Football’s First Defender

Sometimes it is not easy to be able to retreat in the cold Russia. After all, the UEFA Champions League every season, the home court of the Russian team, is definitely a must for other countries that are familiar with the Mediterranean climate. A bad nightmare.

Flying back to Liverpool, in the weekend league, Liverpool's opponent is its own "talent pool". In recent years, Southampton has introduced many strong support from this team.

Now that people have bought it and money has been spent, for this league game, Liverpool has to spend money on "after-sales service". At home, Southampton must obediently send three points.

For Klopp, Firmino's comeback is the biggest good news. With Sturridge on the injury list due to minor injuries, Firmino's ability to play is guaranteed. Klopp's tactical system can still be used.

Sometimes, everyone admires Southampton's scouting system and the vision of the club's transfer department.

Not only is the team's youth training done well, players scouted from other league teams can also be plugged and played, and they can also be sold with a good value.

After several years of "supermarket opening", Southampton did not fall into the relegation zone or even relegation due to the loss of too many players, as the outside world speculated.

On the contrary, this season, with the help of a batch of "cheap" transfer fees and new aid bought, now after 9 rounds of competition, they are actually in the upper half of the league.

Others only think that Southampton's new players are all capable, but Yang Feng knows that these players are all treasures.

For example, Mane, who is still on the right side of the midfield, will be the absolute thigh of the Red Army in a certain season in the future. You must know that it is not because the horse's thigh has affected his state because of his return from the damn Africa Cup of Nations. Liverpool in that season can definitely win better grades.

Not to mention Mane, who has super offensive power, on the defensive line, the young Van Dijk has also just made his debut in the Premier League and made his mark.

Not to mention this one, Yang Feng remembers that it was the joining of Van Dijk that made Liverpool's defense not so pitted in the original history. Coupled with the better goalkeeper Alisson, Liverpool had the chance to compete for the league. Capital of champions.

Thinking about the worth of these two people, Yang Feng knows how much Southampton can earn in the future.

And the two future superstars have joined the Liverpool camp, so you can know how hard the relationship between Southampton and Liverpool is.

The frequent player exchanges between the two sides have become the "superior-subordinate" relationship in the Premier League team.

For the excellent players played by Southampton, Liverpool has the priority to buy them at high prices. On the other hand, many players who have not been able to play or have lost their positions in Liverpool have been dealt with at low prices and come to Southampton to re-prove own strength.

Relying on the "iron" relationship between the two teams, Southampton, whose goal this season is only to relegation and make money, will not be on the road, and it is too difficult to be their "big customer".

Southampton continued to use its own 451 formation in the formation, except for Mane and Van Dijk, who will have excellent names in the future.

In other positions, such as striker Pellet and midfielder Wanyama are also powerful figures.

It's just that Liverpool played better at the beginning of the game amidst the cheers of the fans at home.

Less than 4 minutes after the start of the game, Liverpool received a "big gift" from Southampton.

In the on-the-spot counter-grab after Liverpool's offensive, the visiting team player who was anxious to advance the counter-attack speed made a mistake, and was surrounded by Iby and Lallana on the wing to complete the steal.

After the steal, Lallana went directly to the opponent's penalty area on the right side, and sent a through ball diagonally, and it was Coutinho who responded.

The positioning of the free man in the frontcourt allowed Coutinho to seize this opportunity.

After receiving the ball, he waded into the penalty area, avoided Van Dijk's defense, pulled it to the right, and directly hit the goal.

1 to 0!

At the beginning of the game, Liverpool relied on the high position in the frontcourt to grab an offensive opportunity and complete the goal.

Leading by one goal, the subsequent games will be simpler.

Liverpool's offense and frontcourt high pressure continued, however, the team began to take care of their own defense before attacking, so that Southampton did not get many offensive opportunities in the away game.

Although Southampton's counterattacks are limited and they look like they are admitting to losing in an away game, but for Liverpool, it is much better to score as many goals as possible and widen the score gap.

In the 27th minute of the game, Liverpool had a third corner kick.

Yang Feng has been facing off against Van Dijk when setting the ball.

The 24-year-old Van Dijk, who is in his first Premier League season, is obviously thinner physically.

It's just that Yang Feng was able to experience some characteristics of the future No. 1 central defender in the confrontation with him.

The basic defensive skills are solid, the judgment is accurate, and the most correct judgment can be made in an instant.

For central defenders, the older they are, the more demonic they are, and the more experienced they are, the stronger they are. Today's Van Dijk, who has been in the Premier League for less than half a season, at least has adapted to other aspects except for physical confrontation. about there.

Defense against Yang Feng alone, although there is some gap, can also create a lot of interference for Yang Feng.

Under Van Dijk's defense, Yang Feng can only say that he can't easily get the space to hit the goal. However, with Coutinho's pass, Yang Feng still indicates to Coutinho that he can play some tricks.

After the hand gestures were exchanged, Ku Niao took a corner kick and directly sent the penalty to the front point.

However, although the speed of the ball was very fast, the height of the ball was not kicked up. In the eyes of others, it should be that Coutinho kicked or made a mistake, which caused such a pass.

The ball quickly fell to the forward position, but the height of the landing point was almost at the waist position, which was not suitable for competing for a header at all.

Yes, not suitable for headers only.

Before kick-off, Yang Feng made a pull to run to the back point, and then directly changed direction and ran to the forward point.

Van Dijk was not shaken away too much, and he was only one body short of following. When Yang Feng was fighting for the top, Van Dijk thought he could jump in the air and cause interference.

However, this is not a high ball, and Yang Feng did not intend to hit the goal with a header.

Facing where the ball landed, this time Yang Feng raised his foot directly and shot with one foot, choosing to use his feet instead of his head to resolve the battle.

A fast-moving volley shot hit the near corner of the goal. The goalkeeper of the visiting team couldn't react in time, and the ball hit the net.

2 to 0, Yang Feng's goal gave Liverpool a two-goal lead.

But this time, Yang Feng's atypical goal was a rather big surprise.

After all, boring additional training is very boring. Occasionally, players develop some small routines off the field to add to the fun of training, and this small corner kick developed by Yang Feng and Coutinho is very popular in the professional arena. The effect is also quite good...