Football’s First Defender

The game rhythm of the two teams suddenly continued to accelerate after 30 minutes.

After Fox's almost own goal this time, Liverpool's corner kick in the frontcourt.

Coutinho's corner kick went directly to the goal in the middle. Yang Feng and Morgan competed for the top. Yang Feng reached the football, but Morgan also formed an effective interference.

Under the joint efforts of the two, the football just bounced high and flew to the goal, allowing goalkeeper Schmeichel to easily receive the ball.

Little Schmeichel, who was in a hurry to fight back, ran quickly to the vicinity of the penalty area line, and directly looked for Vardy in the frontcourt with a big foot.

It's just that, in the case of being too anxious, the big-footed pass did not maintain accuracy. The flight route of the ball was indeed to find Vardy on the right, but Schmeichel exerted too much force and kicked it directly. beyond the borderline.

Moreno sent a sideline kick, and the entire Leicester City left 4 defensive players in the frontcourt, constantly following the Liverpool players to put pressure on Liverpool's organizational offense.

After the close-range receivers were all stared down by Leicester City players, Moreno could only choose to throw the ball vigorously to his teammates farther away.

However, Moreno's hand slipped as he tossed the ball off the touchline.

"A mistake! Moreno, this time the ball was sent from the sideline. It was obviously slippery. The ball flew out irregularly and was directly stopped by Vardy."

Vardy had been forcing Yang Feng to receive the ball in the midfield, but this time Liverpool's sideline ball was "passed" directly to himself.

Vardy responded quickly. Since the opponent gave a big gift, he naturally accepted it.

After unloading the ball from the chest, he dribbled the ball diagonally into Liverpool's penalty area.

Fortunately, Yang Feng reacted quickly. After seeing Moreno's pass error, he immediately made defensive preparations and went straight up to confront Vardy physically and put defensive pressure on him.

Vardy supported Yang Feng's defense and wanted to move diagonally to find an opportunity.

It's just that Yang Feng's defensive position selection is quite good, and he doesn't give Vardy a chance to accelerate at all.

There was no real threat to the breakthrough. Seeing that other Liverpool defenders were also rushing over to double-team the defense, Vardy suddenly knocked the ball with his heel and knocked the ball to the right rear.

At this time, Yang Feng was powerless against Vardy's pass. He had already done all of his defense, and restricted Vardy, the biggest threat.

Vardy knocked the ball to the position before his breakthrough, and that position has become empty.

And Mahrez followed up, and immediately completed a long shot against the ball.

With full force, the body was completely stretched, and he shot an extremely beautiful perimeter shot.

Judging from the flight trajectory of the ball, it will directly pass from the left side to the goal.

but!

After Yang Feng limited Vardy's offense and won the defensive reaction time, Mignolet showed his strong defensive ability on the goal line.

A side attack from the extreme height of the jump, directly blocking the ball with a single palm.

"Focus! Defend! Defend!"

After successfully completing this save, Mignolet roared loudly in front of the goal to cheer up the team's defense.

And Yang Feng also loudly warned the players around him that they should not relax their vigilance in this game.

This time, Mahrez's goal and Mignolet's saves are world-class.

Hit the goal with a powerful kick from the outside, and the speed of the ball. At the same time, it has a large arc from left to right, and the characteristics of a high-landing deciduous ball.

Judging from the trajectory of the ball, if it weren't for Mignolet's save, the ball would have fallen directly into the upper left corner of the goal, making Mahrez the creator of the best goal in the Premier League this round.

But Mignolet's save showed his excellent goal line ability at this moment.

The excellent ability to judge the incoming ball, the speed of the lateral movement of his feet, and the height of the jump all helped Mignolet complete this extreme save.

If you want to hit the goal with this kick, you need the most suitable take-off height and the most suitable time to save. Mignolet has done it. At this time, Mignolet has played a world-class goal on the goal line. Strength.

After Leicester City's corner kick opportunity, due to the penalty area, Leicester City only had two high points, Morgan and Huth. Under the marking of several Liverpool players, they could not create too good opportunities.

Leicester City simply sent a tactical corner kick directly, and Mahrez held the ball on the left.

Using his ball-handling ability, he flicked and moved on the wing, trying to create opportunities for breakthroughs.

It's just that Liverpool's defense is quite targeted. When the defender is in place, the two directly work together to press Mahrez.

Mahrez wanted to show his breakthrough ability, but under the double defense of Liverpool, he also lost the breakthrough space.

In a hurry, Mahrez could only choose to distribute the ball to Fox who had just sent a corner kick.

Fox obviously didn't expect Mahrez to pass the ball, and he was not ready to receive the ball, and the ball missed directly from his feet.

The ball rolls straight out of bounds, a touchline.

However, as the Leicester City players also began to completely re-mobilize the game state during the game, it is not easy for the Liverpool players to send the ball across the half without kicking their feet. .

Leicester City's frontcourt pressing was quite active and effective.

And Kanter alone, at this time, is really an existence that can't run to death.

If Shinji Okazaki relies on pure "iron lung" to support running, then Kan looks very thin, but he has speed, strength, and physical fitness. Relax, put a lot of pressure on the Liverpool players.

It is hard to imagine that Kanter could run after the ball in the game, press three times in a row, get near the midfield from before the penalty area, put pressure on Liverpool's ball holder three times in a row, and finally near the midfield, with his teammates In the encirclement, he snatched the ball from Firmino's feet.

In the closing minutes of the first half, the home side regained their advantage, using an upfield press to keep Liverpool completely immobile in their own half.

Leicester City once again played a few minutes of pressing games.

It's just that although Liverpool's offense was somewhat suppressed and unable to perform, Leicester City only gained possession of the ball in the frontcourt, but they were unable to cause substantial damage when facing Liverpool's defense. offensive threat.

Yang Feng guarded the penalty area and commanded his teammates everywhere. He not only kept a tight defense line, but also did not give the home team any chance to easily launch an attack.

0 to 0, both sides have no good chances in the half, and can only wait for the change of sides to fight again.