Extraordinary coach

"Sun is a very good coach. And he is also a coach who is very good at using Brazilian players. Many Brazilian players who play under him are very happy."

Just when everyone thought that Southampton's bid for Firmino would inevitably fail like the bids for Coutinho and Mane, Firmino said the above words to the outside world.

I copied!

The Liverpool team was directly confused.

Although Firmino's words did not directly say that I am willing to play under the other coach like Van Dijk did before, everyone can hear that this means "I am willing".

The people of the Liverpool team think that this time is a big trouble. If the players in question do not express their opinions, then they can do whatever they want.

But once the players express their opinions, if they cannot persuade them to give up the idea of ​​leaving the team, then basically there will be a big fuss.

Klopp does not want to let Firmino leave. So he and the top management have to persuade Firmino to stay. But judging from the situation, it seems that the persuasion has limited effect.

So, at the same time, Sun Yi stood up and spoke again.

"Firmino is really excellent. He will be the core of any team. I hope to have such an excellent and hardworking player under my command."

Sun Yi's words were meant to echo Firmino.

And his words were naturally considered to be a private understanding with Firmino. It also made Klopp very dissatisfied.

At the press conference held before the first round of the new season, Klopp told the reporter who asked the question: "Privately encouraging players to leave the team is a very immoral method. I hope Sun will not use any means to disrupt the unity of the Liverpool team. In any case, I will not let Firmino leave."

After Klopp's words came out, Sun Yi laughed.

Now you know the pain of being poached privately? Now you say this, what were you doing earlier.

Sun Yi also said at the pre-match press conference that his behavior of buying Firmino was completely reasonable and legal. The player wanted to come because there would be better development space here in Southampton.

Sun Yi really wanted to buy Firmino. Firmino's A+ comprehensive strength, coupled with his very diligent and conscientious attitude towards playing football, made Sun Yi like him very much.

Such a player is definitely a big improvement for Southampton.

Unfortunately, Liverpool really doesn't seem to want to let him go for the time being.

Firmino's matter really can't be resolved for a while.

It seems that it can't be completed before the start of the Premier League season.

Sun Yi asked the transfer department to continue to follow up on the purchase of Firmino.

After he held a press conference with the newly joined Trent Garner and Joe Gomez, he soon ushered in his first battle in Southampton.

Southampton's first opponent is Swansea.

Swansea, the relegation team last season. The strength is not strong.

This is also a relatively ideal opponent for Sun Yi, who has just taken over Southampton for more than a week.

Sun Yi's time in office is really too short. There was no time to inject his own tactics into Southampton.

Sun Yi, who had just arrived and had not led Southampton to prepare for the season, did not dare to easily change the team's previous tactical style.

In addition, he had been busy looking for guns for Southampton during this period, so he could only let Southampton prepare for this game according to the tactics and main lineup of last season.

At this time, Sun Yi also found the trouble of not having a successful assistant. He almost did everything himself, but he had too many things to do. It really made him unable to do everything.

Soon, the first round of the Premier League arrived.

Sun Yi led Southampton to welcome the first opponent Swansea at the home stadium of St. Mary's Stadium.

Sun Yi sent out the main players of last season, such as Prowse and Van Dijk, to start the game. The tactics arranged were also used by the team last season.

Kaka, who followed him to Southampton, was placed on the bench by Sun Yi.

There is no way, Kaka has entered a period of decline, and his overall strength is not as good as Tadic, the team's front midfielder who is six years younger.

Although Sun Yi has used "State Stimulation" to develop a training plan for Kaka. But after all, the training time is still relatively short. No obvious improvement has been seen so far.

Kaka wants to recover to a better state, and it seems that he will have to wait for a long time.

This time, putting Kaka in the game list is just Sun Yi's expression of his expectations and trust in him.

Soon, the game started.

After the game started, Southampton's performance was really stable. Especially in the backcourt, it was so stable that it was maddening. It didn't give Swansea much chance at all.

It was completely impossible to see how much pressure Swansea could bring to Southampton's defense.

It was the stability of the defense that made Southampton play very calmly. This also gave them the upper hand from the beginning of the game.

"Today, the team played well."

"Sun's ability is reassuring."

"I was afraid that he would not adapt to the Premier League. It seems that he has adapted well."

Seeing that the fans of the Southampton team were very happy to see that the team had the upper hand. Then they began to praise Sun Yi.

But Sun Yi was not as happy as the fans, but frowned. If he heard the praise from the fans, he would probably feel ashamed.

In Sun Yi's opinion, it is normal for Southampton to have the advantage in the first game. Because the opponent Swansea is obviously not as strong as Southampton. And in Southampton's home court, how can they not have the upper hand?

The team has the upper hand, but Sun Yi still frowned, mainly because he was not satisfied with the team's offense.

Southampton has the advantage on the field, but the striker's ability to seize opportunities is somewhat unsatisfactory.

Although the main striker Gabiadini has a good ability to protect the ball, his finishing ability is too poor. In addition, he likes long shots. It wastes several offensive opportunities.

Those opportunities, if they were in Nice, whether it was Salah or Balotelli, they could at least seize one.

Thinking of this, Sun Yi missed Balotelli, the fool.

In the first half, neither side scored.

After the start of the second half, Southampton still had the upper hand. But Swansea may have realized that they did not have the strength to compete with Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium, so they retreated.

As a result, Southampton, which already lacked offensive ability, had an advantage in shooting data but could not convert it into a goal.

Ten minutes into the second half, Sun Yi had to make a substitution.

He replaced Austin, the center forward, and Buffal, the midfielder.

After the substitution, Southampton still had no way to get Swansea's goal for a long time.

It was not until 80 minutes later that Southampton got a corner kick opportunity. Austin, the center forward, headed the ball into the goal after receiving the corner kick from Prowse, and then broke open the door of Swansea.

With this goal, Southampton won the game.

Sun Yi also successfully completed the victory of his debut.