After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 311 A taste of the power of traditional British style of play

The battle is imminent, and Pan Yi and Chelsea's coaching staff are naturally not idle.

For Manchester City, the next opponent in the Premier League, Pan Yi certainly knows what this game means to him and Chelsea.

Therefore, he also conducted a detailed study of Manchester City's recent games.

The focus is naturally the fourth round of the Premier League Arsenal vs. Manchester City at home, and the first round of the Champions League Bayern vs. Manchester City at home.

One is that the time is short. These are actually the last two games played by Manchester City, and they can best show their lineup and state;
One is that they are all facing teams that are good at offensive play, and Manchester City coach Pellegrini's thinking can be seen in the way of coping;

In addition, isn't it just that Arsenal will also be played in the seventh round?
Arsenal's game against Manchester City can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone, and they can study two opponents at the same time.

After the opening of the Premier League this season, in fact, the state of these two teams is not good.

Manchester City's two consecutive victories at the beginning showed the strength of the defending champion, but in the third round they were directly knocked out by the "City of the Sky" Stoke City with a high-altitude ball, which made them upset.

Although Arsenal has remained undefeated so far, they actually won the Crystal Palace in the first round, and then they have been drawing all the time, so the points are not high, and they can only rank seventh.

After the two teams met in the fourth round, both Pellegrini and Wenger obviously wanted to get rid of the decline, and they had no reservations about the lineup.

Arsenal here is a 4141 formation:

Forward: Welbeck.

Frontcourt: Sanchez, Ramsey, Wilshere, Rosicky.

Back midfielder: Flamini.

Defenders: Debig, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal.

Goalkeeper: Szesny.

(Note: A dead man does not exist in the new world of this book, whether it is Real Madrid or Arsenal.)
On the Manchester City side, Pellegrini's most used 4231:

Forward: Aguero.

Frontcourt: Navas, Silva, Milner.

Back midfielder: Fernandinho, Lampard.

Defenders: Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy.

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart.

It is worth noting that Lampard replaced Yaya Toure in Manchester City's starting lineup.

This is also Lampard's first appearance since leaving Chelsea for the MLS and then sub-loaned back to Manchester City.

After the game started, they, who are good at playing offensive football, really played a beautiful game.

In the 28th minute, Aguero blocked the clearance ball, and Navas made a low pass from the right. Aguero got rid of Flamini's small penalty area and pushed a shot from a close corner. 0-1, Manchester City took the lead in the away game. At the same time It was also Arsenal's 800th goal conceded in the Premier League.

In the 63rd minute, Arsenal succeeded in siege in the frontcourt. Ramsey scored in front of the penalty area. Wilshere pulled the ball away from Clichy and scored from a small angle. Arsenal tied the score 1-1.

In the 74th minute, Rosicky scored the ball, Ramsey made a pass and Kompany headed it out, Wilshere headed back to the left side of the penalty area, Sanchez volleyed and scored from the far corner, Joe Hart jumped away It can't be saved even if it starts. 2-1, Arsenal quickly overtook the score.

In the 83rd minute, Kolarov, who came off the bench, made a pass from the left corner. Demichelis headed the ball to the top.

The two teams eventually drew 2-2.

"So after watching this game, do you have any thoughts on how to deal with Manchester City this season?"

In the conference room, Pan Yi looked at everyone with his arms akimbo.

Scaloni cleared his throat and was about to speak.

Before Pan Yi asked him to prepare and analyze various statistics of Manchester City last season, it can be said that he knows Manchester City's tactics like the back of his hand!
As a rookie coach, now is the time for him to show himself in front of everyone.

But at this time, Pan Yi smiled and said: "Look at Arsenal's second goal, Sanchez's volley is so beautiful. So seeing that Manchester City is guarded by Joe Hart, everyone just let the players swing it. What tactics do you want?"

Scaloni: "..."

Everyone: "..."

If there is love, the sky is old. Seeing Hart swung his foot, it was just used by the fans to make fun of it. As a result, Pan Yi said that directly at the coaching meeting, which is really dishonest.

Of course, what he said is correct. After all, when Hamburg played Manchester City last season, they did score a few world waves, didn't they?
Pan Yi quickly waved his hand: "Okay, just kidding, take it easy. Last year, I took Hamburg and double-killed Manchester City. Now who is we afraid of coming to Chelsea?"

Everyone laughed again.

Pan Yi is like this, it is easy to give people the confidence of victory.

Moreover, even if he has such capital to speak, he is also qualified to pretend to be aggressive but people can't find fault!
"Now, you come up and talk about the data analysis of Manchester City last season."

Then Pan Yi pointed to Scaloni.

Although Nagelsman, the "technologist", is no longer around, his scientific statistical methods and analysis methods have been adopted by Pan Yi to Chelsea.

Good things are meant to be used to death!

And now Scaloni is mainly doing this job, which can be regarded as one of the means to cultivate a new coach to grow rapidly.

After all, in the process of collecting and analyzing data, you can also learn more about the tactics used by a team or a head coach, and you can't help but think about what I would do, or how I would crack such a situation. style of play.

If you do more of this kind of thing, your own progress will gradually appear.

Hearing that Pan Yi named himself, Scaloni hurried forward, started to play his carefully crafted PPT, and then explained:
"I mainly analyze Manchester City's scoring methods here for your reference."

"Manchester City scored 102 goals in the Premier League last season, an average of 2.68 per game. This attack power is still amazing. After all, even a team like Barcelona only scored [-] goals in a season in La Liga. ball."

"Among the 102 goals, 23 were scored through set kicks, accounting for 22.5% of the total goals. This shows that even a strong team like Manchester City pays great attention to the offensive style of set kicks of."

"And these 23 set kicks, including 9 free kicks. Seven of them were direct goals, Yaya Toure completed 7 by himself, Kolarov and Negredo each had 5, the most common It hit the upper left corner of the goal; the other two scored through cooperation, both of which were taken by David Silva."

"Then there were 8 corner kicks to score. 4 of them came from the left corner kick, David Silva and Navas contributed 2 times each; the other 4 came from the right corner kick, all contributed by Nasri. Of the 8 goals, Three of them were direct headers after corner kicks, and the remaining five were scored with headers to grab points, find second points, or create chaos in front of the goal."

"There were 6 penalties, half of which were taken by Aguero, 2 by Yaya Toure and 1 by Kolarov."

Then Scaloni talked about the key point, which is Manchester City's sports goals.

After all, set kicks are only static. After understanding the opponent's main kickers and scoring methods, it is relatively not that complicated to arrange special training to target them.

In other words, with this static offensive method, even weak teams can do well, and may even do better than strong teams!

After all, the ability of weak team players determines that their ability to advance in sports warfare is relatively weak, so many coaches will put more emphasis on set kicks.

And when it comes to offensive and defensive tactics in mobile warfare, there are many ways here!
A team like Manchester City has a variety of ways to score goals in sports games, making it hard for opponents to guard against.

The first is to score goals directly through the delicate, ingenious, fast and smooth coordination of the center without involving the sideways. They scored more than 20 goals in this way last season!
Specifically, there is a long-distance direct pass after stealing the ball near the middle circle, which can completely penetrate the opponent's entire defense line directly or through a very concise pass with one or two kicks;
There is a sudden pick pass from the center, directly behind the opponent's defense line, and the player inserted from the back row enters the penalty area, or passes or shoots;

There is an exquisite short pass near the top of the penalty area, and the ball is unexpectedly inserted into the penalty area;
There is also a tacit communication between two or three people during the long-distance raid.

The second way to score goals is through small-scale cooperation between the side and the center.

This cooperation is usually initiated from the side, and then the battlefield is advanced to the middle through cooperation to complete the goal.

Manchester City scored 6 goals in this way. The reason why they scored fewer goals was because of the dense defense in the middle, less shooting space and opportunities, and a lower shooting success rate.

The third way is the traditional cross from the side, outflanking the goal from the center.

It can be further divided into three categories.

First, there is basically no cumbersome cooperation. The hard side passes directly, and the teammates in the center either shoot directly, or score after a pass. 22 goals were scored in this way.

The second is that the players complete the cross through the cooperation of passing the ball on the wing.

The form of cooperation is usually that one person takes the ball and the other puts it on. The former sends a short or long through pass to the latter, and the latter either pulls to the sideline or goes straight behind the opponent's defense to complete the cross.12 goals were scored this way.

The third is that the players in the center distribute the ball to the wing, the player in the wing sends a cross, and one or several players in the center outflank the ball. The routine is very clear.

And the side pass has both high and half high balls, low and flat balls, and inverted triangle back passes from the bottom line.There were also 12 goals scored in this way.

There is also a way to score goals. After the Manchester City players steal the ball, they rely purely on their personal ability to complete the goal. There are only 4 goals.

And this, even if it is an unconventional method, cannot be regarded as a kind of tactics, but it is also necessary to arrange personnel to take care of and assist in the defense of the opponent's key personnel, so as to avoid being overwhelmed.

Finally, Scaloni concludes:
"These scoring methods actually reflect Manchester City coach Manuel Pellegrini's tactical thinking of advocating offense, and his players can faithfully and brilliantly embody his thinking in actual actions on the offensive end."

"To be honest, Manchester City's starting strength and bench depth in the frontcourt are probably unmatched by any team in the Premier League. What's even more frightening is that they are all multi-talented."

"Double defensive midfielder Yaya Toure and Fernandinho are excellent in offense and defense. When switching from defense to offense, they can send the ball forward in the first time, driving the counterattack to speed up; in the frontcourt positional battle, Yaya Toure's foot skills and passing awareness are top in Europe, and he often sends deadly passes."

"The two wing midfielders, Nasri and Silva, are all-rounders in the frontcourt. They can play on the wing or in the middle. They have a wide range of activities. With them, Pellegrini can perform complex moves with ease. Tactical changes."

"Winger Keylor Navas not only has a super ability to break through the side, but he moves inward in the middle to wait for an opportunity. It is also like a sharp knife piercing the opponent's heart."

"Aguero's super comprehensive personal abilities need not be repeated. Dzeko's talent is even more admirable. He can not only become the fulcrum in the penalty area, respond to the header from the cross, but also pull out the penalty area to send exquisite straight shots for his teammates. Throwing or picking a pass, one left foot can also cooperate with teammates in short passes tacitly."

"It can be said that Pellegrini has built Manchester City into a multi-functional super-strong combat force, so that no matter what kind of opponent he encounters, he can find the right players and the right offensive routines to complete the goal... ..."

Pan Yi nodded appreciatively at Scaloni, and then asked, "Then what kind of tactics do you think Pellegrini will adopt when facing us?"

"They are playing at home. I guess they will still use their usual offensive style of play and compete with us for possession." Scaloni replied without hesitation.

"Then what should we do?"

"Uh……"

After all, Scaloni is not very experienced as a coach. It may not be a big problem if you ask him to analyze the existing things, but asking him to directly come up with a set of targeted tactics is a relatively high requirement for him.

Pan Yi didn't say anything, after all, it takes time to grow up.

At this time, he had already walked to the big screen, and cut the video of the match between Manchester City and Arsenal just now to the 28th minute, which was Manchester City's first goal.

"You should pay attention to it. Although Manchester City's style of play is dominated by possession of the ball, they are actually very aggressive in the frontcourt. After stealing the ball, they pass and receive the ball in an instant from defense to offense. The accuracy is very high. Move the ball smoothly into the midfield in a short period of time."

"This ball was scored by Aguero after he blocked the ball and immediately divided the side. And here we can also see their characteristics, that is, to give priority to the attack point on the side, so that they can advance quickly Draw the attention of the opposing defenders to the flanks and create space for the central or defensive players to outflank and shoot."

"And in the process of this goal, Manchester City was not affected by Arsenal's active counterattack in the frontcourt, effective interception in the midfield and tight marking in the backcourt when advancing forward. This is also the main reason why this goal can be scored reason."

"So, when we are defending Manchester City's offense, we must avoid such problems, and pay attention to guarding against their wing advances. Here, we need to strengthen these elements..."

As he said that, Pan Yi also showed the PPT that he had prepared long ago, which were all special defensive deployments based on the characteristics of Manchester City's several wing assaulters and forwards.

Everyone is watching and nodding frequently.

After all, it was Pan Yi!

Everything has been considered.

Combined with Scaloni's set of analysis data, Manchester City's entire offensive system and corresponding defensive strategies gradually became clear in everyone's minds.

"What we just said was defense, so what about our offense?" Pan Yi asked again after the explanation.

"Make more use of set-piece tactics?" Scaloni said cautiously, "Their frontcourt personnel are all fast, but they are not tall, and they will be at a disadvantage when defending high balls."

Pan Yi nodded lightly: "Yes, but it's not just set kicks. We can also use high ball tactics in open battles. Don't forget how Stoke City beat them."

"But..." Holland hesitated, "Their central defender is also Kompany, who is also strong and strong, and he also has a good header. I am afraid it will not be so easy to go over his head."

"But they still have another central defender." Pan Yi laughed, "We can hit him at that point."

"Demichelis?" Holland looked down at the information, "It is true that he is only 184cm tall and weighs only 80kg, and he is not as comprehensive as Kompany."

Pan Yi nodded: "Yes, and he is 33 years old this year, his physical fitness is also declining, and his speed is even slower. In addition, in the game, under strong pressure, he often makes some low-level mistakes. usable."

Then Pan Yi went to the tactical board again:
"In fact, apart from these two central defenders, many players in Manchester City, including the midfielder, are not very tall. Yaya Toure is good, but Pellegrini seems to like to use Lampard recently."

"Although Lampard, who is 36 years old this year, has rich game experience and online skills, but the years are not forgiving. His speed and jumping are completely dead. This is actually a point we want to focus on."

"In addition, their full-backs are all strong offensive but weak defensive types. In fact, it can be said that they should be very difficult when we attack at high points."

"You may ask, can't they replace taller ones? For example, use Yaya Toure instead of Lampard, or use Dzeko to replace Aguero in the starting lineup. But don't forget, we are here The first few games of the season, it was all about going down the ground and handling the ball in a serious way."

"How did Pellegrini think that we would suddenly go three ways? At this time, our centers Lukaku and Bamford can all play very good effects."

"Even our wingbacks Marcos Alonso, Ivanovic, and midfielder Chike have a very strong ability to grab points in the penalty area! Not to mention we have a strong three central defenders... ..."

"And there is another advantage of using the high ball game, that is, it can largely avoid too much entanglement with Manchester City on the wing and in the midfield. After all, we have no obvious advantage in this regard for the time being."

"After all, whether it's David Silva, Keylor Navas, or Nasri, their skills at their feet are outstanding. In our team, perhaps Hazard and those few Brazilians can compete with them. one time."

"Yes, but it's not necessary. We just want to pick their weakest point and give them a hard blow!"

At the end, Pan Yi winked everyone's eyes again:
"Of course, the styles of play I mentioned just now don't necessarily have to be used in the opening stage."

"We can stabilize first, use the original style of play to paralyze the opponent in the first half, and then use high-altitude force in the second half, which will be more miraculous."

"And, at that time, their physical strength will decrease, and it will be more difficult to defend high-altitude balls. At that time, let Manchester City taste the power of the traditional British style of play!"

"It's actually very simple. Stoke City can do this kind of thing, can't we do it?"

Everyone in the conference room also clenched their fists and responded:
"It can be done!"

At this time, Pan Yi touched his chin again: "Well, after they taste the British style of play, maybe we can give them more fresh dishes..."
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Soon, Pan Yi attended the pre-match press conference at the Cobham training base.

When interviewed by media reporters, Pan Yi intentionally set off some smoke bombs, and intentionally or unintentionally provoked Pellegrini by the way.

After all, Chelsea's training and tactical arrangements are now following the normal route of Manchester City. It would not be good if Pei Gong suddenly made a change or something.

Pan Yi said that this game will be a contest between the two teams with the strongest offensive firepower in the Premier League, so it will definitely be a wonderful game.

"Pellegrini is by no means a conservative coach, and neither am I. So we can also compete in this game to see who plays better passing football."

"I had two encounters with him in Hamburg last season. To be honest, I had a lot of fun. Playing against a team that likes to play offensive football can only give the fans who buy tickets the greatest enjoyment!"

"Although I did double-kill Manchester City at the time, the score difference is actually not that big. Therefore, now that I am at Chelsea, there is no guarantee that I will have the upper hand in such a confrontation."

"To be honest, I also watched the match between Manchester City and Arsenal, as well as the match against Bayern. These two games were very exciting! I also hope that the game between Chelsea and Manchester City can be played more pleasing to the eye, for fans all over the world Present a goal battle!"

Then Pan Yi praised Pellegrini again, expressing his respect for Peigong, thinking that his two years in Manchester City were very successful, after all, he helped Manchester City win the Premier League championship.

When asked by a reporter that Manchester City executives had frequently contacted Pan Yi in the summer and wanted to replace Pellegrini with Pan Yi, Pan Yi smiled and said:

"How could anyone want to replace the head coach who won the championship? These rumors are all rumors and unfounded."

"I have always been closest to Chelsea. Many people have taken pictures of me and Mr. Abramovich watching the game together."

"But it doesn't make sense to say that now, we are all working hard for our respective clubs."

When Pan Yi said this, it was a relief for both the Manchester City executives and Pellegrini, avoiding unnecessary embarrassment.

After all, the top management of Manchester City treated him well.

But he immediately changed the subject:
"Just because I respect Manuel Pellegrini and want to play a good game with him doesn't mean I don't want to beat him."

"At Hamburg I can win, at Chelsea I want to win even more!"

"So, you can wait and see how I beat Manuel Pellegrini's team for the third time!"
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When Pellegrini saw the live video of Pan Yi's interview, of course he still felt a little upset.

Although Pan Yi kept saying that he respected himself, he repeatedly mentioned his record of double killing himself last season...

This is obviously exposing your own scars!
Since Manchester City had already won the Premier League championship under the leadership of Mancini before Pellegrini came to Manchester City, the most hopeful breakthrough for Manchester City now is the Champions League.

The poor record in the Champions League is also the most direct reason for Mancini's dismissal.

In the last season, Pellegrini relied on his strength and ambition, and wanted to make a difference in the Champions League.

As a result, they encountered Hamburg led by Pan Yi in the knockout round and were directly eliminated by a double kill!

And although the score is only 1:2 and 1:3, it doesn't look that disparity, but Pellegrini knows that he is actually a complete defeat.

In addition, in the end Pan Yi won the Champions League again, still the Triple Crown, which made Pellegrini even more uncomfortable.

He was too old and had no chance to enter the Champions League final. As a result, Pan Yi was only 28 years old, and he already had two triple crowns in his hands!
Compared with this, Pellegrini will of course feel a little uncomfortable.

The news that Manchester City's top executives wanted Pan Yi to coach was also widely spread. Although Pan Yi denied it at the press conference, Pellegrini also knew that the comparison between him and Pan Yi must have always been in Manchester City. high-level considerations.

This is really hateful!

I beat you again, and can take your job again!
Although Pan Yi gave everyone enough face in front of the reporters, Pellegrini still wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity of head-to-head confrontation to prove himself once again!
This is also for the management of Manchester City to take another look, who should choose between him and Pan Yi!
Pellegrini, who is 60 years old this year, has a rare burst of pride from his heart:
"So, want to fight? Then come on!"

(End of this chapter)