In the first game after the New Year, Southampton welcomed Aston Villa - the Premier League schedule does not mean that the opponents in the first and second cycles are exactly the same, but will be drawn separately, so this is also a new game.
One thing that the team is very uncomfortable with is that many newly promoted teams perform well in the first half of the season, but are a mess in the second half of the season, which has something to do with the unsuitable schedule.
However, Southampton's performance in this game was quite outstanding.
Facing an opponent who almost defeated them at St. Mary's Stadium not long ago, Southampton completely controlled Villa's counterattack at Villa Park. Instead, they continued to control the situation on the field, and then passed the first and second half.
Giroud and Vidal scored a goal each to solve the opponent - 2-0, Southampton won cleanly.
Ji Ya was also a little surprised by this result, but the players all said that compared with the speed of Tottenham's Bale and Walker, Villa's Agbonlahor was nothing.
Ji Ya suddenly realized.
After experiencing the faster and more technical Bell Impact, Agbonlahor is indeed nothing...
This is also the importance of experience.
The level of the top league is not only higher than that of the English Championship, but it also has a variety of top players that are unlikely to appear in the English Championship. These players often represent the pinnacle of modern football. Only after playing against them will you gradually understand each other.
Competitions of this intensity are commonplace.
This kind of "getting used to it" is inherently a kind of progress.
In the third round of the FA Cup over the weekend, Southampton, who came on all benches, still beat the English Championship team Coventry in the away game. Austin and Nolito scored three goals, and Southampton easily advanced to fourth place.
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At this time, the Europa League knockout matches also came out. Southampton drew a draw that was neither good nor bad. Their opponent was the Bundesliga team Hannover 96.
This team unexpectedly finished fourth in the Bundesliga last season. If only the top three in the Bundesliga could participate in the Champions League, they would have been able to compete in the Champions League.
They have not lost any main players this summer, but their performance is much worse than last season. They are now ranked seventh in the Bundesliga and second in the Europa League group. Their group is not very strong either. Standard Liege,
Copenhagen and Hesklar, the pressure of this group is much lower than that of Southampton, but they still only finished second in the group.
Therefore, this team is not very strong. The outstanding performance last season may be just a matter of luck.
Just as Ji Ya was preparing for the next game, he got a piece of news...
"Tevez's agent asked us if we were interested in him?" Noriya asked Frye in shock.
"Yeah, don't we lack a shooter who can score? Tevez's strength is no problem," Frye said.
"Yeah, I haven't participated in training or competition for four months." Ji Ya complained.
Tevez was clamoring to leave in the summer, saying that he missed his hometown too much and it became a problem. Many fans nicknamed him Tevez. However, Corinthians failed to transfer him because Manchester City asked for too high a price.
, the dissatisfied Tevez refused to come on as a substitute in the second round of the Champions League, and was punished by the club with a suspension and suspension of training. As a result, Tevez actually sued Manchester City. This matter has been in a stalemate until now...
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"I don't think he is still very strong."
Frye explained: "Now he and Manchester City are at a standstill. Manchester City can't use him now because there are Aguero, Dzeko, and Balotelli. If he stays in the team, it will only make the team worse."
The atmosphere has become even worse, and he doesn't want to bow his head to get a chance to play, so even renting him out for half a year is a good choice."
Ji Ya thought for a long time: "Forget it. Although he is good, his characteristics are too inconsistent with our tactics. Whose position will he take? When it comes to ball control breakthroughs, we have James James
Now, when it comes to wing attacks, we have William. He is a bit stronger in scoring ability, but except for his first season in Brazil and Manchester City, when the team played around him, he was able to exceed 20 goals in a single season.
Besides, when has he ever scored so intensively? We are not short of offensive manpower now. It is enough to give me a headache to arrange for Nolito and Austin to have certain opportunities to play. It is really not enough to bother me to arrange for him.
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Frye nodded thoughtfully: "What you say makes sense...His character can easily cause problems in the atmosphere of our locker room."
Ji Ya nodded, but there was one more thing he didn't say, that is, Tevez is also a guy who often eats cards. Although he is a striker, he always works hard on the court and makes big moves, and he always eats extra cards.
Once you get the card, if you get a red card, will you still be able to fulfill your role as a moral model?
If Tevez were replaced by Higuain, he would really be interested. Higuain is a pure shooter, and if given the chance, he can always score a lot of goals.
It's a pity that Higuain is performing very well in Real Madrid and has pushed Benzema to the bench. People will not take a fancy to a newly promoted team like Southampton.
"Let's tap the potential within the team. The competition between Klose and Giroud is very good. The two of them take turns playing. Although they lack a little continuity, they can compete on the court without any worries. It's good to be able to do this.
That’s it.” Ji Ya finally said.
Frye nodded: "Then I will politely refuse Tevez's offer and say that we don't want our good relationship with Manchester City to be affected."
"That's a good reason." Ji Ya greatly appreciated it.
Southampton's next round of the league is to face Arsenal at home - Arsenal performed well before, but after the arrival of the New Year, they unexpectedly fell apart. In the last round, they faced their little brother Fulham in London.
As a result, they were beaten 2-1 by the farmers on their own farm, and they scored two goals in the last five minutes of the game.
This can be regarded as an old problem of Arsenal. They adapt at the beginning, and then they are in good form and take off all the way. If other teams are not in such good form, they can even occupy the first position for a long time, but then they start to stretch their hips as soon as the winter break comes.
, I worked hard to catch up in March and April, entered the fourth-place mode, no one could stop me, and finally got fourth place...
That's how Asuna's plot came about.
Therefore, Noriya feels that the schedule is not bad, just because the second time we meet Arsenal, we will also meet a weaker Arsenal.
