Football’s First Defender

After winning two consecutive victories in the Premier League and winning by 11 goals, Liverpool will start their journey in the Champions League again.

For Liverpool, although they have recovered in the Premier League in the past two seasons and won the Champions League last season, but in the 20 years lost, Liverpool's status in European football is obviously not as good as that of other leagues. Traditional rich.

First of all, in the selection of the Ballon d'Or, Yang Feng, who performed well last season, and the defensive core Yang Feng who helped Liverpool win the Champions League and the defending Premier League title, is still in the selection, only second to Ronaldo Messi, only ranking the third.

All Liverpool fans, especially those who expect Yang Feng to be the first Chinese fan to win the Ballon d'Or, are also very helpless.

The champion of the Champions League, the champion of the Premier League, not to mention the two honors, not to mention the impact of Yang Feng's excellent defensive ability on the back line on the opponent, that is, as a defender, he can score a large number of goals and pass the ball during the season It is not easy to count double-double data.

However, in the final selection, Yang Feng, who received many honors last season, still couldn't become the one who broke Melo's monopoly.

For the Golden Globes, some people are indignant and some are helpless.

After all, Yang Feng's defeat this time can only be called a pity, far from a scandal. After all, although there is no competition this year, the results of the national team competition must also be part of the evaluation. This weakness is something that Yang Feng cannot get rid of.

When it comes to the real "shady scene", isn't the 10-year Sneijder the more wronged? This time Yang Feng's defeat can only be said to be a little controversial.

As the core midfielder of the team, he led Inter Milan to win the Triple Crown, and also as a core player, led the Dutch team to a runner-up finish in the summer World Cup.

Whether it is team honor or personal performance, Sneijder is worthy of the Golden Globe Award that year.

Even if Sneijder can't get it, then it should be a player of the World Cup champion team. The Spanish core Xavi or Iniesta will win the goal award by relying on the honor of the national team.

As a result, in the final selection results, Messi still won the final honor. It can only be said that in the selection, forward players, relying on the number of goals they scored against some underdogs in the league, are they popular?

Anyway, in this year's evaluation, Yang Feng still has no way to shake Messi and Ronaldo, two strikers with a high exposure rate in world football.

After Yang Feng "missed" the golden goal, Liverpool, as the defending champion, was clearly targeted by UEFA in the subsequent Champions League draw.

Liverpool's opponent is Atletico Madrid from La Liga.

If it is said that the team that Liverpool least wants to encounter before the game, apart from UEFA's "pro-son" Real Madrid, the last one they want to encounter is Atletico Madrid, a defensive team with iron-blooded defense.

Today's Atletico Madrid, although the personnel have gone around in these two seasons, and the lineup has undergone great changes from the previous rising season, but under the leadership of the bandit coach Simeone, Atletico Madrid, which values ​​​​the overall, still maintains With quite a strong combat power.

The team is proud of its iron-blooded defense and excellent counterattack ability. After being poached by a group of giants, it still maintains a very good defensive ability after being supplemented with suitable personnel.

The first round of the match between the two sides was held at Anfield Stadium. Liverpool is at home. If they want to advance, they will naturally need to give their all.

Liverpool, who are playing at home, must attack. If they can't win the game at home, then going to the devil's home court in Atletico Madrid, Liverpool's game command will be even more difficult.

In this game, Liverpool used a 433 formation.

The backcourt players have not changed.

Three midfielders, Henderson, Emre Can, Lallana.

The three frontcourts are Firmino, Coutinho, and Milner.

In the last game, Milner's performance at the right midfielder was quite good, and Klopp continued to use Milner to play the right winger position.

If the effect is good, you can continue to strengthen the team's offense. If the effect is not good on the field, you can change to 442 or 451 at any time, no problem.

For Liverpool, the changes made are not big. At home, they must give priority to offense, play the best effect on the offensive end, and strive to win the final victory at home.

For Atletico Madrid's coach Simeone, in the Champions League, in the two-round game, he is always willing to use his team's excellent defensive ability to withstand the opponent's attack, and use the counterattack to give the opponent the greatest damage.

This away game at Anfield, Simeone's purpose is very simple, just get out of the body.

As long as you win a tie, then you will have the advantage of advancing when you return to the home court.

If there are still away goals, then the advantage of advancing will be even greater.

For Atletico Madrid, the starting lineup sent by Simeone was not a big surprise.

The loan of the goalkeeper Courtois at the goalkeeper position ended. After returning to Chelsea, Atletico Madrid quickly cultivated a goalkeeper like Oblak.

The taller young goalkeeper, the reaction speed on the goal line is not worse than Courtois.

After these two seasons of training, he has also become the top goalkeeper in La Liga.

His ability to save on the goal line is sometimes even better than Courtois back then.

The iron-blooded defense that Atletico Madrid is proud of naturally needs an extremely stable back line to play.

The 4 defensive players are Juanfran, Savage, Godin, and Felipe Luis.

Among them, Felipe Luis really explained what is the most suitable full-back for Atletico Madrid.

After the UEFA Champions League final, Felipe Luiz, who performed very well in the Champions League and La Liga, joined Chelsea at a high price with his teammate Courtois and Diego Costa, but he was a little dissatisfied with Chelsea. Did not play out their own strength.

However, after being sold back to Atletico Madrid at a low price by Chelsea, Felipe Luis has found an excellent form again, and this season he has shown excellent strength on both offensive and defensive ends of the wing.

In midfield there are Oliver Torres, Saul, Gabi and Koke.

Gabi, as the captain of the team, plays a role in this Atletico Madrid team together, and Koke, as the team's midfield core, is also a player that Atletico Madrid relies on on both ends of the offense and defense.

In the customary 442 formation, the team's double forwards are Griezmann and Vietto.

Both of them not only have extremely strong counterattack ability, but also can excellently complete the defensive tasks assigned by Simeone in the game, which can be described as both offensive and defensive.

With such an Atletico Madrid lineup for such a day, on the field, Simeone just hopes that he can give Liverpool a good start in the away game...