Father Green

Chapter 126: The standard posture for a weak team to beat a strong team?

It's not that Moyes thinks highly of Charlotte and his Southampton team, but he still wants to avoid the edge for the time being.But the thickness of Everton's bench really can't support two-line combat, especially now at the most critical moment at the end of the season.

Everton's current camp is full of "old, weak, sick and disabled". Distin, Saha, Tim Cahill, Harman, Phil Neville are all veterans over 30 years old, and Ross Barkley and Rodwell are still too young and immature.

The powerful players Barnes, Heitinga and Jagielka are all injured.
This is also the eternal pain in Moyes' heart after he started to be the head coach. His team will always be short of major generals. There are only a few core pillars and players on loan to form a lineup. Well, it's even more pitiful.

Goodison Park Stadium, this stadium with a capacity of [-] is no longer considered a small stadium in the Premier League.In the era when it was first built, it was definitely a part of the luxury stadium camp in England.It is the first stadium in England to have stands on all sides, and it is also the first stadium in England to use a geothermal heating system.

But nowadays, it can only be regarded as an average stadium. The only thing it is better than Southampton's home St. Mary's Stadium is that its capacity is 1 higher.

In this area, their rivals Liverpool's Anfield Stadium is the well-deserved king.

When he first arrived at Goodison Park, Charlotte saw the densely packed names engraved on the cross-section of the stone slab.Those are the names of Everton's most loyal fans. The family that can engrave their names on this slate must be the most recognized and loyal Everton fans. This is the Hall of Fame for Everton fans.

Charlotte stepped on the lawn under her feet. It is said that there are many ashes of die-hard fans scattered underneath.

In Charlotte's view, these are the traditional culture of English football. The development of professional football in England does not lie in their professional path, but in the fact that they have formed football into a culture and an emotion.

For this game, Charlotte naturally sent young players.Icardi, Sterling, Pogba and others played one after another. Even the central defender partners are Mustafi and Bruma. Only Ter Stegen and Adam Lallana played in the main lineup.

German central defender Mustafi has imagined himself on the lawn of this stadium thousands of times in his dreams. He has had thousands of fantasies about the way he made his debut in this stadium. The opponent's starting game may be to lock the victory in advance and then go out to exercise, or it may be that after generals such as Jagielka and Heitinga were injured, they came off the bench to make up for the vacancy.

But in these scenarios, he never imagined that the first time he set foot on this court would be as an opponent.
On the other side, Everton also chose a starting lineup dominated by young players, such as Ross Barkley, Rodwell and Eric Dier on loan from Portugal's Sporting Lisbon.

Before the game, Charlotte and Moyes shook hands friendlyly, and the relationship between the two parties is relatively harmonious. After all, it was Moyes who made the decision to sell Mustafi to Southampton at the beginning of the season.

When Charlotte shook hands, he joked to Moyes that he hoped Moyes could sell Ross Barkley to Southampton, and Moyes rolled his eyes.

Recently, he is struggling with Rodwell's transfer rumors, why are you Southampton here to join in the fun.
But Charlotte is indeed joking, even if he wants to introduce Ross Barkley, the transfer fee cannot satisfy Everton, and the current Southampton is not attractive to Barkley.

Everyone knows that Everton has two talented players, one is Rodwell, who has attracted the attention of Manchester United and Manchester City, and the other is Ross Barkley, who is two years younger than Rodwell.

These two can be called the Everton twin stars, but Toffee regards them as treasures.Even now it is rumored that Manchester City and Manchester United want to poach Rodwell, but Everton does not want to let him go.
Charlotte was joking, but Everton was real.

As soon as the game started, Everton, who was at home, launched an offensive.Although it is Everton's substitute lineup, it is also a substitute for the Premier League team. Naturally, Southampton in the English Championship is not considered.

"Ross Barkley dribbled the ball beautifully, passed Luke Shaw easily, and made a cross!!"

"Oh, it's a pity that Geye is so tall!"

"Rodwell grabbed the football under Florenzi's feet. He is indeed Everton's youth talent. The Italian can't pass his level."

"Veteran Osman shot!! He was caught by Ter Stegen. You have a genius, and I have a genius. The German goalkeeper who just turned 19 this year is already Southampton's main goalkeeper."

"Mustafi! Carrying Torge, but his turn is too slow. The German central defender came from the Everton youth team. Since he was not called up by the first team for a long time in the Toffees, he chose to join last summer. This is also his first appearance at Goodison Park, but it is a pity that he is the opponent in this game."

Throughout the first half, Ter Stegen became the busiest person in the game. His high catch and low block made the team not concede a goal in the half, and he shouted loudly to remind his teammates and command the defense. Dixon Park Stadium.

Watching Ter Stegen's half-time performance, Everton assistant coach John Carver said to Moyes: "Didn't you always want to find a successor for Howard? I think this German kid is good, as everyone knows Germany have good goalkeepers."

Moyes shook his head: "That young man won't sell, he is an ambitious guy, you know, he just asked me if Ross would sell."

"We're a Premier League team, I don't believe that doesn't appeal to the Germans."

Moyes said with a smile: "After this summer, the Saints will also be a Premier League team."

Carver shook his head with a smile and said nothing.

During the intermission, Charlotte told the team to seize the opponent's middle to make a fuss. Today, the opponent's starting central defender is the inexperienced Eric Dale, and the other is the veteran Distin.Such a starting combination may seem to be a perfect partner for the old and the young, but although Dell is an Englishman, he grew up in the Portuguese youth training system since he was a child. He still needs to adapt to English football, not to mention his talent. .

As for Distin, the French veteran is good at everything, but he is old, which leads to his slow turning and slow speed, and at the same time, his body movements can no longer keep up with his own brain thinking.

In order to seize this loophole of the opponent, Charlotte made substitution adjustments after the start of the second half. The young Pogba was replaced by center Harry Kane.

At the same time, Florenzi on the front midfielder returned to the central midfielder position to partner with Jack Cork, Lallana and Sterling were on one side, and Harry Kane and Icardi served as double center forwards one after the other.

After seeing Charlotte change, Moyes frowned instead.Logically speaking, the correct posture for this kind of small team to play against a strong team should be to defend and counterattack. What the hell is it that you remove a midfielder and replace it with a center after halftime?

Although Everton is not a top team in the Premier League, they are already a super team for Southampton in the British Championship.

When the game came to the full 5 minutes, Moyes finally saw Charlotte's plan.

In the second half of the game, his opponent Southampton changed his previous passivity and chose to take the ball to take the initiative to attack.And gave up their advantageous side attack, but chose the center attack.

Although Lallana's position is the right winger, he chooses to cut inside every time after getting the ball. It is better to say that he is a midfielder.The wing corridor on the right was handed over to the young player Luke Shaw. Moyes didn't know where the opponent's confidence came from, and he handed over the offense and defense of one side to a 16-year-old teenager.

What Moyes didn't notice was that Jack Cork's position was relatively late, and he always moved to the right, maintaining a reasonable position with Luke Shaw. It is conceivable that once Luke Shaw lost his position, he would It will be added immediately.

Charlotte is naturally aware of Luke Shaw's characteristic that he can't come back once he presses it up, so it's impossible not to be on guard.Although the coaching staff has been correcting Luke Shaw's bad habit during training, the effect is not significant so far.

After understanding Charlotte's calculation, Moyes also planned to make adjustments.He intends to let Rodwell, who is a central midfielder, retreat a little and go to the position of the midfielder to help the team defend in the second half of the center.

But before his order was issued, the situation on the court changed suddenly.

Florenzi and Sterling's beautiful two-to-one opened the gap, and then Sterling made a wonderful pass to cut to Lallana on the midfielder in the middle.

Lallana turned around with a beautiful pull to get rid of Rodwell's entanglement, and then kicked a cross.

In the penalty area, Icardi has already stood in his position. After seeing Lallana take the ball, he immediately took off to compete for the top.

The 35-year-old veteran Distin behind him couldn't keep up with the young Pampas Eagle in physical confrontation, and finally lost in the top battle.

With his back to the attacking direction, Icardi tapped the football with his forehead.Harry Kane suddenly went around behind Dell, raised his leg to win the ball and shot directly.

The distance of the shot was too short, and the reaction time left for the veteran Howard was too short. In the end, the American goalkeeper could only watch the football fly into the gate he was guarding.

After seeing the ball go in, Charlotte waved her arms excitedly.

Icardi rushed over and hugged Harry Kane's head, which made Harry Kane a little dissatisfied because he felt that the Argentine messed up his hairstyle, and the subsequent players rushed forward.

The players of Southampton celebrated at Goodison Park. The wonderful feeling of being able to score a goal against a strong Premier League team is beyond the reach of ordinary Championship players.

West Bromwich Albion, which Southampton encountered before, is not at the same level as Everton. The former represents the mid-to-lower level of the Premier League, and the latter represents the mid-to-upper level of the Premier League.

After the game restarted, Moyes also made changes.He was very dissatisfied with the team's offense, so he replaced the Dutch winger Drenthe on loan from Real Madrid.

Moyes hopes that the former European Youth Championship genius can bring some new changes to the team, and wants to rely on his dribbling and impact to revitalize the team's offense.

But the Scots are destined to be disappointed. Drenthe, who has experienced the dark period of Real Madrid, is no longer the Dutch genius he used to be. It is rumored that he was booed by the home fans of the Bernabeu because of his mental problems.

Playing nearly 10 minutes, Drenthe did not have any outstanding performance.Although there were several good high-speed breakthroughs with the ball, they all ended without a problem in Southampton's fierce steals.

Charlotte knows Drenthe's weakness, so defending the Dutch is not a problem, not to mention that what Drenthe is afraid of is exactly what England players are good at.

When the game came to No. 80 minutes, Moyes didn't care so much. If this continues, his team will be eliminated by a Championship team.

Although I have decided to give up the FA Cup, being eliminated by a Championship team is always a very shameless thing.In his mind, the encounter with Chelsea in the semi-finals is a good opportunity to "surrender". As for Liverpool?As long as Everton meets Liverpool, there is no need to say anything, even pre-war mobilization, just do it! !
So Moyes made adjustments again, and he replaced a center forward, the Nigerian striker Anishbe from Everton's youth training.

Charlotte looked at the time and made substitution adjustments.He replaced striker Mauro Icardi with Wanyama and then Lallana with Schneiderlin.

Everyone can see that this is Charlotte's advantage in defending a goal. After all, the game has come to the No. 80 second minute of the game, and Southampton has already seen the hope of victory.

Of course, changing people now can waste a lot of time.

But Charlotte soon paid the price for his conservative style of play. Drenthe, who has not shown much, chose to pass the ball when the breakthrough failed.

After getting the ball, Rodwell did not choose to pass the ball to Barkley as usual, but he rarely dribbled the ball forward.

This sudden change disrupted Southampton's defense. After all, the previous defensive forces had been arranged, and Rodwell appeared at this time, which caught them by surprise.

Wanya immediately came to defend Rodwell, and when the opponent chose to break through, he had no choice but to choose to bring him down.

The referee immediately blew the whistle, gave Wanyama a yellow card after he had just played, and then gave Everton a direct free kick in the frontcourt.