midfield god

Chapter 65 Unexpected Start

Southampton will face Ipsević at Portman Road in the eighth round of the Championship.

This opponent performed very well at the beginning of the league, with three wins, one draw and one loss in the first five games. For a mid-range team, this start is already very good.But they have performed poorly in the last two games, first they lost 4 goals to Preston, and then lost [-] goals to Sheffield United.

However, they met Southampton in this round of the game, and they don't know whether to say it is good or bad. On the bad side, Southampton has a strong start this season and has not lost yet.But on the bright side, Southampton has not played well in the last two games. Maybe Ipsevich will have a chance. Defeating this opponent will of course be very effective in improving the morale of the team.

Before the game, Ipsevich's head coach Joro Il made a detailed plan for Yunfei.Now through Southampton's two draws, everyone knows that as long as Yunfei is restricted, Southampton's offense and defense will struggle, so in a sense, Yunfei is Southampton's weakness.It's just that Joro-Il couldn't figure out why Redknapp didn't make some changes to protect Yunfei. Obviously, this is not a difficult task. After thinking about it, he thinks it can only be the result of Redknapp trusting Yunfei too much.

But when the starting lineup for this game came out, he was dumbfounded, Yunfei didn't play!
If you want to describe Qiao Luo Yier's mood at this time, it is angry and wants to scold his mother, what's the matter?In this way, most of his arrangements were in vain. No one would have thought that Redknapp would simply withdraw Yunfei. What a ruthless person!
This first start undoubtedly caused confusion among the reporters watching the game. Some local reporters from Southampton discussed this issue with reporters who were interested in it.

"Coach Harry chose to take Yunfei out of the starting line-up. What is his consideration? I don't think Yunfei can be removed. Now the team's offense is weak and Yunfei is not on the field. Isn't the team's midfield messed up again?"

A young looking local reporter asked a puzzled question. He felt that anyone who had seen Yunfei's performance this season would agree with him.

"You can't say that. Yunfei was single-handedly promoted by Coach Harry. Don't you guys understand him? He must have his own reasons for doing so, and could it be that without Yunfei, there would be no one on the team to organize offense? What you said is too absolute. With Yunfei, the team's offense and defense may be more balanced. I think this may be what Coach Harry has considered."

The older reporter next to him pondered for a while and said, with a little uncertainty in his tone. Although what he said was logical, he was not sure whether his thoughts were right.

"Although I said so, I still think there should be a better way to solve this matter..." The young reporter muttered, not very convinced by the old reporter's words.

In any case, this game will start in this atmosphere full of surprise and surprise.

"Beep!"

The referee blew his whistle and the game started.

"Originally, this was just an ordinary game. Everyone had no other thoughts except whether Southampton could get rid of the weak state of the previous period. But with Yunfei sitting on the bench, the performance of Southampton's starting players today will undoubtedly attract more attention!"

"In this game, Southampton played their favorite 4-4-2 formation. There was basically no change in the starting players. It can be seen that their game is mainly based on stability, and try to make sure not to lose the ball again."

"As for Ipsevich, they have a five-back lineup, which is also based on defense. This game is really something to watch!"

Yunfei was sitting on the bench, watching the game on the field with blank eyes, suddenly feeling inexplicably bored, this feeling of watching other people play football off the field is really bad!

"It seems that I've been spoiled. I haven't sat on the bench for a long time. I'm still not used to being on the bench all of a sudden." Yunfei whispered in Suleman's ear.

Su Erman gave Yunfei a blank look, Yunfei's ability to speak like this showed that he was in a good mood, at least he wasn't too affected by the fact that he didn't start the game, which made him relax a little bit.

On the field, Southampton, who played 4-4-2 in this game, basically returned to the old style of play last season, mainly with long passes and crosses from the side, and the kicks were quite simple and rude.But in front of the formation of five backs, as long as the opponent stands in a good position, it is relatively easy to defend.

At the beginning of the first half, Southampton easily suppressed Ipsević, who was short of manpower in the frontcourt, but did not create many threatening offenses.

Ipsević's three midfielders, Owen Gavin in the center, is stronger in offense than defense. He mainly organizes the team's counterattack line in the center. When defending, he retreats as much as possible and is in the second echelon of defense. His two partners Darren Curry and Kevin Horlock are thorough sweeping midfielders. These two use their spare physical strength to run in the midfield to help the team stabilize the defense.

As for the frontcourt, there are two fast horses. It can be seen that Ipsevich's arrangement for this game is quite targeted.

The game went on for three and 10 minutes, and both sides still had no achievements. Southampton kept besieging their opponents, but once the ball entered the penalty area, the team had no good way, and the last pass always went wrong.On the contrary, Ipsevich's counterattack was impressive.

In the 36th minute of the game, Ipsevich threatened Southampton's goal with a counterattack.

Southampton's frontcourt pass was ejected by the opponent. Darren Curry, who was defending on this side, gave the ball to Owen Gavin after getting the ball.

The fast-speed winger Dien Bordic took the ball to make a fake action on the right and quickly cut the bottom. Before the back waist was replenished, he sent the ball to the middle of the penalty area. The follow-up of Sam Park hesitated, but shot the ball on his own left foot without shooting. Kavin immediately blocked the opponent's shot route and blocked the opponent's left foot to block the bottom line.

This is Ipsevich's best chance since the first half, but unfortunately the players failed to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

(End of this chapter)