Tottenham's lineup this year is indeed good, but for the newly appointed Villas-Boas, he is not worried about his team's offense, but the team's defense.
Offensively, they have good players such as Bell, Lennon and Defoe, and full-back Walker's offensive ability is also quite good. However, defensively, they are a little worse. Goalkeeper Friedel is a reliable goalkeeper, but not excellent.
Defender Gallas is a time bomb. Tottenham's reputation as a defensive team has started from now on...
Their defense has even seriously affected their offensive ability. After eight rounds now, Tottenham has conceded 12 goals, which ranks second to last among the top ten teams. Other teams have conceded fewer goals than them.
, the only player who conceded more goals than them was Southampton, who conceded sixteen.
But Southampton scored twenty-six goals! Their offensive strength and weak defense are due to tactics, while Tottenham's defense is due to the players!
Although Dembele was hired from Southampton this summer, it only strengthened the midfielder's running and interception capabilities, but it was not enough to improve the defense.
Now facing Southampton away from home, it seems... we can only rely on offense.
Last season, he was dismissed by Noriya. This season, he can find a chance to take revenge!
When the Tottenham team appeared at St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton fans booed and only applauded Bale - after all, Bale was once their hope. Although he was sold early, that was not the case.
It wasn't Bell himself who wanted to leave.
Southampton's current situation is very good, so many fans are calling for Bale to be bought back. However, Southampton's management and Bale both know that this is basically impossible...
Bale can be said to be the hottest superstar in Europe now. His transfer in the summer will definitely be a sky-high price, and there are only a few teams that are qualified to introduce him, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern...
Even if Southampton performs well in the Champions League this year, it will be difficult for him to introduce Bell, not to mention that Tottenham will not sell Bell to a competitor in the league. This is already a consensus.
When the Southampton players came on the field, of course they received even louder cheers.
Although they were tied with Ajax before, Southampton fans continued to support Noriya. After all, in the past many years, they have never been able to see the hope of Southampton reaching a certain peak.
Southampton has always been a small team, or a relatively mediocre team. This can be seen from the fact that before Nobuya took over, Southampton's only honor was one FA Cup championship.
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And what about after Noriya took over? He won two Europa Leagues, one League Cup, the English Championship and points record, plus the best result of third place in the league.
Just by comparing it, you can realize the earth-shaking changes before and after Kiya took over!
Southampton fans would be foolish to oppose Noriya, a man who truly started Southampton's path to glory.
When Noriya came out of the tunnel, he waved to the stands, which immediately burst into warm applause.
Ji Ya enjoyed this feeling very much.
Boas did not shake hands with Ji Ya, and Ji Ya pretended not to see him.
In the last round, Southampton's main players were exhausted in the away game, but Ji Ya did not make too many rotations in this game. All the main players played - anyway, the next week is the League Cup game, and they will have plenty of them by then.
during break.
"These two teams have one thing in common - of course it's not that they score a lot of goals, but they concede a lot of goals. Southampton conceded 16 goals in eight games, while Tottenham conceded 12 goals. Now
It just depends on who can score more goals in the opponent's defense..."
The commentator commented, but after the game started, the two sides fought more in the midfield.
Tottenham's midfield of Dembele, Sigurdsson and Huddlestone is not bad at running and confrontation. However, Southampton is also very good in this aspect, and the full-backs of both sides like to hit the center.
The team came to the court to participate in running and pressing, so both sides coincidentally started a crazy confrontation in the midfield from the beginning.
Dembele is very familiar with Southampton's midfielder, and Southampton's midfielder is also very familiar with him.
Mkhitaryan is constantly interfering with Dembele. Although Mkhitaryan's defense is not very good, he relies on his speed and flexibility to interfere with Dembele's receiving and delivering the ball, which is very powerful.
Dembele's foot skills are not bad. In fact, he is also an all-around midfielder. However, under Mkhitaryan's constant interference, his ball play has been greatly affected.
After gradually gaining the advantage in the midfield, Southampton's offense began to develop continuously.
William began to break through with the ball on the right side - the opponent's right back Walker was very good at both offense and defense. His strong body and excellent speed made it difficult for the opponent to take advantage of this side.
As for Tottenham's left back, Vertonghen, who originally played as a center back, guest-starred in this position - Vertonghen is a good center back and his level is also very good, but if he has 90 points in the center back position,
, then in the left back position, maybe there are only 70 points.
Moreover, he is relatively tall, so it is really difficult for him to play the full-back position.
William is targeting this side, and this is also Ji Ya's arrangement before the game.
The left back is a cameo of a centre-back, the centre-back Gallas is a well-known bomb, and Kerker is a young player who is also prone to mistakes. Villas-Boas relies on this defense, which is indeed tiring.
Willian, who has been in good form recently, completed a beautiful breakthrough on the wing. He first pretended to cross, attracting Vertonghen's attention, then went down again, and then followed the baseline directly into the penalty area!
Gallas and Kerkel pounced on William almost at the same time. The opponent's two central defenders made mistakes at the same time. William would not miss such an opportunity and immediately passed the ball to the center of the penalty area...
Benteke followed up and almost picked a goal!
"The goal is scored! Benteke's sixth goal this season! After scoring twice to break the goal drought in the last game, he opened the scoring for Southampton this time! Congratulations to Noriya, he finally found it again
A goalscorer who can deliver consistent goals!"
Benteke ran on the court with his arms spread wide. Although he was injured before, his body was still in good shape. After returning, he scored consecutive goals, which gave him the illusion that he was indeed a top striker...
Ji Ya clapped his hands, Tottenham's defense is indeed a bit bad, this is Southampton's favorite way of playing.
However, this kind of open game... is also the favorite offensive method of Tottenham's attackers.
Because there is no player in Tottenham's frontcourt who is not a player with excellent speed and skills. Give them enough space and they will be able to keep galloping!
