extraordinary coach

Chapter 421 Destroyed in one fell swoop

Seeing Adriano turn around and go out, Balotelli, who understood what was going on, looked a little unhappy.

Seeing Balotelli like this, Sun Yi said directly: "I can't give you too much time to find your feelings in this game!"

This is the truth, and it is true for any team.No head coach will allow a striker who has been unable to shoot the sense to stay on the field.Unless there are no forwards available.

Balotelli himself understood this, so he just hung his head and said nothing.

"In the second half, I don't think I need to say more, we need to score..."

In terms of offensive tactics, Sun Yi didn't say much.Because of the current offensive tactics, the Southampton team still has many opportunities, but they are a little bit lucky.

And Sun Yi is most concerned about the defense.In the defensive counterattack, the threat of Manchester City is still very huge.

If you fail to defend well and concede another goal, Southampton's game will be hopeless.

After briefly talking about the defensive requirements, the rest time was over, and Sun Yi asked the Southampton team to leave the locker room.

With a goal lead, the Manchester City players who returned to the field looked quite relaxed.It's just that their head coach Guardiola is not so relaxed.

Guardiola can't see any emotion on the surface, but those who are familiar with him can see the solemnity in his eyes.It seems that his grasp of the bottom of his heart is still somewhat insufficient.

Although he had made enough preparations for the second half, the situation in the first half made him understand that no amount of preparation is foolproof.Especially the Southampton team and Ronaldo, a super player who can carry the team forward in adversity.

Seeing Ronaldo's extremely determined mental state when he returned to the field, Guardiola confirmed that his concerns were not unreasonable.

All Southampton players returned to the field, except for Balotelli.Looking carefully, he found that he had put on his coat and sat on the bench.

"Balotelli is on the bench, is he going to be replaced?"

"Balotelli was replaced, so who will come?"

"It should be Rebic."

Finding that Balotelli is not playing, Manchester City fans are guessing who will replace him, but they think it should be Rebic.

So did Southampton fans.Because of the previous games, most of the time, Balotelli will come up with Rebic.So everyone thinks it will be the same this time.

However, everyone exclaimed when they saw the person who was following the fourth official and preparing to play.

"Adriano?"

"Oh! No. It's Adriano! My God!"

It was Manchester City fans who had such a big reaction.Southampton fans were surprised, but didn't feel anything.After all, they haven't seen Adriano's outstanding performance for a long time.

"Damn it! It's Adriano they're on."

"I don't know why, but I feel flustered when I see Adriano."

"As much as I hate to think about it, I just felt that the second half gave off a very dangerous feeling."

"Adriano is coming up, it will be a huge challenge for our defense!"

"What to do? I hope Guardiola can figure out a good way to deal with it. Otherwise, this game will be in big trouble!"

"..."

Manchester City looked very nervous when they saw Adriano playing.

The players on the Manchester City team saw it, and they seemed a little relaxed, but they immediately became cautious.Looking at Adriano's eyes also became very vigilant.Especially for several defenders such as Stones, the tension can be clearly seen from their faces.

Even Guardiola swallowed, and there was more solemnity between his brows.

And at this moment, his heart became tense: Oh, Nima, I almost forgot that there is this killing god.

You must pay attention to this killing god.Do you want to send more players to mark him?
Guardiola also immediately considered in his mind whether to change to another defender.

Seeing that the Manchester City team suddenly changed color because of Adriano's playing, most of the Southampton players' eyes lit up, and they obviously became more confident.

yes!We also have Adriano as a big killer.

If he does not play, it will bring devastating consequences to the opponent.

Many Southampton players are reminded of last season's showdown with Manchester City.At that time Adriano was simply superhuman.Gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas.No opponent can hold him.

With Adriano playing, the Southampton team instantly felt that they had won the game.

"What's the situation? Why do I feel like they're suddenly tense?"

Ronaldo and Paulinho, the two players who joined this season, don't know this kind of inside story.So they felt a little strange that Manchester City had such a big reaction.

"Because Adriano came up." Kaka explained.

"He came up, and the Manchester City team became like this? Are you kidding?" Ronaldo felt that the joke was a bit exaggerated.But he saw that Kakana's expression was very serious, and he didn't seem to be fake. "Are you serious?"

"Of course!"

"Why? How is it possible?"

"You'll know later." Kaka said with a smile, without further explanation.

Seeing Kaka's attitude, and seeing that everyone else except Paulinho seems to be the same, Ronaldo believed it a little bit, but he thought it was ridiculous.Neither he nor Messi can bring this kind of pressure to the opponent.Unless the opponent is the kind who can't get on the stage.

As Adriano's teammate in Brazil, Paulinho still believes it.After all, Adriano has a large part of the credit for the World Cup championship.

"Okay. Ready to kick off. Let's kill them!" Kaka and Van Dijk both began to greet their teammates with confidence.

Seeing the emotional changes of the players on both sides after Adriano came on the field, Sun Yi couldn't help laughing.It was a surprise.It felt as if he had opened "Majestic and Prestige".

"I feel that the morale of the team has changed since Adriano went up." Diao couldn't help but said in surprise.

"Yes."

"Hehe. Looking at the situation, we have hope for the second half."

Soon, the second half of the game began.

The Southampton team immediately showed an amazing momentum that can make people see hope.

Having the right to kick-off in the second half, they immediately attacked Manchester City after kick-off.And their first wave of offensive soon formed a very threatening shot.

Although Southampton's first wave of offense in the second half did not score, Guardiola couldn't help shouting from the sidelines: "Steady. Don't worry about anything."

"We have a one-goal lead. We have the advantage. The initiative in this game is in our hands."

"Play patiently and we will definitely win."

But Southampton's first wave of offense excited the fans of Southampton.

"Did you see it? When Adriano came up, our team immediately felt different."

"Also, the Manchester City side feels different. It feels like they are more nervous."

"I feel that in this game, our Southampton team still has great hopes of winning."

"..."

Even the fans felt the changes on the court, let alone the players on the court.

Ronaldo, who completed the shot, couldn't help but said to Kaka: "Why do I feel that Manchester City is not as difficult to play as in the first half?"

"Because Adriano came up!" Kaka replied quite naturally.

"..." Kaka's answer made Ronaldo feel that Adriano is the absolute thigh of the team, not him.

However, Ronaldo did not start jealous of Adriano because of this.What he thought in his heart was that he had to work hard, he wanted to score goals for the Southampton team, so that everyone in the Southampton team would truly recognize him.

Later, Manchester City kicked off.

But Manchester City did not immediately attack Southampton as they did in the first half.Instead, he carefully passed and controlled in his own backcourt.

Seeing Manchester City like this, Southampton was not in a hurry.They followed Sun Yi's instructions in midfield, first organized the defense line in the backcourt, and then patiently grabbed the ball at the feet of Manchester City.

One side was not in a hurry to attack, and the other side was not in a hurry to grab the ball, which immediately eased the situation a lot.

Although it took a lot of time in this way, Southampton finally managed to prevent Manchester City's first attack in the second half.

As soon as the ball returned to Southampton's feet, Guardiola immediately waved: "Go back quickly. Set up the defense. Watch their forwards."

Under Guardiola's command, Manchester City quickly retreated to the backcourt and established a defensive line.

Seeing this, Southampton quickly crossed the midfield unhindered and then attacked Manchester City.

Once past the midfield, Southampton was immediately blocked by Manchester City.

After some organization, the football came to Ronaldo's feet.

At the beginning, seeing only one defender facing him, Ronaldo was going to force himself.But soon, Laporte came to help defend.This made Ronaldo give up the strong attack, but chose to hit the ball horizontally to Kaka who responded in the middle.

Facing Ronaldo's goal, Kaka did not stop and hold the ball. Instead, he flicked his foot and kicked it directly to Adriano, who was carrying Stones on his back near the top of the penalty area.

Under the interference of Stones, Adriano still held the ball firmly.

Then Adriano immediately half-turned the crossbar.Seeing this, Stones, who was nervously facing Adriano, hurriedly wanted to follow up to block the position.But he found that he seemed to move a little slower than before.This prevented him from sealing the space immediately.

This gave Adriano a chance to kick.Adriano was also polite, and he turned around and shot a violent volley.

"boom!"

With a sound, the ball burst out from Adriano's feet, but Stones, who was desperately falling to the ground to block, failed to touch the ball.

Stones failed to touch the ball, and behind him, Edson, who was in great shape today, also failed to block the ball.

Adriano's shot was too violent and the ball was too fast.As soon as Ederson threw himself out, the ball blasted into the goal like a cannonball.

So~
GOAL!!!
"Oh wow!"

"Goal scored!"

"Adriano!!"

"..."

Everyone in the Southampton team screamed wildly in an instant.

"Nimma! Sure enough, he still can't stop him!"

The people watching the Southampton team cheered wildly and jumped for joy, but the people in the Manchester City team were very helpless.

After celebrating for a while, the Southampton players began to return to the backcourt.

"This is entering?! This feeling seems to be..."

Ronaldo looked at Adriano's figure like a god of war at this time, and he suddenly felt that there was still a big gap between him and him.

Since the first half, I have blasted a lot of kicks at Manchester City's goal, but I didn't score a single goal.And Adriano came up, received the ball for the first time, shot the goal with the first kick, and scored a goal.

This goal seems to be as simple as eating fried noodles.

"Southampton, must win!!!"

Adriano's goal not only made the score one-to-one, but also made everyone in the Southampton team think that they had won.

The morale of the Southampton team reached its highest point in one fell swoop.

As for the Manchester City team, which is preparing to re-kick-off, the faces of the players make people see panic.It's clear their morale has taken a hit and their confidence has been bolstered.

"What should we do? Next, what shall we do?"

Many Manchester City fans are starting to get scared.They felt like they saw the game when they were reversed by Southampton last season.

Are we about to be reversed?

Even Guardiola had such a terrible thought in his mind.However, after all, he is a legendary coach who has experienced countless ups and downs.He calmed down quickly.

Not only used words to motivate the players on the field, but also made substitution adjustments.

He decided to send an additional guard up.What he thought before was that he had to strive for a victory no matter what at home.Now he no longer thinks so.I think it's okay to get a point.Anyway, they have a goal difference advantage, a tie, they are still the leader.

But Guardiola soon discovered to his horror that his idea of ​​​​keeping the balance turned out to be so extravagant.

Just 10 minutes after the equalizer, Southampton blasted the gate of Manchester City again.

However, this time it was not Adriano's entry.Instead, he was attracted by Adriano through his defensive attention, and Ronaldo, who got the opportunity, scored in front of the goal.

Two to one. Ronaldo's goal completely changed the situation of the game and the mentality of both sides on the field.Let Southampton take the lead of the game for the first time.

Falling behind at home?How can this work?
Finding that they had no way out, the players of the Manchester City team tried to counterattack aggressively under the command of Guardiola.

It's just that it didn't take long for the team to change, and it was about to change again, and there was some confusion in Manchester City's tactics.

In the face of the Southampton team, whose morale and momentum have been completely raised, no matter how Manchester City recovers, their offense always returns without success.

Although Guardiola continued to mobilize troops and generals, trying to give it a go.But they aggressively attacked, but instead allowed Southampton to seize the opportunity to score a goal again.

This time the goal is no longer Ronaldo, nor Adriano.But after the two of them attracted a lot of defensive attention from Manchester City, Kaka scored from the outside with a sudden shot.

Kaka's goal made the score three to one.Southampton lead by two goals on the road.

Such a situation immediately shattered Manchester City's hopes.

In the end, this game also allowed Southampton to beat Manchester City with a score of [-]-[-].

But at the end of the game, Manchester City fans were somewhat disappointed and frustrated.It's just that they seem to think that this situation doesn't seem so unexpected.

(End of this chapter)