Football’s First Defender

Manchester United's offense showed its aggressiveness from the very beginning of the game!

Ronaldo used his excellent free kick footwork to show that his game state is absolutely at its best!

And the direct confrontation between Park Ji-sung and Yang Feng in the penalty area also made this Asian derby a gimmick. The first Asian players competed in the same frame at the beginning of the game!

Yang Feng, he may not be very interested in the Asian derby hyped up by the media in his heart. He just does what he should do, regardless of who the opponent in front of him is!

With his excellent defensive awareness, Yang Feng took the lead in stepping out his long legs when Park Ji-sung fell to the ground and wanted to shovel and make up the goal. Before Park Ji-sung hit the goal, Yang Feng directly helped the team complete the clearance without giving Park Ji-sung the goal. Opportunity for close range shots!

After this thrill in the penalty area, the Chelsea players were also completely frightened into the state of the game by Manchester United's threatening ball at the beginning. They also thoroughly figured it out. In this game, there is no room for their negligence. They must always ensure their attention on the defensive end!

Even if the game has just begun!

"Corner for Manchester United!"

Chelsea's road to Champions League promotion is not as smooth as Manchester United. In the process of going to the finals, the strong opponents I encountered, including Liverpool and the previous Barcelona, ​​all have super offensive firepower and the team is in excellent condition. It's just that these two strong teams have a fatal weakness when facing Chelsea, and that is their defensive ability when competing for the top of the set ball!

The first is that the main players on the front line of the two teams are not tall enough, and the second is that the central defender is not the kind of powerful central defender who is particularly good at heading! Therefore, Chelsea is very strong in the competition for high-altitude balls and the threat of set-pieces, effectively improving Chelsea's scoring rate! It can also allow Chelsea to use limited opportunities to create extremely threatening offensive opportunities even if they focus on the defensive end!

But this Manchester United high-altitude bombing force is completely different from the previous opponents!

In Manchester United's lineup, the individual air defense capabilities are extremely strong. The central defenders Ferdinand and Vidic are all ruthless defenders who can effectively limit Drogba alone! And Ronaldo's powerful ability to stay in the air and the ability to compete for headers is a strong guarantee for Manchester United's high-altitude ball competition! The powerful and terrifying Ronaldo, together with Rooney and Evra, is not too tall, but relying on his physical strength, he can be considered a good player for heading the ball.

Manchester United's overall header ability may not be able to defeat a high-altitude team like Chelsea, which is extremely good at headers, but the disadvantages are definitely not as obvious as Barcelona and Liverpool!

Even Manchester United themselves, on the offensive end, can use certain tactical arrangements to properly use set-pieces, compete for header opportunities, and try to hit Chelsea's high-altitude defense. It might not be impossible to achieve miraculous results!

"Giggs! Stand in the corner!"

"In the penalty area, the players of Manchester United put up a long snake formation, ready to fight for the top!"

"The corner kick is sent!"

"C Ronaldo! A lunge from the back! Jump high! Prepare to head the goal!"

"Yang Feng! Right in front of Ronaldo! Stuck in the position! Although Ronaldo has jumped high, Yang Feng who took off at the same time interfered with Ronaldo's forward route. The two almost met head to head. Hit the football!"

"The ball deviated from the direction of the goal, the referee signaled, continue to Manchester United's corner kick!"

In this game, Yang Feng is the central defender who was entrusted with the important task by Hiddink to mainly defend Ronaldo!

Especially in set-piece defense, because Ferdinand and old central defenders like Vidic are the best central defender combination in the Premier League. Both of them are tall and strong full-backs with proper flexibility. Compared with Yang Feng, although he is not bad in most aspects, but in terms of physical confrontation ability, these two people can cause huge damage to Yang Feng. bothered! Therefore, Hiddink's defensive task against Manchester United's two central defenders in the free kick is still handed over to Drogba and Terry!

In contrast, Ronaldo, who relies on running positions and is not too tall compared to the two defenders, has become the most suitable object for Yang Feng to defend!

Although Ronaldo's flexibility, explosive power, and ability to control his body in the air are inhuman-level horror, Yang Feng, who has excellent predictive ability and excellent judgment in all situations, is also the most suitable to defend against Ronaldo. Even if Yang Feng's game experience is inexperienced, he is actually a rookie in the five major leagues!

Hiddink chooses to trust Yang Feng, and chooses to believe that Yang Feng can show his best strength in the game to ensure his defensive strength against Ronaldo!

Not to mention that it can completely limit Ronaldo's offense, but it will also form a huge defensive interference to Ronaldo, making it impossible for Ronaldo to play that incomprehensible state!

In fact, at the tactical preparation meeting before the start of the final, there was also a debate within the Chelsea coaching staff about the position of the starting central defender for the Champions League final. Yang Feng's strength is indeed outstanding, and his contribution to Chelsea's defensive end is obvious to all. However, some old-school coaches still expressed concerns about his game experience and on-the-spot mentality!

In terms of experience in the competition, he has returned from injury, and Carvalho, who has performed better and better in recent league games, can definitely beat Yang Feng! His excellent competition experience can ensure that his strength will never be affected by his mental state, and his physical confrontation ability can also be used against the ball when facing Manchester United, a Premier League team that also has a traditional British style of play. Team's defense, make a favorable supplement!

However, Hiddink and more than half of the coaches chose to continue to believe in Yang Feng!

Although Yang Feng is very young, his general demeanor on the court, his steady performance, and his playing style without making too many mistakes made Hiddink trust that Yang Feng can show his strength in the game, even if it is the whole game. The UEFA Champions League final that the world is watching!

Just to be on the safe side, Hiddink also asked fellow Dutchman Advocaat to find out that even in Yang Feng's first professional season, Yang Feng had no major problems with regard to psychological problems, even though it was also his first time standing On the final stage of the European Cup, under the noise interference of tens of thousands of fans, Yang Feng's performance was still so calm and calm!

Naturally, Hiddink would not believe that such an experienced Yang Feng would perform poorly in the Champions League final this time!

And compared to using the side of Chelsea's meritorious veteran Carvalho, Hiddink also knows that when Carvalho faced Manchester United in the past few seasons, he actually didn't take advantage of the matchup.

Hiddink really wants to see if Yang Feng, a central defender who has never confronted Manchester United before, can pose a greater threat to Manchester United! Better limit Manchester United's offense!

"As soon as the game started, Manchester United won two corner kicks in a row!"

"It's still Giggs who takes the corner!"

"This time, I chose to post the location in front of the restricted area!"

"Rooney! Didn't win this time!"

"Barack pushed the ball straight out of the box!"

"Chelsea's chance to fight back!"

The rich tactical changes of the two teams, as well as the strong personal strength of the players, make it possible to use different tactics for every corner kick and set kick in a game, and there may be surplus at the end of the game!

Rooney wanted to head in front of the goal, but fortunately it was Ballack who was very alert. Before the corner kick was taken, Rooney used the blocking of his teammates in the middle position to successfully get rid of Bosingwa's defense. When he ran to the front point, Giggs' pass was also passed in time!

Fortunately, Ballack, who is in charge of defending the front area, has always maintained his vigilance. When he saw Rooney moving to this side and no one was defending in front of him, Ballack directly and decisively chose to defend and block Rooney's advancing position. !

After the corner kick was passed, Ballack was naturally pushed out of the penalty area directly and steadily!

"Lampard! After receiving the ball, he passed the ball directly to Manchester United's half!"

"Malouda! Follow the football!"

In Manchester United's corner kick tactics this time, it is the right back O'Shea and the midfielder Carrick who are responsible for ensuring the team's defense at the rear!

O'Shea saw that Chelsea was about to counterattack, so he ran directly back to the penalty area and was responsible for guarding the area, while Carrick and Malouda fought for speed on the left!

"Malouda and Carrick were engaged in a fierce physical confrontation while running. Both of them had a lot of tearing movements, but the referee kept signaling the game to proceed, and there was no intention of calling a penalty!"

Malouda and Carrick are currently engaged in a confrontation at the Premier League level. In this Champions League final of the Premier League civil war, even if the referee is the Swiss Busaca appointed by UEFA, in order to Adapting to the style of the two teams and the good-looking level of the game, Busacca also deliberately used a refereeing style that is more biased towards the Premier League in the game to maintain the fast progress of the game!

"Malouda's physical advantage is still very obvious! Although he didn't completely get rid of Carrick's follow-up defense, after unloading the ball, he was still half a body ahead!"

"Malouda and Carrick were entangled and rushed towards Manchester United's penalty area!"

At this time, Chelsea's support players are not too small, and the speed of forward support is not bad, but there are more and faster Manchester United players chasing back!

As the winner of three consecutive Premier League titles, this Manchester United team is very mature on both offense and defense at this time! The players are still full of hunger for honor, especially after the restructuring of the Champions League, the honor of being the first team to successfully defend the title has deeply stimulated every player in Manchester United!

Behind Malouda, there is a sea of ​​red, chasing desperately, but the teammates in blue jerseys that Malouda is looking forward to are completely blocked by red!

"O'Shea is ready near the penalty area line!"

"Carrick is still at the back, constantly interfering with Malouda's progress and dribbling!"

"Malouda!"

"Go straight to the door!"

During the march, Malouda did glance into the distance twice, but all he could see was red!

Knowing that he could not pass O'Shea who was ready in front of him under the interference of Carrick from the side and rear, Malouda felt that it would be more threatening to take a long shot by himself!

"The ball didn't hold it down, it just flew out of the baseline!"

This time Chelsea, with the same extremely simple counterattack opportunity, did not get too much threat of shooting!

Chelsea's counterattack this time did not affect too much of Manchester United's established strategic arrangement. Manchester United still invested a lot of troops on the offensive end to achieve a comprehensive suppression result!

"Manchester United's offensive players are very good!"

"Chelsea's defensive line shrinks very flat!"

In this game, Cristiano Ronaldo was placed above the center position, and Yang Feng was a direct opponent!

But this kind of Yang Feng still has the opportunity to directly match Ronaldo, only when Ronaldo stays in the penalty area!

Everyone knows that Ronaldo's superficial position is the front center, but in fact, Ronaldo is more of a fake No. 9, more like a free frontcourt standing in the center position!

Ferguson's tactics are very clear, which is to use Ronaldo's own personal ability, use his shooting skills and breakthrough ability, so that Ronaldo can play freely, find opportunities freely, and let Ronaldo decide his own in any position. Offensive way!

It’s very similar to the “old BJ” in the NBA. Give him the ball, and the others will run and cooperate. Basketball is “one star and four shots”. In football, Ronaldo is the sun, and other Manchester United players revolve around the sun. , Just start your corresponding tactical moves!

Everything is to create opportunities for Ronaldo!

Of course, this is different from the fact that in the late stage of Real Madrid, all players have to feed C Ronaldo. At this time, C Ronaldo can really rely on his own breakthrough ability, and when his teammates open up space and defenders, he can create an excellent goal alone. Chance bug!

"C Ronaldo dropped to the midfield position! Received a through ball from Carrick!"

After Ronaldo is out of the penalty area, Yang Feng does not need to do 1-on-1 marking. There will be Chelsea players in the midfield to interfere with Ronaldo's possession of the ball and breakthrough. Yang Feng only needs to stay behind and prepare to make up at any time. It's good to defend!

"C Ronaldo took the ball, faced Ballack's defense head-on, and wanted to dribble!"

"Towards the right, took two steps diagonally. He even opened the door!"

With a sudden shot 35 meters away from the goal, Ronaldo is very confident in himself, and he has the special right to fire freely given by Ferguson. With a long shot of 35 meters, Ronaldo thinks he is also within his range!

"It's full of power, but it's a pity it's a little bit off!"

"The position of this long-range shot is very similar to the position of Ronaldo's world wave when he scored Porto, but this time, there is a slight deviation! Chelsea may consider limiting Ronaldo's long-range shot The door is open!"

It has to be said that Ronaldo's long-range shooting ability pursues speed and strength. Although Cech reacted to this sudden long-range shot, he really didn't move in place. It was just Ronaldo's shot. Because the distance from the goal is too far, there is a deviation of about 20cm, which can only be said to have caused Cech's inner intimidation!

From the opening stage, Ronaldo was very active. He hit the goal directly with a free kick, and hit the goal with a long shot. They were still very threatening, which proved that Ronaldo's feet are very hard today!

Such an excellent long-range shooting state is definitely not good news for Chelsea's defense!

You know, Ronaldo's long-range shots are very threatening, but if the defensive player wants to step forward to defend in order to prevent his long-range shots, it will inevitably cause his position to be forward, and even cause himself to block the long-range shots. Misplacement, but Ronaldo's breakthrough ability is extremely good at this time!

Chelsea players, every defensive choice facing Ronaldo after that may not be so easy to decide! This is also the contribution of this kind of superstar to the team. In 1v1, the super high offensive success rate and excellent goal efficiency can all change the overall game form at certain moments by relying on personal ability !

"Manchester United continue to organize the attack! From the beginning to now, United's suppression is full! Chelsea didn't have too many opportunities in the open battle, and took the ball to Manchester United's half!"

"Manchester United's offensive focus is still on the left!"

"After all, when O'Shea played right back, there were very few opportunities to participate in the offense, so Evra on the left, the range of penetration increased significantly!"

"Evra and Rooney's 2-over-2 cooperation on the left!"

"Anelka's attack, trying to block Evra's advance!"

"But Evra's body is really too strong, resisting Anelka's defensive interference, along the sideline, dribbling the ball and continuing to break forward!"

"Bosingwa's slide!"

After forcing through Anelka's blockade, Evra also saw Bosingwa's defense!

Under the fast dribbling state, Evra also knew that Bosingwa's block must be won. Even if the ball can pass, his own people can't pass, so passing the ball is an inevitable choice!

And during the limited observation time, Evra did see the teammates who came over!

"Evra, in the process of running at high speed, forcibly swept the ball in front of Chelsea's penalty area, and then Evra was directly brought down by Bosingwa!"

"The referee signaled that the attacking side is in favor of attacking!"

"C Ronaldo! Near the penalty area, he moved laterally from the middle, and happened to be carrying Yang Feng, and received this pass!"

"After receiving the ball, prepare to turn around and face the goal!"

"Ronaldo!"

"Go straight to the door!"

Yang Feng is still thinking about the next defensive situation, thinking about how to deal with Ronaldo's various offensive options, thinking about how to make the most beneficial defense for his teammates, and can cover more shooting angles!

But Ronaldo doesn't have so many ideas, he does everything he wants!

Evra's pass, in its high-speed running state, naturally cannot achieve perfect control. When it passed to Ronaldo's feet, the ball bounced a little bit. Ronaldo stopped the ball and simply turned the ball slightly to the body. side provocation!

Afterwards, he naturally made a half-turn, ready to face the direction of the goal!

It's just that Ronaldo chose the simplest way to deal with it this time, turning around halfway directly, and using his left foot to take advantage of the situation to complete the volley and hit the goal!

Not only did Yang Feng, who defended Ronaldo at close range, not respond to this kick, even Petr Cech in front of the goal did not respond!

The shot was too sudden, and the speed of the ball was extremely fast. The angle chosen for the shot was aimed directly at the lower right corner of the goal at the back point!

Cech, who was at a close point, really couldn't complete the save, so he could only watch the football!

"It's a little bit worse! My God, Ronaldo's sudden shot almost hit the right post of the goal and flew out of the baseline!"

"In just 7 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo completed three consecutive threatening shots. Chelsea's defense line, under the attack of Ronaldo alone, seemed a little shaky!"