For the rest of the first half, Southampton failed to take the lead, although they continued to dominate the field and kept suppressing Juventus, they still failed to score a second goal.

During the half-time break, Ji Ya noticed that the players were panting a lot more than usual-obviously, the Southampton players did feel a little bit because they played against Juventus in the Europa League. Excitement affected their distribution of physical energy, and now their physical energy consumption is greater than usual.

"In the second half of the game, we slowed down our attacking tempo a bit... They are good at playing against each other at a slow pace, so we will have a good grind with them to see who is more patient. Don't forget, we won the first game Now, it’s good to win this game, but as long as you don’t lose, it’s not a big problem.” Ji Ya said in the locker room.

The players nodded one after another. This is indeed the truth, and they themselves feel that their physical fitness is declining relatively quickly. Under such circumstances, of course, they need to be more cautious.

And this is indeed a good opportunity to train the team.

Del Neri is actually not dissatisfied with the first half of the game. To put it bluntly, the Italian coach is always conservative. In the first round, he suffered a draw at home, so it is not impossible to draw an away game in the second round. accept things.

It's that simple.

So after the start of the second half, the rhythm of the two sides on the field began to slow down. When they took the ball, they were more concerned about not making mistakes, constantly testing the opponent's bottom line, and trying to attack. , withdraw immediately.

"I thought it was the tacit understanding between the two Serie A teams." A commentator complained.

However, under such circumstances, both sides have bright spots on the field. Chamberlain still broke through and shot in the double-team of the three, while Juventus relied more on Del Piero's skills to create opportunities. The defense inside is quite tight. Southampton's several attacks were blocked by Chiellini and Bonucci, and Juventus' attacks were blocked by Wundt and Lovren one by one.

Juventus had a chance of winning in the second half when Dixon's reckless foul gave Del Piero a free kick from 26 meters away. His free kick went around the wall but was narrowly missed by Nasri. Throw the ball with one hand!

"Damn, I almost lost." Ji Ya was also taken aback.

"Dixon is still a bit short at this level of competition." Benelli whispered to Ji Ya.

"Yeah, I know that too, but there's no other way. It's hard to find a good left back..." Ji Ya replied.

Indeed, a good left back is too difficult to find, let alone a good left back, even a reliable left back is not so easy to find.

This is a worldwide problem, not just Ji Ya's.

The last few minutes of the game were lackluster, and the physical fitness of both sides dropped very badly, so although they wanted to give each other a good look at the last moment, they couldn't do it.

Amaury, who came off the bench for Juventus, did nothing, but Mkhitaryan and Austin, who came off the bench at Southampton, almost scored a goal. Mkhitaryan broke through and passed the ball to Austin. Austin's shot was blocked by Manninger Bravely saved.

The final score is one to one.

"Our lack of experience, we consumed too much physical energy in the first half, so that the performance in the second half was not as expected... But growth needs to pay such a price, I am very satisfied with the team's performance. After two rounds, we can still qualify It is a good thing to be first in the group (Sevilla beat Salzburg by one goal and one goal difference behind Southampton), the next two games will be a key, we will try to perform well Better," Kiya said at the post-match press conference.

Del Neri also expressed optimism. After all, although they only have two points now, they will have consecutive matches against Salzburg, the weakest team in the group.

There are three weeks before the next round of competition. Before that, there will be a FIFA match day, then four league rounds and a League Cup fourth round match. As for the FA Cup match, as a Championship team, If it is possible to start from the third round, then it will be next January.

After leading the team to play games, Ji Ya felt that there are indeed many games in the English League. On the surface, it seems that there is only one more cup game than other teams, but in fact, every possible midweek is fully arranged. Fans You can see two games almost every week. For fans, this way of playing one game after another is of course more enjoyable to watch.

For the club, the pressure is relatively high, and it is necessary to adapt to such a game rhythm.

In the next round of the league, the players seemed to be a little absent-minded. After the Europa League game, they played in the English Championship again, and the gap was still a bit big...

So in the next round of the league, they drew [-]-[-] with fifth-ranked Burnley at home. The tie in this game is actually nothing, but the players played more loosely on the field. If it weren't for luck, If the goal is scored early, the game may be lost.

Queens Park Rangers beat Crystal Palace [-]-[-] away to move two points clear of Southampton.

Ji Ya severely criticized the performance of the players after the game. The loss and draw is actually not a big problem, but such a loose performance is really intolerable.

What's more, they worked so hard to beat the Queens Park Rangers in an away game to tie for the first place. One accidentally sent the first place away. Isn't this a matter of losing pants?

The Southampton players are also very remorseful, especially when watching QPR fans on various forums start to rave and taunt them...

"Damn it, next time you meet them, you have to kill them harder!" Lambert clenched his fists and shouted.

"That's right! We have to play hard every game, and we want to regain the number one spot!" Feng Te also waved his fist.

"We are the champions of the League Cup and the team participating in the Europa League. In the English Championship, of course we want to win the first place!" Schneiderlin also shouted.

This sense of superiority and despise of other teams is of course not appropriate, but in such an atmosphere, the fighting spirit of the players can be quickly stimulated!

Ji Ya nodded silently, it seems that he spent his own money to find a few sailors to mock his club on the Internet, this trick is quite effective...

Ji Ya, who didn't realize that he had become more and more heart-warming, was very proud of his stroke of genius.

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