midfield god

Chapter 130 Sheffield United Team Against Customers

This is the first time Southampton has met Sheffield United this season, but it seems that the opponent has enough confidence in this game, even in the away game.

"4-3-3! Sheffield United put on an aggressive look in the away game. Are they going to play against Southampton in the away game? I don't know if this is a good idea, but considering that Southampton just lost to Watford in the last game, and the two main central defenders were continuously injured, this may be the right choice!"

Of course, Redknapp also noticed this. Before the start, he gave thousands of instructions that the team must be based on defense, and after a solid defense, they will actively attack or counterattack.

In this game, due to the extreme shortage of central defenders, the combination of central defenders is Kent and Lundekvam.Needless to say, Kent is 26 years old, but his performance on the field still seems a bit frizzy. The previous game made consecutive mistakes and was completely sidelined by the head coach, but now the situation is severe. If he is not available, he can only play some 18-year-old young people. Compared with these young people, Kent seems to be barely usable.

As for Lundkvam, the former main central defender is now almost 33 years old. His physical fitness must not last for 90 minutes, but Redknapp still has to grit his teeth and let him play.

In this case, it is easy to understand why Redknapp puts so much emphasis on defense.

And when the game started, Sheffield United's tactical intentions were also exposed.After the kick-off in the center circle, Sheffield United quickly passed the wing and sent the ball to the frontcourt.

Southampton is a normal shrinking defense, standing in three rows in front of the penalty area.

At this time, Sheffield United, who hit the ball to the side, had no intention of continuing to pass. Instead, they decisively chose to pass directly. The high center forward Webber jumped high in the center of the penalty area and hit the cross. Unfortunately, the position of the top was a bit off, and the ball was directly pushed out of the baseline.

At the beginning, Sheffield United relied on high-altitude bombing to create a threat, which completely exposed their tactics, which is to take advantage of Southampton's shortage of central defenders and throw the ball into the air frantically, especially Kent.

Obviously, Sheffield United's small test after the opening proved that there are indeed some problems in the defense of Southampton's back line, especially the defense of high-altitude balls. This also gave the opposing coach Warnock a reassurance.
Undoubtedly, Yunfei also noticed this problem. In this game, Redknapp also made full preparations. Southampton did not use their familiar formation, but set up a 4-4-2. Fuller did not start in front, but threw Bell and Jones directly to the front line, allowing them to use their speed to threaten the opponent's defense. !

"The formation should be retreated a little more, the two lines should be connected closer, and the sideways should be pushed out, so as not to give the opponent too much space to pass the ball on the sideways!"

Yunfei explained some arrangements to his teammates. Since the opponent wants to use the cross to blast Southampton's goal, they must not let the opponent kick so easily.

Soon, Sheffield United discovered that the situation had changed. Compared with the blind contraction at the beginning of the game, Southampton's investment in the wing suddenly increased, and they blocked the gap in the wing. If they want to cross, they can only cross by force.

"What a quick response!"

Montgomery, the core midfielder of Sheffield United, sighed secretly in his heart, and then made his own response. I saw him move forward from the midfield a little bit, and approached the wing. When this side was unable to open up space due to the large number of players, he took the ball and directly transferred it with a long pass. The ball was transferred to the other side of the field. Immediately, the defense on this side immediately seemed empty!
In this game, Derek, who played in midfield, got a pass from Montgomery and directly chose a strong through ball. The ball was fast, taking advantage of the vacant loopholes in Southampton's defense, directly passed through the defense line and reached the feet of striker Kabbah.

As a black striker, Kabbah is fast, physically strong, and his technical characteristics are somewhat similar to the former Arsenal striker French killer Anelka. I saw him dribbling the ball straight into the penalty area, facing Kent's follow-up defense, and continuously pulling the ball with his right foot. Shaking, trying to shake Kenton's center of gravity, but this time Kenton didn't eat the opponent's fake move.
This shot on the penalty area line was a bit sudden, and the ball was very fast. After seeing it, Niemi didn't dare to be careless and flew to save it.Fortunately, this time the ball missed the goal slightly and flew out of the baseline, otherwise it might have directly helped Sheffield United open the scoring, because this time Niemi failed to touch the ball at all, and this shot was a bit too sudden.

Niemi, who was a bit scared, had cold sweat on his forehead, and then shouted loudly to cheer up his teammates, and not let the opponent have a chance to shoot from this position!

Kent sighed for a long time. If the ball is scored, no matter how short he is, the coach will not let him have a chance to play.

"Steady! Just now your defense is already very good. If you work harder, you can completely block the opponent!" Prudton walked over in time to encourage his teammates.

This shot also kicked off Sheffield United's onslaught in the first half.In this game, the opponent was determined to knock on Southampton's gate in the first half, frantically launched a press in the frontcourt, and then used the height advantage of their own players in the penalty area to pass frequently.

"It's been a long time without the first half of the game and I feel tired!"

Panting heavily, Yunfei glanced at Bell beside him, not to mention himself, even Bell, a striker, was about to become a full-back under the strong pressure of the opponent!
"You can't go on like this, you have to find a way!" Bell was also panting aside. In a sense, they were more tired than pure defensive players, because they had to be in place on offense and defense, unlike defensive players who only needed to stick to their positions!

"Yeah, think of a way, I'm thinking of a way!"

Yunfei replied softly, his brain was spinning rapidly at this moment, this passive situation needs him to think of a way to break it!

(End of this chapter)