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273: The main force! !youth team main force
Facing such a match that was doomed to give up, Charlotte did not arrange many main players to participate in the battle.On the front line is the teenager Harry Kane, behind is De Bruyne, and the two sides are split by Sterling and Pione Sisto.

It is worth mentioning that both wingers are very young, with Sterling just turning 17 and the Dane not turning [-] until next month.
In the midfield, the partners of Pogba and Florenzi are used. After Schneiderlin is injured, these two midfielders will get more opportunities to play.

On the back line is Stephens' partner captain Jose Fonte, and on the left and right are Luke Shaw and Chambers. The goalkeeper is a little surprised not the veteran Davis, but the German kid Ter Stegen.

In fact, if it is not for the reaction of the fans, Charlotte wants John Stones of the youth team to partner with Stephens in the choice of central defender, but considering the state and physical condition of the three main central defenders on his side. Very good, coupled with the need to take care of the fans' emotions about the FA Cup, that's why Charlotte chose this way.

Naturally, Charlotte also wants to win every championship, but with his current lineup and bench thickness, let alone a four-line battle, even a third-line battle can grind him to death.

There is no way, the lineup and the strength of the players are here, and there are no more choices.The outside world's predictions for Southampton's lineup are somewhat ideal, but Charlotte knows her team very well.There are really a lot of young people, and the biggest shortcoming of young people is their unstable state. He played like a god in this game, and he might make you doubt your life in the next game.

So Southampton seems to be playing smoothly this season, but in fact, I don't know how much effort Charlotte has put into it.He has to adjust the state of each player as much as possible, to the limit of what manpower can do, and the rest depends on whether God will give face or not.

And his rotation is very frequent. So far, the player in the first team who has played the least has also started no less than five games in all competitions, and even more substitutes.

why is that?Do you think that Charlotte is really distributing the lineup reasonably according to the situation on each front?In fact, it is very simple, that is, start in a good state, and once the state declines, you will immediately get a rest time.

And it is this kind of benign intra-team competition that makes the big ship Southampton go farther and farther. Don't you see that it is almost difficult to see players with poor starting performance among Southampton players this season?
Charlotte made substitutions during the game, half because of tactical needs, and half because there is no need to waste the physical and energy of the core players when the victory is secured, so that they can be replaced to prepare for the next important game, and also to give other players some performance Opportunity.

So if someone with a heart can carefully analyze Southampton this season, they will really find that there are very few players in Southampton who are in a particularly low state, let alone the kind of players who are particularly cheating.
And when the commentators got Southampton's starting lineup and 18-man roster for this game, they could only sigh: "Charlotte is indeed a head coach who dares to give young players opportunities and is also good at training young players!"

What else could they say?Said that Charlotte has raised her hand and surrendered before the game started?People can't be so straightforward, and they are not as unscrupulous as "The Sun".

On the contrary, Chelsea, they attach great importance to this game. Although they can't be regarded as sending all the core and generals, the main players occupy eight positions in the 11-man starting lineup.

After Di Matteo was fired, the Blues owner, Russian billionaire Abramovich, invited the Spanish tactician Rafael Benitez, hoping to bring some technical and tactical things to the team.

However, it is worth mentioning that what Benitez signed was not a long-term contract, but a short-term contract for half a season.Such a contract is naturally equivalent to telling everyone that Benitez is only here to help revive.
However, if Benitez leads the team to perform well, it does not rule out signing a long-term formal contract after the end of the season. After all, Chelsea still has a chance to win the league championship in theory. This theoretical opportunity mainly requires Manchester City and Manchester United. Cooperate with the three teams of Southampton.

It is worth mentioning that before the start of the game, Charlotte and Benitez not only shook hands in a formulaic way, but also talked and laughed happily, and finally hugged. Then Benitez and his old friend, currently in Nanan Ayestaran, who works on Puton's coaching staff, hugged and exchanged pleasantries for 1 minute.

But these are just the pictures captured by the TV. What the broadcast camera can't capture is the conversation between Benitez and Ayestaran after they embraced.

Benitez: "Paco, why don't you just come to Chelsea to help me. We have cooperated for so many years and have always had a good understanding."

Ayestaran, who is usually a little serious, made a joke: "Raphael, you should first consider changing from the firefighting captain to the official special forces."

Benitez shrugged.

With such a starkly contrasting starting lineup, it seems that everyone can guess the ending without a game.But at the beginning of the game, everyone was bluffed. At the beginning of the game, the Southampton team, whose average age was less than 20 years old, played the set of offensive tactics of the core Saints.

The smooth teamwork and quick assault caught the Blues by surprise. Finally, in the 6th minute, Harry Kane received a cross from Luke Shaw. The cooperation opened up Chelsea's defense, and finally Luke Shaw passed the ball.

Harry Kane turned away from Ivanovic after getting the ball, and then faked a shot, knocking the ball across to his right after fooling a young Romeu.

The follow-up Belgian attacking midfielder De Bruyne did not adjust, but came up and hit the goal directly. In the end, the football pierced through the goal guarded by Cech.

Seeing this goal, Benitez shook his head helplessly. He knew that after seeing the opponent's starting lineup, the Blue Army soldiers underestimated the enemy and did not pay attention to the opponent's offense. The current Lampard is not on the pitch, so there is no dressing room leader to remind and spur the Blues players.

As for the captain Ivanovic in this game, he is really not the type of player who uses words to remind and motivate his teammates.

However, when Benitez was told by the coach of Chelsea that the Belgian De Bruyne, who had just scored a goal, was still a Chelsea player and was only loaned to Southampton, Benitez suddenly had a feeling of beeping the dog. Feel.

"You don't have an avoidance clause?" Benitez questioned the coach, but the coach could only lower his head. He didn't know what Chelsea's representatives thought when signing the contract, and he didn't sign it. Lease contract.

Southampton kept the score of [-]-[-] until the intermission. Everyone thought that Southampton was going to use a young and outrageous lineup to stage a dark horse counterattack, but in the second half Chelsea's style changed suddenly.

Not to mention being more serious in the game, in the 5 minutes of the game, Demba Ba received a pass from the teenager Moses and hit the goalkeeper to equalize the score.

After scoring this goal, Chelsea played even more excitedly. Benitez has never been a head coach who is good at commanding on the spot, but he still has two brushes in the adjustment during the intermission. It's not the "jianghu brothers" who sell his face.

And in the No.708 minute of the game, Chelsea scored a goal from German midfielder Mark Marin to overtake the score. What made Charlotte so angry was that this was Marin's goal in Chelsea's various competitions this season. The first goal of this season, Chelsea's super drinking fountain manager actually made a fuss on himself
The score of [-] to [-] was maintained until the end. Chelsea eliminated Southampton, who played mainly in the main youth team, at home, avenging their loss to Southampton in the FA Cup last season.

However, the Blues fans are still a little worried, because the game they lost to Southampton last season was the final, and if they win, they will be the champion. This game is just an ordinary round. If they win Chelsea, they will not win the championship. , It can only be said that there is still a chance to win the championship. As for losing, then you will definitely not win the championship.

Charlotte comforted her players in the visiting team's locker room. Most of the players who played in this game were very young players.They also hope to replicate the legend of Southampton's youngsters last season, but obviously... the legend is not that simple.

In the press conference after the game, Charlotte did not blame the boys for the loss: "I am proud of my boys. They almost pulled Chelsea off the horse again. Hey, I Why do you say it again?"

The reporters couldn't bear Charlotte's little humor, and they all laughed out loud. Everyone knew that he was talking about the FA Cup final last season, but this season he also came up with something against Chelsea and Southampton. An impressive record of one win and one tie, and if Charlotte hadn't been suspended in that game, maybe he could have double-killed Chelsea.

"In my opinion, our luck was not very good. The goal scored by Marin was too lucky, and it flew into the goal by rubbing against the post. This player who does not mean that he is a master, How accurate is his shooting grasp, otherwise he would not be able to count all his appearances at Chelsea this season, so this goal is largely due to luck."

"But what can I say? I can only say that luck is part of football, that's the beauty of football. Yes, we lost, but we need to recognize this and then do what we do in the next games. Even better, after all the season is not over, an FA Cup defeat is not decisive, we have more important things to do."