Extraordinary coach

"Successfully advanced to the EFL Cup!"

"It's a good thing for us at Southampton."

After defeating Bristol Rovers, Southampton not only successfully advanced to the next round, but also achieved its first five consecutive victories this season.

This situation is definitely a great encouragement to the Southampton team. It is also a booster of confidence.

After this game is over, Southampton will be able to face Manchester United with the best morale and mentality.

In addition, this EFL Cup game was almost played with full potential, and Southampton's main players got enough rest. Will be able to face the game in the best physical condition.

It can be said that the Southampton team brought by Sun Yi to face Mourinho will have the best spirit since the start of the game.

This makes Sun Yi full of confidence in the next game.

When being interviewed, Sun Yi also said with confidence: "The team is getting better. This will allow us to face Manchester United in the fullest state. In our main game at St. Mary's Stadium, I think the victory will be It’s a nice gift to give back to the fans.”

"Mourinho's sworn enemy has begun to issue a declaration of war again. Full of confidence, Sun threatened to defeat the Manchester United team led by Mourinho at home." Upon hearing Sun Yi's declaration, the media immediately felt as if they smelled something fishy.

Then he started adding fuel and vinegar again.

"Five consecutive wins and seven unbeaten games have given Sun huge confidence. He believes that he will definitely disgrace Mourinho at St. Mary's Stadium."

"However, Sun does have such confidence. After all, he only defeated Mourinho in the Europa League final three months ago. This gave him a lot of psychology when facing Mourinho. Advantage."

"Will Sun really become Mourinho's nemesis? Let's wait and see."

The media said this when reporting, but when they interviewed Mourinho, they said something else.

"Sun said he would make you disgraced. What do you think, Mourinho?"

"What do you think? Of course I left St. Mary's with a victory."

"It feels like Sun won you because he defeated you in the previous fight. He didn't take you seriously this time."

"This kid has never taken me seriously. The young man is too arrogant. It's time to teach him a lesson."

Mourinho's answer immediately made the media's eyes light up. Then after the interview was over, it was published again with added embarrassment.

"Mourinho was dissatisfied with Sun's disparaging remarks and threatened to teach Sun a lesson."

"Mourinho seems very dissatisfied with Sun and the hostility between the two is increasing."

"The tit-for-tat theory will definitely make the upcoming battle between saints and demons more interesting. There is no doubt that this will be an extremely fierce competition."

After Sun Yi and Mourinho's respective comments came out, the media from all walks of life suddenly became excited. They seem to have seen that there will be a pair of mortal enemies in the Premier League. Then there will be a lot of topics to talk about.

As a result, many media outlets have begun to prepare for a more heated and informative war of words later on. He was even thinking of ways to increase the tension between the two.

But just when the media were thinking hard about how to intensify the conflict between the two, Mourinho, who led Manchester United to Southampton, toasted with Sun Yi at a high-end hotel that night.

"Haha. Those media are probably thinking about how to intensify our conflicts again." Sun Yi said happily.

"Absolutely. Anyone who listens to my words will think that we will fight as soon as we meet." Mourinho was also very happy.

For him, in fact, many times, media reporters are his biggest enemies. Even far more than the opponent's head coach.

Often reporters will wear extremely colored glasses when reporting on his affairs. Often misleading the crowd and affecting his team's unity.

This really annoyed Mourinho. I have a lot of resistance to media reporters in my heart.

He knew that Sun Yi would never speak as the reporter said, but he still deliberately spoke as if he was provoked. The purpose is to play off those annoying media who are good at distorting the facts.

"However, there is a real possibility that you will come back disappointed in this game. Our team's recent state is very good." Sun Yi said after taking a sip of red wine.

"Haha. I meant it when I said I wanted to take away the victory. Our team is in better shape than ever." Mourinho said seriously after taking a sip of red wine.

"I'm afraid your wish won't come true that easily. I can tell you first that I have prepared a surprise for you, the Manchester United team."

"Surprise? Are you referring to Kaka? I watched the EFL Cup game and Kaka performed well. However, it is far from a surprise."

"Kaka's performance in this game is indeed not surprising. However, I said it was a surprise, and it will definitely be a surprise."

"Really? Then I'll wait and see. I really hope you won't disappoint me then. By the way, let's make an agreement first. Then, if you lose, don't lose your temper."

"Don't worry. You didn't lose your temper when you lost last time. Of course I won't either. Besides, it's not certain who will win or lose."

"Haha, I dare say your chance of winning is no more than 30%."

"Then I will definitely win!"

"You won't win..."

"..."

In the end, both of them started to argue without giving up. It was just a fight, but the two of them didn't lose their temper because of it.

After eating and drinking, the two of them left arm in arm.

The uninformed media were still waiting for the two to continue to bombard each other. But they waited and waited, but no one fired again.

The media who couldn't wait ran to interview the two. But this time, both of them refused the interview on the grounds that they had to prepare for the game.

The media were really unwilling to not see a war of words. But there was nothing they could do.

So, the media had to return to the normal track and make pre-match judgments on this game that was about to start.

"Judging from the amazing results of the two teams, this match will definitely be an unprecedentedly fierce battle."

"Add to that the grudges between the two head coaches. This battle may be very tragic."

"In such a focus battle, who has more advantages and is more likely to win?"

"I think it will be Manchester United. Manchester United is stronger. And now compared to last season, they are obviously more familiar with Mourinho's tactics. This will allow them to better play their true strength."

"Southampton is still at a disadvantage. Don't look at their recent results. They look very good. But they have a lot more problems than Manchester United."

"First of all, there are too many new players in the team, and tacit understanding and cooperation are big problems."

"Secondly, they don't have a stable starting lineup. Judging from the previous few games, Sun has not found a satisfactory starting lineup."

"Finally, and most importantly. In terms of overall strength, Southampton is much worse than Manchester United."

"Combining various situations, Southampton's chances of winning will not exceed 40%."