Football’s First Defender

In the second half of the game, Dortmund, after half-time adjustments, was ready to fight more aggressively and attack more decisively, launching a counterattack against Liverpool at home.

The main offensive method of the "Bumblebee" was of course on Lewandowski.

Although Liverpool mainly fights defensive counterattacks, when they obtain the ball and cannot directly threaten the counterattack, Liverpool will of course immediately control the ball, try to control the ball to kill the game time, and find possible defensive loopholes in Dortmund. .

Dortmund have always been an offensive team that is stronger than defense. Klopp emphasized the active running and frontcourt pressing in Dort. Many reasons, not Dort's line of defense is really solid.

For Liverpool, if it can pass the ball patiently and mobilize Dortmund players, it is not impossible for Liverpool to achieve a better offensive effect in the game and try to gain a further lead in the game.

But the prerequisite for the offense is that Liverpool can organize a systematic offense, and the pressing defense of Dortmund players can cause headaches for opponents in the face of any giant team in Europe.

This is the benefit of the youth of the team. Although the team may not have enough experience, the players are all at the age when they are most physically stamina. They can run over their opponents absolutely.

When Liverpool's passing space on the wing was squeezed from all sides by Dortmund, mistakes sometimes occurred.

Liverpool sent the ball from the left sideline, but it was suddenly forced by three Dortmund players.

Gerrard can only choose to pad the ball directly to Flanagan.

Flanagan was going to pass directly to the front with a big foot, but before the ball was kicked, it was already blocked by Grosskreutz, who was leaping over.

Shaheen directly controlled the ball from the side. When Flanagan and Gerrard formed a press on the spot, Shaheen flicked his ankle and took the ball from Gerrard’s wicket. ", sent it out and shortly passed to Mkhitaryan in the front left.

Mkhitaryan advanced with the ball. After attracting Henderson's help, Mkhitaryan did not give Henderson a chance to foul.

Seeing the open space on the right, a through ball, directly behind Flanagan.

Grosskreuz was striding forward on the right.

Flanagan has lost his defensive position, and Liverpool’s huge open space on the left can only be quickly made up by Lucas, who is close to this side.

Fortunately, Lucas's position is behind, this time the defensive reaction is considered fast enough, he made up the defensive position in time, and restricted the breakthrough route of Grosskreuz on this side.

At such a position so close to the sideline, in the chaotic situation, Lucas directly increased his physical strength, even if he really gave a foul, it could be regarded as stopping Dortmund's quick counterattack opportunity this time.

Then Grosskreuz, under Lucas's body collision, lost his balance, but before falling to the ground, he also completed a diagonal shot directly.

The referee spreads his hands forward, which is good for the offense!

The referee is very experienced in law enforcement. He saw Dortmund players in the passing direction, but the referee did not blow the whistle.

Grosskreuz's pass is not powerful, but the angle is still good.

The response point for this pass is Mkhitaryan who sent the pass before.

Taking advantage of the gap that appeared in the middle after Lucas made up the defense, Mkhitaryan ran into the gap directly after passing the ball.

After receiving this pass from Grosskreuz, Mkhitaryan led the ball directly to the penalty area, causing further confusion in Liverpool's defense.

Skrtel immediately stepped forward to help defend, and must prevent Mkhitaryan from hitting the door.

Only when Scott and Gerrard rushed to Mkhitaryan's side to make up for defense, Mkhitaryan directly chose to pass the ball to the goal in the process of fast moving.

It was Lewandowski who responded in the middle.

Lewandowski leaned against Yang Feng on his side, took a better position, and then moved towards the passing route and directly made a non-stop shot.

Lewand’s body is extremely dominant in 1v1 in the interior, but this time he faces Yang Feng, the strongest defensive player in Liverpool's formation.

Although Lewand is leaning on his side and cannot directly affect the ball defensively, Yang Feng has always been fighting against Lewandard. This also makes Lewandable under Yang Feng's defensive pressure. Once the action is taken, he can only keep his previous actions and directly complete the goal.

However, at the moment when Lewandone completed the goal, Yang Feng suddenly withdrew his strength, got rid of the confrontation with his body, and directly fell to the ground and stretched his leg to intercept it laterally.

Lewand’s kick shot, but after the ball flew out, it was directly blocked by Yang Feng with his right leg.

Such a close shot should have caused a great threat, but due to Yang Feng's successful interception, it only refracted the bottom line and gave Dote a corner kick.

In Dortmund’s corner kick tactics, it was a direct confrontation between Yang Feng and Lewand. This time Yang Feng had more advantages in judging the landing point, occupying a better position, and passing the ball over Lewand’s head. Give it a step ahead...

Dortmund's offensive in the second half is very continuous, the team is doing everything possible to create offensive opportunities.

For Liverpool players, when facing a fast-paced and fast attacking team like Dortmund, when Dortmund players really run out of dangerous offensive opportunities, Liverpool players will always give a foul. Use fouls to stop the opponent's dangerous offense.

Shaheen, Mkhitaryan, and Jingdongan played wonderful cooperation in the midfield. Shaheen took a through ball and found Mkhitaryan who ran to a more threatening position.

On the left side, after receiving the ball, Mkhitaryan has a fairly good position advantage.

Gerrard, who rushed to defend, could only use fouls to prevent Mkhitaryan from making further breakthroughs.

It’s true that Dortmund’s small-range pass was so wonderful this time, and it contained a lot of Liverpool’s defensive energy. When Mkhitaryan stepped into the left side of the penalty area to catch the ball, the only thing that could rush over was the first time. Gerrard alone.

In the face of Mkhitaryan, who is still very powerful offensively today, Gerrard is also afraid that his own defense will be missed. Mkhitaryan will be passed by Mkhitaryan to create a greater threat. Anyway, he has not received a yellow card before. The last foul is also very appropriate.

In this position, paying for a foul and giving the opponent a set kick is definitely much less threatening than if Mkhitaryan broke through the past.

The experience of veteran players sometimes allows them to choose the most suitable time for the foul.

When Mkhitaryan was grabbed by Gerrard, he tripped.

The referee stopped the game and gave Dortmund a free kick, but he didn't give Gerrard a yellow card, just a verbal warning.

This also means that Gerrard did not get a yellow card penalty, after which he can still use the opportunity to foul in the game.

Shaheen will take the penalty for the set ball on the left.

The former Liverpool player, after leaving Liverpool and coming to Dortmund, was refreshed.

Shaheen, who is very adapted to the Bundesliga environment and adapted to Dortmund's tactics, has become an indispensable member of Dortmund's lineup.

In today's Dortmund midfield, he can fully display all his offensive characteristics. Although Klopp's strict requirements for players to press in the front court, Shaheen's own physical fitness sometimes has problems and cannot persist in the full game. .

However, it is enough for Shaheen to have a stable starting qualification and become the team's midfield organizer.

Fairly familiar with Liverpool's set ball defensive position selection.

Shaheen, who had been a teammate with Yang Feng, knew Yang Feng's defensive characteristics very well. The first time he passed Lewandowski's choice of passing the ball directly to find the middle.

A very fast arc ball, but drew a farther arc in the air, and the ball's landing point was directly located at the back of the penalty area.

Subotic, when Shaheen kicked off the ball, he cut diagonally to the back point from the middle position.

Cooperating with Dortmund's horizontal penetration into the center from the original back point, Liverpool's defensive line was handed over instantly, except for some problems.

Subotici was able to get rid of the defender's position and took the lead in completing the jump, competing for the ball's landing point.

Since the ball finally landed on the right side of the penalty area, although Subotic is in the air, it has been determined that he can grab this ball.

But considering the angle problem, and Subotic himself still jumped forward during acceleration, making his own adjustment space limited.

Subotic did not choose to attack the goal directly.

Instead, he chose to header the ball and return it to the goal within the small penalty area.

Lewand, in the front area, has always been a strong offensive point for Dortmund.

Only this time.

Although Lewandhas reacted quickly, after moving two steps, he directly volleyed to the goal posture, but Lewandard still did not get the ball.

Lewand’s kick was not the ball, but the person.

Lewand, who hit Yang Feng directly with his foot, was also directly whistled for a foul by the referee and awarded the ball to Liverpool.

Lewandt did not make a mistake in judging the point of this ball, but Yang Feng also quickly judged it.

The two almost noticed to run towards the landing area.

Unlike Lewandging who has to pose and pursue the accuracy of his goal, Yang Feng's purpose is simply to touch football.

So when Lewandid paused to prepare, Yang Feng could continue to maintain his forward grab speed, take off directly, and get the ball out of his head.

As for Lewand's kicking action, there was no way to retract, and he could only kick Yang Feng in the end.

Yang Feng stood by Lewand’s side today, effectively restricting Lewand.

Not only guarding Lewand but also Yang Feng's defensive performance today appeared in many positions.

In Liverpool's pass-and-control play today, Dortmund's players tirelessly ran, and there were quite a few mistakes. This kind of mistakes were directly caught by Dortmund a few times.

Once Lucas made a cross pass error, Shaheen directly and cleverly completed the steal.

After that, Shaheen directly dribbled the ball forward, and Mkhitaryan, who quickly moved forward from the left, was the first to meet him.

The frontco was 2 and 3. Although Liverpool players were dominant, Glen Johnson, who was closer to the wing, could make a limited defensive contribution when Shaheen was dribbling the ball at full speed.

In fact, Liverpool's defense is somewhat stretched.

Skrtel could only go nearby to see Mkhitaryan who was plugged in, and Shaheen gave Yang Feng to deal with it.

Facing Sha Xin rushing at full speed, Yang Feng kept staring at Sha Xin's feet.

Technical players like to use fake moves to confuse the opponent, but the control of the ball is the most real and cannot be covered by fake moves of the body.

Experienced defensive players, to put it bluntly, have experienced enough and can react faster, how the football is controlled by the offensive player, and will not eat the opponent's fake moves.

Yang Feng is an extremely experienced player. Although Yang Feng’s age is definitely not that old, he has watched enough videos and practiced more carefully in the game. Therefore, Yang Feng’s defensive experience is absolutely in the judgment of the ball. The level of a first-line defender.

This is how diligence can make up for clumsy, let alone Yang Feng is not clumsy.

And Shaheen left Liverpool. Although Shaheen's playing time in Liverpool is limited, in Liverpool's usual training games, Yang Feng has had a long time as a teammate or opponent with him.

Faced with Sha Xin's stride forward, Yang Feng was well prepared.

Shaheen's body began to sway from side to side. Usually this kind of sway ~www.readwn.com~ is not only good for the player to change direction, but also for the player to send the pass quickly.

But looking at the football at Sha Xin's feet, he was still moving straight forward. Sha Xin was only swinging his body, but he did not have any control over the ball. Yang Feng did not sway, still standing and defending his defensive position.

Yang Feng’s standing position caused Sha Xin to have some surprises. In Sha Xin’s plan, Yang Feng should be skewed in at least one direction. Then he can walk on the other side and directly gain the breakthrough position advantage, and he can kill directly. Going into the penalty area threatens the goal.

But Yang Feng did not move, and Sha Xin was a little at a loss.

At the moment when Sha Xin reconsidered, Yang Feng moved again.

Not to the left, nor to the right, Yang Feng suddenly chose to move forward and press.

At the moment when Sha Xin hesitated, Yang Feng stepped forward and directly hooked the ball under Sha Xin with his feet.

This ball, at the last moment, was so easily resolved by Yang Feng.

In the whole game, Dortmund's many attacks, either from the wing to pass the ball, or break through the center.

There were positional battles and quick counterattacks, but many attacking opportunities were completely resolved by Liverpool's defense at the last moment.

Yang Feng himself completed many interceptions in the second half, as well as clearing the wrecking ball.

Not to mention the perfect limitation of Lewandez’s performance in the penalty area, he also used his excellent anticipation ability to play a key defensive role in several counterattacks.

Without Royce's Dortmund, there is no real explosive point at all, which can tear apart Liverpool's defense and tear Yang Feng's defense.

In the end, with a very good defense, Liverpool took away a crucial away game victory 1-0 and mastered the initiative to advance.