When Southampton showed up at Bristol City's home stadium, they didn't pay much attention - Bristol City's home stadium has a capacity of less than 20,000, which is far behind St. Mary's Stadium...
When shaking hands with the opponent's head coach, Ji Ya took a special look at the opponent.
The current head coach of Bristol City is Steve Coppell. This coach was famous in his playing days and one of Manchester United's legendary No. 7. Although there is no Denis Law, George Best or Bobby Charle,
As brilliant as Don, Mark Hughes, Cantona, Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, they have never disgraced the Manchester United jersey they wear.
However, after retiring as a coach, his coaching results were average. He coached at Crystal Palace, Brighton and Brentford, but his most glorious achievement was leading Reading to the Premier League in 2006, and then his Reading became
He caused a tragedy for Chelsea and injured two of Chelsea's main goalkeepers in a row, causing his own reputation to be greatly damaged. From now on, he could only coach a team at the English Championship level.
After shaking hands, Ji Ya returned to his seat. He did not laugh at Redding. After all, he believed that even if Redding played rough, it was unlikely that he was deliberately targeting people.
It can only be said to be a coincidence...
Bristol City still has some outstanding players. For example, this season they introduced former national goalkeeper David James. Although this goalkeeper is almost 40 years old, he is still active in the lower leagues. The two main central defenders Nicky?
Hunter and Cisse both joined this season. They previously played for Premier League teams such as Bolton Wanderers and Reading. Cisse is still Coppell's old team. In the midfield, Jamaican midfielder Marvin Elliott is
The core of their midfield, this 26-year-old midfielder is also considered a famous star in the British Championship. With the two centers in their prime on the front line, Bristol City is not defenseless by any means.
Team.
However, Noriya is more confident in his team.
Goalkeeper Davis, defenders Klein and Dixon, center backs Font and Lovren, midfielders Dembele, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Mkhitaryan, forwards Giroud, Lambert
.
If he didn't have much confidence last season, then this season, Noriya is already convinced that this lineup will be competitive even in the Premier League.
Not to mention relegation, there is a huge chance to hit the top ten!
The only thing they lack is experience.
And coming all the way up from League One, they don't lack experience!
Koppel actually felt a little nervous.
If it were an ordinary newly promoted team, he wouldn't have anything to worry about. Bristol City is already a well-known team in the English Championship, but Southampton won the "Triple Crown" last season...
Yes, League Cup winner, English Championship winner, League One play-off winner.
Noriya said this after the end of the season. Most of the people who heard it laughed, but looking back, Southampton's results are really surprising.
With such an intensive league competition, they can still win these two cup championships. Southampton's performance throughout the season has been so outstanding. So this season, after spending tens of millions of pounds on the first team, can they
How strong is it?
Koper can only hope that the new players can cooperate with the original players. Southampton's starting lineup has two full-backs and three newcomers, Dembele. Although the offensive line is still the same, the defense is still the same.
There should be some confusion.
However, from the beginning of the game, Southampton's two full-backs began to continuously advance forward, constantly get the ball, and constantly launch attacks...
Both Klein and Dixon are accustomed to attacking forward. Jiya also gave them enough freedom in the tactical arrangement, allowing them to take turns to attack. When everyone goes up, there will be someone behind them to cover up.
Bit - both Dembele and Schneiderlin can do this very well.
Klein received the ball from Lallana in the third minute of the game, then broke through the defense of the opponent's defender, cut diagonally into the penalty area, and then passed the ball out. Mkhitaryan followed up.
With one kick, James fell to the ground in time and blocked the ball from the baseline.
"Your form hasn't declined even at the age of forty. If you had performed more steadily back then, why would you have become a laughing stock in the England national team..." Ji Ya muttered in his heart.
Two center backs rushed forward at the same time, which put huge pressure on Bristol City's defense. With the two center forwards, there were four tall men, and the pressure was very high.
Lambert competes with the opponent's defender for position. After playing last season, Lambert is now confident - after all, he has scored goals against Premier League teams, and he has also broken through Manchester United's gate. This makes Lambert
Burt gained enough self-confidence - which was his shortcoming.
Because he has been in the third and fourth tier leagues for a long time, Lambert has never been sure whether he can perform well in front of stronger opponents.
But after his performance last season, he completely believed in his own ability.
I have the ability to gain a foothold in the Premier League, and I have the ability to perform well in the Premier League!
Sometimes a player's opportunity for breakthrough lies in this small change.
Now Lambert is extremely confident, and he has accumulated enough before. He has played in the lower leagues for almost ten years. Now when he breaks out, he feels unstoppable!
Under Cisse's entanglement, Lambert made an emergency stop, then ran towards the center of the penalty area, attracting Cisse too, then made another emergency stop and suddenly rushed forward!
Cisse was thrown away by him, and at this time, Lallana also took a corner kick!
Lambert jumped high in front of the goal, met the falling ball, and suddenly shook his head to attack the goal!
The ball roared into the front of the goal, and James could no longer make any saves!
Just six minutes into the game, Southampton took the lead in scoring!
After scoring the goal, Lambert ran to the visiting team's fans' stands, opened his arms, and received huge cheers from the fans.
Ji Ya waved his fist, and now he was relieved. Bristol City was indeed not that good. It was worse than Southampton in any position - and such a team was in the middle of the English Championship, ahead of Southampton.
Dun's current strength, no matter how conservative it is, is still part of the top few championship lineups!
"The only question now is to see if Davis can hold on... If you want to win the task, you can't lose the ball." Ji Ya thought in his heart.
Davis is a solid goalkeeper, but he rarely makes miraculous saves. He stands in front of the goal and will not lose the ball that he shouldn't. But if he wants to miraculously save the opponent's inevitable goal, then it is more difficult.
Rarely seen.
This is actually the difference between top goalkeepers and ordinary excellent goalkeepers.
Ordinary excellent goalkeepers can make no mistakes, but top goalkeepers can always make magical saves!
