Father Green

Chapter 282: Entering the Finals
In the end, Sterling did indeed create opportunities for Southampton, because with Florenzi behind him covering for him, he had a lot of options and choices whether he was passing the ball or counter-robbing on the spot after being intercepted by the opponent. time.

In the No.807 minute, Sterling's unreasonable impact was unreasonably knocked to the ground by the opponent's defender. The referee whistled without hesitation and pointed to the penalty spot.

No matter how Martinez appeals to the fourth official, it will not change the penalty penalty.In fact, he and his players also knew that Alcaraz who fouled was exhausted because of his physical energy, so he couldn't stop it in the end, and his defensive actions also appeared deformed.

This is not to blame the central defender Alcaraz, nor is it that the opponent flopped and cheated for a penalty. Martinez could only secretly curse his bad luck.

His luck was really not very good. Icardi faced this penalty overnight and overtook the score for Southampton at the last moment of the game and won the game.

When Charlotte and Martinez shook hands after the game, they praised: "You are much more difficult to deal with than Manchester United!"

Martinez smiled wryly: "Are you praising me or hurting Ferguson?"

Charlotte laughed. He was not being polite. Martinez's team really caused him some trouble in this game.In particular, the opponent did not choose a safe defensive counterattack at the beginning of the game, but played their own offensive football at home, which was beyond Charlotte's expectations.

When it comes to confrontation, don't talk about the mid-lower teams this season. Even if the giants play against Southampton, their end is very bad, so no one would have thought that Martinez would attack.

However, Charlotte thinks that the opponent's biggest failure is the two consecutive substitutions, which is obviously a bit conservative. The score of [-]:[-] is the most dangerous score at this time. Does the opponent not understand?

It's not that Martinez doesn't understand, but standing in this position and facing such a situation, he really doesn't dare to give it a go.If their points ranking is No.11 and No. [-] in the league, and there is no concern about relegation at all, he may still have fun with Charlotte.
After this game, the media people naturally once again praised Charlotte's on-the-spot adjustment ability.Both goals were made after his substitutions, and it was created by the two players who replaced them. This is not a matter of luck.

The nickname "courtside magician" once again resounded in the headlines of major newspapers and media.

Charlotte and his team have had a lot of headlines and headlines this season. If you haven't seen Charlotte and his Saints occupying the headlines for a week or two, then this must be the headlines.
One day after the end of this game, Manchester United, who played for a day, also ended the game.Perhaps due to the collateral impact of the loss to Southampton, they actually lost [-]-[-] to the desperate farmer Fulham in the away game
All of a sudden, the point difference was widened to six points, and Charlotte and his Southampton took the top spot in the league standings.

The headlines in the major media once again gave Southampton, saying that Southampton has already launched an impact towards the league championship.

But at the pre-match press conference in the second leg of the League Cup semi-final against Swansea in midweek, Charlotte cooled the temperature down again: "There are still [-] rounds in the league, and I'm not absolutely sure that six points is a goal. What an insurmountable gap. I still say that, we should take every game seriously, instead of staring at the final champion with high ambitions. The game needs to be played one game at a time. At present, we have completed this season We have achieved our goal, so the next task is to make our ranking as good as possible, and I mean at the end of the last season, not now."

"It would be great if...the end of the season ended with something, but we wouldn't be upset if we didn't."

"League champions? Go out and turn left to ask Manchester United. They don't play in Europe. In the next three months, they can focus on the league. So although we are currently ahead of the Red Devils, I still have to say Manchester United It's the champion!" Charlotte said with a smile.

Laudrup next to him was a little embarrassed. Nima, this game is obviously the semi-final of the League Cup between Brother and the Saints. The semi-final! !Is it really okay for you to ignore us Swan Lake like this? !

Fortunately, after a few words, Charlotte brought the topic to this game: "This press conference is for the semi-finals of the League Cup between us and Swansea. I will not talk about topics beyond this limit." will answer."

Fortunately, the reporters also knew that they would accept as soon as they were good. Even though Charlotte was still reticent, at least he still answered a lot of questions about the league.

Hmm. But what about the Carabao Cup semi-final?They defeated Swansea [-]-[-] before, can the opponent turn around in this game?
So far this season, Swansea's ranking is still good. They are temporarily ranked eighth in the league. It can be said that they have seamlessly connected the previous training of Rodgers to Swansea City. Laudrup's Premier League debut is still a success of.

But unfortunately, they encountered Charlotte's Southampton in the League Cup.

In the final result, the swan still did not fly. Southampton, who had all substitutes and teenagers out, shook hands with the opponent [-]-[-] in the away game, but eliminated Swansea City with a total score of [-]-[-] in the home and away games. Qualified to the final.

At this time, people were surprised to find that Southampton had really reached the final of the League Cup without knowing it.
For the Premier League powerhouses, this championship may be tasteless, but for some teams that are not very deep, such a championship can be described as a major objection.

And a day later, the result of another matchup in the semi-final came out. Relying on the first round, they also defeated the troubled Lions Aston Villa [-]-[-]. Stone Villa.

Although Aston Villa beat the opponent [-]-[-] in the second round, they lost too much in the first round.No matter how difficult Aston Villa is, it is still a Premier League team. Being kicked out by a Championship team is naturally an upset.

After the game, the owner of Aston Villa, who has not been eliminated in the FA Cup and League Cup and ranked second to last in league points, and may be relegated at any time, finally couldn't bear it anymore. He fired the head coach Paul Lambert , Perhaps Lambert is really not suitable for the Premier League, and low-level leagues such as the British Championship and League One are his territory.

Immediately after the League Cup ended, there was another six rounds of League No.20. Since the Christmas game, the Premier League teams have not had much rest, either double matches a week or three matches a week.Now I really understand why the Premier League teams are often bullied by La Liga and even the Bundesliga in European games, because the Premier League has just finished nearly two months of brutally busy schedule.

Then I encountered teams from other leagues who had warmed up a few games in the league after recuperating during the winter break. Naturally, the results of the tired team against the rejuvenated team could not be guaranteed.

In this round of the league, Charlotte's opponent is another team from the Greater Manchester area-Manchester City!In the last three rounds of games against teams in the Manchester area, Charlotte said she was also drunk.Fortunately, this league is Southampton's home game. If the FA schedule is scheduled to be an away game, then it will be three consecutive trips to the Manchester area within two weeks.

In the previous League Cup match against Swansea, Charlotte sent substitute players for rotation, so this most important league is naturally the main force.

It is worth mentioning that Sturridge has recovered from injury and can play after being evaluated by the team medical team, but Charlotte still arranges him on the bench.

No one can guarantee the state of the player who has just recovered from injury, so it is natural to play from the bench.

Last season, Manchester City snatched the league championship from rival Manchester United, so Blue Moon fans are looking forward to this season.But the league has progressed so far, they are only ranked third in the league, and they are far behind Southampton and Manchester United of the first legion. The league leader Saints currently leads them by ten points.

But Mancini said that the league championship this season is still in suspense. This is not a race between Manchester United and Southampton. Blue Moon also has a great opportunity to compete with these two teams for this honor.

The easiest thing is to start from this round, as long as they can beat the Saints in the away game, then they will be only seven points behind the First Legion, and chasing seven points in the remaining [-] rounds is not an impossible task.

But Mancini's thinking is too simple. Let's not talk about Southampton winning the opponent in the last confrontation between the two teams. According to the statistics of OPTA, Southampton has not lost at home, not just in the league. They have never lost at home in the FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League, so although Blue Moon's offensive firepower is fierce, it may not be able to retreat at St. Mary's Stadium.

And according to their data, Southampton can score an average of three goals per game in all competitions at home this season!
Before the game, the media in the London area put up the slogan "Minimum consumption of three!"

Not only Southampton's schedule is tight recently, but all Premier League teams' schedules are not easy.Even Manchester City missed captain Kompany and Argentine striker Aguero in this game, so when Charlotte got the opponent's starting list, he complained in his heart and wanted to take three points from St. Mary's Stadium ?
In the final result, Mancini's Blue Moon naturally did not take away three points, they took away three goals
Southampton beat their opponents 10-[-] at home. Without Kompany, the hidden dangers of Manchester City's defense were really great. It took Southampton [-]-[-] to seal the victory in almost [-] minutes.

The substitute played soy sauce. Well, Sturridge, who was looking for form, scored the third goal in the No. 607 minute and completely killed Manchester City.

At the last moment, David Silva assisted Bosnian high center Dzeko to score a goal, saving some face for Manchester City.Otherwise, Mancini, who is ambitious and wants to take away three points, will encounter a [-]-[-] situation. How embarrassing.