Football’s First Defender

The score of 0 to 2 at halftime is definitely a very bad result for Liverpool.

In the case of only winning 3-1 at Anfield Stadium in the first leg, if this result is maintained until the end of the game, Liverpool will be directly eliminated by Bayern Munich because of the disadvantage of away goals.

In Liverpool's away dressing room, the atmosphere was a bit dignified.

No one expected that Liverpool's advantage established in the 90 minutes of the last game was wiped out by Bayern in half a game, and the advantage of away goals was re-established.

"We can only attack in the second half!"

"Everyone give it a go and use offense to recover the away goals that fell behind."

"I believe that for nearly a season, everyone has not badly run-in on the offensive end. Even if this is Bayern's home court, I believe you can overthrow Bayern here..."

At half-time, Rodgers strengthened the determination of Liverpool players to attack in the second half.

Rogers also explained the corresponding offensive tactics and defensive arrangements in the second half.

Liverpool has reached the point where it is necessary to attack. At least one goal must be scored in order for Liverpool to retain the suspense of promotion.

However, at the beginning of the second half, the reality gave Liverpool a head-on blow.

When the momentum is on Bayern's side, it is not something that Liverpool can achieve if they want to gain the offensive initiative.

Bayern, playing at home, had taken the initiative to advance, but at the beginning of the second half, they had no intention of restraining their offense at all.

Bayern is still trying its best to control the offensive initiative and continue to want to create threats on the offensive end.

In the second half, the two teams fought fiercely for the possession of the ball.

In the midfield area, the two sides are engaged in a brutal battle for earth rights.

Both teams have done a good job in high-post pressing, effectively limiting the opponent's penetration into their own dangerous areas, as well as offense.

In the second half of the game, the players from both sides faced each other directly. The match was extremely fierce, and the midfield seemed to become a "hand-to-hand combat field". Anyone who got the ball was likely to be knocked down by the opponent with a sliding tackle.

The intensity of the match instantly increased, and the collisions between each other also began to increase. The most notable thing is that the number of yellow cards of the two teams has increased significantly in statistics.

Liverpool's plan to start a strong attack directly came to naught, and they could only fall into a tragic midfield fight with Bayern.

When some offensive attempts were ineffective, Rogers could only signal that the team's backcourt players should give greater offensive support to the midfielders and frontcourt players.

The two full-backs began to move forward more to increase the offensive strength of the wing.

The positions of Yang Feng and Skrtel are also advancing further in line with the forward pressure of their teammates. Liverpool began to flexibly use Yang Feng's passing ability to complete the movement of other players in the game by relying on Yang Feng's ball. Cooperate.

Liverpool began to adopt more aggressive offensive tactics when the opening three axes did not work, to compete for the offensive initiative in the game.

Liverpool's defense is wide open, and they also need to increase their number on the offensive end to seize the offensive initiative.

When Liverpool provided enough offensive numbers at the expense of their own defense to seize the offensive initiative, Bayern's defense began to retreat a certain amount of space.

Bayern put up a more team-disciplined overall defense at home.

Now that Liverpool has fought to the death and wants to take the initiative to attack, Bayern, which already has the upper hand, will naturally not be easily dragged down by Liverpool to fight the bayonet.

As the saying goes, the son of a daughter does not hang down, and Bayern has already gained an advantage. It is not of much benefit to Bayern to risk this kind of midfield and frontcourt regardless of the backcourt.

When Liverpool play an all-out attack, Bayern will have a lot of opportunities to counterattack.

Even though Liverpool has a player like Yang Feng who is good at defensive counterattacks, for Bayern, Liverpool has such a large space in the backcourt and has enough space to avoid Yang Feng and counterattack for Bayern players.

That's the way it is.

Liverpool's offense has not improved yet, and Bayern's counterattack is the first to create a threat.

When Liverpool has no one in the backcourt, only Yang Feng and Skrtel are dragged near the midfield line, Bayern's counterattack only needs a long pass, and there is almost the entire half-court space, which can be played anywhere. Accelerated forward by the counterplayer.

Although Mignolet's forward position in the center makes it difficult to pass long passes, the two flanks are absolute opportunities that can be caught.

After Lahm completed a successful interception, the first time, it was a long pass with a big foot, and the ball was accurately passed deep into the right side of Liverpool's half.

Thomas Müller took the lead and charged forward.

Since Liverpool's defensive position is extremely forward, when Lahm passed the ball, Muller was in his own half-court area, and there was no offside at all.

Instead, you just need to run with all your strength.

Muller chased the ball on the right and accelerated, while Yang Feng quickly returned to his own penalty area.

When Muller received the ball and moved forward with the ball, the speed inevitably dropped a lot, which also allowed Yang Feng to reach the defensive position one step faster.

However, in the face of Muller's dribbling attack, how Yang Feng defends is the most likely to obtain restrictions, which is the most important thing.

In the case of no yellow card on his body, Yang Feng even considered using a foul action to stop Muller first, just to be on the safe side.

However, on the offensive end, Muller did not struggle too much. Facing Yang Feng, he must either hit the goal immediately or pass the ball. This is the execution plan that Muller made for himself before the game.

With this ball, before Yang Feng stepped forward to foul, Muller crossed the ball from the right and gave Yang Feng the open space on the other side.

Ribery, who followed up, broke out with his absolute speed this time.

Skrtel's follow-up defense had no effect at all. Even if he kept pushing and shoving, he still couldn't stop Ribery from rushing to the position first.

Muller's cross pass gave a good amount of lead. Yang Feng turned around and chased back unsuccessfully, and when Ribery ran over at full speed, there was still a certain amount of time to adjust the lead.

After that, Ribery dribbled the ball to avoid the shovel from Skrtel's rear side, and went straight into the penalty area on the left.

Facing Mignolet's attack, Ribery changed direction and accelerated while traveling, dodged Mignolet's attack and then directly pushed the empty goal with his left foot at a small angle.

The ball went in again!

In the second half, Bayern was still the first to rewrite the score!

Relying on Muller's assists and passes, as well as his excellent personal ability, Ribery helped Bayern further expand the score.

With a three-goal lead, Bayern played their own offensive spirit at home.