Football’s First Defender
Chapter 601: Morata
The final score of the two teams entering the halftime in the first half remained at 1-0. With Coutinho's goal, Liverpool temporarily took the lead.
However, even if Liverpool lead early, Juventus is not without a chance.
Today's Juventus midfielder played very well in the second half of the first half and strongly supported Morata, who was constantly creating opportunities in front of him.
In Tevez, after being blocked by Yang Feng, Morata got multiple offensive opportunities on this side, but it is a pity that Morata did not score for Juventus in several attempts.
There are two major difficulties facing Liverpool's defenders.
One is whether Scott can defend Morata against him.
Judging from Morata’s performance in the first half, he was able to give full play to his speed and running ability when facing Skrtel, so that he had the ability to get rid of Skrtel’s defense and directly The possibility of threatening Liverpool's penalty area.
Especially when Juventus is launching a counterattack, Morata can pull the side attributes, which creates the greatest threat for him to play his speed advantage on the side.
And Juventus has Morata on the front line, waiting for the chance to score.
In terms of midfield, Juventus’s young midfielder Pogba also makes Liverpool’s defense a big head.
Throughout the first half, Coutinho, Lucas, Henderson, three yellow cards, all committed in the offensive instigated by Pogba.
Especially Henderson and Lucas, who are mainly responsible for the defensive tasks of Liverpool, both have yellow cards. This is even more a serious challenge for Liverpool's midfield defensive hardness in the second half.
For Rogers, how to solve it, or avoid Juventus from continuing to create a large number of threats, will be the key to determining the trend of the second half.
On the Juventus side, they created some opportunities in the first half, but they didn’t grasp it. What they needed to do in the second half was to continue to maintain their offensive pressure to score early and equalize.
In such a crucial Champions League final, the coaches of both sides chose to fine-tune the lineup in the midfield, and did not immediately make substitution adjustments. The substitutions are precious and must be left on the edge.
For Rogers, although he continues to require Liverpool to retain his offensive posture, he still makes further targeted adjustments for Sterling and Coutinho's two wingers.
When Juventus’s wing attack was not as oppressive, let the two of them properly adduct, further organize the Juventus midfielder, and strengthen the oppressive press.
It is impossible to completely lock up Juventus opponents at this level, but Liverpool must use layers of defense to consume Juventus' offensive advancement, so that every offensive of Juventus, in the end, will be as hard as possible.
The most important change is the exchange of personnel for the central defender.
In the case of Morata creating consecutive opportunities in the first half, Rogers could only choose to let Yang Feng spot him, and must press Morata to his death.
And Carlos Tevez, "Only Noor" in the first half, did not show much performance, after all, is a veteran, Rogers can only hope that Scotter can fulfill the defensive task to live up to expectations.
"Did someone change to defend me this time?"
"The world's first central defender! I want to see your strength!"
Looking at Yang Feng who was shifting his position to guard him, Morata's eyes were full of fighting spirit.
For Morata, since his debut, he has been tempered in a kind of giants.
Real Madrid, Juventus, as the dominant teams in their respective leagues, in the Champions League knockout matches, they also guarantee a place all year round.
The central defenders of the two teams are also world-class central defenders.
Especially in Real Madrid and Mourinho before, but he boasted to the media, "The world's top five defenders, I have three of them".
Although everyone does not know who the other two top five defenders are in Mourinho's eyes, after all, there are many top defenders scattered outside, such as Yang Feng, Chiellini, Kompany and others.
But Real Madrid's three major defenders, in terms of strength, all reach the top five defenders in the world, perhaps a little bragging.
But there is no surprise that all the top ten central defenders in the world are shortlisted.
"Water Lord" Ramos, the older the more demon, the "monk" Pepe, who began to have a Zen spirit, and the "student tyrant" Varane who gained fame in recent years.
It can be said that these three central defenders are the gems of Real Madrid's lineup. Not to mention that the fourth central defender in Real Madrid's lineup can also play a cameo in any position in the backcourt. Nacho also has the strength of the giants. 20 million euros to buy, but Real Madrid will not let go of the strength of the fighter.
In the Real Madrid team, in front of the terrifying defensive line, the young Morata also suffered "social beatings."
However, after experiencing that terrifying defensive temper, for Morata, he is also convinced that he has completed a transformation on the offensive end.
No matter how strong the defensive teammate in front of him is, when the offense takes the initiative, the offensive dominance is still at his feet. No matter how strong a defensive player is, he cannot create defensive pressure alone.
In the Champions League semi-finals, facing his old club, facing Ramos and Pepe’s defense, Morata used his wonderful play to break through Ramos’s goal and help Juventus score. Kill the old master.
And today, after blasting the "ordinary" central defender from Skrtel in the first half, Morata brought out the "big boss" Yang Feng, and he became a world-class striker.
Young man, young and energetic, for Morata, although Tevez is a well-deserved big brother, but the football field always depends on his strength.
Morata wanted to score goals in the second half under the defense of Yang Feng, a well-known world-class central defender, to help Juventus equalize the score and even win.
Then I can prove to everyone that UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com is now a world-class striker...
And Morata's chance to prove himself came extremely quickly.
Soon after the start of the second half, Liverpool failed an attack and Juventus' counterattack came immediately.
When Morata madly signaled for the ball, and there was a certain amount of space in his running position, Pirlo made a long pass and went directly to Morata.
Due to the defensive distance, Yang Feng did not have a chance to grab the ball directly. He could only hold his position and wait for the impact of Morata to unload the ball.
Without any fancy moves, Morata, close to the right road, directly exploded at his own speed and launched a breakthrough.
Morata had planned it in his heart. One person divided the ball and kicked the ball to the front first, while he accelerated to chase the ball to avoid being damaged by Yang Feng.
Before the upper hand in front of Yang Feng's side, Morata kicked the ball out according to plan, but he did not pass...
Yang Feng's upper grab was reserved. After confirming Morata's idea of passing the ball, Yang Feng didn't turn around to chase the ball, but took the initiative to find Morata to fight physically.
The body was blocking Morata's forward path in front, making Morata unable to get through at all.
After all, in the first half, Yang Feng witnessed Morata bullying Scotter like this. How could he overturn the car with lessons learned?
It can only be said that Morata is still too familiar, of course, too lack of game experience and on-the-spot flexibility...