Chapter 606 Saints must win!

Bielsa's big move?

Please, what's the big trick?

The league has been played for 37 rounds and has been going on for several months. Everyone knows each other well. Even a young player in the youth team can dig up dirty information. What other mysterious tricks can there be?

Ibrahimovic, his head, face and body covered in sweat, walked out of Stoke City's penalty area and walked back.

He had just completed a shot, but it went astray due to interference from the opponent's center back Shawcross.

So depressing!

Stoke City was simply being unreasonable and had a very good grasp of the referee's penalty standards. Every foul was on the verge of being called or not, and being punished or not. Even Webber often turned a blind eye to them.

Southampton has no way to deal with this!

Pressure has already been put on the referee through captain Neuer, so is there still room for a conflict?

Besides, Southampton is in a very good situation now. They are suppressing Stoke City. The City in the Sky has been beaten so badly that they have no power to fight back. If they start a conflict at this time, Southampton will be out of their minds!

It can be said that at this point in the game, Southampton is just one goal away!

As long as there is a goal, the game will be perfect!

It’s depressing just thinking about it. We took 21 shots in the first half, but didn’t score a single goal.

Ten minutes into the second half, we've had three or four shots, but still haven't scored a goal.

Was it that Southampton had a bad game tonight, or was it that Stoke City was too tenacious?

If things are not going well for the players, it is impossible that every player is having such a bad time, right?

Even Toni Kroos and Modric, who are good at long-range shooting, tried twice, but still failed to score.

With more than ten shots on target, how can you say that his shooting was not smooth?

When Ibrahimovic walked back, he looked left and right at the Stoke City players and found that each of these opponents was panting and looked very tired.

Needless to say, it's definitely boiling!

Moreover, maybe he can’t bear it any longer!

With this understanding, Ibrahimovic became excited and a desire was ignited in his heart.

He has never forgotten the oath he made when he left Barcelona three years ago!

One day, we will return to Camp Nou and make all Barcelona fans regret what they did back then!

He wants to capture Camp Nou and let everyone know that letting Ibrahimovic go was the stupidest decision ever made by Barcelona!

So, in the past three years, he has been training hard every day, and he has been thinking about revenge all the time.

This season, as a newly promoted team, Southampton's ranking has soared all the way. Ibrahimovic's number of goals has been rising steadily and has exceeded 30. The Saints have finally returned to the Champions League zone and launched a final attack on Manchester United's championship throne.

Next season, I will return to the Champions League!

Whenever Ibrahimovic thought of this, he was filled with excitement and had the urge to roar to the sky.

However, what lies in front of the Swedish center is the Premier League championship that is within reach, Stoke City!

Ibrahimovic has scored many goals since his debut and is known as the world's best center forward, but he has also been criticized.

One area where many fans have criticized him is his goals at crucial moments.

Is this the critical moment?

Of course, is there a more critical moment than now?

That's when it's time for me to score a goal!

Thinking of this, Ibrahimovic shouted loudly, scaring the two central defenders of Stoke City nearby. They thought something had happened and were so frightened that they looked over quickly.

But I found out, damn, Ibrahimovic was actually tying his belt...

Just tie your belt, why are you shouting?

Ibrahimovic glanced at Shawcross and Robert Huth, smiled proudly, and walked forward.

When exchanging glances with Neymar, Gareth Bale, Modric and others along the way, the Swedish center made a rotating gesture, telling them to pay attention to changing positions.

"This beast is finally going to show its power!" Modric said with a smile.

Ibrahimovic was really angry. They knew better than anyone how terrifying his strength was.

Toni Kroos also nodded continuously and said with a smile: "I guess he has been holding it in for long enough!"

Looking at the time again, there are only two or three minutes left before the sixty minutes scheduled by Bielsa, which is almost the time.

Captain Neuer watched from behind and clapped his hands vigorously.

"They're coming, everyone, get ready!"

"Saints, win!"

As Neuer roared, all the Southampton players present shouted in unison.

"Saints, win!"

The momentum immediately attracted more than 30,000 fans in the stadium stands. All of a sudden, the fans were shouting slogans that the Saints must win, which swept the entire St. Mary's Stadium.

Stoke City's possession of the ball did not last long.

The Sky City wanted to find Crouch through a long pass, but the English tall stick player was closely watched by Varane in this game.

The French central defender grabbed the first point, headed it back to the midfield, and gave it to Vidal.

Vidal passed the ball back to Toni Kroos, and the German made a long diagonal pass to the right.

I saw Ibrahimovic running to the right side to receive the ball at some point.

What about Gareth Bale?

When Ibrahimovic was pulling to the side, he quickly cut into the penalty area.

The two players stretched Stoke City's defense through this cross-position change.

After Ibrahimovic grabbed the ball, he passed it to Danilo who was running in from behind, and then he also rushed into the penalty area.

Danilo made a cross and sent the ball into the penalty area.

Gareth Bale failed to get the first point and the ball was cleared by Shawcross.

But this change in the way of attack made Stoke City's head coach, Tony Pulis, feel startled.

What is the iron bucket formation most afraid of?

Isn't it just that after being pulled back and forth by the opponent, he lost his composure and made mistakes?

If Gareth Bale had grabbed the ball just now, whether the Welshman shot himself or passed the ball to Vidal, Neymar and Ibrahimovic who came from behind, Stoke City would have been in great danger!

So, Tony Pulis immediately walked to the sidelines and loudly reminded his players to pay attention to Southampton's new tricks and not to be fooled by their opponents!

“Southampton is going to make another effort!”

Standing next to Tony Pulis was his top assistant, David Kemp, who also had a worried expression on his face.

Why say again?

I don’t even know how many times this game has happened, I’m kind of numb!

"Should we make a proper attack?"

As he spoke, he handed over a piece of data in his hand, which was covered with shocking numbers.

For example, Southampton's ball possession rate was as high as 70%, and Southampton's number of shots reached 28 times.

But what about Stoke City?

Only once, pitifully!

Is this still a showdown between Premier League teams?

Those who don't know would definitely think that Southampton is in the lowest level league, oh no, even an amateur team.

Tony Priest adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, shook his head and sighed.

He also wanted to launch a counterattack and attack, but the problem was that Stoke City couldn't do it!

"If we lose focus now, our goal will be lost in the next minute!"

It's not that David Kemp didn't understand, but he felt that what Tony Pulis did was a bit like chronic suicide.

God knows how long the players on the field can hold on?

"David!" Tony Pulis clearly saw the look on his assistant's face. "If we press forward to attack, our defense will definitely fail, and we will almost certainly die. But if we continue to defend tightly, we may still have a chance to hold on!"

David Kemp was somewhat convinced.

Tony Pulis' analysis makes some sense.

With Southampton's astonishing attacking power, it would be difficult for Stoke City to hold on even if they tried their best to defend. If they then diverted some of their energy to attacking, wouldn't that be courting death?

It all comes down to one sentence: the gap in strength is too big!

But, can we hold on if we continue to hold on like this?

While Tony Pulis and David Kemp were talking on the sidelines, Southampton's attack on the field remained unabated.

Ibrahimovic began to actively retreat and move to the side, acting as the Saints' fulcrum in the frontcourt, receiving long passes from Toni Kroos, Varane, Javi Martinez, and even goalkeeper Neuer in the backcourt.

With the strength of the Swedish center, almost no one can influence him!

Therefore, Southampton simply began to change its tactics, actively using Ibrahimovic as the team's frontcourt tactical fulcrum, while Neymar, Gareth Bale and Vidal actively launched attacks around Ibrahimovic.

Just like this time.

Javi Martinez made a long pass from the backcourt, which quickly crossed a large area of ​​the field and landed on the left side of the frontcourt.

Ibrahimovic moved to the left, grabbed the first point, controlled the ball, and then passed it back to Modric who came up from the midfield.

After receiving the ball, the Croatian midfielder got rid of the defender, took two steps forward, and then passed the ball into Stoke City's penalty area.

Neymar had been lying in ambush here. He received the pass from Modric in the penalty area. Facing Robert Huth, he made an abrupt stop and then suddenly accelerated. He used his flexible speed advantage to leave the tall and strong Robert Huth behind.

After moving a body distance, Neymar passed the ball to the back post with his left foot.

Gareth Bale entered the penalty area very quickly, rushing up like a flash of lightning.

The ball is here! The people are here!

The Welsh winger swung his left foot and volleyed the ball directly!

Begovic's reaction was also very quick and his body movements were very flexible. The moment Neymar passed the ball, he reacted, moving quickly to the right and standing slightly outside.

But don't underestimate this little bit, it greatly blocked Gareth Bale's shooting angle.

The Welshman's determined volley shot hit Begovic directly and bounced into the penalty area.

Shawcross immediately kicked the ball out of the penalty area.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the crisis was slightly resolved.

But who could have thought that just when Stoke City was a little relaxed, Shawcross's clearance fell outside the penalty area, right in front of Swedish center forward Ibrahimovic.

The Swede estimated that the distance to the goal was about thirty meters.

In front, Begovic had already fallen to the ground and was standing to the left, making it impossible for him to make a save.

So, the Swedish center forward ran towards the ball quickly, predicted where the ball would land, faced the incoming ball, swung his right foot, and volleyed it directly with great force!

Everyone in the entire St. Mary's Stadium was stunned!

Gareth Bale's dangerous shot just now failed to score, and everyone thought that this wave of attack would end.

Who could have thought that Shawcross's clearance would end up falling into Ibrahimovic's path.

And what about the Swedes?

With great skill and courage, he shot the ball directly into the air from a distance of thirty meters!

The ball climbed up a little bit, then slowly fell down, at an extremely fast speed, in the blink of an eye, it completed the distance from Ibrahimovic's feet to the bottom of the goal net! r1148