The Southampton fans were cheering, while the Sunderland fans were looking at the field depressedly, hoping that after the game restarts, the team's performance can improve in the remaining time.
It is a pity that good performances will not fall from the sky. Although Bruce changed two people next, they were completely unable to turn the situation of the game around.
Only six minutes after equalizing the score, Mkhitaryan disrupted the defense with the ball again, and then passed the ball to Lallana. Lallana passed the ball directly into the penalty area. Giroud accurately advanced to form a single shot, which was released by Ferdinand.
He fell to the ground and the referee awarded a penalty kick.
Even the Sunderland players didn't protest much about this penalty kick. It was a penalty kick from any angle...
Lambert took the penalty kick and scored instantly, and Southampton overtook Sunderland.
Just taking the lead was not enough. Ten minutes later, there was another beautiful pass. Giroud received a direct pass from Mkhitaryan and then handed it to Lambert who was on the other side. Lambert crossed again and the forward
Lallana caught the ball on the penalty area line and shot low. The ball hit the far post and bounced into the goal!
In less than twenty minutes, Southampton scored three goals in a row and took a sufficient lead!
Until this time, Southampton slowed down the pace of the game. Noriya replaced Lallana and Lambert, letting two substitute players come on to save their physical energy.
And three to one was also the final result of this game.
Relying on their wonderful performance in the second half, Southampton defeated their Premier League opponents in two consecutive rounds and entered the fourth round of the League Cup!
If the first three rounds are just a formality, then in the fourth round, the championship is not far away.
After all, there were only sixteen teams left to participate in the fourth round.
The Sunderland players left Southampton in disgrace. Bruce wanted to say something to Ji Ya, but found that he couldn't say anything - what else could he say? Say that I was not ready for this game? Let's start again.
field?
He could only keep this depression in his heart and wait to see if there was a chance to get it back next time.
Sunderland, who had a good start to the season, began to fall into a trough after this game. They were even in the relegation zone for a long time, and it was not until the last moment that they narrowly managed to avoid relegation, which made many
Sunderland fans are angry at Southampton, feeling that it was they who defeated Sunderland and Sunderland suffered a huge blow, so they were unable to recover...
Of course, they still have to wait a while if they want to compete with Southampton in the league.
After defeating Sunderland and advancing to the fourth round of the League Cup, Southampton fans once again started a joyful parade. This time no one said they were short-sighted, because in the past few years, Southampton fans have not been happy in their days.
That’s too much…
"Okay, now we are indeed starting to get on the right track, so next... let's take big strides forward!"
Wei Panda waved his fist and said.
Southampton's players are also very confident in this.
Generally speaking, the English League One schedule is very intensive. After all, there are 24 teams, 46 league rounds, and several cup matches. However, Noriya is not in a hurry to rotate. With the current physical fitness of Southampton players,
The standard, double matches a week, does not put a lot of pressure on them.
After all, they are still very young overall, and the veterans can be rotated well.
The following days were the happiest days for Southampton fans in the past two years.
In the ninth round of the league, they challenged Carlisle United away from home. After the first half was tied at 1-1, Southampton scored two goals in the second half and defeated their opponent 3-1 away from home, winning two consecutive games.
In the tenth round of the league, Southampton faced Bristol Rovers at home. After being scored two goals by the opponent in the first 20 minutes, Southampton completed a great reversal. Giroud and Lambert both scored twice.
At the same time, Southampton reversed its opponent 4-2 and won three consecutive games.
In the eleventh round of the league, Southampton defeated Gillingham 4-1 at home and won four consecutive victories. Lambert scored a hat-trick. He also won the English Football League title with the help of his six-goal performance in the last four league games.
The award for the best player in September in League One, and Noriya also received his first coaching honor, the best coach in English League One in September.
After winning the Best Coach award, Southampton did not suffer from the curse of the Best Coach, because when they challenged Shao Derson in the away game, they also defeated the opponent with a clean three to one, winning five consecutive games.
Win!
After five consecutive victories, Southampton ushered in the second round of the English Championship - this is a cup specially for teams from the third to fifth tiers to participate. It is a cup that allows them to strive for multiple honors. Nan'an
Southampton has never participated in this competition in its history, because Southampton has not dropped to the third level since the establishment of this competition.
This is actually not easy, but Ji Ya has the ambition to win this honor.
An honor is an achievement, and this kind of honor that lights up a championship that has never been won in the history of the club can get a lot of achievement points!
I don't know the exact number, and I guess it won't be as much as winning the League Cup, but at least it is a domestic champion and can compete at Wembley. Of course, I have to pursue it carefully.
However, this game was against Torquay United, a fifth-level team, so Jiya only sent out most of the substitutes. With their strength, it was not difficult to defeat their opponent.
Noriya's guess was not wrong - but the performance of the substitute players was still a bit embarrassing. They tied with their opponents 2-2 even though they had a great advantage. There is no overtime in cup games like England, and the game is direct.
Entering the penalty shootout, Southampton narrowly won 5:3.
"It seemed difficult for us to win this game. Facing an opponent two levels behind, we won through a penalty kick... But in my opinion, this is not a surprising thing, because in
In the League Cup, we have defeated two opponents who are two levels above us. The level on the football field cannot explain too much, not to mention that we are fielding young players. I am satisfied with their performance, after all.
They persisted until the end and won the game."
Noriya said at the press conference that he showed the protective character of a young coach. However, he turned around and severely criticized the young players on the training ground, asking them to reflect on why they did not perform well on the field.
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The substitute players were a little aggrieved, but considering that even though Ji Ya used the main force more often, he would still give them opportunities from time to time. Under such circumstances, Ji Ya would occasionally get angry, and they could only listen.
