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As Sun Yi directed, the Nice team on the field was also making slight changes.

When all the Nice players knew what Sun Yi meant, they began to retreat.

"It seems that Sun seems to be a little anxious. The situation of this game has begun to become somewhat unfavorable to the Nice team." Seeing the Nice team's formation retreat, Martin Taylor mistakenly thought that this was due to the pressure from Manchester United.

"Yes. The situation on the field has indeed become more and more favorable to Manchester United. To be honest, Sun's insight into the situation on the field is still very good. He is also very fast in reaction. At his age, it is really good." Allardyce talked freely.

"Yes. After all, Sun is called a tactical genius by the outside world. He must still have some ability." Martin Taylor nodded.

"I have a different opinion."

"Oh, what do you mean?"

"Sun is very good in insight and reaction speed. But his response is almost ineffective. You see, the Nice team's formation is being pressed further and further back by Manchester United." Allardyce shook his head and said.

Allardyce's words were not wrong on the surface. But he didn't know that this was actually Sun Yi's intention.

After realizing that Adriano's move was exposed, Sun Yi could only choose to let Nice retreat with all their strength. The idea was to delay and wait for change.

Allardyce didn't see it. Mourinho didn't realize it for the time being. He also thought that this was due to Manchester United's advantage on the field.

Mourinho naturally saw Sun Yi directing over there. But the more Sun Yi directed the situation, the more inclined to Manchester United. In his opinion, it was clear that Sun Yi's response was ineffective.

This is the difference in experience.

And it was still too indecisive.

If it were me, I would just replace Adriano. His performance was really bad. It was unbearable to watch. Even if I ignored him, I didn't worry about any threat from him.

After this game, Sun Yi knew what to do in the future when he encountered such a situation.

Youth needs to pay the price of growth.

Just when Mourinho was very proud in his heart, Sun Yi sat back on the bench safely. There was no sign of anxiety on his face.

Dio was a little anxious.

"Sun, Adriano's performance is really bad. Maybe it will be like the last game. But you know, Manchester United no longer regards him as the focus of defense. He can't even play a role of distraction."

"Yeah. I know, this is why I adjusted the tactics." Sun Yi replied.

"I think, why don't we replace him. Today's game is too crucial. There can't be any mistakes." Dio began to suggest.

Sun Yi shook his head.

Seeing this, Dio had no choice.

"Yeah, it's still a little too early. If his performance is still not improving. I think he must not stay on the court in the second half. Alas, his performance is really up and down. No wonder you always let him play a game and then rest for a while."

"Don't worry. At least in the first half, the team can hold on." Sun Yi patted Dio on the shoulder.

"Yeah." Dio nodded with relief. He thought Sun Yi was going to replace Adriano at the latest in the second half.

The game on the field continued. And it had already begun to form a stalemate.

Although Manchester United had the advantage on the field, in fact, there was no real threat. The threat they created was no different from before.

Mourinho had targeted the core players of the Nice team, and Sun Yi naturally had to do the same. He also made arrangements for the core of Manchester United's midfield Pogba in defense.

Sun Yi's arrangement for Pogba was somewhat different from the general situation of defending the opponent's core. He did not adopt freezing tactics such as close defense.

Instead, he arranged a strategy of blocking the ball and letting him dribble the ball based on Pogba's personality characteristics. But once he got the ball, the Nice team mainly cut off his passing route and restricted his teammates from contacting him.

Sun Yi's arrangement allowed Pogba to dribble the ball as much as he wanted, but he always had difficulty finding teammates to pass the ball to. Back pass is OK, but if you want to pass forward, no way.

Pogba is a player who is particularly good at passing and organizing, but his breakthrough ability is not very good. Nice's practice of letting the ball dribble but not passing made Pogba very uncomfortable.

"Where are the people? Come and support!"

"Run. Run to the gap. Don't stand still all the time."

"Are you blind? Didn't you see that the route was cut off?"

Pogba's temper also started to rise, and then he kept blaming his teammates.

In this situation, it is not easy for Manchester United's offense to be sharp. On the contrary, it also made others feel dissatisfied with Pogba.

Seeing this situation, Mourinho came to the sidelines and shouted: "Pogba, you should dribble less. Pass the ball faster and don't drag it out."

It would have been better if Mourinho didn't say this. Once he said it, Pogba's stubborn temper also rose. He ignored Mourinho's words at all, but did whatever he wanted.

This made Manchester United's offense seem even more disorganized. The threat of the offense did not increase but decreased.

The Nice team took the opportunity to relax. Although they took the initiative to retreat, it was not pleasant to be beaten by the opponent. There was still some psychological pressure.

That was good, and Nice could still take the opportunity to launch a few powerful attacks. However, without Adriano's powerful attack, Nice's offensive power was greatly reduced. It was not even worse than when Pléa was on the field.

The situation on the field was strangely frozen because of the situation of both sides.

Although the confrontation was still fierce, it was just more intense than exciting. Without a goal, it was always a bit lackluster.

And this situation continued until the end of the first half of the game.

In the end, after the first half of the game, although both sides had a lot of shots, there was no goal.

Both sides drew. Returned to the locker room with a score of 0-0.

After returning to the locker room, Dio's first sentence was "Sun, why don't you replace Adriano!"

Adriano's performance in the first half was really lackluster. No, it should be said to be extremely bad.

Except at the beginning, when Manchester United paid great attention to him, he could play a role in attracting defensive firepower. After Manchester United gave up focusing on him, he was almost invisible.

The offense can't keep up, and the defense is not much use. He is just making up the numbers on the court.

And today he is the captain on the court. To be honest, his performance has indeed affected the morale of the team.

After listening to Dio's words, many players nodded.

And Adriano lowered his head with a bitter face.

"No!"

But Sun Yi raised his hand to reject Dio's proposal.

"In the second half, Adriano will continue to stay on the court."