"Defensive counterattack tactics can only be used occasionally, but of course they cannot be used as a long-term game method."
Noriya decisively made his attitude clear in the team: "We still have to attack, do you understand? In the first round, we led them 1-0, then in the second round, we have to compete with them in attack! We
Playing in the League Cup is aimed at the championship! In the final we will definitely encounter the most powerful opponent, whether it is Manchester City or Manchester United, it is not comparable to teams like Blackburn and Aston Villa! Only by combining our
Fully utilizing our advantages is the key to our victory!"
Noriya's timely clarification is very important.
Because players are most likely to get into trouble once their understanding of tactics wavers, not to mention that Southampton's players are younger and more likely to waver.
"The defensive counterattack in the last game was so that we could have some tactical advantages in this game, and this game is at our home court, so of course we have to show our abilities well, do you understand?
?Use our offense to tell them that even if we are still in League One, our offense can still stand in the Premier League!"
Noriya's words made the Southampton players excited, especially the players in the frontcourt - Lambert is a grassroots player from the lower leagues, Lallana is from Southampton's youth training, and Giroud is from Ligue 2.
An unknown player, Mkhitaryan is a player from the minor leagues...
In other words, they have not been doing well before, and they are all eager to show their quality in the top league.
Nothing can stimulate them more than words like this!
With great fighting spirit, Southampton's players took to the field.
Blackburn's players also came on the field with high fighting spirit. They defeated Fulham 2-0 in the weekend's league game. There is no danger of relegation for the time being, so their fighting spirit should be higher for this game.
Of course, both sides are the main players in the weekend game, and their physical fitness is almost the same, so there won't be any big problems.
After having enough space, Blackburn's two forwards quickly began to show their quality.
After receiving the ball, Diouf forcibly broke away from Lovren's defense. Lovren struggled to catch up but failed to catch up with Diouf. Font moved laterally to cover, but Diouf passed the ball out and followed up.
McCarthy successfully formed a single shot and calmly pushed to the near corner, one to zero!
Only six minutes into the game, Blackburn equalized the total score!
The Blackburn fans who came from afar immediately burst into cheers!
However, their joy did not last long.
Mkhitaryan, who switched to the wing, completed a beautiful breakthrough, and then pretended to pass to Lallana. When the opponent's defender was distracted, he then made another beautiful smash from the center of gravity.
Chimbanda's side broke through!
After being broken through in the penalty area, Blackburn's defense immediately went into chaos. Mkhitaryan raised his foot to cross the ball. Lambert followed up and poked the ball into the door!
"Keeping forward and grabbing points! Lambert's performance is getting better and better after joining Southampton! It's hard to imagine that he was still an amateur player ten years ago..."
The commentator sighed and said that after Lambert moved to Southampton this season, the connection was almost seamless, plug and play, scored many goals, and helped out. His performance was even better than last season, so he had to let it go.
People lamented that Southampton had found a treasure.
After all, he is worth only one million pounds - Southampton sold two forwards who scored only ten or so goals last season, each worth £1.5 million.
And now looking at Lambert's performance, those two tied together are not as good as Lambert!
Just five minutes later, another Southampton striker proved his worth.
After receiving Lallana's free kick, Giroud shook his head and hit the goal. The ball flew into the near corner of the goal. 2-1, Southampton quickly took the lead.
This is not over yet.
After a see-saw battle, Southampton once again seized the opportunity first. Lambert blocked Lallana's powerful shot from the back point into the goal, although Blackburn's defenders felt that Lambert must have been offside.
However, the referee confirmed that the goal was valid!
After scoring one goal first and then conceding three in a row, Blackburn suffered a big blow - this was a mutual attack! Could it be that we couldn't beat Southampton in a confrontation?
"As for their offense, which averages less than two goals per game, it will be a dead end against us." Ji Ya said to Benali in a low voice.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Blackburn got a point back through midfielder Dunn, which made Blackburn seem to see hope again. However, Southampton set off another stormy attack, and within five minutes,
Lallana scored two goals in a row to lead 5-2!
By this time, Ji Ya began to mobilize his troops. Chamberlain, Liter and James were all sent on the field, and Southampton began to slow down the offensive rhythm.
However, although the pace has slowed down, the threat is still there. In the 80th minute of the game, Chamberlain quickly counterattacked with the ball and passed two people, and then handed the ball to Mkhitaryan who followed up.
Liang kicked off the goal immediately!
It wasn't until the last moment of the game that Blackburn seized the opportunity to score two goals, but it was completely useless.
Six to four, two rounds of seven to four, Southampton scored a jaw-dropping score in the semi-finals and entered the League Cup final with their heads held high!
"After Swindon in the 1968-69 season, it took 41 years for another low-level club to finally reach the League Cup final! And like Swindon, it is also a third-tier team! Southampton
Dayton created a miracle! If Southampton's relegation last season was bad news, then this season, Southampton began a magical journey under the leadership of the young Chinese owner and coach Ji Ya! The season has just passed.
A little more than halfway through, no one knows what Southampton will ultimately achieve this season, but at least for now, they have created extremely great results!"
Various media outlets in England began to praise Southampton crazily. They didn’t have any particular fondness for Southampton, but Southampton’s current performance was indeed too gimmick...
For the sake of gimmicks, English reporters can say anything...
They even started to hype the FA Cup match three days later and started to warn everyone at Chelsea - be careful! Southampton is coming!
They have defeated four Premier League teams in a row in the Carabao Cup. Do you want to be the fifth?
