With the training progressing smoothly, Noriya has high confidence in the competition this coming season.
But the media doesn't seem to think so.
In their view, Southampton's problems are not small. Although Keiya has retained De Bruyne, Suarez and Lukaku who performed well last season, the departure of the main players such as Mkhitaryan and James Ronaldo will have a negative impact on them.
The impact of the midfield and frontcourt is quite large. It is a bit foolish to rely on Coutinho and the newly introduced wingers to make up for the gap they left.
The bigger problem is the defense. The departure of the two full-backs and the goalkeeper has caused huge changes in Southampton's defense, which has always been very stable. In the past few years, Southampton's defense has been nothing more than poor.
After leaving Lovren and Blind, three of them were left at once, as well as the crucial goalkeeper. This had a huge impact on their defense.
Although their introduction of Romero is a good move, it is hard to say how well the Argentine goalkeeper will perform in the Premier League.
Southampton did not respond to such questions, and they were too lazy to respond, because only Southampton players know that Southampton's current strength is indeed worse than last season.
However, the prospects and the fighting spirit of the entire team have been enhanced by an unknown amount!
After all, most of the players who left were players who had played for Southampton for at least three years. In their own words, they had already won a lot of honors at Southampton, and there was nothing they had not yet received. Under such circumstances
, of course they want to change places to stimulate their higher fighting spirit and get more salary at the same time.
This kind of flow is actually very necessary.
Southampton's most senior players now only have captain Wundt and Schneiderlin. A few players like them are enough. Even if other players are exchanged, it is not a big deal. On the contrary, they can
Make the team more energetic.
The first round of the Premier League this season will be held on August 16th. Southampton will challenge Liverpool away in the first round. Before that, on August 10th, Southampton’s first game of the season will be the Community Shield final. They will
against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium.
This season's European Super Cup will be held ahead of schedule, on August 13th - this is also part of UEFA's restructuring. This time the European Super Cup will no longer be held at the Louis II Stadium that Southampton is already familiar with.
Instead, they will be played in other stadiums in turn. For example, this year's Super Cup will be held at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. It is precisely because of this that Southampton is not cheated. After all, they are more familiar with Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Closer.
So after the start of the new season, Southampton played two cup matches in a row before starting its league journey, and met a strong team like Liverpool in the first round.
In terms of schedule, it is indeed a disadvantage.
However, Southampton's players seem to be used to this. In the past, they either had to play in the Community Shield or the European Super Cup. After all, this is the fourth time they have participated in the European Super Cup. Otherwise, they are all.
I’m getting used to the Stade Louis II very well!
In Kiya's view, these two games are nothing more than high-quality warm-up games to test the team and allow the whole team to adapt to the competition.
That's right, it's a warm-up match.
Southampton's pre-season training was mainly focused on physical fitness and tactical training. There were not many warm-up matches. They only played a few games with nearby amateur teams to maintain their condition. There were no opponents of sufficient quality.
As a warm-up match opponent, Portsmouth was originally a good target. However, the bad relationship between the two clubs also made such a warm-up unlikely.
So these two games are the best warm-up matches.
At the same time, the Community Shield Cup can be replaced by seven players, which just allows more players to play.
For Arsenal, they are bound to win this game. They won the FA Cup last season. This is the first decent championship they won after that unbeaten season, so
They also hope to continue to win the Community Shield championship.
On August 10, fans from both sides poured into Wembley Stadium in large numbers. Arsenal fans had a big advantage in this regard, while Southampton fans had to travel farther, but it only took two cars to drive.
Hour.
This summer, Southampton made a lot of money in the transfer market, but Arsenal invested a lot. Although they did not continue to poach Southampton players, they achieved a considerable amount of net investment.
Sagna left for Manchester City on a free transfer, Fabianski went to Swansea on a free transfer, plus Djurou who went to Hamburg at a low price, Arsenal did not sell the main players this summer and introduced Sanchez.
It cost them more than 30 million, plus Debuchy's 10 million, their net expenditure this summer was close to 50 million.
With such a large investment, Arsenal certainly hopes to perform better this season. After all, they have not been able to enter the top four for several years. After the rise of Southampton, Arsenal has been the most injured. They have been in the top four for several years.
Ranked fifth for three years. Without Southampton, how could they have made it to the top 16 of the Champions League in the past three years? That's a combined revenue of more than 100 million pounds.
So now Arsenal fans, in addition to hating Tottenham, have also begun to hate Southampton.
Before the game started, fans from both sides started fighting in the stands, but it was obvious that the players and head coaches of both sides were more indifferent to the game.
In other words, Southampton cares more about some things revealed in this game rather than the game itself.
Arsenal fielded a mixed lineup for this game, with goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, newly joined right back Debuchy, left back Gibbs, center back Koscielny and Chambers partnering, midfielder Art.
Tower and Ramsey serve as double midfielders, Wilshere comes forward, the wings are newly joined Sanchez and Cazorla, the youngster Sanogo is the lone forward, and the former Southampton trident Giroud, Chamberlain and Volko
Ted was sitting on the bench.
Kiya also sent a mixed lineup, with goalkeeper Romero, two full-backs Jenkinson and Alonso, center backs Bailey and Rudiger partnering, midfielders Casemiro, Schneiderlin and Couti
Neo, forwards Mane, Vardy and Lukaku.
The captain's armband was worn on Schneiderlin's arm.
This is an obvious mix. There is no Wundt in the defense and no De Bruyne in the midfield. Ji Ya wants to see what Southampton's true strength is without these two people.
