opening a balotelli

The birth of a goal can be said to be accidental, but from the perspective of the tactical game between the two teams, the goal is the inevitable result of the tactical advantage.

Even though this "necessity" seems unreliable in many cases, at least at the St. Mary's Stadium at this moment, it appeared as scheduled.

Bad time for Southampton fans.

For the Southampton players on the field, this is a troublesome thing that symbolizes their tactical failure.

Tactical confidence is naturally gone. No matter how many times Pochettino has convinced them before, failure at this moment is failure.

What's more important is to make adjustments in time, otherwise, if you continue to play the game according to the previous tactical arrangement, no one is sure that you will lose the second ball in the first few minutes.

Fortunately, this time Pochettino made psychological preparations early and decisively adjusted the shrinking formation.

The last time he played against Sheffield United, his momentary hesitation led to the second goal. It is better not to make the same mistake a second time.

At least for now, Pochettino is learning to behave.

"Both Ward-Prowse and Lallana seem to be retreating on purpose. Their position is deeper, which is very conducive to double-teaming and limiting the range of activities of the two center forwards of Sheffield United. It seems that Pochettino's mind is still there. Very sober, not rushing to counterattack and score like last time, but to consolidate the defense of the midfield first, and make pragmatic adjustments."

Zhan Jun nodded, and he also recognized Pochettino's timely adjustment at the moment.

Too many teams will be in chaos when facing the situation of conceding the ball, both in the confusion of tactical thinking and the confusion of tactical goals.

There are two or three different ideas in a team on whether to tie at halftime or to stabilize and not lose the ball. It is strange to not be defeated against a strong team like Sheffield United.

Southampton's young team also has the advantage of being young, that is, the players are generally obedient.

After Pochettino adjusted his instructions, Southampton's formation shrank quite quickly, and the players didn't seem to be dissatisfied.

However, after a little observation, Zhang Lu helped Pochettino start to "prick".

"Yes, today Pochettino didn't have the old problem of hesitation, and the adjustment is still very fast, but the assists of Luke Shaw and Chambers are still too large. To be honest, this is the key to Southampton's victory. One of the magic weapons, but it is also the hidden danger of Southampton's defense at the moment. Li Mo has a strong ability to blast the side. With De Bruyne who can also pull the side, it is direct to hit the back of Southampton's two wings. And very threatening."

Director Zhang's "looking down" is not unreasonable. After all, they can see the tactical problems as commentators, and it is impossible for Speed ​​on the field not to see them.

One of Southampton's offensive routines this season is to allow two full-backs to step in substantially, acting as full-backs or even wingers.

There are two relatively good defensive midfielders in front of the defense line, who can sweep the center and wipe the buttocks of the two full-backs. The tactical concept looks very good.

But this is the most ideal state. It is more useful for teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, or teams that are close to the top six levels but cannot squeeze into the top four.

Why do you say this, because the top four teams in the Premier League currently have very powerful roles in pulling side blasts.

Not to mention Sheffield United, the wing strength is the best in the Premier League, and even in the top three in Europe.

Liverpool has Suarez and Sturridge who can pull the sides, as well as Sterling.

Arsenal have Theo Walcott.

Manchester City has David Silva, Jesús Navas and Aguero who can go it alone.

Southampton's top four team used their full-back to make a big jump, and naturally they had to take a lot of risks.

Yes, your offense has come out, but the two full-backs with mediocre defenses put all their energy on offense, and one of the midfielders accidentally failed to stop the opponent's targeted pull-side breakthrough, how did the two central defenders defend?
If you guard against the front, you have to always be careful of the threat of cutting in from the wing, right?
Schneiderlin and Wanyama are very good, but in Li Mo's eyes, it is just a matter of spending more effort. De Bruyne can kill all when he is here. This is the gap in personal ability .

Pochettino may have thought of this too, but he really couldn't change it.

After all, during the pre-season training camp, the tactical tone of the entire team has already been set.

Southampton can now rank sixth in the Premier League thanks to this set of tactical play, so correspondingly, they must also bear the hidden dangers of defense brought about by this set of play.

So when Speed ​​signaled to attack from the wings of Annampton more, Pochettino became nervous instantly.

Luke Shaw is actually okay. Although he prefers to attack, at least he has speed, and the defense can at least keep up with the opponent.

But Chambers' side is very difficult to say.

This little brother played as a central defender when he was a child, but he was not very tall. The height of 1.8 meters is a bit embarrassing. He will play a full-back later, but his speed has become a defect again.

If the explosion is not enough, if the opponent passes by one step, it will be passed, and you will not be able to chase it back.

That is to say, he is lucky now and met Pochettino.

Bo Pang used tactical design to circumvent Chambers' physical defects and gave full play to his technical advantages. This has allowed him to gradually gain the same reputation as Luke Shaw's genius in recent times.

But this meeting met Li Mo, and Chambers couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

After being sieved by Bell in the last battle, Chambers was eaten alive by Li Mo again this time, which is a tragedy!

Li Mo is also rarely faced with such "four different" players.

After all, in the youth training mode of the Premier League, if you play wide from a young age, then explosiveness must be a special training item that needs to be focused on. There is no such thing as a main player who plays wide but has no explosive ability.

From small to large things, no matter how talented you are, you can also practice at an average level.

That is to say, players like Chambers who played in different positions when they were young, and then changed to the wing will have this problem.

Having such a shortcoming in the Premier League is quite fatal. There are players with strong explosiveness in the lane. If you play as a full-back and can't keep up with others, isn't it an international joke?

There is another one, that is, after switching to full-back, Chambers probably didn't keep up with the confrontation.

Although there are also factors that the body needs to continue to develop due to youth, but this body is too inexperienced!

Li Mo was afraid of bumping him into a problem, so he subconsciously weakened a lot of explosive power.

Even so, Chambers was squeezed away by Li Mo.

The physique that has crushed many strong men in the Premier League is pressing on him, and it is indeed difficult for him.

Seeing that his scalp was numb, Pochettino quickly called Lovren on the bench and asked him to go to the sidelines to warm up.

Lovren, who thought he had got a rare chance to rest, also took off his substitute vest helplessly.

He doesn't even need to think about playing later, he will definitely play as a guest on the right back to face off against Li Mo, this damn is a hard job!

Klein, who escaped, was secretly relieved.

For the first time, he found that sitting on the bench is such a lucky thing.

The 1.8-meter Chambers was ravaged by Li Mo and turned into that B. His 1.7-meter-five, 65-kilogram body should not suffer that.

And just as Lovren was muttering about jogging to warm up, Li Mo on the field once again held the ball and made a brutal breakthrough from Chambers' side.

Schneiderlin couldn't stand it anymore, and stopped him by yelling not to bully young people.

Then he was also crushed by Li Mo.

Wanya is numb.

Brother, I'm still watching De Bruyne, what the hell are you messing with!
Go to the bottom with Li Mo, and then force him to cross the ball, wouldn't that be the end of the game!
Fortunately, Wanyama's face was dark enough, even if he blushed when he was angry, it would not be obvious.

But his cursing mouth was clearly captured by the live camera.

Many Sheffield United fans also sympathized with this black brother.

Not only do you have to guard against the opponent's approach, but you also have to guard against the stupidity of your teammates. Thinking about it, your blood pressure will go up.

Wanyama's first pursuit gave Pochettino a lot of hope.

He didn't expect his own defensive players to stop Li Mo's advance in time, as long as Li Mo didn't let Li Mo easily cut into the penalty area in the end.

But as the saying goes, live well, this person, the more he is afraid of something, the more he will come.

Seeing Li Mo getting closer to his penalty area, many Southampton fans felt a thump in their hearts.

"Oh! Li Nei cut! Will he hit the goal directly? He has a threatening kick in this position!!!"

The commentator of Sky Sports is ready to cheer for Li Mo's brace.

On both sides of the penalty area, Li Mo's rubbing shots are not just threatening, he can use "fatal" to describe the accuracy of his rubbing shots!

Even with his left foot, he has been able to shoot beautiful rubbing shots many times, not to mention that Li Mo is still using his right foot at the moment.

Yoshida Asahi also signaled Hoyveld to hurry up and press Li Mo close to him, not to care about other Sheffield United players who might rush into the penalty area.

Hoyveld thought so too.

If he doesn't step forward to interfere with Li Mo's shot, he will suffer Pochettino's wrath regardless of whether the goal is scored or not.

On the contrary, as long as he stops Li Mo, even if other Sheffield United players receive the football and complete the goal, it has little to do with him.

Therefore, Hoyveld didn't seem to hesitate at all, and rushed towards Li Mo, who was cutting in, very bravely!
Li Mo also swayed his legs a lot this time, and it seemed that he was going to finish the shot directly, so that Hoyveld's entire center of gravity was thrown towards his side.

So when he satisfactorily completed the technical action of false shooting and real dunking, Hoyveld was like a clumsy bear and completely missed it!

The fans at the scene once again exclaimed, or screamed and cheered!
Li Mo successfully faced Southampton goalkeeper Borucs once again, Yoshida Asagi also rushed to tackle, but under his desperate gaze, Li Mo unselfishly distributed the ball to the back of the goal!

Berbatov almost faced an empty goal at the back point, and with a light push against the incoming ball, he successfully helped Sheffield United make another victory!
Li Mo also took off and escaped Maya Yoshida's shovel, then grinned and pointed at Berbatov, the two put their shoulders on each other and ran towards the corner flag area with a big laugh!

In the half dead, half jubilant St. Mary's Stadium, Sheffield United successfully completed their pre-match goals ahead of schedule.

Tactical suppression!Two goal difference!

This is a very low "consumption", for both Sheffield United and Speed.

But it is very practical. After all, it is a rotation lineup. It can be regarded as a small surprise for many Sheffield United fans who can lead Southampton 2-0 at halftime, which is almost purely the main force.

"I knew we were already very strong, the kind of power that dominates the Premier League, but I really didn't expect that we could be so strong!"

A Sheffield United fan's emotion on personal social media was quickly forwarded and commented by many other fans.

To be honest, it is indeed a bit exaggerated. The rotation lineup can play 2-0 in the sixth and first half of the Premier League. This is something that other Premier League teams can't even imagine, but now Sheffield United has done it!

Li Mo was also very happy after celebrating with his teammates on the field.

At present, the two lineups of Sheffield United are really well-structured and have strong combat effectiveness.

In his impression, Real Madrid may have surpassed them in the 16-17 season in his previous life.

To use the favorite sentence of Real Madrid fans at that time to describe it, that is:
When Real Madrid's opponents find Morata, Ronaldo and Bell sitting on the bench for Real Madrid, they should be able to know that they have nothing to do with Real Madrid.

That season, Real Madrid's rotation players were able to form a team that reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, which can only be said to be inhumane.

Now Sheffield United's rotation dare not say that it is better than Real Madrid in the previous 16-17 season, but the pressure on other competitors is similar.

Even if Li Mo and Felipe Luiz are taken down and Vardy and Matthew Lorton are replaced, this lineup will let Arsenal, who is currently fourth in the Premier League, touch it. Can Wenger and the Arsenal players dare to say that they are sure to win?

In other words, Sheffield United's rotation lineup must have the strength of the top four in the Premier League, and the worst is the top six. How does this make other Premier League clubs play?

Pochettino felt powerless at the moment.

This can be regarded as a kind of sadness in a small club.

You know that your strength is more than that, but limited by the club's financial resources, you can only choose from the existing players to form a barely satisfactory lineup.

Pochettino feels he can do more if he also stays at a club with deep pockets.

At least, Speed ​​will not be allowed to hit the sore feet of his lineup so unscrupulously!

If Li Mo knew Pochettino's current thoughts and feelings of resentment, he might have to laugh out loud.

Bo Pang's ability is enough to lead a wealthy club, but he underestimated the complexity of the locker room in a wealthy club.

In other words, he just has enough ability, but it is far from enough to train his skills and figure out the players' hearts.

Although the "aircraft carrier" is good, not everyone can play it well.