After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

In fact, since Paris Saint-Germain lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League group stage, Blanc's life has become more and more difficult.

Because this means that they can only get second in the group, and thus face the stronger group first in the knockout round.

And when they were unlucky enough to draw Chelsea, the worst player in the group, the pressure on Blanc increased.

Because the club chairman Nasser no longer cares who you play, he only has one hard target, which is to require the team to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, at least to enter the semi-finals!

As for the results in the league, it's just an addition now, even if you can remain undefeated, even if you can win the championship eight rounds in advance!
This is mainly because since the Qatar Group took over Paris Saint-Germain, it has failed in the Champions League quarter-finals almost every time, and has always been blocked from the Champions League's top four.

Therefore, Nasser is determined to create the best record in the team's history in the Champions League this time, otherwise, the coach will dismiss get out of class!

The question is, is it that easy?

If you want to enter the semi-finals, you must first enter the quarter-finals.

And to enter the quarter-finals, you have to pass Chelsea...

But Blanc also knows that the upcoming two knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League will really determine his fate in Paris Saint-Germain.

Last season, he led Paris Saint-Germain to win four championships in Ligue [-], French Cup, French League Cup, and French Super Cup, monopolizing all domestic championships;
But because he was eliminated by Chelsea in the Champions League round of [-], Nasser didn't give him any good looks.

This season, Blanc also hopes to complete the domestic quadruple crown for the second consecutive season, but this will not satisfy the appetite of Paris Saint-Germain's top management.

Therefore, if you want to prove yourself and keep this job, you must beat Chelsea!

"Chelsea playing against Pan Yi is nothing more than two ways of thinking."

In the coach's office at Paris Saint-Germain's training base, head assistant coach Kamara is giving his advice for the knockout rounds.

Kamara is a member of the old Paris Zhengbaiqi. He played for Paris Saint-Germain for many years in his player days.

He joined Paris Saint-Germain from Saint-Etienne in the summer of 2007 and played for the team until his retirement in 2015.

Since retiring in 2015, he has been serving as an assistant coach of Paris Saint-Germain. In fact, it is not his business that the Paris head coach has been replaced. He has also worked with Emery, Tuchel and others.

It is precisely because he is a famous star in Paris and has a very strong relationship with the players. The players affectionately call him "Papus", so he has always played an important role in the coaching staff.

"Which two?" Kamala continued:

"One is to play pass control, try to control the ball at your feet, and then beat Chelsea through patient organization."

"But to be honest, we don't have any advantage in this aspect. In the Premier League, Manchester City and Arsenal, which have always been known for their ability to control the ball, have difficulty taking advantage of their feet when they play against Chelsea."

"In today's world football, perhaps only MSN+Habaibu's Barcelona can play against Chelsea in this way. There may be another one, and that is Guardiola's Bayern."

"And our players, in terms of ability in this area, still have a big gap compared with Chelsea."

The current Paris Saint-Germain midfielder is mainly composed of Matuidi, Thiago Motta, Verratti, and new aid Di Maria.

The forward line is tall centers like Ibrahimovic and Cavani.

Speaking of technology, it must be good.

But it is still unrealistic to say that they can achieve the level of the peak Barcelona and play frightening pass-and-control football.

It is even more impossible to play pass control in front of Pan Yi's Chelsea.

"The other is to grab the defense and wait for the counterattack like other teams do."

Except for a very small number of teams such as Barcelona and Bayern, the vast majority of teams used the latter style of play when they met Pan Yi, but there was a difference.

For example, some teams will try to take the lead in the attack, disrupt the opponent's position, and then defend and counterattack, while others will concentrate on defending, stabilize the position and then counterattack, or really put the bus, just don't lose. The ball, not to score.

In short, the same set of ideas, but the style of play is varied.

Blank knew in his heart that although Kamara gave him two ideas of how to play, he was already leaning towards the second one.

Does he have a choice?

He played head-to-head against Chelsea last season and knows the opponent's ability very well.

In the past year, the basic lineups of the two teams have not changed much.

Paris has added Di Maria, which is a bit stronger, but Chelsea has Harry Kane, Gretzka, and the sudden emergence of Mbappe...

I feel that Chelsea's enhancements are even greater, and the richness of tactical changes is also higher.

However, if Paris Saint-Germain chooses to play a defensive counterattack, can it hold it?
Although Blank didn't say it clearly, everyone in the coaching room understood the worry in the head coach's heart at this moment.

It can even be said that all teams in the world will have such worries when they encounter Pan Yi's Chelsea.

"Even if we play counter-defense, we can't give up all the control to Chelsea. Countless games tell us that when playing against Chelsea, the midfielder must suppress the opponent."

Blanc thought for a while and said.

The latest team that can not lose to Chelsea is Arsenal.

At that time, Wenger adopted a tactic of launching a midfield competition with Chelsea, but was careful not to press them all.

Although it failed to score a goal, this tactic also contained Chelsea's offensive firepower and finally achieved a draw.

Of course, it is not easy to play back and forth with Chelsea in midfield.

Paris Saint-Germain's more commonly used formation this season is 4-3-3, and the combination of Matuidi, Motta and Verratti is generally used in the midfield.

Among these three people, Motta is often used as a single midfielder, while Matuidi and Verratti form an inverted triangle position in front of him, playing the duties of two central midfielders.

The problem is, from the point of view of Motta playing a single midfielder, he can deal with those teams in Ligue [-] competently, but once he meets a strong team, it is difficult for him to play an effective role, and he is easily suppressed by his opponent.

Losing to Real Madrid in the Champions League group stage, that's it.

At that time, Real Madrid's three midfielders, Kroos, Casemiro, and Modric, all paid great attention to suppressing Mota, which also made Paris Saint-Germain's midfield run poorly and eventually lost.

Facing Chelsea, Pan Yi will definitely do the same, which will be a big challenge for Paris Saint-Germain.

"Then withdraw Di Maria and use four midfielders to correspond to Chelsea's three midfielders, maybe this will do it." Kamara said.

Everyone also thinks this is a good method.

由于巴黎圣日耳曼拥有着卡瓦尼和伊布这两个世界顶级的中锋，当采用4-3-3或4-2-3-1时，往往这两个神锋不好共存；
Even if they coexist, Cavani is still playing as a winger. To be honest, it is a bit of a waste of his center forward attributes.

And if you play 4-4-2, then there is no such problem.

But at the same time, another problem will arise, that is, when playing four midfielders, Paris' midfield defense will indeed catch well, but the offensive effect will be compromised.

The main reason is that Ibrahimovic and Cavani are actually somewhat repetitive in function.

They all belong to the kind of striker who can serve as a fulcrum in the frontcourt and can also be a finisher, but compared with traditional wingers, their breakthrough ability and crossing ability are of course inferior.

Of course Blank is aware of his team's problems, but what he cares more about is whether they can stop Chelsea's attack?

Although sacrificing the team's offense, it is not a bad thing to use four midfielders to suppress Chelsea's three midfielders.
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"Paris Saint-Germain are now suffering from the problem of hoarding too many frontcourt superstars."

In the Cobham training base, Pan Yi is also conducting a tactical analysis meeting with the coaching staff before the match.

"Paris Saint-Germain has such a problem. They always pile up superstars blindly, but they fail to effectively play the result of the combination of players."

This is really an old problem with the Paris team.

Money is really rich, but it is really not good at spending it.

From the first day they entered the home team, the problem of strong offense and weak defense has not been solved, and the problem of too large gap between the main force and the substitute has not been solved.

In Pan Yi's previous life, Greater Paris formed the ultra-luxury attack line of Neymar + Messi + Mbappe. If this claims to be second in world football, no team should dare to be the first.

But what about their midfield?
In addition to Verratti who has always been there, the others are Soler, Pereira, Vitinia, Ruiz...

To tell you the truth, if you don't know who they are, you don't even know who they are.

And the same is true of Greater Paris in this timeline.

In addition to world-class forwards such as Cavani and Ibrahimovic, the forward line also has powerful players such as Lavezzi and Lucas Jr. as substitutes.

The main midfielders Motta, Matuidi, Verratti, and Di Maria are good, but what about the substitutes?
On the defensive line, only the main central defender Thiago Silva can be regarded as world-class. The 21-year-old Marquinhos can only say that he is okay, and the only full-backs are Kurzawa, Maxwell and Van der Weil. It's this level.

The main goalkeeper Siligu, to be honest, is just like that, otherwise he would not be mixed into the middle and lower reaches of Serie A.

How can a team with aspirations to be successful in the Champions League be constructed in such a way that it hasn't changed over the years?
It can only be said that Paris Saint-Germain does have problems in its high-level operations.

Pan Yi actually couldn't figure it out, wouldn't they know how to copy their homework?

Let’s not talk about Chelsea under Pan Yi’s command now, let’s talk about the normal timeline, look at Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, including Atletico Madrid, these teams that have been competitive in the Champions League in recent years, which one is not three lines Balanced?
Perhaps Paris Saint-Germain's purchase mainly depends on whether there are any gimmicks and whether it can attract the attention of the media and fans.

But the problem is that if this is your goal, don't force yourself to achieve results.

After all, your lineup with strong offense and weak defense will work in Ligue [-] where the overall strength is weaker. It may even be better to abuse dishes than normal lineups, but it will be difficult to work in the Champions League.

And doing so brings another problem, that is, I bought all the superstars, so you can't use them, right?

So Messi has to play, Neymar has to play, Mbappe has to play, and Di Maria has to play... The head coach will be greatly restricted in the formation of troops.

The current Paris Saint-Germain is also the same. Centers like Ibrahimovic and Cavani, ordinary teams can secure the world with one, but Paris will just get two!

This also allowed Pan Yi to guess Blanc's use of troops relatively easily.

"They were double-killed by us last season, and they will definitely be more cautious this season." Pan Yi continued:
"So I guess, even if Blanc is playing at home, he should focus on defense and prepare to fight our counterattack."

"But their three midfield configuration is definitely not enough to compete with our 3-5-2 system in the midfield. So I think he may use the configuration of four midfielders and two forwards to compete with us."

"Of course, Blanc would not use a traditional 4-4-2, because that would be equivalent to having only two players in the midfield, which would be even weaker."

"Their four midfielders will not be parallel, and the two wide midfielders will not be stretched too far, but like a trapezoid or a diamond, based on the midfield fight."

"And a team like them, once they want to defend, are willing to invest in defense. This will be a big test for us."

With that said, Pan Yi remotely controlled the projector and switched the image to the next ppt, which clearly listed some data of Paris Saint-Germain.

"This is their data in Ligue 25. They scored 63 goals in 12 games and conceded only [-] goals. It can be said that they performed very well on both ends of the offense and defense."

"But if you look at their conceded goals specifically, you can see that defensive headers are Paris Saint-Germain's number one goal conceded."

"And of those headers conceded, most of them were headers from corner kicks and indirect free kicks."

Those present are all experienced professional coaches. Pan Yi doesn't need to say more, they all know how to take advantage of this.

If Paris Saint-Germain really uses the 4-4-2 tactical strategy of shrinking the defensive midfielder, then it will indeed be difficult to attack, but if there is a good set-piece tactic, they can ignore their tactic and go Tear through the defenses of Paris.

"In addition, this is the technical analysis of Real Madrid's victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League group stage. Let's take a look at it first, and then we will discuss..."

Everyone hurried over.

In the knockout rounds of the Champions League, especially in the contest between top teams like Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, although there is a gap in strength, it is not as big as imagined, and no one can easily crush anyone.

Therefore, careful preparation before the game and every decision made by the head coach are the key to the outcome of the game.

Fortunately, Chelsea has Pan Yi, so this team always has the best pre-match preparations and the most correct tactics...
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However, sometimes, the outcome of the game depends on another factor: off-court factors.

Three days later, Chelsea arrived in Paris and checked into a hotel.

When most people were asleep in Paris at four o'clock in the morning, suddenly there was a deafening roar over the hotel where Chelsea was staying.

In the hotel room, Pan Yi suddenly sat up from the room.

"What happened?"

Pan Yi was still a little dazed, and then he saw bright lights flashing outside the window, and then heard a piercing sound like an alarm.

In addition, there are various chaotic voices and footsteps outside.

Then, someone knocked on his door.

Open the door and find Arteta.

"Someone set off fireworks and firecrackers outside, and it seemed that something was lit, so the fire alarm was triggered." Arteta said out of breath as soon as he rushed in, "Let's let the players go to a safe place first."

As soon as he heard that it was a fire alarm, Pan Yi rushed out the door in his pajamas. At this time, the corridor outside was already in chaos.

All Chelsea players were awakened.

"Quick, all go to the lobby on the first floor. Remember to count the number of people, don't miss anyone."

Following Pan Yi's loud shout, everyone seemed to have found their backbone and took action.

After all, he is a well-trained professional player, and he is still very disciplined.

Therefore, even in an unexpected situation, he quickly calmed down and went downstairs to the hotel lobby.

At this time, not only them, but all the residents of the entire hotel came down, and some of them didn't even have time to put on their clothes, and rushed down wrapped in quilts.

They are unorganized and messy everywhere.

But this is no wonder to them, after all, there is a fire alarm, who would not panic?
Moreover, it was still early in the morning in winter, and it was really unbearable to come out like this all of a sudden.

"Boss, everyone is here, everyone is here." Captain Terry came to report.

Pan Yi nodded, and went to the hotel manager to ask about the situation.

It turned out that just half an hour ago, a group of people suddenly came to the entrance of the hotel and started setting off fireworks without saying a word.

Fireworks are fine, after all, there is no sound.

But after a while, they started to set off loud firecrackers!
This woke up many people.

And this is not over yet, the fireworks and firecrackers were left unattended, and accidentally touched on a pile of cardboard boxes next to the hotel, so the fire started.

"So, there is nothing wrong with the hotel itself?" Pan Yi asked.

"Probably so." The hotel manager replied, and then cursed, "I don't know where the drunkard came from, he lost his mind and went crazy to set off fireworks at our place..."

Pan Yi frowned, then turned his head and said to Arteta: "You let the players go back to rest quickly, and there will be a game tomorrow."

Arteta said a little angrily: "How can there be such a coincidence that a group of people suddenly come here to set off fireworks? These people are obviously from Paris Saint-Germain! They just don't want us to recharge our batteries to participate in the game!"

Pan Yi nodded slightly: "I understand. But it's okay now, the impact is not too big, let them go to sleep first."

Arteta nodded and left.

Outside the hotel, reporters with a keen sense of smell rushed over, and Pan Yi, who was standing in the hotel lobby, quickly rushed over.

Pan Yi did not refuse, and talked to the camera in pajamas:

"It's not uncommon to set off fireworks in front of the opponent's hotel before the game."

"But did you blow your firecrackers too loudly? You even set the cardboard box next to you on fire."

"Do you have a sense of public morality? The neighbors in the neighborhood have to go to work tomorrow!"

"And I would say that Chelsea are not afraid of such off-the-box moves."

"The opponent's fans did this because they were afraid of encountering a Chelsea in perfect form, so they played tricks to prevent Chelsea from playing at their best."

"But unfortunately, even if Chelsea is not in 100% form, we will definitely win tomorrow's game!"

"Want to play? Let us have fun with you on the field!"
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Chelsea's harassment at the hotel and Pan Yi's declaration of war on Paris Saint-Germain spread on the Internet early in the morning.

Some people think that Paris Saint-Germain fans have done this kind of thing not once or twice, like when they played against Marseille in the national derby, the two sides just come and go, and they often do this kind of thing.

And some people think that this may have nothing to do with Paris Saint-Germain, this is purely an accident, who made Chelsea unlucky?
The two sides held different opinions on the Internet and quarreled fiercely.

Of course, most people still support Chelsea, because the reputation of Paris Saint-Germain is really not good now, whether it is their executives or fans, there is a feeling of being shouted and beaten by everyone.

However, for Pan Yi, the commotion in the early morning still affected the team's pre-match preparations.

After all, even if they are only disturbed for an hour or two, the players may not be able to fall asleep immediately when they go back in shock. Even if they fall asleep, the quality of sleep is average.

After all, players are just like ordinary people. Once they don't sleep well at night, they will be out of energy the next day.

Therefore, Pan Yi and the coaching staff had to temporarily adjust the team's match day plans and arrangements, especially increasing the players' rest time.

In this way, there will be less time to go to the Parc des Princes to adapt to the venue and train.

But there is no way, it has to be a trade-off.

And Chelsea fans are also starting to worry about the current situation of their team.

After all, in professional football, the outcome of a game is often determined by the details before the game.

The coach's tactical game, the collection of various data, the pre-match training, the status of the players, including the support of the fans, etc., etc., no matter which link goes wrong, it may affect the game.

Now that the Chelsea players have not got a good rest and have changed their normal training plan, whether the players can still perform at their best during the game may become a problem.

When it was evening and the fans had begun to enter the Parc des Princes, Chelsea fans put up slogans in the visiting stands to despise the behavior of Paris Saint-Germain fans:
"Setting off fireworks in front of other people's hotels won't win the Champions League!"