St. Mary's Stadium was once again full.

This is something that is almost impossible to question. Although Southampton's performance has fluctuated recently, they have won two consecutive games in the league and the FA Cup, which has already brought their form back. In addition, it is against Portsmouth, how could Southampton fans not have enthusiasm?

Even though this game is midweek rather than weekend, Southampton fans still take up the entire stadium!

They shouted the names of Southampton players and also the names of Kiya. Over the past few months, they have been extremely satisfied with everything they are now.

Although the league is not very clear, with Southampton's outstanding performance in the Cup, we can fully expect them to perform better in the league!

If Southampton is just an ordinary team, they may still be worried that the outstanding performance in the Cup will affect the league's results, but Southampton is a veteran Premier League team at least, and fans still have this ambition.

They will only cheer for the team's outstanding performance in the cup, and will not inexplicably start to worry about affecting the league after the team wins the cup.

This overall view is sometimes inexplicable.

When the players from both sides appeared, the huge cheers of Southampton fans sounded in the stands.

The main lineup sent by Kiya today does not pay attention to the balance of offense and defense. All four attackers in the frontcourt appeared. Behind them are Schneiderling and Walton, while James appears in the right back position.

Recently, Kiya has become more and more fond of using such a formation. Although Southampton had not had enough midfield protection when playing 433 and played in the Championship, the performance was not good until Simon Letter strengthened the midfield defense. The tactics of the entire team reached a balance, but at that time, Larana and Schneiderlin in the midfield had not yet grown up. Their offensive talents were good, but their defense was a little worse, which made Southampton's midfield defense seem very weak. However, Schneiderlin is now making rapid progress, not only maintaining his offensive level, but also improving rapidly in defense. After all, although the offensive level of the League One is not very strong, because of Southampton's tactical problems, they always bear the continuous attack of their opponents, and as a defensive midfielder, he is the first to bear the brunt.

In this case, he can get better exercise.

Kiya is just a pity now. Southampton does not have an excellent attacker on the wing. Now the attack on the wing is basically completed by Larana and Mkhitaryan, two attacking midfielders, constantly pulling the sides. The full-back's ability is relatively poor, which makes Southampton's tactics not smooth enough.

But this is also something that cannot be solved. If Walker had been found before, this problem would have been much easier to solve.

But there is nothing we can do if we don't get it.

Prost once said that there is a good boy in the youth team, but that guy is two years younger than Chamberlain and is only over fourteen years old now. Even if Kiya is crazy, he will not use such a young player.

Even the genius players must abide by the Basic Law...

So for the time being, only existing players can be used.

This season has passed, and it depends on whether you can buy two reliable full-backs.

Thinking of this, Kiya shook hands with the opponent's head coach Cotrier and returned to his position. Portsmouth's starting lineup was not beyond his expectations. In the start of 442, Kanu was the second striker, Boateng was in the midfield, and Utaka was on the wing...

"Is this simple tactic a little bit simple to deal with us?" Kiya thought in his heart.

However, the process of the game was a blow to Kiya and Southampton at the beginning.

Portsmouth's tactic is indeed very simple, just let Boateng rush around the field to find opportunities. Other people's offenses have only one pursuit, that is, hand the ball to Boateng and create opportunities through his personal abilities!

This German-Ghana-based attacking midfielder is indeed strong and full of impact. Under his impact, it is difficult for Southampton's defense to adapt. After all, they have never encountered an offensive player with such excellent personal abilities.

Just five minutes into the game, Utaka forced a breakthrough on the side and then hung the ball into the penalty area. Boateng, who was in the forward jumped and fought for the top. He and Schneiderlin collided with each other and landed at the same time. However, before Schneiderlin could stabilize his pace, Boateng stood firm and shot hard against the falling ball!

The ball flew toward the upper right corner of the goal. Davis stretched his arms hard, but it was still a little bit short. The ball hit the ball behind him, making the whole ball tremble constantly.

Boateng opened his hands and began a crazy celebration in the field. Kiya shook his head helplessly. What can he do if such an unreasonable goal?

But it's very unhappy...

"It's okay, just recover it!"

Kiya shouted at the field.

His reaction at this time was undoubtedly normal. Southampton players also quickly launched an attack. Several people in the frontcourt continued to cooperate with each other in search of opportunities. Portsmouth launched a recovery defense to resist Southampton's attack.

Seeing that the team quickly launched a counterattack, the Southampton fans also felt relieved and began to shout loudly to cheer for the team.

Southampton's offense is now very smooth, so in the next ten minutes, they created many opportunities. First, Larana and Mkhitaryan made two consecutive shots outside the penalty area to create a threat. Then Lambert's shot after forcibly breaking through on the wing was lifted out of the baseline by the opponent's goalkeeper. Larana took a corner kick, and Lovren, who stepped forward to assist, headed up high.

Although there has never been a goal, judging by their fast offensive rhythm, it seems that it is only a matter of time to score goals.

Southampton fans still have enough confidence in this regard - although Southampton's performance in previous games was a bit ups and downs, they always performed top-notch in offense!

As long as you continue to attack like this and equalize the score, it will only be a matter of time.

At this moment, a slightly controversial penalty changed Southampton's offensive trend.

Utaka was knocked down by James after breaking through on the side. Portsmouth got a free kick and the free kick was passed into the penalty area. Perry and another striker, Picquioni, both sides fell to the ground at the same time. The referee hesitated for a moment and then awarded a penalty...

"How can this be a penalty kick! They are the ones who have the action!"

Kiya shouted excitedly on the sidelines. Unfortunately, the referee's penalty cannot be changed. Boateng took the penalty and scored the ball into the blind spot of the goal!
Chapter completed!