extraordinary coach

Chapter 540

"Hmm~ is it about Ronaldo?"

Looking at the main attack direction of the Southampton team on the field, Guardiola is a little happy, but there is still a faint doubt in his heart.

"Yes. They are mainly attacking that side. They just want to rely on Ronaldo to break through our defense. Boss, look, they have attacked there several times in a row." The assistant said excitedly.

Relying on the performance of superstars is a good thing for Manchester City.

But Guardiola frowned slightly, he always felt that it would not be that simple.

He has played against Sun Yi many times and suffered many losses.And every time a loss is seldom caused by superstars alone.

"Boss, do you suspect that China Sun has other plots?" the assistant asked when Guardiola didn't look happy.

"Yes." Guardiola nodded. "It wouldn't be that easy. Otherwise we wouldn't have lost to them so many times."

Hearing this, the assistant put away a relaxed smile.Memories of Sun Yi and Southampton have always been a little bit dark.

"Boss, you are right. China Sun may have a conspiracy. However, we have made sufficient preparations before the game. Even if he does have a back move, we can deal with it."

"Yeah!" Guardiola nodded.Thinking of the preparations he had made before the game, his face became confident.

His pre-match preparations are more than just a few days. It is true that he has been preparing for the game against Southampton since the beginning of the new season.

Such a long time of preparation is unprecedentedly sufficient.

Guardiola is more confident when he thinks of this.

He continued to focus on the field.

Seeing that the two sides on the field are still playing back and forth.

And because the Southampton team focused on Ronaldo, although his threat was indeed great, it made Manchester City easier to defend.

As long as the focus of defense is placed there and more troops are gathered, Ronaldo is after all alone, no matter how strong his ability is, he can't match the strict defense of several people.

Such a situation, on the contrary, made Manchester City's performance better than Southampton's.

"It's good for us. It's good for us to keep playing like this."

Guardiola is somewhat relieved.Still, he walked cautiously to the sidelines.

"When focusing on defending the right, pay attention to the left. Don't let them sneak attack."

Guardiola's reminder is right.

Although the Southampton team is mainly attacking Ronaldo all the way, under their tactical system of bypassing the defense zone, they will occasionally move to the other side.

With Manchester City's overall defense not making many mistakes, Southampton's offense did encounter difficulties.

This made the Southampton fans who were traveling with the team in the stands very anxious.

"What should we do? Our offense seems to have encountered a problem."

"Our main offense is initiated by Ronaldo, but the opponent's main defense is also there."

"If we continue to play like this on the field, I'm afraid it will be very unfavorable to our team in the future."

"I feel like the Manchester City team is starting to pick up steam."

"..."

The offensive disadvantage makes Southampton look a little bit inferior to Manchester City.

Dio couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Sun, if this continues, I'm worried that the momentum of the Manchester City team will completely rise. At that time, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on."

"Don't worry. I have confidence in our defense." Sun Yi said with a smile. "Don't look at our left-backs are relatively weak. But our defense line is not comparable in the entire Premier League. Everyone must have confidence in them."

Sun Yi's words were not wrong.

Regardless of whether the Southampton team has encountered problems in terms of offense, the defense is still quite solid.

Although Thrall is not an orthodox full-back, his defense is still good.With the support of Paulinho and Van Dijk, they have been able to withstand Manchester City's fierce attack so far.

Next, with the support of the home fans, Manchester City will also attack more and more fiercely.

Thrall also gradually seemed unable to resist.However, Van Dijk's timely support several times stabilized the defense there in time.Let Manchester City fail to break through the defense on the left, and then expand the results.

Such a situation makes the game still stalemate.

Southampton's offense couldn't be played, and Manchester City's offense was also held back.The two sides had a fierce attack, but failed to score a goal.

Even until the end of the first half, no one was able to score a goal.

The two sides could only walk back to the locker room with a score of zero to zero.

After returning to the locker room, Sun Yi summarized the team's performance in the first half with both criticism and praise.

After motivating the players with words, he said solemnly: "The real game has begun, and we will make changes in the second half..."

"Come on, beat them! This is our home court." After the Manchester City team shouted, they began to come out of the locker room.

In the passage, Guardiola met Sun Yi who also left the locker room, the two nodded and continued walking.

After meeting Sun Yi, Guardiola frowned slightly.He had a hunch that the second half would be very different.

He just saw that Sun Yi and the members of the Southampton team looked calm.It seems that there is no worry about the unfavorable situation in the first half at all.

What does this mean?
It shows that Sun Yi and the Southampton team have confidence.It also shows that they are likely to use their trump card in the second half.

Thinking of this, Guardiola can't help but feel a little worried.Before seeing Sun Yi's moves, he really couldn't feel at ease.It is even more difficult to relax.

Back on the sidelines, after Guardiola told the players, he turned his head and saw the Southampton team, and Kaka was already taking off his coat.

"This is a substitution, Kaka is going to play."

"Who will Kaka replace? Felix? Or someone else?"

"What tactics will Sun use?"

"Is it a match-up substitution, or is it like the last game?"

"..."

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Guardiola's mind.

Guardiola didn't have to guess how long, the Southampton team quickly gave the answer.

Kaka came on and replaced right winger Pulisic.

"The same as the last game!" Guardiola's eyes widened suddenly, and then he began to think about what changes this substitution would bring to the field.

It's just that the more he thinks about Guardiola, the more worried he becomes.

Guardiola couldn't help sighing when he saw that the two sides were ready to kick off and Kaka stood in the position of the front midfielder.

"it is as expected."

"I hope the players can adapt to this change."

After Guardiola sighed, he immediately shouted to the Manchester City players on the field while making gestures.

"Attention, they have changed and adjusted, and they probably want to use the same tactics as the Tottenham team."

"Be sure to defend well and don't make mistakes easily!"

When Dior heard what Guardiola said, he turned his head and said nervously to Sun Yi: "Sun, he found out our intentions. What should we do?"

Sun Yi said with a calm smile. "Don't worry. So what if you find out? The key is that he has a way. And their players must be able to carry it."

Sun Yi's smile was too calm and confident.So much so that Dior felt very peaceful in his heart just by looking at it.I feel inexplicably at ease.

Soon, the second half of the game began.

Due to Guardiola's reminder, Manchester City's arrangement in the first half has changed a lot.

It can be seen that Manchester City's defensive players on the field have obviously become more vigilant.Be especially wary of Kaka and Felix.

However, after the game started, the Manchester City team found that the situation of the game was no different from the first half.

The Southampton team still uses Ronaldo as the main offensive point.

Originally, the Manchester City team was still paying attention to the other side, but the Southampton team carried out several consecutive attacks on Ronaldo's side.

This made Manchester City have to shift the focus of defense to Ronaldo.

Under the pressure exerted by Ronaldo, Manchester City's defense has become almost the same as the first half in terms of defense.

Their defensive players also subconsciously defended as they did in the first half, and gradually, Guardiola's previous words were put aside.

The defense is still the same as in the first half, which makes Manchester City's offensive players very happy, and they can devote themselves to the offense with more peace of mind.

It's just that although Manchester City's offense has strengthened compared to the first half, it still failed to break through Southampton's defense in a short period of time.

"Why hasn't it changed?"

"Why did you still play the same game as in the first half after all substitutions?"

"Can't Ronaldo play less?"

"What's going on in Sun's mind?"

Seeing that the situation has not changed much, Southampton fans can't help but feel a little disappointed.

At the same time, Guardiola was not happy because the situation on the field was favorable to his side, but frowned even deeper.

"It's not right. It's not normal. After the substitution, it shouldn't be like this."

"..." The assistant looked at Guardiola in a puzzled manner.The odds are in our favour, isn't that good?
Guardiola still couldn't get rid of the worries in his heart, so he went to the sidelines and continued to shout to the players.

"When defending, don't put all your energy on Ronaldo's side. Pay attention to the other side. Remember, pay attention to the other side."

Although Guardiola kept reminding, the Manchester City players on the field didn't listen very much.

The situation on the field made them feel that Guardiola's reminder was redundant.

If you don't pay more attention to Ronaldo, if he gets one in, then the responsibility will not be ours?

What should be reminded is also reminded that Guardiola was also a little helpless when he found that the players on the field did not react too much.

People in the vortex are not useful if you remind them.

Many times, this is what makes a coach feel powerless the most.

Guardiola can only start thinking about how to make the players on the field more vigilant.

And at this moment, Southampton launched a fast attack after defending an attack by Manchester City.

Manchester City's defense did a good job and did not give Southampton a chance.

The Southampton team can only be forced to switch to positional warfare.

When the positional battle started, the Manchester City team immediately prepared a defense focusing on Ronaldo's direction.

Sure enough, the Southampton team attacked here again.

Ronaldo tried to press forward after receiving a pass from his teammate, but the dense defense of the opponent made him nowhere to go.

Seeing this, Ronaldo had no choice but to pass the ball back.

It was Kaka who joined Ronaldo.

Kaka didn't stop the ball, and just kicked the ball back to Ronaldo.

large-scale transfer.

The ball was quickly transferred to the right, and Felix, who had been waiting there for a long time, unloaded the ball steadily.Then immediately launched an impact forward.

"Quick, move over there and increase the defensive force over there."

Guardiola roared loudly at the first time.He wants to remind the players on the field.

However, reminders are not necessarily useful.

Because Manchester City's main defensive attention is on Ronaldo all the way.Yimapingchuan on the right where Felix is.

Zinchenko also reacted in a timely manner, and he rushed desperately to defend Felix.

Zinchenko's efforts brought him to Felix.It's just that Felix's next few shakes made him a little embarrassed.

After shaking a few times, seeing that Zinchenko's feet were in disarray, Felix slid the ball and then accelerated rapidly and rushed past him.

Breakthrough success!

Felix's speed is also very fast. Zinchenko desperately chased after the first pass, but couldn't catch up in a short time.

Felix quickly and calmly kicked the ball into the penalty area after the reality hit the bottom.

cross!

Grab points!

Balotelli, who rushed to the front, unfortunately missed the first point under Laporte's interference.

However, the Southampton team still has a second point, even a third point, and a fourth point outflanking.

"Oh!"

Ronaldo appeared at the second point, and with a shovel shot, he sent the ball firmly into Manchester City's goal.

"GOAL!!!!!!!!!!"

"K~RI~S~TI~YA~NO RO~NA~ER~DO!!!!!!"

All the people in the Southampton team jumped up with ecstasy in an instant.

"Ah ah!!!"

On the field, Ronaldo was celebrating wildly with Kaka, Paulinho and others.Sun Yi on the sidelines was also excitedly celebrating with the people around him.

"Haha. Success!!!"

"Sun, our strategy succeeded. Haha, we really succeeded!!" Dior, with a gray beard, smiled like a child.

"Haha. One blow was successful. This time we took the lead. In this game, we have the initiative!"

Sun Yi smiled happily and gave high fives and hugs to the members of the coaching staff one by one.

The appearance of the goal is the success of his strategy.

After Kaka was sent again, he still insisted on playing Ronaldo, which was all arranged by Sun Yi.

Coupled with the same approach in the first half, the purpose is to make Manchester City's players on the field develop defensive inertia.

In that case, even if Guardiola, the head coach, discovers Sun Yi's intentions, it will be difficult to immediately reverse the mentality of the Manchester City team on the field.

Then the Southampton team suddenly used the real back move arranged by Sun Yi to change the focus of attack.The opportunities presented by suddenness will be extremely threatening.

And Southampton managed to get hold of it.

The success of this strategy made Sun Yi very happy.

On the other side, Guardiola watched the score become zero to one, and closed his eyes in pain.

"I have reminded you!"

(End of this chapter)