song of the saints

Chapter 28 The Power of the Magpie

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With the end of the European qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup, the players of each national team disbanded on the spot and returned to their respective clubs.Chen Zhun was relieved that Southampton was not infected with the FIFA virus on this FIFA match day, and no players were injured.

On September 9th, all the players returned to the team. Chen Zhun and Reid continued to recover their physical fitness in the morning training, so that those players who had just participated in the high-intensity national team competition had a buffer to recover their physical fitness.In the afternoon training, we carried out passing cooperation to continue to deepen the tacit understanding of the teammates.

On the afternoon of this day, the Premier League's August Best Manager Award and Best Player Award were announced. Arsenal, which had won five consecutive victories, won a complete victory. Coach Arsene Wenger and player Reyes won the August Best Manager Titles of coaches and best players.Chen Zhun, the previous favorite for the best coach, did not receive this honor.But Chen Zhun didn't know about this matter at all.

The time came to September 9. Southampton challenged Charlton in an away game, and finally relied on a powerful header from James Beatty to defeat Charlton with a score of 13-1.Southampton surprisingly continued their unbeaten run.In this game, Chen Zhun also inspected the performance of Charlton's right back Luke Young.His performance made Chen Zhun's eyes shine. He has strong running ability, can attack and defend, and is full of tenacity, which poses a great threat to Southampton's left.Relying on the victory of this game, the Southampton team quietly rose to second place in the standings.After the game, the major mainstream media in England, "The Times", "The Guardian" and "BBC", all praised the rookie coach's miraculous performance since the start of the Premier League with the headline "Tactical Genius".Chen Zhun was a bit erratic due to such an evaluation based on wind and wind. He began to feel that the Premier League game was not as difficult as he imagined. A rookie-level head coach like himself could lead I don't know if the Southampton team achieved such a result because of luck or because they are really a tactical genius.

After the Premier League game, this year's Champions League group stage has reignited the battle.Southampton, without Champions League duty, have been given time off to prepare for their weekend game against Newcastle United.Chen Zhun is also going to watch the top competition in Europe, the UEFA Champions League that all stars yearn for.

Chen Zhun chose to watch the match between Arsenal and Eindhoven at the Highbury Stadium.Arsenal finally relied on Alex's own goal lucky 1 victory over PSV.Chen Zhun saw another side of Arsenal in this game.In the Premier League, Arsenal killed the Quartet, with superb offensive ability and dazzling short pass coordination.But in the Champions League, Arsenal changed their tactical thinking in the Premier League. Instead of the oppressive offensive style, they used the pragmatic tactics that Mourinho likes.If Arsenal do not have a good chance to attack, they will carefully drag in the backcourt to defend. Even the two full-backs Reyes and Pires rarely joined the siege on the side, which strengthened the counterattack after losing the ball. Grab and retracement speed.The Arsenal head coach also understands that it is better to focus on defense in the Champions League. After all, he has suffered many times in the Champions League.In the Premier League, crazy dance is the king, in the Champions League, the truth is fatal.Wenger also understands this truth.Chen Zhun, who was in the stands, also understood the deep meaning of this game.

The Arsenal game also gave Chen Zhun his first impression of the Champions League game, and it can be regarded as preparing in advance for the impression of the Champions League game that he does not know when it will come.Chen Zhun's extravagant hope is no longer to participate in the UEFA Cup next season.Instead, they want to compete for the qualifications for the Champions League. Although it is difficult to compete with the sky, there are Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea competing for the top four teams, and Everton and Tottenham Hotspur are waiting for the opportunity.But now Chen Zhun has been completely dazzled by the short-lived brilliance. He enjoys the taste of becoming famous in World War I and fantasizes about the temptation of the Champions League.What he didn't know was that there was always a hopeless storm hidden behind the sunny English skies.

Newcastle United was founded in 1881.Newcastle United is one of the oldest football clubs in Europe.Fans affectionately called the team wearing black and white striped jerseys "Magpies".But in Chen Zhun's era, Newcastle United was unfortunately relegated in the Premier League in the 2015-2016 season, and a veteran Premier League team disappeared from the Premier League stage.Newcastle United have joined forces during this summer transfer period.They spent 500 million pounds on the young player Philip Milner from the Young Guards, and signed Nicky Butt from Manchester United. The Dutch striker Patrick Kluivert ended his contract with Barcelona. He switched to Newcastle United as a free agent and formed a legendary striker combination with veteran Alan Shearer.However, Newcastle United's record in the first five rounds was only one win, one loss and three draws. It was difficult to satisfy the fans and team chairman F. Shepard, so the meritorious old coach Bobby Robson also dismissed get out of class in August. up.In this game against Southampton, the current head coach of Newcastle United, Souness, strives to win and ease the current decline.

After a short break in the Premier League, the battle was rekindled. September 9, St. Mary's Stadium.Southampton hosts Newcastle United.The starting lineups of the two teams were announced at yesterday's pre-match press conference.Both sides have lined up their most familiar lineups.Southampton's lineup is goalkeeper Niemi, back line from left to right Jelle - Van Damme, Danny - Higginbotham, Michael - Svensson, Chris - Baird.The midfield line is Matt Oakley, John Delap, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandez.Up front are James Beatty and Kevin Phillips.The lineup of Newcastle United from afar is the goalkeeper Shay Given, the back line is Carl, Robbie Elliott, O'Brien, Bernard, and the midfielder is Jermaine Jena Adams, Lee Bowyer, Nicky Butt, Craig Bellamy.The forwards are the famous Alan Shearer and Patrick Kluivert.

It's two o'clock in the afternoon.The game between the two teams officially started.Chen Zhun's confidence in winning this game was extremely high, and he was also extremely bold in his tactical deployment before the game. He asked the players to participate in the attack and presented a wonderful feast of goals for the fans of the home team.But his good wishes were disrupted in the first 5 minutes after the start of the game.

When Newcastle United's notorious midfielder Lee Bowyer tackled the ball at the feet of Anders Anderson in the middle circle in the fifth minute, he shoveled Andersen to the ground with a ferocious tackle.Anderson was also unable to persist in the game because of being shoveled this time, and was replaced by Neil McCann.Chen Zhun was very dissatisfied with the foul. He protested that the referee only gave Bowyer a yellow card, but to no avail.The confident Southampton team got lost in the trap designed by Newcastle United and couldn't extricate themselves.Newcastle United disrupted the rhythm of the Southampton team with fierce and brutal steals again and again, eroding the confidence of the Southampton players a little bit.

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