Seeing Dixon struggling to hold on on this side, Schneiderlin hurried over to fill in the position, and together, the two of them stabilized this side.
As a result, Mkhitaryan began to bear more pressure - Schneiderlin's ball distribution was originally an important support point for his offense. Now that Schneiderlin is gone, he has to rely on
Own.
So he began to take the initiative to withdraw.
Dembele passed the ball to Mkhitaryan and the Armenian started to dribble forward.
The QPR players were familiar with his characteristics, and the two midfielders immediately got close to him, denying him any space to break through with the ball.
Mkhitaryan was caught in a struggle, but his skills were still very good. He caught the ball amid the entanglement between the two, and then found an opportunity to pass the ball out. Southampton's offense fell into a positional battle.
Lu's goal in the penalty area was high.
"Mkhitaryan is a bit stuck on the ball." Benali said to Ji Ya.
"This is his characteristic. It cannot be said that he sticks to the ball. But in such a situation, if he can understand the specific situation on the court and distribute the ball in time...then he will be even stronger." Noriya replied.
On the court, Mkhitaryan was also a little depressed, but he did not think about judging in advance and then cleverly distributing the ball - because this is not his style!
As a technically excellent No. 10, all he wants to do is run more aggressively, make it easier for him to get the ball, and then break through more beautifully!
Improving one's shortcomings is an improvement in strength, but breaking through one's strengths is not an improvement in strength!
Southampton's next attack, when Klein dribbled the ball along the wing, Mkhitaryan started to move.
He ran closer to the wing, which squeezed Chamberlain's space a bit. However, Southampton also played this switching tactic a lot. Seeing him approaching the right, Chamberlain immediately ran horizontally to the left.
While Chamberlain was running, he also involved some defensive forces. Klein immediately handed the ball to Mkhitaryan. Mkhitaryan received the ball and turned around. Looking at the opponent's midfielder rushing towards him, he made an emergency stop, and then
Breakthrough forward!
When he turned around before, it looked like he was dribbling the ball laterally, but this time he switched to breaking forward!
The opponent's midfielder was thrown away by him in a hurry. Mkhitaryan dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area. When the opponent's defender came up, he raised his foot and passed it to Giroud, who was holding the opponent's center defender in the middle of the penalty area, and then accelerated towards him.
forward.
Giroud paused the ball at his feet for a moment, then turned around and kicked the ball into the path of Mkhitaryan's forward running!
Facing the rolling ball, Mkhitaryan took a shot directly while running!
The ball flew close to the goal and the opponent's goalkeeper couldn't save it!
The stands immediately fell silent.
Mkhitaryan was running on the court with his arms open. The series of breakthroughs just now were so exciting, plus scoring goals - is there anything more wonderful than this?
"His breakthroughs have become more decisive, and his ability to find the opponent's loopholes has also increased. It seems that his time on the bench was not in vain." Benali said with a smile.
Ji Ya nodded. Under such circumstances, it is actually beneficial for him and Lallana to serve as substitutes. They can better observe the situation on the field off the field, think about what they should do on the field, and then play in the next game.
Test it in the competition - as long as you work hard, you can improve very quickly!
Mkhitaryan knows this, and so does Lallana.
This kind of rotation is often more training than playing all the games.
They are still young and have room for improvement. How to improve their strength is the most important thing.
Seeing that Southampton scored the first goal, led by midfielder Mkhitaryan, this made Queens Park Rangers core player Taarabt very unhappy.
He is about the same age as Mkhitaryan, and he was much more brilliant than Mkhitaryan before. He joined a team like Tottenham early, when Mkhitaryan was still a poor player in the Armenian League.
But now, the two sides are playing against each other in the English Championship - it seems like a joke that he joined a strong Premier League team in advance.
Taarabt started to take the ball constantly, preparing to organize an attack, but Dembele focused on him.
This makes Tarabut a little miserable.
Mkhitaryan used to need two midfielders from Queens Park Rangers to defend him well, but now his opponent Taarabt only has Dembele alone.
However, the pressure brought by Dembele is much greater than that of ordinary players.
Main members of the Eredivisie champions, players who have participated in the Champions League, members of the Belgian national team...
When all these halos are attached to Dembele, he is actually a player who should not appear in the British Championship.
But he chose Southampton.
This also makes him feel a bit standout in the British Championship.
As soon as Taarabut was targeted by him, he didn't feel anything when he distributed the ball in time before. Now when he wants to make a personal breakthrough, he immediately feels the huge pressure.
Every time he swayed, Dembele saw it. Every time he wanted to break through, he found that Dembele would block his path. When he retreated, Dembele followed him without giving an inch.
Come up...
Being marked by such a player is undoubtedly an extremely painful thing.
He was still running patiently, trying to launch an attack through his own abilities, but under Dembele's marking, the effect was much worse than usual.
In the first half of the game, the two sides continued to struggle in the midfield, and there were not many opportunities created. However, Southampton still took the lead through Mkhitaryan's breakthrough.
When the halftime whistle sounded, the Queens Park Rangers fans sighed with regret and began to look forward to the second half of the game.
After all, there were still forty-five minutes left in the second half, and their home team didn't show much decline in the first half.
In the locker room.
"We have to attack calmly, understand? They just seized an opportunity. Such an opportunity can easily be seized by us. We just need to attack patiently... Adel, you are the core, in the second half
You have to calm down," Warnock told Talabut.
Talab nodded. He believed this, but deep down he felt increasingly uneasy.
The first half of the battle made him feel that he was afraid that he would not be able to break through the opponent's defensive midfielder.
The passing and organizing offense is not too smooth. The opponent's defense is very solid, and they can attack continuously. There are not many attacks left for Queens Park Rangers. If the passing and organizing attack is carried out, the effect may not be very good.
Or you can only rely on your own breakthroughs.
Especially when the opponent's attacking midfielder has already scored a goal!
