Extraordinary coach

"The future is yours!"

This is a glorious sentence, especially when it comes from the mouths of Cristiano Ronaldo and others. It represents a bright future.

However, as the people who were said so, the players of Ajax felt extremely bitter.

"What we want is now."

"We will not give up easily."

"We will come back in a week. We will definitely make you a thing of the past!"

With reluctance and humiliation, Ajax ended the first round of the Champions League quarterfinals.

This battle brought them great damage and blow. They need to go back to heal.

But they firmly believe that when they recover, it will be Southampton who will fall down the next time they meet.

And Southampton left with the huge advantage of two away goals.

Although, in a two-round match, a victory is not decisive. However, after this battle, Southampton will gain three extremely favorable advantages.

Two away goals.

Psychological advantage.

Home advantage.

The three factors almost represent the right time, right place and right people. It can be said that Southampton has already stepped halfway into the semi-finals.

In addition, the victory in this battle also allows Southampton to deal with the upcoming difficulties in the Premier League more calmly.

It is said that the season has entered the sprint stage. After returning to Southampton with Southampton, Sun Yi naturally immediately turned to preparations.

Sun Yi will not be given too much time to prepare. In just a few days, he will have to take Southampton to another tough battle.

Next, the 34th round of the Premier League, Southampton VS Tottenham!

At present, Tottenham actually has no chance to compete for the Premier League championship.

However, Tottenham is temporarily ranked fifth in the standings. They still need to fight for the Champions League qualification next season.

Therefore, this battle will inevitably be a tough battle. What is more favorable is that Southampton will play at home.

Sun Yi naturally understands the significance of this game.

"Next, our opponent is Tottenham."

"Although we have had good results against them before. However, this game is related to their Champions League qualification, and they will definitely fight hard."

"It is destined to be a difficult game. Everyone should be mentally prepared."

"And this game is even more important to us. It is related to the championship. Therefore, we must go all out."

"Make sure to beat them. Make sure to get all three points."

This game is so important that Sun Yi needs to do a good job of psychological construction for the players before the game. At the same time, he also paid enough attention and preparation for this game.

A few days later, Southampton welcomed Tottenham at St. Mary's Stadium.

"Today we came here, in addition to competing for the Champions League qualification, the most important thing is that we have to prove ourselves."

"We have to prove that we are no worse than anyone else."

"St. Mary's is the best place to prove it!"

Before the game started, Pochettino was passionate.

He said this to the players, and even more to himself.

Now Sun Yi has become an inescapable shackle in the hearts of most Premier League coaches.

There is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts.

The same is true in the world of football.

If Pochettino doesn't defeat Sun Yi, he will feel inferior to others.

This is almost the demon of all excellent coaches in the Premier League.

"Go! Go and beat Southampton."

"Go and get what you want, go and prove yourself!"

Pochettino pointed his finger, and Tottenham stepped into the stadium with their heads held high.

"Go. Go and win!"

Southampton also stepped onto the stadium under Sun Yi's instructions.

Soon, the game began.

The two sides have played against each other three times this season. They are already very familiar with each other.

Therefore, there is no need to test each other, and the two sides started a fierce confrontation.

With the enthusiastic cheering of fans from both sides, the game entered a white-hot state from the beginning.

In the battle with Ajax, Southampton actually suffered a lot of losses. It was just because of the importance of today's battle that Sun Yi sent out the best lineup in his hands.

On the Tottenham side, Pochettino almost sent out all the best players in the team.

Why do you say almost?

The reason is that Pochettino put Kane, the core of the team, on the bench.

It's not that Kane is injured, nor is there a problem with Kane's competitive state.

Rather, after thinking and studying the failure of the League Cup semi-final, Pochettino finally realized the real weakness of the Tottenham team.

In order to beat Southampton, Pochettino overturned the tactical framework that Tottenham had been using before.

In this battle, Pochettino completely abandoned the tactical play with Kane as the core, and he made Son Heung-min the core of this game.

Letting Son Heung-min, an Asian player, become the tactical core of Tottenham is unacceptable to most Tottenham fans.

Even in this game, when they saw Kane not starting, many Tottenham fans in the stands were already complaining.

"Why not let Kane start?"

"Is Pochettino stupid?"

Go to hell, go to hell, Kane.

I don't want Kane today, I just want to win!

Pochettino really gave it his all. Everything is just to beat Sun Yi.

And Pochettino's arrangement did not disappoint him.

With Son Heung-min as the main attacking point, Tottenham played a very threatening offensive.

The tactics centered on Son Heung-min were completely beyond Sun Yi's expectations.

Sun Yi did not expect Pochettino to be so courageous. This made his tactical arrangement unsafe.

In the early stages of the game, Southampton was faced with several very dangerous crises in the goal by Tottenham.

Such a situation forced Sun Yi to completely overturn his previous arrangements.

As the situation was beyond expectations, Sun Yi was just improvising.

Fortunately, Southampton had the home advantage, which enabled them to stabilize their position.

However, the game also fell into a stalemate.

Both sides could create threats. But no one could say which side would break the deadlock first.

And this deadlock was not broken until the end of the first half.

After the start of the second half, both sides adjusted their troops and generals.

But the game fell into a deadlock again.

The stalemate made the fans nervous. They all hoped that the team they supported could score soon.

However, the game was too close. There were opportunities, but no goal was scored.

At the 70th minute, the game was still deadlocked at 0-0.

At the 80th minute, the game was still deadlocked. Both sides had to make a lot of substitutions.

Son Heung-min fought hard today and performed well. But at this time, he was a little tired.

Pochettino had to let Kane play.

At the 85th minute, the game was still deadlocked.

At this time, many people thought that the game might end in a draw.

But at this time, Ronaldo broke the deadlock with a volleyball-like header in a corner kick opportunity.

As soon as the ball went in, Pochettino wailed.

"It's over!"