Southampton's players were celebrating wildly, but Lukaku looked unconvinced when he looked at Benteke celebrating.
In his opinion, he is no worse than Benteke, and is even more comprehensive than him. However, Benteke receives much greater tactical support than himself in a strong team, which is why he is so famous...
When I return to Chelsea next season and become the main player, I will let you know that the main center forward of the Belgian national team can only be me!
Not to mention Lukaku's oath, Southampton had a completely crazy celebration this time, reaching the top position in the standings. Southampton never reached this goal last season, even after the establishment of the Premier League.
, Southampton has never reached this position, this is their first time!
Although there are still three rounds in the league, a one-point lead does not necessarily mean they will win the championship, but this is still a great opportunity for them!
If they can tie Arsenal's winning streak, then the championship will definitely be theirs...
Although they are now at the end of their game, how can Manchester United be the same?
Seeing that the first league championship in history was close at hand, Noriya had to choose to take risks again - they defeated Benfica 3-0 in the first round, and in such a Europa League semi-final, Noriya
He left all the main players in Southampton to rest, but flew to Portugal with the substitutes and youth team players!
"This is an extremely bold move, but I understand Ji Ya very well... I would have taken a gamble if it were someone else. The honor of the league championship is more important than anything else at this time, and Southampton's substitutes are also strong.
Excellent.”
Although this seems to mean that it does not give UEFA face, but considering that UEFA has not given Southampton face before, it seems to be nothing.
Everyone in Benfica was very angry. They planned to give Southampton a good look at home.
Southampton used a tight defense to deal with Benfica's crazy attack.
Gaitan took the lead in scoring in the ninth minute of the first half. Just when Benfica thought this was a good sign, Southampton broke their dream early with a counterattack in the 23rd minute...
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Nolito's overhead kick accurately found Klose in the penalty area. Klose successfully countered offside. Just when he was about to shoot, he was knocked down by the defender from the side. The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick. Klose
Take this penalty kick yourself and win it in one go!
You must know that he almost never took penalty kicks before, let alone the penalty kicks he created. But now Southampton's penalty kicker William is not on the court. As a veteran, it is his duty to step up at this time!
After scoring, Klose opened his arms and ran on the court. This was his tenth goal in various competitions this season. It was much worse than last season, but considering the first few months of this season,
He basically didn't play much, but under such circumstances, his performance was quite good.
After the score became one to one, the rest of the game was easy to play. Although Benfica took the lead again in the second half, Southampton remained calm. Ji Ya even sent Du Yue to let him adapt to the game.
atmosphere.
Du Yue touched the ball several times on the court. It can be seen that he is much more calm with the ball now and can pass one or two people. However, the area where he moves is more outside the penalty area and he does not have much time to enter the penalty area.
The only time he entered the penalty area, he scored a goal - Nolito's cross reached the penalty area, Austin's header was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, and Du Yue appeared in time where the ball landed, with an irregular poke.
shoot!
"Yes, this boy's sense of smell has been demonstrated in front of the door." Ji Ya said to Benali with a smile while clapping his hands.
"It seems that he is really suitable to play as a forward." Benali was a little surprised.
"So he needs to train and exercise harder, and he can also play more games in lower leagues." Noriya said.
In the 80th minute, Cardoso scored twice, giving Benfica the third lead. However, this goal is no longer important...
In the end, Benfica maintained their reputation at home, but it was Southampton who advanced in the end!
Southampton has reached the Europa League final for the third consecutive year!
Their opponent is Chelsea in the same league.
Chelsea also eliminated Basel in two rounds and entered the Europa League final with their heads high.
As two teams that were eliminated from the Champions League group stage, it is fate to meet in the Europa League.
But before that, Noriya can finally put all his attention on the league.
The FA Cup final and the Europa League final are both held after the league, which is also a good thing for Southampton.
After returning to Southampton with the substitutes, Ji Ya immediately held a meeting.
"Tottenham away, Sunderland away, and Stoke City at home, these are the three remaining games we have this season. Now we are one point ahead of Manchester United, so in theory we have to win them all before we can win
to the league championship... but in fact it may not be possible. Our opponent Tottenham is not easy to play, but Manchester United's opponent Chelsea is also not easy to play... Because we played the Europa League on Friday, our game will not be until Monday.
Before that, we can take a look at Chelsea's results against Manchester United, and then consider how we will play Tottenham next."
The players nodded one after another. This is the reason. The next thing they have to do, apart from training and recovery, is to pray that Chelsea will defeat Manchester United...
Although Chelsea didn’t perform well against Southampton, they might perform well against Manchester United!
Their head coach Benitez doesn't have a good impression of Manchester United! After all, he has led Liverpool for so many years!
Not only Southampton players are praying, Southampton fans are also praying.
Chelsea have never been so popular with Southampton fans.
And Chelsea also has its own needs, and must score points in this game - before this round of games, Chelsea's points were 66 points, followed by Tottenham with 65 points and Arsenal with 64 points.
, there are only three rounds left in the league, and Chelsea can only go hard at this time!
Before this game, Arsenal defeated Queens Park Rangers 1-0 away from home, temporarily surpassing Chelsea by one point, and leaving Chelsea with no other way to go!
With everyone watching, Chelsea created a miracle at Old Trafford!
In the 87th minute of the game, the score was still zero to zero. Mata's shot hit Jones and changed the line, then hit the inside of the goalpost and flew into the door!
This own goal allowed Chelsea to beat Manchester United with one goal in the away game!
"Thanks Mata! He is our lucky star!"
Southampton's local commentator shouted wildly, they had never felt that the championship was so close to them!