I brush achievements in football

In the third round of the League Cup in the middle of the week, Ji Ya sent most of the substitutes.

The League Cup is for young players and veterans to accumulate experience and maintain their form, so in the midfield, Kiya sent Valverde, and the forward line even let Sancho and Alvarez play. Di took the two teenagers tossing on the field.

Obviously, facing the English Championship team Crystal Palace, Southampton's other substitutes are not particularly energetic. After all, even if they are substitutes, playing Crystal Palace will not make them feel happy, but Valverde Young players like De, Sancho and Alvarez cherish such opportunities to play...

It's no wonder that they usually play for the reserve team. Although they train with the first team, there is basically no chance for them in the league.

The Carabao Cup is very important to them, and the next FA Cup.

Sancho is okay, after all, he played a lot of games last season, Valverde and Alvarez were very active.

And it was these two young South American players who scored a goal in each half and helped Southampton beat Crystal Palace [-]-[-] at home.

Valverde's running and responding on the field showed excellent fighting spirit, active running ability and good forward penetration ability. Although his active position is more on the right, his threat is great. .

Alvarez is another style. He runs very flexibly on the field and constantly relies on his own speed and technique to create opportunities. He seems to be better at eating cakes, but his skills are not bad.

In the first half, he made a smart forward move, and after receiving Vardy's ball, he pushed the shot immediately.

Valverde, on the other hand, scored a long-range shot from the front of the penalty area in the second half.

The two young players with distinctive characteristics immediately attracted the attention of many people. At that time, several Championship teams asked Southampton if they could loan these two young players to them...

It is actually very difficult to take advantage of young people from Southampton. They all know that they will not be able to poach them, but they can still think about it on loan.

However, it was quickly rejected by Southampton. Southampton has plans for these players. Sancho and Alvarez will continue to train for a year, and then play games from time to time. Will go out on loan, and Valverde can stabilize in the first team after adapting for a while.

In short, let's see if they have enough opportunities this year.

In the next sixth round of the league, Southampton performed well. In the away game, they beat West Ham United, which had a bad start this season. To seal the victory, Southampton beat their opponents [-]-[-] in the away game. After the opening draw, they won five consecutive victories. If it weren't for Manchester City's outstanding performance and a wave of six consecutive victories, they are now firmly in the first place.

However, this can also prove that the competition in the Premier League this season is indeed fierce. After six rounds, Manchester City ranked first with [-] points, Southampton ranked second with [-] points, followed by Tottenham with [-] points, and Arsenal tied for seventh with [-] points. Nana, Liverpool, Everton, Manchester United with [-] points, Chelsea with [-] points...

If Southampton hadn't scored six points against two strong opponents, they might not have been so comfortable.

After this game, Southampton began to welcome Real Madrid at home.

This will be an important game. Both Southampton and Real Madrid won the first round, and the result of this game may determine the final ownership of the group's first place to a large extent.

It is even pinned on whether Sporting Lisbon has a chance to qualify.

"I met Southampton in the Champions League final for two consecutive years. Do you have any thoughts?" After the Real Madrid team came to Southampton, a reporter asked Zidane.

Zidane cleverly bypassed this topic: "I was not the head coach of Real Madrid when I met Southampton in the group stage last time."

"Last season's final..." the reporter asked persistently.

"Last season is over and my focus is only on the next game," Zidane replied.

However, his low-key is also justified. Real Madrid has also had some injuries recently. Neither Marcelo nor Casemiro can play, which puts a lot of pressure on their left and midfield.

In this game, Zidane can only use offense instead of defense.

"Keylor Navas, Carvajal, and Danilo play left back, Ronaldo and Kroos Modric play in midfield, and the striker is still BBC... Real Madrid's midfield has weakened a lot." Ji Ya smiled explain.

"But the defense of Modric and Kroos is not bad." Benelli said after thinking about it.

That's right, Casemiro was unable to play, which made the defense of Real Madrid's midfielder drop a lot, but Real Madrid's midfielder itself is both offensive and defensive. After Ronaldo played, it can only be said that Real Madrid's defense has weakened, but it is not It's not purely offensive, not defensive.

"So we still have to make a fuss about offense. Real Madrid has too many good offensive players." Ji Ya said.

"This is quite a test for our striker." Benelli sighed.

Ji Ya nodded. Indeed, Southampton's striker has been completely changed this season. Last season, two of the tridents went away. Vardy is not in a particularly good state, mainly on the bench. The new three forwards The strikers can be regarded as rookies. Although they have played in Southampton for several years, they are not the main force.

Let's take the lead together now, and it's not a big problem against other teams, because they have rich strength and experience, but when they meet a team of Real Madrid's level, it will be a huge test.

Whether they can really grow up depends on their performance in this game.

When the players from both sides came out, there was a huge cheer from the stands.

In the past few years, they have always faced Real Madrid, and Southampton fans are not upset. After all, Southampton did not have the opportunity to play against them in the past.

Being able to frequently meet various giants in continental Europe is in itself a status improvement.

Southampton's starting lineup has been slightly adjusted, but the defense and forward lineup have gradually stabilized now-goalkeeper Gulacci, defender Cancelo, Van Dijk, Maguire, Chilwell, midfielder Matic, Phillips, De Bruyne, forwards Coutinho, Du Yue, Dembele.

This midfielder obviously has better running and confrontation abilities, and Ji Ya is also very afraid of Real Madrid's impact.

As for the effect of his tactical arrangement, it depends on the performance of the next game.

Whether the defense can withstand the BBC's attack, whether the midfielder can entangle with the opponent, whether the striker can tear apart the opponent's defense... these are all questions.