In fact, they are in a similar situation to Southampton. There are many young players in the team, including the main players. Hamsik and Cavani are only 23 years old, and Lavezzi is the oldest at 25.
Years old, apart from the 33-year-old goalkeeper DeSantis, the eldest in the main lineup is the 30-year-old Argentinian central defender Campagnaro. The others are all between the ages of 25 and 28.
Overall quite young.
Of course, Southampton is even younger. Chamberlain, who is less than seventeen years old, is a good example. Many of the other main players are in their early twenties.
Both sides are young and full of energy, so from the beginning of the game, they have been entangled and created trouble for each other.
A lot of movement and confrontation, starting in the midfield.
Southampton's midfielder is already good at running and confrontation, and this characteristic was fully utilized at this time. They did not mark Hamsik, but faced Naples' midfielder, and then tried to establish an advantage.
Constant pressure through the midfield.
This set was used by them in the last game. Of course, Naples was already prepared. They started to attack from both wings, allowing Maggio and Dossena to pass the ball to Lavezzi and others who were responding in front, allowing them to directly
Threaten the goal.
This move had an immediate effect. The two sides struggled in the midfield for a long time, and Naples relied on a set kick to score!
It was Lavezzi's breakthrough on the wing that created a corner kick. After receiving the tactical corner kick, Lavezzi passed the ball. Cavani in the middle made a feint shot. Hamsik, who inserted in the back row, directly faced the falling ball.
Throw your head and attack the goal!
Navas's save was a step too late and the ball flew into the door. Southampton trailed 0-1 at home!
St. Mary's Stadium began to quiet down. They knew that the situation was a bit serious now - they did not score a goal in the away game, so they must win at home to advance to the next round!
Ji Ya shook his head, but didn't say much. In this game, Southampton's tactics were relatively open and it was easy to lose the ball. He was mentally prepared for this.
And he believes even more in his team's offensive capabilities.
In the dispute just now, Southampton's offense was not at a disadvantage, and there was no problem with its performance. So it must be only a matter of time before a goal is scored.
Naples does not have a steel-like defense. If they can't break through their gate, then Southampton should forget about winning the Europa League and concentrate on playing in the English Championship.
His idea is not wrong.
In the following time, Southampton launched a wave of attacks. They gradually suppressed Naples in the midfield, suppressed Naples with pure strength, and then continued to launch attacks.
This made Mazzarri very anxious. After all, it is difficult for Naples to counterattack now - Southampton has such a suppressive ability, which is really surprising.
Napoli held on for half an hour, and then in the 40th minute of the game, they finally lost the ball - Lallana sent a beautiful through pass in the midfield, and Lambert was six meters away from the goal in the penalty area.
He catches the ball in the right place and scores the goal immediately!
Naples felt that Lambert was offside, but the linesman did not raise the flag. The slow motion also proved that when Lallana passed through, Cannavaro was still behind, and this was not an offside kick.
After taking the lead, Southampton got more and more courageous. Lallana used an unexpected breakthrough to score the second goal in stoppage time. He broke through Naples' midfield defense and broke into the penalty area, and then passed the ball.
To Chamberlain who was unguarded, Chamberlain took a shot and hit the defender Ruiz who was filling in. Then it flew over the head of DeSantis who was caught off guard and flew into the goal...
"Oh, the ball has been scored again! Chamberlain's shot bounced into the gate of Naples! Before the end of the first half, Southampton took the lead! But they are still very dangerous now. After all, if Naples scores another one, then they will
Will you still be eliminated..."
During the halftime break, Noriya praised the players for their calm performance in the face of danger: "This is enough to prove that you are mature now... Yes, this is very important, it can even be said to be very important. In the second half of the game, we continued to control the midfield,
Expand the lead if you get the chance! Napoli's fighting spirit is actually not that good, they are more thinking about the weekend league game."
The players nodded one after another, and they knew this very well.
Sure enough, after the start of the second half, Naples' resistance was still very tenacious. However, in the 20th minute of the second half, Klein, who came forward with an assist, passed a cross in the penalty area, and Giroud scored the third goal with a shovel in front of the goal.
Mazzarri replaced Cavani and Lavezzi successively and announced his abandonment of the game.
The final total score was three to one, and Southampton won the final victory of the game!
"The game is over. Southampton has reached the last sixteen of the Europa League! This should be Southampton's best performance in the European competition. After all, the furthest they have ever competed in Europe was the Cup Winners' Cup.
The quarter-finals! But at that time, there were very few teams participating in the Cup Winners' Cup, and qualifying from the group stage was enough to qualify for the quarter-finals. This is their first time to win in the knockout stage of a European competition!"
Amidst the shouts of the commentator, Noriya also received 50 achievement points, 10 of which were rewards for getting the first draw in the knockout stage of a European competition in the last game, and 10 were for getting the first draw in this game.
The remaining 30 are the rewards for victory in the knockout stages of European competitions, and the remaining 30 are the rewards for Southampton's first breakthrough into the knockout stages of European competitions...
"It seems that even if you work hard this season, it will be enough." Looking at the 850 achievement points left, Ji Ya thought with satisfaction.
The knockout stages of the Europa League were drawn by division. Before that, Noriya knew that his opponents in the next round would be Metalist of the Ukrainian League and Bayer Leverkusen of the Bundesliga - and the results soon proved
No wonder, there was no miracle, Leverkusen beat their opponent 6-0 in two rounds...
"In the next round we will face pharmaceutical companies, but their information is always easier to obtain. I would rather face the teams from the four major leagues. After all, it is very easy to find things related to them and it is more convenient to analyze." Ji
Ya said to Benali.
Benelli nodded with deep sympathy. He often did things like collecting information about opponents, but when he collected information about Salzburg in the group stage and Rapid Vienna in the previous qualifiers, he suffered enough.
