In the following period, Southampton's performance in the British Championship was not particularly good. They first drew with Reading and Nottingham Forest, and then defeated Watford - this was specifically requested by Noriya.
, because we lost to Watford once before, so we must win this time!
And then in the home game against Queens Park Rangers, they also performed well, beating the opponent 2-0 cleanly at home, which proved that although we are currently distracted in the Europa League, we can still beat them in the league.
You guys, it’s still very easy...
This allowed Queens Park Rangers, who had finally narrowed the points gap to 16 points, to be 19 points behind Southampton. Now after 36 rounds, Southampton has scored 89 points in the league.
, it is only 17 points away from the record of 106 points. There are still ten rounds of the league. Although Southampton has not won the championship in advance, it does not seem to be difficult to break the record.
But seeing how they played so comfortably in the Europa League, everyone felt that Southampton's sweep in the English Championship was a completely normal thing...
After defeating the biggest opponent in the league, Noriya began to prepare for the Europa League - in fact, the collection of information about Leverkusen had already started.
Leverkusen's lineup has not changed much this season. Their biggest signing in the summer was the introduction of legendary midfielder Ballack on a free transfer. However, Ballack is almost thirty-five now and is no longer the top midfielder he was back then.
, returning to Leverkusen means using the remaining heat.
Similar to him is Finnish central defender Hyypia. This eldest brother is 37 years old and has naturally played fewer games.
However, Leverkusen's strength is not bad. Their goalkeeper is German domestic Adler. The defense is also led by German international Friedrich. The main midfielders are young Sven Bender and Chilean midfielder Vidal.
, the forward partners are two fringe forwards of the German national team, Kiessling and Hermes. Although these two do not have a main position in the German national team, their strength is not bad.
Last season they were only one step away from qualifying for the Champions League, and this season they have been a strong contender for the Bundesliga title, which proves their strength.
"I think after the tests of Juventus, Sevilla and Naples, we don't need to be intimidated by any so-called strong teams... We have excellent strength, and Vidal is the core of their midfield.
This Chilean midfielder is among the best in the Leverkusen team in terms of goals and assists, so we have to deal with him first... Moussa, he is left to you, pester him, fight with him, let him
There is no way to attack while distracted," Noriya said to Dembele.
Dembele nodded. He doesn't talk much, but he has always been a very reliable presence.
"As for their defense... there is nothing to say. We can just attack normally. Bundesliga defenders are relatively bulky. Go around them and defeat them with technology and speed. If their attention is on other people, Olivier
Yeah, then you need to stand up." Ji Ya continued.
Giroud was stunned for a moment, and then nodded quickly. In Southampton, he was the absolute main force, but he rarely became the protagonist of the offense. He always played auxiliary work, so it was easy for people to ignore it. But it is obvious that Ji Ya
His presence was not ignored.
"Defensively, look at their two forwards... nothing else. Leverkusen is indeed a strong team, but we are not worse than them, and can even be said to be even better. We played our best
advantage, go kill them!" Ji Ya waved his fist.
The players raised their fists one after another. They are now in the visiting team's dressing room at the Bayer Arena, Leverkusen's home stadium.
Leverkusen fans are quite confident in their team. After all, Leverkusen is in really good form recently. They have won seven of the last nine games. At the same time, they are in the Europa League.
They have remained unbeaten in ten games this season - from the qualifiers to the group stage to the knockout rounds, they have remained unbeaten for ten games!
Southampton is a little worse in this regard. They lost one game in the group stage.
After the players from both sides started to play, the Leverkusen fans cheered loudly, but the Southampton players felt a little familiar with this stadium because the Bayer Arena can only accommodate 30,000 people.
court……
This is very common in the Premier League, because the teams in England are very divided. Except for a few teams that can have stadiums with 40,000 or 50,000 people, most of the stadiums have around 30,000 people. If there are more than 30,000 people, they will not be able to seat enough.
.
Just like after Old Trafford was rebuilt, its capacity was only over 40,000 people. After many expansions, it has now reached an astonishing capacity of more than 75,000 people. Arsenal's Highbury, Tottenham's White Hart.
Lane, Chelsea's Stamford Bridge, Liverpool's Anfield... all have a capacity of only 30,000 to 40,000 people, and will not reach 50,000 people. Newcastle's St. James Park Stadium has a capacity of 52,000 people and was once the largest club in England.
The stadium in England is second only to Wembley.
Now because of the increase in income, those big clubs have begun to expand or rebuild their stadiums. To put it bluntly, they can make more money. However, such clubs are still in the minority. Stadiums with around 30,000 people are still the most popular in England.
Mainstream.
The Bundesliga is different. Dortmund's home stadium plus standing seats exceeds 80,000 people, and the home stadiums of Bayern and other strong teams basically have more than 60,000 people. This has something to do with their specific situations. The Bundesliga teams basically represent
As a city, there are not so many subdivisions, so except for the Munich derby, which is a derby in the same city, other famous derbies in Germany are derbies between adjacent cities, such as Dortmund and Schalke...
The situation in Leverkusen is different. There are two types of Bundesliga clubs, one represents the city, and the other represents big companies - the former is the old strong teams such as Bayern, Dortmund, Werder Bremen and Cologne, and the latter
The latter are emerging teams like Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, Leipzig and Red Bull...
Bayer Leverkusen represents Bayer Pharma, Wolfsburg represents Volkswagen, and RB Leipzig represents Red Bull.
In the Bundesliga, the dispute between these two groups of fans is also something worth talking about.
Of course, Ji Ya's attention is now on the upcoming game.
The Bayer Arena is not big, but it also allows Southampton's players to perform better.
