Football’s First Defender

The devil's schedule is halfway through. After facing Barcelona and Chelsea one after another, Liverpool has only three games a week left, the most critical game in the middle of the week, the rematch against Barcelona at home.

The bad news is that Liverpool's entire defense has experienced two high-intensity battles, and many people have been exhausted.

The good news is that, after all, Liverpool's two games were mainly defensive.

The offensive players are basically on standby on the bench. Now they have plenty of physical fitness and can contribute their own strength in the second round against Barcelona.

Regardless of the result of the first round of the away game against Camp Nou, Liverpool, who finally returned to Anfield after pretending to be a "grandson" twice, will naturally use offense to regain the face they lost in the two away games.

One goal behind in the first leg and no away goals is Liverpool's biggest disadvantage at this time.

Either the same score of 1 to 0, in return for Barcelona, ​​the two sides entered a more brutal overtime, or even a penalty shootout.

Either Liverpool strives to gain a victory advantage of more than two goals, and then directly advances within 90 minutes.

Since Cosmic Ren can be defeated at home, it is not an impossible task to continue to exert strength at home in the terrifying Anfield and defeat Cosmic Sa.

After 541 in two consecutive games, returning to Anfield, Liverpool finally came up with the most commonly used offensive formation this season, 433!

Sturridge, Sterling, Coutinho lead Liverpool's attacking line.

In the midfield, Henderson, Lallana, and Emre Can are all very dynamic young talents. They can use active running to form good results on both ends of the offense and defense.

There are Flanagan and Moreno assists on the two sides.

For Liverpool, at home, offense must be the number one priority.

They must strive to directly defeat Barcelona and obtain the right to advance.

"This is Anfield!"

When Liverpool take on opponents in this ground, they will be fearless.

Even if there is no away goal, even with a score behind by one goal, when the game started and Liverpool started to attack, they had forgotten all the disadvantages. There was only one thought in their minds, that is to beat the opponent in front of them. Opponents, defeat them to complete the promotion.

"Liverpool changed their defensive style in the past two games, and launched an active offense at the beginning of today's game!"

"We can see that Liverpool, who sit at home, forcibly used Sterling's speed at the beginning of the game to seek a breakthrough on the wing."

"Sterling's personal strength has grown rapidly. Now facing many world-class defensive players from giants, he also appears to be more than capable on the offensive end, and can achieve a considerable offensive effect."

This time, in the face of Alba's defense, Sterling made a strong breakthrough, directly relying on his good physical resistance ability, ran over half of the body, and got the opportunity to kick a cross from the right.

"Cross!"

"The follow-up in the middle is Sturridge!"

"Header!"

"Blocked by Ter Stegen!"

In the first wave of offensive in the opening game, Liverpool completed the goal.

Sturridge, who followed up in the middle, used his off-the-ball running to advance obliquely, one step ahead of Pique, and reached the point where Sterling passed the ball, completing this header.

It's just that Ter Stegen's reaction was quick. In his position, he had already considered the possibility that Sturridge might complete the goal. This time, although the save was a little thrilling, it did not pose a real threat.

However, what Liverpool, who sit at home, want to show is not just this wave of offensive in the opening game, but to use continuous attacks to show their determination to reverse the promotion in this game.

Not only did Sterling work alone, but the entire Liverpool offensive team put a lot of energy and physical strength into the offense.

It is to break the deadlock early and recover the score first.

The wide players make a breakthrough and create a pass threat, while the players in the center can pass the ball to the striker or create a certain offensive threat by themselves.

Especially the long-range shots from the outside can also play a shocking role.

"Henderson's shot from long distance! Just a hair's breadth away!"

"Henderson's long-range shot from the outside took a strong inward arc and almost flew out of the baseline against the post. Ter Stegen, who didn't make a save, must be feeling scared now."

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"It's Sterling again, Qiangtu from the right, made an emergency stop, and swayed away Alba who was following him."

Sterling is strong in his speed advantage, and his outstanding speed makes him have the potential to become a world-class winger.

But he is not only satisfied with the peak of a wide player, he also uses the hardest training to strengthen his all-round abilities and strive to become better.

On the basis of exerting his own speed and enhancing his ability to combine the ball, it is Sterling who consults Coutinho the most and trains the most in private training.

In this kind of sidewalk, open the posture and advance at full speed, then make an emergency stop, shake Alba away, the force of the footsteps, the angle of the body tilt, how to move faster and better, and avoid injury, Sterling It was also after countless times of training that he reached the point where he can easily complete such an attack today.

"Driving the ball into the Barcelona penalty area!"

"Pique defended and came over."

"Sterling made an inverted triangle pass."

"The follow-up in the middle is Lallana."

"A nimble spike, avoiding Busquets' defense, and then a horizontal pull of the ball, after shaking a larger shooting angle, the left foot completed the volley!"

Sterling cooperated with Lallana's pass, and Lallana himself danced a beautiful waltz in Barcelona's penalty area after receiving the ball.

And with the last kick, Lallana has achieved his ultimate.

Ter Stegen flew to save, but facing Lallana's shot with excellent angle and strength this time, Ter Stegen still couldn't defend the goal that was a few meters wide.

While he was still stretching his body in the air, the ball had already brushed the left post and flew into the goal.

"GOAL!!!"

"The ball went in!"

"Lallana!"

"Helping Liverpool take the lead 1-0!"

"And helped Liverpool tie the big score!"

Liverpool's continuous offensive has achieved very good results.

Only 16 minutes into the game, Lallana scored for Liverpool.

The fast-paced, unreasonable offensive style of the Premier League, with continuous offensive impact, Liverpool finally broke through Barcelona's defense, and directly relied on Lallana's wonderful performance to score the goal.

This goal also instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the Liverpool fans on the scene. Everyone cheered for the team with louder cheers, hoping that the team will take advantage of the victory to pursue and directly defeat Barcelona at home and squeeze into the world again. In the Champions League final.