After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 276 It's Over Before It Begins
In addition to the undefeated team + the highest score in history to win the championship, another thing that can prove the excellent performance of Hamburg this season is:
They also made the rankings in the various statistics and selections of the season!
The best head coach of this season is beyond doubt, and Pan Yi was elected without any suspense.

The top scorer is Hamburg's center Vardy.

Although Pan Yi often used a rotation lineup this season, Vardy, who played only 27 times, scored 23 goals and won the Bundesliga Golden Boot!

In second place is Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski, who scored 20 goals.

No.3 is Mandzukic of Bayern Munich, his scoring account is 18 goals.

In fact, the data gap between the latter few players is not very big.

The fourth is Delmic of Nuremberg with 17 goals.

The fifth is Firmino of Hoffenheim, Adrian Ramos of Hertha Berlin, and Reus of Dortmund tied for 16 goals.

In the Hamburg team, besides Vardy, the ones who scored more goals were Salah, Sun Xingmin, Mitrovic and Wu Lei.

It is worth mentioning Wu Lei.

He still scored 10 goals in his second Bundesliga season, which also allowed him to score 20 goals, breaking the record of goals scored by players from the five major leagues held by his predecessor Yang Chen!

Yang Chen scored 16 goals in three seasons in the Bundesliga.

And Wu Lei surpassed this number in only two seasons, and played as a rotation player most of the season, but he still seized the opportunity and created the history of Longguo players!
At the same time, Wu Lei also followed Hamburg in the Champions League. With every step forward and every goal scored, he is also constantly writing the history of Longguo football!
In this regard, the Longguo media and fans of course know that the greatest credit lies with Pan Yi.

Without Pan Yi's insight and meticulous training, Wu Lei would probably still be in the country with those players who are willing to be mediocre. How could he be at the height he is today?
And Wu Lei's success in the Bundesliga is also stimulating some younger players to go overseas.

For example, the 19-year-old striker Wei Sihao went to the Boavista team of the Portuguese Super League under the operation of a professional brokerage company.

There are also some promising new stars who have also gone to the second-tier leagues in Belgium, the Netherlands and other countries to exercise.

Longguo media believes that under the leadership of Pan Yi and Wu Lei, Longguo football is on the right path.

They even began to look forward to the journey of the 2018 World Cup in Russia...

Well, the Longguo team is indeed the first team in the world to prepare for the 2018 World Cup!

anyway.

In addition to Vardy winning the top scorer list in the Bundesliga, the assist king was also won by Hamburg players.

And it was two consecutive terms, and De Bruyne was re-elected!
This time his data is even more exaggerated, reaching 18 assists!
You know, Royce, who ranks second in the assist list, only has 11 assists.

In the third place, there is only Ribery who has 8 times.

This also shows how good Hamburg's offense is this season.

It's simply a broken lead!
With this terrifying data, De Bruyne also won the title of the best player in the Bundesliga voted by more than a thousand representatives of the Professional Players League.

He got 35.7% of the vote!

Then his teammate Jamie Vardy got 28.6% of the vote, followed by Reus with 20.3%.

In the selected best team, all 11 people came from the championship, runner-up and third place teams this season, of which Hamburg contributed 7 people!
Bayern and Dortmund each have 2 people selected.

The formation of the best team is a 442.

Forwards: Lewandowski, Vardy.

Midfielders: Royce, Kanter, Casemiro, De Bruyne.

Defenders: Robertson, Van Dijk, Rudiger, Ram.

Goalkeeper: Neuer.

For Pan Yi, this best lineup is more or less like "watching football in excel".

In fact, in terms of the role of the striker, Salah or Sun Xingmin's performance is no worse than Lewandowski.

But because they are indeed less than Lewandowski in terms of absolute number of goals, this puts them at a disadvantage in such a selection.

Of course, Lewandowski's performance this season is also quite excellent. It is said that Bayern has negotiated a contract with him, and Lewandowski will put on the Bayern jersey starting next season!
Of course, Pan Yi didn't care much about this anymore.

Sometimes this kind of selection also depends on a little human accident. For example, Lahm, the double captain of Germany and Bayern, squeezed out Carvajal, which is somewhat of a cheer for the German team that is about to go to the World Cup.

Hamburg can't take all the best 11 players, this is too much.

7 is 7, it is a blessing to suffer.

……

After playing the last round of the Bundesliga, Pan Yi gave the players another two days off after letting the team conduct restorative training.

The German Cup final is on May 5, more than a week before the final round of the Bundesliga, so Pan Yi and Hamburg have enough time to adjust slowly.

But their opponent Klopp in the German Cup did not dare to neglect.

He needs to figure out how to beat Burger right away!
This season, Dortmund can only rank third in the Bundesliga again, and also lost to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals in the Champions League. The overall performance is not even as good as last season.

Therefore, the German Cup final is Klopp's last chance.

He doesn't want to have another season for nothing!
But obviously, it is not an easy task to beat Pan Yi's burger.

Not to mention that Hamburg has been able to beat Dortmund in the rankings in the past two seasons, even in the four head-to-head confrontations between the two teams, Hamburg has an absolute advantage.

Three wins and one tie are the result of Hamburg against Dortmund, and it also includes big-score victories like 4:1 and 3:0.

Klopp knows that after Pan Yi coached Hamburg for two seasons, he has created a very mature tactical system for this team.

Moreover, the technical ability of this group of players has also been greatly improved, including physical strength and physical fitness, which have reached a very high level.

In addition, the entire coaching team of Hamburg is working together to provide the best help for the team.

All kinds of factors come together to form the current strength of Hamburg.

"It can be said that with the performance of these two seasons, Pan Yi has truly become a world-class coach."

This is Klopp's evaluation of Pan Yi.

When Pan Yi first entered the Bundesliga, Klopp didn't think much of this young man from Longguo.

But now, he was convinced by Pan Yi.

So he would say that Pan Yi is a "world-class coach".

So what about himself?
Jurgen Klopp, is he a world-class coach now?

He didn't even dare to confirm it himself.

Two years ago, he led the Dortmund youth army to pull Bayern Munich from the throne of the Bundesliga hegemony, and he became famous because of this. At this time, some people said that he is a world-class football coach.

But what about these two years?
Not to mention Bayern's recovery, another Pan Yi suddenly appeared in the Bundesliga, which can be said to have completely robbed Klopp of the limelight.

This "grab" is all-round!
For one thing, Pan Yi's grades are better than Klopp's.

Although Klopp led Dortmund to win the Bundesliga championship, no matter in terms of points or game progress, they are not as dominant as Hamburg.

After all, Hamburg is undefeated and won the championship with the highest points in history!
In the Champions League, Klopp has been impacting for several years and only won the runner-up once.

On the other hand, Pan Yi led a team to participate in the UEFA Champions League independently for the first time, and he has already reached the final. This is not counting the championship he won when he was an assistant coach in Milan.

Secondly, Pan Yi has led the development of advanced football tactics in recent years.

The widespread use of inside forwards, the innovation of retracted full-backs, the use of false wingers, the improvement of the 433 formation...

There is even an enhanced version of the traditional column center, a dynamic version of the defensive counterattack, and so on.

Klopp thinks that he has some experience in tactical research. For example, the offensive system he created in Dortmund is what he is proud of.

But the problem is that compared with Pan Yi, it's not at the same level at all!

Countless coaches in the world are learning Pan Yi's tactics, including Guardiola, Simeone...

In fact, Klopp is the same. He has already started to use the 433 formation, and he also implements some of Pan Yi's tactical ideas.

For example, letting Lewandowski serve as the bridgehead in the game also plays a certain role in retreating and supporting, such as trying to let Gundogan play a fake winger.

Third, Pan Yi is younger than Klopp.

Klopp is 47 years old this year, a full 20 years older than Pan Yi!
Being young means that there is still endless room for improvement.

The current Pan Yi is as good as this, but in 10 or 20 years, he will still be great!Wouldn't it be even more amazing!
Fourth, and very important.

Pan Yi is so fucking handsome!

You say this is not angry.

Klopp feels that God is really unfair.

God opened a door for Pan Yi, and at the same time opened a window...

But now, Klopp just wants to find a way to try to let God, the old man, close the doors and windows of Pan Yi's house!
"In this game, I will try to change my style of play and continue to use our 4231 formation against Hamburg."

In the tactical meeting, Klopp said to the coaches.

As soon as his words fell, everyone in the meeting room felt a little surprised.

That's because, since the second half of this season, Klopp has begun to use a 433 formation that is somewhat similar to Hamburg in the Dortmund team, and it has also achieved good results.

Not long ago, Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 3-0, using the 433 formation, and the tactical play was the same as when Pan Yi defeated Bayern.

So, such a good tactic, why don't you just use it if you don't use it?
Of course Klopp knew the doubts of the coaches, so he shook his head with a wry smile and explained:
"Pan Yi is very proficient in the 433 formation. Of course, he will clearly know where the weakness of this formation is. If we use the same formation to fight against it, I am afraid we will not get any good results."

"In the second half of the season, although we beat Bayern 433, we lost to Hamburg by the same score."

"In the first half of the season, when we were still using 4231, we drew with Hamburg. This comparison may show that Pan Yi may still have a weaker understanding of formations other than 433. We can seize such opportunities..."

The assistant coaches nodded slightly after hearing this, but they still looked worried.

What Klopp said is certainly reasonable, but inside and outside the words, he faintly revealed his fear of Pan Yi.

This is not like Klopp!

I think back to when Uncle Zha won the championship for the first time, and he was so majestic.Yuan Jing powder punched, talking and laughing, Bayern was wiped out.

Has there ever been a burger or Pan Yi in his eyes?
But after being suppressed by Hamburg for two years, his mood seems to have changed.

Klopp has also changed from a "Bundesliga champion" to a "Pan Yi's challenger", or even "Pan Yi's student", the two are not at the same level anymore!
When students face the teacher, they will always have a little fear and anxiety, because you have learned from him!

How did Klopp know that, in fact, Pan Yi's set of 433 was first learned from him.

It's just that it was obtained from Klopp of Liverpool in advance in 2011, and after Pan Yi combined the wisdom of various famous coaches, he was learned by Klopp of Dortmund in 2013. It is still possible to be overcome in the future. Lopp is taking it to Liverpool again...

Another time closed loop belongs to yes.

But in short, after understanding the subtleties of Pan Yi's tactics, Klopp did have a strong lack of confidence in his abilities.

This lack of self-confidence will make him involuntarily abandon what he has learned from Pan Yi and return to Dortmund's original tactics.

And his original 4231 draw with Hamburg also gave him a strong hint: this style of play will definitely work!

He even took the initiative to ignore that in that game, in order to ensure the results of the Champions League group stage, Pan Yi actually used a half-rotation lineup...

"Hamburg's offensive power is very strong now, and the control of the midfield is especially strong. Our 4231 also needs to make some adjustments in details."

Klopp continued, then walked to the tactical board and began to fiddle with the chess pieces on it:

"The back four and the double midfielder will not change, but the position of the midfielder and the two wingers must be withdrawn to assist the midfielder against their three midfielders. You have also seen it, Kante, De Blau How strong Nei and Casemiro are, they were even selected in the best team of the Bundesliga at the same time."

"Thank God, De Bruyne cannot participate in this final, but Paulinho, who came off the bench, is equally strong and must not be underestimated. His impact, defensive ability and running ability are even stronger than De Bruyne!"

"So I will also make some adjustments in terms of personnel. Jojic and Shaheen will form a double midfielder, and in front of them, Gross Kreutz, Royce and Mkhitaryan will be used to defend together."

"We must do our best to compete with Hamburg in the midfield! Only by defending the midfield can our defense be stable and there is hope of winning."

"Otherwise, our current defense can't stop Hamburg at all. The central defender combination of Hummels and Papastathopoulos should be difficult to withstand the multi-layered impact of Hamburg..."

Klopp said the truth, but intentionally or unintentionally put Dortmund in the position of the weak.

Under normal circumstances, Dortmund is an offense-oriented team. How could Klopp think about defense as soon as he came up?

Mainly in his mind now, Pan Yi's burger is really too strong!

Simply a flawless team.If you don't prevent it, something will happen!
The assistant coaches sounded a little off, but they couldn't say anything special either.

After all, what Klopp said is indeed true!
Hamburg's midfield is so domineering!

"Then what about our attack...? Lewandowski or Aubameyang at the center?" asked chief assistant Zeljko Buvac.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina coach was also a professional player when he was young, playing in midfield.

After retiring, he has been working as an assistant coach with Klopp. For more than ten years, from Mainz to Dortmund and then to Liverpool, he has always been Klopp's most trusted assistant.

It's just that he is as experienced as Buvac, and he has never seen Klopp be so cautious when facing the enemy.

You know, Klopp has always been famous for his thunderbolts, daring to fight and rush!

As a result, today's tactical arrangements have been talked about for a long time, and Buvac only listened to Klopp talking about defense there, and he didn't talk about offense at all.

"This... I'll think about it again."

Klopp suddenly hesitated.

Under normal circumstances, Dortmund's top player is of course Polish center Lewandowski.

He not only has a strong ability to protect the ball, but also has excellent organizational and dribbling abilities. He is quite accomplished in passing skills, passing vision, and even headers.

Of course, in addition to these, as a striker, he also has excellent shooting skills and can shoot from any position on the field.

A season of scoring more than 20 goals is proof!And also selected the best team of the season.

Moreover, after Klopp changed to 433, Lewandowski has an advantage in connecting the team.

However, that is under normal circumstances.

What if Dortmund start to stabilize the defense and play counterattacks?

What if the midfielder can't give more support to the striker?
At this time, Lewandowski does not seem to be so useful.

His speed and sensitivity will be slightly worse, and his role in counterattacks will not be so prominent.

If this is not easy to understand, just look at Lewandowski's dilemma when he was in the Polish national team.

The Polish team was okay when they played in the qualifiers, after all, the midfielder can still control the ball.

But when it comes to the World Cup, basically they will be beaten by strong teams.

At this time, Lewandowski often fell into a situation of isolation and helplessness in the frontcourt. He had no choice but to retreat very deep to get the ball, and sometimes even ran to the side to participate in the midfield competition.

The match between Poland and Argentina in the 2022 World Cup is the epitome of this situation.

And if Dortmund is suppressed by Hamburg, then Lewandowski is also of little use.

At this time, another fast horse striker Aubameyang in Dortmund will be more useful.

Moreover, Aubameyang himself has also stayed in Milan, and he is more familiar with the current tactics of Hamburg and some teammates, maybe the effect will be better.

It's just that from the perspective of state, Lewandowski's is better, which is also the main reason for Klopp's hesitation.

"Otherwise let the two of them play together? Replace Gross Kreutz with Aubameyang to play as a winger, so that he can also take advantage of his speed."

Buvac saw Klopp's hesitation and suggested.

Klopp shook his head: "Hamburg's wing attack is very sharp. I use Gross Kreutz to strengthen the midfield defense. Aubameyang's attack power is good, but his defensive attitude is actually average. .”

He was right.

The two wing combinations of Robertson + Sun Xingmin, Carvajal + Salah, have caused many teams to suffer.

No matter which side it is, they are both offensive and defensive. They can pass the ball into the penalty area through passing and cutting, and even shoot directly.

And even if Sun Xingmin's injury may not heal now, Pan Yi may not send him to play, but Wu Lei's speed and impact are still terrible, and the ten goals in the season also prove this.

Therefore, Klopp's priority is the defensive ability of his side's wide players, but the offense is secondary.

Only by not allowing Hamburg to score, Dortmund have a chance of winning!

Buvacs fell silent too.

Insufficient bench depth has always been an old problem for Dortmund.

After all, it depends on whether Aubameyang can play. After all, there are not many people they can change.

On the bench, whether it is Friedrich and Kirch on the defensive line, Durm in the midfield, or the all-rounder Hoffman, and the striker Schieber, there is a certain gap with the main players.

Why has Dortmund's record fluctuated and has not been stable enough?
It is because the lineup is not thick enough.

When they have a complete lineup, they can indeed wrestle with a strong team like Bayern, but once Royce, Mkhitaryan and the like are injured and absent, the team's strength will be affected immediately, and the results will decline.

But look at the burgers again...

They have even injured absolute main players like De Bruyne and Sun Xingmin, and the top players don't seem to be much worse.

This is also the confidence that Pan Yi can often rotate players in the league, and this strategy also ensures the physical fitness of Hamburg, so that they can maintain a good competitive state throughout the long season and remain unbeaten until now.

What is even more surprising is that these people in Hamburg were dug out from all over the world by Pan Yi with a limited budget. They were not famous stars two or three years ago!
So Klopp also has to admire Pan Yi's vision and training ability, he really sighs!

And next season, stars including Lewandowski will leave the team again, Klopp really feels like a smart woman can't live without rice.

He didn't even know what the team should do next.

signings?

Who to bring in?
What kind of play to take?
Do you have any ideas that can improve the team's combat effectiveness?
All of these, he is a little confused now.

Even if he has any ideas, the management may not agree, after all, Dortmund has a tradition of selling stars.

Perhaps it was this dilemma that made him want to leave the team and go to the Premier League...

"That's the end of today's meeting, I'll think about it later."

Finally, Klopp said helplessly, then dragged his tired body and pushed the door out.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

The tactics and lineup have not been fully determined, and Klopp hastily ended the meeting. This is the first time in history.

Klopp, who has always been full of fighting spirit, actually showed such an obvious sense of powerlessness when facing Pan Yi!
Maybe this German Cup final is over before it even starts?
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PS: After the end of the World Cup tonight, take a look at the Gagen chapter and celebrate, no matter who wins or loses...

PS2: I am not a fan of France or Argentina, but I can proudly say that the author's national team (a strong European team) has not lost a single game in this World Cup so far!
(End of this chapter)