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"Hmm~ Are you focusing on Ronaldo?"

Looking at Southampton's main attack direction on the field, Guardiola was a little happy, but there was still a vague suspicion in his heart.

"Yes. They are the main attack side. They just want to rely on Cristiano Ronaldo to break through our defense. Boss, look, they have attacked there several times in a row." The assistant said excitedly.

Relying on the performance of superstars is a good thing for Manchester City.

But Guardiola frowned slightly, he always felt that it would not be that simple.

He played against Sun Yi many times and suffered many losses. And every loss is rarely caused by superstars alone.

"Boss, do you suspect that China Sun has other conspiracies?" the assistant asked when Guardiola did not appear happy.

"Yes." Guardiola nodded. "It won't be that simple. Otherwise we wouldn't lose to them so many times."

After hearing this, the assistant also put away his relaxed smile. The memories about Sun Yi and Southampton are always a little bit unpleasant.

"Boss, you are right. China Sun may have a conspiracy. However, we have made sufficient preparations before the game. Even if he does have a back-up move, we can deal with it."

"Yeah!" Guardiola nodded. Thinking of the preparations he made before the game, his face became confident.

His pre-match preparations lasted more than a few days. To be sure, he had been preparing for the game against Southampton from the beginning of the new season.

Such a long preparation was unprecedentedly sufficient.

Guardiola became more confident when he thought of this.

He continued to set his sights on the field.

The two sides on the field were still playing back and forth.

And because Southampton places the main attack direction on Ronaldo, although he is indeed a great threat, it makes Manchester City better defensive.

As long as we put the focus of defense there and gather more troops, Ronaldo is still alone after all. No matter how powerful he is, he can't compete with the strict defense of a few people.

This situation made Manchester City's performance better than Southampton's.

"It's good for us. It's good for us to keep playing like this."

Guardiola was a little relieved. Still, he cautiously walked to the sideline.

"While focusing on defending the right wing, also pay attention to the left wing. Don't let them sneak attacks."

Guardiola's reminder is spot on.

Although the Southampton team mainly attacks Ronaldo, under their tactical system of bypassing the defensive zone, they will occasionally move to the other side.

While Manchester City's overall defense did not make many mistakes, Southampton's offense did encounter difficulties.

This made the Southampton fans in the stands who were traveling with the team very anxious.

"What should we do? We seem to have encountered problems with our offense."

"Our main offense is launched from Ronaldo's side, but the opponent's main defense is also there."

"If we continue to play like this on the field, I'm afraid it will be very detrimental to our team in the future."

"I feel like Manchester City are starting to gain momentum."

"..."

The offensive disadvantage made Southampton look gradually inferior to Manchester City.

Dio couldn't help but feel worried.

"Sun, if this continues, I'm worried that the Manchester City team's momentum will completely increase. By then, I'm afraid they won't be able to handle it."

"Don't worry. I have confidence in our defense." Sun Yi said with a smile. "It doesn't matter that our left back is relatively weak. But there are few in the entire Premier League that can match our defense. Everyone must have confidence in them."

Sun Yi's words were not wrong.

Although Southampton has encountered problems in offense, the defense is still quite solid.

Although Sarr is not an orthodox full-back, he still does a good job defensively. With the support of Paulinho and Van Dijk, it has been able to withstand Manchester City's fierce attack so far.

Next, with the cheering of the home fans, Manchester City attacked more and more fiercely.

Sal gradually became unable to resist. However, several timely supports from Van Dijk stabilized the defense there in time. This prevented Manchester City from breaking through the defense on the left side and then expanded the result.

This situation made the game still a stalemate.

Southampton's offense could not be used, and Manchester City's offense was also held back. Both sides had fierce attacks, but failed to score.

Even until the end of the first half, no one could score.

The two sides could only walk back to the locker room with a score of zero to zero.

After returning to the locker room, Sun Yi summarized the team's performance in the first half with both criticism and praise.

After motivating the players with words, he said solemnly: "The real game has begun, and we have to make changes in the second half..."

"Come on, beat them! This is our home court." Manchester City shouted and began to walk out of the locker room.

In the tunnel, Guardiola met Sun Yi, who had also left the locker room. The two nodded and continued walking forward.

After meeting Sun Yi, Guardiola frowned slightly. He had a feeling that the second half would be very different.

He just saw Sun Yi and the members of the Southampton team looking calm. There seemed to be no concern at all about the unfavorable situation in the first half.

What does this mean?

It shows that Sun Yi and the Southampton team are confident. It also shows that they are likely to use their trump card in the second half.

Thinking of this, Guardiola couldn't help but feel a little worried. Before seeing Sun Yi's moves, he really couldn't feel at ease. He couldn't relax.

Back to the sidelines, after Guardiola had instructed the players, he turned around and saw Southampton's Kaka taking off his coat.

"It's time to make a substitution. Kaka will be sent on the field."

"Who will Kaka replace? Felix? Or someone else?"

"What tactics will Sun use?"

"Is it a positional substitution, or like the last game?"

"..."

Instantly, Guardiola's mind flashed with countless thoughts.

Guardiola didn't have to guess for long, Southampton quickly gave the answer.

Kaka came on the field and replaced the right winger Pulisic.

"Same as the last game!" Guardiola's eyes suddenly widened, and then he began to think about what changes this substitution would bring to the field.

But the more he thought about it, the more worried Guardiola became.

When he saw both sides preparing to kick off and Kaka standing in the front midfielder position, Guardiola couldn't help but sigh.

"It's true."

"I hope the players can adapt to this change."

After sighing, Guardiola immediately gestured and shouted loudly to the Manchester City players on the field.

"Pay attention, they have made substitutions and adjustments. I guess they are going to use the same tactics as the Tottenham game."

"Be sure to defend well and don't make mistakes easily!"

Dio heard Guardiola's words, and turned to Sun Yi nervously and said, "Sun, he discovered our intentions. What should we do?"

Sun Yi said with a calm smile. "Don't worry. What if he discovered it? The key is that he has to have a way. And their players have to be able to withstand it."

Sun Yi's smile was so calm and confident. So Dio felt very calm at a glance. Feeling inexplicably relieved.

Soon, the second half of the game began.

Due to Guardiola's reminder, Manchester City has made significant changes to the arrangement in the first half.

It can be seen that the defenders of Manchester City on the field have become more vigilant. Especially Kaka and Felix.

However, after the game started, Manchester City found that the situation of the game was no different from the first half.

Southampton still took Ronaldo's side as the main attack point.

Manchester City was still paying attention to the other side, but Southampton's attacks were carried out on Ronaldo's side for several consecutive times.

This forced Manchester City to shift the focus of defense to Ronaldo.

Under the pressure exerted by Ronaldo, Manchester City's defense has become almost the same as in the first half without knowing it.

Their defenders also subconsciously defended as in the first half, and gradually, Guardiola's previous words were put aside.

The defense is still the same as in the first half, which makes Manchester City's offensive players very happy, and they can devote themselves to the offense more at ease.

Although Manchester City's offense was stronger than in the first half, it still failed to break through Southampton's defense in a short period of time.

"Why is there no change?"

"Why are we still playing the same as in the first half after all the substitutions?"

"Can't Ronaldo play less?"

"What is Sun thinking?"

Seeing that the situation did not change much, the fans of Southampton could not help but feel disappointed.

At the same time, Guardiola was not happy because the situation on the field was favorable to his side, but frowned even more deeply.

"Something is wrong. This is not normal. It shouldn't be like this after the substitution."

"..." The assistant looked at Guardiola with some confusion. The situation is favorable to us, isn't that good?

Guardiola still couldn't get rid of his worries, so he went to the sidelines to continue shouting to the players.

"When defending, don't put all your energy on Ronaldo. Pay attention to the other side. Remember, pay attention to the other side."

Although Guardiola kept reminding, the Manchester City players on the field didn't listen much.

The situation on the field made them feel that Guardiola's reminder was unnecessary.

If we don't pay more attention to Ronaldo, what if he gets one in? Then won't it be our responsibility?

After reminding the players who should be reminded, Guardiola was a little helpless when he found that the players on the field did not react too much.

For people in the vortex, it is not useful for you to remind them.

Many times, this situation makes a coach feel powerless.

Guardiola can only start thinking about how to make the players on the field more vigilant.

At this time, Southampton launched a quick attack after defending an attack by Manchester City.

Manchester City's defense was very good and did not give Southampton a chance to take advantage of it.

Southampton could only be forced to switch to positional warfare.

At the beginning of the positional warfare, Manchester City immediately prepared to focus on the defense in the direction where Ronaldo was.

Sure enough, Southampton launched an attack again.

After receiving the pass from his teammate, Ronaldo tried to move forward to put pressure, but the opponent's dense defense left him with no way to go.

Seeing this, Ronaldo had no choice but to pass the ball back.

The one who received Ronaldo was Kaka.

Kaka didn't stop the ball, but kicked it directly at Ronaldo's return pass.

Large-scale transfer.

The ball was quickly transferred to the right, and Felix, who had been waiting there for a long time, unloaded the ball steadily. Then he rushed forward immediately.

"Quick, move over there and increase the defensive strength over there."

Guardiola shouted loudly at the first time. He wanted to remind the players on the field.

However, the reminder may not be useful.

Since Manchester City's main defensive attention is on Ronaldo's way. The right side where Felix is ​​located is flat.

Zinchenko also reacted in time, and he rushed over desperately to defend Felix.

Zinchenko's efforts allowed him to rush to Felix. However, Felix shook a few times, which made him a little embarrassed.

After shaking a few times, seeing that Zinchenko's feet were already in chaos, Felix flicked the ball and then accelerated rapidly and rushed past him.

Breakthrough successful!

Felix's speed is also very fast. After Zinchenko failed to stop him at the first time, he chased him desperately, but he could not catch up in a short time.

After Felix went down the field, he quickly and calmly kicked the ball into the penalty area.

Cross!

Grab the point!

Balotelli, who was in the front, unfortunately missed the first point due to the interference of Laporte.

However, Southampton had the second point, and even the third and fourth points.

"Bang!"

Ronaldo appeared at the second point and sent the ball steadily into the goal of Manchester City with a shovel shot.

"GOAL!!!!!!!!!"

"Christiano Ronaldo!!!!!!!"

All the Southampton players jumped up with ecstasy in an instant.

"Ahhh!!!"

On the field, Ronaldo was celebrating crazily with Kaka, Paulinho and others. Sun Yi on the sidelines was also celebrating excitedly with the people next to him.

"Haha. Success!!!"

"Sun, our plan succeeded. Haha, we really succeeded!!" Dio, with a white beard, laughed like a child.

"Haha. The attack was successful. We are ahead now. We have the initiative in this game!"

Sun Yi laughed happily, and high-fived and hugged the members of the coaching staff one by one.

The goal was the success of his strategy.

After sending Kaka, he still insisted on playing Ronaldo, which was all arranged by Sun Yi.

In addition, the same approach in the first half was to make the players of Manchester City develop a defensive inertia.

In that case, even if Guardiola, the head coach, discovered Sun Yi's intention, it would be difficult to immediately change the consciousness and mentality of Manchester City on the field.

Then Southampton suddenly used the real back-up move arranged by Sun Yi to change the focus of the attack. The opportunity brought by the suddenness will be extremely threatening.

And Southampton successfully seized it.

The success of this strategy made Sun Yi very happy.

On the other side, Guardiola looked at the score of zero to one and closed his eyes in pain.

"I reminded you!"