song of the saints

Chapter 184 Victory in Hand
At the end of the first half, Southampton got another very good chance.

The starting point of this attack is still the organizational midfielder Miguel Arteta. Miguel Arteta's good overall vision and superb passing skills make Southampton's defense to offense The side conversion is very clear and reasonable.Miguel Arteta passed the ball to the right wide player Fran Miguel Smicer with a long diagonal pass. , Facing the pressing of Bolton's defenders, he was not impatient and was not affected in the slightest.Fran Mikel Smicer did not choose to force a breakthrough in the face of Bolton's defensive backs, because his age and physical condition did not allow him to do this anymore.So he chose another way of attack.Fran Mikel Smicer has experience keeping Bolton's defensive backs at a certain distance, and then seeks to cooperate with players in the middle. Southampton's midfielder Marek - Hamsik ran around Franmikel Smicer, and Franmikel Smicer saw it and immediately passed the ball. At the moment of the pass, Bolton's defensive players suddenly shoveled. Fortunately, Fran Mickel Smicer reacted quickly and jumped up when the Bolton defender was about to tackle his ankle. Barely dodged a series of deadly kicks, but because the Bolton players were relatively strong, they still brought Fran Mikiel Smicer down, but the referee did not because of the principle of offensive advantage. The second foul stopped the game and continued to allow Southampton to organize the offense.Marek Hamsik dribbled the ball in the middle to seek an attacking opportunity, but Bolton's defense in the middle was relatively tight. Marek Hamsik then transferred the ball to the left winger Frank- Franck Ribery's side, but the Bolton team focused all their defensive attention on the vicinity of their penalty area, and there was no good way to advance into the Bolton team's penalty area.Franck Ribéry didn't have much to do against such a defense, so he had to hand the ball back to Marek Hamsik. Marek Hamsik broke through in the middle and came up to defend a bit After the fierce Bolton player, he dodged a very small space, and Marek Hamsik did not hesitate at all, and immediately shot from the spot.Although it was a shot from the spot, Marek Hamsik's calf was very strong, and the ball flew towards the goal like a cannonball. Because Marek Hamsik's long shot was in the crowd The shot was very concealed. The main goalkeeper of the Bolton team didn't even react, but the shot shot flew out against the goalpost. It really flew out against the goalpost. Southampton The Dayton team unfortunately missed a good opportunity to expand the score.

With Southampton's regretful miss of this offensive opportunity, the referee also blew the whistle for the end of the first half. Southampton temporarily led Bolton [-]-[-] in the first half.This situation was something that David Winston hadn't thought of before the game, and David Winston was quite relieved about this situation.

After a short break of 15 minutes, the second half of the game officially started. David Winston did not make any changes to the existing lineup. The situation is very satisfactory, so there is no need for any changes.But what surprised David Winston was that the home team, that is, Southampton's opponents, did not make any changes or changes. It was still the same lineup in the first half and continued to face the second half of the game. Science, David Winston thought that Bolton's head coach Sam Allardyce would make drastic changes to the starting lineup. What he didn't expect was that Bolton, like Southampton, would stay put and stay the same. Change.

The second half officially started, and the Southampton team continued their performance in the second half of the first half. Although they did not have the power to control the ball, judging from the advantages on the field and the numbers presented by the game data, they were all Southampton. The Puton team is far ahead of the Bolton team. Of course, there is one statistic that the Bolton team is ahead of, and that is the number of fouls.Bolton have committed more fouls than Southampton will ever be able to catch, and it's not like everything is behind, uh. .This should be.

In the second half of the game, the Bolton players seemed to have lost the fighting spirit and fighting enthusiasm of the first half. It was as if they had completely changed teams after they came out of the locker room, which was very strange.It was also very strange for David Winston to observe Bolton's performance in the second half from the sidelines. At the same time, he saw that Bolton's head coach Sam Allardyce was sitting leisurely on the coach's bench. David Winston Bolton seems to have thought of why the difference between the first half and the second half of the Bolton team is so big, then it is very likely that the head coach of the Bolton team, Sam Allardyce, has given up the victory of this game and turned to Bolton's players. They retain their physical fitness and strength on the field and prepare for the next game. Anyway, the loss of this game does not affect Bolton's ranking in the Premier League standings too much, and they are not concerned about the preparations for the next game and the mood of the players. What an impact.

After David Winston seemed to have guessed what Sam Allardyce was thinking, he also signaled the players on the sidelines to slow down the pace of the game. Since the Bolton players have given up their desire to win this game, then There is no need for me to work hard anymore, and I will continue to retain some physical fitness to prepare for the next Premier League game.Of course, these two teams are relatively experienced on the court, and they have been missing a goal from time to time.Of course, David Winston doesn't care about these anymore, because this battle that was originally thought to be a tough battle did not expect to become his own one-man show in the end.The victory of this game is already in hand. It is time to look forward and prepare. With the gradual deepening of the Premier League, the abilities and state of each team are very good, and the battles after that will become more and more It's not easy to fight.David Winston must pay more attention to his opponents in the future, and be more careful.Therefore, the future Premier League schedule will be even more cautious.

(End of this chapter)