Southampton's two starting forwards this time are 33-year-old veterans Connolly and Barnard.

Connolly has not made many appearances in the new season. In addition to his age, frequent injuries during training are also a major reason.

Although they are not serious injuries, they do affect his chances of playing.

Bernard's performance has not been good enough recently. The reason why Coach Adkins started them both today was mainly due to the physical fitness of Gurley and Schroeder.

Gurley and Schroeder both fought hard in the last knockout round, and their physical fitness has not recovered to its best condition.

The core condition for Coach Adkins to select the starting players is physical fitness.

A professional player who lacks physical fitness is not worthy of starting, especially in a highly competitive and crucial game.

The left midfielder is still Chamberlain. Although Chamberlain occasionally loses power and his defensive ability is poor, his speed and momentum in the left front position, especially his cooperation with Gu Ran on the left side, are still very good.

The right midfielder was replaced by attacking right midfielder Jason Ponjon to replace Schneiderlin who was in continuous combat.

The two midfielders are still Lambert and Hammond.

The left back is still Gu Ran, while the right back is replaced by Fangte.

The two central defenders are veteran Jaidi and young Aaron Martin.

Although Martin did not perform well in the previous game and even caused a penalty for the opponent, Coach Adkins still chose to trust Martin in this game.

After all...the physical condition of the team vice-captain Walton in the first half is really not reassuring.

The goalkeeper is naturally still the captain Davis.

In general, Southampton's starting lineup today has a major change, and the right side is almost a brand new combination, which will make the game more difficult, but in fact, as long as Gu Ran is on the court, coach Adkins dares to adopt such a bold rotation, and everything is based on physical fitness.

Huddersfield Town used a 352 formation.

According to military intelligence before the game, Huddersfield Town's tactical style tends to be traditional physical confrontation. The front players often create crossing opportunities through simple wing cooperation or 1-on-1 strong breakthroughs, and then the center forward grabs the ball in front of the goal.

Unlike Sheffield United, which is defensive and counter-attacking in nature, Huddersfield Town is more inclined to attack. Their head coach Paul Stephenson believes in the philosophy that the best defense is offense.

Huddersfield's two center forwards are No. 24 Benic Afobi and No. 17 Jordan Rhodes.

Benic Afobi is only 17 years old this year. He joined Arsenal's youth training camp at the age of 8 and has a genuine Arsenal youth training pedigree.

When Benic was 16 years old, he was spotted by Wenger and signed a professional contract to join Arsenal's youth team. When he was 17 years old, he was loaned to Huddersfield Town for training.

Bennik is 180cm tall and weighs 75kg. He has strong physical confrontation, high explosive power, and extremely fast speed. His off-ball movement is accurate, and his imagination, footwork, and shooting skills are all first-class at his age.

The other Jordan Rhodes is even more amazing.

Jordan Rhodes is 20 years old, 186cm tall and weighs 71kg. Not only is he physically strong, but he is also very flexible. His heading ability, positioning ability and sense of smell in front of the goal are magical. He is definitely one of the best players outside of the current English top league.

According to pre-match military intelligence statistics, Jordan Rhodes made 24 appearances for Huddersfield and scored 27 goals.

This goal efficiency is second only to Gu Ran.

Of course, Gu Ran is a BUG god-like existence. The English League One has only been going on for less than three months, and all the English League One teams are studying how to restrict Gu Ran.

But no matter what, these two centers of Ha Town are very young, physically fit, and powerful strikers.

Especially when combined with Hazhen's aggressive and aggressive mentality, the power of these two sharp knives will inevitably be even stronger.

Huddersfield's three central midfielders are No. 16 Scott Arfield, No. 4 Joey Gudjohnsen, and No. 11 Anthony Pilkington.

No. 16 Scott Arfield was selected for the Scottish youth team 15 times and scored 2 goals. He was hailed as Scotland's future midfield hope. Unfortunately, he has been playing in low-level leagues for many years and has not made any significant progress. As a result, this young player did not make it to the Scottish national team's roster.

Because Scott Arfield has dual citizenship of Scotland and Canada, Scott Arfield, who was not called up to the Scottish national team, finally chose to play for his second nationality, the Canadian national team, in 2016.

This kind of example of having a second nationality and changing national teams is not uncommon abroad - but they will still be regarded as traitors by fans in their own country.

In general, Arfield's passing ability and frontcourt connecting ability are still very strong at the moment.

No. 4 Joey Gudjohnsson is a player of the Icelandic national team. The 30-year-old has rich experience in major competitions. He has been selected for the Icelandic national team 34 times and has scored 1 goal.

Even though it was only one goal, it was achieved in an official national team match, so it is of great value.

Joey Gudjohnsen is 173cm tall, not very tall, but has comprehensive skills, both offensive and defensive, first-class intercepting and stealing ability in the midfield, and is strong in creativity, crossing, prediction, aggressiveness, explosiveness, speed, and physical fitness. As a central midfielder today, he will definitely cause considerable trouble to Southampton.

Joey Gudjohnsen's weakness is that he has a hot temper and poor jumping ability, so he has difficulty defending high balls and competing for headers.

Speaking of which, Joey Gudjohnsen has some connections with Southampton.

Previously, Southampton was looking for a midfielder and made an offer to Joey Gudjohnsen, hoping to bring him to St. Mary's Stadium, but Gudjohnsen publicly ridiculed in the newspaper that Southampton's offer seemed to be missing a zero.

In the end, Joey Gudjohnsen joined the attacking Huddersfield Town and vowed to lead Huddersfield Town back to the Championship and then bring Huddersfield Town to the Premier League to achieve a historic breakthrough.

No. 11 Anthony Pilkington is a player with balanced left and right feet. He is a rare all-round player in the midfield and frontcourt. He can play as a left or right attacking midfielder, as a central midfielder, and even as a striker.

Anthony Pilkington once trained in Manchester United's youth training camp. He started his career at English League Two Stoke City and led the team to promotion to English League One in 2008. He also won the English League Two Player of the Year award that year.

After joining Huddersfield Town in 2009, he quickly became a key player for the team due to his ability to play in multiple positions. He has solid technical skills and has amazing free kick and long-range shooting skills.

Huddersfield Town’s left wingback is No. 20 Kevin Kilbane.

The 33-year-old veteran is an Irish international who has been selected 103 times and scored 7 goals. He is 183cm tall and weighs 83kg. He is a typical human tank, aggressive and highly confrontational, has good defensive positioning and is extremely physically fit.

The disadvantage is that the heavy weight makes the speed too slow and the turning is not flexible enough.

Fortunately, Huddersfield's wing-back style is crazy offensive, and the defensive requirements are not too high.

Kevin Kilbane was loaned from Championship team Hull City. During his rich career, he played for Preston in League Two and West Bromwich in League One and helped West Bromwich to be successfully promoted to the Championship. He was then bought by Premier League team Sunderland. After Sunderland was relegated, he transferred to Everton, which was the highlight of his career. Later, he moved to Wigan Athletic, and then to Hull City in the Championship at the end of his career, and was loaned to Huddersfield Town in League One.

A typical wandering player.

Huddersfield Town's right wingback is No. 8 Anthony Key.

This player is 180cm tall and weighs 80kg. He is known as Daddy's Little Cannon. In addition to his abundant physical strength and strong confrontation ability, his heading is also a big advantage.

Of course, his shortcomings are the same as those of left wingback Kevin Kilbane, he is slow, slow to turn, and lacks explosive power.

In a 352 formation like Huddersfield Town's, wing-backs are very important. Their style almost determines the general style of the game. Wing-backs rush harder and farther forward, and this style is all about big and crazy attacks. But if the wing-backs have poor defense, are slow to turn around and chase back, they can easily be attacked from behind by opponents and forced to counterattack.

Coach Adkins was keenly aware of this, so Southampton's style today was not to attack Huddersfield Town, but to play defense and counterattack calmly.

——I will use my physical energy to exhaust you, strangle you and force you to make mistakes. If you have the ability, Niha Town will keep attacking wildly and never make mistakes, because as long as you make a mistake, you will not be able to bear it.

Huddersfield's three central defenders are No. 3 Gary Nasmith, No. 5 captain Peter Clarke, and No. 18 Jamie McCombie.

The 32-year-old veteran Gary Nasmith is experienced and can play not only as a center back, but also as a left back and left wing back. He has good anticipation, strong confrontation, and is also good at crossing and marking.

The 28-year-old captain Pete Clark is an expert at defensive positioning, stealing, and back-line command.

Jamie McCombie is 2 meters tall and is a typical high center back. He has good jumping ability and heading skills, making him a very sharp killer during corner kicks and free kicks.

Finally, Huddersfield’s goalkeeper is No. 1 Alex Smithies, who is 188cm tall and weighs 84kg. He is very confrontational in the penalty area and has an advantage against the opponent’s center forward.

Alex Smithies, 20 years old, is also a native player of Huddersfield. He has been training in Huddersfield's youth training camp since he was a child and is affectionately called...their own little dog by Huddersfield fans.

Later, Alex Smithies moved to Queens Park Rangers.

In general, Huddersfield Town's overall lineup is still very strong, but there are no particularly famous stars, and naturally there are no skills worth forcing.

At this time, with the whistle of the referee, the 8th round of the English League One officially began!

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(End of this chapter)