(Cat Flutter Chinese) In the battle with Villarreal, Liverpool finally adjusted their strongest lineup. Milito, Zhao Yaning, Figo, and Gerrard all played in the frontfield, while Sissoko and Alonso played in the midfield, and the backfield was a combination of Reese, Carragher, Vidic and McConn, and the goalkeeper was still Reina.

Compared to them, Villarreal have a slightly worse line-up, but they are not far behind: they have Vieira in goal, Gonzalo, Arzo, Benta and Peña in the back line, and the whole is slightly worse. On the midfield line, there is a diamond-shaped midfield composed of Calleja, Senna, Riquelme and Sorin, among the four, Solin and Riquelme are Argentine internationals, and Senna is a Spanish international, and their strength is also quite good. In the forward line, in addition to Forlan, they are Jose Mari, who used to play for AC Milan.

And several other outstanding players, Valencia, Cazorla, and Juventus' former vice-president Tacinadi, were on the bench for this game. It's not easy for Villarreal to play in this position, but it's definitely not accidental.

And with a whistle, Liverpool didn't immediately gain the upper hand as soon as the game began. Although it is a home game, it is clear that Liverpool are still playing very cautiously and they do not want to suffer too much trouble in this game. There is nothing wrong with being careful, after all, it is a home game, any goal conceded is worth a thousand dollars, and it is always a good thing to attack after defending seriously.

Although Villarreal is a little weaker, after all, they are La Liga teams, and they have too much advantage over Premier League teams like Liverpool for the style of play interspersed with running. Although Liverpool is now considered by many English media to be a team with serious La Liga, compared with Villarreal, focusing on front-court counter-robbery and physical confrontation makes Liverpool's technical degree still insufficient. In addition, there is a master forward like Riquelme in the opponent's team, and it is not fun to be beaten after being beaten, so Liverpool is also quite cautious.

And at this time, Liverpool's players, when defending, also found that playing with Riquelme was indeed a troublesome thing.

This person's passing ability is indeed beyond ordinary people's imagination. Ordinary people pass the ball, no matter how they pass the ball, they only calculate the position in the space. For example, Zhao Yaning passed the ball and saw that there was a gap in the back line, so he naturally passed the ball over. Running in neutral, running for pick-up, that's what your teammates do.

But Riquelme is different: he doesn't just focus on the gaps in the backline, at the same time, he tries to understand the position of each team-mate, and every opponent, and calculates how to pass the ball to ensure that his team-mate receives the ball first - the purpose of other passers is to direct their teammates, but teammates also have to think, and the way he plays the ball is to simply do the thinking part for his teammates, and the teammates only need to surround him and make the simplest run.

It's no wonder that some people believe that his passing skills are number one in the world. Zidane's technique is excellent, but his spirit is relatively lacking, he can predict the movement of his teammates, but he cannot predict the opponent's movement well, therefore, he relies on his own skills to tear apart the opponent's backline, his pass is always even, as if it can be passed by one person. And another passing master, Rui Costa, has a very magical insight into the holes in the backline, no matter how small the holes he can see, but the control of his teammates, he has never been good, but fortunately, he has always had a good striker as a companion, and for a good running striker, his passing is like a good wine for the drunkard, Inzaghi thinks his pass is better than Zidane, obviously, running like Inzaghi, met the pass such as Rui Costa, That is the real golden wind and jade dew, and once they meet, they will win countless in the world.

Riquelme is different. When he plays, he doesn't do it himself, and it's hard to serve his teammates. You don't need a good striker. All he needs is a group of team-mates to play around him. This kind of pass is indeed more eye-catching and better-looking, but this kind of pass is indeed difficult to win the love of teammates of the same level or similar strength - which striker does not want to be a puppet in the hands of others, who wants to run the position, not rely on their own wisdom, but completely depend on others?

When Riquelme was on the field, his control was a little too strong. This, compared to his luck, his technical flaws, his personality problems and habit problems, are all secondary.

He is indeed a master, but he is a master with flaws.

It was Sissoko who was in charge of marking Riquelme in this game. Under Riquelme's movements, his rough problems were also revealed. His skills are not enough to snatch the ball from Riquelme's feet, and if he relies on his body, every time he presses closely, Riquelme turns and protects the ball, relying on his ass to resist Sissoko, and if he can't stand it, he will lie down directly. His physical fitness is indeed poor, but he knows how to use his physical disadvantage to his advantage. Relying on his good ball protection skills, Sissoko had no way to take him for a while.

Fortunately, Liverpool started with a two-back position. This kind of play is still relatively safe, although Liverpool can't prevent Riquelme, but relying on a tight defensive system, Riquelme can't find too good opportunities.

At the same time, after the Liverpool midfield stabilized, they began to prepare to attack.

Liverpool's counterattack breakthrough, in this kind of competition, has always been completed by Zhao Yaning, and in this game, what really surprised Zhao Yaning was Senna in front of him.

When Zhao Yaning started with the ball, the front was still blank. And just when he wanted to speed up, Senna had already blocked it, blocking most of his breakthrough space, Zhao Yaning stepped to the side, wanting to break through to the side, but Senna immediately came over, while confronting, and trying to grab the ball at his feet.

This kind of defense gives Zhao Yaning a very strange illusion: his defensive prediction ability is very good, very similar to the guy Makelele. But his feet are much more delicate, and he is more like Essien—a mixture of 70 percent Makelle and 70 percent Essien, so to speak.

He had heard Alonso mention the player, and in the Premier League, many media outlets said that United wanted to bring him in: because he only had one year left on his contract and was relatively cheap. According to the newspapers, Villarreal asked for 10 million, while Manchester United offered a price of 4 million, and the two sides were in a bargain.

At a price like that, it doesn't look like the price of a top player. But in the game, Zhao Yaning realized that Alonso called him the one big Alonso, which was indeed not a lie.

This is indeed a very good midfielder, whether it is interception, tackle, counter-attacking passing or dribbling, he is extremely versatile. Saying that he is the big Alonso is not that he is much better than Alonso in terms of ability, he is not even as good as Alonso in terms of long passes to participate in the attack, but because he has good speed and the ability to advance with the ball, it can be said that he is a very good and all-round midfielder, and he is indeed a more suitable candidate for playing a single midfielder than Alonso.

Before that, Zhao Yaning knew that he only joined the Spanish nationality in 2006 and had just played his first national team game in February, so he didn't care much about him, but now he thinks about it: his home country is Brazil after all, where has the Brazilian team lacked backcourt players over the years? After all, Senna's playing stage is still too small, and he can't get Emerson, Gilberto Silva, Ze Roberto, Juninho Jr., Edmilson and other giants, and the fame and status of the famous midfielder, and they naturally can't compete for positions. The World Cup is coming, and if he wants to play in the World Cup, he can only do this.

Moreover, his peak came a little later: many people believe that his peak was last year, the year he finished third in La Liga. And this year, he is already 30 years old. Although he is indeed more comprehensive and capable than Alonso, Alonso was only in his early twenties when he took second place in La Liga, and people like Senna, who only made a name for themselves when they were old, were naturally ignored.

Spain has undoubtedly picked up a big bargain.

Spain's midfield has always had a big problem: their players are too lacking in a certain ability to stand out.

This is actually related to the general environment of each league. Italy's style of play has always been stacked at the back, and the forward line relies on the individual ability of one or two players to solve all the problems. As a result, Italy is rich in defenders, and at the same time, it is also rich in shadow strikers who can do everything in front of the pitch alone. But the forward position, there is no tradition in Italy.

The Premier League attaches great importance to the wings, and their league is rich in fast and good long passes. In addition, the Premier League likes the style of midfielders who take the ball and press directly, so they also have a strong coverage and fierce defensive midfielder. But because of the fast pace, simple and clear style of play, and technical strikers, it is difficult to produce in the Premier League.

Spain is the same: a league that focuses on coordination and attack, so that most of their players have a very versatile midfield: defending, passing, shooting, controlling, all aspects are average. For a long time, the slightly weak physical fitness and the over-reliance on foreign players from South America when playing have made it difficult for Spain to produce players of real Ballon d'Or level.

And now, when Aragonés was reshuffling, he relied on the introduction of Senna to fill the major holes in the backfield defense. Having a midfielder with a lot of coverage and defensive intensity is very important for Spain.

It's just that no matter how strong the back is, you shouldn't play a single back formation, especially, our team, not only one person can take on the role of the organization, and the defensive ability is excellent, it doesn't mean that you can defend multiple positions alone! This style of play has long been eliminated by modern football, do you really think that the advantage is so big that you can ignore the laws of football?

When he took the ball again, Zhao Yaning flicked the ball twice with his left and right feet, controlled the speed, and after Senna didn't dare to grab it, he began to look for opportunities and plan an attack.

Figo was smart enough to read his thoughts, and leaned over immediately. Zhao Yaning kicked the ball to him, and at this time, he started at full speed and ran towards the bottom line.

Senna followed, but Zhao Yaning knocked the ball back with a heel and gave the ball to Figo behind him. Figo made a backward pass and gave the ball to Alonso, who was inserted, and Alonso made a long pass directly to the other side, at the feet of Gerrard!

The rapid delivery of several people was completed in almost five seconds. Senna shook off Zhao Yaning, who was inserted into the penalty area, and turned around to the front of the arc of the penalty area, after all, that is the most dangerous position!

And Gerrard, who received the ball, did not choose to continue to pass, he took the ball from the ribs of the penalty area and inserted it into the penalty area!

He never played like this, running, pulling, long-range shots, passing, these are his tasks, such a sudden insertion, obviously who is extremely rare, but also the entire backline, is a mess, and at this time, Gerrard has turned his back and passed the ball to Figo.

Taking advantage of the momentary confusion, Figo had already stuffed the ball straight to the left side of the penalty area. At this time, Zhao Yaning, who had already run to the penalty area, received the ball, nudged with his right foot, and pushed the ball to the far corner of the goal!

“gooooal！！！！ Liverpool score! Zhao Yaning's goal, Liverpool led Villarreal 1-0 at home! ”

A one-goal lead is far from enough - while Zhao Yaning celebrated, he was also making an idea in his heart: the best, just this game, kill the suspense, what Liverpool has to do now is far more than winning. Cat flutter Chinese