Football’s First Defender

Chapter 634: Change of coach is like changing knife

   After the league victory against Aston Villa at home, for Liverpool, although the process was a bit difficult, the result was good. The 3 points played a huge role in Liverpool's subsequent pursuit of the standings.

   After the change of coaches, Liverpool’s performance instantly returned to the right track. They won two consecutive league matches and also qualified for the League Cup. Now on the three fronts, they still need to continue their efforts to win the Champions League.

   In the UEFA Champions League mid-week, Liverpool’s second UEFA Champions League group stage, the home game against Wolfsburg was the absolute dark horse of the Bundesliga last season.

   Wolfsburg last season, under the leadership of "Black Gold" played a fantastic season in the Bundesliga.

Although they did not reproduce the sudden emergence of the 08/09 season and finally completed the glory of winning the championship, a long-lost ticket to the Champions League still allows them to return to the Champions League in this new season. The team’s financial income will have a Considerable income generation.

However, in the summer Wolfsburg still lost the absolute center and frontcourt core "tintin" De Bruyne. After De Bruyne moved to Manchester City, for Wolfsburg, now it can rely on , Which is the team ability of the team.

   Losing such a top passer and organizer as De Bruyne, Wolfsburg's offensive hard power was greatly reduced.

   This also caused Liverpool, which is also obviously damaged, to still occupy a very good advantage in this home game against Wolfsburg.

   Liverpool play at home, in order to grasp the initiative of the Champions League, directly play the main force.

As far as Klopp is concerned, there is no big problem with this starting lineup now. He is not going to be replaced. Every position is available. He does not have enough cards in his hand to guarantee a replacement. Later, the team's tactics can be implemented as it is today.

   Especially the direct connection between the two offensive points of Firmino and Coutinho is the current Liverpool offensive line, the most powerful combination in creating opportunities, and the most indispensable offensive launch combination.

   In this game, Liverpool's defensive arrangement before the game was actually quite easy.

   Because of De Bruyne’s transfer in the summer, he went to Manchester City. Wolfsburg, who had an excellent offensive performance in the Bundesliga last season, completely lost his previous offensive power.

   Even "Black Gold" has introduced a lot of talented players to supplement in the summer.

   But a "big king", the role on the field must be much better than the 5689 single card, this point, countless teams that have lost their core players, even the top teams, all feel the same, and Liverpool is the same.

   Without De Bruyne, this Wolfsburg has long lost its offensive soul last season. Now Wolfsburg is simply a normal Bundesliga team.

   There is no longer a special hit player, at best, the player's personal ability is stronger.

   As far as Liverpool’s defense is concerned, it lacks De Bruyne’s delivery of the ball in the center and front. The defense has always been a “mediocre” team, which is actually quite simple.

  The offensive player who was given priority attention by Wolfsburg before the game is Xu Erle.

Although Xuerle became famous early, but in terms of offensive destructive power, that is, an ordinary star, he definitely can't reach the level of a super star. It is so easy to break through Liverpool's defense line by personal strength. .

Moreover, Anfield’s home court advantage, the passionate shouts of tens of thousands of fans on the scene, and the high "You will never walk alone" singing also caused a lot of Wolfsburg players who came to the home of the Devil at Anfield for the first time. Psychological pressure.

   In an away game, Wolfsburg understands that it is necessary to take a low profile. The main tactic of the team is still to base itself on defense first, and then rely on the defensive counterattack to deal with Liverpool.

   After all, when it comes to defense, Wolfsburg may have the smallest change compared to last season.

Even in the summer transfer window, there are also many giants who want to buy the team’s defense core R Rodriguez, but in the case of a De Bruyne has sold a super high price, in order to guarantee the ball The team's record can not dive too much. In the new season, it will hit the Champions League again. Wolfsburg forced the management to resist the urge to "open a supermarket" and suspend the transfer of all other players to save the team's strength. .

   This also made Wolfsburg's defense hardly suffered any major losses in the summer. By retaining enough defensive strength, it can be said that the strength of the team is guaranteed and will not fall too much.

Ronaldo, Dante, Gustavo, these players who have a certain reputation in European football, under the training of "Black Gold", relying on the tacit cooperation of each other, they maintain Wolfsburg quite well. Overall defensive strength.

After the first Champions League victory over CSKA Moscow, for the Wolfsburg management and fans, it is still hoped that the team can still perform well in the Champions League after dropping a level on the offensive line. Dependence to break through.

   Strive to reach the top 16 knockout rounds after the new year, then Wolfsburg is overfulfilled.

In the first round of the group stage, Wolfsburg has easily defeated CSKA Moscow with 3 points at home. For them, the main opponents who want to qualify for the group are still PSV and the Russian Super League. As for Liverpool, it can be It's the best to score points, and it doesn't matter if you can't, as long as you play a good direct dialogue with the other two teams.

   However, Liverpool's attitude towards this Champions League group match is quite serious.

   Lost in the first game, in order to gain the initiative to advance, and even to get the first place in the final group, for Liverpool, this home field can not be lost, this will be their most solid step towards the Champions League.

   At the beginning of the game, Liverpool began to use offense to control the initiative of the game.

   The full-back's attacking, the flexible running of the midfielder, and the speed or technique constantly interspersed in the Wolfsburg defense, creating a threat.

   Liverpool’s offensive impact in the frontcourt has already begun to look a bit like, and slowly began to return to the state of Liverpool's game at the peak of last season.

   The team's offense is getting more and more fluid, and the players' recognition of the team is getting deeper and deeper, becoming more and more like a mature team.

After Coutinho was still given absolute offensive freedom, Klopp even gave him enough freedom in his position to allow other players to move offensively, all based on Coutinho. Things.

   Coutinho, who can choose whether to attack or break the ball as he pleases in the game, the attacking rhythm is completely in his own hands, this time he can finally give full play to his offensive talents.

When facing Wolfsburg’s defense line, Coutinho was under Gustavo’s defensive defense. In fact, the defensive pressure on his personal offense was still large enough. However, Wolfsburg’s defense line was still given to Couty. Neo has more room to play.

   Dante’s weaknesses have been exposed in the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2014. It was his weaknesses that were so clear that they were abandoned by Bayern and came to Wolfsburg.

   Coutinho naturally would not give up such an obvious weakness, but instead grabbed this defensive loophole and hit hard.

With a through ball and an overhead pass, Coutinho, on the one hand, maximizes the defensive attention of Wolfsburg while on the move. On the other hand, after mobilizing all the defenders of Wolfsburg, the opponent's defense is about to When finished, finish the ball and find the space behind Dante.

   Firmino is naturally that excellent attacker, and can create enough threats to Dante's side.

   Today, Firmino has a lot of opportunities and continues to provide pressure on Wolfsburg’s defense.

   And the first goal was indeed created by Firmino.

   It was Coutinho who had called him extremely recently who gave him the assist.

   Since Firmino also joined Yang Feng's "additional training camp", Coutinho and Firmino have constantly tried to cooperate in the additional training to break Yang Feng's defense.

   Nowadays, with a good understanding of both sides, Yang Feng's defensive success rate is declining, let alone Dante's defense.

   Coutinho suddenly moved laterally without the ball, driving the attention of Wolfsburg's defensive line. After receiving a pass from Henderson in the center, he immediately sent a penetrating through ball diagonally to the left.

   Firmino's running is very confusing, first he ran forward and retreated, but in fact he suddenly penetrated deep into the penalty area.

  Dante’s turning speed was originally slow. This time, he was completely fooled by the fake action by Firmino, and there was no way to catch it back.

   Firmino ran to position brilliantly, stopped the ball perfectly and faced the goalkeeper directly.

   shot a low shot and successfully helped Liverpool open the scoring in the first half.

After    took the lead, Liverpool naturally received a strong counterattack from Wolfsburg, but there are not many star offensive players that the visiting team can rely on now.

   Xu Erle's breakthrough may still be able to perform well in the Bundesliga, killing all sides, but in the Premier League team relying more on the defense of the body, Xu Erle's performance is actually greatly restricted.

   The breakthrough is no longer sharp, and the pass to the penalty area is blocked by Yang Feng and Scotter in turn, and it cannot pose a threat.

   and attacking on the ground, for Liverpool's defense, there is also no big problem.

Wolfsburg doesn’t have much penetrating offensive passes. For Liverpool’s high position press tactics, the threat is not too big, and even if the pass is sent, because the players on the front line are not so strong, Yang Feng is facing the individual. When the defensive pressure is not too great, the defense can still do quite well.

  Wolfsburg, who played away in the away game, was originally suppressed in its momentum, and its strength was limited. Coupled with Liverpool's strong defensive strength, the offense played at Anfield today is quite bad for Wolfsburg.

   Instead, Liverpool counterattacked with excellent defense, constantly creating trouble for the visiting team.

   At the end of the first half, Liverpool succeeded in drawing the snake out of the hole and seized the huge gap left behind after Wolfsburg attacked.

After Scotter completed the defensive interception, he immediately handed the ball to Yang Feng, who was running forward. Yang Feng ran out of the open position. After receiving the ball in the backcourt, he took advantage of the opponent's counter-grab on the spot and sent one directly. Long pass.

   Jordan Ibi on the right showed his greatest value on the court-speed.

   sprinted with all strength, and after receiving Yang Feng's precise kick, he drove the ball directly into the penalty area.

   Ronaldo's defensive rate is pretty good, but under Jordan Ibby's rapid impact, it still seems a bit difficult.

   barely ensured his defensive position, which can form a certain interference for Jordan Iby, but he can't directly intercept the impact of Jordan Iby.

   When he quickly stepped into the penalty area, Ronaldo did not dare to make any foul action.

   With Ronaldo's defense on the side, he broke into the penalty area. In front of the Wolfsburg goalkeeper, he is attacking with all his strength, but nothing can change Jordan Ibby's desire for goals.

   "I want to score! I want to score! I want to prove my worth! I want to keep my first chance!"

   Jordan Ibby, since he has taken the position as a young man, he definitely doesn't want to go back to the bench and wait for a chance.

   He will continue to score goals and follow Sterling's past trajectory to gradually become the best offensive player.

Approaching the opponent’s goalkeeper, Jordan Iby kicked and hit the goalkeeper’s wicket accurately~lightnovelpub.net~ Going through the wicket and entering the gate, Jordan Iby’s counterattack made it easy. It helped Liverpool gain a 2-0 lead.

   In the first half with a 2-0 advantage into the intermission, it is still not safe for Liverpool.

   In the weekend league, Aston Villa almost completed a comeback, allowing Liverpool to still maintain sufficient tension when leading two goals.

  Especially the two full-backs of Liverpool, when the team is already two goals ahead, Klopp asked to limit his advance range and give priority to the team's defense.

   The last time in the league, Klopp did not want to appear for the second time.

   Fortunately, after the Wolfsburg players fell behind by two goals in the away game today, they did not have the spirit to fight on, and they had a passing mentality to "cope" the final half of the game.

In the 64th minute of the game, Yang Feng defeated Dante in a set-kick tactic, and directly completed the connection with Coutinho, headed the goal, and scored his first goal in the Champions League this season, helping Liverpool score 3 The ball leads.

   Klopp, who basically secured the victory with 3 goals, quickly replaced Firmino and Coutinho.

   Let players like Benteke come on the court to maintain the game state and give play to the residual heat.

   And the score of 3 to 0 was maintained to the end. Liverpool finally won 3 goals at home and won the first Champions League victory this season.

   After the coaching change, they won 4 consecutive games in all competitions. For the Liverpool fans, the team changed coaches this time, and it truly achieved a coaching change like a knife change, giving Liverpool a new lease of life.