Football’s First Defender

Liverpool expended energy to win a league victory.

However, for Liverpool, this kind of physical exertion finally reaped quite good results.

Not only the victory in this game, because Chelsea once again languished in the strong duel, Liverpool's position as the leader is even stronger.

In the league, with 5 rounds left, leading by 4 points, for Liverpool, defending the league title is no longer so far away.

And now, for Liverpool, it is to find a way to overcome the hurdle of Bayern Munich in the away game, and also to hit the highest honor in the Champions League.

After the game, return to London to continue repairing. Liverpool will fly to Germany two days before the game to prepare for this crucial second round.

And Bayern's pre-match momentum is still quite good.

Sitting at the Allianz Arena, Bayern also has its own confidence. Although the superstar players are not overbearing, their attitude of giving up to me still makes Liverpool players and fans very unhappy.

"I hope that when the game is over, the Allianz Arena will be as quiet as a library."

In the face of pre-match media interviews, Yang Feng's speech and statement made many Bayern fans hope that the team can complete the reversal and advance, and then they can slap Yang Feng in the face at the Allianz Arena.

No matter how much exaggeration is done before the game, in the end we still have to see the truth on the field.

On April 22, the second round of Bayern's home game against Liverpool started on time.

Robben, who had been saying before the game that he would come back, did not start the game, but sat on the bench.

After all, just after returning to the game and playing such a super-high-intensity game, Bayern can't guarantee that Robben can 100% recover to his best condition.

Therefore, Guardiola did not allow Robben to ask for a fight, but just let him stand by on the bench. If Bayern can't play the offensive end at halftime, they may only send Robben, and the dead horse will be used as a living horse doctor. up.

However, after the announcement of the starting lineup, Guardiola did not make any changes to the team's formation in this game.

It is still the usual lineup this season, except that Guardiola has made a personnel adjustment in the position of central defender.

The performance in the last game was quite poor. Dante, who was extremely slow to return to defense, was placed on the bench, and Bud Stubel replaced him.

Guardiola regards this time at home as a battle for his two-year tactical rectification of Bayern.

And Liverpool, which won the last game, will naturally not change their lineup rashly.

Even in the away game, Rogers did not choose to defend the game in an extremely conservative way this time.

The away defeat against Porto in the quarter-finals made Rogers realize the powerful offensive firepower of these top European teams at home.

Bayern is definitely stronger than Porto.

The advantage of two goals does not guarantee that Liverpool can qualify for the promotion relying on defense.

With the lessons learned in Porto before, although Rogers is not going to start a confrontation with Bayern, he doesn't plan to shrink back directly, so he puts up an iron barrel formation.

Liverpool must continue to carry forward their own fighting style. In the game, they use their own running to press down. In the midfield area, it will cause difficulties for Bayern's advancement and reduce the pressure on the defense.

With the sound of the game whistle, the focus of this Champions League battle officially began.

Bayern took the lead to kick off and immediately entered the attacking state without any temptation.

The team's midfield pass is still looking for Lewandowski, but instead of directly finding it in the penalty area like in the first round of the game, it makes Lewandowski retreat more sharply, and then catches after leaving the penalty area. ball.

Guardiola's tactical arrangement today is very clear. Since Yang Feng's marking of Lewandowski was very good in the first round, let Lewandowski and Yang Feng play a pair.

Use Lewandowski's threat to offset Yang Feng's defense, and then let Lewandowski use his residual heat to serve as the team's frontcourt fulcrum, leaving the real offensive threat to other players to create.

This is to blame Ola for the subtle adjustments to the team's tactics. During this week, he is focusing on strengthening the tactical layout of other players as the main attack point.

After Lewandowski received the ball in front of the penalty area, he passed the ball directly to find his teammates on the wing, and then re-entered the penalty area to attract Yang Feng's defense.

Of course, in order for Lewandowski to still play a role, it is also to test whether Yang Feng is still in a good defensive state. At the beginning of the game, Bayern's tactics will still habitually look for Lewandowski in the penalty area. Wan, let's test the depth of Liverpool's defense.

However, although Bernat's cross from the side accurately found the top of Lewand's head, Lewand also struggled to get the spot.

However, under Yang Feng's close defense, the ball went through a fierce physical confrontation with Yang Feng. When Levan hit the ball, his technical movements had been deformed. The ball went straight up and down, and was easily received by Mignolet. .

However, although Liverpool successfully completed their first defense, at the Allianz Arena, Liverpool's counterattack threat was greatly limited.

The unsuitability of the stadium and the noise of the fans at the scene have caused considerable disturbance to Liverpool.

And Bayern's offense is wave after wave.

Bayern, who returned to the home court, played thoroughly.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Bayern, who kept passing from the midfield to the backcourt and broke Liverpool's midfield press, suddenly launched a long pass attack from Boateng who advanced to the left and right of the midfield line.

After Boateng received the pass from his teammate, he made a long pass directly to the front of Liverpool's penalty area.

In the battle between Lewandowski and Yang Feng, although Yang Feng judged the position of the landing point this time, but Lewandowski himself occupies a better position, so Yang Feng has no choice but to get this landing point when he is stuck. .

Although he still relied on his body to collide, which affected Lewand's balance, Lewand's ball still hit the landing point and pushed the ball outward a little.

In the empty area behind Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, who followed up, faced Lewandowski's header ferry, and directly hit the goal with a kick from outside the penalty area and flew straight to the goal.

This ball meant that Mignolet's attention was concentrated enough, he jumped sideways, barely reached the ball, blocked the baseline, and just gave Bayern a corner kick.

This time, the corner kick sent by Alonso was also in accordance with the predetermined tactics. In the early stage, he "mainly played Lewandowski" and sent it to the middle area, but Yang Feng was the first to complete the jump to compete for the top, overwhelming Lewandowski, and made a strong clearance.

After Lewandowski succeeded twice in the opening game, Yang Feng used his successful defense this time to declare that he was still in an excellent defensive state.

It's just that Lewandowski had a better position to compete for before. This time, the two sides were in the "neutral" area. Yang Feng used his strong performance in the top fight to prove that he still has a restrictive effect on Lewandowski.

Of course, Yang Feng fell into a fight with Lewandowski, and gained a certain amount of sweetness, which also met Guardiola's expectations. Gua Shuian was sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the real killer move after Manchester City...