Southampton continues to maintain their excellent form in the league - now in the English Championship, Southampton is a bit leisurely. They first drew with Cardiff City, and then defeated Hull City and Leeds United in succession.
After forty rounds, their points reached 99 points, 20 points ahead of Queens Park Rangers, and they won the British Championship six rounds ahead of schedule!
Queen's Park Rangers' performance is actually quite good. They currently have 79 points, and they are at least nine points behind the lead. With six rounds left in the league, they have basically locked in the second place, but with Southampton
When compared with Dun's results, they seem too poor...
"Record? It seems that the problem is not big now, but I am more concerned about the Europa League. This time we go to the Love Song Stadium. We have to be careful. Villarreal has a strong offensive ability. This is what we need to consider.
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Noriya said this when he led the team to Spain. The local reporters in Southampton were full of confidence. They believed that with Southampton's current strength, it is not impossible to win the Europa League championship!
It is already Southampton’s task to get rid of Villarreal and become the last lone candidate in the Europa League from the five major leagues!
"Don't listen to those bullshit, the game is for ourselves... Look, this season, especially your performance in the Europa League, has made you all more famous. This is the most important thing to you.
It is also the most important thing for the club." Noriya said on the plane to Spain.
The Southampton players laughed one after another. Indeed, although their contracts with Southampton were very long, Noriya once again provided the players who wanted to stay with a contract that was in line with the status of the English Championship as soon as the end of last season.
The salary is a bit higher, but the increase in his fame and worth will also be of huge benefit to him.
Southampton will definitely appear in the Premier League next season. Whether it is the club or itself, the future is extremely bright!
And with their outstanding performance in the Europa League, it proves that they are also capable of establishing a foothold in the Premier League. Then there is no need to worry that the team will have better players to replace them when they reach the Premier League - this is actually the case for many English Championship promotion teams.
Players are worried. After all, there is a huge gap between the English Championship and the Premier League.
Well now, they can also perform well in the Europa League. Doesn't that still prove their ability?
In this mentality, Southampton's players are very calm and relaxed.
My strength and condition are now stable, and there is no problem with my physical fitness. Under such circumstances, a relaxed mentality can bring about better performance.
After coming to Villarreal, Southampton's players didn't look down on it because it was just a small town. After all, there are many such small towns on the European continent.
Although Villarreal has a permanent population of only 50,000 people, Southampton only has a population of over 200,000 people. With a permanent population of 50,000 people, Villarreal can accommodate as many as 50,000 people.
The 22,000-seat Ballad Stadium fills up every weekend.
In other words, basically every resident of Villarreal is a fan of Villarreal.
Southampton can actually do this, otherwise they would not always be able to fill up the stadium with 30,000 people. From this perspective, Southampton does still have potential to be tapped.
At this point in the season, of course there will be no more secrets. Southampton’s tactics and Villarreal’s tactics will not change. One is 433, and the other is 442.
However, both sides are better at constant offense than defense.
Villarreal's midfielder has better skills, but Southampton's offense is more direct.
Both head coaches know this very well.
When the players from both sides came out, cheers from Villarreal fans came from the stands.
Lopez is the goalkeeper, Marchena is in charge of the defense, the midfielder is partnered by the famous players Carney and Valero, the wings are Cazorla and Bruno, and the forward team is the speed and technical partner of Rossi and Nirma.
Southampton also sent out all its main players, with goalkeeper Navas, Klein and Jenkins starting on the wings, Lovren and Font partnering in the center, Dembele, Drinkwater, Lallana in the midfield, and forward Chamberlain.
Giroux, Lambert.
This is also Southampton's starting lineup after the second half of the season. The main lineup has been developed after half a season. No coach will change the lineup casually at this time.
Then Mkhitaryan and Schneiderlin will come on in the second half to keep Southampton's midfield dynamic and offensive.
Everyone basically knows this routine, but there is nothing you can do about it, because this is the kingly way, this is the conspiracy. Ji Ya's method is not a strange trick, but he can always maintain the running and vitality of the midfield, thus
There will be no changes in the performance of your team.
Villarreal's head coach Garrido thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of a good way to deal with it, so he finally decided to rely on his own team strength to kill Southampton.
In terms of technical content, he still has absolute confidence. The La Liga team itself has a relatively large technical advantage, let alone his team's current technical players. Although it is not comparable to Barcelona, it is still a bit inferior to any Premier League team.
Advantageous.
He knows that Southampton is actually quite different, and their players' skills are pretty good, but even if Southampton's players have a technical advantage against the rough guys in the English Championship, it won't matter against them.
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Ji Ya actually knows this.
Therefore, he still started with Lallana and Drinkwater in this game, using their running and impact to offset Villarreal's technical advantages.
Football games are like this, each has its own advantages. When Southampton faced the English Championship team, it could use its superior skills to play more confidently, but when facing opponents of the same level or even stronger
, you have to give full play to your abilities in other places.
Such as running, such as cooperation, such as the forward's direct impact on the goal.
These are Southampton's strengths.
Villarreal's two forwards have excellent technical speed, but their impact is a bit lacking. This is Southampton's advantage.
Therefore, in the away game, in addition to running and physical fitness, we must also rely on offensive ability!
Now, it is time to prove whether his judgment is accurate.
The referee on the field has already blown the whistle to start the game. Rossi passes the ball to Nirmal, Nirmal passes the ball back, and the game officially begins!
Southampton's frontcourt players ran across the half-court and began to press.
