song of the saints

Chapter 36 The Blue Moon Strikes (seeking tickets for collection)
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October 10.Southampton dressing room.Chen Zhun was talking loudly to the players about the tactical requirements of the game.

When it comes to Manchester City, the first thing that comes to mind is Sun Jihai, who is affectionately called "China Sun" by British fans.He will also feature in this game as the starting left midfielder.The Manchester City team at that time could not be compared with the Manchester City team controlled by the oil tycoons in the Middle East in 2008. Now their strength can only be ranked in the middle of the Premier League.

"Our offensive focus today is on Manchester City's left wing. Sun's position is the left forward. When he attacks, we need two people to go forward to double-team him. After grabbing the ball from him, we will immediately attack from the right wing. Attacking. We kept going down the right, hitting them. Got it. Adam."

Adam Lallana, who is still the starting right midfielder today, listened carefully to the coach's instructions and nodded.The biggest advantage of Adam Lallana is that he has a comprehensive position, technique, passing, physical fitness, and good speed, so Chen Zhun still doesn't understand why he is like a different person in Liverpool.

"Today we had a lot of defensive work, especially on Manchester City's finisher Nicola Anelka. Then there was their right flank, their right forward Wright-Phillips was fast, good at Breakthrough is the main point of attack for the Manchester City team. You have a lot of defensive pressure on the left, John (Delap), you have to bear more defensive pressure on the left in the game. Today we still focus on defense, The success rate of counterattacks. The two full-backs should not rush into the attack, keep the back line tight, and don’t let the opponent find opportunities in our ribs. Do you understand!!”

The starters shouted "Understood!" in unison.

"Come on! Come on! We are the winners!!" Chen Zhun encouraged the players loudly, and gave high-fives to each player at the exit of the players.

To be honest, Chen Zhun had no idea about this game. Anelka was still very good at that time, and Wright's speed was still so sharp. These two people could turn Southampton's defense around. Chen Zhun Just hope his defensive routine works.

The players are already on the field ready to go.At this time, a picture of Manchester City coach Kevin Keegan appeared on the big screen. An old man with gray hair was standing on the sidelines with a sad expression on his face.

The half-year-old coach Kevin Keegan put his hands in and looked at the players on the field, wondering what he was thinking when he returned to his old club again.The fans in the stadium stood up and applauded when they saw the picture of Kevin Keegan, paying tribute to the former club icon, the scene was moving.

Looking at this tender moment, Chen Zhun was also moved in his heart.Football is so beautiful.This is why I fell in love with football.

This heartwarming interlude brought a lighthearted vibe to the smoky football game.

Kevin Keegan.From 1980 to 1982, he played for the Southampton club for two seasons. Although his age was not long, Keegan's outstanding performance still conquered the fans of Southampton.

Chen Zhun's understanding of Keegan is a classic psychological warfare story between him and Ferguson.

In the 1995-1996 season, Manchester United won the championship after being 12 points behind Newcastle.The reason why the Red Devils were able to achieve a shocking comeback was thanks to Ferguson, whose war of words with Keegan caused the opponent's psychological defense to completely collapse.At that time, Ferguson once despised Keegan unceremoniously, "Newcastle is just a second-rate team brought out by a bad coach. The weakness of their coach doomed them to no championship. If you want to win the championship, you should fire the coach quickly. Otherwise, you don’t have to think about the championship at any time, because that’s impossible.” Under Ferguson’s provocation, Keegan finally broke down, and in an interview he publicly declared his battle against Manchester United emotionally: “I would love it if we beat them. Love it!” This sentence later became The ten-year golden sentence of the Premier League.Newcastle led by Keegan has also become a typical case of a collapse when leading and eventually losing the championship.

The game was just as Chen Zhun imagined. Keegan gave all the chances to attack on the right side. Anelka and Wright-Phillips stayed in the frontcourt and waited for the opportunity to attack without doing anything about defense.This also relieved some pressure on Chen Zhun's defense. Without the pressure of Manchester City's frontcourt, Southampton's defense had enough time to play and organize the attack.Wright-Phillips also fell into the defensive trap prepared by Chen Zhun again and again. He passed a player, and the No.2 player would defend him.Wright-Phillips is always persistently breaking through on the wing, which also makes Manchester City players a little dissatisfied.

After evading Manchester City's three-axes attack in the opening game, Southampton also started their own offensive opportunities.Chen Zhun's team is not in a hurry, keep the ball under their feet, and there will always be opportunities.John Delap in midfield passes the ball to Adam Lallana on the right.Facing Sun Jihai's defense, Lallana saw a gap in the corridor on the right. He took the ball two steps forward, and suddenly flicked the ball forward with his left foot. Sun Jihai did not expect that Lallana would In doing so, the ball passed Sun Jihai's right shoulder, and Sun Jihai hurriedly turned around to chase the ball to prevent Lallana from dribbling the ball. At this time, Lallana was like an elf, and his body was light from the outside of the sideline. Sun Jihai.Sun Jihai also fell to the ground because of his unstable center of gravity.

"Oh!" Chen Zhun exclaimed.This scene reminded him of Bell's classic overtaking scene.The fans on the sidelines also shouted happily when they saw this scene.

After Lallana passed Sun Jihai, he did not choose to continue to rush to the side, but took the ball to the middle.Manchester City's defender Bosvelt hurried forward to press Lallana.Seeing the menacing Bosvelt, Lallana protected the ball calmly.He saw Bosveld approaching him with a tackle, and Lallana jumped up just as Bosveld was about to tackle him.Bosvelt's foot misses Lallana and touches the ball.But Lallana let out a scream and soared into the air, and when her body twisted, she fell to the ground in extreme pain.The referee Rennie rushed to the scene of the incident. First, he gave Bosvelt a yellow card, and then asked about Lallana's situation.Lallana sat up in pain at this moment, clutching his left foot.Bosvelt looked innocent and had been complaining to the referee that Lallana was diving. He did not tackle Lallana, but knocked down the ball.Lallana successfully swindled a free kick in the front court and a yellow card for the opposing midfielder. The diving was worth it.Chen Zhun also applauded his disciples to express his approval.

This is also an unethical technique that Chen Zhun told the players in advance.Chen Zhun also understood that this was a rogue, but he had to adopt some rogue methods in order to win.For example diving.Chen Zhun also told the team members that he does not advocate flopping, but that it happened for a reason. (forced to find a reason)
Southampton got a free-kick on the left side of the pitch, which is far from the goal, but it can be lobbed into the box, looking for chances.Manchester City's penalty area has James Beatty, Kevin Phillips, Chris Baird and David Prutton.

Chen Zhun turned to the assistant coach Les Reed: "Can this goal be scored? I haven't seen a set kick score for a long time. Rice, last time it was Delap's grenade tactic."

Reed said firmly: "Trust me, David, it will go in!"

(End of this chapter)