extraordinary coach

Chapter 101
"Hey! Why do I feel that Dong's defensive ability seems to have improved!"

When Dong Fangzhuo, who got the shin pads, joined the team's training later, Dior was immediately surprised.

"Yes. It's improved." Sun Yi nodded with a smile.Judging from the training situation, "B-Level Defense" has greatly improved Dong Fangzhuo's defensive ability.

Although he is not good in terms of defensive position and defensive awareness, Dong Fangzhuo's defensive skills are much more formal than before.This makes Dong Fangzhuo more effective when training and participating in defense.

"It's just that this progress is too great, right? If I didn't know his situation, I would have thought that he was actually a defender." The more Dior looked at it, the more he felt a little unbelievable.

"Sun, you know him best. Did he turn from a defender to a forward?"

"I've never heard of such a thing." Sun Yi shook his head.He was sure that Dong Fangzhuo was not a defender turned forward.Dong Fangzhuo was a serious striker from the beginning.

"That's strange! How is that possible?" Dio really couldn't figure out why this happened.

"This is the result of Dong's hard work. After all, his physical fitness is very good. As long as he works hard, he can always do better and better." Sun Yi found a reason to forcefully explain. "Also, his defense has improved, isn't that even better?"

"You are right. This is indeed a good thing. As for his rapid progress, maybe it is because he is more suitable for defense?" Dior said thoughtfully.Then he suggested: "Why don't you try to make him play as a defender instead?"

"Let's talk about this in the future. Our team needs more people on the front line now." Sun Yi waved his hand.

When it comes to the need for strikers, Dior pondered for a moment and then said: "Sun, Balotelli, why don't you forget it?"

"No. This time we must teach him a lesson. Even if we lose the next game, I will never let him play!" Sun Yi said firmly.

"Alright then." Seeing Sun Yi like this, Dior knew that Balotelli's suspension was over.

A few days later, Sun Yi led the Nice team to face another Ligue [-] opponent Nantes at home.

The Nantes team is not the top team in the Ligue [-], but it is also very good.They have performed well this season and are currently ranked eighth in Ligue [-].Belongs to the upper-middle area.

Naturally, such an opponent cannot be underestimated.

But on the day of the match, Sun Yi discovered that the strength of the Nantes team was stronger than he had imagined.

In the case that he did not put Balotelli in the squad for the game, the Nice team has no advantage at all except for the advantage of the home court.

This has to be said to be quite beyond Sun Yi's expectations.However, he has no regrets about suspending Balotelli.

However, there is another situation that Sun Yi did not expect.That is, the starting players of the Nice team are generally in poor condition.

Only then did Sun Yi realize that the Nice team had entered a trough after a long breakout.

This question is really tricky.But it is unavoidable.After discovering this situation, he can only set a lower goal for the game.

It is this situation of poor state of many people. After the start of the game, the Nice team did not play with the strong momentum of the past.

After the Nantes team went through the initial cautiousness, they found that the Nice team was not as fierce as they thought before the game, and suddenly felt that their morale was greatly improved.They also played more fiercely, and even had the momentum to turn against the guest.

"Our players seem to be a bit slow today!" Dior said after seeing the situation on the court.

"I know. The team should have entered a low period." Sun Yi nodded.

"Our offense wasn't very good either. I'm afraid it won't be easy to win this game." Dior began to look worried.

"It's okay if we can't win. In the next game, I think, we have to put keeping the players in the first place." Sun Yi thought for a while and said.

"Salah, Cyprian and others can arrange the next round of rest." Dior suggested.

"That's it." Sun Yi nodded.

"The important thing now is this game. What do you think?" Diaw then turned the topic to the current game.

"I don't have any ideas this time, just try to play as much as possible." Sun Yi's bottom line for this game is to keep the tie and win.If you can win, you win, if you can't win, a draw is also acceptable.

"I have a suggestion. Since many of our players are not in good shape, then we should play defensively and counterattack."

"Defensive counterattack?" Sun Yi looked at Dior with a half-smile. "I remember that you don't like to defend and counterattack very much!"

"As long as it's useful. You don't have to stick to one style." Dio first smiled sarcastically, and then said straightforwardly: "I learned this from you."

"Hehe!!" Sun Yi couldn't help laughing.This at least shows that Dior and these assistant coaches now agree with his coaching style.

"Then change it?"

"Change!" Sun Yi nodded.Dior's proposal is also a good idea.

He replaced Balotelli with Dong Fangzhuo today.Although Dong Fangzhuo has often performed surprisingly well recently, he is still far behind Balotte in terms of strength.

When Salah is in good condition, Nice's offense doesn't have to worry.But today Salah and others are not in a good state.Without the support of his teammates, it was impossible for Dong Fangzhuo to do it by himself.

The time since the start of the game has shown that.

Later, the Nice team changed their style of play.From the previous offensive football to defensive counterattack.

This change made Nice fans a little puzzled.

After all, fans prefer to play good-looking and imposing football. Tactics such as defensive counterattacks have never been very popular with fans.

Moreover, the Nice team has won too many games this season, which has whetted the appetite of the fans.This makes them more or less dissatisfied.

"What's going on? Why are you shrinking?"

"One less player in the last game dared to take the initiative to attack the opponent. It's good today, why didn't you suddenly stop attacking?"

"Change it back quickly! Go up and fight against them. That way you will have momentum, that way you will look good!"

However, the tactical adjustment of the Nice team made the opponent feel sorry.

"Hey, it's retracted. It's fine if they don't adjust." Nantes coach Conceicao said with some regret.

From the beginning of the game, Conceicao discovered that the overall state of the Nice team is not very good today.This made him who was worried about losing the game turn to see the hope of winning.

Especially when he saw that Balotelli was not in the Nice squad today, he was even more overjoyed.

And the game during this period also proved this point.Although the two teams were almost even in terms of possession and shooting, the threat posed by the Nantes team was significantly greater.

Such a situation, in Conceicao's view, is very beneficial to the Nantes team.

Unfortunately, this adjustment of the Nice team changed all this.

(End of this chapter)