Extraordinary coach

Sun Yi subconsciously turned his head to look at the other side, and met Guardiola's eyes. The latter smiled confidently.

As if to say: How is it? This is just the beginning.

Sun Yi nodded.

Yes, it's good. Take out whatever else you have, I'll take it all.

Turning around, Sun Yi shouted loudly to the field: "Return one!"

It's not polite not to return the favor.

The guest gave such a big gift right at the beginning, Southampton must return one anyway.

This is St. Mary's Stadium. Since Sun Yi coached Southampton, no one can go wild here.

Not even Manchester City.

The act of wanting to take over the host is absolutely not allowed, and it is a provocation to Southampton fans.

"Damn. They almost sneaked up on us. We will return a hard one right away. Let them know whose territory this is."

C Ronaldo also waved and shouted.

Later, Southampton served the ball and started to organize the attack.

"Southampton, come on! Kill them!"

Under the enthusiastic cheers of the fans, Southampton quickly advanced to the frontcourt.

Guardiola actually likes to let the team press in the frontcourt, but today, he did not do so. Instead, he put the main defense line in the backcourt.

This caused Southampton to encounter huge resistance as soon as they passed the midfield.

However, after the battle with Arsenal, Sun Yi has solved the problem of Southampton's previous tactical solidification. Now Southampton has regained a strong positional warfare capability.

This is St. Mary's Stadium, the home of Southampton. They are very familiar with it. They can play tactical coordination with their eyes closed.

Therefore, although Manchester City's defense line was well organized, it still failed to prevent Southampton from shooting.

It's a pity that Ronaldo failed to hit the goal in the penalty area.

This goal didn't go in, but it also posed a considerable threat to Manchester City's goal.

After Southampton finished the first attack, Sun Yi nodded with satisfaction. Then he turned to look at Guardiola on the other side.

The two of them happened to meet each other's eyes, so Sun Yi smiled and raised his chin.

See? This is our territory. It's not your turn to run wild.

"The game has just begun!" Guardiola responded with a smile.

"Yes. The game has just begun. And this is just the appetizer. We will soon bring the main course to entertain you." Sun Yi said with a smile.

After a confrontation with Guardiola, Sun Yi turned around and shouted to the field: "Defend well, build the defense line, and don't let people sneak attack."

Southampton quickly established a defense line.

Unlike Manchester City, Sun Yi arranged a layered defense today. Interception started from the frontcourt.

Sun Yi did this mainly to defend Manchester City's trident.

Whether it is Aguero or Sane, or Mahrez, or even Sterling who was sitting on the bench today, they are all fast and counterattack threatening players.

Layer upon layer of interception and interference prevented Manchester City from launching a quick attack, thus forcing Manchester City into a positional battle.

Sun Yi has absolute confidence in the positional battle. Because this is Southampton's advantage, both in offense and defense.

Most of Manchester City's midfielders and frontcourt players are not tall enough, and they are relatively disadvantaged in the positional battle with more confrontation.

However, with De Bruyne's height and passing, coupled with the flexible and changeable running of Aguero and others, even if Southampton's defense is good, it still cannot completely prevent Manchester City from posing a threat.

Relying on De Bruyne's passing, Manchester City posed some threats in front of the goal.

Sun Yi couldn't help but nod. Manchester City played a good positional battle this time, very methodical. Better than the last time at Etihad.

It seems that this game will also be a test in terms of defense.

Later, Southampton also launched an attack again.

Led by Ronaldo, Kaka and others, Southampton once again showed its tactical characteristics. Facing Manchester City's defense that was not inferior to their own, Southampton still completed the shot and posed a great threat to the goal.

"Wonderful!" Allardyce couldn't help but say: "The two rounds of confrontation between the two sides were really wonderful. Not only did they play their own characteristics, but they also posed a threat."

"Yes." Martin Taylor continued: "You know, this is just the beginning of the game. According to this situation, the next game will only be more exciting and more intense."

Yes. Martin Taylor's words are really right.

These two rounds of confrontation are actually just warm-ups for both sides. Afterwards, the game rhythm of both sides also picked up, and the confrontation became more intense.

And these situations also made threatening shots appear continuously.

In just ten minutes, both sides got nearly ten shots, and most of them posed a threat.

Such a game soon made all the fans hold their breath and become very nervous. They were afraid that if they were not careful, a goal would appear.

With both teams bombarding each other's goal, a goal could be scored at any time, but no one knows who will score first.

"I feel like a goal is likely to come. Both teams are getting closer and closer to scoring." Allardyce, as a commentator, also looked very nervous.

Just as Allardyce finished speaking, the Southampton team on the field had already taken advantage of the home field and Kaka made a straight pass almost without looking at anyone.

And this straight pass was successful. Balotelli had a single shot.

Balotelli did not waste the opportunity, and with a light push, the ball went in.

"Yeah!!" All the Southampton players cheered instantly.

"Beep!"

However, just as the Southampton team was preparing to celebrate, the referee's whistle sounded. Turning around, the linesman raised the flag on the sidelines.

This goal was offside first.

"Oh! SHIT!!"

The Southampton players were immediately angry, especially Balotelli, who stared at the referee and questioned him.

"This penalty is worth discussing." Allardyce said while watching the TV replay.

In the replay, Balotelli and the last defender of Manchester City were almost in the same straight line.

Balotelli, who thought he was not offside, was really dissatisfied with the referee's penalty. Therefore, after he argued with the referee to no avail, he became a little excited. He even sweared.

"Pull him away!" Sun Yi was also very dissatisfied with the referee's decision, but when he saw Balotelli's mouth shape, he immediately asked others to stop him.

But Sun Yi's stop was still too slow, and Balotelli's swearing made the referee show him a yellow card.

"SHIT!" Seeing the yellow card, Sun Yi couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. But he continued to shout to the field: "Kaka, pull Balotelli away."

"Everyone calm down."

It is really unpleasant to have a goal blown off, and it is indeed necessary to argue with the referee. But you have to control your emotions, otherwise you will suffer.

Now Balotelli has suffered a big loss.