Koeman's first season in charge of Southampton has been marked by ups and downs.

The big start was in the first half of the season, and he set out to build Southampton, a team that combines inside and outside, and has super battles.

Wins at home to Arsenal, draws with Chelsea and Tottenham, and away to Manchester United, made the Premier League giants dare not underestimate this team that has only been promoted in previous years.

The big drop is that the team has won just four games since February, and has been overtaken by Liverpool and Tottenham in the table.

With Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool four points separating them, they must win all three of their remaining games if they want to qualify for European competition.

In the first leg against Leicester City, Coman was cautious.

Because in the warm-up game, his team was almost beaten by a player who was eliminated by Leicester City.

But that's not the case.

The team played smoothly and scored two goals.

Now, the guy who used to make trouble for himself is back.

Not only led the team to five wins in the last six games, but also won the best player of the month last month, which should not be underestimated.

Koeman fielded the strongest squad against the squad and despite the fatigue of the players, they had to grit their teeth and hold on to the three games remaining.

On the day of the game, the King Power Stadium turned into a sea of blue, and the singing resounded over the stadium as early as an hour before the start of the game.

Perhaps, no fan of any team will understand the excitement of Leicester City fans at the moment.

The long-term bottom almost made the team fall into the Championship.

After a wave of strong performances, the team successfully escaped the relegation zone, and the result of today's game will determine the fate of the team.

Jamie Vardy's daughter Sofia was born two days ago, and after just one day with his family, he rushed back to the squad to compete.

He will not miss such an important and crucial game.

Teammates sent blessings, and Rosie even sent a small gold lock plate.

When Vardy learned the meaning of the gold cleats, he was moved to tears.

In the first half of the season, he was not in good form, and he did not score for a long time, which made him fall into self-doubt for a while.

Rossi's goal account has been open since he arrived, and Rossi has generously conceded when his daughter Sofia is about to be born, preparing for her newborn daughter with a lullaby at home.

This brother is settled.

So far in the league, based on the current standings, Burnley and Queens Park Rangers at the bottom of the table want to be relegated, and there is only a theoretical possibility.

Now, there is still a relegation team that has not yet been determined.

Sunderland, Hull City and Leicester City are tied on 34 points, Newcastle and Aston Villa are on 35 and West Brom are on 40 points.

The team that is most likely to be relegated now is one of the teams with 34 and 35 points.

[Welcome to watch this round of the Premier League's relegation battle.] 】

[Why is it a relegation battle? 】

[Because in this round, there are 7 teams to fight for their respective relegations, and each game will be very intense. 】

[The home team, Leicester City, has come out of the relegation zone, but they can't take it lightly yet.] 】

[Southampton are going to be working hard for their European competition next season.] 】

[From the starting list given before the game, both sides are the main players. 】

[The home team, Leicester City, wears a blue jersey.] 】

[The goalkeeper is Schmeichel.] 】

[The back five are Schlupp, Morgan, Hutter, Vasilewski and Albrighton. 】

[This back five is a set of tactics commonly used by Pearson recently, when attacking, the two sides will press, and the actual defense is three central defenders. 】

[In midfield, it's Drinkwater, Cambiaso and Mahrez.] 】

[The two on the front line are Ulloa and Rossi. 】

[Now it's the away team in the red and white jersey, Southampton.] 】

[The goalkeeper is Gasaniga.] 】

[The back line is Bertrand, Alderweireld, Jose Font and Klein.] 】

[The double midfielder is Wanyama and Harrison Reed.] 】

[Midfielders Elia, Sadio Mane and Steven Davies.] 】

[Center Pelle. 】

At this point, the camera lens is pushed to the audience, and a beautiful woman with an excellent figure appears.

[Oh, this is Pelle's girlfriend, Hungarian supermodel Varga. 】

The narrator seems to have a thousand words, but to sum it up, it's just two words,

Awesome.

[At this moment, I really hope that Luo's girlfriend can also appear on the court.] Don't ask why, that's what the majority of fans want to see. 】

After a brief kick-off ceremony, the away team Southampton kicks off.

When Pelle passed the ball back to the back of Wanyama, Leicester City's high post pressed and pressed it in the first place.

Rossi, Ulloa, Riyad Mahrez and Drinkwater form a 2-2 pressing formation up front.

Albrighton and Schlupp were raised at wing-backs and Cambiasso formed a midfield barrier.

Southampton, who are good at attacking and defending all the time, the two midfielders quickly opened up space to the sides.

Sadio Mane, who is in central midfield, retreats to pick up the ball at the same time, creating a triangle at the back.

At this time, central defender Jose Fonte has two points of the ball, the middle and the wing, and can quickly respond to the high pressure of Leicester City.

When Rossi stepped forward to block, he deliberately pressed the defensive center of gravity to the middle, so that the opponent could only distribute the ball to Harrison on the wing.

Once the ball appears on the wing, Leicester's front three move to the wing, creating a 3v2 position on the wing.

At this time, Southampton could only rely on full-back Klein to carry the ball forward along the sideline.

If Mane wants to come back to pick up, then he has to drop back to the back line, creating a disconnect in midfield.

In order to relieve the pressure at the back, Elia and Steven Davis had to retreat to respond, causing the whole formation to shrink back.

Leicester waited for an opportunity to press heavily and form a 3-4-3 formation.

In order to push forward as much as possible on the counter-attack, Coman switched positions between Sadio Mane and Davies.

Bringing the Soviet Premier League assist king back to organise and complete the final pass, Mane and Elia focused on the counter-attack.

In the 8th minute, Davies got rid of the back and sent a through ball to Schlupp's back.

Senegalese winger Mane counterattacked with the ball, and after using his speed to pass Morgan, Hut rushed to help the defense first and broke it first, and even brought it down.

This clearance is a bit dangerous, if Huter takes a slow step and allows Mane to touch the ball first, then the tackle that follows will definitely be a yellow card.

Five minutes later, Southampton defender Wanyama used his strong body to make a bloody way through the siege of Leicester City, and gave the ball back to Mane.

This time, Sadio Mane opted to break between the two centre-backs in the middle, with Pelera on the side to create space for his team-mates.

Mane played the ball to Pelle in the box from a tight angle.

Pelle headed in the far corner and rounded Schmeichel's 10-finger pass, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced off the line.

[This is Southampton's counterattack.] 】

[Leicester City's front court presses, the back line is empty, giving the opponent plenty of opportunities to counterattack. 】

[Fortunately, Huth, as a central defender, can make up for the defense in time. 】

[But if you continue to play like this, you will lose the ball sooner or later.] 】

The first fifteen minutes showed Southampton's super individual ability.

While retaining the essence of all-attack and defense, Koeman emphasizes the flexible change of the position of local personnel to create more attacking space.

When pressed by Leicester City's high position, the midfielder is more flexible, and the forward midfielder Davies will drag back to organize, and Wanyama, who was originally a midfielder, will step forward and act as a breakthrough.

When there is a counter-attacking opportunity in the front, the two full-backs will step in to attract Mane and Pelle to defence, and they can also use crosses to find the high post of Pelle.

Throughout the first half, Anampton was always able to play a sharp counter-attack, the ball was advanced from the back to the front, and only a few simple passes were needed, and Mane and Elia galloped to their heart's content in the opponent's half.

Pearson's approach was simply to emphasise intercepting the first ball point, delaying the opponent's counter-attack, and allowing the running Schlupp to drop back to help the backline.

Southampton were scoreless on the road and Koeman was anxious off the pitch and signalled that the team should run more and increase the number of attacking players.

He knows in his heart that only scoring goals is king.

(End of chapter)