Football’s First Defender

In the opening stage, Juventus used their frontcourt pressing tactics, not only achieved a fairly good defensive effect, but also created two offensive opportunities for themselves.

Liverpool was indeed caught off guard by Juventus' opening "surprise".

However, as a team in the Premier League that has to face some "new tricks" of different powerful opponents for a long time, the adaptability of Liverpool players is quite good.

When Juventus's frontcourt pressing was not yet formed, the Liverpool players had already transferred through long passes to hit Juventus' behind. However, Juventus' defense line was mainly based on breaking the ball out of bounds at the first time. , to give the players in front the time to return to defense.

And if, at the first time, the clearance cannot be completed, or the defensive suppression cannot be formed, then the Juventus players will immediately use fouls to prevent Liverpool from forming a large-scale threat attack in the midfield.

After several long passes and direct passes, after finding the teammates in the frontcourt, Liverpool slowly found the offensive rhythm, forcing Juventus to move to their own half after the start, so as to prevent Liverpool from really playing a threatening attack.

Allegri's tactical arrangement is quite clear. When Liverpool players first pass the ball, the frontcourt puts pressure on the frontcourt. Players, it is necessary to fully retreat and do a good job of zone defense.

The Juventus players who retreated to their own half still maintained a 442 lineup, specializing in defense.

As a Serie A team, defense is engraved in the bones.

As the dominant team in Serie A today, Juventus has strong offensive firepower, but the defensive end is also well-trained.

In the league, sometimes after winning one or two goals, the offensive players relax, and in the end it doesn't all depend on the defensive players to clean up the mess.

We must know that with the circulation of top players in the world, not all teams in the five major leagues have to have two brushes. There is still a big gap between the rich teams and ordinary teams, but now the underdogs The success rate of overthrowing a wealthy family is definitely better than before.

Juventus' defensive arrangement today is quite fine.

In Allegri's defensive tactics, he is quite persistent in area defense.

The most obvious point is that when Juventus really retreated to their own half, except for the goalkeeper Buffon, everyone was divided into 3 rows, which was distributed according to the formation of 442. Then, against Liverpool players, back and forth in the midfield The conduction ball is directly blind.

Everyone stands in their own area, and when Liverpool players pass the ball or take the ball into their own defensive area, they will move to defend.

If the Liverpool players did not make any further offensive moves, then the Juventus players would just stand there and not even move.

What I have to say is that the essence of Italy's chain defense is constantly changing despite the development of the times.

But on the playing field, sometimes, it is really easy to use.

Juventus' defensive lineup is there, and Liverpool tried to attack a few times, but they all returned without success.

Juventus' defense line, not to mention the strong personal defense ability, the overall defense line is also flexible.

Whenever Liverpool wants to break through from a point, the surrounding defensive forces will instantly gather to stifle the offensive ability of that point.

And the efficiency of defense is not only reflected in the restrictions on Liverpool's offensive players, but also in the blocking of Liverpool players' offensive passes.

From this point, we can see how meticulous Juventus's pursuit of defense is.

As long as possible, it is not only necessary to assist in defense and limit Liverpool's offensive players, but also to block possible passing routes to the greatest extent during the process of assisting in defense.

Liverpool's offense was launched several times, but none of them were able to create a threatening goal.

Of course, this may also have something to do with Liverpool being afraid of Juventus' counterattack and not daring to invest too much offensive personnel.

For a while, the two sides returned to the stage of testing each other, as if there was no good way to deal with each other.

However, in a duel between giants, sometimes a moment of opportunity can create a murderous intent.

The team's tactics are one aspect, and the personal abilities of the stars with high annual salaries are also one of the factors that change the situation.

Liverpool at least still has the possession of the ball. As long as the ball is under their feet, they can create opportunities at any time.

The biggest threats that can be created are actually Coutinho and Sterling.

Because the other Liverpool players are all Premier League-style players. They are good at going straight and straight, but they lack the technical conditions to play "bending and twisting".

Those who have been disrupted by the opponent's defense, have unrestrained creativity and breakthrough ability, Liverpool are best at this, namely Coutinho and Sterling.

What Lallana is good at is the ability to control the ball in a small area, and the ball in the frontcourt. It is still a bit difficult to play as fancy as Coutinho.

Liverpool used continuous fast-paced peripheral passes to try and tear apart Juventus' defense.

However, Juventus' defense is quite disciplined. In the end, the task of trying to make a breakthrough has to be handed over to Coutinho.

Facing Juventus' two defensive players on the wing, Coutinho seemed to stop the ball after receiving the ball, ready to pass the ball.

However, he caught the gap where the opponent was stagnant in place, and suddenly accelerated to complete the horizontal dribbling.

However, he got rid of one person, but Coutinho couldn't get rid of Pirlo's pursuit.

In the middle area, when more Juventus players came around, Coutinho chose to pass the ball, and he used the space that instantly disrupted Juventus' defense to find the space he could use.

Coutinho's cross-cutting the ball this time did change Juventus' defense, and after the ball was passed, Henderson immediately transferred the ball to the right.

When Flanagan received the ball and Sterling moved forward quickly, which caused Juventus' defensive lineup to move to the side, Flanagan diverted the ball in a wide range and redirected the ball to the left. road.

Dribbling the ball across the middle, Sterling advanced on the right to attract the opponent's firepower.

When Coutinho quickly returned to the left and received the ball again, there was only one defender left in front of him.

Lichtsteiner is indeed an excellent full-back, but it is not so easy to face Coutinho head-on with a different style. It is not so easy to complete the defense alone.

Although there are not many offensive opportunities, Coutinho's state adjustment is quite good in the Champions League final.

After a false move to accelerate on the left side, after shaking Lichtsteiner's center of gravity, Coutinho immediately smashed the ball and accelerated to the right.

Passing the defender, Coutinho can go straight into Juventus' penalty area.

Everything happened too fast, and even some Juventus defensive players failed to adjust from the previous state of defending Sterling forward.

Vidal wanted to come over to make up the defense at the first time, but Coutinho gave up as soon as he saw it. He knew the speed of Juventus's defense. The coach emphasized before the game that he should not be too big.

If there is a chance to hit the door, hit it.

When he entered the penalty area, Coutinho was already making adjustments to hit the goal.

One kick shot, aimed at the upper right corner of the goal.

Vidal's blocking did not block Coutinho's kick.

And Buffon's save was helpless against the curve ball that spun into the goal from outside the goal...