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Chapter 539 Tottenham Inspiration
Don't be proud of defeat, just win.

This sentence, Guardiola is serious.In his view, only victory in the competitive field is of real significance.

Winners take all, and no amount of praise for the losers.To lose is to lose.

Guardiola feels that he has lost enough in the past two years.Especially the defeat at the hands of Sun Yi can be said to have accounted for most of the games he lost in recent years.

In other words, Guardiola is now Sun Yi's sufferer.

If Guardiola wants to wash away the shame on himself, he can only defeat Sun Yi.

"Must beat Southampton!"

Therefore, this sentence became the most urgent desire in Guardiola's heart.He can face other losses calmly, but he can no longer accept losing to Southampton.

And now Guardiola also has great confidence in this goal.

After nearly half a season of running-in, the current Manchester City team is close to the best state.

And those extremely good players in the team are Guardiola's biggest capital.

Another thing that gave Guardiola confidence was the match between Southampton and Tottenham.

The Southampton team was almost overturned at home.This really gave Guardiola a lot of inspiration.

You know, after learning about the situation of that game, Guardiola immediately went to ask for the video of the game for research and study.

It was also that game that gave Guardiola great confidence in defeating Southampton at home.

"The Tottenham team almost did it. With stronger strength, we can definitely do it!"

In training, Guardiola also used that game to encourage the players.

"We can definitely do it!"

The players of the Manchester City team also have more confidence in themselves because of the example of the Tottenham team.

It is also because of the Tottenham team that Sun Yi also attaches great importance to the game against Manchester City.

For this reason, he even invested far more energy than before to study the strategies that the Manchester City team may use in the game.

By studying the video of the game, Sun Yi found that the tactical system of the Manchester City team, which is still dominated by De Bruyne, Silva and others, has not changed much.

But it has been strengthened in the midfield, especially the hardness of the waist area has been increased.

Overall, the current Manchester City team should be stronger than it was in the Community Shield.

However, Sun Yi judged that the Manchester City team should not change much in terms of tactics.

Guardiola is not the kind of person who will easily give up his tactical system to play unconventional style of play.

Sun Yi thinks that the most important thing is to look at the Southampton team themselves.

In the game against Manchester City, the competition was more about making fewer mistakes.Whoever makes fewer mistakes is the key to victory.

Therefore, when Sun Yi was preparing for the game, he tried to find ways to reduce Southampton's mistakes.

Or it should be said to find a way to cover Southampton's shortcomings in defense on the left, so as not to expose it to Manchester City.

And this is what Sun Yi is most worried about.He felt that Guardiola would definitely seize this point to make a fuss about.

But what frustrates Sun Yi the most is that Southampton doesn't have much choice when it comes to the defensive point of left back.

And time will not give him the opportunity to slowly find a solution.

As for the Christmas schedule, two days of rest are already considered.

Soon, the match day came, and Sun Yi led the Southampton team into the Etihad Stadium.

"Manchester City, come on!"

"Manchester City must win!"

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A large number of Manchester City fans poured into the stadium.They were significantly more numerous than they were against the other teams in front of them.

This is also the performance of the Tottenham team gave them confidence.

Manchester City fans really want to see the team beat Southampton.

They have been waiting for this day for more than two years.

And this time, they really feel promising.

However, the 'Blue Moon' fans have also learned to behave.Having had the painful experience of being slapped in the face, they are not prepared to say anything too arrogant until Manchester City actually beat Southampton.

Listen to their cheering sound, how civilized and low-key!
Walking into the Etihad Stadium, Sun Yi still felt a little uncomfortable without hearing the arrogant slogans of the home team fans.

Not being able to hear provocative voices made Sun Yi always feel that something was missing.It is hard to find some topics to motivate players.

Sun Yi put his attention on the Manchester City team, and soon found that the Manchester City team was really stronger than before.This is really the case purely in terms of individual strength.

From the point of view of players alone, the Manchester City players are still very coveted by Sun Yi.

Not to mention De Bruyne, any other player, even a substitute player, is the presence of love in Sun Yi's eyes.

It can be said that on the bench, Southampton is far inferior to Manchester City.

The Southampton team can only form a strong lineup, but the players of the Manchester City team can easily form two sets of very competitive lineups with little difference in strength.

The only thing that makes Sun Yi feel confident is that Manchester City is not as good as Southampton in terms of top combat power.

There is only one De Bruyne in the Manchester City team who can reach the strength above the S-level.Although other players are basically excellent players with A+ level strength.But still a little bit worse.

As for the Southampton team, in addition to the S-level Van Dijk, there is also Ronaldo who is as strong as the S-level.

A Van Dijk can offset De Bruyne, while Ronaldo is completely like a king bomb.

This is Sun Yi's greatest confidence.

Because of this, when the game started, Sun Yi was very calm, even calmer than when he played against Tottenham.

His calm appearance can really give people a feeling that the victory is in their hands.

As long as the Southampton players took one look at Sun Yi's appearance, all tension disappeared.

This made Southampton's performance at the beginning of the game significantly better than the previous game, and every player appeared calmer.

"Well~ Southampton's situation is better than we thought. It seems that the last game did not seem to affect their confidence."

The assistant looked at the field and said to Guardiola in a tangled manner.

Guardiola nodded and said: "Sun's adjustment ability is really getting better and better. In just two days, the Southampton team has been adjusted better by him."

"Then will our pre-match strategy be successful?" the assistant asked a little unsure.

"Any strategy is just a means to improve the team's odds, it will not be the main deciding factor."

Guardiola said so.

In essence, what Guardiola wanted to say was 'difficult to say', but he couldn't say the words that might hurt his morale.

After saying this, Guardiola was thinking about what might happen next in his heart.I even feel the need to start planning for the worst.

And the game on the court is actually not bad.

Here at the Etihad, Southampton did not have the upper hand as they did in the previous game.

It's more about playing back and forth with Manchester City, forming an evenly matched situation.

For many people, Manchester City have really done a good job.

This is enough to prove the strength of the Manchester City team.

And Manchester City fans are quite satisfied with this.

"Our team performed well today. Whether it is offense or defense, we are not inferior to Southampton."

"Judging from this situation, we, who have the advantage of home court, are really very likely to kill Southampton."

"Come on, let's win our first victory against Southampton in almost two years!"

The best hope for Manchester City fans is to beat Southampton.With the strength of the Manchester City team, the support of home court advantage really has a chance.

Even Sun Yi felt: "Manchester City played well today. If this situation continues, it will be very dangerous to us."

"Yes. Manchester City is really in good shape today. They have completely kicked out their characteristics. More importantly, they have also learned some defensive methods from Tottenham. It is very aimed at Felix!" Diao said .

"Boss, Felix is ​​so defended again, will he be unable to handle it?" Kaka asked with some concern.

Sun Yi looked at the field and said calmly: "I believe he should be fine. At least for a short time."

Pointing to Felix who was getting rid of the entanglement without the ball on the field, Sun Yi continued: "Look, he obviously played smarter than in the last game. These are the growth brought about by the last game. "

"He has improved again!" Kaka nodded with emotion.

"Yes. He has really improved. The more difficult the game, the more it will promote his growth." Sun Yi laughed.

It is also Felix's growth rate that makes him feel relieved to let him continue to start this game.

From the perspective of the game, at least so far, Felix has not been watched as dead as in the previous game.This made Sun Yi very satisfied.I am more confident about the next game.

The game on the field continued, and as the two sides began to fully enter the game state, the game became more intense and stalemate.

"Their defense on the left was better than that against Tottenham. Our key attack there was not as effective as we expected before the game." The assistant said with some regret.

"Sun made a substitution in this game. Unexpectedly, the young man Marang Sarr played a full-back and did a great job." Guardiola was calm.Still have the thought to comment.

"This player doesn't look young, but he looks very old-fashioned. Look at him, he is very thoughtful when defending, and more importantly, he is very calm."

"The position selection is reasonable, the speed is very fast, and there is even movement under the feet. It is hard to believe that this is a little guy who is only 20 years old."

"Does Sun really have a golden finger? Otherwise, it's really hard to explain. He's so accurate in judging people."

The more Guardiola said, the more he sighed, and he almost touted Sun Yi's amazing ability in discovering players.

Seeing that Guardiola was actually praising the opponent's player, the assistant couldn't help but smile a little.

"Boss, but in the current situation, our offensive effect on this road is not good. Should we consider adjusting it?"

"Adjustment?" Guardiola shook his head. "No!"

"Continue like this?"

"Of course. You know, although this little guy's performance is beyond people's expectations. But he is also the weakest link of the Southampton team on the field. Apart from him, Southampton team is better than this." where to fight?"

The assistant shook his head after being silent for a while. "No."

Following the assistant, he said unwillingly: "Don't the Southampton team have other weaknesses?"

"Yes. That's how it is with strong teams. I said that his point is a weakness only for us. If it is another team, then it is not a weakness. In fact, it is the same with us. Weaknesses are all relative. What opponent are you facing?"

Guardiola and his assistants at Manchester City were discussing Southampton's weaknesses.Sun Yi is also discussing the weaknesses of Manchester City with Dior and the others.

"Their weakness is also on the left side." Kaka said, pointing to the field.

"That's right. Zinchenko is Manchester City's biggest defensive weakness." Sun Yi nodded.

Like Southampton, City's defensive weakness is on the left flank.

Zinchenko, a player who changed from an offensive player to a left back, actually did a pretty good job defensively.But after all, he is not a professional defender, and there are still many problems.

In Sun Yi's view, Zinchenko is probably similar to Malang Sal.This kind of strength is still enough for ordinary teams.But against Southampton, that's a weak link that can be exploited.

"It turned out to be like this. Why didn't we attack with this point? I saw that they attacked with Thrall's point." Kaka asked suspiciously.

"Because I think differently from Guardiola. He wants to seize that point and press hard, but I want them to ignore their own weaknesses." Sun Yi smiled confidently.

Seriously speaking, Southampton and Manchester City have the same weaknesses.

And Sun Yi's original plan was to take the same approach as Guardiola.It's just that the Tottenham team's sneak attack succeeded, so Sun Yi felt that he could learn from it.

So, Sun Yi's thinking now became: If you don't hit, you're done, one hit will kill you.

"Oh. So that's the case. It's like the last game when Tottenham scored the first goal." Kaka's eyes lit up, feeling that he had learned something.

He turned his head and saw that Dior didn't have a surprised expression, and understood that the current situation on the court was a strategy deliberately arranged by the coaching staff.

It turns out that everything on the field is actually under the control of the coaching staff.

Kaka feels that he is more and more confident in this game.

And thinking of the situation in the last game, Kaka felt even more joy and anticipation.

"Hey, pay more attention to Ronaldo. He is our strength, develop more over there."

Kaka looked up and saw that Sun Yi had come to the sidelines and shouted loudly to the field.

Thinking of what Sun Yi said to him just now, Kaka couldn't help giving her thumbs up secretly.

"Obviously knowing where the weakness is, but deliberately attacking the opponent's most important defense. This is using Ronaldo as a bait! No, it's a smoke bomb."

"Great!"

"Using a superstar who has won the golden ball several times as a smoke bomb is probably the only one in this football?"

"The coach's thinking is really different from that of ordinary people!"

(End of this chapter)