Football’s First Defender

Liverpool's united defense, except for Sterling's occasional disturbance of Barcelona's defense, Liverpool does not have many counter-attack players who are devoted to Barcelona's attack.

It is enough for Liverpool to be able to retreat from the away game against Barcelona.

As for Barcelona, ​​they are still under siege, but like most of the game, they still don't have a good chance.

With the appearance of Glenn Johnson and Jose Enrique, the offensive and defensive threats of the two sides on the wing are ebb and flow.

It is true that Neymar and Messi are enough threats, but after nearly the whole game, the two consume a lot of physical energy on the offensive end. The point where the offense is done.

However, although the stalemate is still maintained, as long as the game is not over, Barcelona's sharp attack does not know which one can create a miracle.

"Barcelona had more than 70% possession of the ball in this game, and nearly 20 shots were attempted."

"Occupied an absolute offensive advantage on the field, but just couldn't break through Liverpool's gate. The score is still 0 to 0 at the current position!"

"Liverpool, playing away at Camp Nou in this game, showed their excellent defensive strength."

"Under Yang Feng's command and leadership, Liverpool is building the most stable defensive line in Europe."

Time and again, blocking Barcelona's offense from the dangerous area of ​​​​the penalty area, Liverpool used defense to show what is called a template for team defense.

It's just that sometimes, no matter how good the team's defense is, it may not be able to stop the individual performance of the opponent's players in the game.

Sometimes, the biggest highlight of a strong duel is that you never know when a superstar will stand up and decide the direction of the game, and even decide the outcome of the game.

Barcelona has no shortage of people who can perform miracles on the offensive end.

Xiaobai Iniesta, Suarez, and Neymar may all seize a certain opportunity by themselves, even if it is not an opportunity, and complete the goal.

Not to mention, the biggest threat in Barcelona's formation is Messi!

For Messi, in the national team competition, there are always various unsatisfactory situations. He urgently needs to use more club honors to establish his position as the number one player in football.

After Ronaldo helped Real Madrid win their tenth crown last season, Messi also hopes to help Barcelona win the Champions League again and stand on top of Europe.

In this semi-final, Messi is eager to win. Even though there are only more than 10 minutes left in the game, Messi still believes that there will be an offensive opportunity in front of his eyes after all...

In the 76th minute of the game, Barcelona's half-time offensive and defensive battle continued. Messi got the ball on the right and broke through the ground in a small area. He was superb and successfully passed two Liverpool defenders, and then suddenly passed the ball to Liverpool. Inside the small restricted area.

It was Neymar who plugged in, but when he was about to reach his position, Neymar felt the huge force coming from the side and rear, and was directly knocked to the ground by Skrtel who was defending him.

Several Barcelona players "surrounded" the referee in an instant, wanting to ask for a penalty.

The Liverpool players formed an "anti-encirclement" against the Barcelona players. They forcibly wanted to squeeze out of Barcelona's "encirclement" and rescue the referee. penalty.

The referee indicated that there was no problem.

And Mignolet, after seeing the referee's gesture, immediately threw the football in his hand to Jose Enrique on the left, and Liverpool had a good chance to counterattack.

Sometimes, people can't be greedy. When Liverpool wanted to try to attack this time to see if they could score a goal, many unexpected factors came together, which was extremely detrimental to Liverpool.

Jose Enrique took the ball forward quickly, and the Barcelona players who were still "surrounding" the referee quickly returned to the defense, but Messi was the first to complete the grab.

It's just that Jose Enrique played a one-man goal in front of Messi, relying on himself as a substitute, with better physical fitness, and forcibly "bullying" Messi.

After a while, something happened to Jose Enrique.

The ball was passed, and it did pass Messi, but the ball was too far away from Enrique himself. When Enrique continued to chase and wanted to catch the ball, Alves, who was also in the right midfielder, was He strode forward, took the first step, and snatched the football that Enrique had not controlled.

An opportunity for Liverpool to counterattack, by the way, turned into an excellent offensive opportunity for Barcelona after an on-the-spot counterattack.

Alves dribbled the ball directly past Enrique and continued forward.

Lovren, who was nearby, jumped up immediately.

Before Lovren almost knocked Alves' small physique directly to the ground, Alves barely completed a cross pass.

Rizzoli didn't blow the whistle, signaling a favorable attack!

Regardless of Alves' heavy fall to the ground, his pass was accurately passed to Messi's feet.

In his most familiar offensive position, since Liverpool had just finished a defense and entered a counterattack state, not all positions on the defensive line returned to their positions.

In Messi's eyes, Liverpool's defense at this time is definitely wide open. It is a normal game and a rare opportunity for huge gaps.

Yang Feng was entangled by Suarez, and the other defensive players were only Henderson in front of him.

A Henderson who wants to limit Messi alone?

Messi dribbled the ball and made a breakthrough to the right, which attracted Henderson's center of gravity.

Henderson wanted to foul, but Messi made a spike and changed to the left, so that Henderson didn't even touch a corner of his clothes.

Taking two steps with the ball, before the other Liverpool defensive players were in place, Messi had already adjusted and volleyed directly with his left foot.

Hit the near corner!

The ball roared out like a shell, and went straight to the lower right corner of the goal. Mignolet fought hard to save, but Messi shot from the penalty area line, and there was a rebound. Mignolet could do nothing but watch the ball rebound. In the goal.

1 to 0!

Barcelona still relied on an on-the-spot counter-robbery, and Messi broke the deadlock.

The Barcelona players were celebrating, and at the first moment, Mignolet, who conceded a goal, was roaring loudly at Enrique...

Enrique was very responsible for this ball. Maybe it was because he hadn’t played for a long time and he was eager to make contributions. Maybe he was too eager to perform. He scored the hot ball in his backcourt and successfully gave Barcelona an excellent counterattack opportunity, resulting in This conceded a goal.

Yang Feng spoke out immediately, stopped Mignolet's complaints, calmed down the team as a whole, and only conceded one goal. What Liverpool have to do now is absolutely not to be defeated like a mountain, lose a goal in an away game, and return to home Not necessarily no chance.

After Barcelona's offensive, it became more and more vigorous. Fortunately, Yang Feng and Team Jie made a concerted effort to calm down most of the players and prepare for the subsequent defense.

Even though Messi and Neymar took turns attacking Liverpool's rib defense, Liverpool finally defended without any danger and kept the 0-1 score to the end.

Barcelona won the first round and took the initiative to advance. However, the two teams will move to Anfield in the second round, and Liverpool also have a chance to complete the reversal...