I brush achievements in football

Chapter 317 Don't even want to meet each other

"It's a pity to lose two points at the last moment...Chelsea is too tenacious. Chelsea led by Mourinho are always so tenacious. It is better to get one point than to lose." Kiya said at the press conference after the game said.

His attitude still seems relatively natural, and Mourinho seems to be more satisfied. After all, the strength of the two teams is very strong, and neither of them is sure that they can beat their opponents.

The next weekend's game is the third round of the FA Cup. Ji Ya has rotated all the main players in this game, but facing the British Championship team Burnley, they still have the absolute upper hand. Nolito , Vardy, Klose and Coutinho each scored a goal in the game. Southampton defeated their opponents [-]-[-] and broke into the fourth round of the FA Cup.

For Southampton's substitutes, they know that their chance to play in the second half of the season may be the FA Cup game. If they play one more game, they will have more chances to play.

After playing this game, Ji Ya flew to Zurich to participate in the draw ceremony of the knockout stage of the Champions Cup there.

"Avoid in the same group, avoid in the same league, so apart from Manchester United and Chelsea, our next opponents will appear in Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Paris Bayern. To be honest, it is not easy to play. The relatively easy ones may be Atletico Madrid and Paris." Benelli analyzed the draw.

"Paris is unlikely. Atletico Madrid is actually not easy to play. Their performance this season is very good." Ji Ya said.

"Really?" Benelli was taken aback.

"Their defense and full-court pressing are very good. There is also a comprehensive striker like Diego Costa who can score goals in the frontcourt. Their tactics are simple, but they are difficult to deal with." Ji Ya replied.

"Then this draw..." Benelli said.

"Do you have any illusions? We will definitely meet a strong team. It depends on whether it is Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern. It is impossible to draw Paris. They are relatively easy to play." Ji Ya said.

In this regard, Ji Ya's judgment is still very accurate.

At the draw ceremony, the lucky draw guest Zidane immediately drew Bayern for Southampton.

"We are really lucky to play last season's runner-up in the group stage and the defending champion in the knockout stage." Ji Ya said with a smile, and then stretched out his hand to Guardio.

Guardiola held Ji Ya's hand with a wry smile. He knew that Southampton was not easy to play. Although they won the Super Cup, they were also quite lucky.

Although it is said that if you want to win the Champions League, you have to defeat all strong opponents, but it will always be better to meet a strong team later. Among the eight groups, Manchester City and Southampton are the worst. Difficult to deal with, the next one is AC Milan. Under such circumstances, he was drawn to Southampton in one fell swoop. Guardiola also knows that this is also UEFA giving him a blow.

But the lottery results are out, what else can I say?

With these two games to be played at the end of February and March, Southampton can now focus entirely on the league.

"The next league game is where we need to grab points. I won't rotate if it's not necessary. Everyone, get ready." Ji Ya said.

The players nodded one after another. Now is obviously the time to sprint. If you don't work harder at this time, when will you have to wait?

Moreover, the schedule during this period is not too tight, it is the time to grab points in the best state.

At the same time, the opponents during this period are not strong, the strongest is Arsenal, and the others are mid-lower teams. On the contrary, after the start of the knockout round, they will encounter more strong teams. That is the real test .

And during this period of time, Southampton came to a schedule that was talked about by fans later and was considered a great winning streak!

On January 20th, the No.[-] round of the league, Southampton played against West Bromwich Albion at home.

They didn't give West Bromwich Albion much chance to react. From the beginning of the game, they suppressed West Bromwich Albion tightly, and then looked for opportunities to score.

West Bromwich Albion stayed in the penalty area and wanted to wait until Southampton's offense was exhausted before looking for a chance to score.

However, they lasted only 10 minutes, Suarez passed the ball to Lukaku, Lukaku shot to create a corner, Mkhitaryan took the corner, under the cover of Lukaku and Fonte, Otamendi At the back point, he grabbed a header and scored to break the deadlock, one to zero.

Before the end of the first half, Southampton played a beautiful counterattack, De Bruyne sent a wonderful over-the-top ball, Suarez advanced to form a single-handed shot, swayed the opponent's goalkeeper and scored, expanding the score.

No. 606 minutes of the second half, another pass from De Bruyne, J Ronaldo's long-range shot from the front of the penalty area, [-]-[-].

Arsenal beat Villa, won two consecutive victories after the New Year, and continued to rank first, while Southampton had slipped to third place after their previous draw with Chelsea, Manchester City ranked second with 47 points, and Southampton had 45 points Third, Chelsea are fourth with 44 points and Liverpool are fifth with 42 points.

"Arsenal is very strong after the New Year." Benelli said with a sigh.

Kiya shrugged his shoulders.

After a week's rest, Southampton ushered in the No.20 second round of the league on January [-]. Sunderland, who played at home, fought for relegation and broke out extremely powerful combat effectiveness. In the first half, Lukaku With De Bruyne each scoring a goal, the score was equalized in the second half. Seeing that Southampton was about to encounter Waterloo, Suarez stood up and made a beautiful fight with Lukaku at the front of the penalty area. Two to one cooperation, and then decisively kicked the goal in the penalty area, and scored the ball into the dead corner of the goal!

Three to two, Southampton made a difficult lore and won again!

"It's great that we won the game, Suarez gave us the three points. Yes, he deserves it, I've said that many times...I'm happy to have a striker like that, we Now I can catch up and not fall behind, which is another thing that makes me happier."

After reading the results of other teams, I realized how important this victory is. In this round, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Manchester City all won. Chelsea still defeated Manchester United. Liverpool was tied by their opponents and has already begun to lose to the top four. Open the gap.

If Southampton draws again this round, they may fall to the fourth position, and gradually be separated by the winning team!

The next weekend will be the fourth round of the FA Cup. After the FA Cup, there will be two consecutive league games-the Premier League schedule is so refined, the FA Cup has to be played on the weekend, so that the league is postponed And when the Champions League comes, the competition will be more intensive, and it has become a kind of necessity.

"It's just right, the main players should adjust well before preparing for the next attack!" Ji Ya waved his fist at the players on the training ground.