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Sun Yi frowned slightly, but it disappeared soon. He still looked calm.

Although Sun Yi looked calm on the surface, that frown showed that he was not so calm in his heart.

In fact, the first round of offense and defense between the two sides just ended made Sun Yi feel a little worried.

In this first round, it was obvious that Southampton was at a disadvantage. The strong attack of Manchester United surprised Sun Yi.

Seriously speaking, Manchester United is still Mourinho's heavy defense tactical system. But today's attack made Sun Yi see the determination and unity of Manchester United.

Although in Sun Yi's opinion, Manchester United's tactics are not too outstanding. But relying on the personal advantages of Manchester United's strikers, it is still a great test for Southampton's defense.

The next game also proved Sun Yi's concern.

Manchester United's defense is still as stable as ever. And in terms of offense, it is precisely because of the players' personal abilities and extremely determined offensive will that they have caused a lot of trouble to Southampton.

Judging from these troubles, Manchester United's players are in very good condition today. They can bring out their true level.

Such a situation requires Southampton to deal with it carefully.

What is more worrying is Southampton itself.

From the nearly ten minutes of the game that have already started, Southampton's offensive performance has not exceeded Sun Yi's expectations.

It's just that the defense is not ideal. There is no problem with Van Dijk and others' game status. The problem is that the defenders seem to have more psychological pressure than in the previous few games.

This makes the defenders seem a little restrained when defending. And as Manchester United's offense often creates threats, this makes the Southampton defenders feel more pressure.

The pressure on Southampton's defenders will change so much, which is something Sun Yi did not expect before the game.

Therefore, this became the first problem put in front of Sun Yi in this game.

"Our defenders seem to have a heavy psychological burden." Dio also saw this problem.

"Yes." Sun Yi nodded.

"We have to find a way to alleviate this problem. Otherwise, I'm worried that we won't be able to hold on."

"Yes. So, what suggestions do you have, old Dio?"

"Hmm~" Dio pondered for a moment, then said: "There are two ways. One is to strengthen the offensive strength and use the offense to relieve the pressure on the defense. The other is to let the formation retreat a little and let Davis and others share the pressure."

"Well, then let's use the second method!" Sun Yi chose the second one, which was to let the formation on the field retreat slightly.

He did not choose the first one, mainly because no matter how much the attack on the front line was strengthened, it would be difficult to achieve the effect he wanted. It is not yet time for Southampton to launch a thorough attack.

Soon, Sun Yi came to the sidelines to command Southampton to retreat.

Seeing Sun Yi let Southampton retreat, Mourinho immediately raised his eyebrows with a smile on his face, and began to show off a little.

Sun Yi asked Southampton to retreat, which was a sign of weakness.

This just proved that Mourinho's arrangement was a step ahead.

There is no doubt that Manchester United has taken the lead in momentum.

However, although Sun Yi's response weakened the team's momentum, it solved the problem of Southampton's defense very well.

As Southampton's formation retreated slightly, the space became smaller, and Van Dijk and others were also protected more by their midfield teammates. This made their pressure well shared.

Seeing that the defenders' movements became more agile, Sun Yi nodded with satisfaction.

As long as the defense is stable, what's the problem with a weaker momentum?

All Sun Yi has to do is wait. He doesn't believe that Manchester United has been reborn after a few months. He doesn't believe that Mourinho, who has engraved defensive counterattacks into his bones, can really turn Manchester United into a team that plays offensive football.

Therefore, after seeing the situation on the field, Sun Yi was relieved.

However, God often doesn't fulfill people's wishes.

Just when Sun Yi was relieved, an accident was found on the field.

In a defense, Maya Yoshida collided with Lukaku and fell to the ground.

Sun Yi didn't care much at first, but after asking the team doctor to check as a routine, he saw the team doctor making a gesture for him to make a substitution.

"I copied it!"

Sun Yi was a little upset.

The game had just been played for ten minutes, and the defensive stalwart Yoshida Maya had to retire due to injury. This would completely disrupt Sun Yi's arrangement.

The key point is that this accident put Sun Yi in another bigger trouble.

In today's game, he only arranged two defensive substitutes, namely central defender Pavard and full-back Arnold. Sun Yi didn't even consider letting these two young defenders play.

Looking at the bench, Sun Yi felt a headache.

But he couldn't do anything about it. Yoshida Maya couldn't stick to the game, so he had to make a substitution.

Sun Yi sighed and had to bite the bullet and let Pavard play.

After exhorting and encouraging him, Sun Yi asked Pavard to replace Yoshida Maya.

In fact, it's not impossible to let Pavard play. After all, he also has B+ level strength. But he is too young. Although his other central defender partner Van Dijk is very capable, he is not as experienced as Yoshida.

Experience may become a problem for this central defender combination.

When Yoshida Maya was injured just now, he destroyed the ball out of the baseline. Therefore, Manchester United will continue to take corner kicks.

"Keep an eye on people. Especially Lukaku. Be sure to keep an eye on him!"

This was Manchester United's first corner kick opportunity of the game, and Sun Yi had to remind his players to defend.

"There are a few other tall people, I'm keeping an eye on them." Your sister, why are there so many tall people?

Manchester United also attached great importance to this corner kick opportunity and sent all tall players with good headers into Southampton's penalty area.

By the way, Manchester United’s height really has an advantage!

Lukaku 190CM, Rashford 185CM, Fellaini 194CM, Matic 194CM. There is no need for defenders. Just these few midfielders and frontcourt players stand in the penalty area, giving Southampton a huge air defense pressure.

After Mata's corner kick, Van Dijk kept an eye on Lukaku. But Manchester United had too many tall players, and Southampton simply couldn't mark them.

Precisely because of his height disadvantage, this corner kick was headed by Fellaini. He overpowered Romeu, who was much shorter than him, shook his head hard, and the ball was smashed into the goal.

GOAL!!!!!

"Fellaini!!!"

"Wow!! A goal! We are ahead!" Everyone in the Manchester United team cheered instantly.

And Mourinho even made several crotch thrusting movements in excitement!