"Chelsea's offense relies a little too much on Costa. It's very efficient when counterattacking. However, when they press the offense, they don't have much to do against Southampton's defense. It won't work like this."
When the halftime whistle sounded, the commentator began to evaluate the first half of the game. In the last 20 minutes of the first half, Chelsea had the advantage on the field, but it was difficult to create real good opportunities.
Come on, under such circumstances, their offense will be more worried, because Southampton's counterattack threat is also quite large.
At this time, they can easily fall into a dilemma.
"We can't take it lightly. Chelsea's offense in the first half actually didn't let go. We also focused more on Costa. This way, others will have more opportunities. Don't think that they only rely on Costa.
In terms of goals, they have scored 61 goals so far, only 18 of which were scored by Costa, less than one-third...understand?" Noriya said in the locker room.
The players nodded one after another. They knew this. Chelsea is the second team with the most goals so far. In addition to Costa, Hazard, Willian, Oscar and others have scored many goals, let alone others.
Fabregas.
Their overall team is now very strong. Although Benteke has almost been given up by Mourinho, he occasionally comes off the bench and performs well.
Under Mourinho's two-year management, this Chelsea team is actually quite complete, and the replacement has been basically successful. This is the time when a team like this is producing results, so we must not underestimate it.
"In the second half, we have to strengthen our offense, strengthen the pressing in the midfield, and be careful of their counterattacks... After Diego attracts attention, others can boldly step in, understand? Our offense is a whole, and any space is
Something we can take advantage of.”
In the home team's locker room, Mourinho was pointing out his players. He did not get angry, which made the players feel confident.
For this game, the fighting spirit and desire of Chelsea players are indeed relatively high. After all, many of them do not have particularly decent honors. Except for veterans like Terry Cahill, that is, Matuidi and
Willian won the Premier League with Southampton, Cesc Fabregas won La Liga with Barcelona, and Costa won the La Liga championship last season... As for everything else, there are no honors, including top players like Hazard and Oscar.
That's true.
So their desire for the championship is still quite big.
So after the start of the second half, Chelsea's offense began to become more fierce.
In addition to attacking more fiercely, they also began to run and press more in the midfield. The two full-backs, Azpilicueta and Ivanovic, continued to support the midfielder, and Cesc Fabregas also frequently
Dribbling the ball forward to launch an attack, Hazard became more and more active. He kept dropping back to pick it up, and then relied on his speed and skills to launch the attack.
These top players went crazy together, which of course brought fierce offensive capabilities.
Southampton's defense gradually began to loosen during such an attack.
After all, both of their full-backs are better at offense than defense. There is only one defensive midfielder in the midfield, which cannot provide enough protection to the opponent.
Under such circumstances, Southampton's defense will naturally reveal more flaws.
"Our defense is still slightly inferior to the players' personal abilities. It would be great if it could be stronger." Jiya covered his mouth and said to Benali.
"Cancelo has done well in defensive practice recently, and Alonso is also strengthening his abilities in this area." Benali also covered his mouth and replied.
Ji Ya nodded. It is very important for players to improve their goals through training. Now it seems that Cancelo is indeed making continuous progress. It doesn't seem obvious now because his defense was really poor before. Now he is just a player.
We are just trying to make up for this shortcoming bit by bit.
When he improves his defense and confrontation, Southampton's right wing will be completely improved.
Alonso's overall strength is still slightly inferior, but he can still fill in the gaps if there are suitable players in the future.
William had a threatening shot in the corner kick, but due to Alonso's interference, the ball almost missed the post and flew out of the baseline, shocking Gulacchi into a cold sweat.
Costa almost equalized the score in the 60th minute. He flew in the penalty area and shot. The ball hit the post hard and bounced back into the penalty area. Otamendi made a huge clearance.
When Chelsea's offense had good results, Southampton's counterattack also had good results.
Suarez produced two yellow cards in just five minutes, Matuidi and Cahill received one each. Mourinho replaced Matuidi with Ramirez to strengthen the attack and try to equalize the score.
.
As long as this game ends in a draw, it will be a good result.
Chelsea, who mustered up their courage, played a beautiful attack in the following time. First, Willian broke through from the wing and then passed in. Costa's running attracted the attention of Font and Otamendi, and he inserted in the back row.
Oscar, who was on top, faced the falling ball and swung his head in the penalty area to attack the goal. Gulacchi made a wonderful save and blocked the ball out of the baseline with one hand!
"Beautiful save! Since the beginning of this season, Gulacchi's performance has been somewhat ups and downs, but he still relied on his steady performance and wonderful saves to win the battle for the main goalkeeper! Romero's performance is actually not bad, but with him
In comparison, it lacks some stability and occasional key saves!"
"I have to say that he has improved a lot in the past year. It was surprising that he could not play in the game for five years at Liverpool. But now it seems that Southampton's training level is very high. He is obviously better than before.
He has learned a lot, and a 23-year-old goalkeeper can continue to improve, which is not easy in itself."
The commentator began to praise Gulacchi's outstanding performance, and he also made consecutive wonderful saves.
After receiving a direct pass from Hazard, Oscar took a shot in the penalty area. Gulacchi side-attacked and suppressed the ball.
Azpilicueta suddenly took a shot from the corner of the penalty area, and the ball was firmly saved by Gulacchi.
Mourinho replaced striker Remy to strengthen the attack. Soon he headed the goal in the melee in the penalty area. Gulacchi once again made a wonderful save.
Gulacchi's wonderful performance during this period stabilized Southampton's defense, and soon, through a counterattack, Southampton completely sealed the victory!
Perisic passed Ivanovic and Cahill in the counterattack, and then passed the ball to the center. Vardy's follow-up shot was blocked by Terry with his body, but he quickly passed the ball to
Schneiderlin followed up and scored immediately!
Three to one, Southampton completely won this game!
