Chapter 562 Just Wait!

The game entered the second half, and Yang Huan was still sitting in the chairman's stand of the Calderdale Stadium.

Frankly speaking, this was not a great game!

Not only is it not exciting, it can even be said to be a bit dull!

There was no other way. Norwich could only rely on steady defense and counterattack when facing the powerful Southampton at home.

Southampton, who usually plays with great momentum, had to play more steadily in such a crucial match.

The game has been going on for about an hour, and the only bright spot was the fifteen minutes before the end of the first half, when Southampton launched a massive attack. As a result, Neymar made two assists, helping Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale to score against Norwich.

2-0, Southampton established a leading advantage!

After the second half, Norwich tried to fight back, but after the Saints threatened Rudy's goal several times, Chris Hughton had to wave his hands to signal the players not to take any more risks, it was useless!

The gap in strength between the two sides was too great, and Southampton played so calmly that Norwich had little chance.

In fact, if Norwich was unwilling to give up and wanted to continue attacking and scoring goals, they might lose more goals.

Under the pressure of the Saints' high defense, Neymar's breakthrough, Gareth Bale's sprint and Ibrahimovic's turn after taking the ball could all directly threaten Norwich's goal.

Let me ask, does Chris Hughton still dare to take the risk?

Yang Huan felt that apart from those fifteen minutes of excitement, the entire game was boring.

This is totally not Southampton's usual style of play, but what can they do?

At a time like this, getting points is more important than anything else!

As for whether anyone will criticize Southampton’s conservative tactics, just look at those fifteen minutes of crazy attack!

Once Southampton seized Norwich's loophole, they even pushed forward the central defender. Is this still conservative?

"Mr. Yang Huan, we are still inferior in skills!"

Mrs. Delia Smith shook her head and sighed with a wry smile.

Whether from the scene or the score, Norwich was led by Southampton from beginning to end.

After all, it’s still because of lack of strength.

If a weak team wants to defeat a strong team, the strong team must first make mistakes and expose problems, and then the weak team can use targeted tactics.

But now, Southampton does have problems, but they are covered up very well.

Bielsa is indeed a tactical master!

"Ma'am, you're too polite. The game hasn't ended yet. The outcome is still unknown!" Yang Huan said with a modest smile.

Delia Smith shook her head. Any fan could see that Norwich had no chance.

Yang Huan didn't know what to say, so he turned to look at Peter Kenyon who was checking the latest scores on his phone beside him.

"How is it, Peter? What's the score at Upton Park?" Yang Huan asked with concern.

Peter Kenyon shook his head in disappointment, "One to one, still a draw!"

After a pause, the bald man continued, "At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United launched a massive attack. West Ham United was under a lot of pressure. We don't know when they will collapse and it will be over!"

Yang Huan was also helpless about this, as he had no way to help West Ham United play football.

If both Manchester United and Southampton win in this round, the result will be favorable to Manchester United and unfavorable to Southampton.

After all, a difference of ten points in ten rounds is completely different from a difference of ten points in nine rounds.

Yang Huan sighed. This feeling of leaving everything to fate really made him very unhappy.

I always feel like I am putting my life in front of others, allowing them to control and slaughter me.

"Peter!" Yang Huan looked at Peter Kenyon again.

When the latter heard Young Master Huan calling him, he immediately nodded to show that he was listening.

"This summer, we must continue to strengthen our strength and at least maintain our current lineup and competitiveness!"

Peter Kenyon understood what Yang Huan meant.

Southampton is a very young team. Keeping the current lineup is actually equivalent to improving Southampton's overall strength. After all, the strength of young players increases with age!

If Neymar is really sold, even though the team already has Hazard and Ravelle Morrison, it is imperative to recruit more players.

Southampton currently has a lot of talent in the midfield and defense, but the forward line is a bit troublesome.

Ibrahimovic is still in good shape, but Drogba is already 35 years old. His performance in the two seasons since joining the team is beyond reproach, but his overall strength is on the decline.

The most intuitive thing is that last season, Drogba was still playing a goal competition with Ibrahimovic, but this season, the Ivorian has been more of a substitute and his number of goals has dropped sharply.

Time is merciless!

Sturridge's performance is very eye-catching. It can be seen that the English striker has made rapid progress under the influence of Ibrahimovic and Drogba. This season, there are even signs that he will replace Drogba and become the team's rotation center.

Peter Kenyon still needs to have a good talk with Bielsa about how to coordinate the forward line.

But no matter what, we must start preparing for the striker issue!

Just as Peter Kenyon was thinking about the problem, the cell phone in his hand suddenly vibrated.

This almost made him lose his grip and fall to the ground.

After being startled, the bald man immediately opened the screen of his mobile phone and took a look. Oh my God!

"Master Huan, look!"

"What's going on?" Yang Huan was a little surprised. What could be so exciting?

When I took a closer look, I saw that the score between West Ham United and Manchester United had become 2 to 1.

According to international practice, the home team is in front and the visiting team is behind.

"Damn, who scored the goal?" Yang Huan immediately became excited.

I grabbed Peter Kenyon's phone and saw that in the 65th minute, Manchester United's long attack failed and a flaw was revealed again. Watts got the ball and passed it back to West Ham United midfielder Diame, who then made a 20-meter arc shot that went straight into the lower left corner of the goal.

This is going to be a good show!

"I told you! I've said it a long time ago, Manchester United's midfield is a minefield, the pass rate is too high!"

Yang Huan became very excited and laughed non-stop.

Manchester United's midfield is indeed a hidden danger, and Carrick alone cannot carry the team.

Why has the outside world not given Ferguson a high evaluation in recent years?

One very important reason is that Ferguson always believes in the players and he believes that experience is the most important!

I believe that fans will never forget that there was a time when Manchester United's defense was appallingly poor, especially the central defenders.

Even Ferdinand was a jerk at that time!

The British media even gave it a name, called Manchester United center back syndrome, which is specifically used to describe Manchester United's center backs.

In addition, the left and right backs have always been a problem.

But even though the whole world is aware of Manchester United's problems, Ferguson still goes his own way and refuses to recruit new players in the defense.

Ironically, Ferguson later brought in Vidic and Evra, which directly created Manchester United's iron defense.

Today, the same is true in midfield.

Ferguson continued to use Fletcher and Anderson, and even let the retired Scholes come back, reused the aging Giggs, and brought in players from other positions to play as guest players, but he just refused to recruit players in the midfield.

One very important reason is that Ferguson believes that the more experience a player accumulates, the better he will play football.

Therefore, he would rather give up Pogba and continue to trust the players he likes.

It is hard to say whether Ferguson was right or wrong.

But at least, in recent years, apart from Cristiano Ronaldo, who else has Ferguson trained?

But he is still stubborn!

When the whole world is paying attention to the midfield and trying to strengthen the midfield, Manchester United is the only one that refuses to introduce midfielders!

Yang Huan even thought that in his previous life, after Moyes replaced Ferguson, Manchester United's performance experienced a huge decline. Many fans blamed Moyes, believing that the lineup that could win the championship under Ferguson almost failed to avoid relegation under Moyes.

This is absolutely unfair!

At the very least, Manchester United's defense this season is not worthy of this championship trophy!

This is also the source of Yang Huanda’s confidence.

In his previous life, the reason why Manchester United won the championship was, on the one hand, because Manchester City itself was not doing well, Chelsea was in the adjustment stage, Arsenal habitually competed for the top four, and Tottenham Hotspur, Everton and Liverpool continued to play a supporting role.

But now it’s different, Southampton is fully capable of putting pressure on Manchester United.

As long as there is pressure, the weaknesses of Manchester United's midfield will definitely be exposed.

By that time, it will be difficult for the Red Devils to avoid losing points!

Ferguson, just wait, this is just the beginning!

When Yang Huan saw the news that Manchester United conceded the second goal, he became full of confidence!

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In this match held at Carrow Road, Southampton defeated Norwich City 2-0 away from home with two goals from Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale.

In that match at Upton Park in east London, at a crucial moment, Van Persie showed the strength of a top center forward, turning the tide and scoring an equalizer for Manchester United.

2-2, Manchester United got a point from Upton Park.

But Southampton got three points and Manchester United only got one point, and the gap between the two sides was narrowed to eight points.

As a result, fans across Britain, Europe, and even the world were going crazy!

Here, Southampton had just sounded the clarion call for the league title and had just issued a declaration of war, but over there Manchester United couldn't hold on anymore?

Isn’t this too weak?

In particular, many newspapers that had bad relations with Ferguson, such as the BBC, the Southern Echo and the Sun, criticized Ferguson after this round of games, believing that Manchester United must solve the midfield problem if they want to win the championship.

The reason is simple. Both of West Ham United's goals were closely related to Manchester United's midfield.

Even the Sun conducted an in-depth analysis of the game, seemingly trying to give advice to other teams on how to effectively restrain Manchester United, which immediately drew a barrage of anger and dissatisfaction from Ferguson.

Ferguson expressed regret for the defeat after the game, but he believed that the team could withstand the pressure.

But Ferguson refused to answer the question of whether Carrick would be too weak as a lone defensive midfielder.

On the other hand, although Southampton played a bit dull and there were only about fifteen minutes of highlights in the whole game, the score of 2-0 was firmly held. Both the score and the situation on the field were convincing.

The only thing that can be criticized is that Bielsa's team has become less active.

But Bielsa clarified the issue in an interview with the media after the game, saying that he had deliberately arranged it.

As for the reason, everyone is guessing that it has something to do with Southampton having to fight on multiple fronts in the future and facing two strong rivals, Liverpool and Chelsea, in two consecutive weeks.

Didn’t Ferguson say that?

If Southampton wants to truly threaten Manchester United's top position, they must first defeat Liverpool and Chelsea!

Therefore, although public opinion generally favors Southampton, when analyzing the ownership of the league championship, analysts still take a conservative view of Southampton, believing that the possibility of the Saints winning the championship is very slim.

In contrast, Manchester United has almost no strong opponents except for the home game against Manchester City.