Extraordinary coach

Chapter 484: Battle of Saint Mary

Southampton left the Emirates Stadium, taking away three points, and also Arsenal's hope of competing for the top four.

After this battle, there are only three games left in the Premier League schedule. Arsenal will never have the chance to meet the opponents in front of them again.

No longer meeting strong teams is good news for ordinary teams, but not for Arsenal. Due to the points, their chances of qualifying for the European Cup will be very slim. Those competitors will not give them such an opportunity.

These things are Arsenal's business. Southampton doesn't care at all.

After a small celebration that he had crossed another strong obstacle, Sun Yi immediately took Southampton back the next day.

After returning to Southampton safely, Sun Yi immediately turned to intensive preparations.

The decisive battle is coming.

Next, Southampton will welcome the most critical opponent of this season-Liverpool at home.

So far this season, Liverpool is Southampton's biggest and last opponent.

In terms of points, Southampton is still one point behind Liverpool. It can only be ranked second.

In terms of goal difference, Southampton has one more goal.

In terms of win-loss rate, Liverpool is the only opponent that Southampton has not won this season.

However, the last draw was at Liverpool's home.

From the above two aspects, Liverpool is undoubtedly the most difficult opponent for Southampton at present.

It is also the last level that Southampton must cross.

"The final battle is here! This season, we have passed five levels and cut six generals, and finally ushered in the final big boss."

"Beat it, we will get the richest reward!"

"The next battle will be our most important battle. We must beat them, and we will beat them!"

"But this is not easy, it requires us to give 200% effort from now on."

As soon as he entered the preparation training, Sun Yi immediately did ideological work for the players.

In fact, everyone knows how important this game is. Even know that Southampton still has some advantages.

This battle was held at St. Mary's Stadium, which was Southampton's biggest advantage.

The last time they met was at Anfield, Liverpool's home stadium. That time they both tied. This time back at St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton's chances of winning are naturally higher.

Sun Yi only hopes that everyone on the Southampton team can go all out for this game. Don't be blindly arrogant because of the previous victory.

In terms of players, Sun Yi has done all the work.

And in order to add some chips to this game, he opened the "Wheel of Destiny".

The "Wheel of Destiny" can be opened once every once in a while.

Although each opening is not necessarily a good thing, once it turns to favorable conditions, it will bring great help to Southampton's victory.

This time, Sun Yi hopes to have a better result.

Just wait for the needle to stop, and after the result comes out, Sun Yi's heart is left with one thing:

I copied!

"Nima, it's better not to have it."

The result of the "Wheel of Destiny" gave Sun Yi a not very good omen. It made him feel ominous.

Unexpectedly, bad news actually came out. The day before the game, Casillas hit the goal post with his hand while saving in training and was injured.

Looking at Casillas' swollen right hand, Sun Yi couldn't help but cover his forehead.

Although Casillas didn't have a serious injury like a fracture, he had to play every day, so he obviously couldn't play.

Fortunately, Southampton still had the original main goalkeeper Foster. This situation is not too bad.

It's just that this kind of thing inevitably makes the team feel more gloomy.

After the training the day before the game, Sun Yi didn't go home, but was thinking about tomorrow's game list in the office.

"Sun, it seems that there is still a substitute goalkeeper missing in this list." Dio reminded after seeing the game list decided by Sun Yi.

"I know, but there is no point in having an additional substitute goalkeeper with insufficient strength. I plan to leave the quota for Adriano."

"Adriano?" Dio's eyes lit up. His face became excited.

Adriano, Sun Yi never sent him out easily. But once he plays in a crucial match, it often means that a magical match is about to happen.

Thinking of Adriano's previous magical performance, Dio couldn't help but smile.

"It's Adriano, so that's fine. I have no objection."

"..." Sun Yi didn't expect Dio to be so confident in Adriano, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Just thinking about the result of "Wheel of Fortune", Sun Yi felt a little complicated.

"It may not be a chance for him to play at that time."

"There will definitely be a chance. As long as he can play, I will be relieved. Now, I can wait for the championship with peace of mind. Haha."

Dio left happily.

Sun Yi looked at the list of matches he arranged.

"I hope everything goes well!"

The next day, the weather was good, with light wind and no rain, and the temperature was comfortable. It was the most suitable day for the game in spring.

"This is a good day to decide who will win the Premier League championship!"

The game was held tonight, but since the morning, the outside world has been paying close attention to this game.

The atmosphere of the finals was already in the air in Southampton long before the game started.

Not only did a large number of fans from all over the world come, but also countless media reporters were preparing for the game.

Outside St. Mary's Stadium, fans who were ready to watch the game were already gathered there.

Countless fans were eager for the game to start soon.

After a long wait, the sun finally set and the evening finally arrived.

Under the red sunset, Sun Yi and the Southampton team took a bus to St. Mary's Stadium.

As soon as they got off the bus, the fans who had been waiting for a long time began to shout enthusiastically.

"Come on! Southampton team."

"We must win. We want the championship."

"Sun, do you have confidence?"

This sentence was actually shouted in Chinese, and Sun Yi couldn't help but be a little surprised. Seeing that it was an old fan of the Southampton team who shouted, Sun Yi showed a confident smile and replied in Chinese: "Of course I have confidence."

"After today, Southampton will have one more championship trophy!"

After that, Sun Yi walked into St. Mary's Stadium with his head held high and led the Southampton team.

Liverpool also came to the stadium after Southampton.

After both sides entered the stadium, the players went to warm up before the game.

Sun Yi shook hands with Klopp on the sidelines.

"We meet again."

"Yes! St. Mary, I'm here! I'm here with my team!"

Klopp smiled confidently.

Sun Yi also smiled heartily.

People who don't know would probably think that the two are very good friends.

In fact, Klopp should be regarded as Sun Yi's most incompatible enemy in the Premier League.

Since last season, the two have been tit-for-tat opponents. Before each match, they always have a mouth cannon in the media.

But this time, the two rarely made any radical or provocative remarks before the game.

Sun Yi's idea is that instead of wasting time and saliva before the game, it is better to spend more thoughts and energy on preparation.

The game will eventually be decided on the field.

Winning the mouth cannon is meaningless.

I guess Klopp is probably in the same situation this time.

The media, on the other hand, felt sorry because there was no fire before the game.

The two sides of the decisive battle did not have any verbal attacks, which meant that they had less news to create.

They also tried to stir up trouble, but unfortunately this time Sun Yi and Klopp were determined not to say much.

The media also wanted to interview the players and try to get some sparks from them. Unfortunately, Sun Yi had long asked the players not to say anything too much in front of the media.

This left the media helpless. They could only find out the grievances and hatreds between the two teams in the past and write articles.

Without the sparks before the game, the media could only hope that the two teams could create dazzling sparks in the game.

Today, St. Mary's Stadium also welcomed the largest media group since the beginning of this season.

The media stands reserved for the media were all crowded with reporters and cameras from all over the country. There was no place to stay.

"Look, Sun and Klopp are talking. Take a picture of them."

"Maybe you can see something interesting from their mouth shapes."

Under the cameras of countless cameras, Sun Yi looked at Klopp indifferently.

Klopp's words just now made him very unhappy.

What I'm here, I'm here with my team.

It sounds like saying: I'm here, I'm here with my army to conquer you.

Sun Yi felt that this was harsh no matter how he heard it.

However, Sun Yi's smile did not diminish.

"Oh. I welcome you."

"I'm Chinese, and we Chinese are the most hospitable. I have prepared a big meal for you. I hope you can enjoy it. I believe it will leave you with an extremely deep memory."

Klopp's eyes narrowed slightly.

What big meal? The minimum consumption is the real thing. At St. Mary's Stadium now, Southampton fans especially like to tell their opponents about the minimum consumption. Klopp has also heard of it.

"Is your feast three points? If so, my team and I will definitely accept it."

"You think too much. The game is not a dinner party. Our feast is actually very famous, it is called 'minimum consumption'."

"Minimum consumption? Haha. Today we are here. We are only prepared to eat the feast, consumption, no!"

The two looked at each other and turned back to their respective benches.

Today many media sent their own commentary teams. And the old partners Allardyce and Martin Taylor also came to the scene again to comment on the game.

"Hey, Taylor, did you see that? Sun and Allardyce must have had a verbal battle just now."

"Yeah, I saw it. Although I can't confirm what they said, it seems that the two of them must have had a fierce confrontation."

"From this, it can be seen that today's game will definitely be a fierce game."

"Yes. So, Allardyce, what do you think of this game?"

"I think this game will be the decisive battle to determine who will win the championship this season. The two sides are only one point apart. Judging from the strength and record of both sides, once the result of this game is announced, it means that the result of this season will be announced in advance."

"So, what do you think the result of this game will be?"

"I can't predict the final score. In this game, the strength of both sides is there, and it's hard to say who has a higher chance of winning."

"Southampton has the home advantage."

"In this respect, it is true. But in this kind of game, the role it can play is probably very limited. The key still depends on the on-the-spot performance of both sides. And the game between Sun and Klopp."

"I understand what you mean. You think the strength of both sides is equal. The final victory depends on which team God favors more."

"Yes. But I have a feeling. I think Liverpool may be a little luckier this time."

"You mean Casillas' injury yesterday?"

"Yes. Casillas has been performing very well recently , has squeezed out Foster and secured his place as a starter. But he got injured at this time. This has a great impact on Southampton. Especially psychologically. "

"So, Allardyce, do you think this could be a smokescreen deliberately released by Southampton? "

"It shouldn't be. A reporter took a picture of Casillas' hand outside. In that case, he definitely can't play today. "

"Oh. Here we go, the roster for today's game has been obtained. Let's take a look at the lineup of both sides today. Hey, there's really no Casillas. "

"Am I right? "

"Okay. Now let's take a look at Southampton's lineup today. "

" Ronaldo, Kaka, Balotelli...goalkeeper Foster. Next is the backup player. Hey, there is no backup goalkeeper? Allardyce, Southampton did not arrange a backup goalkeeper today. "

"Yeah. I took a look and there was indeed no backup goalkeeper. However, I saw Adriano in the substitute list. I haven't seen him appear in the Southampton match list for a long time. "

"Adriano? "Martin Taylor was immediately attracted by the name.

"Man, do you remember what happens every time Adriano's name appears in a crucial match?"

"Oh! That's a miracle. Every time Adriano plays in a crucial match, he will bring amazing performances like miracles."

"Yeah. I seem to see him killing everyone again. The scene that even God can't stop him from hitting the ball into the goal is thrilling!"

"I can't wait to see him on the court. And then see what amazing performance he will have!"

As Allardyce and Martin Taylor appeared in amazement, countless cameras were aimed at Adriano.

Today Adriano is just a substitute, but his attention at this moment exceeds that of Ronaldo.

Even Ronaldo noticed this situation.

Damn, this buddy, is he going to steal my limelight again today?

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