After Southampton finished this league game, Chen Zhun's suspension was also removed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After a day of adjustment at the Staplewood training base, the Info team rushed to the city of Watford in the southeast of Ireland to take on Watford, who were still working in the Championship at the time. Chen Zhun, who is aiming to win the League Cup, cannot afford to miss this game.

Although they were about to face Southampton's all-time rivals Portsmouth in three days' time, Chen Zhun still played his best in this game and told the players to win quickly and win quickly. The process of the game was also the same as Chen Zhun's deployment before the game. Southampton's second shot in the 10th minute was converted into a goal by Kevin Phillips and the rest of the game went on without a hitch, with Lallana netting again as the first half drew to a close. Chen Zhun replaced the forward combination and the main midfielder Delap at halftime to save his strength. The final match was also settled at 2-0 and Southampton managed to advance to the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

After the end of this game, the Southampton team rushed back to Southampton City, and did not rest the next day, and quickly recovered, and began to cooperate with a small range of passes and cuts in the afternoon and respond to the pass in front of the ferocious tackle.

There's no shortage of exciting games on the English peninsula, especially derbys! It can be said that in England, any club has been established for more than 100 years. And it is precisely because of such a long history of football that it has produced countless popular derby matches. For example, the South Derby, the North London Derby, the City Derby, the National Derby, etc., but the regional derby is even more thrilling.

Chen Zhun knows that although the South Bank derby is not as good as the famous North London derby, Manchester City derby, Merseyside derby and so on, the famous North London derby in the English Premier League. But the Southbank derby between Southampton and Portsmouth has left generations of fans in the two southern cities throwing their fists and power into the mix.

In the March 2004 derby, the police found a large amount of ammonia before the game. Fans of both teams have even pushed their fights to other venues, such as the Southampton team's big bar passing through Portsmouth, where they are ambushed, and England games, where both sides take advantage of the opportunity to get through the fight. Sometimes, they will disguise themselves as fans of other teams and play against each other in third-party stadiums.

Why the two teams have such a deep grudge has to start from the beginning.

The time when the two teams formed a feud is almost certain to be in the sixties of the last century. A meeting between the two sides in 1966 is believed by many to have kicked off a feud between the two teams, in which the Saints emerged victorious and were promoted to the then top flight of the English league, the First Division. After this match, a war broke out between fans of both sides, and many of the fans of both teams who were overly emotional rushed onto the pitch. Since then, the situation of peaceful coexistence between the two sides has officially ended.

Until the fifties, the Saints and Portsmouth were able to live in harmony on the south coast. A large part of this is due to the fact that the two teams have not been in the same league for the most part, except that they both spent a while in the Southern League earlier. In those days, fans of both teams usually followed the match of the team as they played at home. In their 84-year history, Southampton and Portsmouth have met 29 times in the league, with the Saints winning 14 times. But that didn't justify the two teams going to each other, but everything changed after a match in 1966. The conflict continued to intensify, and in the fourth round of the FA Cup in 1984, a Portsmouth fan even smashed a Southampton player with a coin, but the Saints won the game. By this time, the fans of the two teams had already scolded each other mercilessly.

In his previous life, Chen Zhun had also heard that the South Shore derby was as popular as other famous derbies on the British Peninsula. The fans in both cities are people who make a living from the port and work at the docks, and that kind of toughness and courage is very powerful! Therefore, every time the two teams meet, it must be turned upside down, and there is a great tendency to not give up if the southern police force is exhausted.

In the previous life, Southampton and Portsmouth added a new feud in history at this time, if Chen Zhun does not cross, the current Portsmouth manager Harry Redknap should be about to become the manager of Southampton. The former Portsmouth boss ignored a host of suitors after leaving class and made the jump to Southampton. Such behaviour was also seen as a blatant provocation by many Portsmouth fans, who repeatedly made verbal threats against the manager. For England fans, who value loyalty above life, it is unforgivable to defect to a sworn enemy. Fortunately, these have become Chen Zhun's memories and can no longer become reality.

At the pre-match press conference.

The Guardian reporter, who has been following Southampton, asked how hot the derby was and how Southampton's players faced it.

Chen Zhun said with great firmness: "Fight like a man and never back down." The derbies are all exciting, our players don't need to be mobilised, everyone knows how important this game is in the hearts of the fans, and all we can do is beat our mortal enemies. ”

"Mr David Winston, I'm a reporter for the Daily Mail and we've all seen Southampton have a lot of momentum lately, could you please tell us what Southampton are aiming for this season?"

"Hey, I know you, I know both of you. Every time I show up at a press conference, it's a few of you who have a chance to have a drink. Chen Zhun answered this question and teased his journalist friend, who laughed at himself for being unattractive.

"We think we need to get at least 40 points this season to avoid relegation, and we've just got half of the points now, so the goal is still relegation, and it's not too late to think about it when we get 40 points." Chen Zhun said this completely according to the tone of the old coach Ranieri in his previous life. In his previous life, the veteran coach had been saving character for Leicester City and himself, and finally won the Premier League championship in a low-key manner.

"Hello Mr. David Winston, I'm a reporter for The Sun, and last week you suddenly bought nine young players, can you comment on them?"

Chen Zhun saw that it was a toilet tabloid asking such a professional question, pondered for a moment, and said: "These young players are the future of Southampton, our hope, and I am very happy to win them at this time." I'm looking forward to them. They have a bright future. ”

"What are your plans for the winter transfer window?"

"It's possible to buy people, it's possible to sell people, it's a little early to plan now, that's all." After Chen Zhun finished speaking, he got up and left the press conference. But just yesterday, Rupert Lowe told Chen Zhun that Everton made another transfer offer for James Beatty for a transfer fee of 7 million pounds, but was rejected by Chen Zhun, and now James Beatty is in very hot form, and Chen Zhun thinks James Beatty deserves a higher price.