Football’s First Defender

The player Shelvey is okay now and not well-known. In the future, he will be called a typical example of "brain limits talent".

You can't say that he has no talent. On the offensive end and the defensive end, Shelvey has had two brushes since his debut.

In the last season, although Dalglish was unwilling to perform too many rotations in the midfield, Shelvey also got several opportunities to play.

In the new season, under Rodgers' coaching philosophy, when others are currently unable to meet the tactical requirements, Shelvey has both offensive and defensive characteristics, which makes Rogers regard him as the center of the team's transition lineup in this game. Field selection, even though he is still young and lacks enough game experience.

At that time, no one thought that Shelvey, who performed well on the field and made Rogers very satisfied with the midfielder's starting choice, would be unable to control his emotions successfully during the game.

In the last round, when Liverpool was attacking, Shinji Kagawa used a shovel to directly shovel Shelvey who was in possession of the ball.

Perhaps Shinji Kagawa's innocent expression management made the referee lenient, but this made Shelvey, who suffered a big loss, very annoyed.

Shelvey, who got up angrily, went directly to Shinji Kagawa for a theory, but Shinji Kagawa's indifferent attitude, and the referee's verbal warning, definitely made Shelvey even more angry.

Although under the support of other players on both sides, Shelvey did not show an overly aggressive attitude in this conflict and continued the game directly, but the anger that Shelvey suppressed did not disappear as the game progressed. Accumulating, accumulating.

When Liverpool's offense ended and Manchester United began to organize the offense, Shinji Kagawa, as the organizer of Manchester United's midfielder, took the ball and deliberately did a trick under Shelvey's defense to further stimulate Shelvey.

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 Shelvey is the few players who are irrational.

He made himself feel bad before, and now he is still provoking himself with fancy moves in front of him. Shelvey was absolutely furious at the time, and instantly wanted to use a foul to get back the place.

And the same retaliatory action of the sliding shovel, because Shelvey's studs are too bright, the range of motion brought about by his tall stature, and Shinji Kagawa endured the foot with extreme forbearance, and then he held his ankle on the ground all the time Rolling all over the floor.

After the referee came over, he did not hesitate to show a red card to Shelvey, who was obviously hurting others in retaliation! Send him off directly!

The fans booed all over the place.

I don't know if it's booing the referee's penalty, or Kagawa Shinji who is lying on the ground and rolling.

After all the dust settled, after Shelvey was sent off depressingly, Shinji Kagawa, who was still receiving treatment from the team doctor, was able to get up and move around. He didn't leave the field for further treatment, so he could stay on the field alive and continue the game.

Liverpool, on the other hand, can only afford to play 10 against 11 at home.

Fortunately, there were only a few minutes left in the half, although Manchester United wanted to take advantage of the fact that Liverpool had just been sent off by a red card and other players on the field had psychological fluctuations, and scored goals by storming.

However, for Liverpool, with all members retracting their defense and Yang Feng's excellent scheduling at the rear, Manchester United's fast break style still 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, but Liverpool midfielder Shelvey's reckless foul and a direct red card were destined to make Liverpool's 45 minutes in the second half even more difficult.

In a top-level game like the Double Red Club, with one less player, Rogers can only make greater adjustments to the team's tactics during the halftime break.

It is impossible to attack offensively, and even counterattack can only rely on a few players, and cannot be fully promoted.

In this case, it is absolutely impossible to leave enough space for the opponent. Otherwise, according to the strength of the giants, under the echelon of attacks, Liverpool's defense line can defend the first wave of offense, but may not be able to defend the second wave of offense.

It is naturally impossible to keep the double forwards. In order to make up for the midfield defense after Shelvey was sent off, Henderson replaced Borini and came off the bench to stabilize the team's defense in the middle.

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

Yang Feng and Henderson, who is about to come off the bench in the second half, explained in detail the defensive requirements in some special situations on the court.

Since Yang Feng himself was responsible for part of the forward defense in this game, it was different from the past. This time Yang Feng asked Henderson to dare to attack boldly and press forward, and Yang Feng himself would look at the right time to help him complete the defense. defense.

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

Playing one more player on the field, for a giant of Manchester United's level, has rich offensive tactics and excellent completion, allowing Manchester United to create excellent offensive opportunities.

Especially in Liverpool's right-sided defense, due to the lack of an orthodox winger, the wing defense is obviously weaker.

Glen Johnson alone, facing the impact of Manchester United's midfielder Giggs and Kagawa Shinji, with Evra behind him who can keep up at any time, Liverpool's side has always been in a tight position. The wind is jittery.

Although Gerrard and Joe Allen are consciously close to their own defense zone on the right, but the two main abilities are concentrated on the offensive end, it is really difficult to do this kind of defensive work, 1v1 may be barely able to parry, but When Manchester United players cooperate with each other to a certain extent, the defense can't keep up with the rhythm.

During the tactical deduction during the halftime break, Rogers also knew that against a team as strong as Manchester United, let alone playing one player less, it means that if all players are present, they want to completely limit Manchester United's offense. It's all impossible.

And now the team is even playing one less player. No matter how good the defensive performance is, it will certainly not be able to completely stop the offense that Manchester United wants to play. Therefore, it is necessary for Liverpool to properly strengthen the defense of certain areas and release the space in other areas. out of choice.

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

With the defense line still in order, the choice Rogers made was that he must not allow Manchester United to play a good offense in the middle.

For the two sideways, it is very good to properly defend and interfere. It is only necessary to limit the opponent's internal breakthrough. Never allow your opponent to compete for the top.

Therefore, for the defense on the side, on the one hand, the defensive strength is not good, and on the other hand, it is Liverpool's own deliberate indulgence. Giggs, Shinji Kagawa, and Evra who plugged in have absolute space in the side area. Make a cross.

For the pass to the penalty area, the primary target is of course Van Persie, but under the attack of Yang Feng and Skrtel, it is not easy for Van Persie to compete for the top.

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

Van Persie was in the penalty area again and again, looking for opportunities to score goals, but Skrtel in the front kept exerting physical pressure on him, and Yang Feng in the back, relying on accurate positioning judgments, constantly seized the excellent top competition The position makes Van Persie out of reach.

Manchester United's offense wave after wave, forming an absolute suppression on the scene, but they just couldn't create an absolute threat at the last shot.

Although there was one less player on the field, the cheering sound of tens of thousands of Liverpool fans on the field played the role of the 11th man off the field. Their cheering sound 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 Manchester United's offense on the other side fell into a bit of monotony.

Cross from the wing! Still a cross from the wing!

With easy passes from the wing, Manchester United's offensive players "reasonably" seized opportunities from the wing, and kept passing into the penalty area for teammates to compete for the top.

But Ferguson on the sidelines was a little irritable. This kind of cross that failed to compete for the top for many times in a row made Ferguson feel that his striker still had too few forwards, but when his own midfielder played one more man, this constant It is definitely a waste to pass the ball from the side, and it does not further take advantage of the large number of teams.

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

The game time is still enough, so that although Ferguson has a premonition that such an attack is inappropriate, he can continue to play for a while, and after 60 minutes, it is not a bad idea to make adjustments.

However, although Liverpool has been retreating defensively, Liverpool also has a lot of counterattack players on the court.

Evra once again made a 45-degree high pass. This time Yang Feng headed the ball and controlled the ground very well. He directly pushed the ball to the feet of Henderson in front of him.

When Manchester United's frontcourt players pressed for the first time, Henderson first made a smashing action, avoiding Valencia's pressing who came over at the first time, and then a big foot, directly Passed deep into United's right-sided defence.

Although purely in terms of space, there is more space behind Evra, who has a greater forward penetration, but Liverpool does not have a speed player on the right that can be relied on. Although Suarez can also receive the ball on the right, but Considering Evra's ability to chase speed, Henderson finally chose to believe in the side of Sterling, who was praised by Yang Feng's boss.

A pass with a great amount of advance, Sterling and Rafael competed in speed. Although Rafael's speed is not slow, Sterling's speed is definitely faster.

Sterling took the first step to unload the ball, even though Rafael took the opportunity to use his body to squeeze to the outside, and Raphael himself occupied the defensive position inside.

However, Sterling took advantage of his speed on the outside and completely drove the car. Rafael was in an advantageous defensive position, but he was unable to complete an effective follow-up defense at the first time.

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

"Dribble the ball directly from the outside to overtake, speeding up and leaving Rafael half a body away!"

"Continue to move forward, Sterling continues to bottom, has not slowed down!"

"Pass the ball!"

When approaching the bottom line, Sterling made full use of his speed to forcibly get rid of Raphael's defense and got the space to pass the ball. Then he passed the ball at full speed and almost lost his balance. Swept to the middle of the restricted area.

"Suarez's follow-up!"

"Be ahead!"

"Shoot and hit the goal!"

"GOAL!!!"

"Goal! 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 position of the back post."

"Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea, it is absolutely right to choose a position close to the point, but Suarez is a bold man, hitting the goal at the point in front of the small penalty area, he dared to pursue the ultimate angle, flicked his ankle , pushed the goal from a small angle to the back post and scored the first goal for Liverpool!"

"The 10-on-11 Liverpool team took the lead. It is worthy of the Iron-Blooded Red Army. With one less player, it is still full of fighting passion and desire for victory..."

Goal! ahead!

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

One second, Manchester United was constantly besieging their home team. The next second, Liverpool's counterattack had already started quickly, hitting Manchester United's weakness directly, and scoring the goal with the first kick in the second half.

The cheers after the ecstasy, the cheers at Anfield reached the maximum decibel.

The fans are singing and dancing. Although there are still more than 30 minutes before the game, for Liverpool fans, it is already something to be happy to score a goal for Manchester United with one less player. Don't think about it. It is not too late to celebrate the final result.

Ferguson was a little angry on the sidelines, and he didn't know whether it was because of the poor performance of the players on the field, or because he took too much for granted in the tactical arrangement just now.

After all, if the offensive tactics were changed earlier, then this counterattack might not be able to take shape.

Occupying an absolute advantage, the result turned out to be behind. Of course, Ferguson will not let it go.

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 Liverpool's celebration, they called several players off the field and gave them face-to-face instructions.

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

There is still enough time for the game. This is Ferguson's biggest advice to the players. As long as they don't panic, the initiative on the field must be to play Manchester United with one more man.