In the 21st minute of the game, Southampton launched an attack.
Klein, who was forward to assist, suddenly passed the ball straight to the front of the penalty area. Suarez, who was retreating, took the ball. Just when Naples' defense began to become tense, he passed the ball directly to Deutsche, who was running to the right.
At Browne's feet.
This seemed to be a back pass, but De Bruyne did not stop the ball. Instead, while receiving the ball, he directly passed the ball into the penalty area with the outside of his right foot!
This pass was quite bold. The ball almost flew between the two central defenders to the back point. There, J. Ronaldo, who had just moved away from the opponent's right back through his movement, appeared in that position and faced the rolling forward.
The ball, all he has to do is push the ball with his left foot immediately!
The goal was almost half empty after a close-range push. As soon as Reina turned around, the ball had already flown into the door!
"A pass as precise as a scalpel! Sharp! So sharp! How did De Bruyne deliver such a wonderful goal? Albiol and Britos both reacted and stretched their legs.
He went to block it, but he missed the ball just a little bit, and James happened to get rid of Mesto's defense and appeared at the back point. The next shot was simply too easy... Oh, Naples players.
In the appeal, they believed that James was offside, but the linesman did not raise the flag! Let's take a look at the replay... No offside, no offside! The moment De Bruyne passed the ball, James had just gotten rid of James.
Stowe's defense, and he is still in front of Albiol at this time! This is an anti-offside that cannot be faulted from any angle!"
Amidst the shouts of the commentator, Ronaldo ran towards De Bruyne with a smile and hugged him. As a forward, it is so happy to have a player behind him who can pass the ball. Although De Bruyne
After arriving, his number of breakthroughs with the ball has decreased, but the pressure in the frontcourt has indeed been reduced a lot.
Everyone hopes to have strong teammates.
After taking the lead, Southampton continued to have the advantage in the midfield. Sarri directed the team to launch an attack. However, they were constantly intercepted in the midfield and it was difficult to attack.
The combination of three small players in the frontcourt does not need to play behind directly, at least not without any technical content, otherwise football will be too simple. What they need is to get the ball in the midfield, organize it, and then use running to influence it.
Come out of space and then score.
Although Higuain is a pure shooter, his running and response abilities are not bad, so in such a system, he can be regarded as a duck in water.
But now that there is no water, of course the fish can only die of thirst.
The midfield is controlled by Southampton, and the ball cannot be sent to the front court. The forwards who cannot get the ball will of course be like fish out of water. No matter how much they toss, that is, they can't make any waves with just a few flops.
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Southampton's offense continues to create threats!
Just two minutes after the goal, Southampton once again created a threat. Lukaku broke through from the wing and passed to De Bruyne. De Bruyne timely distributed the ball, and Mkhitaryan followed up with a kick.
A long shot, Reina flew to save the ball, and then saved the ball narrowly.
However, Reina's save only saved Naples' life. A few minutes later, when Naples got the ball and was about to launch an attack, Southampton, which had not pressed up front before, suddenly came up with a wave of forward attacks.
Pressure on the field.
All the midfielders, including Casemiro, rushed to the frontcourt to participate in the press. The sudden intensity of the press made Naples somewhat at a loss.
As soon as Inler received Hamsik's pass, Casemiro was already fiercely forcing him in front of him. When he was hurriedly preparing to protect the ball, Casemiro moved very quickly, stretching his foot and then another.
A big stride separated Inler from the ball.
Due to Le's hasty counterattack, Casemiro flicked the ball horizontally, dodged his interception, and then passed the ball to De Bruyne, who was responding, and De Bruyne sent a through pass.
, the ball passed through the opponent's defense sharply again, and accurately landed at the feet of Lukaku, who was penetrating forward!
However, Lukaku took the ball at the edge of the penalty area and could not face the goal directly for the time being, so he did not stick to the ball, but directly kicked off and passed the ball to the center.
Suarez, who followed up, shook off Albiol's defense while running, and volleyed with the inside of his foot to shoot!
The ball quickly changed direction and flew into Naples' gate again!
"Two to zero! Suarez! He has scored goals in two consecutive Champions League games! He can also play in the league next. What kind of performance will he have? It's really exciting... Part 1
Only thirty minutes into the half, Southampton already took a two-goal lead, and Napoli was beaten by them without any temper at all!"
Amid the shouts of the commentator, Suarez laughed and ran towards Lukaku, and then hugged Lukaku. The cooperation between him and Lukaku was quite good, with Lukaku on the wing.
If he rushes, he can constantly respond in the middle and then hit the ball in...
Although Lukaku is also a shooter and will share the number of shots he takes, it is nothing compared to the opportunities he creates.
"Boss, I really admire you. How did you think of letting Lukaku play as a winger? I originally thought you would let the two of them join forces to play as a double forward." Benali sighed while clapping his hands.
One sentence.
"Actually, they are now two forwards. Once you get familiar with them, they can take turns to switch positions. However, Lukaku is more of a threat on the wing, although it is mainly in counterattacks. In positional warfare offense, the attack from the wing mainly relies on
With the forward-moving full-back and the two attacking midfielders covering the side, he can look for opportunities in the penalty area and help Suarez share some of the pressure... These must be done slowly, and they must now increase their tacit understanding." Noriya.
replied.
Benelli nodded thoughtfully. Indeed, Lukaku is said to be a winger, but he is not a real winger. He can play the role of a winger during counterattacks, but not in positional battles.
Under such circumstances, Southampton's pressure will be reduced a lot. With one more forward in the penalty area, positional warfare will naturally be more threatening. Although Lukaku has never performed well in positional warfare, but such a black man
The big guy is in the penalty area, and everyone has to weigh it carefully.
"Well, we have won this game...Naples is actually quite good, but their characteristics are just suppressed by us. It depends on whether we can expand our lead again in the second half." Ji Ya said with a smile.
