Football’s First Defender

For Liverpool, the most regrettable thing about the first round was that when they were leading by three goals, they did not seize such a big opportunity to lead and were scored by Bayern at the last moment.

The gap between 3 to 0 and 3 to 1 is not only a goal difference, but also the most important thing is that Bayern won an away goal.

With this away goal in hand, for Bayern, the pressure to return to the Allianz Arena in the second round will not be so great.

As long as Bayern can win three goals at home, or win 2-0, they can easily advance, and even if Liverpool score one goal, for Bayern, they only need to score three goals to enter the extra time. .

With a certain amount of room for error tolerance, it can be regarded as allowing Bayern to make bolder arrangements on the offensive end to strive to complete a big-score reversal at home.

In the league match between the two teams on the weekend, Bayern sent a substitute to go through the motions, giving the main players enough rest time, but still reaped a small 2-0 victory.

There is no way, the strength of the Bundesliga team and the "morale" problems of most teams when encountering Bayern can always make it easy for Bayern to win when they want to win.

Hello, hello, everyone, this is also the reason why the Bundesliga, the intensity of the competition, and the competitiveness of the league are declining day by day.

Unlike Bayern's easy opponents in the Bundesliga, Liverpool, which is in the championship stage with Chelsea, dare not relax or be careless in the league schedule.

In the 33rd round of the league, against Hull City, Rodgers did not dare to make too much player rotation. Except for a slight adjustment in the midfield, he almost played with all the main players.

Hull City, which is only one point ahead of the relegation zone, no matter who the opponent is, even Liverpool, which has been in hot form recently, Hull City wants to try to score points at home.

As for Liverpool, the preparations for this game are actually very important.

The relegation teams can face it easily in the middle and early stages of the league, but in the final stage of the league, they have to prepare carefully, because these teams next to the relegation zone can always burst out in the last few rounds. Unusual fighting power.

For Hull City, staying in the Premier League is definitely a "project" of hundreds of millions of pounds. For this reason, the team owner offered a huge relegation bonus to stimulate the players and strive for points in the final stage.

At a moment when even a single point may be the absolute fate of relegation, Hull City put up an iron bucket formation at home, preparing to try to gain points by defending.

In addition to defending in the iron barrel formation, the Hull City players also used active fighting and substantial physical confrontation in an attempt to "frighten" Liverpool away.

After all, the Champions League game is just a few days later, and Hull City wants to use its own toughness to make Liverpool retreat in this game and save their strength to deal with Bayern.

In which game the team's full strength will be exerted is also a huge test for Rogers' ability to make decisions.

In the world of adults, when faced with a choice, of course you have to have both.

Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, Rogers holds a pretty good card in his hand, of course he wants to continue to pursue higher honors on the remaining two fronts.

This is also what Rogers made clear when the team reached the top 8 of the Champions League. The team must achieve good results in both the league and the Champions League.

The team sent Balotelli, Sturridge and Coutinho's offensive trident today.

In the midfield, Joe Allen, Lallana, and Emre Can started the game.

The back line is still the same team.

Rogers still hopes to win the game with the least cost. Sterling is pushed on the bench and will decide whether it is necessary to play depending on the situation on the field.

For Rogers, Sterling will still be his trump card when he faces Bayern, and Henderson, who is also rested in this field, will also be the backup left by Rogers for the Champions League midfield defense a few days later.

In this league, facing Hull City's iron barrel formation, Liverpool's offense is not so easy.

When the two teams drew 0-0 in the first half, Rogers did not dare to be careless. During the intermission, he immediately encouraged the morale of the players.

Let the players devote themselves to this game and focus on this game first. This league must be won. As for the Champions League, we will talk about it in a few days.

At the beginning of the second half, Rogers immediately replaced Sterling and generals like Henderson to prove his determination to win the game.

Facts have proved that Rogers' substitution adjustment in the second half was very timely.

Sterling's personal threat has become a sharp weapon for Liverpool to break through the dense defense.

Although it is not possible for one person to break the opponent's defense with his own strength, after Sterling played, he echoed Coutinho. He can create opportunities by himself, and he can also use the containment of Hull City's defensive players The force allows Coutinho's side to also get a certain amount of offensive space.

The two complement each other, and finally in the 63rd minute, Coutinho broke the deadlock with a cloud-piercing arrow.

It took a full hour to break the deadlock with difficulty, which was a huge drain on the physical fitness of Liverpool's players.

However, a one-goal lead cannot make Rogers feel at ease. After all, this is the opponent's home court. If Hull City plays an offensive momentum and equalizes the score, then Liverpool will not have another hour to provide them with a dense defense.

The Liverpool players were also aroused by the defense of the previous Hull City players.

Following Rodgers' sideline gesture to win the game with all his strength, the Liverpool players, in this game, also resumed the frontcourt press to control the home team's offensive threat.

Win the next game, yes one.

Liverpool's lead forced the home team Hull City to attack.

Losing one goal is also losing, losing two goals is also losing.

Hull City can only give it a go at this time, hoping for a miracle to happen.

Of course, Liverpool's defense will not leave too many opportunities for opponents.

Yang Feng's personal defense completely locked Hull City's striker.

The strikers of the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League all have their own weaknesses. Yang Feng only needs to use his own defense to suppress their strengths and expose their weaknesses, and he can easily play an excellent role on the defensive end. .

As for Hull City's offense, when they couldn't find the most threatening point on their front line, they could only hit whatever they wanted.

Players use their personal abilities to try to start an attack anywhere.

But this kind of offense without the support of the offensive system, facing Liverpool's collective defense and the correct game attitude of the Liverpool players, Hull City players naturally have little room to play.

On the contrary, after the Liverpool players on the field temporarily forgot about the Champions League, the team used more active running to gain more opportunities to counterattack while defending.

In the 81st minute of the game, Sterling assisted Sturridge to score during the counterattack, extending Liverpool's lead to two goals and completely ending the suspense of the game.

Liverpool, at the expense of the physical fitness of the players, won this league victory.