Football giants

Chapter 346 Unstoppable!
"Friends of the audience, welcome to watch the [-]-[-] English Football League Cup final!"

"I'm broadcasting live from Wembley Stadium now."

"The game is about to start, and now both sides have lined up!"

"We saw that the fashionable team in red and white jerseys is Southampton, and they are also the favorites in this match!"

"With the whistle of the referee, the game has begun, and Cardiff is the first to kick off!"

"Taking advantage of this time at the beginning of the game, let us briefly introduce the starting lineups of both sides in this game! First of all, Southampton's starting 11 players."

"The goalkeeper is Neuer, the defense is from left to right, David Alaba, Harvey Martinez and Varane, on the right is Clini, the native England teenager."

"In midfield, Southampton still has a combination of Strowman, Toni Kroos and Vidal."

"Three players in the frontcourt..."

This list has just been introduced halfway, and the situation of the game has already turned around.

Cardiff's first attack was just over halftime, and Vidal successfully intercepted the ball.

After the transition of Toni Kroos, it came to the feet of Strowman, and then passed to Neymar on the left.

Neymar dribbles the ball and suddenly throws off the defender and cuts inside.

Drogba drops back from the front.

"Neymar passed to Drogba, and the beast knocked back, Neymar, go in!"

After receiving Drogba's knockback, Neymar quickly kicked the ball out and quickly passed between the two defensive players.

"Beautiful, Neymar, get into the box, kick!"

"The ball went in!!!!!!"

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"Unbelievable, really unbelievable!"

"Only 1 minute into the game, Neymar took advantage of a dribble breakthrough from the left to complete a collision with Drogba, single-handedly entered the penalty area, and calmly pushed and scored!"

"One to zero, Southampton took the lead in the first minute!"

Accompanied by Neymar's goal and the whistle of the referee's effective goal, the Saints fans in the entire Wembley Stadium rushed out of their seats crazily, shouting and cheering at the top of their lungs.

At this time, there are many, many fans who haven't even found their seats yet.

However, they were still in the aisle, in front of the guardrail, wildly celebrating the team's first goal!
"Crazy Southampton, this is a very determined and decisive attack!"

"Cardiff's defense paid the worst price for their carelessness. They must try to equalize the score in the remaining 10 minutes!"

The Southampton players celebrated the goal wildly.

Neymar rushed to the bottom of the Southampton fans' stands and opened his arms. Not only did the teammates behind him rush up to hug him, but also the fans in the stands chanted Neymar's name in unison.

This is a wonderful goal, but also an exciting goal.

This goal started a too good start for Southampton!

"This is Cardiff's manager, Malky Mackay!"

"There used to be a saying in English football that Malky Mackay is the lucky star for the team's promotion, because he has helped Norwich, West Ham United and Watford to advance to the Premier League for three consecutive seasons."

"After coaching Cardiff last summer, many people were full of expectations for Malki Mackay. This season, the team is currently ranked fifth in the English Championship and has entered the promotion play-offs. There is still hope for promotion!"

The live TV camera turned again and switched to Bielsa.

Bielsa, who was squatting on the ground, jumped up from the ground in excitement at the moment Neymar scored, clenched his fists and waved his arms excitedly, and even took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"This is Southampton's head coach, Argentine madman Bielsa!"

"Belsa's football philosophy is to attack, attack, and attack!"

"Southampton came to Wembley Stadium twice before, and both times they encountered Manchester United. At that time, some media asked Bielsa, will Southampton adopt conservative tactics when playing against Manchester United?"

"As a result, Bielsa retorted disdainfully at that time. No matter who the opponent is, Southampton only insists on its own tactics, which is to attack, attack, and attack again!"

"From this point, it is not difficult for us to see that the blood of offensive football has been integrated into the soul of Southampton!"

"Scoring a goal in the first minute, we have every reason to believe that this will be a fantastic game!"

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Facts have proved that the analysis of the live commentator is correct.

A goal was scored from the first minute, and Southampton took the initiative.

Cardiff was cornered and forced to fight back.

However, Southampton's strength has safely overwhelmed Cardiff by more than a quarter. How could it be possible to give Cardiff a chance to fight back?
When Cardiff just showed the slightest sign of a counterattack, Southampton's wave after wave of offense completely beat the Welsh team back, and in the No. 13 minute, Toni Kroos made a diagonal pass to the right, James Rodriguez hit back in the middle, and Vidal volleyed in the penalty area.

Two to zero!
Now Cardiff will never dare to stand up again!

The Welsh team was forced to start defending. They could only stay in their own half, stabilize the defense first, and then slowly wait for Southampton to make a mistake.

But even so, they still couldn't keep it!
A set-kick opportunity in the frontcourt, Toni Kroos took the penalty, Drogba's penalty area was like pulling onions on dry land, he shook his head and blasted the ball into the goal guarded by Tom Heaton, extending the score to [-]-[-] again!
As the first half drew to a close, Southampton made persistent efforts. Stroman shot a long shot from the front of the penalty area and hit the foot of Cardiff defender Turner.

A brace!

Four to zero!
The Saints fans at Wembley Stadium were completely in a carnival!

Everyone knows that Southampton has an advantage in strength, but who would have thought that this advantage would be so great.

Could this be the difference in strength between the teams ranked first and fifth in the Championship?
The happiest thing is the fans of the Saints. They sang the team song crazily, beat the drums crazily, and cheered crazily.

Looking at the bottom of the court, the team's offensive was like a wave, scoring goals one after another, they climaxed!

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"It's too powerful, it's so enjoyable!"

Zhuang Zicheng is not a fan at all, but he was very excited to watch the whole first half.

The pace is fast, overwhelming, and there is no lack of personal flashes from the stars. This kind of game is indeed wonderful.

"Brother-in-law, leading four to zero, I'm afraid I'm going to win the championship?"

Yang Huan chuckled, "Probably, unless Cardiff wants a Wembley miracle!"

If the [-]-[-] lead is reversed by others, then Southampton's line of defense should really go home and eat themselves!
"Actually, the potential of our team has not been fully realized yet!"

"Not yet?" Zhuang Zicheng was surprised.

If you are so powerful without fully exerting yourself, how strong will you be if you reach the peak?
"This is what Bielsa told me personally. He feels that Toni Kroos is not used to his responsibilities in the team for the time being. He just provides the team with a safe distribution of the ball. When he can advance and retreat freely and provide strong help on both offensive and defensive ends, that is the strongest Toni Kroos!"

"Neymar's performance this season has greatly improved compared to last season, and his body is much stronger, but it is still not enough, and he can continue to improve!"

"James Rodriguez on the right has the ability to hold the ball, but his offensive ability is not enough. Ravel Morrison's progress is indeed gratifying, but the problem is that he is still too young. In [-], he is only now."

When Yang Huan talked about this, he couldn't help laughing.

When I played FM Football Manager in my previous life, I was already able to play the main role.

There is even an illusion that there is no way to improve after the age of 24.

But it's a game after all.

In the real football world, when a player is still growing rapidly and improving his skills, letting him play too much professional league at this time is a kind of stifling for his growth.

Therefore, for young players such as Ravel Morrison, Pogba, and Varane, it is not for their own benefit to let them play more games, but more to consider their future.

This requires the head coach, analysis center and team doctors to properly grasp the scale issue here.

Oh, by the way, Isco, Nastasic, Carvajal, David Alaba and others are also from [-].

But many of them have already played professional league in Southampton for two years.

Next season, the team will be promoted to the Premier League.

Yang Huan is really looking forward to what kind of surprises this group of teenagers, who have been tempered in the professional league for two seasons, will bring to everyone in the Premier League!
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The game entered the second half.

After Southampton opened, they still controlled the situation steadily.

But the offensive was not as urgent and violent as it was in the first half.

But Cardiff is still firmly ahead of Southampton.

Ten minutes after the start of the second half, Bielsa made substitutions one after another.

Sturridge replaced Drogba, Pogba replaced Vidal.

By the time Bielsa replaced Strowman with Isco, the second half had already entered 10 minutes.

After using up three substitutions, Bielsa obviously wants to give these young players more opportunities to hone.

When the game progressed to No. 708 minutes, Isco scored a clever goal at the front of the penalty area.

Sturridge pulled from the center to the right side of the penalty area. After receiving the ball, he staggered past Cardiff's defenders. Seeing that he was about to cross the baseline, he hurriedly hit the goal with one kick.

The ball hit the defender's leg, wobbled past the defender, and landed in the penalty area.

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton rushed out of the goal, raised his hands, and was about to hold the ball.

But I never thought that I would miss it!
The ball passed Tom Heaton's hand and landed in the middle of the penalty area.

Faced with this sudden drastic change, no one expected it.

The first to react was Neymar who was close at hand.

The Brazilian teenager originally thought that Sturridge could no longer pass, so it would be good to earn a corner kick for this ball.

Who would have thought it would turn out like this.

As soon as the ball arrived, Neymar's reaction was really fast.

It was just a stop and a twist, so that the defensive player who was catching up to make a clearance was caught in the air, and he slammed again.

In this way, the ball was drawn into the unguarded goal by him.

Five to zero!
Suddenly, the Saints fans who had been waiting for half an hour broke out again!

In the second half, Southampton did not play as actively as in the first half. In addition, the substitutions needed to be adjusted, and the offense was a bit too powerful to score.

Now Neymar's goal directly detonated the emotions of the fans.

The whole Wembley Stadium is boiling again!

The shouts of the Saints and Neymar are endless, and the momentum is overwhelming!

(End of this chapter)