After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 260 The Fortune Left to His Old Club
In the southwest direction of downtown Manchester, 6 miles westward from Old Trafford Stadium, you will see a place surrounded by greenery, beautiful scenery, convenient transportation and very quiet.

You can't see anything unique from the buildings, nor are there any symbols describing them.

However, if you are a true Manchester United fan, when you drive down this quiet lane and see the "Carrington" road sign along the road, you will know that the famous Manchester United is ahead. Linton Training Base - the training ground of the Red Devils Manchester United, known as the "heart of Manchester United".

For many Manchester United fans, this is a holy place in their hearts. It is a good place for them to come to chase stars, take photos with their favorite players, and ask for autographs.

For Manchester United coach Moyes, this is where he works and where he studies how to deal with one opponent after another.

One of his most important opponents now is Hamburg.

At present, Manchester United has been left far behind by its competitors in the Premier League, and Manchester United fans have great opinions on Moyes.

Especially after being double-killed by rival Manchester City in the same city, and the two rounds were such a big score of 1:4 and 0:3, the voices calling for Moyes to dismiss get out of class are getting louder and louder.

Moyes feels that he can only stay at Old Trafford if he makes a difference in the Champions League.

So he had to pass the hamburger.

Coincidentally, Hamburg advanced to the quarter-finals after double-killing Manchester City. If Manchester United can eliminate Hamburg, it can also win the hearts of Manchester United fans to a greater extent.

After all, Manchester United fans can hold their chests higher in front of fans of their rivals in the same city, instead of running away in despair like now.

Therefore, Moyes has watched the videos of the two games between Hamburg and Manchester City over and over many times. He not only knows the tactics Pan Yi used at that time, but also remembers every adjustment he made in the game.

As he told reporters, he does think that Pan Yi is a master tactician and that Hamburg is very strong, but he also seems to have found a tactic that can break Hamburg's offense.

That is, we must not repeat the mistakes of Manchester City!

To fight against the current Hamburg is courting death!

So Moyes is going to use a more secure way to deal with Hamburg...that is, the main defense.

This is also a way of playing that Moyes is best at.

And this is actually what Manchester United fans criticized Moyes the most.

He didn't play out of Manchester United's wealthy temperament!

Moyes actually did his homework on the targeted tactics of the game, but due to his years of experience in leading weak teams, his proficiency in defense is much higher than that of active offense.

This is why many people think that his ability is not suitable to bring Manchester United.

It is not so easy for a wealthy family to lower their face and fight back!Manchester United fans can't stand it.

And once Moyes had the face to press out and fight, the result could only be to be stolen by the opponent.

Manchester United's defense is such a team, stealing a chicken is almost a steal.

There is another very interesting statistic this season: Manchester United's away record ranks first in the Premier League.

This phenomenon can also be explained from the above: after all, away games can be properly collected, but at home, it is not so easy.

But now if you can only choose one of winning and looking good, Moyes can only choose winning.

If they lose to Hamburg at Old Trafford and are then eliminated from the Champions League, there is a high probability that Manchester United's coaching position... no, it should be [-]%.

"Are you sure you want to play Hamburg's defense at home?" Assistant coach Philip Neville asked with a little doubt, "The fans will have a lot of opinions. After all, Pan Yi expressed contempt for the Premier League and Manchester United in an interview .If it doesn't come with a nice win..."

Philip Neville is the younger brother of Gary Neville and a famous Manchester United player. After retiring, he stayed in the Manchester United team as an assistant coach, assisting Moyes.

At the same time, Ryan Giggs also serves as an assistant coach, but he has not officially retired yet with the title of "Wanglaoji", so he works for Manchester United as a player and coach.

Giggs also said: "Philip is right, I also think..."

Moyes waved his hand and interrupted the speeches of the assistants: "It doesn't matter what he said, what matters is the result. Let's focus on the game itself."

Neville Jr. and Giggs nodded and stopped talking.

Everyone knows that Moyes is a good guy, so he won't spend any effort on this kind of verbal dispute.

But in fact, such a character sometimes has negative effects, especially when the record is not good.

One of the problems brought about is that it is not enough to put enough pressure on the opponent.

Imagine Klopp's rants at the fourth official during the game, and imagine Mourinho's constant babble...

Modern football is not the kind of 11 vs 11 competition where everyone only depends on the level of playing.

Various factors outside the field are contributing to the trend every minute: the coach's on-the-spot command, the referee's subtle penalties, the cheering of the fans... These seem insignificant, but they are always affecting the game trend.

Anyone who has watched the Manchester United game may remember the appearance of Moyes on the sidelines:
With a wrinkled face full of bitterness and hatred, it seems that he is always being wronged;

There will not be too much celebration when scoring a goal, and secretly waved his fists to count;
When falling behind, sometimes the whole person is stuck in the seat, unable to move;
In fact, these performances sometimes have a great impact on morale.

Including tears in public after he reversed and eliminated Olympiacos in the Champions League round of 16.

Although this is a display of his huge pressure release, after all, they are Manchester United. They just defeated a Greek team and advanced. They should not be as excited as winning the championship.

This is why people criticize Moyes a lot. No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like the head coach of a wealthy team. He can't give the players the pride of a strong team, and even makes the players feel insecure.

If compared with other famous coaches, Guardiola is like changing the enemy, and I have my own tricks;
Mourinho is the kind of person who will naturally support me even if the sky falls;
It also includes Pan Yi, who is now the most popular player. He always looks confident, he is not in a hurry when he is leading, and he is not impatient when he is behind.

A coach is the banner of a team. In this regard, Moyes is indeed lacking.

Not to mention that his predecessor was Ferguson, what a majestic look!
In comparison, Moyes is a full-fledged hanger. He can make do with the mid-range team, but he is a bit embarrassed on the big stage.

This temperament even affects the implementation of tactics.

In fact, Moyes had a clear label when he was at Everton:

For example, spend a small amount of money to do big things;
For example, pay attention to physical confrontation and squeeze the court space;
Another example is to quickly pass through the midfield, attack concisely, and when counterattacking, pass three passes and two downs and go forward;
Moyes even created a unique "left-back organization system" at Everton at the time. The true organizational core of the team is left-back Leighton Barnes.

Among the players in the team, Barnes is considered a player with good skills, including Fellaini who moved forward last season, and Moyes is definitely a coach who can take care of food.

But what about tactics after coming to Manchester United?

Not to mention the media and fans, it is estimated that Moyes himself did not understand what he was playing.

After Manchester United's home draw with Fulham this season, Fulham coach Meulensteen laughed twice after the game and said bluntly: "The way Manchester United is now is very direct, which is to set the side and then cross. , it's easy to prevent..."

He was right.

Although from the data point of view, Manchester United was wronged by Fulham's draw. They took 31 shots and 9 shots on target, with a ball possession rate of 75.4% and a pass success rate of 92.1%. The game was basically in Fulham's Half time.

But judging from the means of attack, Manchester United was not wronged to be tied.

Because Manchester United's offense is not only a cross, but also a cross, which has refreshed the number of crosses made by a single team in a single game in the top European leagues in recent years.

They crossed as many as 81 times in one game!
After the game, the British media said that no team in the history of the top European leagues had more than 70 crosses in a single game.

The rigorous OPTA said conservatively that this is the game with the most crosses in the league since the 2006-2007 season, because they only counted crosses from this season. The previous record was 52 times, and Manchester United set the record. Foot improved 29 times!
Fulham coach Meulensteen had planned to use the old captain Hangeland in the central defender position before the game, but considering Manchester United's style of play, he temporarily changed the starting lineup and sent a taller, younger, and better jumper. kindness.

In addition, he also specially warned the players to try to keep 8 people in the penalty area to compete for the placement of the cross.

Faced with such a targeted defense, Moyes just accepted his death, and his team was still crossing, crossing, crossing...

In the end, the game was also reduced to a laughing stock.

Of course, Manchester United not only often lose points on weak teams this season, but what makes Manchester United fans unbearable is that it is completely impossible to play against strong teams.

In addition to being double-killed by Manchester City, Manchester United, as the dignified defending champion of the Premier League, has hardly won a strong team in a season (only won one game against Arsenal), and it is almost impossible to even enter the Europa League.

This gap is unacceptable to fans.

So in general, Moyes couldn't win the ball, and he played ugly. It is normal to be called out of get out of class.

In the face of such an opponent, Pan Yi showed contempt in front of the media, which was actually an expression of confidence.

If you can't even win Manchester United, really don't think about the Champions League this season!

……

Although for Pan Yi, the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Manchester United is indeed very important, there are still a few rounds of Bundesliga to be played before that.

Hamburg has been winning, and Bayern Munich, which is closely behind, has also been winning, so Pan Yi cannot relax in the slightest.

And the next schedule will be very intensive.

3月22日、26日、29日会连踢三轮德甲，然后就是4月2日客场对曼联。

After interspersed with a Bundesliga game on April 4, they will play Manchester United at home on April 5.

之后又是4月13日的一场德甲，再接4月17日的德国杯半决赛，然后是4月20日的德甲第31轮。

Basically, a game is played every three to four days, and this rhythm will last for a month, nine games!
This can be said to be the most fierce schedule since Pan Yi led the team.

So he and the coaching staff have to be careful.

Handling this month's game well will determine whether Hamburg will have no success this season, or whether it will go forward indomitable!

Of course, Hamburg's only competitor in the Bundesliga, Bayern, has also entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so the situation is similar to Hamburg, except for one less German Cup.

They also have to be careful, because their opponents still have tough stubble like Dortmund.

For Bayern, the pressure is equally great.

Now the gap of five points is not big, if Hamburg is not paying attention, Bayern can catch up;

But it’s not a small thing, if it’s Bayern that loses the chain next, then Hamburg will go straight to the championship…

……

March 3, Mercedes-Benz Arena.

Stuttgart host Hamburg.

This is the 26th round of the Bundesliga, and Pan Yi used a half-rotation lineup to fight.

When the game progressed to the 35th minute, the Hamburg players surrounded the Stuttgart players near the center circle.

Stuttgart left-back Sakai Gotoku wanted to launch an attack with a long pass, but was intercepted by Hamburg's retreating winger Salah, and quickly started, leaving Sakai Gotobe behind in an instant.

After catching up with the ball, Salah drove the ball straight into Stuttgart's penalty area.

Salah's breakthrough ability has always been very good. His dribbling immediately attracted the attention of many Stuttgart defensive players and moved towards him.

And Salah also decisively slanted into the ribs, avoided the opponent's defense, and found a way to move forward at the front of the penalty area.

The starting center Mitrovic tightly pressed Stuttgart's central defender Niedermeier, which gave Salah room to continue to break through.

Salah pressed forward into the penalty area, forcing the other defenders of the opponent to come up to block, for fear that Salah would shoot directly.

But in this way, the other side of the restricted area has exposed flaws.

Salah seized the opportunity decisively, sent a diagonal pass with his left foot, and sent the ball to the left rib of the penalty area.

Lin Zhijian on the left quickly scrambled to catch up. Before the opponent's right back Schwab was in place, he volleyed with his right foot and sent the ball into the goal guarded by Ulreich.

"Goallllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!"

"Lin Zhijian volleyed and broke through Stuttgart's goal, 0:1!"

"In the 35th minute, Hamburg took the lead away!"

……

After Hamburg scored, Stuttgart tried to launch a wave of counterattacks.

In the 38th minute, Stuttgart inserted into Hamburg's penalty area from the right and tried to find center Ibisevic with a cross. As a result, Kjaer intercepted the ball first and quickly passed it to Rudiger.

After Rudiger dribbled the ball out of the penalty area, he quickly made a long pass and directly gave it to the left and right sides of the penalty area line in the frontcourt.

Mitrovic grabbed the first spot, pinned down the opposing defender with his body, protected the ball, and then passed the ball back.

Paulinho, who followed up, shot directly.

The ball pierced the Stuttgart goal again.

0: 2!

The Mercedes-Benz Arena suddenly fell silent.

……

After scoring two goals in a row, Hamburg's morale was boosted, and it began to attack Stuttgart.

Stuttgart's performance this season is not ideal, and it is currently ranked 17th in the standings, which is the relegation zone.

Today, relying on the advantage of the home court, they started to play chicken blood for a while, but they withered immediately after being scored two goals by Hamburg.

They also have no confidence to compete with Hamburg again!
In the second half, Hamburg created more chances.

In the 67th minute, Salah formed a single shot on the right side of the penalty area and shot through the goalkeeper Ulreich's wicket from a small angle, rewriting the score to 0:3.

This is also the score at the end of the game.

In the game played on the same day, Bayern played an away game against Mainz.

Under the leadership of Tuchel, Mainz played very tenaciously, and once forced Bayern to find the direction of the opponent's goal.

But Bayern is Bayern after all. They have stars and a world-class coach Guardiola.

After Guashuai made substitutions in the second half, Schweinsteiger and Gotze, who came off the bench, made contributions in 82 minutes and 86 minutes respectively, and finally defeated Mainz with two goals in the away game, taking all three points.

……

"Pan Yi, how sure do you think you can break into the semi-finals of the Champions League?"

In the head coach's office, Chairman Yakhov came to visit again.

"Probably [-]% sure." Pan Yi said nonchalantly.

"What? Are you really so sure? The opponent is Manchester United!" Yakhov was obviously surprised.

He knew that Pan Yi had always been very confident, but he didn't expect to be so confident this time.

Pan Yi smiled: "It's because they are Manchester United! And this is already a very conservative estimate."

Pan Yi didn't talk nonsense.

He knows the Manchester United situation best.

Since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Manchester United has never returned to the peak state of the year, has never won the Premier League, and is basically bullied in the European arena.

Of course, this is similar to AC Milan's down-and-out trajectory, otherwise the brothers and Arsenal would not have come to Taoyuan for a trio of sworn brothers.

But Milan is slightly different from Manchester United.

The eldest brother has no money in his pocket, so there is nothing he can do.

But second brother, you have the largest fan base in the world, and you are in a super-rich league like the Premier League. Every year, you buy star transfer fees and pay astronomical figures, but you end up playing like this. Unreasonable.

As far as Manchester United this season is concerned, they were easily double-killed by Manchester City, and Hamburg easily double-killed Manchester City.

While football is not a simple game of addition and subtraction, it does say something.

Of course, because football is round, Pan Yi didn't say anything to death.

With an [-]% winning rate, Manchester United and Moyes have already given face.

"This way... then it would be great if we can really win!" Yakhov rubbed his hands excitedly, "It can add more than 1000 million bonuses!"

Pan Yi has really made a lot of money for Hamburg this season.

Everything else is not counted, just say the Champions League.

To enter the group stage, there is already about 1500 million money.

Hamburg scored another four wins and two draws in the group stage, earning another 1200 million or so.

After qualifying for the top 16, the reward is about 900 million.

He advanced to the quarter-finals again and gave another 1000 million.

Calculated here and there, he has already earned nearly 5000 million euros!
Now that Pan Yi said that he can enter the semi-finals again, it will become 6000 million.

There are still 1500 million to enter the finals, and another 500 million to win the championship...

There is also the subsequent European Super Cup, all of which have millions of dollars in income.

Where did Yahov think that Hamburg could make so much money in a high-end place like the Champions League?
Naturally, the flowers bloomed with joy.

"Little money, little money, little meaning." Pan Yi still said calmly.

Small money indeed.

Or the Bundesliga is too poor!
Get tens of millions and get excited like this.

Looking at the local tyrants in the Premier League, it's really infuriating to compare people with others.

As for Pan Yi's plan to work hard in the Premier League after his contract with Hamburg expires, he hasn't told Yakhov yet.

The main reason is that there is no champion yet.

If you haven't even conquered the Bundesliga, why go to the Premier League to find any challenges?
So everything still depends on the results of this season.

If he goes to the Premier League with the appearance of a defeated general, to be honest, Pan Yi can't let go of this face.

Pan Yi's way of doing things is to retreat bravely after achieving success and fame.

And if Hamburg really wins the Bundesliga championship this season, or even the Triple Crown, Pan Yi has already thought about the way forward.

The first is to examine the Premier League teams that are interested in him, and then choose the one that suits you best.

Then Nagelsmann can be recommended to take over Hamburg.

In this way, his tactical system can also be inherited in Hamburg. Even if the Hamburg players are poached, there should not be much fluctuation in performance.

Pan Yi believed in Nagelsman's ability.

In Pan Yi's previous life, Nagelsmann was able to make a name for himself at the Leipzig Red Bull with his own ability, and eventually won a giant like Bayern Munich, let alone get Pan Yi's true biography in this timeline.

In this way, Pan Yi can be regarded as having an explanation for Hamburg.

Of course, apart from Nagelsmann, Pan Yi left a lot for Hamburg.

The value of those players alone has risen many times!

Just to give an example, De Bruyne, who was bought for 1200 million euros, has been marked up to an astonishing 6500 million on the German transfer market website!
In fact, such a worth has long indicated that Hamburg will not be able to keep him in the end.

After all, local tyrants like Manchester City and Paris will spend money on you every minute, and they will also offer attractive high salaries to the players. This is very difficult for the team and the players to refuse.

And even if Hamburg can't keep people in the end and sells these players, they can change hands to the transfer market and buy some good players to replace them, and Hamburg can get a lot of money at the same time.

This can also be regarded as the "legacy" left to Nagelsmann.

Pan Yi did this for Hamburg, he really did his best.

And as for another assistant coach Inzaghi?

AC Milan had already fired Allegri during the winter window, and then used Seedorf to take over Milan's coach, but the results still did not improve.

After the 29th round of Serie A, Milan is still ranked 12th in the standings... destined to become a mid-lower team.

So it shouldn't be long before Galliani will throw an olive branch to Inzaghi.

During this period of time, Inzaghi finally passed the UEFA professional coaching course and obtained the relevant certificates, so he can go to Milan to coach in a legitimate way!

This can be regarded as a gift from Pan Yi to both old clubs.

At that time, whether it will work or not will depend on their own efforts and luck!
(End of this chapter)