Chapter 477: Clown

No one expected that the first round of the Premier League would turn out like this.

Fulham beat Norwich 5-0 at home, Swansea City beat Queens Park Rangers 5-0 away, West Bromwich Albion upset Liverpool 3-0 at home, and Arsenal was tied 0-0 by Sunderland at home.

This made several games on the first day of the first round of the Premier League surprising.

Isn’t this too tragic?

The next day, Newcastle beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at home, Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 away, and Everton beat Ferguson's Manchester United 1-0 at home, continuing their crazy performance in the first round of the Premier League.

Relatively speaking, Southampton's 3-2 loss to Manchester City in the first round away game was not very eye-catching.

Such a score is not worth making a fuss about, right?

It's just that the competition process was relatively brutal.

Southampton equalized the score twice after falling behind, thanks to goals from Drogba and Vidal respectively.

But in the 81st minute, Nasri broke into the penalty area from the left and scored the decisive goal for Manchester City.

In this match, both teams showed no reservations and played even more openly than in the Community Shield.

Mancini is at home, with a strong team, trying to beat Southampton at home in one go and get a good start in the new season, but Southampton is a bit helpless.

Four defensive players, Javi Martinez, Azpilicueta, Danilo and Alex Sandro, were called up to play in the Olympics. In particular, the absence of the defensive core Javi Martinez and two regular right-backs had a huge impact on Southampton's defense.

Conceding three goals is rare for Southampton in the past two years, and the black start was expected by many people.

But in the middle of the week, after a slight adjustment, Bielsa's team immediately went to Scotland to challenge the Scottish Premier League team Hearts away.

Southampton, who were short of players, had a hard time in this game, but in the end, thanks to Hazard's key goal, they brought back a 1-0 victory from the away game, laying a solid foundation for advancing to the Europa League group stage.

After returning to the Premier League, Bielsa's team made adjustments and defeated Wigan Athletic 2-0 at home, winning the first victory of the new season and boosting the team's morale.

Bielsa surprisingly once again deployed the double tower combination of Ibrahimovic and Drogba, with the two world-class center forwards each scoring a goal to secure victory for Southampton.

In the second leg of the fourth round of the Europa League qualifiers, Southampton defeated Scottish Premier League team Hearts 2-1 at home, and then advanced to the group stage with a total score of 3-1.

However, in the third round of the Premier League, Southampton lost 2-3 to Ferguson's Manchester United at home.

Losing is not a big deal; what matters is how you lose.

Southampton's center forward Drogba took the lead in breaking Manchester United's goal in the 16th minute.

But six minutes later, Valencia broke through the wing and assisted Van Persie to equalize the score.

After the second half, Drogba received a pass from Toni Kroos in the penalty area and headed the ball back. Vidal then broke into the penalty area and scored again, breaking De Gea's goal, 2-1.

After that, the two teams made frequent substitutions. Ferguson replaced Nani, Scholes and Hernandez successively. His attitude was very clear, which was to attack Southampton's flanks.

Although Bielsa tried to stabilize the wing defense, he was ultimately helpless.

Two genuine right backs are playing in the World Cup, what's the trick?

But what was really hard to accept was that Southampton stubbornly held on to the 2-1 scoreline until the 89th minute.

In the end, Van Persie scored two goals in the 89th and 92nd minutes to help Manchester United reverse Southampton away from home, and both goals came from assists from the wing.

This made all the fans at St. Mary's Stadium feel sad for Southampton.

The ball possession rate was superior, the number of shots was superior, and the passing success rate was superior, but they still lost.

This defeat also caused Southampton's league ranking to drop to 13th, even worse than fellow newly promoted West Ham United. The Hammers moved up to fourth place in the league with two wins and one draw.

Another newly promoted team, Reading, suffered three consecutive defeats and is ranked at the bottom.

This also led the British media to unanimously agree in their analysis that Premier League experience determines the competitiveness of newly promoted teams.

You know, although Southampton is a veteran team, it has been relegated to a lower-level league for many years, and Bielsa has never had any experience in coaching the Premier League or even the top European leagues. It is not difficult to understand why the Saints suffered a heavy setback at the start of the Premier League.

As for West Ham United, they have been playing in the Premier League for the past few years and have rich experience, and are more adapted to the Premier League environment.

However, some media analysis believes that Southampton’s poor performance is related to the schedule and lack of personnel.

After all, they faced the two Manchester giants at the beginning, and with the call-up of the National Olympic Team, it is understandable that the Saints performed poorly.

On the contrary, Manchester City and Chelsea, the two favorites to win the championship, won three consecutive games from the beginning and topped the league standings with nine points.

After three rounds of matches, the media generally believes that the two Manchester giants and Chelsea will be the favorites to win the championship.

Southampton, known as the darkest promoted team in history, is currently ranked in the middle and lower reaches. In order to achieve the goal of the top four in the league, it still needs to step on the accelerator.

But just when the outside world was generally pessimistic about Southampton's future, and some people even began to suspect that the Saints were exaggerated by the British media, Southampton defeated Bayern Munich 4-1 in the European Super Cup.

Ibrahimovic scored a hat trick and the returning Javi Martinez scored from a corner kick.

Players such as Neymar and Koke who returned to the team all had good performances.

The tough Bielsa completely fought back against the outside world's doubts about Southampton with a resounding victory.

The media, which follow the trend, unanimously supported Southampton after the game, believing that the Saints' strength is absolutely impeccable and they are qualified to compete for the top four in the Premier League.

But in the fourth round of the league, Southampton made a long journey back to London, but lost 1-3 to Arsenal away from home.

This immediately caused Southampton's league ranking to drop again, falling to 16th place, just one step away from the relegation zone.

At the bottom of the ranking is the newly promoted team, Reading, which has lost four games in a row.

Newcastle's head coach Alan Petr mentioned his old club in an interview with reporters at a press conference after the 2-2 draw with David Moyes' Everton away from home, and believed that Southampton's goal of competing for the top four in the league was unrealistic and their most realistic goal was to avoid relegation.

"There is no doubt that they are the most talked-about promoted team in the history of the Premier League, but the Premier League is different from other leagues and cup competitions. This is a league where even the bottom-ranked team can earn 50 or 60 million pounds a year."

"You can imagine how fierce the competition was."

When asked by reporters what Newcastle's goal for this season was, Alan Padoo answered without hesitation: top four

Many reporters at the scene could sense the Magpies coach's disdain and sarcasm towards Southampton from the words he wrote.

It seems that he still remembers the grudge two years ago.

Now this is going to be interesting

"This Alan Pai Du, I think he has forgotten the time two years ago when he almost knelt down in front of me and begged for mercy. Fortunately, I was merciful and let him go."

At this point, Master Huan shook his head in amusement, "So, being a good person in this world is a disadvantageous thing."

Zhang Ning and Zhuang Ziqing, who were sitting opposite him, looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

That's a perfect reason to be a bad guy.

At this moment, they were sitting in an extended version of Lagonda Conqueror heading to Shenzhen International Hi-Tech Exhibition Center.

Yang Huan found it funny whenever Alan Paidu was mentioned.

This clown has completely forgotten what happened.

The league has only been played for four rounds. Even if Southampton suffers a black start, so what?

Are you so eager to jump out and attract hatred?

In Master Huan's eyes, he is nothing.

"Do you want me to call Sun Yue and ask him to respond for you?" Zhang Ning asked with a smile.

Ever since Sun Yue confronted Ferguson and made Ferguson so angry that he almost vomited blood and his blood vessels burst, his reputation as a sharp-tongued person has been confirmed, but he has never admitted it.

"No need, he is busy with the European Youth Champions League now," Yang Huan shook his head and smiled.

As soon as the Champions League group stage draw was over, preparations for the UEFA Youth Champions League began in full swing. Sun Yue was also quite busy during this period. How could he have the time to bicker with a small character like Alan Paidu?

"Besides, if I compete with this guy, I will only lower my status."

After finishing speaking, Master Huan did not forget to proudly make a gesture that he thought was very handsome.

This made Zhuang Ziqing and Zhang Ning roll their eyes. Isn't this guy too narcissistic?

"Oh, by the way, Zhang Ning, are you confident about this exhibition? Don't mess it up," Yang Huan asked with concern.

What he was talking about was the International High-Tech Achievements Exhibition, an exhibition that is open to the whole world and has unparalleled influence in China and Asia. It is regarded as the best showcase for Chinese high-tech products to the world.

This time, WeChat plans to officially launch several new products that have been under development for a long time at the exhibition.

Including the virtual reality glasses and augmented reality glasses that Yang Huan is very much looking forward to.

"Don't worry, we have been testing internally for half a year and have even spent a lot of money to prepare for this event. There will be no problem. We will definitely not let you embarrass yourself in front of reporters and fans all over the world."

Zhang Ning was smiling, but he looked very confident.

Yang Huan was still very confident in her ability to do things, and kept nodding, "That's good."

As they were talking, they arrived at the convention and exhibition center.

At this time, the convention and exhibition center was already crowded with people.

As the most influential high-tech exhibition in China, the International High-Tech Achievements Exhibition has attracted numerous high-tech companies, electronics enthusiasts and practitioners, as well as media reporters from all over the world.

This limited edition of the gold Lagonda Conqueror Extended Edition immediately attracted the attention and admiration of everyone at the entrance of the convention and exhibition center as soon as it appeared.

I believe that most people are seeing the current car for the first time. It is so eye-catching, isn’t it?

When Yang Huan and two stunning beauties got out of the car one after another, there were countless screams at the scene.

There is no need to mention Master Huan. Zhang Ning and Zhuang Ziqing are also extremely popular in China.

There is no way, beautiful women, every move is watched by the outside world

The three of them walked into the venue, surrounded by bodyguards.

In the venue, everyone's attention was more focused on the exhibition area and activities, which also made them feel relieved.

"I have to go to the organizer and maybe attend a few more events later."

As soon as he walked into the hall, Zhang Ning said reluctantly.

Who made her the CEO of WeChat now?

"Hey, it's okay. Go ahead and do your work. Ziqing and I will look around and visit Zicheng while we're at it."

In this exhibition, the team led by Zhuang Zicheng is the most valued protagonist.

"Well, I'll be leaving now. See you later."

"See you later"