Chapter 133: A one-sided derby
Time flies and David Winston feels like it's already Friday with the second round of the Premier League fixture coming up tomorrow against derby rivals Portsmouth. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
David Winston has done a thorough study of the Portsmouth team, he watched and watched the footage of the first round of the Portsmouth team, and then listened to what the scouts knew about the Portsmouth team. In the first round, Portsmouth lost 0-2 at home to Tottenham Hotspur. The Portsmouth backline remains their ticking time bomb, giving David Winston a way to deal with them. The use of the more aggressive Dirk Kuyt as a lone striker completely disrupted Portsmouth's two centre-backs. Then two fast wingers were deployed to continue to break through and harass Portsmouth's full-backs so that they could not devote more energy to attacking.
David Winston continued with the same formation as he did in the previous game, albeit with a change to his starting line-up.
Goalkeeper Sebastian Frei, Nicky Shorey, Roberto Ayala, Luis Pereira, Luke Young. The back two are still Miguel Arteta and Yaya Toure, one is more playful and the other is more defensive. The midfielders were replaced by Marek Hamsik, two wingers Frank Ribery and Franmikyl Smitchell, and striker Dirk Kuyt.
The line-up is more mobile, the transition from defence to attack is quicker, and the defensive depth in the midfield is more solid, which will give Southampton a favourable side when they are ahead and when they are behind.
There is a sea of red and white inside St. Mary's Stadium, and fans prefer the service of this group of Chinese from the ancient East to the previous St. Mary's service under President Rupert Lowe.
Complimentary sandwiches and drinks. The free scarves and jerseys cheer on the Saints gave some psychological comfort to the Saints fans who spent a lot of pounds to watch the game, and these small gestures made the Saints fans feel very warm, which proved that the team management has always remembered the fans and knew how important the fans were in their hearts.
Of course, the Chinese management gathered in the revamped box to watch the debut of the new season at St Mary's Stadium.
Yue Soul, Alice, Lin Se Shu. Lin Qinling sat on the comfortable sofa, and there were two waiters around her who continued to provide them with service, and the thief was comfortable.
"Hey, Uncle Se, let's make a bet, guess David Winston will send Alan Shearer on the field today!" Yue Soul slumped comfortably on the sofa and said lazily.
Lin Seshu thought for a while and said: "I feel that it should be, after all, it is the first game, and I should give the fans an explanation!"
"Okay, then I guess not!" Yue Soul said happily, as if the victory was already his. And Alice's expression beside him was very complicated and mixed. Lin Qinling looked at her quietly.
David Winston, of course, couldn't hear their conversation from above, and he was still frowning at every move in the arena, even if the game hadn't started yet. After the start of the new season, because he thought too much and had the desired performance goal, David Winston was very nervous about every game this season, watching the video every day and seeing it late, hard work and happiness coexisted.
Under the countdown of the Saints fans, the game officially began.
Portsmouth clearly haven't come out of the defeat in the last game, playing without fighting spirit on the pitch, the players are not actively fighting, they don't run, they are all standing and watching the game lazily. Such a situation is obviously something that David Winston is not aware of.
Sometimes happiness comes so surprisingly and quickly.
David Winston's tactical intent is also well executed.
Dirk Kuyt harassed two of Portsmouth's centre-backs endlessly from the opening kick-off. This near-frenzied harassment was rewarded most in the 10th minute of the game.
Portsmouth's centre-back Stefanovic had to pass back to goalkeeper Westerved under pressure from Dirk Kuyt, and it is unclear if it was a problem with his mentality or a purely technical problem. The pair didn't communicate the return pass, which led to Stefanovic's return pass being less powerful, and goalkeeper Westerved didn't have the awareness to get out of the way to get the ball away, which gave Dirk Kuyt a pie-in-the-sky chance, and of course, he won't miss such an opportunity.
Dirk Kuyt was already running in the direction of the pass path the moment Stefanovic passed the ball, and by the time the ball was rolling almost slowly on the turf, Dirk Kuyt had regained control of the ball, and by the time Westved tried to call out to his team-mates, it was too late to see the ball hang into the net, but there was nothing he could do. Let the tsunami-like shouts of the whole stadium blow past his ears one after another, stimulating the sensitive nerves of the Portsmouth players and coaches.
Let's celebrate!! Rejoice!!
Saints fans are the happiest fans in the world at the moment!! Their team is invincible!! Conquer everything!!
Dirk Kuyt excitedly ran around the pitch behind Portsmouth, followed by equally excited players, who were basking in the applause of the fans.
The box was also full of jubilation, the team scored a goal, and the boss's face naturally lit up.
The calmest man in the stadium was head coach David Winston, who didn't choose to celebrate after the goal, in stark contrast to the frantic celebrations of Hierro next to him. David Winston had already expected the moment when he would score, and while recording things in the notebook in his hand, he walked to his seat and sat there with a light breeze, calmly watching everything in the court.
The remainder of the game was a training match for Southampton, with Dirk Kuyt scoring a hat-trick in the first half, making him the first player in Southampton's history to score a hat-trick on his first game for the club. Those three goals hit David Winston in the face, because his concept of Dirk Kuyt was a representative of a defensive striker has now turned out to be a charge-forward man. Of course, David Winston likes this kind of slap in the face, and he wants the whole team to score goals is the best.
Lin Seshu and Yue Soul's bet was solved at the beginning of the second half. The final victor was Yue Soul.
David Winston replaces Franmikyl Smitchell with Alan Shearer. Alan Shearer also contributed a goal in the second half as Southampton beat Portsmouth 4-0 at home to make it two wins in a row in the Premier League. (To be continued.) )