"The competition is over!"

"Southampton finally defeated Arsenal four-zero at Wembley Stadium, with Pogba's double score, Suarez and Hazard's goals, winning a good start to the new season."

"Gary, what do you think of this game?"

The question was asked by Sky TV, the famous Premier League commentator, Nair Quinn.

At this time, the live TV camera was aimed at the Southampton players caring on the court and the fans celebrating crazy in the stands, and were also waiting for the post-match award ceremony.

Sitting next to Nail Quinn is the former Manchester United legend, England's legendary right-back, Gary Neville.

"I think Wenger should now tell his players in the locker room that this is just a friendly match, don't overestimate its importance. Bielsa should be aware of the team's performance while reminding the players not to be too obsessed with the results of the game, because it is just a slightly more important warm-up match!"

Hearing Gary Neville say this, Nail Quinn burst into laughter.

"It's really interesting, isn't it?"

"Yes, but such a game doesn't tell anything!" Gary Neville was very frank.

Nail Quinn asked strangely: "Do you think neither side puts all their strength into this game?"

"Of course not, they have all used all their strength, but many times, the first game of the new season cannot explain the problem at all, especially the Community Shield."

Nair Quinn nodded, "How do you evaluate Arsenal's performance in this game?"

"How to say it?" Gary Neville thought for a while, "The Gunners' current problem is not the team's lack of strength. Arsenal's lineup, with Wenger's ability, is still very likely to compete for the top four in the league, but their poor performance in strong dialogues has not been improved well."

Nair Quinn added: "Arsenal played a very bad game against Liverpool, Southampton and Manchester City last season, which made them lose a lot of points."

"Yes, yes, the Gunners' midfield loss is a long-standing problem, but Wenger always believes that a good offense can effectively resolve the pressure of defense, so his approach is not to simply strengthen the team's midfield defense."

Nair Quinn said again: "We noticed that Southampton also uses the midfield configuration of technical players."

"Yes, but the double midfielder formed by Tony Cross and Modric last season was able to provide Southampton with strong organizational strength and creativity, and also gave eye-catching defensive data. However, no one in Arsenal's midfielder can give such a performance except Arteta."

"Just talking about this game, Tony Cross played the whole game among the three Southampton midfielders, and in this game, his passes in a single game exceeded 150 times again. Why would I say, again?"

Gary Neville smiled and nodded with admiration, "Last season, the two best passers in the Premier League were Tony Cross and Modric. Both of them were far ahead of other passers in the Premier League, and even in Europe, they were all the best."

"As early last season, I kept saying that Southampton's most important midfielder was Tony Cross, because he had five games throughout the season, more than one hundred and twenty passes in a single game, and three more than one hundred and fifty in a single game, and what about Modric? No!"

"Since 2010, Xavi has had twenty games in a single game, followed by Tony Cross, seven times, and then Thiago has five games, and the third place is Xavi Alonso and Pirlo, both four games."

"With more than 150 passes in a single game, Xavi has seventeen times, Tony Cross and Thiago both five times, and Xavi Alonso and Pirlo are four times."

"In the first game of this season, Tony Cross played the whole game, scoring nearly 170 passes, with a success rate of 92%. This is a very terrifying thing, because he just played the whole game in the Brazil World Cup."

"Is this difficult to understand?" Nair Quinn was a little surprised. "The Brazilian World Cup has been over for a month, and in the past month, he has not played many games, and he has not even played much in the International Champions League."

"No, no, no, Nail, you didn't understand what I said, that's exactly what I want to say."

"Oh?" Nail Quinn really didn't understand.

"My favorite player, Pirlo once said, what he hates the most is the warm-up before the game, because it makes him feel sick, and so is my teammate Scholes, and even I believe that players such as Xavi and Thiago are the same."

"But Tony Cross is obviously different. After he participated in the World Cup, Southampton gave him two weeks of vacation, but I heard that he returned to the team after a week of rest, and then began to conduct special training strictly according to the training plan formulated by the Saints coaching staff. His professional spirit is admirable."

"So, we see that Di Maria is still resting, but Tony Cross has played the whole game."

"Remember? I once said that Southampton is further improving the physical fitness of players, and they have invested considerable amounts of money to help their players get rid of the current level of sports science."

"You mean, Tony Cross is on this road?" asked Nail Quinn.

"Yes!" Gary Neville nodded firmly, "not just him, but other players, such as Fabregas."

Nail Quinn smiled, "He only played halftime."

"Yes, but have you noticed that Fabregas almost dominated the attack in the first half. He gave nearly eighty passes in the first forty-five minutes, of which forty-one passed to the penalty area, successfully finding his teammate and achieving thirty-one. What is this concept?"

Nair Quinn commented on Premier League games for many years, and naturally realized that this data is indeed quite eye-catching.

"Southampton let Modric go because they felt that the team's control should be reduced and the team's effective offense should be improved. Therefore, Modric was sold and Fabregas was introduced."

"Through this game, we also saw that Pogba has a place in the midfield. After Oscar came on as a substitute in the second half, he performed quite well. Kovacic seems to have the potential to take over Modric."

"I even seriously suspect that in order to test his midfield, even Matic, who was originally going to replace Tony Cross, was temporarily changed to play as a left center back by him and partnered with Varane. Who dares to say that Matic will play as a left center back, and will it be another Xavi Martinez?"

"Haha, Gary, you said this to me a little..." Nail Quinn burst into laughter. "I can't figure out what kind of teamwork is Southampton now?"

"Don't say you don't understand, I can't understand either. I guess only the madman Bielsa can understand!" Gary Neville laughed, "But one thing I can be very sure of is that Southampton's strength has not weakened, but has strengthened!"

"you mean……"

"Southampton's offensive ability is stronger than last season!"

"Then is this team unbeatable?"

"No, of course they have flaws, that is, defense, especially the left central defender, who has gone away Xavi Martinez. Whether it is Laporte or Nastasic, or Matic who plays a cameo, who will partner with Varane, may leave hidden dangers."

"More importantly, Modric's ability to fight in the midfield and defend the double midfielder in the past helped the midfield defense. But now, Fabregas can provide more support for the defense while ensuring the offensive level, which is a question."

"Players like Fabregas, Tony Cross, and even Pogba, their most unique abilities are not reflected in data. Their understanding of football is far more than most other players. They can see through the game, read the game, control the rhythm of the game, and know everything around them."

"Oh, by the way, Di Maria is also a player sometimes, but he is not stable enough, so I believe that what Bielsa said before the game, Di Maria's psychology is not yet adapted to the Premier League, and he still needs some time, but Fabregas doesn't need it."

"In the new season, Southampton's frontcourt trident is already strong enough. If Bielsa integrates this midfielder, then any team will have only one choice when facing Southampton, and that is to defend!"

Speaking of this, Gary Neville smiled in surprise, "Hey, Nail, don't look at me with that look, you have to believe that we are lucky."

"Why?"

"Because, we have just witnessed a great Barcelona, ​​but now we are witnessing a great saint rising. You say, isn't this luck, what is it?"

Nel Quinn really didn't expect that Gary Neville's evaluation of Southampton would be so high.

Could it be that he deliberately flattered Yang Huan because he recently started writing a column on a mobile football software in China?

But soon, he denied the idea.

Because he knew that Gary Neville had been a straightforward and sincere person since his time as a player.

How could a critic who even his favorite Manchester United will be more stingy to criticize if he performs poorly, how could he flatter a team that he has little feelings for?

It was at this moment that a deafening cheer came from the stands of the stadium.

It turned out that the award ceremony had begun.

Southampton players, led by captain Neuer, walked into the Royal Box one after another.

From the live TV camera, we can see that Yang Huan specially walked to the exit of the private room and hugged the players who came up one by one.

Their relationship seemed very warm, and they were talking and laughing at each other.

After hugging Yang Huan, the players walked towards Prince William one after another and took over the Community Shield Championship trophy from the Saints fan.

When Neuer raised the Community Shield Championship Trophy high, surrounded by his teammates, the audience burst into applause.

Pogba, who was elected as the best player in the game, even opened the champagne directly, held the bottle mouth, and kept spraying his teammates beside him.

This scene made everyone laugh knowingly after watching it.

"Let us congratulate Southampton!"

"They deserved to win the game!"

"At the same time, let us look forward to the fact that in the new season of the Premier League, the Saints can continue to bring us more pleasing offensive football, bring us more exciting games and create more surprises."

"Finally, here we want to thank Gary Neville for the wonderful commentary and comments we have brought to us."
Chapter completed!