After defeating Arsenal, Southampton, who had a week off, continued to attack hard. At the Stadium of Light, they directly overturned Sunderland, who had drawn with them in the first round. During the game, Southampton's players ran actively.
, pressed fiercely, and beat Sunderland to a complete defeat, as if they had a lot of hatred against them.
In this game, Ronaldo opened the scoring with a powerful volley, and then he assisted Mkhitaryan and Klose to score. Southampton finally defeated the opponent 3-1 away from home.
After winning this game, Southampton's points reached 46 points. As Tottenham lost to Manchester City in this round, their points also reached 46 points. Relying on the advantage of seven goal difference, Southampton
Suddenly surpassed Tottenham and came to the third position!
The gap between them and first place Manchester City is only eight points...
There are still sixteen rounds of the league left, and no one knows how far Southampton can progress.
"No, no, no, our goal is still to avoid relegation, there is no doubt about that." Noriya said with a smile at the post-match press conference, which caused a burst of laughter from others.
Yes, this joke... is so funny...
But think about it before the season, many reporters thought that Southampton could only hit the top ten, and if they were lucky, hit the Europa League. But after seeing Southampton still winning consecutively after the winter break, you should know that Southampton
Puton's strength is at least the strength to impact the Champions League.
The next week is the FA Cup match. Southampton fans feel very sorry, because in their opinion, Southampton is in good shape now. If it is interrupted now, it will not be able to perform next.
That’s easy to say.
After sending out all substitutes to draw with Millwall in the FA Cup a week later, Southampton welcomed Chelsea in the next round of the league.
"Damn it, I finally have a chance to cause trouble for him!" Ji Ya said eagerly.
Chelsea are currently ranked fifth with 41 points. In theory, this number is not bad, but considering that they were the league champions last season, they are now five points ahead of a newly promoted team like Southampton. This is really disappointing.
Very unhappy.
Therefore, Boas's current position is actually somewhat precarious.
For Villas-Boas, who came to Chelsea with high spirits and thought he was the next Mourinho, such a setback really made him feel unhappy.
At this time, he met Southampton.
Chelsea boss Abramovich has given an ultimatum. If he does not defeat Southampton in this game and narrow the gap between himself and the top four, he will be fired.
In fact, when Chelsea defeated Manchester City in the fourteenth round, Villas-Boas' position was still very stable at that time. At that time, Chelsea seemed to be very close to the top two. However, Chelsea went on a four-game winless run and was directly defeated by the former
Putting aside the two, they were surpassed by Southampton...
For Abu, he couldn't stand this.
Mata, David Luiz, Meireles, Lukaku, Courtois…
All of this cost a lot of money, but as a result, the results of the team led by Villas-Boas were worse than last season. How can we tolerate this?
Villas-Boas began to deeply feel the pressure of coaching in a top team.
And this game is indeed his last chance!
However, under such circumstances, he encountered a wave of injuries-Terry, Lampard, Ramires, and Mikel were absent, especially the last three, who are Chelsea's midfielders this season.
The main force, they all fell down, how can they still play?
Boas is depressed.
Ji Ya doesn't care about this. He doesn't care whether Boas is in a state of distress or not. He defeated me once before, so he will be defeated by me once before he leaves!
In the last FA Cup game, he didn't play any of the main players, all of them were substitutes and young players, just for this game.
"I was very unconvinced by the loss in the first round." Noriya said when shaking hands before the game.
Boas looked at Ji Ya angrily, "Damn it, I haven't settled it with you for Porto's defeat last year!"
However, Ji Ya didn't give him a chance to reply, and went back to his position, waiting for the game to start.
Compared with Southampton's starting lineup, Chelsea's starting lineup seemed a bit shabby. Goalkeeper Cech, right back Bosingwa, left back Ashley Cole, center back David Luiz and Ivanovic partnered
, midfielders Meireles and Romeu served in the center, Malouda and Mata appeared on the two wings, and the forwards were partnered by Torres and Sturridge.
This is obviously a very awkward-looking formation. To be honest, Chelsea has been playing 4-3-3 since Mourinho took office. This has not changed since Ancelotti took office. As a result, Villas-Boas sent out
There was a 442, and the middle of the midfield was still the most vulnerable place, so it was very difficult to do.
"Haha, this guy is really dizzy. We will definitely win this game." Ji Ya said to Benali with a smile.
"It seems like our schedule is really good. We always encounter weaker opponents." Benali also laughed.
"No, that's because we were lucky, not because the schedule was good." Ji Ya waved his finger.
After the game started, Southampton started running and pressing in the midfield.
This made everyone at Chelsea very unhappy - they have always been known for their running and confrontation, but Southampton used this trick against them?
But who made Chelsea's main midfielder not available...
Meireles only joined this season, and Romeu also joined this season. Neither of them are tough guys. Although they performed well, their flaws were exposed under Southampton's pressing.
come out.
Meireles is a French midfielder, and Romeu came from Barcelona's youth training camp. When facing Southampton's crazy pressing, it was difficult for them to show off their skills with their feet.
Again, when Southampton pressed like crazy, even Barcelona's passing was greatly affected, let alone other teams.
The midfielder was suppressed, so Chelsea could only rely on the two wings to launch some attacks. Mata was more active. His position was between the wing and the midfielder. He constantly broke through after getting the ball and created opportunities, but it was very difficult.
Quickly, Blind clung to him...
As a purely defensive full-back, Blind does not actually meet the requirements of modern football. However, in this situation, he shines very brightly.
In terms of body and reflexes, he is no worse than Mata. As long as he is tightly entangled, Mata, no matter how skilled he is, will have no effect.
Violent destruction is easier than delicate organization.
