Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 872 Season Debut ([-])

After 10 minutes, Southampton no longer frantically pressed the frontcourt, but moved their position to the midfield, where they competed with Liverpool for the ball. Liverpool began to play short passes, and their possession rate on the field also increased.

Coutinho and Sterling on the two wings are very flexible, especially Coutinho. He can play in multiple positions in the frontcourt. He is two years younger than Zhang Yuan. Both of them have played for Inter Milan, but they have not met. That's it, Coutinho didn't make a name for himself in Inter Milan. After coming to Liverpool, he was reused by Rogers and became active.

He not only has speed, but also has good technique, rich imagination, and a good ability to pass at the moment. However, he is the same as Sterling over there, that is, he can dribble the ball. Zhang Yuan doesn't know when he will pass the ball.

What Zhang Yuan can do is to move around well, hoping that Coutinho can see his presence, or wait for the pass, and join the ranks of mad belts to deal with Southampton's defense with his own strength.

In the 13th minute, Coutinho ran to the midfield to respond, got a pass from Henderson, then sprinted from left to right without breaking through Southampton's midfield interception line, and after a forced stop to accelerate, he saw Zhang With a long running position, he kicked an overhead pass and passed it to the left side of the penalty area.

Zhang Yuan's body is not bad. The ball was passed by Coutinho very suddenly. Zhang Yuanyou dragged it to Maya Yoshida's defense area. Feng Te naturally wouldn't go with him. As a result, Zhang Yuan took advantage of his starting speed to get ahead of Yoshida. In front of Ma Ye, he hooked back lightly with his feet, and the ball flew high above his head. Yoshida Asa also jumped into the air, and Zhang Yuan turned around and volleyed without waiting for the ball to hit the ground.

The ball heavily concentrated on the crossbar. Foster was very tall, in his early two meters, but he couldn't react to the ball in time. Fortunately, he concentrated on the crossbar.

"Damn it!" Zhang Yuan cursed. This is his best chance at this point in the game. Taking advantage of Coutinho's shit-stirring traits, it's rare for him to see a good news coming out of here. With the ball, Zhang Yuan's movements were also very coherent, with a little less luck.

In fact, the fans, the players on the field, and the coaches may have completely different views from Zhang Yuan. While the fans were pleasantly surprised, they also gave warm applause to Zhang Yuan's shot.

This shot is not easy, really not easy, another striker may not be able to handle the ball well, stop the hook just right, make full use of Yoshida Asaya's body inertia margin in the back defense, and complete a simple dribble, Then he turned around and volleyed without looking at the goal.

This requires players' keen judgment and superb skills, which many players cannot do. However, in Zhang Yuan's own opinion, this is also very simple.

Coman was also secretly startled, Zhang Yuan's ability is too strong, it's hard to deal with!
Rogers was remorseful but also happy. Seeing that Zhang Yuan's level is indeed that of Mr. Footballer, as long as he can give him a little gap, maybe the battle can be resolved!Rodgers was instantly full of confidence in winning the game.

But Liverpool also has problems. When the midfield trio is under pressure, the success rate of short passes is a bit poor. It is not as high as Southampton's success rate. They make mistakes again and again. Southampton took advantage of the situation and played a counterattack on the spot. war.

After Koeman came to the Premier League, he adapted quite quickly to the game here. The quick impact was used very well. Southampton used the pressure of Liverpool's full-backs. Heading the goal, or making the ball, the midfielder quickly inserts and takes the opportunity to shoot.

The skills are very simple, but once they play well, Liverpool will be severely tested. Gerrard, you said he is a pure defensive midfielder, obviously not, neither Henderson nor Lucas. The protection of the back line is actually not in place, which is another sequelae. Back then, Mascherano was a full-time midfielder, and Lucas was not at the same level as him.

Now that Gerrard is old again, such a midfield combination is obviously to give any team a chance, including Southampton.

The cooperation between Zhang Yuan and his teammates is not tacit enough, and it seems that they are no longer one-on-one. As a result, Liverpool's offense is not generally scattered. Coutinho often breaks through with the ball and uses his long-range shooting skills when he finds opportunities. Tring blindly dribbled the ball and made a pass from the bottom, but the success rate was not high.

What is more favorable today is that the combination of Digan and Skrtel performed well, perhaps because they are already old teammates and can support each other.

In Rodgers' eyes, Liverpool like this can win. Anyone's team has problems like this. Take your time. Zhang Yuan is in good form today and can win.

The dream came true. In the 24th minute, Liverpool finally broke the deadlock. The protagonist is still Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan retreated this time. The feeling of not being able to get the ball for a long time is not so good.

Zhang Yuan retreated deeper, Southampton was defensive again, Feng Te did not keep up, and Wanyama replaced Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan reached out for the ball, Gerrard passed it to him, then Zhang Yuan leaned against Wanyama and immediately gave it back to Gerrard, and then flashed past Wanyama's left, Gerrard understood at this moment , a short-distance through pass, Zhang Yuan used this exquisite two-for-one to successfully dodge Wanyama. Wanyama also made a mistake and stretched his foot to the ground to intercept the ball, but failed.

Zhang Yuan pushed forward with the ball, and Schneiderlin made up for it and tried to hit Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan stopped the ball and turned around, passed by Schneiderlin's right with a spin, and passed him lightly. Southampton's defense is complete.

While Zhang Yuan was dribbling the ball, he observed the running positions of his teammates. Coutinho moved closer to him hoping to catch the ball, while Sterling kept rushing forward.

Zhang Yuan suddenly slowed down his dribbling speed, Southampton's back line moved, the premise moved up, Feng Te came up to block Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan dribbled the ball to the middle, Feng Te dare not be careless, keep up, I am afraid that Zhang Yuan will shoot.

According to Coman, Zhang Yuan's long-range shooting skills are also very strong, Schneiderlin also caught up, and the two of them were about to form a double-team situation. Zhang Yuan's foot moved, and he used his left foot. Suddenly, he reversed. challenge pass.

Passed to Southampton's penalty area, Sterling passed Bertrand and entered the hinterland at some point. Zhang Yuan's pass was just caught by him, and the little guy didn't hesitate to go straight down. Shot from a close angle, Foster missed the save and the ball went into the net!
Liverpool, who played at home, finally achieved a 1-0 lead. The Liverpool fans cheered and applauded for this goal!Singing and applause!
You have to ask Zhang Yuan why he did this, because he realizes a problem, the long-distance shooting is actually not a big test for Foster, this guy is really too tall, he can try it occasionally, but it is still close A little shot is better, it was not easy for him to get the shot space just now, not as good as a pass.

Fortunately, Sterling did not waste his efforts. Taking advantage of the momentary negligence of Southampton's defense, he successfully seized the gap and rushed in in time. Zhang Yuan just thought that there should be Liverpool players in that position. Of course he At the beginning, Sterling's movements were also observed.

His authentic center has withdrawn from the penalty area. If no one from Liverpool runs into the penalty area, it can only show that Rodgers' training is too unsuccessful, and Sterling's awareness of the best position is also a bit bad.

Zhang Yuan happily ran to Sterling and rubbed his head, "You did a great job! In the future, you should boldly step in at such an opportunity! Don't worry about the ball!"

"Thank you! Zhang, your pass is really great! You have great concealment!" Sterling praised sincerely with a grin.

Rogers finally had a smile on his face, and he clenched his hands into fists. Zhang Yuan's power was finally displayed. Although it was only two times with that shot, it would be enough to change the game, wouldn't it? !
"See?! How is Zhang Yuan's performance?!" Qian Huan exclaimed triumphantly to his guests. For the first game of the new season, his boss also came to watch the game.

The guests have praised and complimented that this deal is indeed a good deal, whether they know the game or not, this must be said.

Koeman is resentful. This ball is really a manifestation of Zhang Yuan's personal ability. I am afraid that he started to slow down in order to wait for Southampton's defensive action and his teammates' running positions. In fact, Koeman is very troubled by this style of play. , Going straight is better, but Zhang Yuan grasped the offensive rhythm for a while and caused more damage to Southampton.

(End of this chapter)