Klein is not good at defense, but he is flexible and fast, which matches Alba's characteristics.
Alba can use his skills to get past him, but Klein will immediately get involved.
As a result, Valencia cannot launch an attack in the midfield, cannot form a good breakthrough on the wing, and it is a bit difficult to create a shot.
Valencia's attack had no effect, and it was Southampton's turn to attack - they quickly created another opportunity. Vidal made a direct pass during the counterattack, and Klose broke into the penalty area and pushed the shot into the near corner, which was missed by Al
Weiss flew under him again.
Klose shook his hand with some regret. This opportunity was good, but he failed to seize it. After coming to Southampton, he has been very happy, but he has not been able to make as much progress as before.
The ball also made him feel a little sorry for Southampton...
But in fact, he has not performed like this for many years. In the last two seasons at Bayern, he played no more than twenty times each season and scored only a few goals. He has been reduced to a substitute, while at Southampton
, if he is in good condition, he will definitely be able to play, and he has scored more than a dozen goals in various competitions. From this perspective, he has rejuvenated after joining Southampton.
He has always been a striker whose performance for the national team outweighs his performance for the club.
Klose wasted this opportunity, but Noriya didn't care. Klose played a much greater role on the court, just like Raul did at Schalke 04. He couldn't score goals like he did when he was young.
Ru Ma, but his fighting spirit and attitude can infect other players very well.
Giroud is willing to be his substitute, and this can be seen - in fact, Giroud's performance is better than Klose this season. His goal rate and game efficiency are higher. However, Giroud is better than Klose.
I learned a lot from him, which made Giroud willing to be the substitute.
Valencia continued to attack, and then continued to be pressed hard by Southampton in the midfield. After their attack failed, Southampton quickly launched a counterattack...
Emery began to feel something was wrong.
If we continue to play like this, won't it turn into a strong attack by Valencia, and Southampton is ready to counterattack at any time? If we play like this in an away game, wouldn't it be a big fool?
So Emery stood up and signaled the players to be more efficient when attacking and not to give the opponent a chance to counterattack.
Then Southampton began to naturally take over the offensive initiative.
William got the ball on the wing and started to break forward. At this time, Klein moved towards the baseline, which attracted Mathieu's attention. William made a cross cut and seemed to be preparing to break into the penalty area. Fortunately, Alba retreated at this time.
Come back.
Although Alba's defensive ability in the penalty area is not very good, he is still a human being after all. Even if he is stuck there, it is still effective.
William made no other unnecessary moves, but raised his foot and passed the ball into the penalty area.
This was an outward curve ball, so no one cared about Klose moving towards the back of the goal.
The next moment, the ball flying into the penalty area was stopped by Alba with his foot, and then changed direction... and flew to the back point.
When everyone was stunned, Klose easily met the flying ball and headed the ball into the Valencia gate!
"The ball went in! What a dramatic goal! Klose's original running route was just to attract attention, but Alba blocked Willian's cross and blocked the ball directly in front of him! Klose
Ze's shot was barely disturbed! Southampton leads 1-0 at home!"
As the commentator shouted, Klose beamed and hugged his teammates. This was his eighteenth goal in all competitions this season. It was not a lot, but it was also very efficient.
Ji Ya clapped his hands. Although this goal was a bit unexpected, it was not too unexpected. With the suppressive nature of Southampton's offense, scoring was only a matter of time.
Of course, being able to take the lead so smoothly is a good thing in itself.
"Continue to suppress the offense and let them know how powerful our offense is!"
Ji Ya shouted from the sidelines, while Emery gritted his teeth and glanced at Ji Ya from a distance.
You are leading and want to continue to expand the score? Are you looking down on us so much?
But after the game started, Emery realized that he really didn't underestimate them.
But Southampton's offensive suppression can indeed suppress Valencia's offense!
As I said before, the current Valencia is not as good as before because they no longer have top players like David Silva, Juan Mata or David Villa as hot spots. Besides Alba, they can
In addition to bringing some vitality, most of the other players can only be regarded as second-rate or above-average talents. Such a team as a whole is fine, but it has no explosive points.
If the overall strength can suppress the opponent, then of course you can fight as hard as you want. However, if you cannot suppress the opponent and there is no explosive point, you will be suppressed ugly.
Therefore, although Valencia is currently ranked third in La Liga, when they encounter Barcelona and Real Madrid, they will lose ugly every time.
This is the consequence of suppressed strength.
On the contrary, those teams with outstanding players may not perform as well as Valencia, but they can still create some surprises against Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The two sides continued to struggle on the field. Southampton used running to entangle Valencia's offense, and then continued to create opportunities through its own offense.
The two sides struggled for almost 20 minutes, and Southampton once again relied on its strong offensive ability to score a goal - Willian took a corner kick, and Blind, who stepped forward to assist, flicked his head in the back and hit the goal, but Alves couldn't make the save!
Two to zero, Southampton expanded its lead!
This once again plunged the St. Mary's Stadium into crazy shouts, and Ji Ya also jumped up this time - leading by two goals, which seemed very smooth!
As long as the next games are played safely, it will be difficult for Valencia to make waves...
Again, they lack explosive points and are almost unable to create miracles when they are lagging behind and disadvantaged.
But Valencia is a strong team after all. Even if they are suppressed by Southampton, they are not completely without the power to counterattack.
In stoppage time, they relied on a corner kick to get one point back - the corner kick went to the front point, Rami's header flew to the back point, and the right winger Honas followed up and scored with a flying shovel!
Southampton fans sighed. It was great to go into halftime with a two-goal lead, but the opponent scored one...
However, such a goal will not affect their good mood. Southampton's advantage was obvious in the first half. This cannot be regained by just one goal.
