Lazio is indeed a relatively easy opponent to deal with.
After all, in recent games, Southampton has played against strong teams. In comparison, Lazio, which has played for 30 rounds but is only ranked seventh in Serie A, is already considered a weak persimmon...
Moreover, Serie A teams have become increasingly weak in recent years. Except for Inter Milan, which won the Triple Crown, other Serie A teams have stronger fighting spirit in the Champions League, especially the top three in the north. However, other teams in the Europa League
The performance of the cup seems to be a bit stretched.
However, this has a lot to do with the fact that the prize money of the Europa League is not much. Serie A teams prefer to retain their strength and play in the league. They will still give a good fight in the Champions League.
For example, Naples has been very impressive in the Champions League in the past two years.
Southampton's first leg is at home again, but this is not a particular disadvantage. Southampton played at home in the first two rounds of the Europa League knockout stage this season, and they also established three games at home first.
The advantage of a ball.
This game is no exception.
Lazio's performance in Serie A this season is pretty good, but because of their financial problems, their head coach Inzaghi was able to organize a combat-effective lineup, but facing a two-front battle, it seemed quite difficult.
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In the last round of the league, they just had a fierce battle with Catania, who ranked eighth in the league. After all, they still have the opportunity to hit the top four and qualify for the Champions League. Of course, they cannot let go of such a game. In the end, they
After defeating the opponent 2-1 at home, although they are still ranked seventh, they are only one point away from fourth-placed Fiorentina - now fifth-placed Inter Milan and sixth-placed Roma have the same points as them, both with 50 points.
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So what came to Southampton was a tired Lazio team.
It is precisely because of this that although Ji Ya still adopted the rotation tactics, he still had an absolute advantage on the court.
They continued to put pressure from the midfield, and Mkhitaryan and Ronaldo continued to break through, creating opportunities for Austin and Klose.
In the first half, under Lazio's tenacious defense, Klose still found an opportunity in the penalty area and opened the scoring for Southampton. Now in the Europa League, Klose is a standard thigh, although he doesn't score many goals.
But all of them are important.
Lazio still wanted to counterattack, but shortly after the start of the second half, midfielder Onazi accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off. Southampton's advantage began to become more obvious - the next step was to see how many goals they could score.
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Lazio persisted until more than the 70th minute, and as a Serie A team, they still had an advantage in terms of defense. Unfortunately, Radu's handball in the penalty area sent a penalty kick, and Willian took the penalty, which was scored overnight.
When the game was about to enter stoppage time, Southampton's offense scored again. Nolito created a free kick. Vidal hit the goal with a powerful free kick but was barely saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. Austin's eyesight and quick feet made the supplementary effort.
Shoot into the net!
Another three to zero! Starting from the knockout rounds of the Europa League, Southampton has always been able to win three goals in the first round at home, which is enough to prove their advantage in the Europa League!
"Southampton should indeed advance to the knockout rounds of the Champions League. All they lack is experience. I am now starting to look forward to what kind of outstanding performance they will have in the Champions League next season!"
A commentator sighed and said, but this is also the consensus of many people. Looking at Southampton's unstoppable success in the Premier League in the second half of the season, it is really exciting to see what kind of performance they will have in the Champions League.
And this season... they still have a chance to win a small quadruple crown - after all, they have already won the League Cup, entered the semi-finals of the FA Cup, and are just around the corner to enter the semi-finals of the Europa League. They are four points behind Manchester United in the league.
It’s not impossible to catch up…
Winning so many championships in one season is a new record.
They have now maintained seven consecutive victories in the league, and these seven consecutive victories are very valuable. They have defeated Manchester City, Newcastle United, Liverpool and Chelsea. Although Manchester United has also won seven consecutive games during this period, in these seven games they have defeated
The opponents are relatively weak.
Manchester United wanted to get rid of Southampton in these seven games, but they could only do better on their own. Others could only hope that Southampton would drop the chain, but Southampton did not drop the chain -
Manchester United is very embarrassed now!
In the remaining seven games, they will face the rival Manchester City in the same city, the rival Arsenal who have been entangled for more than ten years, and the new rival Chelsea!
These teams may not necessarily go all out against Southampton, but they will definitely go all out to beat them!
Unknowingly, Ferguson found that he was about to lose control of the entire league.
Although his team still leads by four points, the advantage is no longer visible!
Southampton did not stop its winning streak after returning to the league.
In the away game against Reading, it was their two top scorers this season, Benteke and Mkhitaryan, who scored one goal each in the first and second half to help Southampton win its eighth consecutive game.
Benteke was very happy after scoring, because in this round, Liverpool was tied 0-0 by West Ham United, and Suarez was not able to score!
In this way, he tied with Suarez and tied for first place in the scorer list with 22 goals!
Of course, the goals scored by both sides were sports goals, so there is no way to distinguish between them.
In this way, Southampton began to quietly wait for the last game of this round, which is the start of the Manchester derby.
Manchester United has also won seven consecutive games, and it was very difficult for them to win the previous few games. Facing the fierce Manchester City, can they still win consecutively?
You must know that compared with the lack of major generals when they played against Southampton, Manchester City has already come through the most difficult time.
Kompany's return is the biggest good news.
In this game, Mancini sent out the strongest lineup at hand. Milner entered the starting lineup as the left midfielder, Silva came to the center to organize the attack, Tevez came forward, and Aguero and Dzeko were both substitutes.
On the table.
In the first half of the game, both sides fought hard and failed to score. Shortly after the start of the second half, Milner received a pass from Nasri and shot hard, and the ball flew into the ground.
The goal is dead!
Mancini's surprise attack worked!
Not only surprise players, but also substitutions.
After Manchester United made an attack and Jones hit Kompany with a header to change the line and score the equalizer, Mancini replaced Aguero. It was the Argentine who made a sharp breakthrough and suddenly passed three people in the penalty area.
He shot from the top of the arc and scored the winning goal for Manchester City!
