When Du Yue followed the team to Southampton, although he was a little heartless, he still sighed a little.
After all, this is his youth training position, and although he is now a Leicester City player, Southampton can actually repurchase him at any time.
Therefore, his current status is normal if he is still a Southampton player.
So now his mood is a bit complicated. Fortunately, Prowse has experienced this mentality before, and Vardy, they all have a good relationship with Du Yue, and their communication also allows Du Yue to focus more on
Put it in the competition.
"If I score against Southampton, will the fans dislike me?" Du Yue thought in his mind.
But now it seems that he is overthinking. After all, his current position is the left winger, and Ulloa is the main forward. Although he has not scored in the four rounds, it is obvious that he is 1.85 meters tall and has great speed.
An Argentinian who is not slow, has rich experience and is a legitimate player at the age of 28 is more suitable to be the forward striker.
However, Ulloa has been under a lot of pressure lately, and everyone knows that.
Not scoring in three rounds is indeed a lot of pressure for a center, especially since Leicester City's tactics are all for the center. Previously, he was in good form and scored consecutive goals, and Leicester City's results were poor.
Okay, now that he doesn't score, Leicester City will lose three games in a row. In addition to the previous two league games, they only scored one point in five games, and their ranking suddenly dropped to 18th place, although they are only behind relegation.
Two points away, but the team is beginning to feel the pressure of relegation in advance.
"Perform well, even if we face Southampton, we have to work hard to score points!"
Before the game started, Du Yue waved his fist in the locker room and said that his outgoing personality made him popular everywhere. When he said this, everyone had no objections.
Ulloa nodded, knowing that he needed a goal.
Even against the powerful Leicester City.
There was no change in the lineup sent by Leicester City in this game. Noriya slightly adjusted the starting lineup. The other positions did not change much. Suarez started consecutively, but he did not replace Vardy's position, but Luka.
The location of the library...
"Does a forward play two games in every three games?" A commentator couldn't help but ridicule: "This is really an even distribution..."
However, in fact, this approach seems to be good.
The partnership between Vardy and Suarez... is actually quite good.
As mentioned before, the characteristics of Vardy and Suarez are also different. Although they are both suitable to play center, Vardy is a British center, while Suarez is a relatively standard South American center.
So they can cover each other on the court, and then use each other's abilities in different positions.
Especially since neither of them is the kind of center that sticks in the penalty area, their movement is quite flexible.
As a result, Leicester City's two tall British-style central defenders found it quite difficult to defend.
Southampton's two forwards definitely did not confront them head-on. Instead, they kept running, pulling, and receiving...
In the midfield, Southampton also had an advantage. Although Cambiaso and Drinkwater worked hard, it was still quite difficult for them to defend under Southampton's organization.
De Bruyne and Coutinho continued to send very beautiful passes. Coutinho is not good at organization, but he is quite threatening when he is close to the penalty area, whether he is passing or shooting.
In the 21st minute of the game, Southampton made two consecutive large-scale moves and finally created a good opportunity. Cancelo received the ball in a relatively ample space and then raised his foot to pass the ball into the penalty area.
Vardy followed up and jumped in the middle of the penalty area. At this time, Morgan had been thrown away by him. If he shook his head and attacked the goal, it would be difficult for Schmeichel to make a save.
However, he chose a safer way to play, facing the falling ball, shaking his head and heading the ball to the other side of the penalty area!
Suarez moved forward to receive the ball, and what he faced next was a mostly empty goal!
The next thing was of course very simple. Suarez easily kicked the ball into the empty goal.
This kind of pass is almost a nanny ball. It would be damned if Suarez can't hit it...
"Southampton scored first! It was Suarez who scored the goal! It was Vardy who assisted him! I think everyone understands what this means. The atmosphere in the Southampton team is really good, Vardy
Giving assists to your competitors will make their opponents even more difficult to guard against!"
This is also true.
Before the end of the first half, De Bruyne once again sent a direct pass from the midfield. After receiving the ball, Suarez made a clever move to get rid of the defender and approached the corner of the small penalty area. At this time, Leicester City's defensive power in the penalty area was still there.
It was enough, one went to interfere with Suarez, and the other stared at Vardy who was receiving the ball on the other side of the penalty area. However, Suarez dunked the ball back and then passed it to the penalty area. Coutinho, who advanced forward, easily got up.
With your feet, you can score easily without being defended!
"Southampton's offense... is so smooth! Although Suarez did not reciprocate Vardy's favor, we can clearly see that it was the wisest time to pass it to Coutinho who was advancing forward! They are now
The offense is really...on the ground, in the air, inside the penalty area, outside the penalty area...it's really hard to guard against!"
The commentator continued to sigh. They were leading by two goals in the first half. Leicester City basically had no ability to resist under Southampton's fierce attack. Mahrez on both wings could also create some threats by dribbling the ball.
His continuous retreats can also create some threats, and his shot after a forced breakthrough was quite threatening, which put a certain amount of pressure on Gulacchi, who had not conceded a single goal in five consecutive games in various competitions recently.
However, Ulloa's performance was still poor.
Under the turns of Otamendi and Font, he was unable to create any good opportunities. Under the pressure of Southampton, as a tall center, it was difficult for him to counterattack.
What opportunities are created.
This made Leicester City coach Pearson very depressed.
If the offense cannot open up the situation, then the pressure on the defense will naturally be greater. The outcome of this game may not matter, but considering the subsequent games, the forwards must be able to create better pressure.
"Shall we let Du Yue advance forward? In this case, we can strengthen the defense on the left so that he can concentrate on the attack. His speed, technique and personal ability are very suitable for him to be the forward forward, but I don't know his ability.
With experience and the ability to withstand pressure, can I do this..." Pearson thought silently in his heart.
