midfield god

Chapter 306 Benitez Succeeded in Revenge

After the victory of this game, Southampton returned to the third position in the league. The original No.3 Bolton fell back to No.4 because of losing to Liverpool.

In fact, this was just an ordinary league round, but some interesting episodes happened afterwards.

In this round of the game, Manchester United was a guest at St. James' Stadium against Newcastle United. The result of this game was unexpected. Newcastle conceded two goals in a row after scoring first.
If Chelsea can defeat their opponents in the following games, then they will tie their opponents in points again after many rounds of games!
This obviously became the focus of the reporters before the game between Chelsea and Aston Villa the next day.Mourinho naturally vowed to take advantage of this opportunity to tie his opponent in the standings, but the final result did not go as Mourinho and Chelsea fans wished.

After 90 minutes, Chelsea and Aston Villa had a goalless draw and shook hands to make a draw, so Chelsea lost this precious opportunity to tie their opponents!

Before this game, the mood of Manchester United fans was very low, because Chelsea is likely to be able to take advantage of this opportunity to catch up with them.Chelsea fans are naturally very excited, because they believe that their team will be able to beat Aston Villa.But as soon as the result came out, the emotions of the fans on both sides reversed instantly.

In fact, it is very rare to see the two teams at the top of the list draw at the same time, especially since the performance of these two teams is still very stable so far.
This season's championship competition is particularly interesting because of the tug-of-war that started early, but at this time Southampton does not care about it. The competition for the top team does not have much to do with them.

For the team, they need to meet their opponents in the third round of the FA Cup, Stockport County.

This opponent is an unfamiliar name to most fans, because this is a team in the English Second Division.

Before the game, Taylor also specifically searched for some opponents' game videos, but Redknapp just looked at them roughly and threw them aside. In his words, if his team can't even beat such opponents, then they can all directly terminate the contract with the club!

In fact, the content of the game was similar to what Redknapp thought. Facing such an opponent, although Southampton played most of the substitute lineup, they still firmly controlled the ball at their feet. Stockport County could only passively choose defense. The result was that the opponent gritted their teeth and defended for nearly 10 minutes, but finally failed to defend Southampton's attack.

Dell took the lead in scoring a goal, helping the team to open the situation, and the rest of the game was naturally handy. In the end, Southampton won the opponent with a score of [-] to [-], and successfully advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup. In the next round, they will face West Ham United, also a Premier League team!
"It's Liverpool again, it hasn't been a month yet, it's really a headache to have them in their hands again!" Yun Fei said casually, standing in front of the game schedule in the dressing room.

Although Southampton finally won the game against Liverpool in the last game, they can still clearly feel the tenacity of Liverpool, so for this kind of opponent, if it is not necessary, they are really unwilling to play against them, because you need to keep your full attention, because once you relax a little bit, you may be caught by your opponent and score a goal.

In fact, Liverpool came prepared this time. It is not for nothing that Benitez is called a tactical master. He quickly found a very big weakness of the Southampton team!
"Three to zero! Before the game, it was hard to believe that Liverpool could easily gain a three-goal lead in the away game. Although Southampton is just a newly promoted team, their results this season have proved that they are definitely not a good team, especially a strong team. But today, Southampton was defeated by a strong team for the first time!"

"Peter Crouch, the high center forward from Southampton, this time he scored two goals with his head in the stadium where he once fought. Although he didn't celebrate after the goal, he still used his goal to hit the hearts of Southampton fans one by one. He ended the game in his own way!"

"Benitez finally found Southampton's seven inches this time, which is their air defense capability. Although Bailey and Lundekvam are not short, their height is not worth mentioning in front of Crouch, who is as tall as [-] meters!"

On the pitch, Liverpool's players celebrated the goal to their heart's content. The game, in their view, was over.

Yunfei looked depressedly at the opponent's midfielder named Aurelio. This guy sent two assists to Crouch, but I have to say that the Brazilian's cross really made people's eyes shine. Obviously, this is a special gift from Benitez to Southampton.

With three goals behind, even Yunfei felt a little hopeless at this time. Although he had tried his best to cheer up his teammates in the following games, the effect was not very good.Southampton's luck in this game was also a bit bad. Both extremely threatening attacks hit the goal post, which completely declared the defeat of this game.

After the game, facing the reporters, Redknapp also had to admit that in terms of the tactical arrangement of this game, Benitez was indeed superior and found Southampton’s weakness.

Benitez is naturally high-spirited at this moment. This season, they are the first to beat Southampton by such a score, and they are still at the opponent's home court. Naturally, he has reason to be proud of himself. In this game, Crouch and Aurelio's playing is definitely a very good move!
(End of this chapter)