I brush achievements in football

Chapter 740 A Long Competition

"The ball... the ball went in! What a fantastic goal! Du Yue started dribbling the ball from the right side of the penalty area, passed two opponents in a row, and then extended Southampton's lead with a beautiful curve ball! Du Yue scored twice! Southampton leads [-]-[-] at home! Listen to the cheers from the stands! He is the Saint of Southampton!"

Amid the narrator's shouts, Du Yue rushed to the stands, and then slid and knelt down.

He rarely celebrates in such a fierce way, but this goal is indeed very exciting!

And this goal also dealt a big enough blow to Arsenal.

It's okay to fall behind by two goals. The key is that such a wonderful goal is really a blow to morale.

This prevented Arsenal from getting any good chances in the rest of the first half. Instead, Southampton had the opportunity to expand the score again in stoppage time. Grealish broke into the penalty area and shot from the far corner in a counterattack. , If he had given the ball to Vardy who followed up in the middle, the goal would have been scored.

But even so, the situation of falling behind by two goals made Arsenal very bad.

After all, compared with Southampton, their overall performance is much worse.

They were already at a disadvantage in the first half. It is indeed a bit difficult to expect them to launch a counterattack in the second half.

During the intermission, Ji Ya emphasized the need to control the midfield, continue to entangle with the opponent, launch a counterattack if there is a chance, and don't give the opponent too many opportunities.

Because there is not much room for adjustment, it has become a very important thing to continue to entangle the opponent.

As for Arsenal, they really have nothing else to do.

Soon after the start of the second half, Wenger replaced Mertesacker with Welbeck, changed into a four-four-two, and began to launch a strong attack.

"Are you not going to play Giroud at this time? Yes, he and Lacazette are both centers. Lacazette spent a lot of money on the club, but it was a mistake to buy this guy..." Ji Ya said I sighed in my heart.

Arsenal's performance in the past two years is not good, and there is not much planning for Wenger's purchase, and there is also a certain connection.

Facing Arsenal's desire to launch a fierce offense, Southampton relied on counterattacks to constantly contain Arsenal's offense and slow down the rhythm of the game.

The possession of the ball by both sides in the midfield slowed down the rhythm of the game unconsciously.

Of course Southampton has no objection to this. After all, they are leading by two goals, and Arsenal can't stand it up and down.

Under such circumstances, Arsenal began to try to launch an offense, but Southampton's counterattack began to be sharper.

Valverde's pass gave Vardy a chance. His turn shot in the penalty area was confiscated by Cech. After a few minutes, Du Yue passed to Vardy. Vardy responded cleverly and followed up. Valverde shot directly without stopping the ball, but the ball hit the crossbar hard and popped out of the baseline!

Seeing that his own attack still failed to achieve any effect, Lacazette was completely submerged in the opponent's defense line during the attack. Wenger had no choice but to use up the remaining two substitutions. Erhir replaced Xhaka, Giroud replaced Lacazette, and Arsenal continued to attack.

With a big center like Giroud in the penalty area, Arsenal's offense is much more targeted. After all, there is Giroud in the penalty area, and the passes are more targeted.

However, Southampton's defense is still quite stable, and their counterattack is also quite sharp.

No. At 706 minutes, Southampton even almost expanded their lead again. After a beautiful counterattack, Grealish sent a beautiful direct pass. Vardy got rid of Monreal and formed a single knife. Unfortunately, this Normally single-handedly, Vardy pushed the shot and missed.

Vardy, who missed this opportunity, seemed very regretful. Ji Ya replaced Valverde with Sancho to strengthen the speed in the counterattack, but the effect of this substitution was not very good. Arsenal's control of the midfield, Still very strong.

Although the effect in the counterattack was not very good, Southampton's defense successfully helped the team win the game. Arsenal did not complete a goal until stoppage time. Sanchez forced a breakthrough and passed in. Giroud Going ahead of Maguire and shaking his head to attack the goal, Gulacci couldn't make a save. However, this goal was just to make Arsenal's loss less ugly.

Two to one, Southampton won a difficult game and also won the last game before the Club Cup.

"I am very happy to win this game...Although it was difficult to win, the facts have proved that our strength is still quite good. There are many more strong teams in the league this season, but we can always win, which is enough It explains something... Next we will go to participate in the Club World Cup, and winning the Club World Cup four times in a row is of course our goal."

At the post-match press conference, Ji Ya answered this way, while Wenger expressed regret for the result of the game, and at the same time emphasized that Arsenal will still not give up...

Everyone doesn't care about this anymore, and those media with ulterior motives are still attacking Wenger, thinking that he has begun to hinder Arsenal's progress and development.

Ji Ya could only sigh at this.

In fact, the Southampton team did not have any other free time. After winning this game, they concentrated as a team, and then went directly to London to fly to the United Arab Emirates.

The only good thing is that in order to ensure the rest of the players, the Southampton Club chartered a flight to the UAE this time to prepare for the Club World Cup, and Southampton's substitutes are already waiting in the UAE.

On the plane, Kiya knew the result of the last game of this round, which was the Manchester derby.

This Manchester derby was also quite hot. Lukaku and Delph were sent off successively during the game, and the two sides also received a total of six red cards...

David Silva scored first for Manchester City in the first half, and Rashford evened the score in the second half. However, Otamendi's header scored Manchester City to win the Manchester derby. After this game, Manchester United's hopes of winning the title are basically dashed, because they have fallen behind Southampton and Manchester City by as much as nine points, and on top of that, they have also lost to Manchester City and Southampton respectively.

Although they only lost one goal, it is obvious that Manchester United does not have the strength to continue to hit the championship in such a game...

"It's a good thing, one less opponent to win the championship." Ji Ya muttered.

He still regrets Manchester City's victory. After all, if Manchester United can stop Manchester City, it will certainly be more beneficial to Southampton.

Now it seems that this season, there will really be a long competition.

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