Extraordinary coach

"Stop playing long passes and go back to normal play!"

Upon seeing this, Sun Yi immediately went to the sidelines and shouted.

After Sun Yi's call, the Southampton team no longer played long passes like Bolt was on the field.

Long passes and lobs are a tradition for many British teams, but not in Sun Yi's Southampton team.

Southampton has almost never used long passes and lobs since Sun Yi took over. The tactics used more often include ground penetration and two wings flying together. After the tactic of bypassing the defensive zone was developed, the method of rapid transfer became available.

After Sun Yi's request, the players on the field quickly switched to their usual style of play.

This allowed Southampton to play more smoothly in the next game.

Seeing such a familiar style of play, both players and fans felt at ease. I will no longer pay attention to Sun Yi replacing Bolt.

Conte also didn't understand Sun Yi's approach of replacing Bolt. I think Sun Yi is too ruthless.

But after seeing the Southampton team return to their regular playing style, he couldn't help but frown.

Although Balotelli is not as fast as Bolt, he has better overall ability. He can hold the ball, be a fulcrum, and carry out strong attacks. This threat is huge.

Moreover, the center candidate was replaced by Balotelli from Bolt, and Chelsea's previous defense seemed a bit out of place.

This forced Conte to quickly adjust the defensive arrangement of the back line.

Although Chelsea made adjustments, after Balotelli came on the field, Southampton's striker suddenly became much more powerful. It also becomes difficult to target.

Southampton's attack improved greatly as a result.

As the offensive threat increases. The Southampton team was encouraged by this and gradually increased their offensive investment.

"Very good. As expected, the offensive investment has been increased. In this way, our offensive opportunities will come." Seeing these changes in the Southampton team, Conte was not surprised but happy.

"Hazard, you must strengthen your offense. Strengthen your breakthroughs. You must attack more resolutely."

Conte feels Chelsea’s attacking opportunity has come.

But he soon became disappointed.

Southampton did invest more in offense after Balotelli came up. He no longer plays the defensive counterattack he used to do before. However, their defense has not been adjusted and their defensive ability is still very strong.

At Conte's request, Hazard indeed attacked more resolutely and made more breakthroughs. But he was repeatedly defeated by Pavard's defense.

Pavard, who is not slow and very decisive in his tackles, really restricts Hazard very much. It was in the face of his ferocious defending that Hazard was reminded of the horror of being dominated by Pavard's tackle in their last encounter.

Not many of the attacking chances Conte had hoped for. The goal he wanted did not appear.

On the contrary, Chelsea's defense made mistakes when dealing with Southampton's attack.

Although Chelsea adjusted its defensive strategy at Conte's request. But under the inertia of their thoughts, they forgot that the Southampton team after sending Balotelli was very capable in positional warfare. Especially the set-piece tactics are very powerful.

When the game came to thirty-six minutes. Chelsea gave Southampton a chance for a corner kick.

Conte didn't pay much attention to corner kicks. Chelsea is not Manchester City. Their average height is among the top in the Premier League, slightly taller than Southampton.

Their ability to defend against high-altitude balls is still very strong.

Therefore, Conte has no special arrangements. He believed that his players could defend this corner kick.

Without special request, Balotelli, already known as the "Black Bomber", did not receive special attention. Only Chelsea captain Cahill was following him.

Of course, Southampton also has many people who need to be marked. Van Dijk and Pavard are the more threatening corner kicks. It also requires manpower to keep an eye on it.

Soon, Kaka took a corner kick.

The corner kick was of good quality and found the area above Balotelli.

The 193cm Cahill is much taller than Balotelli. It should be said that he has an advantage in height.

But when he jumped for the top with Balotelli, he couldn't jump as high as Balotelli. And the bullet speed is also much slower.

It was this difference that allowed Balotelli to head the ball first.

A precise and ruthless lion's head shake.

"Boom!" With a sound, the ball quickly changed direction and then hit the goal.

This was a heavy hammer from Balotelli, and the ball was very fast.

Although goalkeeper Courtois has the reputation of being one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League, he only had time to shake his body when facing this header.

As a result, the ball hit the goal unimpeded.

GOAL!!!!!

"Ba~luo~te~li!!!"

Two to zero. The scoreline changed.

The Southampton fans cheered again with ecstasy.

"Oh!! Nice header!"

"Two to zero. Bombing from the black bombers!!"

"Awesome! Balotelli's headers are simply invincible now."

Balotelli's header was very powerful and beautiful. The fans were delighted to see it.

"Yeah!!" Sun Yi jumped up from his seat excitedly. He was also very surprised.

He thought that Southampton's offense would be better after Balotelli came on the field. But I never thought I would score again so soon.

"Leading by two goals. Sun, we will definitely win this game." Diaw also said excitedly.

"That's right. We can consider the next game." Sun Yi said confidently. This is not because he is arrogant, but since this season, Southampton has won every first-half lead of more than two goals.

Diaw nodded, and then gave a thumbs up with admiration: "Your substitution is really amazing. Balotelli scored a goal as soon as he came up."

Balotelli's goal completely made everyone forget that Sun Yi replaced Bolt before.

Obviously, even with goals, Balotelli is more able to bring up the entire Southampton team on the court.

"It's all just about winning."

"Yes. Now it seems that we have indeed won. Haha."

Although Sun Yi and Diaw looked like they were sure of victory now, when the next game continued, everyone found that this was indeed the case.

In the second half, although Conte made adjustments and launched a massive counterattack, he was unable to change the situation.

In the end, the game ended with Southampton defeating Chelsea with two goals at home.

It's a pity that the minimum consumption cannot be achieved, some are not so perfect.

However, it is possible to win this game smoothly. Everyone in the Southampton team is very satisfied.