Southampton's strategy didn't work very well and their attack was largely curtailed, with the ball unable to find its team-mates accurately.

The ball was kicked out by Margery and Portsmouth began to regain the initiative on the pitch and play a wave of counter-attacks.

Schneiderlin led his teammates to recover quickly, and the enemy on their home ground would use a more secure counter-attacking tactic, which is something that everyone would know with their ass.

He had his eye on Delle. Ali, Luke. Shaw had his eye on Sadio Mane, Hammond was in the way of Riyad Mahrez, two centre-backs strangled Vardy and the forward quartet was stuck in a man-to-man tactic.

The ball flew across the half-court and a long pass found the team's most skilled Riyad Mahrez, who had just led a wave of attack and was a little absent-minded in defending, feeling his position away from the danger zone and Mahrez would immediately pass the ball in search of better opportunities.

But this time he was wrong!

The Frenchman is always active in the middle of the game these days, playing in the midfield, although the area is very open, and he likes it very much, but football after 2010 is not the era when Riquelme was active, as a forward is also known as a lonely, will make him the target of public criticism.

Mahrez decided to break through, go from the outside in, dribble the ball and fight his way through the crowd! He noticed that Mendy behind him was jumping in and slotting to the side to share the pressure on him.

Mahrez's eyes narrowed, and he comfortably unloaded the ball with the inside of his instep with a standard stopping motion, comfortable! Margery's ball must have been aimed at the pass, and the angle of the weight was just right. He became more confident in his technique, and in an instant, Mahrez grabbed Hammond's blink, suddenly accelerated and changed direction, and rushed past from the right.

Hammond rushed forward to defend, but Mahrez shook off with a covert smash that disrupted his opponent's rhythm.

Continuing to walk inside, his upper body pretended to move, and a false shot made Schneiderlin, who rushed to support, lose his correct judgment, and his center of gravity was seriously tilted to one side.

The unmarked Ali only glanced at it and subconsciously ran towards the gap in the ribs, his instinct telling him that it was the most dangerous place in Southampton.

After passing the two of them in a very short time, he was only half a step away from the big penalty area. Led by centre-back Jeddy, defenders on both sides began to shrink towards the penalty area, and in just three or four seconds, Mahrez was surrounded by people.

Schneiderlin bounced up like a spring and was rapidly approaching, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse that Hammond had also gotten up from the ground. It is no longer possible to accelerate the sprint in this space, and if you insist on rushing, you can only pray that the opponent's kick is hard enough and the referee's eyes are enough. It's impossible to accelerate, but passing is an ideal and sensible choice, and if he looks at the back of his head, he sees that Ali is already in a great position, there is no one around, whether it is a shot or a break into the box, Ali has a great chance to score. If you can't see Ali, then Mendy on his left side will definitely see that the lad has a tight tenderloin all over his body, just waiting to get the ball and make a ** earth-machine attack himself, and Vardy, who picks up the back point of the pass in his position, will have a higher header rate because Southampton put all their focus on Mahrez.

One; Two; Three; Four, four people, central defender Jedi was very uncool to make the first kick, he wanted to break the ball, Mahrez did not have any idea of passing the ball at all, he only had this ball in his eyes, he seemed to be in the street where he practiced as a child again, the stadium blackened by the exhaust gas, he flicked the ball gently, the black and white elf passed between his legs, and the ball was divided!

In such a narrow place, I had to admire Ma Ge's courage, and Jedi stepped out with one foot and froze in place, watching Mahrez pass by.

"Beautiful, he's in the box,...... Davis, Sortie...... Shot! ”

It was a deft lob shot that made a wonderful arc and flew over the head of goalkeeper Davies into the net.

"Good job, Martin, I bet this goal could be scored for the month and Mahrez beat four or five? I don't know, is he the king of Portsmouth? Andy Gray was a little excited.

"It's true, he single-handedly singled out the entire Southampton defence, such a small space, genius operation, the fans in the visiting stands were crazy with joy."

Coach Edward was also thrilled with such a brilliant goal, as the fact that his forward line has been criticised in recent times and that such a stunning goal was largely free from some of the pressure.

In fact, similar to Icardi on the bench, Mahrez was not favored by many, and when Heidward decided to put Hleb, who signed him in the winter, he was unanimously opposed by the coaching staff. The only person on the team who supported his decision was Chef Yang, who said that Hleb was intemperate in his diet, preferring burgers and fried chicken, and that he could switch to some protein or salmon for lunch before he could play.

Everyone in the coaching staff felt that Mahrez never used all his energy in training and games, and he also liked to play some crotch-piercing tricks and boring tricks in the front court, and was often broken, so he was beaten back and basically a vase.

After observing a few training sessions, Heidward called Mahrez to the sidelines alone and had the following conversation:

Edward: "I've heard that you're training with a nightmare and I'm going to get you out of class because you hate training. ”

Riyad Mahrez: "Of course I trained well!! ”

Edward: "Okay, then from now on, I'll start you every game, and if you don't play well, you'll continue to start!" ”

Mahrez was visibly flustered for a long time, perhaps the happiness came too suddenly, making it difficult for him to adapt for a while, "Hey, wait, I don't know what you mean........."

Hydward patted his disciple on the shoulder, smiled and said, "Let you be a real player!" ”

The young man was silent for a long time, not even noticing the head coach leaving, and he was determined to maintain the reputation and trust of the head coach and try to change his shortcomings. Hydward's blue car trick doesn't necessarily work for all players, but it certainly doesn't work for a guy like Mahrez.

Confucius said: "Teach students according to their aptitude", and before Mahrez really grows into a formidable player, such a wonderful individual performance goal is just a little interest.

With 41 minutes into the game, Portsmouth took a 1-0 lead and the stands were filled with the overwhelming boos of Southampton fans, mingling with the cacophony of drums to form a symphony.

Hydward put his hands in his pockets as usual, and the players looked on the right path, his heart not beating as fast as usual.

It was as if he saw a row of victories beckoning to him.