The fans of Southampton sighed a little about this draw, but they didn't care too much. After all, for the long League One, a two-game draw is nothing. The final promotion quota is determined through the knockout round, so as long as you can reach the top six, you have a chance.

Although Southampton fans hope that the team can be directly promoted to the top two, but Southampton started with a negative 36 points after all, and it will take some time to adjust the state at the beginning of the season, and now the top two results are very good—— After 29 rounds, Leeds United has [-] wins, [-] draws and [-] loss and has scored [-] points. The second and third places Charlton and Milton Keynes have scored [-] points. Leeds United is in such a good state, Southampton is the best. The realistic idea is to hit the second place. If the second place is also difficult, it is not impossible to enter the British Championship through the play-offs after the top six.

After all, ten points were lost innately.

Thinking of this, the Southampton fans are a little depressed. If it weren't for the deduction of ten points, they would have 29 points now. Not to mention being a strong contender for No.2, they are not afraid to think about the first position !

Then Southampton began to prepare for the cup, first the first round of the FA Cup, and then the southern semi-finals of the England Championship.

Both opponents are opponents in League One. In the FA Cup, Southampton played an away game against Bristol Rovers, which they had defeated before, and in the Championship, they played at home against Charlton, who is now ranked second.

"Just play normally." Ji Ya said to the players.

Ji Ya did not have much hope for the FA Cup match, after all, the FA Cup match is too lengthy, and the strong teams in the Premier League care more about the FA Cup than the League Cup-in fact, Southampton met three times before. It is not a good thing to have a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League. They care more about the League Cup, so all the main players are sent.

If they encounter a strong team like Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea, they may send most of the substitutes to play, and the fight may be easier.

And even if it is a strong team like Manchester United, they will not send most of the substitutes in the FA Cup.

This is the difference between the FA Cup and the League Cup.

The FA Cup is the oldest competition in England. Although there is no benefit, it is extremely high in honor, but the League Cup is just a relatively tasteless cup competition.

Therefore, in this game, Ji Ya did not send too many main players, but let some of the main players with better physical fitness bring substitutes to play against Bristol Rovers in the away game.

Fortunately, the opponent didn't have much hope. After all, the biggest goal of Bristol Rovers this season is to avoid relegation in the League One. So after nine and 10 minutes of fighting, Southampton won the game with difficulty. Two defeated their opponents and advanced to the second round of the FA Cup.

"Good job."

Ji Ya praised the players. After all, most of Southampton's substitutes are mediocre. With their current financial resources, maintaining a competitive main lineup and adding one or two substitutes that can bring help is already a problem. It's not easy.

Of course, as a League One team, such a lineup is thick enough.

This group of substitutes can perform like this, which is worthy of praise.

The FA Cup uses a substitute, and in the next England Championship, Ji Ya has sent all the main players.

This kind of approach seems difficult to understand, but it is normal from Ji Ya's point of view-the England Championship does not look so eye-catching, but it is also a national-level cup of that size!

Besides, Southampton has never won such a championship in history.

Lighting up this kind of achievement, a championship champion has [-] achievement points, and if he wins the England Championship for the first time, he can also get an additional [-] achievement points. How could Ji Ya let go of the harvest from the shop.

Even if you give up the FA Cup and the League Cup, you won't miss this game!

So Charlton suffered a big loss.

They are now tied for second place, and the task of the league is still very heavy. Although Charlton has never won a championship, such a championship is really nothing compared to promotion.

And even though it is already the semi-finals, it is the semi-finals in the south. If they win, they will play two home and away games in the finals in the south, and then the national finals. It's not very good, and it's still a bit difficult to keep the top two positions.

So Charlton did not send all the main players in this game. At first they thought that Southampton would concentrate on playing in the league. After all, everyone can see that Southampton is indeed a big favorite for promotion given its strength. .

As a result, Southampton didn't talk about martial arts, and sent all the main players, and they were still in their own home court, and immediately beat the opponent...

Mkhitaryan, Lallana, Lambert, Giroud, Southampton's four frontcourt kings each scored a goal, and finally swept Charlton [-]-[-], making them leave Southampton in disgrace Puton.

"Sick, playing so hard in the tournament, let's see you next league!"

Charlton fans leaving Southampton cussing motherfuckers.

From a certain point of view, what they said is indeed quite correct...

Southampton's state had actually declined a bit before, otherwise they would not have drawn a draw with the mediocre Leyton Orient. The state began to decline completely.

First, at home against Brighton, which was about to be relegated, the opponent used desperate running and confrontation to win solidly. With a score of [-] to [-], Southampton suffered their first home defeat this season—you know The League Cup has played against Premier League teams three times in a row, and they have won all of them at home!

In the next No.17 round, Southampton played at home against fifth-ranked Norwich. In this game, stimulated by the strong team, Southampton played well up and down, and finally drew [-]-[-] with their opponents at home. .

The fans still feel good about this draw, after all, it is not shameful to draw with the top-ranked teams.

However, when the No. 18 away game challenged the mid-range team Hartlip, most of the main players did not play due to poor physical fitness. Southampton lost in the away game so cleanly.

From the No.15 round against Leyton Orient to this game, Southampton has lost four consecutive games in the league.

In this regard, Southampton fans can only comfort themselves, because they have to be distracted by the cup, so it is normal to have some ups and downs in the league. Although the points have now dropped to No. 18, Huddersfield, which is ranked sixth, It's only ten minutes away.

Without deducting points, we are still in the top six!

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