After the game started, Bruce didn't notice anything wrong.
Southampton's offense was as he imagined. Although they continued to attack through passes, facing the tightly defended Sunderland defense, they did not have a good method. Fine passing attacks required luck and mutual cooperation.
, as well as the outstanding abilities of the players, Southampton seems to be inferior in these aspects, and it is not a good thing to break through their defense.
Although Ferdinand Jr. is not a top central defender, he has always been in the Premier League. With the experienced Turner assisting him, there is no problem in frontal defense. In addition, there is also a card king Kana in the midfield. This person defends like
Like a mad dog, he is still very fierce.
As long as Southampton keeps attacking and has no chance, then Sunderland will have a chance.
Darren Bent's personal ability is very lethal in the Premier League. The reason why he has never gone to a top team is because his coordination ability is average and his personal ability is not so strong that he went there.
It's not a top team, but it's still very marketable among mid-to-lower teams.
His personal abilities can often play a huge role.
This game is no exception.
When the game reached the 23rd minute, it was Darren Bent's attack full of personal ability that helped Sunderland take the lead in the away game!
Malbranque shifted to the middle to get the ball, and then passed it straight forward. After Bent retreated to get the ball, he still managed to turn around under Lieuten's defense, accelerate the breakthrough and throw away the opponent. Lovren and Perry were one after another.
Later, he tried to control the direction of his breakthrough, but Bente took a long shot from more than 20 meters away from the goal!
The shot was sudden. Lovren's interception was a step too slow. Perry failed to stop the ball with his body. Instead, it blocked Davis' line of sight. When Davis saw the ball in his field of vision,
It's too late to react...
The stands were filled with huge cheers from hundreds of Sunderland fans who had come from afar!
Ji Ya shook his head. There was nothing to say about such a lost goal. Bente's personal ability was fully demonstrated. Southampton's players had tried their best.
"Don't be anxious, continue to play the way you just did!" Ji Ya stood up and shouted twice towards the field.
Bruce glanced with some surprise. This young coach is still very calm, but what can he do if he is calm? We are ahead, then the defensive counterattack will be smoother...
Sunderland's tactics in the league this season are defensive counterattacks. After seven league rounds, they have three wins, three draws and one loss. The game they lost was against Chelsea. They also relied on counterattacks to score goals and were passed by Chelsea.
They scored three goals in a row on a strong attack, but at other times their opponents couldn't do much with their defense.
Can Southampton's offense be better than Chelsea's with Drogba, Deco, Lampard and others? What a joke!
From a certain perspective, Bruce's idea is correct.
However, he still overestimated his defensive ability.
Especially his players, at the beginning of the Premier League season, relying on their lowered stature and defensive spirit, can indeed make Premier League opponents have nothing to do with their defense, but that does not mean that Sunderland
The defense is really strong.
What's more, can the mentality towards Southampton be the same as the mentality towards Chelsea?
In the rest of the first half, Southampton still seemed to have no way to attack. Although they got some opportunities, they always missed the goal. Although Sunderland's counterattack did not have any good effect.
Bruce is still confident.
If we keep fighting like this, we will definitely win!
"Okay, we did a good job in the first half... Did you see that Sunderland scored a goal for us just by luck, and we still have a secret weapon that we didn't use."
In the locker room, Ji Ya mobilized the fighting spirit of all the players with just one sentence. The first half of the match also made them feel that Sunderland was nothing special and was at about the same level as them...
So what the boss said is correct. We are a Premier League team and it was just an accident that we came to League One.
"Henrik, get ready to play in the second half...play the way you are accustomed to, disrupt their defense with breakthroughs, and you know what to do next," Ji Ya said to Mkhitaryan.
Mkhitaryan nodded excitedly. He played very well in the last game, but it can be felt that although the English League One is much better than the Armenian League in terms of defensive intensity and running confrontation, the opponent's level is...
Compared with those opponents in the Armenian League, it seems to be about the same.
And this game is against a Premier League team, so it must be very different!
Didn't he come to Southampton just to adapt to England's football style in advance and then pave the way for him?
The Premier League is no longer a symbol of low standards in the 1990s. It is the top league in Europe. If you can adapt to the Premier League, you can go anywhere.
This game is undoubtedly a suitable test.
Being able to meet a Premier League team in the cup, it was a good idea to come to Southampton.
Although it is only English League One, at least it has more channels than in the Armenian League! The strength of the Armenian League is limited. Although Yerevan Phoenix is the perennial overlord, they can only start from the qualifying rounds of the Champions League, and with their strength, others
Speaking of entering the main draw, the chances of reaching the final round of qualifying are very slim.
So even though he has played in European competitions for a few years, he has never encountered any decent strong teams.
And such opportunities are still easy to obtain in Southampton!
With high fighting spirit, Mkhitaryan replaced Walton after halftime.
Seeing that Southampton had a new player on the field, Bruce didn't feel too concerned. After all, substitutions are normal for English League One teams, and there are many young players in English League One teams...
"He didn't respond? He didn't even watch our last League One match, right? How did this guy arrange his tactics..." Ji Ya thought to himself in surprise.
One thing that Noriya overlooked is that as a Premier League team, it is actually not easy to get game videos of English League One teams. This is also one of the requirements of Legend of the Dragon Slayer. If you are unfamiliar with the familiar, you will naturally suffer.
Although we are in the information age, it is still difficult to get a match from a English League One team except by looking for it. That’s why Bruce only watched the match between Southampton and Birmingham and made a misjudgment.
It seems normal.
"Since you are so careless... then let you have a taste of our power." Ji Ya thought in his heart.
