Chapter 644 Golden Left Foot

The game became more and more open as Southampton took an early goal lead.

Manchester United, who fell behind by one goal, launched a counterattack and tried to equalize the score in one go.

Don't underestimate Manchester United. The Red Devils have always been known for their spirit and fighting spirit, so when this team goes crazy, even Southampton will have to temporarily avoid the edge.

But Manchester United's counterattack did not last long. Southampton soon launched a sharp counterattack and almost knocked on De Gea's goal again. Sturridge tore through Manchester United's defense at lightning speed at the moment Toni Kroos made a long pass over the top. Unfortunately, after stopping the ball with his chest in the penalty area, he wanted to adjust the ball to his left foot.

In the end, he missed a great opportunity to attack alone because of a missed opportunity!

But this sharp counterattack also made Manchester United tremble, and the momentum of the counterattack gradually faded.

On the contrary, Southampton, after withstanding Manchester United's crazy counterattack, gradually took control of the situation on the field.

The double defensive midfielder combination of Toni Kroos and Modric cooperated more and more tacitly and skillfully, organizing Southampton's midfield in an orderly manner and completely controlling the rhythm of the game under Southampton's control.

During the International Champions Cup, Southampton's most criticized aspect was the team's offense.

With the departure of Gareth Bale and Neymar and the arrival of Suarez and Sanchez, the Saints' front trident needs to be re-aligned.

Judging from the course of the game, Bielsa has obviously chosen Hazard on the left.

The Belgian midfielder is quite threatening whether he is holding the ball, dribbling or passing the ball, which makes it easy to make people forget about Neymar.

In fact, as early as last season, Hazard conquered the coaching staff and fans with his outstanding performance for a period of time.

Now that Neymar has moved to Barcelona, ​​it is only natural for the Belgian winger to replace him.

There is no doubt that Ibrahimovic occupies one of the main center positions.

On the contrary, on the right side, the outside world originally believed that Suarez, who was introduced for 40 million pounds, should be the main player, and Sanchez should be the rotation and substitute. But who could have thought that Sturridge suddenly broke out with his outstanding performance in the warm-up match.

In this Community Shield match, the England striker started again and was quite active and in very good form, but he also missed a great scoring opportunity, which is a pity.

But Sturridge's performance was also eye-catching.

But what really surprised everyone was an attack in the 41st minute before the end of the first half.

At that time, Southampton had just planned an attack into Manchester United's penalty area. After being cleared, the ball was still controlled by Southampton and passed from the right to the frontcourt and to the feet of James Rodriguez.

After the Colombian got the ball on the right side of the center circle, in order to avoid the defending Giggs, he passed the ball to Sturridge and then rushed forward behind Giggs.

Sturridge understood what he meant and knocked the ball back, which landed right on the path of James Rodriguez's sprint. The Colombian took the ball comfortably and moved forward, just avoiding the entanglement of the defensive players.

After breaking into Manchester United's 30-meter area, Carrick resolutely rushed forward, and James Rodriguez passed the ball forward again.

Ibrahimovic moved to the front of the penalty area, touched the ball, and then knocked it back.

At this time, James Rodriguez had already gone around Carrick, and when he received the ball, he was just outside the top of the penalty area and had entered the attack range.

Phil Jones was shocked and rushed out of the penalty area quickly, but he rushed too hard.

The cunning Colombian suddenly made a spike and easily dribbled the ball past Phil Jones.

Not only did he dunk, he followed closely, swung his left foot, and suddenly shot!

James Rodriguez's shot was not only powerful, but also had a very intense rotation. It seemed to go straight to the middle, but in fact it turned an arc halfway and shot towards the upper right corner of the goal.

It cannot be said that De Gea's reaction was not fast enough, but the speed, strength and angle of this shot were all amazing!

In the end, the Spanish goalkeeper could only watch as the ball almost hit the angle between the post and the crossbar and hit the net!

When James Rodriguez's powerful shot broke through Manchester United's goal again, almost all the fans in Wembley Stadium cheered, and many people even stood up from their seats to applaud the Colombian!

It’s wonderful, isn’t it?

This shot can be described as a wonderful world wave!

Yang Huan was sitting in the stands and was laughing. When he saw James Rodriguez rushing out of the stadium to celebrate, he stood up excitedly and applauded the Colombian star!

"It's amazing, James, he has a golden left foot!" Yang Huan shouted loudly.

But his voice was drowned out by the thunderous cheers and screams at Wembley Stadium!

Yang Huan sat down with a smile, thinking to himself, 2-0, this game is basically won.

In fact, if you think about it, there is still a big gap between Moyes and Ferguson in terms of ability.

If Ferguson had played this game, it's hard to say whether he would have won, but at least the result would not have been so miserable.

It is unrealistic and difficult to be objective to say specifically where the gap between the two head coaches lies. It can only be said to be a feeling.

Over the past two or three decades, everyone has become accustomed to the fact that Ferguson is Manchester United's head coach.

Suddenly it became Moyes. The fans are not used to it, and I’m afraid the players are not used to it either!

"Sometimes, that inexplicable feeling is the scariest!"

Yang Huan shook his head and sighed.

Sitting next to Yang Huan were the CEO of the Premier League, Richard Scudmore, and the Chairman of the English Football Association, David Bernstein. They both felt very strange after hearing Young Master Huan's incoherent words.

"You Southampton are full of talented people. Gareth Bale, Neymar and Vidal left, and immediately James Rodriguez emerged. Master Huan, what is there to be sad about?"

"That's right. This Southampton team's offense does have some problems. Suarez and Sanchez have not been able to integrate into the team, which is indeed worrying. But doesn't this just prove that this team still has great potential?"

Yang Huan glanced at the two guys and felt amused. How could they guess what he was thinking?

But they are all right that Suarez and Sanchez failed to integrate into the team, which has both advantages and disadvantages.

The good thing is that as the schedule progresses, once they successfully integrate into the team, it will be of great help to Southampton.

I believe no one in the world will doubt the strong offensive strength of these two players!

As for the disadvantages, one is that he cannot help the team for the time being, and the other is that it is hard to say when he will be able to integrate into the team. It is even possible that he will not be able to integrate into the team in the end.

Of course, the possibility of failing to integrate into the team and becoming a wash-out is very small, because the reports issued by the research and analysis center are very optimistic about these two players and believe that they can bring great improvement to the team.

"You guys have no idea what I'm thinking!" Yang Huan smiled and shook his head.

David Bernstein and Richard Scudmore looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

My Young Master Huan, we are not the worms in your stomach, so of course we don’t know what you are thinking.

How about you tell us everything you think?

"Many people outside say that our strongest rival this season is Manchester City!"

Yang Huan looked ahead. The players had returned to the court at the referee's call and the game had resumed.

"But... I have a feeling that our most powerful opponent is ourselves!"

When Richard Scudmore and David Bernstein first heard this, they almost burst into tears.

Isn't this nonsense?

For which person or team, the strongest opponent is not themselves?

But they just held back the urge to scold, as they immediately realized the implication of Master Huan's words.

Only those who are strong enough and have reached a certain level of realm are qualified to say such words!

There is no doubt that, at least in the Premier League, Southampton is qualified!

It’s scary just to think about it!

How long has it been?

From the time Yang Huan acquired Southampton to now, it has been exactly three years!

Three years ago, the Saints were still a team in the third-tier English league, but three years later, Southampton has become the strongest team in the Premier League, and even the "one of" at the end can be omitted.

Yes, many people say that Manchester City is strong enough to compete with Southampton.

But everyone knows that Manchester City’s biggest problem is that the team has never been able to form a strong whole.

But Southampton is different. The Saints have a very strong overall team spirit, not only in terms of the players' abilities and team tactics, but also in terms of the mental will of the entire team.

Perhaps, it’s not just the role of madman Bielsa that matters here!

Richard Scudmore and David Bernstein both looked at Yang Huan, thinking to themselves that perhaps this young master Huan was the powerful core soul of Southampton!

On the field, Southampton continued to suppress Manchester United, but the first half ended with a score of 2-0.

But in the second half, Bielsa replaced Ibrahimovic, Sturridge, Hazard and James Rodriguez in one go, replacing them with Suarez, Sanchez, Ravel Morrison and Pogba one after another.

This is also the tradition of the Community Shield. There is no strict limit on the number of substitutions, and it is entirely up to the wishes of both parties.

As a result, Bielsa replaced four players in one go.

In the 60th minute of the second half, he made another substitution, replacing four players in succession.

I don’t know if it was because of the frequent substitutions or because the players didn’t get enough coordination with each other, but Southampton’s performance in the second half was very different from that in the first half.

The most eye-catching attack came from a forced breakthrough by Ravel Morrison on the left. He used his speed and skills to pass three Manchester United defenders in one breath, forcibly created a hole in Manchester United's defense line, and entered the penalty area.

After the England winger broke into the penalty area, facing Phil Jones, he calmly chose to knock the ball back.

But Pogba's heel-step shot from outside the penalty area was of very high quality, but he was too focused on the angle and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out of the field.

This was also the best chance Southampton created in the second half!

The combination of Matic and Kovacic is much more stable defensively than the combination of Modric and Toni Kroos, but the gap in organization, arrangement, passing and rhythm control is still quite obvious.

This also made Yang Huan realize that after letting go of Koke, Isco and Vidal one after another, Southampton's midfield began to be a bit short.

The new season will face the challenges of the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and some other cup competitions. Although young players such as Kovacic and Tielemans will play in the cup competitions, the depth of the lineup is still affected.

It would be fine if there were no injuries or illnesses, but if there were any, the team would be in trouble!

Thinking of this, Yang Huan couldn't help but start considering whether he should introduce another suitable midfield substitute?

Who should be introduced?