Chapter 715: Thrilling defense

For Liverpool, who played away games, although a lot of effort was put on the defensive end, the team didn't really want to defend the next draw on the away game.
Klopp still knows the truth that he will lose for a long time.
And even if he defends, if he can't score a goal, it will actually be a 0-0, and he needs to play overtime and even a penalty shoot-out.
And for Klopp, an ambiguous defense will not bring the results he wants.
Even if you want to do a good job in the team's defense, you still need a threat enough offense to put pressure on Atletico's defense and prevent them from attacking easily.
Use your own offense or counterattack to contain Atletico's offensive firepower, help the team's defense, and reduce the opponent's offensive energy.
Therefore, when doing its own defense, Liverpool's counterattack must also have a certain effect to play a role in atletico Madrid.
Of course, if Liverpool can really score an away goal first in the game, then Klopp will have the confidence to guard the next promotion spot.
For Liverpool's defensive counterattack, it has been launched several times, but they are all in the face of Atletico Madrid's remaining defense, unable to penetrate Atletico's defense and unable to achieve the desired offensive results.
In the 35th minute of the game, Atletico's further investment in the offensive end gave Liverpool a chance to counterattack.
Atletico Madrid, which has been unable to achieve results on the offensive end, has also begun to invest as much offensive force as possible on the offensive end.
The two full-backs began to send one person in every attack to strengthen the team's offensive in the front court.
Atletico Madrid's investment on the offensive end is to give Liverpool a greater play in the counterattack.
This time, Juan Fran as a right-back forward to help Atletico provide offensive strength on the right side.
But Atletico's offense, even with Juan Fran's cheer on the wing, is still difficult to penetrate Liverpool's defense.
Passing the ball continuously, trying to penetrate Liverpool's defense line failed. Under the pressure of Liverpool's defensive players, the football was finally passed to Juan Fran's feet.
Before the Liverpool defender came up, Juan Fran could only send a 45-degree cross on the right.
A cross hit Liverpool's penalty area, hoping that Atletico Madrid players in the penalty area can compete successfully.
But Yang Feng's defensive selection is very good.
Even if Griezmann had judged where Juan Fran's pass came, but in the confrontation with Yang Feng, Griezmann was at an absolute disadvantage.
Yang Feng didn't just win the game for the top and finished the siege, he could even control the landing of the header and give Henderson the ball accurately, so that he could organize Liverpool's counterattack in the next step.
Henderson, after receiving Yang Feng's header to clear the siege, immediately finished unloading the ball, observing the situation on the field, and preparing to send the pass.
The reason why Yang Feng chose to pass the header to Henderson was because there were no other Atletico players around Henderson, allowing him time to fully observe and make adjustments.
And Henderson’s hard training for long passes in the past few seasons, Yang Feng also knows. When he could not complete the long pass, he chose to hand the ball to Henderson, which is more conducive to the backcourt pass this time. Threats from the ground.
As far as Henderson can see, he has seen Coutinho speeding forward.
Out of trust in Yang Feng, the moment he saw Juan Fran complete the cross on the wing, Coutinho had already changed from a defensive state to a counterattack state.
Coutinho's search for a counterattack is very simple, that is, the huge gap behind Juan Fran who plugs in the assist.
Henderson made a long pass and directly aimed at the far-reaching position on the left to strike, allowing Coutinho to continue to accelerate without slowing down.
Juan Fran has returned to defense after finishing the pass.
But in the speed competition, it is still not as fast as Coutinho.
Juan Fran can only pursue and defend with all his might, hoping that the teammates who stay behind in the backcourt will help him block Coutinho first.
It can only be said that Henderson’s chosen location for this pass, close to the side, also increased the distance of Atletico Madrid's remaining players.
Allowing Coutinho to fully display his own speed, he really succeeded in unloading the ball.
Coutinho's technical skills are too strong.
The Brazilian's delicate footwork is vividly displayed on him.
Henderson’s long pass passed in front of Coutinho. Coutinho kept accelerating until he caught up to the point. However, when the ball did not hit the ground and rebounded, it was for the most Quickly before Jimenez arrived, he controlled the ball and chose to unload the ball.
With such a difficult unloading, Coutinho was able to unload the ball on his feet, and you can see Coutinho's outstanding personal strength.
In the face of Jimenez's defense after arriving, and Juan Fran's hard-fought chase behind him, he quickly reached the defensive position.
Coutinho acted like a bicycle and wanted to make a breakthrough.
But he stopped suddenly, pulled the ball to his right foot, and then passed the ball directly.
Coutinho did not choose to attack by himself, but the first time, he still looked for a teammate with a greater chance.
Coutinho is the most advanced Liverpool player, and in this counterattack, Liverpool received a lot of the ball.
Firmino went straight into the penalty area and attracted a lot of defensive firepower from Atletico Madrid.
And Coutinho's pass this time is Milner, who is cruising outside the penalty area.
After receiving the ball, Milner stopped forward and opened the angle. Before the Atletico Madrid defender arrived, he completed a heavy kick.
Milner used the ball fully and the angle of his shot was within the range of the goal frame. It can be regarded as Liverpool's most threatening shot in this game.
However, he was still in front of the goal, being blocked by Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper, Oblak, with his hands directly, but he didn't form a release.
Oblak, the young goalkeeper, really played quickly in Atletico Madrid.
Liverpool's threat of counterattack this time is indeed a wake-up call to Atletico Madrid's defense.
But this does not prevent Atletico, insisting on their offensive tactics.
While continuing to retain a full-back to participate in the attack, the Atletico Madrid team just dispersed the positions of the remaining defenders more closely, and paid close attention to several Liverpool midfielders to ensure Liverpool's move. A counterattack cannot directly penetrate his wing defense.
When necessary, Atletico players can choose to use foul tactics to hinder Liverpool's counterattack, even if they pay a yellow card.
The main offense was the Atletico Madrid team.
After all, in their home court, Atletico Madrid have the home court advantage, and they still want to play a certain offensive effect.
Before the end of the first half, Atletico Madrid launched a siege on Liverpool.
Relying on the outstanding offensive performance of the players, it really suppressed Liverpool for a period of time, and it was dangerous for Liverpool in front of goal.
In the face of Liverpool's intensive defense in positional battles, in addition to long-range shots, they can only constantly use interleaving to seek opportunities for creation.
In many offensive methods, including crosses, were successfully defended by Liverpool, the only way to solve the problem was to use through penetration.
And this time, Carrasco's through ball on the right has an effect.
After receiving Gabi’s pass, Carrasco made a breakthrough on the right. As the Atletico team, Carrasco, who has the strongest ability to break through the wing, has always relied on breakthroughs and personal The offensive ability to disrupt Liverpool’s defense.
However, in the face of Moreno's defensive breakthrough position, Carrasco suddenly sent a through ball, which caught Moreno off guard and had no time to block.
Cork suddenly started from the middle in a timely manner, and directly crossed diagonally to the front right, just out of the right edge of the penalty area, and received a through ball from Carrasco.
Under Henderson's defense, Cork still chose to take one step forcibly, and then passed the ball directly across and swept to the middle.
It was Griezmann who followed up in front of the door.
A push shot was directly intercepted by Yang Feng, hitting Yang Feng's leg, and out of the bottom line.
Corner kick.
This time, Yang Feng stretched his leg to intercept and blocked Griezmann's close-range push to the goal, only to give Atletico Madrid a corner kick.
When Liverpool encountered Atletico's tactical corner kicks in succession, and began to expand the defensive force as much as possible, Atletico Madrid suddenly this time it was a normal corner kick and passed to the goal.
Within the restricted area.
Godin was defended by Yang Feng, while Jimenez was marked by Scott.
After the two major Atletico Madrid high-point players were locked, it turned out that Griezmann stood up.
Taking advantage of Godin's hold on Yang Feng, he used constant physical confrontation and small movements to pull Yang Feng to the point of landing.
However, Griezmann judged the landing point, which was also a passing point arranged in the tactics, and directly in front of Liverpool's small penalty area, he completed a head-shaking attack.
"Mignole!"
"Excellent save!"
Above the goal line, Mignole played once again.
Facing Griezmann's header to the upper left corner, Mignolet reacted and made a sideways save. The palm of his right hand just blocked this header, which made Atletico Madrid's offensive return without success.
However, Skrtel, who made a clearance in front of the goal, was in a hurry with the ball's big foot and did not give any strength. The ball flew out of the penalty area and was still controlled by the Atletico Madrid players.
This wave of Atletico Madrid's offensive continues.
Carrasco's pass on the right still feels still there.
It was another through ball that was as good as before, and this time it was Saul who jumped forward to the right.
Saul and Cork's passes are completely different.
Because of his speed, Kirk swept the ball to the goal by half of his body just now.
But Saul is fast enough.
Even if Liverpool's defensive players have begun to strengthen the defense on this side, it is just that Saul's speed is too fast, and there is no way for the responsible defensive player.
Saúl exploded with his own speed, caught up with Carrasco's through ball, continued to accelerate the bottom, and after completely throwing away a position, he quickly raised the ball and passed it to the goal.
Cork's pass was a ground ball before, this time Saúl's pass was a high ball after the force, and it passed directly to the back point.
Due to Saul’s strong passing force and fast ball speed, for Yang Feng, although Saul’s pass was judged this time, it was too late to get to the position and the defense was completed in the first time. .
However, seeing Cork's running position, there is a chance to nod the header behind the goal, Yang Feng still runs to that position. If Cork really fights for the header, Yang Feng can also be in front of the goal again and try to complete the seal. Blocking.
It's just that Kirk's choice really made Yang Feng's defense this time a little bit rash.
Cork was indeed struggling to grab, and under the confrontation with Henderson, he also grabbed the goal of the ball.
But I don't know whether it was Cork's intentional act or an accident in the confrontation.
This time Cork topped Saul's legend, instead of hitting the goal directly from the back point, he pushed the ball into the small penalty area in the middle.
Yang Feng was shook, and Mignolet was also shook.
And Griezmann in the small penalty area, under the defense of Scotter, used his ability to find opportunities in the chaos ~EbookFREE.me~ to react first, when Cork "passed", I found the place to fall, and forcibly completed a header.
It's another header hitting the goal frame.
At the critical moment, this time it was the active Milner who returned to defense to complete the old master.
On the goal line, facing Griezmann's top parabola to hit the goal, Milner returned to his defense, on the goal line, accurately judged the trajectory of the goal, and completed the header clearance.
But not far after the header was cleared, Saúl returned to the court from the baseline, grabbed the rebounding ball, and finished a volley with his left foot from a small angle.
It's just a pity that this time the shot from a small angle did not achieve an offensive effect.
Saul's shot did not come out, but directly hit the side net of the goal. It was considered that Atletico Madrid players ended this continuous offensive.
The half-time game ended with a score of 0 to 0.
The two teams ended in a tie at halftime, and the total score of both sides was 0-0. Everyone has not scored even a goal.
However, Atletico Madrid's continuous offensive in the final stage of the first half also showed that Atletico Madrid's own offensive strength is still considerable at home.
Several opportunities to hit the goal are considered to be excellent opportunities created by Atletico. However, it is not known that Atletico players have a bad ability to seize opportunities in front of goal. It is really Liverpool's defense today, which is really extraordinary.
For example, Minholet’s save, such as Milner inexplicably appeared in front of the goal line, completed the goal block for Atletico Madrid.
Anyway, after a wave of offensive in the first half, Atletico missed an excellent opportunity and almost scored.
This also put forward greater defensive requirements for Liverpool's defense in the second half.