Football giants

Chapter 395 There is only one, only saints!
"too frightening!"

Seeing Southampton's two top center forwards teaming up to direct such a goal, Platini was full of amazement.

"This is really scary!"

Almost everyone around nodded involuntarily.

Who said no?
For other teams, even wealthy teams, it is quite a luxury to have a top center forward.

But Southampton is good, directly including two of the world's top centers in one breath.

This is not the most important thing, the terrible thing is that these two top centers are also playing at the same time!
My god, do you want to let other teams live?
Not to mention Atletico Madrid, even if Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and other teams come, they still have to disarm!

Who can defend the impact of these two centers?

Yang Huan, on the other hand, smiled, somewhat complacently.

Southampton was like his child, and what parent wouldn't be proud of his child's achievements?

When Ibrahimovic first came to Southampton, he was at the lowest point of his career.

And what about Drogba?
Things didn't get any better.

But these two major centers have regained their form here in Southampton, and they have also shown dazzling light.

Although there is still some distance from the peak of their careers, their performances are all amazing.

Especially tonight, the two of them actually played at the same time, which is so surprising!
Yang Huan looked towards the distance of the stands, and the faces of Qin Yongming and Qian Duoduo turned into bitter gourds, as if he wanted to fire all the players and coaches on the field.

Master Zanhuan is so happy in his heart.

Leading by two goals, you can still hold your breath at Atletico Madrid, why don't you hurry up and play?
Needless to say, Simeone also went all out, asking the players to stop defending and adopt high-intensity oppression and pressing to try to score goals, otherwise, Atletico Madrid's game will be over!
But the question is, will Southampton do what you want?

You said before that you should strictly guard against death, so you retreated, I have no choice but to let you.

But now, I have the upper hand, you want to attack, have you ever asked me if I would like to?
When the game resumed, Bielsa's team told Atletico Madrid with practical actions.

It's easy to go back, but it's hard to press it out again!
The Saints seem to have tasted the sweetness from the twin-tower tactics. The more offensive is to take two sides, advance to the 30-meter area of ​​​​Atletico Madrid, and then any one of the two major centers will pull out to stand in position and act as a wall.

What's interesting is that Southampton's two major centers not only have beast-level physical fitness, but also have comprehensive technical characteristics.

Whether it is Drogba or Ibrahimovic, the ability to make walls is quite good.

At least, Godin and Miranda are unshakable!
One is pulled to the outside to make a wall, and the other is inserted in the penalty area to wait for an opportunity. Southampton's twin tower tactics are so simple, so willful, you just can't resolve it!
Atlético de Madrid are struggling, they want to press it, but they can't, they want to retreat, but they can't, it's hard!

Simeone stood on the sidelines, and there was really nothing he could do.

Atlético de Madrid itself is not a strong team, and they managed to cobble together a competitive main lineup, but the thickness of the bench is very bad. Even if they wanted to change players, they couldn't find anyone to replace them.

These one and two are not as good as the players on the field.

The main force can't handle it, if you put on a group of substitutes, a group of young teenagers, wouldn't it be even more unbearable?
Therefore, Simeone walked up and down in a hurry on the sidelines, almost burning with anger.

After Southampton led by two goals, they were more patient psychologically and began to organize in an orderly manner.

Under the organization and planning of Toni Kroos and Stroman, Atletico Madrid was bombarded again and again.

The Sheets Army was finally forced to have no choice but to retreat to the 30-meter area.

But anyone can see that Atletico Madrid is holding on with one breath, and it will be a matter of time before they are scored.

But this team is indeed tough, and this tone abruptly withstood Southampton's offensive.

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Jeremy Dallock, chief executive of Sky TV UK, is sitting in the grandstand of the National Stadium.

He stared dumbfounded at what was happening below the court.

A team from England's second-tier league unexpectedly suppressed Atletico Madrid, a traditional powerhouse from La Liga, in the half-court.

Such an advantage, not to mention the Premier League, even in the entire European football world, there are not many teams that can get it.

Without exception, those are the strongest and top giants right now!
Such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and so on.

But this Southampton team from England's second-tier league, like these top teams, did it!
This shocked Jeremy Dallock, but also reminded him of more things.

This season has been a downturn for Premier League football.

Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and other teams have been eliminated from the UEFA Champions League successively, and the Premier League teams have been eliminated in the Europa League without exception. As early as March, all Premier League teams announced their departure from the European battlefield early.

This also makes the Premier League fans feel dissatisfied!

But at this time, Southampton, which was originally not valued by people, came from England's second-tier league, but instead independently supported the banner of English football, successfully avenged Manchester United and Manchester City and other strong teams, and defeated European giants such as Valencia, Athletic Bilbao and Athletic Lisbon.

More importantly, Southampton reached the Europa League final!
Sometimes, a champion can cover up many, many problems.

This summer is the London Olympics. Not only London fans, but also England fans, and even Premier League fans hope to have a European championship trophy to celebrate the coming of the Olympics.

Since the Champions League can't be won, the Europa League is the same!
In the past two months, Southampton has almost become the hope of England fans!

That is the only hope!

What is even more frightening is that this team did not live up to the expectations of the fans!

As the CEO of Sky TV UK, Jeremy Dallock can clearly see that Southampton's reputation has skyrocketed in the UK and among all the Premier League fans around the world in the past two months.

If tonight, Southampton won a Europa League championship for England.

Then, the prestige and influence created will not lose to Manchester United, Chelsea and other tycoons to win a Champions League!
It is foreseeable that in the next season, Southampton will participate in the Premier League as a newly promoted team, but they will become the most eye-catching newly promoted team ever!

Has anyone seen a newly promoted horse with two domestic cup champions and a European Cup champion?

No one else but saints!
And all of this will allow the Saints to receive unprecedented attention and attract the attention of countless fans.

To some extent, Sky TV can do without Liverpool, without Arsenal, and even weaken the number of live broadcasts of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea, but it cannot do without Southampton!

This is also the most stalemate in the negotiations between Sky TV and the Premier League.

Both sides know the value of Southampton, but there is a disagreement on how to divide this piece of cake.

But seeing this game now, Jeremy Dallock is very sure that the differences should be resolved.

In any case, Sky TV is determined to win the Southampton game!
Just when Jeremy Dallock made up his mind, there was an uproar in the National Stadium.

The Sky CEO looked up sharply, just in time to see the on-duty referee running towards Atletico Madrid's half-court, and raised a yellow card towards Gabi, indicating that this was a Southampton free-kick opportunity.

The commentary voice of the live commentator came from the radio just right.

"Toni Kroos made a slanted pass. When Carvajal received the ball, Gabi made a push when defending. Southampton was about 30 meters away from the goal and had a chance to set the ball on the right side of the frontcourt!"

Jeremy Dallock immediately realized that this was a great opportunity.

Isn't Toni Kroos in the Southampton team a master of set-pieces?
In addition, there are high center forwards such as Drogba and Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt. Harvey Martinez and Varane are not weak in height and header ability.

Relatively speaking, Southampton's average height is obviously a bit higher than that of Atletico Madrid.

This is an advantage when setting the ball!
Sure enough, as soon as the referee made the penalty, Toni Kroos walked to the right side without hesitation and came to the penalty spot.

He wiped the ball lightly, placed the ball near the tee point, and slowly backed away.

Atletico Madrid players have started running over to organize the wall.

There were obviously more tall players in Southampton, and they all rushed into Atletico Madrid's penalty area.

Goalkeeper Asenjo first set up the human wall there, and then jumped a few times on the spot to warm up.

Several of Southampton's threatening top contenders are ambushing in the penalty area. No one knows where Toni Kroos' free throw will land and who will compete for the top.

The referee held the silver whistle in his mouth, and Toni Kroos raised his right hand high, making a gesture.

What do you mean?
Atletico Madrid's players were so confused they couldn't figure it out.

Someone in the restricted area shouted, "Look at each other, one by one, all of them!"

Obviously, it was to remind the players of Atletico Madrid.

But when the referee blew his whistle, everyone was in a mess.

I saw Toni Kroos rushing forward quickly, and with a bang, the ball flew out under force.

Originally, one stared at the other, and some were even worried about missing someone, and they all grabbed each other's jerseys.

But this time, people came and went, running around, and it was a little unclear who missed who.

Both Ibrahimovic and Varane rushed to the front point for the first time.

The two tall players rushed forward, scaring Atletico Madrid's defensive players to follow.

But the landing point of the ball is obviously not the previous point.

It's not going to be late either!

Although Harvey Martinez occupies the back point!
It's the middle!
"Drogba!" Asenjo was the first to react and shouted.

The ball landed in the middle of the front of the small penalty area. Drogba stepped in from behind and reached out to block Godin.

Although Godin pulled Drogba's jersey, he couldn't stop Drogba.

The Ivorian jumped up high before Godin, and faced the ball, he shook his head like a lion!
At this moment, everyone in the penalty area looked at Drogba. They all watched the ball hit his head, turned in one direction, and landed on the left post of the goal.

The free kick was sent from the right side, Asenjo stood to the right, Drogba suddenly shook his head and attacked the ball to the left, Asenjo was beyond his reach!
Atletico Madrid has five or six defensive players in the penalty area, but at this time they can only watch Drogba's header hit their own goal line and hit the net!

Everyone stared dumbfounded.

A sense of fatigue emerged from the bottom of my heart, and then swept through my whole body.

Done!

Three to zero!
Atletico Madrid is over!

It's all over!
(End of this chapter)