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Losing the away game against Real Madrid did not actually cause Southampton to receive much criticism. The gap between them and Real Madrid was somewhat obvious, but they still almost took away three points in the away game through tenacious performance and struggle , that is, lost in the last few minutes. For a team playing the Champions League for the first time, this performance is good enough.

But it is obvious that Southampton also suffered a great loss in this game.

Benteke's injury is not a big problem, and he will recover in half a month, while Otamendi has strained his ligament miserably, and he will have to rest for at least half a year before he can recover. If he barely plays, maybe he will die will keep getting hurt.

Ji Ya silently chose to have Otamendi undergo surgery. He still couldn’t do anything to allow the players to recuperate and play games with hidden dangers. Chambers performed well in the last game, which also gave Ji Ya a lot. At the same time, there is no problem for Jenkinson and Kovac to be the top in the league.

In addition to the injured, Klose's original plan was to play in the next league game. He came off the bench for half an hour in advance and played with such intensity, which made him a little tired. At the same time, Ronaldo, Mkhitaryan and William The physical energy consumption is also very large.

After such a difficult game, it is indeed an extremely difficult thing to challenge Arsenal away, especially after being double-killed by Southampton last season, Arsenal is gearing up to give Southampton a good look... …

Arsenal did not qualify for the Champions League this season, which has instead become a huge advantage for them. Arsenal, who are used to the Champions League, have almost no interest in the Europa League. Wenger used the substitute to dismiss the previous Europa League game In the World Cup match, the main players are in good physical condition.

Regarding this situation, Ji Ya can only sigh - in fact, there is no unfairness in this, and the teams playing in the Champions League have to face this kind of unfairness.

This is actually a problem faced by many dark horse teams after entering the European competition. Two-line combat is not simply a matter of playing six more Champions League games in this half of the season, but a matter of energy investment and competition emphasis.

So at the Emirates Stadium, Ji Ya can only send out a relatively incomplete lineup.

Goalkeeper Navas, defenders Klein, Fonte, Chambers, Blind, midfielders Matuidi, Drinkwater, Vidal, forwards Nolito, Austin, William.

On the surface, it seems that there are still a lot of main players in this lineup. However, the overdrafts of Willian, Wundt and Klein are not small, and the physical fitness of Matuidi and Vidal has also declined. In terms of overall performance, Arsenal is worse Not a lot.

On the contrary, the performance of the two substitutes, Chambers and Austin, was not bad.

Wenger's lineup in this game is quite perfect, goalkeeper Szczesny, two full-backs Sagna and Gibbs, central defenders start with Mertesacker and Vermaelen, a rare Belgian central defender After the start of the season, he played consecutively; midfielder Arteta, Coquelin, Cazorla, and on the front line, I don’t know whether it was Wenger’s bad taste or something else, he sent two wings with Chamberlain and Walcott , Giroud's sudden lineup...

The front trident built by Southampton!

When this lineup came out, a lot of fun people laughed out loud, and went to fight Southampton with the trident made by Southampton. This kind of thing makes people cry...

But this kind of thing, everyone is very happy to see it happen.

And this trident lineup also performed quite well in the game. Giroud still scored a goal under Fonte's marking, Walcott performed well, scored twice, Chamberlain sent two assists ...

Others in Southampton did not perform well, but substitute center Austin scored two goals in the game, which gave Southampton back their face.

However, Southampton still lost the game. They lost to Arsenal [-]-[-] away and suffered their first defeat of the season.

"Arsenal played well, we didn't play well, the players were tired. The schedule will be the biggest problem for us now, and that's what we need to adapt."

The loss sees Southampton slip to third in the rankings, while Chelsea are first with four wins and one draw, and Manchester United are second with four wins and one loss - the game they lose is a loss to Southampton.

In the next midweek League Cup, Ji Ya sent a large number of substitutes, but against a second-tier team like Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton's substitutes are still enough. Austin, who has performed well recently, scored again, and Northampton Lito and Schneiderlin's icing on the cake, Southampton beat their opponents [-]-[-] and entered the fourth round of the League Cup.

This victory gave Southampton a certain respite. However, in the following league, Southampton lost again away. At Goodison Park, their performance was not bad. Unfortunately, the young central defender Chamber Smith made two fatal mistakes, allowing Southampton to lead [-]-[-], but Everton striker Jelavic scored two goals at the last moment, and lost [-]-[-] again in the away game!

Except for the League Cup, Southampton has lost three consecutive away games by two to three in a row during this period!

This dropped them all the way to eighth place.

Although the No. 2 Everton has only [-] points in addition to the top-ranked Chelsea, which has reached [-] points, the Manchester duo have only [-] points, plus three teams with [-] points, Southampton The situation is not too bad.

But the loss of three consecutive important games is enough for the media to criticize Ji Ya!

You must know that Ji Ya has always been regarded as an outlier in English football.

He is the only one who is both club owner and head coach.

He is the only non-European Premier League manager.

He is the only Premier League manager under the age of 30.

These three points are enough to make him an outlier, but because of Southampton's good results before, and Ji Ya's character is relatively good, he doesn't like to provoke the media, so the reporters can't find a chance to make trouble. Good luck, they finally found their chance.

Three away games, three [-] to [-], is indeed very talkative.

"It's respectable that Ji Ya has always insisted on playing offensive football, but in many cases, shouldn't he adjust his strategy more? Southampton is not a top giant. Even Barcelona, ​​​​their current style of play has begun to trend. Conservative, why? Because of too aggressive style of play, it is difficult to reach a peak. Southampton's performance last season was good enough. If they want to achieve better results this season, they have to achieve a balance between offense and defense. A balance." Such an article was soon published in the Times Sports section.

Seems to make sense, actually?