After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 296 Xiaoping head, beer belly, professional winger Lukaku

AFC Wimbledon is certainly not a strong team.

They are just a team that has been in the lower leagues of England for many years. This year they are playing in League Two, which is the fourth league in England.

Facing such an opponent, Pan Yi sent a lineup mainly composed of young players.

Forwards: Hazard, Bamford, seat B.

Midfield: Alonso, Kante, Chick, Azpilicueta.

Defenders: Ake, Christensen, Zouma.

Goalkeeper: Courtois.

In this 343 lineup, the average age is even in his early 20s!

In the game, the young players also seemed a little nervous.

They want to express themselves in front of the new coach too much!
However, due to the emphasis on physical training in the previous week, there was still a lack of tacit understanding in the overall tactical drills, and the performance of these young people on the court seemed very clumsy.

Not only does running seem very inactive, but even some ordinary passing, stopping and shooting are a bit bad.

In the first half of the game, AFC Wimbledon looked more like a stronger side, while Chelsea did not look like a Premier League team at all.

In such a bad state, AFC Wimbledon even scored two goals in a row, leading the first half.

Of course, this also disappointed many Chelsea local media reporters and fans who came to watch the game.

In the second half of the game, with a wave of his hand, Pan Yi replaced all 11 players with a brand new [-] players!
Forwards: Schurrle, Lukaku, Oscar.

Midfield: Cancelo, Mikel, Matic, Ivanovic.

Defenders: Terry, David Luiz, Cahill.

Goalkeeper: Cech.

Most of this lineup are veterans of Chelsea. Although they are playing in a new formation, the tacit understanding among the players is obviously better than the first lineup.

Especially on the back line, they are all experienced players. Whether it is playing the ball or defending, they are not as frizzy as the three young people under the age of 20 in front.

As a result, Chelsea gradually took over the game in the second half of the game, and finally scored two goals in a row. The two sides shook hands with 2:2.

Although they did not lose, Chelsea did not win a team in the second division after all, so Pan Yi still received a lot of doubts after the game.

The "Sun" attacked Pan Yi's formation in this warm-up match with the headline "Chelsea drew with AFC Wimbledon, the new lineup and new formation are useless".

"Although Chelsea did not recruit as much as Real Madrid and Barcelona in this summer window, they still spent 8000 million euros after all."

"And their opponents AFC Wimbledon, transfer spending is 0! All their players are on loan and free transfer."

"Let's look at the salary comparison between the two sides. The weekly salary of Chelsea's head coach alone far exceeds the sum of the salary of the entire AFC Wimbledon team!"

"With such a huge gap in strength, Chelsea failed to win the opponent. It seems that the head coach Pan Yi has a big problem in the selection of personnel and formation."

"The Sun" believes that under the 343 formation system promoted by Pan Yi this season, many players are also at a loss, and they don't even know how to play on the court.

When Mourinho led Chelsea, he always used 4231 to play very well. Pan Yi wanted to replace them all when he came up. It was a bit too hasty.

Moreover, Chelsea's performance in the second half was far stronger than that in the first half, which also proved Pan Yi's mistakes in signing and recruiting new players.

The new arrivals, whether bought or promoted from the youth teams, don't seem to be able to adjust to Chelsea's rhythm yet.

Especially for these young people under the age of 20, it is better to rent to other teams for training, so don't make the first team embarrassing so quickly.

"With a bunch of kids, you can't win anything!"

"With such a team, Pan Yi actually said that he can win the Premier League or even the Champions League? This is a joke!"

"In my opinion, Pan Yi's Chelsea team may have difficulty even entering the top four in the Premier League. I don't think he will be able to receive the world's number one annual salary for long!..."

For such criticism, Pan Yi is of course noncommittal.

This is just a warm-up match!

For Pan Yi, the warm-up match is a place to try various player combinations, experiment with various tactics, and examine and adjust the players' status.

For fitness coach Pintus, the warm-up match is also a way to test the results of physical training and strengthen physical fitness to achieve "competition instead of training".

Because of this, in this summer training camp, Pintus even suggested that Pan Yi arrange a dense warm-up match, so that the players can run to their heart's content and release their enthusiasm in this relatively less boring environment.

According to statistics, before the first round of the Premier League on August 8, Chelsea players will play eight warm-up matches within a month, that is, almost two games a week!
No, less than two days after playing AFC Wimbledon, Chelsea ushered in the challenge of Wycombe Wanderers.

This is also a League Two team.

This time, Chelsea beat their opponents 1-0.

But a victory did not reduce the doubts from the outside world much.

After all, there are still too few wins!
Isn't it too uninteresting for a team that shouts the slogan of winning the Premier League and the Champions League to play in a fourth-tier league team and only win one goal?

But Pan Yi still didn't care about it, and led the team out of the UK, and went to the European continent for a wave of training, or training while playing.

They first went to Austria and played a game with the local first-tier team Wolfsberger. The result was a 1:1 tie.

Then there is Slovenia, which lost 1:2 when facing the country's strong team Olympica.

In the end, the Vitesse team, which played in the Eredivisie, lost again 1:3.

In these few games, some positions in Pan Yi's matchups have been adjusted, allowing many players to appear in positions they are not particularly familiar with.

For example, let Azpilicueta play the left center back position, or let Oscar play the center forward, including David Luiz to play double midfielder with Kanter, and so on.

In general, Pan Yi tried as many possibilities as possible in the warm-up match, which also made him more aware of the capabilities of his players.

And if the defeat of these warm-up matches has caused the British media to criticize Pan Yi intensified, then after Germany lost 0:3 to Werder Bremen, such criticism reached a peak.

After all, when Pan Yi was coaching Hamburg in the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen had always been his defeat.

And now the team led by Pan Yi is obviously stronger, but lost to Werder Bremen by three goals, what's the matter?
In this game, Chelsea basically deployed old players, and the offensive was very fierce, especially the two sides played by Alonso and Azpilicueta, who frequently pressed into Bremen's penalty area Attack.

But today Lukaku's foot style was very unfavorable. Several overhead kicks failed to knock the opponent's goal. Instead, Bremen made continuous counterattacks after several adjustments and scored three goals in one breath.

Regarding such a result, Pan Yi said: "My players performed very well today."

He praised the attacking talent shown by the players in the game, and mentioned that the failure to score was just bad luck.

"Today we mainly practiced how to open up our offense when facing a defensive-oriented opponent, especially the two wings."

"Whether it is Alonso and Azpilicueta, or Cancelo and Ivanovic who were replaced in the second half, they have adapted to this tactical play so far and created many scoring opportunities on the two wings."

"It's just that our young forward Lukaku may not have fully adapted to his position as a big center, and needs to be further strengthened in running positions and grabbing points."

"But it doesn't matter, as long as we can create opportunities, then just give young players more opportunities, and they will have more confidence to send the ball into the opponent's goal!"

Obviously, in this game, Pan Yi practiced the routine of wing attack and gave up defense.

This gave Bremen more chances to counterattack and resulted in a goal conceded.

Therefore, in the post-match interview, Pan Yi also intentionally or unintentionally criticized the shortsightedness of some media.

He said that the warm-up match is just a warm-up match, and one should not just focus on the results.

In the warm-up match, everyone should pay more attention to what is shown during the game, especially the goal that the head coach wants to investigate.

As for the results, that is something to be considered in the official competition.

However, such words have been questioned overwhelmingly by the media, making many people think that this is an excuse by Pan Yi.

After all, since Pan Yi officially took over Chelsea, he has played a total of six warm-up matches, but only achieved a poor record of one win, two draws and three losses.

And these six teams don't even have a traditional strong team!

This is really difficult for Chelsea, which is in the ranks of the Premier League BIG6 and has the vision of winning the Premier League and the Champions League.

The time has entered August. If Chelsea still maintain such a bad state, how can they deal with those wolf-like opponents in the Premier League?

"Training and victory in the warm-up match are actually not in conflict."

"If you keep losing in the warm-up matches, it means that the training effect is not good. Maybe it's because of a problem with the lineup, maybe it's because of a problem with the style of play."

"I advise Coach Pan Yi not to be stubborn. Before the summer window is closed, buy some strong players to supplement the strength of the team. Anyway, Abramovich has plenty of money!"

"Those useless young players should be delegated, and should be rented out. Don't end up ruining your reputation for the so-called good reputation of using youth training players!"

"There is no need to insist on this 343 formation. Isn't the 4231 or 433 that I played in Hamburg before very good? Why change it? Is it just to show the difference from the predecessor Mourinho? It is not necessary! "

"The fans at Stamford Bridge most want to see the team win. As for who you use and what formation you use, it doesn't matter!..."

Among the many media that express doubts, there are of course some more rational voices.

For example, "The Times" believes that when Pan Yi coached Hamburg in the first two years, his results in the warm-up match were also a mess.

Even in the first official game he coached, he lost to the German third team in the German Cup and was eliminated miserably.

However, this does not prevent him from bringing Hamburg into a competitive team in the Bundesliga step by step, and finally reached the triple crown.

This also shows that what Pan Yi said is true, that is, he was really just testing the lineup in the warm-up match, and he didn't care about the results at all.

It's just that such a voice can't make any waves in front of the turbulent British media.

After all, Pan Yi was the first to shout out that he wanted to win the Premier League and the Champions League. At the same time, he was also the football coach who made the most money in the world!

It is always the same principle to shoot the bird that stands out.

In addition, in this era where traffic is paramount, Pan Yi represents traffic!

Then accusing and questioning Pan Yi will undoubtedly attract more attention, which means more traffic.

Therefore, it is not known how many of the media that swarmed to scold Pan Yi are actually pretending to be ignorant.
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After the game, Pan Yi will also organize all the players and coaches to have a meeting together to comment and analyze the performance of the players in the warm-up match.

This is also the repertoire of the current Chelsea coaching staff.

In such a meeting, the coaching staff headed by Pan Yi will combine video, data and other aspects to explain and analyze, so that the players know where their problems are in this game, why such problems occur, and how to improve .

Because this kind of analysis even goes down to some of the players' habitual actions, the players will listen very carefully and then make changes seriously.

Of course, under Pan Yi's rule, no one would dare not listen!

Although Pan Yi has a good relationship with the players on weekdays and can fight with each other, but if the players are really lazy or don't pay attention to the class, they will be severely punished by Pan Yi!
And this kind of "cutting" is obviously also progressive. If the player keeps repeating the admonition like this, he will probably be punished by delegating to the reserve team or even directly terminating the contract.

Such strict discipline will be strictly enforced in the Chelsea team!

Think about it, those veterans of Chelsea, Eto'o, Lampard and Ashley Cole, Pan Yi said he would not renew his contract if he said he would not renew his contract. Who would dare to say no to him?
Including the remaining team captain Terry, vice-captain Ivanovic and others, they are all obedient to Pan Yi, not to mention young people like Lukaku and Oscar.

Of course, if the players perform poorly in the warm-up match or fail to meet Pan Yi's tactical requirements, he will also criticize them.

However, this kind of criticism will only stay within the team.

When facing outside reporters and the like, Pan Yi will still protect the players and will not publicly criticize the players.

For example, after playing Werder Bremen, Pan Yi actually criticized Lukaku at the team's summary meeting:

"You are tall and strong, but you didn't spend a lot of time practicing heading, including jumping. This is a waste!"

"You have to strengthen this ability, and you have to actively go to the penalty area to earn headers! Sometimes when facing a high ball pass, you often don't start or start slowly, so you can't rush near the landing point, and in the end you can only Thumbs up to teammates for missing this opportunity..."

"Your speed is actually very fast, but your ball protection skills, ball holding ability, and dribbling skills are still not enough, and you must practice more."

"The other thing is to strengthen physical confrontation! As I said just now, don't waste your good body! In terms of getting the ball with your back, using your physique to protect the ball, knocking away defenders, and finding breakthrough space, you need to work harder. improve."

"In addition, in terms of cooperating with the pass, it seems that the cooperation with teammates has improved a lot, but the pass is still weak. The left foot of the main foot is passable, but the right foot is not flattering. You are very good in our 343 formation. An important center forward must learn how to shoot left and right!"

Lu Yuanwai couldn't hold his head up when Pan Yi said it.

But he couldn't argue with a word.

Because everything Pan Yi said is true!

As a young player who is only 21 years old, it is obvious that Pan Yiming will reuse him this season, so the requirements for his ability will of course have to be raised to a higher level.

This is Chelsea after all!
He can perform well when he is on loan at Everton, but not necessarily at Chelsea!
Lukaku also knows that if he wants to play as the main player under a world-class coach like Pan Yi, he must have more skills, and it is not enough to just have a kick.

Therefore, Lukaku accepted Pan Yi's criticisms as they were ordered, and he will work hard to correct them!

For Pan Yi, he wants to train Lukaku into a Drogba-like character.

Think about it, Lukaku has been called "Little Monster" since his debut, and he is obviously going to succeed Drogba.

But kicking and kicking, he became a "small crew cut, beer belly, professional winger Lukaku". In the game, the number of crosses from the side may be more than when he grabs points in the middle... It's really out of line.

He has such a big physique, but he doesn't have the ability to hold the ball with his back. If the team counterattacks and gives him the ball, there is a high probability that he will be robbed and lose the ball.

Can't hold the ball, can't pass it out, can't pass people, can't break through the defense line, can't use his body at all, feels like he has no ability to fight, and has become a like-minded striker.

Objectively speaking, Lukaku's body type determines that he cannot be as comprehensive as some strikers, such as Harry Kane.

The weight and tonnage limit his jumping, and the large body determines that the flexibility cannot be high, and the foot frequency cannot be fast, and these are basically impossible to improve after acquired training.

But Lukaku is physically strong, has strength in his upper and lower limbs, and has sufficient core strength. His speed is also super-running in his tonnage.

So he doesn't need to be comprehensive, and he doesn't need to be able to withdraw the organization like Kane. He only needs to be enlightened, his golf quotient is on the line, and he can use his physical strength to crush him to be invincible.

Therefore, Pan Yi is also slowly guiding Lukaku to develop in the direction of a big center.

And as the training progressed and the warm-up matches were played one by one, Pan Yi could also see the changes in Lukaku.

This change started small and slowly, but the trend is good, the effect is correct, and it is progressing.

Ball protection skills, ball-holding ability, and dribbling breakthrough skills are all considered a little bit, while physical confrontation and back-to-back ball handling have improved significantly.

Now it just needs to be strengthened, especially the coordination of header and pass, it will be better if it is sharper.

Of course this also takes time.

Especially as Pan Yi said in an interview with reporters, to let young players like Lukaku play with confidence, so that in the future, whether it is scoring or making a fulcrum, they will be able to do it with ease! ——
Three days after playing Werder Bremen, Pan Yi led the team to play a game against the Hungarian First Division team Ferencvaros.

In this game, Pan Yi asked the players to pay attention to the balance of offense and defense, so as to more simulate the real game situation.

After all, this is the penultimate warm-up match before the start of the Premier League game!
And Chelsea's overall performance is obviously much better than before.

Whether it is the running position and cooperation on the court, including the communication and communication between the players on the court, it has also increased significantly.

And Lukaku, who was once again placed in the starting center position by Pan Yi, also rarely received Hazard's cross and scored a header!
In the end, Chelsea defeated Ferencvaros 2:1 in the away game and won the second victory of the summer series warm-up match.

And when Chelsea returned to London, they also ushered in the last warm-up match.

At the same time, this is also the strongest opponent, the Real Sociedad from La Liga.

But in this game Chelsea played at a high level.

They let go of their hands and feet completely, and played a high level in front of the La Liga team, which is good at technology, and once suppressed them so much that they could only hide in their own penalty area.

In the end, with the goals of Bamford and Ramirez, Chelsea defeated Real Sociedad 2-0 and won two consecutive victories.

Regarding the victories of these two games, the British media reported a lot less at once.

Of course, on the one hand, it is because there is really no traffic at all for Pan Yi leading Chelsea to win, and the media don't like to join in the fun;

On the other hand, it was because during this period, more eye-catching games had already started!

That is the Community Shield of the 2014-2015 season, which is actually the equivalent of the England Super Cup.

This year it's league champions Manchester City against FA Cup champions Arsenal.

Before the game, everyone believed that Manchester City was superior in strength, so they were more optimistic that Manchester City could win the Community Shield.

But Arsenal played at a high level.

In terms of starting lineup, Manchester City basically formed the strongest lineup in the midfield. Toure, Nasri and Dzeko played. The defense line was absent due to the absence of Kompany and Demichelis, and Boyata and Nastasic replaced them. .

For Arsenal, three new aids Sanchez, Debussy and Chambers appeared in the summer window, and the teenager Sanogo appeared in the single arrow position.

In the first half, with goals from Cazorla and Ramsey, Arsenal led 2-0.

In the second half, Giroud's world wave made another victory. In the end, Arsenal defeated Manchester City 3-0 and won the Community Shield!
Judging from this game, the competition in the Premier League is indeed very fierce!

Whether it is the cutting-edge Manchester City or the veteran Arsenal, the lineup is very neat, and they all have the ability to hit the championship!

The other teams in BIG6, such as Manchester United, Tottenham, and Liverpool, also have stars who can stand alone.

Chelsea, where Pan Yi works, is naturally no less impressive!

This also made Pan Yi very excited.

The more competition there is, the happier he is!
In the new Premier League season, Pan Yi is here!
(End of this chapter)