midfield god

Chapter 294 Reorganization!

The league has played 17 rounds, which is close to half of the schedule. Before the season, it is estimated that it would be difficult for anyone to believe that Southampton, as a newly promoted horse, can achieve such good results.

At present, after 17 rounds of matches, Southampton has 8 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, with 30 points, ranking third in the league. Although there is a very large distance from the leader Manchester United, such results are good enough for Southampton.

Behind Southampton is Liverpool, which has performed poorly this season. Although Liverpool has returned to the fourth place in the league, it is clear that they have missed the championship this season, and their goal is to compete for four.

In the competition for the league title, Manchester United has opened up Chelsea by three points. At present, it seems that Chelsea has lost the chain. It just drew with Arsenal before, so it was opened by Manchester United by two points. If this trend continues, Chelsea's dream of three consecutive domestic championships may be shattered.

Mourinho is very aware of the reasons for the decline of the team's dominance, but he can do nothing about it. Sometimes the reality is so helpless, he can only hold on and meet his own destiny.

However, this has nothing to do with Southampton. Southampton's original goal this season was relegation. Although it seems that this goal is already within reach, the club still has no intention of raising the season goal.

First, they are unwilling to put pressure on the players and coaches. Improving the season goals prematurely will undoubtedly put a heavy burden on the team. If the performance is not good for a period of time, it will easily collapse. Second, in fact, Southampton has not yet scored the 40 points that are normally guaranteed to relegation, so there is no need to be too anxious.

It should be said that the top management of the club is still very clear-headed. In the next round, Southampton lost.

In the No.18 round of the league, Southampton was a guest at St. James' Park and played against Newcastle United, which ranked No.15 in the league. In 90 minutes, the two teams played one to one.

At the beginning of the second half, Newcastle United's former Inter Milan striker Martins opened the scoring and scored his fifth goal in the personal league.

Naturally, Southampton was not to be outdone. After 12 minutes, Yunfei made a cross from the wing and assisted Fuller to score a very beautiful header.

In the following time, the two teams have not been able to score again, until the stoppage time period, Martins made a vigilant shot in the penalty area, helping Newcastle United exceed the score, killing the game and giving Southampton another defeat.

Martins used his performance to score twice to prove that he has the ability to gain a foothold in the Premier League, and Southampton unfortunately became a victim of Martins.

This loss made Redknapp very angry. He was very dissatisfied with the inattention of the players during the game. After the game, Redknapp held a meeting in the locker room for more than an hour before leaving the away game. The degree of anger can be imagined.

In Redknapp's view, defeat is not terrible. What is terrible is that the players lose their positive attitude. This is the most terrible thing. Once such signs are discovered, they must be eliminated immediately.

In order to punish some players for their carelessness, in the next round against Liverpool, Redknapp simply carried out a rotation. Such a strong courage is also eye-catching.

"Hey, you said it's okay for the coach to punish you, why didn't you let me play!"

Yunfei sat on the bench at Anfield, watched the game helplessly, and sighed.

Originally, Yunfei was still in the state of watching a show, but he did not expect that Yunfei, who was secretly having fun, was accidentally seen by Redknapp, so he simply threw Yunfei to the bench. The reason was that as the captain, he failed to remind his teammates to concentrate in time. Such a big pot was born on Yunfei. Yunfei has no way to explain it, and it is also very uncomfortable.

So inexplicably, Liverpool became the biggest winner. The head coach of Liverpool was bubbling with joy when he saw that the opponent had a bunch of substitute players and young people. You must know that Southampton has performed very well against strong teams this season.

However, the trend of the game is not quite the same as Benitez thought.Challenge the Red Army at Anfield, such an opportunity is naturally rare. These substitutes and young people who are trusted by the head coach are naturally dedicated to the whole army, and their morale is solid.

Liverpool's biggest problem this season is still exposed, that is, the lack of finishing ability in front of the goal, and several good opportunities were not grasped.

"Great job! Adam, you did a great job!"

Yunfei walked in the player tunnel, rubbed Lallana's hair, and said encouragingly.

Lallana, who suddenly started in such an important game, is naturally very diligent. After half the game, he ran more than 6000 meters. This is undoubtedly a bit heavy for him at his current age.

Lallana's face at this time could not hide his excitement. When he was running on the court, he could not see any fatigue at all, and he ran like a chicken blood, but once he stopped, he immediately felt the exhaustion of his body. At this time, he could only reluctantly show a smiling face, and he couldn't even speak, just panting.

Seeing this situation, Yunfei frowned. Such a situation is probably enough for the second half, and it is not a good thing for Lallana's body if he really wants to kick.

Sure enough, after returning to the locker room, Redknapp saw Lallana's situation and simply chose to replace him.

"In the second half, Yunfei replaced Lallana!" Redknapp's face was still serious, and he continued, "If our players in the last game had the spirit of the players who played today, how could you lose to Newcastle United? Think about it for yourself, are you slack!"

Redknapp is determined to clean up the unhealthy tendencies in the locker room. The main players who were pushed to the bench in this game showed embarrassing expressions at this time, especially the central defender Pele.

(End of this chapter)