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"Smash! Smash them to death!"

Sun Yi excitedly directed Southampton to bombard Manchester City with high-altitude balls.

Doing so made Southampton's offense look less attractive and the ball possession rate also decreased. But the effect was very good.

Sun Yi could clearly feel that Manchester City's defenders were under great psychological pressure.

This made him even more excited.

Keep smashing. Now that I have caught your weakness, I will smash you to death.

The Southampton players also knew that they could bully their opponents with high-altitude balls, and they were all very excited.

"Bang!" Southampton used the tactic of passing from the bottom to the middle in the attack, allowing Otins, who had just come up, to head the ball once.

The header that hit the post and went out of bounds showed that Otins was indeed good at heading.

Watching the increasing pressure on the team's defense, Guardiola frowned and began to think about countermeasures.

Manchester City has faced this situation more than once or twice, so Guardiola can quickly come up with a solution.

After coming up with a solution, Guardiola took the opportunity of a dead ball to call Dellaune, who was nearby, to whisper in his ear.

"This way... this way..., you go tell the others to start playing like this, do you understand?"

"I understand."

After De Bruyne went back, he began to pass on Guardiola's meaning.

Guardiola's prestige in Manchester City is really high. After his words were passed on, the expressions of Manchester City's players on the field began to firm up.

Even the defenders seemed to become more at ease.

"What did Guardiola tell De Bruyne to say? It actually stabilized Manchester City's mentality."

Seeing the changes in the expressions of Manchester City players, Sun Yi was surprised and curious.

No matter what Guardiola said, it is certain that it will not be a good thing for Southampton.

Since Guardiola has responded, Sun Yi feels that he should be more vigilant.

"Steady up first. Don't play too hastily."

"Van Dijk, you guys should be more careful."

Sun Yi's reminder this time was really timely.

After Sun Yi's reminder, Southampton was first attacked fiercely and quickly by Manchester City.

Turning around, Southampton was about to organize an offensive, but was pressed very firmly by Manchester City.

High pressure in the frontcourt!

Sun Yi immediately discovered Manchester City's intention.

"Be careful of their pressing. The back defenders should kick faster."

Sun Yi's reminder was timely, but he still underestimated Manchester City's determination.

Although many of Manchester City's frontcourt players are not tall enough, they are a big advantage in the frontcourt pressing.

The speed of the grab is fast enough!

This also brings greater pressure.

Although Southampton knew that Manchester City was pressing them in the frontcourt with high pressure under Sun Yi's reminder. But they still felt great pressure when facing the pressing.

Captain Davis' performance today was indeed amazing. But his upper limit is only A-level after all. At this level, it is difficult to expect him to carry the whole team.

And he is a defensive midfielder. He is not as good as Prowse in ball control.

When the whole team was under crazy pressure from Manchester City, he did not organize the team's ball control.

As the pressure became greater and greater, Southampton began to panic.

The organization and cooperation were greatly disturbed.

The pressure Southampton put on Manchester City was mainly concentrated in the penalty area. If there is a problem with the organization, the offensive threat will naturally decrease significantly.

For a time, Southampton's momentum was suppressed a lot.

"Okay. This is the right way to press." After seeing that Manchester City's pressing was very effective, the Blue Moon fans in the stands were very happy.

The momentum on the field often rises and falls. Once one side is weak, the other side will take the opportunity to increase its momentum.

Feeling the reduction of defense pressure, Manchester City's morale was very encouraged. And gradually became excited again.

As the effect of the high-pressure pressing in the frontcourt began to take effect, the pressure on Southampton's defense continued to increase.

"Manchester City's momentum has risen again! There is some trouble." Dio said worriedly.

He found that the situation on the field had undergone a huge change in just a few minutes.

This change is very unfavorable to Southampton.

"Sun, we have to think of a way. Otherwise, if Manchester City's momentum is completely raised again, it may return to the situation in the first half."

"Yeah!" Sun Yi nodded.

Dio was right. There are indeed signs of such development on the field now. But it is not easy for him to think of a solution at the moment.

Guardiola's brain is really fast! Such a vicious response came up so quickly.

Such on-the-spot command ability is really mind-boggling!

Sun Yi pondered for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a good solution for a while.

And the game on the field, while he was thinking of a solution, had gradually tended to be favorable to Manchester City.

"Manchester City is really getting more aggressive. Why don't we just avoid them?" Dio suggested.

What Dio meant was to weaken the offense and strengthen the defense.

But isn't this the same as the situation in the first half?

In the first half, Southampton not only failed to hold on, but also fell behind by two goals.

This is definitely not what Sun Yi wants.

"No! This option is not that good." Sun Yi shook his head and refused.

It was a refusal, but Sun Yi knew that it was right to temporarily avoid Manchester City's attack.

Now we need to defend, but we can't repeat the mistakes of the first half.

So, we still need to come up with a solution quickly.

"What should we do? Manchester City's pressing puts a lot of pressure on us. Pressing~ Yeah! By the way, if we want to defend, we can also press!"

Sun Yi suddenly felt enlightened.

Manchester City is pressing high in the frontcourt. If Southampton also follows suit, it will become a fight between the two sides in the midfield.

In this way, the pressure on Southampton's defense will naturally not be so great.

"Okay. Let's do it!"

Sun Yi did it as he thought. He immediately came to the field and shouted to the players: "Press them. We will do the same as them and press high. Let's see who can beat who!"

At Sun Yi's request, Southampton also began to press high.

This request should be the favorite of Captain Davis.

He himself has strong defensive interception ability. His power was truly revealed when he and his teammates launched a press against Manchester City.

Facing Davis's press, even a strong player like Aguero would be intercepted if he was not careful.

Driven by Davis, Southampton's defensive power is constantly increasing. This has greatly restricted Manchester City's offense.

This in turn boosted Southampton's morale.

Although they were still under great pressure when facing Manchester City's press, the defensive pressure on the back line was reduced a lot.

Once there is no worry, more energy can be put into other aspects.

Because once Southampton has possession of the ball, it will be pressed crazily by Manchester City. There is not much improvement in offense.

But even so, the offensive and defensive lines of both sides gradually moved from the front of Southampton's penalty area to near the midfield.

The battle for the midfield was formed.

"Come on, Manchester City. This is our home court. Beat them!"

"Come on, Southampton, beat them!"

Seeing the two teams start to fight fiercely in the midfield, fans of both teams cheered for their teams desperately.

They knew that now was the most critical moment of the game.

Once whoever gained an advantage in the midfield battle would likely take the initiative in the remaining game time.

Under the fanatical shouts of fans from both sides, the two teams fought more and more fiercely. Slowly entering a white-hot stage.

This is the Etihad Stadium. We must defeat our opponents!

Manchester City players have a strong belief in winning. They vowed to suppress Southampton's momentum.

We are Saints Southampton. We have so many fans watching us. Even if this is an away game, we can't lose to the other side.

Fight! Fight with them! Suppress them!

Southampton players were also full of fighting spirit, fighting desperately with Manchester City.

With both sides refusing to give in, the fight in the midfield became more and more intense.

Muscles collided violently, causing people to fall down from time to time on the field.

But even so, neither side had any intention of retreating. There was only one thought in their minds. Fight the other side!

And fierce confrontations are naturally bound to involve fouls. Even yellow cards are inevitable.

With the appearance of fouls and yellow cards, not only did it not reduce the physical contact between the two sides, but it began to add some gunpowder.

Unfortunately, the Etihad Stadium here is the home of Manchester City.

No matter which league, home whistles are always inevitable.

So Southampton will suffer a little in the penalty.

This will naturally cause dissatisfaction in the Southampton team. Especially the young and energetic Pavard.

"Pavard, calm down! Control your emotions. You know, you have a yellow card on your back."

And Sun Yi stepped up in time to ease the emotions of the players.

He didn't want to reduce his team's personnel because of poor emotional control. Then the only one who would suffer would be his own side.

With Sun Yi's comfort, the emotions of the Southampton players did not get out of control.

And then again, although today's referee had some problems with the home whistle, it was not particularly serious.

At least, there was no biased whistle that would affect the direction of the game.

In this regard, Sun Yi felt that the referee on duty today was quite fair.

After the emotions of the Southampton team stabilized, there was no problem of attrition.

But there was still a problem with this situation, that is, the offense could not be played. Most of the energy was consumed in the fight in the midfield.

Sun Yi was not particularly anxious about this.

But Manchester City, who was playing at home, could not do this.

Guardiola, after the game came to the full 70 minutes, began to constantly ask the players to strengthen the offense.

"Attack! Be firm!"

"We need to attack!"

"We are Manchester City, we want to fight for offense, not defense!"

At Guardiola's request, Manchester City's offense began to become tougher. The offensive attitude became more and more resolute.

Even when facing the pressure from Southampton, they launched an attack very resolutely. They even forced a breakthrough for this.

Seeing Manchester City's attitude. Sun Yi simply asked Southampton to strengthen the attack.

"Attack! You guys should be more resolute!"

"Tell them that your offensive ability is not inferior to anyone!"

At this point in the game, the game is all about momentum.

If anyone retreats, the momentum will be taken away by the opponent. At that time, the game may be lost.

So, the game on the field slowly turned into an offensive confrontation between the two sides.

Maybe due to the crazy fight in the midfield before. The physical strength of the players on both sides has dropped very much.

This makes their offensive efficiency far less than when they were physically fit before.

And then, a balance was formed again. Although the number of shots was increasing, there was no sign of scoring.

This is very surprising. But this is the reality.

What's more unexpected is that the game has been deadlocked for more than 90 minutes.

As the game entered the overtime stage, as the physical strength of the players on both sides reached the limit, a draw seemed to be in front of them.

In an away draw, this is what Sun Yi can accept. So, at this time, he was quite willing to end the game like this.

But reality played a joke on him.

When the stoppage time reached the last second, De Bruyne suddenly fired a world wave from more than 30 yards away.

"GOAL!"

This is a lore!