After the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Noriya straightened his clothes, shook hands with the opponent's head coach Pearson, and then began to praise his players one by one.
This was his usual practice, to communicate with the players on the court after the game, but after this exchange, he stood in front of Du Yue.
Du Yue looked at Ji Ya with some embarrassment.
"That goal was very beautiful. I think you will return to the center position next time." Ji Ya said to Du Yue.
Du Yue scratched his head: "It also depends on the coach's decision."
"There should be no problem."
Ji Ya shook his head, and then asked Du Yue: "Are you really ready to be a main center?"
"You say."
Facing Ji Ya who looked like he was going to teach him something and solve his doubts, Du Yue said something quite obediently.
"The position of center is very honorable, but it is also very stressful. When you scored consecutive goals before, everyone cheered for you, but once you fail to score for two consecutive games, doubts will immediately fly over... This and
Other positions are different. If you don't score in other positions, as long as you perform well elsewhere, you will still get praise, and the center must score goals. This is the pressure that the center must bear while gaining honors and attention." Ji
Ya said.
Du Yue couldn't help but think of his former competitor Ulloa...
When he scored six goals in six rounds, everyone was praising him and thinking that Leicester City made the right choice. They only spent more than two million pounds to buy such a reliable center. It was simply better than Southampton.
You need to be able to do business.
But what happens next? After four rounds without scoring, he was immediately scolded by the media as a "parallel import", a "cancer", and a "useless Argentinian"... The media's sudden change of direction is certainly disgusting, but the center position
The pressure is indeed very great.
Therefore, even excellent centers are often very superstitious, because even the best centers may encounter a goal drought inexplicably, so they often have some kind of ritual before the game to enhance their confidence.
Various factors have proved that the center, the position that carries the most attention and hopes on the football field and can basically get the highest salary and best treatment in the team, will definitely encounter more pressure.
"Boss, I know, I actually felt it last season." Du Yue nodded and said.
Ji Ya also nodded, and then patted Du Yue's shoulder. He said this, but whether he can do it next depends on his performance.
After Southampton won this game, they began to wait to watch Chelsea's game against Liverpool, but the result made them sigh. After Liverpool took the lead with Emre Can's goal in the first nine minutes,
However, they conceded one goal in each half and ended up losing the game 1-2.
This also allows Chelsea to remain at the top of the standings.
"Don't worry about other people's games, let's just play our own games." Noriya said to the players.
The players nodded one after another, but Chelsea's start was really surprising. They had nine wins and two draws in eleven games, and their ability to grab points was quite good.
Reminiscent of Mourinho's points record in his second season at Real Madrid, everyone couldn't help but mutter, wouldn't this guy set another points record?
But for Southampton, the most important thing is to play their own game well.
In the next round of the league, Southampton challenged Villa away from home. In this game, Ji Ya continued to send a large number of main players. Now is not the time for rotation, but the time to bite the opponent hard.
The only change is that the striker team has been replaced by Vardy and Lukaku.
However, in this game, Southampton encountered stubborn resistance from Villa. This veteran team, which had not had a good start to the season and was already fighting for relegation, performed very well in this game. Not only did they resist
Southampton's attack was blocked, and in the 29th minute of the game, captain Agbonlahor counterattacked and scored through a quick counterattack.
"This guy always does this..." Ji Ya was speechless.
Agbonlahor is not young now, he is twenty-eight years old, but he became famous at the age of nineteen. At that time, he relied on his lightning-fast starting speed, but to this day, he still has lightning-fast starting speed, although he has already
He became Aston Villa's iconic player, but his strength and performance have always been like this.
However, Southampton's defense always has no good way to deal with such fast players. After all, their center back combination is not particularly fast.
Rudiger and Bailly are not slow, but they never have the tacit understanding of Otamendi and Wundt, so even though they have better physical fitness, they can still only serve as substitutes.
Bailly and Rudiger don't have much objection to this, and they also cherish their days as substitutes at Southampton.
In the following time, Aston Villa also launched a tenacious defense, which once made Southampton's offense uncertain.
At this time, another thing that made things worse for Southampton happened. In order to block another counterattack by Agbonlahor, Fonte chased back bravely and made a precise flying shovel, successfully blocking the opponent's attack this time.
Counterattack, but after Gulacchi got the ball, he couldn't stand up - he strained his thigh...
Ji Ya urgently sent Bailey to replace Wundt. Compared with Wundt, Bailey was closer, he was relatively more stable, and he was faster in confrontation and foot movement.
Rudiger is still a little rough.
However, after Wundt came off the field, it made it difficult for the players on the field to decide who would give the captain's armband - Southampton has more veterans leaving now, and Ronaldo, Navas and others who left this summer are considered to be the only veterans.
Qualified, now besides Wundt, the second captain is Schneiderlin, but he is off the court now...
"Leave it to Kevin!" Ji Ya shouted to the court.
De Bruyne was stunned for a moment, and then took the captain's armband from his teammate.
This choice is not surprising. After all, the third captain is the third goalkeeper Foster. Except for the three official captains, it is normal for anyone to wear the captain's armband. Although De Bruyne is a bit taciturn, he has a lot of confidence in his skills and abilities.
, everyone is convinced.
After putting on the captain's armband, De Bruyne's temperament seems to have begun to change...
"Hey, Kevin seems to be very serious." Benali couldn't help but say.
"Kevin is impeccable in everything else, but he may not be responsible at the critical moment. This time he is called upon at a critical moment. Let's see if he can make any changes." Ji Ya said to Benelli.
He doesn't care too much about winning a game. It would be different if he could get a De Bruyne with the temperament of a captain!
