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Chapter 479 Characteristics of Southampton

When the time came to December [-]th, Southampton's main players had just rested in Japan for nearly a week.

Although they have traveled thousands of miles, after this period of rest and adaptation, their condition is already very good.

Their good form is their opponent's nightmare.

Southampton's starting lineup for the final will soon be reported, goalkeeper Gulacci, defender Cancelo, Alonso, Fonte, Van Dijk, midfielder Kante, Coutinho, De Bruyne , forwards Mane, Lukaku, Du Yue.

Except for hiding Vardy in the snow and continuing to let Du Yue start, the other starters are all Southampton's absolute main lineup.

With such a lineup, Southampton's expectation of winning two consecutive Club World Cups is already written on their faces.

This also made FIFA officials breathe a sigh of relief. They were really worried that Southampton would continue to let most of the main players rest in order to save their physical fitness. It is not difficult to send a substitute main force to beat them.

Now it seems that Southampton still attaches great importance to the Club World Cup, even if they have already won it once last season.

For Riverbed, this is a very embarrassing thing...

The only thing they can rely on now, apart from their own hard work, is to count on Southampton to underestimate the enemy.

After all, those main players have seen the world, so it's normal to look down on them.

However, this is not the case.

When the players from both sides appeared at the Yokohama Stadium, the serious expressions of the Southampton players immediately let the riverbed know that the opponent did not have any intention of underestimating the enemy.

As long as you play, you will do your best and go to the game seriously.

This is actually not Southampton's specialty anymore. In fact, many European teams have the same attitude at this time.

As long as there is a game, then go all out and take every game seriously.

Now European football is actually becoming more and more difficult to mix. Even if you are famous and a star player, once you slack off and perform poorly for a period of time, you may be replaced by someone else.

Even if it is Messi, if he slacks off a little, he will be caught up by Ronaldo who seems to have thrown away.

This is the competition in European football now.

And this trend is only going to grow.

After the two sides shook hands, the game started quickly.

River Plate sent a [-] lineup in this game. They specially placed a defensive midfielder at the front of the penalty area, intending to contain Southampton's offense in this way.

Unfortunately, De Bruyne will not be easily contained.

If he can be contained, Southampton's offense will not be as sharp as it is now.

He began to take the ball constantly and organize the passing, making Southampton's offense extremely smooth.

In order to resist this kind of attack, River Plate can only rely on its own running and confrontation to block it, and from time to time it can only do this through fouls...

So just 10 minutes into the game, River Plate got two yellow cards in a row...

South American games generally have more action. Fans who have watched the America's Cup will know that their referee's whistle will be a little looser. However, in international games, they often suffer a disadvantage.

After receiving two yellow cards in a row, River Plate's defense calmed down a bit, but after no fouls were committed, Southampton's offense immediately began to create threats.

No.11 minutes, after the Southampton midfielder passed continuously, Coutinho went straight into the penalty area, Lukaku advanced and then shot, the ball was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Two minutes later, Cancelo made an assist from the wing, and then a curve ball was passed into the penalty area. The opponent's defender made a misjudgment.

No.201 minutes, Alonso's long shot slipped past.

No.207 minutes, Coutinho's long-range shot was slightly higher than the crossbar...

Although these attacks failed to score goals, the pressure exerted by Southampton began to increase a little bit on the upper limit of the river plate.

This made the riverbed very uncomfortable, because every time Southampton attacked, they tried their best to defend, but they always let the opponent form a shot.

No goal is conceded now, but what's next?

Sure enough, in the No. 304 minute of the game, Southampton tore through the River Plate's defense.

Lukaku received a direct pass from De Bruyne at the front of the penalty area. He did not break through forcibly, nor did he shoot from a long distance. Instead, he directly distributed it to Cancelo, who put in an assist on the right, and Cancelo caught the ball. One step later, the ball was passed, and the ball drew an arc in the air and flew straight to the back point. Mane shook off the opponent's defender during the run, and then faced the falling ball and shook his head to head the ball to the middle. Du Yue, who moved a bit, took the defender away, and Lukaku, who advanced into the penalty area, was unguarded. Facing the ball ferryed by Mane, he directly shook his head and attacked the goal!

Faced with this close-range header, the River Plate goalkeeper only had time to wave his hand, and the ball had already flown into the goal!

Lukaku began to celebrate on the court, while other Southampton players swarmed up and began to cheer loudly.

And there are many Hengtai fans in the stands. They directly stated that they came to support Du Yue this time, so when Lukaku was celebrating, Du Yue ran to the stands to meet them. interactive……

After the last game, Du Yue also ran to thank him and signed a lot of autographs.

"The stalemate was broken again in more than 30 minutes... Southampton's situation has not happened once or twice. This season, many teams, especially the weaker teams, have begun to use retreat defenses to deal with Southampton. , but Southampton can always break the deadlock in this period of time."

"It shows that Southampton's previous pressure will just become a critical point at this time. They can keep their opponents exhausted through continuous passing and offense, just to see when they can't support it. Use defensive tactics to deal with Nan'an Puton can’t do it, but he may have a chance when he attacks. He started to press from the midfield, started to run, interrupted Southampton’s offensive rhythm, and then waited for the opportunity to launch a fast break to have a first-line chance.”

The commentators began to discuss the characteristics of Southampton’s current offense. Indeed, you can’t tell too many tricks about Southampton’s tactics now. It can only be said that they will always exert pressure until you can’t stand it anymore. , Under such circumstances, it is impossible to talk about how to counter Southampton's offense.

This may be a problem for other giants in Europe for a long time to come.

Of course, there is another way, which is to poach people. Southampton’s financial resources are not bad now, but they want to repair the stadium, and the expenses are there. If they don’t sell people to make money, their construction period can only be pushed continuously. Finally, if you can buy a few more and dismantle Southampton directly, then naturally it will not be a problem!