extraordinary coach

Chapter 406
Salah's goal not only turned the score into one to one, but also prevented Southampton from returning to the locker room with an advantage.

After returning to the locker room, Sun Yi didn't say much.

The overall performance of the Southampton team in the first half was very good.All lines are well done.The only problem is the goalkeeper.

This conceded goal was caused by goalkeeper Foster's release.But Sun Yi couldn't blame him.Because this is limited by his strength.

Foster did not make a mistake, but his strength is not enough.

Sun Yi understood before that Foster would become a weakness when confronted with a strong opponent.Now it is true.

And Sun Yi has no way to let Foster raise his strength to above A+ level now.

Therefore, what he can do is to find a way for Southampton to suppress Liverpool in the situation.

As long as the situation is under control, the goalkeeper's weaknesses will not be exposed.

To do this, Sun Yi can only focus on the front line.

Liverpool's front trident consisting of Salah, Mane and Firmino, two A+ and one S-, Southampton's defense is very strong, but they can't block them offensive firepower.

Therefore, what Sun Yi has to do is to fully display the offensive firepower of the striker, so that the opponent can only focus on defense.

In this way, Southampton can really grasp the victory.

In addition to this, Sun Yi also worked hard on defense.

"Focus on Shaqiri. The players on both sides are very capable of attacking, but just freezing Shaqiri can disrupt their organization and reduce their offensive efficiency."

Sun Yi never thought of freezing Salah.An S-tier player, in good form, is hard to freeze.Unless a large number of troops are used.But that's not worth the effort.

So Sun Yi put his goal on Shaqiri.And he gave Romeu the task of freezing Shaqiri.

Paulinho can contribute offensively, and Sun Yi is unwilling to limit him to defense.

After completing these arrangements, Sun Yi asked the players to return to the court, ready to start the second half of the game.

After returning to the field, the Southampton team made substitutions.Sun Yi replaced Rebic with Balotelli.

That's how he's going to play up front.

Balotelli and Rebic have different characteristics and styles.

Rebic can play a team role, and Balotelli can bring the final effect on the arrow.

Now in this game, a center forward can also bring a strong threat.

The game starts soon.

After Sun Yi made adjustments, the Southampton team really improved quickly.

The right to attack first in the second half was Liverpool's.

In the face of Liverpool's attack, Southampton's defense was obviously better than in the first half.

In particular, Sun Yi let Romeu's personal marking of Shaqiri, which was very effective.

In fact, it is really not easy to defend the flexible and fast Shaqiri.But Romeu only needs to be responsible for defending Shaqiri alone, which allows him to deal with Shaqiri wholeheartedly.

Under Romeu's villainous defense, Shaqiri's organizational ability was greatly restricted.

However, Shaqiri's performance was restricted, which disrupted Liverpool's organizational rhythm.The offensive efficiency also dropped a lot for a while.

In the end, Liverpool's first attack in the second half was successfully defended by Southampton.

This made Sun Yi clenched his fist excitedly.

The defensive adjustments have worked, and the next step is to look at the offense.

Later, Southampton launched an attack.

As for the Liverpool team, it was also the first time to retreat.

This made it impossible for the Southampton team to launch a surprise attack, and could only fight a positional battle with Liverpool.

In positional warfare, with Ronaldo and Balotelli present, Sun Yi is certainly not afraid.

Soon, the Southampton team advanced into the 35-meter zone of the Liverpool team.

And then they encountered a lot of resistance.Every Southampton attacking player was defended very strongly.

It seems that during the halftime break, Klopp should also have adjusted Liverpool's defense!
This far exceeded the defensive strength of the first half, which made Southampton a little uncomfortable.However, it is still impossible to completely prevent Southampton from attacking.

With Ronaldo attracting defensive attention, the rest of the Southampton team have more opportunities.

Relying on Prouse's high-quality cross, Balotelli got the chance to head the goal.It's a pity that he failed to hit the right position under the strong attack of the two central defenders.

"Okay! This offense was well played!"

Sun Yi applauded the attack.

Although this attack failed to score a goal, it even failed to hit the goal.But in Sun Yi's view, this was a real threat.

This ball, if Balotelli can head straight, there is still a high chance of scoring.

And with a few more attacks like this, who can guarantee that Balotelli will be wrong again and again?
You know, Balotelli has a header skill of "Hammer Slams the Door".Come a few more times, Sun Yi dares to say that there will be goals.

"This defense is a bit dangerous!"

Klopp frowned.In this attack, he also saw the problem, and even saw the crisis in Liverpool's defense.

Balotelli's personal finishing ability is too threatening, especially his header.

It's a pity that Klopp has no players who can suppress Balotelli.If Van Dijk was bought by him last year, it would be fine.

There is no defender who can restrain Balotelli, and Klopp has other solutions.

His way of thinking is the same as Sun Yi's, aiming the main goal of defense at the opponent's playmaker.

Klopp next sent in the Brazilian midfielder Fabinho who had just bought in the new season.

Although this Fabinho has not been selected for the Brazilian team before, his strength is also very strong.Achieved A+ grade.

Strength is one aspect, and it is Fabinho's dedication in the game that makes Sun Yi frown.

He was like a mad dog, desperately biting Kaka as soon as he came on the court.

Fabinho kept pestering Kaka, sticking like a dog's skin plaster.Regardless of Kaka with the ball or without the ball, he will follow Kaka closely.At the same time, he used his stronger body to consume Kaka from time to time.

Kaka itself consumed a lot of energy in the last Champions League match against Porto.Now he has played for more than half a game, and he was quickly exhausted by Fabinho's mad dog defense.

Kaka could use running to get rid of Fabinho's entanglement, but doing so caused his originally low physical fitness to decline rapidly.

As a result, Kaka was also restricted.His role has also been weakened a lot like Shaqiri.

As a result, Southampton's offensive firepower has also been weakened.Moreover, their tactics of bypassing the defense zone on a large scale have also been greatly reduced.

"Amazing! This substitution is vicious!"

Sun Yi couldn't help giving Klopp a thumbs up for this substitution adjustment.This shot hit Southampton's seven inches.

If it was the last match, Sun Yi wouldn't care.But now he had to prepare to replace Kaka.

Kaka is now Sun Yi's main organization core.But Kaka is not the only one who can organize in the Southampton team.Golovin was also organized.

Seeing that Kaka's physical fitness could not support him to deal with Fabinho, Sun Yi replaced him with Golovin later.

With Golovin on, it will be difficult for Liverpool to achieve the same defensive effect.

Golovin, who just played, is full of energy and fast.Fabinho cannot restrict him like Kaka.

This has brought Southampton's attacking organization to life again.

"This can be replaced."

Seeing this, Klopp also secretly gave a thumbs up.Sun Yi's substitution successfully offset his substitution adjustment.

Although Golovin and Kaka have different styles.Golovin's through ball ability is not as good as Kaka, but his ability to distribute the ball and cross is very threatening.

Faced with such a change, Klopp had to frown and began to lose himself in thought.

And soon, Klopp raised his brows, his face showing joy.

He got the inspiration from Sun Yi's substitution, and then turned his head and shouted to the bench: "Keita, get ready."

Keita is a very comprehensive player.Not only can he contribute defensively, but he also has a deadly through ball.And he is also a player with A+ level strength.

Klopp is going to use him to replace the restricted Shaqiri.

Taking advantage of the next dead ball, Klopp replaced Shaqiri with Keita.

This adjustment quickly restored the organization of Liverpool's frontcourt.

After the A+ level strength Keita came on the field, it was difficult for Romeu, who only had the A level strength, to achieve the effect of Shaqiri on him.Moreover, Keita, who had just played, was physically fit, which made Romeu's defense even harder.

The defensive target changed, and Romeu looked at Sun Yi on the sidelines questioningly.

As soon as he saw his eyes, Sun Yi immediately understood and shouted to him: "No need to change. Continue."

Like Klopp's play against Prouss, there is no more good way for Sun Yi to play against Keita.

Romeu followed Sun Yi's wishes and continued to adopt a frozen defense against Keita.

It's just for a short time, but it can't be frozen.

Liverpool's offense is obviously getting better, and their threat to Southampton is rising.

The two substitutions of Sun Yi and Klopp each achieved the desired effect.At the same time, the situation allows the two teams to continue to maintain an evenly matched situation.

It can be said that the two had a tie in the substitutions during this period.

This situation not only made the game more intense, but also made the game more tragic.

The on-site commentary couldn't help being amazed.

"Oh! The two sides played too fiercely in this game."

"As both sides changed players, the game became more intense. The number of shots also increased significantly."

"Next, who can break the deadlock first?"

As the game progressed, the fans of both sides couldn't help holding their breath apart from cheering harder.

Looking at the two sides on the field hitting each other's goals back and forth, everyone felt that goals were likely to appear again.

It's just that no one dares to say which team will score next.

Because judging from the situation on the spot, neither side could completely prevent the other side's attack.Attacks from both sides can create shooting opportunities.They can also create threats from time to time.

"It's really nerve-wracking! Who can break through the goal and score a goal?"

And after 10 minutes of fierce competition in the second half, when everyone was anxious, the deadlock on the field was finally broken again.

It was Southampton who broke the deadlock this time.But the one who scored the goal is no longer Ronaldo.It was Balotelli who was sent by Sun Yi in the second half.

With the help of Prowse's high-quality cross, Liverpool finally couldn't stop Balotte from scoring their goal with a header this time.

Two to one.

Southampton took the lead again.

"Haha. We are leading again!" The Southampton fans finally cheered again after halftime.

"This time, we must keep the score."

"We're leaving here with three points!"

"Come on, Southampton."

Leading the situation again let the morale of the Southampton team.

Sun Yi was also very happy and excited.It's just that he quickly fell into a tangle.

Because Dior made him an offer.

"Sun, this game is too difficult to play. We finally took the lead again. I think we can consider switching from defense to offense. Ensure the victory."

Dior's proposal may well be a good idea.The current game has passed 75 minutes, as long as they can hold the next ten minutes, Southampton can take away the victory.

After thinking for a while, Sun Yi nodded in agreement.At the same time, he also asked Arnold to warm up and prepare his upper body.

Today's left-back Bertrand is already a little bit overwhelmed by the brave Salah.

On the Liverpool side, Klopp reacted very quickly.As soon as he fell behind, he immediately asked Liverpool to change their formation.At the same time, let Liverpool's formation press up.

Liverpool's formation is pressing up, and naturally the backcourt will give Southampton more opportunities

After the re-kick-off, Liverpool's aggressive attack, although threatening, failed to score.

Turning around, the Southampton team also seized the opportunity and played a wave of extremely threatening attacks.

It's a pity that Ronaldo's extremely high-quality shot was saved by Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson.

"Hey, Alisson's performance today is really great. Otherwise, Ronaldo scored the goal. As long as the goal is scored, the game will end early."

"Pity!"

Ronaldo's determined shot was blocked, which made the Southampton team feel very sorry.

The game continues.Liverpool continued their onslaught.

A few minutes later, Arnold was almost ready for warm-up, and Sun Yi immediately called him over to give instructions.

However, when Sun Yi spoke to Arnold, the situation on the court changed suddenly.

In a not particularly threatening attack, Liverpool scored a goal.

It was Mane who scored.Originally, his shot was not particularly tricky, but goalkeeper Foster failed to block it.

The score became two to two.

"I go!"

Sun Yi, who was halfway through his speech, was so depressed that he died.

This conceded goal completely disrupted his original calculation.

The lead becomes a tie.It doesn't make sense to shrink the defense any more.

"Go up. Don't shrink, continue with the previous tactics!" Sun Yi waved Arnold to play.

Looking back, he sat back on the bench helplessly.

"Hey!" Dio also let out a long sigh. "Next, we can only see if we can score goals."

"Hard to say!"

Sun Yi felt that the chances of winning this game were getting smaller and smaller.

And the next game proved that he was right.

After being tied again, Southampton, led by Ronaldo, continued to attack Liverpool frantically.

It's a pity that Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson performed really well today.In the following game time, he saved the shots of Ronaldo and others many times.

It was under Alisson's superb performance that the Southampton team had more shooting opportunities and a higher shooting percentage, but they failed to score again until the end of the game.

In the end, the game was tied at two to two.

The two sides ended in a draw.

(End of this chapter)