After taking a two-goal lead, Southampton's offense became more comfortable. Newcastle had to strengthen their marking of Vardy, otherwise it would be embarrassing for this grassroots shooter to complete a hat-trick against them.
But their approach will only give Southampton players in other positions more opportunities to perform.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Perisic received a pass from Mane at the back point and decisively scored with his left foot, making it 3-0.
In the 63rd minute, Coutinho scored the ball, and Schneiderlin, who came in from the back row, decisively took a long shot, and the ball flew into the blind corner of the goal.
Before the end, Cancelo, who was advancing forward to assist, saw that no one was coming to defend him, so he decisively chose to dribble into the penalty area. When the Newcastle players came to defend in a panic, Cancelo decisively kicked off and the ball drew an arc.
Line, flew into the dead center of the goal, five to zero!
Southampton completed a big win at home!
After the first defeat, Southampton quickly completed three consecutive victories in the league. One game was 3-0, one was 5-1, and the other was 5-0. They won more each game. This is not only a state of
The above question, but it shows that Southampton has almost the strength to crush the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League.
After all, in these games, Southampton did not even have a stable main lineup, and they were constantly changing, but they were still able to achieve such good results.
Noriya didn't say much about this. The big wins in these games were not actually about how outstanding their performance was, but the fact that a few outstanding players performed well, covering up the overall shortcomings.
In particular, Southampton's previous offense was mainly centered on the center. This season, it has started to play quite a lot on the wing, and there are several more wing attack players. As a result, the opponent cannot adapt and Southampton scores goals.
Of course there are more.
Last season, although Luke Shaw and Klein were also very good in assisting ability, Luke Shaw mainly relied on impact from the wing and bold forward penetration, and then played a role similar to a winger. He was very good in technique and passing.
, there is nothing particularly outstanding about him, the main thing that is strong is his impact power.
Klein is better in all aspects, with certain skills at his feet, certain passing ability, and the ability to go up and down.
However, compared with Alonso, Luke Shaw's awareness and level of passing are much lower. Alonso was not able to play the main force before, mainly because of his average running ability.
Compared with Cancelo, Klein is better in other aspects, but his passing skills are far behind.
So now Southampton's wing attack has not only been strengthened a lot, but most importantly, their offensive method has also undergone huge changes.
Southampton certainly needs to get used to it, but don't their opponents need to adapt again?
Especially those weak teams, which rely on their familiarity with Southampton's offense to resist, may not be able to withstand it. Now that Southampton has changed their tactics and been beaten so hard, of course they can't resist.
But when playing against a strong team, it's hard to say.
The ability of strong teams to adjust themselves is much better.
The loss to Liverpool in the first game is an example, and the loss to Arsenal in the Community Shield is also a typical example.
Southampton's current problem is still in the running-in. Then the two full-backs were replaced and the midfield tactics were fine-tuned. Their defense has indeed declined.
Meeting Dortmund in the first game of the Champions League group stage may not be a good thing.
In this regard, Ji Ya made a good guess.
Three days later in Dortmund, the defending champions lost their first Champions League group match.
In fact, Noriya did not hold anything back in this game. He sent out almost the entire main lineup, goalkeeper Romero, defender Cancelo, Alonso, Font, Otamendi, and midfielder Casemiro.
, De Bruyne, Coutinho, forward Mane, Vardy, Lukaku.
However, their wing was severely beaten by Dortmund's quick attack.
In this game, Klopp used fast players in his frontcourt trident. The center was the Italian Immobile, and on both sides were Aubameyang and Royce. Their extremely fast speed made Southampton's back
The defense was exhausted. They scored two goals at the end of the first half and at the beginning of the second half. Royce completed two assists, allowing Immobile and Aubameyang to score single goals respectively. Southampton
Although Lukaku scored a goal to get one point back, it was still a bit too late.
It was not embarrassing for Southampton to lose 1 to 2, but it was still a bit embarrassing for the defending champion to lose the first game.
"Dortmund performed very well tactically in this game and gave us a goal... But in the second half of the game, we performed well and recovered to our previous form, but there was not enough time. Our team still has
During the running-in process, problems will inevitably arise when facing strong teams, which is normal."
Noriya said at the post-match press conference that this was recognized by many people. After all, seven players had indeed been changed. The team had changed a third, and the main players had also changed five. In such a situation
Under certain circumstances, of course it needs to be adjusted.
And didn’t Southampton stumble at the beginning of last season? Didn’t they make great progress afterwards?
You really can’t underestimate Southampton.
In the league, they are now ranked third. Except for Chelsea, which has won four consecutive victories, and its position is very stable, the other strong teams are not as good as Southampton. The second place is Aston Villa, who have scored ten points.
Tottenham and Manchester City only scored seven points, Arsenal and Liverpool only scored six points. The worst was Manchester United. They only won one victory in the last round. After four games, they had one win, two draws and one loss, and only five points.
The season has just begun, and the performance of the strong teams is somewhat ups and downs, which is normal.
After returning to the league, Southampton started to shake again. When they challenged Swansea, which was tied for third in the away game and also scored nine points, Southampton firmly controlled the midfield. De Bruyne
Coutinho assisted Coutinho to score the first goal, and then Lukaku forced a breakthrough and passed the ball to Vardy. Vardy turned and hit the goal. Although the opponent's goalkeeper pounced, the ball still entered the net from his armpit.
Two to zero, Southampton won without a fight, but in this round Chelsea suffered a draw and Villa lost. Southampton returned to the second position in one breath, only one point less than Chelsea.
"Did you notice that Jamie is very comfortable playing in an ordinary team, but he has a hard time playing in a strong team?" Benali found Noriya after the game and said to him.
"Yes, this is also a matter of experience... The games he played last season were mostly against weak teams, so he was very adaptable. However, he didn't play much against strong teams. This is where he needs to improve. It just so happens.
Suarez can't play now, let him have a good training." Ji Ya replied.
