Chapter 602： 1st saint, saint for life!

"Humhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~"

Along with the bassist's starting style, everyone on the scene immediately turned their eyes to the center of St. Mary's Stadium.

The red carpet is covered there, and the members of the jazz band are already sitting in front of their instruments.

With the crisp cymbal sound of the drum set, the drummer has already excited himself in the drum set.

There was a burst of cheers and screams.

Then, piano, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and other musical instruments gradually entered, and the atmosphere became more and more intense.

The band played a reinterpreted Southampton team song that was very jazzy.

Especially when the lead singer and bassist of the band stood in front of the microphone and sang the first line of the Southampton team song with his unique voice and rap style, the audience entered the first line.

Almost all of the Southampton fans got up from their seats and happily followed the band to sing.

No matter what their voices are, and no matter how many of them have already sang completely out of tune, they can gather together, but it becomes a very spectacular and charming scene with tens of thousands of people singing.

That momentum quickly infected everyone in the stands!

When Yang Huan took Zhuang Ziqing out of the passage, he just saw the long east side of the grandstand opposite the chairman stand. More than 10,000 fans of the Saints used the jerseys they wore to dye the stand. With red and white arrow stripes.

Not only the east stand, but also the chairman stand, and the north and south stands!

Each of them stood up, accompanied by the music, one after another, giving a spectacular scene as if the waves were turbulent, just to make all the guests who came from afar dropped their jaws.

It's crazy, there is nothing?

This is no longer a celebration of the fans, but more like a performance art of more than 30,000 people!

The venue is the most popular jazz band in Britain, specially invited by Southampton.

This was their first live performance at St. Mary's Stadium. As a result, they were also infected by the strong atmosphere of the scene. The members of the band were obviously more passionate, more engaged, and more crazy!

The fans in the stands are also caught in a carnival!

"This is St. Mary's Stadium, the holy temple of the saints!"

The gold medal commentator of Sky TV, Martin Taylor was sitting in the stands of St. Mary's Stadium and praised quite infected.

Martin Taylor, who is 68 years old this year, has been a football commentator for decades, and he is also the best commentator of the Premier League for ten years. He is well-informed and has long been aware of any scene on the football field. Numb.

But tonight, at St. Mary's Stadium, he was still infected by this group of fanatical saints.

too crazy!

It's crazy!

"Many people say that St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton is the most enthusiastic home stadium in the Premier League. What do you think, Charlene?"

Martin Taylor quickly recovered his calm after a burst of excitement, and asked the commentary partner beside him.

Charlene Laheri was still a little excited, and she clicked her head slightly, "Yes, I think this has a lot to do with the Southampton management strategy. They have always adhered to the low fare policy."

"Well, Southampton fares are considered a very low level in the Premier League." Martin Taylor agreed.

"And they also send insurance and other supporting service facilities."

Martin Taylor nodded and said, "So, Southampton is always hard to find!"

"Yes!" Charlene Lahry nodded, "I think this stadium is gradually becoming the most popular market in the Premier League, and I have received news that Southampton will launch a series of fan activities in the near future. Try a free ticket policy."

"Tickets are free?" Martin Taylor was taken aback.

"Oh, my goodness, free tickets?"

"Yes!" Charlene Lahry nodded and smiled, "Although it was only a small attempt."

"This is incredible!" Martin Taylor was a little moved.

"I saw your interview with Southampton Chairman Yang Huan three years ago. He mentioned the free ticket policy at the time, but my first reaction was that it was just a gimmick, but I didn’t expect it to be true. of!"

Charlene Lahry also smiled, "It is said that the team may start to try it in the first season when the team moves into the new stadium. If the effect is good, it will be promoted one after another, and finally a full free policy is likely to be realized!"

"Oh, then Southampton will become the first and only top league team in Europe with free tickets!"

Martin Taylor looks a little excited, full of expectations.

"Who said no?" Charlene Lahry also laughed.

It just so happened that at this time the camera was on the chairman's stand.

Seeing that Yang Huan took Zhuang Ziqing and walked to the middle of the rostrum one after another, he was politely meeting with Premier League Chairman Richard Skudmoore and FA Chairman David Bernstein.

The jazz band's performance lasted ten minutes, and the atmosphere of the entire St. Mary's Stadium was heated up.

But they just finished the performance, the live commentator at St. Mary’s Stadium was obviously unwilling to let the atmosphere fade again, and went directly to the next link, which was to introduce to all the Saints fans who came to the scene that they were invited tonight. The former Southampton star and former star who came to the scene.

This is a very meaningful link!

Especially when Adam Lallana, Stromman, Lambert and a lot of fans may not know each other, but when they played too much in Southampton, the celebrities who have contributed to the Saints have all When it appeared in the stands, the atmosphere of the audience became more intense.

"Charlene, I suspect that tomorrow there will be some tabloids questioning Southampton's hype!"

Martin Taylor said with a laugh.

Charlene Laherit smiled too. The British tabloids have no morals at all. What can't they do?

"But I have to say that the Southampton management is too powerful. This move not only won the fans, but also won the recognition of the former stars, but also won the active team players more loyalty and sense of belonging."

Charlene Lahiri nodded unceasingly.

Southampton's move is somewhat suspected of buying money, but what about it?

Yang Huan and others launched this event. They wanted to tell everyone to concentrate on playing for us. We will never forget you, even if your contribution to the team is extremely insignificant, we will remember. Live your name!

A saint for a day, a saint for life!

In the end, before the players entered the field, former legends such as Matthew Letissiere and Alain Shearer appeared together at St. Mary’s Stadium, standing in front of the player’s channel, as the saints who entered the field. The players bravely cheered.

"This is a spontaneous action by the Southampton celebrities. They hope that this group of players wearing Saints jerseys can fill up this huge regret for the countless seniors in Southampton for more than 100 years!"

The on-site commentator explained the significance of the actions of Matthew Le Tissier and others.

Not only the fans, but even the players who walked out of the tunnel were obviously moved and inspired!

When the players of the two teams entered the court one after another, there was not much suspense about the starting lineup of the two teams.

Southampton sent its strongest attack line.

The goalkeeper is Neuer, and the back line is David Alaba, Xavi Martinez, Varane and Danilo.

The Brazilian right-back has performed well in Southampton this season. He added an assist on the right. He has the style of Maicon at his peak. He has excellent physical fitness, fast speed and excellent skills at his feet.

For Southampton's right this season, Danilo is on offense and Azpilicueta on defense. Bielsa has plenty of options.

The midfielder still uses a technical double midfielder configuration, with Modric and Tony Cross partnering, coupled with an offensive and defensive Vidal, this is also the strongest midfield combination in Southampton this season.

The front court trident is Neymar, Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale.

Together with Vidal, these three players have scored more than 80 goals in the Premier League. The attacking power of the entire European League is quite amazing.

In contrast, Tony Pulis's Stoke City team has the highest lineup combination.

Among the team's eleven starting players, only 178 Esselington was under 1.8 meters.

Even below 1.9 meters, in addition to Esselington, there are only midfielders Whitehead and Walters.

The other eight players, including former Chelsea German player Robert Hut, former Manchester United youth rookies Shaw Cross, Wilson, Cameron, Shorten, Nzongzi and others, are more than 1.9 meters.

Goalkeeper Begovic is as high as 1.96 meters, and center Crouch is as high as 2.01 meters.

It is precisely because of Stoke City’s All Premier League, and even the highest average in-team height among the four major European leagues, and Tony Pulis’s traditional style of playing high, that makes Stoke City win The nickname of the Sky City.

"This is what many people worry about this game!"

Martin Taylor saw the two teams line up in front of the player channel, and he was worried.

Stoke's defense is also famous in the Premier League.

"Although Southampton's offense is very strong, it is biased towards technical style. Whether this game can suppress the Stoke City team is still unknown, especially the midfielder!"

Charlene Lahry felt the same way, but she was more optimistic.

"Although Southampton's Modric and Tony Cross are biased towards technical style, it does not mean that they are afraid of confrontation. In fact, they are not at all disadvantaged in the Premier League when they encounter a head-on team!"

After a pause, the British most beautiful anchor smiled.

"I think that if Bielsa is not sure, he will definitely choose Matic, but he still chooses the combination of Modric and Tony Cross, which shows his confidence in his team."

Martin Taylor thinks the analysis makes sense.

However, things on the football field are hard to say.

Regardless of Southampton’s double-tech midfielder configuration, which has gone through a season of Premier League refining, if Stoke City successfully exerts its midfield power against the advantage and suppresses Southampton’s midfielder, it will not be completely wrong. may.

Furthermore, the Saints must win this game to be able to win, which in itself is a pressure.

Bielsa puts out this aggressive lineup Isn't it just to beat the opponent?

If the Stoke City team takes a defensive away game, as long as they can hold Southampton’s offense, are they afraid that there is no chance of counterattack?

So, there is no steady win in this world!

Football is round, everything is possible!

As Martin Taylor introduced the starting lineup and the bench list of the two teams, everyone noticed that the original Stoke City team still sat on the bench like Michael Irving.

But unfortunately, even if he switched to Stoke City, Irving failed to gain the trust of Tony Pulis and win the main position.

It was in Martin Taylor's sigh and emotion that this highly anticipated game finally kicked off.

However, no one thought that Bielsa would be more radical in this game than anyone thought!

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