Football giants

Chapter 352 Come on, Southampton!
Everyone was dumbfounded watching this scene on the court.

Neuer abandoned the door and attacked, but Soldado, who was as cunning as a fox, insisted on getting ahead of Neuer and kicked lightly.

Although he lost his balance because of this, he fell over in the penalty area.

But the ball crashed into Southampton's goal line lightly.

beep!
The referee's ruthless whistle sounded instantly!

The goal is valid!One to zero!

The scoreboard at the Mestalla Stadium seemed to be helping the home team. The moment the whistle sounded, the score had changed from zero to zero to one to zero.

Until this time, there was a deafening cheer from the entire Mestalla Stadium.

The fans of the Bat Corps shouted and clamored frantically.

Southampton fans, weren't you awesome just now?
Aren't you shouting loudly?

You shout again, if you have the ability, you shout louder!

The Southampton fans instantly became silent.

No one thought that Southampton would be scored by Valencia in less than 3 minutes!

This made all Southampton fans who came to the away game unavoidably worry about gains and losses.

Both Manchester United and Manchester City lost, will Southampton also lose?
The live TV camera ruthlessly swept across the Southampton fans in the stands, capturing their panicked and helpless expressions, and presenting them to all the fans in front of the TV.

Charlene Lahiri was speechless for a moment.

It wasn't until the staff reminded her that she realized that she was commenting on the game.

"Southampton conceded the ball!"

"In the third minute of Valencia,..." She obviously looked at the information, "Soldado received a cross from Figuri and opened the scoring. This is a painful blow to Southampton!"

"Now the total score is [-] to [-], Valencia temporarily leads, but Southampton still has hope!"

"I believe that Southampton will not be defeated. The Saints will not give up so easily, nor admit defeat so easily!"

Charlene Lahiri's words may be able to infect fans in front of the TV.

But a more touching scene appeared!

More than 1 Southampton fans who came to the away game stood up from their seats.

They clapped vigorously, shouted loudly, or sang the team's team anthem, or shouted the players' names loudly.

All kinds of shouts converged into one piece, as if turning into a vast ocean, which quickly suppressed the celebrations of the Valencia fans.

Come on, Southampton!
Don't give up, saint!
This scene was not only captured by the BBC live broadcast, but also recorded by countless live broadcasts around the world, and it was presented in front of fans all over the world, which was extremely touching.

"It's really touching!"

Manuel Llorente, who was sitting in the chairman's stand, was also a little sad when he saw it.

When it comes to the loyalty and fanaticism of the fans, England fans are second to none.

For this, even if he is the chairman of Valencia, he can't help being a little envious.

But whether it is bitterness or envy, it is only temporary.

He was quickly reinstated as Valencia president.

"But you, Southampton, have no chance!"

Yang Huan smiled slightly, raised his head, and saw the pitch-black ceiling.

Mestalla Stadium only has a roof over the head of the chairman's stand area, and the other stands are empty.

Yang Huan was sitting in the first row of the chairman's stand area.

"Mr. Llorente, if you think that one goal can knock us down?"

Yang Huan stood up, walked to the guardrail, grabbed the cold iron guardrail, raised his head, and could see the sky full of stars.

When he looked down again, his eyes fell on the court.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the first to see him.

However, Yang Huan didn't say anything, just nodded, as if to say, I believe you!
Gradually, more and more players saw him.

But he didn't say anything, just grabbed the guardrail and stood quietly.

Under Yang Huan's feet, the coaching bench of the visiting team was already in chaos.

Martin Hunt and others are discussing something intensely.

But the head coach Bielsa still squatted on the sidelines, watching the game silently.

After losing the ball, he did not make the slightest adjustment.

Because he believes that his players will not be completely messed up because of one goal.

If this is the case, then all the energy and effort he has put into this team in the past two years will be in vain.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and Southampton was still attacking.

Conceding the ball seemed to have cut a bloody knife on Southampton's body.

But this knife was not fatal, but instead aroused the blood in Southampton.

They started to counterattack, crazy counterattack!
Valencia still adopted their high defensive tactics and responded to Southampton's attack with an aggressive pressing.

Bielsa has been squatting and observing.

Suddenly, he stood up and walked to the coach's bench.

"Give me the information on Tino Costa and Albelda!"

Soon, Martin Hunter handed the two tablet computers in his hands to Bielsa, and the data interfaces of Albelda and Tino Costa appeared in them.

Bielsa glanced at it hastily, and he knew it.

Walked to the sidelines and immediately waved towards Ibrahimovic.

The Swedish center quickly took advantage of a dead ball and ran to the sidelines to drink water.

"You can't continue to withstand the striker. Their targeted defense is very effective. We must adjust!"

Bielsa was succinct and pointed directly to the problem.

"How?" Ibrahimovic gasped.

"Notice Tino Costa and Albelda?"

"Ok!"

"They are defending in a high position. These two defensive midfielders have to stare at Vidal and Strowman. There is space between the central defender and the double defensive midfielders. I asked Vidal and Strowman to retreat a little to further expand the space. You retreat a little and stand here!"

Ibrahimovic nodded, "Understood!"

"Also, Tino Costa is left-footed and Albelda is right-footed, you know what I mean?"

Ibrahimovic still nodded, "Understood!"

"Fine, tell them the offense revolves around you!"

Speaking of Bielsa, he patted Ibrahimovic's wet shoulder, "Go!"

The Swedish center quickly ran back to the court, passing James Rodriguez and Vidal along the way, and immediately conveyed the head coach's adjustment instructions.

In an instant, the players on the Southampton field received the latest instructions.

Organize the attack around Ibrahimovic!

"Southampton's head coach Bielsa is obviously starting to adjust to the situation. The Argentine madman doesn't know if he has found an effective way to deal with it."

BBC Live footage caught Bielsa talking to Ibrahimovic.

Charlene Lahiri knew very well that Bielsa would either stay still, or he must be on target.

It depends on whether his adjustment can work.

Soon, Southampton launched another attack.

Toni Kroos hastily made a long diagonal pass, and accurately found Neymar on the left.

Neymar dribbled the ball from the left and cut inward suddenly. After shaking Miguel on the left side of the penalty area, he kicked in a hurry.

Although there was no goal, the Southampton fans in the stands cheered.

"Neymar has performed very well this season. The movement before this shot is also very beautiful, but the angle of the shot is too small. Diego Alves is very precise and has no chance!"

Charlene Lahiri analyzed with regret.

"Ibrahimovic yelled something at Neymar. He seemed to be telling Neymar that there was still plenty of game time, so he shouldn't be in such a hurry. He had to stabilize his emotions and don't be too anxious!"

"The Swede's gesture should be saying, pass me the ball!"

Then Southampton organized several attacks, but they failed to effectively break into Valencia's penalty area.

But the Saints gained a landslide advantage.

"Southampton don't worry, take your time. Now they are sitting on the possession rate and the initiative of the game. It's funny to say that Valencia, except for the opening shot, has been 10 minutes in the first half. They didn't even have a second shot!"

But anyone can feel a worry from Charlene Lahiri's commentary.

It doesn't matter if you don't shoot, as long as you can hold it!
It is not uncommon to have an overwhelming advantage, but lose the result of the game.

Time passed bit by bit, and Southampton's offense was once again destroyed by Valencia.

The latter's counterattack quickly passed halftime, but when he wanted to pass into the Southampton halftime, the pass was blocked by Strowman, and Toni Kroos intercepted the ball.

Juan Mata rushed towards Toni Kroos for the first time.

But the German midfielder didn't wait for Mata to approach, and directly kicked the ball to the left, which was given to Neymar again.

Neymar leaned on the left line, stopped the ball and moved forward, turned and caught up.

Valencia's right-back Miguel clings to him all the way, and the Bat Corps' defense line quickly withdraws to the penalty area.

Neymar forced Miguel, came to the left side of the penalty area, suddenly made a fake move, quickly kicked the ball to the bottom line, and started his fastest speed to catch up.

Miguel reacted and immediately stuck to Neymar, entangled him desperately.

But after all, Neymar still grabbed a little bit of the opportunity, and used the little gap created by his own speed and technique to pass the ball into the penalty area with his left foot.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been lying in ambush near the penalty spot, thinking non-stop in his heart.

Spread the word, man, I believe in you, spread the word!

When he saw that Neymar really passed the ball, his first reaction was that no matter where the ball went, he had to block Victor Ruiz and Rami first.

At this time, the dominance of the Swedish center in the penalty area is reflected.

When Zlatan Ibrahimovic ran to the left to catch the ball, neither Victor Ruiz nor Rami could go around to defend, and Ibrahimovic was blocked behind him.

Albelda wanted to intercept the ball halfway, but Neymar passed the ball very cleverly.

When the ball entered the penalty area, there was an obvious touchdown rebound.

As a result, although Albelda made an interception, the ball flew over his feet.

"Be careful Eevee!"

Albelda's shouts didn't do much because when the ball came, both Victor Ruiz and Rami were blocked by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

They could even just watch the Swede gently stop the ball forward at the front of the small penalty area.

Diego Alves always stood in front of the goal line, not daring to attack.

Because he knew very well that when he attacked, Ibrahimovic hit the goal directly!

The Swedish center forward also judged the position of Diego Alves, and instead of kicking directly, he stopped.

But soon, he strode up and twitched his left foot!
The ball was drawn into the far corner by Ibrahimovic's left foot and rolled towards the bottom right corner of the goal.

And before the shot, Ibrahimovic also made a fake move, which tricked Diego Alves into thinking that he was going to hit the near corner directly, so he squatted down to catch the ball.

In the end, he watched helplessly as the ball rolled towards the far corner, crossed the goal line, and hit the side netting!

(End of this chapter)