Football Giants

Saturday, September 14, 2013, afternoon.

The St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton is full of seats, crowded and loud.

Saints fans wearing red and white arrow striped shirts sat in the stands and shouted crazy to cheer for their team.

This is the fourth round of the Premier League. It is also another key match for the Saints after a two-week break for the national team. The opponent is West Ham United from East London.

The opponent's head coach is Ferguson's best friend, Allardys, known as the best data analysis coach in the UK.

The Hammers have always been well-known hard bones in the Premier League. This season, they first bought out local center Andy Carroll from Liverpool, and then introduced winger Downing, plus the team’s Joe Cole, Nolan, and A. Law Diarra and other European players, West Ham United's strength is not weak at all.

Allardys's team's record in the first three rounds is one win, one draw and one loss, which happens to be eighth in the Premier League.

When the old coach was interviewed by the media before the game, his goal for this battle was to score points.

This is also in line with his positioning of West Ham United, that is, the top ten.

And his biggest bargaining chip is that West Ham United is not affected much by the national team match day, especially the core players in the team, who are not internationals, such as Andy Carroll, winger Downing and Joe Cole. , Neither is an England international.

This allows the players of West Ham United to have more rest time, recharge their energy, and face Southampton with ease.

On the other hand, the Saints, relying on the amazing performance of last season, the team can be described as a gathering of international players, not to mention running back and forth, some players also played two national team games in one breath, very expensive.

This is also the most difficult to play in the fourth round of the league and the reason for the unpopularity!

Strong teams are seriously affected by the national team, which is tantamount to giving weak teams a chance to get upset.

Especially for those teams participating in the European War, they have to reserve some strength to cope with the UEFA Champions League group stage in midweek.

Therefore, Allardys's visit to St. Mary's Stadium is ambitious, and the lineup is clearly intended to score points in the away game. He does not adopt a defensive strategy because the Saints are strong.

In the first ten minutes of the game, Nananton performed unsatisfactorily and made many mistakes. It even gave West Ham United the opportunity to take the initiative in the game. For a time, Allardys thought his wishful thinking was right!

But when the game was in the sixteenth minute, the West Ham United goalkeeper delivered a goal kick, and the Saints defensive midfielder Matic pressed the opponent and headed the ball for halftime.

After Suarez got the ball in the front fabric, he unloaded and turned around, seeing that the opponent's goalkeeper was a little bit outside, he volleyed directly.

With a fierce spin, the ball turned a little arc in mid-air and fell into the goal of West Ham United!

All of a sudden, the entire St. Mary's Stadium went crazy!

World wave!

An amazing world wave from forty meters away!

Everyone in the audience cheered frantically, chanting Suarez's name in unison!

The Uruguayan transferred from Liverpool with a high price of 40 million pounds. Many people are worried that he will be eclipsed by the two superstars, Ibrahimovic and Drogba.

But judging from several appearances this season, Suarez has proved his strength very well!

With the first goal, the situation was completely opened.

Southampton was encouraged by Suarez's goal and started offensive.

In the first ten minutes, a very important reason for the chaos of the team is the adjustment of the team's tactics.

The Saints still adopted the four-three-three tactic in this game, but the staffing was completely different.

The three players in the frontcourt are Suarez, Sturridge and James Rodriguez, but their positions are more vague. If you look at the range of activities, Suarez and Sturridge are more like the top The double striker just pulls the sides frequently.

And James Rodriguez is like a ninth and a half ambushing two forwards.

The midfielder was delayed by Matic, while the other two players were Modric and Pogba.

This is obviously Bielsa's strategy, with Matic as the main guard and acting as the hub. Modric is responsible for sorting out the midfield and organization, while Pogba is actively involved in the attack.

The team's two full-backs, David Alaba and Danilo, are also very close. They will decisively move forward as long as they have the opportunity to participate in the offense. They are the winning weapon of the Saints' wing in this game.

Once the two full-backs pressed on, Matic dragged behind, approaching the two central defenders, Harvey Martinez and Nastasic, and forming a big diamond with goalkeeper Neuer.

It can be said that the purpose of Bielsa's tactics is to give play to the personal abilities of the frontcourt players, to play a sharper offense, and to change the team's weak offensive situation in the first three rounds.

In fact, after Suarez relied on his personal ability and a sudden long shot to break the goal of West Ham United, the Saints' players seemed to have been stimulated with fighting spirit and self-confidence, and the offense was more fluid and determined. .

Ten minutes have passed since the first goal, and Southampton has created another chance.

Nastasic launched the offensive with a long pass from the backcourt, and James Rodríguez took the ball to the left and gave it to Suarez.

Facing the incoming ball, the Uruguayan picked the ball and passed a defensive player from West Ham United. After scoring from the left rib to the front of the penalty area, he used his flexible body to shake a defensive player away. Low shot with right foot, score again!

Two consecutive brilliant goals have completely ignited the passion of the fans in the stands of St. Mary's Stadium!

That's great, too awesome, is there?

Suarez himself seemed extremely excited. He quickly rushed to the sidelines and waved his hands towards the fans, indicating that their shouts should be stronger.

Southampton is completely activated!

When the game reached the thirty-fifth minute, Sturridge made a corner kick on the right, Modric took the penalty, Harvey Martinez nodded the ball before, ferryed to the back point, Suarez grabbed everyone Before, the ball was poke into the goal.

hat trick!

In just thirty-five minutes, Suarez performed a hat-trick at St. Mary's Stadium!

With a score of three to zero, Southampton ended the first half.

But in the second half, the offensive remained unabated.

When the game reached the 58th minute, Suarez again pulled to the left. After receiving a pass from David Alaba, he broke through and made a pass from the bottom. Sturridge slapped his horse in front of the goal. Arrived, easily pushed and scored, four to zero!

In return, Sturridge quickly picked up the ball from Pogba on the right and passed it to the goal. Suarez scored with a header, five to zero!

Big four!

All Saints fans in the audience are crazy!

Before the game, no one thought that after just two weeks of national team games, the team should be in a state of fatigue. It should be quite difficult to win West Ham United.

Unexpectedly, Southampton won a hearty victory at his home court!

Too wonderful, too enjoyable, is there anything?

Especially Suarez, the team scored five goals, he scored four alone, and also assisted one, it is perfect!

May I ask, such a player, who else would dare to say that he is not worth the 40 million pounds?

But just before everyone had escaped from Suarez's dream performance of the top superstar, Southampton made a substitution decision.

Kaka, who has been transferred to Southampton for nearly two weeks but has never been able to make an appearance on the court, suddenly replaced Modric on the field, which shocked everyone in the audience!

Sweeping through the live footage of Sky TV, you can see that many Southampton fans were covering their mouths unbelievably, widening their eyes, looking at Kaka wearing a red and white arrow shirt on the court, and hugging Modric. Later, in the latter’s blessing, walked into the St. Mary Stadium!

He still has a kind smile, he is still so handsome, but the corners of his eyes and brows make people see wrinkles.

Time seems to be telling everyone in this way that he is no longer the high-spirited Brazilian boy back then!

He is now over thirty years old and has reached the twilight of his career.

But so what?

More than 30,000 Saints fans in the audience stood up from their seats, and everyone stood and applauded.

The thunderous applause swept the entire St. Mary Stadium!

Even the live commentator at St. Mary’s Stadium, who has always been known for his humor, is a rare moment full of emotional blessings for Kaka, hoping that he can regain his peak state and the former world footballer at St. Mary’s Stadium. Style!

In the diehard stands in Southampton, the Saint Harry fan club even put out a long banner with a touching blessing written on it.

"Come slowly, Kaka, we are waiting for you!"

Obviously, they have already made this banner, and they are waiting for when Kaka will debut!

In the stadium, Kaka saw this scene and heard the blessings and support from the fans, he was really moved.

The moment he walked into the court, all the players from Southampton ran over to hug him. While congratulating him on returning to the court, they also told him not to put any pressure, take your time and don't worry!

Yang Huan was in the stands, seeing what happened on the court, and felt quite moved in his heart.

Although professional football has completely become a capital operation these years, it does not mean that football has become cold!

In front of fanatical and passionate fans, no matter how cold football is, there will be a moment of being muffled!

Yang Huan is convinced that as long as football is played by people with feelings and watched by people with feelings, then it will never be indifferent and will never lack warmth!

But unfortunately, in the end, Kaka's appearance did not bring Southampton the slightest performance.

Everyone can clearly see that the former world footballer, after years of injury, was afraid of physical confrontation, avoided physical contact, and under the oppression and pressure of the opponent, he didn't even dare to make any moves.

After playing for 20 minutes, whether it is the number of touches or the performance after taking the ball~www.readwn.com~ Kaka is far from all fans' expectations, but this does not hinder the current Southampton fans at all. After the game, they stood up again and applauded him.

This is also the third round of applause in this game!

One was when Kaka made his debut, one was when Suarez was replaced by Lal Morrison, and the other was when Kaka left the field unharmed after the game.

There are many ways to conquer the fans.

One is like Suarez, with the world's top fantasy performance, to bring fans the most pleasing football experience.

But there is another kind like Kaka, maybe he didn't have the slightest performance on the court, even his appearance may be the weakest link of the team, but he can walk into the court, which in itself conquered all the fans.

In the words of the live commentator at St. Mary’s Stadium, that is that although Kaka only played 20 minutes today, it gave people hope and made everyone believe that he will definitely come back!

"We are here waiting for you, Kaka!"