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"If we don't succeed in this battle, we will die!"

"We have only one way to win!"

"Go, win the championship, and become the witness of our promotion to a great team!"

Sun Yi waved his hand and let the Southampton team enter the field.

When walking out of the passage behind the players, Sun Yi saw the Big Ear Cup placed at the door.

This trophy represents the highest honor of European clubs. It is Sun Yi's favorite.

Looking at the Big Ear Cup steadily, Sun Yi didn't care that there were countless cameras around him pointing at him. He pointed at the Big Ear Cup and said seriously:

"Big Ear Cup, you are mine."

When Sun Yi said this, he did not hide it, and his voice was not small.

So, his words were quickly captured by the camera and presented to all the viewers in front of the TV.

"Wow! This is domineering! I like it."

"Sun Yi is so awesome and so confident. And he is qualified to say so!". The Southampton fans at home and abroad cheered for Sun Yi's words.

But some people think that Sun Yi's words are a bit too much.

"Too arrogant. From some time ago to today, Sun is really too arrogant."

"He is simply ignoring his opponents. He has already regarded himself as a champion. This is disrespectful to Real Madrid."

"Sun, you are too arrogant. You will be slapped in the face soon. We swear. We swear in the name of God!"

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The fans of Real Madrid directly cursed.

"Go to hell, Sun."

"SHIT! The championship must be ours. Get out of the way."

"Today's championship will only belong to us, the great Real Madrid."

"Sun, go to hell! Southampton, go to hell! The championship is ours."

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In fact, not many people heard what Sun Yi said at the scene, and Zidane happened to be one of them.

When the two met and shook hands later, Zidane said to Sun Yi seriously: "I won't let you succeed. My players and I have a strong desire for the championship that is no less than yours."

Sun Yi smiled and shook hands with Zidane, and then said without question: "The champion belongs to our Southampton team."

"Then let's see who is more capable. I believe we can do it." Zidane said unconvinced.

Sun Yi just smiled and nodded, and then returned to the Southampton team's bench area.

"Sun, do you think we can win today?" Dio asked.

"Old Dio, are you nervous?"

Dio smiled and said: "Yes. How can I not be nervous? This is the Real Madrid team that has won the Champions League three times in a row. They have much more experience in finals than us."

Sun Yi put his arm around Dio's shoulders and said easily: "We have a lot of experience in finals. How many finals have we played this year? How many championships have we won? You don't need to count, you know it's a lot more than them. What's more, we eliminated them in the round of 16 last year."

"But, they are different this year. They are much stronger than last year."

"So what? Barcelona is also much stronger than last year. Didn't we send them home?"

Speaking of this, Sun Yi straightened his back, as straight as a javelin. Then he said with a domineering face: "No matter who the opponent is today, we will win the championship."

". "Dio was stunned by Sun Yi's incomparable confidence and momentum.

"And don't forget. We still have Cristiano Ronaldo, the Champions League champion. Cristiano Ronaldo can win the championship even if he lies down. Even if God comes, he can't stop us from winning the championship today!"

"Cristiano Ronaldo?!" Dio's eyes lit up and he looked at the field, just in time to see Cristiano Ronaldo confidently talking to his teammates.

"Southampton, champion! Champion! Champion!!!"

Dio couldn't help but murmured: "Yes. We still have Cristiano Ronaldo, this championship, no one can compete with us."

Sun Yi nodded in approval. He firmly believed that this championship would only belong to Southampton.

Sun Yi's confidence is based on the strength of Southampton and the kingly momentum brought by long-term continuous victories.

However, in fact, the overall strength of the Real Madrid team on the field today is not worse than that of Southampton.

Zidane arranged the starting lineup to be 433.

Forward: Hazard (A+), Benzema (A+), Bale (A+).

Midfielders: Pogba (A+), Casemiro (A+), Kroos (A+).

Defenders: Mendy (A+), Ramos (S-), Varane (A+), Carvajal (A+).

Goalkeeper: Kuvatour (A+)

The above is the starting lineup of Real Madrid in this game.

But the real strength of Real Madrid is not the starting lineup on the field, but their super bench lineup.

On the bench they also sit: S-level Modric, A+ level Asensio, James Rodriguez, Marcelo, Luka Jovic, Vinicius, and A-level substitute goalkeeper Areola.

In addition to these substitutes, there are many players of the same strength who have not entered the big list.

Look at these players sitting on the bench of Real Madrid, this is their real strong foundation.

Such a foundation is incomparable to the current Southampton team. Maybe it will be fine after a few years when the young players grow up.

However, in Sun Yi's opinion, although Real Madrid is strong, its biggest problem is that it lacks a super strong point.

Real Madrid's lineup seems to have no flaws on both offense and defense. The overall performance is better than Southampton. But it lacks a person like Ronaldo who can make the final decision at a critical moment.

This is one of the reasons why Sun Yi is very confident about this game.

Comparing the lines of both sides, Real Madrid's offense is balanced, while Southampton's offense is strong and defense is weak. Overall, the strength of both sides is about the same.

And this was soon reflected.

After the game started, the two sides quickly started a contest. Mainly in the offensive contest.

In this game, Sun Yi's strategy was to attack instead of defend. Use Southampton's relatively stronger offense to make up for the problem that the backcourt is not as good as Real Madrid.

As long as the offensive firepower is fully played, Real Madrid will not be able to use Li Dan in the midfield to support the front line. With Real Madrid's forward line being only A+, Southampton's defense line could barely hold up.

Zidane of Real Madrid also wanted to attack aggressively.

Zidane didn't have Sun Yi's golden finger, so he couldn't see the specific advantages and disadvantages of both sides. But he still knew that Southampton's biggest problem was the left back and the goalkeeper.

He believed that the forward line led by Bale would definitely be able to seize the loopholes in Southampton's defense.

It can be said that in this game, the two people's arrangements were somewhat different but ended up in the same place. They both hit a point:

In football, defense can get points, but you must attack to win.

Similar arrangements made the game a crazy offensive between the two sides from the beginning.

The players on both sides were in good shape today. This made the two sides play very closely and excitingly. Shots appeared from time to time.

"Bang!" Southampton made a shot.

"Bang!!" Real Madrid will soon return a shot.

"Bang!~Bang!~"

The offensive and defensive play made the game full of shots. In just fifteen minutes, both sides fired nearly ten shots at each other.

Shooting represents a threat.

Although neither team scored a goal, the audience was startled from time to time. Sometimes they shouted loudly, and sometimes they held their breath.

The stalemate and the high number of shots in the game really made people very nervous.

The fans of both sides were very nervous. They were worried that the other team would score first.

And this evenly matched match was maintained, making all the audience's hearts hang like that. Then as the game progressed, it was sometimes surging, and sometimes it sank rapidly.

What's more terrible is that this stalemate lasted until the end of the first half.

This made many people couldn't help but take a deep breath when they saw the end of the first half. It felt like they were playing on the field.

And some people with poor heart conditions started taking medicine immediately during the halftime break.

"Damn, if I don't take some heart pills, I'm going to die here. This game is too damn tense."

The entire first half was spent in a fierce battle. Although there was no goal, no one dared to say that it was not exciting enough.

The tense nerves were temporarily rested, and the audience began to recall the first half of the game while discussing the second half.

"The first half was so close, maybe the second half will be the same."

"Both sides performed so well today that they still can't decide the winner."

"If the second half is still so close, we may have to play overtime or even a penalty shootout."

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Penalty shootout?

Neither side had such an idea, neither Sun Yi nor Zidane had.

When both sides returned to the field from the locker room, Real Madrid quickly showed their attitude of wanting to win.

They sent Modric to replace Kroos, who did not show an advantage in strength.

"Modric is finally on the field. Is he finally going to go all out?"

Seeing Modric on the field, Sun Yi's expression couldn't help but become serious.

Zidane saw Sun Yi's expression and couldn't help but raise his mouth.

"Sun, do you think the evenly matched in the first half is our full strength?"

"No. From now on, we will really go all out."

"Do you know? I have been preparing for this moment for half a season."

Does anyone know? Zidane has been preparing for the tactics of this day since half a season ago.

Modric is the force multiplier of Real Madrid. But he is not young now, after all, and it is difficult for him to play the whole game.

However, even so, as long as he is on the field, other players of Real Madrid, especially the strikers, can achieve super performance.

And for the key battle in the Champions League, Zidane ruthlessly hid him. He just often let him come on the bench to maintain his condition.

He wanted all opponents to think that Modric was fading away, and that the lineup in the first half was the strongest lineup of Real Madrid.

Then, when the situation was stalemate, he would suddenly use Modric. That would definitely be able to confuse and defeat the opponent with the strongest lineup of Real Madrid!

Now, Zidane felt that his strategy had achieved great success.

"Sun, just wait to lose!"

"Even if you know all this now, it's useless. You have no cards in your hand."

Sun Yi met Zidane's gaze and saw the smile of success on Zidane's face. He instantly understood what was going on.

Do you think I don't know that the lineup with Modric is your strongest?

Do you think you are the only one with a back-up plan?

In fact, I have one too!

Sun Yi also smiled and raised his hand to clap a few times.

"Kaka."

"Boss!" Kaka had taken off his coat and was ready to warm up.

"It's your turn to play. Our championship is in your hands."

"No problem." Kaka nodded. With indifference and confidence on his face.

"Hmm~Kaka? Is this your back-up plan? Sun." Seeing Kaka in such a state, Zidane suddenly felt a little nervous in his heart.

That's right. This is indeed Sun Yi's back-up plan.

Zidane spent half a season to make Modric an ambush.

But Sun Yi was prepared earlier.

As early as when Phillips was introduced and Kaka took the initiative to give up his position, Sun Yi was preparing for this day.

In fact, the lineup on the field, replacing Phillips with Kaka is the strongest lineup of the Southampton team.

Kaka's experience and understanding of Sun Yi's tactical system far exceeds Felix. His appearance can make Southampton team more powerful. Especially the offensive power.

Kaka's initiative to give in at the beginning made Sun Yi very grateful.

And he really didn't want to see Kaka, who had been supporting him without regrets since he came to Southampton, fade away and slowly withdraw from the field.

Kaka shouldn't fade out of the field so sadly.

Even if he wants to retire, he should have a grand performance before letting his career end.

And for this day, Sun Yi used the system to develop a set of training plans for Kaka to improve his condition early.

After nearly a season of preparation, Kaka today just reached the best condition.

Now is the time for Kaka to shine on the field.

Zidane didn't know all this. He thought that only he would do such a thing that would be prepared for half a season for a game.

In his eyes, Kaka is a player of the same generation as him and should have retired long ago.

According to what Zidane knows, Kaka has not played much this season.

How can such a player be in good competitive condition?

"So what if Kaka is sent? Does Sun think his strength and condition can match Modric?"

"A Kaka who is so old will never help Southampton when he plays. On the contrary, he may drag them down."

"So, this is actually more beneficial to us!"

"Sun, you are too smart. This time you will make trouble for yourself and Southampton."