Extraordinary coach

It is undoubtedly a very happy thing to successfully advance to the quarterfinals of the English League Cup.

The Southampton team is naturally very happy.

However, as soon as the day of the game was over, Sun Yi put this game behind him. And it also made Southampton enter a more intense preparation.

Next, Southampton will face Manchester City, one of the strongest opponents in the Premier League this season.

Facing Manchester City, this time, Southampton has a disadvantage, that is, they are playing away this time. They need to challenge the opponent at the Etihad Stadium.

However, in the same round of the English League Cup, Manchester City injured its core player De Bruyne again, which is good news for Southampton.

Upon hearing that De Bruyne was injured again, Sun Yi was a little relieved in addition to regret.

Without De Bruyne, this will undoubtedly greatly weaken Manchester City's organization and attack capabilities.

As everyone's attention turned to the upcoming game, many people's emotions began to become a little nervous.

Especially the fans of Southampton.

"Here it comes! The battle to decide the top spot is coming."

"Although we beat them in the Social Shield before the season. But their recent performance is really eye-catching."

"And this time it's their home court, I'm afraid this game will be difficult to play."

However, Southampton finally won the recent match. Many fans are more confident.

"What are you afraid of? What about their home court? With the current strength of our team, we can definitely win at their home court."

"If we can win at their home court, that would be the most gratifying thing."

"I believe that with Ronaldo, we can definitely take the victory at the Etihad Stadium!"

...

The fans of Southampton can have this confidence, which should be said to be the confidence brought to them by the victories in the last three matches. If it was last season, they would definitely not dare to say this before the game.

And Manchester City is different now. Last season, they didn't take Southampton seriously at all. But now, they have given it the highest attention.

Their fans are no longer as confident and arrogant as they were against other teams. Instead, they lowered their tone in their remarks.

"This battle is about the top position, I hope we can win."

"This season, Southampton, which has C Ronaldo, is not worse than us in strength. Although we have the advantage of home court, we can't take it lightly."

"However, as long as our team tactics are appropriate and the players are in good shape, we should be able to win."

"Although De Bruyne was injured again in the last game of the League Cup. But fortunately, we now have Mahrez. Our strength has not decreased much."

"Play well, I believe we can definitely get revenge."

…….

The Blue Moon fans' change of usual statement surprised many people. However, everyone turned around and thought that this was also normal.

After all, Manchester City lost the Social Shield game, and lost the Premier League and FA Cup championships in a row last season. After being fooled, they naturally dare not be arrogant.

Such remarks by fans of both sides, on the whole, seem to be somewhat harmonious and whispering. This naturally did not lead to verbal attacks on the Internet. There was no big news.

The media felt that this was too boring and there was nothing to write.

So, they quickly interviewed the head coaches of the two teams, hoping to stir up some pre-match war.

"Sun, what do you think of this game? Do you have the confidence to win?"

Facing such questions from the media, Sun Yi gave a very affirmative answer.

"Of course. I have enough confidence to win this game."

"Our goal this season has always been clear, that is, to defend the Premier League championship."

"And Manchester City is the threshold we must cross."

"We now have the best players and team in the Premier League. If we don't beat Manchester City, there is no need to talk about defending the championship."

Sun Yi's words are more than full of confidence. It's just a bit arrogant.

He didn't say anything bad about Manchester City in the whole article, but his words revealed a strong sense of confidence, even the arrogance of ignoring the opponent.

And Sun Yi really has the confidence to say this now.

If De Bruyne is healthy and can play, he will definitely be more cautious. But if this player who has repeatedly given him unexpected shocks cannot play, then he has nothing to worry about.

In Sun Yi's opinion, Mahrez is good, but he is still a little bit behind.

"This season, Southampton's strength has obviously improved greatly. Especially with Ronaldo."

"Facing such an opponent, although we have a home game, it will definitely be a very difficult game."

"For me, Sun is also a very daunting opponent."

"However, I will still do my best to lead Manchester City to victory."

This is what Guardiola said before the game. And after these words came out, many people felt very surprised.

His words really put himself in a very low position.

Especially compared with Sun Yi's words, many people feel that this word is weak.

Who is Guardiola? He is a legendary coach who has led the 'Dream Team' and created the great achievement of 'Six Crowns'.

He actually said such a thing?

This is really surprising.

"Why does Guardiola sound a little bit unconfident?"

"Is he scared by the defeat in the Social Shield?"

"It shouldn't be possible. Guardiola has lost games before. But have you ever seen him scared?"

"No. So this is probably a tactic of showing weakness adopted by Guardiola. This is to let Sun relax his vigilance."

"If Sun really relaxes his vigilance, then he will fall into Guardiola's trick. Then there is a great chance that Southampton will lose this game."

"Yes, it should be like this. This is Guardiola's trick."

"..."

Guardiola's words are really a bit lackluster, which makes people have to doubt. But many people think this is his trick.

However, what these people don't know is that this is really not his trick, he really lacks confidence.

De Bruyne's injury has left his Manchester City team in a state of incomplete formation. And it is a state of less than 80% combat power.

In addition, he has lost to Sun Yi for the third time, and he really feels that he is not sure about the Southampton team now.

Guardiola really didn't dare to guarantee that he could beat Sun Yi this time.

As the fans waited nervously, the battle to decide who would take the top spot next came.

Such an important match naturally attracted great attention from the entire football world.

Before, everyone knew that there was a national derby in La Liga. And the match between Southampton and Manchester City is now also known as the national derby of the Premier League by the whole world.

Therefore, the attention this match received was amazing.

It is said that including Chinese fans, hundreds of millions of people sat on TV to watch this match.

There is no doubt that the largest number of fans of the two teams are Chinese fans of Southampton. It's a pity that most of these people can't come to the scene to cheer for Southampton.

This also makes it impossible for Southampton fans to have an advantage among the live audience this time.

Although the Southampton fans who want to watch the game on site can fill the entire stadium.

But this is the Etihad Stadium. This is Manchester City's home stadium.

Naturally, Manchester City has a home advantage in terms of the number of fans.

Therefore, Manchester City, with its obvious advantage of more fans, out-cheered Southampton.

Although Southampton fans had fewer fans, the tone of their shouting was very powerful. Manchester City fans were as safe as those at home and had more fans.

"Southampton, must win!!"

With the shouts of fans from both sides, Sun Yi led Southampton into the Etihad Stadium.

And Sun Yi finally met Guardiola again after two months.

"Welcome to Etihad."

"Thank you."

The two held hands again.

There was no extra declaration of war, just a simple courtesy.

But Sun Yi saw the seriousness and burning fighting spirit in Guardiola's eyes.

This made Sun Yi cautious.

The seriousness and fighting spirit in Guardiola's eyes represented a recognition and attention to Sun Yi.

This shows that in Guardiola's eyes, Sun Yi is no longer just an opponent. Obviously, he is regarded as a strong enemy.

Guardiola used to be an idol that Sun Yi could not match. But now he is valued so much by him.

Sun Yi couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment and a little bit of pride in his heart.

How many coaches in the entire football world can be regarded as such strong enemies by Guardiola?

However, Sun Yi was proud, but he was not careless. He did not relax his vigilance.

After a series of pre-match ceremonies, this focus battle began.

After the game started, Manchester City, which had the right to kick off, did not attack immediately, but appeared very cautious.

Although in terms of formation, Manchester City tended to attack 433, they played very patiently and were not in a hurry to cross the half court to find the attack.

It seems that Guardiola was very cautious in arranging his troops today.

As for the Southampton team, they were also very cautious and patient. Instead of rushing to grab the ball, they patiently stood in position and organized the defense.

When they had the ball, they also did not attack in a big way, but advanced cautiously and then slowly organized the attack.

The situation of both sides made the game on the field not as the outside world thought before the game, and they attacked the opponent frantically at the beginning.

Such a scene is somewhat not exciting enough, nor exciting enough.

"The rhythm seems a bit slow!"

For such a game, the commentators or commentators have a reasonable explanation.

"After the game started, both sides played very cautiously! This should be a test. It seems that everyone attaches great importance to each other and dare not relax at all."

"After all, this game is too important. No one dares to make mistakes easily."

"However, I believe this game will soon become exciting."

"Whether it is Southampton or Manchester City, they will definitely give us a wonderful game later."

And this soon became a reality.

After playing for five or six minutes, after the initial test, both sides began to exert their strength.

Once the force was exerted, the intensity of the game increased sharply. At the same time, the rhythm of the game was also raised.

"Bang!"

As everyone started to exert their strength, Manchester City, with the home advantage, took the lead in completing a threatening shot. Fortunately, it was saved by Southampton's goalkeeper Fox.

"Bang!"

After less than half a minute, Southampton responded with a shot. It was also quite threatening.

After both teams made a threatening shot, it was like opening the valve of the attack frenzy. Next, the two sides fiercely bombarded each other.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"..."

After that, the sound of shooting continued to ring.

"Hey, this one was saved!"

"What a pity, this ball should be hit a little bit more, maybe it will go in."

"Hey! This ball lacked a bit of luck."

"It's so dangerous! It almost got a goal!"

"..."

As the number of shots quickly increased, the enthusiasm of the fans on both sides was also mobilized.

In addition to cheering desperately, everyone also hoped that their own team could score a goal.

"Hurry up and score! We have a lot of shots, we should score soon."

"Today is our home game, we must score first!"

"We have C Ronaldo, we will be ahead."

"Wait and see, our goal is coming!"

...

Looking at the game on the field, Sun Yi was also quite nervous.

At present, the two sides are evenly matched. The number of shots and shots on target of both sides are almost the same.

In this situation, no one knows which side will score first.

Sun Yi certainly hopes that his side can score first. In this case, Southampton will have a greater chance of winning this game.

Then, Sun Yi saw Southampton organize a wave of good momentum.

C Ronaldo received Kaka's pass at the front of the penalty area of ​​Manchester City.

Facing Stones and Laporte who will assist at any time, C Ronaldo still looks very calm and confident.

He first made a feint, pretending to go to the side, but suddenly accelerated and cut inside.

Ronaldo is no longer as fancy as he was when he was young. Instead, he is concise and efficient. Although he is already 33 years old, he is still very fast when he attacks with all his strength.

Stones failed to keep up with Ronaldo's first shot, and Laporte behind him failed to block the kicking space, allowing Ronaldo to complete the shot.

"Bang!"

A powerful long shot hit the far corner of the goal.

Seeing such a shot, Sun Yi immediately clenched his fists excitedly.

The goal is coming!

However, a figure suddenly flew across and blocked the ball outside the goal.

"Oh my god!!" Sun Yi, who was ready to stand up and celebrate, turned the cheers on his lips into regrets.

Such a high-quality shot didn't even go in!

Sun Yi was really depressed. At the same time, he was also very emotional.

Looking at Ederson who was getting up to celebrate the successful save with his teammates, he couldn't help but look up and sigh.

"Damn, it's different to have a good goalkeeper!"