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"GOAL! GOAL!!!"

Seeing Son Heung-min kick such a high-quality shot, Tottenham fans immediately shouted excitedly.

In their eyes, this shot is about equal to a goal.

However, just when many people thought that the ball would go into the goal without any obstruction, a big gloved hand came out of the air.

With a quick and powerful palm lift, the seemingly unstoppable ball turned in mid-air.

"Boom!"

The ball hit the crossbar hard. It bounced down and hit the ground. When it jumped up again, it was pinned down by a body.

"Oh! No!!!"

Sun Xingmin put his head in his hands helplessly. He couldn't believe that his almost certain shot was blocked.

The Tottenham team, who were all ready to celebrate and cheer, were even more frustrated and wanted to hit someone. "One of our goals was robbed!"

When Tottenham were in great regret, the Southampton fans cheered wildly.

"Casillas!!! Casillas!!!"

Looking at the enthusiasm of the Southampton fans, those who didn't know it thought it was Casillas who scored.

However, Casillas's save was nothing less than a goal.

His save killed a must-goal for Spurs. Its function is really no different from that of a ball.

Sun Yi was also a little surprised by Casillas's pounce.

Sun Xingmin's kick just now was really tricky and scary. At that time, Sun Yi thought he was falling behind. He never thought Casillas could save the ball.

Casillas is only 182cm tall, which is obviously a lot shorter for a goalkeeper. His ability to cover the goal is definitely not as good as that of a goalkeeper who is about 190cm tall.

But Casillas actually pounced on it, which really surprised Sun Yi.

"What a strong reaction and judgment ability!"

Sun Yi couldn't help but get excited. And began to imagine Casillas at his peak.

He is so strong at the age of 37, if he is still at his peak when he is young, he must be S-level!

If Casillas can be restored to his peak condition. Let me go, those strikers in the Premier League are going to cry!

Just thinking about this possibility makes Sun Yi extremely happy.

However, Sun Yi's happiness soon gave up and was replaced by worry.

"The Tottenham team that suppressed Kane was more difficult to deal with than I thought!"

By the way, this is the first time that Sun Yi has faced a Tottenham team that does not have Kane as the core of their tactics. I felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

"What a surprise!" Dior exclaimed. "Without Kane, Tottenham have become more competitive."

Dior's words were exactly what Sun Yi thought.

"Yes. In the past, Tottenham's offense revolved around Kane, and it was easy to see through and be locked in. But today's Tottenham team has become elusive. There is no fixed routine and core, but it allows them to do more "Let's blossom and bring out the power of other players."

"Sun, I have to say, it's not that easy for us to win this game!"

"Yes! Pochettino gave us a huge surprise today. We have to re-formulate our tactics. This is really distressing!"

Pochettino, who put Sun Yi and Diaw in trouble, was very excited after feeling regretful.

"Yeah! It worked! The tactics I devised worked!"

For the first time, Pochettino felt that he was so close to defeating Sun Yi. After many disastrous defeats, he would really feel frightened when he met Sun Yi.

When he pressed Kane today, he was actually just giving it a try out of nowhere. If he had no other choice, he really shouldn't have done this.

Unexpectedly, he got the bet right.

Since this game has been played, Tottenham's performance has made him more and more confident. Especially Sun Xingmin's shot made him feel completely excited.

This is the Spurs team I want.

Ha ha. Sun, don't think about defeating me easily today.

No! I'm going to beat you, Sun. I'm going to take three points away from here.

The boiling blood made Pochettino become passionate.

"Good job! Just kick like that!"

"Keep playing like this and we're going to beat them."

"We, Tottenham, want to prove our name here at St. Mary's today. We can beat any team!"

Under Pochettino's passionate encouragement, Tottenham's players were all in high spirits and began to become extremely confident.

Only Kane, who was sitting on the bench, was depressed. When his teammates shouted loudly, he looked a little embarrassed.

Kane was dissatisfied with Pochettino's arrangements today. He thought in his mind that Pochettino had gone crazy today. It is also believed that without him, Tottenham will be even less likely to be Southampton's opponent.

But now things are not what he thought. Not the script he had in mind.

His teammates were applauding and encouraging each other. Apart from putting on an awkward yet polite smile, Kane really didn't know how to face this reality.

"Sun, you played well!!! Come on!"

Fans are forgetful. They both called for Kane to come on early in the game. Now their emotions are only focused on Sun Xingmin, who almost scored a goal just now.

Listening to the shouts of Tottenham fans, Kane's sense of crisis is growing crazily.

The game continues on the court.

Taken aback by Tottenham's attack. The Southampton players felt they had to retaliate.

"It's our turn. Come on!"

"This is our territory, we can't let the guests steal the limelight!"

"Attack!"

The Southampton team began to organize an offensive. They wanted to return the favor, so they attacked more fiercely this time.

However, at this moment, the defenders of the Southampton team all kept some thoughts on the defense.

This made the overall formation of the Southampton team not as forward as before.

And this also allowed the Southampton team to successfully avoid the Tottenham team's quick counterattack as before.

Watching the counterattack led by Sun Xingmin being blocked by Van Dijk and others who were well prepared.

In addition to being slightly relieved, the Southampton team couldn't help but look solemn.

"Damn, why is the Tottenham team today so much more difficult than the last time?"

Even Ronaldo couldn't help but ask his teammates: "Today's Tottenham team is a bit weird, let's not attack too hard. Be careful of the defense."

In the next game, after two threatening counterattacks by Tottenham, the Southampton team had to slow down the pace of attack. Started to put a lot of energy on defense.

But even so, Tottenham's offensive threat has not decreased.

This surprised everyone who was watching the game to find that this game, which was thought to be one-sided, was so stalemate.

"It's really surprising. Tottenham played so well."

"Looking at their counterattack, there is still a good chance to break through Southampton's goal."

When the game came to the 30th minute, Sun Yi also realized this problem. And he finally made up his mind.

"Today is the battle that determines who advances to the final. Be cautious. Control the situation first. Later, we will slowly come up with a way to win."

Sun Yi's words were recognized by Dio.

So, Sun Yi asked Southampton's original game strategy.

Change the offensive flow tactics used to enjoy the game to focus on stabilizing the backcourt.

Southampton, which no longer emphasizes offense but focuses on defense, made Tottenham, who mainly plays defensive counterattacks, a little uncomfortable.

The tactic they were asked to do was to defend well and wait for Southampton to attack, and then take the opportunity to launch an efficient counterattack.

But at this moment, Southampton did not attack much, so they did not know whether to attack in turn or continue to wait.

The Southampton defense, which had obviously strengthened its defense, also made Tottenham's counterattack less handy.

In this case, Tottenham's offensive threat began to decline.

Similarly, Southampton's offensive threat was also declining.

In the same way, the game began to look a bit dull, and the number of shots decreased a lot. It seemed that the efficient offensives of both sides before were in another game.

Although the fans of both sides were shouting hard, hoping that their teams could rise up and score first.

Unfortunately, neither side could score. Even the entire first half failed to score.

So, the two sides could only return to the locker room with a 0-0 draw.

Later, both sides returned to the field.

Soon, the second half of the game also began with the referee's whistle.

When the game started, the fans found that the two sides did not make many adjustments during the halftime break.

It was similar to the second half of the first half, and the two sides still played not exciting and intense enough. It seemed that both sides suddenly lost the desire to win.

"Sun didn't attack in a big way. Is he changing his nature?"

Pochettino was a little surprised by the scene after the start of the second half. He has studied Sun Yi's personality. He thinks Sun Yi is very aggressive. The more stalemate the game, the more aggressive Sun Yi tends to be.

During the halftime break, he felt that Sun Yi should make Southampton attack crazily in the second half. This is also the reason why he can hardly make any adjustments.

But Sun Yi also arranged the tactics for the second half based on Pochettino's personal personality. Sun Yi felt that Pochettino was very likely to maintain Tottenham's tactics in the first half. Even if there were some changes, it would not deviate from the core idea of ​​defensive counterattack.

Therefore, Sun Yi simply did not adjust Southampton's tactics.

In terms of overall strength, Southampton is actually more dominant. After making good defense, relying on the forward line led by Ronaldo, Sun Yi firmly believed that without too much investment, he would have a higher chance of winning than Tottenham.

The two sides' thoughts made the fans a little dissatisfied after the start of the second half. The fans of both sides felt dissatisfied.

However, the difference is that the fans of Southampton still trust Sun Yi very much.

"Although I don't like the way Southampton plays, I believe that Sun must have his reasons for doing so."

The fans of Southampton trust Sun Yi so much, but Pochettino cannot reach this level in the hearts of Tottenham fans.

Once they are dissatisfied, they have more ideas.

"Pochettino should make adjustments."

"We have already dampened Southampton's momentum. We should keep working hard and strengthen our offense."

"It's exciting to think about forcing Southampton into a passive defense at St. Mary's!"

"And we can really do it. Don't forget that we still have our best player Kane on the bench."

"As long as we send Kane up and strengthen our offense, we will definitely be able to beat the arrogant Southampton at St. Mary's."

When they thought of this, the fans of Tottenham couldn't stop. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that they should do it.

"Switch Kane! Let him play. We need him to attack the city for the team now!"

"Hurry up! Pochettino, how long do you want to wait before sending Kane to play?"

Under the urging of the fans, the coaching staff of Tottenham couldn't help but be moved.

After seeing that Tottenham had difficulty getting a good opportunity for a quick counterattack, Pochettino couldn't help but start to consider letting Kane play.

In any case, Kane is recognized as the core of the Tottenham team. Not playing him in the crucial decisive battle is really unreasonable.

If the game is won, it's fine. If it's not ideal, then there will be no explanation to the team management and fans after the game.

Thinking of this, Pochettino really couldn't resist the idea of ​​sending Kane to play.

He waved his hand: "Kane, go warm up and get ready to play!"

"Yeah! Kane is going to play!!"

"As long as Kane plays, Southampton will be dead."

Seeing Kane warm up, the fans of the Tottenham team cheered.

Attracted by the cheers, Sun Yi also found that Kane was about to play.

He was not nervous. On the contrary, he and Dio looked at each other and both couldn't help but smile.

"Kane is going to play. We don't have to work hard anymore."

"Victory is ours!"

After a while, Kane took the opportunity of a dead ball and really replaced Lucas on the court. With Kane's appearance, the Tottenham team also changed back to their commonly used 4312 formation and offensive tactics.

As soon as they saw him on the court, the Tottenham team cheered.

"Kane is on. The strongest Tottenham team is back!"

Hearing the fans shouting the strongest Tottenham team, Pochettino couldn't help but feel excited.

On the Southampton side, Sun Yi suppressed his smile and began to command the team calmly.

Soon, the game started again.

With the fans' cheers, Tottenham launched an offensive against Southampton. And it was a much more fierce offensive.

Seeing this, both Pochettino and Tottenham fans were excited. They were looking forward to defeating Southampton.

However, their expectations did not come true.

Although Tottenham's offensive looked more fierce after Kane came on the court, there were fewer truly threatening attacks.

And unknowingly, they gave up today's strategy of multi-point blossoming and focusing on wing assaults. They returned to the tactics centered on Kane.

Such tactics, if Southampton still did the same as before, would still be effective. But after Kane came on the court, Southampton also secretly changed its tactics. Used the tactics used to deal with Tottenham.

Not long after, Pochettino and Tottenham fans were surprised to find that Tottenham not only did not get better, but gradually fell behind.

This made them all a little confused.

And soon, they were even more confused.

Less than five minutes after Kane was substituted, Southampton scored a goal.

Before, Southampton had played so hard but couldn't score a goal. Now they scored.

Pochettino and Tottenham fans can only attribute this to luck. At the same time, they also think that Tottenham will cheer up and make the score back.

However, in the next game, Tottenham played worse and worse. Not only did they have problems with players fighting for the ball during the attack, but Southampton also scored another goal.

"Two to zero. There is no suspense in the game!"

After leading by two goals, Sun Yi immediately celebrated with Dio.

This is not that he looks down on Pochettino's ability. But with Kane on the field, Tottenham can never be the opponent of Southampton. Unless Kane's core position is deprived.

But how is this possible?