song of the saints

Chapter 181 Battle of wits and schemes
The formation and personnel lineup in David Winston's mind are almost arranged, and the training in the afternoon is still mainly based on special physical confrontation, in order to continue to allow the players' whole body muscles to gradually adapt to this competition. The pace and scale of the game was more intense than any Premier League game they had experienced before.Fortunately, David Winston saw from the sidelines that the players in the training ground were more adaptable to the rhythm of the game, and there was no complaint from the players that David Winston was worried about before. picture.

After this training session is over.Tomorrow morning, David Winston and his coaching team will lead the Southampton team to the Reebok Stadium to challenge Bolton, which is currently ranked tenth in the Premier League. Entered the UEFA Cup, ranked behind Southampton and Middlesbrough, unfortunately missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so this season Bolton players are holding back Gu Jin wanted to continue to work hard towards the goal of European competitions. Of course, this game allowed them to meet the key murderer who caused them to fail to enter the UEFA Cup last season. Therefore, this game became a big hit in the eyes of Bolton players. Extra important.

Reebok Stadium, full of voices.The fans came to the stadium early to cheer for their home team.There are still 10 minutes before the start of the game. The players have all arrived on the field, performed the appearance ceremony, and then immediately entered the game mode.

On the sidelines, Southampton coach David Winston folded his hands on his chest and looked at the players on the field with a serious face.Let's take a look at Southampton's starting XI on the pitch.

Today Southampton's starting lineup is still 4231. It's just that David Winston asked the players not to focus on offense as before in the game, but to focus more on defense, so that Bolton gave up himself first. The rhythm of the game, then the game will become relatively easy.

The main goalkeeper who started today is still Sebastian Frey. His performance this season has been very stable, and he is the most reassuring part of the Southampton team, which also makes Southampton fans They gradually forgot the former Finnish door god Niemi.The four back lines are like this in turn. The left back is Nicky Shorey, and the right back is his fellow countryman and teammate of the national team Luke Young.These two players are now also an important point for Southampton's defense and offense. The standard of flying both wings is actually started from them, and their stable performance has also won the unanimous approval of the Southampton fans. It is considered to be one of the most cost-effective transfers of the Southampton team.The two central defenders also played the most games and cooperated the most this season, and it is also one of the most tacit combinations between the two players.The Argentine is also the current team captain Roberto Ayala and the Colombian's fastest Luis Pereira.The double defensive midfielder is still the combination of Miguel Arteta from the previous game today, which is more organizational, and the one on the right back is Clemens Fritz, who has played very well in recent games.The wingers that separated them were Franck Ribéry and Franck Smicer.A typical match between young and old, not tired at work, with youthful impact and vitality, and experienced control and stability in the game. The midfielder is against the Slovakian teenager Marek Hamsik who is not afraid at all.David Winston sent Marek Hamsik in order to add another defensive knife to the defense. At the forefront is Germany, who temporarily ranks first in the Premier League scorer list this season. K-Dukiter.

This lineup can be described as both offensive and defensive. It can be used to attack and defend. David Winston is very confident in this.

With the whistle of the referee, the Southampton team's away game against Bolton's Premier League officially began.After the start of the game, Bolton's performance was not what David Winston expected before the game.As long as the Southampton players get the ball, there will be at least two and up to four defensive players around the Southampton players, and the defensive level of these players is very good. Some people are responsible for personal steals, Some are responsible for harassing the sidelines, while others are standing at a fixed distance and are responsible for filling the position in case the two defensive players are passed by Southampton players. The last defensive player is deliberately blocking the main player. The sight of the referee, and then they can do some shady things as they please.So after the start of the game, every time the Southampton team fell to the ground, they didn't show any sign. The most serious sign was that the referee walked up to the front and acted very sternly, but there was no warning.These circumstances are of course in the hands of David Winston.And before the game, David Winston in the locker room and at the Staplewood training base specially instructed the players of the Southampton team not to face too many provocative fouls like the Bolton team. care and attention.When you care about it, pay attention to it, and have a conflict with them, the most serious consequences are often not the one who committed the foul, but the one who ignored it.Therefore, we must not cause non-combat attrition due to such a situation.

The game slowly came to the 10th minute of the first half, Bolton team took the initiative on the field, which made Bolton team coach Uncle Sam Sam Allardyce very uncomfortable, because he knew that this rhythm was not Bolton's real game rhythm, but judging from the situation on the field.This behavior of the Southampton team was intentional. Sam Allardyce has no good way to deal with it now. Then make some on-the-spot changes.David Winston also thinks the same way. He will make every step of personnel changes or tactical changes according to Sam Allardyce's arrangement. Now judging from the situation on the field, for David Winston is very satisfied with the performance of the players and their tactical understanding of the game, so David Winston is also not in a hurry to make any changes.In such a very stalemate situation, whichever side takes the lead in making changes, it means that the direction of this game will undergo earth-shaking changes.

(End of this chapter)