On the way back to the tactics room, Hydward made a point of choosing to pass by the first team training ground marked 2. It snowed heavily today, and the grass was covered with snow without floor heating, and I couldn't even go to the afternoon training session or even the day after tomorrow.

He looked up at the sky and felt worried, the snow was getting smaller and smaller, but what to do with this thick layer of snow? Even if it is all cleaned up, the frozen turf will not protect the players at all.

Paying someone to do the maintenance? He touched his pocket, thought about the bank account, and was really shy in his pocket. Financial thieves do not commit crimes, and they are almost reduced to the point where they cannot afford to eat.

"Boss, we have a way!" Not far away, seven or eight players could be heard in unison.

Hydward looked back: "Huh?? ”

Captain Haim said loudly: "To beat Manchester United, how can you do it without training!" ”

"To !!"

'Portsmouth belongs to everyone, not just the manager, you give enough to the team, boss.

"To !!"

Hydward looked at the crowd of excited players inexplicably, completely unaware of what was happening, everyone seemed to be beaten up.

Ricardo ducked at the back of the crowd, dodging the manager's scrutinizing gaze and looking up at the sky at 45° as if he were admiring the snow.

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An hour later, Portsmouth's buses showed up at the Southampton training ground.

The so-called method of the players is to come to the door like a warrior to provoke their sworn enemies in the same city. The momentum is not insufficient, everyone is very familiar with the chubby Glenn of the fan club, and a phone call said that the whole team came to play Southampton, and Glenn was immediately excited.

The team bus was followed by a fan club bus and a number of private cars, and it was half an hour before nearly 500 fans came, Glenn said that the fans were still gathering, and the Southampton fans were soon out of action, and it was about to turn into a sea of red and blue.

Compared to Portsmouth's financial situation, Southampton is not financially comparable to the big clubs. However, over the years, the principle of sustainable development, encouraging youth training, rejecting the concept and style of blind investment, renovating its own training base, buying new training equipment, and most importantly, the floor heating of the stadium here is brand new, and there are no problems such as ice or snow.

The other party's chairman, Mr. Matthews, and head coach Nigel did not regard this as a provocation at all, and held a cordial and friendly exchange between the teams in the same city, why not? Naturally, the door was opened for a warm welcome, not only for lunch, but also for a special room for the visiting team to rest.

Southampton showed a good ability to deal with unexpected events, and the warm-up match was scheduled for 2pm, with coaches from the youth team being refereed, and head coach Nigel also made a point to discuss the length of the game and the precautions with Heideward.

Fans gathered behind the barbed wire fence at the training base, red and blue intertwined, how could there be a little bit of a sworn enemy meeting in a state of redness. Some hooked shoulders and took photos together, some sang team songs to each other, and some simply made friends. It's Christmas and it's all about bringing joy.

The game was divided into 4 quarters of half an hour each, and at the end there was a penalty shootout with a 5-minute break in between, which was completely different from the rules of the official game.

Southampton's first-team squad faces an average age of just 25, with a general focus on 21 to 23 years old.

The 21-year-old England midfielder and future Liverpool player Adam Lallana was dominant from the start of the game. He always finds his teammates with his passing accuracy and is full of imagination.

Pick-and-roll, crotch, heel and even his surprising use of the knee when he got past Jonathan, a standard bouncing motion.

Edward pulled his main midfielder aside and said: "When you play against Manchester United next month, you have to play against Patrice Evra, Paul Scholes or Michael Carrick, why can you be easily beaten by that hairy boy, focus on Jonathan, you can." ”

The trident on the front line, the poor version of the BBC's Mario combination still can't form the consciousness of running each other, and Lawrence and Etuhu can't match up with a Marco in the middle.

Marko's ability to "space explorer" will basically run with Etuhu, although the two of them don't match each other at all, but his coverage area is really not ordinary.

"Look up! Rise! Rise!!! Hydward almost roared from the sidelines.

'Lawrence, think next month of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, they are the best centre-back combination in England and all of Europe, and you have to give Rio Ferdinand the final blow in front of his eyes.

"Boss, you're not thinking about killing Manchester United at Old Trafford, are you?"

Edward kicked him in the ass, "Bullshit, if you can't put enough pressure on their defence up front, it's a matter of time before you concede the ball. ”

Marco's ghostly interplay in the first quarter finally paid off, as he latched on to Etuhu's diagonal pass and fired a beautiful left-footed volley.

Southampton quickly organised a brilliant counter-attack after conceding the goal, and 193cm centre-back Hoyveld had the style of a knife-forward defender Lucio, cutting in all the way and finally reaching the front line to equalise with a golden head. He may not dare to do this in the official game, and the warm-up game is completely unscrupulous, and no one, including his teammates and coaches, did not expect it.

At the beginning of the second quarter, midfielder Adam Lallana received a long pass from the backcourt, jumped up and did not stop the ball and pointed directly to him with his head, and he got rid of it and inserted it behind Haim. He stepped on his bicycle and shook off the goalkeeper Dave, and shot a arc with his right foot to score the ball, and the score was rewritten to 2:1.

After the goal was scored, the two teams seemed to be undefended at the back, and the forwards of the two teams began to score goals against each other. From 2:2 to 5:6 in the fourth quarter, Portsmouth's Marco scored his first career hat-trick, he was so excited that he couldn't find the north, hugged every teammate and coach, and begged Southampton to give him the football.

There's no doubt that fans love this kind of matchup, but Hydward has a heart set on killing both Maghri and Haim. Even with Portsmouth now in the lead, he roared and taught the two men on the sidelines a lesson.

"You're dealing with ...... next month"

"Boss, we know Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Fernandes, they're the best strikers in the world. Haim and I will beat them!! ”

In the end, the penalty shoot-out between the two teams set the score at 12:13, and the whole Portsmouth team, which was a little abnormal today, successfully played the stadium and took away the three points away from home. Oh, no, it took away the friendship of the whole Southampton team, and Heideward's new mantra was learned by everyone in the team.

'We're going to play Manchester United next month.'