song of the saints

Chapter 59 Fighting Like a Warrior

November 11th.St. Mary's Stadium was full of voices, and the stadium had already started to scold before the game started.The Portsmouth fans in the visiting team fans stand uniformly scolded the Southampton team as a coward, and the Southampton fans in the audience drowned out this little noise in the past.The policemen in charge of security in front of the stands of visiting team fans looked nervous and fully armed. When the South Bank Derby came, half of the police force in Southampton would be deployed at St. It can become an arena for fans of two teams to duel.

Rewind time one hour.Chen Zhun was sitting on the team bus and on the way to the stadium, he saw sporadic Portsmouth fans pointing the middle finger at the team bus and chanting the British national curse.This is the first time for Chen Zhun to feel the atmosphere of the Derby.As a spectator, I have watched the Rome Derby, the Century Derby, and the Milan Derby. From the TV, Chen Zhun could not feel the smoky atmosphere in the arena.It is only now that he, as the head coach, really feels what a derby is, what is the extra jealousy when fighting against a lifelong enemy.

The starting players returned to the locker room after warming up and began to listen carefully to Chen Zhun's pre-match deployment.

"I recently watched the Portsmouth team's game and found that the Portsmouth team's defensive focus in the center is not very big. They mainly focus on the side. So we have to use the width of the field to expand the situation. Neil and John in the middle, you have to transfer the ball to the side, and then you quickly move closer to the center. The side player who gets the ball should not take the ball too much on the side, and pass it to the midfielder when there is a chance. The midfielder Continue to dribble the ball horizontally to attract Portsmouth's frontal defense. At this time, the wide players have to run without the ball. The location is the vacuum area in the penalty area. The rest is up to you. In terms of defense, we only need to play Just use what you normally have in training.”

"This is a derby, so I don't need to tell you the importance! I don't think there is any need for any mobilization meeting! You will know everything when you are on the field! The shouts of the fans tell me everything. When you are on the field, give I'm going to fight like a warrior. Don't be fooled by the opponent, keep calm on the pitch. Come on, Southampton!"

"Victory! Victory!"

St. Mary's Stadium is full of seats, and everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the South Bank Derby.

When Chen Zhun came out, there was applause and insults.Chen Zhun and old Redknapp shook hands cordially. This was just a show before the two armies fought.Because they all know that victory belongs to only one team.

Chen Zhun's starting lineup today is the same as before. This lineup has become extremely strong after three months of training, but it does not mean that there are no flaws. This lineup has poor mobility and low player ability. Chen Zhun can't change it. fact.

Chen Zhun looked at his disciples, thinking that today would be another hard battle.

Goalkeeper Niemi, the back line represents the old, 36-year-old left back Le Saux, 29-year-old center back Svensson, 31-year-old center back Lund Kwan, 34-year-old right back Dodd.Clumsy midfielders McCann and Delap, flanked by Prudton and Fernandez, and Lallana, who performed well in the first two games, did not play. Chen Zhun was afraid that he would be injured due to the special care of Portsmouth.The forward line is still familiar with Beatty and Phillips.

Chen Zhun was still very nervous at the moment, he couldn't control the tension, it came from the bottom of his heart, as if this was his first coaching game in the Premier League.If the Southampton team does not play well in this game, then he will be scolded by the fans, no matter how good he led the team before.Chen Zhun quickly went through his deployment and lineup in his mind, for fear that something might go wrong and lead to failure.

"Hey, David, are your hands shaking? Are you feeling unwell?" Standing next to him, Reed saw Chen Zhun's strange behavior. He thought Chen Zhun was sick, but he was actually nervous.

"Oh! Oh, I'm fine, Les, I'm fine." Chen Zhun perfunctory Reed, then casually opened the bottle in his hand and took a few sips of water to cover up his nervousness.

The referee for today's game is Paul, a very experienced referee and one of the famous referees in the Premier League. The experience is very good to control the emotions of the game on the field today.

Ball has finished picking and shaking hands with the captains of both sides, and is ready to start today's South Bank derby!
When the game started, the two sides immediately entered the game state at the beginning.But the so-called state of play is a foul.In the first minute of the game, Southampton's midfielder Delap was brought down by Portsmouth's midfielder Faye as soon as he caught the ball in the center circle.Then in the 1th minute, Portsmouth striker Yakubu was elbowed by Southampton central defender Lund Kwan when he was fighting for a header in the frontcourt, and suffered a dark loss.The referee Ball did not make a penalty for the foul at the beginning of the game, but just gave a verbal warning.

The commentator in charge of this game directly said that what this game presented was not a foul, but a confrontation.

Chen Zhun couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately stood up and protested to Ball in the field: "Hey, those Portsmouth players shoveled my players, can't you see? Hey!"

The fourth referee saw that Chen Zhun left the head coach's command area immediately, stepped forward to stop him, and said, "Mr. David Winston, please control your emotions."

"Didn't you see the Portsmouth players physically assaulting my players?" Chen Zhun said, pointing to his eyes.

The fourth referee ignored Chen Zhun.Chen Zhun wanted to use his words to put pressure on the referee Bohr. Although such actions had little effect, he still had to try his luck.

"Hey Southampton cowardly manager, let's get Portsmouth through you!"

In the 10th minute of the game, Southampton held the ball in the midfield to organize an attack.Portsmouth immediately had two players to double-team, but McCann dodged it lightly.Then immediately passed the ball long to Pluton on the left.The Portsmouth defenders were ready for Prutton's wide breakthrough, but Prutton turned to the center, took the ball two steps, and passed it to McCann who was coming up. At this time, Prutton on the left and right Fernandez on the road crossed and ran at the same time, driving away their respective defenders.

Portsmouth's midfielder didn't dare to neglect, and immediately rushed towards McCann, but McCann was waiting for this moment, with sharp eyes and quick feet, he picked the ball between the two central defenders of Portsmouth. At that time, the two full-backs had reached the place where the ball was picked at the same time.The defenders of the two were pulled behind them and did not dare to make any moves. The central defender of Portsmouth had just turned around.Fernandez took the ball calmly, knocked the ball deftly with one heel, and passed it to Prudton behind him.The Portsmouth defender who originally thought that Fernandez would shoot was empty-handed. After Pluton got the ball, there was no interference from the defender!

(End of this chapter)