Football’s First Defender

This direct free kick won by Saul on the offensive end is the best opportunity for Atletico Madrid to change the situation on the field.

This time the free kick at the top of the arc in the penalty area, many of Atletico Madrid's offensive players have the ability to hit the goal directly, which can cause enough trouble for the opponent Liverpool.

Griezmann, Cork, and Saul, the three core offensive players of Atletico Madrid, stood in front of the football, discussing to determine the final penalty shooter.

On the Liverpool side, all members retreated into the penalty area, and even formed a wall of seven people, completely blocking the entire approach to the goal.

Mignolet is also waiting on the goal line. There are teammates blocking the near corner. He only needs to control the area of ​​​​the back post and wait for the ball to come.

He didn't know how the opponent planned to complete this attack, but he could only concentrate on the movement of every Atletico Madrid player before the free kick.

Cork took the lead in the run-up, was it a feint? Or really fight?

"beated!"

"Koke's free kick goes straight to the goal!"

"The ball is very fast, but this time Cork's kick did not cover the football. The ball was hit high and not within the range of the goal frame."

Fortunately, Cork's shot was not within the range of the goal frame. The ball was extremely fast. When it flew directly out of the baseline, Mignolet didn't even have time to react and make any saves.

If you really hit a deciduous ball and fall within the range of the goal frame, then Liverpool may be really dangerous.

Atletico Madrid took advantage of their home court advantage. In overtime, even if there were not many people involved in the offense, they could still occupy a certain advantage.

But Liverpool, who are a guest, will not be caught without a fight.

In terms of personal ability, several of Liverpool's offensive players also have excellent personal offensive ability. They can lead an offense by themselves, and all they need is an opportunity and possible offensive luck.

In overtime, Liverpool, who had been suppressed, finally found a chance to counterattack before the end of the game.

The Liverpool players were tired of running on the defensive end, and the Atletico Madrid players were actually at the limit of their physical fitness.

The reason why Atletico Madrid players performed better in overtime and achieved good suppression is because this is a home game, and the cheers of the fans on the scene can provide them with greater spiritual strength.

The second is the original iron-blooded quality of Atletico Madrid, which allows them to forcibly burst out all their strength in the game.

For Liverpool, at the last moment of the game, the iron-blooded spirit belonging to the "Red Army" also began to show.

Liverpool can not only defend against Atletico Madrid on the defensive end, but also start to try to create a greater threat to Atletico Madrid on the offensive end.

The closer the game is to the end of the so-called offensive opportunities, the easier it is to create them.

In the case where the defensive players of both teams have physical problems, the offensive team, which occupies the initiative and has the initiative, has a great possibility of attacking and can launch a very threatening attack.

Liverpool's counterattack threat this time, in fact, does not seem to have any technical content in terms of development.

In an attempted counterattack after completing the defense in the backcourt, Henderson had just passed the midfield and had not had time to pass the ball to his teammates in front before he was stopped by Atletico Madrid players with fouls.

This also gave Liverpool a chance to set the ball in the midfield area.

Several Liverpool offensive players chose to rush into Atletico Madrid's penalty area.

Of course, due to the long distance of the serve, the offensive threat is really limited, so Yang Feng and central defenders like Lovren did not go forward to join in the fun, but continued to stay behind and do their own defensive tasks.

Henderson made a big kick and passed the ball into Atletico Madrid's penalty area.

However, when the ball was finally played, he suddenly flicked his ankle and chose a smash.

The ball was directly dunked to Coutinho not far in front.

Although Atletico Madrid also has Saul marking Coutinho, it is still a bit difficult to defend against Coutinho alone, let alone Coutinho has no intention of calculating.

Everyone was attracted by several Liverpool players rushing in front of the penalty area, but they did not expect that the real killer move of Liverpool was Coutinho.

Henderson's pass was close to the left, Coutinho stopped and passed, directly got rid of Saul's defense, and went straight to Atletico Madrid's penalty area.

Atletico Madrid's nearest defensive player is Juanfran who rushed over quickly.

Juanfran's defensive forward is to limit Coutinho's breakthrough forward.

It is also to slow down Coutinho's speed and give Saul, who is chasing behind him, time to catch up.

However, Coutinho did not slow down.

Perhaps at full speed, it is impossible to dribble past Juanfran's defense, but without slowing down, just pass the ball first.

Coutinho passed the ball, and Lallana, who came over, continued to charge forward.

Lallana took the ball with one kick and did not give Atletico Madrid players any chance to grab the ball. He didn't even stop the ball and passed the ball directly to the left side of Atletico Madrid's penalty area.

Coutinho broke out with his speed and chased after the football with all his strength, but it was too late for Juanfran to turn around and chase.

After catching up with the football, Coutinho hit the goal directly on the left before Godin's defense was in place.

This volley hit the goal, it was powerful and heavy, and the ball was extremely fast, and it flew to the back point.

If there is no blocking, judging from the flight trajectory of the ball, it is definitely a wonderful goal.

However, even though Oblak, who has never had a chance to perform, still maintained his body's heat and ensured his game state when faced with a test.

A quick side throw, the ball went straight out.

Coutinho's strike, again denied by Oblak, did not end up being Liverpool's hero at the end of the game.

In the next few minutes of the game, both teams appeared to be very restrained.

After all, both teams played extremely threatening offenses in the second half of overtime, and both had a chance to win the game.

So instead of being seized by the opponent to complete the lore at the last moment, it is better to really play a penalty shootout and bet on whose luck is better!

Except that Atletico Madrid tried a long-range shot from the outside, which did not achieve a very good offensive effect, in the peace, the second half of the overtime game ended like this.

In the 30 minutes of overtime, both teams made their best efforts on the defensive end, and also performed well on the offensive end.

However, the final score was still 0-0. The two teams fought for 210 minutes without scoring a single goal. It can only be said that this series has completely turned into a defensive battle.

It also let everyone see Liverpool, which is known for its offense, has the same excellent defensive ability.

The game also needs to rely on the final penalty shootout to decide the outcome.