Father Green

Chapter 288: Suarez is a little scared

Returning to the league on the weekend, the Saints encountered another formidable opponent.In the No.30 round of the league, they need to face Rodgers' Liverpool.

The current situation of Liverpool is not good. They are only ranked seventh, and they are still [-] points away from the top four Champions League seats.Liverpool may miss the Champions League next season. After all, it is impossible for Chelsea and Tottenham to fall behind with such a big point difference, unless there are some major changes.

Maybe they can hit the Europa League qualification for the fifth place in the league. It is not an impossible task to grab nine points in nine rounds, but it depends on whether the North London duo will fall behind.

The last time the two teams met at Anfield, it was a little unpleasant, because at that time Liverpool's head striker Luis Suarez actually bit Southampton defender Stephens, and Stephens also had a bad temper, and directly punched Suarez. Face door, it is said that Suarez lost one of his front teeth, and it was a denture he added later.

What is more interesting about this league game is that the starting central defender combination arranged by Charlotte is the captain Jose Fonte partnered with the teenager. Stephens, it is not that Charlotte is targeting Suarez, but that he has always been used to using two lineups. Two days later, they To go to Switzerland to play Basel, so when the schedule is relatively tight, the four central defenders will naturally have a division of labor.

When Charlotte and Rodgers shook hands in front of the player tunnel before the game, there was an exchange that lasted several minutes.Both of them covered their lips, and even the lip language experts don't want to know the topic of their conversation. Obviously, the two of them don't want outsiders to know the content of their conversation.

Although the last confrontation was a bit unpleasant, the friendship between Charlotte and Rogers is still good.This has to be traced back to last season, when Rogers was still coaching Swansea City, the two had known and communicated.At the beginning, the "poor and white" Southampton bought Swan Lake's old captain Gary Monk from Swansea, and Rodgers decided to let Gary Monk transfer to the Saints as a free agent, so no matter what, even though Gary Monk also only played for the Saints for more than half a season before retiring due to injuries, but Charlotte must accept Rogers' favor.

Therefore, the two of them occasionally communicate on the phone or on the Internet. As an ethical head coach, you can't expect others to have a good relationship with you and deliberately release water.But there is nothing wrong with making more friends. Players, coaches and agents with deep connections in European football can get along well.

Charlotte was just standing on the sidelines thinking about what Rogers said, and he knew that Lallana was destined not to be able to keep it.Southampton is not the kind of giant with a deep heritage. Even Arsenal can hardly keep their core, let alone Southampton.

So last season, Lallana also had an open and honest talk with himself once.He didn't say clearly that he must go to Liverpool, but at present, Liverpool is the most sincere, because the Red Army has been interested in Lallana since last season.

That's right, Rogers just said for a long time that he must buy Lallana this summer and ask Charlotte to help him out
Last summer, Charlotte found a replacement for Lallana. That player is more in line with Charlotte's positioning for the midfielder than Lallana, so now Charlotte will not force the young man to stay. A Southampton child born in training.

It’s just that in many cases, you have to consider the fan factor when selling such a player. Although players like Sturridge and Icardi have destroyed the team for the team, the most popular among the fans is undoubtedly Lallana.

So the only thing Charlotte needs to worry about now is the reaction of the fans, but what makes Charlotte really want to punch Rogers is that he actually took a fancy to Sturridge and Lovren.

Damn, Lovren has only been here for one season and it's not over yet.
Out of strong dissatisfaction with Rodgers and the Red Army's poaching, Charlotte stood on the sidelines and clapped her hands: "What's going on? Press it up! Compress them in their half!!"

The players on the field looked confused. Although the game had only started for a few minutes, they had been playing according to the boss's arrangement. Why are they still dissatisfied with us?
There is no way, the Saints players can only follow Charlotte's orders.

Rodgers was so angry on the sidelines that he didn't have an excellent defensive midfielder. Midfielders like Henderson and Gerrard were not as dominant as Wanyama in midfield interceptions and sweeps, because this The two are simply not this type of player.So in the face of the opponent's massive pressure, he can only signal the Brazilian midfielder Coutinho in front to retreat a little to help.

It is obviously a daunting task to get out of Southampton's ferocious firepower, especially Charlotte has already seen through the opponent's defense line. Except for one Skrtel, the others are either too old or some Can't be reused.

Carragher is 35 years old, and the Danish Agger has just renewed his contract with the club even though he is only 30 years old.But he and Skrtel, the main central defender, have to complete most of the games in the Red Army's competitions, so their physical fitness can't keep up.

Therefore, Rogers chose Skrtel and vice-captain Carragher to start this game. Agger has not paid due to injury.

As a result, in the No. 18 minute of the first half, Southampton, who was playing at home, scored a goal.Sturridge, who scored the goal, seized the shortcoming of Carragher's slow turn. After crossing the opponent, he received a through pass from Lallana behind Carragher, and finally kicked the football into Liverpool's goal.

Rogers was very depressed. He signaled the players to slow down and not be led by the nose.

But Southampton's full-court press made them unable to control the ball better.Because once the football stays at the feet of a certain player for more than three seconds, it will definitely be intercepted by Southampton.

Liverpool's offense relied more on the personal performance of Brazilian midfielder Coutinho to open the gap, and then the main center Suarez completed the shot.

But Suarez is obviously out of shape today. The English central defender on the opposite side has a good grasp of the timing of the attack. As long as Suarez has the ball, he will definitely come up to interfere, and even go straight to the ground to tackle.

I don't know why, Suarez always feels that the England central defender of the opponent is always staring at him intentionally or unconsciously, especially at his buck teeth.

Although Suarez is very reluctant to admit it, he is indeed a little worried about Stephens. The opponent's punch was too calm last time, and it feels like it was intentional. Therefore, he is very worried that the young man can't control his emotions. What about punching yourself again?
Suarez, who was a little cowardly, failed to perform at his previous level throughout the half, and an aggressive Stephens stifled his performance.

Before the end of the first half, Lallana also scored for Southampton.Sturridge's forward running position attracted the attention of Liverpool players, but Rodriguez on the wing did not pass the ball to Sturridge in front, but gave it to the vice-captain Lallana behind him .

The "political commissar" of the saints did not waste this exquisite pass from his teammates, and sent the football into the gate guarded by Reina.

Two to zero, Southampton feels that the victory is already in hand.

In the second half, Southampton did not continue to put pressure on Liverpool as usual, but chose to slow down the pace. They need to allocate their physical fitness reasonably to deal with the next schedule.

The Red Army Liverpool also seized this opportunity to regain a victory, but it was not Suarez, their team's top scorer, who scored the goal, but captain Gerrard. This was a long shot from the top of the scoring arc.

Charlotte pulled Wanyama to the sidelines: "What happened? You let such a dangerous person go? That's Gerrard, one of the key people I asked to pay attention to before the game, don't tell me you don't know him Gerald?"

Wanyama admitted his mistake. The opponent's goal was indeed his responsibility, because according to the tactical deployment, Gerrard's position should be defended by him, but he didn't come back immediately, so he gave the Red Army captain the kick. Chance.

The morale of Liverpool, who had regained one city, was greatly boosted. They seemed to see the opportunity to equalize or even overtake, and began to press hard to completely bring the game back to the same starting line.

This is exactly what Southampton wanted. Wanyama squeezed Coutinho away with his body and grabbed the ball from the opponent's feet.Coutinho, who fell to the ground, spread his hands and complained to the referee, but the referee made a gesture to the Brazilian to stand up, indicating that this was a reasonable collision and physical contact.

If you fell down, it cannot be said to be a foul by the opponent, it can only be said that your physical resistance is too poor.

Wanyama immediately handed the ball to Adam Lallana in front of him. Lallana took the ball and turned around to shake off Gerrard, who was pressing up to interfere, and then sent a long pass.

The football went wide, behind Glenn Johnson.Aubameyang stepped in, received the ball behind Johnson, and then unloaded the ball, led the ball, and passed the ball in one go, and instantly rushed from the wing to the opponent's central penalty area.

Skrtel came out to make up for the defense, Aubameyang made a fake move towards the inside, then dunked the opponent from the outside, and after coming to the bottom line, he directly made an inverted triangle cross.

The Gabon international's passing position is very good. Just in front of Sturridge, the England black swan didn't even need shooting skills to just hit it just like that.

And Sturridge did exactly that. After the instep hit the football, he used a little force to make the football change direction and fly to the lower right corner of the goal.

Reina threw it almost subconsciously, and finally saved the ball just in front of the goal line.Carragher, who followed up, immediately kicked the football out of the baseline. He knew that there was Lallana behind him, so he didn't dare to turn around to make a clearance, so he could only kick out of the baseline.

Southampton had a very sharp and quick counterattack opportunity that was resolved by Reina. Rodgers on the sidelines was soaked in cold sweat. If the goal was scored by the opponent, there might be no suspense in this game up.

[I wish everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival! 】