This is something that there is almost no doubt about. Although Southampton's performance has been ups and downs recently, they have won two consecutive games in the league and FA Cup, which has brought them back to form. In addition, they are playing against
How could Portsmouth and Southampton fans not be enthusiastic?
Even though this game was in the middle of the week instead of the weekend, Southampton fans still filled the entire stadium!
They shouted the names of the Southampton players, and they also shouted the name of Ji Ya. Over the past few months, they have been working hard and have made them extremely satisfied with everything they have now.
Although the league is still unclear, based on Southampton's outstanding performance in the cup, we can fully expect them to perform better in the league!
If Southampton were just an ordinary team, they might still worry about whether their outstanding performance in the cup would affect their league results. However, Southampton is an established Premier League team and the fans still have this ambition.
They will only cheer for the team's outstanding performance in the cup, and will not inexplicably start to worry about the impact on the league after the team wins the cup.
This overall view is sometimes incomprehensible.
When the players from both sides came out, huge cheers from Southampton fans rang out in the stands.
The main lineup sent by Noriya today did not pay attention to the balance of offense and defense. The four major attackers in the frontcourt all appeared. Behind them were Schneiderlin and Walton, while James appeared at the right back.
Recently, Ji Ya likes to use this formation more and more. Although when Southampton was in the British Championship, their results were not good because they played 433 which resulted in insufficient midfield protection. Until Simon Leite was used to strengthen the midfielder.
After the defense, the entire team's tactics reached a balance. But at that time, Lallana and Schneiderlin in the midfield had not yet grown up. Both of them had good offensive talents, but their defense was a little worse.
, which makes Southampton's midfield defense look very weak. However, now Schneiderlin has improved very quickly. Not only has he maintained a standard in offense, but he has also improved rapidly in defense - after all, although the offensive level of English League One is
It's not very strong, but because of Southampton's tactical problems, they are always under constant attack from their opponents, and as a defensive midfielder, he is the first to bear the brunt.
In this case, he can get better training.
Noriya is just regretful now that Southampton does not have outstanding wing attackers. Now the attack on the wing is basically completed by the two attacking midfielders Lallana and Mkhitaryan who constantly pull out the wings. The ability of the full-backs
It's relatively poor, which makes Southampton's tactics always a bit unsmooth.
However, this is something that cannot be solved. If Walker had been obtained before, this problem would have been much easier to solve.
But there is nothing we can do if we don’t get it.
Prost did say that it would be nice to have a boy in the youth team, but that guy is two years younger than Chamberlain, and is only over fourteen years old now. No matter how crazy Noriya is, he will not use such a young player.
No matter how talented a player is, he must abide by the Basic Law...
So for the time being we can only use existing players.
After this season, let's see if we can buy two reliable full-backs.
Thinking like this, Noriya shook hands with the opponent's head coach Cotterill and returned to his position. Portsmouth's starting lineup did not surprise him. Kanu's starting lineup was 442.
Serving as the second forward, Boateng sits in the midfield, and Utaka roams on the wing...
"Isn't this simple tactic a bit too simple to deal with us?" Ji Ya thought in his heart.
However, the game gave Kiya and Southampton a blow at the very beginning.
Portsmouth's tactics are indeed very simple. They let Boateng rush around the field looking for opportunities. Everyone else's offense has only one pursuit, which is to hand the ball to Boateng, and then use his personal
Ability to create opportunities!
This German-Ghanaian attacking midfielder is indeed strong and full of impact. Under his impact, it is difficult for Southampton's defense to adapt. After all, they have never encountered an attacker with such outstanding personal ability.
Only five minutes into the game, Utaka made a breakthrough from the wing and dropped the ball into the penalty area. Boateng, who was advancing forward, jumped up to fight for the top. He and Schneiderlin collided with each other and landed at the same time. However, before Schneiderlin still
When he failed to steady his pace, Boateng stood firm and faced the falling ball with a powerful volley!
The ball roared towards the upper right corner of the goal. Davis stretched out his arm, but still missed a little. The ball hit the net behind him hard, making the entire net tremble.
Boateng opened his hands and started celebrating wildly on the court. Ji Ya shook his head helplessly. What could be done about such an unreasonable goal?
But it’s very unpleasant…
"It doesn't matter, just chase it back!"
Ji Ya shouted towards the field.
His reaction at this time is undoubtedly normal. Southampton's players also quickly launched an attack. Several people in the frontcourt continued to cooperate with each other to find opportunities. Portsmouth launched a recovery defense to resist Southampton.
Puton's attack.
Seeing the team's quick counterattack, Southampton fans also relaxed and began to cheer loudly for the team.
Southampton's offense is now very smooth, so in the next ten minutes, they created many opportunities. First, Lallana and Mkhitaryan threatened with two consecutive shots from outside the penalty area, and then Lambert
Te's shot after forcing a breakthrough from the wing was pushed out of the baseline by the opponent's goalkeeper. Lallana took a corner kick and Lovren, who stepped forward to assist, headed the ball over.
Although they have not scored a goal, looking at their fast attacking rhythm, it seems that scoring a goal is only a matter of time.
Regarding this, Southampton fans still have enough confidence - although Southampton's performance in previous games has been somewhat ups and downs, they have always performed top-notch offensively!
As long as the attack continues like this, it is only a matter of time before the score is equalized.
At this time, a slightly controversial penalty changed Southampton's offensive trend.
Utaka was knocked down by James after breaking through from the wing. Portsmouth got a free kick, which was passed into the penalty area. When Perry and another forward of the opponent, Picquione, were entangled, both sides fell to the ground at the same time.
The referee hesitated and then awarded a penalty kick...
"How can this be a penalty kick! They are the ones who take action!"
Noriya shouted excitedly on the sidelines. Unfortunately, the referee's decision could not be changed. Boateng took the penalty kick and scored it into the dead center of the goal!
