extraordinary coach

Chapter 451

Foster's sudden injury made Sun Yi feel lucky that he had brought Casillas.

Otherwise, in the next two weeks of the game, Sun Yi will have to face the problem of a major hidden danger in the goalkeeper position.

Now Sun Yi at least doesn't have to worry so much.

However, having said that, the pressure on Sun Yi's heart is still much greater than before.

Although Casillas still has A-level strength, he has only been in the team for a few days, and there is no tacit understanding between him and his teammates.

In the game, the tacit understanding between the goalkeeper and the defenders is also a key to the quality of the defense.

This should be an addiction to Casillas.

However, another backup goalkeeper of the Southampton team, McCarthy, has only A-level strength.

Against ordinary opponents, he can indeed be used.That wouldn't be a big deal either.

But the problem is that the next game is very important, and the opponent is also very strong.

Next, the game that Southampton will play is actually the semi-final of the League Cup.The opponent is Tottenham, who still have the heart to compete for the championship.

Although the Tottenham team has been the defeat of the Southampton team since Sun Yi took over the Southampton team.But they are still very strong after all, and now this game will be held at Wembley Stadium, the home of Tottenham.

In addition, Balotelli, Pulisic and Golovin on the Southampton team's front line are useless.The current Southampton team is actually weaker than the last time they played against each other.

Adding these factors together, after careful consideration, Sun Yi still chose Casillas.After all, Casillas' experience and strength are there.Sun Yi believes that these factors should be able to make up for some tacit understanding problems.

Sun Yi understands the Southampton team's problems in this regard, and the outside world also knows it.

"Foster's injury is really not the time. With his injury, Sun will be in trouble next time."

"Facing Tottenham, who will Sun use? McCarthy or Casillas?"

"I think it should be McCarthy. After all, Casillas' time in the team is too short. The tacit understanding with the defenders is a huge problem."

"So, I believe Sun will definitely choose McCarthy as the goalkeeper."

On the day of the game, when Iker Casillas appeared as the starter, those people who had guessed before were dumbfounded.

"It turned out to be Iker Casillas starting. Sun is too blind to believe in Iker Casillas, right?"

"I dare say that Casillas will definitely be Sun's big failure in the formation today."

"If Southampton were going to lose the game, it would be with the goalkeeper."

"I believe Pochettino will definitely seize this weakness and attack."

"I'm afraid Pochettino can really achieve revenge today."

"..."

The outside world is really not very optimistic about Casillas's starting lineup.This is actually quite normal.

In the Porto team, Casillas was actually not the main force, he was just the second goalkeeper.Not much playing time.

Premier League fans haven't heard about it for a long time.If Sun Yi hadn't brought Casillas to Southampton, many Premier League fans would have thought he would have retired long ago.

The lack of a clear understanding of Casillas' current strength is the reason why everyone is not very optimistic about him.

Having said that, after Sun Yi really arranged for Casillas to play, he was also a little apprehensive.

Although he saw through the system that Casillas was in good condition, he still had some doubts in his heart.After all, the opponent is Tottenham!Not a lost team like Leicester City.

Soon, the game began.

Taking advantage of the advantage of the home court, the morale of the Tottenham team is still very high.Most of them also believe that this time facing Southampton, which is short of major generals, is a good opportunity for them to revenge.

And Pochettino obviously also saw the problem after Casillas came on the field.Therefore, the tactic he arranged was to specifically hit the joint between the goalkeeper and the defender.

This is a fuss about the tacit understanding between Casillas and the defender.

Seeing such a targeted arrangement by the Tottenham team, Sun Yi couldn't help being a little nervous and stressed.

Even Sun Yi is like this, and Southampton players naturally have concerns in this regard.

This made the Southampton team a bit reluctant to play at the beginning of the game, especially the players in the midfield and the backcourt have been unable to concentrate on supporting the offense in the frontcourt.

In this way, Tottenham have some advantages on the scene.

This can make Tottenham fans excited.

"Southampton has gotten a lot weaker! This is our chance."

And some people who really understand the ball have seen the real problem.

"This is the price of using Casillas. It makes it impossible for the Southampton team to attack with all their strength!"

"Perhaps Sun should have corrected that outright at halftime."

However, it didn't take long for everyone to realize that this question was overthinking.

At the beginning of the game, the Southampton team was indeed found by the Tottenham team because of the tacit understanding between Casillas and Van Dijk and other defenders.This creates a lot of threats.

However, as Casillas gradually adapted to the rhythm of the game, his performance began to get better and better.

And he also relied on his rich game experience to make up for the lack of understanding with his defender teammates.

Gradually, Van Dijk and others also had more trust in Casillas.

And when the game came to No. 30 two minutes, Casillas made a save that made people applaud.

At that time, Tottenham used Sun Xingmin's breakthrough to create an excellent shooting opportunity for Kane.

Kane also showed the quality of a first-class striker, hitting a high-quality shot from a very tricky angle.

At that time, many people thought that this shot was likely to be scored.However, in the end it was miraculously caught by Casillas.

Casillas' pounce not only destroyed Tottenham's excellent chance to take the lead, but also gave the entire Southampton team enough confidence in his strength.

The trust in Casillas allowed the Southampton team to completely let go after this.No need to worry about the instability of the defense anymore.

This made the Southampton team begin to explode with strong combat effectiveness.

It's a pity that today's Tottenham team took advantage of the advantage of the home court and high morale, coupled with the tactical arrangements made by Pochettino for a long time, they stunned the Southampton team with full firepower output.

In the end, in this game, both hands shook hands in a rare way.

It's a pity that we couldn't beat Tottenham.

It's not all bad news for Southampton, though.The semi-finals are played in two rounds, home and away.Instead, they took advantage of this round.

And Casillas' brilliant performance is very good news.Southampton no longer have to worry about goalkeeper problems after Foster's injury.

After the game, Sun Yi couldn't help but also praised Casillas. "Your performance is better than I imagined. It is a very correct choice to buy you."

(End of this chapter)