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"Mr. Mancini, I was very unconvinced when I lost in the away game... If we stop Manchester City in this game, don't say we are not interesting." Ji Ya said when shaking hands.

Mancini laughed loudly: "If it can be done, then I have nothing to say... But you will play Manchester United next, don't you want to stop them?"

Kiya shrugged.

Players from both sides spread out on the field, and Southampton's players were very energetic. After all, they were really unconvinced when they lost in the first game of the first round.

If Aguero hadn't come off the bench and caught them off guard, they might not have lost.

And in this game, they want to give Manchester City a good look!

Game start.

Manchester City is actually not worried about Southampton using passing possession tactics to deal with them, because their midfield running and confrontation ability are actually very good. De Jong is a strong defensive midfielder with active running. Barry is a full-back Of course, such a player has strong running and defensive abilities, not to mention Yaya Toure, he can almost be said to be the best b2b in the world now.

Not to mention that Vidal can't play this game, even if he can play, Southampton may not be much better than Manchester City's midfielder in terms of running and confrontation.

However, Mancini overlooked one point. In this game, Southampton's strength on the wing has been greatly strengthened...

Although Manchester City is also four-three-three, their two wingers are actually attacking midfielders. Whether it is Nasri or Silva, they are the kind of players who can play the core of the midfielder. They are not pure wingers. So they have more room to move and will be closer to the side.

In this way, Southampton's advantage on the wing has become much greater.

The speed of Southampton's two wingers is not very fast. They are both players with excellent skills and accurate passing, but their two full-backs can make up for such shortcomings. Klein's speed is not slow, and Luke ? Xiao's speed is even more astonishing. If he hadn't been young, Ji Ya would have helped him become the main left back.

It’s just that he’s only in his early 16s, and now he’s playing the main team. That’s counterproductive. Let Blind be the main team, let Luke Shaw train with the first team, gain experience in the reserve team, and occasionally play in the first team. This is the right way .

Although this game is important, he still plays occasionally.

Manchester City was clearly unprepared for Luke Shaw's performance, so they soon suffered a lot on the wing.

Nolito dribbled the ball inwards, attracted Richards' attention and then passed the ball to the side. Luke Shaw received the ball and forced a diagonal cut into the penalty area, and then kicked the ball parallel to the bottom line. Giroud shot ahead of Savage before Joe Hart stretched his foot out of the baseline.

"Defense to focus!" Mancini shouted loudly from the sidelines.

There is no problem with the overall strength of Manchester City. Even if the two main central defenders are missing, the partners of Savage and Kolo Toure are actually not bad. Toure has rich experience, and Savage has excellent physical condition. Fit is pretty good.

However, they were suppressed by Southampton on the wing. Manchester City's own offense also created some opportunities, but they failed to play any role in Southampton's tight defense in the middle.

Southampton spends a lot of time on every attack. Although Manchester City's running and pressure in the middle are very strong, Southampton can pass the ball to the wing, and then pass the ball to the winger and break through. Create opportunities, upload them back immediately when encountering obstacles, and reorganize the offense.

In such a pass, it is difficult for Manchester City's running and interception in the middle to play any role.

Mancini couldn't help turning his head to look at Ji Ya, but found that Ji Ya was watching the field with all his attention.

"Is this what he does against us? Drag the game into a slow tempo and then hope his players solve the problem on the court... How does this guy look like our Italian coach."

Mancini complained silently in his heart. In fact, he is not a typical Italian coach. His ability to train defense is average, but his ability to organize offense is good.

The two sides were constantly entangled on the field, but Southampton controlled the rhythm.

In the 8th minute of the game, Mkhitaryan suddenly sent a direct pass after taking the ball in the middle. Under the cover of Nolito, Luke Shaw slashed into the penalty area and got a single chance!

The fans in the stands stood up one after another. Joe Hart made a decisive attack, but he threw Luke Shaw down!

The referee's whistle sounded, a penalty kick!

"Good job!"

Ji Ya waved his fists and jumped up. This attack was indeed very beautiful. Who would have thought that the left back Luke Xiao would go forward so timely and so decisively?

Southampton's main left-back Blind basically doesn't go forward for assists!

It was also a surprise.

Luke Shaw got up from the ground, and other players ran over to celebrate with him. Surrounded by his teammates, Luke Shaw smiled happily.

Although he played in the first team before, this game is obviously different!

With such a performance, the 16 and a half-year-old Luke Shaw might become famous for it.

After the celebration, William came to take the penalty kick. Facing Joe Hart who was waiting in full force, he still calmly scored the ball into the dead corner of the goal!

Although Joe Hart rushed in the right direction, he still failed to touch the ball!

In the following time, Southampton still took the initiative on the field. They continued to rely on the running and confrontation of the two wings to occupy the advantage on the field, which greatly restrained Manchester City's offense and defense in the middle. , it will hit Southampton's solid central defense...

"Southampton's tactic is very strange, but the effect is so good... The offense is all initiated by the two wings, the center is just a response, and the defense is stable in the center, resisting Manchester City's attack, it is too targeted. "There is a commentary. said with a sigh.

Mancini was forced to change his tactics in less than 10 minutes.

Aguero came on and replaced the midfielder De Jong.

Four three three becomes four four two, which increases the protection of the side road and enhances the offensive ability of the center road.

"This guy's reaction is really fast, but then we can comfortably play ball-handling offensive tactics." Ji Ya chuckled.

Benelli next to him nodded and immediately conveyed his meaning.

Mancini looked at the field a little stunned, because now Southampton has started to pass and control the ball continuously. With one less midfielder De Jong, Manchester City's midfielder's ability to press and oppress has dropped a lot , Southampton can comfortably play possession offense.

Only then did Mancini realize that although he had thought of the first layer, Ji Ya seemed to have thought of one layer more than himself...