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Chapter 242 Substitute for the Finals

Southampton finally relied on the substitute lineup to score a zero-to-zero away game against the opponent and entered the Europa League round of [-].

And their next opponent is not a weak team, but Inter Milan from Serie A.

Inter Milan has been miserable in the past two years. They have been falling all the way since they won the Triple Crown. They also won a league runner-up in the 10-11 season. They slipped to sixth in Serie A last season. They have played more than 20 rounds this season. Still sixth, it seems that there is little chance of returning to the Champions League again.

The main reason for such problems is that Moratti has no money, otherwise he would not have sold the team to the Indonesian Tohir after the end of this season. Modern football is all about money. The club has no money, and the results are natural Not going anywhere.

However, Ji Ya will not underestimate opponents. Such a traditional giant has a bad ship, and Inter Milan has no hope of this season's league. Of course, they will put more energy into the Europa League. There is no money in the Europa League, but it is an honor anyway. Inter Milan is also one of the clubs that have won the Europa League the most times in history. In such competitions, they tend to appear more combative.

But now Ji Ya can't take care of Inter Milan, because the next game is the final of the League Cup - it is precisely because of this that Ji Ya risked using all the substitutes in the away game - you must know that doing so is actually very risky, Although they led by three goals in the first round, in the two rounds of the match, this is not a score that can be guaranteed to qualify. What if?

But for another champion, Ji Ya also had to take risks.

In this game, let the substitutes get more cooperation and find the game state, so that they can perform better in this final.

February 24, Wembley Stadium, League Cup final!

If Bradford wins the championship, they will be the greatest legend in the history of the League Cup-the former legend was the second League Cup, that is, in 1962, when there was also a fourth-level team Roach Dai Er reached the final of the League Cup, but unfortunately, he was bloodbathed by the then Premier League team Norwich with a score of 05-06 in two rounds (the final of the League Cup was two rounds at that time). Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic [-]-[-] in the season final tie, the most disparate score in the history of the League Cup final.

It's just that Southampton certainly won't let them do this easily.

Although Bradford eliminated three Premier League teams, including Arsenal, the process was rather ugly. It was basically a counterattack and a delay until a penalty kick. Arsenal was killed by their penalty kick. In the overall In terms of strength, Bradford has nothing outstanding, and there are no particularly outstanding players.

Regarding this point, Ji Ya has already observed it.

So on this day, when he led the team to Wembley, although he still sent all the substitutes for the previous promise, he also knew that as long as he seized a few opportunities at the beginning and gained the advantage in the score, Next, it's easy to fight.

Bradford mainly relies on tenacious defense without losing the ball. Once the ball is lost, the game will be different.

More than 7 fans poured into Wembley Stadium today, almost 2 of them supported Southampton, and the other 2 were fans who supported Bradford-although their home stadium can accommodate more than [-] people, but there are only tens of thousands of people who support them for a long time. The lack of financial resources has made this team from the former top league team to the current fourth-tier team. This city is not poor, but Bradford Germany is a relatively special city. Their football is not particularly popular, but it is a rugby fanatic area, so relatively, the football team is more difficult.

Although it is not the most glorious time in the history of their football team to reach the League Cup final this time (Bradford has won the FA Cup once), it is also a rare highlight moment, so many people who did not watch football before The Bradfordians also came to support their team.

It is a pity that watching the finals this time is definitely not a good feeling for them.

"Southampton's starting lineup for this game still has a lot of substitutes... goalkeeper Keylor Navas, defenders Jenkinson, Otamendi, Kovac and Luke Shaw, midfielders Casemiro, Drinkwall Te, Schneiderlin, strikers Nolito, Klose and Austin! Doesn’t this approach seem a bit careless? Bradford’s fighting spirit is still very tenacious.”

A commentator commented more cautiously. After all, this game is also a final. Even if the opponent is the League Two team, isn't it too much to send all the substitutes?

After the start of the game, Bradford still has a lot of fighting spirit. They are now in the middle of the League One, and they can make an impact in the play-offs, but the hope does not seem to be great, so all their hopes are pinned on this in the final.

Like Southampton at the time, they did not qualify for a place in a European competition just by reaching the final. After all, the current UEFA rule is that if the winner of the FA Cup participates in the Champions League, then the runner-up It is possible to incrementally participate in the Europa League, but the runner-up of the League Cup does not have this qualification, and will only be postponed to the top-ranked team in the league.

So in this game, their fighting spirit is still quite strong.

Of course they know that their overall strength is far from that of Southampton, so they used a lot of running and defense from the beginning, trying to resist Southampton's offense, wear down the opponent's patience, and then look for opportunities.

But Southampton seemed very patient.

After gaining possession of the ball, they began to continuously dribble, control the ball, and pass it back and forth in the midfield, looking for opportunities.

You must know that Southampton's players are all substitutes, but most of their footwork is not bad.

Especially in the midfield, Casemiro, Schneiderlin and Drinkwater are all players with good skills at their feet, and they can still pass back and forth. The tacit understanding is already very good.

The specific attack depends on Nolito, his skills and breakthrough ability have always been good.

Coupled with a high center forward Austin and a quick and experienced Klose, Southampton's possession offense also has a good foundation.

Not to mention there is Luke Shaw, who is already infinitely close to the main force. He has the opposite characteristics to Blind, and is good at assists and breakthroughs.

It was his decisive forward assist in the No. 16 minute of the first half that brought Southampton the first goal!