Chapter 352 Come on, Southampton

Everyone stared at what was happening on the court in amazement.

Neuer left the goal to attack, but Soldado, as cunning as a fox, managed to get there before Neuer and kicked the ball lightly.

Although he lost his balance and fell into the penalty area.

But the ball lightly hit the Southampton goal line.

Beep!

The referee's ruthless whistle sounded instantly!

The goal counts! One to zero!

The scoreboard at the Mestalla Stadium seemed to be helping the home team. The moment the whistle sounded, the score changed from zero to zero to one to zero.

It was not until this time that the entire Mestalla Stadium was filled with deafening cheers.

The fans of the Bat Army were shouting and clamoring wildly.

Southampton fans, weren't you awesome just now?

Aren't you shouting very loudly?

Shout again, if you have the guts, shout even louder!

Southampton fans fell silent in an instant.

No one expected that Southampton would be scored by Valencia in less than three minutes after the start of the game!

This made all the Southampton fans who came to the away game feel anxious and worried.

Manchester United and Manchester City both lost, will Southampton lose as well?

The live TV camera mercilessly swept across the Southampton fans in the stands, capturing their panicked, hurried and helpless expressions and presenting them to all the fans in front of the TV.

Charlene Lahiri was speechless for a moment.

It wasn't until the staff reminded her that she realized she was commentating on the game.

"Southampton lost the ball!"

"Valencia scored in the third minute..." She obviously looked at the information, "Soldado received a cross from Feghouli and scored the first goal. This was a painful blow to Southampton!"

"The total score is now 2-1. Valencia is temporarily leading, but Southampton still has hope!"

"I believe that Southampton will not be defeated. The Saints will not give up so easily, and will not admit defeat so easily!"

Charlene Lahiri's words may inspire the fans watching on TV.

But an even more touching scene appeared!

More than 10,000 Southampton fans who came to the away game stood up from their seats.

They clapped loudly, cheered loudly, sang the team's anthem, or called out the players' names.

All kinds of shouts merged into one, as if turning into a vast ocean, and soon drowned out the celebrations of Valencia fans.

Come on, Southampton!

Don't give up, Saint!

This scene was not only captured by the BBC live camera, but also recorded by countless live cameras around the world and presented to fans all over the world. It was extremely touching.

“It’s really touching!”

Manuel Llorente, who was sitting in the presidential stand, also felt a little sad when watching this.

When it comes to fan loyalty and enthusiasm, English fans are second to none.

Even though he is the chairman of Valencia, he can't help but envy him.

But whether it is bitterness or envy, it is only temporary.

He soon resumed his role as chairman of Valencia.

"But you Southampton have no chance!"

Yang Huan smiled slightly, raised his head, and saw the pitch-black ceiling.

Only the presidential stand area at the Mestalla Stadium has a roof over the head, and the other stands are empty.

Yang Huan sat in the first row of the chairman's stand.

"Mr. Llorente, do you think that just one goal can knock us down?"

Yang Huan stood up, walked to the guardrail, grabbed the cold iron guardrail, raised his head, and could see the sky full of stars.

When he looked down again, his eyes fell on the court.

Ibrahimovic was the first to see him.

However, Yang Huan said nothing, just nodded, as if to say, I believe you!

Gradually, more and more players noticed him.

But he said nothing, just held the railing and stood quietly.

Under Yang Huan's feet, the visiting team's coaching bench was in chaos.

Martin Hunt and others were discussing something intensely.

But head coach Bielsa still squatted on the sidelines, watching the game silently.

After losing the ball, he didn't make any adjustments.

Because he believed that his players would not be completely thrown into disarray by a goal.

If this is true, then all the energy and hard work he has put into this team over the past two years have been in vain.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Southampton was still attacking.

Losing the ball was like a bloody cut in Southampton's body.

But the knife was not fatal, but instead aroused the bloodiness of Southampton.

They began to counterattack, a crazy counterattack!

Valencia still adopted their high defensive tactics and responded to Southampton's attack with active pressing.

Bielsa kept squatting and observing.

Suddenly, he stood up and walked to the coach's seat.

"Give me information on Tino Costa and Albelda!"

Soon, Martin Hunt handed the two tablets in his hand to Bielsa, and the information interfaces of Albelda and Tino Costa appeared respectively.

Bielsa took a quick glance and knew what was going on.

He walked to the sidelines and immediately waved to Ibrahimovic.

The Swedish center quickly took advantage of a dead ball opportunity and ran to the sidelines to drink water.

"You can't continue to hold the front line. Their targeted defense is very effective. We must adjust!"

Bielsa was concise and pointed out the problem directly.

"How?" Ibrahimovic gasped.

"Did you notice Tino Costa and Albelda?"

"Um!"

"They are using high-position defense, so these two defensive midfielders have to keep an eye on Vidal and Stroman. There is space between the central defenders and the two defensive midfielders. I will let Vidal and Stroman retreat a little to further expand the space. You retreat a little and hold this area!"

Ibrahimovic kept nodding, "Understood!"

"Also, Tino Costa is left-footed and Albelda is right-footed, you know what I mean?"

Ibrahimovic kept nodding, "Understood!"

"Very good, tell them, the offense revolves around you!"

Bielsa patted Ibrahimovic's wet shoulder and said, "Go!"

The Swedish center quickly ran back to the court, passed by James Rodriguez and Vidal along the way, and immediately conveyed the head coach's adjustment instructions.

In an instant, all Southampton players on the field received the latest instructions.

Organize the attack around Ibrahimovic!

"Southampton's head coach Bielsa has obviously started to adjust to the situation. I don't know if the Argentine madman has found an effective way to deal with it."

BBC live cameras captured the conversation between Bielsa and Ibrahimovic.

Charlene Lahiri knew very well that Bielsa would either not move, or if he did move it would definitely be for a purpose.

It depends on whether his adjustments can work.

Soon, Southampton launched another attack.

Toni Kroos made a hurried long diagonal pass, accurately finding Neymar on the left.

Neymar dribbled the ball from the left and suddenly cut inside. After shaking off Miguel on the left side of the penalty area, he kicked the ball hastily.

Although there was no goal, the Southampton fans in the stands cheered.

"Neymar has performed very well this season. The action before this shot was also very beautiful, but the angle of the shot was too small and Diego Alves was in a very accurate position. There was no chance!"

Charlene Lahiri analyzed with some regret.

"Ibrahimovic was shouting something at Neymar. He seemed to be telling Neymar that there was still plenty of time in the game and he shouldn't be so anxious. He needed to keep calm and not be too anxious!"

"The Swedish hand gesture should be saying, pass the ball to me!"

Southampton then organized several attacks, but failed to effectively enter Valencia's penalty area.

But the Saints had an overwhelming advantage.

"Don't be in a hurry, Southampton. Take your time. Now they have the ball possession and the initiative in the game. It's funny that except for the shot at the beginning of the game, Valencia didn't even have a second shot in the entire first half for 20 minutes!"

But everyone can sense a sense of worry from Charlene Lahiri's explanation.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a shot, as long as you can defend it!

There are also cases where a team had an overwhelming advantage but still lost the game.

Time passed bit by bit, and Southampton's attack was once again disrupted by Valencia.

The latter's counterattack quickly crossed the half court, but when he wanted to pass into Southampton's half, the pass was blocked by Stroman and Toni Kroos intercepted the ball.

Juan Mata immediately pressed towards Toni Kroos.

But the German midfielder didn't wait for Mata to get close, and kicked the ball directly to the left, giving it to Neymar again.

Neymar was by the left sideline, stopped the ball, moved forward, turned around and caught up.

Valencia's right-back Miguel stuck to him all the way, and the Bat Army's defense line quickly retreated to the penalty area.

Neymar forced Miguel to the left side of the penalty area. Suddenly, he made a fake move, quickly kicked the ball to the bottom line, and then chased after him at his fastest speed.

Miguel reacted and immediately stuck to Neymar, holding on to him tightly.

But Neymar finally seized a tiny advantage, using his speed and skills to create a tiny gap and passed the ball into the penalty area with his left foot.

Ibrahimovic had been lurking near the penalty spot, constantly reciting in his mind.

Spread it out, man, I believe in you, spread it out!

When he saw Neymar really pass the ball, his first reaction was that no matter where the ball went, he would first block Victor Ruiz and Rami behind him.

At this time, the Swedish center's dominance in the penalty area was reflected.

When Ibrahimovic ran to the left to receive the ball, Victor Ruiz and Rami were unable to defend and were blocked by Ibrahimovic behind them.

Albelda tried to intercept the ball halfway, but Neymar's pass was very smart.

When the ball entered the penalty area, there was an obvious ground bounce.

As a result, although Albelda made an interception move, the ball flew over his feet.

"Watch out Eevee!"

Albelda's shouts had little effect, because when the ball came, Victor Ruiz and Rami were blocked behind Ibrahimovic.

They could only watch as the Swede gently stopped the ball forward in front of the small penalty area.

Diego Alves always stood in front of the goal line and did not dare to attack.

Because he knew very well that if he attacked, Ibrahimovic would shoot directly!

The Swedish center also judged Diego Alves' position and did not kick the ball directly, but stopped instead.

But soon, he took a step forward and pulled back his left foot!

The ball was kicked into the far corner by Ibrahimovic's left foot and rolled to the lower right corner of the goal.

And before shooting, Ibrahimovic made a fake move, tricking Diego Alves into thinking that he was going to shoot directly at the near corner, so he quickly squatted down to save the ball.

As a result, he watched the ball roll to the far corner, crossed the goal line, and hit the side net!