Father Green

Chapter 249: Udinese with ideas
In fact, this game was not beyond Charlotte's expectations. Facing Udinese, who had an average reinforced concrete defense, although the Saints had some opportunities throughout the first half, they failed to convert into goals in the end.

At the beginning of the second half, Charlotte did not make adjustments to the team, but only emphasized the strengthening of the wing attack in the locker room.

Both Sturridge and De Bruyne are very active on the wing, and the two full-backs who have been strengthened and plugged in to cover the edge, they play more handily.

In the minute, De Bruyne broke through and crossed after getting a chance from the wing, but Icardi fell into the siege of the opponent and did not get the football.

In two minutes, Sturridge passed three people in a row. After breaking into the opponent's penalty area, he did not choose to hand it over to Icardi, because the opponent's defense against the Argentine shooter was too tight during this period, so he chose to do it himself. It's just that the last kick was slightly higher, and the football was higher than the crossbar.

Later, Udinese also launched a counter-plan, and Di Natale received a pass from Pereira and made a stunning lob.Fortunately, Ter Stegen's concentration was concentrated, and he immediately stepped back and took off the ball.Because of Southampton's tactical relationship, the central defender and the goalkeeper are relatively forward, so if the opponent has excellent skills and courage, lob shots are also a good means.But he has to expect Ter Stegen to be distracted. After all, the German goalkeeper's speed and reaction are not slow, coupled with his height and jumping advantages, the difficulty factor is not low if he wants to lob.

At 8 minutes, Udinese seized another opportunity. Lazzari took off from the center line and made a long pass to center forward Di Natale.After the old demon took off, he did not win the header, but feinted a shot to attract the attention of Southampton's backcourt players.But Muriel next to him took the opportunity to take the ball and wiped Pogba away, and then hit the goal under Lovren's marking.

However, his shot was blocked by the Croatian central defender and did not threaten the goal. The football changed direction and flew directly out of the baseline.

Ter Stegen clapped his hands vigorously: "Concentrate!!" Then the German goalkeeper and Lovren high-fived each other and interacted: "Nice job!"

Lazari took a corner kick and was headed by Domizzi, but he did not pose a threat to the goal because he headed high and the football flew out of the baseline again.

Southampton's goal kick, after ter Stegen got the ball from the ball boy, he set up his position and did not drive it out in a hurry.During this period of time, the opponent was also a little excited, so he had to control the rhythm.

Ter Stegen stood in front of the ball, waved his hands forward to signal his teammates to press up, and then vigorously drove the football out after a run-up.

Lallana has seen the trajectory of football, but winning the top is really not his strong point.So now is the time to test a player's golf quotient and ability to read the game. The higher the ball, the longer it takes to fall, so he has plenty of time to choose a good position.

Alan stood behind Lallana, trying to jump before the opponent to head the ball down.But Lallana leaned halfway back against Brazil's midfielder, and then stretched out his left leg facing the ball.

He picked up the falling football with the instep of his left foot and passed Alan.

"Beautiful pass by Lallana!!"

Icardi receives the ball, but Danilo is quick to follow.Argentina handed the ball to Sturridge, who cut in to support him, and then passed Danilo without asking.

Seeing his teammate's running position, Sturridge knew what to do. Sturridge passed the football back to Icardi before Badou interfered.

The pass was relatively deep. Although it penetrated Domizzi's defense zone and got behind the opponent, it was still some distance away from Icardi. He needed to run a few steps to get the ball.

Domic, who turned around, followed the opponent closely every step of the way. He didn't dare to make easy moves just after entering the penalty area.The goalkeeper Burkić immediately came to block the opponent's angle, and the two cooperated very tacitly to get the opponent directly out of the baseline.

But Icardi's action was beyond their imagination. After taking the ball, he took a step and hadn't entered the small penalty area. After seeing that there was no angle, he immediately knocked the football behind him with his heel.

Pogba, who was running, swung his foot directly on the football. The ball was so fast that Danilo flew into the goal before he had time to stretch his feet.

"GOOOOAL!!!"

"Paul—" the live DJ at St. Mary's Stadium dragged out the end.

More than 3 home fans in the audience also received it loudly: "Pogba!!!"

After the goal, Pogba immediately ran over and hugged Icardi, and then Sturridge and others also rushed forward.

"This ball Pogba has reason to thank Icardi for the second pass. The Argentine's heel pass is so wonderful. I don't think everyone thought he would make such a tricky pass. After all, Ikar Di’s influence on people has always been open and close, I didn’t expect him to be able to do this kind of delicate work!”

Seeing Pogba send the ball into the opponent's goal, Charlotte also jumped up on the spot and waved his fist fiercely in the air.

What he is most worried about is Udinese's defense, because their defense is too difficult to break through, and once the team lacks patience, it will be easy for the opponent to seize the opportunity.But now it's easy to play when they are in the lead. Udinese is also a team with ideas. They naturally want to bring back some points in the away game, even if it is one point.

So they will definitely make changes in the future. After all, the premise of sticking to it is that the situation has not changed. If you are already one goal behind, sticking to it will not make much sense, so if you have an idea, you will definitely press it out.

Witness, pressing out to play against Charlotte is not afraid of anyone, especially Udinese.When the Serie A team abandoned their traditional defense, they had too many opportunities.

Many people compare the teenager Pogba and Wanyama. Both are all-around midfielders from the penalty area to the penalty area, and they are both black midfielders with outstanding bodies.But Charlotte knows that the two are different. Wanyama is more of a defensive and midfield barrier, while Pogba is more threatening on the offensive end.

Just like this ball, if it was Wanyama, he would definitely not rush to that position desperately, because the position of the second forward is already there.

After the game restarted, Udinese has indeed changed, at least the defense is not as firm as before.Alan began to press up heavily to participate in the offense. After all, if he concentrates too much on defense in this formation, the midfielder will lack a connection point in the transition on the offensive end. Either Lazari will come back to respond, or Muriel will retreat to take The ball, but no matter what the situation is, it will slow down Udinese's offense, so Alan chose to insert himself.

When the game progressed to No. 701 minutes, Southampton, which led by one goal, took the lead in making substitutions.Florenzi replaced captain Lallana in Rome's Sao years. The Italian teenager is more balanced than Lallana. This substitution is to strengthen the control and defense of the midfield.

Lallana found the French midfielder Schneiderlin before leaving the field, and handed over the captain's armband on his shoulder to the opponent.After Florenzi came on the field, his position was not on the front midfielder, but in the central midfielder position to echo Pogba's error, and Schneiderlin was behind the two.

Any fool can see that this is Charlotte's advantage in keeping the ball.

But really?No one noticed that when Charlotte saw Udinese's side change, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Udinese has an idea and cannot take three points away, but one point is also needed.After all, in the first round, they had a one-on-one tie with the strong Ukrainian team at home, and if they didn't get points in this game, their qualifying situation would be more critical. In winter, they also have to be a guest in Ukraine, which is icy and snowy, so if they want to be more optimistic about qualifying, they need to get some points before the away game against Anzhi.

Swedish striker Ranej replaced midfielder Badou, and Udinese began to change their formation.The former winger Lazzari returned to the central midfielder position, and Alan was not far behind him.The new Lanej went directly to the front center to cooperate with Di Natale, and the previous Muriel went to Lazzari's side.

After understanding the opponent's substitution, Charlotte took advantage of the dead ball to pull Schneiderlin to the sidelines to teach him the opportunity.

Then everyone saw that Pogba, who was originally in the midfield, frequently adopted the tactics of inserting later, as if affected by the previous goal, he appeared more confident and wanted to seize the opportunity to score twice.

Alan had to focus on this dark and hard midfielder. Although the opponent's dribbling was not as threatening as Sturridge, but he was physically excellent, and it was easy to use his physical fitness to protect the ball. of.

In the No.707 minute of the game, Pogba dribbled the ball directly in the middle, disrupting the opponent's defense.But encountering Alan who was pressing up, Pogba chose to cooperate with his teammates, and he handed the ball to the Italian Florenzi behind him diagonally.

Pogba, without the ball, moved forward quickly, and seemed to want to make a two-for-one cooperation with Florenzi.

But Roman Sao Nian did not pass back to Pogba, but saw Icardi in front, and a precise long pass in the midfield directly found Icardi in the frontcourt.

The Argentine midfielder raised his foot and unloaded the ball, then took advantage of the opportunity to dunk Domizzi, and took the ball directly into the opponent's penalty area.

Danilo had no choice. He was impressed by the opponent's previous performance, so he stretched his legs directly to poke the ball.

And Icardi's eyes lit up, and he sent the ball between the opponent's open legs, then shook off the opponent and pulled it to the opponent's back to receive the football again.

"Crotch piercing!!"

Burkić abandoned the goal and attacked, but Icardi was ready at this time, and shot right away!The Serbian goalkeeper immediately made a save, but missed the football.

"Two to zero!!!!"