I brush achievements in football

After this FA Cup match, the praise of Chamberlain immediately filled a lot of sports media.

The English sports media has always had such a bad habit, that is, unrestrained praise of local players, especially young players, who perform better, all of which are emperor stars and demon emperor hats.

If the player's mentality is a little unstable, he will be easily affected.

However, no matter how good the coach is, he can do nothing about this kind of thing. In the past, players could not read newspapers, but now it is the information age, and you can surf the Internet with a mobile phone. A piece of news, it can still be done.

Ji Ya also couldn't pay too much attention to Chamberlain. His current attention was all on the next League Cup match.

Home game against Portsmouth.

This is the first time they have met Portsmouth since Southampton was relegated in the 04-05 season!

The South Coast Derby between Southampton and Portsmouth is relatively small. It has always been because Portsmouth is always in the lower leagues, Southampton is in the top league, but Portsmouth has been in the Premier League in recent years. Southampton went down.

This also made the Portsmouth fans feel elated-now it's their turn to come to Southampton as a Premier League team!

Southampton fans have long been prepared to "welcome" each other's moves.

Portsmouth's performance this season is actually very bad.

Now that the Premier League has played fourteen rounds, they only won two games, drew one game, and lost a total of eleven games. They are at the bottom with seven points and six points behind the relegation zone.

This season in the Premier League, they started with a seven-game losing streak. In the game just past, they defeated Manchester United [-]-[-] at home. If there is no major change, relegation is a foregone conclusion.

So Southampton fans don't have to think, just solve it in one sentence.

"See you next year in the Championship!"

This is too harsh.

The Portsmouth fans were quick to respond.

"The premise is that you can upgrade!"

This knife is also very ruthless.

As expected of a mortal enemy, he knows how to stab the knife better.

The distance between Portsmouth and Southampton is only more than ten kilometers, and it is not too far to walk, so there are many Portsmouth fans who come to Southampton. In terms of momentum, they are not at the same level. downwind.

But this year's Portsmouth is really not doing well.

They are no longer the Portsmouth team that won the FA Cup two seasons ago. The main players in that team are always going away. Muntari went to Inter Milan, Campbell retired, and Dias went to Milan. After leaving Real Madrid, only veterans Kanu and Utaka are left.

The veteran coach Redknapp who led that team has also left, and the current head coach Steve Cotterill is not a famous coach. It is inevitable that Portsmouth's performance will plummet. .

Meeting Southampton at this time is actually a good thing.

After all, the conflict between Portsmouth and Southampton is indeed great. Under such circumstances, if they can defeat their rivals in the same city, the morale and fighting spirit they bring will still be of great help.

What's more, Portsmouth's performance in this year's cup competition is not bad. It has persisted in the FA Cup and League Cup until now. This is also a good way.

"Portsmouth is far behind the three Premier League teams we have encountered before, but this game is a derby... Derby is always special. This is my first time coaching a derby, and it is also your first. I played a derby once, the last time I played a derby was in 05, right? At that time there was no one in the team.” Ji Ya said on the training ground.

The players all laughed, indeed, after the Southampton team was relegated, many people left. The current captain Davis joined in the summer of 06, and the vice-captain Perry and the third captain Walton were both in 08. The Southampton players who joined in the summer and who were in the Premier League have all left.

So the Southampton players are indeed participating in the derby for the first time.

"Portsmouth are used to a four-four-two lineup, but they don't have too many good players in the lineup. The goalkeeper Begvic is good, but the goalkeeper's performance shows that their defense is terrible, and it is true. Their four In my opinion, the defenders are very average, far worse than our defense." Ji Ya continued.

The players burst into laughter.

In their view, the head coach despises Portsmouth. They are the Premier League's defense anyway, and Southampton's defense is not good in the League One, basically conceding goals in every game.

"I'm not joking. We conceded more goals because of our attacking tactics. It's normal to concede goals in such a situation. In fact, our defense combination is top-notch in the entire League One. It's no shame in the Championship. And what about Portsmouth? They conceded 23 goals in [-] games. On the surface, they conceded a little more than us, but in the game, they used more defensive and counterattack tactics. In the situation where they are scored again and again, their defense is really not good. But in the midfield, they actually have some good players, but they are not combined, and they are old. "

Ji Ya began to draw on the tactical board: "Although Kanu is old, his skills, impact and ability to organize the team will be very useful. He can no longer withstand the fierce competition in the Premier League, but in this game he will Will definitely start. Utaka's breakthrough on the wing is very good, this guy has good speed, and he can just address our weak defense on the wing, so James, you will start this game, play right back, and deal with him specifically."

James nodded. He has no problem with being a coolie. After all, the competition in the midfield is too fierce. Being a defensive back is also good, at least he can play in the game.

"The most important thing they should pay attention to in midfield is Big Boateng. This guy has good physical fitness. Although his playing style is very chaotic, he is a bit like Baptista in Sevilla back then. He will score a goal. It is a bit difficult to mark him. After all, our midfielder is at a disadvantage against him in terms of height and strength, but it doesn’t matter. Let him rush and cut off the connection between his teammates and him. , Portsmouth's attack will not be a whole."

After commenting on the opponent's main force, Ji Ya hesitated: "As for Kranjja...he probably won't start, after all, he and Boateng's positions are in conflict, even if he starts, his state is not as good as before. Compared to Modric, he is far behind."