I brush achievements in football

Chapter 848

Ji Ya led the team to Milan.

In the past few years, the number of times he has come to Milan is actually quite small. After all, in the past few years when Southampton has risen, the Milan duo has withered at the same time. They don’t even participate in the Europa League, so Southampton came to Milan There was only one time, and that was when they played in the Europa League. Southampton met Inter Milan in the knockout stage, and then won Inter Milan by three goals at home, and easily advanced in the away game.

However, the current Inter Milan has obviously begun to revive. Although it was difficult for them to get fourth in the league last season, their overall performance has been much better than previous years, and they have begun to restore their status as a strong team. status.

They have also begun to form a competitive team. The Argentine striker Icardi is becoming more and more mature, plus Perisic who joined from Southampton. The midfielder introduced Nainggolan from Roma this season. Miranda, Skriniar, De Vrij on the defensive line...these are all very good players.

Returning to the Champions League after many years, Inter Milan has great desire and fighting spirit for this game.

For Spalletti, the wolf pack tactics he is good at are still very easy to use in Inter Milan.

In this game, he fielded a four-two-three-one formation, with Handanovic in goal, Skriniar at right back, Asamoah on the left, and Miranda and De Vrij at center back. , midfielder Uruguayan Vecino and Brozovic partner double midfielders, Nainggolan advances, Perisic and Politano on the wings, and Icardi, wearing the captain's armband, advances.

This is obviously a very good lineup, basically they are all capable, and there are shooters like Icardi and top stars like Perisic and Nainggolan, the strength is really not bad.

Naturally, Ji Ya will not take it lightly in such a game. This group is a veritable death group. If he doesn't deal with it well, it will be a big joke if the defending champion is eliminated in the group stage.

What's more, Ji Ya still thinks about winning the Champions Cup six times in a row.

So in this game, even though the cooperation in the midfield is not too smooth, Southampton is still the best of the best - Inter Milan's defense and forward line are better, and the midfielder is relatively worse, even if Southampton The midfield run-in is not so good, and they can also be more comfortable on the court.

Goalkeeper Mendy, defenders Cancelo, Chilwell, Maguire, De Ligt, midfielders Valverde, Grealish, De Bruyne, Rodri, forwards Du Yue, Vardy.

This is basically Southampton's starting lineup. Although there are two newcomers in the midfield, and although more than half of them have only recently started training together, this lineup swept the entire Europe last season.

When the Southampton players played, although the Inter Milan fans booed, they would inevitably look at them with envy.

It is indeed worthy of envy - the honor created by such a team is even about to catch up with the century-old honor of Inter Milan...

You must know that Inter Milan has eighteen league titles, three Champions League titles, and three UEFA Cup titles. In the whole of Europe, that is also the first level of honor. However, although there are only five league titles in Southampton, there are five. A Champions League champion, and the same three Europa League champions, even if they are compared to the whole, they will not be far behind.

The honors obtained in just ten years can compare to the accumulation of a giant like Inter Milan over the past century.

It can be seen how surprising Southampton's honors over the years are.

After the game started, players from both sides quickly strangled into a ball on the field.

Spalletti knows that the overall strength of Inter Milan is still much worse than that of Southampton. Although they have some outstanding players, they are inferior overall, not to mention that they do not have De Bruyne and Southampton. Du Yue is such a top star.

Although Icardi is also an excellent striker, he can be compared with Du Yue, who has scored more than [-] goals in the Premier League for two consecutive seasons and has been the top scorer in the Premier League and the top scorer in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. I can't believe it myself.

De Bruyne can be called the number one midfielder in Europe. Although Southampton's midfielders are good, they are only at the Serie A level, which is nothing in Europe.

Under such circumstances, Inter Milan can only increase the running and pressing of the midfield, and then try to hit the ball directly to the frontcourt as much as possible, relying on the cooperation of the frontcourt players to launch the attack.

Both Perisic and Politano have a good ability to break through with the ball. Under such circumstances, their offensive threat in the frontcourt is not bad.

This is actually not an overall tactic, but Spalletti's choice to avoid reality.

Avoid the entanglement with Southampton's strongest link, focus on defense, and then rely on counterattacks and strikers' personal performance to deal with Southampton's relatively weak link.

This is typical Italian football thinking.

However, the reason why Italy's tactics have been marketed until now is very simple, because it is effective.

The two sides kept entangled on the field. Although Inter Milan's destructive style of play made Southampton's offense a little uncomfortable, it also greatly affected their own offense.

So although both sides seem to be constantly looking for opportunities, in fact, the opportunities created by Inter Milan are still much less.

On the contrary, Southampton's opportunities are less than usual, but all of them are more threatening.

Du Yue once received a direct pass from De Bruyne and formed a single goal. He passed Handanovic who was attacking, but he was already at a relatively small angle from the goal. Although Du Yue still kicked the ball towards the goal, he was caught. De Vrye, who returned to the goal, flew to clear the ball.

Vardy's header and Valverde's long-range shot were also blocked by Inter Milan's defenders or were saved by Handanovic.

Inter Milan's defense is still quite good, and several of their defenders are tall and quick-reacting defenders, with extremely stable positions and fairly slow reactions.

"The defenders of Inter Milan are indeed very good." Ji Ya couldn't help the football world.

Of course, this kind of admiration is nothing more than a sigh. For Ji Ya, he still has no need to envy the defenders of Inter Milan—the four central defenders of Southampton are also quite outstanding, all of them are tall and agile. Not a bad defender either.

The first half passed amid the constant destruction and confrontation between the two sides. In the entanglement on the field, Southampton had the advantage of possession and shots, but Inter Milan kept their goal.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Southampton and Inter Milan scored a goalless away game.