Chapter 346 They are **!

"Dear viewers, welcome to watch the 2011-2012 English Football League Cup final!"

"I'm broadcasting live from Wembley Stadium."

"The game is about to begin, and both teams have already lined up!"

“We see that the team wearing red and white jerseys and looking very fashionable is Southampton, and they are also the favorites in this game!”

"With the referee's whistle, the game has begun, and Cardiff is the first to kick off!"

"As the game begins, let us take advantage of this moment to briefly introduce the starting lineups for both teams! First, Southampton's starting eleven."

"The goalkeeper is Neuer, the back line from left to right is David Alaba, Javi Martinez and Varane, and on the right is Clini, an 18-year-old English player."

"In midfield, Southampton still fielded a combination of Strootman, Toni Kroos and Vidal."

"Three players in the frontcourt..."

The list was only half introduced when the game situation took a turn for the worse.

Cardiff's first attack was intercepted by Vidal just after half-time.

After being passed by Toni Kroos, the ball came to Stroman and was passed to Neymar on the left.

Neymar dribbled the ball and suddenly shook off the defender and cut inside.

Drogba dropped back from the front.

"Neymar passes the ball to Drogba, the Beast passes it back, Neymar, go in!"

Neymar received Drogba's pass and quickly kicked the ball out, passing quickly between two defensive players.

"Nice, Neymar, break into the box and kick!"

“The ball goes in!!!!”

"Unbelievable, really unbelievable!"

"Just one minute into the game, Neymar took advantage of a dribbling breakthrough on the left, found Drogba to complete a wall pass, broke into the penalty area alone, and calmly shot into the goal!"

"One to zero, Southampton took the lead in the first minute!"

Following Neymar's goal and the referee's whistle confirming the goal, Saints fans throughout Wembley Stadium rushed out of their seats, shouting and cheering at the top of their lungs.

At this time, many fans had not even found their seats.

However, they were still in the aisle and in front of the guardrail, celebrating the team's first goal wildly!

"Crazy Southampton, this was a very resolute and decisive attack!"

"Cardiff's defense paid the heaviest price for their carelessness. They must try to equalize the score in the remaining 90 minutes!"

Southampton players celebrated this goal wildly.

Neymar rushed to the bottom of the Southampton fans' stand and opened his arms, not only allowing his teammates behind him to rush up and hug him, but also making the fans in the stands shout Neymar's name in unison.

It was a wonderful goal and an inspiring goal.

This goal gave Southampton a perfect start!

"This is Cardiff's head coach, Malky Makaay!"

"There was a saying in English football that Malky Makaay was the lucky star for the team's promotion, because he helped Norwich, West Ham United and Watford, three Championship teams, to be promoted to the Premier League for three consecutive seasons."

"After taking over as Cardiff City manager last summer, many people had high expectations for Malky Makaay. This season, the team is currently ranked fifth in the Championship and has entered the promotion play-offs. There is still hope for them to be promoted to the Premier League!"

The live TV camera turned again and switched to Bielsa.

Bielsa, who was originally squatting on the ground, jumped up excitedly the moment Neymar scored a goal. He clenched his fists and waved his arms excitedly, and even his glasses on the bridge of his nose fell off.

"This is Southampton's head coach, the Argentine madman Bielsa!"

"Bielsa's football philosophy is attack, attack, and attack!"

"Southampton came to Wembley Stadium twice before, both times they faced Manchester United. At that time, some media asked Bielsa, will Southampton adopt a more conservative tactic against Manchester United?"

"As a result, Bielsa retorted disdainfully at the time that no matter who the opponent was, Southampton would only stick to its own tactics, which was to attack, attack, and attack again!"

"From this point, it is not difficult to see that the blood of offensive football has been integrated into the soul of Southampton!"

"With a goal in the first minute, we have every reason to believe that this will be an exciting game!"

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It turned out that the on-site commentator's analysis was correct.

Southampton took the initiative with a goal in the first minute.

Cardiff were backed into a corner and forced to fight back.

But Southampton is definitely much stronger than Cardiff, so how could they give Cardiff a chance to fight back?

When Cardiff just showed the slightest sign of counterattack, Southampton's wave after wave of attacks completely beat the Welsh team back, and in the 13th minute, Toni Kroos made a diagonal pass to the right, James Rodriguez knocked the ball back to the middle, and Vidal, who came in from behind, shot into the goal in the penalty area.

Two to zero!

After this, Cardiff will never dare to show up again!

The Welsh team was forced to start defending and could only stay in their own half, stabilize the defense first, and then slowly wait for Southampton to make a mistake.

But even so, they still couldn't hold on!

Toni Kroos took the penalty in a frontcourt free kick opportunity. Drogba headed the ball into the goal guarded by Tom Heaton in the penalty area like pulling up an onion from dry land, and the score was extended to three to zero again!

As the first half was coming to an end, Southampton continued to make efforts. Stroman made a long shot from the edge of the penalty area, which hit the foot of Cardiff center back Tenner and changed direction. Neymar received the ball on the left side, dribbled past the defender and made a low pass into the penalty area, where Drogba scored.

Scored twice!

Four to zero!

The Saints fans throughout Wembley Stadium were completely in a frenzy!

Everyone knows that Southampton has the advantage in strength, but who could have imagined that the advantage is so great.

Is this the difference in power between the first and fifth ranked teams in the Championship?

The happiest people were the Saints fans. They sang the team song crazily, beat drums crazily, and cheered crazily.

Looking at the team's overwhelming offensive and one goal after another below the field, they were excited!

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“It’s so awesome, so addictive!”

Zhuang Zicheng was not a football fan at all, but he was very excited throughout the first half.

The pace is fast and overwhelming, and there is no lack of individual brilliance from the stars. This kind of game is truly exciting.

"Brother-in-law, we are leading by 4 to 0. I'm afraid we will win the championship, right?"

Yang Huan laughed, "That should be the case, unless Cardiff wants to have a Wembley miracle!"

If they were leading 4-0 and still got reversed, then Southampton's defense should really go home and eat themselves up!

"In fact, the potential of our team has not yet been fully tapped!"

"Not yet?" Zhuang Zicheng was surprised.

If he is so powerful even without fully exerting his power, how powerful would he be if he reached his peak?

"This is what Bielsa told me personally. He feels that Toni Kroos is not yet adapted to his responsibilities in the team. He is more of a person who provides the team with a stable distribution of ball possession. When he can move freely and provide strong help on both offense and defense, that is when Toni Kroos will be the strongest!"

"Neymar's performance this season has improved greatly compared to last season, and he is much stronger, but it is still not enough and he can continue to improve!"

"James Rodriguez on the right is good at holding the ball, but his ability to attack is not good enough. Ravel Morrison's progress is indeed gratifying, but the problem is that he is still too young. He was born in 1993 and is only 18 years old now."

When Yang Huan talked about this, he couldn't help but laugh.

In my previous life, when I played Football Manager, I could be a starter at the age of 18.

There is even an illusion that there is no further progress after the age of 24.

But it's a game after all.

In the real world of football, when an 18-year-old player is still growing rapidly and improving his skills, allowing him to play too much in professional leagues at this time would stifle his growth.

Therefore, for young players such as Ravelle Morrison, Pogba, Varane, etc., it is not good for them to let them play more games. We should consider their future more.

This requires the head coach, analysis center and team doctors to properly grasp the scale issue here.

Oh, by the way, Isco, Nastasic, Carvajal, David Alaba and others were also born in 1992 or 1993.

But many of them have already played in the professional league at Southampton for two years.

Next season, the team will be promoted to the Premier League.

Yang Huan is really looking forward to what kind of surprises this group of young players who have been tempered in two seasons of professional leagues will bring to everyone in the Premier League!

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The game entered the second half.

After the opening, Southampton still firmly controlled the situation.

But the attack was not as urgent and fierce as in the first half.

But Cardiff is still firmly behind Southampton.

Ten minutes into the second half, Bielsa began making substitutions one after another.

Sturridge replaced Drogba and Pogba replaced Vidal.

By the time Bielsa replaced Strootman with Isco, the second half had already entered the 70th minute.

After using up the three substitutions, Bielsa obviously wants to give these young players more opportunities to hone their skills.

In the 78th minute of the game, Isco made a clever pass in front of the penalty area.

Sturridge moved from the middle to the right side of the penalty area. After receiving the ball, he staggered past Cardiff's defender and was about to run out of the baseline. He hurriedly kicked the ball directly.

The ball hit the defender's leg, swayed past the defender and fell into the small penalty area.

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton rushed out of the goal, raised his hands and tried to catch the ball.

But I never expected that I would fail!

The ball passed over Tom Heaton's hands and landed right in the middle of the small penalty area.

No one expected this sudden change.

The first person to react was Neymar, who was nearby.

The young Brazilian player originally thought that Sturridge could no longer pass the ball, and he thought it would be good enough to get a corner kick.

Who would have thought it would turn out like this.

As soon as the ball arrived, Neymar's reaction was really quick.

He simply stopped and twisted, leaving the defensive player who was trying to clear the ball empty-handed, and then he made another attempt.

He kicked the ball into the unguarded goal.

Five to zero!

Suddenly, the Saints fans, who had been waiting for half an hour, exploded again!

Southampton was not as aggressive in the second half as in the first half, and with the need for substitutions, their offense was unable to score.

Now Neymar's goal has directly ignited the emotions of the fans.

The entire Wembley Stadium was boiling again!

The shouts of the Saints and Neymar were endless and the momentum was overwhelming!