Southampton's recent form and strength are indeed quite good.
After defeating Sevilla, they defeated Ipswich Town away from home in the league. Queens Park Rangers continued to suffer a draw, and Southampton expanded their lead to seven points.
However, in the middle of the next week, Southampton went to an away game to challenge Sevilla and suffered their first defeat in the European competition this season. Although they still had no problems with their performance, Giroud scored a goal in the game, but
Sevilla relied on two opportunities created from the left to score two goals, and finally beat Southampton 2-1 at home.
But this defeat... did not have a great impact on Southampton.
Although the points are the same, Southampton is still ranked first because they won one more goal at home, while Juventus is funny enough to tie again. They played 0-0 with Salzburg at home and ranked four points in the group.
third……
In the next round, Sevilla will fight against Juventus. As long as Southampton defeats Salzburg at home, no matter what the result of the other game is, they will be able to advance to the group stage one round in advance!
"Now we are in a really favorable situation, but the premise is to beat Salzburg. I think their tenacious performance in the two games against Juventus has proven their strength. European competitions are always difficult.
, we need to maintain a sense of reverence under any circumstances."
No matter how modest Noriya is, it is true that Southampton's current situation is indeed very good. After losing the game, they can still have such a good situation. Southampton's luck is also good. In such a death group,
Winning an important game can sometimes be enough to determine a lot of things.
The next round of matches will not start until early December, and the next matches will all be in the English Championship, five games in a row.
Southampton was tired after consecutive campaigns. They lost to low-ranked Doncaster in the next round of the league. However, in the next four rounds of the league, they defeated Norwich in succession.
United, Middlesbrough and Preston have increased their points to 49 points, once again expanding their two-point lead and now leading Queens Park Rangers by a full nine points!
After nineteen rounds of the league, they have scored forty-nine points - sixteen wins, one draw and two losses, an extremely brilliant result!
"If you think about it this way, as long as they keep this pace in the next games and exceed the 106-point record, there won't be a big problem."
Many media have begun to analyze Southampton's performance, but Southampton's performance so far is indeed wonderful. Their overall performance and individual performance are quite outstanding. Lambert scored in the 19th round of the league.
Of the sixteen goals, Giroud also scored ten, plus Chamberlain, Mkhitaryan, Lallana, Schneiderlin, Drinkwater and two central defenders all scored goals. Their many goals
The offensive ability of Dianhua is vividly displayed.
However, during this winning streak, one thing has been overlooked.
That is, Jenkinson started to play more games, but his position was not right back or center back, but left back...
"As a young player, you have to adapt to more positions and play more in various positions. It will be good for you...and it is relatively easy to be a left-back who does not assist." Noriya said this to Jenkinson.
Jenkinson nodded obediently. A young player like him is still very obedient. He would do whatever Ji Ya asked him to do.
In the left back position, he is a little uncomfortable playing, but his defensive ability is good, and his height of 1.85 meters is not very high. Under such circumstances, it is okay for him to play a purely defensive full-back.
Considered qualified.
At least it won't be like Dixon. Once faced with a strong team, the left side he guards is simply a highway, allowing people to rush back and forth.
This change allowed Southampton to avoid conceding a goal in the fifth round of the Europa League group stage.
Salzburg also planned to perform better in this game, so they continued to attack Southampton on the left, hoping to create more opportunities.
However, in this position, Jenkinson's defense is very solid. He has excellent physical fitness, is not slow to turn, and is accurate with his feet. He has almost no offensive ability, but his defensive ability is still quite good.
So Salzburg's idea of using this to open up the situation came to nothing. After realizing this, Salzburg's players seemed very frustrated, and then Southampton gradually tore apart the situation through continuous attacks.
opened their defense lines.
Lovren scored with a header to open the scoring for Southampton.
Chamberlain scored another goal with a poke in front of the goal.
In the second half, Lambert used a powerful head-swing to attack the goal, setting the score at 3-0!
"We are qualified! We will participate in the knockout rounds of the Europa League in the second half of the season!"
Southampton fans were shouting crazily. Their rapid progress in the English Championship this season was enough to make them excited, but now, they can qualify from the Europa League group stage one round ahead of schedule!
What kind of performance is this? This is the performance of the top teams in the Premier League!
You must know that neither Liverpool nor Manchester City have been able to ensure qualifying for the group stage...
As long as Southampton draws in their next game, they can guarantee first place in the group!
Performance in the English Championship is the foundation, while performance in European competitions is related to everyone's face.
This is the difference.
"I'm very happy to have such a performance...Jenkinson? He is an outstanding young guy. There is no doubt about this. Although he mainly plays center back and right back, he can also play left back and play in multiple positions."
Young players are very helpful, especially defensive players. Dixon? I have no problem with him, this is just a normal rotation." Noriya replied in an interview.
However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Southampton has been adjusting its tactics and details since the beginning of this season. For example, shortly after the beginning of the season, Chamberlain was straightened up, Lallana and Mkhitaryan were rotated, and Navas was gradually determined to become the main goalkeeper.
, and now Jenkinson is asked to play left back to replace Dixon...
With such adjustments, Southampton's lineup this season has been completely stabilized. Unless there are any major changes, it is unlikely that there will be any major adjustments.
In fact, this lineup has become more stable and has withstood the test in European competitions. In the second half of the season, their performance will definitely be more stable.
Thinking of this, and looking at Southampton's performance so far, everyone can't help but take a breath - how scary their performance is.
