song of the saints

Chapter 97 The dream shines into reality
St. Mary's Stadium ushered in their owners, Southampton, this is a brand new team.Chen Zhun was also excited and apprehensive about this.

Sitting on the coaching bench, Chen Zhun still remembered the harsh headlines that sneered at him when he saw the news in the morning.

"King of rags! Southampton has become a paradise of dead stars and unknowns!"

"Spend a lot of money to buy the wrong person! The Southampton team will not be guaranteed in the evening!"

"With all due respect, I don't know anyone who bought Southampton!"

"We watched Southampton relegate in silence!"

Chen Zhun did not expect that the media would be so overwhelmingly skeptical about his transfer. Thinking about it, there was a reason. He relied on his past life memories to buy players. Some players hadn’t played at all, so This gave the media the illusion that they were blind.Chen Zhun also understands that although some players have been bought, the training in England is not suitable for some players. They still have to rent out and let other teams train for them.

For example, Stefan Kisling.In the morning, Klopp made another phone call to Chen Zhun, the purpose of which was Keesling.Chen Zhun immediately agreed, because Ozil's performance under his hands has amazed the whole of Germany.He also believes Keasling will shine brightly under Klopp.

Today's game against Fulham, Chen Zhun boldly used five new players directly into the starting lineup.This move also caused the commentator's incomprehension. The commentator thought that this would destroy the balance of the team itself, but the four players selected by Chen Zhun have all played for a long time recently, ensuring a good competitive state, which is understandable .

The goalkeeper is Sebastian Frey, the two central defenders are Klaus Lundekwan and Michael Svensson, the two full-backs use new players, left-back Nicky Shorey, right-back Luke Young, two England full-backs guarding the two flanks.The midfield partnership also became Miguel Arteta and John Delap.The two wingers are David Prutton and Adam Lallana.Forward is Kevin Phillips and Peter Crouch.

Chen Zhun can now be more firm in his tactical thinking in training, with high-position pressing and fast pass and cut cooperation.Now he has Xiao Lei and Luke Young who can go up and down, Arteta who passes the ball accurately, and sharp wing players. Tactical literacy, which provided great convenience for the implementation of Chen Zhun's tactical ideas.

The fans sat in the stands eagerly looking forward to the start of the game, because they had to test whether the level of the new players could satisfy them.But at least they are happy in their hearts. They didn't expect their head coach to be so decisive and resolute in the transfer market.They have reason to believe in the level of the head coach and ignore what the media says about them.

Just when all beings in the stadium were thinking about each other, the game officially started.

After the game started, several new players were very active, and there was no tacit understanding in cooperating with other members. If you don’t know that they have just returned, you will think that they have been playing together for a long time. look.

Chen Zhun was also a little surprised by this, maybe this is the perfect chemical reaction, but Chen Zhun also knew not to be too optimistic, because Fulham is not Chelsea, not Manchester United.If this team meets those giants, it's another matter.

After the start of the game, Southampton firmly took the initiative on the field, while Fulham was very passive in defense without Van der Sar.Sticking to it couldn't bring any results. Fulham surrendered after resisting for 10 minutes.

Fulham's midfield pass failed to penetrate, was easily intercepted by Delap, and then passed to Arteta in front of him. Arteta faced two defenders, cleverly dunked left and right, and got rid of the defense. Then, looking up to the right, Lallana was running forward.Arteta immediately passed a long pass to Lallana's position, and Delap behind him has helped Arteta block the attention of the defender just now, so that he can devote himself to the offense.After getting the ball, Lallana did not continue to advance, but cut inward and approached the middle, compressing Fulham's defensive space. He was waiting, waiting for Luke Young to arrive.

After Lallana took the ball for three steps to the center, Luke Young came with the wind and dust, and quickly inserted to the side. Lallana took advantage of the situation and went straight to the penalty area. Kill near the bottom line, and when he got near the bottom line, he rubbed the ball directly at the Fulham defender and passed it into the small penalty area.Kevin Phillips had been waiting for a long time in the small penalty area, dived to the top, and headed the ball into the goal.

1 to 0!Southampton take the lead!

When Chen Zhun saw the goal, he clenched his fists and jumped up excitedly. Then he saw the players rushing towards him. They all rushed to Chen Zhun and hugged him inside.Chen Zhun and his team members enjoyed the joy of scoring goals, as well as the joy of the team.

The next game went much smoother. Fulham, who lost a goal, was vulnerable as if they had lost their soul.In the first half, Southampton scored two goals in a row, scored by Kevin Phillips and Adam Lallana.

After the intermission, Chen Zhun replaced David Prutton with Yepes Glenciel and Peter Crouch with Frederick Canoute.Kevin Phillips moved to the left midfielder position, Glenshire moved to the midfielder position, Kanoute single arrow.

This is the frontcourt formation that Chen Zhun has been practicing for the past two days. The forward has a fulcrum, the midfielder has speed and ball control, and the two sides have crosses.Fast, easy and efficient.

In the second half, this formation also gave Chen Zhun a lot of hints and improvements.Although Glenshire's ball control and speed are acceptable, his through ball is not satisfactory, and Kanoute also exposed the disadvantages of his thin body.Therefore, in the future training, Chen Zhun still needs to carry out more positional running and diversified tactical cooperation.Only in this way can the abilities of several people be brought into full play.

The second half was spent slowly in such running-in, and the final score was also fixed at 3-0.Southampton won another victory, solidified their No.6 position in the league, and continued to maintain their qualification for the UEFA Cup.

After the game, Chen Zhun and others high-fived the players one by one in the playground. This is the habit Chen Zhun intends to continue after the game started.Because this brand new team gave him unprecedented confidence, and also swept away the haze in his heart before, and saw the light of day again.
-
During the press conference, the reporters were all waiting for Chen Zhun's arrival.

Chen Zhun raised his head and looked proudly at the disgusting reporters, then sat down on his seat.

"Hello, head coach, today's game was completely won, and it was won with new players on the field. Are you competing with the media?"

Chen Zhun curled his lips and said, "I'm not that naive. The media are already naive. I have no obligation to play with them. I'm doing this for the team's victory!"

The reporter was speechless on the spot and did not continue.

Michael Taylor raised his hand at this time, and Chen Zhun had already looked at him, because he was the only reporter Chen Zhun didn't hate.

After Michael Taylor smiled and congratulated Chen Zhun on his victory, he only asked Chen Zhun a simple question about how he felt about winning the game.

Chen Zhun thought for a while, and said slowly: "It feels like a dream is reflected in reality!"

(End of this chapter)