extraordinary coach

Chapter 418: Battle against Manchester City
It is undoubtedly a very gratifying thing to successfully advance to the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

The Southampton team is naturally very happy.

However, as soon as the day of the game was over, Sun Yi put the game behind him.And it also made the Southampton team into a more intense preparation.

Next, Southampton will usher in Manchester City, one of the most powerful opponents in the Premier League this season.

Against Manchester City, this time, Southampton has an unfavorable factor, that is, they are playing away this time.They need to go to the Etihad Stadium to challenge each other.

However, in the same round of the English League Cup, Manchester City injured the core general De Bruyne again, which is good news for the Southampton team.

Upon hearing that De Bruyne was injured again, Sun Yi was slightly relieved while regretting.

Without De Bruyne, this will undoubtedly greatly weaken Manchester City's organizational and offensive capabilities.

And as everyone's eyes turned to the upcoming game, many people's emotions began to become a little nervous.

Especially Southampton fans.

"Here we come, we come! The battle to decide who goes to the top of the list is coming."

"Although we beat them in the Social Shield before the season. But their recent performance is really eye-catching."

"And this time is their home court, I'm afraid this game will not be easy to play."

However, the Southampton team finally won the most recent match.Many fans are more confident.

"What are you afraid of? What about their home court? With the current strength of our team, we are completely able to win at their home court."

"It would be the happiest thing to win at their home ground."

"I believe that with Ronaldo, we will definitely be able to take away the victory at the Etihad Stadium!"

……

Southampton fans can have such confidence, it should be said that it is the confidence brought to them by the victories of the last three matches.If it was last season, they would not have dared to say that before the game.

And Manchester City is not the same now.Last season, they didn't pay much attention to Southampton at all.But now, they are paying the highest attention.

Their fans are no longer as confident and arrogant as they were when they played against other teams.On the contrary, it is rare to lower the tone of speech.

"This battle is related to the top position, I hope we can win."

"The Southampton team with Ronaldo this season is no worse than us in terms of strength. Although we have the home court advantage, we cannot take it lightly."

"However, as long as our team has proper tactics and the players are online, we should be able to win."

"Although De Bruyne was injured again in the last English League Cup. Fortunately, we now have Mahrez. We have not decreased much in terms of strength."

"Kick it well, I believe we will be able to fully avenge."

......

The change of the usual statement of the Blue Moon fans surprised many people.However, everyone turned around and thought, this is also normal.

After all, Manchester City lost the Social Shield game, and last season they lost consecutive Premier League and FA Cup champions.After being messed with, naturally he didn't dare to be arrogant.

Generally speaking, the remarks made by the fans of both sides seemed a little soft-spoken.This naturally failed to form a mutual confrontation on the Internet.There was no big news.

The media felt that this was too unpopular, and they had nothing to write about.

So, they quickly went to interview the head coaches of the two teams, hoping to stir up some pre-match fighting.

"Sun, what do you think of this game? Do you have the confidence to win?"

Faced with such questions from the media, Sun Yi gave a very positive answer.

"Of course. I have enough confidence to win this game."

"Our goal this season has always been clear, and that is to defend the Premier League title."

"And Manchester City is the threshold we have to get over."

"We now have the best players and team in the Premier League. Don't win Manchester City. Then there will be no defending champions."

Sun Yi's words are more than full of confidence.It's just a little arrogant.

He didn't say anything about Manchester City in the whole article, but his words revealed a strong confidence, even ignoring the opponent's arrogance.

And Sun Yi really has the confidence to say so now.

If De Bruyne is healthy and can play, he will definitely be more cautious.But this player who has repeatedly surprised him by accident cannot play, so he has nothing to worry about.

In Sun Yi's view, Mahrez is good, but he is still a bit short.

"This season, the strength of the Southampton team has obviously improved tremendously. Especially after having Ronaldo."

"Facing such an opponent, although we have a home game, it will definitely be a very difficult game."

"To me, Sun is also a very formidable opponent."

"However, I will try my best to lead Manchester City to victory."

This is what Guardiola said before the game.After these words came out, many people were very surprised.

His words really put his position very low.

Especially compared with Sun Yi's words, many people feel that these words are weak.

Who is Guardiola?He is a legendary coach who has led the 'Dream Team' and created the great achievement of 'Six Crowns'.

He actually said such a thing?

This is really surprising.

"Why does Guardiola feel a little unconfident?"

"Could he have been intimidated by the loss on the Society Shield?"

"It should be impossible. It's not that Guardiola has never lost a game. But have you ever seen him get scared?"

"No. So, this is probably Guardiola's trick of showing weakness. This is to let Sun relax his vigilance."

"If Sun really relaxes his vigilance, then he has fallen into Guardiola's trick. In this game, Southampton will have a high chance of losing the game."

"Yes, it should be. This is Guardiola's strategy."

"..."

Guardiola's words are really a bit lacklustre, which makes people have to doubt.But many people think this is his trick.

However, what these people don't know is that this is really not his strategy, he really lacks confidence.

De Bruyne's injury left his Manchester City team in a disabled state.And it is the state of less than [-]% of the battle.

Coupled with the fact that he has lost to Sun Yi for the third time, he now really feels that he is not sure about going to Southampton.

Guardiola really can't guarantee that he can beat Sun Yi this time.

While the fans were waiting nervously, the battle to determine the next top spot came.

It turned out to be such an important game, which naturally attracted great attention from the entire football world.

Previously, everyone knew that there was a national derby in La Liga.The match between Southampton and Manchester City is now known as the Premier League's national derby all over the world.

Therefore, the attention this game has received is amazing.

It is said that including Chinese fans, there are hundreds of millions of people sitting on the TV watching the game.

There is no doubt that the largest number of fans of the two teams is the Chinese fans of Southampton.It's a pity that most of these people couldn't come to the scene to cheer for Southampton.

This also made it impossible for Southampton fans to have an advantage in the live audience this time.

Although Southampton fans who want to watch the game can fill the entire stadium.

But this is the Etihad Stadium.This is the home ground of Manchester City.

Naturally, in terms of the number of fans, Manchester City has the home court advantage.

Therefore, Manchester City, relying on significantly more fans advantage, beat Southampton in the shout.

Although the number of Southampton fans is small, the tone of shouting at the scene is also very imposing.Safety is not lost at home and there are more Manchester City fans.

"Southampton, must win!!"

Sun Yi led the Southampton team into the Etihad Stadium under the shouts of the fans on both sides.

And Sun Yi finally met Guardiola again after two months.

"Welcome to the Etihad."

"Thank you."

The hands of the two were once again held together.

There is no redundant declaration of war, just such a simple politeness.

But Sun Yi saw seriousness and burning fighting spirit in Guardiola's eyes.

This made Sun Yi couldn't help but become more cautious.

The seriousness and fighting spirit in Guardiola's eyes represent a kind of recognition and attention to Sun Yi.

This shows that in the eyes of Guardiola, Sun Yi is no longer as simple as an opponent.Obviously, this is treated as a strong enemy.

Once, Guardiola was an idol that Sun Yi could hardly hold a candle to.But now he is so valued by him.

Sun Yi couldn't help feeling a sense of accomplishment in his heart, as well as a hint of pride.

Just ask, how many coaches in the entire football world can be regarded as a strong enemy by Guardiola?
However, Sun Yi's self-satisfaction is self-satisfaction, but he is not careless.Nor did he let his guard down.

After a series of pre-match ceremonies, the focus battle began.

After the start of the game, Manchester City, which had the kick-off right, did not attack aggressively immediately, but appeared very cautious.

Although in terms of formation, Manchester City is a 433 formation that tends to attack, but they played very patiently and were not eager to cross the half to find the offense.

It seems that Guardiola is very cautious in arranging troops today.

As for the Southampton team, they were equally cautious and patient.He didn't rush to grab, but stood patiently and organized the defense.

When they had the ball, they also did not aggressively attack, but advanced carefully, and then slowly organized the attack.

The situation of the two sides made the game on the field not like the outside world thought before the game, to attack the opponent frantically as soon as they came up.

This kind of scene is somewhat not exciting enough, nor exciting enough.

"This rhythm seems a bit slow!"

For such a game, commentators or commentators have a reasonable explanation.

"After the game started, the two sides played very cautiously! This should be a test. It seems that everyone attaches great importance to each other and dare not relax in the slightest."

"After all, this game is so important. No one dares to make mistakes easily."

"However, I believe this game will soon become exciting."

"Whether it's Southampton or Man City, they're going to give us a good game later on."

And this soon became a reality.

After playing for five or six minutes, after the initial trial, the two sides began to exert their strength.

As soon as the strength is exerted, the confrontation intensity of the game will rise in a straight line.At the same time, the rhythm of the game has also been raised.

"boom!"

As everyone started to exert their strength, Manchester City, which has home court advantage, took the lead in completing a threatening shot.Fortunately, he was caught by Southampton's goalkeeper Fosse.

"boom!"

In less than half a minute, Southampton responded with a shot.The same is not a small threat.

After the team hit a threatening shot, it was like opening the valve of the attack frenzy, and then the two sides clashed fiercely.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

Since then, the sound of shooting has continued to sound.

"Hey, this one was caught!"

"It's a pity, this ball has to be hit a little bit, maybe it will be scored."

"Hey! This ball is a bit unlucky."

"It's so dangerous! I was almost scored!"

"..."

With the rapid increase in the number of shots, the enthusiasm of fans on both sides has also been mobilized.

In addition to shouting and cheering desperately, everyone also hoped that their team could score goals.

"Hurry up and score! We have a lot of shots, and we should be scoring soon."

"Today is our home court, we must be the first to score the goal!"

"We have Ronaldo and we will be ahead."

"Just wait and see, our goal is coming!"

……

Watching the game on the field, Sun Yi was also quite nervous.

On the current field, the two sides are evenly matched.The number of shots and the number of shots on goal are almost the same between the two sides.

In such a situation, no one knows which side will score first.

Of course, Sun Yi also hopes that his side can take the lead in scoring goals.In either case, Southampton will have a greater hope of winning this game.

Afterwards, Sun Yi saw that Nanampo's team had organized a wave of offense with good momentum.

Cristiano Ronaldo got Kaka's pass at the front of the box for Manchester City.

Facing Stones and Laporte who will help defend at any time, Ronaldo still looks calm and confident.

He first made a fake move, pretending to go to the side, but suddenly an acceleration turned into an inside cut.

The current Ronaldo is no longer as fancy as he was when he was young.But pay attention to simplicity and efficiency.Although he is 33 years old.But he attacked with all his strength, still very fast.

Stones failed to follow Ronaldo's first shot, and Laporte behind him failed to block the kicking space, allowing Ronaldo to complete the goal.

"boom!"

A powerful long-range shot hit the far corner of the goal.

Seeing such a shot, Sun Yi immediately clenched his fists excitedly.

The goal is coming!
However, a figure flying across suddenly blocked the ball out of the goal.

"I'll go!!" Sun Yi, who was about to stand up and celebrate, forcibly turned the cheers on his lips into regret.

Such a high-quality shot didn't even score!

Sun Yi was really depressed.At the same time, he was also very emotional.

Looking at Edson who was getting up and celebrating the successful save with his teammates, he couldn't help but look up and sigh.

"Nimma, it's different to have a good goalkeeper!"

(End of this chapter)