Chapter 152 Why is the Champions League attractive?
The final score of this game was three to three.
Before the end, Ronaldo received a pass from Vidal and then turned around and volleyed the ball without stopping. He was rated as the best goal in the Premier League this round. However, Southampton still stopped the pace of winning streak. This draw was the last win from the opponent.
They grabbed a point, so although the winning streak was ended, Southampton's morale was not greatly affected.
In the next round, they will face Manchester United.
Southampton met three big6 teams before. They defeated Arsenal, who were in poor form, and lost to Chelsea and Manchester City, so their schedule is actually pretty good, and there is no situation where strong teams get together.
But it will come next - they will play Manchester United first, and then Liverpool. As for Tottenham, they will not meet until the last round of the first cycle.
The better thing about Southampton is that they are doing well in the Europa League and have been eliminated from the League Cup, so they can focus entirely on the league.
Manchester United was not in good form before. They first drew with Liverpool, and then lost miserably at home to their city rivals and rivals Manchester City. In that game, Manchester City's players used their excellent form to completely suppress Manchester United and beat Manchester United.
Six to one, Sir Alex Ferguson was a little disgraced.
However, they have also won two consecutive games in the last two rounds. It can be seen that even if Manchester United's strength has declined, it is still very stable against mid-to-lower teams.
"In fact, Manchester United is relatively weak this season. The main goalkeeper is new, and the defense is constantly being adjusted. Vidic and Ferdinand have almost never played together. Rooney's position has changed back and forth between the midfielder and the striker. The impact
His performance was hampered, Berbatov was injured, and Irving was suffering from an old illness. Their most reliable player on the front line was only Fernandez. This is almost unbelievable for a giant like Manchester United.
If it weren’t for Sir Alex Ferguson’s excellent leadership, they would never have been able to achieve good results under such circumstances.”
The coaches nodded one after another. Indeed, you can tell by looking at Manchester United's team formation in recent years. It is at a relatively new juncture. There is no forward who can score a lot. The control of the midfield is declining, and the defense is also declining.
It is weakening... but under such circumstances, Ferguson can still lead the team to win two Premier League championships and reach two Champions League finals, which is enough to prove his ability.
A top coach can always create some miracles that others cannot.
"Berbatov is still unable to play in this game, which is a good thing for us, but their defense is finally complete, so it is still difficult to break through their door. In this game we are at St. Mary's
Don't lose to them on the court." Noriya said to the players.
Ji Ya is a little worried about these two games. After all, the players' status fluctuates. They were in good shape before, but you can see in the last game that their status has begun to decline. At this time, they are facing Manchester United and Liverpool.
Of course, a strong team needs to be well prepared.
If you can't win, even a draw is acceptable.
Noriya doesn't think about reaching the sky in one step, such as winning the Premier League title immediately after returning to the Premier League and creating a miracle in Kaiserslautern. He has never thought about it. This situation in the Bundesliga is because they have a stable and strong team.
, once Bayern fails, other teams will have opportunities, and the Premier League will be very difficult. If Manchester United fails, there will be Manchester City, if Arsenal fails, there will be Chelsea, as well as Liverpool and Tottenham. If you expect these strong teams to fail, it will be too difficult...
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Moreover, Southampton still needs to slowly accumulate strength and experience.
Again, getting used to the rhythm of the Premier League doesn't just take a few games. You have to play at least a full season to let the whole team get used to the rhythm of the Premier League. Only then can you possibly hit the championship position in the Premier League.
Ji Ya only thinks about performing better against strong teams and then seeing if he can hit the top four...
He is very envious of the profits from the Champions League.
In fact, even a team like Manchester United cannot be indifferent to the benefits of the Champions League.
If the income from the Champions League and the Europa League is similar, then who will work hard to increase their strength and rush to the top four? Isn't it better to stick to the top six?
Barcelona, which finally won the championship last season, made more than 60 million euros in profit from game bonuses and broadcast fee sharing alone. Not to mention that many of their sponsorships are based on performance. Winning the Champions League will allow them to get more
Income, and what about Southampton? After winning the Europa League last season, they only received a total of less than 7 million euros in bonuses. It was not as good as the bonus for participating in the group stage, and the broadcast fee income was only more than 1,000 euros.
Ten thousand euros, which adds up to less than 20 million, any team that has played six group matches will have higher income than them.
The Champions League is not only the top honor, but also represents the top money.
"You guys have performed very well this season!" Ferguson said as he shook hands with Noriya.
"Luckily, we brought in some good players." Ji Ya laughed.
"I originally wanted to bring in Adam Lallana in the summer, but we need good supplements in other positions, so we gave Liverpool a bargain," Ferguson said half-truthfully.
Ji Ya just smiled and said nothing. In the summer, he really wanted to bring Manchester United into competition. Maybe Lallana and Lambert could be sold for more money, but Ferguson was focused on the goalkeeper and winger signings at that time.
There is not such a big demand for the midfielder, but that is true. Manchester United currently has many good midfielders, and Ferguson often uses Rooney as the attacking midfielder. Lallana is relatively useless for Manchester United.
After a few pleasantries, Noriya returned to his position. Southampton's personnel in this game were not very neat. Lovren was suspended and could not play. Matuidi also accumulated yellow cards and was suspended. In addition,
Klose has been a little tired recently, so Ji Ya replaced several of their positions with Jenkinson, Schneiderlin and Giroud.
Manchester United's lineup is not neat, but the defense is very neat. The goalkeeper is the newly joined De Gea, the center back is the classic partnership of Vidic and Ferdinand, left back Evra, and right back Phil Jones.
, midfielders Carrick and Giggs partnered in the center, with Park Ji-sung on the left and Nani on the right. Rooney returned to the striker and partnered with Hernandez in the striker.
This is also the reason why Noriya played Jenkinson instead of Kovac. The opponent's two forwards are both flexible and technically impactful. Without a high forward, Kovac would be too clumsy in such a situation.
However, how to break through Manchester United's defense gave Ji Ya a considerable headache.
This has been the key to Manchester United's defensive stability in the past few years.
