Chapter 342 Missed

Exactly as everyone expected before the game.

Southampton's away game against Liverpool is really a battle of dragons.

Is it strong?

No, it should be described as tragic!

As soon as the two sides appeared, the bayonet saw blood, and there was nothing fancy or opportunistic.

Liverpool at home is the main force.

The goalkeeper is Reina, the defense is Jose? Enrique, Agger, Skrtel and Glenn? Johnson.

The midfield is Henderson, Spearing and Gerrard, and the front three are Downing, Suarez and Kuyt.

Tangning and Kuyt said they were wingers, but they were actually retreating to the midfield, forming a five-midfield tactic to ensure the midfield's control.

Southampton still adopts the four-three-three tactics, but the specific positions and tactics have changed.

The goalkeeper is Courtois, and Neuer is rested for this game.

The back line is David Alaba, Nastasic, Gary Cahill and Clineney.

Since the beginning of this season, there have been three main defenders in Southampton. Harvey Martinez, Gary Cahill and Varane have rotated. But this time Varane is injured. Harvey Martinez Rotation, went to Nastasic.

The Serbian teenager has played many times this season, and his performance is very stable and powerful.

Clini has replaced the injured Carvajal in the last few games and has performed well.

The three midfielders, Isco, Toni Kroos and Vidal.

The front three are Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ravel Morrison.

The English bad boy has completely changed his mind since he was kidnapped last season, his attitude has been correct, his performance has also improved, and his strength has improved rapidly.

At first glance, the two sides are four-three-three against four-three-three, but in fact it is not the case at all.

Liverpool played at home, but took a defensive approach, with five players in midfield to contain Southampton's attack.

But the attack of the saints is not vegetarian.

After a while of attacking in the opening, seeing that it didn't work, Bielsa made adjustments.

Isco's position was on top, directly suppressing Liverpool's midfielder Spiering.

This player has a weak sense of position and is a weakness in Liverpool's midfield.

Once Spearing was pulled away, Neymar decisively hit this point of Spearing.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was at the front, firmly suppressing the two central defenders of Agger and Skrtel.

Just kidding, in one-on-one terms, Ibrahimovic can suppress any central defender in the world, and it takes two people to defend in a joint defense.

This is also where Bielsa is smart, grabbing one of Liverpool's weak spots and playing hard.

If Spiering followed to defend Isco, he would definitely leave his position, exposing his weakness in front of the penalty area.

Neymar closed very well, almost vacating the entire left wing, which is equivalent to a No. 10 attacking midfielder. Once the frontier of the penalty area was exposed, he decisively inserted in, and he was a threat as soon as he received the ball.

But if Spiering doesn't follow, after Isco gets the ball,

I am the number ten player.

Whether it is passing the ball or plugging in with the ball, Isco can do it with ease!

Yang Huan was in the stands and couldn't help but applaud when he saw Southampton making threats again and again.

"smart!"

Charlene Laheri on the side couldn't help expressing admiration.

"Ibrahimovic, Neymar and Isco directly surrounded Spiering, and Lavelle Morrison was alone on the wing, gaining more space for movement and keeping Liverpool at bay. Road defense, creating space for the middle."

Speaking of this, Charlene Laheri also shook her head and smiled bitterly.

"Liverpool is sad enough!"

Who said it wasn't?

At his own home, he was pressed by a British Championship team and had no power to fight back.

Yang Huan smiled and waited for the goal.

In his opinion, in an overwhelmingly dominant game, scoring goals should be a matter of time.

But unfortunately, anything can happen on the football field.

Southampton shot again and again, but Reina seemed to be possessed by Qin Qiong today, throwing Southampton's shot beyond the goal line again and again.

It was the same in the first half, and it was the same in the second half!

In the second half, a very interesting thing about Southampton is that Tony Cross began to command the team more actively. He was often seen raising his hand to ask for the ball, and he kept gesturing to his teammates when he got the ball. , controls the rhythm.

This retraction tactic of Liverpool also gave Tony Cross more room to play in the midfielder position.

In the 60th minute, he still had a sudden long shot that was inserted behind him.

It's a pity that it missed the goal a little bit.

"Your Mr. 60 million is indeed quite good!"

Charlene Laheri also feels that after a few months in the English league, Tony Cross has become more and more mature, and has become more and more general, and his defense has improved a lot.

It's just that the style of the game is still a little bit classical, not concise enough.

But this change in the style of the game is not something that can be done in a short time. You have to give him more time and take your time.

Hearing this, Yang Huan was a little proud, "How is it? Does anyone still say that we have suffered a big loss?"

"From the perspective of function, Tony Cross is indeed vital to Southampton, but 60 million pounds is still outrageous, unless..." Said, Charlene Laheri smiled with a pair of wonderful eyes. Staring at Yang Huan.

"...Unless, what they say is true, and Abramović pays for you!"

"How is that possible?" Yang Huan couldn't even admit that he was beaten to death, didn't he?

"You said, Abramovich is so good? I'm not his old man, and he's not my son, how can he help me? If I want to buy it, it's also for them Chelsea, how can I buy it for And me?"

Charlene Laheri laughed when she saw his reaction was so fierce.

"Okay, okay, don't pretend, you pretend to be so wronged in front of me, don't you waste your performance?"

Yang Huan is also happy now.

In fact, many things can't be hidden from people.

But no one has evidence for this kind of thing. Occasionally someone explodes the inside story, how many people will believe it?

Most of them are just like gossip news, just laughing.

When the two were talking in the stands, a sudden change occurred under the stadium.

Southampton stepped in the attack once and after Isco attracted Spiering and Gerrard, he passed the ball to Neymar from the gap between the two, who cut the ball inside to the front of the penalty area and passed the ball. After reaching Glenn Johnson, he suddenly kicked the door.

Reina is as steady as ever, flying to save the ball from the bottom line, corner kick!

"This is Southampton's fifth corner kick of the game, and Tony Kroos still takes the penalty!"

Tony Cross, who was wearing the No. 8 jersey, quickly ran to the corner, and after setting the ball, he slowly backed away.

In the restricted area, several high points of Southampton have already rushed in.

Actually, there are not many highs.

Ibrahimovic, Gary Cahill and Nastasic, that's all!

"Liverpool's set-piece defense has been a problem this season, but in this game, the four corner kicks and several free kicks were well defended. It seems that they have done targeted training!"

Charlene Laheri said while taking advantage of the corner kick.

Yang Huan saw what Bielsa and Martin Hunter were talking about pointing at the tablet computer below the stand, and then Martin Hunter quickly ran to the sidelines and moved towards Tony Cross and the players in the penalty area. with some kind of gesture.

"What does Martin's gesture mean?" Charlene Laheri didn't understand either.

Yang Huan pouted, "How do I know?"

Is this a team secret?

Apart from the coaching staff and players, no one else knows.

Soon, both sides were ready.

I saw Tony Cross quickly rushed to the ball, raised his right foot, and sent out a curved ball with a strong spin.

In the restricted area, everyone has become a mess.

Liverpool's defenders had to guess where the ball was going, and they had to guard Southampton's players, and the scene was chaotic.

Southampton's attacking players were also covering screens.

If you are not careful, people will miss it!

By the time Liverpool's players reacted and realized that they had missed someone, Zlatan Ibrahimovic had already jumped high, ahead of everyone, and was just a lion shaking his head.

The ball seemed to hit him in the head, turned at an angle, and crashed into Liverpool's goal.

Reina responded quickly and flew to make a save, but in the end he couldn't stop the ball from entering the net!

One to zero!

With the whistle of the referee Jones' effective goal, the whole Anfield stadium was boiling!

All the Saints fans who followed the team to the away game stood up from their seats and celebrated the team's goal that broke the deadlock!

On the pitch, Zlatan Ibrahimovic rushed out of the pitch excitedly and rushed towards Tony Cross in the corner.

It was a slippery kneeling, coming to Tony Cross, raising the German teenager's feet, and wiping his boots.

This season, Tony Cross has already assisted his teammates again and again by virtue of his excellent set-pieces.

And in addition to set-pieces, he kept passing the ball and assisting with a scalpel to help the team tear apart the opponent's defense.

It has only been half a season, but Tony Cross has already won the recognition and respect of the stars in the Southampton team.

Even the most arrogant Ibrahimovic said in a previous interview that Toni Kroos' role in the team is crucial!

There are really not many players who can win a certain player like a Swedish center!

"The two central strikers are taking turns to score goals. Your Championship team is really extravagant!"

Charlene Laheri was amazed!

Drogba scored in the last FA Cup game!

But this League Cup, the goal has become Ibrahimovic!

Plus a Sturridge who is known as England's future center forward!

Southampton's striker configuration, who says it's not extravagant?

Yang Huan smiled complacently.

"What's this, you wait, after we are promoted to the Premier League, we will definitely sign again, at least we must ensure that there are two high-level stars in each position, that's fun!"

Charlene Laheri smiled wryly, how extravagant is this?

But she knew very well that talking about diligence and thrift with Yang Huan was playing the piano to a cow.

What this guy does is such a luxury.

But isn't the reason why many fans fall in love with the Saints and pursue the Saints precisely because of Southampton's grandeur?

Although Southampton is still in the Championship, in fact, many fans are looking forward to Southampton returning to the Premier League.

Everyone believes that as long as the Saints return to the Premier League, they will be able to turn the dead Premier League standings list upside down and turn it upside down.

At the very least, it will not be so easy for Professor Wenger to keep his top four in a safe and secure manner!

〖To be continued〗【】