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Southampton successfully defeated Newcastle United, which disappointed the opponents who were waiting for them to make mistakes.

"It's really surprising."

"I didn't expect that after such an incident, Southampton's state remained the same. There was no sign of being affected."

"Perhaps, we can only say that the current Southampton team is a truly strong team. So strong that such things can't affect them."

Sun Yi was naturally very happy that his competitors were disappointed. He was also very happy that Southampton could do this.

However, after his joy, he felt a little regretful.

In the same round of Premier League games, there was a focus battle.

Tottenham vs. Manchester City.

Tottenham is very strong and has the advantage of playing at home. But even so, they still couldn't stop Manchester City.

Manchester City took away three points from Wembley Stadium.

Tottenham failed to hold Manchester City back, leaving Southampton in second place in the standings because of the goal difference.

This really disappointed Sun Yi. At the same time, he also felt greater pressure from Manchester City.

Because Dellaune has recovered from his injury, although he only played as a substitute in this game, it is definitely not good news for Southampton.

However, no matter what, the key to getting something depends on oneself.

Sun Yi quickly calmed down.

And Southampton will face a tough battle in a few days.

The League Cup round of 16.

Southampton went to the King Power Stadium to accept the test of Leicester City.

Although Leicester City lost its core player Mahrez this season, their strength is still good.

The Premier League is no longer hopeful for Leicester City. They don't even have a chance to compete for the top four. Therefore, this League Cup has become their focus.

For this game, it is absolutely predictable that Leicester City will definitely go all out to fight to the death.

But the biggest problem is that Southampton can't go all out.

Because after playing the League Cup with Leicester City, they will face Manchester City, the biggest rival of the Premier League, in just three days.

In addition, the schedule has been extremely dense recently, either two games a week or three games in one week.

In this case, Southampton really can't do their best.

This is the inevitable difficulty of multi-line operations.

In general, many teams will choose to give up certain games and focus their main energy on more critical games.

But Sun Yi doesn't want to give up any game. He wants to create better results.

He is naturally not going to give up the game with Leicester City.

And under the current objective difficult conditions, it is difficult for Sun Yi to make any choice.

On the day of the game, Leicester City really played with all its main players. It is obvious that they want to take over the promotion right from Southampton.

The fans of Leicester City are also very confident.

"Come on, Leicester City. Eliminate Southampton."

"Affected by the multi-line battle and the upcoming battle with Manchester City, Southampton will definitely not be able to play at full strength in this game. This is our chance."

"We must seize the opportunity, we want to advance!"

Leicester City is very confident, and the team is eager to advance to the quarterfinals. This will make them burst out with stronger fighting power.

However, in the face of this situation, Sun Yi did not let Southampton play at full strength.

Not only did he put Ronaldo and Kaka on the bench, but even Van Dijk did not start the game.

Balotelli was entrusted with an important task by Sun Yi in this game.

In the three areas of the front, middle and back court, Sun Yi collected the absolute core main force. This means that Southampton can only be said to have used half of its strength in this battle.

However, in real comparison, even if Southampton did not play the absolute main force, it is still not inferior to the full main force of Leicester City in terms of strength.

But Leicester City is playing at home after all, and many people still think that Southampton will not get any good results with such a lineup. There is even a high chance that they will be eliminated.

"Looking at Southampton's starting lineup, what are we afraid of?"

"Without C Ronaldo, Kaka, and Van Dijk, why do they want to beat us here at the King Power Stadium?"

"Southampton without these people is nothing at all. We have an advantage here at the King Power Stadium. We will definitely win."

After Southampton's starting lineup came out, Leicester City fans were even more happy. And their players on the field also felt more confident and more certain.

So, after the game started, Leicester City immediately called for a fierce attack on Southampton. They wanted to take advantage of Southampton's unstable position to defeat them in one fell swoop.

However, Leicester City's approach had long been expected by Sun Yi.

Therefore, Sun Yi arranged a safe tactic of defensive counterattack for Southampton this time.

It was under this tactic that the defensive Southampton team successfully withstood the fierce attack launched by Leicester City right at the start.

After withstanding the fierce attack of the home team, after playing for more than ten minutes, Southampton team completely adapted to it and also began to launch its own counterattack.

As Southampton's offensive began, Leicester City soon discovered that Southampton's offensive was also very fierce. It even far exceeded their previous offensive.

Leicester City did not expect that Southampton, who was saving their strength for the next game, was still so strong. They were not mentally prepared and could not withstand Southampton's fierce attack.

Just after 20 minutes of the game, Southampton took the opportunity of a counterattack to score a goal.

Southampton took the lead.

The lagging Leicester City team could only attack Southampton with all their might.

It was just that Southampton was too calm. They did a good job in defense. They quickly withstood Leicester City's fierce offensive. Then the attack was still fierce.

Leicester City really tried very hard, but they did not score a goal after the first half of the game.

In the second half, Leicester City could only attack even harder.

Sun Yi continued the tactics of the first half in the second half. And such tactics also made Leicester City particularly depressed.

Although Leicester City, with the support of the home fans, launched an attack with all their might, they still couldn't break the door of Southampton.

On the contrary, after ten minutes of the second half, Balotelli scored a world wave for Southampton.

This made the score 2-0.

With such a score, it can be said that Southampton's promotion is stable.

However, what surprised Sun Yi was that Leicester City did not surrender. Instead, after adjusting their troops and generals, they launched a more crazy counterattack.

Their desperate momentum made even Sun Yi look at it sideways.

However, the current Southampton team is different. They not only have strong strength, but also have the heart of a king who is not afraid of any challenge. Even if they play with half of the main players, they still play calmly and threateningly.

Even after Sun Yi used up all three substitutions, Leicester City still failed to counterattack successfully.

In the end, the game ended with Southampton advancing to the quarterfinals of the English League Cup.