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"Southampton must win!"

"Manchester City must win!"

Before the game even started, fans from both sides started competing in the stands.

"Manchester City are just the losers at our hands. Southampton kill them!"

"Southampton is our biggest enemy. Kill them and we will take revenge!!"

Unfortunately, this time it was held at the neutral stadium Etihad Stadium. Southampton failed to take advantage of its large number of fans to turn this game into Southampton's home court.

Since the number of fans from both sides was evenly matched, the two sides also fought evenly in the pre-match slogan showdown.

Later, the teams from both teams lined up to enter the stadium.

Sun Yi was also very emotional when he met his strongest enemy Manchester City and their head coach Guardiola again. Of course, I am also looking forward to it.

"Congratulations, Sun. World Cup champion!" Guardiola congratulated Sun Yi as soon as he saw him.

From Guardiola's expression, Sun Yi also saw envy.

It seems that Guardiola is really envious of Sun Yi's achievements this time.

It's true that although Guardiola once led Barcelona to create five crowns, he had no achievements in the World Cup.

Well, actually Guardiola has not coached any national team so far.

It’s not that no national team came to him to coach before, but he refused.

But this time, I saw Sun Yi actually win the World Cup championship, which most footballers can't win in their lifetime. He became interested.

It is said that many traditional powers are contacting him recently.

"Thanks!"

Sun Yi was a little proud. This World Cup championship is really his highlight. It has been regarded as a legendary deed by the outside world.

After the two shook hands, they separated.

As soon as he returned to the technical area on the Manchester City side, the relief on Guardiola's face disappeared. It was replaced by a kind of caution and solemnity.

This was completely different from the previous times the two met.

In previous encounters, Guardiola has always seemed very relaxed. He has always looked extremely confident in his responses during the game.

But today, after he faced Sun Yi, he couldn't feel relaxed anymore. Today's Sun Yi can already put a lot of pressure on him.

He used to say that Sun Yi was his opponent.

However, now in Guardiola's mind, Sun Yi is not just an opponent, but a very powerful opponent who requires extreme attention to defeat.

Sun Yi accidentally saw Guardiola's expression and recalled the previous situations. He couldn't help feeling very emotional and proud at the same time.

As time has passed, Sun Yi has reached a level that can rival Guardiola or even surpass him.

He won the World Cup that Guardiola didn't know when he would win. Moreover, he is also challenging Guardiola's legendary achievement of five crowns.

Of course, the premise of all this is that he can lead Southampton to victory in today's game.

Soon, both sides got into position and prepared to fight.

Manchester City still uses their usual 433 formation.

Sane, Aguero, and Mahrez form a triple A+ trident.

Gundogan, Fernandinho and B. Silva form a midfield three.

Walker, Stones, Laporte and Mendy formed a midfield four.

The goalkeeper will be Bravo.

After this lineup came out, Sun Yi was a little surprised. He didn't even see De Bruyne. Previously, although Sun Yi heard that De Bruyne had a knee injury, he always thought it was a smoke bomb, but he didn't expect it to be true.

I have to say that De Bruyne and Manchester City are somewhat unlucky in the new season. However, Sun Yi suddenly felt less stressed.

Although Manchester City's current starting lineup has an extra Mahrez, its overall strength is not as good as that of the last two games of last season.

As for the Southampton team, Sun Yi sent out all the main players.

In addition to the left winger being replaced by the stronger Ronaldo from Golovin, and the midfielder position being replaced by the equally stronger Paulinho, Southampton's starting lineup is not much different from last season. Many differences.

And because of Ronaldo and Paulinho, the Southampton team is obviously much stronger.

On the one hand, it is because core players are injured and their strength has declined.

On the one hand, more core players have been added, which greatly increases the strength.

There is a clear trade-off between this increase and one decrease.

Seeing this, Sun Yi also understood why Guardiola, who used to be so confident, looked so stressed.

In addition to the pressure on Guardiola, Manchester City fans are also very nervous.

Don't look at the fact that they are shouting revenge, but in fact they are just trying to lose the battle. They hope to use their shouts to bring luck and confidence to the Manchester City team.

However, luck is something that is often hard to say.

As for confidence, you have to practice it before you know it.

Soon, the game officially started.

The game hasn't started yet, and luck is still invisible. However, Manchester City's confidence quickly dropped sharply.

After the game started, although Manchester City was holding back its energy to compete with Southampton. But they soon discovered that they really couldn't beat Southampton now.

The current Southampton team is obviously stronger than last season.

Paulinho makes the Southampton team's waist stronger and the support coming forward is stronger.

The key is the emergence of Ronaldo. His threat is simply too great.

Before the game, Guardiola made key arrangements for Ronaldo. But it was still difficult to limit Ronaldo's performance.

Southampton is not Real Madrid, they have more attack points. And their attack direction changes faster.

Once Ronaldo is restricted, Southampton will turn immediately. After turning, Southampton's attack is also very strong. Manchester City had to weaken its defense in other directions to deal with Ronaldo, which immediately became a flaw that Southampton could take advantage of.

It can be said that Southampton's attack brought great pressure to Manchester City's defense. And there were frequent big threats.

It was difficult to resist Southampton's attack, which was expected by everyone before the game. So, it was okay.

But the biggest blow to Manchester City was their highly expected striker, who did not create a satisfactory threat.

Especially Mahrez, who was regarded as a major means to deal with Southampton, was not in good condition and did not play the role expected by Manchester City.

In this case, the ending is self-evident.

First, in the first half, Ronaldo scored with a header in front of the goal after receiving a cross from Pulisic.

Then in the second half, Balotelli scored with a shot from the edge of the penalty area after receiving a through pass from Kaka.

Later, both sides made a large number of substitutions, but Manchester City failed to regain their spirits.

In the end, Southampton defeated Manchester City 2-0 and won the Community Shield.

Southampton also won the first championship of the new season.