Football giants

Chapter 353 Reversal
The Swedish center staggered, and almost fell into the penalty area under the push and push of Rami and Victor Ruiz behind him.

But he didn't fall to the ground, but after standing firmly on his feet, he opened his arms excitedly.

He doesn't need to look, even with his eyes closed, he can know that the goal has been scored!

He rushed out of the penalty area, out of the field, and he could feel the shouts of the entire Mestalla stadium getting louder.

From the stands, more and more fans are shouting his name!

Someone called Zlatan, someone called Ibrahimovic...

It's such a wonderful feeling!

The whole person rushed to the bottom of the stands where the Southampton fans were, and he suddenly raised his arms and shouted!
Immediately, shouts from the stands poured down like a waterfall, sweeping him into it!
At this time, the Southampton players rushed up one after another, hugging the Swedish center tightly!
Evened!
Finally equalized the score!

"One to one! Southampton equalized the score!"

"Eleven players huddled together on the sidelines to celebrate, Southampton's performance is impressive!"

"At the critical moment, Zlatan Ibrahimovic led Southampton to pull back the score!"

"Now the situation is very favorable for Southampton!"

"Southampton's head coach Bielsa stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly. He should be telling his players now that he must continue to work hard and work hard to break through Valencia's goal again!"

The camera turned and fell on the coach of the home team.

"It's Unai Emery, Valencia's coach, and he doesn't seem to be reacting much."

When the players were called back by the referee, the Saints fans in the stands of the Mestalla Stadium were not satisfied. More and more fans stood up from their seats and kept shouting, Saints!
The momentum is getting bigger and bigger, and the voices are getting more and more orderly.

The Mestalla Stadium seems to have become Southampton's home court!
Yang Huan felt a warmth in his hand.

Before he knew it, the cold iron guardrail was warmed by the body temperature of his hands.

With a soft chuckle, he turned and walked back to his seat.

Manuel Llorente, the chairman of Valencia who had a face of winning just now, was full of anxiety and fidgeting.

Seeing Yang Huan's smiling expression, he was too embarrassed to look at anyone.

"Don't worry, Mr. Llorente, the game has just begun!"

A trace of anger flashed in the eyes of the chairman of the Bat Corps, but he scolded the Valencia players in his heart.

It's outrageous, he just took the lead, and now he's overtaken by others!

If it's an away game, then forget it, but now it's our home game!
If he is really picked up by a team in the English Championship, where will he put his old face in this La Liga in the future?
Don't you want to be laughed out of your teeth by those competitors?
But before Manuel Llorente could strike back, Valencia's attack just crossed the center line and was interrupted again.

It's Strowman again!

"Strrowman performed well on both offense and defense in this game!"

"This is the fourth time the Dutchman has won the ball for Southampton in this game!"

The game has just lasted more than 20 minutes and was able to recover the ball four times. Strowman's contribution is indeed outstanding.

The goal Ibrahimovic scored just now started when he blocked the ball.

Stroman steals the ball and hands it to Toni Kroos.

The German's position was relatively forward. As soon as he got the ball, he immediately fell into the entanglement of the Valencia players and had to hit back again.

At this time, Stroman had retreated and ran to the open space. After receiving the ball, he turned around, left foot, and made a long pass!
Still looking for Neymar on the left.

At this time, the frontcourt is three-on-three.

"Chance! Southampton three on three!"

But as soon as Charlene Lahiri finished speaking, Neymar tried to dribble the ball by himself, but was stopped by Miguel and Albelda.

Valencia's defense this time is obviously more attentive.

Seeing Albelda's big foot clearance, Gary Cahill judged the landing point.

"I come!"

The England central defender rushed up quickly, jumped high before Soldado, and directly pushed the ball back.

Both he and Varane were mainly responsible for the team's first goal conceded just now.

If they hadn't missed someone, Valencia's goal would not have been scored!
This made Gary Cahill feel guilty and strongly wanted to help the team win this game.

Therefore, he kept reminding himself in his heart that he must not make any more mistakes, and absolutely must not make any more mistakes!
With his back to the attack, Strowman stopped Gary Cahill's head-back with his chest.

Albelda quickly appeared behind him.

The Dutchman has good physical fitness, turned to the left, and blocked Albelda who was close.

The Spanish veteran couldn't reach the ball at the Dutchman's feet, so he had to stand still.

But Strowman skillfully took the ball forward two steps with his left foot, and suddenly made a straight pass with his left foot on the ground.

It turns out that Stroman has been observing the situation and noticed that the gap between Miguel and Rami is a bit big, while Neymar pointed behind Miguel, indicating that he can start quickly.

The Dutchman's direct pass was very powerful, very fast, and impartial. It happened to pass from between Miguel and Rami to Valencia's penalty area.

But Neymar's speed is also very fast!
Miguel has been keeping an eye on Neymar, but when the Brazilian rushed up and waited until Miguel turned around before catching up, he was already behind by at least one position.

After Neymar caught up with the ball, he didn't stop and made a cross directly with the instep of his left foot.

The ball fell towards the front of Valencia's small penalty area and rebounded after landing.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic had long been in ambush in the penalty area waiting for an opportunity. Once he saw Neymar pass through Miguel, he turned around and rushed towards the goal.

When the ball arrives, so do the people!

Diego? Alves did not dare to attack, watching Zlatan Ibrahimovic rushed up.

Teammate Victor Ruiz slid down to the ground, trying to intercept the ball, but it was too late.

He was about half a second slower!

Which angle is the Swede going to play?

Diego Alves stared at Ibrahimovic, staring at his every move, guessing in his heart.

But time did not give him too much to judge, Ibrahimovic rushed up and volleyed directly with his right foot.

Without any gimmicks, without the slightest hesitation, the Swede hit a bottom right corner.

Diego Alves judged the right direction, but the angle of this shot was too tricky!

"GOALLLLLLLL!!!"

Charlene Lahiri stood up from her seat excitedly and shouted loudly.

There was no way she could yell a long goal note like John Mortensen, or Andy Gray.

But at this moment, she was definitely more excited than the two seniors!

"Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic, No. 303 minutes, he scored a go-ahead goal for Southampton! Two to one, Southampton completed the reversal!"

The live TV footage was always on Zlatan Ibrahimovic and never left for a moment.

I saw the Swede excitedly rushing to the left, and hugged Neymar up.

Strowman also quickly rushed up from behind and immediately hugged into a ball.

"Southampton's performance is very, very good. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is very calm in front of the goal. Neymar almost makes Valencia's Miguel useless on the left!"

"There is another player that must be mentioned, and that is Strowman. This Dutch midfielder has an eye-catching performance on both offensive and defensive ends in this game!"

Soon, the live TV broadcast began to replay the entire scoring process just now.

"We saw that Strowman's direct pass was very sharp. It directly tore through Valencia's defense and found the most deadly weakness of the Bat Corps. Albelda has nothing to do with him!"

Judging from the playback process, Strowman's through ball was just right.

No matter the angle or strength is impeccable!

It is precisely because the ball was given very comfortably that Neymar was able to pass directly after rushing up.

"It can be said that this goal by Southampton, Strowman is very important!"

"In the past season, Southampton performed very eye-catching on all fronts, almost invincible!"

"However, many problems have been exposed, such as the configuration of the midfield. After sitting on the two giant midfielders of Strowman and Vidal, although Toni Kroos has been added, the organization and scheduling of the midfield and the overall situation are quite good."

"However, in terms of creativity, especially the penetrating pass, Southampton is still a little insufficient, and the control is not satisfactory. After all, there is no way to ask Strowman and Vidal to complete the tasks that players like David Silva can complete."

"So, Southampton has always given people the feeling that they are more than strong, but not delicate enough!"

"From Bielsa's adjustments in the past two seasons, we can clearly feel that after the Argentine lunatic completed the formation of Southampton's overall tactical framework, he began to gradually turn to the pursuit of delicate foot skills."

"The introduction of Toni Kroos is the embodiment of this idea!"

Charlene Lahiri noticed that after the restart, Valencia made a conscious effort to hold the ball.

This makes the pace of the game a little slower.

So she went on to talk about some topics related to Southampton.

"I still remember, before the Carabao Cup final, I had a one-on-one interview with Bielsa."

"He said something at the time, which left a deep impression on me."

"He said that the reason why Barcelona's treble is great is that they use their results to tell everyone the trend and trend of football, and tell everyone the direction of their efforts."

"That is, with the compactness of the overall formation and the improvement of tactical execution, the personal space for holding the ball will be greatly compressed."

"The future of football will place unprecedented emphasis on individual ball handling skills, especially for midfielders."

"Because, without enough personal ball-holding skills, you simply can't gain a foothold in the opponent's tight and compact defensive system, which is also full of tactical execution, let alone complete one-kick pass and cooperation like Barcelona players."

"Belsa raised this question again when answering why Southampton introduced Toni Kroos instead of a defensive midfielder. He believed that the era of Essien and Gattuso's midfielder is over. They can only survive in the good memory of the fans. Such players will not be allowed to appear in the top teams in the future."

"The reason why he used Toni Kroos as a midfielder and Javi Martinez as a central defender was out of this philosophy."

"In his view, defense relies on an orderly whole, rather than relying on individuals as in the past."

"At the same time, his idea is that defense and offense have been integrated. It's like a rubber band. The defense is pulled back, and the goal is broken, which means that the rubber band is broken. But if you defend and get the ball, the rubber band will bounce forward vigorously. The further you pull back, the stronger it will rebound."

"The toughness of this rubber band depends on the execution of this team!"

"Judging from what he said, we have every reason to believe that his transformation of Southampton is still going on!"

"At least, the Saints are still a long way from the top team in his mind."

Just as Charlene Lahiri finished speaking, a sudden change occurred on the court!

(End of this chapter)