Father Green

3 Chapter Thirty: A New Europa League Record

Sturridge received the football elsewhere. Since Southampton was defending a quick counterattack launched by a wave of set kicks, Chelsea's backcourt defense was not in place yet, which gave Sturridge plenty of time.

The England Black Swan can also adjust the ball, and then looked at the opponent's goalkeeper Petr Cech.Petr Cech is already in position, he seals the near corner and is wary of the opponent playing the far corner.

Sturridge kicked the football out with his legs. Cech was about to throw it out but found that the route of the ball was wrong. Hit the door.

Not like hitting the door? ? !

Cech thought of a possibility, and he immediately yelled at Azpilicueta at the top of the midfield penalty area: "Be careful!!!"

It's just that Cech's reminder came too late. Icardi had already bypassed Azpilicueta. The Argentine received the ball behind the Spanish full-back and did not adjust but shot directly with his legs.

Cech threw himself out, but he didn't hit the football, because the ball was faster than he expected. His palm brushed past the football, and the black and white football hit the net inside the goal in a daze. , with a white spray.

"goooooooal!!!!!!"

"The goal was scored!! Icardi gave Southampton the lead in this important final. This goal is very important for the Saints. Southampton, who took the lead, has more options to face Chelsea."

"Worthy of being the vanguard of the Saints, he made the first victory for the Saints at the beginning of the game! It is worth noting that this is the No. 16 goal scored by Icardi in the Europa League this season. He surpassed Last season, Colombian center Falcao set a record of [-] goals in a single season in the Europa League, setting a new record for the Europa League goalscoring list!!"

"Last season we saw Tiger Falcao go on a rampage in the Europa League and finally set a Europa League record, and then he moved to Atletico Madrid. This season we have Mauro Icardi, so he will Will he leave Southampton too? It is said that Inter Milan is very interested in him."

After the goal, Icardi and Sturridge had a passionate hug. He knew that Sturridge could have done the ball just now.First of all, his shooting skills are very good, and secondly, as the player with the most goals in the team, he has the right to fire unlimitedly within the range.

But in order to support his scoring chances, the opponent still chose to pass the ball to himself, which deserves a lot of thanks.

"Sturridge and Mauro Icardi!! Hmmm. Looks like they do have chemistry!"

When Southampton celebrated the goal, Benitez pulled Lampard to the sidelines: "Tell them not to worry, keep playing like this. It's just a goal conceded, we still have plenty of time."

Lampard was very surprised, just conceded a goal?This kind of performance doesn't look like what the Jagged Blues should have, does it?
Although he was a little upset, he nodded his head as a professional player should have the qualities.

Charlotte looked at Benitez, not knowing what the Mediterranean bald and fat man said to Lampard just now.But when the game resumed, he watched Chelsea's performance on the pitch and understood.

I just wanted to keep going.
Charlotte shrugged. Anyway, we are leading, so we are afraid of running into trouble with you?But this kind of dry consumption is obviously not Charlotte's style. He decided to sprinkle some "seasoning" to make the game more exciting.

At a chance of a dead ball, he pulled Sturridge over: "You look for the bad luck of the opponent's two central defenders, and Mauro will give you way. Don't be stingy with your physical fitness. The Europa League is not your main goal. It’s the league, I want you to spend half the time to wear down the stamina of the opponent’s central defender for nearly 10 minutes!”

Sturridge nodded. Charlotte had already told him that his focus this season was the league, and being the starter in this game was also a tactical requirement.But before his boss told him that he only had 45 minutes in this final, because he still needs to save his physical fitness and state to deal with the last league game this weekend.

Now Sturridge ranks first in the scorer list, but his goals are just 29.There is still one game left in the league, and Charlotte hopes that he can also score in the last game.Refreshing the number of league goals this season to [-] goals, who in the Premier League can score more than [-] goals in a single season is unknown?
So Sturridge also very much agrees with his boss's plan. The scoring records of Andy Cole and Alan Shearer in a single season are probably hopeless, but the club's hope of scoring [-] goals is still very high. There is one ball left.

In the next time, everyone saw a scene.Sturridge is the most active player in the game. When he has the ball, he cuts in directly to trouble Terry and Ivanovic. Even when there is no ball, he likes to cut to the middle to fight Ivanovic Cardi forms a double center.

Lallana naturally understood his boss's plan, so he took the initiative to go to the wing to make up for the gap after Sturridge cut inside, and gave the space in the center to the two major shooters Sturridge and Icardi.

The Argentine striker was also happy to let Sturridge go up to take the lead, so he stayed behind Sturridge with peace of mind, and from time to time he cooperated with the opponent with the ball, or he made a sudden cold shot when he had a concealed opportunity.

At 29 minutes into the game, Terry felt a little strenuous.After all, his age is there, and his partner is Ivanovic, a defender who also does not turn fast, so it is easy to give the opponent's extremely fast Sturridge a chance.

After another big-foot clearance to resolve a crisis on his side, Terry signaled to Ramirez to retreat more to help. Although Mikel also helped defend in the backcourt, it was still a bit difficult.

After the Brazilian central midfielder retreated, Wanyama was not polite, and moved forward even further, pressing from the position of the defensive midfielder all the way to the position of the front midfielder, forming an oppression on the opponent's center.

When the game came to the No.307 minute of the game, Terry and Ivanovic were already a little bit powerless. Their consumption was particularly high in this game. When threatened, the two stood quietly in place to recover their physical strength.

Wanyama found a chance. When Sturridge took the ball and forced it into the opponent's middle, the football was cleared by Terry and kicked out of the penalty area.But the ball just landed at his feet, and the Kenyan beast waist was not polite, swiping his leg was a powerful long-range shot.

Mikel's outstretched foot did not block the football, and the football flew straight into the opponent's penalty area.Cech was ready to fight, and threw himself sideways. The ball was so powerful that he knew he couldn't keep it, so he chose to attack with both fists and hit the ball.

The football fell on the ribs of the penalty area, and Aubameyang, who followed up, immediately took a supplementary shot, but his shot was slightly higher, and the football flew out of the crossbar.

Chelsea's players all breathed a sigh of relief. They were under a lot of pressure during this period.Southampton is not an attacking team that maintains a high tempo, but slows down one by one, and the players are a little caught off guard, because you have no idea when the opponent slows down and when they start to speed up again.

The only thing they know is that as long as Sturridge, a former teammate, gets the ball, the speed will definitely increase.At the same time, they were also very surprised. They knew about Sturridge's situation very well.At the beginning, he couldn't get a chance to play in the Blues, so why did he become one of the top scorers as soon as he arrived in Southampton?

Charlotte took out her mobile phone from her trouser pocket, looked at the time and said to her assistant Wilkins, "It's almost there, let Kevin come back after warming up!"

Wilkins said suspiciously: "Don't you have to wait for the end of the first half?"

According to the general situation, many head coaches will choose the second half when making adjustments, and use the time of the intermission to arrange their tactics well.Especially when the first half has gone on for almost 10 minutes, this time is even more so.

Charlotte curled her lips: "Wait for the second half? Daniel managed to keep Terry and Ivanovic's physical energy consumption so low, is it possible that they can drink some sports drinks and eat some bananas during the intermission, and then rest for another 15 minutes? Are you full of stamina?"

Charlotte is naturally the focus on the sidelines, but every move is always shot to him, so the actions on the sidelines are naturally captured by the camera.

Zhan Jun jokingly said: "Well, it seems that the salary of the head coach is very good. It seems that Charlotte has changed her mobile phone."

How else can I say that Charlotte is a scheming bitch, since she has a watch on her wrist and doesn’t want to look at it, she insists on pulling out her phone to check the time, isn’t she just advertising her new phone?
But everyone's attention was quickly shifted, because at this time De Bruyne had taken off his training shirt and was standing neatly on the sidelines. Assistant coach Wilkins was holding the first St. Andrews The tablet explains tactics to the Belgian midfielder.

At this time, even Zhan Jun's attention was not on the tablet computer he hadn't seen before: "Charlotte is going to make a substitution adjustment? We saw that De Bruyne was already preparing to play, but the Saints are currently playing. Very good, I didn't see any need for substitutions, could it be possible that someone fought with injuries?"

"Hey, Southampton, which is leading by one goal, has to make a substitution adjustment first. This situation is a bit unexpected. But Charlotte never makes useless adjustments, so let's see what the substitution is like." Even Alan Hansen was very puzzled.