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The [-]-[-] lore against Chelsea was an extremely brilliant victory for Southampton.

This allowed them to consolidate their No. [-] position in the league, and at the same time caused Chelsea, which had a good momentum recently, to suffer a defeat. At the same time, in this round, although Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool all won, Manchester United and Tottenham both suffered. A draw, and sometimes the gap with other teams, is just like this a little bit widened.

If there are too many outstanding teams in a league, then there will be such consequences.

Only when you can grab more points against weak teams and lose the fewest points against strong teams at the same level can you have a greater probability of winning the league championship.

From this point of view, it is obvious that the most mature team now is Southampton.

Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool are second, while the Manchester duo and Chelsea still need to see how well coaches like Guardiola, Mourinho and Conte can do.

Southampton will usher in the fourth round of the Champions League next-home game against Sporting Lisbon. If they can beat their opponents, then their Champions League qualifying two rounds ahead of schedule is a certainty.

After all, they are now four points ahead of Sporting Lisbon, and if they win, they will be seven points. There are two rounds left, so they can qualify no matter what.

Of course, if there is a tie, then there will be a period of entanglement.

But thinking about the fact that they can hit each other three goals away, beating this opponent at home is simply a matter of no doubt.

It's just that football games can't be compared so simply. In that game, Southampton actually played quite well. Du Yue scored early, which made Southampton's next game very smooth.

If the now sober Sporting Lisbon uses a deadly defense to deal with Southampton in the away game, Southampton may not be able to easily gain enough advantage.

However, any game will not be smooth sailing, and Ji Ya will not naively think that he only needs to line up and wait comfortably for nine or ten minutes to receive a three-pointer...

This round of Real Madrid is an away game against Legia Warsaw, but considering that they defeated their opponent [-]-[-] at home in the last round, it should be easy to win this game.

Southampton and Real Madrid qualify two rounds ahead of schedule, which seems to be a normal thing for this group.

In this game, Ji Ya rotated some players. It is normal to do so. Before Southampton played against Manchester City and Chelsea in a row, this made the main players consume a lot of energy. Reluctantly letting them play will only make their performance change. worse.

Goalkeeper Romero, defenders Rudiger and Maguire, the two full-backs are Peters and Chilwell, midfielders Hoybier, DePaul and Prouse, forwards Grealish, Du Yue and Vardy.

This lineup obviously doesn't have that outstanding breakthrough ability, but in terms of running and grabbing points, it looks a lot better.

Ji Ya is clear that Sporting Lisbon is likely to adopt defensive and counterattack tactics when there is basically no hope of qualifying. It's center forward.

Vardy's value, under such circumstances, is enormous.

The same is true.

From the very beginning of the game, Sporting Lisbon launched a deadly defense in the away game. They knew that the possibility of their advancement was almost gone, but it was still possible to make trouble for the two strong teams.

And to do this is actually very meaningful. In the case of being doomed to be out, it is very important to leave a deep impression on the qualifying team. This is also one of the meanings of football itself. Of course, winning or losing is important. , But every season, there are only so many winners. If other teams have no goals, they can't just mess around like this. It is very important to have a small goal.

When Sporting Lisbon started to defend, their defense was quite good.

Southampton's offense suffered a lot of interference in front of their defense.

But under such circumstances, center Vardy began to show his value.

Twelve minutes into the game, Prouse distributed the ball to the right after receiving a pass from Du Yue, Peters passed the ball into the penalty area, Vardy took off from the back point, and then made a clever push Header lob, the ball flew over the goalkeeper's head, and then fell into the back of the goal...

One to zero!

"The goal was scored! Vardy broke the deadlock for Southampton! Although the number of appearances of this center has decreased this season, his efficiency has not declined. He scored two goals in four appearances in the league and scored two goals in two appearances in the Champions League. Scored a goal! Although it is not as good as Du Yue, who has scored [-] goals in various competitions, he still showed his value! It is a happy thing to have such two centers... "

In the chanting of the commentator, Vardy ran to the stands with open arms. He was very grateful to Kiya. When he was in poor form at the beginning of the season because of participating in the European Cup, Kiya did not give him The extra pressure, but to control his playing time well and adjust his state... If a head coach who is eager for quick success is replaced, he may have been thrown into the cold palace because of his poor performance during that period the...

After all, Ji Ya now has Du Yue who has begun to mature.

In fact, this is also the key to Ji Ya's ability to keep the team's emotions stable. In Southampton, whether it is the main force or the substitute, there is always their position, and Ji Ya can always adjust well. Their status, making them feel useful in their place.

Of course, there will always be players who are not satisfied, and the players who were satisfied before will continue to need more things as their status improves. At this time, Ji Ya will sell some players and introduce some new ones. Then restore the atmosphere of the whole team to a better state.

Such choices are key to the good mood in Southampton's squad.

After taking the lead, the situation of Sporting Lisbon is a little bit awkward.

After all, if you stick to it, you don't lose the ball to have the premise of sticking to it. Now that you lose the ball, what's the point of sticking to it?

If you continue to defend, your opponent will never be upset, and will just wait slowly to win the game smoothly.

So they can only be forced to attack.

The result was that Southampton continued to score goals more easily.

Before the end of the first half, Southampton scored the second goal through a series of passes, Vardy made the ball, Grealish broke into the penalty area and crossed, Du Yue easily responded with an empty goal to expand the lead.

Shortly after the start of the second half, Prouse's overhead kick allowed Du Yue to score twice.

In the end, Southampton also gave the opponent a [-]-[-] at home, qualifying two rounds ahead of schedule!