Chapter 846: Quadruple Crown
Sometimes, it's just that weird.
From? From Paris to Monaco, the time is one day apart, but the weather is completely different.
In Paris, it is called a sunny day, and Yang Huan can still stroll leisurely through the streets of Paris, enjoy the beautiful scenery of this fashion capital, and taste the romantic French style.
But when I arrived in Monaco, it was dark clouds and heavy rain.
encountered this kind of bad ghost weather, Yang Huan didn't bother to go out, so he simply hid in the hotel, playing games, chatting on WeChat, and chatting with UEFA President Platini who came to supervise the game for a while.
Southampton's Glory Stadium has already passed the five-star stadium assessment, and after Platini's operation, there is basically no big problem in applying to host the Champions League final.
With two years to go, Southampton is still under a lot of pressure.
For this matter, Yang Huan also talked to the Duke of Westminster and Prime Minister Hamad, and they all decided to speed up the progress of the project, and must complete the renovation of the old city in Southampton before the Champions League final.
And Southampton Mayor Terry Matthews also regarded this feast as a glorious stroke of his politician career, and even paid more attention than Yang Huan himself.
I spent the whole day in the hotel, and in the evening, the rain stopped, the clouds dispersed, and a rainbow appeared in the sky.
This made Young Master Huan's mood feel better.
The rain war, for Southampton, is quite a loss.
At 19:45 p.m., the UEFA Super Cup officially blew its whistle.
Perhaps because the opponent is Sevilla, almost most of the people who come to the Louis II Stadium are fans of the Saints, and the support for the Saints is the highest, making the entire Louis II Stadium look more like Southampton's home stadium.
In this game, Bielsa still played a four-three-three strategy.
Neuer was in goal, Luke Shaw, Nastasic, Raphael Varane and Chambers at the back, Pogba, Nemanja Matic and Oscar in midfield, and Ravel Morrison, Luis Suarez and Sturridge in the front three.
Compared to the Community Shield three days ago, the lineup has been adjusted quite a bit.
One of the main reasons for this is that Southampton will return to England after the Super Cup to prepare for the first round of the Premier League, and the first game is away to Liverpool.
Sevilla did not have such worries, La Liga kicked off late, so in this game, they played as much as they could, but Emery's team lost players such as Rakitic, Moreno, Bodia, and Perotti this summer, and the overall strength was also greatly affected.
Therefore, in this battle, many fans are not optimistic about Sevilla.
And it turns out that Sevilla is still inferior to Southampton in terms of overall strength.
From the very beginning of the game, the Saints were firmly in control of the situation on the field.
In the 10th minute, Oscar received a pass from Nemanja Matic in the middle, turned away from a defender and hoisted the ball into the penalty area.
Sturridge cut diagonally into the box from the right flank and leaped high before the onrushing goalkeeper Beto.
The ball rubbed Sturridge's head, hoisted another arc, and crashed into the goal, 1-0!
After scoring the goal, the Saints' morale was boosted, and the game was more unrestrained and gorgeous.
Sevilla lost ground in midfield and at the back and had to retreat heavily to their own penalty area.
But even so, in the 34th minute, Southampton again found Ravel Morrison with Nemanja Matic's long pass from midfield, who broke through the Sevilla right-back one-on-one and crossed low to goal.
Suarez rushed to the ball, pushed the ball, and scored again, 2-0!
What was even more unexpected was that just before the end of the first half, Sevilla made another mistake.
Central defender Fabio fouled at the edge of the penalty area, and Suarez personally took the free kick to hit, 3-0!
Ending the first half with a score of 3-0 was not expected by anyone.
Reminiscent of the last Community Shield game, which was played by four goals against Arsenal at half-time, Southampton's attacking prowess this season has been absolutely impressive.
Or seeing that the game was established early, Bielsa replaced Suarez with Harry Kane at half-time and formed the England trident with Sturridge and Ravel Morrison.
This immediately made the fans of the Saints in England who came to the scene cheer loudly.
They have long heard that the Saints have signed a couple of more homegrown youngsters this summer, including Harry Kane who has entered the first team.
The 21-year-old clearly had no stage fright, and at the start of the second half, Beto was surprised by a direct left-footed shot from 25 yards out of goal.
It's a pity, it's high!
But despite this, he still won the applause of the Saints fans in the stadium.
The England native was then very active, actively involved in counter-attacking on the spot, pressing Sevilla's centre-back, and despite his stature, his body movements were not at all clumsy.
Finally, in the 53rd minute, after receiving a pass from Pogba on the left side, Lavel Morrison used his excellent individual skills to break through the Sevilla right-back one-on-one and cross in front of the baseline.
Harry Kane, who stood in front of the goal, beat Sevilla central defender Fabio with a header and scored his first official goal since joining the Saints.
It was also the fourth goal of the game!
The saint's outstanding performance surprised everyone.
You know, the Saints didn't do their best in this game, just arranged some rotation and substitute players to start, but still showed such amazing combat effectiveness, how can it not be surprising?
Of course, Sevilla's problems are even more serious, especially in the midfield and the holes in the backline, which have exposed Southampton's frenzied attacking wave.
In the seventy-first minute of the second half, it was Oscar who made a diagonal pass in the middle to Sturridge on the wing.
The latter passed into the penalty area, Harry Kane grabbed the ball before the defender, stopped the ball, and then turned nimbly to dribble and pick up the back post.
Midfielder Pogba quickly stepped in, met the ball a little, and broke through Beto's goal again, 5-0!
After leading 5-0, Bielsa continued to make substitutions and Southampton relented.
Sevilla took the opportunity to attack, striker Baca scored a face-saving goal for Sevilla in the 86th minute, and finally Southampton defeated Sevilla 5-1 to win the UEFA Super Cup in the new season.
After the game, Neuer captained Southampton to lift the UEFA Super Cup trophy.
This is also the Saints' fourth trophy in the past year, following the Premier League trophy, the Champions League trophy and the Community Shield, and a record four crowns in the season, which is truly a bumper harvest.
After the game, the European mainstream media also gave unanimous praise and affirmation to Southampton's performance.
Even the Spanish newspaper Ace had to admit that Sevilla's strength was not at the same level as Southampton.
'Even though Bielsa rotated the game, Southampton was still surprising.
"In this game, the midfield of Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba and Oscar helped the Saints firmly control the initiative of the game, and although Matic did not contribute as much in attack as Tony Kroos, he was very solid in defense and very impressive."
'At the back, the combination of Raphael Varane and Nastasic, apart from Barca's goal, has few flaws, giving people peace of mind about the Saints' defense for the new season.
"In this summer's transfer market, there are many teams pursuing Nemanja Matic, Ravel Morrison and Sturridge, and even now, Manchester United are still chasing these players, but Southampton have renewed their contracts and retained the players."
'It is not difficult to see from this game that the Saints' intention is far-reaching, they need to ensure the depth of the squad in the new season with multiple fronts, and Nemanja Matic, Ravel Morrison and Sturridge are all capable of competing for the main place and can form a healthy competition with the likes of Eden Hazard, Toni Kroos and Sanchez.
"Three days ago, at Wembley, they beat Arsenal 4-0, and three days later, they beat Sevilla 5-1 at the Stade Louis II in Monaco, scoring nine goals and conceding one in two games, and the quality of the Saints is still surprising."
"We have every reason to believe that Southampton are still the strongest contenders for the Premier League and Champions League this season!"
While the Spanish media generally praised the entire Southampton team, the British media praised Southampton in the second half of the UEFA Super Cup in addition to praising the team's outstanding performance.
Ravel Morrison and Sturridge both played the full game and performed quite well.
But the focus of the British media is generally focused on the youngster Harry Kane.
Back in Southampton, Harry Kane and Anthony Martial attracted attention from the outside world.
Tall, with good skills at his feet, and playing as a center forward, Harry Kane is easily reminiscent of Ibrahimovic, and even, without saying anything, the British media directly named Ibrahimovic II.
The British media were disappointed that they didn't get a chance to play in the Community Shield.
But this time, it was in the European Super Cup, and it made its debut with a pass and a shot, just this performance, it simply blinded the titanium eyes of reporters.
Even, after the game, many media have called Harry Kane England's main center forward in the next decade, and together with Ravel Morrison and Sturridge, he will shoulder the burden of attacking the city for the England national team.
And when Southampton legend, Alan Shearer, commented on Harry Kane in the daily game, just saying that he was very similar to me when I was young, and as a result, the media made a big book, and directly crowned Harry Kane with the title of Alan Shearer II, I can't wait to put him in the position of superstar.
For this wave of praise from the outside world, Southampton seems to be very sensible.
Harry Kane, accompanied by the club's press officer, said in an interview with reporters that he is not ready, there is still a lot to learn and improve, and he has not thought too much about it now.
In interviews with the media, head coach Bielsa has also repeatedly said that Ha Kane is not ready to play for the first team for the time being, and he needs to continue to improve.
The Saints had originally intended to include Harry Kane in the squad for the opening round of the league against Liverpool in order to protect the players, but after negotiations with the coaching staff, Bielsa spoke with Harry Kane for a while, and finally excluded him from the squad.
While Southampton was running back and forth and fighting on multiple fronts, Brendan Rodgers' Liverpool was waiting for the arrival of the Saints at Anfield!
That is, on the day of the game, Gao Ren and Wang Lei finally completed the procedures for going to the UK and arrived at Heathrow Airport by plane, but they did not go south to Southampton, but went north to Liverpool accompanied by their agents.