Football’s First Defender

In this game, Liverpool's changes, at least in the early stages of the game, have received quite good results.

Liverpool's active running has effectively limited Chelsea's offense, although this high-intensity press in the midfield will increase the physical consumption of Liverpool players.

However, such physical consumption has brought about Liverpool's different fighting spirit on the field, which makes all fans watching the game look forward to Liverpool's performance in this game.

As for physical consumption, Liverpool's young midfielders have more energy to support their running.

Liverpool, sitting at Anfield Stadium, is naturally a well-deserved main attacker.

Although the team's three midfielders do not have a particularly outstanding offensive power, they rely on the two full-backs to insert assists, and Henderson and Emre Can tirelessly insert to threaten long-range shots.

Liverpool's offense began to become more three-dimensional and more aggressive.

Although Emre Can is only a young midfielder who is just 20 years old, his playing style is really similar to Gerrard.

Liverpool bought him back this summer because they valued certain Gerrard-like qualities in him.

They are all running tirelessly on the field, going up and down, without any regard for physical factors.

It can not only play a role on the defensive end, but also break into the opponent's hinterland and launch a personal attack.

The power of a long shot is also quite similar to Gerrard.

It's just that Gerrard is old, and Emre Can is at the age of a player who has just begun to enter his prime.

Flanagan's return from injury on the left is good news for Rogers.

The speed of the newly introduced Moreno is indeed fast. On the offensive end, he can barely rely on his own speed and flexibility to complete the offensive task.

But for the Premier League game and the rhythm of the game, Moreno still needs more time to adapt.

Especially on the defensive end, Moreno, who is not tall enough and has no confrontation ability, is the most vulnerable point for Liverpool to be targeted by opponents.

Flanagan, an orthodox Liverpool youth player, is different. He has more experience in the Premier League than Moreno. His appearance has beneficially improved Liverpool's defensive problems on the left, allowing midfielders to play more. involved in the attack.

As for himself, Flanagan is a young player who dares to play and rush. After he gets the ball, he dares to make moves on the side.

This time, it was Flanagan himself who made a strong breakthrough, relying on physical confrontation, and forcibly got rid of Oscar's defense in Chelsea's frontcourt.

Flanagan's strong burst on the wing directly caused a rebound from Chelsea's defense.

Matic defended Flanagan, and before he was in place, Flanagan made a direct pass and found Coutinho.

Coutinho is on the left side of the center, dribbling forward with the ball, making a long shot and hitting the goal.

Afraid of Coutinho's long-range threat, Ramirez and Hazard's defense was extremely fast.

And what about Coutinho? After the adjustment was completed, he found that there was no angle of attack, and immediately passed the ball across to find the midfield space on the right side of the center.

It was Emre Can, who started the game, who followed up.

Emre Can received a pass from Coutinho, and when Cahill was ready to block in the penalty area, he saved time and shot directly without stopping the ball.

The ball roared out.

And Cahill immediately jumped back to block.

Emre Can's long-range shot hit a diagonal, aiming at the upper left corner of Chelsea's goal. Courtois had already reacted and made a flying movement to catch the ball.

only……

The man has arrived, but the ball has not arrived!

Courtois' height, wingspan, and reaction speed make him one of the best goalkeepers in European football at a young age.

On loan at Atletico Madrid last season, Courtois himself is the most important part of Atletico Madrid's defense.

Returning to Chelsea this season has squeezed Yang Feng's old teammate Petr Cech to the bench.

Although the ball was difficult, Courtois believed he could catch it.

As a result, Emre Can's long-range shot, the football disappeared from Courtois' vision.

Just when Courtois was flying into the air and wanted to save, the ball directly hit Cahill, who was actively defending, and Emre Can volleyed vigorously, even if Kahill Er blocked it with his body, but relying on the strength of the goal, he only changed the direction, and the speed of the ball did not drop too much.

The ball flew from the original trajectory to the upper left corner, and after refraction, it flew to the right post, and almost stuck to the post, and flew into the goal.

Courtois, who had already been waiting in the air to save, could do nothing about the ball.

1 to 0!

In this strong duel, the defending champion Liverpool, who was not optimistic before the game, took the lead.

Chelsea, who fell behind in the away game, were naturally not reconciled to just being defeated at Anfield.

After that, Chelsea launched multiple waves of offensive.

However, Liverpool's midfield press today made Chelsea a little panicked.

Especially the Liverpool strikers, the continuous impact on Cesc Fabregas has seriously affected Xiaofa, who is in the midfielder position and passes the ball forward.

Without the scheduling of Fabregas, players like Hazard and Oscar have also fallen into Liverpool's specially constructed "muscular defense".

Henderson, Emre Can, and Lucas, on the defensive end, are constantly going up their bodies, taking advantage of the "home whistle" advantage, and constantly using their bodies to confront them to continue to put pressure on Chelsea's technical players.

As for the biggest threat to Chelsea's striker, Diego Costa handed over to Yang Feng, Liverpool's absolute defensive core, for 1v1 defense.

Costa, known for his "grinding" and "biting" defense, had little room to play in the first half of today's game.

He was pestered by Yang Feng like a bullshit plaster, it was not easy to connect the ball, and he couldn't show his strength at all.

Although Costa is Brazilian, he is definitely an outlier in South American football.

He doesn't have the fancy moves of those Brazilian predecessors who went to Europe. His playing style is "down-to-earth" at best, and like a "rough brother" at worst.

Its biggest threat or characteristic, one is its uniqueness in frontcourt pressing, which can put a lot of pressure on the opponent's defense line, and the other is Costa's handling ability in front of the goal after receiving the ball. Within, Costa has a high probability of creating a good scoring opportunity when he takes the ball.

But what is weaker is Costa's own ability to independently attack long distances.

Yang Feng's defensive strategy against Costa is very simple. It is "death entanglement" Costa. While fighting him physically, he interferes with all passes to Costa, cutting off the communication between Costa and other teammates from the source. connection.

If Costa cannot receive the ball, Costa will lose his offensive threat.

At this point, others may not be able to restrict Costa's running positions, but Yang Feng can. With his excellent reading ability and cheating predictive ability, Yang Feng can see through some of Costa's smart running positions, but he can't. real threat.

At least, at the end of the half-time game, Liverpool's tactics today are absolutely right, and the score of 1 to 0 is the best verification.