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For Southampton, beating Sporting Lisbon away is a good warm-up, because they will meet Manchester City next in the league.

Manchester City has been a bit high this season. Under the leadership of Guardiola, they won six consecutive victories at the beginning, seemingly unstoppable, but then they lost and tied, and were directly defeated by Southampton. Dayton went ahead by a point. Under such circumstances, Guardiola naturally began to feel a certain amount of pressure.

Especially the [-]-[-] temperless loss to Tottenham, where Kane was absent, caused Manchester City to be criticized a little bit, thinking that if they played against ordinary teams, they would be ineffective against strong teams.

Compared with Southampton, which defeated Manchester United and Arsenal successively, they appear to be even less confident.

In the case of a draw and a loss, Manchester City seems to have no confidence in the face of the menacing Southampton who just surpassed them.

Although Manchester City won a championship in the league before, but after that, they began to be suppressed by Southampton. In the next four seasons, Southampton won three league championships, only halfway through. Chelsea stole one, but after that, Southampton regained the league title with a result that everyone feared.

Who wouldn't be afraid of such an aura?

And Guardiola is now constantly testing his new tactics.

From four-two-three-one to four-three-three, and then to the last round of three-four-three, Guardiola has been seeking to find a balance in the current lineup, but this is also his characteristic, because the start of his coaching career is so smooth Therefore, he has always liked to experiment with various lineups to determine his own tactics.

Even when facing Southampton, he will have his own ideas.

"Your lineup, I really didn't expect it."

Kiya said to Guardiola during the handshake before the game.

"I didn't expect you to use such a formation..." Guardiola also said helplessly.

It has to be said that both of them are making trouble at this time.

The timing of this incident seems unreliable, but it is necessary to think about it carefully. After all, the two sides happen to be the top two, and the season has just started. Even if they cause trouble at this time, it will not really affect their performance and overall result.

Guardiola sent a three-four-two-one lineup in this game, which is actually a variant of three-four-three. The goalkeeper Bravo, the three defenders are Kolarov on the left, Stones on the right, and Kompany. In the center, the midfielders are Fernandinho and Gundogan near the middle, Sane and Sterling are on both sides, and the two attacking midfielders are David Silva and Navas. Aguero comes forward .

Ji Ya sent a three-five-two formation-goalkeeper Gulac, Van Dijk dragged back, Maguire served as left center back, Rudiger right center back, and the two wings of the midfield were Cancelo and Chilwell. Hoybil and Phillips lagged behind, De Bruyne stepped forward, Vardy and Du Yue played double forwards, Dembele and Coutinho both sat on the bench.

Last season, Ji Ya used the formation of [-] or [-] a few times, but soon he didn't use it that way. When he used it at this time, Guardiola immediately fell into contemplation.

The biggest problem with Southampton's overall lineup this season is their striker line. Although there are still five forwards, Grealish and Coutinho can only play in rotation, so when the striker line needs to be adjusted, at most it is Either Vardy is on or Du Yue is on. Dembele has no substitute. Although De Bruyne can also play this position, it is still a bit reluctant.

Now, Southampton can completely charge forward with two forwards in the first half and change to three forwards in the second half, whether it is a change in tactics or the thickness of the bench.

Thinking of this, Guardiola couldn't help admiring Ji Ya. Strictly speaking, his lineup has always had some flaws, but Ji Ya can always make up for this flaw in various ways.

In such a change, Southampton obviously took advantage of it.

Their central defender can go up and deal with the opponent's two attacking midfielders. At the same time, Cancelo and Chilwell are obviously more offensive and defensive than Sane and Sterling. Sane and Sterling They are all very good players, but what they are good at is offense, not defense.

So shortly after the start of the game, Southampton gradually formed an advantage on the wing, and then led by De Bruyne, gradually suppressed Manchester City, and then continued to attack, looking for opportunities.

However, Manchester City's defense has improved a lot. Although the three defenders have natural defects in the two ribs, but with Fernandinho's replacement in the midfield, it is not a big problem. At the same time, the three defenders have good defensive ability and keep resisting With Southampton's attack.

However, Southampton still found opportunities through continuous passing and breakthroughs in the first half. After Du Yue drew the side, he made a two-for-one cooperation with De Bruyne, and then passed it to Cancelo. Cancelo sent With a beautiful ground pass, Vardy slashed forward, and before Kompany made up for it, he made a steady kick and shot the ball into the gate guarded by Bravo.

"it is good!"

Ji Ya yelled, then stood up from the coach's bench and clapped his hands. This is what he hoped to see. Although most of the time, the two center forwards can only play one, but the cooperation between them is quite good. Du Yue is a comprehensive shooter, and Vardy is also a comprehensive shooter. However, Du Yue's skills, breakthroughs and the ability to break through with the ball in a wide range are not possessed by Vardy. However, Vardy's center skills, ball skills, and support Ability is something that Du Yue doesn't possess. These two people can completely complement each other.

What Ji Ya didn't know was that he had created a problem for all the next head coaches of the England national team - while Kane and Du Yue were performing better and better, but the two of them were still a bit out of place in the England national team , On the contrary, as long as Vardy is on the court, any of his partners with Kane and Du Yue will work very well.

This caused a headache for the head coach of the England national team. Kane later became the symbol of the England national team striker. His background, characteristics, and even appearance are the ones that England fans love the most, but Du Yue's performance But they can be called the best forwards in the world. Neither of these two people can be placed on the bench.

With these two strikers, if they do not perform well, it must be that the head coach will not use them.

So at that time, the position of head coach of the England national team became more and more like a crater...although it has always been.

This can be regarded as a hole that Ji Ya dug for others invisibly.