super football star

Chapter 841 The mentality brought by the champion

Everything seems to indicate that Manchester City will easily win their first victory and make a good start for the league, and from the past record, Manchester City seems to have no reason to lose.

Because since 1999, Manchester City has never lost at home in a new season. Even Manchester City fans walked into the Etihad to go to the stadium with a relaxed and happy mood.

And this situation will inevitably affect the players of Manchester City, making the Manchester City players have a mentality of underestimating the enemy.

"Marco~~~ Is this really all right?" The coaching staff saw the situation of the Manchester City players, and as an assistant coach, Kidd still couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"This group of guys need someone to remind them, otherwise, they really think they are invincible." Van Basten shook his head. Ever since he won the Community Shield, Van Basten found that his disciples had a sense of pride.

However, he is also very clear that his disciples are still a bit too young, and Manchester City is indeed proud of the results last season. At this time, if he says something, the players probably won't listen to it. Therefore, he is going to hand over this important task to his opponents.

There was a slight change in Manchester City's main lineup today. Clichy returned to the starting lineup. At the same time, De Jong felt unwell before the game. To be on the safe side, Van Basten let him sit on the bench, and Rodwell ushered in the opportunity to make his debut.

This situation really made Shaqiri and Sun Xingmin envious. After all, this was the first game of the season, and the attention it received was very high.

As for Nan'an's ordinary lineup, no one in the team can be called a star at all. After all, they were in the English Championship before, and the attention paid to the players in the second-tier league is actually very limited.

Of course, there are still two good members in Nan'an Ordinary's lineup, such as Schneiderlin and Lallana. After several years of training in the Premier League, one joined Manchester United and the other went to Liverpool. One can think of their potential and the experience they need in the top league.

It has to be said that Southampton has done a good job in player training and youth training. Manchester United's Class of [-] is famous in Europe, largely because of Manchester United's status as a giant.

However, there is no possibility in this world. Today's Southampton is just a newly promoted horse, but if you underestimate the newly promoted horse, you may pay a heavy price.

In the afternoon in Europe, with the cheers of more than 4 Manchester City fans at the Etihad, players from Manchester City and Southampton appeared on the stage under the leadership of the referee.

Although it was not the second game in the opening game, the FA still attached great importance to this game. After all, Manchester City was also the champion of last season. Therefore, the famous Premier League referee, bald Webber, was in charge of law enforcement for this game.

Soon, the first threatening attack of the game appeared, but it was not Manchester City as people imagined, but an attack from a newly promoted team.

And in terms of side selection and offense, Southampton chose to be preemptive, and their first wave of offense came after 2 minutes of the opening.

Rodwell made a mistake, or in other words, he underestimated the ordinary players in Nan'an, but this is not surprising, Southampton's low-key, the media's touting, not to mention Rodwell, is the same for everyone else in Manchester City.

Lallana, in this game, he did not appear on the wing he is most familiar with, but came to the center, forming Southampton's midfield with Schneiderlin.

Passing Rodwell, although it was a bit too easy, Lallana would not stop. Boateng immediately made up for it, but still failed to stop Lallana.

Rodriguez, who was the striker in this game, retreated and made a simple two-for-one with Lallana, passing the Manchester City central defender. It was obviously too late for Kompany to make up for it at this time, not to mention that Southampton's two sides had already rushed over.

Shooting, Lallana did not hesitate, and shot directly, but Joe Hart was not a vegetarian after all, showing the demeanor of the best goalkeeper of last season, flying to catch the ball with both hands.

In the transition between offense and defense, Joe Hart kicked out with a big kick, Li Fengzhong made a top near the circle, and sent the ball to Aguero on the right, but the moment Aguero turned around, the ball was intercepted by Southampton full-back Klein Fei.

The possession of the ball was changed, Southampton turned from defense to offense, and the ball came to Lallana's feet again, but this time Rodwell had put away his intention to underestimate the enemy.

But even so, England's young talent still failed to block Lallana's breakthrough. If Tang Ning was praised as England's most skilled player before, Lallana's name may also be mentioned after today.

As for Rodwell, this talented midfielder who is highly expected by England is destined to become the background board of Lallana's rise today.

However, it was impossible for Lallana to jump down like before, because Yaya Toure had already retreated, and even behind him, Li Feng was struggling to catch up.

Passing the ball, facing this situation, Lallana made a very correct choice and passed the ball to his teammate, Doprado on the left, who immediately made a pass after getting the ball.

Rodriguez's height and jumping are good, but the captain of Manchester City is better than him. In the end, relying on his body and jumping, coupled with precise positioning, Kompany made a header clearance and gave Southampton a corner kick.

This corner kick did not pose any threat to Manchester City and was directly confiscated by Joe Hart. However, judging from the opening situation, it was completely different from what was expected before the game.

"Oh oh oh~~~ Southampton doesn't seem to be what their coach said. It only took 5 minutes to start, but they have already completed two waves of attacks, and the defending champion at home has only one pass across the half."

Not to mention semi-professionals such as commentators, even the fans found that the situation on the court seemed to be completely different from what the media expected before the game. Not only was Southampton not as weak as imagined, they even overwhelmed the defending champion at home.

At the same time, the live broadcast was also shown on the coaches of the two teams. Adkins did not show any joy because his team was suppressing Manchester City.

On the other hand, Van Basten was also not angry because his team was at a disadvantage. In fact, Van Basten had expected this situation a long time ago, and even wished for it. Manchester City now needs someone to remind them.

Although a season has passed, Manchester City's players are still relatively young. Young people have pursuits, but when young people achieve results, they are easy to be proud.

(End of this chapter)