extraordinary coach

Chapter 554 Fighting Benfica

Ronaldo's safe return is Sun Yi's greatest reassurance.

With Ronaldo, Southampton's offensive firepower is guaranteed.

As long as there is Ronaldo, Sun Yi will not be afraid of any opponent even if he hurts a few more main players.

Of course, it is absolutely unnecessary to injure players again.

What makes Sun Yi even more satisfied is that in the national team game, Ronaldo continued the excellent state he had at the club.He even scored a hat-trick in the national team game.

This performance shows how violent Ronaldo's state is.

Originally, Sun Yi was worried that his state would drop after going to the national team.After Ronaldo came back, he still showed an excellent state in training.

This gave Sun Yi a little more confidence.

As for the other players, they were more or less affected.

Balotelli looked a little tired when he came back.

However, with Ronaldo around, Sun Yi is not too worried.

During training, Sun Yi tried his best to find a way to restore the players to their condition.

As for the effect, we will only know when the game is played.

After a few days of preparation, Southampton welcomed Benfica at St Mary's Stadium.

The Benfica team now has some connections with the Southampton team.Felix was bought by Sun Yi from Benfica.

Goodbye Benfica, Sun Yi couldn't help but thank them for training players like Felix.

However, it is also because Felix is ​​from the Benfica team. There was an agreement between the two teams before, and Felix needs to avoid it.

Therefore, in this game, Sun Yi cannot send Felix on the field.

Felix cannot play, and many people think this will affect Southampton's offensive firepower in the frontcourt.

But Sun Yi didn't worry much.Felix's current strength is still at Grade A, so it's not necessarily irreplaceable.

Reusing him before was just cultivating him.

Someone like Golovin can replace him.As an organization, Golovin is enough.

"We came to Southampton with ideals."

"We don't want to say that we will win the game, of course we will work tirelessly for it. But we must at least make sure we don't lose."

"Our team is without Felix, but there are many players with the same advantages as him. We have the strength to fight against Southampton."

"We want to go far in the Champions League, so we will give our all."

After coming to Southampton, the Benfica team still seemed very aggressive.Their morale is pretty good.

It is said that there is no weak team in the Champions League, so Sun Yi naturally dare not take it lightly.

In the game against Benfica, Sun Yi sent all the main players he could send to the field.

Sun Yi's idea is that at his home court, he must score as many goals as possible.

Soon, the game was held at St. Mary's Stadium.

After the game started, Benfica still played well.

Although they have the disadvantage of away games, and they are not as good as Southampton in overall strength, they are very active.

Even if they were at a disadvantage on the scene, the players on the Benfica team played with fighting spirit.

Defensively, the Benfica team was desperate, running almost at all costs.

If one person can't guard against it, then there are two people.If two people can't do it, then three people.In order to withstand Southampton's offense, Benfica tried their best.

Desperate in defense, the Benfica team is also very desperate in offense.

The number of offenses is far less than that of the Southampton team, but every time the Benfica team will do their best to attack to the end.

This attitude of organizing offense allowed Benfica to create a lot of threats to Southampton's defense.

It was Benfica's unremitting efforts in offense and defense that allowed them to play back and forth with Southampton for a long period of time.

Even Sun Yi had to praise Benfica, the opponent, in his heart.

"Benfica are doing really well. They are really tenacious. Given time, I believe they will have a chance to do something good."

The performance of the Benfica team is really nothing to say.And because of their efforts, they didn't allow Southampton to score in the entire first half.

This situation has greatly improved the morale of the Benfica team.

Their fans can't help but imagine that they can get out of the St. Mary's Stadium and wait until they return to Lisbon to try to win the game and advance smoothly.

That's a good goal.

It is also the biggest motivation for the Benfica team.

After the start of the second half, the Benfica team continued to maintain a high morale.

They continued their super-level performance in the first half.

Seeing such a situation, Benfica fans feel more and more confident.

But soon, their confidence was kicked away by Ronaldo.

Ten minutes after the start of the second half, the Benfica team could no longer stop Ronaldo from playing.Let Ronaldo catch the ball in the penalty area and push the shot successfully.

"Hey, it really is Ronaldo!"

For Ronaldo to score, the Benfica team is also very helpless.

They know that Cristiano Ronaldo is in excellent form recently, so they have been guarding against Ronaldo in this game.But after all, it can't stop Ronaldo from scoring.

And Ronaldo's goal also hit the morale and confidence of the Benfica team.

Before, they were supported by the hope of a tie.When they fall behind, they feel that the game is about to lose.

After scoring the goal, the morale of the Southampton team was boosted.At the same time, many players are also stimulated to have a strong desire to score goals.

With a strong desire to score goals, Southampton then launched an offensive far beyond the previous ones against Benfica.

Under the strong offensive of the Southampton team, Benfica's gate fell again.

They were scored by Golovin with a free kick.

The appearance of two goals also completely dispelled the hope of Benfica's comeback.

Later, although the Benfica team still worked very hard, they were still powerless in the end.Can only lose the game with a two-goal disadvantage.

Gaining a two-goal advantage still satisfies the Southampton team.

With such an advantage, the Southampton team will be very calm when they go to Lisbon in the next round.

Benfica team lost the game, but their performance in the game was still recognized by Sun Yi.

"Because of the strength, Benfica lost to us. But I want to say that you are honored to lose. You worked hard in the game, which is worth learning from."

For Sun Yi's "It's an honor to lose", the Benfica team has no choice but to accept it.

"There is no way, we have tried our best. Losing the game is indeed a gap in our strength."

"And they have players like Ronaldo who are almost cheating, and there is nothing anyone can do if they come."

"After going back, we will continue to work hard. In the next round, we will not give up. We will still go all out to advance."

After leaving these helpless words, the Benfica team left.

(End of this chapter)