After the away game against Southampton, Sunderland have only seven league games left on their mission this season, and they are still five points clear of Everton behind them. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Sunderland's final seven fixtures look a little difficult as they will not only face the Manchester duo in the next fixtures, but also travel to London to face Chelsea in the penultimate round of the league, so even with the race in place for Europa League qualification, they can still clearly feel the pressure from the team behind them.

'Dizi, the next home game against Burnley is very crucial and we have to make sure that we don't drop points against the underdogs in the next games. This is what Chen Mingshuo said to Nan Xiao the night before the game, because the relationship between Shen Chao and him has not eased, so only the two of them were left in the previous three-person meeting this time.

'I know I'm going to do everything I can to get all three points at home this time, but it's a bit tricky because Burnley are in the relegation zone, so it's going to be a tough game tomorrow.' This is Nan Xiao's response to Chen Mingshuo.

After Chen Mingshuo left the room, Nan Xiao studied the game tactics for a long time, and on Wednesday, the team's top scorer, and currently ranked second in the Premier League scorer list, Carlos was injured in training and twisted his ankle, and after the team doctor's examination, it was determined that he would miss this weekend's home game against Burnley, so Nan Xiao could only helplessly adjust the game tactics.

Burnley currently sit second from bottom in the table, five points clear of the bottom four outside the relegation zone, so if they don't pick up any more points against Sunderland, it will be very bad for their relegation situation.

The match between Sunderland and Burnley kicks off at 7.30pm local time on Sunday and is the final fixture of the Premier League fixture. Before the start of the game, Nan Xiao also learned from the mouth of the team staff that his biggest rival Everton team lost 1-3 to the "Reds" Liverpool team in this round of Merseyside derby, this news is very beneficial for Nan Xiao, because if they can win Burnley in this game, then the points advantage will continue to extend to 8 points, so that the hope of qualifying for the Europa League is really very big.

"Coach South, Rodwell was feeling good when he was warming up before the game, and if there are no other problems, he should be able to come off the bench and play a dozen in this game." Assistant coach Bracewell reported to Nan Shaw in the tunnel tunnel.

"That's really good news." A smile also appeared on Nan Xiao's mouth, a smile that saw hope and dawn.

'Even if I'm really not in this team next season, I'm going to bring them into Europe next season.' This is the oath that Nan Xiao has been making to himself.

Sunderland won comfortably away at Burnley in the first leg, so they have a psychological advantage against the promoted side, so after the two teams came on the pitch, you could clearly see that the Sunderland players were very relaxed and the visitors were relatively nervous.

'There was a change in Sunderland's starting XI when Brazilian striker Carlos sprained his ankle in training and was replaced by England Under-21 Danny Murphy ......

Shen Chao and Chen Mingshuo still appeared in the stands at home, but there were fewer words between them than before.

Today, Lu Ying did not watch the game with them because of work, but stayed at the training base to deal with the work at hand; After more than a month of study, she has a general understanding of the work of the club, and at the same time, she can do her job with ease; She's a girl who takes her work very seriously, and this time she's exposed to a completely new field, so it's basically the stage of dedicating herself to it.

Once the game began, Sunderland were in control for the time being, trying to slow down the tempo through the constant passing of the midfield and then relying on the occasional change of tempo to tear apart the Burnley defence.

Nan Xiao has been standing in the command area on the sidelines of the pitch since the start of this game, and he will occasionally shout a sentence or two to remind the players that they should pay attention to, such as the players should be more focused, such as the full-backs should actively return to the defense to protect when defending......

In the first 10 minutes of the game, Sunderland rarely allowed their opponents to touch the ball, let alone launch an effective attack; At the same time, the Burnley team did not dare to press too hard, because after all, they were still afraid of the opponent's offensive ability, so if the opponent wanted to control the ball, they simply let them control it, and they would defend themselves first, and then constantly seek opportunities to counterattack!

"Halilovic took the ball and got past a defender!"

Halilovic is now the brains of Sunderland's team, and his current position and role in the team is almost the same as that of Xavi in Barcelona in previous years, controlling the tempo of the attack and delivering scalpel-like through-runs to his team-mates; On top of that, he has very good skills on his feet and his ability to get rid of it is one of the best among today's young players!

After passing a defender, Halilovic chose to continue to carry the ball forward and finally stopped his forward momentum when he dribbled to the edge of the opposition penalty area, because by this time two Burnley midfielders had already stepped up; In this game, Burnley played a three-back formation, so the defensive intensity at the front of the big penalty area is still very guaranteed.

Halilovic stopped the ball and watched it and knocked it back to Dokar behind him, who then distributed it to the German player Draxler, who had been on the left side for a long time, and Draxler surprised the whole field with a bulltail when facing the lone defense of the Burnley right-back! After a successful breakthrough, Draxler did not continue to enter the penalty area, but chose to cut inside and then fired a cold shot on the edge of the penalty area!

"Draxler's shot!!"

Draxler's cold shot made a beautiful arc into the top left corner of the goal, and if it had been scored, it would have been one of the top five goals of the week's international competition!

"The ball hit the crossbar!! It's incredible!! ”