Chapter 413 Pay more attention to the Champions Cup
No matter how Noriya tried to mitigate the loss of this draw, it was indeed a fact that they missed an opportunity to tie Chelsea's points, and this fact also began to boost Chelsea's morale.
Originally, their recent form seemed to have declined somewhat, but in the following time, their performance began to become even better.
In the twenty-fourth round of the league, Chelsea was once equalized by Aston Villa. Relying on Ivanovic's buzzer-beater, Chelsea defeated their opponent 2-1 away from home and won.
Southampton also defeated its opponent very tenaciously. When they challenged Queens Park Rangers who were fighting for relegation away from home, the opponent almost maintained a draw through constant fouls and defense. However, in the 88th minute
, Vardy scored a header and scored for Southampton. Then the Southampton players, who had been holding back for a long time, scored two goals in a row from Cancelo and Suarez in the remaining minutes, and the final score was three to three.
Zero beat his opponent.
In the twenty-fifth round of the league, Chelsea once again won with difficulty. Everton almost got a draw in the away game. However, in the 89th minute, William completed the winner and Chelsea beat Everton 1-0 and won.
Two consecutive wins.
Southampton encountered Waterloo. Although they took the lead twice with Suarez's brace and Lukaku's goal in a goal battle, they were still tenaciously equalized by the opponent.
The gap between Chelsea began to widen to four points again.
Southampton fans can only sigh, but the only thing that makes them happy is that as the Champions League gets closer and closer, their Suarez's condition has begun to get better and better. He has scored three goals in the last two rounds of the league.
The ball showed excellent condition.
Vardy was in great form in the first half of the season, and it was Suarez's turn to be in form in the second half of the season. This is undoubtedly a very good thing for the entire team.
After these two league games, the next weekend is the FA Cup match, and then the first round of the Champions League knockout round - the strange format of the Premier League is actually not without its benefits, at least for the teams competing for the Champions League.
, you can take a break when the FA Cup comes.
Both Noriya and Mourinho sent out all their substitutes in the next FA Cup game. Mourinho paid more attention to the League Cup, but not so much to the FA Cup.
So Southampton lost cleanly to Liverpool 1-2 at home, and Chelsea also suffered a defeat at home. They lost 2-4 at home to Bradford...
Everyone can see that their minds are completely focused on the next Champions League.
This is normal. After all, compared with the Champions League, no matter how long the history of the FA Cup is, it cannot hide the fact that playing in the FA Cup does not have much economic benefit.
Even when Noriya was pursuing the championship the most, he was not so enthusiastic about the FA Cup. In fact, this has a lot to do with Southampton's history of winning the FA Cup.
"Juventus has been very strong recently... They have won three consecutive championships in Serie A, and last season they scored 102 points, breaking the points record of the five major leagues... This is indeed worthy of admiration, although the overall strength of Serie A is not right now.
So strong. Allegri did a good job taking over from Conte. Conte is very good at leading the league, but he is average in European competitions, but he is different. After all, they qualified from the group, right?"
Ji Ya's words aroused the laughter of the players. His words were obviously referring to Yin Yang Juventus, saying that they have a civil war where insiders are fighting outsiders...
Juventus' main signing this summer is Real Madrid's Morata. This is to strengthen the strength of the front line. Their overall formation has basically taken shape, and all they need is to patch things up.
However, although Noriya sounds relaxed, he still attaches great importance to the game itself.
Because Juventus' overall condition is really good now.
The goalkeeper is the ever-stronger Buffon. Although Buffon may not be considered the best goalkeeper in the world now, he is definitely still among the best goalkeepers. The partnership between Chiellini and Bonucci in the defense can be called another classic central defender in Italy.
Partner, there are superstars like Pirlo in the midfield, top players like Vidal, talented talents like Pogba, and Marchisio who is not so talented but can provide midfield running and confrontation, and forward line
With Tevez and Morata, their problem of unreliable forwards in previous years has also been greatly improved...
In terms of lineup, they basically have no flaws.
Therefore, these two rounds of games will definitely be difficult, not to mention that Juventus still has the unique resilience of Serie A teams.
Although the performance of Serie A teams in the Champions League has not been very good in the past few years or since the arrival of the new century, they still won three Champions Leagues in the first ten years. Whenever you feel that Serie A is not good, they will
Stand up occasionally.
This can be regarded as their heritage.
"However, their performance in the group stage was actually not very good. They even lost to Olympiacos, and Olympiacos ended up being one point less than them. If Olympiacos had not lost to Malmo, which was at the bottom, and Juventus was in
If Malmo scored six points, they might be eliminated. Their overall performance is very good, but they lack explosive points. Pirlo is a top midfielder, and he can make the entire team through his passing and control.
The team is stable, but he cannot stand up and score goals by himself, and the others are similar. The forward is not stable enough and cannot bring more goals, so in this regard, we have an advantage." Noriya said.
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The players nodded one after another. They do have more confidence in scoring goals. Whether it is Suarez, Lukaku or Vardy, they can always provide stable goals.
In terms of midfield, they are not inferior. Although the midfield of Vidal, Pogba, Pirlo and Marchisio is classic, Southampton is not worse than them at all, and is even more energetic.
Juventus' greatest advantage is their defense.
Southampton's defense is certainly good, but the overall strength of the two central defenders is still a bit poor. Gulacchi is not as stable as Buffon, but Gulacchi is younger.
"We don't have to worry too much about the two rounds of the game. We will struggle with them more in the away game, get to know them better, and then kill them when we return to the home court." Noriya finally said with confidence.
The players waved their fists one after another. They are still looking forward to the Champions League game and are confident.
