Football giants

Chapter 570 The Butterfly Effect
With Southampton beating Reading [-]-[-] away and Manchester United losing [-]-[-] at home to Manchester City, the points gap between the two teams quickly narrowed to five points.

As for Manchester City, although they won Manchester United, compared with the top two teams in the league standings, the gap is still too far.

When BBC TV's Daily Match analyzed the league situation after this round, the guests almost all had their own opinions.

Charlene Lahiri and Alan Shearer are unswerving supporters of Southampton and believe that it will be difficult for Ferguson to solve Manchester United's biggest bottleneck, especially when every Premier League team has already figured out the seven inches of Manchester United's tactics.

Although Alan Hansen didn't have a good relationship with Ferguson, this time he believed that Manchester United had a good chance of winning the championship.

As for Southampton, if you want to win the championship, come again next season!
This kind of controversy in the daily game also continued to the pages of major newspapers in the UK and even Europe the next day.

The fierce competition in the Premier League has attracted the attention of all fans around the world.

Whether Southampton can achieve the great feat of hanging wire counterattack has also attracted the attention of countless fans.

Coincidentally, in this season's La Liga, Atletico Madrid's performance is also quite eye-catching. In the final stage of the league, the Sheets still firmly control the league leader.

Although the lead is not obvious, being chased by Barcelona, ​​he may be pulled down at any time, but this is undoubtedly the biggest achievement for La Liga fans.

After all, for the past ten years, the league title has been the domain of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Now, Atletico Madrid has finally made a strong comeback!
The emergence of dark polo teams in both the Premier League and La Liga immediately injected fresh blood into football fans all over the world. Countless fans are scrambling to pay attention to these two teams and the situation of the two major leagues.

Especially in the Premier League, Southampton's positive momentum in the past two seasons, coupled with the record of defeating many wealthy teams in the International Champions Cup and winning the championship, have made fans all over the world talk about this team and place high hopes on it.

Now, the performance of the Saints is amazing!

It would be even better if the reversal could be completed!
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After defeating Reading, Southampton ushered in the quarter-finals of the Europa League against Lazio.

As a guest in Italy, Southampton relied on Vidal's key lore to beat Lazio [-]-[-] in the away game.

It was Drogba who assisted Vidal. The Ivorian was old and strong. He grabbed the spot in the penalty area and ferried the header to Vidal, assisting the Chilean midfielder to score a key lore goal!

Then ushered in the FA Cup semi-final, Southampton's opponent is Wigan Athletic.

Although Southampton didn't try their best, the two goals of Hazard and Sturridge still ensured that Southampton could get rid of Wigan Athletic [-]-[-] at home and successfully reached the final.

In another arena, Chelsea faced Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

In the end, Benitez's team relied on the advantage of the home court to defeat Manchester City [-]-[-] and successfully reached the final.

When Southampton was playing in the FA Cup, Manchester United, which had been eliminated early, was on the road, defeating Stoke City [-]-[-] with goals from Van Persie and Carrick.

But there was a lot of controversy in this game, because after Manchester United took the lead from Carrick in the 4th minute, the scene has been very passive. Stoke City played vigorously and looked very threatening.

But at the critical moment, the referee gave Manchester United a penalty and Van Persie made the penalty. In the end, Manchester United won [-]-[-].

Because of Southampton's participation in the FA Cup, one round was missed, so Manchester United successfully expanded their points to eight points.

Three days later, Southampton ushered in Lazio at home.

Although Manchester United won and expanded their lead, which put a lot of pressure on Southampton, the goals of Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale finally helped Southampton beat the visiting Lazio [-]-[-] at home.

After the two rounds, Southampton eliminated Lazio with a total score of [-]-[-] and reached the semi-finals.

After the draw, Southampton's opponent in the semi-finals is Benfica, a powerhouse in the Portuguese Super League!
After returning to the Premier League, Southampton ushered in the No.30 four rounds and challenged Swansea away.

Laudrup's team played quite amazingly this season, continuing the beautiful football style of Swansea in the past, which made the fans talk about it, especially the Spanish midfielder Michu, who became the most surprising scorer in the Premier League.

Southampton challenged Swansea away, and the Saints did not dare to be careless.

In fact, the game was played very hard.

It was not until the No.706 minute of the second half that Southampton scored a crucial goal by left back David Alaba, and the assist was center Ibrahimovic.

After that, Southampton continued to threaten Swansea, but Laudrup did not dare to lose and was determined to fight back.

But in the 81st minute, Hazard's key goal from the bench finally forced Swansea to accept the defeat with hatred!

Southampton eventually retreated from the away game relying on David Alaba and Hazard to get the ball.

But this battle was extremely difficult, and Laudrup's team was a glorious defeat!

At the same time, Manchester United did not sit still. Relying on van Persie's hat-trick, they defeated the visiting Aston Villa [-]-[-] at Old Trafford, scored another three points, and continued to maintain an eight-point advantage.

But in the middle of the week, Southampton ushered in a make-up match, sitting at the St. Mary's Stadium. Relying on the goals of Ibrahimovic and Vidal, they defeated Allardyce's West Ham United [-]-[-] and narrowed the points gap again.

With four rounds left in the league, Manchester United still leads Southampton by five points!
Facing such a fierce championship battle, the entire UK felt a tense atmosphere.

It seems that everyone's nerves are tense, and they are nervous, anxious, and uneasy with Manchester United and Southampton.

This vibe even carried over to the Premier League chairmen's summit.

As the owner of a Premier League team, he naturally wouldn't fight tit-for-tat or even fight like ordinary fans.

Even if it is a sworn rival team like Arsenal and Chelsea, or Manchester United and Manchester City, the bosses meet face to face, and everyone still greets each other with a smile and respect.

After all, the identity and status are there, and it would be a bit inappropriate to be like ordinary fans.

But even so, the atmosphere at the Premier League Chairman's Summit is still somewhat tense because the competition for the league championship, the competition for the Champions League qualification, and even the competition for the three relegation places have been completely heated up.

Fortunately, this time the Premier League Chairman's Summit did not have a big topic, but the CEO of the Premier League, Scudemore, stood up and introduced some of the situation of the Premier League and the problems encountered.

Among them, Scudemore focused on Liverpool's striker Suarez.

In the just-concluded No.30 round, in Liverpool's match against Chelsea, the Uruguayan striker bit Chelsea defender Ivanovic for some unknown reason.

Although it escaped the eyes of the referee at that time, it failed to escape the omnipotent media and live broadcast cameras.

Regarding Suarez's extremely bad behavior, the FA has already released harsh words and will definitely impose additional penalties.

Even the Premier League criticized by name at the chairman's summit. It can be seen that this time, the FA and the Premier League have the idea of ​​cleaning up the atmosphere in the Premier League. They waved the big stick in their hands and wanted to teach Suarez a lesson.

According to the initial estimates of the outside media, at least ten games!
There are only 38 games in a season, and the suspension of ten games is undoubtedly quite serious.

If the FA were more ruthless, I'm afraid...

At the same time, the media also dug up wild information, that is, once the suspension time is too long, Suarez is likely to transfer to the Premier League after the end of the season to avoid the suspension ticket from the FA.

Coupled with the fact that the possibility of Liverpool participating in the Champions League next season is gone, Suarez is eager to participate in the Champions League and prove his strength, which also makes him likely to transfer to a team that can participate in the Champions League this summer.

And the really interesting scene of this Premier League chairman summit happened after the meeting was over.

When Scudemore announced the end of the meeting, Abramovich was the first to leave his seat, leading Chelsea chief executive Granovskia towards Liverpool boss John Henry.

"What's going on?" Yang Huan turned around and asked Peter Kenyon.

The bald man immediately came forward, "Chelsea probably wants to poach Suarez!"

When Yang Huan heard this, he immediately found it funny.

Damn it, isn't this a deliberate trick by Abramovich?
Suarez just bit your player in the game against you at Chelsea, and he faced an overweight ticket and a long-term suspension, but you turned around and ran to poach Suarez?
Isn't that the favorite fodder for conspiracy theorists?

Just when Yang Huan was smiling, Peter Kenyon reminded Yang Huan gently again.

Following Peter Kenyon's wink, he found that Arsenal's general manager Gazidis also went to John Henry and Ian Ayre. Could it be that Arsenal is also interested in Suarez?
Yang Huan looked at Peter Kenyon, who nodded heavily, very likely!
Chelsea spent huge sums of money to introduce Torres from Liverpool, but the Spanish striker became an out-and-out big parallel import. Not to mention his poor performance, he also took up a considerable amount of salary space for the team.

As for the introduction of Newcastle's Demba Ba during the winter break, everyone knows that this guy can play as a substitute, but if he really wants to support Chelsea's striker alone, he is not qualified!

For a team like Chelsea aspiring to the Champions League, the striker must at least be a first-class scorer!
Looking at the entire European football world, the most likely and safest target is naturally Suarez.

After all, there is no problem for the Uruguayan striker to adapt to the Premier League.

Moreover, Suarez's technical characteristics are so comprehensive, and his tactical adaptability is better than Torres, so it is worth starting!
As for Arsenal, the front line has always been an old problem.

Strictly speaking, after Van Persie switched to Manchester United, the Gunners' striker has not had a good time.

In addition, Wenger now has money in his hands, and his waist is hardened. This season's top four in the league is so fierce that the Gunners have to increase investment in signings and strengthen their own strength.

Otherwise, the strength of other teams has improved, and Arsenal will have no hope of the Champions League!
It has to be said that this is also the butterfly effect brought about by the rise of Southampton.

After all, there are only four teams in the Champions League, and if Southampton grabs a spot, the other teams will lose one chance!
Yang Huan sat in his seat, looking at the group of people not far away, obviously trying to understand the situation.

However, both John Henry and Ian Ayre kept shaking their heads, as if saying that Suarez was not for sale.

But how feeble are these words!
Liverpool is hopeless in the Champions League, and Suarez is very determined to transfer. In addition, Suarez's contract terms include a termination clause of 4000 million pounds. The teams that can afford this money will naturally move after hearing the news!
Yang Huan thought of this, and Huo Ran also stood up.

"Come on, Peter, let's join in the fun!"

After speaking, he walked towards the crowd with big strides.

(End of this chapter)