the wing!"

"Riera! I want to rape Ivanovic directly and rudely!"

"However! It seems that I am thinking too much!"

Although Ivanovic's tall height prevents him from turning around and chasing as fast as other full-backs, Ivanovic's speed and frontal defense ability are actually not as bad as ordinary people think!

Riera's simple forced breakthrough must be asking for trouble, not to mention, Ivanovic in this game has already played with confidence, and is no longer the timid rookie player before!

"Ivanovic took a step forward, engaged in a physical confrontation, and broke the ball directly when Riera was unstable!"

"Riera was waving to complain to the referee, but the referee didn't say anything. This is a normal physical contact!"

"Chelsea's counterattack opportunity, Ivanovic passed the ball directly to Lampard who had already run near the center circle!"

"Lampard took a few steps with the ball!"

"Seeing that Malouda on the left has advanced quickly, he has an advantage in the competition with Arbeloa on the left!"

"Lampard made a long pass directly over the top and passed the ball deep to the left!"

"This pass is given a lot in advance, allowing Malouda to chase the football directly without slowing down!"

"Malouda's strong body didn't give Arbeloa a chance to go all out during the running process, and he didn't make any mistakes in stopping and unloading the ball!"

"Leading the ball with consecutive unloading, Malouda directly inserted into the penalty area diagonally!"

"Abeloa has no choice but to shovel directly behind the side, hoping to stop Malouda, even if it means paying the price of a foul!"

"But Malouda was very vigilant. Seeing Aveiroa's movement, he took off with a big stride, avoided the flying shovel, and continued to enter the penalty area diagonally!"

"But if you can pass one, you can't pass the second!"

"Skrtel has defended and blocked Malouda's way forward!"

However, for Malouda, the goal has been achieved. He dragged two on the wing, and even mobilized Liverpool's defensive strength in the penalty area. The rest only needs to look at his teammates!

"Malouda, without greed, pass the ball directly to the middle of the penalty area!"

"Drogba has arrived!"

"Shoot directly!"

"This ball!"

"Plenty of power!"

"But! Too much force!"

"Slightly higher than the crossbar, Drogba missed an excellent opportunity to open the lead for the team!"