In the previous seventy minutes, Barcelona had only five shots in total. In the last twenty minutes, Barcelona had eleven shots, almost once every two minutes. However, the results were not very good.
Among the eleven shots, eight were long shots from 25 meters away, and the remaining three were long shots from 20 meters away.
There was not even one shot into the penalty area.
Guardiola replaced Villa and Pedro with Sanchez and Fabregas, but still had no good effect. It was not until the 87th minute that Messi completed a beautiful pass and followed
Fabregas scored without stopping the ball and blasted a world-wide kick from the penalty area line before breaking through the door guarded by Navas!
However, this goal is of no use!
In the next few minutes, Southampton's defense became tighter, and Barcelona's offense was repeatedly frustrated.
When Messi's long shot hit the crossbar and flew out of the baseline, the referee's whistle sounded and the game was over!
Three to two, Southampton completed a wonderful victory!
Southampton fans were cheering, and the head coaches of various Champions League and Europa League teams who were watching also stood up and clapped their hands one after another.
They weren't applauding Southampton's victory.
Instead, I applaud Noriya.
Noriya's tactics proved that this set of tactics can indeed make Barcelona's tactics encounter the greatest difficulties!
"How did you come up with that?"
While shaking hands, Guardiola couldn't help but ask.
"There should be many people who come to mind, but they don't know how to do physical training like me." Ji Ya replied with a smile.
Guardiola nodded. The basis of this tactic is indeed based on physical fitness. But now the level of physical training is getting higher and higher, and players are running more and more. This is already a trend. Although
The average run per player of most teams is still below 9,000 meters per game, but some can reach 10,000 meters...
The more running there is, the more advantage Guardiola's tactics will shrink.
"I think we will have to make some changes next." Guardiola sighed.
Ji Ya shrugged his shoulders. He didn't care about this. After all, except for this game, at least this season, Barcelona will not be their opponent, only the teams in the Europa League and Premier League.
Without any more pleasantries, Ji Ya started celebrating with his players. Guardiola shook his head and walked towards his players.
"Okay, losing a championship is no big deal, but there is still room for improvement in our tactics, which is also a good thing." Guardiola said.
There was nothing to say about the following award ceremony - the Barcelona players received the silver medals depressedly, and then watched the Southampton players happily hang up their gold medals one by one and raise the UEFA Super Cup trophy!
This is Southampton's second European level trophy in the club's history.
"Looking at it this way, except for the Premier League and Champions League trophies, we have won everything." Ji Ya said with a sigh.
The players laughed, right? Except for the Premier League and the Champions League...
"We still haven't won the Community Shield," Benali said.
"Yes, let's have multiple goals this season. Let's try to win the FA Cup or the league championship!" Ji Ya waved his fist.
Now he has a lot of achievement points. Winning the European Super Cup and winning the European Super Cup for the first time gave him 280 achievement points. It seems that the European Super Cup and the FA Cup are on the same level.
Now his achievement points are close to 2,000 points, reaching 1935 points. Now Jiya feels that there is nothing useful, so he keeps it for now.
"In the coming week, I hope you all will perform well in the national team. When you come back, we will launch an impact in the Premier League and Europa League!" At the celebration party, Ji Ya said, raising his wine glass high.
The players responded one after another.
This victory allowed them to sweep away their previous decline.
With this victory, who dares to think that Southampton can only aim to avoid relegation in the future?
Barcelona, which no one in Europe could deal with in the past three years, was dealt with by them!
Other teams, is that still a problem?
This may seem a bit arrogant, but it is still quite practical.
For more than a week, Ji Ya trained with other non-national players, waiting for the national team match day to pass.
However, Southampton’s current international players are all very important in the national team, such as Navas, Lovren, Dembele, Vidal, Mkhitaryan, Klose, Ronaldo...
Font, Matuidi and Giroud were also selected for the national team this time. Only Willian was unlucky. There are still many good wingers in the Brazilian national team, so he failed to be selected for the Brazilian national team this time.
But as long as he performs well in the future, returning will not be a big problem.
And in Southampton's tactical system, as a winger, he is also very comfortable.
When fighting back, he is a sharp knife in front.
In positional battles, he is the breaking point that opens up the situation.
Under such circumstances, his performance will definitely be outstanding, which is actually his characteristic, but in the Ukrainian league before, the stage was too small, but after arriving at Southampton, whether it is the Premier League or the European Super Cup,
That’s quite a big stage!
This also made William full of hope for his future.
Other Southampton players thought the same way.
For example, Giroud was a French second-division veteran when he joined Southampton, but now he has entered the national team. Although he basically cannot play in the national team, he can become a marginal international player and perform better than he did before.
Much better.
Another example is Wundt, who gradually became valued by the Portuguese national team after stabilizing Southampton's starting position. His previous performance was actually not bad, but in Crystal Palace, no matter how good his performance was, others could not see it.
This is the importance of the stage.
Southampton is a very good stage now.
Although they are not a wealthy club and do not have the Champions League to play in, they can always attract a lot of attention.
At the same time, it is precisely because they are not a wealthy club and their financial resources are not that rich, so Jiya will also choose players who have strength but lack a stage, like Willian and Vidal, they are all such players.
Players and clubs achieve each other, which is the best virtuous cycle for clubs.
Although we don’t know how long this virtuous cycle can last, at least at this stage, Southampton is thriving.
Next, it depends on how they perform in the Premier League this season.
When many clubs face this critical moment, if they cannot overcome it, they will still be able to remain as a mid-range team.
