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Like Southampton, the other two Premier League teams participating in the Europa League have also passed. Liverpool eliminated Trabzonspor [-]-[-] in two rounds, and Manchester City defeated Timisoara [-]-[-] in two rounds. All seven teams participating in the European competition have entered the group stage, which also allowed the Premier League teams that were defeated in the Champions League and Europa League last season to regain some face.

In particular, Southampton's promotion has made the Premier League bosses breathe a sigh of relief. The better Southampton plays in the Europa League, the more face they will have.

Up and down Southampton continued their winning streak. In the next round, Kiya rotated again. Navas, Schneiderlin and Mkhitaryan returned to the starting position, replacing Davis, Germany The positions of Linkwater and Lallana have not changed in any other positions. This seems to be beginning to prove that Southampton's starting lineup has gradually stabilized.

Chamberlain's ability to stabilize a starter under such circumstances is indeed quite surprising given that he is less than 17 years old.

However, as long as you look at his performance, you will know that his starting is a matter of course in terms of strength or Southampton's current situation.

He is the only player in Southampton's frontcourt who can continue to create opportunities by breaking through on the wing. With this alone, he can serve as the main force in Southampton after the change.

There is no doubt about that.

On the contrary, Lallana, who was originally in a stable position, has to compete with Mkhitaryan for the main position. As attacking midfielders, both of them have their own strengths and weaknesses. Such competition can actually stimulate their fighting spirit. .

After all, for players in their early 20s, twenty or thirty games a season is almost enough, and it is even more important for them to encounter games with higher quality.

In this game, Southampton is facing Coventry's challenge-this is also the top four teams now, a veteran team, and the favorite to advance. To say that Southampton's schedule is not good, after undergoing the Europa League qualifiers Under the pressure of the game, two of the opponents in the first four rounds are strong teams, and one is the traditional strong team Leeds. If the state is not adjusted well, it is not uncommon to even lose.

But fortunately, the quality of Southampton's pre-season training camp is very high, and their technical and tactical system, against the English Championship team, is indeed at a level that is almost crushing.

This allowed them to easily pass this level.

Mkhitaryan, who returned to the main position in this game, performed quite well. He kept receiving the ball in the tenth position, and then continued to rely on breakthroughs to create opportunities. Coventry's defense was turned upside down by him. With enough attention, the three forwards in the frontcourt will have more opportunities.

Chamberlain soon caught the ball past a defender in the penalty area and scored from a tight angle.

Immediately afterwards, Giroud also forcibly turned around and scored after receiving a pass from Mkhitaryan.

In the second half, Lovren smashed Mkhitaryan's corner into the opponent's goal.

Although the offense went smoothly, Southampton's defense was constantly being tested-Coventry spared no effort in offense, and they were better at offense, constantly attacking through the two wings, looking for opportunities to score.

They attack more from the two wings, playing high and high, Navas seems to be a bit struggling, but facing the judgment of crosses from the two wings, it is a necessary homework for the Premier League goalkeeper. Navas has long been aware of this, so he During the training, I also specially trained more on this aspect.

Judging the route of the cross, and then deciding whether to attack or not, is related to experience, as well as the ability to judge, the speed of movement of the feet, and the ability to judge the landing point.

For the last two points, Navas is not lacking.

So in the first half of the game, he kept attacking, and then took the lead in taking the ball off the heads of those tall centers and defenders. It was not easy to do this, but Navas played very well.

Occasionally there are a few frontal shots, but he moves quickly and then saves the ball.

Compared with Davis, his ability to move under his feet is indeed much stronger.

However, he still made a mistake in the second half-after making two wonderful saves in a row, he failed to hold the ball in one attack and could only hastily hit the ball. As a result, it just landed at the feet of the opponent's player, and the opponent volleyed directly. Kicked the ball into the empty goal...

"It's not an active mistake, so I don't blame him. When we saw his mistake, we should also see that he made two near-limit saves, which saved us two goals. Navas is A great goalkeeper, Davies too, it is always a blessing to have two great goalkeepers, but I can only put one of them on the bench. So I have rotated more during this period, It's a pretty good cycle."

Kiya argued for Navas's mistake at the press conference after the game. He really didn't care about this mistake, because it was a problem caused by a deviation in judgment and experience. The next mistake, unless Navas Is often, otherwise, there will be no problem.

Even Davis came out to defend his competitors: "Goalkeepers from other leagues always need time to adapt to the tactics of English football. This is normal. When Van der Sar joined Fulham , There will be some mistakes in high-altitude balls, but now? He is one of the best goalkeepers. Navas is an excellent goalkeeper. Although he is my competitor, I also want to say that he is really capable , To be able to compete with such a goalkeeper is also a very happy thing for me."

A reporter came up and asked Davis if it was a strange thing to be the captain of Southampton, but he could not guarantee the main force. Davis said that Wundt is also a very suitable player to be the captain. Although he just came Half a year, but he has great prestige in the locker room, and being the captain is very suitable.

"An old man in a family is like a treasure."

Ji Ya sighed. It is very difficult for Davis to stand up and speak for his competitors at this time. Of course, he can appear very arrogant, but there is only one main position. If you have it, I won’t. To be able to say a few fair words is indeed the pinnacle of the club!

It is undoubtedly a very happy thing to have such a veteran who does not care about personal gains and losses in the team.

"I'm more and more confident about our future now," Kiya told Benelli.

"I've always thought so." Benelli laughed.