masters-orleans Chapter 246 Coutinho Who Didn't Leave
Chapter 246 Coutinho Who Didn't Leave
Although the strength of the main force has been retained, Manchester United's dominance has indeed declined this season. In the first round of the Champions League, they drew [-]-[-] away with Real Madrid. They lost [-]-[-] at home to their opponents and were eliminated. If it is said that Manchester United is out of the game, Southampton actually has to bear a little bit. If they hadn't defeated Real Madrid, Real Madrid would not have been reduced to the second place in the group, and they would not have met the number one Manchester United... …
Okay, okay, this pot is mine.
Kiya replied.
But in fact, Manchester United's exit is beneficial to them. At least Manchester United can now focus all their attention on the league, while Southampton has to be distracted in the Europa League and FA Cup.
If the pressure of the Europa League is not so great, and Southampton basically plays off the bench in the FA Cup, Southampton will have more difficulties in the future.
Southampton, who sits at home, is waiting for the arrival of Inter Milan. Inter Milan has not been in a good state in Serie A recently, which also makes their head coach Stella Maggioni a headache. After all, Inter Milan also has a lot of injuries now. , Although his position is still very stable, it is still unknown whether he can coach for a full season if he continues.
"Seven players are absent due to injuries, and Guarin and Palacio have just returned from injury. Inter Milan's luck is too bad." Benelli muttered.
"Normal, look at those seven people, which one is not gray at the temples... Oh no, in fact, look, Milito, Samuel, Rocky, Stankovic are all veterans, and injuries are normal. Nagatomo Yuto, Sielotto and Kuzmanovic are not in good health, Inter Milan is not considered unlucky, it is just that there is a problem with their team building method, and they can only make do if they have no money." Ji Ya explain.
"What tactics will they use?" Benelli asked.
"It's still four, two, three, one. Stella Maggioni is only suitable for leading the youth team, and he can't play well."
Ji Ya was right.
Goalkeeper Handanovic, captain Zanetti at right back, Brazilian Juan Jr. at left back, Ranocchia and veteran Chivu in the middle, and veterans Cambiasso and Garrigano as double midfielders, three attacking The midfielders are Alvarez, Kovacic and Coutinho, and Cassano is alone.
Kiya sent a mixed lineup, goalkeeper Keylor Navas, defenders Klein, Luke Shaw, Chambers and Fonte, midfielders Casemiro, Matuidi and Schneiderlin, forwards Ronaldo, Benteke and William.
The midfielder took the most action. He hid Vidal and Mkhitaryan, but sent three midfielders with relatively strong defense. It seemed that he wanted to strengthen the defense of the midfielder and then strengthen it through the offense of the two wings.
In fact, Ji Ya is also planning to do this. After all, the opponent's center is actually pretty good. There are some outstanding and energetic players in the frontcourt, and they also have experience in the backcourt. Not very good at attacking, one is a cameo at the central defender, which is a place that can be used.
Moreover, although the two attacking midfielders on the opposite side, Alvarez and Coutinho, have good skills, but their defense and speed are relatively slow. In this way, their defensive defects on the side will be more obvious. .
Obviously, compared with the current Kiya, Stella Marjoni still looks much younger.
It is very difficult for Ji Ya to meet a rookie who is younger than himself, after all, he has only debuted for a few years.
Although Inter Milan has not performed very well recently, their fighting spirit is still very strong. From the beginning of the game, they actively ran and pressed, trying to take the initiative in the away game.
"Damn, who gave him the courage to play so aggressively with so many veterans."
If Inter Milan defends and counterattacks in an away game, Ji Ya may still be a little apprehensive. After all, Inter Milan's frontcourt is still very technical.
But Stella Maggioni has no other way. Inter Milan's frontcourt attackers are very technical, but their speed is slow, and they need a lot of balls to create opportunities. If they don't press the offense, he can still How to do it?
Cassano, once a genius, is still powerful now, but he can do anything only after he has the ball under his feet.
Alvarez, known as the new Kaka, is really good at dribbling and breaking through, but he also needs to hold the ball.
Kovacic, the young core midfielder, can go forward, organize and pass through, but he also needs to have the ball at his feet.
Coutinho, his foot skills are not so good, he is good at long shots.
And these four people have the same characteristic, that is, their speed is not very good.
So they can only press the offense.
However, there is no problem with the abilities of these four people. Although Cassano is old and the other three are still young, they already have good potential.
So at the beginning, they still gave Southampton a slap in the face.
After receiving the pass from Kovacic, Alvarez cuts in from the wing diagonally. His ball and breakthrough skills are still very good. Although Luke Shaw is fast, he is constantly changing the ball After the rhythm, I really can't keep an eye on him.
Cassano's running in the penalty area attracted the attention of many Southampton defenders, but Alvarez passed the ball to Coutinho on the other side of the front of the penalty area. Coutinho adjusted slightly After that, he suddenly kicked and shot!
The shot was quite sudden, and the ball flew out quickly and flew straight to the far corner of the goal.
Although Navas reacted, he stretched his arms in the air but was still a step slow. The ball flew past his hand. Just when Navas felt that he was about to lose the ball, the ball hit the outside of the goal post hard. , and then the bottom line pops up!
Southampton fans sighed with joy from the stands.
"Damn, this kid is pretty good, especially his ability to shoot the ball suddenly." Ji Ya muttered.
"It's good, but he has been in Europe for several years and has been loaned out by Inter Milan. I don't know why he can't adapt to Serie A. Liverpool wanted to buy him during the winter transfer, but in the end I don't know why it didn't work." Benelli explain.
"If there is a chance in Xia Tian, you can consider taking action against him." Ji Ya said cheerfully.
What Ji Ya didn't know was that if it wasn't for his appearance, Coutinho would have joined Liverpool now...
After all, in the past two seasons, Southampton has used Lallana, Lambert and Lovren to cash out 4000 to 1000 million pounds from Liverpool. In addition, Grealish insisted on the introduction of Downing before, which made Liverpool's finances very difficult. It's because they were nervous. They originally had two goals for this winter transfer, one was Sturridge and the other was Coutinho. After spending 1000 to 850 million pounds on Sturridge, they had no money. , Inter Milan insisted on asking for at least [-] million pounds, and finally lowered the price to [-] million, but Liverpool couldn't even afford the money and asked to pay in installments. As a result, Inter Milan, which was in desperate need of cash, rejected this plan and just pulled Coutinho. down.