Extraordinary coach

Cristiano Ronaldo's safe return is Sun Yi's biggest reassurance.

With Ronaldo, Southampton's offensive firepower is guaranteed.

As long as Ronaldo is there, Sun Yi will not be afraid of any opponent, even if a few more main players are injured.

Of course, it is absolutely unacceptable to injure players again.

What makes Sun Yi even more satisfied is that in the national team's games, Ronaldo continued his superb form in the club. He even scored a hat trick in the national team's games.

Such performance shows how hot Ronaldo's form is.

Originally, Sun Yi was worried that his form would drop significantly after returning from the national team. After Ronaldo returned, he still showed an excellent form in training.

This gave Sun Yi more confidence.

As for other players, they were more or less affected.

For example, Balotelli looked a little tired after returning.

However, with Ronaldo, Sun Yi was not too worried.

Sun Yi still tried his best to restore the players' form during training.

As for the effect, we will know only when the game comes.

After a few days of preparation, Southampton welcomed Benfica at St. Mary's Stadium.

Benfica now has some connections with Southampton. Felix was bought by Sun Yi from Benfica.

Goodbye Benfica, Sun Yi couldn't help but thank them for training a player like Felix.

However, it was also because Felix came from Benfica, and there was an agreement between the two teams before that Felix needed to avoid.

Therefore, in this game, Sun Yi could not send Felix to play.

Felix could not play, and many people thought that this would affect Southampton's frontcourt offensive firepower.

But Sun Yi was not worried. Felix's current strength is still at Class A, and it is not irreplaceable.

In the past, he was reused just to train him.

Like Golovin, he can replace his role. If he is an organizer, Golovin is also enough.

"We came to Southampton with ideals."

"We don't want to say that we will definitely win the game, of course we will work hard for it. But we must at least make sure we don't lose."

"Our team lost Felix, but there are still many players with the same advantages as him. We have the strength to fight Southampton."

"We want to go further in the Champions League, so we will go all out."

After arriving in Southampton, Benfica still seemed very aggressive. Their morale was very good.

It is said that there are no weak teams in the Champions League, so Sun Yi naturally did not dare to take it lightly.

In this game against Benfica, Sun Yi sent all the main players he could to the field.

Sun Yi's idea was that he must score as many goals as possible at his home ground.

Soon, the game was held at St. Mary's Stadium.

After the game started, Benfica still played well.

Although they had the disadvantage of being away from home and were not as strong as Southampton in overall strength, they performed very actively.

Even though they were at a disadvantage on the field, the players of Benfica played with fighting spirit.

On defense, Benfica fought very hard, almost running at all costs.

If one person can't defend, then two people. If two people can't defend, then three people. In order to withstand the attack of Southampton, Benfica tried their best.

Fighting hard on defense, Benfica also fought hard in offense.

The number of attacks was far less than that of Southampton, but every time Benfica attacked, it would try its best and attack to the end.

This attitude of organizing the attack made Benfica still create a lot of threats to Southampton's defense.

It was Benfica's unremitting efforts in offense and defense that allowed them to play back and forth with Southampton for a long period of time.

Even Sun Yi had to praise Benfica in his heart.

"Benfica's performance is really good. They are really tenacious. In time, I believe they will have the opportunity to achieve good results."

Benfica's performance is really amazing. It is precisely because of their efforts that they did not allow Southampton to score in the entire first half.

This situation has greatly improved the morale of Benfica.

Their fans can't help but imagine that they can get out of St. Mary's Stadium unscathed, and then try to win the game when they return to Lisbon, so as to successfully advance.

This is a good goal.

It is also the biggest motivation for Benfica.

After the start of the second half, Benfica continued to maintain high morale.

They continued the super performance in the first half.

Seeing this situation, Benfica's fans felt more and more confident.

But soon, their confidence was kicked away by Ronaldo.

After about ten minutes in the second half, Benfica could no longer stop Ronaldo's performance. Ronaldo received the ball in the penalty area and pushed the ball into the goal.

"Hey, it's Ronaldo again!"

Benfica was also helpless about Ronaldo's goal.

They knew that Ronaldo was in great form recently, so they kept a close watch on him in this game. But they couldn't stop Ronaldo from scoring.

Ronaldo's goal also hit the morale and confidence of Benfica.

Before, they were supported by the hope of a draw. After falling behind, they felt that they were going to lose the game.

After scoring the goal, Southampton's morale was greatly boosted. At the same time, many players were also stimulated to have a strong desire to score.

Under the strong desire to score, Southampton then launched an offensive against Benfica that was far beyond the previous one.

Under the powerful offensive of Southampton, Benfica's gate was lost again.

They were scored a goal by Golovin with a free kick.

The appearance of two goals also completely eliminated Benfica's hope of a comeback.

Later, although Benfica still tried very hard, it was ultimately powerless. It could only lose the game with a two-goal disadvantage.

The two-goal advantage was still quite satisfying for Southampton.

With such an advantage, Southampton will be very calm in the next round to Lisbon.

Benfica lost the game, but their performance in the game still made Sun Yi very recognized.

"Due to the strength, Benfica lost to us. But I want to say that you are still honorable in defeat. You worked hard in the game, which is worth learning from."

Benfica had no choice but to accept Sun Yi's "honorable in defeat".

"There is no way, we have tried our best. Losing the game is indeed due to the gap in our strength."

"And they have a player like Ronaldo who is almost cheating, and no one can do anything about it."

"After returning, we will continue to work hard. In the next round, we will not give up. We will still go all out to advance."

After leaving these helpless words, Benfica left.