Extraordinary coach

"It's over. The 18/19 Premier League is over!"

After the match between Southampton and Liverpool, many media said so.

They all thought, like Guardiola, that the next two rounds of matches were unnecessary.

And almost everyone in Southampton thought so.

"Haha, the Premier League championship is ours again."

"In two more rounds, we can become the treble champions again!"

As soon as the 36th round of the Premier League ended, the joy of winning the championship enveloped the hearts of all Southampton players.

Even Sun Yi thought so. Therefore, after winning the game, he happily announced that the next day would be a holiday, so that everyone could relax and enjoy a good time.

Give the players a holiday, but Sun Yi himself did not take a holiday.

After he was happy all night, he continued to work seriously the next day.

The most difficult Premier League game is over, and next, he will face the latest challenge.

Southampton will usher in the Champions League semi-finals. And the opponent is one of the most terrifying super giants in today's football, Barcelona.

Although Barcelona has not been so strong in the Champions League in recent years. But looking at their overwhelming lead in La Liga, you can see how strong they are.

After playing Liverpool, Southampton took the initiative to win the championship. But Barcelona has now won the championship three rounds in advance.

Such a Barcelona team will be an extremely huge challenge.

Sun Yi needs to make every effort to prepare.

In Sun Yi's opinion, these opponents in the Champions League are more difficult than Liverpool and Manchester City.

Because they are not as familiar as Premier League opponents, Sun Yi does not have enough time to understand each opponent. The uncertainty is too much.

"This is a stumbling block to the Champions League final, I must cross it!"

In order to achieve this goal, while the rest of the team was on holiday, Sun Yi was desperately studying Barcelona. And mainly studying Barcelona's head coach Valverde.

The recent battles made Sun Yi realize that it is more important to study the characteristics and personality of the opponent's head coach.

He can use the system to learn about the opponent's players in detail, and he can also get a general idea of ​​the opponent's basic tactics through battle simulation.

But the game is dynamic, and tactics are not static. There are often many variables in the game, and Sun Yi needs to constantly fight with the opponent's head coach.

Of course, it is necessary to simulate the battle with the scout report. And it needs to be done in large quantities.

So, when the holiday was over and the team resumed its daily life, Sun Yi was teased by Dio.

"Sun, what's wrong with you? Look at your eye bags, dark circles, and your weak steps. Where did you go yesterday?"

"Really? Am I so weak now?"

Dio nodded.

"Damn, it seems that you really need to be restrained in the future."

"Yeah. You, forget it, I think you can't do anything. After all, women are not around, and you do have strong needs at your age. However, I still want to advise you to be restrained as much as possible. And be careful not to be discovered. If the little girl Juanjuan knows, I guarantee that your wedding will not be held." Dio said with understanding.

"What are you talking about? I was studying the next game with Barcelona last night." Sun Yi rolled his eyes. He did study it late, especially after many battle simulations. This is a big consumption for the body.

"Oh. So that's it. The next opponent is Barcelona, ​​which is really difficult. Sun, don't be too stressed. If you break yourself, that will be the biggest trouble." Dio's expression also became serious.

"Yeah. I know." Sun Yi nodded.

A little later, Sun Yi brought the coaching team to the training ground.

After calling the players over, Sun Yi saw that everyone looked relaxed, and some were still talking about what fun things they did yesterday. He nodded with satisfaction.

"It seems that everyone had a good rest yesterday."

"Yes." "I did it yesterday... and had a great time." Many players answered with a smile.

"Yeah. Very good. I am very satisfied to see that everyone has a good rest." Sun Yi nodded, then put away his smile and said: "Now, I need everyone to be serious."

When the players heard this, they immediately put away their smirking expressions.

"Let's put aside other things for the time being. From now on, we will all focus on preparing for the game. You should all know who our next opponent is?"

"Barcelona!" Ronaldo said solemnly.

"Yes, it is Barcelona. This will be an extremely powerful opponent for us on our way to the Champions League."

"I don't need to say much about Barcelona's past record. I believe everyone basically knows something about it. What I want to tell you is that Barcelona has already won the championship in advance, and they can play against us without any worries. Therefore, we must give 100% to deal with them."

Morale, Sun Yi no longer needs to encourage. At present, the morale of the Southampton team is very high. What he needs to do is to let the whole team go all out to prepare for the game.

After using words to let the team put aside other things and devote themselves to training and preparation, Sun Yi also asked the players to work together for the next battle.

Southampton has Cristiano Ronaldo, a player who has been competing with Barcelona for nearly ten years, which will undoubtedly improve Sun Yi's understanding of Barcelona. And Cristiano Ronaldo also provided some methods to deal with Barcelona at Sun Yi's request.

Especially some methods to limit Messi. This provided a lot of help to Sun Yi in formulating tactical strategies.

In the following days, Sun Yi led the Southampton team to prepare for the game intensively. And he also chose to conduct closed training.

Time passed quickly, and the day of the game approached quickly during the training and preparation.

And the Barcelona team also quietly came to Southampton.

Their arrival immediately made the atmosphere of the whole Southampton tense.

In order to increase the winning rate of Southampton, some people suggested that some bad tricks could be used to affect Barcelona's preparations, but they were rejected by Sun Yi.

Barcelona did bring great pressure to Sun Yi, but he was only willing to win in an upright manner.

And the day before the game was about to start, a mysterious bald man quietly entered the hotel where they were staying.

That night, there were rumors that Guardiola was seen in the hotel where the Barcelona team was staying, but no one believed the news.