Chapter 66 Goal!

When everyone saw Benatia, the deepest impression must be his eyes.

It always seems like he hasn't woken up.

But only those who have really competed with him one-on-one on the pitch can experience the defensive ability of this central defender.

Since he came to Southampton, Benatia has always been favored and relied on by Bielsa. His partner was first the veteran Jose Fonte, and later became the young teenager Varane, but Benatia's position But it was unstoppable.

Many fans are full of doubts about Southampton's invincibility in the new season and doubt the strength of the team, but Benatia has never doubted, because like all his teammates, he is very aware of the strength of the team.

So why can't Southampton be able to play this strength?

Benatia believes that it is still a matter of tactical adaptability.

Take his central defender as an example, aside from the midfielder's help defense and the planning of the team's entire defensive system, let's talk about one of the very trivial details, movement.

The movement of a defender is a technical task. Who do you partner with, where are your teammates, and how do you respond...

These are the questions!

And you must know that once the defender is intercepted, it will be a single shot.

Southampton has conceded this kind of ball this season. Goalkeeper Kevin Davies passed it to Varane. As soon as the French teenager stopped the ball, a person appeared behind him. It was too late to pass the ball, so he threw the ball away. , gave each other a single sword.

Whose problem?

Many fans and the media accused Varane, but Kevin Davis took the initiative to apologize in the dressing room after the game.

It's just a question of movement, and Southampton has been tossed up and down.

What's more, the tactics of football are complicated, and movement is only a small part of it.

When Kevin Davis was behind him, Benatia always felt uneasy, afraid that something would catch him off guard.

But in this game, standing behind him was the national goal of the German national team, Manuel Neuer.

The German goalkeeper sits in front of the goal line, and Benatia has confidence.

What made him even more emboldened was that Neuer shouted at the two central defenders in front of him as soon as the game started.

"Don't shrink in the big penalty area. The coach says how to play, you can play as you like, go up when you need to, and shrink when you need to, with me behind you!"

What is momentum?

This is the momentum of the top players!

Benatia and Varane looked at each other, turned around, glanced at Neuer, and nodded at the German goalkeeper.

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Seeing that although the team obtained the right to serve, the ball was broken as soon as it was sent to Charlton's 30-meter area.

Charlton played a counter-attack, midfielder Semedo got the ball, and then passed to Bradley Wright Phillips.

Benatia saw that Bradley Wright Phillips was short, agile, and fast, so he couldn't have enough space for the ball, so he made a decision immediately, "I'm going up!"

The Moroccan shouted at his teammates in jerky English.

The language barrier is another problem encountered by the international column in Southampton.

As soon as Varane saw him go up, he moved to the middle, and Neuer was staring ahead as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

Bradley Wright Phillips just got the ball, Benatia immediately approached.

The Moroccan was tall, like a cloud cover, and blocked Wright Phillips. With that surging momentum, Wright Phillips' first reaction was to turn around and protect the ball.

Wanting to try to turn around, Benatia made a clean kick, but while stealing the ball, he also tripped Wright Phillips.

An indirect free kick from 30 meters away is given to Charlton.

"Kill these damn Southamptons!"

"Come on, Charlton!"

"Goal! Goal! Goal!"

Charlton fans in the stands suddenly cheered.

This is a set-piece in the frontcourt, a chance to score!

In the chairman's stand, John Hunter stood up, applauded vigorously, and cheered loudly.

"Good opportunity, go ahead and give them Ma Wei!"

The group of followers around him also started booing one by one.

It looked as if Charlton had scored.

"As for it? A set-piece, how can it be like that? Small family!"

Yang Huan looked at this group of guys making a fuss, and no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it was not pleasing to the eye, and it was too embarrassing for the rich second generation.

However, it is not difficult to see from it that these guys are all invested in Yang Huan's gambling.

If he loses, his face must be extremely beautiful.

Below the pitch, Charlton's head coach Phil Parkinson rushed out to direct the team, arranging how to play this free kick attack. Several tall players of the team also rushed into the penalty area of ​​Southampton.

As the referee blew the whistle, the ball kicked out and fell into the penalty area.

I saw the German goalkeeper Neuer, who played for Southampton for the first time, suddenly rushed out of the penalty area, jumped high, raised his hands above his head, grabbed the ball in the air before everyone else, and landed like a god. restricted area.

"Give it to me!" Neuer pointed to the front, rushed forward quickly, and drove forward with a big foot.

But the game has just begun, and Charlton is also nervously guarding Southampton.

Therefore, this time the fast break was not completed.

But the ball was under the control of Southampton, and midfielder Adam Lallana saw that he had no chance and passed the ball back.

On the defensive line, Varane stopped the ball and saw Carvajal on the right raised his hand for the ball, and directly kicked the side.

After Carvajal stopped the ball on the right, he quickly moved forward.

When he rushed into Charlton's half, he happened to see Chamberlain and Adam Lallana running one after the other, and immediately divided into the middle.

Adam Lallana faced the incoming ball and pushed the ball directly to Chamberlain.

The Southampton teenager rushed forward, but Adam Lallana didn't give the ball very well. He stopped a bit too much, which caused him to slow down and was caught up by the opponent's midfielder Semedo.

As soon as Chamberlain was stolen, he immediately went into a counter-attack, fell to the ground and shoveled, and broke the ball again.

Adam Lallana caught up and stabbed Carvajal on the right.

Fast, high-intensity midfield pressing, this is Southampton's biggest change this season.

After four games of familiarity and more than a month of training, they have all adapted to Bielsa's tactical style and the requirements of the game.

As soon as Carvajal got the ball, he looked up at the penalty area.

Vidal has rushed into the penalty area, and Neymar and Strowman, who was inserted in the back row, also followed to the front of the penalty area.

What about Ibrahimovic?

Carvajal wants to find the commanding heights of this frontcourt!

point later!

The Swedish center is too conspicuous!

As soon as Carvajal saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he swung his right foot and made a cross.

Phil Parkinson was on the sidelines. He first paid attention to Southampton's counter-attack in the frontcourt. After seeing Carvajal steal the ball, his first reaction was to look at the penalty area. After sweeping away, he saw Zlatan Ibrahimo. Vic, 31-year-old Spanish veteran Miguel Leleira, followed to his right.

"Be careful with Ibrahimovic!" Parkinson shouted at the court.

But as soon as he shouted, the Swedish center suddenly started in the penalty area.

What surprised Miguel Leleira was that the Swedish center was no shorter than him, but his flexibility was much better than him, especially when he started, he was thrown away.

By the time he reacted, Ibrahimovic had rushed to the front of the small penalty area.

Goalkeeper Elliott moved quickly to the left and even fell to the ground early, trying to block Ibrahimovic's short-range shot.

But the Swedish center was too cunning, he noticed Elliott's move, swung his right foot up, and paddled in mid-air to meet the incoming ball.

The ball veered in one direction, swiped to the left of Elliott and to the right of the goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

Harry, a Southampton fan in the stands, grabbed the guardrail and shouted excitedly, waving his arms.

The sound of the little drums became more intensive, and the drummer hit it with all his might.

More than 4,000 Southampton fans cheered uncontrollably.

Ibrahimovic rushed out of the field with a calm expression on his face, without seeing even the slightest joy of scoring a goal on his face.

Perhaps, for him, such a goal is too easy, too easy!

Charlton's entire defense was looking at the ball in the goal line in frustration. They didn't understand, how could the ball go in all of a sudden?

Could it be that the world's top superstars are really that strong?

In the stands, Yang Huan stood up from his seat excitedly after seeing Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring a goal.

"Good job, nice entry, Zlatan!"

After finishing speaking, Yang Joy hugged Zhang Ning next to him tightly and warmly. After the beauty blushed, he turned to high five to celebrate with Sun Yue and the others.

"1:0, we will win this game!"

Unlike Yang Huan's excited celebration, when Ibrahimovic scored, John Hunter felt as if his heart had been slashed, and the burning pain made him almost breathless. .

Score a goal?

Southampton scored like this?

Less than three minutes into the opening, Southampton scored?

Is Charlton's line of defense paper?

A goal of 500,000 pounds. No matter how rich John Hunter is, he has the urge to cry. He feels that Charlton did not lose the ball, but his money, and threw it directly into the Thames.

"Damn, damn, damn!"

John Hunter was so angry that he stood up and roared at the players on the pitch, "Damn, what are you all doing? Why did you get scored by Southampton so easily? You just don't deserve to be players. , all his motherfuckers are trash!"

He was heartbroken, and the rich second-generation beside him also felt heartache, and they also lost money.

"Yeah, a bunch of rubbish, conceding the ball in the first three minutes, this is simply more rubbish than rubbish!"

"I've never seen such a coward. How the defender is staring at someone, haven't you seen Zlatan Ibrahimovic?"

"Damn, did you take money from Southampton?"

Yang Huan on the side heard it, but he was not happy.

"Hey, familiar with familiarity, talk nonsense, be careful I will sue you for slander!"

Yang Huan pointed at the rich second generation and scolded, "I'm incompetent, I lost the ball, who do I blame?"

John Hunter was mad, but when he heard Yang Huan's scolding, he calmed down and kept telling himself in his heart that it was only three minutes, only three minutes, and there was time and opportunity.

"Don't be too arrogant and complacent. The game has just started, and you scored a goal by sneak attack. What's so great?"

After finally calming down, John Hunter also forced himself to calm down and responded immediately.

"Yes, isn't it just a goal?"

"You got lucky and scored a goal, do you think you're going to win?"

"It's hard to say who will win when the blind cat meets the dead mouse!"

Yang Huan is in a good mood now that he has won the ball, and he doesn't have the same knowledge as their group.

"Then let's see."

John Hunter was also very nervously staring at the players on the court. The game had restarted, and Charlton was still very passive on the scene, retreating across the board.

"God, although I'm not very religious at ordinary times, but you must help me, this game can't be lost, absolutely can't be lost!"

He knew very well that he simply had no £500,000 to lose.

Not to mention, looking at the momentum of Southampton now, I am afraid it will not just be willing to score a goal!

When John Hunter prayed to his God, Neymar took the ball from the left on the court, dribbled the ball to the middle, sought a two-to-one match with Adam Lallana, and England took the ball from the front of the penalty area. Then, pick a pass to the left post.

Neymar drilled straight into the left post like a lightning bolt, and easily volleyed his left foot in front of the goal, breaking Charlton's goal again.

2:0!