Football’s First Defender

In fact, the biggest advantage of Klopp's well-arranged and admired lineup is that the team can prevent the two full-backs from attacking forward as in previous games. The main offense is all from the center. The two full-backs only need to advance in batches to contain the opponent's side defense. They don't have to participate too deeply in the offense as before, causing the team to be chased by the opponent during the game. A counterattack from behind.

As Yang Feng's defensive characteristics have been studied by more and more people in recent years, many capable Premier League teams have focused on Liverpool's flanks in recent games and focused on counterattacks.

According to the normal counter-attack thinking, in fact, if conditions permit, a quick counter-attack is more willing to find the teammate at the front of the center, because after getting the ball, it can directly threaten the goal and create the most intuitive counter-attack pressure.

However, since Yang Feng's debut, his excellent ability to defend opponents' counterattacks has been recognized by everyone. Within Yang Feng's defensive coverage, there is a greater probability that he can pass the ball on the ground and win Opportunity to counterattack, but the most common high-altitude pass in the counterattack is always rushed to the defensive position by Yang Feng first to complete the clearance. As a last resort, many teams can only find another way, since passing the ball to the center cannot directly cause a counterattack threat , then the first point of the counterattack will reach the wing, outside Yang Feng’s coverage, and then look for opportunities. After getting the ball, complete an inside cut or pass the ball. During the game, assist your teammates to complete the attack.

In the previous two-game losing streak in the league, Liverpool's defense was the first to be penetrated by the two wings, and it was impossible to effectively fill the loopholes.

Because in Liverpool's current offensive system, due to the need to stay at least one midfielder, the offensive end of the frontcourt, if you want to create a certain threat, you must have full backs who can take on more responsibilities and get closer to the opponent's defense. The hinterland, so when the ball is transferred quickly during the offense, even though the full-backs have fast speed, there is no way to quickly return to the defensive position and complete the defense. They will always be easily defeated by the opponent. Find an opportunity, focus on hitting the space left behind when the full-back advances forward, and play a targeted counterattack on the wing.

Klopp, in this game, facing Arsenal, who have two flanks and the same offensive firepower, can only take risks and change formations, give priority to the team's flank defense, and then see if this lineup can play as expected. desired effect.

"In the final game of the 21st round of the Premier League, Liverpool will host Arsenal at the top of the standings."

"After the New Year, Liverpool suffered a two-game losing streak in the Premier League. After the previous fierce pursuit momentum, the point gap has been widened in the near future."

"Arsenal, on the other hand, has won 5 of their last 6 games, including the victory against Manchester City. In this game, Arsenal's goal is to win three consecutive league victories and maintain their advantage in the standings."

"Arsenal is still their starting lineup of 4231, while Liverpool has been insisting on the 433 system before. This game has undergone changes. It has been changed to a 442 lineup. The configuration of two forwards can indeed increase the threat of receiving the ball in the penalty area. , However, it remains to be seen whether Liverpool have enough passers to send enough passes to the double forwards in the penalty area."

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal did not rush to start. After all, this is Anfield. In Liverpool's home game, Arsenal still wants to carry the three axes of the home team and make targeted responses according to the situation.

only……

"Liverpool! Today, after the starting lineup and the lineup are different, they have changed."

When everyone saw that Yang Feng became the hub of Liverpool's midfield to respond to the four passes, they were surprised and puzzled.

"Yang Feng, is this a temporary cameo as Liverpool's playmaker?"

"This is really surprising. Klopp's secret big move is to liberate Yang Feng from the back line and participate more in the team's offense."

"It's not the final offensive mode when setting the ball in the previous sense, but it has been upgraded to become an organizational midfielder. In this regard, since Liverpool's opening, all the players' passes have been directed to Yang Feng. It can be seen."

Arsenal's defensive arrangement before the game was aimed at Liverpool's style of play, and prepared a variety of counterattack ideas in detail to help the team gain an advantage in the away game. However, as Liverpool's backcourt organizer, when Yang Feng showed on the field, Wen Ge really didn't have such a response.

In the past, in Liverpool's backcourt, the pair of Henderson and Milner, even if they both have the ability to attack forward, but they still need to leave one person to do some simple work of sorting out the ball while taking defense into account. At this time, Yang Feng took on the work of defending and sorting out the ball during the game. Although this will make Yang Feng consume more energy and exert more energy during the game, in contrast, Liverpool is actually on both ends of the offense and defense. There will be a big improvement compared to before.

If we say that Arsenal's offense can still insist on being self-centered, it will not be affected by Liverpool's defensive changes, and if there is any problem.

However, Arsenal's defense had to adapt to the changes in Liverpool's offensive style.

However, Arsenal, which is already strong in offense and weak in defense, the players' temporary decisions on the spot obviously couldn't keep up with Liverpool's offensive rhythm, so they could do their best to deal with it.

Although Liverpool handed over the heavy responsibility of wing breakthrough to Coutinho and Lallana, for two players with outstanding technical abilities, there is no pressure in 1v1, and 1v2 passes can also be passed. , Liverpool has a full 4 people who can receive the ball in the middle area and try to attack. The rich offensive points can make Liverpool's offense form a continuous oppression.

Only 8 minutes into the opening game, Liverpool's offense unfolded, which showed the offensive effect of the team's change this time.

Yang Feng was in the middle of the field continuously, pouring the ball with his teammates, and even occasionally dribbling the ball himself. For Arsenal's defense, it's not good if you defend it, and it's not good if you don't.

This time, Giroud came directly at Yang Feng. Maybe Jirou didn't expect that when he was attacking, he would face Yang Feng. When defending, he would always face Yang Feng. takes longer.

However, after many times of peripheral possession, Yang Feng saw a player who had a chance to run in the frontcourt, and directly passed a long pass to the left. Suddenly, he turned back and ran forward to Coutinho.

The ball was given extremely accurately in advance. After receiving the ball without slowing down, Coutinho directly made a breakthrough. After attracting the defensive player to follow, he made an emergency stop and smashed the ball, dunking past the defensive player and gaining space for the pass.

He passed the ball back and found Milner who followed up from the left in the middle. Milner volleyed the ball, but Koscielny blocked it with his body.

"However, there is still a chance!"

"Firmino gets the second spot on the right."

"One buckle!"

"He hit it directly!"

"The ball is in! The ball is in!"

"Firmino! Open the scoring for Liverpool!"