Extraordinary coach

"Oh!! Mbappe!!!!!!!"

As Mbappe slid on his knees, the entire Camp Nou was boiling.

The cheers of the Barcelona fans flooded the entire stadium like a tsunami.

"1:0, we are leading!"

"Did you see that? This is our Barcelona team. This is our real strength!"

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Sun Yi shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly as he fell behind at this time.

Southampton's performance had just improved, and they were scored. This would be a big blow to the team.

"This is a big trouble." Dio said worriedly.

"It's okay. It's just one goal behind, it won't kill anyone." Sun Yi comforted.

Now the entire Southampton team is frustrated. As a coach, you can't show no confidence. You have to pretend to be calm.

Then, Sun Yi walked to the sidelines and shouted to the players with a calm face.

"It's okay. Relax."

"Don't be anxious because you are behind. Be calm. Let's play steadily after the kick-off. Don't follow their rhythm."

Sun Yi's comforting effect was quite effective.

Seeing Sun Yi's calm face, the players also felt relieved.

Seeing Sun Yi's face reminded them of countless games in the past.

Thinking of those countless victories, they felt their confidence coming back.

Later, Mbappe's celebration ended and the game resumed.

After the restart, Barcelona was obviously stimulated by the goal, and the whole team became more motivated. The momentum was also stronger.

In front of the Barcelona team, which was full of momentum, Southampton's attack after the restart did not have any effect.

The next Barcelona team's attack was also amazing, creating a huge threat again.

"Bang!"

Looking at Mbappe's shot that hit the post, Sun Yi couldn't sit still.

He knew that he couldn't continue like this. Otherwise, Barcelona would have played the game in the first half.

And if they continue to play like this, Southampton will never get excited. They will definitely concede another goal before the whole team can really let go.

So, Sun Yi made a decision.

"All back, only Balotelli is left to cross the half court."

"From now on, change to the number one tactic!"

Southampton's number one tactic is defensive counterattack.

In the current situation, defensive counterattack is just a nice way of saying it. Sun Yi's real meaning is actually no different from parking a bus.

Sun Yi wants to get through it. Get through this extremely unfavorable first half.

He needs a halftime break to adjust the entire team.

In this game, Southampton can only look forward to the second half.

"Southampton shrank. They shrank!"

"Haha, in front of our attack, Southampton is nothing."

"Keep attacking, score a few more goals! It's best to make the game lose suspense in the first half!"

Seeing Sun Yi signaling Southampton to shrink and strengthen defense, Barcelona fans suddenly became happier.

Those who support Southampton were very depressed when they saw this scene.

"What's going on? Why did Southampton play like this today?"

"Is Southampton's previous strength just an illusion?"

"Look at Southampton's performance from the beginning to the end. It is not at the same level as Barcelona."

"Southampton is really disappointing today."

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Sun Yi knew that changing the original tactics to defensive counterattacks in front of Barcelona was no different from admitting that he was not as good as others. This would definitely disappoint supporters.

But in Sun Yi's view, disappointing the fans is worse than letting Southampton lose hope completely.

And Sun Yi's tactical adjustment also quickly took effect.

At his request, Southampton defended wholeheartedly.

After Cristiano Ronaldo and other frontcourt players basically put most of their energy into participating in defense, Southampton's defense was greatly strengthened.

In addition, due to the contraction of the whole team, their defensive strength in the backcourt was more sufficient, and the personnel positions were more dense.

The effect achieved in this way is that the Southampton penalty area is crowded and the space in the backcourt has become much smaller.

On the football field, whether it is passing or breaking through, space is needed.

With this small space, Barcelona's tactical coordination is not as smooth and comfortable as before.

More importantly, the performance of Barcelona's front trident is greatly restricted.

Especially Mbappe, who mainly relies on his speed advantage. Without space, no matter how fast he is, he can't play out.

In this way, Barcelona's offensive threat is greatly restricted.

In addition, Southampton can use two players, or even more people to defend a goal.

This makes up for their defensive ability that cannot be fully exerted due to psychological pressure.

In this case, although Barcelona has completely mastered the situation on the field, their offensive threat is not as good as before.

Barcelona constantly attacks Southampton's defense, but in the face of dense defense, they have few ways.

This makes Barcelona have an absolute advantage in the number of attacks for a long time, but there are fewer threatening shooting opportunities.

As the game progressed, Southampton, who really felt the reduced defensive pressure, began to become more and more stable.

They felt more and more adapted to the game. They felt more relaxed than before.

This psychological change made their hands and feet no longer as stiff as before.

Once the movements were relaxed, Southampton's performance also improved.

Seeing this situation, Barcelona fans were unhappy. They began to boo Southampton.

Especially when Southampton was not eager to attack after getting the ball, and could only choose to pass the ball over the top.

"Come out! Southampton."

"Are you turtles? You just hide in the penalty area."

"Didn't you say you wanted to be the greatest team? It's not great to be shrinking like this."

"You've won seven championships, but you still don't dare to come out and attack us. This is very embarrassing, you know?"

"China Sun, you are a shitty tactical master, you are just a bus driver!"

"Southampton, you are a bus driver team!"

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The fans of the Barcelona team kept verbally humiliating the Southampton team.

But Sun Yi didn't care at all. Even if he heard the ridicule, he was unmoved.

In the case of Sun Yi's indifference, the Southampton team could only stick to his tactical requirements.

And this situation also made it impossible for the Barcelona team, which tried to score more goals, to realize their ideas.

Until the end of the first half, under the tenacious defense of the Southampton team, the Barcelona team failed to score again.

In the end, the two sides could only enter the locker room with a score of 1:0.

After returning to the locker room, Sun Yi found that the team's morale was a bit low.

Yes, falling behind and relying on stubborn defense to avoid being dragged down by the score is a shame for the proud Southampton team.

Sun Yi certainly didn't want this. Who would want a coach of the "seven-time champion" to be ridiculed as a "bus driver"?

But there was no way. The overall state of the Southampton team today was really too bad.

Although Southampton was getting more and more into the game state in the late stage of the first half.

But the competitive state of most players was far worse than that of the previous game, and even worse than that of the Barcelona players.

Obviously, the negative BUFF of the devil's away game is still affecting the entire Southampton team.

"Cheer up."

"Everyone relax. As long as we play at our true level, we will never be in the same situation as in the first half."

"We have the strength to beat them. Even here in Canopy, we can beat them."

"What if they have 70,000 or 80,000 fans? We have more. Remember, at this moment, there are hundreds of millions of fans watching you and cheering you on. Although you can't see them on the scene. But they do exist."

"In order not to disappoint the fans, cheer up in the second half!"

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Sun Yi tried to motivate the players with words, but after he encouraged them, he felt that the effect was not very good.

Seeing the team's low morale, Sun Yi could only sigh secretly.

Verbal motivation is not always useful.

Alas~ There is no way, it seems that I can only use the golden finger.

In fact, Sun Yi has a lot of golden fingers. But he is also a proud person.

After winning the "Seven Crowns" at the current strength of Southampton, Sun Yi is really not willing to use the golden finger.

Now it seems that there is no way out.

Sun Yi is going to use the "Wheel of Fortune". He hasn't used this cheat for a long time since he tricked Ronaldo last time.

Now, he can only hope that he won't be tricked again.

"Wheel of Fortune, turn!"

Sun Yi muttered in his heart.

Soon, the result came out.

If you don't go, you won't be tricked.

But the player who turned to it was not the offensive player that Sun Yi wanted, but the defensive core Van Dijk.

The effect is: Next, Van Dijk will become hot in the game.

A defensive player in hot form will bring limited benefits. In the second half, Southampton needs offense.

However, it is better to have it than not.

Van Dijk's state is better, at least Southampton's defense will become more secure. In that way, Southampton can also devote more energy to offense.

Well, this is also acceptable.

The defense is guaranteed, and what Sun Yi has to do next is to stimulate Southampton's offensive firepower.

When Sun Yi activated the "Wheel of Destiny" in his mind, he closed his eyes and remained silent. This made the momentum in the locker room a little frozen.

The players didn't know what he was thinking, and they felt a little uneasy.

Then, the players found that when Sun Yi opened his eyes again, there seemed to be a fire burning in his eyes. And the whole person looked more confident than before.

That state was exactly the same as when Southampton had an absolute advantage in the first half.

This feeling, for some reason, the players felt that their hearts were also getting hot after seeing it.

After Sun Yi glanced at the players, he said with a firm face: "In the second half, let's start attacking. Attack with all our strength."

"Kaka, go warm up now, and you will be on the court later."

Kaka's condition is obviously better than the too young Felix. He seems to be unaffected by the away atmosphere after a long battle.

"Okay. Boss, I will take care of the team's offensive organization." Kaka solemnly agreed and went to warm up.

"Van Dijk." Sun Yi then turned his attention to Van Dijk.

"Boss."

"In the second half, the team's defense is handed over to you. When the team attacks, the defense depends on you and other defenders."

"Don't worry, boss. Just leave it to me." Van Dijk patted his chest and promised.

After making the promise, Van Dijk still felt a little strange.

In fact, he was under great pressure in the defense in the first half. Although he has S-level strength, he also had a hard time defending against the successive attacks of Mbappe and Messi, who are also S-level.

To say that he was confident, he really didn't dare to guarantee it before.

But at this moment, he felt that he seemed to be very confident suddenly. He also felt that his whole body was full of strength.

Strange, why do I feel that my condition has suddenly become very good?

"I believe you will do it." Sun Yi said with confidence.

Not long after, the halftime break was over.

Both sides returned to the field.

On the Southampton side, Kaka replaced Felix. Barcelona did not make any substitutions.

At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona thought Southampton would still park the bus, so they booed.

When they found that Southampton did not, but attacked in a big way, they were immediately happy.

"Great, Southampton finally stopped shrinking."

"Our chance is here, keep scoring! Score more!"

Barcelona was looking forward to it, thinking they had another chance.

But soon they found that Southampton, who had invested a lot of energy in the offense, was no worse in defense than when the whole team retreated in the first half.

Driven by Van Dijk's horizontal tackle, Southampton defended the line very firmly.

The strong performance of the back line also boosted the morale of the entire Southampton team, allowing them to attack with more confidence.

Under the command of Kaka, the old man, Southampton's offense began to play out. It began to create a real threat.

This also restrained Barcelona, ​​so that they dared not attack recklessly.

But Barcelona's state today is really good. They also did a very good job in defense.

Although Southampton created some opportunities, they were unable to score.

In any case, Southampton's offense has improved, and the scene has become more interactive.

But it was deadlocked.

As the game progressed, the deadlocked book was not very beneficial to Southampton. After all, they were behind.

But after 70 minutes, the offensive of both sides slowed down significantly.

After 80 minutes of the game, the offensive of both sides was even worse than before. And it gave people the feeling that both sides could not attack. It is very likely that the game will end with the current situation.

Barcelona could barely accept this situation.

"Alas, it's a pity that Van Dijk was drawn. If it was Ronaldo or Kaka, they would have had a chance to score."

Sun Yi was helpless. If the game ended in this situation, Southampton would have to go back to prepare for the second round with a disadvantage.

However, to Sun Yi's surprise, Southampton got a corner kick opportunity near the end.

Van Dijk overpowered Pique in this corner kick and smashed Barcelona's door with a header.

1:1.

Southampton equalized the score with Van Dijk's header.

A few minutes later, Southampton also escaped a loss.

This made Sun Yi particularly happy after he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Van Dijk, you are indeed the world's number one central defender! Haha."