Although it seems that Ji Ya has not achieved much in the past three years since his debut, but counting carefully, it is still very surprising.
In his first season in League One, he participated in three consecutive finals at Wembley Stadium and won them all.
In the second season in the English Championship, they set an unprecedented record of a second-tier team winning the European Championship.
This season, he led the newly promoted Southampton to third place in the Premier League. This is already the second best newly promoted team after Nottingham Forest. It also needs to defend the Europa League. How can such a performance not confuse many people?
Are you jealous of a head coach who has had no decent results for many years?
Not to mention that he also has the coaching environment that all coaches dream of - he is the boss!
What is the coach afraid of? What he is afraid of is the constraints from the management!
Ji Ya will not restrain himself...
Moreover, some of his tactics have also been adjusted, which makes people feel incredible. Looking back, they are very reasonable.
Considering his age and being so cunning, one can only call him a monster.
After the two sides continued to quarrel, the players of Southampton and Atletico Madrid worked very hard, and the situation seemed to be relatively even. At this time, the advantage of Atletico Madrid having a shooter who can bring a lot of goals was revealed.
In the 34th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid seized an opportunity that was not a chance during a fast break.
Turan broke through from the left and passed the ball. The ball flew to the back of the penalty area. Falcao unloaded the ball. Lovren flew to block it, but he kicked back immediately and dodged a shooting gap. Suddenly,
Take a shot!
The shot was fast and accurate. Although Navas made a save, the ball also missed his fingertips and flew into the far corner of the goal!
"Oh oh oh! Falcao equalized the score! He is in great shape! The Colombian striker has performed well for Atletico Madrid this season. This is his 34th goal in all competitions this season and the best in the Europa League.
The eleventh goal in the cup! Although not as many goals as last season, this number is quite astonishing! He is really a shooting machine with a lot of goals!"
"Obviously, Falcao will win the honor of the top scorer in the Europa League for two consecutive seasons. This is unprecedented in the history of the Europa League! Such a goal-scoring goalscorer can be called Messi
The first person under Cristiano Ronaldo! Will he continue to stay at Atletico Madrid? If Atletico Madrid cannot qualify for the Champions League next season..."
The commentators began to praise Falcao one after another, but the implicit meaning of these words made Atletico Madrid fans quite unhappy!
"Shut up and say something nice!"
Many Atletico Madrid fans started shouting loudly, and of course they were also celebrating the equalizer at the same time.
Simeone breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was an equalizer. Otherwise, if the fight continued like this, Atletico Madrid's situation would only get worse.
"Damn, they are so lucky. If they lead into halftime, then we will basically win." Ji Ya said depressedly.
"It's okay, boss, didn't you say that as long as we can maintain a tie for ninety minutes, then the victory will definitely belong to us?" Benelli thought reasonably.
"You're right." Ji Ya nodded.
For the rest of the first half, the rhythm of the game was still under Southampton's control. They kept possession of the ball, constantly consuming both sides' physical energy and time.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Simeone breathed a sigh of relief. Since the first half was a draw, there was still work to be done in the second half.
"Our frontcourt press is actually useful. They also need to put in more physical energy to resist our press. Moreover, the goal was actually more accidental. On the contrary, our offense was more efficient, so we continued to play like this in the second half.
, focus, let’s resolve the battle within ninety minutes!” Simeone said in the locker room, waving his fist.
The players nodded one after another. They didn't have any objections to his words. They could see that although Southampton was constantly attacking, they did rarely pose a threat. That cooperation could be said to involve several top players.
If the inspiration comes out, it would be really difficult to find opportunities from Atletico Madrid's defense.
Over the past year, Atletico Madrid's defense has really improved a lot.
"So when we attack, we have to seize the opportunity... Do you understand? Kill them! The final victory in this game must belong to us!"
Simeone waved his fist and shouted. He is very good at invigorating players, and Atletico Madrid players also disliked his tricks.
While the Atletico Madrid dressing room was shouting with excitement, Noriya was trying to get the players to calm down.
"We must be patient, do you understand? Compared with Atletico Madrid, our advantage is that our skills are slightly better, so in the second half our most important thing is to seize opportunities. The efficiency of ball possession and offense will be relatively low. Plus
Their defense is indeed very strong, so when the set piece appears, we must seize the opportunity steadily and remember, never give up. Atletico Madrid's tactics restrain us, and we can only work hard to perform better.
,do you understand?"
The players nodded one after another. In fact, when it comes to winning experience, both sides are evenly matched. Although Southampton is the defending champion, Atletico Madrid was also the Europa League champion last season. Although Atletico Madrid's main lineup has also changed in the past two years.
Many important players such as Godin, Miranda, Turan, Gabi and Falcao are new players, but they are indeed not bad in terms of experience.
So Southampton's real advantage is patience.
After all, most of their players have indeed experienced the test of the Europa League finals.
Players from both sides appeared.
This time Ji Ya did not shake hands with Simeone. After meeting him in the tunnel, they just nodded to each other as a greeting, and then each returned to his or her seat.
Who can have the last laugh depends on the next game.
Players from both sides started fighting immediately after the start of the second half.
There were no changes on the scene. Southampton still controlled the ball and attacked when they had the opportunity, and Atletico Madrid launched a fast break when they had the opportunity.
This kind of offensive efficiency will not be too high, which is something everyone knows.
The battle between the two sides, now it seems, is who can seize the opportunity better.
If you look at this, it will be difficult for others to have any confidence in Southampton - after all, their forwards seem to be a little worse, and Atletico Madrid has a top Falcao...
Better than seizing the opportunity? It must be better than Atletico Madrid!
