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Chapter 876 Continue to Adjust

Almost in a situation that many people find inexplicable, Southampton completed the victory of this game.

Two to one, Southampton defeated Eindhoven at home. While winning the Champions League three consecutive victories, Eindhoven was also eliminated from this group in advance.

In another game, Real Madrid was tied [-]-[-] by Inter Milan. In this way, after four rounds, Southampton got three wins and one draw and got ten points, while Real Madrid got two wins, one draw and one loss and got seven points. Inter Milan has one win, two draws and one loss with five points, and Eindhoven has zero points.

For Southampton, in the next two games, they only need to score one point to be able to securely qualify for the group stage!

"Such a death group does not seem to have any impact on Southampton! For Southampton, they are now in the league, which makes them feel even more headache..." Some commentators commented on Southampton. Performance in the Champions League and league.

Indeed, although Southampton has had some ups and downs since the beginning of this season, it was a tie in the Champions League to put it bluntly, and it was evened with a two-goal lead. So far, they have tied four games and lost one game in eleven league games. The winning percentage is just over 50.00%. This is a very rare thing for Southampton.

However, this assessment seems to be correct, because in the next round, Southampton encountered Waterloo again.

In this round, Southampton played against Watford at home. Originally, they performed very well. They controlled the midfield and took the lead by relying on Vardy's goal in the first half. Watford, however, in the second half, their control ability dropped a lot. As a result, Watford equalized the score in the second half. In the rest of the time, Southampton wanted to continue to attack, but they still failed to score. ball.

It was their fifth draw in twelve league rounds and dropped their winning percentage to exactly 50.00%.

"We did not perform well, there is nothing we can't say... But after a series of good performances before, the state has ups and downs, which is actually a normal thing, and we still need to run in."

Ji Ya said lightly in the press conference after the game that when he gave up the ball possession tactics in the game against Manchester City, he knew that there would be some problems in the team's running-in, and it would be a matter of time before he lost points. Just fast.

Obviously, although Southampton eventually defeated Manchester City in that game, Manchester City had some upper hand strategically.

In this round of competition, Manchester City did not suffer too much. They firmly controlled the midfield, and then defeated their rivals Manchester United [-]-[-] at home. Liverpool also won the victory. The gap in points has been widened to seven and six points.

"Then it's time for patience, we can't be half-hearted anymore, understand? Don't worry about other things, be patient, we have to catch up, it's all about the second half of the season." the players said.

The players nodded one after another. Indeed, the current situation in the league is very clear. The advantages of Manchester City and Liverpool are almost unshakable. Puton defeated Manchester City, but Manchester City defeated Manchester United relatively easily in a blink of an eye, which is enough to prove their stability.

This kind of stability Southampton originally possessed, but under the new run-in, they have lost such stability. Therefore, in the league, it is not impossible to catch up, but the difficulty has indeed begun to become very difficult. big.

Under such circumstances, it is the most sensible choice to patiently complete the run-in, and then see if they will have problems later, and catch up in the second half of the season.

Otherwise, if the swing continues, there will be no chance of catching up in the second half of the season.

So in the next time, Southampton will start to strengthen training, and the next midweek game will be the League Cup match against Manchester City - of course Ji Ya will not send his main force to fight against Manchester City at this time, if He would have done that if he lost the league game against Manchester City, but since he won the league game, the League Cup doesn't matter.

In this game, Southampton sent all the substitutes, while Manchester City sent a lot of main players. The two sides fought fiercely for 10 minutes and the score was [-]-[-]. They also failed to score in overtime. But in the end, in the penalty shootout, although Southampton's substitute goalkeeper Martin saved the opponent's two penalties, the opponent's Bravo was even more brave, saving Southampton's four penalties, and finally Manchester City In the penalty shootout, they defeated Southampton [-]-[-] and entered the semi-finals of the League Cup with their heads held high!

Southampton fans were calm about being eliminated in this game. They really don't care much about the final result of this game...

After a week of rest, Southampton went to an away game to challenge Fulham, which is now at the bottom of the points. Ji Ya sent most of the main players in this game. After all, the league is also a good opportunity to run the team.

Try to control the midfield, start the attack gradually, and let the game return to the rhythm you are familiar with.

Fulham's players began to rush and fight in desperation. Their previous results were mediocre. Newcastle has recently recovered some vitality and slowly left the relegation zone. For a team like Fulham, They are now about to start the relegation battle.

So in the game, they were still quite desperate, and their center Mitrovic was rampaging in the frontcourt, constantly hitting Southampton's defense.

Such a rough and reckless style of play is actually very lethal to Southampton's ball-handling tactics that have not yet formed.

Southampton got off to a pretty good start after constantly organizing possession.

After passing the ball continuously, De Bruyne gave it to Valverde who went forward. Valverde broke into the penalty area and took a shot. The ball was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, but fell to the feet of Vardy who went forward. With an easy kick, he took the lead in opening the scoring for Southampton.

After the goal, Vardy waved his fist. He has been in a good state recently. Just when Du Yue encountered a small scoring shortage, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of scoring for Southampton!

In fact, his few goals are also related to his sacrifice in tactics. Otherwise, as the top center, it would be easier for him to score goals, but most of the time he sacrificed for Du Yue.