Father Green

Chapter 286: Happy League Unhappy UEFA Cup
In the second round of the game, Southampton sat at home against Zenit St. Petersburg. The last game was [-]-[-] in Russia, so Southampton still has to go all out in this game.

Because it is home, once the opponent opens up, all the goals are away goals, which is not good news for Southampton.

The Saints naturally played the main force in this game. Although Sturridge has returned strongly on the front line, Charlotte still sent Icardi in the Europa League game.

The schedule is intensive, so he needs to make two-handed preparations.

Playing at home, Southampton played less restrained, pressing up from the beginning.Zenit is a bit overwhelmed. Why does this Southampton team feel different from the one they met last week? !

In just [-] minutes of the opening, Icardi scored a goal for Southampton. The total score of [-]-[-] plus an away goal, so Southampton's home fans can breathe a sigh of relief.

The entire first half was under the control of the Saints. Although the score was not expanded, it prevented Zenit from fighting back.

The fighting nation's team only launched a counterattack in the last 2 minutes of the first half, but it was successfully resolved by the brave Ter Stegen.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again, and Southampton expanded the score in just 1 minute of the opening.It was Icardi who scored the goal, and it was the Gabon international Aubameyang who made a bloody breakthrough on the wing and assisted him.

After this goal was produced, Southampton seemed less anxious, and they began to control the rhythm and slow down.

This is Charlotte's request. The schedule is too dense and the players consume a lot of energy, so he asked the players to save some energy to avoid injuries.

In the 60th minute of the game, Wanyama was dribbling the ball slowly at the front of the penalty area and wanted to wait for the opponent's player to push up to hit the opponent's back, but Zenit's midfielder did not push up immediately.

The Kenyan beast waist took a look at the situation in the penalty area, and suddenly an idea came out of his mind, and he kicked the door directly with his legs on the spot.

Wanyama's sudden shot caught Zenit by surprise, and finally pierced the goal of the Russian powerhouse without the goalkeeper responding.

Three to zero!Southampton completely sealed the victory.If Zenit wants to make a comeback, they must score three consecutive goals in the remaining 10 minutes to push the total score to four to four, and then rely on the advantage of more away goals to eliminate the opponent.

This is obviously an impossible task. Counting the Saints' games this season, the only experience is that I was three goals behind the opponent to equalize or even overtake. I have never been overturned by the opponent under the three-goal advantage, let alone this Or the Saints' St. Mary's Stadium.

After this goal was born, Charlotte knew that the opponent was completely useless, so he replaced two teenagers, Luke Shaw and Chambers, for training.

In the end, Southampton relied on a total score of [-] to [-] to eliminate the Russian powerhouse Zenit St. Petersburg and broke into the top [-] of this season's Europa League.

Perhaps stimulated by the promotion of the Europa League, Southampton won their opponents in the next two games.A [-]-[-] victory over Norwich and a [-]-[-] win over Newcastle United.

Among them, the game against Newcastle United was a make-up match for the No.20 seventh round of the Premier League. Because the day before that time was the League Cup final, the game was postponed.

Originally, Manchester United was only four points behind Southampton, because the previously relegated Queens Park Rangers helped them draw with the Saints at home, and the Red Devils also seized the opportunity to catch up with points.

But this round of the Red Devils did not live up to their expectations. They were tied by Allardyce's West Ham United in the away game, and the two sides were still [-]-[-]!
It is said that after the game, Ferguson was so angry that he even canceled the one-day holiday that is the day after the game as usual.

Charlotte naturally knew why Ferguson was angry. Last season, he was robbed of the league championship by Manchester City at the end of last season.He's definitely retired this season, so he's hoping his final season ends with a championship.

They are both out of the League Cup and the Champions League. Naturally, there is no need to think about it. At present, they only have two choices: the FA Cup winner and the League champion.Of course, in Ferguson's view, it is natural for the league champion to allow him to retire with complete peace of mind.

But unfortunately, the emergence of Southampton this season made them a little breathless.At present, they are ten points ahead of their No.3 city rival Manchester City, which means that without Southampton's Cheng Yaojin, his Manchester United won the league championship this season.

Ferguson was so angry, Charlotte didn't care, he was very happy anyway.He even privately expressed to his assistants that he is very grateful to West Ham United and Allardyce, but this does not change the essence of his still hating the big fat man and his Hammer gang.
With the advantage of continuing to lead Manchester United by six points in the league, Charlotte led the team happily to usher in the opponents of the Europa League quarter-finals at home, the Swiss giants Basel.

But this game did not make Charlotte happy. Icardi, Lallana, Rodriguez and other main players played in the lineup, but the opponent played a [-]-[-] in the first half at their home court.

Charlotte knew that the player's self-confidence had inflated after the last big victory over Zenit, and he felt a little underestimated by the Europa League powerhouses.

"I don't know what happened in the first half. Maybe the boys I sent to the youth team played better than you. Maybe many people have forgotten. I often say 'whoever makes me unhappy, I will definitely make the other party happy. I am even more unhappy', everyone has performed very well during this time, so you must have not heard this for several months, right?"

"All in all, I am very dissatisfied with the first half of the game. The two conceded goals are completely our defensive problems. Nkuru, tell me, what do you think about that foul? Can you give the opponent a penalty? I Shouldn't you be thanking the referee for giving you a yellow card instead of a red?" Charlotte yelled at Nkuru.

Saints players who are familiar with Charlotte understand that once his boss starts calling his last name on the back of his jersey, it means that he is very angry, because he usually calls the players' names or nicknames.

Nkuru lowered his head: "I'm sorry, boss! But in the second half, I will stare at the opponent. The Swiss don't even think about scoring half a goal!"

Charlotte nodded: "Very well, if I find that you can't fulfill this oath, I will definitely replace you before then!"

"No problem, boss, it's fair."

"Next is our offensive end. Icardi, did you forget your shooting boots in the hotel? Which room did you live in? The hotel is not far away. I asked Gary to drive to get it right away. I can still catch up with the game. Get it for you before the end!" Charlotte stared at Icardi with a sarcastic smile on her face.

The Argentine lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

"Yes, you have now scored eight goals in the Europa League, and you are the No.1 scorer in the Europa League this season, but don't forget, this competition is not over yet. Could it be that you have scored eight goals? Is that enough? Or do you just stare at your own three-pointers and don't care about the team at all?"

"No, sir!" said Icardi.

Charlotte glanced at the Argentine for the last time: "I'm not dissatisfied with you because you didn't score goals. Although the number of goals is the ultimate basis for measuring a center, this is not the whole of a good center. But...you see Look at what you played in the first half? Even if you got lucky and scored a goal, judging from your performance, you still failed. Are you thankful for the score of six points? !"

There is another interesting episode about this post-match rating, that is, so far this season, none of the players played by Southampton has a post-match rating lower than 6.3 points.Even players who were knocked out of the FA Cup by Chelsea, or players who didn't have much playing time off the bench, their lowest score was 6.5 points.

So Charlotte saying this is mocking Icardi for breaking this shameful record.

"I will give you 10 minutes at most in the second half. My request is very simple. I will not deliberately ask you to score a few goals or have assists. But you must let me see something different from the first half. The same thing, at least let me know that it is right to keep you on the court!"

"I understand!" Icardi nodded.

"Very good, I will let Harry and Daniel warm up at the beginning of the second half. If you want to be replaced, you can raise your hand and apply for it in advance!" Charlotte gave the Argentine a strong dose of medicine.

This cannot be blamed on Charlotte at all, because Icardi's temper is too lazy, and he has the common faults of many South American players.If you don't urge him, he can completely degenerate and show you.

For example, in the previous game against Zenit, Charlotte praised him a little bit, and then the media gave him a high hat in the newspapers, which directly caused him to be a little lost, because he couldn't find where the goal was.

I heard that Inter Milan is interested in him?Why don't you sell it while it's shining?
Charlotte never took the initiative to sell the players she brought in, but Icardi gave Charlotte a headache.

There is no problem with the team's tactics, what is problematic is the mentality of the players.So the entire intermission was spent in Charlotte's "hair dryer". When there were less than 5 minutes left in the time, Charlotte let the players rest and recharge their batteries.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Charlotte did not immediately make substitutions and adjustments. He wanted to give those players who performed poorly in the first half a chance.If they don't grasp it, then they will start to change people.

Charlotte is not Superman, it is not his turn to save the world, he just wants to save his team now.