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Chapter 971 The Time of Harvest

"Although it is not easy to build a midfield, Fabinho is really a good player." Ji Ya sighed and said to Benelli.

Benelli nodded. Indeed, compared with last season, Liverpool's midfielder is really not good at organizing offense, but he is better at defensive running and forward offense.

Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum, these are not the core of the midfield. The only one with core ability is Henderson, but the core midfielder at the level of Henderson and De Bruyne When I got up, it was still a lot worse.

Therefore, Liverpool's midfield is mainly based on support, but these three characteristics are somewhat similar, and the running ability is very good. At the same time, the combination of a midfielder who can do everything can also make Liverpool entangled with the opponent. If you don't fall behind, you can do this in many cases, and that's enough.

However, they faced Southampton.

Southampton's midfield control ability, after this season's toss, can be said to be on the next level. For Southampton, they are enough to show a better state, and at the same time use the ball to create an overwhelming opponent. pressure!

The entanglement between the two parties is just a form of pressure.

Although the two sides looked like a draw for the rest of the first half, Southampton had gradually gained the upper hand.

Such an advantage will not disappear easily. Under the suppression of Southampton, they have gradually taken the initiative in the midfield.

This can be seen from the opportunities created. Southampton's offense is sharper than Liverpool's.

Du Yue made a beautiful frontcourt steal, and then he broke into the penalty area and passed the ball under the blockade of the opponent's two central defenders. Sancho followed up and pushed the far corner from the right, but Alisson narrowly saved the ball !

Southampton fans in the stands let out a sigh of regret, at this moment, they missed Karius so much...

Liverpool also launched a counterattack. After Salah broke through and scored the ball, Henderson followed up with a long shot from 25 meters away. The ball was slightly wide of the far post.

The confrontation in the last twenty minutes of the first half was basically like this.

The number of attacks between the two sides is similar, but Southampton's shot is more threatening.

However, Liverpool still tenaciously maintained the score until the end of the first half. When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the score was still fixed at one to one.

The top forwards of both sides scored a goal each. Salah first scored a penalty kick, and then Du Yue equalized the score. The other players also performed well. There were many highlights in the first half, although there were not many goals. , but the confrontation between the two sides alone is enough to make this game show the highest level of European clubs.

Southampton and Liverpool represent the extremes of two different styles.

One is tactical and technical, and the other is speed and impact.

There is actually no difference between the two, but Southampton's tactics are relatively more durable. Any team that can maintain a high level of performance for a long time is a technical team, and a team that succeeds by impact. Often after a few years, they will step down from the altar.

Because it is actually not easy to find a group of players who are in line with the tactics and have excellent performance. Once the performance of this group of players starts to decline, it is when the overall performance declines. slow down.

Players from both sides began to walk back to the locker room, and the commentators began to comment on the first half of the game. In their opinion, the performance of the two sides was evenly matched. Both Southampton and Liverpool showed their best state. Under such circumstances, no matter who it is, it will be very difficult to lead the opponent.

"Whoever scores first in the second half may take advantage of the field!"

Some commentators said this very seriously, but in fact, such a judgment can be made by an individual...

In the locker room, the Southampton players were resting relatively easily. The match in the first half made them feel quite happy. It is still very proud to be able to suppress Liverpool's fast attack at a relatively low level. thing.

If Liverpool's fast break cannot be played well, then their failure will only be a matter of time.

How Manchester City beat Liverpool in the league, Southampton watched that game many times.

In the last season, Liverpool eliminated Manchester City with fast attack in the Champions League, but in the final, they were defeated by Southampton's possession tactics, which inspired Guardiola, so he strengthened the midfield this season After that, he took control of the enhanced version of Liverpool and defeated Liverpool [-]-[-] at the most critical moment in the league. This is enough to prove that Liverpool's midfield upper limit is indeed there, and it will not be higher.

And Southampton learned a lot from that game.

So this can be regarded as a muddled account. Football coaching is a profession that can only be improved by learning from each other and improving.

"Continue to control the midfield in the second half. This is the best way for us to beat them, understand? Their fast attack works very well. Once they let themselves go, maybe they will play brutal counterattacks. We are not Fear of scoring goals, but in such a single game, once Liverpool go crazy, their goals may have no upper limit, this is something we must avoid."

As Ji Ya said in the locker room, the players nodded one after another. Everyone knows this very well. Although Liverpool's league goal average is a bit worse than that of Southampton, Southampton has a strong ability to sustain output. They Can score him two or three in every game, but what about Liverpool?They have the ability to score explosively. Maybe they only score him one or two in a game for a long time, but once they go crazy, scoring him five or six in a certain game is really nothing. rarity.

So what Ji Ya wants to avoid is such a thing.

This is what he did against Liverpool in the final of last season, and it will continue to do so this season.

Although Liverpool's midfield has been strengthened, Southampton's ball-handling ability has also been strengthened.

After the toss in the first half of the season, isn't Southampton's new midfielder gradually formed to deal with this kind of opponent who has raised his running and impact to the limit?

One step further is to deal with higher opponents, if one is already the highest and still strives to improve, that is too rare.

And now at this time, the price paid in the first half of the season is finally time to reap the fruits!