Southampton, which had just sacked Villas-Boas sadly and had won five consecutive league games and enjoyed great success, suffered three consecutive defeats in just one week, was eliminated from the FA Cup, and was overtaken by Tottenham in the league.
Dropped to fourth by one point, and also fell behind in the away game in the Europa League...
It is no exaggeration to say that this is called a complete defeat.
What's wrong with Southampton?
"The weaknesses are all concentrated." Ji Ya said with a sigh.
Southampton's first team is not perfect. He has known this for a long time. There is no fixed scorer in the forwards, the midfielder's skills are slightly inferior, and the defense line is good in head-to-head confrontation, but once the space is too large, it can easily be used by opponents.
Counterattack with speed...
These are all shortcomings of Southampton due to the composition of their players, and they are difficult to change.
But if you want to buy a striker who can bring a lot of goals, a midfielder who has excellent skills and can control the field, and a central defender who is fast and can chase back, then these three problems will be solved immediately, but what about the money?
How much did Manchester City spend on Aguero, how much did Barcelona spend on Fabregas, and how much did Real Madrid spend on 18-year-old Varane?
This is a player who should not be watched at all before Southampton cheats.
Now that the shortcomings are concentrated, it is actually because the opponent has basically figured out the characteristics of Southampton. Under such circumstances, what Noriya has to do is to strengthen the whole team to make up for the current shortcomings.
There is no perfect team, and teams that perform well are just good at covering up their shortcomings.
"We need to strengthen our possession of the ball in the next game... Our midfield skills are a little bit inferior, but our basic skills are not bad at all. As long as we respond more and run more during the pass, we can increase the number of our attacks.
Reduce the number of times we defend, so that the shortcomings of our defense and forward lines will be well covered up. We have actually been adapting to this tactic, but we didn't have to go to such an extreme before. Now, we just
It’s time.”
Noriya said to the players on the training ground.
The players nodded one after another, and this was the only way to go now. Since the relatively easy tactics before could no longer win, then of course we must use more tiring tactics.
"Also, in addition to the following daily training, each player will practice fifty additional shots." Noriya continued.
The players collectively lamented and then collectively resigned themselves to their fate.
Sharpening one's guns in battle will only lead to disgrace if one is unhappy.
There is a chance that they can't score. To put it bluntly, they don't practice shooting enough. Although they each have their own strengths, if they practice shooting more, they will feel that they are in the right position and it will be easier to score goals.
Southampton didn't get much breathing space, because after losing the FA Cup, the second leg of the Europa League was coming soon.
In the first round, they lost 2-1 to Hannover 96 away from home. If the Bundesliga team wants to advance, a draw is enough.
Of course, Southampton only needs one to zero in one game, and that's fine.
Hannover 96 performed well last season, but this season they have not been poached by other giants. The reason is actually very simple, because their lineup is dominated by veterans, and the main lineup is basically 27 or 28 years old. Bundesliga players have reached this age.
It's not particularly famous yet, and its future is about that, so naturally no one is poaching people.
However, these veterans have rich experience and perseverance, and together they have achieved good results. Although there has been a decline this season, the overall strength is still there.
"In the last game, they actually used defensive counterattacks to deal with us. Pinto and Diouf used speed and technology to penetrate our defense, so we must not be anxious in this game, understand? Remember, as long as we don't
Concede a goal, score a goal and the victory is ours."
Ji Ya said seriously on the training ground that he valued this game very much. This was not just because he had received a new mission...
Mission name: Road to reversal.
Mission content: Due to three consecutive losses in various competitions, your team is now under various doubts. Use a victory to answer these doubts, eliminate your opponents, and prove that your team has no problems.
Mission reward: 50 achievement points will be awarded for eliminating Hannover 96, and 50 achievement points will be deducted for being eliminated by Hannover 96.
Just fifty achievement points, Ji Ya doesn't take it too seriously yet, but he just questions this with victory, Ji Ya needs it very much now.
So in this game, he changed his formation a little bit.
The goalkeeper is still Navas, and the right back is Klein. The left back is replaced by the young Luke Shaw. His speed and ability to go forward are what Southampton needs in this game. The center backs are still Font and Love.
Len, midfielder Matuidi was rotated, Dembélé and Vidal partnered in the center, Ronaldo returned to the midfield to participate in the organization, Nolito started as the left winger, right winger Willian, and center Klose.
This seems to be a risky formation that abandons the balance of the midfield and strengthens the attack. However, Kiya fielded such a formation for only one reason.
That is to increase the technical content of the midfield and strengthen the control ability.
This is something Hannover 96 did not expect.
After coming to Southampton, their head coach Slomka said that the tactics in the previous game were very effective and they will continue to use defensive counterattacks to let Southampton know what the tenacity of the German team is.
Such words of course aroused dissatisfaction among Southampton fans, so at the beginning of the game, they kept booing Hannover 96.
Hannover 96 did indeed set up a defensive counterattack lineup. Except for the two forwards Pinto and Diouf who were running in the frontcourt to prepare for counterattacks, everyone else started to defend.
Southampton was not in a hurry to attack.
From the beginning of the game, they kept keeping the ball at their feet, passing it back and forth, looking for opportunities.
They were very patient and kept passing the ball until there was no gap. In this game, Southampton sent out players with good foot skills. They picked up the ball, received the ball, and passed the ball... so that the whole team passed the ball very smoothly.
After Ronaldo gets the ball, he will occasionally make a breakthrough to attract the opponent's attention. When he sees that the opponent is waiting, he will immediately pass the ball out, making the opponent nervous for a while.
This kind of passing requires a lot of running, but similarly, the opponent also makes a lot of running.
After all, Southampton couldn't just stand there and watch when the ball was passed back and forth. To maintain the integrity of their defensive formation, they also had to put in a lot of effort to do it.
You may not be able to see anything now, but as time goes by, their physical decline will still be a minor problem, but their spirits cannot remain so tense.
This has also been the biggest headache for Barcelona's opponents in the past few years.
