Football’s First Defender

Chapter 359: Counterattack

Sherway, the player, is fine now and is not well-known, but in the future it will be called a typical example of "the brain restricts talents".

You can't say that he is not talented. On the offensive end and on the defensive end, Shelway has had two brushes since his debut.

In the last season, although Dalglish was reluctant to make too many rotations in the midfield, Sherway also got a few chances to play.

In the new season, under Rogers's coaching philosophy, when others cannot meet the tactical requirements at present, Shelway has both offensive and defensive characteristics. This game allows Rogers to regard him as the team’s transitional lineup. Field selection, even though he is still very young and lacks sufficient game experience.

At that time, no one thought that the performance on the court was pretty good, and Rogers was very satisfied with the midfielder's choice Shervey, who could not successfully control his emotions in the game.

In the last round, when Shinji Kagawa was attacking at Liverpool, he used a shovel to shovel the ball directly to Sherway.

Perhaps Shinji Kagawa’s innocent expression management has opened up the referee's network, but this has greatly annoyed Shervi, who has suffered a lot.

Sherway got up angrily and went directly to Shinji Kagawa for the theory, but Shinji Kagawa was indifferent. The referee's subsequent verbal warning definitely made Sherway more angry.

Although under the support of other players on both sides, Sherway did not show too much attitude in this conflict and continued the game directly, but Sherway’s suppressed anger did not disappear as the game progressed, but continued. Accumulating, accumulating.

When Liverpool's offense was over and Manchester United began to organize the offense, Shinji Kagawa, as the organizer of Manchester United's midfielder, also deliberately took the ball and made a play under Sherway's defense to further stimulate Sherway.

Facts have proved that this kind of deliberate provocative behavior, although many defensive players will restrain themselves and respond to the opponent with good defensive performance, but Sherway is the few players who are irrational.

I had suffered a boring loss before, and now I am still provoking myself with fancy moves in front of me. Shervey was absolutely angry at the time, and instantly he wanted to get back the court with a foul regardless.

And for the same retaliatory action with a sliding shovel, due to Sherway’s studs are too bright, the movement range brought about by his tall body is large, and Kagawa Shinji is extremely tolerant and hard to hit this foot, and then clutched his ankle on the ground. Rolling all over the floor.

After the referee came over, he did not hesitate to show a red card to Sherway, who was obviously vindictive! Send him off!

The fans on the scene buzzed with boos.

I don't know whether it was shushing the referee's sentence or shushing Shinji Kagawa who was lying on the ground and rolling.

All the dust settled. After Shervey was sent off depressed, Shinji Kagawa, who was still receiving treatment from the team doctor, was already able to get up and move, but he could stay on the court alive and kicking to continue the game without further treatment.

And Liverpool can only withstand a situation of 10 to 11 at home.

Fortunately, there are only a few minutes left in the half of the venue. Although Manchester United wants to take advantage of Liverpool's red card sent off, and other players on the field have psychological fluctuations, they can score by onslaught.

But for Liverpool, with all players retracting the defense and Yang Feng's excellent scheduling from the rear, Manchester United's fast break style ended in failure.

The half-time score was 0-0. The two teams had an excellent time to suppress the opponent's main attack in the first half. However, Liverpool midfielder Shelvey's reckless foul and direct red card appearance were also destined to make Liverpool's 45 minutes in the second half more difficult.

In a top-level match like the Double Reds, one less player, Rogers can only adjust the team's tactics to a greater extent during the half-time break.

Offense is impossible to offense, and even counterattacks can only rely on a few players and cannot fully push.

Under this circumstance, we must not leave enough space for the opponents, otherwise, in accordance with the strength of the giants, under the attack of the ladder, Liverpool's defense line can defend the first wave of attack, and may not be able to defend the second wave of attack.

Naturally, it is impossible to retain the double forward. In order to make up for the midfield defense after Sheldon was sent off, Henderson replaced Borini and came off the bench to stabilize the team's midfield defense.

The counterattack task can only rely on the speed of Sterling on the left and Suarez's shooting at the front.

Yang Feng and Henderson, who will be coming off the bench in the second half, explained in detail the defensive requirements under special circumstances on the court.

Because Yang Feng himself took part of the forward defensive responsibilities in this game, he was different from the past. This time Yang Feng asked Henderson to boldly grab and press forward, while Yang Feng himself would look at the timing to help him complete Defense.

In the second half of the game, as soon as the game started, Manchester United was heavily pressed.

Playing one more person on the field, for the giants of Manchester United's level, has a wealth of offensive tactics, and an excellent degree of completion, allowing Manchester United to create excellent offensive opportunities.

Especially in Liverpool's right defensive line, due to the lack of orthodox full-backs, the side defense is obviously weaker by one gear.

Glen Johnson alone, facing the impact of Manchester United midfielder Giggs and Kagawa Shinji, with Evra behind him who can keep up at any time, Liverpool's side has always been on the wing. In the rumbling of the wind.

Although Gerrard and Joe Allen are consciously approaching the defense zone on their right side, the two people whose main abilities are concentrated on the offensive end are really not good at this kind of defensive work. 1v1 may be barely able to parry, but In Manchester United players, when they cooperated with each other to a certain extent, the defense was a bit unable to keep up with the rhythm.

In the tactical deduction at the intermission, Rogers also knew that to deal with a team like Manchester United, let alone one less player, that is, when all the players are present, they want to completely limit Manchester United’s attack. It's all impossible.

Now the team is playing one less player. No matter how good the defensive end is, it will certainly not be able to completely prevent the offense that Manchester United wants to play. Therefore, it is necessary for Liverpool to properly strengthen a certain area defense and release other areas. Out of choice.

And sticking to the middle is of course an inevitable choice on defense.

With the defensive line still neat, Rogers made the choice that he must not allow Manchester United to play too good offense in the middle.

For the two side lanes, proper defensive interference is excellent. You only need to limit the opponent's in-cut breakthrough. As for the side pass, how many puts it, and Yang Feng and Scott must be firmly prepared. Never let the opponent compete successfully.

Therefore, for the defense of the wing, on the one hand, the defensive strength is not good, on the other hand, it is also the deliberate indulgence of Liverpool's own. Giggs, Shinji Kagawa, and Evra inserted in the wing area have absolute openness. Make a pass.

For the pass to the penalty area, Van Persie's primary target is of course, but with the front and back flanks of Yang Feng and Scotter, Van Persie's struggle for the top is not small.

Manchester United's attack on the wing was like no one, but in the final finishing area, they encountered extremely tenacious resistance from the Liverpool line.

Van Persie was in the penalty area time and time again, looking for opportunities to break the goal, but before that, Scotter continued to exert physical confrontation pressure on him, and then Yang Feng, relying on accurate judgment of the landing point, constantly grabbed the excellent competition. The position makes Van Persie beyond reach.

Manchester United's offensive wave after wave, formed an absolute suppression on the scene, but it was unable to create an absolute threat at the last shot.

Although there was one less player on the field, the cheering voices of tens of thousands of Liverpool fans on the field played the role of the 11th person off the field. Their cheering voices allowed the Liverpool players to run tirelessly and let the Liverpool players Use running to build a fairly good line of defense in the middle.

The defensive momentum of the Liverpool players began to rise over time, while the offense of Manchester United on the other side was somewhat monotonous.

Passing from the side! It's still a side pass!

With a relaxed passing environment from the wing, Manchester United’s offensive players “reasonably” seized the opportunity from the wing and kept passing into the penalty area for teammates to compete for the top.

However, Ferguson on the sidelines looked a little irritable. This kind of consecutive failed crosses made him feel that he was still too few forwards, but his own midfielder played one more person. Crossing the ball from the ground, it is absolutely a waste, and it did not further take advantage of the larger number of teams.

Ferguson is considering whether to replace a forward player to increase the team's ability to compete, or to re-adjust the midfield's offensive tactics to give play to the advantage of pass penetration when the number is dominant.

The game time is still enough, so that although Ferguson has a premonition of such an offense, he can continue to play for a while, wait for 60 minutes, and then adjust it.

However, although Liverpool has been shrinking defense, but there are also many counterattacks on the court.

Evra made another 45-degree high pass. This time, Yang Feng controlled the direction very well after heading the ball and directly pushed the ball to the feet of Henderson in front.

In the case of Manchester United’s frontcourt players, Henderson made a smash action at first, avoiding Valencia’s pressing that came in the first time, and then a big foot, directly Passed to the depths of Manchester United's right defense.

Although purely speaking of space, the space behind Evra, who has a larger forward penetration, is larger, but Liverpool does not have a speed player on the right side to rely on. Although Suarez can also go to the right to catch the ball, but Taking into account Evra's chasing speed, Henderson finally chose the side of Sterling who is believed to be praised by Yang Feng's boss.

A great advance pass, Sterling competed with Raphael. Although Raphael's speed is not slow, Sterling's speed is definitely faster.

After unloading the ball first, even if Raphael took the opportunity to use his body to squeeze to the outside, Raphael himself occupied the defensive position inside.

However, Sterling used his speed advantage on the perimeter and completely drove up. Raphael was in an advantageous defensive position, but he could not complete an effective follow-up in the first time.

"Liverpool teenager Sterling's speed is too fast!"

"Directly dribble the ball on the outside to overtake, accelerate and throw away Rafael half of his position!"

"Go on, Sterling continued to bottom, never slowing down!"

"Pass!"

When approaching the baseline, Sterling completely used his speed to forcibly get rid of Rafael’s defense and got the space to pass the ball. After that, he passed the ball at full speed and almost lost his balance. Sweep to the middle of the penalty area.

"Suarez's follow-up!"

"Point before!"

"Shoot with one kick!"

"GOAL!!!"

"Goal scored! Suarez!"

"At the front point, during the march, I chose a wide-angle shot to hit the goal and pushed the ball directly to the back post."

"Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea, it is absolutely correct to choose a close position, but Suarez is a bold man. He hit the door at a point in front of the small penalty area. He even dared to pursue the ultimate angle, and his ankle shook. , The goal post from a small angle was successful, and Liverpool scored the first goal!"

"The Liverpool team, which played 10 on 11, took the lead in taking the lead. It is worthy of the iron-blooded Red Army, one less player, still full of passion for fighting, and a desire for victory..."

Goal! Lead!

For the Liverpool fans at the scene, happiness came too suddenly.

In the first second, Manchester United was constantly besieging their home team. In the next second, Liverpool's counterattack was already quickly launched, hitting Manchester United's weakness, and the first kick in the second half scored the goal.

Cheers after ecstasy ~lightnovelpub.net~ The cheers at Anfield Stadium reached the maximum decibels.

The fans are singing and dancing. Although there are still more than 30 minutes before the match, for Liverpool fans, it is already a happy thing to score Manchester United with one less player. No need to think about it. The final result is not too late to celebrate.

Ferguson was a little angry on the sidelines, and he didn't know whether he was angry about the poor performance of the players on the court, or he was too taken for granted in his tactical arrangement.

After all, if the offensive tactics are changed earlier, then this time the counterattack may not be formed.

Occupying an absolute advantage and falling behind as a result, Ferguson will certainly not give up.

On the one hand, step up the deployment of troops from the bench to allow the substitute players to warm up more fully.

On the other hand, taking advantage of the gap between Liverpool's celebration, several players on the field were called off the field and gave them face-to-face advice.

The main thing is not to pass blindly, to infiltrate more, and to actively seek to create better offensive opportunities before passing the ball.

There is enough time for the game. This is Ferguson’s biggest advice to the players. As long as you don’t panic, the initiative on the court must be one more man.

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