Extraordinary coach

My fault.

Sun Yi took the responsibility for the first half's lag on himself.

The players were very surprised to hear this.

They thought that Sun Yi would definitely blame them for the poor performance in the first half. Unexpectedly, Sun Yi blamed himself.

This made the players who were waiting to be scolded, especially Bertrand and Pavard, feel relieved.

Being willing to take the responsibility on oneself can win the respect of the players. It can also relieve the psychological pressure of the players.

After Sun Yi took the responsibility, the facial expressions of the Southampton players were obviously relieved.

Seeing this, Sun Yi knew that his words had worked, so he continued: "The mistake has been made, we have to correct it in the second half."

"And I believe everyone will be able to play well in the second half. Because Tottenham has played all their cards."

"We have more and better cards. After they make a mistake, it's our turn. The first half of the game proved this."

"In the second half, what we have to do is to maintain this offensive strength."

"It is conceivable that they will defend desperately in the second half. But they will definitely not be able to defend. I have enough confidence in your offensive ability. You are the strongest offensive combination in the entire Premier League. No one else."

These words are still motivational in nature. Sun Yi then told the team about the tactical adjustments for the second half.

However, Southampton did not need to make many adjustments. The real adjustments were made when they fell behind in the first half. What Sun Yi could do was to grasp the details of the players' handling of the ball on the field.

Although they had to start the second half of the game with a disadvantage of falling behind, Sun Yi was still very confident in Southampton.

He still said: "As long as we play normally, we can win the game."

It's just a matter of time to equalize or even overtake.

Soon, the halftime break ended and both sides returned to the field and soon started the second half.

After the game resumed, Southampton launched a large-scale attack.

And Tottenham shrank their formation in the backcourt from the beginning. This is obviously to continue the style of play in the first half.

However, Tottenham did not completely copy the arrangement of the first half.

As the game progressed, Sun Yi soon discovered that Tottenham had strengthened a lot of defensive details.

"Their defense was more detailed than in the first half. And they targeted Felix more."

"Yes. It seems that they caught it very accurately. As long as Felix, the core of the organization, is restricted, our entire offensive organization can be restricted." Dio nodded.

"Boss, do you think Felix can be overcome?" Kaka asked.

Sun Yi shook his head. "It's hard to say. After all, he is too young. If it were you, it wouldn't be a problem at all."

"Should I prepare?"

Sun Yi pressed his right hand down and said calmly: "Wait a minute, the time is not right yet."

"Oh. Got it." Kaka nodded. There was no dissatisfaction with the rejection of his suggestion to play.

"It seems that Sun, you have a countermeasure, right?" Dio smiled.

"Yes." Sun Yi nodded. Since he fell behind in the first half, he has been thinking about countermeasures silently.

The game was going on while Sun Yi was talking. Southampton still had the upper hand on the field with its home field and stronger strength.

But under the targeted defense of Tottenham, it seemed that there were not many offensive methods.

Felix was really targeted as Sun Yi said. The defensive pressure exerted by Tottenham on him was no less than that of Ronaldo.

Felix's strength is already very good, but he is not as good as Ronaldo after all.

Maybe he is not easy to be restricted in a one-on-one match, but he really can't play well under the focus of two or even more people on the opponent.

And under the strong defense of the opponent, Felix played more and more chaotically. After all, he is still too young and has not received the treatment that only superstars can get in the professional arena. He is really at a loss.

And as his performance is limited, Felix began to doubt his ability. So, he became more and more unbelieving.

This situation also made Southampton's offense more and more chaotic.

Let alone scoring a goal as soon as possible, it is becoming more and more difficult to hit the ball into the penalty area of ​​​​Spurs to form a threat.

Everyone realized that there was a problem with Southampton's offense and it must be changed.

So, Ronaldo, as the team's thigh, stood up consciously. He began to carry the banner of Southampton's offense.

Ronaldo's strength is unquestionable, but his characteristics have evolved into a "goal machine". In terms of offensive organization and initiation, it is still slightly insufficient.

And Ronaldo is also the focus of Tottenham's defense.

This means that after Southampton's offensive focus shifted to Ronaldo, they were unable to improve their offensive situation on the field.

"Good defense!"

"The boys did a great job!"

"That's it. If we keep playing like this, we can definitely win!"

Pochettino's eyes lit up when he thought of winning.

You know, since last season, no one has been able to win from St. Mary's Stadium.

It's rare to be able to take away one point.

If they really win this game, it will be awesome.

This is a stunning move that breaks Southampton's unbroken home record. It will bring great honor to Pochettino and Tottenham.

Thinking about this, Pochettino felt that his whole body was a little hot.

"Win. I must win!"

And in terms of the situation in this game, Pochettino felt that he had a good chance of winning the game.

"Sun, aren't you adjusting yet?"

Pochettino has lost to Sun Yi so many times, and he is still very vigilant. Although the situation on the field is favorable to Tottenham, especially in the current situation. But he still believes that Sun Yi can definitely see the problem of the game.

Pochettino is ready. As long as Sun Yi makes a personnel adjustment, he will immediately make targeted changes.

However, Sun Yi did not make any adjustments.

One minute, two minutes... Ten minutes passed, and Sun Yi still had no intention of making adjustments.

It seems that he can't see that the situation on the field will be very disadvantageous to Southampton if it drags on.

"Why not adjust?" Pochettino was puzzled. If it was him, he would have made the change ten minutes ago.

On the Southampton side, both Dio and Kaka were a little anxious.

Especially Kaka, he looked at Sun Yi several times and wanted to ask for a fight. But every time he was patted on the shoulder by Sun Yi.

The game on the field continued, but in the current situation, Southampton really couldn't see the hope of scoring.

Continuing, it would only be more and more disadvantageous to Southampton.

At this time, the fans of the Southampton team were also anxious.

"What's the matter? Why hasn't Sun made any adjustments yet?"

"Didn't he see that Felix has been almost invisible?"

"What is going on?"

"Replace Felix, he is no longer effective. He is not the Gunners' Prince Gong, there is no need to keep him on the field."

The fans of the Southampton team didn't understand. Sun Yi still didn't make any adjustments, especially letting Felix stay on the field. They really couldn't figure it out.

But Pochettino suddenly felt that he had figured it out.

"I know, Sun just doesn't want to admit his mistakes and failures."

"He spent the same transfer fee as Ronaldo to buy Felix. But Felix failed to play the same role as Ronaldo. This is simply destroying his reputation of being good at discovering players. How could he accept it?"

"Sun insisted on keeping Felix on the field for his own selfishness. He wanted him to cheer up."

"Haha, I really want to win this game. Sun has been blinded by selfishness!"

The more Pochettino thought about it, the more he felt that he was right. He felt that he had grasped Sun Yi's real psychological weakness.

The confidence of winning began to fill Pochettino's heart, and he excitedly shouted to the field: "Well done. Just play like this. In this game, victory must belong to us!"

"Come on for victory!!"

Inspired by Pochettino, the Tottenham team became more and more excited, and there was a trend of turning the situation around next.

They didn't want to be able to passively defend and counterattack, they wanted to push Southampton back.

With the emergence of this mentality, Tottenham Hotspurs have unconsciously stopped tightening up. The formation has also been raised a lot.

After all, Tottenham Hotspurs are a strong team in the Premier League. The tactic of shrinking the backcourt to defend and counterattack has never been their first choice. It is not their normal way of playing.

After seeing Tottenham Hotspurs start to change, Sun Yi lit up. Then he gently patted Kaka on the back.

"Kaka, it's okay."

Hearing this, Kaka, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately stood up. Then he ran to warm up without saying a word.

"Kaka is warming up. It seems that Sun is finally ready to replace Felix with him."

Seeing Kaka leave, the fans of the Southampton team immediately became lively. But they still felt a little dissatisfied.

"Hey, Sun should have put Kaka on earlier."

"It's a waste of time to prepare to put Kaka on the field now."

"Sun's on-the-spot command today was really substandard. If I didn't know him, I almost thought he bought the ball."

Although the fans of the Southampton team complained, they also rekindled their hope for the game when they knew Kaka was going to play.

When Pochettino, as the opponent, saw Kaka warming up, he smiled.

"Here you are. Finally you can't hold on. Start to adjust."

"Haha! But what if you start to adjust? All this has been expected by me."

"Replacing Felix with Kaka will not have any effect!"

Pochettino felt that he was more and more confident of winning this game. Because so far, everything on the field is under his control.

Replacing Felix with Kaka is an adjustment routine that Southampton often used before. Pochettino has already prepared a plan for this.

After a few minutes of warm-up, Kaka came to the sidelines to receive instructions from Sun Yi, and then took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to enter the field.

But Kaka's appearance surprised the whole audience.

Because he replaced not Felix as everyone expected, but Pulisic, the right winger who performed well in this game.

"Pulisic was replaced with Kaka. Shouldn't Felix be replaced? What on earth was Sun thinking?"

Not to mention that the fans of the Southampton team couldn't figure it out, even Pochettino felt a little puzzled.

"Using Kaka to play as a winger? This is crazy!"

However, when the game resumed, Pochettino found that it was not the case.

Kaka did not go to the wing, he played in Felix's position. And Felix was pushed to the wing.

"Oh, so that's the case."

Pochettino still didn't agree. In his opinion, replacing Felix was the best choice.

Could Felix be better than Pulisic on the wing?

Anyway, Pochettino didn't believe it.

However, the next game surprised Pochettino. After Felix went to the wing, he changed his previous depression and became active. And his effect seemed to be no worse than Pulisic.

"Wait, I remember. Felix seemed to be a striker on the wing when he was in Benfica."

"Oh! SHIIT! Why didn't anyone remind me of this?" Pochettino felt that something was beyond human control, and he had a vague feeling of unease in his heart.

He couldn't help but regret that neither he nor the coaching staff had thought of this.

However, it was not their fault. Because it was Sun Yi who replaced Kaka with Felix, who was originally a striker.

After Kaka took on the responsibility of organization, Southampton's offense obviously improved.

Although Kaka is not better than Felix in pure technology, he has extremely rich experience and has the best understanding of Southampton's tactical system.

Tottenham's original defensive arrangement against Felix could not play the same role as before when facing Kaka.

Under Kaka's light and unhurried dispatch, Southampton's offense was completely stimulated.

"No, we can't let Southampton get up."

Seeing this, Pochettino responded immediately. He released the plan he had prepared to deal with Kaka.

"Fortunately, I was prepared! There should be no problem next time." Pochettino was very glad that he had a special plan for Kaka.

However, Pochettino soon found that he was too lucky.

His arrangements did not play the role he wanted.

Because Kaka was not always fixed in the front midfielder position. He would switch positions with Felix from time to time.

The position change allowed Pochettino's targeted defense to be placed on Felix, and Kaka, who went to the wing, was still the real starting point of Southampton's offense.

If Tottenham chose to move the focus of defense to the wing with Kaka, then Southampton's offensive organization would return to Felix. Felix, who was not targeted, could begin to play a role.

In this case, Tottenham could no longer limit Southampton's offense.

And Southampton played more and more bravely under Kaka's organization, and began to create more and more threats.

"So, that's why Felix was not replaced. Double organizing core!"

Pochettino finally understood Sun Yi's intention of making such adjustments.

It's useless for him to understand it. He still has to come up with an effective countermeasure.

Unfortunately, before Pochettino could come up with a countermeasure, Tottenham could not stand up to the full firepower of Southampton.

Southampton relied on Kaka to make a 45-degree cross from the wing, and then Balotelli and Ronaldo formed a double ghost to grab the goal, and finally Ronaldo scored.

One to one.

Spurs led for most of the game, but after 70 minutes of the game, they were equalized by Southampton.

"Oh, no!"

This goal of Southampton instantly shattered Pochettino's hope of taking victory from St. Mary's.

The cooked duck was already at the mouth, but it flew away like this.

Pochettino was so upset.

However, something more uncomfortable was waiting for him.

Southampton was completely inspired by this goal. Morale and momentum reached their peak.

They were so excited that they forgot their fatigue and launched an extremely terrifying attack on Tottenham.

Under the wave after wave of attacks, the demoralized Tottenham only resisted for five minutes before the goal was broken again.

It was similar to the way the goal was scored last time. With Felix's cover in the middle, Kaka passed the ball from the wing into the penalty area, and then Ronaldo and Balotelli made the final finishing move.

This time, it was not Ronaldo who scored, but Balotelli.

It didn't matter who scored, what mattered was that Southampton had achieved a reversal.

"Yeah!!"

"Reversed!!!"

All the people in Southampton cheered and boiled.

Amid the cheers, Pochettino slumped down on the bench.

"It's a failure!"