Extraordinary coach

No matter what the reason was for Dio to resign from Nice, Sun Yi was very happy in his heart.

In his opinion, there is no one more suitable to be an assistant than Dio.

Dio has a good personality and works diligently. The key is that he is willing to assist others with all his heart.

When Dio worked with Sun Yi, he greatly shared Sun Yi's work pressure. At the same time, he could provide Sun Yi with more constructive suggestions from time to time.

With Dio's help, Sun Yi can better exert his coaching ability.

So, Sun Yi was really happy to work with Dio again.

A few days later, Dio really came to Southampton.

After the meeting and chatting, Sun Yi knew why Dio resigned from Nice even though he was doing well.

It turned out that the credit for all this was still done by General Manager Yu Tianhua.

Dio told Sun Yi. Don't look at his good performance in Nice during this period of time. He is completely qualified to become a real head coach. And Nice seems to have the same intention.

But Dio felt very depressed. Because Yu Tianhua, the general manager, interfered too much in the team's affairs. He often pointed fingers at Dio's arrangements.

Sometimes he would ask Dio to send some players to play according to his wishes. If they won, it would be fine. If they lost, they would blame Dio for the wrong tactics and poor on-the-spot command.

These things made Dio feel that he was just a puppet. He had no authority as a coach at all.

The trigger for Dio's resignation this time was that Yu Tianhua began to intervene in the team's tactical arrangements more and more.

This made Dio completely unbearable. After realizing that even if he was promoted to head coach, it would only make him more uncomfortable, he decided to leave the Nice team.

Being a head coach, if you are not as happy as an assistant coach, then what's the point of being a head coach!

After listening to Dio's story, Sun Yi was really speechless.

If he encountered Dio's situation, he might have already fought with Yu Tianhua.

However, Sun Yi still has to thank Yu Tianhua. If Yu Tianhua hadn't done this, he wouldn't have been able to partner with Dio again.

"Old Dio, it's come to this, so forget it. From today, our best team is reorganized. Let's create more glory together again!"

The arrival of Dio made Sun Yi's team puzzle completely complete. He can also start to really exert his strength.

With Dio joining, Sun Yi is no longer overwhelmed by a bunch of trivial matters. He began to let the players practice the tactical system he wanted in training.

The most important thing is the tactical ability of "Mourinho Counterattack". This is the only tactical ability with high game value in Sun Yi.

After Southampton bought Golovin and Pulisic, it also gave Sun Yi the foundation to implement this tactical ability.

Especially Pulisic, his quick attack ability is similar to Salah's role in Nice. It is the impact point for launching "Mourinho Counterattack".

A complete tactical system is naturally more than this. But Sun Yi's main goal now is to give Southampton this tactical ability.

With this tactical ability, Southampton will be able to fight against strong teams such as Manchester City and Liverpool.

After a few days of training, Sun Yi led Southampton to the fifth game after he took over. That is, the fourth round of the Premier League.

By this round, the summer transfer window had closed. Everyone had completely put their energy into the game.

The opponents will become more difficult as a result.

In this round of games, Southampton will face Watford at home.

Watford's performance last season was quite bad. They managed to stay in the league with a narrow margin. The ranking was just 17th on the edge of relegation.

But since the beginning of this season, Watford has changed like a different team. In the previous three rounds of Premier League games, they achieved an amazing record of two wins and one draw.

And the draw was a 3:3 battle with Liverpool. This is the game in which Klopp complained that Sun Yi's poaching behavior affected Liverpool.

Speaking of which, Sun Yi's Southampton team also achieved two wins and one draw, just like Watford. Judging from the results alone, the two teams can be said to be on par.

But it is obvious that Watford has a higher gold content.

Therefore, for this game, the outside world's evaluation is fifty-fifty.

If Southampton was not playing at home, many people might think that Watford has a better chance of winning.

"This game should be a evenly matched game."

"From the previous few games, Watford has completely gotten rid of the embarrassment of last season and has entered a period of rapid growth."

"But Southampton is relatively disadvantaged. The new coaching team has a large number of new and young players. Tacit understanding and chemical reaction are big problems. Obviously, Southampton still has a long way to go."

"Comparing the situation of the two teams. Although the two teams have the same previous record. But I believe Watford will be the better team."

"Combining all the circumstances, this game will definitely be a fierce battle with an unpredictable outcome!"

This is the general view of the outside world. It is also the view of many Southampton fans.

I don’t know if it’s because Southampton’s market is average or because they are not optimistic about the result. On the day of the game, the attendance rate of St. Mary’s Stadium was not very high. Many seats were empty.

The stadium can accommodate more than 30,000 people, but Sun Yi estimated that there were only about 15,000 spectators.

Sun Yi was not very satisfied with such fan attendance. When he was in Nice, the home games were often full.

“It seems that the team’s appeal is not enough. This needs to be made up by winning one game after another.”

The game started soon.

In this game, Sun Yi once again arranged the lineup for the third round of the Premier League against Stoke City. That is, Golovin, Rebic, and Pulisic once again started together.

For Sun Yi’s lineup, Watford seemed to have expected it, and it seemed to have a clear targeted arrangement.

And Watford’s strength is not bad. They themselves are also an offensive team. Therefore, after the start of the game, after the initial cautious trial, they began to let go and attack.

Seeing Watford playing offensive football at Southampton's home ground, many people immediately shouted that Watford was very aggressive. They even began to think that they might be able to take the victory away from St. Mary's Stadium.

However, it was Southampton who scored the first goal.

While Watford was attacking, Southampton played a wave of "Mourinho counterattack" after defending. Finally, Golovin successfully scored the ball at the second point.

One to zero. Southampton took the lead after only playing for fifteen minutes in the first half.