Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 873 Season Debut ([-])

Koeman was too worried. The subsequent development of the game, Liverpool was not as smooth as he imagined. The main reason was that Southampton was quite tough in the midfield interception. Wanyama and Schneiderlin's double The barrier effect played by the lower back combination is very good.

In addition, Liverpool made a lot of mistakes in passing the ball, and Zhang Yuan fell into a kind of silence. He also tried to retreat to the midfield to get the ball many times, but neither Wanyama nor Schneiderlin dared to be careless. Grab the ball from him, and he dribbled the ball a few times. Wanyama and Schneiderlin's strategy was to keep a certain distance, slow down Zhang Yuan's dribbling speed, and allow his teammates enough time to deploy defenses.

Southampton's offensive method is very simple, but the disadvantage is that it is easy to be seen through. After Liverpool adapts, their attack is difficult to be effective, but Koeman is not in a hurry. Liverpool's left Mankilo is a weakness. It can still be used, and maybe it will be effective when it is not known.

Clattenburg blew the whistle at the end of the first half. Liverpool led temporarily by 1:0, but this score is not safe. Zhang Yuan heard Degan said that 2:0 may not be a safe score. The Premier League team I have always been willing to attack, and the fast-paced counterattack can easily cause the opponent to make mistakes unintentionally, and the cooked duck may fly away at any time!
Zhang Yuan is a little distressed. He is confident but not arrogant. It is difficult for him to pass Southampton's defense every time by himself, but the tacit understanding between him and his teammates is really a problem. Coutinho and Sterling are too far apart, even if the ball is passed back to the midfield, sometimes it is difficult to form a strong cooperation with the midfield.

Rogers is not stupid, he knows this problem, but there is no way to change it, it needs to give Zhang Yuan some time.

Conte said that the transition between offense and defense in the Premier League will leave a gap for Zhang Yuan. This is true, but Southampton today completely adopted the tactic of specially manning Zhang Yuan. No matter where he goes, one person will definitely follow him. Small fouls are not a problem at all, relatively speaking, their guarding of Coutinho and Sterling is not so much energy.

Rogers made personnel adjustments during the intermission. Lucas was replaced by him. Although he is a Brazilian, his passing skills are not at the top level. Fellow countryman Coutinho was not very good, there were several pass errors, and Rodgers replaced Joe Allen.

Joe Allen is relatively small, but he has strengths. He is good at getting rid of the ball in the midfield. He can control the ball. The passing level is better than Lucas. Rodgers puts him on because he hopes his team can control the ball. Do a better job, especially not to let Coutinho and Zhang Yuan withdraw to play the role of organization. To some extent, this will weaken the offensive power on the side and the deterrence in the penalty area. Mankilo, on Tinho's side, struggled a bit when dealing with the defense. The offense did not dare to press too far forward, and there was really not much support for Coutinho.

After listening to Rogers' arrangement, Zhang Yuan thought of someone, and that person was Balotelli. In fact, he was not only thinking of Balotelli, but also of Sturridge. Richie is just fine.

Sturridge can cross positions with Sturridge. Sturridge has height and body, and he can also stand in the center forward position. In this case, frequent changes of positions will not affect the attack points in the penalty area.

But Sturridge's problem is that his passing skills are not particularly good. Balotelli is just right and has skills. At the same time, he can also be a center forward, but his speed may be worse than Sturridge.

The 15-minute intermission ended. Zhang Yuan and the others came out early. On the way to the stadium, Zhang Yuan ran into the referee Clattenburg. He said to Clattenburg familiarly: "Mark, you whistled too loosely in the first half. Come on, they made obvious fouls a few times, and you didn't blow it!"

Clattenburg didn't mind, and said with a smile: "This is the Premier League!"

Zhang Yuan smiled and shook his head and said nothing. This is also a kind of pressure. Clattenburg is a famous blind eye in the Premier League. It is necessary to put some pressure on words.

But he had greatly underestimated Clattenburg's blindness.

In the 49th minute, Zhang Yuan retreated again and got a pass from Joe Allen. Wanyama dribbled the ball from behind Zhang Yuan and stabbed it with his feet. As a result, Zhang Yuan sat on the ground and hugged his feet in pain. But Clattenburg said nothing, the steal was effective, and Southampton took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack. Fortunately, Pellet's final header was over the crossbar.

This is no longer Zhang Yuan expressing his dissatisfaction. Gerald angrily ran to Clattenburg and pointed at Zhang Yuan, saying that you can't see such an obvious foul? !Rogers was furious on the sidelines, I have met this blind man!

The referee is the biggest on the Tiandadi Stadium. Clattenburg made such a penalty. It is useless for Liverpool players to be angry.

Zhang Yuan thought to himself, damn it, do you think I didn't fall hard enough!
In other words, he is not specifically targeting Liverpool. Southampton also had a tragedy. In the 55th minute, Sterling jumped left and right in the Southampton penalty area with his flexible body. The ball was cut off by Schneiderlin, but Sterling Lin fell to the ground!
Well, Clattenburg fouled Schneiderlin and Liverpool got a free kick 23 meters away from the right.

Southampton's players were dissatisfied, and Koeman was dissatisfied. He was really speechless to the blind man. Wasn't it a good first half? Why did he lose his nerve in the second half? !
Zhang Yuan is the No. [-] free-kick taker in Liverpool's current team. In training, he also showed Rodgers and his teammates many times his stunts. It can only be ranked third.

But at this time, Zhang Yuan and Gerrard were standing in front of the ball. Gerrard actually had a good free kick, and his powerful shot was also a beautiful scene in the Premier League.

The two covered their mouths and discussed, the ball was too far to the right, and it was very difficult to shoot directly. As for passing the ball in the air, Liverpool did not have an advantage here, and several Southampton players were not tall enough. Low, Yoshida Maya and Wundt are both about 1.9 meters tall, Wanyama is close to 1.9 meters, and the main high points on Liverpool's side are Degan and Skrtel, both of whom are over 1.9 meters tall , but this height is not dominant among the crowd.

Zhang Yuan said to Gerrard: "Steve, it is obviously impossible to shoot the ball directly. I have had such a cooperation with Pirlo before, but it was a corner kick. I went around from the center of the penalty area. Outside volley! Do you think it is possible to do this today and surprise them?!"

"It's also very difficult! But anyway, this opportunity is not particularly good. The distance from the penalty area is not very far. The pass is powerful and arced, and the speed is very fast. It is not easy to fight for it! Well, try it!" Gerald said.

"Are you coming or me?!" Zhang Yuan continued to ask.

"Come on, I'll shoot!" Gerrard said.

"I'm not going to make a curveball, I'm going to ground the ball into the middle, I don't know if it will work, if they have someone between you and me blocking the line, then I can only pass the ball to let Di Gan and the others are going to fight for the top!" Zhang Yuan explained his thoughts in detail.

Then Gerrard left. Zhang Yuan is a player with balanced left and right feet. In this position, both feet can pass, so Zhang Yuan stands in front of the ball not far away, so that the Southampton players can't guess what he is going to do. Which foot to use, the left foot still has the possibility of shooting, but the angle is very small, and because of the attack from the far corner, if Foster is not possessed by Seaman, it is almost impossible for Zhang Yuan to succeed. The chance of success is the ground ball. Under the wall, or with the left foot arcing at the near corner, since the far point can hardly put too much effort, Foster's center of gravity is placed at the near corner, so it is difficult to score the ball directly.

Clattenburg's whistle blew, Zhang Yuan passed the ball, grasped the strength and speed, the ball hit the ground and went towards the penalty area, Gerrard not only retreated but also faced the ball to shoot.

Gerrard is very smart. The Southampton players reacted quickly. Schneiderlin first retreated to the defense line in front of the goal, but soon realized that Zhang Yuan's ball was not a high-altitude pass in front of the goal. He immediately braked and stopped. At that time, Gerrard also shot, and Schneiderlin had to fall on his side, trying to block the shot, but the focus of Gerrard's hit was not power, but a curve ball, and the ball bypassed Schneiderlin. On the left side of Naidlin, he turned into the gate of Southampton when he was about to go out!

(End of this chapter)