Football: I can see player entries.

Chapter 353 The Opponent's Midfield Doping

Although they once managed to get the Europa League renamed, Sevilla's current form seems to be less than ideal.

Their playing style, which emphasizes "steadiness," resulted in a series of mistakes in the first ten minutes.

If Burton were a bit luckier, he might even score two goals.

"I know they had a bad start to the season, but they shouldn't be performing this poorly, right?"

"It feels like playing in the English League One."

Li Yanqing touched his head and looked at the Sevilla coaching bench with a puzzled expression.

The current Sevilla manager is Mendilibar, and in theory, his coaching style should be a good fit for the team.

However, this didn't seem to be reflected in this match.

Now he could only frown and stare intently at the situation on the field.

"Maybe they'll be fine once they've warmed up."

"After all, La Liga is quite intense."

After answering, Lyman suddenly looked puzzled.

"Shouldn't you be happy if your opponent is in bad form?"

Why do you look so disappointed?

"Ah, there's nothing we can do about it, it's because we're in such good form." Li Yanqing was somewhat proud.

If they win this Europa League title, the honors the players will receive will be even greater than those from the last FA Cup.

After all, these are unprecedented events in the team's history.

This led to the players playing very hard during cup matches, appearing fearless.

In this match, most of the players were in excellent form.

It was as if they weren't facing opponents, but rather a pile of data waiting to be overwritten...

With the opposing players not being particularly outstanding individually, Burton quickly gained the upper hand.

"What a pity, I thought I would be able to play a proper match against a possession-based team."

"They seem to have no fighting spirit now."

Li Yanqing couldn't help but shake his head.

He has a lot of experience dealing with Manchester City, but that was a possession-based system that Guardiola improved upon, and it's very different from pure possession-based football.

Perhaps we should consider these things when the team plays against Barcelona someday?

In the 23rd minute, Sevilla's form seemed to improve.

Mendiliba could no longer tolerate the players' perfunctory performance and rushed to the sidelines, shouting something.

It did have some effect; some players were clearly more motivated.

Unfortunately, Li Yanqing couldn't understand any of it; all he knew was Chinese and English.

But that doesn’t mean he can’t analyze things through certain actions.

"This head coach's coaching career is probably not going to last long."

"It felt like I didn't have a good relationship with the players."

“Who knows?” Lyman shrugged, not particularly bothered by it.

"There are very few head coaches who can completely control the locker room these days."

He seems to have a very easy time as an assistant coach at Burton now, which may not be a good thing for him to become a head coach in the future.

They have absolutely no experience in dealing with problem players.

Also, what if the management refuses to support him?

In the 34th minute, Burton scored his second goal.

Gerard Deulofeu, the striker positioned as a scoring threat on the wing, scored his first goal for the team.

Of course, his shooting technique is still not impressive.

Dybala and Quinn kept passing him the ball from behind, feeding him for almost half an hour before finally getting one in.

Li Yanqing believes that once Bale returns, the team's attacking methods will become more flexible.

The young players will need to continue learning those unique techniques from them.

Although Bale will not be playing for a while, it must be said that he has had a great impact on Burton's young strikers.

Murphy, Corradona...

They are all speed-oriented players and have a strong desire to score goals.

Given another two years, Li Yanqing is confident that they can grow into superstars within the team.

At that time, the team will no longer need so many veterans to anchor the team.

Intermission.

Quinn walked off the field with a satisfied look on his face.

He picked up his water bottle, took a swig, and then boasted to his head coach.

"Boss, it's been a long time since I've had such a pleasant game."

"I feel like I covered a pitifully small distance in this race."

"Did you see my last pass? It completely ripped through their defense!"

"Yes, it was wonderful." Li Yanqing said kindly, but his expression seemed unhappy, and he kept a straight face.

"Uh... what's wrong, boss?"

"We are leading by two goals."

Quinn thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out what the problem was.

How are our opponents doing today?

"very good."

"Very good, you only got two in?"

Li Yanqing finally revealed why she was unhappy.

In fact, based on the situation, the team should have scored at least three goals in the first half, but they spent a lot of time feeding the ball to Deulofeu.

He finally scored, but at the cost of the team scoring fewer goals.

"This is a cup competition, it's an elimination tournament!"

"How dare you take this so lightly?"

"Uh." Quinn was young and impetuous after all. Although he listened to the coach most of the time, he still had some thoughts in his mind sometimes.

"We will win."

"Of course we'll win, but remember that, Quinn."

Those who waste opportunities will be punished...

It's unclear whether Li Yanqing's jinx came true, or whether the opposing coach, Mendiliba, gave his players some performance-enhancing drugs in the locker room.

At the very beginning of the second half, Li Yanqing sensed that something was wrong.

The Sevilla players, who were mostly in poor or average form in the first half, have now all become excellent or superb!

This scene looks familiar.

But in the last time they went through this, they were the ones who changed!

"Li, the situation in this match is still good."

"It shouldn't be that difficult for them to turn the tide, right?"

Lyman was somewhat puzzled as to why Li Yanqing would suddenly speak to Quinn in such a harsh tone.

He really likes this kid the most.

"This is the Europa League."

Our opponent is Sevilla!

"Most of the time, cup competitions are dominated by empiricism!"

"Look at the examples of Real Madrid before, there are just too many to list."

"Everyone said they were in a rebuilding phase at that time, but they still managed to win the Champions League."

"Do you really think Sevilla is so easy to deal with?"