Chapter 252: How Did You Fall
It doesn't matter if Southampton's formation is recycled, Notts County can still continue to play on the wings, but this time it is not a counter-attack, but an assist from the full-backs.
Whether it is Abidal or Ramos, even if the assists of the two are a little different from the main players, they will not lag behind, and they can also take advantage of critical moments.
With Andres Iniesta and Babel consciously moving towards the middle, the two full-backs gradually began to dominate the entire flank.
In this way, although Notts County has become a positional attack, with only one central striker in Villa at the front, they can maintain three players in the penalty area, and Meireles can continue to maintain pressure outside the box, which opens up Notts County's wide attack.
Either you can cut straight inside, send in a 45-degree cross, or make an inverted triangle pass to a teammate in front of the penalty area, either option, you can give full play to the power of the wide attack.
It's just that Notts County don't have a strong centre-forward at the moment, otherwise this set of tactics would be more perfect.
Loew is also thinking about this problem, looking for the chairman to ask for a center forward, at least it can play a tactical role, and you can't always use a few center backs and center forwards!
As Notts County gradually took the initiative on the field, Southampton could only shrink down, Rao so, and also felt that the defence was shaky, and there were not many ways for them to face Notts County's unreasonable wing attack.
The offense was out of reach, and Notts County's backline was able to make their attack useless; There is also a feeling that they can't hold it, but now Notts County is just a decisive goal, and Southampton can only resist as much as they can.
Before the championship trophy, Southampton still needs face, victory is face, so the Southampton coach who does not have too many options directly let the players play in the penalty area to play the wall of the bus, as long as they can not concede the goal and drag it to the penalty shootout, then Southampton's opportunity will come.
Such a low profile was already done by Southampton when they faced big teams such as Manchester United, and it is a bit unbelievable to appear in front of the remnants of a League One team.
But the pressure on Notts County is real, maybe the fans in front of the TV can't see it, but at the scene, the fans in the stands will really feel it.
Facing the conservative tactics of their opponents again, the players on the field in Notts County are not in a hurry, after all, they have encountered the same scene too many times in the league, the only difference is that Southampton are far stronger than their opponents in League One, so even if it is a bus, it must be more tone-like, that's all.
Notts County saw a sharp rise in possession and a sharp rise in shot stats as they began to overwhelm Southampton across the board.
The Notts County fans and neutral fans in the stands began to boo Southampton's conservatism, while Southampton's fans were a little unable to raise their heads and were even more angry.
I originally thought that coming to Wales would be able to witness the team easily crush Notts County and then win the championship, and directly participate in the championship celebration, but I didn't expect that the final result will not be mentioned, you are still so conservative in the face of an English One team?
It's shameless!
As a result, there were only the voices of Notts County fans in the stands, and the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was close to becoming the home of Notts County.
No matter what the fans think, the victory and the championship are more important than the face, and they are not giants anyway, and they don't care if they have or don't.
Time passed with the wind, and the Notts County attack became more and more overwhelming for Southampton, and the only thing that supported them was willpower.
When the fourth official held up the four-minute stoppage time sign on the sidelines, the Southampton boss rushed over in a rage to protest, but it had no effect on the result and he had to walk away in a huff.
The Saints players on the pitch know what the manager is thinking, and all they need to do now is stall for time, so they can fall to the ground more often.
These little tricks Notts County may also be used at critical moments, but when it comes to themselves, they definitely can't tolerate others practicing under their noses, so in the face of the Saints players who fell to the ground, they all pulled things up directly, but they seemed helpless.
They still need every second to attack.
Andres Iniesta's pass went straight into the box, and Di Natale took the lead in the aerial duel and chose to flick the ball to the back post when he was distracted and had no chance to score.
However, the ball flew a little high, and Babel could only exchange headers with the opposition full-backs, and both of them jumped high at the same time, and the Dutch winger's head touched the ball first and headed it towards the edge of the box.
When he landed, he found that the Southampton full-back who was competing with him for the header was lying on the ground and covering his head in pain, and he couldn't help but be confused.
Although I had physical contact with him, I didn't touch his head at all!
Several Southampton players around him looked at him with unkind expressions, as if they had committed some malicious foul.
But before he could think about it, his header into the middle of the box had been volleyed towards the goal by the slap of Mereles.
Like a cannonball, the ball flew past the bus in front of Southampton's goal, past the Saints' goalkeeper's defense, and directly into Southampton's goal.
There was silence, but two seconds later, two very different voices appeared.
On one side was the cheers of the Notts County fans, and on the other side was the shrill boos of the Saints fans, which combined to look as if they could burst their eardrums at any moment.
Meireles roared out with a snort, snatched off his shirt and ran wildly under the stands where the Notts County fans were, with an expression of excitement and indescribable hideousness on his face.
The rest of the Notts County team-mates also ran over excitedly to celebrate the goal, and it was already stoppage time, which was a stunning goal.
However, at this time, controversy appeared, although the referee whistled to indicate that the goal was valid, but the Saints players angrily surrounded the referee to theorize, and saliva had been splashed on the referee's face.
"Sir, this goal should not be counted, our players are injured and fall to the ground, the game should be stopped, even if you don't see it, the Notts County players should take the initiative to stop the game instead of taking advantage of this opportunity to score!" The Saints captain pushed away several teammates who seemed to be ready to beat up the referee angrily, and stood in front of the referee to explain, hoping to be treated fairly.
At this time, the Notts County players saw this scene not far away, and they didn't care about celebrating the goal, so they quickly gathered over and put pressure on the referee, and they must not let the goal in their hands fly again. (To be continued.) )