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Lallana's decisive long-range shot at the last moment broke Brentford's record of not conceding a goal this season, and helped Southampton narrowly score a point at home.

After the draw, the fans felt a little regretful, but they were still satisfied. After all, the losing streak had stopped, and the team should still be on the right track...

At least, with good intentions, Southampton should indeed be on the right track.

In the second round of the League Cup three days later, Southampton's performance was indeed quite good. When facing the Premier League team Birmingham, their performance was much better than before.

You must know that although Birmingham is also a famous lifter, they were still playing in the British Championship last season, but they are a Premier League team after all, and there are still Stephen Carr, Lee Bowyer, Marcus Bent, Barry Ferguson, Kevin Phillips and other former Premier League stars, although these people are basically old, they still have a great effect on their relegation.

At least they have a lot of experience.

However, the experienced Birmingham was overwhelmed by Southampton's running and impact at home. Facing the League One team, Birmingham will certainly not block it with a solid defense and airtight interception like other teams in the League One. Southampton's offense, on the contrary, they are constantly attacking to eliminate this League One team...

They have enough space in the backcourt, allowing Lallana to play enough.

In this game, Southampton is actually playing a defensive counterattack. The counterattack mainly relies on Lallana and the two centers. The depth and width are enough to allow the three of them to play to the fullest. Lallana scored once in the first and second half. The ball helped Lambert and Giroud directly face the goalkeeper twice, and the two forwards did not miss this opportunity and scored goals one after another!

Although Birmingham recovered a point in the second half, Southampton completed a legendary dragon slaying in the League Cup!

Judging from the reputation of the team, it is not uncommon for Southampton to beat Birmingham. However, considering that Southampton is now a League One team and Birmingham is a Premier League team, the success of the two-level challenge can be regarded as a legend of dragon slaying!

So after the game, the excited Southampton fans held a small celebratory parade in the city of Southampton, with more than 1 people participating-this is a huge challenge for Southampton, which has a total population of only 22 people. That being said, it's pretty amazing.

In fact, as a seaport city, the income of Southampton’s residents is quite high. Under such circumstances, the proportion of their fans is also very large—otherwise Southampton would not have dared to build a stadium with 3 people before. Already, this is close to one-seventh of the total population!

But in fact, when Southampton was in the Premier League, St. Mary's Stadium was always full.

Now that they have been relegated to the League One, the poor results will certainly affect the attendance rate. Recently, the fans have been given a little hope, and the attendance rate has only recovered to about 3000. It reached [-] people, which is almost the same as their average number per game in the first season of relegation.

From this perspective, the potential of Southampton fans is still sufficient.

After all, Southampton has only one professional team, so their arch-enemy is not their rivals in the same city, but Portsmouth, a port city team on the southwest coast. Portsmouth is now in the Premier League. Southampton is so brilliant, but now it is much more brilliant than Southampton.

Moreover, the reason why Portsmouth is Southampton's archenemy is basically nothing to do with football, but the historical confrontation between the two cities. In fact, there are not many seasons where the two sides have played against each other in the same league, far less than other archrivals. many.

Under such circumstances, if Southampton's performance is good, their attendance rate will be sufficient, and if their performance is not good, the attendance rate will drop, which becomes a very logical thing.

In the Premier League, Southampton's stadium was often full. At that time, Lu Wei even considered whether to expand the stadium. St. Mary's Stadium left enough room for expansion when it was built, and it can be expanded to 5 20 people, but it is too exaggerated to have a stadium of 5 people in a city of more than [-] people.

Of course, Lu Wei doesn’t have to think about this issue anymore, because Southampton was relegated in less than two years, and the club’s attendance rate is naturally falling all the way. Let alone the expansion, the 3-person stadium is often only half full... …

Of course, if Southampton performs well in the future, expansion is still possible.

But at this time, Ji Ya didn't think about it.

"I found a problem." While the fans were celebrating, he pulled Benelli and others together and held a small meeting.

Benelli and others looked at Ji Ya, a little strange.

Didn't you win?anymore question?

"Our two games in the League Cup were actually not very difficult, but every game in the league was very difficult. Aren't you surprised?" Ji Ya cut to the point.

Benelli, Rove, and Pandry looked at each other, not knowing what Ji Ya meant.

"It's understandable if we say that we played against Northampton with ease. After all, they are only a League Two team. But against Birmingham, we did not lose at all, and the game was not too difficult. Doesn't that explain something? Is it? Birmingham is definitely better than those League One opponents we encountered, but we have no difficulty against them." Ji Ya began to elaborate.

Benelli pondered for a while, and found that this is really the case...

"So there is a problem in the middle. I thought about it carefully, and it has something to do with our tactics."

Ji Ya began to draw on the tactical board. He was not idle during this time, and he was able to figure out something just by thinking about it.

"Our basic tactic is four-four-two, but the three midfielders are more defensive, Schneiderlin is more organized, but most of the time it is handed over to Lallana and Lambert who retreats, let them initiate Offensively, their skills at their feet are very good, and their cooperation with each other is also good. What I think is that the three main offensive players in the frontcourt alone can form a quite threatening offensive system, and with the assistance of others , then in League One, it must be enough." Ji Ya said.

Benelli and others nodded one after another. This was an offensive tactic discussed together at that time.

"But we overlooked one point. Whether it's Lallana or Lambert, although their foot skills can be said to be good, they don't have the ability to break through with the ball. Therefore, our offense is easily deadlocked. Good skills And being able to break through, those are two concepts!"