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When the game ended, almost all the non-Southampton fans who followed the game all over the world sighed in unison.

Why can't this team lose?

How could they all win under such circumstances?

How many games have you had recently?Against Manchester United, against Atletico Madrid, plus this against Roma, they all overtook and finally defeated their opponents under adversity.

It's really hard to think about.

"I am very happy to have won this game... The hard work and fighting spirit of the players is the key to winning this game. We have not performed much better than our opponents in recent games, but we still finally We persevered and won the game! This shows that our strength and performance are worthy of these victories... Of course, three consecutive victories in the group stage are very important, which basically gives us the right to qualify for the group. Of course, in the next three We can't relax in this game, otherwise, we may not qualify."

Kiya said at the press conference after the game that for him, it was indeed difficult to win this game. However, in Kiya's view, it was Rome's luck that made it so difficult for Southampton to win. .

In the last few games, Southampton's luck was indeed not very good, but it is true that they can win when they are not lucky.

Besides, luck is always balanced. If you have bad luck in these few games, your luck will gradually improve in the following games.

At that time, even if the team's performance is not as good as it is now, it will still be able to achieve more victories in the remaining time.

His guess was not wrong.

Three days later, in the ninth round of the league, in Southampton's home game against West Bromwich Albion, the Southampton players who had just passed a tiring game did not perform very well. Their performance on the field, Even suppressed by the opponent.

However, when the situation on the field is at a disadvantage, their experience and ability to seize opportunities have the upper hand.

First, Du Yue caught the ball in a counterattack and passed two people in a row, and then shot the ball into the opponent's goal. , however, all the clearance balls hit Du Yue's body. Du Yue moved forward almost instinctively. Just wave your arms and watch the ball go into the net.

In the following time, Southampton was still at a disadvantage, but they still relied on a set kick to expand the score. B Fee took the lead in the melee in the penalty area and expanded the score for Southampton.

Two to zero was also the final score of the game. Southampton still won another victory even though they were in poor form.

After winning this game, Ji Ya began to rest. In the middle of the week, it was the fourth round of the League Cup, and Southampton met Manchester City early-for this game, Ji Ya was not too serious. care.

Using Manchester City to test the young players is the only function of this game.

In the midweek game, Kiya sent all the substitutes, and basically all the young players played, including Mendy, Araujo, Peters, Alvarez, Sancho and other young players. Manchester City Most of the substitutes were also sent, such as the two substitute full-backs Danilo and Zinchenko, and the veteran Toure in the midfield... But there are still a lot of main players, such as the main forward partner Aguero and Jesus, The B seat in the midfield, Gundogan.

Such a lineup is of course stronger than all Southampton's substitutes.

However, Southampton's substitutes played a wonderful game at the City Stadium.

They kept entangled with each other throughout the court, resisting the opponent's attack with defense, and at the same time counterattacked constantly, delaying the opponent's attack.

In the end, they managed to keep the score to zero until overtime. Their defense was more stable in overtime, and they didn't allow the opponent to score in overtime until they entered the penalty shootout...

In the penalty shootout, the mentality of the young players was unstable. Except for Prouse who scored the penalty first, Alvarez and Allais who played next failed to score the penalty. The opponent made four free throws and finally eliminated Southampton with a score of four to one and entered the fifth round of the League Cup!

"This game is an opportunity for our young players to grow...It's normal to lose games, but we gain experience. We have played a lot this season, and it is not a big deal for us to miss a game .But I'm a bit sad that the young players missed a practice game."

Ji Ya said at the press conference after the game that he did have some regrets about this, but losing to Manchester City is better than losing to other weak teams. The above is that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

"Okay, everyone can come out of the sadness, think more about what you encountered in this game, what good ideas you have, what you should do more in the game, and the opponents you met, what should you do?" What method to use to deal with it... This is a valuable experience, and then we can look forward, because only by looking forward can we continue to move towards our goal."

Ji Ya told the players on the training ground that the loss of this game will indeed not affect the morale of the whole team, but it may have some impact on the young players of Southampton.

So at this time, of course they have to give them blood.

After all, for the next league and Champions League matches, Ji Ya plans to rotate more to prepare for the next more intensive schedule.

At the same time, in the rotation, it is also a good practice to find some players who can be used as regular rotations.

Southampton has always done this. In addition to the main players, they always have four or five substitutes whose performance and level are not much worse than the main players, so that when the main players leave, they can take over immediately.

And this season, there are not many substitutes who can do this. Except for the midfielders who can basically be used, and there are three central defenders who can play the main force, in other positions, the dividing line between the substitute and the main force is still very strong. obviously.

So under such circumstances, the performance of Valverde, Sancho, B Fee and the two substitute forwards is very important. If they play well, whether it is on the wing or on the front line, Southampton will also be able to play. There is no shortage of substitutes who can step up at critical moments.

The number of such players is very important to Southampton.