Extraordinary coach

From the starting lineups of both teams, the strength of both teams is actually very close.

Liverpool's recent good results are not so much due to their improved strength as to their team's chemical reaction.

In fact, compared with the last time the two sides played against each other, the individual strength of Liverpool's players has not improved much.

On the contrary, Southampton's strength has really improved greatly.

Pavard alone has risen two levels in strength. There is also Kaka.

In addition, during the winter transfer window, Sun Yi brought in Balotelli, who is A+ level. It can be said that compared with the first time they played against each other, the overall strength of Southampton has almost improved by a level.

In the first match, Southampton was not as strong as Liverpool, but they still won. Now, Sun Yi is naturally more confident.

And the players of Southampton are also very confident.

With such confidence, Southampton performed very actively after the game started.

Although Sun Yi arranged a relatively balanced formation of 4231 for Southampton today, they played very aggressively.

Looking at the momentum of Southampton after the game started, Sun Yi nodded with satisfaction.

"This game, look at this momentum. Is there any reason not to win the championship?"

Just as Sun Yi finished muttering this sentence, the old system voice came from his mind.

"Ding! The system task has been updated, please check it in time."

"Oh. The gift is coming." Sun Yi immediately lit up.

Since obtaining the system, Sun Yi has not been punished except for continuous rewards. In his view today, having a system task is basically equivalent to a benefit.

So, Sun Yi immediately called up the system to check.

New task "Perfectly win the championship".

How can you not win more perfectly if you are so confident?

In order to make the championship deserved. At least win by more than three goals.

Successfully complete the task, reward: unknown?

Fail to complete the task, penalty: random cancellation of an ability. At the same time, weaken the human function for one year.

Reward unknown?

This is a good thing. There have been very good rewards before. I guess this time it won't be much worse.

As for the next failure penalty.

Damn! Why is there only one reward, but two penalties?

Also, why do you have to weaken my human function after failure?

Damn! A system with bad taste!!

Sun Yi was very happy at first, but he was very upset when he saw the punishment later. The system is like this, always following his body.

The system's previous life was definitely a eunuch.

After Sun Yi complained in his heart, he had to put his attention back to the game.

Win more than three goals? Damn, how can it be so easy?

This is the final! Winning one goal is enough. Still asking for three goals? Even if Guardiola brings Manchester City, I'm afraid it can't be done.

Thinking of the difficulty of this task, Sun Yi was a little hesitant. He is confident that he can beat Liverpool, but he really has no confidence that he can beat Liverpool by three goals!!

Damn, this task is to trick me!

"Sun, our boys are doing well! We have a great chance of winning if we continue playing in this situation."

"Just like we arranged before the game, as long as we get one of them first, we can attack and retreat."

Watching the game on the field, Dio said in a good mood.

"..." But Sun Yi didn't know how to reply to Dio at this moment.

The tactics he and Dio formulated before the game were actually very pragmatic. They tended to stop when they were ahead. But now with the system task, he can no longer have the same idea before the game.

Otherwise, even if Southampton won the championship. But he had to go home and cry. When facing the beautiful Juanjuan, he was powerless. How depressed that would be!

Sun Yi began to think about how to tell Dio to change the arrangement before the game.

But it was not easy to come up with words to convince Dio. He couldn't think of a good reason in a short time.

And at this moment, the Liverpool team on the field launched a fierce attack.

The current Liverpool team is not very good in terms of defense, but their forward strength is one of the best in the Premier League.

Firmino, Salah, and Mane are all A+ level strength. And Salah among them is now showing a tendency to break through.

The trident formed by these three people is absolutely world-class.

Southampton's defense line is also one of the top ones in the Premier League. But it is not fully A+ level.

This makes them unable to do everything when facing Salah and others' repeated attacks.

Liverpool's attack was not stopped by Southampton, and they formed a shot. Salah made a long shot from inside.

Salah's long-range shooting ability is still very strong. The quality of his shot this time is also very high.

Fortunately, Southampton's goalkeeper Foster is in good condition today. He is very focused and saved the shot with his hard dive.

But Foster failed to get the ball into his arms and was almost caught up by Firmino for a supplementary shot. Fortunately, Van Dijk reacted quickly and maintained a good position, clearing the ball first.

"Huh~" Sun Yi couldn't help but let out a long breath. Liverpool's attack scared him. Fortunately, there was no danger.

"Salah has improved again. He is indeed the genius you favored back then." Dio couldn't help but marvel at Salah.

"Yeah." Sun Yi nodded. Speaking of Salah, he was indeed a little complicated. Back then, he said he would make him a superstar like Messi and Ronaldo. But now, Salah has become the core player of the opponent.

"It's a pity that he was poached by Liverpool back then, otherwise..."

"Forget it, old Dio, it's all over. Let's not talk about it."

"I just think it's a pity!"

Sun Yi didn't say anything, just shook his head. Then he turned his attention back to the game.

On the field, Southampton had regained the ball and was already organizing an attack.

The tactics arranged by Sun Yi before the game were not radical. This can be seen from his formation arrangement.

Southampton was still cautious and patient when attacking.

They were not in a hurry to attack, but patiently looked for loopholes in Liverpool's defense.

Although Liverpool's defense is not as strong as the forward line, they still do a good job of defense under Klopp's training and arrangement.

Southampton tried in all directions for a long time, but still couldn't find a flaw in the defense.

In the end, Kaka could only make a reluctant long shot.

Because it was interfered by the defenders and was not dribbling quickly, Kaka was unable to use his unique skill "Ka-style running shot".

The quality of Kaka's long shot was pretty good. But the strength and speed of the ball were not particularly good, and even the angle was not too tricky.

Such a shot was not a big threat in front of Karius, who had reached A-level strength.

But it was this long shot that was not very threatening that had an accident.

Karius did save the ball at the beginning. But he had butter hands.

The ball broke away from Karius's hands and slowly rolled across the goal line.

Just like that, the ball went in! !

"Eh~?"

Everyone was stunned, whether it was Kaka who shot the goal or the Liverpool players, they were all stunned for a moment.

No one could believe what they saw.

"Oh my god! This is it! It's in!"

"Haha. The ball is in! We scored! We are ahead!!!"

The Southampton players who came back to their senses cheered immediately.

"This goal is really unexpected. No, it's a surprise!" Sun Yi rubbed his eyes, and after confirming that it was really a goal, he cheered in surprise.

Such a goal really surprised the Southampton team. When Kaka celebrated with his teammates, he still had a look of surprise and disbelief on his face.

"Haha. Thank God. Oh, no. Thank Karius."

"Without Karius, we wouldn't have this goal."

Listening to the cheers of the Southampton players, the faces of the Liverpool players and fans were as black as charcoal.

"SHIT! SHIT!! Can such a shot go in?"

"I can defend this ball. No, my grandma can save it."

"Karius, this bastard. What on earth is he doing? Did he get paid?"

The people on the Liverpool team looked at Karius who was at a loss and wanted to strangle him to death.

"Send Q! SHIT!!" Klopp was so excited that he kicked the water bottle on the sidelines away.

"Karius, what the hell are you doing? You can't even hold this ball! Are you sleepwalking?"

"Please, if you haven't slept enough, please go home and sleep. This is the final. Wake up, okay?"

Karius bowed his head deeply under Klopp's roar, feeling ashamed.

I didn't want to do that. I didn't know that I would lose my hand. I didn't expect it to roll into the goal! !

Karius was very frustrated when he saw his teammates' reproachful eyes.

Soon, Kaka and the others finished celebrating. They returned to the half court to prepare for the restart.

"Haha. Today, God is on our side. We will definitely win." Dio said with a smile.

"That's right." Sun Yi nodded. This goal was indeed full of luck. If it were to happen again, there would be no chance of scoring.

"Now we have achieved the initial goal. So next, can we play more pragmatically?" Dio asked.

Pragmatic means one-to-zero.

In fact, it is a good tactic in this kind of final. Mourinho won several championships with this.

But Sun Yi can't do this now. He shook his head and said, "No need. Now our momentum has risen. There is no need to do such a thing to destroy our prestige."

"That's right. Anyway, our momentum is stronger than theirs. So let's not change it." Dio nodded.

On the Liverpool side, Klopp also began to cheer the players loudly after scolding Karius.

"Cheer up, everyone. As long as we can show our true strength, we will definitely win."

"Believe in yourself. We have the strength. We can score goals and overtake!"

Klopp's ability to motivate is still very strong. Under his encouragement, Liverpool did not lose confidence because of the loss.

In this kind of final, falling behind by one goal is indeed not a hopeless problem. They really feel that they can equalize or even overtake.

"Attack!! We need to score!!"

"We can score!!"

"Come on! Liverpool!!"

After the restart, cheered on by the Reds fans, Liverpool launched their attack vigorously.

And they started to become more determined in their offense.

Just stimulated by the lead, the morale of the Southampton team was high. Although it was still a bit difficult to face the Liverpool forward line, they performed more actively. The fight became even more desperate.

In this case, Liverpool's counterattack did not achieve the desired effect. After that, although they attacked more and more fiercely, they were still unable to defeat Southampton's defense in a short period of time.

The Southampton team, supported by high morale, also launched a more ferocious attack than before.

It's a pity that Liverpool has also become more desperate defensively. They started playing more aggressively at Klopp's request.

This prevented the Southampton team from taking advantage of the scoring momentum to continue their efforts.

For a time, the game became evenly matched.

After that, with the cheering of fans from both sides, the game entered a fever pitch.

"Southampton, come on!! Kill them."

"Liverpool, come on!! Fight them!"

As the game progressed, the confrontation on the field became more and more intense. But both sides still fought selflessly. This brings the intensity of the competition to a very high level.

Once the competition becomes fierce, it is inevitable that there will be situations where people are upset or even fouled. What's more, the two sides also began to have frequent verbal conflicts.

The emotions of the players on both sides also rose. The smell of gunpowder also became stronger and stronger.

Seeing the smell of gunpowder on the field getting stronger and stronger, Sun Yi felt that it was time to cool down. He doesn't want players to make mistakes later because they're hot-headed. I don’t even want to let the players injure themselves.

This game is certainly important. But it's just a cup championship. They have the more important Premier League behind them.

So Sun Yi came to the sidelines.

"Everyone, please relax. Don't make impulsive mistakes."

"We are in the lead now, and the advantage is on our side. We don't need to rush. Everyone should pay attention. Don't follow their emotions."

Sun Yi's words began to cool the minds of the Southampton players on the field.

What the boss said is correct. The advantage is on our side. It's them who should be anxious, not us.

Seeing that the players no longer played so emotionally, Sun Yi nodded comfortingly. However, he quickly continued shouting: "Get the tempo down."

The leading side does not need to rush at all, it is more advantageous to control the rhythm.

And such a situation is naturally very detrimental to the lagging Liverpool team. So, Klopp also shouted on the sidelines: "Attack them. Keep the pace fast and grab them!"