extraordinary coach

Chapter 395 The First Championship of the New Season

"Southampton, must win!"

"Manchester City must win!"

Before the game started, fans from both sides competed in the stands.

"Manchester City are just our underdogs. Southampton kill them!"

"Southampton is our worst enemy. Get rid of them and we will have revenge!!"

It is a pity that this time it was held at the neutral stadium, the Etihad Stadium. The Southampton team failed to turn this game into Southampton's home court by virtue of its own advantage of having a large number of fans.

Since the number of fans on both sides is about the same, the two sides also fought evenly in the slogan showdown before the game.

Later, both teams lined up to enter the stadium.

Meeting the strongest enemy Manchester City and their head coach Pep Guardiola again, Sun Yi was also very emotional.Of course, I also look forward to it.

"Congratulations, Sun. World Cup champion!" As soon as he saw him, Guardiola congratulated Sun Yi.

From Guardiola's expression, Sun Yi also saw envy.

It seems that Guardiola is really envious of Sun Yi's achievements this time.

It is true, although Guardiola once led the Barcelona team to create five crowns, he did not make any achievements in the World Cup.

Well, in fact, Guardiola has not coached any national team so far.

It's not that no national team came to him to coach before, but he refused.

But this time, I saw that Sun Yi actually won the World Cup championship that most footballers can't win in their lifetime.He's getting excited.

It is said that many traditional powers are contacting him recently.

"Thank you!"

Sun Yi was a little proud.This World Cup championship is really his proud work.It has been sealed as a legend by the outside world.

After the two shook hands, they parted.

As soon as he returned to the technical area of ​​​​the Manchester City team, the ease on Guardiola's face disappeared.Instead, a kind of prudence and awe.

This is completely different from the previous few times when the two met.

In the previous encounters, Guardiola has always seemed very relaxed.In the game, he has always seemed extremely confident.

But today, after he met Sun Yi, he couldn't relax anymore.Today's Sun Yi can already bring him a lot of pressure.

He used to say that Sun Yi was his opponent.

However, in Guardiola's heart now, Sun Yi is not just an opponent, but a very powerful opponent who needs to be paid great attention to be able to defeat.

Sun Yi accidentally saw Guardiola's expression, and recalled the previous few situations, he couldn't help feeling very emotional and proud at the same time.

Times have changed, and he, Sun Yi, has reached a height where he can compete with Guardiola or even surpass him.

He won the World Cup title that Guardiola doesn't know when he will get it.Moreover, he is also launching an impact on Guardiola's legendary achievement of five crowns.

Of course, the premise of all this is that he can lead the Southampton team to win today's game.

Soon, the two sides put up a posture and were ready to go.

Manchester City still use their usual 433 formation.

Sane, Aguero and Mahrez form a triple A+ trident.

Gundogan, Fernandinho, and B. Silva form the three midfielders.

Walker, Stones, Laporte, and Mendy form the four midfielders.

Goalkeeper Bravo.

After this lineup came out, Sun Yi was a little surprised.He didn't even see De Bruyne.Previously, although he heard that De Bruyne had a knee injury, Sun Yi always thought it was a smoke bomb, but he didn't expect it to be true.

I have to say that De Bruyne and Manchester City in the new season are a bit unfortunate.However, Sun Yi suddenly felt a little less stressed.

Now Manchester City's starting lineup, although there is an extra Mahrez, but the overall strength is not as good as in the last two games of last season.

As for the Southampton team, Sun Yi sent all the main players.

Except for the change of the left forward from Golovin to the stronger Ronaldo, and the replacement of the midfielder position to the equally stronger Paulinho, Southampton's starting lineup is not too different from last season. much difference.

And because of Ronaldo and Paulinho, the strength of the Southampton team is obviously much stronger.

On the one hand, it is because the core players are injured and their strength has declined.

On the one hand, more core players have been added, and their strength has greatly increased.

Between this increase and decrease, there is a clear ebb and flow.

Seeing this, Sun Yi also understood why Guardiola, who was so confident in the past, looked so stressed.

In addition to Guardiola's pressure, Manchester City fans are also very nervous.

Don't look at them shouting revenge, but in fact they just want to lose without losing.They hope to use their shouts to bring luck and confidence to the Manchester City team.

However, things like luck are often hard to say.

As for confidence, you have to kick it to know it.

Soon, the game officially began.

The game has not yet started, and luck is not yet visible.However, the confidence of the Manchester City team fell sharply very quickly.

After the game started, although the Manchester City team held their breath to compete with the Southampton team.But they soon discovered that they really couldn't beat Southampton now.

The current Southampton team is obviously stronger than last season.

Paulinho made Southampton's waist stronger and their forward support stronger.

And the key is Ronaldo's appearance.His threat is simply too great.

Before the game, Guardiola made key arrangements for Ronaldo.It's just that it is still difficult to limit Ronaldo's performance.

And Southampton is not Real Madrid, they have more points of attack.And their offensive direction shifts faster.

Once Ronaldo's side was restricted, Southampton immediately turned.After the turn, Southampton's offensive power is also very strong.The other direction in which City had to weaken their defense in order to deal with Ronaldo was an immediate opening for Southampton to exploit.

It can be said that Southampton's offense has put tremendous pressure on Manchester City's defense.And there are frequent threats.

It was difficult to resist Southampton's offense, which was expected by everyone before the game.So, it's okay.

But what hit Manchester City the hardest was their highly anticipated striker, which did not create a satisfactory threat.

Especially Mahrez, who they regard as a great means to deal with Southampton, his state is not very good, and he has not been able to play the role that the Manchester City people expected.

Under such circumstances, the ending is self-evident.

First, in the first half, Ronaldo received a cross from Pulisic and scored with a header in front of the goal.

Then came the second half, when Balotelli received a through ball from Kaka and scored a shot from the front of the penalty area.

Both sides made large-scale substitutions later, but Manchester City failed to regain their strength.

In the end, Southampton beat Manchester City [-]-[-] to lift the Community Shield.

The Southampton team also won the first championship of the new season.

(End of this chapter)