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Using defensive counterattack tactics to deal with Blackburn has indeed reached an extreme in the suddenness of tactics.

If Southampton's performance in the first two rounds did not arouse the vigilance of those Premier League teams, then they have reached the semi-finals. If other teams do not check Southampton's strength, it can only show that they are blind...

Although Blackburn is now striving to avoid relegation, after all, there is still a long time in the league, and now they will also perform well in the semi-finals of the League Cup.

Their head coach "Big Sam" Allardyce has been in the Premier League for many years. Although he has not coached any top teams, he is indispensable in the mid-range teams. Of course, he will not relax in the Southampton game. .

He has carefully studied the recent Southampton games, and he clearly knows that this is a team with a very good offensive ability, and the defense is not bad. The two central defenders are very capable of frontal defense and complement each other— —At least in Allardyce’s opinion, if the current Southampton team is thrown into the Premier League, it’s hard to say how good the results are, and the success of relegation may not be a big problem...

They have a lot of good players, the only problem is that many of them are too young and inexperienced.

But with such a lineup, adding a few veterans with Premier League experience, they can play well in the Premier League.

This team cannot be viewed as a League One team.

That's what Allardyce thought.

But since Southampton's offense is excellent, then it's enough to attack. Although Blackburn is mostly veterans, as long as there is space, players with excellent impact ability like McCarthy and Diouf can always get a lot of opportunities.

So Allardyce felt that as long as it was a normal game and compared offense, Blackburn should not lose to Southampton.

Not only he thinks this way, but everyone in Blackburn thinks this way.

So at Ewood Park, they played for 10 minutes before they realized something was wrong.

What a sharp offensive Southampton, it is clear that they want to play a defensive counterattack!

The four defenders did not leave the penalty area, and the midfielders all returned to the defense one after another. Only the two forwards stood in front and prepared to counterattack...

How to do this?

Blackburn's offensive ability is mediocre. If there is space, their two forwards can create a lot of good opportunities, but now that the opponent has withdrawn, it is too difficult to expect them to take the ball and forcibly attack a line of defense that is ready.

They're just good strikers, not genius strikers.

The frontal attack is not good, there is no space for the through pass, and the pass from the two wings, whether it is in the air or on the ground, will be blocked by Wundt and Lovren one by one.

Wundt is playing better and better now, and he is starting to show a characteristic that Lovren does not have-he can command the defense.

Such defenders are actually rare. Even in the Premier League, there are not many defenders who can delay and organize the defense. As a result, defenders like Fonte have been wasted in the British Championship for several years. Even the League One team can buy him. Now, this is really embarrassing...

"I found a treasure." Ji Ya thought in his heart.

If Southampton's defense is not at a particularly high level when it is recovered, it is very suitable to deal with a team like Blackburn that is not very strong in attack.

Throughout the first half, Blackburn exhausted all methods, but failed to score.

This made Allardyce very depressed.

If this stalemate continues, Blackburn's problem is actually not very big, but if they can't solve their opponents at home, wouldn't it be more difficult to play away?

If you want to score goals, it seems that you can only take risks in the second half.

"If Blackburn don't press up, we keep defending, focus more, it's also a rare experience for us. If they press up, we're ready to fight back...Schneiderlin, that's the case Now you are the main force, remember to launch a counterattack as soon as you get the ball, understand?" Ji Ya said in the locker room.

The players nodded one after another, including Schneiderlin, who was entrusted with important tasks by him.

Now Southampton's frontcourt attackers are all young people, so relatively speaking, they are very obedient.

Ji Ya actually hoped that Black would have been able to attack. After all, Southampton would have a chance of winning by doing so.

Then Blackburn really came out in the second half...

Ji Ya was overjoyed.

Allardyce looked at Ji Ya above Qiqing from a distance, and felt extremely depressed in his heart—just such a guy who can't hide his face, can use tactics to make himself suffer, is there still justice, is there still law? ?

But no matter how great Allardyce's resentment was, it couldn't stop the fact from happening.

Blackburn's attack did not score a goal. Instead, in the No.701 minute of the game, Schneiderlin made a wonderful long pass from the backcourt. After the ball, he broke into the penalty area and shot low, scoring the only goal of the game!

One to zero, Southampton defeated Blackburn in the away game, taking a solid step towards the final!

"I have to say that I was tricked by Kiya tactically. I was very angry at first, but then I was relieved. This is football, if you underestimate your opponent, you will be punished. I thought I did not underestimate. Southampton, in fact, still underestimated, but there is still a second leg and we will try to get a victory at St Mary's Stadium."

As a veteran coach of the Premier League, Allardyce still showed his own demeanor in the press conference after the game, and Ji Ya also looked very respectful: "Allardyce is my predecessor, he has a lot of experience in the Premier League. I have rich experience, I am in the dark, it is nothing to take advantage of, the second round is the key game."

Ji Ya's attitude has gained another wave of favor, but it is obvious that many people don't know that Ji Ya's high profile will only be shown when he is in the upper hand.

This is actually less Chinese than British.

Kiya, who had tasted the sweetness of defensive counterattack, also adopted defensive counterattack tactics in the first round of the championship southern final three days later, which also made Milton Keynes quite uncomfortable. After all, Southampton in the league previously relied on The fierce offense defeated Milton Keynes [-]-[-], and now they are playing a defensive counterattack?

The unsuitable result made Milton Keynes's performance quite chaotic, so although Southampton did not do very well in the counterattack, they still defeated their opponents [-]-[-] in the away game and seized the opportunity of the two rounds of the game!

"Is Southampton going to change the way they play?" Many reporters have asked questions in their columns.

But most people don't believe it...