striker cool brother

Chapter 156
Koeman experienced ups and downs in his first season in charge of Southampton.

The big start was in the first half of the season. The Southampton he started to build is a team that combines internal and external and has a super fighting team.

The home victory over Arsenal, draws with Chelsea and Tottenham, and an away loss to Manchester United have made the Premier League giants dare not underestimate this team that was only promoted a few years ago.

The big drop is that the team has only won 2 games since February, and was overtaken by Liverpool and Tottenham in the standings.

It is 1 point behind Tottenham and 4 points behind Liverpool. If you want to squeeze into the European war, you must win the remaining three games.

In the first round against Leicester City, Koeman was cautious.

Because in the warm-up match, his team was almost defeated by a player who was eliminated by Leicester City.

but it is not the truth.

The team played smoothly and also scored two goals.

Now, the guy who made trouble for himself is back.

Not only led the team to win five games in the last six games, but also won the best player of the month, which should not be underestimated.

Koeman lined up the strongest lineup to face the match. Although the players are very tired, they must grit their teeth and persist for the remaining three games.

On the day of the game, the King Power Stadium became a sea of ​​blue, and the singing sounded over the stadium as early as an hour before the start of the game.

Perhaps, no fan of any team will understand the excitement of Leicester City fans at this moment.

The long-term bottom almost made the team fall into the British Championship.

After a wave of strong performance, the team successfully escaped from the relegation zone. The result of today's game will determine the fate of the team.

Two days ago, Vardy's daughter Sofia was born, and after spending only one day with his family, he rushed back to the team to participate in the game.

He will not miss such an important and crucial game.

Teammates sent blessings one after another, and Rossi even sent a small golden lock.

When Vardy knew the meaning of the golden lock piece, he was almost moved to tears.

In the first half of this season, his condition was not good, and he did not score for a long time, which made him fall into self-doubt for a while.

Since Rossi came, his goal account has been opened, and Rossi was still generous when his daughter Sofia was about to be born, and prepared to welcome his newborn daughter with a lullaby dance at home.

This brother, it's settled.

From the league battle to the present, according to the current standings ranking, it is only theoretically possible for Burnley and Queens Park Rangers, who are at the bottom, want to relegation.

Now, there is still a relegation team that has not been determined.

Sunderland, Hull City and Leicester City have 34 points together, Newcastle and Aston Villa have 35 points, and then West Brom has 40 points.

Now the most likely to be relegated is one of the teams with 34 and 35 points.

[Welcome to this round of Premier League relegation battle. 】

[Why is it called a relegation battle. 】

[Because in this round, there are 7 teams fighting for their own relegation, and each game will be very intense. 】

[The home team, Leicester City, has already stepped out of the relegation zone, but they cannot take it lightly. 】

[Southampton is going to work hard for their European war next season. 】

[From the starting list given before the game, both sides are the main players. 】

[The home team Leicester City, wearing a blue jersey. 】

[The goalkeeper is Schmeichel. 】

[The five defensemen are Schlupp, Morgan, Huth, Wasilewski and Albrighton. 】

[This five-back is a set of tactics that Pearson has used recently. When attacking, the two sides will press up, and the actual defense is three central defenders. 】

[In the midfield, it is Drinkwater, Cambiasso and Mahrez. 】

[The two on the front line are Ulloa and Rossi. 】

[Now it is the visiting team wearing red and white jerseys, Southampton. 】

[The goalkeeper is Gasaniga. 】

[The back line is Bertrand, Alderweireld, Jose Fonte and Klein. 】

[The double midfielders are Wanyama and Harrison Reed. 】

[Midfielders Elia, Mane and Steven Davis. 】

[Center Pellet. 】

At this time, the camera lens was pushed to the auditorium, and a beautiful woman with an excellent figure appeared.

[Oh, this is Pellet's girlfriend, Hungarian supermodel Varga. 】

The narrator seems to have a thousand words, but to sum it up, just two words,
Awesome.

[At this moment, I really hope that Luo's girlfriend can also appear on the court.Don't ask why, this is what the majority of fans want to see. 】

After a brief kick-off ceremony, the visiting team Southampton kicked off.

When Pellet passed the ball back to midfielder Wanyama, Leicester City's high position pressed and pressed up immediately.

Rossi, Ulloa, Mahrez and Drinkwater formed a 2-2 frontcourt pressing formation.

Albrighton, Schlupp's wingbacks moved up, and Cambiasso formed a midfield barrier.

Southampton, who is good at total attack and total defense, quickly opened up space to both sides with two midfielders.

The central midfielder Mane retreated to catch the ball at the same time, forming a triangular area in the backcourt.

At this time, the central defender Jose Fonte has two outlets from the center and the side, which can quickly respond to the high pressure of Leicester City.

When Rossi stepped forward to block, he intentionally shifted his defensive focus to the center, so that the opponent could only distribute the ball to Harrison on the wing.

Once the ball appeared on the wing, the front three of Leicester City moved to the wing, forming a 3v2 situation on the wing.

At this time, Southampton can only rely on full-back Klein to bring the ball forward along the sideline.

If Mane wants to come back to support, then he must drop back to the back line, causing a disconnect in the midfield.

In order to relieve the pressure on the backcourt, Elia and Steven Davis had to drop back to respond, causing the entire formation to shrink back.

Leicester City waited for an opportunity to press forward and formed a 3-4-3 formation.

In order to advance with a counterattack as much as possible, Koeman asked Mane and Davis to switch positions.

Let the Su Chao assist king come back to participate in the organization and complete the final pass, while Mane and Elia concentrate on the counterattack.

In the 8th minute, after Davis got rid of the backcourt, he sent a through ball and hit behind Schlupp.

Senegalese winger Mane counterattacked with the ball. After using his speed to pass Morgan, Huth, who came to assist in the defense, stretched out his foot first to destroy him, and knocked them down together.

This clearance is a bit dangerous. If Huth takes a step slower and lets Mane touch the ball first, then the subsequent tackle will definitely be a yellow card.

Five minutes later, Southampton midfielder Wanyama used his strong body to fight a bloody path in the siege of Leicester City and gave the ball to Mane again.

This time Mane chose to break through between the two central defenders in the middle, and Pereira pulled the side to create space for his teammates.

With a small angle, Mane passed the ball to Pellet in the penalty area.

Pellet headed to the far corner and bypassed Schmeichel's ten fingers, but unfortunately the ball hit the crossbar and bounced off the baseline.

[This is Southampton's counterattack. 】

[Leicester City's frontcourt is pressing, and the defense is too empty, giving the opponent plenty of opportunities to counterattack. 】

[Fortunately, Huth, as a lagging central defender, can make up the defense in time. 】

[But if you continue to play like this, you will lose the ball sooner or later. 】

In the first 15 minutes, Southampton's super personal ability was fully demonstrated.

While retaining the essence of Total Attack and Total Defense, Koeman emphasized the flexible changes in the positions of some personnel to create more offensive space.

When being oppressed by Leicester City's high position, the positions of the midfielders are more flexible. The front midfielder Davis will drag the organization behind, and Wanyama, who was originally a midfielder, will move forward and act as a breakthrough player.

When there is a counterattack opportunity in the frontcourt, the two full-backs will attack and attract Mane and Pellet to defend, and they can also use the pass to find the high point of Pellet on the striker.

Throughout the first half, Annampton could always hit a sharp counterattack. The ball was advanced from the backcourt to the frontcourt. It only needed a few simple kicks to pass. Mane and Elia galloped in the opponent's half.

Pearson's response method is only emphasizing the interception of the first point of the ball, delaying the opponent's counterattack, and allowing Schlupp, who is good at running, to retreat to help the defense.

Southampton did not score in the away game. Koeman was very anxious off the court, indicating that the team should run more and increase the number of offensive players.

He knew in his heart that only goals are king.

(End of this chapter)