"Welcome to St. Mary's Stadium! In the previous two home games, Southampton led by Noriya achieved complete victories, but in the two away games, he led the team to lose all the games... Today's St. Mary's Stadium
Mary Stadium has an influx of 20,000 fans, but looking at the current situation, it seems that they are about to swallow the bitter pill of three consecutive defeats!"
The commentator shouted loudly that the fourth round of the English League One match had already gone on for eighty minutes. The score on the field was zero to one. The home team Southampton was trailing the visiting team Brundford.
Before the start of this game, Southampton was at the bottom with seven points, while Brundford was fifth with two wins, one draw and seven points. After three rounds, Brundford only scored five goals. This number is not
It's considered high, but what they really excel at is their defense. They have zero opponents in three games. With their defensive ability, once they take the lead, they are almost certain to win!
Southampton's players actually performed well in this game, suppressing their opponents in terms of running and confrontation, but they were still counterattacked by the opponent, but they were still unable to open the opponent's door!
"Southampton's offense is a bit rigid. The two high forwards are fighting for points in the penalty area. Although Lallana behind him is an attacking midfielder, he is not the kind of midfielder who can send out beautiful assists. If there is lack of support from the wings, then
If the center is stuck in the penalty area, it will be useless..."
The commentator sighed and said that now everyone knows about Southampton's offensive problems. Their offensive ability in the center is relatively strong, but it is not enough to tear apart the opponent's heavily guarded center. The weak attack on the wing means that the center forward cannot get good results.
of performance.
Lallana is an excellent midfielder. He has good short and medium passing ability, the ability to get rid of the ball on the spot, good awareness and ball feel, and a long shot, but he is not the kind who can disrupt the defense through breakthroughs.
As a player, if there is enough space, his overall situation awareness and passing ability can have a great effect, but when facing a dense defense, he lacks some forward ability.
"Are the academics still too rigid?" Santi looked at Noriya on the coaching bench. As a famous reporter who is very close to Southampton Club, he did not easily judge Noriya like his peers.
There is no level. As far as he knows, both the players and the assistant coaches within Southampton are very convinced of Ji Ya. This shows that at least in terms of training, Ji Ya is qualified, even excellent.
So the current shortcomings in tactics should be due to the lack of experience of an academic coach.
If that's the case, you should give him some time.
After all, it is almost impossible to find a head coach who owns a club. Once he is really good, it will be a great thing for Southampton.
It is acceptable to temporarily sacrifice some achievements for this purpose.
Just as Santi was thinking this, he saw Ji Ya stand up and say a few words to a player on the bench. Then the player nodded and rushed out to start warming up.
"It's Lee Holmes..."
Santi thought to himself, this player is only 22 years old, he is Southampton's main substitute, and his position is the left winger.
"Increase wing attack?"
Santi continued to think in her mind.
Soon, Santi replaced defensive midfielder Lieutenant and sent in left winger Holmes.
Even the fans can see the intention of this substitution, and of course the opponent's head coach can also see it.
So after Holmes came up, although he made two consecutive breakthroughs on the wing, the opponent quickly adjusted his defensive focus and began to strengthen defense on the wing, and he immediately fell silent.
After all, he is not a genius, he is just an ordinary player with a certain ability to break through with the ball.
In the next few minutes, Southampton's offense began to become weak again, and time began to approach the final moment of the game infinitely!
When the game reached the 89th minute, Southampton fans shook their heads. They did not leave the field early, but their disappointment was already palpable!
Holmes once again received the ball on the wing.
When he appeared on the stage, he thought that he would be the savior who could turn the tide, but the reality soon made him sober. He was not a savior.
He's just an ordinary player.
Now Holmes has the ball at his feet, but there are enough defensive players in front of him. He can't break through. If he passes directly, he will just feed the opponent's defender.
No matter how tall Lambert and Giroud are, they can't compete for the top spot.
Just when he was at a loss what to do, Schneiderlin's English with a French accent came from behind.
"here!"
Holmes didn't have time to think, he immediately turned around and passed the ball back.
Schneiderlin will appear from behind to take over, and Schneiderlin has thought it through carefully.
Ji Ya has always told him to be a midfielder with both offense and defense. In Southampton's midfield, Lallana is responsible for the front offense and organization, and Lieutenant is responsible for running and interception. Then the task of connecting the midfield and the frontcourt is
He and Wharton are done.
Walton's foot skills are relatively rough, but he is full of fighting spirit and can run well. He relies on running to support the midfield.
And he has to show off his other side.
That means having a good vision and understanding of the overall situation, excellent foot skills, accurate timing of forward penetration, and good defensive and stealing abilities.
So Ji Ya gave him enough running space and tactical position.
In the midfield, Lallana is the main force of the offense, but Schneiderlin is the brains of the midfield.
Schneiderlin has never obtained such a position before, but now he has obtained it. In the previous games, his performance has been good and bad, but he believes that this is indeed the position that suits him best!
The current performance is average only because the whole team is not yet fully familiar with the new running system. A player like Schneiderlin is a mirror. He is as strong as his teammates are!
This time, he used his own judgment to find an opportunity when he pushed forward.
The opponent now has heavily deployed troops on the wing, and the opponent is also focusing on marking Southampton's two centers in the penalty area. However, correspondingly, the front of the penalty area seems a bit weak.
As long as I can pass the ball in time...
After receiving the return pass from Holmes, Schneiderlin immediately raised his foot and passed the ball to the far end of the penalty area!
This is a very difficult pick-up pass. I chose the pick-up pass because there is a defensive player in the middle, and I have to get past him before I can fall behind.
Schneiderlin didn't have much confidence in this pass, but he could only take a gamble!
Fortunately he succeeded.
The ball passed over the defensive player in the middle, fell to the back point, and flew right in front of Lallana.
Lallana adjusted slightly and then quickly kicked off the shot!
