September 14, 2013, Saturday, afternoon.
Southampton's St.
Mary's Stadium was packed, packed with people and loud.
Saints fans wearing red and white jerseys sat in the stands and cheered for their team with crazy shouts.
This is a match in 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, the Hammers from East London.
The opponent's head coach is Ferguson's best friend, Allardyce, who is known as the best data analysis coach in the UK.
The Hammers have always been a well-known tough guy in the Premier League.
This season, they first bought out local center Andy Carroll from Liverpool, and then introduced winger Downing, plus Joe Cole, Nolan and Araudi in the team.
With famous European players such as Yarra, West Ham United is not weak at all.
Allardyce's team had a record of one win, one draw and one loss in the first three rounds, ranking eighth in the Premier League.
When the coach was interviewed by the media before the game, his goal for this game was to score points.
This is also in line with his positioning of West Ham United, which is top ten.
And his biggest bargaining chip is that West Ham United is not greatly affected by the national team match day, especially since several core players in the team are not international players, such as Andy Carroll, wingers Downing and Joe Cole.
Not an England international.
This gives West Ham United players more time to rest, recharge their batteries, and wait to face Southampton.
On the other hand, the Saints, relying on their amazing performance last season, can be said to have a large number of international players in the team.
Not to mention running back and forth, some players even played two national team games in one go, which consumed a lot of money.
This is also the reason why the fourth round of the league is the most difficult to play and upsets are frequently exposed.
Strong teams are seriously affected by the national team, which is equivalent to giving weak teams a chance to upset.
Especially those teams participating in the European competition must save some energy to cope with the Champions League group stage in midweek.
Therefore, Allardyce's visit to St.
Mary's Stadium seemed ambitious, and the lineup he arranged was obviously aimed at scoring points in the away game.
He did not adopt a defensive strategy because of the strength of the Saints.
In the first ten minutes of the game, Southampton's performance was not ideal and there were many mistakes.
It even gave West Ham United the opportunity to take the initiative in the game.
For a time, Allardyce thought that his wishful thinking was accurate.
But when the game reached the 16th minute, the West Ham United goalkeeper took a goal kick.
Saints midfielder Matic overpowered his opponent and headed the ball past half-time.
After Suarez accurately positioned the ball in front of him, he unloaded it, turned around, saw that the opponent's goalkeeper was standing a little outside, and volleyed hard.
The ball rotated fiercely, turned a slight arc in mid-air, and crashed into the West Ham United goal.
For a moment, the entire St.
Mary's Stadium went crazy. world wave An astonishing world wave from forty meters away Everyone in the audience cheered crazily and chanted Suarez's name in unison.
The Uruguayan transferred from Liverpool for a high price of 40 million pounds, and many people were worried that he would be eclipsed in the shadow of the two superstars Ibrahimovic and Drogba.
But judging from several appearances this season, Suarez has proven his strength very well.
With the first goal, the situation was completely opened up.
Southampton were inspired by Suarez's goal and went on the offensive.
A very important reason why the team was in chaos in the first ten minutes was the adjustment of the team's tactics.
The Saints still adopt the four-three-three tactics in this game, but the personnel configuration is completely different.
The three players in the frontcourt are Suarez, Sturridge and James Rodriguez, but their positions are more ambiguous.
From the range of activities, Suarez and Sturridge are more like they are in front.
The two strikers just frequently pull wide.
James Rodriguez, on the other hand, is like a No. 9 and a half lying in wait behind the two strikers.
The deep midfielder is Matic, and the other two players are Modric and Pogba.
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This is obviously Bielsa's strategy, with Matic as the main defender and acting as the pivot, Modric is responsible for sorting out the midfield and organization, and Pogba actively presses and participates in the attack.
The team's two full-backs, David Alaba and Danilo, are also positioned very high up and decisively move forward to participate in the attack whenever they have the opportunity.
They are the winning weapons for the Saints' wing in this game.
Once the two full-backs pressed on, Matic dragged back, close to the two central defenders Javi Martinez and Nastasic, and formed a big diamond with goalkeeper Neuer.
It can be said that the purpose of Bielsa's tactics is to bring out the personal abilities of the frontcourt players, launch a sharper offense, and change the team's poor offensive situation in the first three rounds.
In fact, after Suarez relied on his personal ability to score a sudden long shot and scored West Ham United's goal, the Saints players seemed to be inspired with fighting spirit and confidence, and their offense became smoother and more determined. .
Just ten minutes after the first goal, Southampton created another opportunity.
Nastasic started the offensive with a long pass from the backcourt.
James Rodriguez received the ball and distributed it to the left to Suarez.
Facing the incoming ball, the Uruguayan made a pass and passed a defender from West Ham United.
Then he went from the left rib to the front of the penalty area.
He used his flexible body to get past a defender.
Low shot with his right foot and scored again Two consecutive wonderful goals completely ignited the passion of the fans in the stands of St.
Mary's Stadium.
That's great, that's awesome, is there any?
Suarez himself seemed extremely excited.
He quickly rushed to the sidelines and waved his hands towards the fans, indicating that their shouts should be louder.
Southampton is fully activated When the game progressed to the 35th minute, Sturridge took a corner kick on the right.
Modric took the penalty.
Javi Martinez nodded the ball in front of him and passed it to the back point.
Suarez got ahead of everyone. , poke the ball into the goal. hat trick In just thirty-five minutes, Suarez scored 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 continued unabated.
When the game reached the 58th minute, it was Suarez who moved to the left again.
After receiving a pass from David Alaba, he broke through and passed the ball.
Sturridge rushed in front of the goal.
Arrived, easily pushed and scored, 4-0.
Returning the favor, Sturridge quickly received a pass from Pogba on the right and passed the ball to the goal.
Suarez scored with a header, making it 5-0.
Fourth birthday All the Saints fans in the audience went crazy No one thought before the game that after just two weeks of national team competition, the team would be in a state of fatigue and it would be quite difficult to win West Ham United.
Unexpectedly, Southampton actually won a hearty victory at their home court.
It’s so wonderful, so enjoyable, is there anything?
Especially Suarez.
He scored four of the team's five goals and assisted one.
It was simply perfect.
Let me ask, who else dares to say that such a player is not worth the 40 million pounds?
But just when everyone could not get away from Suarez's dream performance that could be called a top star, Southampton made a substitution decision.
Kaká, who had moved to Southampton for nearly two weeks but had never been able to make an appearance on the court, suddenly came on as a substitute for Modric, which shocked everyone in the audience.
Sky TV's live camera scanned over, and you could see that many Southampton fans were covering their mouths in disbelief, with their eyes wide open, looking at Kaká, wearing a red and white arrow-striped shirt, hugging Modric on the court.
Finally, with the latter’s blessings, he walked into St.
Mary’s Stadium He still had a kind smile, and he was still so handsome, but there were wrinkles visible in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
Time seems to be telling everyone in this way that he is no longer the high-spirited Brazilian boy back then.
Now, he is 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 in unison, everyone stood and applauded.
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Thunderous applause swept the entire St.
Mary's Stadium Even the on-site commentator at St.
Mary's Stadium, who has always been known for his humor, at this moment was rare and full of emotion to wish Kaka, hoping that he can regain his peak form at St.
Mary's Stadium and regain the former World Footballer. style In Southampton's die-hard stands, the Saints Harry fans even displayed a long banner with a touching blessing written on it.
"Take your time, Kaka, we are waiting for you" Obviously, they have already made this banner and are waiting for when Kaka will make his debut.
In the stadium, Kaka was really moved when he saw this scene and heard the blessings and support given to him by the fans.
The moment he walked into the stadium, every Southampton player ran over to hug him.
While congratulating him on returning to the stadium, they also told him not to put any pressure on him, take his time and don't rush.
Yang Huan was in the stands and felt deeply when he saw the scene happening on the court.
Although professional football has completely become a capital operation these days, it does not mean that football has become cold.
In front of the fanatical and passionate fans, no matter how cold football is, there will always be a moment of warmth.
Yang Huan firmly believes that as long as football is played by people with feelings and watched by people with feelings, it will never be indifferent or lack warmth.
But unfortunately, in the end, Kaka's appearance did not bring the slightest performance to Southampton.
Everyone can clearly see that the former World Footballer, after years of injuries, is afraid of physical confrontation and avoids physical contact.
Under the pressure and pressing of the opponent, he does not even dare to make moves.
After playing for 20 minutes, Kaká was far from the expectations of all fans in terms of the number of times he touched the ball or his performance after getting the ball, but this did not prevent the current Southampton fans from paying attention again after the game.
Everyone stood up and applauded him.
This is also the third round of applause in this game One was when Kaka came on the field, one was when Suarez was replaced by Ravel Morrison, and the other was when Kaka came off unharmed after the game.
There are many ways to conquer fans.
There is one like Suarez, who relies on the world's top fantasy performance to bring fans the most pleasing football experience.
But there is also one like Kaka.
Maybe he has no performance on the court, and his appearance may even be the team's weakest link, but he can walk into the court, which in itself conquers all fans.
In the words of the on-site commentator at St.
Mary's Stadium, although Kaká only played for 20 minutes today, it brought hope to everyone and made everyone believe that he will definitely come back.
"We are waiting for you here, Kaka":