After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 258 Pellegrini is French?
At this time, in the stands of the People's Park Stadium, a special audience was also watching the game.

He is the current sporting director of FC Barcelona, ​​Zubizarreta.

This meritorious goalkeeper who played for Barcelona for a long time in the player era, once represented the team to win the Champions League in the 1991-1992 season, and is also the main goalkeeper of the Spanish national team.

After retiring, he became a professional sportsman, and in 2010 followed Rosell to take over the position of sports director of FC Barcelona. He is actually the second person in the Barcelona management.

Tonight, Barcelona also has the second round of the UEFA Champions League round of 16, but Zubizarreta chose to come to Hamburg to watch another game, of course he has his purpose.

He came to observe Pan Yi!
This is preparing for Barcelona's coaching change next season.

The main reason is that the performance of Barcelona led by Martino this season is really not very good.

With 27 rounds in the league, Barcelona is only third in the standings after Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, and the prospect of winning the championship is not very optimistic.

In the Champions League, Barcelona only qualified as the second in the group, and faced Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16. As a result, they lost 1:2 at home in the first round.

Although these results can not be the final conclusion for Martino, but Barcelona executives can no longer sit still.

They must plan ahead and find a new helm for Barcelona!
Their preferred target is the current Celta coach Luis Enrique.

Choosing Enrique is not because of how good his current performance in Celta Vigo is.

恩里克的优势在于球员时代曾效力巴萨8个赛季（1996-97赛季到2003-04赛季）并担任队长，而退役后担任教练也曾执教巴萨B队三个赛季，接手球队有利于延续巴萨的战术体系。

After leaving the Barcelona B team, Enrique went to coach Serie A Roma and La Liga Celta. Compared with Guardiola and Vilanova who coached Barcelona before, Enrique has an advantage because he has already coached. First team experience.

At the same time, Enrique has a good relationship with Barcelona captain Puyol, which is also conducive to his quick takeover of the team.

However, after the two matches between Barcelona and Hamburg, Pan Yi also entered the sight of Zubizarreta.

To be honest, it is not uncommon to see a team that can beat Barcelona, ​​and it is impossible for Zubizarreta to investigate every time he sees the head coach who wins Barcelona.

But Pan Yi is really special!

His Hamburg dared to compete with Barcelona for possession of the ball, and it succeeded!

He finally defeated Barcelona in the way Barcelona is best at, and squeezed Barcelona to the second place in the group.

This is really amazing.

Generally, those who can defeat Barcelona in La Liga often adopt the tactic of defending and counterattacking, and seek a quick counterattack to score after compressing Barcelona's possession space.

And this kind of coach, Zubizarreta also looks down upon, after all, it does not conform to Barcelona's consistent tradition, and there is no way to continue Barcelona's pass and control system.

Barcelona fans are also one of the most picky fans in the world. They certainly cannot accept that their team uses anti-counterfeiting tactics to win the game.

But Pan Yi is different.

He can play beautiful passes and win in Hamburg, theoretically he can also in Barcelona!

So Subisaretta began to pay attention to Pan Yi, and today he came to Germany specially to watch such a powerful dialogue.

After all, if it's just playing pass control and suppressing offense in the Bundesliga, it's nothing.

But if he can suppress a Premier League championship team like Manchester City in a head-to-head match like the Champions League knockout round, it will speak volumes about Pan Yi's level.

And the game has progressed so far, Hamburg has indeed played very well!
They played a fierce confrontation with Manchester City, who was eager to grab points, from the very beginning, and they still had the upper hand.

Manchester City has always been able to play well in the fast-paced attack and defense, full of impact in the Premier League, but today they met Hamburg, who is attacking with all its strength, and only then did they know what is really fast-paced and what is impact.

Even Manchester City's proud foot skills in the Premier League can't even take advantage of Hamburg!

And Zubizarreta also saw that even if Hamburg's backcourt was constantly harassed and oppressed by Manchester City players, they would not blindly move forward.

Whether it is the two full-backs Robertson and Carvajal, or the central defenders Van Dijk and Rudiger, including the midfielder who sometimes retreats to respond, they always pass the ball in the backcourt calmly.

They can always find the gaps of the opponent's pressure, pass the ball out of the danger zone through continuous one-foot passes, and then organize a new wave of offensive.

Isn't this how Barcelona play?
When Guardiola was in Barcelona, ​​he emphasized that the offense should be launched from the backcourt, from the goalkeeper to the defender, and slowly spread up. Unless it is a last resort, he will not use his feet.

It also seems risky to play like this. After all, if the ball is intercepted by the opponent's striker in the backcourt, it is an opportunity to almost face the goalkeeper directly.

But Barcelona players have such confidence.

They have been training for many years, and most of them are practicing passing and controlling the ball.

Every player in Barcelona has quite good skills at their feet, and many of them have practiced together since they were young. They are very familiar with each other and cooperate smoothly.

And this kind of self-confidence can also make their offense more efficient, because it is of course safer to make a short pass from the backcourt than to let people grab five or five goals with big feet in the middle.

Now it seems that Hamburg players also have such confidence.

And their tempo is faster!
Under normal circumstances, the faster the pace of the game, the faster the passing and receiving of the ball, and the higher the turnover rate will inevitably increase.

That's what Manchester City is now.

They follow the rhythm of Hamburg, so the offensive and defensive transitions are extremely fast, and the distance between the players is also increasing when the personnel are constantly widening the width.

And the farther the pass, the stronger the pass, and the faster the ball, the weaker the player's control over the ball will be.

But Hamburg's pass success rate is much higher than that of Manchester City.

This is not to say that the personal abilities of Hamburg players are much stronger than those of Manchester City, but because Hamburg players are obviously better at running!

Under the greatly increased running, the distance between Hamburg players is compressed within ten meters in most cases, which reduces the possibility of passing mistakes.

In comparison, Manchester City's running is a bit behind, which is why they will be more passive until now.

This is also the reason why Subisareta values ​​Pan Yi so much.

Being able to pass control and run at the same time, isn't this just...

A combination of Barcelona and Real Madrid?

And, there's another reason for City's pass turnover rate.

That is, the pressing and oppression of the Hamburg players is very fierce, and they are very aggressive!

Look at that Vardy on the forward line, he fought so hard, it felt like a bandit robbing, a gust of wind passed by, and no grass grew!
Under such deterrent pressure, it is understandable for Manchester City players to make mistakes in passing or receiving the ball, or to be intercepted.

And Hamburg's counterattack after stealing the ball is also very fast. Basically, three passes and two passes will reach Manchester City's backcourt, and then form a threatening shot.

That's basically how Hamburg's first two goals were scored tonight.

Then, if this burger can pass control, run, fight, and counterattack, wouldn't it be...

Barcelona + Real Madrid + Atletico Madrid? ? ?

Isn't this invincible?
Zubizarreta looked at it, and had already thrown Luis Enrique out of the sky.

If Pan Yi can be obtained, then Barcelona's next dynasty will definitely come soon!

Think about Pan Yi's Messi and Neymar, as well as Harvey, Iniesta... Tsk tsk, it's really picturesque.

With Barcelona's prestige and status in world football, Pan Yi shouldn't refuse their invitation, right?

In addition, Pan Yi asked Messi to get the jersey twice, and there are also rumors in the world that Pan Yi is a fan of Messi. With this relationship, wouldn't it be easy to catch?
Subisaretta couldn't help but put a smile on his face.

He looked into the field again, and at this time the two sides' benches were in a different scene.

Manuel Pellegrini of the visiting team was obviously in a hurry. He hadn't sat in his seat since the start and had been standing and directing the game.

As for the home team, Pan Yi was as calm as ever, sitting firmly on his buttocks, chatting and laughing happily with the people beside him.

What is a world-class celebrity?
This is a world-class marshal!

Not pleased, not to have compassion.Those who are famous all over the world must have a strategy in their chest!

……

Under the watchful eyes of Zubizarreta, Hamburg once again played a threatening attack.

David Silva wants to pass the ball to Yaya Toure, but the distance between the two is relatively far now, and the passing line is too obvious.

As soon as the ball was passed halfway, it was blocked by Paulinho and flew into the air.

Kanter stepped forward quickly and gave the ball to De Bruyne in the gap.

These three Hamburg midfielders can always appear in the right position at the right time, and they can always play well.

And the last receiver is often De Bruyne.

This is the role of the core of the offense, allowing De Bruyne to take advantage of his vision and passing to organize the most effective offense.

At this time, De Bruyne was still facing the attacking direction, but he seemed to have seen the positions of all the players on the field and where they were about to run.

After he stopped the ball in the chest, he picked it up with his right foot and distributed the ball to the left. At this time, Robertson had already inserted quickly, and after taking the ball, he began to advance quickly.

Hamburg's counterattack suddenly accelerated!
But this time Manchester City's reaction speed was also very fast. Their players returned to their own half in time and organized a tight defense.

Especially in front of Robertson, Zabaleta and David Silva are already in place defensively.

So this time Hamburg's quick counterattack failed.

But Robertson was not in a hurry to rush forward, but passed the ball back to Van Dijk and started to organize the attack again.

This is Hamburg's now mature tactical system.

If there is a counterattack opportunity, they will speed up to attack the opponent, but if the opponent defends properly, they will switch to positional warfare and patiently look for the next opportunity by controlling the ball.

At this time, Manchester City pressed up the formation again to press the Hamburg's backcourt personnel in the frontcourt.

Hamburg, on the other hand, passed the ball continuously and played very patiently.

Slowly, step by step, they push the possession forward from the halfway line.

"Hamburg's skillful passing and cutting cooperation makes Manchester City's pressing players really helpless."

"Don't look at the four frontcourt players of Manchester City who are actively running, but the backcourt players of Hamburg are not panicked at all. They can still control the ball firmly under their feet and then pass the ball to the front."

"This makes the Manchester City players feel like they are punching cotton. I heard that Longguo has a boxing method called Taijiquan, which can strike a thousand catties. Is this the skill that coach Pan Yi brought to the team?"

"It's been two or three minutes since City conceded the ball in midfield!"

"Now we see that Hamburg has given the ball to the right and Carvajal has the ball."

"Nasri grabbed it, but Carvajal immediately distributed the ball to Rudiger in the middle. Rudiger gave it to Van Dijk, and Van Dijk passed it to Robertson..."

"Hamburg made a continuous pass, took the ball out of Manchester City's pressing area, and now the ball is at the feet of Kante in midfield."

"Kanter didn't choose to pass the ball to De Bruyne this time, because he found that Wu Lei in front of him had started to speed up! Kanter went straight forward and Wu Lei ran!"

"Beautiful! Wu Lei swung past Zabaleta, who came up to defend, with a fake move of sinking shoulders, and went straight into Manchester City's penalty area!"

"At this time, Manchester City's central defender Kompany is facing a dilemma. Should he step forward to stop Wu Lei, or continue to stare at Vardy behind him?"

"Ah, Wu Lei didn't continue to take the ball forward, nor did he sweep the ball to Vardy. He chose a high-altitude pass. The ball crossed almost the entire penalty area and fell to the back point, and he responded here Hamburg players are..."

"Salah! This Egyptian winger who jumped in quickly didn't have any defensive players around him at this time! Wu Lei's pass was just right. Salah swung his left foot and it was a volley!"

"The ball... scored!!!! It's another world wave!"

"Goooooooooooolllllllll!"

"In the 42nd minute, Salah helped Hamburg rewrite the score to 3:1 with a beautiful volley!!"

……

In the visiting team's locker room after halftime, everyone looked sad.

Pellegrini is also very helpless.

Before the game, he could have imagined that Hamburg would be more difficult to play at home, but he did not expect it to be this difficult.

Falling behind by two goals at halftime, and three goals behind in two rounds...

This also means that Manchester City must score at least three more goals in Hamburg to have a chance to win.

But it's really hard.

As far as the performance of the first half is concerned, except for Manchester City scoring a goal in the opening stage, the rest of the time is basically controlled by Hamburg.

Although Manchester City has been working hard to deal with Hamburg, but under the high-intensity and fast-paced attack, they have exposed more problems.

There are more than three opportunities created by Hamburg.

These three goals are just the last three of their countless shots.

Moreover, what is placed in front of Pellegrini now seems to have no choice.

It seems that he can only continue to attack, but also strengthen the attack!

But he was also worried.

If you really keep playing like this, there is a great possibility of losing the ball again.

To be eliminated is to be eliminated. When two teams meet, someone always wins and someone loses.

But if you lose a big score and get kicked out of the tragedy by Hamburg, it will be difficult for people to accept.

It is absolutely different whether you lose 0:1 or 0:10!

If that is the case, the morale of Manchester City players will be affected, not only will the Champions League be eliminated, but the domestic league will also be affected.

His handsome position will also be lost!

Look at the expressions of these Manchester City players in front of you. It feels like they don't have much confidence at this time. It's really hard to imagine what it will be like after being scored again.

Think about Hamburg's performance after 60 minutes in the first round. If Manchester City continues to use up their physical energy with aggressive attacks... I can't even think about it.

After thinking about it, Pellegrini still made a decision that went against his heart:

Hold on first, hold on and don't lose the ball again!
……

"70 minutes into the second half, the score is still 3:1, with Hamburg leading."

"In the 25 minutes of the second half, Manchester City seemed to take the initiative to slow down the offensive, but put more energy into defense, which is really a bit confusing."

"Did Pellegrini read the scoreboard wrong? Now Hamburg is leading! He is still thinking about defense?"

"If his head is not clear, there is only one explanation: he gave up! He surrendered! He didn't want to be scored more goals by Hamburg. In order to avoid an even more embarrassing return to Manchester, he chose to surrender!"

"This is really a very rare thing. How can Pellegrini be a world-class coach who has coached a giant team like Real Madrid, and he will be scared by Pan Yi's Hamburger?"

"Pellegrini, you are a Chilean engineer, not a Frenchman!"

"And in the face of such a situation, how will Pan Yi, the head coach of Hamburg, respond? Will he be very reasonable... Oh, he responded, and he started to make substitutions!"

On the sidelines, in front of the home team's bench, Mitrovic and Sun Xingmin have stood up, ready to replace Vardy and Wu Lei.

The intention of such a matchup and substitution is obvious, that is, to continue to attack Manchester City's goal without changing the formation and play style!
At the same time, it can also allow the two strikers who have fought for more than 70 minutes to come down and rest.

This game has basically been won, there is no need to waste energy.

And such a substitution seemed to have an effect after 10 minutes.

In 82 minutes, Hamburg made a simple cooperation in the frontcourt.

Due to City's deep formation, it is now easier for Hamburg to pass through the midfield and the ball is quickly at the feet of Paulinho.

The Brazilian scored another kick to Sun Xingmin on the left.

After Sun Xingmin stopped the ball, he immediately started to dribble the ball across the center line at the fastest speed, and dribbled all the way forward.

After swaying the angle, Sun Xingmin took a look into the penalty area, and directly kicked a curve ball with his left foot, rubbing the ball into the small penalty area.

I saw Mitrovic and Kompany taking off at the same time.

The bodies of the two strong men collided directly, and as a result, neither of them could really hit the ball.

The ball didn't know where it hit, so it rolled towards the top of the arc in the penalty area.

At this time, De Bruyne, who was catching up behind, rushed forward quickly, facing the football that bounced off the ground, and shot straight into anger.

The ball rushed to the lower right corner of the goal quickly against the turf with lightning speed and jingle bells.

The ball was fast and tricky. When the goalkeeper Joe Hart reacted, it was too late to save, and he could only watch the ball pass by.

"This ball... didn't go in!"

"It's a pity, it was just a little bit! The ball brushed the outer edge of the post and went out of the baseline."

"However, considering that the current score is already 3:1, the generals of Hamburg did not seem very upset about the missed opportunity."

"Combining the results of the first round, they have already led by three goals! And the confidence of their opponent Manchester City has long since disappeared, which can be seen from the fact that they have been busy defending in the second half."

"But Pan Yi still persevered and used the tactics of high center forward and wide cross, and almost broke Manchester City's goal again!"

"Although the goal was missed, we can still see the magic of Pan Yi's substitutions. He can always create a huge threat suddenly!..."

And the next game is meaningless.

The Manchester City players on the field looked sluggish and staggered, and they didn't seem to be able to devote 100% at all.

After De Bruyne's shot, Hamburg still created several chances, but they were unlucky and failed to score.

In the end, Hamburg defeated Manchester City 3:1 at home and successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a total score of 5:2!
……

For the media and fans, the result of this game is reasonable.

After all, Hamburg defeated Manchester City convincingly in the away game, and there is nothing difficult to understand when they return to win again at home.

At the press conference after the game, Manchester City coach Manuel Pellegrini also said that Hamburg did perform better in the two rounds of the game, and their promotion is a matter of course.

"Pan Yi once said that Hamburg had the ability to compete for the Champions League after Hamburg's group qualifying. I didn't really believe it at the time."

"But after playing two games against them, I am convinced that Hamburg is the favorite to win the Champions League this season!"

"In front of them, we exposed many problems. I also learned a lot from Pan Yi. It is a brand-new and advanced tactical concept, which is worth studying and learning for all football coaches. "

"Finally, congratulations to Pan Yi and Hamburg, and good luck to them!..."

And in the domestic forums of Longguo, fans also expressed their views on this Champions League knockout match:

"Every time Hamburg advances to a round, it is creating the history of Long Guo football! Head coach Pan Yi and player Wu Lei have been advancing together!"

"They beat strong teams, and that's what makes us feel good!"

"If Manchester City still looked like a strong team in the first round, this game was simply rubbed against the ground by Hamburg!"

"Pan Yi's hamburger is really scary! Manchester City has been the champion and runner-up of the Premier League in the past two seasons, so they have been played for a whole game like this?"

"Didn't Gary Neville say that Hamburg is going to be over when it meets a Premier League team? Why don't they speak out now?"

"He said that it is only if he wins Manchester United! Now Manchester United has entered the quarter-finals, right? I just hope they can touch it and let Neville's big mouth shut up completely!"

"Hehe, now Manchester United is also worthy of Porcelain Burger? This year in the Premier League, we can only compete for the Europa League qualification..."

"I really miss the Manchester United back then. When Ferguson was still there, it was so majestic. How did it end up in this situation?"

"Gigs and Wayne Rooney's two wings defeated Bayern in 99, I still remember it"

"Upstairs, your id Barcelona☆Football expert, sure enough... what he said is very connotative and experienced."

"By the way, I remember a media reporter who said that if Hamburg entered the quarter-finals, they would live naked and run naked. What about others?..."

(End of this chapter)