Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 1069 Christmas Champion ([-])

"Zhang Yuan's goal is really very thoughtful. Little Schmeichel's position is a bit careless. I didn't expect Liverpool to advance so fast!" Zhou Qiang commented, "Director Zhang, you just said to be careful of Liverpool's counterattack. And Liverpool responded so quickly!"

"Now it seems that Klopp's moving Zhang Yuan to the side road is not a bad thing for Zhang Yuan. The pressure of marking has become less, which has released Zhang Yuan's energy!" Director Zhang commented.

But today's game is not exactly like Director Zhang said. Leicester City and Zhang Yuan's left-back Fuchs is not so easy to deal with. Fuchs has a head and height. He is as tall as Zhang Yuan. Pretty much the same, and the speed is okay.

He and Zhang Yuan actually have a little relationship. Both of them played for Schalke 04, but Zhang Yuan left Schalke 2010 in 04, and Fuchs only joined Schalke 2011 in 04. He moved to Leicester City on a free transfer this season.

He admired Zhang Yuan more. Before the match, he said something in an interview with the English media. First, he commented on the Premier League and the Bundesliga. He claimed that the Bundesliga is boring. Bayern Munich always wins 95% of the time. The Bundesliga alone seeks defeat, but it is difficult to see such a team in the Premier League, where the competition is fierce.

It was because of this first evaluation that he commented on Zhang Yuan. He said that Zhang Yuan is amazing, because he once led Schalke 04 to raise the banner of righteousness and won the league championship. He said he knew how difficult it is!
However, when the reporter asked him whether he would pay special attention to Zhang Yuan in this game, Fuchs also said honestly: "I like him very much, but on the court, I will try my best to watch him and not give him Chance! I hope we win!"

Before the game, Zhang Yuan and him exchanged a few words in the player tunnel, but when they got to the court, Zhang Yuan gave Fuchs a badass not long after, and the first summit fight ended with Zhang Yuan winning.

In fact, Fuchs was quite helpless. The ball was obviously held by him, and Zhang Yuan obviously had a pressing action, but the referee Taylor did not think it was a foul. After Zhang Yuan completed the shot, Fuchs And complained a word or two to Miller.

Ranieri yelled at the players on the field, gestured continuously on the sidelines, and pressed his hands in the middle, indicating that the formation should be tightened. The defensive formation of Leicester City was a little loose just now. It was because the formation was stretched too far, and Huth didn't get up in time, which gave Zhang Yuan room to shoot.

And after experiencing this scene, Ranieri did not dare to let his formation overwhelm him. Zhang Yuan posed a great threat to him. As he said before the game: "Liverpool's recent state is not very good. , but Zhang Yuan’s state is very good. Don’t forget that he has scored 3 goals in the past [-] games, which cannot be ignored for us. We must work hard to limit his movement space on the court! "

Restricting the space of movement is not only a magic weapon to deal with forwards like Zhang Yuan who can pass and shoot, but also a magic weapon to deal with a strong team.

Whether Ranieri has the ability, the answer is yes, he is called "Tinker" by everyone, which shows his ability, but his luck in the whole coaching career is quite bad, why do you say that, he coached a lot The teams do not have any strong financial resources, and the overall strength is far behind the top teams.

Whether it was in Florence, Valencia, Rome or Chelsea in the early days, Juventus after the turmoil, the teams he coached were not the kind of strong teams, but look at the team he led. Regardless of the results, it can be said that most of their potential has been brought into play, but it is a pity that he has not been able to gain the full trust of the senior management without a championship.

With the increase of age, many strong teams do not trust him very much, thinking that he is old and may not know how to adapt, but they do not know that Ranieri is the head coach who really lives and learns, and his tactical style is not static. The tactics he has adopted at Leicester City this season have been very successful, at least so far, making full use of the striker's ability to harass.

For example, Okazaki Shinji and Vardy’s scoring efficiency is actually not high in the past, but their running ability is very good, and their ability to harass is relatively strong. They can often cause a lot of interference to the opposing team’s backcourt control .

Ranieri is also very wise. Liverpool's attack line is actually relatively top in the Premier League. When the opening attack could not be realized, Ranieri chose to recover a little, reminding the players to keep the formation compact at any time, and relying on the frontcourt. The harassment of Shinji Okazaki and Vardy caused trouble for Liverpool.

Liverpool began to gradually control the situation, but Leicester City's defense was quite good. Originally, their defense was not very strong, but it should be a different matter against strong teams. This is also a lot of goals. A common feature of the team is that when facing a weaker team, the focus is on offense, and the defense is weak, but when facing a strong team, the mentality is at a disadvantage, and the defense improves.

Today's Leicester is such an example. Their restrictions on Zhang Yuan are always the first big thing. Zhang Yuan often faces the opponent's siege when he gets the ball. Ranieri obviously has a lot of experience in this, he is not Let the players keep pushing up, but go up alone, and there will be two people around you at any time to keep a certain distance, blocking Zhang Yuan's breakthrough direction.

However, after Liverpool took the initiative, it is really difficult to play at a fast pace. Once the formation is dead, Zhang Yuan is not easy to deal with. He once had two precise long passes to transfer the ball, but because the timing of his teammates' follow-up was not correct. , failed to cause too much trouble for Leicester City.

Klopp stood on the sidelines and kept instructing the players to move. The positional battle against Leicester City is more difficult than against other weak teams. The morale of this team is very high, due to the height of the current results Satisfied, they are also very willing to faithfully implement Ranieri's tactical arrangements, which is different from other Premier League teams. Sometimes when Liverpool's attack fails, the opponent team often wants to use this opportunity to counterattack. This instead allowed Liverpool to counter-steal and play fast breaks, making them hard to defend.

This is not the case for Leicester City. Even with Vardy as an extremely fast striker in front, sometimes they do not launch a counterattack at all, but choose to play the ball more safely. From this point of view, Ranieri He doesn't think he has to win Liverpool, and being able to score a point at Anfield is enough to satisfy him.

"Zhang Yuan was looked down upon too much! Except for a shot in the 10th minute, Zhang Yuan has not shot a second time. Leicester City showed a high level of defense today. Liverpool didn't get any good chances !" Zhou Qiang praised Leicester's defense.

"Zhang Yuan's condition today is not particularly good. According to the past, no matter how tight the defense is, when the team can't open the situation, they will actively seek breakthroughs. However, after Leicester City's defensive position is formed today, There are fewer Zhang Yuan's brilliance!" Director Zhang pointed out sharply.

What he said was also true. Zhang Yuan didn't dare to stand out when facing the opponent's defense. Only he knew the reason. He was worried, worried about being cut off, and worried about Leicester City's counterattack!

He persuaded himself to keep calm. The more Liverpool attack and intercept the ball in a positional battle, the more dangerous it is. Zhang Yuan on the field is really worried about gains and losses. He shouldn't think about these things, but he just thought a little too much today.

With Miller's whistle, the half-time game ended. Liverpool had a certain advantage in possession of the ball, but the offense did not improve much. On the one hand, Leicester City's defense is in place, on the other hand, Liverpool The players are getting better, but not good enough.

During the intermission, Klopp arranged the tactics for the second half. He didn't know why Zhang Yuan was cautious. He asked Zhang Yuan to increase the number of breakthroughs in the second half. As for Zhang Yuan's back, he Handed over to Kanter.

Zhang Yuan thought that Klopp blamed himself for his poor state, so he nodded and agreed to Klopp's request.

(End of this chapter)