Football’s First Defender

In Yang Feng's memory, he only knows that the 13/14 season will be the season in which Liverpool smashed all sides in history, and it is the season that Liverpool is closest to the Premier League championship trophy.

And that equally powerful Liverpool team relied on the team's terrifying offensive firepower. The 3s combination showed an extremely terrifying scoring ability that season. Sterling was omnipotent on the wing, while Suarez and Sturridge's 2s striker won the Premier League gold and silver boots.

As for the later Coutinho, Liverpool at the time could only be said to be the icing on the cake, and it would have to wait until Suarez left the team to truly shine.

However, the strength of the 3s combination is enough to become the top striker in Europe.

Suarez's ability to get rid of the penalty area and his superb shooting skills, he was originally one of the top strikers in world football, and later transferred to Barcelona at a high price. He is also an absolute killer in the penalty area for the MSN combination.

Not to mention Sterling, although he is young, he has emerged in Liverpool. In just 2 seasons, he has evolved into Liverpool's "thigh". Although he has always been weak in shooting, his strong breakthrough ability still makes him Manchester City spent a staggering 49 million pounds, earning it as the highest value of an English player.

If anyone's career is unsatisfactory, I am afraid it is Sturridge who is suffering from injuries.

Perhaps for many players, Sturridge has already obtained all the honors he pursued all his life when he was young.

Throughout his career, he has also filled his brilliant resume with various club honors.

However, so many honors are rarely won by Sturridge as a main force, and more achievements are achieved as a substitute player.

The development trajectory of his entire career, the biggest opponent, or injuries are the attributes of his "glass man".

However, the brilliance of at least one season in the 13/14 season is the most real.

Originally, at the beginning of this season, after Yang Feng saw Liverpool's signing list for the new season, he found that there were no Sturridge and Coutinho. When these two Liverpool players are very important next season, he thought that he would appear. History has changed.

Now it seems that Sturridge actually joined in the winter window, so after half a season of running-in, Liverpool's competitiveness in the next season may be stronger than in history because of Yang Feng's joining.

But where has Coutinho gone? This is what Yang Feng is very concerned about.

Although in today's strength comparison, because Yang Feng supports the team's defense, even without Coutinho, who is still a newcomer, as long as there is a 3s combination, Liverpool's team strength will definitely be better than the original history. to be stronger.

But how to say that Kubird will also be a big-name player in football in the future. If he can join Liverpool according to the original trajectory, it will also be a huge addition to Liverpool's current lineup.

After quickly finalizing the transfer of Sturridge, Rodgers also fumbled in the transfer market for the midfielder's supplement.

The primary selection focus, of course, is still on the Premier League.

It's just that, in the rough style of the Premier League, it is not easy to find players with strong feet and excellent technical abilities.

There are not no players who can play the midfield position of a giant like Liverpool, but they are basically monopolized by other giants.

A technical midfielder who can adapt to the Premier League is inherently scarce. In this era of fierce competition for both the championship and the qualification for the Champions League, no one will "advance the enemy" in the middle of the season.

As for the middle and lower teams, there are only a few midfielders that Rodgers can see, but they are also the well-deserved core midfielders of each team.

If it is Xia Chuang, it may be sold at a high price, but in Dong Chuang, if it sells its core players, it will be unfavorable to supplement the signings and fail to complete relegation, then the club will suffer a big loss.

You know, the value of a Premier League spot is now calculated in "billion pounds". Compared with the loss after relegation, the transfer fee of tens of millions of pounds given by Liverpool, many teams really can't see it. upper eye.

In terms of midfield signings, it was extremely unfavorable at the beginning, which caused Rogers a headache. However, Sturridge's quick integration into the team also made Rogers very pleased.

In the game on January 3, Sturridge had just joined the team and had only trained for one day, so Rogers did not include him in the squad for this game.

Rogers took Shaheen, who wanted to leave the team, and put Suso, who was not very good, on the bench. He sent out a 4231 attack formation. Downing and Sterling, who hadn't played in many rounds, were separated on the left and right, and supported in the center. It became Henderson, and then arranged Gerrard and Lucas to the midfielder position.

With such a tactical change, the offensive effect received is not bad. Abandoning a certain amount of pass control to enhance the breakthrough ability of the wing will soon receive results.

Sterling hit the goal by himself after breaking through from the wing, opening the scoring for the team.

In any game where Liverpool's offensive can quickly achieve results, Liverpool's performance throughout the game is actually guaranteed.

In the following game, Liverpool, who had more control over the initiative, scored twice from Suarez, fixing the score at 3-0, and successfully defeated the "black cat" Sunderland at home.

Counting the league victory over QPR before the new year, Liverpool, which finally won the winning streak again, ended the difficult Christmas schedule with a record of 6 points.

And the FA Cup match three days later will be the time for Rogers to test Sturridge.

After several training sessions, getting familiar with Liverpool's tactics and the corresponding players, the third round of the FA Cup will be Sturridge's debut in Liverpool.

Rogers, who originally planned to take a rest, also sent all the starters in this game for the first time, to test Sturridge's ability to integrate into the team in actual combat.

With a score of 3 to 2, Liverpool accepted the game at home without any risk.

The fatigue of the team's continuous battle is undoubtedly revealed. Facing opponents in the low-level leagues, Liverpool sent the main force and did not show the dominance it should have.

However, the most eye-catching thing is Sturridge's performance.

He scored a goal in his debut and also contributed an assist. Sturridge conquered Rodgers and the audience with his outstanding performance, and perfectly integrated into the Liverpool team's tactical system.

The 12 million pounds spent is definitely not a loss.

And taking advantage of the FA Cup as a buffer, and the Premier League will have to wait a week, Rogers will devote all his energy to the adjustment of personnel.

Carroll still let go and left on loan to West Ham United. Not surprisingly, as long as Carroll can perform to a certain extent in the second half of the season, West Ham United will complete the final transfer according to the right of first refusal of 20 million pounds.

Shaheen left England and went to Dortmund, a Bundesliga team that is more suitable for his game rhythm.

Rodgers doesn't need to ask more about the loan of other youth training and reserve team players.

Even though Henderson performed well in the two games when he was promoted to the main midfielder, Rodgers still wants to find a potential midfielder to supplement the team's bench depth.

At a price of 8.5 million pounds, Rodgers offered Coutinho on the Inter Milan bench.

Since there is no suitable player in the Premier League, Serie A, which also has a certain degree of defensive strength, is Rogers' second goal.

Rogers, who has witnessed the fulfillment of Sturridge's talent, has set his sights on this kind of player who became famous as a teenager and is now depressed.

And Inter Milan also let people go happily. After all, compared with the original investment, Inter Milan sold Coutinho, who had no chance to play in the team, and made a difference of several million pounds. By the way, they cleared away a redundant player .

Buying Sturridge for 12 million pounds, and buying Coutinho for 8.5 million pounds, Rodgers' only two-handed operation this winter may fully prove in the future what it means to spend a small amount of money to do big things...