The heroic words have been shouted out, but it is still difficult for them to continue to advance in the remaining four competitions.
Now after fifteen league rounds, Southampton has scored 30 points. This scoring rate is actually not bad. However, in the league, Manchester United has now scored 36 points and Manchester City has 33 points, leading Southampton.
After six points and three points, Southampton's third position is still very stable now. Chelsea has slipped to fourth with 26 points. After falling from the first position, they started as if they were committing suicide.
Crazy slide.
Di Matteo is indeed unstable.
So he had been fired by Chelsea, and the unemployed tactician Benitez took up the coaching job. However, by this time Chelsea had already been eliminated from the Champions League group stage, even earlier than Southampton.
And Benitez is not a fairy. After he came up, he suffered consecutive losses in the league and lost the Club World Cup. At least from now on, they will not be able to attack the championship for the time being.
The top three teams from last season continue to be the strongest contenders for the league championship.
After returning to the league, Southampton will face Reading at home in the next round of the league, which is fighting for relegation. The Manchester duo will fight against each other. This is of course good news for Southampton. They at least
You can find opportunities to catch up with one or narrow the gap.
Reading is not an easy team to deal with. They run aggressively and play fiercely. The devastating defeat against Chelsea that year is an example. However, Noriya adopted more technical tactics for this game, through running and passing.
After tearing open the opponent's defense, the game was won without a fight. After continuous passes, Mkhitaryan, Ronaldo and Benteke each scored a goal in the game, and Southampton defeated their opponent 3-0.
Then they can comfortably wait for the news of the Manchester Derby. In the end, in this game, the experienced Ferguson was superior. He led the team to defeat Manchester City 3-2 in the away game. Rooney scored twice and Robin van Persie ended the game.
The previous winning goal made Toure and Zabaleta's goals in vain!
In this way, Southampton tied Manchester City's points with 33 points, and relied on the advantage of three goal differences to overpower Manchester City and become second in the league!
"This way, we can only chase one opponent." Noriya said at the team meeting.
The Southampton players burst out laughing at the same time, thinking that their boss was really good at telling jokes.
However, Ji Ya didn't really feel that he was telling a joke. Manchester City obviously did not have the same momentum as last season this year. Instead, it was Ferguson who showed his final fighting spirit in his last season!
"Would it be too much to prevent him from winning the Premier League title in his last season? It's okay. Anyway, Manchester United is already the team that has won the most league titles, one more than Liverpool. He has already succeeded."
Noriya was thinking in his mind, but the next round seemed to prove that it was too early for him to win the league championship.
In the next round of the league, Southampton challenged Chelsea away. Under the command of Benitez, Chelsea's combat effectiveness has now recovered somewhat. They relied on the goals of Hazard and Demba Ba in the first half.
The ball took the lead, and Southampton launched a crazy press and impact in the second half. Benteke beat Cahill and scored with a header, which sounded the clarion call for Southampton's counterattack. In the remaining time, Mkhitaryan
After a beautiful breakthrough, he suddenly took a shot and equalized the score for Southampton.
The final score of this game was 2 to 2. Although Southampton did not lose the game, they fell to third place again after both Manchester teams won.
The draw only solidified their third-place status.
"Don't worry, Manchester United has won many games in a row. Their current state is at the end of their game, and we will get better and better."
Ji Ya uses this method to encourage the players. Christmas is coming soon, and the following games are also quite intensive...
In the League Cup quarter-finals on December 20, Southampton faced Chelsea at home. This was their second consecutive game against Chelsea.
The 18th round will be played at home against Sunderland on December 23.
The 19th round will be an away game against Fulham on December 27th.
The 20th round will be an away game against Stoke City on December 30th.
The 21st round will be against Arsenal at home on January 2nd.
The third round of the FA Cup on January 5th - Until this time, Southampton could not breathe a sigh of relief, because their opponent in this game was Chelsea again...
If you look at this schedule, you will know how intensive the games Southampton will face next.
Playing six games in sixteen days is not the rhythm of two games a week, but the rhythm of three games a week.
However, Ji Ya doesn't have much opinion on this, because Chelsea only has a harder time than them, because they just played in the Club World Cup and lost the game...
Under such circumstances, they have to play three games against Southampton in a short period of time, which really puts a lot of pressure on them.
Chelsea's draw in the last league game was very dangerous. In the second half, Southampton had an absolute advantage in terms of physical fitness. If it weren't for luck, they would have lost that game.
Immediately following the game at St. Mary's Stadium, Benitez was also under great pressure.
He had to rotate some players, goalkeeper Petr Cech, defender Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Luis, young player Bertrand as left back, Lampard and Oscar as double midfielder, three in the frontcourt
The attackers are Moses, Marin and Mata, with Torres forward alone. Moses, Marin, Torres, Lampard, Bertrand and Ivanovic are all substitutes, which means Chelsea has a strong foundation.
Noriya has also rotated a lot of players. Recently, almost all the main players have played, and they are a bit tired. In the next few days, they must rotate - goalkeeper Navas, defender Jenkinson, Chambers, Font.
, Luke Shaw, because Matuidi has been a little too tired recently in the midfield, so Ji Ya sent Walton. The old captain's physical fitness seems to be good recently.
The other two midfielders are Drinkwater and Vidal, and the forwards Nolito, Austin and Willian.
Such a lineup also rotates six people. For Noriya, in this game, he also has to prove that Southampton's substitutes are no worse than Chelsea.
Benitez did not exchange greetings with Noriya. The tactician has been miserable in recent years. Although he has been involved with many wealthy clubs, he has almost never coached for even a full season. Now coaching Chelsea is a good opportunity for him.
Opportunity, otherwise he will really become a bastard who relies on his past fame to earn a living.
It is also very miserable for a famous coach to grow old. If he says he can't do it, it will be like he suddenly died. There is no place for them in the rich family anymore.
