After another week of rest, in the third round of the league, Southampton won again.

They swept West Ham United [-]-[-] in the away game. Coutinho scored twice, a long shot and a goal after breaking into the penalty area. Vardy scored again, and he also assisted Mane to score a goal. Coupled with De Bruyne's icing on the cake, Southampton won quite easily.

Vardy scored goals in three consecutive rounds, which immediately amazed many people-the feeling that Southampton still has such a skill?Without Suarez, they can continue to advance with Vardy's goals?

And everyone can see that Vardy seems to have nothing, but in fact, his ability to grab points is quite good, and he also has excellent column center skills. Such forwards are actually very popular in the Premier League. Shearer is actually this kind of striker.

However, can this late bloomer Vardy achieve the great achievements of Shearer?

It's hard to say now.

After three rounds, Southampton disbanded on the spot, Romero, Gulacci, Otamendi, Fonte, De Bruyne, Casemiro, Matic, Coutinho, Lukaku , Mane, and Perisic all went to the national team to report, but Suarez didn't have to go because he was still suspended...

The poor Uruguayan can only maintain his condition through training at Southampton's training base now, because he was fined for four months without any football games, so he can only train, and he can still play in the team training He could play, but even if it was a reserve team game, he couldn't play.

Now everyone just hopes that this Uruguayan can pass this extremely severe penalty and get enough lessons so that he will stop doing such stupid things in the future.

After all, biting is beyond the scope of football, and it is not a malicious foul. It has no benefit at all, and the impact is very bad. It is just like a child. It is really meaningless.

Suarez honestly admitted his mistake to Ji Ya before, and then said that he would definitely not make it again in the future.

In fact, his mentality has become very peaceful this year, and he doesn't know why he suddenly couldn't collapse in that game.

After the team disbanded, Ji Ya flew to Monaco to prepare for the draw ceremony of the Champions League group stage.

As the defending champion, Southampton is of course the first-tier team. They are on the same level as Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, Chelsea, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, and Porto.

Theoretically, it is actually a bit difficult for a first-tier team to encounter a death group.

But considering UEFA's urgency, Ji Ya really didn't dare to have any illusions about their integrity.

The second-tier strong teams include Dortmund, Juventus, Manchester City, Greater Paris, and Schalke Zero Four, while the third-tier strong teams include Leverkusen, Bilbao, Ajax, Liverpool, and CSKA Moscow. , the stronger teams in the fourth tier are Roma and Monaco. Ji Ya can see several ways of death groups at a glance, such as Southampton and Dortmund, Ajax and Roma in a group, or It is a group with Paris, Leverkusen, and Rome, or a group with Juventus, Ajax, and Monaco. This is a ready-made group of death.

But this time the draw, UEFA has done something wrong.

It's not that they have any affection for Southampton, but as the defending champions, they can't give it to a group that is too outrageous. If they are out of the group stage, the Champions League will not look good.

This will make it appear that the strong teams in the Champions League last season were mentally handicapped.

So although they threw Dortmund into Group D where Southampton was in the draw, they were in the same group as Anderlecht and Galatasaray. Underdogs, Anderlecht has always been a point boy in the Champions League. They have reached the Champions League the number of times. Although Galatasaray was once in Europe at the turn of the century I have achieved very good results on the field, but it is no longer what it used to be. I failed to win the Turkish Super League championship for four consecutive seasons. I finally won two league championships in 11, and lost the league championship last season. , and his performance in the Champions League has not been very good, without the dark horse spirit of the year.

The threat of such a team in the Champions League is actually very small.

So it can be regarded as UEFA's care for Southampton. After all, Suarez's suspension is really a disaster for Southampton. They have won the morality award for several years, but because of the behavior of the players in the World Cup And suffering such a huge loss, Southampton is also a victim when it comes out.

However, Suarez also came to the draw ceremony this time. He came to win the award. Relying on 38 goals in the league last season, he won the European Golden Boot last season, and the [-] goals in the Champions League, then Let him get the title of best striker in the Champions League last season, because Ronaldo is the best player.

The best midfielder is Modric of Real Madrid, the best defender is Godin of Atletico Madrid, and the best goalkeeper is Courtois of Atletico Madrid. This makes Southampton fans very unconvinced. They think Southampton Don is the champion, so of course there must be a bonus. The best midfielder should be De Bruyne, the best defender should be Fonte, and the best goalkeeper should be Navas!

Of course, this UEFA award is not based on impressions. Modric did very well last season. Under the coaching of Ancelotti, he showed all the qualities of an all-round midfielder. Compared with him , although De Bruyne's performance is also very eye-catching, but it seems to lack a little bit of heat, while the performance of Godin and Courtois is indeed amazing, Godin's performance is more outstanding and eye-catching than Wundt, and at the same time He is also the captain, his leadership style is heart-wrenching, and Courtois can always make miraculous saves with almost no mistakes. Although Navas is not bad in this regard, his performance in the Champions League is still poor. Some, he mainly added points for his performance in the World Cup.

Ji Ya won the best coach without any suspense. It is impossible for the champion coach not to win this award.

In short, Southampton can be regarded as a rewarding return this time.

"The result of the draw? I am very satisfied. Southampton is the first team. Although this group is still very difficult, we will also work hard like last season. Dortmund? Klopp is my friend, but I am not I will keep his hand, and I have met them for three consecutive seasons, but fortunately, there is something new every time." Ji Ya said in an interview.

His last sentence made the reporters laugh. After all, in the past few years, Southampton's personnel have changed every season, and Dortmund's personnel have also changed every season. This is obviously what the freshness is talking about.

However, Southampton and Dortmund have been in the same group for three consecutive seasons, and they are indeed destined.

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