For Southampton fans, they are also looking forward to the new season - first of all, they are looking forward to the Champions League games. Secondly, although the team sold three main players, they also signed in and retained most of them.
The main players, especially Vidal, Willian and Ronaldo, who were transferred at a high price last season, have all stayed, which is enough to prove the team's ambition.
We are not afraid of selling out, but we are afraid that the team will not have ambition.
After Noriya took over, Southampton has never disappointed the fans in this regard. Although there is no big move, the fans also know the current situation of the team and of course they will not have any unrealistic illusions.
Being able to buy a few national players at every turn is already great!
Southampton fans are easily satisfied.
They are also very interested in the next away game against Manchester City.
Manchester City's lineup has not changed much this season, and Noriya is somewhat dismissive of this.
"If you don't buy an excellent central defender, you don't buy a really good defensive midfielder... Rodwell seems to be a genius, but in fact his strength is only average. We can deal with their central midfielder well." Noriya said during the game.
Say it before you start.
Mancini sent a 4-4-2 lineup for this game. Obviously he found that 4-3-3 was not very effective against Southampton. In fact, in the second half of last season, he used 4-4-2 for a long time.
Well, after all, there are four good forwards in total, so it would be a waste to play just one center.
Goalkeeper Hart, defenders Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, midfielder Nasri and Silva on the wings, Rodwell and Yaya Toure in the center, Tevye at the forward
The Argentine combination of Sergio Aguero.
Tevez had been arguing about a transfer for two years, but the transfer still failed to happen, so he had to bow his head and apologize, and then he got the chance to play again.
"Mancini expected Rodwell to be able to support their midfield defense. He was simply too naive. What can only two people, De Jong and Barry, do? Do you expect Rodwell to do it? He thought he was Macklay.
Lai..."
Ji Ya complained in his heart, and then waited for the start of this game.
After the game started, Southampton kept suppressing Manchester City's midfield in the middle. In other words, they bullied Rodwell. Rodwell was a newcomer and suffered from injuries last season. This season, he started to
Mkhitaryan and Vidal teamed up to press him, and he was immediately in a hurry.
"Henrik's running and pressing abilities have improved a lot." Benelli said with some surprise.
Ji Ya smiled and said nothing. This was actually obvious last season. Mkhitaryan was also strengthening his shortcomings during training. This was indeed a bit difficult for him. A pure No. 10 player,
Start to strengthen your running and defense...
Just for this reason, Ji Ya felt that he should give him more opportunities.
In comparison, Schneiderlin and Drinkwater seem to have made slower progress, but Jiya is not in a hurry. After all, they are not very old, one is twenty-two and the other is twenty-three. At this period, they are also one
It is a period where they can make gradual progress. As long as they can seize the opportunity, they can still make a leap.
Manchester City suffered a loss in the midfield, but their attack started from the wings, and then handed over to the center to complete the attack.
At this time, the performance of new aid Otamendi became prominent.
The previous main defender Lovren was tall, and although he was not slow with his feet, he was a tall central defender after all. When facing fast and agile defenders, it was a bit difficult, but Otamendi was different. Facing two
He is familiar with the compatriots in the national team and can keep up with them.
Tevez was also unlucky. He broke through twice in a row, but Otamendi judged the ball in advance and destroyed the ball.
Seeing that Tevez was having some difficulty attacking, Manchester United players began to pass the ball to Aguero to initiate the attack.
In terms of dribbling and dribbling, Aguero is not as good as Tevez, but his scoring ability is much better.
Soon, he received the ball and completed a shot, forcing Navas to make a save.
"This guy is really troublesome. This guy was also the most difficult to deal with last season." Ji Ya muttered.
As a top shooter, Aguero can indeed bring the greatest damage.
But what surprised Noriya was that he seemed to have good luck in this game - Aguero got the ball from the wing in the eighth minute, and then Klein got into a fight. During the fight, the two fell to the ground at the same time, and Klein
He quickly stood up, but Aguero was carried off the field on a stretcher...
Manchester City fans were also a little speechless. This was a normal physical contact, but Aguero was unlucky to hurt his knee.
It's really just bad luck.
Mancini was speechless and replaced Dzeko. This was an unplanned substitution.
However, Manchester City's offense was not greatly affected. They launched an attack quickly. Nasri was very active on the wing, constantly breaking through Blind's defense.
Blind also gritted his teeth and persisted. He clung to Nasri and relied on his physical advantage to constantly press the Frenchman.
Under such pressure, Nasri gradually became less active - his relatively fragile body was his biggest weakness.
The center was suppressed by Southampton, and Rinasri was controlled on both wings. David Silva was the only one left to initiate Manchester City's attack.
Of course, there is no doubt about the Spaniard's level. It was his breakthrough that created the first good opportunity for Manchester City. After his breakthrough, he passed the ball into the penalty area. Tevez took the ball and turned around, and then suddenly flicked the ball.
Otamendi reacted a step too late, and when he stretched out his foot to block Tevez, he tripped Tevez to the ground. The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick!
"Damn it, Tevez is so cunning..." Ji Ya cursed angrily, but soon he jumped up again.
Silva took the penalty kick and the ball flew to the lower right corner. Navas made an accurate judgment and immediately jumped sideways to save the ball from the baseline!
"Well done!"
Noriya shouted while waving his fists.
Now it was the turn of the Manchester City fans to hold their heads, while the morale of the Southampton players soared!
They high-fived Navas one after another, and Navas clapped his hands: "Come on! Guard this attack!"
Silva took a corner kick, and the ball was cleared by Fonte's header. Rodwell took the ball outside the penalty area. He tried to pass the ball and shoot, but Mkhitaryan jumped on him and raised his foot to intercept the ball!
After stealing the ball, Mkhitaryan quickly distributed the ball to the right, then accelerated and ran forward.
William took the ball on the right. Suddenly, Benteke in the middle, Ronaldo on the left, and Mkhitaryan and Vidal who followed behind, Southampton's counterattack quickly launched an offensive!
