Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Chapter 207 Cracking Tactics
As a veteran team in England and one of the most prestigious clubs in Europe, Liverpool has won numerous honors in history.

19 English league titles, 7 FA Cup titles, 6 UEFA Champions League titles, these are all solid honors.

The 2007 reversal to win the Champions League is the top honor won in these years.

Although they broke into the Champions League final again in 2009, they were successfully avenged by AC Milan, the runner-up of the 2007 Champions League and also a veteran European team, and finished second.

Since then, the team has embarked on a downhill sell-off of star players.

Harvey Alonso, Torres, Suarez and many other top players have been sold one after another.

In the 13-14 Premier League season, the "Red Army" Liverpool led by Rodgers was only one step away from the long-awaited league title, but it was a pity that they fell short and finished second.

The painful experience of the Liverpool Club signed the German Liverpool as the team's coach, which became a magic stroke for the team's rise. The sale of the core Coutinho gave the club the capital to shop freely in the transfer market, and successively bought a ticket.

Liverpool's head coach Klopp, I believe Dortmund fans will not be unfamiliar, the German coach has also led the Hornets to achieve excellent results.

Through video analysis, this season, the Liverpool team under Klopp usually adopts a 433 formation. The forward line is Mane, Salah is on the side, Firmino is in the middle, the midfielder is Henderson, Fabinho and Wijnaldum, the defense is generally Arnold, Robertson, and the center back is Van Dijk with Matip.

When the team is attacking, Firmino in the center position usually retreats to the position of the shadow forward or midfielder, using his vision and ability to hold the ball to organize the offense, and at the same time create space for Mane and Salah, who are more capable of finishing, to make them both closer to the goal.

Not only that, when the team is defending, although Firmino is an offensive player, he is very active in defense. He can build the first line of defense for Liverpool through his own fighting and running.

The Brazilian may not be so eye-catching in terms of statistics, but he is definitely an indispensable tactical piece for Liverpool's frontcourt.

Of course, just relying on the center forward to retreat and the winger to advance and cut in cannot guarantee that Liverpool can reach the stage of the Champions League final. It is impossible for any team to rely on these three guns on the offensive line to be invincible. They need the support of the midfield and the help of the backcourt.

Full-back advance is also one of the offensive tactics of the "Red Army" under Klopp's rule. The three midfielders, Henderson, Fabinho and Wijnaldum, usually shrink in the middle when attacking, which can ensure the opponent's interception when transitioning from offense to defense. Moreover, Van Dijk's personal defensive ability on the back line is extremely strong, ensuring a frontal defense.

Of course, if you still have the impression that the full-backs press to the frontcourt is just a simple side cover, then it is wrong to make a pass from the bottom.

In front of this Liverpool team, the two full-backs also need to participate in the offensive operation of the center and front field, mainly inserting from the side, and at the same time provide offensive support, and even undertake some offensive organization responsibilities.

Of course, as the two top full-backs in the Premier League today, Arnold and Robertson also have the ability to advance and finish in quick counterattacks.

The front, middle and back three lines all have the firepower to provide the striker. Such Liverpool is destined to set off an offensive frenzy in the final.

In terms of defense, Liverpool likes to press high and counter-attack on the spot. The first echelon is led by Firmino. A center forward has a very high defensive enthusiasm, which is rare in the world. The three midfielders are also very good at strangulation and exchange.

In the upcoming Champions League final, I believe these three people will also focus on taking care of Dortmund's core No. 11 player Wang Po.

On the back line, Van Dijk is almost the strongest central defender in the world, bar none.

Frontal interception, high-altitude defense, speed recovery, the tall Dutchman is not clumsy or slow at all.

The position of central defender is almost an unsolvable state, and the strength of the defense line with him sitting in it has completely risen to a notch.

In this UEFA Champions League, many well-known strikers in the world have fallen behind in the head-on confrontation with Van Dijk. The Dutchman has made great contributions to Liverpool's promotion to the final decisive battle.

This confrontation with a dynamic Liverpool is a huge challenge for Dortmund.

After analyzing the Liverpool team, the Dortmund team also formulated corresponding cracking tactics.

In this game, Wang Po will not appear in the midfield, nor will he reach the front line, nor will he appear in the backcourt.

Tuchel placed Dortmund's No. 11 on the right, acting as a right winger without participating in defense.

The center position is no longer the regular Gabon Lightning and Aubameyang, but the column center Kuhn who has been serving as a substitute with a height of 190.

Confrontation and high-altitude balls are the advantages of this substitute center, but his actions are relatively slow and can only be used as a fulcrum under special tactics, and his functions are relatively single.

But in this game, Tuchel used his single point.

Aubameyang will appear behind Kuhn in this game as the assault point of speed, playing as a shadow striker, and Ousmane Dembele is already on the left.

The entire offensive line is such a combination.

Compared with Liverpool's full-back attack linkage, Tuchel requested that Wang Po's right back is not allowed to participate in the frontcourt offense. Not only that, because Wang Po has no defense and thinks that Brighton in the midfield should lean to this side to help the right back defend.

As for Ousmane Dembele on the left, it is more of an offensive plan b, and the real point of attack lies with Wang Po on the right.

Wang Po, who has organization, assault blasting, and finishing ability, is regarded by Tuchel as the key to penetrating Liverpool's defense in this game.

The reason why the Germans deliberately placed Wang Po on the side that rarely appeared was entirely to allow Wang Po to avoid the strangling lineup of Liverpool's Henderson, Fabinho, and Wijnaldum, bypassing the defensive area of ​​​​the three, and to suppress a side attack of the Red Army through a side attack.

In this way, half of Liverpool's offensive system was paralyzed, and its power was greatly reduced.

Suppression and anti-suppression, this is Tuchel's tactical concept. Of course, the real effect needs to be proved on the field.

(End of this chapter)