Extraordinary coach

"Long live Southampton!"

"Arsenal, go and fight for fourth place! That is your stage."

Amid the excited cheers of Southampton fans, Arsenal fled.

As Southampton fans said, they really fell to fourth place in the standings.

Originally, they had just surpassed Manchester United, whose recent record was very poor, and moved into third place.

After this loss to Southampton, the third position was handed over to Chelsea, which won a big victory in the same round.

Coincidentally, Chelsea is Southampton's opponent in the next round.

The Southampton team has beaten away the wolf and welcomed the tiger again!

Therefore, after the game against Arsenal, Sun Yi spoke in training.

"I'm so happy to have a big and exciting win!"

"But what I want to say now is forget about it."

"I was happy yesterday. Next, everyone has to look forward. Take a look at the opponents we are about to encounter next."

"Tell me, who is our next opponent?"

"Chelsea!"

"Yes, it's Chelsea. So tell me, where are they ranked now?"

"Third place, behind us."

"Yes, then who is the next one behind us?"

"Arsenal!"

"What about Arsenal now?"

"We sent them to fight for the fourth place!"

"What about Chelsea next? What are you going to do?"

"Send them to compete with Arsenal for fourth place!"

"That's right. The battle for fourth place should be more lively. Then, everyone should prepare for the battle!"

The purpose of Sun Yi's words was to shift the players' emotions from victory to preparation for the game, and also to take the opportunity to cheer up the players.

Depending on the situation, the effect is pretty good. The players' attention also began to focus on preparing for the game. And morale is still very high.

This made Sun Yi very satisfied.

However, although Sun Yi looked relaxed on the surface, he was actually very solemn in his heart.

Everyone talks about sending Chelsea to compete for the fourth place, which is easy to say. But in fact Sun Yi knows that this is very difficult.

In Sun Yi's view, Chelsea is a more difficult team than Arsenal.

First of all, Chelsea's defense is not as unsatisfactory as Arsenal's.

No, it is true that Chelsea is much better than Arsenal. And he was also the Premier League champion for a season.

Secondly, Chelsea has a stronger attacking power. In Sun Yi's opinion, the attacking formation led by Hazard is no different than Manchester City's.

Finally, there is Chelsea coach Conte. This is a famous coach known as Italian Mourinho.

Last season, Conte not only led Chelsea to win the Premier League championship, but was also named the best coach in the Premier League.

And he also made history as the first Premier League coach to be named Coach of the Month for three consecutive months.

Good players are matched with good coaches. This is a team that only deserves a championship.

In Sun Yi's heart. Chelsea is a team that is equated with Manchester City.

Southampton lost to Manchester City before, and now they meet a team of the same strength. Sun Yi believes that no matter how high it is, it cannot be overemphasized.

Speaking of which, Sun Yi has worked for Chelsea before and is quite familiar with it. But precisely because of his familiarity, he knew how difficult Chelsea was.

As long as there is no internal strife, Chelsea can beat any team in the Premier League, including Manchester City.

It is really difficult to win against Chelsea.

But Sun Yi had no retreat.

As long as he has championship aspirations in his mind, he will have to overcome the higher hurdle of Chelsea.

Otherwise, Southampton will be thrown away by Manchester City.

This game must not be lost! Even a draw is less than ideal.

This is one of the reasons why Sun Yi used some words to motivate the players as soon as the team returned to training.

While Sun Yi was preparing for the game with all his strength, Conte on the Chelsea team was also using words to motivate the players.

"Next, we will meet Southampton."

"This is a team that cannot be underestimated. They just had a great victory over Arsenal. The morale is very high at the moment. So, we must pay attention to this opponent."

"Southamptonians have sent Arsenal to the fourth place. I don't want the team to end up in the same end as Arsenal."

"Although we won the championship last season, it is very difficult to defend the championship. Southampton is an obstacle on our way."

"Tell me, what should we do?"

"Get them down!"

"Great! As long as we win against them, we can move up to second place in the standings. This will start to really catch up with Manchester City, our biggest rival this season."

"So, this game against Southampton. The only way we can go is to win."

"Even if you have to crawl, you have to climb to the road of victory!"

"Chelsea must win!"

Recently, the Chelsea team has begun to improve more and more, and their spirits are quite high because of this.

After Conte's encouragement, morale was naturally over the top. And they are indeed very confident.

"We've decided on these three points."

In addition to speaking within the team, both Conte and Chelsea players also appeared very confident when interviewed externally.

Hazard said: "At Stamford Bridge, victory will only belong to us."

As a head coach, Conte is relatively cautious.

"We just beat Arsenal. Southampton is very strong. It is definitely a strong opponent. We must take it very seriously at home so as not to let the victory slip away."

Slip away?

Using this word means that we are sure to win this game!

Sun Yi was originally planning to be low-key when holding a pre-match press conference.

But facing Chelsea's confident declaration. The young and energetic Pavard wrote this sentence on his Twitter:

Send you to fight for the top four! Just like Arsenal!

This sentence is short and simple, but it is full of arrogance.

After Pavard's words came out, other players of the Southampton team forwarded it.

Now, Sun Yi couldn't keep a low profile even if he wanted to.

He couldn't keep a low profile, so he just kept a high profile.

Anyway, Sun Yi would never blame his players for this.

So, when he held a press conference, he said it in a very calm attitude.

"Pavard is right. We have indeed just sent an opponent to fight for the top four. We also hope to send two more to fight for the top four."

"There is no doubt that Chelsea is indeed very strong. After all, they were the champions last season. There is no doubt about their strength."

"But what I want to say is that we have only one goal for this game, and that is to win."

"No matter who the opponent is, whether it is away or at home. We Southampton have only one goal, to win!"