The Ball at Your Feet

In the battle with Villarreal, Liverpool finally adjusted its strongest lineup. Milito, Zhao Yaning, Figo and Gerrard all played in the frontcourt, while Sissoko and Alonso played double midfielders, and Riise, Carragher, Vidic and Maicon's combination, the goalkeeper is still Reina.

Compared with them, Villarreal’s lineup is slightly worse, but not far from it: their goalkeeper is Vieira, and the back line is Gonzalo, Arzo, Venta and Peña. , The overall situation is slightly worse. In the midfield line, there is a diamond-shaped midfielder composed of Calleja, Senna, Riquelme and Solin. Of the four, Solin and Riquelme are the Argentine international, while Senna is the Spanish international. Both are pretty good. On the front line, apart from Fran, they are Jose Marie who has played for Milan.

And several other outstanding players, Valencia, Cazzola, and Juventus's former team deputy Tacinadi, this game are all sitting on the bench. It is not easy for Villarreal to play this position, but it is definitely not a coincidence.

With a whistle, Liverpool did not immediately gain the upper hand after the start of the game. Although it is at home, it is clear that Liverpool are still playing extremely cautiously, and they don't want to encounter too much trouble in this game. Be careful not to make a big mistake. After all, it is a home game. Any goal conceded is worth a lot of money. It is always a good thing to defend carefully before attacking.

Although Villarreal is weaker, after all, they are a La Liga team, and they have a big advantage over a Premier League team like Liverpool in the way of playing interspersed. Although the current Liverpool is considered by many English media to be a serious La Liga team, compared with Villarreal, it pays attention to the problems of frontcourt counter-robbing and physical confrontation, making Liverpool's technical level still It is insufficient. In addition, the opponent's team also has a master midfielder like Riquelme, and it is not fun to be beaten behind. Therefore, Liverpool is also quite cautious.

At this time, the Liverpool players also discovered that playing with Riquelme was indeed a troublesome thing while defending.

This person's passing ability is indeed beyond ordinary people's imagination. Most people pass the ball, no matter how they pass, they only calculate the position in space. For example, Zhao Yaning passed the ball and saw that there was a gap in the defense line, so he passed the ball naturally. Running in neutral and running to meet is what teammates have to do.

But this is where Riquelme is different: he is not only concerned about the gaps in the back line, at the same time, he will try to understand the positions of every teammate and every opponent, and calculate his own. How to pass a kick can ensure that teammates receive the ball first-the purpose of other passers is to command their teammates, but teammates also have to think about it, and his way of playing is simply to think about this. The links are all done for the teammates, and teammates only need to surround him and make the simplest moves.

No wonder some people think that his passing skills are the best in the world. Zidane’s skills are excellent, but his spirituality is relatively insufficient. He can predict the running position of his teammates, but he cannot predict the opponent’s running position well. Therefore, he relies on his own technology to tear the opponent’s back line. The pass is always smooth, as if it's a person who can pass it. Rui Costa, another passing master, has an extremely magical insight into the holes in the defense. He can see even the smallest holes, but he is still not good at controlling his teammates, but fortunately Yes, he has always had good forwards as a company, and for a well-traveled forward, his passing is as attractive as wine to alcoholics. Inzaghi thinks his passing is better than Zidane. Obviously, running like Inzaghi, encountering passing like Rui Costa, that is the real golden wind and jade dew when they meet, they will win but countless people.

Riquelme is different. When he plays, he doesn't do traction by himself, and it is difficult to serve his teammates. There is no need for a good striker's cooperation. What he needs is a group of teammates to play around him. This kind of pass is indeed more eye-catching and better-looking, but it is really difficult to get the same level or the favorite of teammates of similar strength-no forward is willing to be a marionette in the hands of others , Who is willing to move, not relying on their own wisdom, but completely dependent on others?

When Riquelme was on the court, his control was too strong. This, compared to his luck, his technical flaws, his character problems and habit problems, are all secondary.

He is indeed a master, but he is a master with shortcomings.

Sissoko is responsible for marking Riquelme in this game. Under Riquelme's actions, his rough faults were also revealed. His skills are not enough to grab the ball from Riquelme’s feet, and if he is relying on his body, every time he presses close, Riquelme turns around to protect the ball, leaning on his **** against Sissoko. Just lie down. His physical fitness is indeed not good, but he knows how to use his physical fitness to create advantages for himself. Relying on good ball protection skills, Sissoko had no choice but to take him for a while.

Fortunately, what Liverpool put out at the beginning was the formation of double midfielders. This way of playing is relatively safe. Liverpool can't prevent Riquelme, but with a tight defensive system, Riquelme can't find a good opportunity.

At the same time, after the Liverpool midfielder stabilized, they began to prepare to launch an offensive.

Liverpool’s counterattack has always been completed by Zhao Yaning in this type of competition, and what really made Zhao Yaning feel unexpectedly difficult in this game was Senna in front of him.

When Zhao Yaning started with the ball, the front was still blank. And just when he wanted to accelerate, Senna had already blocked it, blocking most of his breakthrough space. Zhao Yaning took a kick to the wing and wanted to break through the wing, but Senna immediately moved in. Came over, fighting against him, and trying to grab him

The ball under the foot.

This kind of defense gave Zhao Yaning a very strange illusion: his defensive predictive ability is very good, much like that guy Makelele. However, his skills are much more delicate, and he is more like Essien-it can be said that he is a mixture of 70% Makelele and 70% Essien.

He heard Alonso mention this player, and in the Premier League, many media said that Manchester United wanted to introduce him: because his contract is only one year left, the price is relatively cheap. According to the newspaper, Villarreal is asking for 10 million, while Manchester United has offered a price of 4 million for a counter-offer. The two sides are arguing.

Such a price does not look like the price of a top player. But in the match, Zhao Yaning discovered that Alonso called him the number one Alonso, it is indeed not a lie.

This is indeed a very good midfielder, whether it is interceptions, steals, counter-attack passes or dribbling skills, he appears to be extremely versatile. To say that he is the bigger Alonso is not to say that he is much better than Alonso in terms of ability. He is not even as good as Alonso when it comes to participating in the offense with long passes. However, because of him With good speed and the ability to dribble the ball, it can be said that he is a very good and comprehensive midfielder, and he is indeed a better candidate for a single midfielder than Alonso.

Before that, Zhao Yaning knew that he was a Spanish nationality who only joined in 2006. He just finished his first national team game in February, so he didn't care much about him, but now I want to come: his home country is Brazil after all. Where has there been a lack of backcourt players over the years? After all, Senna’s playing stage is still too small to get Emerson, Gilberto Silva, Ze Roberto, Junior Juninho, Edmilson and other giants, and they are very famous. The fame and status of his midfielder can't compete with them for a position. The World Cup is coming, he wants to play in the World Cup, so he can only do so.

Moreover, his peak period came a little later: many people think that his peak was last year, the year he won third place in La Liga. And this year, his age is already 30 years old. Although he is indeed more comprehensive and capable than Alonso, Alonso was only in his early twenties when he was second in La Liga, and it is inevitable that people like Senna who came out of fame when he was old are inevitably ignored. .

Spain is undoubtedly a big bargain.

The Spanish midfielder has always had a big problem: their players excessively lack a certain outstanding ability.

This is actually related to the overall environment of each league. Italy's style of play has always been piled on the backcourt defense, and the forward line relies on the personal abilities of one or two players to solve all the problems. Therefore, Italy is rich in defenders, and at the same time, it is also rich in shadow forwards who can do all the work alone in the frontcourt. But the front midfielder position, Italy has no tradition.

The Premier League attaches great importance to wing, and their league is also rich in fast, long pass wing. In addition, what the Premier League likes is the style that the midfielders directly press on the ball. Therefore, they are also rich in central midfielders with strong coverage and fierce defense. But because of the fast pace, the simple and clear playing style, the technical striker, the Premier League is also difficult to produce.

And Spain is the same: focus on cooperation, focus on offensive league, so that most of their players have very versatile midfield abilities: defense, passing, shooting, control, all aspects are very average. For a long time, the slightly weak physical fitness and the excessive reliance on South American foreign aid when playing football have made it difficult for Spain to produce players with real golden ball-level strength.

And now, when Aragones was reorganizing, he relied on the introduction of Senna to fill up the major loopholes in the backcourt defense. It is very important for Spain to have a midfielder with a large coverage area and high defensive strength.

It’s just that no matter how strong the midfielder is, it shouldn’t be a single midfielder formation. Especially, our team is not just one person who can take on the role of the organization. The defensive ability is excellent, and it does not mean that you can be one. People defend multiple positions! This style of play has long been eliminated by modern football. Do you really think that the advantage is so great that you can ignore the rules of football?

When he dribbled the ball in again, Zhao Yaning flicked the ball left and right and controlled his speed. After Senna didn't dare to grab it, he began to look for opportunities and plan an attack.

Figo understood his idea very cleverly, and immediately leaned over~www.ltnovel.com~Zhao Yaning kicked the ball to him, and at this time, he started at full speed and ran towards the bottom line.

Senna followed, but Zhao Yaning knocked the ball back and gave the ball to Figo behind him. Figo made a backward pass and gave the ball to Alonso, who was inserted, while Alonso made a long pass directly and gave the ball to the other side, at the feet of Gerrard!

The quick transfer of a few people was almost completed within five seconds. Senna shook off Zhao Yaning who had inserted into the penalty area, and turned back to the front of the arc top of the penalty area. After all, that was the most dangerous position!

Gerrard, who received the ball, did not choose to continue to pass. He took the ball from the ribs of the penalty area and inserted it into the penalty area!

He has never played like this. Running, pulling, long shots, passing, these are his tasks. Sudden insertion like this is obviously extremely rare, and it also makes the entire defense line chaotic. At this time, Gerrard had already turned his back and passed the ball to Figo.

Taking advantage of the chaos at this moment, Figo has pushed the ball straight to the left of the penalty area. At this time, Zhao Yaning, who had already ran into the penalty area, received the ball and nudged the ball with his right foot to the far corner of the goal!

"Al!!! Liverpool scored! Zhao Yaning scored, Liverpool led Villarreal 1-0 at home!"

Leading by one goal is far from enough-Zhao Yaning celebrated, but he was also thinking about it: best, just this game, kill the suspense, what Liverpool have to do now is far more than winning. what.