Chapter 183: A battle of wits and strategy

David Winston's mind was pretty much in place with the formation and squad in mind, and the afternoon training session was still dominated by special physical confrontations, in order to continue to allow the muscles of the players to slowly adapt to the pace and scale of the game that they had experienced in all the Premier League games before. www.biquge.infoFortunately, David Winston saw on the sidelines that the players on the training ground were more comfortable with this rhythm of the game, and there was no picture of David Winston complaining about the players he was worried about before.

After this training session. Tomorrow morning, David Winston and his coaching staff will lead the Southampton team to Reebok Stadium to challenge Bolton, who are now ranked tenth in the Premier League. The game brought them to the fore a key culprit in their failure to qualify for the UEFA Cup last season, and it became a crucial match in the eyes of the Bolton players.

Reebok Stadium is full of people. The fans came to the stadium early to cheer for their home team. Ten minutes before the start of the game, the players were already in the field, performing the ceremony, and then immediately entering the game mode.

Southampton manager David Winston on the sidelines clasped his hands to his chest and looked at the players on the field with a serious face. Let's take a look at the starting line-up of the Southampton team on the field.

Today, Southampton's starting formation is still 4231.It's just that today David Winston asked the players not to be as offensive as before, but to focus more on the defense, so that Bolton can give up his rhythm first, then the game will be relatively easy.

The main goalkeeper who started today is still Sebastian Frei, who has been very consistent this season, and is the most reassuring part of the Southampton team, which also makes Southampton fans gradually forget the previous Finnish goalkeeper Niemi. The four back lines are in order, with Nicky Shorey at left-back and his country-mate Luke Young at right-back. These two players are now also an important point in Southampton's defence and attack, and the standard of flying on both wings is actually from them, and their consistent performance has won the unanimous approval of Southampton fans, who are considered to be one of the most cost-effective Southampton transfers. The two centre-backs have also made the most appearances this season, combined the most, and are one of the most tacit combinations between the two players. The Argentine is also the captain of the current team, Roberto Ayala and the fastest Luis Pereira in the Colombian team. The back two were Miguel Arteta, the same combination as before, with Clemens Fritz, who has played very well in recent games, with a little back on the right being Clemens Fritz, who has played very well in recent games. The wingers who split on either side of them are Frank Ribery and Frank Mikyll Smitchell. A typical old and young pair, not tired of work, in the game has both youthful impact and vitality, but also experienced control and stability, the front is against the slightest fear of Slovak teenager Marek Hamsik. David Winston brought in Marek Hamsik to add another defensive knife to his defence, starting with Dirk Kuyt, who is provisionally number one in the Premier League's scorers list this season.

This lineup can be described as both offensive and defensive, attacking and retreating, and David Winston is very confident in this.

With the referee's whistle, Southampton's away challenge to Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League officially began. Once the game began, Bolton Wanderers did not perform as David Winston had anticipated before the game. As long as the Southampton team players get the ball, there will be at least two defenders around the Southampton team, up to four defenders, and the defensive level of these players is maintained very well, some are responsible for close tackles, some are responsible for harassing on the side, and some are responsible for standing at a fixed distance in case these two defenders are replaced by Southampton players, and the last defender is deliberately blocking the referee's view. Then they can do whatever they want. So after the start of the game, every time a Southampton player fell to the ground, there was no indication, and the most serious indication was that the referee walked up to him and showed a very stern but no warning. These circumstances are certainly in David Winston's hands. And before the game, David Winston in the locker room and at the Staplewood training base specifically instructed the Southampton players not to pay too much attention to and ignore such a provocative foul as Bolton. When you care, you pay attention, and you have a conflict with them, then the most serious consequences are often not the one who commits the foul, but the one who ignores them. Therefore, such a situation must not lead to non-combat attrition.

The game slowly came to the tenth minute of the first half, and Bolton took the initiative on the field, which made Bolton's manager Sam Allardyce very uncomfortable, because he knew that this rhythm was not the real rhythm of the Bolton team, but from the situation on the field. Southampton's behaviour was deliberate, and Sam Allardyce had no good way to deal with it right now, so he had to do it for the time being, and then make some changes as the game progressed. David Winston also thinks the same way, he will make every step of the personnel change or tactical change according to Sam Allardyce's arrangement, and now from the situation on the field, David Winston is very satisfied with the performance of the players and their tactical understanding of this game, so David Winston is also not in a hurry to make any changes. In such a stalemate situation, either side takes the lead in making changes, which means that the direction of the game will be turned upside down. (To be continued.) )