After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 265 The Most Sincere Team
In the recent period, Pan Yi, in addition to coping with the intensive schedule during this period, also has to deal with the "harassment" of phone calls from time to time.

These calls, without exception, were made by the top executives of various clubs, making appointments for meetings and the like.

They are all real high-rises!Not the kind of secretary who is responsible for calling someone.

And most of them are from famous clubs!
Such as the chairman of Manchester City Hosni Mubarak.

For example, Baldini, the director of Tottenham.

Another example is Bayern's chairman Rummenigge and Barcelona's director Subisaretta.

And the recently defeated Manchester United CEO Santoku...

Fortunately, they don't have Fan Zhiyi's way of "going through the back door" like the Crystal Palace. They can only communicate on the phone first, otherwise Pan Yi will be exhausted from seeing a club representative every day.

On the phone, Pan Yi spoke almost the same way, with the two swords out first.

First, you should have heard of the team permissions I want. You should think about it first. If you can’t meet it, forget it. See you later;

Second, the season is not over now, I don't want to spend time on it now, even if both parties have intentions, we have to talk about it after the season is over;
The first article here eliminates Manchester United and Barcelona.

Just as San Dezi thought, it is unlikely that a club like Manchester United will give a newcomer enough authority when they come up.

Among other things, although Ferguson has retired, he still seems to be the emperor of Manchester United... He will still intervene in many things.

This ran counter to Pan Yi's request.

The situation in Barcelona is a little different, but it is similar to Pan Yi.

The situation within their club is complicated, with various forces fighting openly and secretly. It seems that they themselves don't know who is the final decision-maker in the transfer operation.

Pan Yi even knew that Zubizarreta, the football director of Barcelona, ​​would be terminated after staying in the club for a long time. Wouldn't it be nonsense to talk to him?

Then there is Bayern.

They were willing to talk to Pan Yi about the authority, but they couldn't tolerate the existence of uncertain factors.

The Germans may just hope that there will not be too many variables. They hope to talk about it immediately, and then they can initial an agreement.

Because they think that if they talk about it at the end of the season, the time is too tight, which is not conducive to the team's preparations for the new season-what if Pan Yi signs with another club or stays in Hamburg?
So Bayern is also OUT.

Of course, this has something to do with Pan Yi's inner resistance. After all, if you can comfortably win ten consecutive championships in Bayern, it is really not as challenging as in a small team like Hamburg...

The rest of Manchester City and Tottenham are very sincere.

Mubarak said frankly that Manchester City is to become a giant that can win the Champions League.

To achieve such a goal, in addition to sufficient capital investment, a Ferguson belonging to Manchester City is needed.

At present, it seems that this "Ferguson" is absolutely impossible to be Pellegrini.

Mubarak believes that Pellegrini has not established a stable technical and tactical system in Manchester City, nor has he failed to lay a solid foundation for the growth of the team.

It can be said that compared with his predecessor Mancini, Pellegrini did not even show a head-high ability.

And Pan Yi led Hamburg's performance in the quarter-finals of the Champions League to conquer the top management of Manchester City. Now they all think that Pan Yi is the one who can really lead them forward.

And there is another thing that Pan Yi is very attractive to Manchester City, and that is his discovery and training of young players.

This is not because Manchester City thinks that this will save them money, but that they also want to establish a complete youth training system and continuously deliver talents to the first team.

This is also the true idea of ​​Mubarak, an "outsider" who wants to truly integrate into the local community.

If a team is dominated by foreigners without the support of their own country or even locals, the support and recognition in the local community will be greatly weakened.

And to cultivate one's own "prince", one needs to have a correct direction and a discerning eye to find those young talents.

Looking at it so comprehensively, Pan Yi is simply the most suitable candidate God sent to Manchester City at this time!
On Tottenham's side, director Baldini also expressed Tottenham boss Levi's appreciation for Pan Yi, and made a promise to give higher team authority and more transfer funds.

This was actually quite beyond Pan Yi's expectation.

In his impression, cunning, strength, shrewdness, stinginess, transfer of geniuses, penny-pinching... These are all Levi's labels.

A typical Jewish businessman!
Especially in the transfer decision-making power that Pan Yi values ​​most, Levi has always had a relatively strong desire to control, and basically wants to intervene.

He was actually willing to let go for Pan Yi?This is a bit unbelievable.

Wouldn't this be a method of Levi's "empty glove white wolf"?Let's talk when we get it?

However, considering that in Pan Yi's previous life, Levi also hired a coach with a strong desire for control like Mourinho and Conte. It seems that his words still have certain credibility.

Another point is that since Levy took charge of Tottenham in 2001 and became the chairman, Tottenham has actually changed a lot.

As a veteran team with a long history, but an extremely dismal record, Tottenham has become a member of the Premier League BIG6 in recent years, and has begun to have the ability to compete for the Champions League qualification and even the championship. Levi’s contribution is indelible of.

He strictly controlled the team's financial situation at the beginning, completed the necessary capital accumulation in the early stage, and then built Tottenham's own new stadium.

In terms of team management, Levi also knows how to back down and delegate power. Except for transfers, he will not interfere with the head coach's selection and tactics.

In addition, he also attaches great importance to the team's youth training.

He said, "Spending money to buy big names is of course the easiest way to succeed, but it cannot last. We must consolidate the foundation of the club, and the future of the youth training team is crucial."

Sol Campbell, Harry Kane, Harry Winks, Danny Rose...etc, are all outstanding products of Tottenham's youth academy.

Of course, when the team really wants him to spend money, he will also tear off his "stingy" label and throw out real money.

For example, he once bought Richarlison for 6000 million pounds, and he also bought Ndombele from Lyon for 6300 million pounds.

In the ten years from 2012 to 2022, one billion euros will be invested in buying people, with an average of [-] million euros per year.

Whether it is worth it or not is another matter, he is always willing to spend money.

Therefore, his stinginess is also relative, compared to richer teams like Manchester United and Manchester City.

Because Levi is slightly different from these clubs in that he has never forgotten his identity: he is a businessman who runs an independent business, and there is no difference between football clubs and other businesses in various industries in principle.

Having said that, while maintaining such investment, he also built a new White Hart Lane stadium for the team, which greatly enhanced Tottenham's revenue and commercial attractiveness. It seems that you can't ask for more from Levi... …

It now appears that both Manchester City and Tottenham have expressed a thirst for talent towards Pan Yi.

They also caught Pan Yi's "two axes".

permission, give you;
It's okay to talk about it after the season. Anyway, there's no rush.

So Pan Yi was not in a hurry.

As a part-time worker, isn't the most enjoyable thing is that you are still working here, and you will come to the door one by one when you get home, so you don't have to worry about it at all...

For Pan Yi, whether it is Manchester City or Tottenham, they actually meet his requirements.

In addition to the above two conditions, both Manchester City and Tottenham have lackluster historical achievements, which gives Pan Yi a relatively good reason to make contributions to such a club and create a new dynasty.

Of course, if the results of the two teams are compared, Tottenham will be even worse. They have not won the top league championship since the 60s, while Manchester City just regained the Premier League championship the year before last.

In terms of lineup, Manchester City is naturally very strong, after all, it is the team that just won the Premier League championship in the past two years.

Both David Silva and Aguero are well-deserved world-class stars.

It's just that such a lineup is a disadvantage in attracting Pan Yi. After all, it seems that it is really difficult for people to have a feeling of "this coach is awesome" with so many world-class stars to win the championship.

After all, Mancini and Pellegrini can also!
The saying "chain the dog crown" has a long history...

Even in Pan Yi's previous life, after Guardiola came to Manchester City and won several championships in the Premier League, some people still said so.

They think that Manchester City has a lot of money and buys players very well, so the role of the coach is mediocre, blah blah blah.

They didn't think about it, if this is the case, then why did Manchester City choose Guardiola so firmly and give him the world coach's maximum salary instead of just looking for a keyboard player to be the head coach?
Anyway, anyone can do it, and the salary of Keyboard Man is only [-] a month...

Are the top executives of these clubs all stupid?
Let's put it this way, if Manchester City is willing to let Guardiola go, and Gua Shuai also wants to leave, look at how many big clubs in the world will immediately hand him a new contract!
Far away.

In short, a coach is very important to a team, but Pan Yi just wants to play a more important role.

As I said before, leading a more difficult team will give you a sense of accomplishment after success!
As for Manchester City, in fact, Pan Yi's previous life has proved that they will succeed under the leadership of Gua Shuai.

Although it has not yet won the Champions League, it is also a very remarkable achievement to win four championships in five years in the fiercely competitive Premier League.

In this way, it seems that Tottenham are more suitable?

Their recent performance is much worse than that of Manchester City, and their lineup is relatively poor.

Although there are good players like Eriksson and Lowry, as well as supernovas like Kane, generally speaking, there are no big players like Manchester City.

This is actually the reason why Tottenham have been unable to really compete with Manchester City, Liverpool and other teams in recent years, and they are still slightly inferior in strength.

But isn't that what Pan Yi likes?
Slowly get some young people to cultivate their talents, and then wrestle with the Premier League powers, and then fight against the European powerhouses!
It's just that it's still early, and everything will wait until the end of the season.

Maybe there will be a better choice by then?
Like... Crystal Palace?

They have less money, but the team is weaker and more able to challenge Pan Yi, and by the way, they can sell Fan Zhiyi a face.

But the problem is that since the last meeting, Crystal Palace seems to have forgotten about Pan Yi.

That's because, after Chairman Parish listened to Pan Yi's suggestion and found Tony Pulis to coach Crystal Palace, the team's performance has improved significantly.

1：0胜切尔西，3：0胜卡迪夫城，1：0阿斯顿维拉，3：2埃弗顿，1：0西汉姆联队……

This wave of terrifying five-game winning streak has pulled Crystal Palace out of the relegation quagmire long ago, and has leapt into a mid-range team that has no worries about relegation. It is about to achieve the best record in Crystal Palace's history.

Perhaps Parish "likes the new and dislikes the old" because of this, and he no longer thinks about Pan Yi.

It's normal to think about it. Who would give up a person who can lead the team to such a good record, create club history, and even win the best head coach of the Premier League with a score of more than a dozen in the league at the end of the season?
Who needs Pan Yi?
Pan Yi didn't feel much about it.

Anyway, he has many choices, and in summer, he can choose the one that suits him best.

He just felt that he recommended such an awesome coach to Crystal Palace to avoid relegation, shouldn't Parish pay him a headhunting fee or something...

……

April 4, People's Park Stadium.

In the second round of the knockout round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Hamburg played at home against Manchester United.

Although there are already five goals in hand, most of Hamburg's main players have been rested, so Pan Yi still sent several main players in this game.

The reason why they are not all the main players is because there is another Bundesliga game in Hamburg three days later. Pan Yi simply let the other half of the main players rest for a few more days, so they played a half-rotation lineup.

And Manchester United is doing its best.

Of course, this is not because Moyes still has any illusions about promotion. It is really a terrible loss in the first game. If he is beaten more away, he really dare not go back to Manchester.

It is precisely because of this idea that Manchester United played a little more conservatively than in the first game.

As for Hamburg, it wouldn't hurt the killer.

It's not necessary!

The most important thing is to be promoted, and now we still need to save more physical strength and energy for the Bundesliga and subsequent games. After all, everyone is really tired during this period.

So in the first half, both sides played more cautiously, created fewer chances, and the scene was relatively dull.

But in the second half, Manchester United still exposed their problems in wing defense.

At this time, the Hamburg players were disrespectful.

Can't let you score but not score?
In the 67th minute, Wu Lei received a pass from Paulinho, dribbled the ball in from the left and kicked a strong shot, which broke the deadlock for Hamburg and expanded the total score to 6:0!

In the 81st minute, it was Wu Lei again, who received a through ball from Kanter in a counterattack, and made a wonderful volley without stopping the ball in the penalty area, making another victory for Hamburg!
In the end, Hamburg defeated Manchester United 2:0 at home, and the total score of the two rounds was fixed at 7:0. Solidly invited Manchester United to drink a bottle of Hedy.

Hamburg also officially advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League, while Manchester United set another shameful record.

This is the worst defeat Manchester United has ever suffered in two rounds of European competition!

Of course, for this single game, the result is not bad.

After all, after a 0:5 defeat at home, the away game only lost two goals, which seems reasonable...

……

At the same time, the other three teams participating in the semi-finals of the Champions League also came out.

The battle between Real Madrid and Dortmund really almost had an accident!
Back at home, Dortmund played exceptionally well. In the 24th minute, Royce scored a goal and pulled one back.

With their morale boosted, they became more courageous as they fought. In the 37th minute, it was Royce again!

He scored again, scored twice and helped Dortmund tie the total score to 2:3!

In the second half, Real Madrid coach Ancelotti made consecutive substitutions, replacing Di Maria with Illarramendi and Benzema with Varane.

Such a move is obvious at first glance, it is to strengthen the defense and keep the advantage of this ball!
And An Pang also got the result he wanted.

2:0, that is the score of the whole game, Real Madrid also advanced in a thrilling way!

In the match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, Bayern, who played at home, also had the advantage of the game.

Robben and Thomas Muller scored a goal in the first and second halves, allowing Bayern to beat Paris 2:0, and also eliminated their opponents with a total score of 3:1, breaking into the semi-finals.

In the "Big Bar derby", Simeone's team had the last laugh.

Chelsea played at home, but Atletico Madrid stole one from Cork in less than 3 minutes, and then put an indestructible bus in front of their own door.

Mourinho had no choice but to let the team launch a fierce attack, but they have not had a good chance because they are slightly lacking in offensive ability.

Until the 90th minute of the game, when Atletico Madrid's players' physical strength was declining and their concentration was a little inattentive, from a corner kick, central defender David Luiz scored and tied the score to 1:1.

This also kept the score until the end.

Since the first round was Atletico Madrid's home game 0:0, Atletico Madrid, which had an away goal, was lucky to eliminate Chelsea and entered the semi-finals!
In this way, all the semi-finals of the Champions League this season will be produced.

Hamburg, Bayern, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid.

Two Bundesliga, two La Liga.

None of the Premier League powerhouses that were so loud before the game is left.

This is obviously a slap in the face of those "premium blowers", especially Gary Neville.

Of course, he probably doesn't care about it now, anyway, his face is swollen, and if it swells up a bit, it will just make him look fatter...

The semi-final matchup was also drawn soon.

Hamburg vs Atletico Madrid, Bayern vs Real Madrid!
The semi-finals will be a full-scale confrontation between the Bundesliga and La Liga!
And coincidentally, one is a confrontation between two traditional giants, while the other is a recent contest between cutting-edge teams.

Needless to say, the traditional giants, Bayern is the overlord of the Bundesliga, Real Madrid is the king of La Liga, the dialogue between the two is naturally sparks hitting the earth.

And the other side is also very interesting.

Both teams are "traditional non-traditional strong teams".

Atletico Madrid's situation is actually a bit similar to that of Hamburg. Their ancestors are also rich and have won 9 La Liga championships, but the last time was in 1996.

Of course, although Atletico Madrid has won more top league titles than Hamburg, Hamburg has also won the Champions League, which Atletico Madrid cannot match.

The two teams are also the two "civilian teams" with the best performance recently.

Hamburg temporarily ranks first in the Bundesliga, while Atletico Madrid ranks second in La Liga, only 3 points behind the top Real Madrid, and still hopes to win the championship.

In other words, the four teams that entered the Champions League semi-finals this season are actually the top two in the Bundesliga and the top two in La Liga.

The strengths of the four teams are all very strong, and the state is also very close. Everyone has a chance to advance to the final!

For Pan Yi, facing Atletico Madrid is actually a new challenge for him.

After all, although he has dealt with many defensive teams, Atletico Madrid is undoubtedly the team that has done the most defense in recent years!
In today's football, perhaps only one opponent can be compared with it, and that is Jose Mourinho's Chelsea.

And Simeone led the team to defeat them. This is the "championship final", which shows that the champion of this year's defensive competition is Atletico Madrid!

……

Diego Simeone, a former Argentine national team player, had the most famous moment as a player when he was kicked lightly by Beckham in the quarter-final match against England in the 1998 World Cup.

Then Simeone fell exaggeratedly, and the referee next to him decisively gave Beckham a red card.

While letting the "heartbeat" end early and endure the scolding of England fans, Simeone also used this method to help Argentina beat England and break into the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Of course, apart from this moment of "playing football with his brain", he can actually be regarded as one of the best midfielders in world football in the 90s.

As a defensive midfielder, he has comprehensive skills, tough style, high interception efficiency, and full defensive hardness. He is a qualified barrier in front of the team's defense line, and his back-up offense has often helped the team score at critical moments. .

And when he became a coach, he also continued the iron-blooded passion of the player period, and was good at inspiring the morale of the players and the passion of the fans.

Years of fighting in Inter Milan and Lazio, the edification of Italian football atmosphere and the sharpening of the position of the midfielder in the player era have also created Simeone's special liking for defense.

In Spanish football, where control prevails, the maverick Simeone announced a classical revival with the 442 formation that most coaches scoffed at.

In Atletico Madrid's 442 formation, the traditional four-line structure maintains the mutual positional balance between the players' front lines and the utilization rate of the field horizontally and vertically. The tactical tasks and running routes of players in each position are relatively clear and fixed. .

In the midfield, Simeone uses more "one-size-fits-all" players and defensive players, while the striker relies more on the products of "Atletico Madrid's traditional striker"-Villa and Diego Costa.

This season, they have achieved excellent results and the overall tactical system is mature, which seems to prove to a certain extent that the formation is not "outdated".

But from Pan Yi's point of view, Simeone's formation and tactics are not universally applicable, and it can even be said to be "unrepeatable".

Because each coach needs to consider the number of players in each position of the team, personal ability characteristics, and the evaluation of developmental positions and abilities when choosing a team's formation and arranging tactics.

It can be seen from the Atletico Madrid game that Simeone's supporting tactics have extremely high requirements for the four midfielders.

Whether it is Cork, Gabi, or Raul Garcia, Arda Turan, Thiago Mendes, they are all infinitely close to "all-around players" with both offensive and defensive capabilities.

All of them were made by Simeone into "one-size-fits-all" players who can play side to side, attack and defend.

The high degree of integration and adjustability between players and tactical formations is the most obvious highlight that distinguishes Atletico Madrid from other teams.

The same midfielder can take on multiple positions on the field, which undoubtedly increases the tactical space for Atletico Madrid's offensive and defensive frontcourt.

In the stage of having the ball in the midfield, a midfielder with high-level tactical literacy and long-pass ability can directly cross the opponent's midfield defense line to complete the docking with the high-point partner of the striker. At the same time, other central players and another forward can surround them. Complete the two-point kick fight and attack near the high point.

This seemingly simple and crude tactics that cannot even be called advanced is supported by Atletico Madrid's all-around midfield line.

It can be said that in the past three years since Simeone took over Atletico Madrid, he has been constantly looking for and training such players who can support the smooth operation of his 442 formation.

And now, Atletico Madrid has clearly reached the time for results.

Simeone also led Atletico Madrid to launch an impact towards the La Liga championship and the Champions League championship, preparing to create his own and Atletico Madrid's glorious history!

(End of this chapter)