Football giants

Chapter 844

Sometimes things are just that weird.

From Paris, France to Monaco, the time is one day apart, but the weather is completely different.

In Paris, it was a sunny day, and Yang Huan was able to stroll leisurely on the streets of Paris, admiring the beauty of this fashion capital and savoring the romantic French style.

But when we arrived in Monaco, there were dark clouds and heavy rain.

Faced with such terrible weather, Yang Huan didn't bother to go out, so he simply hid in the hotel, played games, chatted on WeChat, and chatted for a while with UEFA President Michel Platini who came to supervise the battle.

Southampton's Glory Stadium has already passed the five-star stadium assessment, and after Platini's operation, there is basically no big problem in applying to host the UEFA Champions League final.

There are still two years to go, and the pressure on Southampton is still quite high.

For this matter, Yang Huan also had a special talk with the Duke of Westminster and Prime Minister Hamad. They all decided to speed up the progress of the project, and must complete the reconstruction project of Southampton's old city before the Champions League final.

The mayor of Southampton, Terry Matthews, also regarded this feast as a glorious stroke of his career as a politician, and even made it more important than Yang Huan himself.

I stayed in the hotel for a whole day, and in the evening, the rain stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and a rainbow appeared in the sky.

This made Master Huan feel better.

The rain battle was quite a disadvantage for Southampton.

At 45:[-] in the evening, the European Super Cup officially whistled.

Perhaps because the opponent is Sevilla, almost half of the people who came to the Louis II Stadium were Saints fans, and the voice of support for the Saints was the highest, making the entire Louis II Stadium look more like Southampton's home court.

In this game, Bielsa still used a four-three-three tactic.

The goalkeeper is Neuer, the defense is Luke Shaw, Nastasic, Varane and Chambers, the midfielder is still Pogba, Matic and Oscar, and the front trident is Ravel Morrison, Suarez and Sturridge.

Compared with the Community Shield Cup three days ago, the lineup has been adjusted a lot.

A very important reason for this is that after Southampton played the Super Cup, they will return to the UK immediately to prepare for the first round of the Premier League, and the first game is an away game against Liverpool.

Sevilla has no such worries. La Liga kicks off relatively late, so in this game, they played with the main force, but Emery's team lost Rakitic, Moreno, Bodia, Perotti and other players this summer, and their overall strength has also been greatly affected.

Therefore, in this battle, many fans are not optimistic about Sevilla.

Facts have proved that Sevilla is still inferior to Southampton in terms of overall strength.

From the beginning of the game, the Saints firmly controlled the situation on the field.

When the game progressed to the 10th minute, after receiving a pass from Matic in the middle, Oscar turned around and got rid of the defender, passed the ball over the top, and hoisted the ball into the penalty area.

Sturridge slanted into the penalty area from the right rib, jumped up high and rubbed against the ball before the attacking goalkeeper Beto.

The ball rubbed against Sturridge's head, hung another arc, and crashed into the goal, one to zero!

After scoring the goal, the morale of the Saints was greatly boosted, and they played more vigorously and gorgeously on the scene.

Sevilla's midfield and backcourt lost momentum, and they had to retreat to their penalty area to avoid the edge.

But even so, at No. 304 minutes, Southampton still relied on Matic's long pass in the midfield to accurately find Ravel Morrison, who broke through Sevilla's right back one-on-one and made a low pass to the goal.

Suarez rushed to the horse, pushed the ball against the ball, and scored again, two to zero!

What is even more unexpected is that before the end of the first half, Sevilla made another mistake.

Central defender Fabio fouled at the front of the penalty area, and Suarez personally took a free kick and hit it, [-] to [-]!

No one expected to end the first half with a score of [-]-[-].

Reminiscent of the last Community Shield game, where Arsenal scored four goals in the half, Southampton's offensive power this season is absolutely amazing.

Perhaps seeing that the advantage of the game was established early, Bielsa replaced Suarez with Harry Kane during the intermission, and formed the England Trident with Sturridge and Lavelle Morrison.

This immediately made the Saints fans in England who came to the scene cheer loudly.

They have long heard that the Saints have signed several local teenagers this summer, and Harry Kane has entered the first team.

The 21-year-old player obviously did not have the slightest stage fright. At the beginning of the second half, he shot directly with his left foot 25 meters away from the goal, which surprised Beto.

It's a pity that it's too high!

But even so, he still won the applause of the Saints fans.

Afterwards, the native English player was very active, actively participating in the counter-attack on the spot in the frontcourt, and oppressing the Sevilla central defender. Although he is tall, his body movements are not clumsy at all.

Finally, in 3 minutes, after receiving a pass from Pogba on the left, Ravel Morrison insisted on using his excellent personal skills to break through Sevilla's right back one-on-one and made a pass before the baseline.

Harry Kane, who was standing in front of the goal, beat Sevilla defender Fabio and scored his first goal in an official game after joining the Saints with a header.

This is also the fourth goal of the game!
The outstanding performance of the saints surprised everyone.

You know, the Saints didn't try their best in this game, they just arranged some rotation and substitute players to start, but the result still showed such an amazing combat effectiveness, how can this not be surprising?

Of course, Sevilla's problems are more serious, especially the loss of power in the midfield and the loopholes in the defense, which have exposed Southampton's violent offensive wave.

In the No. 701 minute of the second half, Oscar made another diagonal pass from the center to Sturridge on the wing.

The latter passed into the penalty area, and Harry Kane stopped the ball before the defensive player, then turned around with a flexible dribble, and made a pass.

Midfielder Pogba quickly stepped in, faced the ball a little, and broke through Beto's goal again, [-]-[-]!

After leading [-]-[-], Bielsa continued to make substitutions, and Southampton slacked off.

Sevilla took the opportunity to launch an attack. In the No.806 minute, striker Baca scored a goal for Sevilla. In the end, Southampton defeated Sevilla [-]-[-] and won the new season's European Super Cup.

After the game, Neuer, as the captain, raised the European Super Cup trophy for Southampton.

This is also the fourth championship trophy for the Saints in the past year, after the Premier League trophy, the Champions League trophy and the Community Shield.

After the game, mainstream European media also gave unanimous praise and affirmation to Southampton's performance.

Even the Spanish newspaper Aspen had to admit that Sevilla's strength was not at the same level as Southampton's when reporting on this game.

"Although Bielsa has rotated this game, Southampton's strength is still surprising."

"In this game, the midfield composed of Matic, Pogba and Oscar helped the Saints firmly control the initiative of the game. Although Matic's contribution on the offensive end is not as good as that of Toni Kroos, he is very stable in defense, which is very impressive."

"On the defensive line, the combination of Varane and Nastasic, except for Bacca's goal, has almost no flaws, which makes people feel at ease about the Saints' defense in the new season."

"In this summer's transfer market, there are many teams pursuing Matic, Lavelle Morrison and Sturridge. Even now, Manchester United is still chasing these players, but Southampton has successively renewed their contracts and kept the players."

"It is not difficult to see from this game that the Saints' move is far-reaching. They need to ensure the thickness of the team's lineup in the multi-line battle in the new season. Matic, Ravel Morrison and Sturridge are all capable of competing for the main position and can form healthy competition with players such as Hazard, Toni Kroos and Sanchez."

"Three days ago, at Wembley Stadium, they beat Arsenal [-]-[-]. Three days later, they beat Sevilla [-]-[-] at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco. They scored nine goals in two games and conceded one goal. The strength of the Saints is still surprising."

"We have every reason to believe that Southampton is still the strongest contender for the Premier League and the Champions League in the new season!"

The Spanish media generally praised the Southampton team, while the British media praised Southampton in the second half of the UEFA Super Cup in addition to admiring the team's outstanding performance.

Lavelle Morrison and Sturridge both played the whole game and performed quite well.

But the focus of the British media is generally on the teenager Harry Kane.

As early as joining Southampton, Harry Kane and Martial once attracted the attention of the outside world.

Tall, with good skills at his feet, and playing as a center forward, Harry Kane is easily reminiscent of Ibrahimovic. Even, the Saints didn't say anything, and the British media directly named Ibrahimovic II.

There was no chance to play in the Community Shield, and the British media were a little disappointed.

But this time, it was in the European Super Cup, and he passed and shot in his debut. This performance simply blinded the titanium alloy eyes of the reporters.

Even after the game, many media called Harry Kane the main center forward of England in the next ten years. Together with Lavelle Morrison and Sturridge, he will take on the burden of attacking the England national team.

And when the Southampton star, Alan Shearer, commented on Harry Kane in the daily game, he just said that he was very similar to me when I was young. As a result, the media made a big deal and directly crowned Harry Kane with the title of Alan Shearer II. I really wish I could make him a superstar.

For this wave of praise from the outside world, Southampton seems very sensible from top to bottom.

Accompanied by the club's press officer, Harry Kane said in an interview with reporters that he was not ready yet, and there was still a lot to learn and improve, so he didn't think too much about it now.

In an interview with the media, the head coach Bielsa also repeatedly stated that Harry Kane is not ready yet and does not have the strength to play the main force for the first team for the time being, and he still needs to continue to improve.

Out of the consideration of protecting the players, the Saints originally planned to include Harry Kane in the squad for the first round of the league against Liverpool. As a result, after the coaching staff negotiated, Bielsa talked with Harry Kane for a while, and finally excluded him from the squad.

When running back and forth in Southampton and fighting on multiple fronts, Rodgers' Liverpool is mobilizing troops, waiting for work, sitting at Anfield Stadium, waiting for the arrival of the Saints!

That is, on the day of the game, Gao Ren and Wang Lei finally completed the formalities to go to the UK and arrived at Heathrow Airport by plane. However, they did not go south to Southampton, but went north to Liverpool accompanied by their agent.

(End of this chapter)