Vidal was quite excited when he came on the stage.
After joining Leverkusen from Chile more than three years ago, he quickly became Leverkusen's main force. Playing in such a team suitable for all-round midfielders, Vidal is a duck to water. He is a capable player.
A fully offensive and defensive midfielder with a large range of movement, strong body, active running, and excellent offensive and defensive players - Leverkusen has produced many players like this before, including Emerson at the beginning, Ballack later, and so on.
Plus him...
There is a tradition of using this kind of players, so the 19-year-old Vidal quickly established a foothold in Leverkusen.
After three years of training, Vidal has performed even better this season. His performance is indispensable for Leverkusen's good results so far.
Of course, he must perform well in this game as always. After all, for the energetic Chilean, he never feels that he needs to save energy.
So as soon as the game started, he ran actively, constantly responded, and then prepared to attack.
However, someone quickly followed him.
Taller than him, stronger than him, and not much less agile than him.
Dembélé, who is 1.85 meters tall and weighs 80 kilograms, is physically able to eat up Vidal, who is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 77 kilograms.
Vidal is running around, and his range of activities is very large. It is indeed difficult to mark such a midfielder. However, Dembele's running ability is also not bad, and he follows Vidal almost step by step, allowing him to
Basically I can't catch the ball.
If it were another team, such a man-marking tactic would actually have little meaning. Modern football has long passed the era of being able to defeat opponents by targeting one person. However, Vidal is in excellent form this season, and Leverkusen is also
It's natural to make him the core. Now that he is being targeted, Leverkusen's offense will be greatly affected!
However, their defense was still very tenacious. In constant confrontation, they resisted Southampton's offense and constantly looked for opportunities to counterattack.
In the entanglement between the midfielders of both sides, Southampton had the upper hand, but Leverkusen's persistence in defense made this advantage not so great. They were at a certain disadvantage overall. However, when the defense was restored, the Bundesliga defender
Able to perform quite well.
They were accurate in positioning and brave in confrontation. What was lacking was the agility of their foot movements. Under such circumstances, Southampton's offense lacked some space.
"I didn't think well enough." Ji Ya thought silently in his heart. To be honest, he didn't expect this. He clearly had the advantage in the midfield, but his offense was greatly affected.
However, he was not in a hurry. In such a tangled situation, Southampton's defense was also very stable. Lovren and Font were marking each other, and Kiessling and Hermes were also poorly marked.
Amid the chants of the Leverkusen fans, the two sides struggled on the court for a full half hour without creating any decent opportunities, which made the Leverkusen fans start to feel a little anxious.
After all, they are a team fighting for the Bundesliga championship. Southampton... is just a League One team!
When thinking this way, they forgot one thing, that is, Naples, which Southampton eliminated in the last game, was also the team competing for the Serie A championship this season, but they were eliminated by Southampton!
Southampton can no longer be viewed as an ordinary British Championship team.
In the 33rd minute of the game, Leverkusen finally seized an opportunity-their corner kick was destroyed. Chamberlain took the ball in the backcourt and planned to break forward. At this time, the young Englishman made a mistake.
The ball was a bit sticky, but the ball was intercepted by the opponent during the breakthrough. After Vidal intercepted the ball, he quickly distributed the ball. Kadlec, who followed up, caught the ball and suddenly kicked it 22 meters away from the goal.
Shoot, this shot was clean and neat. Navas was a step too late to save, and the ball hit the dead center and hit the net!
The Leverkusen fans shouted wildly. As they watched, they scored the first goal in a stalemate, which is enough to prove that they are in better condition!
However, their defense was breached after only a few minutes.
Lallana sent a beautiful through ball in the middle. The rampant Chamberlain received the ball and broke into the penalty area, and then forcibly broke through the defense of Friedrich who was filling in. In front of his skills and speed, the tall German defenders looked so...
cumbersome.
With a deft dunk, a gap emerged from Friedrich's side. Then Chamberlain quickly raised his right foot and kicked the ball out hard!
The ball flew quickly to the near corner of the goal. The tall Adler fell to the ground and took a step slower, and the ball flew into the goal!
"Tie one to one! Chamberlain's wonderful personal performance! Chamberlain, who is only seventeen and a half years old, has shown his talent. In the past half season, he has given full play to his abilities! He can break through from the wing and shoot.
, and he can also support his teammates! He exudes the aura of a superstar! What's even more rare is that his attendance rate is still so high... I think he will definitely show an extremely good performance in the Premier League next year.
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The commentator shouted loudly, "The most exciting thing on the football field is often the performance of those young geniuses!"
After all, they are all surprises.
The equalizer before the end of the first half was very beneficial to Southampton. In the second half of the game, when the situation continued to be rigid, Kiya's pre-match arrangements began to have an effect.
Although Chamberlain's breakthrough led to a goal, Southampton's offense still failed to achieve a very good effect in the face of Leverkusen's defensive line.
Whether it was Chamberlain's breakthrough or Lambert's response, they were all watched closely by the opponent. Midfielder Lallana's long shot was also watched by the opponent. Bender made several wonderful blocks.
At this time, the least valued person on Southampton's offensive line showed his value!
Lambert retreated to get the ball and found that he was facing an entire Leverkusen defense. In desperation, he prepared to pass back and found that Giroud was in a relatively advantageous position in the penalty area...
Lambert raised his foot and passed the ball.
Giroud stopped the ball at his feet, and Friedrich was guarding him behind him. Giroud first made a forced turn to the left to break through, and then quickly turned to the right!
Friedrich's center of gravity was shaken and he was unable to react in time. As Giroud turned around, he suddenly took a shot!
The ball roared towards the upper right corner of the goal. Faced with this close shot, Adler could only do nothing!
