After returning to London, Southampton fans rushed to London to greet the Southampton first team, and then used a huge motorcade to follow their buses, and together they took their heroes to Southampton.
This has become a routine. Whenever Southampton plays a game abroad, Southampton fans will drive to London's Heathrow Airport and then drive back with the bus, which is a ceremony to welcome their heroes.
This approach may have seemed a bit flamboyant before, but it won't happen this time, because among the three Premier League teams that participated in the Champions League quarter-finals, Southampton was actually the only team to win...
Manchester United played Atletico Madrid 1-1 at home, and Chelsea were even worse. They were beaten 1-3 by Paris Saint-Germain in the away game. It seems a bit precarious to advance to the semi-finals.
A week later, it’s hard to say how many of the three Premier League teams will be left in the Champions League.
Southampton didn't care too much about this matter. After playing the away game against Barcelona, there was only one thing on their minds, and that was to play well in the next away game against Manchester City.
Southampton is now ranked first with 74 points, while Manchester City is ranked second with 71 points. Liverpool and Chelsea both have 69 points. As long as Southampton can beat Manchester City, it will lead the second place.
At least five points in the ranking. With five rounds left in the league, such an advantage is basically unshakable.
And if they lose to Manchester City, not only will the points be tied by Manchester City, but Liverpool and Chelsea may also narrow the points gap to two points. In this case, the next game will be even more unpredictable.
When we still have to compete for the Champions League, it is really not wise to pay too much attention to the league.
So in theory, even if this game is a draw, it doesn't matter...
"Who said we need a draw? We must not accept a draw! A draw means that we are only ahead by three points at most, which means that we have to worry about being overturned in the league at any time! Who do Manchester City think? Although they score almost the same goals as us, their goal difference is also
They are similar to us, but in terms of stable performance, they are far behind us! We defeated them in the first cycle, and we have to defeat them in this game too! Don't forget that they are a team with a new coach, and their overall performance is not
It’s so outstanding, if they can’t even win a double, why should we win the league championship this season?”
Noriya waved his fists and shouted on the training ground, and Southampton players also waved their fists.
Although they played Barcelona in an away game in the last game, due to Southampton's defensive tactics, their physical energy consumption was not actually very high, but their mental energy consumption was a bit depressed.
And Ji Ya announced before this game that offensive football will be used in this game to let everyone in Manchester City know how good it is!
This would also make Southampton players happy.
They actually don't like defensive counterattacks. After all, the fault tolerance rate is too low and it consumes a lot of players' physical and mental energy.
This is actually the reason why Mourinho always has a bumpy year in the third year. At Chelsea, it can be said that it is because the boss Abramovich wants to get rid of the trouble. At Inter Milan, he himself wants to pursue higher honors, but in Real Madrid, why
In the third year, his staff began to express dissatisfaction? Or was it because he had just led the team to win the league championship with a record-breaking number of points?
You must know that there were too many people who opposed him at Real Madrid, not only Portuguese players like Cristiano Ronaldo who were also under Mendes, but also Ozil, whom he promoted after deposing Kaká, not to mention local Spanish players.
Well, these people are against him, mainly because his tactics are too tiring for the players, and his requirements are extremely high.
For the sake of honor, it is normal for everyone to endure it for one or two years. If you endure it for the third year, it will be difficult to endure it.
Whether it is tactics or training, this factor is included.
The training intensity arranged by Noriya has always been very high, but it is within the range that the players can bear. Tactically, more offensive tactics are used, so that the players have less mental pressure and can play more happily, so they will not lose their mentality.
Feelings of boredom and wanting to escape.
Of course, Noriya is very aggressive in selling people every season and has more signings, which is also a key factor.
There is always fresh blood coming in, so there won't be much of a problem.
Now in Southampton's first team, with the retirement of Davis and Walton, the earliest players have basically been gone. Now the oldest players in the team are actually Schneiderlin and backup goalkeeper Foster.
, he is the only player who was in the team when Noriya first joined the team, followed by captain Fonte and Mkhitaryan, who joined after Noriya took over for half a season, and in the summer of the second season, he joined
Lain, Navas, Jenkinson, Drinkwater, the rest are all players who joined after entering the Premier League.
Although Southampton came all the way up from the English League One, and there were many factors that prevented many players from establishing themselves in the Premier League, it is also a fact that Kiya changed the team frequently.
So his team is always full of fighting spirit.
When Pellegrini welcomed Southampton at home, he was still very confident.
After all, Manchester City has been in good form recently, and is only three points behind Southampton. Southampton has also won several games in a row, and its form is about to gradually decline. At this time, Southampton is still consuming energy in the away game.
The condition is definitely not at its best...
This is Manchester City's chance to defeat Southampton and regain first place!
If we can regain the first place in the league with five rounds left, then there will be nothing to talk about and we will just rush forward in one go.
"Manchester City's starting lineup for this game is 4231, with goalkeeper Joe Hart, Zabaleta and Kolarov on both sides of the defense, center backs Kompany and Demichelis partnering, midfielders Yaya Toure and Felipe
Hernandinho is behind, with Navas and David Silva on the wings. Nasri is forward, with forward Dzeko! Aguero is absent due to injury, and Negredo and Jovetic are on the bench.
, Obviously Manchester City wants to rely on Dzeko's skills to launch the attack. Their frontcourt is indeed very technical! Southampton has two fine-tunings, goalkeeper Nasri, defender Klein, Luke Shaw, and Feng Feng.
Special and Bailly, midfielder Casemiro, De Bruyne, Mkhitaryan, forward Coutinho, Lukaku and Suarez! James is sitting on the bench. It seems that Noriya wants to
To give him a break, Brazilian forward Coutinho replaced James. At the same time, in the defense, young central defender Bailly started, replacing Otamendi, seemingly wanting to take advantage of his height.
Let’s fight against Dzeko!”
As the commentator shouted, the players from both sides had already appeared, and the Manchester City fans immediately gave out huge cheers.
