Football’s First Defender

During the intermission, Rogers made a detailed offensive tactical arrangement for the team, and also specially carried out some psychological construction for many players on the spot.

Reassure the players that they don't have to worry, they have a greater point advantage in leading the standings, and the players don't have to put too much pressure on this game.

Regarding the defensive line left by the team's active pressure to attack, Rogers affirmed Yang Feng's performance in the first half, and didn't say anything more.

Isn't this the rhythm of Liverpool's game this season? Under the broadcast sharing system of the Premier League teams, each team has a certain strength and has the possibility of breaking out, and Liverpool's offensive football will naturally have enough counterattack space for the opponent to perform.

And Liverpool, which does not have enough personnel reserves, and the value of the whole team is not too high, has taken the absolute initiative in the championship now, not because of the offensive firepower of the frontcourt strikers who are the best in Europe, and Yang Feng in the backcourt. Can the leading defensive line make great defensive contributions with limited defensive strength?

Before the end of the first half, when the Jay team slipped, Rogers was completely chilled.

As a head coach, he knows how far behind Gerrard's receiving position is when he arranges tactics for players, and he also knows that losing the ball in that position will give the opponent's forward a wide space, allowing him to speed up, adjust, and then face directly. goalkeeper.

However, Yang Feng, who should not have appeared in that position, appeared in time, but Liverpool did not lose the score. This is the most important thing.

Liverpool faced Chelsea, even if it was a bench-based Chelsea, in the face of Chelsea's iron-blooded defense, they must not let Chelsea lead away.

That would cause a complete tilt in morale.

In the second half of the game, Liverpool, who had made some preparations in the midfield, directly entered the offensive state.

Chelsea's defense is still tight, but after the intermission and Rodgers' special arrangement, the Liverpool players started to gain a lot on the offensive end.

Especially for the use of set-pieces, the professional set-piece coach hired by Liverpool accurately pointed out the weak points of Chelsea's position in several set-piece defenses in the first half.

He also explained to the players some tactics to confuse and run when setting the ball, to guide the Liverpool players, and they can use the opportunity of setting the ball in the second half to create threats.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool's corner kick created a great threat.

Coutinho's corner kick, Gerrard and Skrtel's sudden forward drive attracted Chelsea's zone defense to follow.

But Coutinho's pass turned a larger arc in the air and fell to a position slightly behind the middle.

1v1 between Yang Feng and Ivanovic.

Due to the early start of his teammates, he instantly attracted the attention of Chelsea's players in charge of zone defense, creating an opportunity for Yang Feng to match up with Ivanovic.

Ivanovic's height and weight are indeed similar to those of a central defender, but Ivan, who was born as a full-back, would still suffer a disadvantage in direct confrontation with Yang Feng in terms of physical confrontation.

Even though Ivan had a trick to pull people, he still couldn't stop Yang Feng from jumping.

After ten rounds with one force, Yang Feng took off directly, broke through Ivan's defense, and then directly shook his head to attack the goal.

"Yang Feng has become stronger again!"

Iwan, who has been Yang Feng's teammate, knows how hard Yang Feng usually trains.

During Yang Feng's time at Chelsea, he grew the fastest. He accepted Chelsea's most advanced training concepts and received effective personal training from Chelsea's rich coaching reserves.

And now, even after leaving Chelsea, Ivan knows from this matchup that Yang Feng's progress is still continuing.

The impact of Yang Feng's take-off made Ivan feel as if a car had pushed him into the air, and he lost his position directly.

And Yang Feng, after taking off, shook his head in the air.

Throws a bouncing ball off the ground and flies towards the goal.

This kind of bouncing the ball is the most difficult for the goalkeeper to defend. However, fortunately, Chelsea have more defensive players in the penalty area.

Without the goalkeeper's save, Ashley Cole, who was standing at the goal post, was the first to react. Although the kick was kicked, he still cleared the ball that was about to fly into the goal.

The ball that was kicked by Ashley Cole at a critical moment flew directly to the penalty area line.

Coutinho, who came out of the corner kick, just faced the incoming ball and continued to send a diagonal pass at 45 degrees.

Yang Feng, who was still in the penalty area, hit the goal again with a volley.

It was an opportunity for a central defender to make such a complicated and difficult goal, but Yang Feng's control ability was still a little weak, and the ball was kicked away.

Liverpool's opening offensive was ineffective.

Thanks to the contribution of Liverpool's tactical analysts, Liverpool began to carry out targeted attacks on the offensive end in the second half. At the level of Chelsea's penalty area, the Liverpool players used their flexibility to penetrate Chelsea's defense.

Including Suarez's retracement, as well as Gerrard or Joe Allen in advance, can effectively give wing teammates more passing options.

As a shooter, Suarez was severely restricted by his opponent in the first half, and it was not easy to retreat to catch the ball.

But now that other teammates are constantly interspersed and running, it also makes Suarez's own catch, when his teammates help run to share the defensive pressure, it is not as difficult as in the first half.

Suarez, who retreated, received a passing opportunity created by Sterling's sudden stop while accelerating on the right.

Before Ivan's defense was in place, Suarez swiped the ball horizontally and volleyed directly from a long distance.

It's just a pity that the ball flew out of the baseline against the crossbar and missed the goal.

Five minutes later, Gerrard also faced the Chelsea player's clearance header, and volleyed from outside the penalty area to hit the goal.

But Schwarzer, who was reacted by God, fell to the ground and threw the ball sideways, turning the ball away.

Liverpool's offensive wave after wave, but just can't pry open the door of Chelsea.

Rodgers has no one to replace. The winger Moses, who is usually used often, cannot play because of the loan avoidance clause. In order to strengthen the offense, Aspas, who has not played for a long time, can only be sent on the field.

However, Chelsea's abundant personnel reserves allow Mourinho to have enough substitution options.

Although most of the starting players did not enter the squad, there are still players like William and Cahill who are willing to run physically on the bench, which can continue to inject vitality into Chelsea's defense.

Liverpool's offensive has continued, but Chelsea's defense on the field is equally wonderful.

The duel between spear and shield continued until the end of the game.

With the 91st minute of the game, Suarez's shot from outside the penalty area was once again resolved by the magical Schwarzer side attack, and Liverpool missed the last threatening shot.

0 to 0!

Chelsea used a lineup dominated by substitute players, but retreated at Anfield.

Mourinho once again showed the world his extraordinary ability to tune the defense.

As for Liverpool, with Manchester City already winning earlier, the point advantage is only 2 points left. The championship situation is still optimistic, but it is also full of the biggest variables...