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Chapter 882 Southampton gradually regaining their status

Manchester United's recent state is indeed not bad. Although they lost to their city rivals Manchester City, it was just because Manchester City's smooth midfield possession just suppressed their performance, making them unable to use their power. But against other teams , Their midfield lethality is still great.

However, Manchester United has suffered a lot of injuries on the back line recently. Under such circumstances, it has also brought some troubles to their formation.

Especially in the central defender position, Bailly, Lindelof and Smalling are unable to play, so Mourinho can only choose to let Matic drop back to play the central defender, partner with Jones, and the right back is Ashley? Young, the left back is Luke Shaw, an old Southampton player. He suffered too many injuries in Manchester United. Although he is slowly recovering now, his performance is much worse than before-in terms of speed, he has already Not as sharp as it used to be.

The midfielder sent four midfielders, Fellaini, McTominay, Herrera and Pogba. This obviously violent midfielder was used to tear apart Southampton's midfield organization. The combination of Lukaku and Rashford.

"This guy still has a strong tactical vision. Using this kind of strong midfielder to tear our midfielder apart, I don't know if Kevin and the others can withstand it."

Ji Ya thought silently in his heart, although he has made up his mind to sacrifice some results to make the team run-in successfully, but under such circumstances, if the consecutive results are not good, it will also have a great impact on the team's fighting spirit and confidence. big impact.

Manchester United is already a bit down now. If they still lose to them, it will not only save Mourinho's life, but also greatly affect their mentality.

But at this time, Ji Ya can only choose to trust the players on the field.

After the start of the game, Manchester United really started a fierce press and confrontation in the midfield. They constantly interfered with Southampton's passing, and at the same time they would launch a fast break immediately after getting the ball.

The effect of this approach is also immediate. Southampton will even be forced to panic by Fulham using this tactic, let alone Manchester United...

So in just 3 minutes of the game, Manchester United created a good offensive opportunity. Herrera made a long pass from the backcourt. Chilwell, who retreated, made a header and made a mistake. The ball fell to Rashford's feet. Rashford De dribbled forward and then passed back with his heel in the penalty area. Maguire barely cleared the ball, but was blocked by Fellaini. The ball fell to the forward Lukaku. The Belgian immediately Take a shot!

Just when the Southampton fans were about to exclaim, Mendy made a wonderful save and narrowly blocked the ball sideways!

"Brilliant save! Mendy's save is really wonderful!"

In the chanting of the commentator, the game did not end - the ball saved by Mendy fell to the feet of Cancelo, the Portuguese immediately took the ball and started to counterattack forward, and then kicked the ball when he was close to the midfield. The ball was passed to De Bruyne.

De Bruyne turned around with the ball and sent a direct pass. Alvarez, who followed up, dribbled the ball and dunked it horizontally, and then shot decisively. The ball was slightly wide of the far post.

"The rhythm of the two sides is playing very fast! Will Southampton also change their style of play in this game?" The commentator shouted a little excitedly.

If both sides are playing fast break, then the rhythm of this game should be very fast, and if Southampton gives up the ball possession tactics, it will be a relief for other teams...

Obviously, they were thinking too much.

Although Southampton played very fast this time, after the game restarted, they quickly started to continue to attack with the ball and press high.

This kind of tactics is what they have always insisted on in the past. Although they have encountered some problems in re-running, they will continue to stick to it.

Manchester United continued to try to control the rhythm through pressing and fast attack. Amid the cheers of fans on both sides in the stands, the game began to get better.

United soon created another chance, and after a run of passes, Ashley Young took the ball down the right wing before forcing a shot, only to be physically blocked by Maguire.

"What an excellent central defender." Mourinho couldn't help sighing. He wanted to introduce Maguire in the summer, but Manchester United's management rejected him because Maguire's worth was too high. , Now seeing Maguire's majestic appearance on the court, Mourinho is even more upset.

But it seems a bit late to talk about this at this time.

After being attacked by Manchester United once, Southampton quickly launched an attack. They began to keep possession of the ball in the midfield. Even if Manchester United's players ran wildly to intercept, it did not affect their passing attack.

"The cooperation between Kevin and Rodri has gradually improved." Ji Ya said to Benelli with some relief.

"After all, they are all very good players. After such a long time, the tacit understanding has grown up." Benelli said.

On the field, De Bruyne pulled the ball past others, swayed Pogba, and then passed the ball beautifully to Rodri, who had just moved away from the opponent. Rodri did not stick the ball after receiving the ball, but It was a kick and passed to Grealish who ran out of space on the left.

Grealish started to dribble forward, and then passed the ball to Du Yue at the front of the penalty area. After receiving the ball, Du Yue turned around halfway, then took a step sideways, and shot decisively!

Matic rushed out in time and blocked the ball with his body.

The blocked ball fell to Alvarez's feet. He did not rush to continue the attack, but passed the ball to Valverde who came up to meet him. Valverde passed it back to De Bruyne, and Southampton resumed The organized attack began.

"This is a good rhythm." Ji Ya gave a thumbs up to the field. This kind of offensive method of getting the ball immediately and regaining control of the second wave of offensive organization is very common in the previous Southampton games, but this It's hard to see the season...

Being able to do it now shows that their organizational offense has indeed begun to improve.

Although it seems a bit late now, it is still a very happy thing to see the dawn at this time!

"Manchester United's midfield press is still very fierce, and their four midfielders can run and fight, it still depends on the specific performance in the future."

A commentator commented that Southampton resumed its offensive state, and many people may not want to see it...

On the field, Southampton's players are still passing the ball, patiently looking for opportunities, and they still control the ball under Manchester United's frenzied pressing.