I brush achievements in football

Chapter 1163

West Ham United's ranking this season is so good, it really depends on their defense.

They have only scored 21 goals in 34 games. This number is at the bottom of the top ten, but their defense is really good. So far they have only conceded 25 goals. This number is also among the top, except Compared with Manchester City, which only conceded [-] goals, there is indeed a huge gap, and compared with other strong teams, the gap is not that big.

And being able to do such a good defense has a lot to do with Rice's performance. His running in the midfield can control the opponent's offense very well, and at the same time support his own offense, although it can be viewed separately It seems to be nothing special, but in fact, judging from all games, it has greatly helped the team.

However, Ji Ya doesn't care about this point. The overall help does not mean that this can be achieved in individual games. Moreover, given Southampton's overall strength advantage, Rice's gain is not particularly impressive. People care.

What's more, this game is Southampton's home game, and they can perform quite well in the away game, let alone the home game.

Although Southampton's home and away performances are similar, for West Ham United, the gap between their home and away performances is still obvious.

After round 21, West Ham United had 24 games at home. They scored [-] points with [-] wins, [-] draws and [-] loss. In the [-] away games, they scored [-] wins, [-] draws and [-] losses, with only [-] points. They scored [-] goals at home. Only eight goals were conceded, while the away game scored fourteen goals and conceded seventeen goals!

Under such circumstances, Southampton's home game is a considerable advantage.

The fact is also true. From the very beginning of the game, Southampton had the advantage in the midfield. Although West Ham United sent out a defensive formation of [-], it was still difficult for them to control their midfielder. Passively beaten.

However, under such circumstances, their defensive characteristics began to show. While protecting their own goal very well, they also did a good job in protecting the front of the penalty area and the two wings.

Facing the opponent's tight defense line, Southampton's players were not anxious, but continued to control the ball and launch an attack, patiently waiting for the opponent's defense line to show a flaw.

This kind of game can often be resolved with one to zero. West Ham United's average ability to score one goal in a game, on the contrary, their defense is really good.

For this, the Southampton players are already well prepared.

They passed patiently and waited for the opportunity. Occasionally, if the attack failed, they patiently returned to the defense and did not give the opponent too many opportunities.

West Ham United didn't dare to press too far forward, after all, Southampton's counterattack was also impressive. In this game, Ji Ya rotated a lot of players, but the players on the field were all able to respond, break through and get the ball. Players, the threat of counterattack is also quite large.

The two sides entangled all the way until the end of the first half. West Ham United managed to keep the goal without conceding. However, they did not have a particularly happy expression when they left the field, because they could sense that Southampton was entangled with them patiently. , and this kind of entanglement caused their state and physical fitness to drop very badly!

How long can they hold on to this almost watertight defense?

This is indeed a big problem.

Ji Ya praised the performance of the players in the midfield, and then asked to continue to control the ball and look for opportunities. He didn't say much, but everyone knew that such a tactic was indeed very effective, and it would not let The team is overdrawn too much.

In such a time of intensive competition, Southampton players not only want to win, but also try to win in a more labor-saving way when facing ordinary teams.

Of course, you can't do this against a strong team like Manchester United. Only by doing your best can you win safely, but against an opponent like West Ham United whose overall strength is actually slightly weaker, it is very important to do this.

After the start of the second half, the West Ham United knew that this was not going to work. They tried their best to launch some attacks, but they were still directly beaten back by the Southampton players. After regaining the ball, Southampton continued to play in the midfield. Constantly launching attacks, looking for flaws.

In the first half, Southampton actually created a lot of opportunities, but because of luck and the desperate defense and blocking of the West Ham players, they did not concede the ball, but this situation will not last for too long.

It is precisely because of this understanding that the West Ham United players have great worries.

Their worries are not groundless.

After suppressing the offense for a full 10 minutes in the second half, Southampton finally created a chance!

It was of course Du Yue who solved the problem for them.

After receiving the ball on the left side of the penalty area, Du Yue dribbled the ball laterally. Vinicius who ran on the left side and Vardy who ran on the other side involved a certain amount of defensive attention, but Du Yue began to dribble the ball directly inside. Cut to the restricted area!

Rice withdrew back in time and used his tall body to stop Du Yue in front of him. However, it is obvious that a young player like him often needs to learn a lesson before he can grow enough...

Du Yue gave him such a chance.

Facing Rice, who was filling in from the left, Du Yue raised his left foot and was about to break through from the direction Rice was rushing towards. It seems that his speed is fast enough, and Du Yue's extraordinary movement just now has been done in place, and it is almost impossible to pull it back.

However, Du Yue made an emergency stop, and stretched out his foot lightly to pull the ball back!

In this action, what he showed was his strong control over his body and his precise judgment of his opponent's mentality.

Rice couldn't react anymore, almost simply rushed past him just looking at Du Yue!

It wasn't until this time that he began to react. He finally knew why those people who were broken by Du Yue before always felt relaxed and let Du Yue go...

Indeed, Du Yue's grasp of the rhythm and the speed of the first movement can easily make the defender overreact, so that it will be difficult for the defender to react to his next second movement, and others seem to have no resistance Just like being broken through, only the player who was broken through by Du Yue knew how helpless he was at that moment.

Now Rice knows too.

Next, when Du Yue lifted the ball and scored the goal of West Ham United, there was deafening cheers from the stands, and the Southampton fans wildly celebrated this hard-won goal!