I brush achievements in football

Chapter 340 We continue to attack

After returning to London, Southampton fans ran to London to meet the Southampton first team, and then followed their bus with a mighty convoy to bring their heroes to Southampton.

This is already a practice. Whenever Southampton goes abroad to play a game, Southampton fans will drive to Heathrow Airport in London, and then drive back with the bus. It is a ceremony to welcome the heroes.

It may have seemed a bit ostentatious to do this before, but this time it won't be, because among the three Premier League teams that played in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Southampton was actually the only one to win...

Manchester United played [-]-[-] with Atletico Madrid at home, and Chelsea was even worse. They were beaten [-]-[-] by Paris Saint-Germain in the away game. It seems a bit precarious to advance to the semi-finals.

After a week, it's hard to say how many of the three Premier League teams will be left in the Champions League.

Southampton didn't care too much about this matter. After the away game against Barcelona, ​​there was only one thing in their minds, and that was to play well the next away game against Manchester City.

Now Southampton ranks first with 74 points, Manchester City ranks second with 71 points, Liverpool and Chelsea both have 69 points, as long as Southampton can beat Manchester City, they will lead No.2 by at least five points. With five rounds left in the league, such an advantage can basically be regarded as unshakable.

And if they lose to Manchester City, then the points will not only be tied by Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea may also close the points gap to two points. In this case, the next game will be even more turbulent.

In the case of still aiming for the Champions League, it is really not wise to divide too much attention in the league.

So in theory, even if the game is tied, it doesn't matter...

"Who said we want a tie? We must not accept a draw! A draw means that we are only leading by three points at most, which means that we have to worry about being overturned in the league at any time! What are Manchester City? Although their goals are similar to ours, the goal difference is also the same. It is similar to us, but in terms of stable performance, it is far worse than us! We beat them in the first round, and we will also beat them in this game! Don’t forget that they are a team with a new coach, and their overall performance is not good. It's very good, if even they can't double play, how can we win the league championship this season?"

Kiya waved his fist and yelled on the training ground, and the Southampton players also waved their fists.

Although they played Barcelona away in the last game, because of Southampton's defensive tactics, their physical consumption is actually not very high, but their mental consumption is a bit depressed.

And Ji Ya announced before this game that this game will use offensive football to let Manchester City know how good it is!

In this case, it also makes the Southampton players very happy.

They actually don't like defensive counterattacks very much. After all, the fault tolerance rate of playing like that is too low, and it consumes a lot of physical and mental energy of the players.

This is actually the reason why Mourinho always has a hurdle in the third year. At Chelsea, it can be said that the owner Abramovich wants to kill the donkey. At Inter Milan, he himself wants to pursue higher honors. But at Real Madrid, why? In the third year, his subordinates began to express their dissatisfaction?It was still the case when he just led the team to win the league championship with record-breaking points.

You must know that there were too many people who opposed him at Real Madrid that time, not only the Portuguese players like Ronaldo who were also under Mendes' banner, but also Ozil, who was promoted by him after he abolished Kaka, let alone Spanish players. Yes, these people are against him, mainly because his tactics are too tiring for players, and his requirements are particularly high.

For the sake of honor, it is normal for everyone to bear it for one or two years, but it is difficult to bear it for the third year.

Whether it is tactics or training, this factor is included.

The training intensity arranged by Ji Ya has always been very high, but it is within the range of the players' tolerance. In terms of tactics, more offensive tactics are used, so that the players will have less mental pressure and play more refreshingly, so they will not be in a state of mind. Feelings of boredom and a desire to escape.

Of course, Ji Ya sells people fiercely every season, and there are more signings, which is also a key.

There is always fresh blood coming in, so that's not a big problem.

Now in Southampton's first team, with Davis and Walton retiring, the first batch of players have basically disappeared. Now the oldest players in the team are Schneiderlin and substitute goalkeeper Foster , he was the only player who was in the team when Kiya first joined the team, then captain Feng Te and Mkhitaryan, Kiya joined after half a season, and Kiya joined in the summer of the second season Reing, Navas, Jenkinson, Drinkwater, and the rest are all players who joined after entering the Premier League.

Although Southampton came all the way from the League One, there are many reasons why players cannot gain a foothold in the Premier League, but it is also a fact that Ji Ya's frequent changes to the team are also a fact.

So his team is always full of fighting spirit.

When Pellegrini ushered in Southampton at home, his confidence was still very high.

After all, Manchester City's recent state is very good, and the points are only three points behind Southampton. Southampton has won several games in a row, and the state is about to gradually decline. At this time, Southampton is still exhausted in the away game. Definitely not in the best condition...

This is Manchester City's chance to beat Southampton and regain the first place!

If they regain the number one position with five rounds left in the league, then there is nothing to say next, just rush down in one go.

"Manchester City's starting lineup for this game is [-], goalkeeper Joe Hart, defenders Zabaleta and Kolarov, centre-backs Kompany and Demichelis, midfielders Yaya Toure and Fernando. Fernandinho lags behind, with Navas and David Silva on the wings, Nasri comes forward, striker Dzeko! Aguero is out due to injury, Negredo and Jovetic are both on the bench , obviously Manchester City want to rely on Dzeko's skills to launch an attack, their frontcourt is indeed very technical! Southampton has two fine-tuning, goalkeeper Nasri, defenders Klein, Luke Shaw, Feng Te and Bailey, midfielder Casemiro, De Bruyne, Mkhitaryan, striker Coutinho, Lukaku and Suarez! James is sitting on the bench, it seems that Ji Ya wants to To give him a break, Brazilian striker Coutinho replaced James, while at the back, young centre-half Bailly started in place of Otamendi, looking to take advantage of his height And confrontation to deal with Dzeko!"

In the chanting of the commentator, players from both sides had already appeared on the field, and the fans of Manchester City immediately burst into loud cheers.