November 6. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info St. Mary's Stadium, the crowd was full of voices, and the stadium had already begun to scold before the game started. The Portsmouth fans in the visiting fans stood in unison and scolded Southampton as a bastard, and the Southampton fans in the stadium drowned out this little bit of idle noise. The police officers in front of the visitors' stands looked nervous and heavily armed, and half of Southampton's police force was placed at St Mary's Stadium and the nearby Tavern Walk, as any place could be an arena for duels between the two teams.

Turn back an hour in time. Chen Zhun sat on the team bus and drove to the stadium when he saw sporadic Portsmouth fans raising their middle fingers at the team bus, muttering British national curses. This is the first time Chen Zhun has felt the atmosphere of the derby battle. In the past, as an audience, I watched the Rome City derby, the Century derby, and the Milan derby, but Chen Zhun couldn't feel the atmosphere of gunsmoke in the stadium from the TV. It was only now that he really felt what a derby is and what a lifelong rival is when he fights.

The starters returned to the locker room after the warm-up and began to listen carefully to Chen Zhun's pre-game deployment.

"I've been watching Portsmouth games recently and I've noticed that Portsmouth don't have a big focus in the middle, they mainly focus on the wings. So we have to take advantage of the width of the field, widen the situation, Neil and John in the middle, you have to move the ball to the wing, and then you quickly move closer to the middle, the wide players who get the ball don't dribble too much on the side, pass to the midfielders when they have the opportunity, the midfielders continue to dribble horizontally, attract Portsmouth's frontal defense, the wide players have to run without the ball at this time, the location is the vacuum in the penalty area, and the rest is up to you to play individually. Defensively, we just have to play what we normally do in training. ”

"It's a derby, I don't need to tell you why it's important! I don't think there needs any mobilization meeting for this time! You know everything when you get there! The shouts of the fans told me everything. When I got on the field, I fought like a warrior to the end. Don't fall for your opponents and stay calm on the pitch. Come on, Southampton! ”

"Victory! Victory! ”

St Mary's Stadium was packed and everyone was looking forward to the South Bank derby.

Chen Zhun appeared with applause and insults. Chen Zhun and old Redknapp shook hands cordially, this was just a show before the battle between the two armies. Because they all know that victory is only for one team.

Chen Zhun's starting line today is the same as before, this lineup has become extremely solid after three months of tempering, but it does not mean that there are no mistakes, this lineup has poor mobility, and the ability of the players is low, which is a fact that Chen Zhun cannot change.

Chen Zhun looked at his disciples and thought that today was another hard battle.

Goalkeeper Niemi, the back line represents the age, 36-year-old left-back Le Sox, 29-year-old central defender Svensson, 31-year-old central defender Lundkwan, 34-year-old right-back Dodd. The clumsy midfielders McCann and Delap, flanked by Pluton and Fernandes, and Lallana, who had performed well in the first two games, did not play, and Chen Zhun was afraid that he would be injured due to special care from Portsmouth. The forward line is still the familiar Beatty and Phillips.

Chen Zhun is still extremely nervous in his heart at the moment, he can't control this tension, from the depths of his heart, as if this is his first coaching game in the Premier League. If Southampton doesn't look good in this game, then he will be scolded to death by the fans, no matter how good he has led the team before. Chen Zhun quickly went through his deployment and lineup in his mind, for fear that there would be a mistake and cause failure.

"Hey, David, your hands are shaking? Are you feeling unwell? Reed, who was standing next to him, saw Chen Zhun's strange appearance, he thought Chen Zhun was sick, but in fact he was nervous.

"Oh! Oh... I'm fine, Rice, I'm fine. Chen Zhun perfunctorily reed, and then casually opened the bottle in his hand and drank a few sips of water to hide his nervousness.

The referee of today's game is Bol, a very experienced referee and one of the famous referees in the Premier League, the FA arranged him to officiate this game, the role is self-evident, I hope to control the emotions of the game on the field today with his prestige and experience.

Bol has finished picking and shaking hands with the captains of both sides, ready to start today's South Bank derby!

As soon as the game started, both sides were immediately in the game. But the so-called state of play is a foul. In the first minute, Southampton midfielder Dropp was brought down by Portsmouth midfielder Faye as soon as he picked up the ball in the centre circle. Then in the fifth minute, Portsmouth striker Yakubu was elbowed by Southampton centre-back Lundkewan when he was fighting for a header in front of the goal, and suffered a dark loss. Referee Bol did not give a penalty for the foul that had just started, but only gave a verbal warning.

The commentator in charge of the game said that this game is not a foul, but an attack.

Chen Zhun couldn't sit still now, and immediately stood up and protested to Bol in the field: "Hey, those Portsmouth players shovel my players, can't you see it?" Hey! ”

The fourth referee saw that Chen Zhun was about to leave the head coach's command area, and immediately stepped forward to stop him, saying, "Mr. David Winston, please control your emotions. ”

"Didn't you see the Portsmouth players deliberately physically assaulting my players?" Chen Zhun pointed to his eyes and said.

Fourth, the referee ignored Chen Zhun again. Chen Zhun wanted to use his words to put pressure on referee Bol, although such a move had little effect, but he still had to try his luck.

"Hey, Southampton's bastard manager, let's Portsmouth beat you!"

In the 10th minute, Southampton controlled the ball in midfield and organized the attack. Portsmouth immediately had two players come to the trap and McCann was skilfully dodged. Then he immediately played a long ball to Pluton on the left. The Portsmouth defenders were ready for Pluton to break down the wing, only to turn to the middle and take two steps to pass to McCann, who was on the left, and Fernandes on the right crossed over to open up their respective defenders.

Portsmouth's midfielders didn't dare to slack off and immediately pounced on McCann, but McCann waited for this moment, his eyes were quick, and he picked the ball into the middle of Portsmouth's two central defenders, and the two full-backs had reached the place where they picked up the ball at the same time. Both defenders were pulled behind them and did not dare to make a move, and the Portsmouth centre-back had just turned. Fernandes took the ball in stride, deftly bumped it with a heel and passed it to Pluton behind him. The Portsmouth defender, who thought Fernandes would shoot, made a save, and there was no interference from the defenders after Pluton got the ball!