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Chapter 704 We Always Have a Chance

Manchester United's defense made Southampton's offense seem to be in a quagmire.

Their most threatening attack for the rest of the first half was when De Bruyne's long-range shot was blocked by Bailey's body. The other Vardy and Du Yue each had a shot, but neither was able to produce much. threat.

Instead, Rashford hit the post with a direct free kick from 25 meters and flew out of the bottom line, almost expanding the lead. At the same time, Bailly shook his head after receiving a corner kick from Mata, and also missed the far goal. column.

If Manchester United seizes these two opportunities again, the situation will be even more biased towards Manchester United.

But even if they didn't catch it, Manchester United managed to keep the score of [-] to [-] until the end of the first half!

"Don't worry, I'm very satisfied with your performance, continue to hold the ball and look for opportunities. Their defensive state cannot support the whole game. Manchester United's defense is compared with those that Mourinho has led before. Get up, but it's a lot worse."

Ji Ya sneered in the locker room and said that his words were of course mainly to cheer the players on, but these words were not just casual talk. Compared with the teams led by Mourinho before, Manchester United's back The line of defense is indeed a little worse.

In Porto, he has a central defender combination of Carvalho and Mela. At Chelsea, the central defender combination of Carvalho and Terry is even more top-notch. In Inter Milan, there are Lucio and Samuel who are in full form. , In Real Madrid, there are also top central defenders like Pepe and Ramos. When he entered Chelsea for the second time, Terry was not old in the defense. With Cahill, the defense is still very solid.

And what about Manchester United?Needless to say, the two full-backs are transformed from offensive players. The central defender Bailey is not bad, but Jones is in good health, and the rest is much worse.

In the first half, they were able to make no mistakes, which is a very rare thing in itself.

Perhaps they were spurred by their first half success and played better in the second half, however Kiya is more confident in his team's offensive prowess.

Southampton has fully grasped the initiative in the midfield, so scoring is only a matter of time.

Mourinho's team may indeed have been able to drag the game into the quagmire and win, but the team he led at that time was not the same as this Manchester United team.

This Manchester United team has more offensive players, but defensively, it is a little worse.

With strong self-confidence, Kiya led the players to appear in the second half.

More than 5 Southampton fans shouted loudly. Although they fell behind [-]-[-] in the first half, the Southampton fans still had great confidence in their team.

Mourinho sat in his seat with a serious expression.

It was a good opportunity for him to resist Southampton's attack in the first half. However, Manchester United was still passive in the second half. Apart from hoping that the team can defend better, what he counts on is to counterattack .

Whether it is Lukaku, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Rashford in the frontcourt, they are all very useful in counterattacks.

In the first half they also created some opportunities to counterattack, and the shots they created were still very threatening.

However, after the start of the second half, Southampton continued to take the initiative in the midfield, and they kept passing back and forth, looking for opportunities.

And what's different from the first half is that the rhythm of their offense has obviously accelerated.

Chilwell's long-range shot opened the prelude to Southampton's attack.

Two minutes later, De Bruyne took a corner kick. Rudiger passed the ball with his heel in the melee. Valverde, who followed up, kicked and shot at the first time, but the ball missed the baseline slightly.

Missing this close opportunity made Southampton fans sigh, but Southampton's offense still did not stop.

Vardy, who retreated, took the ball and passed it cleverly to Grealish. Grealish cut into the penalty area from the left, shot resolutely from a small angle, and the ball was saved by De Gea.

A few minutes later, Southampton launched an attack again. After receiving the ball from the left, Grealish immediately passed a curve ball with his left foot. The ball that came down leaned over and rushed to the top!

The Southampton fans cheered, but De Gea made a magical save. He almost subconsciously made a side throw and blocked the ball with one hand!

Bailey made a big-footed clearance immediately.

The Southampton fans let out a sigh and then broke into applause.

Although there were no goals in these attacks, the threat Southampton posed was far from comparable to that in the first half. What does this mean?It shows that Southampton's offense has gradually found a way, and they can find more opportunities in Manchester United's defense!

The fans can see it, and it is impossible for Mourinho not to see it.

So he quickly used the first substitution spot, Herrera came on and replaced Mata.

Mata is still very active in running in this game, but he is really not good at defending. At this time, he is purely counterattacking, and his role is not so great, so just replace him and play Herrera. Herrera has a certain role The defensive ability, and as a ball midfielder, as a transition point in the counterattack, it is still very useful.

With him over the counter, Lukaku, Rashford and others can play more smoothly in the counterattack.

"Continue to defend? Then let's continue to attack." Ji Ya gestured to the field.

He didn't make a substitution. Now is the time of stalemate. It's not good to change anyone. Instead, Mourinho can continue to strengthen his defense and focus on maintaining this one-goal lead until the end.

In fact, even if it is a draw, it is not a loss for Mourinho. After all, it is an away game, and one point is enough.

Southampton continued to attack.

This time it was Du Yue who retreated to get the ball. As soon as he got the ball, Herrera rushed over from the side. The side broke through the past!

This breakthrough allowed him to turn around smoothly.

With this turn, he attracted almost everyone's attention, and then he continued to take the ball forward. When Fellaini and Matic formed a double-team, he raised his foot and passed a sharp diagonal pass!

The ball passed directly from the front of the penalty area to the right side of the penalty area!

Ernesto Valverde catches the ball diagonally and is unguarded!

The Uruguayan teenager did not hesitate, but took a step forward, faced the attacking De Gea, and calmly hit a half-high ball!

The ball flew over the head of De Gea who had fallen to the ground, and then quickly fell into the back of the goal!

Valencia wanted to make a clearance in front of the goal, but was a step too late, he didn't get the ball!

When the net began to shake violently, there was a huge cheer from the Southampton fans!

Ji Ya opened his arms and jumped up, then waved his fist vigorously towards the field!

No matter how much you defend, we will always have a chance to score!