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Chapter 304 Almost Qualified

Against Dortmund, Kiya rotated several players, such as Ronaldo, Casemiro and Luke Shaw, and let Coutinho, Matic and Alonso play, also to test this side Did the tactics perform well against strong teams?

Facts have proved that such tactics are also effective when playing against strong teams. Coutinho scored a beautiful long-range shot in the game, and Alonso assisted Suarez to score the fourth Champions League goal of the season. , However, Southampton lost the game away. Goals from Royce, Lewandowski and Gundogan allowed Dortmund to pull back the away loss. They beat Southampton [-]-[-] at home and gave a Southampton's first defeat in the Champions League this season!

Southampton doesn't really care about this. Although in another game, Naples also defeated Marseille [-]-[-] at home, but Southampton's current situation is not too bad.

They are now nine points, Naples is also nine points, and Dortmund is six points. In the next round, Southampton will face Marseille at home, which has lost four consecutive games. If they beat Marseille, they will advance from the group stage, and it will not be a big problem.

If the last three teams have the same points, it depends on the goal difference in the small circle between each other. Southampton has scored three goal differences against Naples, so they will have a big advantage no matter what.

The fifth round of the game will be played after two league rounds, and Southampton will have a relatively relaxed time during this period.

After returning to the league, Southampton was not hindered by this defeat. They sat at home and beat the newly promoted Hull City, ranked tenth, four to one. At the beginning, Hull City wanted to rely on their own tenacious fighting spirit. There were ups and downs in the performance. As a result, only 2 minutes into the game, Schneiderlin received a pass from De Bruyne and scored a goal from a long distance. In the No.13 minute and No.206 minute, Suarez and Lukaku scored successively , Southampton was far ahead in the first half. Although Hull City recovered a point in the second half, Klose, who came off the bench, scored the fourth goal and Southampton won without bloodshed.

With Arsenal losing to Manchester United this round, Southampton surpassed Arsenal with 26 points with 25 points and returned to the top position in the standings. Liverpool and Chelsea both lost in the last round. Not so good, allowing Southampton to rush directly to the first position with a wave of winning streak.

Now Liverpool ranks third with 23 points, Chelsea also has 23 points, followed by Tottenham, Manchester United and Everton with [-] points, and Manchester City with [-] points. Now the competition for the top few is still very fierce, but the strong teams continue to The loss of points made Southampton, whose performance was very stable, stand out in this way.

But it's clear that this is only temporary.

Southampton's start schedule is actually good. In the first eleven rounds, they only played against Liverpool and Manchester United, so they will play against Arsenal and Chelsea in a row. After Villa, they will play against Manchester City and Newcastle in a row. And Tottenham, after such a strict schedule, if their performance does not have much impact, they can really establish the hope of winning the championship.

At this time, they still have to be distracted in the Champions League. If you say that the schedule is loose, it is actually not loose. In such a critical period, encountering a dense schedule is the biggest problem.

Fortunately, the League Cup won't start until December, so we didn't come over to join in the fun.

"This kind of schedule is a test we will definitely encounter... Do you understand? If you want to get good honors in the Champions League and the league, you must encounter such a dilemma. We need to adapt and get used to this short period of time. There are a lot of matches against strong teams, which is also a test for us. Arsenal have performed very well this season. We don’t need to head-to-head with them in the league. Just play a good game. Pay attention to Giroud, this guy has been in good form recently Well, they are not involved in the Champions Cup and can play their best strength."

Against a strong team, Ji Ya's current attitude is actually very simple, even if it is a bit difficult to win, at least he can't lose.

The biggest threat in the first half of the league this season must be Arsenal and Liverpool, because they did not play in the Champions League, which allows them to focus on the league. The ups and downs of the results of the Manchester duo are because they have to be distracted In the Champions League, Moyes and Pellegrini still need to improve in this regard.

Chelsea's performance is stable because Mourinho is too familiar with this kind of thing...

In this game against Arsenal, Kiya rotated some of the main players, but even so, Southampton's performance was not bad. The former Southampton player Giroud performed well. He scored a goal in each half, but in his In the middle of the goal, Southampton's new striker partners Suarez and Lukaku also scored a goal each, allowing Southampton to steal a point from the away game.

The first vs. the second, the away game can get one point, which is considered a good result.

Wenger was dissatisfied with the draw. He believed that Arsenal should have a chance to win the game, but Southampton defended at the last moment and saved a point in a shameful way. Kiya said Come on, Giroud's second goal was a penalty, but the penalty itself doesn't exist...

The two sides fought a few words of war of words, and then they died down. Arsenal should be really dissatisfied, because all their main players have been sent out, and they are in good condition. They just want to beat Southampton and get three points, but they don't can do so.

Southampton is actually quite satisfied, because the next home game against Marseille is still very important.

In this round of Dortmund and Naples fighting each other, if Southampton can beat Marseille, they will be able to occupy a very favorable position before the final round.

If in the last round, Marseille still had the intention to fight, then this time, Marseille, which has lost four games in a row, really has not enough fighting spirit.

They fought hard in the last round, and they can still fight to qualify, at least they can fight for No.3 to play in the Europa League, but now it seems that it is inevitable for them to be at the bottom, so in this game, Marseille's The fighting spirit is really not very high.

In the end, Southampton defeated Marseille almost without bloodshed. Mkhitaryan scored twice in this game, and Southampton won the fourth victory in this group stage.

In another game, Dortmund played a wonderful game at home. Goals from Reus, Kyle and Aubameyang gave them a [-]-[-] victory over Naples. Naples has almost lost the qualification hope...