midfield god

Chapter 243 Martin O'Neill's target!

September 2006, 9, St. Mary's Stadium.

Southampton vs Aston Villa!
Before the game, Aston Villa's head coach Martin O'Neill praised Southampton, and almost didn't praise Southampton to the sky. Redknapp felt a little embarrassed when he heard that.

With this level of sugar-coated bullets, an old world like Redknapp will naturally not be fooled. He turned around and praised Aston Villa to the reporter. Compared with licking, he has never been afraid of anyone.

In fact, the head coaches of the two teams actually attached great importance to this game. For Aston Villa, the performance of Southampton before proved that they are not a bone to chew. If they want to beat Southampton, Martin O'Neill still needs to think about it.

For Southampton, their goal this season is to score as many points as possible, no matter who the opponent is, they will go all out and it will be over.But this thing also requires skill. It is not something you can do with hard work. It also requires the head coach Redknapp to come up with targeted tactics!

In the visiting team's locker room, Martin O'Neill was talking to the players about the tactical requirements of the game for the last time.

"We played a three-four-three formation in this game to control the midfield. Southampton's strength is in the midfield. The young man Yunfei's ability in the midfield is very scary, so I don't want to set up a dedicated defensive player like other teams, because it is very likely that I can't defend and waste a man!"

"Under the three-four-three formation, when necessary, we may have six people in the midfield. This can help us completely control the midfield and suppress Yunfei's activities in the middle. In this way, the opponent's attack and counterattack will not have any threats. We should not have a problem winning this game!"

"Finally, I emphasize that after losing the ball, we should immediately take advantage of our personnel advantage in the frontcourt to start a press. Even if it is a foul, we cannot give the opponent a chance to counterattack!"

Martin O'Neill is full of confidence in this game. He believes that as long as the players strictly follow their own tactics, the game will be sure!

When the game started, Yunfei and Southampton players quickly felt the opponent's target.

"Aston Villa's formation is very aggressive. In the face of Southampton who counterattacked so quickly, coach Martin O'Neill dared to put up a three-back. Naturally, there is something to rely on!"

As the commentator said, at the beginning of the game, Aston Villa relied on their absolute personnel advantage in the midfield to take the initiative in the midfield.Two fists can't beat four hands, even Yunfei can't hold the ball in this situation.

Aston Villa, who took control of the midfield, quickly launched their attack.

Midfielder Gareth Barry controlled the ball and suddenly gave the ball to Steven Davis in the frontcourt, who received the ball and threw it straight!
This time, it was the first direct confrontation between "Chasing Boy" Abang Lahuo and Southampton left-back Cassell after the opening game!
Abanglahor, who has a good understanding with Davis, started immediately, using his speed to quickly get the ball, and then tried to cut inside directly. However, Cassell gradually adapted to the playing style of these Premier League wingers. Facing Abanglahor, Kassel stood obediently in front of the opponent without stretching his feet, just blocking the opponent's breakthrough pass route.

Seeing that his opponent had no intention of grabbing, the young Abanglahuo simply flicked the ball out with his left foot and chose to hit the goal forcibly!
The kick was a little off, but this time the forced shot showed Abanglaho's terrifying physical fitness and starting speed, and Cassel didn't react at all.

"The good thing about this game may be that both teams have very good young people, especially the wingers. Bell has scored one goal and three assists before this game, which is highly praised. Obviously Abanglaho is also a young man, so he will definitely not be convinced!"

As the narrator said, Abanglahuo was also holding back his energy. Everyone was young, and no one would be convinced. He would not feel that he would lose to a guy younger than himself.

Abanglaho also watched the Southampton game. In his opinion, Bell's ability to achieve such good statistics is entirely due to their midfield having a strong organizational ability and being very selfless.He believed that if he was in Bell's position, he would definitely be able to do better than him!
Soon, after a while, Aston Villa made a comeback. This time, the left winger Luke Moore suddenly made a long diagonal pass while dribbling the ball.
Looking at Kassel who was facing an enemy, Abang Lahuo made a fake move, made an illusion of breaking through, and then suddenly kicked a pass!
The arc of the ball was not high but it was passed to the center of the penalty area very accurately. The center Juan hit the ball very comfortably!
"Beautiful save! Davies prevents a goal that Aston Villa must have won!"

"At the beginning, Aston Villa created an excellent scoring opportunity. Abang Lahor made a very clever cross from the wing, and Juan's header was also very powerful. Unfortunately, the angle was slightly positive, giving Davis a chance to save!"

At the beginning of the game, Aston Villa's offense was like a tide, hitting Southampton's defense wave after wave.

Redknapp on the sidelines watched anxiously. He didn't expect his opponent to be so aggressive when he knew the power of his own counterattack, but he had to admit that the opponent's arrangement was very comprehensive, and he seemed to really have no way to deal with him.

Martin O'Neill's idea is actually very simple, that is, I use offense to suppress you, and try not to give you a chance to counterattack. This is equivalent to walking on the edge of a knife. If you are not careful, you will lose everything.But now it seems that Martin - O'Neill's gamble is very effective.

In this game, Yunfei really experienced what is called crowd tactics. Once his side attacks, three people will rush towards him at the same time, and he will not give himself a chance to catch the ball. After 10 minutes of the game on the field, he has not yet taken the ball. This is really hard to see in previous games.

Martin O'Neill stood on the sidelines and nodded with satisfaction. That's it. If Yunfei is blocked and stuck at this point, it will be difficult for Southampton to run the offense smoothly. As long as Southampton's fast and precise counterattack cannot be fought, Aston Villa will have nothing to fear!

(End of this chapter)