Father Green

Chapter 275: Fatigue towards Chelsea
Of the five major European leagues, four of them have more or less winter breaks in winter, and the schedule is not so dense.But there is only the Premier League, which is almost as busy during the winter as it is at the beginning of the summer.

After finishing the weekend league games, there is the League Cup match in the middle of the week. Because the League Cup final is in March, although there is no Champions League game from December to mid-February every year, the League Cup and FA Cup matches It can still make many Premier League teams drink a pot.

So this is why every winter, the Premier League teams have more injuries, and at the same time, there are more upsets in the two domestic cup competitions. Moreover, when the UEFA Champions League starts in late February, the Premier League teams that have just finished the intensive schedule are naturally in good condition. No, the result of multi-line combat again at this time can be imagined.

It is understandable that the Premier League teams in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League do not perform so well every year.

Of course, the Champions League is not yet Charlotte's turn to worry about. What he is worried about now is the League Cup match in the middle of the week.This round he encountered an opponent that he really didn't want to face-Chelsea!
That's right, Southampton's opponent in this round of the League Cup is the blue team Chelsea.An opponent that Charlotte has already faced and does not want to face is not because he is afraid of the opponent, but because of aesthetic fatigue.

Count how many games he has played against Chelsea in the past two months?
For this draw, Charlotte almost wanted to complain to the FA.There is not much conflict between Southampton and Chelsea, but if they are played by the FA, they will have to take over sooner or later.

Even at the beginning of the game, when he shook hands with the blue team's firefighting captain Benitez, Fatty Bei couldn't help laughing and said: "I never thought that we would meet again so soon!"

Charlotte reflexively spoke in a northeast accent: "Fate, big brother!"

Benitez looked confused: "."

In this League Cup, Charlotte naturally sent out a lineup similar to the previous FA Cup against Chelsea, but Sisto sat on the bench in the frontcourt, De Bruyne was the starter, and in the midfielder position Above is Florenzi, with Pogba and Ward-Prowse behind him.

Surprisingly, most of Chelsea's lineup for this game is also substitutes and rotations. At the press conference before the game, Benitez said that he is still groping for Chelsea's players, and he needs to familiarize himself with all the players in the team. , so we must observe everyone's status.

It's not clear whether Charlotte is real or not. Anyway, the Blues did send most of their rotations and substitutes in this game.

Chelsea, who had possession of the ball at the beginning of the game, played steadily. Although Benitez had just taken office at Chelsea, he clearly understood that Southampton was not an easy team to deal with.

The Blues' defense against De Bruyne is obviously much heavier than before, and Mikel is almost strictly guarding against the Belgian.Unlike Mourinho who abandoned the Nigerian midfielder when he took office, Mikel is still able to play at Chelsea.

In the current starting lineup, De Bruyne in the frontcourt is undoubtedly a more important part. When the Belgian was suppressed, the Saints' offense was unable to start for a long time.

But Chelsea took advantage of this opportunity to launch an offensive. Fortunately, Ter Stegen made a high pass to save the day, otherwise the Saints might fall behind by two goals in the first half.

During the intermission, Charlotte focused on criticizing the team's midfield and backcourt. If the frontcourt can't open up the situation, it doesn't mean that you have to give the opponent so many kicks in the backcourt.
After the hair dryer blows enough, Charlotte immediately makes adjustments.De Bruyne will naturally not be replaced, but he was given a more important task by Charlotte.

Don't you, Fatty, just love to stare at "Ding Ding" and kick it?Then I will come to Mingxiu plank road to secretly hide Chencang!
Uh. Why are these words a bit evil and dirty?
After the start of the second half, De Bruyne played very actively, frequently raising his hand to ask for the ball, and Saints players would pass the ball to De Bruyne under appropriate circumstances. If Er Stegen's solo show, then the second half is De Bruyne's solo show.

Benitez said to Chelsea assistant Steve Holland: "This Belgian is very good, and he can advise the coach to stay in the team next season."

Steve Holland is not a member of Benitez's coaching staff, nor is he a member of the previous two coaching staff of Villas-Boas and Di Matteo. Steve Holland is still Chelsea's assistant coach even after changing several coaches.

Steve Holland nodded. He also discovered the ability of this Belgian player. After getting familiar with the Premier League this season, he can quickly adapt to Chelsea next season.It's just that I don't know who the next head coach will be. Maybe it's the current Benitez, or maybe I heard that the boss Abramovich is discussing with Mendes and plans to invite Mourinho back.

Now the madman's life in Real Madrid is not easy, especially the difficult locker room problem has caused Mourinho to have some troubles in Real Madrid.

But this is not a question for me to think about. Just wait until the summer training camp to hand in De Bruyne's report. Anyway, I have completed my own work, and the rest will be handed over to the head coach.

Chelsea's coaching staff is still discussing De Bruyne, but the situation on the court suddenly changed.

The joint defensive distance of Ashley Cole and Milk did not stop the ball at De Bruyne's feet, but instead allowed the Belgian to seize the opportunity to pass it out.

Florenzi took the ball, and Romeu immediately forced him up.Roma Sao Nian, who was born in Italian youth training, naturally has excellent technical ability. He avoided the Spanish midfielder's press by protecting the ball, and then sent a long pass over the top.

Cahill jumped up and wanted to clear the ball with a header, but he didn't know where the football landed. When he jumped to the highest point, he failed to hit the football, but was wiped off his head by the football.

Harry Kane suddenly started to go around behind Cahill at this time, unloaded the ball with his chest, and then volleyed directly without stopping the ball, because he had already seen David Luiz following him, and he stopped the ball and adjusted it. If you hit the door, you will definitely be destroyed by the opponent.

After playing the game for so long, he has already got some understanding of David Luiz's temper and characteristics.

Cech jumped up and tried to save the ball, but he didn't get the ball.

Southampton lead [-]-[-].

After the Saints scored, De Bruyne blatantly attracted Chelsea's attention, but Southampton handed the ball to Sterling and Florenzi, and then Chelsea became a little confused .

Sterling's breakthrough with the ball on the wing made Portuguese general Ferreira have a hard time. He was naturally a top defender in the Premier League at his peak, but now he is no longer young, and he is somewhat crushed by Sterling in terms of speed. Pressed taste.

Speaking of Ferreira, in fact, last season, Charlotte seemed to bring the Portuguese veteran to St. Mary's Stadium, but at that time, the Saints were just a newly promoted second-tier league, and naturally they did not attract the opponent. capital.

Although Ferreira is old, he has definitely not reached the level of playing in the second-tier league. He even has the Portuguese Super League and the American Major League.The West Asian team was even the choice of the Super League team, but in the end he chose to stay at Chelsea.

In the 705th minute of the game, Southampton made another victory. Sterling successfully tricked the famous player Ferreira, and then passed the ball to the middle.

Harry Kane received the ball and both centre-backs surrounded him to block his angle.So he can only return the ball to the outside of the penalty area and let his teammates help to stretch the space.

Pogba, who was in the free throw arc, got the ball and took a long shot without saying a word.

Boba, who has practiced long-range shooting hard, has indeed made a lot of progress during this period. The ball is powerful and heavy, and it hits the goal.

Cech didn't dare to hold the ball, because the ball was fast and powerful, and he, with his rich experience, naturally knew that the ball was easy to let go. There was a Harry Kane standing near the small penalty area, so he didn't dare to block it. A clearance or the opponent gets the ball first.

So the Czech goalkeeper hit the ball with both fists.

David Luiz reacted quickly, he immediately turned to find the ball that Cech hit, but someone was faster than him.

Florenzi got the ball at the penalty spot, but he didn't stop the ball. Instead, with the rebound force of Cech's hit, he directly strafed and shot like Pogba when he didn't agree with each other.

The football flew into Chelsea's gate almost unobstructed, and Cech, who had fallen to the ground, said that he was helpless.

After this goal was born, Charlotte also began to make substitution adjustments.Winger Sisto came on to replace Florenzi, who had been excellent, and then John Stones also replaced Jose Fonte.

After the substitution, De Bruyne went to the midfielder position in the middle, Sisto went to the side of the Belgian before, and the position was adjusted.

After Florenzi was replaced, Roma Sao Nian was a little unhappy at first, but Charlotte whispered to him on the sidelines: "Good performance, now it's good to recharge your batteries, the opponent's next game!"

Roman Sao Nian's eyes lit up immediately. Although Charlotte didn't say it clearly, Florenzi knew that he had no chance to run for the next league start.

Then the Saints' tactics also changed. De Bruyne was in charge of scheduling in the center, and Pogba participated in the attack in the frontcourt, but their main force was still concentrated on the wing. The two supercars Sterling and Sith To deal with Ferreira and Ashley Cole, both veterans, made it a little difficult for the two veterans.

Now Benitez must also make adjustments. He replaced the Portuguese veteran Ferreira with Ivanovic, intending to let the Serbian central defender temporarily come to the right back, and then replaced the mediocre midfielder Ronaldo with Torres. Meu stepped up his offense.