I brush achievements in football

Chapter 592 Still a long way to go

In this round, many strong teams have encountered Waterloo.

Liverpool's away game was tied 18-[-] by No.[-] Sunderland, while Arsenal played [-]-[-] against No. [-] Bournemouth in the away game, and they were still three goals behind. It took three goals in a row to avoid defeat. The middle and lower teams this season can really bring a lot of surprises.

Manchester United and Manchester City defeated their mid-range opponents steadily, while Chelsea continued to maintain their strength. They defeated Tottenham [-]-[-] away, causing Tottenham to lose consecutively to their competitors. It seems that they have indeed begun to fall behind early.

After 49 rounds, Chelsea scored 44 points and ranked first, Liverpool 42 points, Manchester City and Southampton both had 41 points, Arsenal had 39 points, Manchester United came to the sixth position with 36 points, Tottenham slipped By seventh, there were only [-] points.

After this period of continuous battles between Christmas and New Year, Chelsea has begun to build up enough advantages relying on a strong winning streak. The five-point difference is already big enough, but the fact that Southampton has two games less, can also pose a threat to them.

But for the time being, Southampton can't find a chance to make up the match, because in the next week, they will participate in the FA Cup and the League Cup until the middle of the next round of the league. If there is an FA Cup play-off, then there will be a chance for a make-up match.

At this time, it is indeed a bit embarrassing for the Premier League to arrange two make-up games for them.

However, after defeating Everton in the last round, they have expanded their unbeaten league record to 49 games, which allowed them to surpass the [-] unbeaten Arsenal - of course, because of these two make-up games, So Southampton's unbeaten record is still somewhat controversial. Now everyone is watching, whether they can continue to remain unbeaten before the completion of the make-up match...

At that time, they can threaten AC Milan's 58 unbeaten games!

After all, there are only eight games left.

So even though they have actually created the undefeated record of the Premier League, there is no media to publicize it. Southampton also avoided this. After all, they have no advantage in the league now and are still behind. At this time, they are promoting the undefeated record What, it's easy to get slapped in the face.

In fact, even Ji Ya didn't care about this record. When he came back from the Club World Cup, he was aiming at AC Milan's 58 unbeaten games.

Although this is an old calendar, it is still a symbol of an era, not only unbeaten in 58 games, but also unbeaten in a season, these are honors that Ji Ya can pursue.

In the next week, what he has to do is to use these two cup games to adjust the state of the players.

The FA Cup is against the English Championship team Norwich, and the opponent in the League Cup is Liverpool. In such a game, Ji Ya is unlikely to tire the main players. This is a good time to train young players and test new formations .

Against Norwich, Kiya sent a lineup with a large number of young players. The goalkeeper was Romero, and then Richards, Jenkinson and Rudiger formed a back three. Peters and Rudiger were on the wings. Valverde, midfielders Matic and Hoybil, forwards Grealish, Alvarez and Sancho.

Such a lineup is quite young, but it is still very good offensively. Although Valverde is more inclined to the middle midfielder, he can also play on the wing. He looks decent, and has a lot of cooperation with Sancho on the wing, while Alvarez rarely takes the ball and concentrates on running and eating cakes.

Such a set of tactics played well on offense. Sancho passed and shot, assisted Alvarez to score, and Southampton defeated Norwich [-]-[-] at home and entered the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

In the League Cup semi-finals in the next week, Ji Ya sent a relatively safe four-three-three, the goalkeeper was still Romero, the two full-backs were Richards and Peters, and the central defender Rudiger partnered with James. Jinson, midfielders Phillips, Prouse and DePaul, forwards Sancho, Grealish and Vardy.

Compared with the young lineup in the FA Cup, this lineup is much more stable. Liverpool also sent most of the substitute lineup. Now they are ranked second in the league. Although there is still a gap of five points from Chelsea, but At this time, Klopp did not want to be distracted by the cup.

The league is always the most important.

Therefore, Klopp also sent a large number of substitutes in the game. The two sides kept entangled on the field, looking for opportunities to score.

The confrontation between the two sides in the midfield is similar, Southampton has a slight advantage, but the midfield composed of Emre Can, Lucas Jr. and Wijnaldum is not inferior, but Southampton's strikers are in In terms of creating opportunities and seizing opportunities, they have a certain upper hand.

In the No. 20 minute of the game, Vardy played the ball smartly. After receiving the ball, Sancho cut into the penalty area and shot the goal from a close angle, opening the scoring for Southampton.

And this goal was also the only goal in the game. In the rest of the time, the two sides kept entangled, but they still failed to score in the end.

"It's really not easy for the overall lineup to catch up with your Southampton, but if the main lineup is built well, there is still a chance." Klopp said when shaking hands with Ji Ya.

"Don't try to take shortcuts. Compared with my team, taking shortcuts is impossible to succeed." Ji Ya warned him.

Klopp nodded, but he didn't take Kiya's words to heart-no matter what Kiya has done in Southampton, and what Guardiola is about to do in Manchester City, he can't do it arrive.

Liverpool's management and financial resources cannot allow him to form the entire team according to his own requirements.

Manchester City's financial resources are too rich, allowing Guardiola to experiment and toss, and at the same time give Guardiola the greatest degree of autonomy, while Ji Ya has his own degree of autonomy and unique vision, through signings with almost zero mistakes , Created one miracle after another.

And he doesn't have that much financial resources and freedom, so he can only bet on some important players at certain times to form a breakthrough in the main lineup.

Klopp knows that he still has a long time, but he can only bet two on signings.

Klopp's expression, Kiya can see in the eyes, everyone has their own ideas and attitudes, and it is not always possible to move in the right direction.

"You need to be more supportive, maybe I can sell you a few high-priced players." Ji Ya thought silently in his heart.

Although the stadium has been repaired, it is obvious that the investment will also increase in the future. If you want to retain more good players, you have to pay more. Now that the PPF has been implemented, Ji Ya still has a long way to go.