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"That's exactly what happened." Dio nodded while listening to Sun Yi's words and looking at the tactical board.

Sun Yi continued to say excitedly: "It is said that the court is like a battlefield. In my opinion, it is like this. My tactics are like a typical battle of Germany during World War II. Bypass the indestructible Maginot Line and then make a fatal blow from the weak flank. Do you think this concept is very similar?"

Dio: "..."

Sun Yi was really excited, but when he saw Dio's embarrassed expression, he realized that he was too excited and forgot one thing. Dio is French, and World War II is the biggest embarrassment in the hearts of the French. Obviously, Sun Yi gave a very wrong example. At least he shouldn't give such an example to Dio.

"That~ Dio, I didn't mean that." Sun Yi scratched his head apologetically.

"Ahem!" Dio coughed to cover up his embarrassment, then looked at the tactical board and said seriously: "Sun, this is indeed a brand new tactical concept. As long as this set of tactics is implemented in the team, it will definitely give other teams a big surprise."

"That's right. And it will form our unique tactical style in the future. From now on, we will truly have our own system!" Sun Yi agreed.

"Then we will implement this set of tactical concepts in the team starting tomorrow?" Dio asked.

"Yes. Moreover, we must continue to study and optimize this tactic. After all, this is just thought of. There is still a lot of room for improvement. After thorough optimization, it will definitely have stronger combat effectiveness." Sun Yi said excitedly.

"Yes. You are right. And with the addition of this tactical concept, our team's tactics will have a soul." Dio also began to get excited.

"A tactical system with a soul, perhaps we can create a new era." Sun Yi raised his fist and said excitedly.

"Create a new era!" Dio's eyes lit up, and he also raised his fist and bumped it with Sun Yi.

From that day on, Dio and Sun Yi kept letting the players practice new tactics during training. Outside of training, he discussed tactical changes based on the concept of bypassing the defense zone with Sun Yi.

Under their continuous research, Sun Yi's tactical system is slowly taking shape and being continuously optimized.

A few days later, Southampton ushered in the fourth round of the League Cup.

This game is the best choice for Sun Yi to test new tactics. Because the opponent is the Bristol City team from the English Championship, which is not strong. Even if the experiment fails, there is room to save the game.

The biggest charm of the cup competition, especially the British white competition, lies in the upset and the emergence of a dark horse.

This is the most desirable goal for any low-level league team. Therefore, even facing Southampton, which is in a fierce momentum this season and ranks third in the Premier League, Bristol City is full of expectations and excitement.

"There is no doubt that Southampton is much stronger than us. But we still have a chance to eliminate them."

"As long as we have confidence, enough momentum and fighting spirit, we definitely have a chance to win."

"In our home court, no matter how strong the opponent is, we will do our best to win."

The players and fans of Bristol City are in high spirits. Everyone is very motivated.

And their head coach, the young Lee Johnson, also seems very confident.

"Sun is a coach worth learning from. We are very young coaches. I admire Sun for achieving such amazing results. However, I think, as long as there is a chance, I will not be much worse."

"Competing with Sun is something worth looking forward to. I am very happy to have an opponent like him in my coaching career."

"As for my opinion on this game. I have thoroughly studied the entire tactics of Southampton. I want to say that I am still very confident that I can compete with Sun in tactics. Perhaps the right tactics can also bring surprises to our team. So, let's look forward to the arrival of the game!"

This Lee Johnson is really confident. In his words, he wanted to compete with Sun Yi.

However, this big brother is not arrogant. He is indeed capable and has led Bristol City to achieve very good results.

Before this, he had just won the honor of the best coach of the month in the English Championship. Now is the time when he is most confident and has the highest morale.

To be honest, Lee Johnson was a little unconvinced when he met Sun Yi, who was about the same age.

But Sun Yi was not familiar with Lee Johnson, a young coach of the same age. He rarely paid attention to opponents who were not in the same league.

Sun Yi did not comment on what Lee Johnson said, nor did he feel disgusted. Because he was the same, this was the spirit of a head coach. Whether it was to peers or older opponents, Sun Yi had the same attitude.

So Sun Yi simply said at the pre-match press conference: "Our main goal in this game is to win. Of course, we also have to play something that our coaching staff wants to see."

Sun Yi did not comment on his opponent, nor did he say more. But these simple words expressed his strong self-confidence.

Soon, the League Cup match began.

At Aston Gate Stadium, Bristol City indeed showed high morale and fighting spirit.

Seeing the players' excitement, Lee Johnson raised his mouth excitedly.

"Go ahead, my warrior. I have studied Sun's tactics thoroughly and arranged targeted tactics. This game must give everyone a surprise. Let everyone see that I can do better."

Lee Johnson stood on the sidelines with his hands behind his back in a calm attitude that everything was under control. He wanted to show the best style to the audience.

However, he soon lost his composure.

"What's going on? Why is the Southampton team today different from what I studied?"

"This tactic is wrong! They were not like this originally."

"Inverted triangle tactics? Large-scale transfer? Why are there so many changes today?"

"Calm down, the current situation is a bit unexpected, but it is not beyond my imagination. I will adjust the tactics to deal with it."

After discovering that Southampton's tactics were different from what he imagined, Lee John was surprised, but he still responded quickly.

It was just that he was depressed that no matter how he adjusted his response, he could not change the situation of Brittle City being suppressed by Southampton.

In the first half alone, Bristol City was scored two goals by Southampton using what Lee John thought was an inverted triangle tactic and a wide range of ball transfers.

In the second half, Lee John wanted to cheer up the team by substitutions, but Southampton scored another goal.

In the end, Bristol City lost to Southampton 0-3 at home.

In fact, if Southampton's cooperation was not tacit and unfamiliar, they would definitely lose more than three goals.

"How could this happen? This is different from what I thought!" After the game, Lee Johnson stood on the sidelines, looking disappointed.

"Yeah! Success!"

"Our new tactics are taking shape!"

Sun Yi next to him excitedly high-fived Dio and cheered.