Tottenham dominated Southampton 3-1, thanks to a double by Brennan Johnson (13th, 42nd) and a penalty of Mathys Tel (90+6th), for his first goal in the Premier League. This defeat, the last in a long series for Southampton, officially seals its relegation in Championship, a year after its rise. The performance of the saints, too unconvincing, did not allow them to fight against the Spurs, which quickly took the advantage. However, despite some incursions, including an attempt by Fernandes, the score remained unchanged. The team of Ivan Juric, although more pressing in the second half, did not create enough opportunities to really worry the Tottenham goalkeeper.
This new setback sealed the relegation of Southampton, marking a sad record: for the first time, a team is relegated with another seven matches to play. A situation that even the Low Derby County team from 2007-2008 had not known. The saints, with only 10 points since the start of the season, are now a length from the 11 -point record held by Derby. An overall result which borders on the industrial disaster with regard to the club's budget, estimated at 180 million euros by the specialized media Sportswoman. “” No one wants this record, we will do what we can to get more points Launched, for his part, goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale on Sky Sports.
The English press is unleashed
“” No team has ever been relegated to seven days from the end of the season. In this sense, and only in this sense, it was a historic afternoon, a new summit in abjection », Note the British daily The Guardianwho adds, mocking: ” Did Juric really think he could straighten the bar? If he had succeeded in maintaining the team as it is, the coaches of the future would have sought his training notes as the alchemists formerly sought the mythical works of Hermès Trismégiste (author of alchemy writings, editor's note). ” THE Telegraph He also goes to his historic joke on the club's situation: ” There is perhaps an explanation under-exploited to this state of affairs, and it comes straight out of an episode of Scooby-Doo. St Mary's (the Southampton stadium) was built on the site of a saxon cemetery. »»
“” Juric obtained a catastrophic assessment of four points in 14 matches, the only victory of the team under his direction being a 2-1 success on the field of Ipswich Town in February, on the occasion of which the top scorer in the championship, Paul Onuachu, scored one of his four goals of the season season “, Comments the Daily Mail. The newspaper specifies: ” About ten years ago, Southampton was one of the most interesting clubs in the championship, recruiting with daring and selling dear, like Brighton. However, it will be the seventh consecutive season in the Premier League (except 2023-24 in Championship) that they finished in the lower half of the classification, most of them having been marked by a fight against relegation. »»
Despite laudable efforts to practice attractive football and sometimes frustrating unluckiness, Southampton has paid dearly for his inability to adapt. Since December, the formation of the southern coast has undergone humiliations at home, with resounding defeats, especially 5-1 against Chelsea, 5-0 against Tottenham and 5-0 against Brentford. Russell Martin had tried to impose a possession game, but that did not bear fruit. For his part, Ivan Juric, although having sought to breathe a revival, could not reverse the trend, with results just as disappointing as those of his predecessor. The club will therefore have to learn from this difficult season and seek to correct its faults, especially in attack, to hope to go back to the Premier League next season.
