I brush achievements in football

Chapter 769 You can plan for a rainy day 1

On March 30, in the No.[-] round of the league, Southampton challenged Newcastle away, and Manchester City played away against Stoke City.

Stoke City is now ranked nineteenth, but there is still hope of relegation. Newcastle is a bit surprising. They are ranked No.16-only two points ahead of the relegation zone...

As a mid-range team, Newcastle's performance this year can be said to be quite poor, which also caused their head coach Benitez to suffer a lot of criticism, but he still has some ability to organize and build teams, so So far, his position is quite secure.

However, Benitez is obviously not very good at using certain players. As a Spanish coach, he put Merino, who was loaned from Dortmund, on the bench, and then loaned high center forward Mitrovic to Fulham. The key is that Newcastle's offense is also average now, and the midfield is also lacking in organization. If it is so bad that it will be relegated, it is estimated that his position will not be stable.

In this game, he sent a [-] lineup, intending to entangle with Southampton at home and try to win the game. Even if he can't win, it is good to get a point.

Benitez is a master of tactical details, but in Ji Ya's opinion, his ability to form a team is a bit weak, so even if his tactical details are well arranged, it is useless without suitable players to implement them.

At the same time, his tactics rely too much on the fit of the players. This is also the key to his poor performance after leaving Liverpool, whether in Inter Milan or Real Madrid. Instead of preparing other suitable tactics, he forced the players to implement them. Not to mention the bad results and effects, the players themselves played awkwardly. He offended almost all the players in Inter Milan and Real Madrid. It was no accident.

Under such circumstances, Newcastle's players are actually obedient, but it is difficult for them to reflect Benitez's tactical thinking. Under such circumstances, their results are average, which is naturally normal.

If Southampton had rotated many players in this game, Benitez might still have some chances of winning, but in this game, Ji Ya sent almost all of his main players...

Benitez wants to swear - we are fighting for relegation, can you do this?

In fact, Ji Ya really did it on purpose. In his opinion, Newcastle, a team with certain strength but slipped to the relegation zone, should not be underestimated at this time.

Otherwise, they might make themselves regret it.

Ever since, after encountering Southampton, who was attacking with all their strength, Newcastle lost like a mountain even if they were at home.

In the game, Southampton had the advantage in the midfield from the very beginning of the game. This was what Benitez tried to avoid. But with the abilities of Newcastle's current group of players, it is completely impossible to achieve good results.

If this kind of pressing interference can be done well, that is of course good, but if it only achieves 70.00%, then it is the same as not doing it.

If there are some loopholes, it means that there are loopholes everywhere.

Under such circumstances, Southampton quickly established a midfield advantage, and then began to continuously attack to score goals.

Vardy opened the scoring for Southampton. After receiving a cross from Du Yue, he swooped in and scored the team's first goal.

And just 5 minutes later, Vardy reciprocated the ball and passed it to Du Yue on the edge of the penalty area. A beautiful arc kicked out of the inside of the foot, directly bypassing the goalkeeper's outstretched hand, and plunged into the dead corner of the goal.

The pair of striker partners both scored goals, making Southampton's next game more comfortable.

Their constant possession of the ball and constant confrontation wear down the opponent's will to play, and at the same time they are constantly looking for an advantage to expand the score again.

The two main forwards were replaced by Ji Ya shortly after the start of the second half. However, the performance of the two substitute forwards was also quite good. He crossed the ball without greed, and Alai, who followed up, easily pushed the empty goal and scored.

After falling behind by three goals, Newcastle began to deploy troops frequently, including Merino was also replaced. Of course, in such a chaotic situation, it does not make much sense for a player to play.

However, Merino's performance made Ji Ya's eyes shine.

This player who has only turned 22 at the end of this season has quite good physical fitness. He is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 83 kilograms, which makes him not at a disadvantage when facing Southampton players. , he is also a very good player who plays the ball from behind, and his role is a bit like Professor Busquets, holding the ball, defending, distributing the ball, organizing...

If such a player is used well, he can also become the pinnacle of a team.

It's just that after he joined Dortmund last season, he had almost no chance, and he was loaned to Newcastle this season, and he didn't have much chance.

It's not that Tuchel and Benitez are bad, but because such a player actually needs space and targeted training and tactics, and then let him slowly develop his own level.

Neither Dortmund nor Newcastle have this environment.

What Dortmund needs now is to train good players immediately in exchange for money. Of course, they have no patience for players like Merino who have certain strength but need to be patiently cultivated for a long time. As for Newcastle... Benitez doesn't use this kind of player very much It is also true that the only player he has coached who is close to Merino's characteristics is Alonso, but what kind of character is Alonso, a real top player, far from what Merino can match now.

"Maybe after the season is over, I can pick a cheap one." Ji Ya thought silently in his heart.

Southampton's midfielders are all about the same age. Although their characteristics have begun to be differentiated, after two years of performance, there will probably be some players who feel that they should have more opportunities to play and choose to leave. It is also a good choice to cash out a fortune at the right time, and then introduce a few players with similar strength at a low price.

Just when Ji Ya was thinking this way, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. Southampton beat Newcastle [-]-[-] in the away game, continuing their winning streak.

And this is the beginning of their sprint phase.