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After sweeping Crystal Palace four to zero, Southampton won five consecutive victories in the league. This is their best start after returning to the Premier League. kind of desperate...

Except for the Community Shield draw with Arsenal and then losing on penalties, Southampton has maintained a complete victory in all other games. This result is enough to make many people tremble. Just scoring three or four goals has an absolute advantage in both the scene and the score.

However, in the third round of the League Cup in the next week, Southampton almost encountered Waterloo.

In this game, Ji Ya sent all the substitutes, goalkeeper Mendy, two full-backs Peters and Jenkinson, the central defenders were partnered by two young central defenders Araujo and De Ligt, midfielders Hoybil and Prouss , Sancho, Phillips, forwards Alvarez and Allais.

An away game against Wolves, the Championship team, would not have been a big problem. However, in this game, the Wolves performed very well. They relied on unremitting running and constant fighting to make Southampton It is difficult for young players to play their true level.

However, the two young central defenders and goalkeeper Mendy showed quite good performances, constantly resisting the opponent's threatening attacks, and finally scored zero to zero with the opponent in 10 minutes and 120 minutes. In the battle, Southampton's young players withstood the pressure and made four free throws. Mendy saved two penalty kicks from the opponent. Southampton eliminated Wolves through a penalty shootout and entered the fourth round of the League Cup.

"It was a tough game to win but it's a good thing that our players have resisted the pressure. Wolves did a great job, they have great quality and fighting spirit and I think they're back in the Premier League. It will only be a matter of time ... this game? I am very satisfied with this game, the young players have endured the test, which will help them a lot in the future."

Ji Ya said at the press conference after the game that he is indeed very satisfied with the result of this game. After all, he sent all the substitutes in this game, because in the next weekend, they will meet at home. Come Manchester United.

This is the second time Southampton has encountered Manchester United this season, and it is also the first strong team they have encountered in the league this season.

In the first five rounds of the game, Southampton won five consecutive victories, Manchester City and Manchester United both won four and drew one, followed closely. For Manchester United, if they lose this game, they will be defeated by these two. The biggest opponent is thrown away.

Naturally, Manchester City will not let go of this opportunity to put pressure on both sides.

In the first game, Manchester City at home swept the bottom of the Crystal Palace [-]-[-], temporarily came to the first place in the points, but also brought huge pressure to Southampton and Manchester United!

Let them fall into a passive situation if they fail to win.

This is not a good state.

"Man City? I didn't pay attention to Manchester City. They were our opponents in the No.14 round. It was still early. Now my attention is on Manchester United. Yes, we beat them in the UEFA Super Cup, but at that time Manchester United had not yet shown. What an outstanding state, it is different now. Lukaku has five goals in five rounds and is tied for the top scorer list with Du Yue. He will pose a great threat, but at the Saints Stadium, we have the ability to beat all opponents. Mourinho's Manchester United is no exception."

At the press conference before the start of the game, Ji Ya showed a strong confidence. Coincidentally, Mourinho also expressed his position in the same way.

Obviously, both sides care about this game very much, otherwise they would not have shown such a strong fighting spirit in this game.

After all, in this game, both sides really can't afford to lose.

If Southampton loses, the unbeaten record will end. At the same time, this season will also be greatly affected. If Manchester United loses, it will be really difficult to catch up. With the momentum shown by Manchester City and Southampton , Their ability to grab points will be quite strong.

This game has also become the well-deserved highlight of this round of the league. Although it was not scheduled to be played at the last moment, mainly because they all had to play the Champions League game, it was also played in a separate time slot, so as not to Other games affect the ratings of this game.

Later broadcast data proved that the game was watched by hundreds of millions of people, making it a hit.

When Ji Ya came out of the player tunnel, he happened to bump into Mourinho.

"How about it? Is it too stressful? It's the second year." Ji Ya stabbed the knife first.

"I haven't seen anything, pressure? It doesn't exist." Mourinho smiled sternly.

Ji Ya laughed, patted Mourinho on the shoulder, then turned and left.

Amid the cheers of Southampton fans in the stands, players from both sides came out.

Mourinho sent a four-two-three-one lineup for this game, goalkeeper De Gea, two full backs are Valencia and Ashley Young, center back Bailey and Jones partner, midfielder Matic and Fei Lenny served as a double defensive midfielder, the three attacking midfielders were Mata, Mkhitaryan and Rashford, and Lukaku came forward alone.

This lineup is of course very strong, and it is basically Manchester United's current main lineup. Except for Lindelof who was absent due to injury and was replaced by Jones, Pogba was also injured and unable to play, and Mata replaced him. Manchester United's absolute main force, there are players like Herrera, Lingard, and Martial on the bench who are always on standby. Now Manchester United's overall strength is indeed very good.

Ji Ya also sent his entire main lineup.

Goalkeeper Gulac, defenders Cancelo, Chilwell, Rudiger, Maguire, midfielders De Bruyne, Grealish, DePaul, Valverde, forwards Du Yue, Vardy.

This lineup did not play in the middle of the week. They have no problem in terms of physical fitness.

Manchester United's lineup is similar. Their starting lineup is the one that beat Everton in the last round. In the League Cup in the middle of the week, only Mata and Rashford played. They have no problem in terms of physical fitness.

Players from both sides were scattered on the field, and the Southampton fans greeted them with loud applause, not only the players who greeted Southampton, but also some of the players who greeted Manchester United...

For example, Bailey, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Matic... They all played very well at Southampton, and they also brought a lot of money when they left. Southampton fans still very grateful.

There is also Blind on the bench, and the sick Luke? Shaw... Manchester United's number of former Southampton players is indeed quite a lot.

Mourinho also sat in his seat, took a deep breath, and looked at the field.

He knew that this would be his first test of the season.