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"Jiya changed the starting lineup to [-]! This is a bit surprising. After all, the number of people in the three lines has changed. This change is quite large... But it's okay to think about it. striker, just add a centre-back, now let's see how they do."

The commentators don't dare to criticize Ji Ya's actions now, after all, he has done many things before, but he always proved him right.

His change of formation also caught Everton a little off guard.

Originally, Everton's preparations were based on four-three-three as the imaginary enemy, but now it has suddenly become three-five-two. How can Everton be well prepared?

The biggest feature of the [-]-[-]-[-] tactic is that while maintaining the pressure in the center, it also makes the sides stronger, at the cost of weakening the defense.

However, when the opponent is unprepared, the defense is weakened, and it will not be easily used by the opponent.

On the contrary, after they strengthened their offense, Everton's relatively strong defense began to be a little bit unbearable.

If Alonso and Cancelo's offense was not so good because they had to take into account the defense before, then now, with a defender behind them to help them fill their positions, they are completely flying.

Cancelo continued to break through with the ball, torturing Everton's defense with his own skills and passing. He is a full-back who can take the ball and cut inside. It is very common to cut directly from the right to the center to create threats.

Alonso does not have such a strong direct threat ability, but his response and passing can still create a lot of threats.

Southampton's starting forwards in this game are not the kind of center forwards who can score goals, but Mane and Lukaku are very comprehensive, and they are both able to create and seize opportunities...

In the first half, the two of them scored a goal each, and the two full-backs assisted them.

After being pulled back by Everton in the second half, Gundogan scored a goal by relying on a goal from the back. This is his best way of scoring. A close shot.

De Bruyne scored another goal before the end of the game. Southampton beat Everton four-to-one.

"Kiya's tactical change has had a good effect, but I doubt whether this effect will continue... In the three-five-two formation, it is actually difficult to make up for the shortcomings of the three defenders, although Southampton has three. Excellent central defenders can play such a tactic, but can they make good use of their characteristics when filling positions on the two wings? They are all central defenders with strong frontal defensive capabilities." Some commentators commented.

Ji Ya agrees with such an evaluation.

But since it is the experimental stage now, how can we have a good experiment without playing a few more games.

So in the next third round of the league, he still sent a three-five-two lineup, that is, the frontcourt was rotated. Vardy, who had recovered from his injury, started, and Lukaku partnered with double forwards. Tinho and Matic replaced Gundogan and Kante.

However, in the away game against Watford, they encountered trouble.

Although Watford is a mid-range team, they are well prepared for Southampton's lineup.

Southampton's offense began to fall into a situation where although it had the advantage of possession of the ball, it was difficult to score in the face of the opponent's defense. In the end, although Cancelo's forced breakthrough and De Bruyne's wonderful pass successively helped Vardy and Lukaku scored goals, but the opponent also scored two goals by relying on counterattacks. In these two goals, Van Dijk, who was forced to go up and attack, although he had excellent speed and strength, was behind him. In the case of a relatively large space, I was overwhelmed by the other party.

The final score was two to two, with Southampton dropping three points from a weak side.

"Van Dijk's performance is okay, it's just that I have a little deviation in his use... This is an experiment, Southampton needs a certain change, I don't know why people always think that Southampton should win all. The game. Our tactics are very mature, but now we have passed the point where one set of tactics can solve all problems. I need to experiment... I only need to be responsible to the Southampton fans, not to others .”

Ji Ya said bluntly after the game that some reporters really did not regard themselves as outsiders, and came up to criticize after a match, as if Ji Ya couldn't make any changes.

Seeing Ji Ya lose his temper, they calmed down.

Next is a FIFA match day. Southampton now has more and more international players. Cancelo and Alonso have also been selected for the national teams of Portugal and Spain, but fortunately, like Kante He and Dembele have not yet been selected for the national team. After all, the French national team is also considered to be full of talents. It is still difficult for players like them who have become famous to be selected for the national team.

During this period of time, Ji Ya continued to practice such a lineup, but because of the absence of Alonso and Cancelo on the wing, Ji Ya asked Richards and Jenkinson to temporarily replace the two wing positions, but obviously Yes, the two of them can defend well, but their offense is still a lot worse.

Experimenting with the [-]-[-]-[-] formation is not because Ji Ya wants to use [-]-[-]-[-], but to see how to make the two wings play better, and play more kicks in the wing position, increasing their running ability and Confrontation abilities are also effective.

The specific effect also depends on the situation of the game at the time.

While the whole team was training under his plan, Ji Ya went to participate in the draw ceremony for the Champions Cup.

As the winner of the Champions League for two consecutive times, Southampton is of course the first-tier team.

This time the Champions Cup classification has undergone some changes. Instead of ranking according to the overall points, the defending champion and the league champions of UEFA's top seven leagues will automatically become the first team, and at the same time, they cannot be repeated-this makes While Southampton became the first-tier team, it also made Chelsea a miserable second-tier team...

In this way, the grouping may be very exciting. The second-tier teams are all strong teams, Real Madrid, Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Porto, Valencia, Leverkusen, and the third-tier strong teams also include Shakhtar, Sevilla. , Roma, and the fourth-tier teams have two Bundesliga teams, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Wolfsburg.

"Damn it, don't put us in the same group as Real Madrid, that would be exciting." Ji Ya thought in his heart.

It seems that Southampton was always placed in a very difficult group in the past few seasons, which made Ji Ya feel a little bit dark...

However, this kind of confrontation is actually not bad for Southampton. At least after they can always qualify and perform well in such a group, their reputation has risen very quickly.