"The game is over" "Southampton finally defeated Arsenal 4-0 at Wembley Stadium with Pogba's brace, Suarez and Hazard's goals, and got a good start to the new season."
"Gary, what do you think of this game?"
The question was asked by British Sky TV, the famous Premier League commentator, Neil Quinn.
At this time, the live TV camera was focused on the reveling Southampton players on the court and the fans celebrating wildly in the stands, while also waiting for the post-match award ceremony.
Sitting next to Nair Quinn is the former Manchester United star and England legendary right back, Gary Neville.
"I think Wenger should be in the locker room now and tell his players that this is just a friendly match and don't overestimate its importance.
Bielsa should affirm the team's performance while also Remind the players not to be too obsessed with the result of the game, because it is just a slightly more important warm-up match."
Hearing what Gary Neville said, Nair Quinn burst out laughing.
"That's really interesting, isn't it?"
"Yes, but a game like this doesn't mean anything," Gary Neville said frankly.
Nelquin asked strangely: "Do you think that neither side gave their best in this game?"
"Of course not, they have used all their strength, but many times, the first game of the new season cannot explain the problem at all, especially the Community Shield."
Nair Quinn nodded, "Then how do you evaluate Arsenal's performance in this game?"
"How should I put it?"
Gary Neville thought for a while, "The Gunners' current problem is not that the team's strength is insufficient.
Arsenal's lineup, with Wenger's ability, is still very likely to compete for the top four in the league.
Yes, but their poor performance in the strong dialogue has not been improved well. " Nair Quinn added: "Arsenal had terrible performances against Liverpool, Southampton and Manchester City last season, which cost them a lot of points."
"Yes, that's right, the Gunners' midfield has lost power.
This has been a long-standing problem, but Wenger has always believed that a good offense can effectively relieve defensive pressure, so his approach is not simply to strengthen the team. midfield defense.”
Nile Quinn added: "We noticed that Southampton also uses a midfield configuration of technical players."
"Yes, but last season, the double defensive midfielder composed of Toni Kroos and Modric was able to provide Southampton with strong organizational power and creativity while also providing eye-catching defensive data, but Arsenal's No one in the midfield can give such a performance except Arteta.”
"Just in this game, among Southampton's three midfielders, Toni Kroos played the entire game, and in this game, his number of passes in a single game once again exceeded 150.
Why do I I would say, again."
Gary Neville smiled and nodded in admiration, "Last season, the two best passers in the Premier League were Toni Kroos and Modric.
Both of their passes were far ahead of the rest of the Premier League.
Even in Europe, they are the best.”
"As early as last season, I have been saying that Southampton's most important midfielder is Toni Kroos, because in five games throughout the season, he passed the ball more than 120 times in a single game, three times.
More than 150 times in a single game, but Modric has not" "Since 2010, Xavi has scored more than 120 times in a single game in 24 games, followed by Toni Kroos with seven times, followed by Thiago with five times, and Ranking In third place are Xabi Alonso and Pirlo, both with four games.”
"As for those who passed the ball more than 150 times in a single game, Xavi had 17, Toni Kroos and Thiago both five, Xavi Alonso and Pirlo both four."
"In the first game of this season, Toni Kroos played the entire game and made nearly 170 passes, with a success rate of 92%.
This is quite scary.
That's because he just played the entire World Cup in Brazil."
"Is this difficult to understand?"
Nelquin was a little surprised.
"The World Cup in Brazil has been over for a month, and in the past month, he didn't play many games, not even the International Champions Cup."
"No, no, no, Nair, you don't understand me.
That's exactly what I wanted to say."
"Oh" Nelquin really didn't understand.
"My favorite player, Pirlo, once said that what he hates most is the warm-up before the game, because the warm-up makes him feel sick, and the same is true for my teammates, Scholes, and even I believe, Xavi and Thiago The same goes for players.”
"But Toni Kroos is obviously different.
After he participated in the World Cup, Southampton gave him two weeks of vacation, but I heard that he returned to the team after a week's rest, and then began to strictly follow the instructions set by the Saints coaching staff.
Training plan, special training, his professionalism is admirable.”
"So, we see that Di Maria is still resting, but Toni Kroos has played the entire game."
"Remember I once said that Southampton are further improving the physical fitness of their players.
They have invested a lot of money in this to help their players get rid of the constraints of the current level of sports science."
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"You mean, Toni Kroos is going down this path" asked Nelquin.
"Yes" Gary Neville nodded firmly, "not just him, but also other players, such as Cesc Fabregas."
Nair Quinn laughed, "He only played half a game."
"Yes, but have you noticed that Cesc Fabregas almost dominated the offense in this half of the game.
In the first 45 minutes of the game, he gave nearly 80 passes, including Forty-one kicks were passed to the penalty area, and thirty-one kicks were successfully found to find teammates.
What is the concept?"
Nair Quinn has been commentating on Premier League games for many years, so he naturally realizes that this data is indeed quite eye-catching.
"Southampton let Modric go because they felt they should reduce the team's control and improve the team's effective offense, so they sold Modric and brought in Cesc Fabregas."
"Through this game, we also saw that Pogba is fully capable of occupying a place in the midfield, Oscar also performed quite well after coming on as a substitute in the second half, and Kovacic seems to have the potential to succeed Modric. " "I even seriously doubt that in order to test his midfield, Bielsa even temporarily switched Matic, who was originally going to replace Toni Kroos, to play as a left center back and partnered with Varane, and who Dare I say that if Matic plays as left center back, he won’t be another Javi Martinez.”
"Haha, Gary, when you say that, it makes me feel a little bit."
Nair Quinn laughed, "I have no idea what Southampton's team thinking is now."
"Don't say you don't understand.
I don't understand either.
Only crazy Bielsa can understand."
Gary Neville laughed.
"But one thing I can be very sure of is that Southampton's strength has not weakened.
On the contrary, it strengthened” "you mean" "Southampton's attack is stronger than last season" "Then this team is unbeatable."
"No, of course they have flaws, that is the defense, especially the left center back.
They have left Javi Martinez.
Whether it is Laporte or Nastasic, or Matic who is a guest player, who will partner with him?"
Varane may leave hidden dangers.”
"More importantly, in the past, Modric's ability to fight with two midfielders in the midfield was very helpful to the midfield defense.
But now, can Cesc Fabregas maintain his offensive level?"
"Providing more support to the defense is a question."
"For players like Cesc Fabregas, Toni Kroos, and even Pogba, their most unique abilities cannot be reflected in statistics at all.
Their understanding of football far exceeds that of most players.
"Other players, they can see the game, they can read the game, they can control the tempo of the game, they know everything around them."
"Oh, by the way, Di Maria is sometimes such a player, but he is not stable enough, so I believe what Bielsa said before the game that Di Maria's mentality has not adapted to the Premier League.
He still needs some time, but Fabregas doesn’t have to.”
"In the new season, Southampton's frontcourt trident is already strong enough.
If Bielsa integrates this midfield set, then any team will have only one choice when facing Southampton, and that is to defend."
At this point, Gary Neville laughed in amazement, "Hey, Nair, don't look at me with that look.
You have to believe that we are lucky."
"Why" "Because we have just witnessed a great Barcelona team, but now we are witnessing the rise of a great Saints team.
You say, if this is not luck, what is it?"
Nile Quinn really didn't expect that Gary Neville would rate Southampton so highly.
Could it be that he deliberately flattered Yang Huan because he recently started writing a column on a Chinese mobile football app?
But he soon dismissed the idea.
Because he knows that Gary Neville has always been a straightforward and sincere person since his playing days.
I would like to ask, how can a critic who will not hesitate to criticize his favorite Manchester United once they perform poorly, how can he flatter a team for which he has little affection?
It was at this time that a deafening cheer came from the stadium stands.
It turns out that the award ceremony has already begun.
Southampton players, led by captain Neuer, entered the royal box one after another.
It can be seen from the live TV footage that Yang Huan went to the exit of the box and hugged the players one by one.
They seemed to have a very warm relationship, talking and laughing with each other.
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After the players hugged Yang Huan, they walked towards Prince William one after another and received the Community Shield championship trophy from the Saints fan.
When Neuer, surrounded by his teammates, raised the Community Shield trophy high, the audience burst into applause.
Pogba, who was elected as the best player of the game, opened the champagne directly, held down the bottle mouth, and kept spraying the teammates around him.
Everyone who saw this scene couldn't help but smile knowingly.
"Let us congratulate Southampton" "They deserved to win the game" "At the same time, let us also look forward to the fact that in the new Premier League season, the Saints can continue to bring us more enjoyable offensive football, bring us more exciting games, and create more surprises."
"Finally, here we would like to thank Gary Neville for his wonderful commentary and commentary."
"This is Sky, I'm Nair Quinn, see you in the new season":