Football’s First Defender

Downing scored the first goal for Liverpool, directly driving the Anfield fans into a frenzy.

The cheers from the fans of the home team became even louder, and many fans started to sing "You'll Never Walk Alone" in chorus.

Liverpool, which took the lead, continued to attack Manchester City amidst the cheers and cheers of the fans.

For the Liverpool players, this game is a battle of revenge in the previous league, and the players will naturally not be satisfied with a one-goal lead.

And to be honest, as far as Liverpool's current line of defense is concerned, a one-goal lead is actually very threatening. Liverpool players also know that the more leads they have, the safer they will be in the second round away game.

Blessed are the fans at Anfield and the neutral fans who watched the live broadcast of the game.

The pace of the game between the two sides was extremely fast, and it did not slow down because of the appearance of the first goal. On the contrary, the offensive and defensive transitions of the two sides became faster and faster, and the game scene was extremely beautiful.

After you sing, I will appear on the stage, and both teams are constantly attacking, attacking, and attacking again!

Liverpool is still insisting on its own offensive dominance, and still invests a lot of offensive firepower on the offensive end, threatening Manchester City's defense.

On the scene, more offensive threats are created.

"Glenn Johnson received Downing's wide-ranging transfer ball on the right, and directly chose to speed up the bottom pass."

In the penalty area, Carroll tried to compete for the top of the pass, but this time Kolo Toure still occupied a better defensive position, just because Carroll still exerted physical confrontation behind him. Affected, Kolo Toure finally had to push the ball out of the bottom line just to be on the safe side.

"Liverpool's corner!"

In fact, Liverpool's ability to compete for high balls when setting the ball is still good.

Yang Feng, Skrtel and Carroll, who are now in the penalty area, are all good high ball competition points.

And Suarez and other offensive players can also create offensive opportunities when they are fighting for the second point.

"Gerrard takes the corner and drives the ball towards the front of the box!"

Suarez and Yang Feng have a very good relationship in private. The two also designed many small tactics for set-pieces with the coach, and they also have a good cooperation.

In the previous fixed offensive and defensive positions in the penalty area, Yang Feng and Suarez made a pick-and-roll action similar to basketball before Gerrard kicked off.

Yang Feng set up a pick and roll for Suarez and blocked Suarez's defender.

With the help of Yang Feng, Suarez got a very free forward space in an instant, and went directly to the empty position at the front point.

Gerrard's corner kick was equally accurate across a small arc, and then fell directly on the front point.

"Suarez, come to the front!"

"Facing Gerrard's corner kick, shoot directly at the goal from the volley!"

"This shot is too high!"

The quality of Suarez's kick is extremely high, and it is already very threatening, but the volley kick itself is a very technical test, and Suarez has not fully mastered the control in order to complete the kick quickly.

The end shot that was supposed to hit the upper right corner of the goal was still slightly higher and flew directly out of the baseline, but it was enough to scare the Manchester City players into a cold sweat.

"Everyone, don't be careless! Concentrate and don't give them such an easy chance to cooperate."

Kompany reminded his teammates loudly in the penalty area, don't give Liverpool such an easy "pick-and-roll opportunity" in the penalty area when setting the ball.

For Kompany, in this away game against Liverpool, the defense he was in was obviously much busier than the last time he played against Liverpool in the league.

Liverpool was the first to score a goal before. Although it was a two-round match, Manchester City still had plenty of time to get back the score, but in the first leg away, the team must have lost momentum and cannot lose a big score .

So when the teammates were defending the set ball just now, they actually exposed such a large gap on the defensive end, which really made Kompany a little angry.

Manchester City wants to make a difference on the counterattack, but when Liverpool's every attack can pose a great threat, Manchester City's defense shrinks unknowingly and severely.

This also makes, when Manchester City successfully completes the defense on the defensive end and regains possession of the ball, they want to quickly play an effective counterattack, but they are always unable to form enough counterattack groups in the first time due to insufficient number of counterattacks in the frontcourt. strength.

When Manchester City did not have enough personnel to participate in the counterattack, Liverpool's defense line with Yang Feng sitting in the backcourt was obviously rock solid.

"Silva received a pass from his team-mate from the back and went straight forward in the middle."

With Charlie Adam and Henderson attacking at the same time, it is unrealistic for Silva to rely on his own personal ability to make a breakthrough.

Perhaps in the one-on-one situation of these two England "rough brothers", Silva has various ways to break through the past and create opportunities.

However, the two rushed up at the same time, completely locking the space for Silva to break through. As long as one person can fight against him, Silva will lose the ball.

But Silva's vicious vision and ability to seize opportunities have now begun to take shape.

Before Henderson and Charlie Adam stepped forward to defend, Silva made a straight pass, passed the ball forward from the middle of the two, and sent the ball directly to the Liverpool penalty area in front of him. within.

"Silva, beautiful through pass, the ball was passed out before Liverpool's double team was completed!"

"Aguero, diagonally forward from the right to the left to receive the ball!"

"No offside!"

"Yang Feng followed closely behind him."

It is really too much space for defense. It is unrealistic for Yang Feng to follow Aguero to fix him in a certain place, and Silva's pass, as long as he has a choice, will definitely not pass to Yang Feng's place now. area.

This time is the same, although Silva only has two teammates Aguero and Dzeko in front of him, but when Dzeko is marked by Skrtel, Silva can only find Aguero.

But it was a direct pass to the uninhabited area of ​​Liverpool's defense line, allowing Aguero to have enough running space to shake off Yang Feng, instead of passing the ball directly to Aguero's feet, allowing Yang Feng to have a chance to play in his own In the defensive area, directly complete the interception of the ball.

"Aguero's speed gave full play to his advantage. He received Silva's pass first, took advantage of the situation, and went into the penalty area."

Aguero also knew that Yang Feng was difficult to deal with, so he used the speed advantage that Yang Feng could not make up for, and used his speed to create an advantage for himself.

With this ball, Aguero stopped and led the ball directly to the left side of Liverpool's penalty area, and kept accelerating.

However, although Aguero has a certain advantage in speed, Yang Feng saw through his intentions in advance during the running process.

When Aguero had to make moves to stop the ball and further lead the ball, Yang Feng directly chose the nearest route and caught up with Aguero from the inside line first.

It was a normal physical confrontation directly, knocking Aguero staggering.

Although Aguero quickly completed the body adjustment and barely maintained his body balance to dribble forward, he had lost the possibility of changing the direction of the spike.

"Aguero, keep waving the ball forward in the penalty area!"

"Kick the goal! While walking, Aguero directly followed Yang Feng and hit the goal with his left foot from a small angle!"

"This ball! Reina didn't touch it, it just rolled out of the baseline from the far corner..."

I have to say that although Yang Feng completed his intended defensive goal, he was still a little surprised to see Aguero's low shot from a small angle with his left foot during the rapid march.

Aguero is indeed a world-class shooter with a non-dominant foot, and can complete such a high-quality shot from a small angle under his own pressure.

Reina in the penalty area was shocked by Aguero's kick and broke into a cold sweat. Logically speaking, when he hit the goal from a small angle at Aguero's position, he fell to the side obliquely. According to my experience, if the palm cannot touch the football, then the ball should be able to roll out of the bottom line.

However, Aguero hit the far corner with his left foot, but he was still able to hit the goal with force during the march, and used the force on the inside of his foot to ground the ball with a little rotation. When Na's hand swipe across, when rolling out of the bottom line, there is actually a slight rotation towards the door. When it goes out of the bottom line, the gap from the goal post may be only 5 or 6 cm...

Of course, although a strong offensive team like Manchester City is suppressed by Liverpool, they will also seize the opportunity of possession of the ball for a period of time, launch their own offensive, and want to regain the offensive initiative.

However, although Manchester City can control the ball in the midfield area, it is still very difficult to break into Liverpool's 30-meter area.

Knowing the shame and then being brave, the Liverpool players used more desperate running to make up for their lack of defense in this game, and tried their best to interfere with Manchester City's pass to the dangerous area.

Coupled with Liverpool's hot offensive state today, the two full-backs of Manchester City actually did not dare to attack in a large scale, because they were afraid that their forward penetration would create a huge gap behind them, leaving Liverpool to counterattack Space.

Manchester City's offense, which does not have enough side support, can only rely on Silva's use of his personal ability to forcibly use points on the offensive end to open up the situation.

Or relying on the strong long-range shooting ability of several offensive players in the midfield, try to fire from the outside and threaten Liverpool's goal.

"Silva made a through pass to the penalty area from the left and was blocked by Henderson stretching his leg on the pass!"

"Barry, who came in from the back, grabbed the second spot, and shot directly at the ball!"

"This kick flew to the goal!"

"Reina!"

"Without any mistakes, I directly blocked the kick with both hands! Catch the ball steadily!"

Reina, as the Spanish national team, although his professional career is not good at the magic attack, and he will not have too many magic attacks in the game, but his victory on the goal line is stable.

For the opponent's long-range shots, Reina's position and attention are very concentrated, and generally they cannot cause too much threat to Reina.

But this time, after directly catching the opponent's long-range goal kick, Reina ran forward holding the ball...

"Reina held the ball and ran near the penalty area line, and drove the ball towards Manchester City's half with a big kick!"

"Liverpool's chance to fight back!"

Although Reina's kick-off footwork can only guarantee enough power to the ball, it can fly higher and farther without going out of bounds, and cannot guarantee the exact landing area. There is still a lot of difference in the footwork of "type" goalkeepers.

But I can't hold back Liverpool's frontcourt has a very useful high point!

Carroll, who arrived at the highest transfer price in Liverpool's history, may not have become a truly world-class striker in the giants, but after recent psychological adjustments, it is more than enough to be the fulcrum striker of the team on the field.

When Carroll was running and moving, it was still difficult for Kolo Toure to complete the restrictions on Carroll alone.

Not to mention, Carroll's judgment on the location of Reina's big pass was earlier and more accurate than Kolo Toure.

Carol, who grabbed a better jumping position, directly competed for the landing point of the ball, and pushed the ball back slightly.

In the process of running forward, Gerrard kept his speed and won the second point of the ball headed by Carroll, and continued to advance towards Manchester City's defensive hinterland.

"Liverpool's counterattack opportunity! Gerrard, who received Carroll's header back, directly dribbled the ball forward quickly!"

"In front of him are Liverpool's two forwards, Suarez and Carroll. These two forwards are on the left and the right, and the three are spread out horizontally."

"A 3-on-4 chance for Liverpool up front!"

Clichy has been following up to defend Gerrard, but in the face of Gerrard who has already started to speed up, Clichy's defense has no way to complete the stop.

Kompany had to hand over Carroll to Colo Toure to continue to defend, leaving Richards to face Suarez alone, and he could only go forward directly to block Gerrard's advance route.

After all, Gerrard has an excellent scoring ability in the area in front of the penalty area.

Kompany dare not bet on Gerrard's foot feel in this game.

But Kompany's attack inevitably made Liverpool's two forwards handed over to his teammates for 1v1 defense after losing his own defense.

And Gerrard, in the process of dribbling, has also been observing the game form on the field.

Seeing that Kompany could leave from the middle to the defensive position on both sides at any time and pounce on himself, Gerrard directly took half a step more in the running process to complete a certain deceleration, and directly sent a straight kick with his right foot. Plug the ball.

"Gerrard's through ball, passed to the left!"

In the process of running forward, Suarez has also been observing the opponent's defensive situation and staring at the captain Gerrard's dribbling movements.

When Kompany stepped forward, Suarez changed his previous running route straight into the penalty area, and directly inserted obliquely into the empty area after Kompany left.

And Gerrard's pass was also passed to the front of Suarez, who was moving on the left.

"Suarez, with a sudden zigzag run, got rid of Richards' defense and got the ball!"

"He broke into Manchester City's penalty area."

"Richards' defense didn't keep up!"

What Suarez is good at is this kind of dexterous running, completing the catch and creating opportunities, and then Suarez uses his extremely stable and excellent shooting skills to ensure that he can complete high-quality shots.

This ball created an excellent opportunity in the penalty area. Suarez directly took advantage of the situation and shot it to the upper right corner of the goal.

"GOAL!!!"

"Suarez! After receiving an excellent through ball from Gerrard, after leading the ball horizontally, he scored a direct shot and expanded the score advantage for Liverpool!"

"2 to 0! Liverpool's offensive performance today is really good!"

"Liverpool today is obviously a bit unstoppable!"

"Anfield! It has become a sea of ​​joy!"