Football giants

Chapter 1064 No one loses to the saints
"Too much deception! It's simply too much deception!"

"They Southampton are simply deceiving people too much. Do you think we have no one at Chelsea?"

In the chairman's stand of Stamford Bridge Stadium, Abramovich shouted furiously.

Beside him, club chairman Bruce Barker and CEO Granovskia were silent and afraid to speak.

The reason why the Russian was so furious was because he saw Southampton's starting line-up.

The goalkeeper is Neuer, and the defense line from left to right is Luke Shaw, Nastasic, Stones and Chambers.

In the midfield, the combination of Kovacic, Tielemans and Oscar is discharged, and the frontcourt is a combination of Ravel Morrison, Harry Kane and Sturridge.

On the bench are Martial, Prouse, Patrick Roberts, Halilovic and other young players.

Judging from the lineup, Southampton is indeed on the second team, or even a combination of the second team and the youth team.

Except for one Neuer, he has never played the main force in other positions.

The defense is better. Stones, Nastasic, and Luke Shaw are all important rotation players in the Saints' defense this season.

However, in terms of pure strength, the starting lineup of the Saints is not bad.

Needless to say, Harry Kane, the chief center of the England national team, together with Sturridge and Ravel Morrison form the England national team's offensive combination.

Such a lineup is in the Saints, and any other team in the Premier League is at least at the core main force level.

Especially Harry Kane and Sturridge, they are both players who have scored double-digit goals in a single season in the Premier League. Their strength can be seen. As for Ravel Morrison, it is not difficult to see the level of this player from the fact that so many wealthy teams want to poach him.

In terms of midfield, Kovacic's strength is extraordinary, and even Real Madrid favors him. Oscar is a popular international player in the Brazilian national team and the core of the midfielder. Thielemans has just been selected for the Belgian national team. He is known as the most anticipated midfield rookie in Europe in the next ten years.

It should be said that the overall strength of the Saints starting lineup is not bad.

It's just that people are more irritating than others.

Abramovich was annoyed that the Saints played in such a second and third team, but Chelsea, who were playing at home, had to use their main force and had to face a big enemy, making it seem that they might not be able to kill their opponents.

You said, is it depressing or not?

Both Granovskia and Bruce Barker were bright in their hearts, but none of them dared to remind their boss.

"Get rid of them for me, be sure to kill them for me!"

Abramovich roared almost roaring, and he was about to go berserk.

Leaving aside the importance of the FA Cup to Chelsea today, as long as he thinks that if he loses this game, it will be tantamount to giving the Saints a perfect season of the Grand Slam, Abramovich will be so angry that he will spurt blood.

Anyone can win, except that they cannot be saints!
"Marina!"

"Boss!" Granovskia responded quickly.

If she hesitated a little at this time, she would just wait to be criticized.

"Tell Hiddink, you must win for me, kill them for me!"

"Understood!" Granovskia replied immediately, but secretly mourned for Hiddink in his heart.

You must win, but how can you win?
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With the whistle of the game, Chelsea, who took the lead in kicking off, immediately passed the ball to the backcourt.

As soon as the left back Baba Rahman received the ball, he saw Sturridge pressing towards him and directly passed it forward with a big foot.

The ball is obviously going to the frontcourt to find the team's forward Mandzukic, and the ball is passed very well.

But Saints central defender Nastasic grabbed ahead of Mandzukic, blocked the Croatian center behind him with a precise positioning, and then jumped high to clear the siege with a long pass with a header.

This wonderful clearance won a lot of applause in the Stamford Bridge Stadium.

Obviously, in this stadium tonight, there are also many Southampton fans present.

The first attack failed to pose a threat, and Chelsea quickly organized a second.

But this time after entering the 30-meter area of ​​Southampton, the middle road was blocked, and he had to choose to pass to the right.

Tielemans was on the right side of the penalty area, facing Chelsea's midfielder Charhanoglu, a calm interception, but he passed the ball, and abruptly broke the ball at Charhanoglu's feet.

After successfully stealing the ball, Tielemans immediately passed the ball to Kovacic.

Kovacic dribbled the ball forward, distributed it to the left, handed it to Luke Shaw, who was plugging in behind, and then passed it to Ravel Morrison. Facing Ivanovic, he made a deft and realistic fake move. After throwing Ivanovic away, Ravel Morrison made a cross.

The ball quickly fell towards the penalty area, Harry Kane slapped his horse and rushed to the goal with a shake of his head.

Begovic flew to catch the ball, which was able to defuse Southampton's attack.

Although the Saints' first attack formed a very threatening shot, they failed to seize the opportunity, but it was enough to make Chelsea break out in a cold sweat.

"This group of young Saints players are using their performance on the field to tell their opponents, don't be careless, we are not easy to mess with!"

The TV commentator of ESPN TV laughed and joked.

After the restart, Begovic sent a goal kick, but the ball quickly fell to the feet of the Saints.

Southampton's players pressed hard and began to attack Chelsea.

"Although the Saints played as a substitute, their overall strength is very strong, and the team's tactical play is basically consistent with the main team. The players' execution is very strong, which has brought Chelsea a lot of trouble."

"However, under Hiddink's coaching, Chelsea's style of play also tends to be stable. Once the ball is lost, they choose to retreat immediately, never procrastinating, and do not consider counter-attacking on the spot. Although this is a bit conservative, it can help Chelsea achieve better results."

"The Saints played very patiently. Tielemans played in the defensive midfielder position and looked like a general. Although he is a defensive midfielder, he has fine skills at his feet, excellent physical fitness, sophisticated defense, and a strong sense of position. He is indeed a rare good embryo. He has been selected for the Belgian national team."

Just as he was talking, it was another cooperation between Tielemans and Oscar, and they jointly grabbed the ball from Chelsea.

"Hey, Southampton stole the ball again, Oscar passed to Tielemans."

"Without hesitation, Tielemans moved quickly to the left for Luke Shaw."

"It can be seen that Southampton's attitude in this game is very firm. It is to play on the left and let Ravel Morrison deal with Ivanovic. Ancelotti's return to Stamford Bridge is very targeted."

"Let's take a look at the Saints' offense this time."

"Okay, Luke Shaw passed on to Ravel Morrison."

"Morrison got the ball on the wing and wanted to break through Ivanovic again, but this time Ivanovic learned his lesson and didn't get tricked by him, no chance, and passed back to Luke Shaw."

"Luke Shaw got the ball, ah, a cross!"

"In the restricted area... the back point..."

"Good chance, the goal is scored!!!!!!"

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Sturridge, Sturridge!"

"In the 8th minute, Sturridge took the lead in knocking on Chelsea's goal. Luke Shaw made a precise pass from the left. Sturridge crossed the goal from the right rib and scored with a header!"

"One to zero!"

"We saw Sturridge excited, storming off the pitch, dancing under the main stand at Stamford Bridge, celebrating another goal at Stamford Bridge."

"The player who was sent to Southampton by Chelsea that year, every time he faced Chelsea, he performed very well, full of desire to play, and he always scored goals."

"We don't know what Abramovich's mood is at this moment, but we can definitely guess that he must be very uncomfortable. Will he regret it?"

"I sent Sturridge to Southampton back then, but now, Sturridge is already the main striker of the England national team, scoring goals like hemp. Compared with Falcao and Icardi, who were introduced by Chelsea with a lot of money, giving up Sturridge is simply picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons. The gain outweighs the loss!"

In front of ESPN's live camera, Abramovich looked just a little disappointed, but didn't react much.

Because he knows that the camera will definitely capture his reaction at this time, so he has to maintain a gentlemanly demeanor.

But when he saw Sturridge suddenly rushed to dance in front of the chairman's stand, celebrating his goal, his face suddenly changed completely, and the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

"Fuck, fuck, what does this bastard want to do? Show off?"

Abramovich was almost roaring, he almost had the urge to take off his clothes and rush to the court to fight Sturridge.

Ever since he achieved success, no one has dared to show off in front of him like this. This is simply slapping him in the face nakedly. Let me ask you, how can he bear this tone?

"What the hell are these bastards doing? When talking about salary, everyone is as cunning as ghosts, but on the court, everyone is beaten so f*ckingly that they dare not fight back. What kind of professional players are they? Professional bullshit!"

Abramovich was so angry that he stood up from his seat and couldn't sit any longer.

He didn't even want to watch such a game.

Seeing the back of the boss leaving angrily, Bruce Barker and Granovskia looked at each other, as if they saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

The boss is too impatient!

How can rebuilding a team be so simple, so easy?
Apart from other things, Southampton's achievements today must not all depend on Yang Huan's hard work in the past six years?

Want to catch up with Southampton in a short period of time, how is this possible?
Since you can't catch up, you have to be mentally prepared to be beaten, right?

Everything has to be compared with Southampton, is it possible?
They have Messi, Hazard, and Suarez. Even in the substitute lineup, there are Brazil internationals and England internationals, but what about Chelsea?
Today's Chelsea is not only in trouble with the selection of the head coach, but also with the introduction of players.

Besides, in European football now, there are more local tyrant teams that are not short of money, and the value of better players will rise.

Your boss is not willing to invest, but blindly wants the team to achieve results. How is this possible?
In the current Chelsea, the boss is eager for quick success, the head coach is difficult, the players are difficult, and even their management is also difficult.

Who said no?
Just when Bruce Barker and Granovskia were winking tacitly, inside the stadium, the second Southampton team once again broke the ball from the re-kick-off Chelsea and launched another wave of counterattacks.

(End of this chapter)