Chapter 1039 Good shot, come on!

Although the Saints pressed forward aggressively at the start of the game and firmly controlled the situation, Manchester City was no pushover either.

There is a saying that goes, a rotten ship still has three pounds of nails, but it was Manchester City that first created a threat on the field.

That happened in the 16th minute. After losing the ball in the frontcourt attack, the first counter-attack on the left was not timely. As a result, Manchester City's right-back Zabaleta suddenly inserted himself, and after Yaya Toure cooperated with David Silva, David Silva passed the ball to the right in seconds.

Zabaleta broke through Southampton's defense before everyone else, rushed to the bottom line after getting the ball, and then passed it to the middle.

But this very threatening pass was punched out of the penalty area by Neuer who suddenly left the goal.

Although no scoring opportunities were created, this counterattack was quite sharp.

After resolving the crisis, Neuer immediately shouted at Luke Shaw who was returning to defense. It was obvious that the left-back had pressed too high, which directly led to the team's counterattack after losing the ball, and he failed to get into position in time.

With the first counterattack, Manchester City tasted the sweetness and Southampton began to slow down their offensive.

Ancelotti made some minor adjustments on the sidelines, but the overall situation remained unchanged.

This is also normal. For the same problem, the head coach and the fans see it in two completely different directions.

Just like the counterattack just now, many people would think that it was Luke Shaw's problem.

But in Ancelotti's view, it was not the case. Instead, he felt that Manchester City seized the weak spot between the left-back and the central defender in his tactics and launched a threatening counterattack.

Therefore, after fine-tuning, Manchester City still repeatedly attacked David Silva and De Bruyne.

These two players are very interesting. They are both technically sophisticated midfielders, but they appear on the wing, and their duties are somewhat similar to those of a false winger, that is, an organizing winger.

Pellegrini obviously wanted to use David Silva and De Bruyne to tear open the soft spot between Southampton's full-backs and central defenders, especially when the full-backs made a run.

But Ancelotti was no pushover and he immediately made adjustments to try to plug the loophole.

However, with the sudden attack just now, the game started to become a bit stalemate.

Yang Huan now finds that the more he watches football, the different angles he appreciates it from and the more in-depth he can see it.

In the past, Southampton under Bielsa was straightforward and emphasized more on offense.

But now Ancelotti is different, he seems to pay more attention to balance and emphasizes control.

In order to better control the game, the Saints can press high, but can also retreat deep.

However, the players on the field were in perfect harmony and worked in unison.

After watching some of Southampton's games this season, Bielsa exclaimed that Ancelotti was composing Southampton's football art. Even Guardiola said that Ancelotti did make the Saints' football philosophy more rational.

At first, Yang Huan didn’t know how to see it, but later, Bielsa taught him.

"Imagine that there is a virtual line connecting every player on the team. Every move of the players on the court is not separated from the whole. Then you look at the trend of the team in the game."

The people in the research center have even specially developed a program to do analysis and research in this area. Yang Huan has watched those videos and found that when all the players are connected by a line, every move of the team on the court seems to have a rhythm and a sense of rhythm.

The three lines of the entire team remained very compact and tight. They retreated together and pressed forward together.

At this time, the team was like a sticky paste.

If you punch me on the left side, my left side will move inward, and the middle and right sides will also move towards the left side.

What?

Do you feel like you don’t have the strength to fight back and want to pull back?

Okay, but I will also follow your retracting gesture, press outwards, and bounce outwards.

In this situation, the Saints have no fixed formation at all, and even many players do not have fixed positions. They will perform their duties according to the situation on the field and their own positions, and work together to maintain the whole.

Of course, this so-called airtight whole can only exist in theory.

But on the ever-changing football field, different changes often occur, just like Luke Shaw just now moved too forward, which directly led to the team being counterattacked.

The same hidden dangers exist in every aspect of the team.

But as a whole, the Saints are undoubtedly quite sophisticated.

This subtlety was reflected on the court. Even when the two sides were in a stalemate, the Saints were still able to control the situation and the ball in an orderly manner, making it difficult for Manchester City to get the ball when they wanted to play, and they didn't know where to start when they wanted to attack.

Sitting in the stands, Yang Huan deeply felt that the Saints had become a very mature team.

This made him a little sad, a little reluctant, and even a little unwilling to admit it.

However, when a team can play a set of tactics that is no less than that of the main lineup even if it replaces all the substitutes, there is no doubt that this tactical system can be declared to have fully matured.

It can even be said that it has been integrated into the bones of every player on the team.

Watching the players on the field playing, they don't have the kind of enthusiasm and passion of Bielsa's era, but they seem very calm, not panicky or confused. No matter what unexpected situation they encounter, they can resolve it calmly. The game is very smooth, comfortable and pleasing to the eye.

Yang Huan now feels like a father who has raised a child. He watches his child, from a hungry baby, to someone who needs his care and concern, slowly grow up and become mature and independent.

Until now, he no longer needs to worry or help.

But he felt a sense of loss.

Yang Huan believes that no one else in the world can understand his feelings at this moment, because the hard work and energy he has invested in this Southampton team is completely incomprehensible to others.

The saints are like His children!

Although he knew that he had hoped countless times in his heart, when would he be able to be a free and easy rich second generation? Would he be able to worry less about things?

But when that day finally came, he felt lost.

"Hmph!" Yang Huan let out a breath, shook his head and smiled.

"What's the matter?" Prince William, who was sitting next to him, asked curiously.

He had long noticed something was wrong with Young Master Huan. For more than ten minutes, he didn't say a word and just stared at the game. This was totally unlike Young Master Huan's style.

If it were in the past, when Master Huan saw Manchester City retreating in an embarrassing manner, shouldn’t he have teased Mubarak?

Yang Huan smiled faintly, sighed again, and said self-deprecatingly: "Suddenly I feel like I've been dumped by a woman!"

"What?" Prince William was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

Master Huan was dumped by a woman?

If you tell this to others, please don't make them laugh to death!

Not only him, but also the people sitting around them found it funny.

Everyone knows that Young Master Huan is a romantic and dashing man, but he is the only one who can dump people. Who has ever heard of anyone dumping Young Master Huan?

"Hey, Master Huan, I heard that you were recently dating that...that..."

"Nina Dobrev!" someone nearby reminded.

"Yes, that's her, Nina Dobrev. I just heard that you two were hooking up. Did she really dump you?"

Yang Huan was depressed. Needless to say, it must have been the guy from British Telecom who unbuttoned three buttons who leaked the news. Only this guy with connections in Hollywood knew about her and Nina Dobrev.

Isn’t it just two people going out to sea on a yacht for a few days?

But soon, Prince William realized something was wrong.

"That's not right, my Master Huan. I heard before that she was the one chasing you the whole time and finally caught up with you. How could she dump you?"

Then, the future King of England, who was very gossipy, opened his eyes wide and asked, "Could it be that you have a new one?"

"I do it!" Yang Huan was so angry that he started laughing.

"You guys are really... Summer insects can't talk about ice!"

Don’t you think Prince William is gossipy enough?

But this guy is terribly afraid of his wife. He dares not say a word if Princess Kate says anything.

"You mean, you were not really dumped by a woman?"

"Nonsense!" Yang Huan really wanted to open his heart to them, "I'm talking about feelings, feelings. You guys who haven't had a few relationships or even never been in love at all don't understand."

Prince William and others were depressed. He really wanted to say that at least he had talked about it again, okay?

But if he said this, people would definitely laugh to death, so he just didn't say it.

However, it must be said that the Young Master Huan at this time was the Young Master Huan they knew!

The thoughtful look on his face just now was a little unusual.

Just when things were going great in the stands, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Tielemans passed the ball to Kovacic, who stopped the ball and turned around in one go, shaking off Manchester City's defenders. He then dribbled the ball quickly and broke into Manchester City's 30-meter area.

Master Huan hadn't sat down yet. He got excited when he saw the ball and shouted, "Good shot, come on!"

Mubarak on the side was anxious, "Stop him, shovel, shovel!"

Yang Huan was very happy. If he tackled the ball in this position and committed a foul, it would be a very good opportunity for a set piece.

Although Beckham II Prowse did not start, the Saints have no shortage of free kick experts.

But just when he rushed to the front of Manchester City's penalty area, Kovacic suddenly passed the ball to the right. Oscar caught up, made a fake move, and leaned to the left, but suddenly poked with his right foot.

All the defensive players were fooled by Oscar's body and thought he was going to pass the ball to the left, but he suddenly passed the ball to the right. It was indeed a beautiful feint to the east and attack in the west.

Then we saw Sturridge like a flash of lightning, cutting into the penalty area from the right side. Before the defender turned around, he did not shoot himself, but made a horizontal pass to the left post.

Harry Kane rushed out of the crowd at this time, and before everyone else, he shot a fierce shot and the ball went straight into the goal.

One to zero!

"Wow!" Yang Huan jumped up with excitement after seeing Harry Kane score a goal.

This local player, who was praised by Alan Shearer as England's top center forward in the next decade, has performed really well in the past two seasons, especially this season, his efficiency has been so high.

But more importantly, he is not only efficient in scoring and has excellent footwork, but what people praise most about him is his active running on the court, which reflects his extremely high tactical value.

"That's great, now that we have scored a goal, the game will be easier!" Yang Huan laughed.

In contrast, Mubarak sat back in his seat with a dull look on his face, looking completely lackluster.

He knew very well that after Southampton scored first, it would be extremely difficult for Manchester City to turn the situation around.

It is really depressing to say, who would have thought that the Saints would score a goal in just one attack?