After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 245 The Most Profitable Game in the World

This is indeed an interesting question.

If I ask you: For a team, in the world's competitions, which is the most profitable single game?Note that it is a single field.

So, what's your answer?
Football's NFL Super Bowl?
Basketball's NBA Finals?
Baseball's MLB World Series?

Or football's Champions League final, European Cup final, World Cup final?

No, not all of them.

The answer to this question is the promotion play-off final of the English Championship!
none of them.

Unexpectedly!

So how much is this game worth?

If a team wins this final and is promoted to the Premier League, the ensuing economic income may reach a staggering 1.7 million pounds!
what is this concept?

This is equivalent to more than three times the total prize money for winning the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.

Why do you make so much money?

Why would such a matchup between two not-so-top teams be worth more than any other team sports match in the world?

It is because it is about the ticket to the Premier League, and the successful operation of the Premier League over the years has made this ticket more and more precious.

As I said before, any Premier League team can make a lot of money every season because of the TV rights.

How much is it?Earnings of at least £7940m.

And the more times a team broadcasts games, the higher the income, and the higher the team ranks in the league standings, the more bonuses it will receive.

So 7940 million pounds is just a base number, and in the end this number will only increase, and hundreds of millions are normal.

In addition, if the team is relegated, the Premier League will issue a relegation compensation called "parachute compensation" to the relegated club in installments, with the purpose of helping them bear the economic blow caused by relegation.

And the total amount of this "parachute compensation" has reached 7500 million pounds!
So based on the above, even if a team is at the bottom of the Premier League, he can finally get an estimated income of 1.7 million pounds!

For comparison, winning the Premier League is about £3800 million, the FA Cup is only £360 million, and the Champions League is only £1670 million...

It is conceivable that participating in the Premier League is a temptation for every Championship team, it is like heaven.

And the Championship promotion play-off final is the final kick to this paradise.

Because winning this mid-final will bring huge benefits to the team, and it may also allow the team to enter a virtuous circle: buy new players to strengthen the lineup, increase wages to stabilize the morale of the army, and then increase strength , Relegation succeeded, continue to strengthen strength...

But if they lose, they may have to find ways to cut costs and put players on the market.

After all, the Championship promotion play-off final is also a "winner takes all" game. The loser not only gets nothing, but also has to watch helplessly as the door to the Premier League suddenly closes in front of them.

That means that 1.7 million pounds suddenly disappeared in front of my eyes, and all the previous investment was wiped out. Some clubs will fall into financial crisis, and then enter an endless vicious circle.

As for relegation from the Premier League, although there is indeed the help of "parachute compensation", if they cannot return to the Premier League quickly, the economic loss will not be incalculable.

You can get 7500 million pounds in three years in the British Championship, but you can get at least [-] million pounds a year in the Premier League. Which one do you choose?
So an arms race in the Premier League is inevitable.

This is why even the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League have such generous shots.

For these, Pan Yi actually knew about them when he was a fan in his previous life.

When he gave Parish the correct answer, the Englishman smiled meaningfully.

"So, our Crystal Palace team just played the most profitable game in the world this summer, haha..."

"However, we don't want to go back to the British Championship, and we don't want to play this so-called most valuable game again."

"Can you help us realize this wish?"

Fan Zhiyi also came over with a smile and patted Pan Yi on the shoulder.

Whether it is Parish or Fan Zhiyi, they can actually see that Pan Yi is a little tempted, so they will continue to output with confidence.

The same is true.

Pan Yi himself has thought about this issue in private, and he does have an expectation for the Premier League.

One reason is what Parrish said was the economy.

The Premier League teams are much richer than the Bundesliga teams, which allows them to retain as many stars as possible to a large extent.

It's not just about bonuses and sharing, the team's boss is also more willing to spend money.

Compared with Hamburg, Chairman Jahov is actually very generous, but the maximum is only 5000 million euros per year. This is still based on the premise that income has increased significantly after entering the Champions League.

In the Premier League, even the bottom team has an income of hundreds of millions of euros. If they can get a higher ranking, or even enter the Champions League and win various championships, it will be no problem to earn two to three hundred million euros.

Coupled with the investment of the boss, it is not a fantasy to spend three to four billion euros a year.

Still taking the investment in the summer window of 2022 as an example, Chelsea spent almost 2 million euros on buying players!Manchester United also has more than [-] million.

This is not counting the high salary expenditure after buying these players at a high price.

Pan Yi doesn't expect to be able to spend so much money to buy players at that time, but it's okay to buy players and keep them.

Don't ask too much, a salary of more than 1 million yuan a year can stabilize a team composed of all-star players.

Another reason is that the competition in the Premier League is very fierce, and he likes it very much.

Pan Yi has always been eager for a challenge!

And the challenges in the Bundesliga are clearly limited.

Once you take down Bayern, it will be boring immediately.

Whether it is Dortmund or Leverkusen, they will still be subject to the Bundesliga's 50+1 policy, which will lead to economic difficulties.

In the end, they can only be reduced to a star processing factory, and they have to frequently sell the stars in the team-often to the Premier League team.

But it's different in the Premier League.

You toppled Manchester United and Arsenal.

Arsenal is withered, you still have to consider Tottenham.

Manchester City was down, and Liverpool came out.

Even if BIG6 kills all of them, maybe there will be another strange Leicester City come out in another season to make a wave-of course, Pan Yi doesn't know if they can reproduce the previous life without Kanter and Vardy It was a miracle.

Coupled with the fact that the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League teams are more or less dominated by stars because they are all rich, the team strength is not too bad.

And the teams in the relegation zone are even more jealous for the [-] million pounds, and they will pull down the strong teams if they are not careful.

In short, basically you only need to fight one boss in the Bundesliga, but in the Premier League you will face the siege of many bosses and mobs, and the difficulty is obviously not of the same order.

And this is also the reason why the Sky Sports team thinks that Pan Yi will not be able to play in the Premier League.

The last reason is that Pan Yi thinks that the Crystal Palace is indeed quite good.

This Chairman Parish has continued to invest in Crystal Palace until 2022, which also ensures that Crystal Palace has not been relegated after being promoted to the Premier League, and can reach around ten in many seasons.

In addition to the introduction of players, Parish is also actively promoting the construction of new stadiums and the establishment of a youth training system, which shows that he really loves this club and wants to make it bigger and stronger.

Besides the fact that the boss is ambitious and willing to invest, it is also because... Crystal Palace is not that strong.

If a team like Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal with a glorious past and strong strength come to him, then he won the championship, it seems that he is not so pretentious, and his status in the hearts of fans will not be very high .

Just say that you are very strong in winning the Treble at Manchester United, right?Ferguson did it more than ten years ago.

How many years will it take to lead Liverpool to surpass Bill Shankly?

Are you going to Arsenal to play unbeaten for a season?Wenger smiled and said nothing.

Even if you go to Manchester City, they have won the Premier League championship in recent years.

If you help Manchester City win the Champions League, it will indeed make history, but the odds of winning the Champions League are the first every year. After winning it, there seems to be no surprise for outsiders.

Many people still think that their team is so strong and has little to do with the coach.

Going to Crystal Palace is different.

The most powerful trophy in the history of this team is the second-level league championship. If you count the top ones, it is just a FA Cup runner-up.

The results in the Premier League are not worth mentioning. Before being promoted this season, Crystal Palace won the 04th place in the Premier League in the 05-18 season and was successfully relegated.

Therefore, if Pan Yi can make great achievements in the Crystal Palace, whether it is difficulty, challenge, or satisfaction after success, it will far exceed those strong teams.

"This...give me some time, let me think about it. Besides, I can't leave now."

Although Pan Yi still longed for it in his heart, he still said so.

First of all, he still needs to have a deeper understanding of the current situation of Crystal Palace, because even the Premier League teams are different. If they still can't keep people, it is not much different from Hamburg.

After all, according to his previous life experience, only BIG6 can really have the capital to retain people.

If you want Crystal Palace to grow into one of the BIG7, this requires more detailed planning and guarantees.

In addition, he still has to stick to his principle, which is to take a team completely through a season.

Hamburg has played to this level now, and it is about to usher in a decisive battle with Bayern. It feels a bit like running away.

Not to mention that Pan Yi has not yet led Hamburg to the championship!

League Championship, German Cup, Champions League!
If you want to leave, you have to retire!

"But..." After listening to Pan Yi's explanation, Parish glanced at Fan Zhiyi, then turned to Pan Yi, "If we are relegated, would you be willing to coach a Championship team?"

After all, Crystal Palace is now second to last.

And Parish dared to ask this because even the British Championship is attractive to many coaches.

Benefiting from the local tyrants of the Premier League, in order to compete for tickets to enter the Premier League, the competition in the British Championship is also extremely fierce.

There are some well-known stars and international players who even give up the opportunity to go to the five major league teams such as Ligue [-] and Serie A, and choose to work hard in the English Championship. For example, Mitrovic, who is currently in the Hamburg team, is Serbia As a center forward, he has been in the British Championship for a long time.

——Of course, he is a real killer in the British Championship, the kind who can score 40 goals in a season!

If it is said which is the strongest league in the world, everyone may still debate endlessly;

But if we talk about the most powerful second-tier league in the world, it is undoubtedly the British Championship.

Rich, with stars, the atmosphere is no weaker than any country's first-level league, plus they have the most profitable single game in the world...

At this time, Pan Yi said: "You will not be relegated. I can recommend a coach who can lead you to relegation. After you succeed in relegation, if you still want to find me as a coach, let's talk about it."

"..."

"..."

Parrish and Fan Zhiyi looked at each other, and they were a little speechless.

They didn't expect Pan Yi to say that.

And so sure!
What kind of fairy coach is this?

Can you guarantee that the penultimate Crystal Palace will be pulled out of the relegation quagmire and ensure that the relegation can be successful?

Such an awesome coach, wouldn't he be at the level of Guardiola and Mourinho?
That's a joke too!
Will Guardiola and Mourinho come to coach a relegation team like Crystal Palace? ?
At this time, Pan Yi slowly said a name: "Tony Pulis".

"...???"

Fan Zhiyi was still confused.He has never heard of this name!

"...Ex-Stoke City manager?" But Parish reacted.

"Yes. He probably hasn't joined the new team yet. You can invite him, and he will definitely be able to avoid relegation." Pan Yi said firmly.

Pan Yi knew this name, of course not because Tony Pulis was a famous coach.

But this guy won the Premier League's best head coach in the 2013-2014 season in the future! ! !

The reason why Tony Pulis won this award is that after taking over halfway this season, he led the Crystal Palace, which was on the verge of relegation, to a strong rebound. In the end, they ranked 11th in the Premier League and created the best record in the history of Crystal Palace!
This is actually a very rare thing, because the award for the best head coach in the Premier League is often awarded to the head coach who can win the Premier League championship.

Let's put it this way, since the establishment of the Premier League, that is, from 1993 to 2022, there have been only five head coaches of the year who have been non-champions.

And among the five best non-championship head coaches, apart from Pulis, the worst is fifth in the league!

In other words, Pulis led Crystal Palace to 11th in the league to get the best manager, the lowest ranking in history, and it was the ridiculously low kind.

It also shows how incredible Pulis's year of leading Crystal Palace to avoid relegation has been.

Therefore, Pan Yi in the previous life was also very impressed after hearing about it in the sports news, so he naturally knew about his deeds.

In the original timeline, at this time, Crystal Palace happened to have just found Pulis to lead the team and slowly walked out of the relegation zone.

But now because of Pan Yi's existence, Crystal Palace's first goal has become him, so there has been no coaching change.

However, Pan Yi recommended Pulis to the boss of Crystal Palace, which can be regarded as helping them turn back this "wrong timeline".

"The coach Pulis is really good." Parish thought thoughtfully, "He is known for leading teams with limited strength to achieve outstanding results, and he has never led a team to relegation in his coaching career." Said To be honest, someone recommended him to me before, but I still think you are more suitable..."

"Really?" Pan Yi said proudly, "Hurry up, or it will be too late."

"But, how do you know that he will help the team relegation successfully?" Fan Zhiyi still didn't understand.

"People say that I am a talented coach, and I see other coaches as top-notch. Have you noticed that my current coaching team is also very strong?" Pan Yi said with a smile, "If you believe in me, go try it. Give it a try."

Parrish gritted his teeth: "I will think about it. But..."

"If you are really relegated, then come to me. I will definitely go to the Crystal Palace to coach, and it will be regarded as a punishment for my random recommendation." Pan Yi smiled and made a promise, "And if the relegation succeeds... just like me As I said just now, you can choose to continue to use Puliss, or you can still come to me, and we will discuss this at a later time."

"That's fine." Parrish finally let go of a stone in his heart, "We've made a deal!"

……

After sending Parish and Fan Zhiyi away, Pan Yi immediately devoted his energy to the key Bundesliga battle with Bayern.

Of course, regarding the preparations for this game, the Hamburg coaching staff actually started very early.

When Bayern played against Manchester City at home in the last round of the Champions League group stage, Pan Yi sent two data analysts to the Allianz Arena to collect intelligence on the game.

It now appears that this is a move that kills two birds with one stone.

Whether it is Bayern or Manchester City, they will be Hamburg's rivals!

The process and results of this game are also very helpful for the Hamburg coaching staff to formulate a strategy against Bayern.

Because Manchester City defeated Bayern 3:2!
And it's at Bayern's home court.

要知道，自从2011年11月20日在德甲第13轮比赛中以0：1败给多特蒙德以来，拜仁已经有两年时间没有在主场输给过任何德甲球队了。

Therefore, Manchester City's victory is not only a reference for Pan Yi's study of match tactics, but also a lot of confidence in the team's efforts to win Bayern in the away game.

Due to the risk of losing the first place in the group, Guardiola naturally deployed the full main lineup in this game.

However, due to Peter Pan Robben's habitual injuries, Gua Shuai also made some changes in the formation, forming a somewhat weird 41221.

There is no suspense that the starting goalkeeper is Neuer.

The four defenders are quite satisfactory, sending Alaba, Dante, Boateng Jr., and Ram.

But the midfield began to be a bit of a work-around.

Thiago acts as a single midfielder.

The two central midfielders ahead of him are Gotze and Toni Kroos.

In front, there are two attacking midfielders, or shadow forwards, Thomas Muller and Ribery.

Then there is center Mandzukic.

One of the characteristics of this lineup is that there are no wingers in the traditional sense. Bayern's offense is mainly initiated by the center.

The other is that Thiago plays a single midfielder, and the two central midfielders in front are not good at defensive ability.

Generally speaking, offense is stronger than defense.

And that arrangement seemed to be working in the opening stages.

Thomas Müller opened the scoring for Bayern in the fifth minute before Gotze made it 5-7 just seven minutes later.

And just when everyone thought that Bayern would take the game at home for granted, Manchester City launched a counterattack.

David Silva scored a goal in the 28th minute, and in the 59th and 62nd minutes of the second half, Manchester City scored two goals in a row by Kolarov and Milner, and finally overtook the score.

If it hadn't been for Gua Shuai to replace Goetze with Harvey Martinez and Shaqiri for Mandzukic in the end to strengthen the defense, maybe he would really give up the first place in the group to Manchester City.

The formation of Manchester City is a conventional 4231.

Forward: Dzeko.

Front: Milner, David Silva, Keylor Navas.

Defenders: Fernandinho, Javi Garcia.

Defenders: Kolarov, Lescott, Demichelis, Zabaleta.

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart.

The staffing of their lineup is obviously more balanced.

It is precisely because of this that after being attacked and not adapting in the opening stage, the double midfielder composed of Fernandinho and Xavi Garcia gradually regained control of the midfield and At the beginning, Manchester City gradually had more offensive opportunities, and finally achieved a lead.

"Guardiola is still too confident in his team." At the coaching meeting, Inzaghi first analyzed Guardiola's mentality in using this tactic, "He is even a bit arrogant, always thinking about using more offense. The players came and crushed the enemy in one fell swoop, but they paid the price."

Nagelsmann also said: "Yes, from the Bayern season so far, Harvey Martinez has played a lot less, which also shows Guardiola's tactical tendency. In the Bundesliga They may still be able to suppress most opponents, so it is not a big problem. But when they meet a strong team like Manchester City in the Champions League, they will be caught loopholes."

Pan Yi said with a smile: "When we played against Bayern in the Super Cup, Guardiola used the double midfielder combination of Kroos and Thiago. After losing to us, I thought he would improve. It has become even more intensified, allowing Thiago to be able to complete the work of a single midfielder, which is really admirable."

Nagelsman looked up at Pan Yi: "Boss, do you think they will play like this when they kick us?"

"It's really hard to say..." Pan Yi rubbed his chin, "If there is any coach in the world whose tactics are most confusing to people, it must be Guardiola."

is not that right?

Most of the coaches have traces to escape, even if they change formations on the spot, they are tossing around in one or two formations they are familiar with.

But Guardiola is different.

He is addicted to work, he has no front for a while, and no waist for a while. This time he played Manchester City and set up a technical single midfielder and no wing front, which is really impossible for Pan Yi to guess.

Does this mean that Gua Shuai has enough weapons in his arsenal, or does it mean that he often engages in xjb?

After all, sometimes his work is very effective, but sometimes...

"However, in this game, Guardiola seems to be experimenting with the side-back playing inward." Nagelsmann pointed to the game screen on the screen, "Look, this time it is the left-back Alaba Pressed up the attack and right-back Lahm stepped up next to Thiago to help defend."

"Well, maybe it's because of this that he dared to let Thiago play as a midfielder alone." Pan Yi shook his head, "It's a pity that he still overestimated the role of this full-back's adduction. This can only be half a midfielder at most. As for the waist, it has to cooperate with our iron waist like Casemiro to have the best effect."

"Guardiola's learning ability is really strong." Inzaghi said with a smile, "Maybe he will realize how to use this style of play after playing a few more games. Having said that, coach Pan Yi is now studying in football. Guardiola is really not the only one with the tactics..."

Nagelsmann also said: "Who said our boss's tactics are so advanced and easy to use... If you want me to say, the boss is now the world's number one coach!"

Pan Yi waved his hand: "Okay, let's continue to study this game. Um... wait, what did you just say, say it again?"

Nagelsmann: "Your tactics are advanced and easy to use?"

Pan Yi: "No, the latter sentence."

Nagelsmann: "You are the best coach in the world!"

Pan Yi: "By the way, it's comfortable... It's comfortable to hear others say that I'm the only one in the world."

Nagelsmann, Inzaghi: "..."

(End of this chapter)