"I don't care what the outside world says, or whether we have no hope of entering the knockout stage. I only know that we have at least two Champions League games this season. We must try our best to perform well. Even if we are eliminated, we cannot be embarrassed.
He was eliminated." Ji Ya said seriously in the conference room.
The expressions of the players are also very serious - to be honest, they are really unconvinced now. In the four games so far, they feel that they have not been able to give their best...
Calculating carefully, that is when they were at their best in the first game against Real Madrid, but two main players were injured in that game. In the following games, there will be some problems, even in an ordinary group.
In such a situation, it is easy for people to collapse, let alone in such a death group.
So they are really not convinced!
"We should have entered the knockout rounds, but because of our inexperience, bad luck, and schedule interference, our chances of entering the knockout rounds have become very small. But do we have to give up the remaining two games?
Of course not! In the last two games, we have to use all our strength to fight! Even if it affects the performance of the league, we will not hesitate! Because this is the Champions League! We have to win Real Madrid and Dortmund to prove
Our strength!"
Amidst Ji Ya's roar, the Southampton players also waved their fists and shouted. Sometimes you don't need so much reason, all you need is a clear mind!
It’s your first time playing a Champions League game, you don’t have to qualify from the group, but you definitely can’t fail to win every game you’re playing in your first Champions Cup game!
No matter what, you have to win a game to prove your strength!
With this unhappy and aggrieved mood, Southampton began to vent its anger in the league.
The first to suffer was Swansea City, who were promoted this season.
Swansea are currently ranked 11th. This performance is already quite good. In fact, last season, they had a chance to play in the Premier League, but they lost to Norwich in the Championship play-off final.
In the end, they missed the Premier League, but this season they finally made it as champions of the English Championship.
Their current performance is quite good, but unfortunately, they encountered a Southampton team that was going on a rampage.
Benteke scored a goal in the first half, but it was Mkhitaryan who opened the scoring for Southampton. Klose and Nolito, who came on the bench in the second half, each scored a goal. Swansea only scored one goal before the end.
After pulling back a point, Southampton swept their opponents 4-1.
Chelsea has drawn two consecutive games in the last two games, Manchester City has drawn one and won, and Manchester United has won two consecutive games. In this way, although Southampton is still ranked fourth, it is only one point behind Chelsea, who is third.
Manchester City continues to be two points behind, four points behind Manchester United.
After a week's rest, Southampton once again struck hard in the league. Facing last season's newly promoted team, Queens Park Rangers, who had narrowly escaped relegation, Southampton easily defeated their opponent three to one. Benteke
Vidal opened the scoring and expanded the lead. After the opponent recovered a point, Lingard's header before the end allowed Southampton to lock the score at 3-1.
In this round, Manchester United encountered Waterloo. They unexpectedly lost to Norwich 0-1 away from home. Chelsea continued to slump. They were defeated by West Bromwich Albion 2-1. Except for Southampton, Manchester City was
The most prosperous team in this round, they swept Aston Villa, who had already started to avoid relegation, 5-0 at home, jumping to first place in the standings with 28 points, while Southampton surpassed Chelsea with 26 points.
Came to the third position.
Many pro-Chelsea and Manchester United media began to criticize Southampton for playing a civil war between insiders and outsiders. They failed to win a single match in the Champions League. However, every time they got angry in the Champions League, they would come back and beat up their Premier League opponents. This is
What is it but bullying the weak and fearing the strong?
Noriya never responded to such comments.
It's just that the media who criticized in this way ignored that Southampton hid several main players such as Willian and Mkhitaryan in the game against Queens Park Rangers, obviously accumulating strength for the Champions League.
In the next home game, except for Otamendi who was still injured and unable to play, Southampton's personnel looked so neat for the first time.
And no player is physically weak.
The current situation of Real Madrid is actually not very good. They only scored one point against Dortmund in two games, which cast a shadow on their qualifying. They are also beginning to feel tremendous pressure in the league. So far, they have played 12 games in La Liga.
In the round, Barcelona ranked first with eleven wins, one draw, and Atletico Madrid ranked second with ten wins, one draw, and one loss. Real Madrid had eight wins, two draws, and two losses. It was eight points behind Barcelona and five points behind Atletico Madrid. The situation
Pretty bad.
After all, Real Madrid scored 100 points last season, but this season's performance has declined somewhat. Even if the results are actually not bad at all, Mourinho has begun to bear a heavy burden.
What's more, after the third year, Mourinho's team will always have various problems.
However, after drawing with Barcelona in the eighth round, Real Madrid has maintained a five-match winning streak recently, and their condition seems to be getting better.
"When Real Madrid are in good form in the league, their performance in the Champions League will decline, so this is our opportunity... Three of their last five wins have been 5-1, 4-0, 5-0, etc.
The big victory shows that their state is actually a bit unbearable...Compared with their offense! Let us show Real Madrid at home how sharp Southampton's offense is!"
Noriya waved his fist, and the fighting spirit of the Southampton players was also mobilized.
They were originally a little worried that the leader was a little discouraged. Since at this time, the leader still showed fighting spirit, what else was there to worry about?
Together with the boss, if we fight hard, even if we can't qualify, we should at least win against Real Madrid!
Originally, Southampton lost quite unconvincingly in the away game, 2-3!
This home court is also the time for them to prove that they are no worse than Real Madrid's stars!
This is not only the proof they have to prove, but also the proof that Ji Ya has to do.
Although there were three draws and one loss in the four group matches, which actually meant one loss, not having a single victory is always a shameful thing.
Ji Ya didn't want to lead his team out of the group stage. Even if he was eliminated, he had to leave with his head held high.
Being eliminated after fighting until the end and being eliminated without any enterprising spirit are both eliminated, but they are completely different!
At least, various sponsors are more willing to sponsor a team with enough ambitions...
No one wants to sponsor a team that has no fighting spirit.
