Father Green

Chapter 4 and Five: The Reasons for the Saints' Poor Grades

"The game came to overtime. Relying on the goals of Higuain and Griezmann who came off the bench, Southampton scored 10-[-] with Barcelona in the regular nine and [-] minutes. Now the two sides enter overtime."

"Facing the Cosmos team Barcelona with a two-goal lead, Charlotte and his Saints did not give up. Instead, they made adjustments in the second half to pull back the two-goal deficit. This is the Saints we are familiar with, with eternal love for the game The persistence of not giving up!"

It is undeniable that almost everyone is singing praises for the saints until now, even though Southampton won the Galacticos Real Madrid in the final last season and won the Champions League.But this does not mean that the Saints and Real Madrid are on the same level. In terms of competitive strength, the Saints are not far away from a giant like Real Madrid. The overall strength of Chelsea and Tottenham is enough for the Saints. Take out all the strength to fight.

Therefore, in the face of Barcelona, ​​which is more powerful than Real Madrid last season, no one can demand what achievements the Saints have achieved.If the champions of the Champions League are so good at defending their title, then no one will be able to successfully defend their title in so many years from the restructuring to the present.Including the once mighty Cosmos team at its peak, Manchester United and the Bundesliga Bayern in the green Hollywood, these best teams in the world have not been able to complete this feat, let alone they can only be regarded as strong teams now, not giants. saints.

But when the game came here, everyone felt that the Saints had performed very well. Being able to drag Barcelona to overtime abruptly when they were two goals behind was already considered a victory.

After all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too great. The worth of an MSN combination alone is enough to buy the entire Southampton club.At the same time, this season's Barcelona is no better than last season's Real Madrid. Last season's Real Madrid had more or less problems, but this season's Barcelona is extremely dazzling.

Many people think that the Saints are almost here, but Charlotte did not give up, and he did not convey the emotion of giving up to his players.

What he conveyed is.
"We are already here! This season many people are not optimistic about us. They even think that we should stay in the lower reaches of the league standings. The Champions League is not something we can hope for. Last season was just an accident. This season we will show our true colors. The result? Although we did not win an official championship, we have reached the third place in the league standings!! Believe me, this position is definitely the dream of many giants, such as Manchester United and Liverpool! "

Charlotte made a small joke, wanting to ease the feeling of powerlessness in the players' hearts. Many people will feel this way against such a Barcelona team.

At the beginning of the season, the Red Devils Manchester United finally fired Moyes, the successor chosen by Ferguson himself, so that the Dutch coach Van Gaal, who had resigned from the Oranje Netherlands team, was invited to Old Trafford.But Van Gaal failed to save the depraved Red Devils this season. After spending a lot of pounds in the summer, they could only take fifth place, and missed the qualification for the Champions League.

Wenger's Arsenal once again miraculously completed the task of grabbing fourth place in the season. The nickname of "Fourth Madness" was even more dazzling than the league champion Chelsea for a while.

Rodgers' Liverpool was also tragic. After Suarez left, although Sturridge took over the right to fire from the Red Army, he suffered a lot of injuries this season and only scored [-] goals in the league.This data may be a good data for other forwards, but it is not enough for Sturridge, who has been in charge of the wind and rain in the past few seasons.

Therefore, affected by the lack of strength of the forwards, Liverpool's ranking this season is also very bad.The restraint of multi-line combat made them miserable, and in the end they could only rank ninth in the standings.Compared with last season's league runner-up, this position is really ugly, just like Sturridge's position on the scorer list.

Although the Red Army has not fired Rogers for the time being, everyone knows that there is not much time left for the Northern Irishman, just like the Saints in overtime now, there is not much time left.

So at this time, Charlotte used these two century-old enemies as jokes, in order to let the players relax a little.

"A lot of people said we were going home in the group stage, or going to play in the UEFA Cup. The result? We reached the final, and now many people say we are good enough, and here is the end." This season In the Champions League, the Saints were placed in a death group. The same group was Bayern Munich, Athletic Bilbao, and Lyon. The four teams in this group were all powerful teams and giants from the five major leagues, and almost Bayern could Successfully advanced, the other three teams faced a bloody fight.

"Those who say this must not understand us saints, at least they don't understand you who are playing football on the court and me who are doing off the court! Therefore, I hope you can let these people know us saints clearly, so that They know that we are not a fake strong team, although we are not considered a rich family, we are still a top-notch strong team!!"

Pseudo-strong team This is the definition given to the Saints by many media this season, because the Saints this season are very strange, especially when they did not perform well at the beginning of the season.So if you say they are very strong, it seems that they are not too strong. Even after the first ten rounds, they are still near the relegation circle. You can say that they are not strong. They are the two consecutive Premier League champions and the defending champions of the Champions League. They also scored one point at Stamford Bridge and the Etihad after a poor performance this season, and three points at the Emirates Stadium.Therefore, many media this season called them a strong team, just like they called Manchester City a fake giant.

Charlotte is not adding pressure to the team, but giving them confidence.Let the players understand that their strength is not the case. They have become a championship team in the five major leagues, and they can also become a force that cannot be ignored in the Champions League.

The reason for the team's poor performance at the beginning of the season is very clear to Charlotte and the team. In the first ten rounds of the league, they encountered some strong teams, including Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton. The team then faced Chelsea in the UEFA Super Cup and Arsenal in the Community Shield. At the same time, there were three top five league leaders in the Champions League group stage.

Don't mention the Saints in such an early season schedule, it is still a little difficult for you to play with the current Barcelona team.So Charlotte is also making various public complaints about the FA's schedule. As for UEFA, there is no way to do it. Who is Bilbao, Lyon and his own saints who have not had many European war points in recent years?