After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 402 Is this love?
After Harry Kane scored a penalty, Manchester City fought back frantically.

But Chelsea still took their time and held their position firmly, without giving Manchester City the slightest chance.

Although the three midfielders composed of Kanter, Hazard and the B seat are weaker in terms of interception ability than the midfield combination of Matic and Gretzka, they can firmly control the ball within themselves. under the ball.

Sometimes, this is the best defense.

If it is difficult for the opponent to grab the ball, wouldn't it directly reduce the opponent's chances of attacking?
This is true of Barcelona and the Spanish national team, which dominated the world back then.

And it was under such control that the first half ended with Chelsea leading by one goal.

"There is not much time, so I will make a long story short."

During the intermission, Pan Yi had a short meeting with the coaching staff, then immediately walked into the players' locker room and posted a form on the tactical board.

All the players looked to the coach, listening to his specific arrangements for the second half.

"This is a detailed data comparison of our two teams in the first half. From it, it is not difficult to find that Manchester City did not create any threatening offense."

Everyone nodded.

"Here, I have to praise our central midfielder. The defensive organization is quite good. The formation and distance are maintained very well. Manchester City did not give too much chance. We must continue to maintain it in the second half."

When Pan Yi said this, his admiring eyes fell on Kanter.

Kanter responded with a naive smile, nodded, tacit understanding.

Chelsea's three midfielders today are a configuration of two midfielders + single midfielder. Although the B seat and Hazard will also assist in the defense, the main defensive work is still done by Kanter.

And Kanter obviously completed the task satisfactorily.

Especially in marking his old teammate De Bruyne, Kanter did a particularly good job.

After all, Kanter still knows some of De Bruyne's habitual moves very well, and can often predict Tintin's next move first, and then block it.

"I won't talk much about defense, I will focus on offense."

Having said that, Pan Yi took the form away again, and rearranged the chess pieces on the tactical board.

"Manchester City's 4-2-3-1 system is still very offensive, and there are natural flaws in the defense on the two wings. Including the double midfielder combination of Yaya Toure and Fernandinho, they A lot of the time it's more offensive."

Especially Yaya Toure, he has a strong body, has a good ability to sweep across a wide range, is skilled at his feet, has long-range shots, and also has breakthroughs.

It can be said that he is also a representative figure of an all-around midfielder.

But he also has a bad habit, that is, he likes to stick to the ball, which sometimes delays the fighter.

Moreover, it is precisely because he often dribbles forward and often loses his defensive position, resulting in a lack of protection in front of the back line.

"We robbed De Bruyne's side very hard in the first half, which caused Manchester City to pass and receive the ball badly, and the midfield and the backcourt were torn apart. Therefore, they are likely to ask people to support them in the second half."

"In this case, Manchester City's double midfielder may have one, or even both, will move here. In this way, it will be easier for them to lose their defensive position."

"In addition, their interception ability in the midfield is slightly weaker today, so in the second half our offense will focus on the two sides of the frontcourt."

Everyone immediately understood what the head coach meant.

"Killian." Pan Yi called his name.

"I'm here, boss." A teenager named Kylian Mbappe stood up immediately.

After the tempering of playing at the last time of last season, coupled with the record of appearances and even goals this season, Mbappe looks much more confident than before.

In the future, Mu always dares to hold the ball, dribble, and rush on the court. This is what Pan Yi admires most about him, but he is too sticky to the ball and needs to be beaten again.

But this is not necessarily a bad thing for young people.

After all, if a young player is afraid to break through or make moves on the court, he is too unmotivated.

"I will put you on for about 50 to 60 minutes in the second half. At that time, your side will be the main attack point, and everyone will pass you more. Your responsibility is to use speed to break through the opponent. Defense, especially their slower Kolarov."

Mbappe nodded immediately, with a look of joy on his face: "Understood."

As a young player who is only 16 years old, of course he will be excited every time he gets a chance to play.

"You have to listen to me, kid. Look up and observe the situation around you. Don't dribble the ball for me."

"I know." Mbappe answered loudly.

Only then did Pan Yi nodded in satisfaction, "Perform yourself better, and you will be included in the squad for the Champions League! Maybe you can start."

"Really?" The French boy jumped up directly.

That's the official group stage of the Champions League!Can you make it to the big list?
Playing in the Champions League has always been the dream of most professional players, and Mbappe is no exception.

In this way, he has the opportunity to usher in his debut in the Champions League, and of course he is even more happy.

"Look at your performance!" Pan Yi laughed.

Everyone in the locker room also burst into laughter, but they were also very envious.

Anyone can feel Pan Yi's appreciation for this young French man, and he is also focusing on cultivating him.

It can be seen from the fact that Pan Yi brought Mbappe to the Chelsea youth team last year, and then directly promoted to the first team, and then let him play as the first substitute of the striker.

However, everyone can see that this Mbappe is indeed talented.

His breakthrough on the wing is like the wind. During training, many players marveled that it was difficult to keep up with his speed;

In addition, he also has a good passing speed under his feet, and he is also quite skilled in cutting in with one kick after passing, and has scored such goals several times in the game;
Therefore, even if Pan Yi has a "preference" for Mbappe, everyone is still convinced.

On the court, strength is king!If you have strength, others have nothing to say.

At this time, Arteta, who was standing beside Pan Yi, nodded secretly.

Of course he wasn't thinking about Mbappe, but Pan Yi's change of tactics.

In the first half, Pan Yi took advantage of the opportunity of Manchester City's double midfielders to support the left, ordered the players to surround De Bruyne to gain control of the midfield, and also implemented a successful steal, and finally scored a goal;
In the second half, Pan Yi predicted that Pellegrini would reinforce De Bruyne in response to the fact that De Bruyne was robbed, so he waved the flag again and prepared to use "speed dog" Mbappe to focus on attacking De Bruyne. Raloff this;
At this time, Kolarov lost the support of the double midfielder, and will be completely exposed to Chelsea's firepower...

This is really completely anticipating the enemy first.

Arteta couldn't help thinking about the sixteen-character tactic that Pan Yi once told him: "When the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy is stationed, we harass, when the enemy is tired, we attack, and when the enemy retreats, we chase."

Arteta finally gave a comment in his heart: "Nice."
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De Bruyne stood on the court panting, reached out and wiped his forehead, his hands were covered with sweat.

The second half of the game lasted only ten minutes, but he felt as if he had already played the whole game.

Damn it, it's too fast!

In the first half, his position was constantly harassed by Chelsea's generals, leaving him without a chance to breathe.

It was even because the ball was broken from his feet that led to the final conceded goal, which made De Bruyne feel quite uncomfortable.

So during the intermission, coach Pellegrini specially arranged for two midfielders to come to his side to assist in defense and play.

However, the pressure from Chelsea is still too great!
Especially in the positions of the two ribs, Lukaku and Harry Kane, two center forwards, plus Hazard and the B-seat two front midfielders, are really inserted in and out frequently, with a large range of movement, pulling back and forth Move frequently.

Therefore, De Bruyne felt very difficult.

As a sideline midfielder today, his duty without the ball is to watch the opposing players in this area.

But now Chelsea's way of playing is giving him a headache.

If you follow, you will easily lose your position. If you don't follow, you can only watch the opponent go to neutral.

In this fast-paced back and forth, De Bruyne felt that his physical fitness was too much.

"If I knew it earlier, I would have gone to Chelsea with Boss Pan. Maybe it's not me who is being tortured now, but I am torturing others..."

De Bruyne couldn't help thinking.

He thought of the good times when he and Pan Yi were in Hamburg.

But soon, out of the corner of De Bruyne's eye, he saw Courtois standing in front of Chelsea.

just forget it.

Being a teammate with him in the Belgian country is a bit awkward.

Anyway, the national team only plays once in a long time, if the club gets tired of being together every day, it is really unbearable.

At this time, De Bruyne saw that the fourth official on the sidelines had raised his substitution card.

Chelsea goal scorer Harry Kane is off, and young French striker Kylian Mbappe is on.

"It was changed in less than 60 minutes? This Kane doesn't seem to be injured, and he doesn't feel that his physical fitness is failing."

De Bruyne was a little confused, but more of a very ominous premonition.

Judging from his experience working with Pan Yi, the initiative to change people so early is often because he wants to do something...

He glanced to the sidelines.

Pellegrini was still staring at the field intently, and did not do anything special.

After Mbappe came on the field, he stood on Chelsea's right, which is Manchester City's left.

"They want to change the attack route?" De Bruyne just thought about it, and he also felt that the pressure on his side seemed to have indeed become smaller.

The ball at Chelsea's feet seems to be consciously developing to the left.

Azpilicueta is running down the touchline with the ball.

Yaya Toure came to intercept, but Azpilicueta immediately put the ball forward and passed it.

"Watch out for the kid who just came up!" shouted De Bruyne.

He is actually not very clear about Mbappe's technical characteristics, but he knows Pan Yi's characteristics.

If the young general who had just been replaced did not have two brushes, Pan Yi would not have sent him up, let alone at 60 minutes.

"I come!"

Kolarov stuck close to Mbappé, firmly stuck in his position.

Seeing that Chelsea's attack was about to be blocked again, and when Mbappé seemed to be blocked by Kolarov, the French teenager suddenly kicked the ball forward hard when he stopped the ball, and then turned sideways. Go after it! ...

There was a burst of exclamation in the audience!
Everyone was taken aback by Mbappe's sudden acceleration.

"Oh my god... Mbappe with this speed..."

After seeing Mbappe speeding up and getting rid of Kolarov, he quickly caught up with the ball.

At this moment, everyone felt Mbappé's speed!

Kolarov's reaction is not fast enough, but his disadvantage in absolute speed makes him still blocked by Mbappe.

The two ran one after the other, heading towards Manchester City's penalty area.

Captain Kompany paid close attention to the movement of the two, and looked at Lukaku behind him from time to time.

His goal today is mainly this big black man.

Well, both of them are black bigs, so they can meet each other, and they are evenly matched.

And he also believes that a young player like Mbappe should still choose to pass to a "big brother" like Lukaku after a breakthrough to shoot.

I heard that this French kid is only 16 years old, and he has only played a few professional league games. He must not have enough self-confidence.

It's just that Kompany's idea just came up, and he saw Mbappe making another trip, and he was already close to the small penalty area!

Does this mean to pass the ball? ?

Kompany knew that if he didn't block it, Mbappé would face Joe Hart alone.

So he rushed up quickly.

In this flash of lightning, Mbappe suddenly made an emergency stop, and Kompany made an emergency stop without hesitation.

But then, Mbappe suddenly started again, forcibly relying on his more flexible and explosive body to forcibly create a gap between Kompany and goalkeeper Joe Hart.

Just throwing away half of his body, Mbappe shot with his right foot without thinking!
It was at this moment that Kompany realized that this kid shot so resolutely!
The ball flew past Kompany's side, under the nose of goalkeeper Joe Hart, and quickly got into the lower right corner of the goal!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"In the 61st minute, in the 61st minute, Mbappe broke Hart's goal!"

"Chelsea leads two to zero!"

"Pan Yi's substitution worked again. The French teenager Mbappe, who is only 16 years and 8 months old, scored a goal in his first attack after coming off the bench!"

"His speed is unbelievable, and this goal is also unbelievable! Who would have thought that Chelsea would turn away and play so fiercely, and now they are two goals ahead!"

The goal hero Mbappe turned around and ran immediately after rubbing the shot.

He has a hunch, a shooter's instinctive hunch, the ball is here!
He rushed out of Manchester City's penalty area excitedly, he rushed past Hazard who wanted to stop him, he rushed past Lukaku who was coming in a bear hug, he rushed out of the pitch...

"Boss, I love you, I love you so much!"

Mbappe rushed to the sidelines like this, and directly hugged the head coach Pan Yi.

It felt as if he was hugging his beloved lover!
This scene surprised everyone present.

God, what's going on?
Is this love? ——
"This……"

Pellegrini gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, feeling the urge to beat someone to vent his chest anger.

He really didn't expect that that young opponent would dig Manchester City so deep, and every step he made seemed to be counted by Pan Yi! ! !

Yes, Man City's defensive problems this season, Pellegrini himself is very clear.

The introduction of Sterling and De Bruyne, these are players who are stronger in offense than defense, plus David Silva, Aguero and others in the original team, it is not appropriate to let anyone play.

There is no way to sacrifice defense for the sake of offense.

Therefore, Pellegrini also worked hard to find a way for them to coexist on the field and let the two midfielders support them.

But the problem is that Pan Yi can always grasp the weakness of Manchester City and hammer it hard, until the defense line of Manchester City is smashed...

No, you can't let your team be so humiliated by your opponent at home.

Counterattack, must counterattack!

But when Pellegrini walked to the sidelines and called on the players not to be obsessed with conceding goals and to increase their offense, he actually heard shouts from the next door.

"Continue to strengthen the offensive, just kick like this!"

It turned out to be Pan Yi, who was surrounded by Chelsea players, calling on the players to return to the pitch and start the game again.

This made Pellegrini a little confused.

Leading by two goals, he didn't intend to defend, but wanted to continue attacking?

this kid...

Pellegrini also got angry and yelled directly at the players on the court: "What are you all doing? Attack me!"

After yelling, Pellegrini blushed and looked at Pan Yi again.

Pan Yi was obviously also a little surprised that this seemingly polite and well-mannered marshal actually had such a side.

But he quickly guessed.

It must have been the tremendous pressure brought about by the rumors of dismissal, which crushed the mentality of the Chilean engineers...
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Everyone at the scene looked at everything on the field in disbelief.

Now Chelsea is turning away from the guest and is playing against the home team.

On the court, the pace of the game was fast, and the fans in the stands kept screaming.

In this one after another exclamation, the two teams also created some opportunities one after another.

Among them, the most threatening thing for Manchester City is that after 3 minutes of conceding the ball, De Bruyne sent a good ball. Aguero's shot on the penalty area line was steadily saved by Courtois. .

This is also the most threatening attack since the opening of Manchester City.

But after that, Chelsea continued to press, pressing harder and harder.

Finally, just 10 minutes after their last goal, Chelsea took another chance.

After stealing the ball, Manchester City wanted to counterattack and sent a long pass to the frontcourt, but Van Dijk got stuck firmly and headed back to the midfield.

Before Fernandinho, Kante intercepted the ball and knocked it back to Azpilicueta.

After Azpilicueta dribbled the ball and inserted it, he cleverly made a diagonal pass to the left. Hazard, who came diagonally, threw away Yaya Toure and Sania, received the ball all the way to the bottom, and made a low pass to the middle .

With a tacit understanding, Lukaku rushed to the horse and easily pushed and scored in front of Joe Hart, three to zero!
When the referee's whistle blew, the entire Etihad Stadium burst into thunderous boos.

Manchester City fans were clearly unhappy with the home team's performance.

After Xia Chuang spent nearly [-] million euros to introduce strong support, Manchester City's self-confidence has greatly improved.

Coupled with the three-goal victory in the first round, this made many fans confidently think that Chelsea could be won before the game.

Unexpectedly, in the game, instead of killing Chelsea, the opponent scored three goals in a row. How embarrassing did this make all the fans who came to the scene?

Amidst the boos of the fans, sitting in the chairman's stand, the faces of several Manchester City giants were not good.

Chairman Mubarak, CEO Soriano...

At this moment, they saw Manchester City being scored three goals in a row by their opponents, and hearing the boos in their ears, all of them were ashen-faced, obviously suppressing their anger.

"Pellegrini was careless!" Soriano said in a deep voice.

Judging from the formation before the game, Pellegrini obviously wanted to swallow his opponent in one bite.

But Chelsea was like a hedgehog, he couldn't swallow it, but instead stabbed his mouth full of blood.

Soriano knows that he may be a bit behind the scenes when he says this now, but he still feels that Pellegrini did not anticipate the difficulties facing him today.

After all, Pan Yi has been unbeaten in 38 rounds of the Premier League, and this report card is the result of hard work.

Even if Manchester City has strong signings in the summer, doesn't Chelsea also have them?
Pellegrini is still too inclined to attack, and as a result, the defense was broken by Chelsea, and he really must bear a heavy responsibility.

If, before the problem was exposed, he was still full of confidence in the team's Premier League trip this season, then now, his confidence has been weakened by at least half.

"I feel that Pellegrini's pre-season preparation plan is very worrying. Many people have not been able to adjust physically and mentally."

Mubarak was also very depressed when he spoke.

"Look, there is almost no effective connection between De Bruyne and Sterling on the court. How is this practiced? Why is Pan Yi's new aid seamlessly connected to the team, plug and play?"

Every sentence you say to me at the top of Manchester City is complaining, and they are very helpless.

"It's a pity." Soriano shook his head suddenly, "If Pan Yi could really be signed, Abu should be the one who worries today."

Mubarak also shook his head for a while: "Don't mention it, it's even more impossible now. Pan Yi now has very close ties with Chelsea and Abramovich, and it is impossible to dig it out."

"Let's speed up the contact with Guardiola." Soriano sighed, "Even if he really doesn't plan to come over right away, we have to finalize the matter first to avoid long nights and dreams."

Everyone was silent for a moment.

Perhaps, this is also the last, not the solution.

There are only so few famous coaches in the world, if you don't make a move, maybe you won't even keep a melon for you! ——
In the next game time, both sides also made substitution adjustments.

Pellegrini replaced wingers Keylor Navas, Nasri, and striker Boni to strengthen the attack;

On the other hand, Pan Yi replaced Hazard and Seat B with Gnabry and Lingard. This matchup substitution allowed Chelsea to still maintain the formation of double midfielder + single midfielder, and also continued to maintain the formation against Manchester City. control advantage.

Only in the 79th minute, Nasri's breakthrough won a corner kick for Manchester City.

The ball flew into the penalty area, and Courtois flew to the rescue.

But the ball landed in the penalty area, and there was a mess.

In the chaos, the newly replaced striker Bonny grasped the opportunity keenly and scored a stab to break Chelsea's goal.

After pulling back a goal, the entire Etihad Stadium boiled again.

All Manchester City fans rekindled their hopes, cheered with great excitement, and encouraged the team to make persistent efforts.

The Manchester City players also seemed to be like sharks smelling blood, chasing Chelsea and bombarding them indiscriminately.

But Chelsea quickly found their footing.

Only 5 minutes later, that is, the 84th minute of the game, Manchester City once again exposed a loophole in the defense.

After Lingard and Gnabry had a two-to-one cooperation, Lingard made a precise through ball and tore through Manchester City's defense. Mbappe made a long-distance attack and formed a single.

But this time, Joe Hart gave up the goal early and aggressively, catching Mbappe by surprise, and finally lost a great opportunity, and the shot was blocked by Joe Hart with his legs.

However, the ball fell to the feet of David Luiz outside the penalty area, and the Brazilian made a lob shot, and the ball slowly fell into the net behind Joe Hart.

Chelsea lead 4:1!

In the last few minutes, both sides failed to score again.

In the end, Chelsea won Manchester City away and won the battle of Tianwangshan!

(End of this chapter)