When Giroud kicked off his shot thirty meters away from the goal, and the ball drew an arc in the air, passed the hurriedly jumping goalkeeper, and then plunged into the goal, the entire stadium was silent for a second, and then immediately
Huge cheers erupted!
No one expected that Giroud, who was actually inconspicuous, would score such a wonderful goal in the world at this time!
You must know that although Giroud is a new player this season and a regular main player, in terms of performance, he is really unremarkable.
Lambert scores a lot of goals and can also take the ball. Lallana does everything in the midfield and often scores goals through long shots and forward penetration. Needless to say, Mkhitaryan, as soon as he came, Southampton's former
The offense on the court came to life, and it looked so reliable...
And what about Giroud? He is just a hard worker in the frontcourt, dropping back to get the ball, making plays, and receiving...
Although he also scored a few goals, they were all simple and unpretentious, receiving passes from teammates and scoring the ball in the penalty area. He looked just like his appearance, honest, honest, and harmless.
But at this time, he used such a wonderful and earth-shattering long-range shot to open the door to victory for Southampton!
Ji Ya waved his fist. This long shot was something he didn't even expect. It was completely an explosion of inspiration from Giroud at that time.
The feeling came, and I felt that my long-range shot would definitely go in.
When players feel this way sometimes, they must grasp it.
Ji Ya began to feel that he had underestimated Giroud. He always felt that Giroud was a very useful coolie center. His height, strength, and certain foot skills would be very useful in the English League One and the Championship. But now
It's hard to say whether it's still useful in the Premier League, but now this long-range shot proves that in addition to playing a tactical role, Giroud can also become an extremely comprehensive center!
If that were the case, he would be more useful than Lambert, since he is younger, in better shape and taller.
"Come on, keep playing like this!" Ji Ya thought as he clapped his hands in the audience.
Giroud nodded vigorously, and then waved his fist towards the court.
Giroud did hesitate when he chose to join Southampton this season. If he hadn't been the main player in Ligue 2, and no Ligue 1 team was interested in him, he wouldn't have thought of trying his luck in the English League. However, this main force
The coach values him very much and makes him the main player in almost every game, which is something Giroud is very happy about.
Although he didn't score many goals, after all, most of the opportunities came from Lambert, who was more of an assist and puller, but Giroud was also very satisfied with this.
At the age of twenty-three, he needs a lot of competition training.
After the game restarted, everyone in Villa didn't know what to do. They didn't know whether they should attack, defend, or press their opponents more in the midfield.
McLeish was also a little at a loss. He still doesn't understand why we were obviously trying to defend and counterattack, but suddenly the opponent counterattacked and scored a goal for himself?
It must be an accident.
But this accident has already happened. They are already one goal behind. What is the point of defending and counterattacking at this time?
The opponent can completely slow down the offensive pace and even start passing the ball back and forth in the midfield - McLeish, who has watched several Southampton games, knows that Southampton's overall strength may not be particularly outstanding, but their
The players have good foot skills.
Such teams are rare in English League One. If Southampton had not maintained a top-notch youth training system, they would not have such capabilities.
If they start passing the ball constantly on the court, then they really don't have to worry about Villa's counterattack - haven't you seen how Guardiola's Barcelona used the pass to kill all their opponents last season?
Although the strength of Southampton's players is much lower than that of Barcelona's players, judging from the skills at their feet, they are capable of doing this.
But when it comes to strong attack... MacLeish is well aware of his team's strong attack ability. If their strong attack is really good, their results will not be bad when facing mid-to-lower teams in the league.
What a dilemma.
After much thought, MacLeish still didn't know how to do it well. It was not that he didn't make a plan, but there was no plan that prepared "the opponent would get one in the first five minutes."
So he decided to first see how entangled the two sides were on the court, and then look for opportunities.
After all, Villa is still much stronger overall. Their players are basically experienced and very capable. All of them are veterans in the Premier League, and they are not comparable to young players like Southampton.
Among Southampton's current main players, only Perry and goalkeeper Davis have long-term Premier League experience. No matter how talented the other players are, they only have second-tier league experience. They need to seize this advantage.
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As a result, in the following time, Aston Villa began to constantly struggle with Southampton in the midfield, relying on the advantage of one more person to find opportunities, and then attempted to play behind.
It's just that if you want to play behind this tactic, in addition to excellent passing, accurate running of the offensive players and excellent speed, it also takes a little time.
There is no doubt that Agbonlahor is an excellent striker, he is very fast, but in a normal positional battle, no matter how fast he is, he is not as fast as the ball.
Villa passed the ball behind him several times, but he failed to get the ball. Several times, Davis easily got the ball and failed to pass it.
The efficiency of this offense itself is also very low.
The through ball failed to hit, and Villa began to make trouble on the wing. Petrov's speed was very fast, even as fast as Agbonlahor, but if there was not enough space on the wing, his speed seemed a bit inappropriate.
, there is not enough space for him to sprint, it is easy to dribble the ball out of the baseline, and this single breakthrough method is also easy to be defended.
Under such circumstances, Ashley Young performed quite well, and his skills with his feet were very good. Although he will be nicknamed Young in the future, it was ridiculed that he would always be unable to pass after getting the ball from the wing.
Actually, this is because he is stable in controlling the ball and has a slightly poor ability to escape. However, as long as there is space, he is still a very big passing threat after breaking through.
So in the next period of time, the young Professor Young was very active. He kept getting the ball and breaking through, passing the ball into the penalty area, which made Southampton's left back Mills anxious, but under Perry's protection
Next, it is difficult to create any real threat from such a cross.
"We are very secure, there is no big problem." Ji Ya said to Benali.
