Since the start of this season, Southampton has been invincible when encountering ordinary teams, and loses without temper when encountering strong teams. This was quickly discovered by everyone.
After all, in this information age, basically everyone knows if something happens to you.
However, in the third round of the League Cup in midweek, Southampton showed their prowess.
Southampton basically plays with a full substitute lineup in the League Cup and FA Cup. This is no longer news. Although Southampton’s opponent is Arsenal in this game, Noriya will not make any changes to this.
This is a standard substitute lineup. Veteran Klose has not played since this season, but he did in this game.
However, Arsenal, who also sent a large number of substitutes, could not withstand Southampton's attack.
When everyone is not particularly strong as a whole, a certain explosive performance is enough to solve the overall game.
Southampton's breaking point...many people didn't expect it.
It's the young Dembélé.
Dembele has not played in the league this season, so in this game, he continued to receive passes from his teammates, and then continued to use his speed and skills to torture the opponent's defender...
Arsenal's left back in this game is Spaniard Monreal. He is also an excellent full-back with excellent skills, good offensive ability, and certain defensive abilities.
However, he was on the slow side and was tortured by Dembele using his own speed and skills.
Although Sanchez opened the scoring for Arsenal in the first half, Dembele soon broke through Monreal's defense on the right and then cleverly passed the ball into the penalty area. Klose received the ball and turned around
, facing the opponent's defender, he raised his foot and passed the ball to the other side of the penalty area. Perisic followed up and shot directly with his left foot to equalize the score.
Before the end of the first half, Dembele broke through to the baseline again, and then passed the ball in an inverted triangle to the front of the penalty area. The running of Klose and Perisic pushed the opponent's defenders into the penalty area, and followed up.
Schneiderlin took the shot directly without stopping the ball. The ball flew into the blind corner of the goal and Southampton took the lead.
After the start of the second half, Arsenal strengthened their defense on both wings. However, Dembele still used his skills to continuously interfere with Arsenal's offense. He created a corner kick after a breakthrough. Prowse took the corner kick and then
Bailly scored with a header, making it 3-1 and Southampton won.
Although Dembele only had one assist in this game, anyone who has watched his performance in this game will know that Dembele is undoubtedly the most eye-catching person on the field!
"Is Dembélé for sale?" Wenger immediately asked when shaking hands with Ji Ya.
He's young and he's French. It'll be damned if Wenger doesn't move...
"Sell, 100 million pounds." Ji Ya laughed.
Wenger glared at him, but these words also let Wenger know that Dembele must train Ji Ya well in the future, otherwise he would not ask for such a high price.
Moreover, since Dembele is so young, his contract must be for five years. Before Noriya trains him, no one else can get involved.
The current Southampton is not just promoted to the Premier League and has no ability to resist when faced with poaching from strong teams.
Just look at how they resisted Barcelona's poaching and retained Suarez this summer.
Moreover, Southampton’s salary is not low now. Several main players now receive top-level salaries in the Premier League. That is to say, some newcomers and substitutes have lower salaries. This is to reduce expenses as much as possible while retaining the main players.
operating to the limit.
A head coach who can operate in this way will certainly not let go of players who can increase their prices easily.
Wenger just sighed in his heart, why couldn't he discover Dembele first? I didn't know it before, but after watching this game, I knew that this kid was a rare genius.
Some geniuses can be known just by looking at his kicking movements.
If such a talent is snatched away by Southampton, it will probably become a nightmare for others.
After eliminating Arsenal, Southampton returned to the league and continued to perform well. Facing Queens Park Rangers who were fighting for relegation at home, their performance was still quite good.
As early as in the British Championship, Southampton would only play Queens Park Rangers once every time, let alone now.
At that time, they were promoted together. Queens Park Rangers were relegated in the second season and only came back last season. The two teams are no longer on the same level.
Queens Park Rangers used defensive counterattacks to deal with Southampton, but Southampton's offense was not worried about this at all.
Under De Bruyne's organization, Southampton's frontcourt players were constantly looking for opportunities. Lukaku almost opened a path to receive the ball in the penalty area, and then De Bruyne's pass
After handing the ball to his feet, Lukaku made a slight adjustment after stopping the ball, and then immediately took a shot. The ball roared into the near corner of the goal!
Nine minutes after the start of the second half, Coutinho scored his second goal. After becoming the main force this season, he quickly showed his abilities. He does not have Mkhitaryan's breakthrough and organizational skills, but his
His ability to shoot after getting the ball and break into the penalty area to score is better than Mkhitaryan - the Armenian is already a midfielder with strong scoring ability.
With the help of his teammates, his scoring ability has also begun to develop. At the beginning of this season, most of the goals were scored by him and Vardy. It is not easy for a midfielder to be so full of firepower.
Not only his scoring, but his final pass ability is also quite outstanding.
Just five minutes later, Coutinho immediately stuffed the ball into the penalty area after receiving the ball. Vardy fired directly without stopping the ball, and the ball hit the net three times.
Austin, who once played for Southampton, pulled a point back before the end. Southampton fans also applauded Austin's goal. He served as a substitute center in Southampton's first two seasons in the Premier League and his performance was also conscientious.
, he was able to score goals as soon as he came on the field, and then joined Queens Park Rangers for the main position, and performed very well. In the season of relegation, he scored 13 goals in the league and more than 20 goals in the British Championship.
Helping Queens Park Rangers achieve promotion, his number of goals in the British Championship last season was second only to Leicester City's Du Yue.
From this perspective, the products produced by Southampton are all very reliable.
