Chapter 335, Difficult Battle

After the victory over Hull City, the Manchester United soldiers took a short rest and then devoted themselves to training.

After defeating Hull City at home on May 6, Manchester United will go to Southampton on May 11. There is no doubt about the importance of this game. The results of a season of hard work will be verified in this game .

Whether Jin Taige's team will win the championship in the end, or lose unfortunately, will be announced on May 11.

On May 10, Manchester United soldiers came to Southampton, a port city in Hampshire in southeastern England, one day earlier, preparing for a decisive battle with the "Saints".

Early the next morning, Manchester United players came to St. Mary's Stadium for field adaptation training.

Regarding the starting lineup for this game, Kintag still continued the previous starting lineup, the only thing that changed was the midfield position. Since De Bruyne joined the team in the winter, he has not adapted to the team at the beginning, and then slowly integrated into the team, and in the case of Carrick's frequent injuries, Kintiger has now strengthened his main position , and De Bruyne is also gradually growing up. Although he still has some shortcomings in handling some key balls, let alone Kim Tag, even the outside media praised De Bruyne. Said that he will become a world-class midfielder in the future.

But in the last game, De Bruyne was injured, and the team's third captain, Carrick, was also injured, which made Jin Taige stretched in the formation. For the remaining midfielders, no matter Shinji Kagawa or Fletcher, Kintag is very worried about them. And if Nainggolan is used, the defensive strength will be improved, but his and Kanter's offensive abilities are very average. This is a game that must be won. It needs a center who can hold the ball, dispatch and advance Attacking player.

After thinking about it again and again, Kintag finally decided to let Giggs come to the middle and partner with Kanter in the midfield combination.

In the last few games, Giggs almost always came off the bench in the second half. He performed very well, assisted and scored a lot, and was in good condition. The only worry about Giggs was the physical problem of Giggs.

In this game, Kintag will also face a powerful head coach - Pochettino.

When playing against Southampton in the first half of the season, Pochettino did not lead the team to Old Trafford due to family affairs, but asked the assistant coach to lead the team. Today will be Kintag's first meeting with Pochettino. For Kintag, the Argentine name "Pochettino" is still fresh in his memory.

Pochettino took charge of Southampton in January 2013. In just one season, he brought a Premier League relegation team to the forefront of the standings. This season, he even has the opportunity to compete for the Europa League. The number of places, such excellent coaching ability, made Pochettino the target of the Premier League's top coaches.

Especially Liverpool and Tottenham, which have performed poorly this season, are said to have contacted Pochettino and are preparing to bring this outstanding young coach at the end of the season.

And Kintag is very familiar with Pochettino's ability. In the parallel world of later generations, the Tottenham youth army under the leadership of Pochettino swept across England, creating a youthful storm, and Pochettino also because of his smooth and fast offensive The football style of play was greatly praised by the fans.

This game will be the first meeting between the two, and it is also an extremely important game.

At the pre-match press conferences of the two teams, the head coaches of both sides were full of confidence and said that they would definitely win the game.

At 15:00 on May 11th, England time, there is a full hour left before the start of the game. At this time, fans from both sides entered the venue early, waiting for the start of the game.

In the Premier League, regarding the distribution of tickets, generally the Premier League teams will leave less than one stand for the away team. As for how much, it depends on the specific situation.

Just like Liverpool playing Manchester United, no matter how unhappy the Red Army is, they have to set aside a stand for the Red Devils fans. And Anfield has four stands, so Manchester United fans will generally be in the South Stand at the back of the stadium. The North Stand is definitely not good, that is the kop stand for the most popular fans in Europe. Conversely, if Liverpool played a mid-range team with no desires and desires, such as Fulham at home, there would not be many Fulham fans coming to Anfield. Liverpool will negotiate with Fulham in advance to see how many people their fans association can send, as long as they reserve seats in the South Stand.

St. Mary's Stadium can accommodate 32,000 fans, and the entire stadium is full today. Under the discussion between the two clubs, Southampton reserved 6,000 tickets for Manchester United fans, which is already a lot. Even so, judging from the base of Manchester United fans, these tickets are far from enough. Take the "King of Demons" Association as an example. They have received a lot of tickets, but it is still a drop in the bucket. Many fans do not have To be able to go to St. Mary's Stadium with the team, I can only stay in Manchester to watch the game.

And today's Scarlet Bar is extraordinarily lively. Outside the bar, there were two lines written on a large piece of promotional paper.

"Manchester United is competing for the championship today, all drinks are half price!"

"If Manchester United wins the championship, drinks are free today!!!"

The people who come to the Scarlet Bar are usually old customers, and almost all of them are Manchester United fans. The two words of the bar owner Butler made everyone very happy. Before the game started, the bar was already full of people. The atmosphere in the room was warm. Looking forward to the arrival of the Premier League champion.

The leader in the bar today was the fat Rodney, and the bartender asked curiously, "Rodney, don't you always go to the scene to watch the game? Why didn't you go to such an important game today?"

Rodney picked up a crutch and put it on the table, and then said angrily, "I sprained my foot a few days ago, and it still hurts like hell. Let alone going to Southampton, even coming to your place is difficult."

"Oh, what's the matter?" At this time, the boss Butler also came over, and he comforted Rodney, "It's okay, you are here with us to watch Manchester United win the championship, this feeling is also very good. "

A small fan next to him chuckled: "And if you win the championship, there will be free drinks, how great, haha."

When Rodney heard this, he was also excited: "Don't talk about free drinks, as long as Manchester United can win the championship, even if I have to pay the bill for the whole bar, I'm happy too!"

When Butler heard this, he immediately greeted the bartender: "Go and tear off the promotional paper at the door, and change it again: If Manchester United wins the championship, Rodney treats you today!"

"No way, Butler, you've learned badly..."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

There was laughter in the bar, and everyone was full of confidence that their team would definitely be able to bring the Premier League trophy back to Manchester!