Football’s First Defender

"Really tired!"

Yang Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead. After the first 20 minutes, Yang Feng's jersey was already soaked, and the sweat began to drip down his forehead. Yang Feng needed to wipe the sweat off his face from time to time to avoid affecting himself. Sight.

In the opening stage of the game, Manchester City took advantage of the home court advantage and launched a siege to Liverpool while in possession of the ball.

The front line composed of two forwards Dzeko and Aguero, Dzeko is directly nailed in the penalty area, at the forefront of Manchester City's attack line, it is still not so tiring for Skrtel who defends him.

However, Aguero behind Dzeko used his "little fast spirit" to the limit. When Yang Feng was in charge of defending himself, Aguero used his flexibility to move around and drive Yang Feng. And put yourself into running mode.

In order to ensure his defensive position, Yang Feng had to run with Aguero, and even had to sprint with Aguero for an instant.

Because if Yang Feng does not keep a close eye on Aguero, Manchester City's midfielders, especially the absolute core of the frontcourt, the offensive commander, David Silva's pass will definitely find Aguero accurately.

Although Silva is not getting older and more demonic today, and has the peak passing ability in Manchester City in the future, but now, he can not only dribble the ball to attack independently, but also pass the ball with a considerable threat during the process of dribbling. Silva, who passes the ball, is definitely not weak.

For the power of cooperation between Aguero and Silva, Yang Feng has seen it in the Premier League Manchester City era in his previous life. No matter how Manchester City's players change, there are several offensive cores and several front end points. The small cooperation between them will always be one of the best ways for Manchester City to break the deadlock.

Therefore, Yang Feng had to drag his tall body to follow Aguero's movement direction and make appropriate defensive moves.

Although Yang Feng himself is on the defensive side and guards the inside line, Yang Feng's movement distance is definitely not as much as Aguero's when the main purpose is to control the defensive range, but considering Yang Feng's tall stature, the same movement distance and time , The physical energy consumed must be much more than that of Aguero, so in reality, the physical energy consumption of the two is actually similar.

Driven by Aguero, Yang Feng's physical fitness in this game will definitely be consumed very quickly. This is the most uncomfortable game Yang Feng has played since his return from injury.

In the previous five-game winning streak, Liverpool almost always pressed the opponent. This also made Yang Feng not under much defensive pressure. He just needed to be in the backcourt and patiently wait for the opponent's possible counterattack opportunities. , and then just clear the siege as soon as possible.

At most, in the final stage of the game, when Liverpool retreated to defend and protect the winning result, Yang Feng would have more time to use up his energy in sports battles.

But at that time, as the end of the game drew to a close, the opponent's players consumed a lot of physical energy. Facing a central defender like Yang Feng who had stored up his physical energy for a whole game and didn't use it much, the offensive players naturally had no advantage.

Secondly, after the team fell behind, especially when Liverpool led by more than 2 goals, naturally the opponents would not have much energy to play on the offensive end.

However, in this game, Liverpool faced Manchester City differently. Manchester City took the initiative to suppress Liverpool on the offensive end from the beginning.

From the very beginning, Yang Feng was under tremendous pressure on the defensive end.

Not only the physical consumption caused by running with Aguero, but also the psychological pressure given by Manchester City's continuous offense.

In fact, Liverpool's investment in the defensive end is not bad. This game has changed to 451. Dalglish has invested a lot of defensive power in the defensive end of the midfield.

But Manchester City's four midfielders, in the midfield confrontation, actually did not lose the wind at all.

And Manchester City's overall offense, under Liverpool's "superficial defense", is progressively layered.

Yaya Toure, one of the core midfielders of Manchester City, delays the mobilization of the organization, and he can also advance forward and participate in the final attack.

And David Silva is the core player of Manchester City's midfielder on the offensive end. His personal breakthroughs, as well as various unexpected pass choices during the movement, connect Manchester City's midfielder and forward line to Together.

The other two traditional British midfielders, Milner and Barry, may not be so good in terms of technical ability, but the two use their crazy running to play a huge role in both offense and defense.

Although in this game, Manchester City's new aid Nasri this season was unable to play due to injury, and Manchester City's wing attack did not have the biggest wing attack player, but Silva and Milner were separated on the left and right. Technical ability, one is the use of tireless running, and excellent physical confrontation, all of which have achieved a fairly good offensive suppression effect.

Manchester City's double central defenders, Kompany and Kolo Toure, are both tough central defenders who have proven their strength. With the cooperation of the two, they can also use physical confrontation to reduce the threat of Suarez's counterattack. to the minimum.

And Manchester City's two full-backs, Richards and Chrissy, who was newly transferred this season, are also excellent offensive and defensive players. After doing a good job on the defensive end, they can give Manchester City enough frontcourt on the wing. offensive boost.

On the whole, Manchester City is on their own home court, advancing on three lines, using more running, tearing Liverpool's less tight defense, and then Yaya Toure or David Silva suddenly attack and hit the ball to the goal. Weaknesses in Liverpool's defense.

This point of Silva is the biggest threat to Manchester City's offense. It can break through on the left and pass directly, and can also cut inside to create opportunities for itself to hit the goal. As long as Silva has the space to get the ball, he can always Further disrupting Liverpool's defense.

Since Liverpool's lineup does not have a full-time defensive midfielder.

Therefore, Liverpool has no players at all, and can directly mark Silva 1v1, effectively limiting his personal performance.

Because Silva appeared more time on the wing, the main defender became Liverpool fullback Glenn Johnson on the field, and then in order to prevent David Silva from cutting inside, Dalglish The game put Charlie Adam in the back position to ensure that Silva could be assisted in the defense in the first place.

However, in fact, the effect of doing so, on the defensive end of the game, is not as productive as Dalglish imagined.

Neither Glenn Johnson nor Charlie Adam are top defenders. Their offensive attributes are even stronger than their own defense. When facing top offensive players like Silva, their personal defenses are both Can't take any advantage.

This also allows Silva to choose his own attack very calmly, or pass the ball to Aguero or Dzeko in the penalty area.

Compared with Dzeko, Aguero, who has been locked in hand-to-hand combat with Skrtel and is more agile, can always form a tacit understanding with Silva in sports battles.

In the 20 minutes from the start to the present, Silva tried three passes to Aguero after he was on the wing or cut in to the middle, which brought a great test to Yang Feng's defense.

Because Liverpool's defense before Yang Feng did not form an effective suppression force, Silva's passing can always be adjusted to the best state, and there is even time to make minor adjustments according to Yang Feng's running position.

It's fine if you don't pass the ball. Once you pass the ball, it's a very tricky strike.

In the three direct connections between Aguero and Silva, Yang Feng only forcibly blocked one passing route, and Aguero completed receiving the ball in the remaining two times and formed an offensive threat.

For the first time, Silva was on the left. After using his personal skills to shake the angle, facing Aguero's diagonal forward from the center, Silva chose to give an early pass.

This time, due to being close to Aguero's side, Yang Feng could not pose a threat to the ball at all and could only let Aguero catch the ball.

After that, Aguero directly planned to use his flexibility to forcibly smash the ball, complete the change of direction, and obtain a greater angle of attack while Yang Feng was defending.

But although Yang Feng has been running with all his strength in order to block the small-angle close-angle shot that Aguero may choose.

But Yang Feng himself also intentionally paid attention to the changes in Aguero's foot movements, so as to prevent Aguero from possibly changing the direction of the spike.

At the moment when Aguero completed the change of direction, Yang Feng also used an emergency stop in time to complete a slight stagnation of the body. Although he could not immediately adjust the center of gravity of the body like Aguero flexibly, Yang Feng took advantage of his body to Taking advantage of the opportunity when Aguero changed direction and his body stopped in place, he leaned towards Aguero for a physical confrontation.

Yang Feng used his body to form a wall, which tightly blocked Aguero's forward route after completing the change of direction he wanted to smash the ball.

In the end, this time Aguero could only temporarily choose to complete a kick and hit the goal when the breakthrough failed. It's a pity that the shot this time did not evade Yang Feng's block, and was barely blocked by Yang Feng's legs, which did not threaten Liverpool goalkeeper Reina.

Not long after, Silva used his offensive threat from the wing. After tricking Glenn Johnson into retreating to defend the inside, Silva himself moved laterally to form an inward cut, creating a greater threat to Liverpool.

The defensive replacement from Charlie Adam in the middle was also swayed by Silva with a fake move. When Liverpool's defense line was in chaos, Silva suddenly made a pass, trying to pass the ball to the anti-offside and go deep into the penalty area. Aguero.

But Yang Feng, who was next to Aguero, reacted quickly this time. He ran directly to the location where the pass was placed, and took the lead to complete the jump. Taking advantage of his height, he successfully competed for the top. He intercepted the pass and ejected the ball directly. beyond the border.

This time the pass failed, and Silva, who knew how to pick a pass, was not easy to defend against Yang Feng. When he contacted Aguero again later, it was still a through ball on the ground.

The creation of this opportunity is completely a manifestation of Silva's personal offensive ability.

Silva was directly in the middle, and he dribbled the ball to launch a strong attack. Cooperating with Milner and full-back Richards on the right, Silva suddenly came to the defense line on the right of the center, making Manchester City form a corner on the right. With a large number of attacking groups, Liverpool's entire defense was in great chaos.

Liverpool's overall defensive formation, under the pressure of Manchester City's offense, had to shift seriously to the side with the ball.

And although Silva himself was chased and intercepted by the Liverpool midfielders, but with a smooth movement of changing direction and turning, Silva was still in the encirclement and gained space to pass the ball.

A long-distance direct pass passed the ball directly and accurately to the left side of Liverpool's penalty area. Aguero pulled down the weak side area on the left from the middle area with a tacit understanding. After receiving Silva's timely pass, On the left side of the penalty area, there was enough space to have a 1v1 confrontation with Yang Feng.

Before the other defensive players from Liverpool arrived, Aguero directly wanted to step on his bicycle and pass Yang Feng. After all, with enough space, Aguero on the left side of the penalty area, whether he was hitting the goal laterally or hitting the bottom Attacks are great opportunities.

At the critical moment, Yang Feng didn’t move his feet, and Aguero stepped on two bicycles. Yang Feng bent down correspondingly, waiting for the battle, his eyes fixed on Aguero’s feet, and then Yang Feng himself stepped on small steps at a fast pace, preparing to Block Aguero's breakthrough line at any time.

Seeing that Aguero couldn't use his bicycle to shake the center of gravity of the defense veteran Yang Feng, he could only choose to make a breakthrough.

Yang Feng, who was staring at Aguero, stretched out his right leg directly to the baseline to complete his body movement and hold his defensive position.

However, Yang Feng was very experienced, he didn't give up his focus immediately, but slowed down deliberately.

After all, after Aguero hits the bottom, as long as he doesn't lose himself, he can only choose to hit the goal, and the angle of the goal will not be too large. When the goalkeeper blocks the near corner, Yang Feng only needs to help Reina block the far corner The door angle is fine.

Facts have proved that Yang Feng's experience has played a role.

Aguero just took a bottom step, then forcibly changed his body movements, completed the smash change, pulled his body back again, and the football, the ultimate goal was to hit the goal crosswise.

Although such an action is a test of Aguero's own control ability, it will also give Liverpool's defensive players more time to defend in place, but for Aguero, with a larger shooting angle, it can cause a greater threat .

After all the actions are completed, Aguero immediately chooses to take a quick kick, and before Henderson is in place at the rear, he completes the shot and hits the goal.

It's just that Yang Feng's reaction was also very fast. When Aguero changed direction, Yang Feng himself retracted his right leg by half the distance, using his right leg as a supporting leg, squatted down immediately, and then stretched out his left leg in the opposite direction. .

Aguero's shot was finally met by the astute Yang Feng, and there was a small refraction.

The initial angle of the ball was excellent, but after refraction, there was no threat, and it flew directly out of the baseline. Yang Feng just gave Manchester City a corner kick.

However, as the game continues, it is also a reality that Liverpool's defense is crumbling!