Although they have retained their main strength, Manchester United's dominance has indeed declined this season. In the first round of the Champions League, they tied Real Madrid 1-1 away from home, but they lost 2-1 at home and were eliminated.
, to say that Southampton is actually responsible for Manchester United's elimination. If they had not defeated Real Madrid, Real Madrid would not have fallen to the second place in the group, and they would not have met the first-ranked Manchester United...
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Okay, okay, this pot is all mine.
Ji Ya replied.
However, Manchester United's elimination is actually beneficial to them. At least Manchester United can now focus all their attention on the league, while Southampton is still distracted by the Europa League and FA Cup.
If the pressure in the Europa League wasn't so great and Southampton basically relied on substitutes in the FA Cup, Southampton would have even more difficulties in the future.
Southampton, who is sitting at home, is waiting for the arrival of Inter Milan. Inter Milan's recent performance in Serie A is not very good, which also gives their head coach Stramaccioni a headache. After all, Inter Milan also has many injuries now.
, although his position is still very stable, it is still unknown whether he can coach for a full season if he continues.
"Seven players are out due to injuries, and Guarin and Palacio have just returned from injury. Inter Milan is very unlucky." Benali muttered.
"It's normal. Look at those seven people. None of them have gray hair on their temples... Oh no, actually, look, Milito, Samuel, Rocky, and Stankovic are all veterans. It's normal to get injured.
Nagatomo Yuto, Schelotto and Kuzmanovic are also not in good health. Inter Milan is not unlucky, but there is something wrong with the way they build the team. They have no choice but to make do with it if they don't have money." Noriya
explain.
"What tactics will they use?" Benelli asked.
"Let's go with four, two, three, one. Stramaccioni is only suitable to lead the youth team, and he can't do anything good."
Ji Ya was right.
Goalkeeper Handanovic, right back captain Zanetti, left back Brazilian Juan Juan, Ranocchia and veteran Chivu partner in the center, the same veterans Cambiasso and Garigano serve as double midfielders, three attacks
The midfielders are Alvarez, Kovacic and Coutinho, with Cassano leading forward.
Kiya sent a mixed lineup, goalkeeper Navas, defenders Klein, Luke Shaw, Chambers and Font, midfielders Casemiro, Matuidi and Schneiderlin, forwards
J Luo, Benteke and William.
The biggest move was in the midfield. He hid Vidal and Mkhitaryan and instead sent out three midfielders with relatively strong defense. It seemed that he wanted to strengthen the defense of the midfield and then strengthen it through the offense on both wings.
In fact, Ji Ya is also planning to do this. After all, the opponent's midfield is actually pretty good. There are some outstanding and dynamic players in the frontcourt, and they also have experience in the backcourt. On the wing, one of the two full-backs is old, and he is not good at all.
He is not very good at attacking. He is a central defender and can be exploited.
Moreover, although the opponent's two wing attacking midfielders, Alvarez and Coutinho, have good skills, their return and speed are slow. In this way, their defensive flaws on the wing will be more obvious.
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Obviously, compared with the current Noriya, Stramaccioni still looks a lot younger.
It's hard for Ji Ya to meet a rookie who is younger than him. After all, he has only been out for a few years.
Although Inter Milan has not performed well recently, their fighting spirit is still very strong. From the beginning of the game, they actively ran and pressed, trying to take the initiative in the away game.
"Damn, who gave him the courage to play so aggressively with so many veterans?"
If Inter Milan insists on counterattacking in the away game, Noriya may still be a little wary. After all, Inter Milan's frontcourt is still very technical, and now it actually presses the offense. Isn't it waiting for problems in the backcourt?
But Stramaccioni has no other way. Inter Milan's frontcourt attackers are very technical, but their speed is slow, and they need to get a lot of the ball to create opportunities. If they don't press the offense, he can still
How to do it?
Cassano, once a genius, is still very talented now, but he can only be omnipotent when he has the ball at his feet.
Alvarez, known as the new Kaka, is really good at dribbling and breaking through, but he also needs to get the ball.
Kovacic, the young core midfielder, can move forward, organize and pass through, but he also needs the ball at his feet.
Coutinho, his foot skills are not that good and he is good at long shots.
And these four people have the same characteristic, that is, their speed is not very good.
So they can only press the attack.
However, there is no problem with the ability of these four people. Although Cassano is old and the other three are still young, they already have good potential.
So at the beginning, they still gave Southampton a kick.
After Alvarez received the pass from Kovacic, he cut in from the wing. His ball-taking and breakthrough skills are still very good. Although Luke Shaw is fast, he continuously changes and dribbles the ball.
After the rhythm, I really couldn't keep an eye on him.
Cassano's running in the penalty area attracted the attention of many Southampton defenders, but Alvarez passed the ball to Coutinho on the other side of the penalty area. Coutinho made a slight adjustment.
After that, he suddenly took a shot!
This shot was quite sudden, the ball flew out quickly and went straight to the far corner of the goal.
Although Navas responded, he stretched his arms in the air but was still a step too slow. The ball flew past his hand. Just when Navas thought he was about to lose the ball, the ball hit the outside of the goal post hard.
, and then the bottom line popped up!
Southampton fans sighed happily in the stands.
"Damn, this kid is pretty good, especially his ability to shoot suddenly after getting the ball." Ji Ya muttered.
"It's good, but he has been in Europe for a few years and has been loaned out by Inter Milan. I don't know why he can't adapt to Serie A. Liverpool wanted to buy him during the winter transfer, but I don't know why it didn't happen in the end." Benali
explain.
"Then if there is a chance in Xia Tian, you can consider taking action against him." Ji Ya said cheerfully.
What Kiya didn't know was that if it weren't for his appearance, Coutinho would have joined Liverpool by now...
After all, in the past two seasons, Southampton used Lallana, Lambert and Lovren to cash out 30 to 40 million pounds from Liverpool. In addition, Grealish insisted on bringing in Downing before, which made Liverpool's current financial situation
They were very nervous. They originally had two targets for this winter transfer, one was Sturridge and the other was Coutinho. However, after spending 12 million pounds on Sturridge, they had no goals.
money, Inter Milan insisted on asking for at least 10 million pounds, and finally lowered the price to 8.5 million. However, Liverpool could not even come up with this money and asked for installment payment. As a result, Inter Milan, who was in urgent need of cash, rejected this plan and just gave up.
