"On February 28, Southampton defeated Manchester United 3-2 at New Wembley and won the League Cup. On March 28, Southampton defeated Manchester United 4-1 at New Wembley.
Defeated Carlisle United and won the English Championship. In just one month, they appeared at New Wembley twice in a row and won two English domestic championships. This was unprecedented in the entire English League.
This is the first time in history. After all, generally speaking, strong teams that are capable of winning the League Cup will not participate in competitions such as the English Championship that can only be participated by lower league teams... And Southampton has created a
Miracle!"
While reporters were discussing whether there was any chance of such a spectacle happening, Ji Ya continued to hide in his apartment, smiling like a pervert.
Winning the English Championship gave him 20 achievement points, and lighting up Southampton's first English Championship in history gave him 50 achievement points. Compared with his income from the League Cup, it was far behind.
Too far.
Ji Ya was already prepared for this. After all, the English Championship is not a decent result. No team will take this championship seriously, unless it is a team that has been playing in the lower leagues for a long time.
But he highlighted an additional achievement - what reporters said was the achievement of "participating in the finals at New Wembley twice in a row and winning them within a month"!
This is not a historical achievement of Southampton's club, but an achievement of the entire English Professional League!
No club has ever been able to do that - play in two domestic finals at Wembley in the space of a month and then win the title.
The reason is very simple. The only domestic finals that can be held in such a short period of time are the League Cup finals and the England Championship finals. But it is too difficult to do this...
Southampton accomplished such a miracle! This allowed him to gain an additional 300 achievement points at once!
Looking at the 644 achievement points in his hand, Ji Ya felt a little dizzy.
Think about it before the start of the season, he almost lost all his achievement points for just a few dozen achievement points!
And now? More than 600 achievement points!
If he wants, he can redeem a bottle of Captain America's serum now and turn himself into a super human.
However, after thinking about it, Ji Ya decided not to worry. After all, he was a normal person. If he showed up as a superhero due to some accident, he would probably be taken away and dissected immediately.
He's not afraid of this. As a superhero, what else is there to be afraid of?
But at that time, how can he coach Southampton and earn achievement points?
Achievement points are limited to those that can only be completed by coaching the team!
So Noriya decided to be like a miser, saving the achievement points first to see when they are needed, and then use them slowly.
And whether it is to strengthen one's own tactics, strengthen one's physical fitness, or improve training content, it will cost a lot of achievement points, so let's save them for now.
Winning the English Championship made everyone in Southampton very excited, but this also affected their performance in the next round - mainly because Ji Ya was a little distracted and did not arrange team training properly...
As a result, they drew 2-2 with low-ranked Brighton in the away game, and suffered two consecutive draws in the league.
This dropped them to eighth position, but their points still reached 64 points, while Huddersfield and Colchester United, who were ranked sixth and seventh, both had 65 points.
Hitting sixth place is not too difficult.
And now the top points are also entangled. In addition to Norwich, which has reached 82 points and has basically locked in the first position, Swindon has rushed to second with 73 points, and Millwall is third.
Leeds United, which has been ranked first for a long time, has performed poorly recently. They have slipped to fourth, with 71 points, the same points as fifth-placed Charlton.
"Now our main goal is to ensure the top six. The top two are very difficult. Instead of consuming too much energy, it is better to stabilize the top six position and then recharge our batteries for the play-offs." Noriya told Benelli.
Benali nodded and agreed with Ji Ya's words. Although there are still seven rounds in the league, theoretically there is a nine-point gap with the second place, but that is still a theory after all.
As for the rankings of third, fourth, fifth and sixth, that’s not a big problem. It’s just a question of whether to play at home or away first. However, there is no distinction between home and away games in the England play-offs. On the contrary, playing at home first can still account for overtime.
A cheap home and away goal...
This is about the weird rules of the play-offs for all levels of England's leagues. In a ninety-minute game, there is no distinction between home and away goals. In other words, even if you win 1-0 at home, you will lose 3-4 away from home.
If you lose the game, you can't rely on the advantage of more away goals to advance. You can only play overtime. But if you score in overtime, then you have away goals. Overtime and the opponent's respective goals
If the goal is a draw, at the end of overtime, you can rely on the goal advantage to win...
As the English football team has always prided itself on being the founder of modern football, it always maintains some ancient rule advantages to distinguish itself from football in continental Europe in terms of rules. This is also their regular operation.
But this has nothing to do with Noriya. All he has to do now is lead the team and reach the top six!
After a week's rest, Southampton started again.
When facing Leyton Orient at home, who had previously tied with them, they gave the opponent no chance. They defeated their opponent 2-1 at home and ended their two consecutive draws.
After another period of rest, Southampton welcomed fifth-ranked Charlton at home - this opponent can be considered a direct competitor. Kiya continued to send out all the main players. Southampton performed quite steadily.
Relying on Lallana's long shot, they beat Charlton 1-0 at home and once again won a precious victory!
After winning two games in a row, Southampton rushed to sixth place with 70 points, leaving its two former opponents by two points each and in a relatively stable position.
The competition for the top spot is even more intense. After these two rounds, Millwall has rushed to second place, Leeds is third, and Swindon has slipped to fourth.
Seventy-eight points, seventy-seven points, seventy-six points, they were entangled together, quite lively.
No one dares to relax at this time. The second place can directly advance to the British Championship. No one is willing to let go of such an opportunity.
"Let them continue to fight. The fiercer they fight, the easier it will be for us in the knockout stage." Ji Ya laughed.
