Chapter 353 Come on, Southampton!
Everyone was stunned to see what happened on the field.
Neuer abandoned the door to attack, but Soldado, who was as cunning as a fox, just grabbed ahead of Neuer and made a light pick.
Although he lost his balance because of this, he fell in the big restricted area.
But the ball fluttered into Southampton's goal line.
beep!
The referee's ruthless whistle sounded instantly!
Goal works! One to zero!
The scoreboard at the Mestalla Stadium seemed to be helping the home team. The moment the whistle sounded, the score had changed from zero to zero to one to zero.
Until then, there was a deafening cheer from the entire Mestalla Stadium.
The fans of the Bat Legion shouted and clamored wildly.
Southampton fans, weren't you very good just now?
Aren't you shouting loudly?
You shout again, if you have the ability, you shout louder!
The Southampton fans instantly fell silent.
No one thought that Southampton would be scored by Valencia in less than three minutes of the opening!
This made all Southampton fans who came to the away game could not help but worry about gain and loss.
Manchester United and Manchester City have both lost, will Southampton also lose?
The live TV footage mercilessly swept across the Southampton fans in the stands, took in their panicked and helpless expressions, and presented them in front of all the fans in front of the TV.
Charlene Laheri was speechless for a moment.
It was not until the staff reminded her that she realized that she was explaining the game.
"Southampton conceded the ball!"
"Valencia was in the third minute, just by..." She obviously looked at the information, "Soldado received a cross from Figuli and opened the scoring, which was a painful time for Southampton. Strike!"
"The aggregate score is now 2-1, Valencia is ahead for now, but there is still hope for Southampton!"
"I believe that Southampton will not be knocked down, the Saints are not so easy to give up, not so easy to admit defeat!"
Charlene Laheri's remarks may be able to infect the fans in front of the TV.
But a more touching scene appeared!
More than 10,000 Southampton fans who came to the away game stood up from their seats.
They clapped hard, shouted loudly, or sang the team's anthem, or shouted the players' names.
All kinds of shouts converged into one, as if it became a vast ocean, and soon suppressed the celebration of Valencia fans again.
Come on, Southampton!
Don't give up, saint!
This scene was not only captured by live broadcasts, but also included in countless live broadcasts around the world, and presented to fans all over the world, which is very touching.
"It's really touching!"
Manuel Llorente, who was sitting in the grandstand, looked a little sad.
Speaking of fan loyalty and fanaticism,
England fans are second to none.
In this regard, even if he is the chair of Valencia, he is a little envious.
But it doesn't matter if it's grief or envy, it's only temporary.
He soon reverted to Valencia's presidency.
"But, you Southampton have no chance!"
Yang Huan smiled slightly, raised his head, and saw the pitch-black ceiling.
The Mestalla stadium only has a roof over the top of the main stand area, and the other stands are empty.
Yang Huan was sitting in the first row of the grandstand area.
"Mr Llorente, do you think a mere goal can knock us out?"
Yang Huan stood up, walked to the guardrail, grabbed the cold iron guardrail, raised his head, and could see the sky full of stars.
When he looked down again, his eyes fell on the court.
Ibrahimovic was the first to see him.
However, Yang Huan didn't say anything, just nodded, as if to say, I believe you!
Gradually, more and more players saw him.
But he didn't say anything, just grabbed the guardrail and stood silently.
Under Yang Huan's feet, the visiting team's coaching bench was already in chaos.
Martin Hunt and others are discussing something vigorously.
But coach Bielsa still squatted on the sidelines and watched the game silently.
After conceding the ball, he did not make the slightest adjustment.
Because he believes that his players will not be completely messed up because of a goal.
If this is the case, the energy and hard work he has put into this team for the past two years will be in vain.
As time passed by, Southampton was still on the offensive.
Losing the ball was like a bloody knife cut on Southampton's body.
But this knife was not fatal, but instead brought out the bloody nature of Southampton.
They started to fight back, to fight back like crazy!
Valencia still adopted their high defensive tactics and responded to Southampton's attack with aggressive pressing.
Bielsa kept squatting, watching.
Suddenly, he stood up and walked to the coach's bench.
"Give me the information on Tino Costa and Albelda!"
Soon, Martin Hunter handed the two tablet computers in his hand to Bielsa, respectively, which showed the data interfaces of Alberta and Tino Costa.
Bielsa glanced quickly, knowing what to do.
Walking to the sidelines, he immediately waved towards Ibrahimovic.
The Swedish center quickly took advantage of a dead ball and ran to the sidelines for a drink.
"You can't continue to stand up to the striker, their targeted defense is very effective, we have to adjust!"
Bielsa was succinct and straight to the point of the problem.
"How?" Ibrahimovic gasped.
"Have you noticed Tino Costa and Alberta?"
"Um!"
"They are using high-level defense. These two midfielders have to keep an eye on Vidal and Strowman. There is space between the central defender and the double midfielder. I let Vidal and Strowman retreat a little to further expand the space. Take a step back and stop here!"
Ibrahimovic nodded, "Understood!"
"Also, Tino Costa is left footed and Albelda is right, you know what I mean?"
Ibrahimovic still nodded, "Understood!"
"Fine, tell them that the offense revolves around you!"
Speaking of which, Bielsa patted Ibrahimovic's wet shoulder, "Go!"
The Swedish center quickly ran back to the court, passing James Rodriguez and Vidal along the way, and immediately conveyed the coach's adjustment instructions.
In an instant, the players on the Southampton field received the latest order.
Build an attack around Ibrahimovic!
"Southampton's coach Bielsa has obviously begun to adjust to the situation. The Argentine madman does not know if he has found an effective way to deal with it."
Live footage captured the conversation between Bielsa and Ibrahimovic.
Charlene Laheri knew very well that if Bielsa didn't move, he would definitely have a purpose.
It's up to him to see if his tweaks work.
Soon, Southampton launched another attack.
Tony Kroos hurriedly hurried a long diagonal pass and accurately found Neymar on the left.
Neymar dribbled the ball from the left and cut inward suddenly. After swaying Miguel on the left side of the penalty area, he hurriedly kicked.
Although no goal was scored, the Southampton fans in the stands cheered.
"Neymar has performed very well this season. The action before this shot is also very beautiful, but the angle of the shot is too small. Diego Alves is very precise and has no chance!"
Charlene Laheri analyzed with regret.
"Ibrahimovic shouted something at Neymar. He seemed to be telling Neymar that there was still plenty of time for the game, so he shouldn't be in such a hurry, to stabilize his emotions, don't be too anxious!"
"The Swede's gesture should be saying, pass the ball to me!"
Then Southampton organized several more attacks, but they failed to effectively enter Valencia's big penalty area.
But the Saints gained an overwhelming advantage.
"Southampton don't worry, take your time, now they have the ball possession and the game initiative, it's funny, Valencia has been 20 minutes in the first half except for the opening shot, they Not even a second shot!"
But anyone can taste a worry from Charlene Laheri's explanation.
It doesn't matter if you don't shoot, as long as you can keep it!
It is not uncommon to have an overwhelming advantage and then lose the game.
As time passed, the Southampton offense was once again destroyed by Valencia.
The latter's counterattack quickly passed half-time, but when he wanted to pass into Southampton's half-time, the pass was blocked by Strowman, and Tony Cross blocked the ball.
Juan Mata pressed towards Tony Cross for the first time.
But the German midfielder didn't wait for Mata to get close, and kicked the ball to the left, giving it to Neymar again.
Neymar leaned on the left line, stopped the ball forward, turned to catch up.
Valencia's right-back Miguel was close to him all the way, and the Bat Legion's defense quickly retreated to the penalty area.
Neymar forced Miguel to the left side of the penalty area. Suddenly, he made a fake move, kicked the ball to the bottom line quickly, and started to catch up with his fastest speed.
Miguel reacted and immediately stuck to Neymar, entangled him.
But Neymar still managed to grab a little bit of a head start, and used the little gap created by his speed and technique to pass the ball into the penalty area with his left foot.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been lying in ambush near the penalty spot, his mind kept thinking.
Spread the word, man, I believe in you, spread the word!
When he saw that Neymar really passed the ball, his first reaction was that no matter where the ball went, he would first block Victor Ruiz and Rami behind him.
At this time, the Swedish center's dominance in the penalty area is reflected.
When Zlatan Ibrahimovic ran to the left to catch the ball, Victor Ruiz and Rami couldn't go around to defend, and they were blocked by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Albelda wanted to intercept the ball halfway through, but Neymar passed the ball very smartly.
When the ball entered the penalty area, there was an obvious touchdown rebound.
As a result, although Albelda made an interception, the ball passed over his feet and flew over.
"Be careful Ibrahimovic!"
Albelda's shouts didn't do much because Victor Ruiz and Rami were both blocked by Ibrahimovic when the ball came.
They could only watch the Swede gently stop the ball forward at the front of the small penalty area.
Diego Alves always stood in front of the goal line, daring to attack.
Because he knew very well that he attacked, and Ibrahimovic just hit the goal directly!
The Swedish center also judged the position of Diego Alves, instead of starting directly, he stopped.
But soon, a lunge went up, and the left foot pumped!
The ball was kicked into the far corner by Ibrahimovic's left foot and rolled towards the bottom right corner of the goal.
And before the shot, Zlatan Ibrahimovic had a fake move, tricking Diego Alves into thinking he was going to hit the close corner and squatted down to slam the ball.
As a result, he watched helplessly as the ball rolled to the far corner, rolled over the goal line, and hit the side net!
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