After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 461 Pan Yi is a gift from God to Sweden
On June 6, in the last warm-up match for the European Cup, Sweden drew 5:1 with Wales.

In the first half of the game, Pan Yi's starting lineup for the Swedish team basically followed the 4-4-2 formation used by former coach Eric Hamlen, and the tactics were basically unchanged.

This is what Pan Yi wants to do in his first national team game, let the players follow the old formula to find out how they feel.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Bailey partnered as a double striker, followed by Forsberg, Kjellstrom, Ekdal, Larsson, and the defense was led by Lindelof, plus Granquis Te, Martin Olsson, Erik Johansson, the goalkeeper is of course Isaacson.

But this relatively old formation is obviously a bit outdated in today's rapid development of modern football tactics.

In the tactical system of the former coach, the way of playing is also very simple.

Several Swedish defenders are typical Nordic big guys, more than tough but not delicate. After stealing the ball, their only way out is to find Kjellstrom in front of them.

However, the current Kjellstrom is no longer the midfield brain of Lyon, and the help that Ekdal and others can give is really limited, which makes it difficult for the Swedish striker to get the ball.

As a result, Ibrahimovic was forced to retreat significantly to take the ball, too far away from the Welsh penalty area.

With Ibrahimovic's ability to get the ball near the penalty area line, Wales will be in trouble because of his strong body and fine technique, Sweden's only few chances in the first half were won by Ibrahimovic in the penalty area. .

But Ibrahimovic is not Curry who throws three-pointers two meters across the NBA three-point line. Football is not basketball. You can't expect Ibrahimovic to score long shots after passing the middle circle, right?

So Sweden's threat to Wales has always been small.

On the Wales side, St. Bell did not start.

They were led by Ramsey, and well-known stars also played Andy King, Ben Davis, Hennessey and others.

Wales' style of play is also relatively simple, with Bell looking for Bell, without Bell looking for Ramsey.

So this formed the tone of this game: the defensive formations of both sides have been maintained very well, but there are not many ways to attack.

But Wales still broke the deadlock in the 30th minute. Ramsey dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area and then crossed. Andy King scored from the bottom right corner of the goal with a low shot in front of the penalty area. Wales led Sweden 1-0.

In the second half, Pan Yi made a decisive change.

The first is to replace Isaac and Guidetti, so that they are separated on both sides of Ibrahimovic, forming three arrows.

Ibrahimovic, who is in the middle, is slow, and Pan Yi did not let him play the role of a forward striker. Instead, he played an all-round striker, basically allowing him to freely develop all his strengths.

Guidetti is known for his skills and speed. He can act as a winger on the wings or as a striker. During his time with Feyenoord in the Eredivisie, he once completed three hat-tricks in a single season.

The same is true for Isaac, who can be side-to-side and has comprehensive skills.

Therefore, Pan Yi asked the two of them to play for Ibrahimovic. At the same time, after Ibrahimovic grabbed the ball as a fulcrum in the middle, he could also be divided into two sides, allowing Isaac and Guidetti to play their scoring ability.

In this way, the offensive routines in the frontcourt alone have become much more diverse.

The three midfielders are composed of Forsberg, Kjellstrom and Ekdal, and players are required to give priority to Forsberg when they play the ball, and try to let the latter organize the offense and the last one. pass.

This is mainly due to the current Swedish formation, and really only Forsberg has a better ability to organize offenses.

Kjellstrom is old, and Ekdal, who has been demonized for many generations in FM, does not have the spirituality in the game at all. Currently, he can only be used as an engineer in the Hamburg formation under Nagelsmann. .

So Pan Yi asked these two people to stand behind Forsberg to help him escort him.

The defensive line has not changed, but Lindelof has been set as a center back, allowing him to be more responsible for forward delivery.

Although Lindelof will often be dubbed "Lindelof" by Manchester United fans in the future, his ability in this Swedish team is still outstanding.

In particular, he is indeed a very modern ball defender, and he is very good at passing the ball or passing the ball. This season, he averaged 57.3 passes per game, basically reaching the data of a midfield commander.

Later at Manchester United, he even sometimes had the highest pass success rate of any player in the season...

Of course, Lindelof's header defense is sometimes a bit reckless, so beside him, Pan Yi arranged for him a 192cm tank-shaped central defender Granqvist.

The vice-captain who played for the Krasnodar team in the Russian Super League is tall and strong, and can make up for Lindelof's shortcomings to a certain extent.

Such a combination of traditional central defender + ball-out central defender can handle the balance of backcourt organization and defense well, so that the ball will not either have a single way of passing the ball in the backcourt of the Swedish team, or simply send the ball directly with a big foot. .

As for the two fullbacks, Martin Olsson and Erik Johansson are both relatively fast, but their technical attributes are really eye-catching.

Especially for Norwich left-back Martin Olsson, he is a typical representative who can rush all the way and then lose the ball.

So Pan Yi asked him to minimize passing the ball directly into the penalty area when assisting, but to hand the ball to Isaac or Forsberg in front of him.

Pan Yi's change of formation also made the Swedish team suddenly improve in the second half.

Although Wales on the opposite side also replaced the number one star Bell, the Swedish team still played impressively and took advantage of the field.

In the 60th minute, Pan Yi replaced the veteran Kelstrom, who was physically weak, and replaced the young player Kulusevsky.

As a result, Isaac and Kulusevski also completed their debuts in the Swedish national team!

In the 70th minute, Isaac, who came off the bench, received a pass from Forsberg in front of the top of the penalty area, passed Ben Davis, broke into the penalty area, and then made a selfless cross.

Another forward, Guidetti, who also came off the bench, then scored with his right foot and equalized the score!

In the end, Sweden drew with Wales 1:1.
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For such a result, the media in Sweden is not very satisfied.

Perhaps because of the high expectations for Pan Yi, many media even felt unacceptable to the result of the draw with Wales.

After all, in their eyes, the Swedish team is also an old-fashioned second-tier European team. Even in history, they have won the runner-up and third place in the World Cup.

And what about Wales?
This year is only the first time in their history to qualify for the European Cup finals!

Therefore, in the eyes of many media, this draw against Wales is the same as the defeat with Slovenia, it is a failure!
"Facing Wales, which is not strong and Bell only played 45 minutes, our team did not achieve the ideal process and ending."

"This situation is very worrying, because our first game in the European Cup is about to start. This time we will face Wales in the warm-up match, but we will face Italy, Belgium in the group stage. And Ireland, it's going to be very bad."

"The strength of Wales is not even as good as Ireland! If such an opponent cannot be won, or even a difficult draw, how will we face Italy and Belgium, which have the strength to win the championship?"

"We all admit that in the field of clubs, Pan Yi is an absolute expert and a legend. But the national team is different from the club. Perhaps it is difficult for the Swedish team to replicate what he did in Hamburg and Chelsea."

"Aside from other things, it is difficult to find suitable candidates in the transfer market according to one's own needs in the national team. But we only have a population of 1000 million in Sweden, and the football population is far less than that of those traditional powers."

"The difference in the characteristics of the two makes it difficult for Pan Yi to succeed in our national team!"

In response to such voices, some people also maintained rational thinking.

They believe that Pan Yi is bringing changes to the Swedish national team, and they can look forward to their performance in the European Cup.

Moreover, since Pan Yi became the head coach of the Swedish national team, he has become the most supreme one in the hearts of Swedish fans.

The savior of Sweden!
Even before the Swedish local newspaper "Daily News" conducted a survey, in Sweden, Pan Yi's current influence is even higher than that of the current Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, ranking first.

It can be seen that the national team coach's appeal in Sweden-even though he is still an agent in name.

Therefore, when the article about Pan Yi and his national team was published, it immediately aroused huge repercussions in Sweden.

The vast majority of fans support Pan Yi and criticize this seemingly unprofessional media report.

"Who is Pan Yi? It is recognized as the world's first religion in today's world football. If you don't believe me, you can ask Guardiola, Klopp, and Ancelotti these famous coaches."

"In the past few years, he has definitely been synonymous with victory! He can always think of ways to help the team and improve the team's combat effectiveness."

"You laymen, you only point fingers at other people's affairs, but forget the most basic respect and objectivity."

"As the No.1 handsome man in the world, Pan Yi's perspective and direction of thinking about issues must be different from fans and the media. Otherwise, he would not be Pan Yi, or everyone could become Pan Yi..."

"Therefore, there is no need to speculate about the combat effectiveness of his team at this stage. We just need to calm down and wait and see, and support this team, that's enough."

"And as far as the game against Wales is concerned, the performances of the first half and the second half are quite different. Obviously, the Swedish team in the second half truly embodies the new lineup and style of play carefully crafted by Pan Yi."

"Including the newly recruited young teenagers Isaac and Kulusevski, they also performed very well. Especially Isaac, who contributed an assist in his first appearance on behalf of the national team, the future can be expected."

"Among other things, under former manager Eric Hamlen, have we ever played anything like the second half against Wales?"

"So, we don't need to doubt his ability at all. All we can do is support his ideas, not doubt!"

For such a debate, the chairman of the Swedish Football Association Carl Eric Nielsen also came out and publicly expressed his support for Pan Yi.

The captain Ibrahimovic even said to the reporter domineeringly: "Pan Yi is a gift from God to Sweden. If anyone wants to take this gift away, then wait for an iron fist!"

The reporter asked: "How should I ask God, why did he send Pan Yi to Sweden?"

Ibrahimovic: "You're talking to God right now."
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As time goes by, the day of the official opening of the European Cup is also approaching.

Shortly after the Swedish national team played Wales, they soon headed to Saint-Denis, a small town in the Paris region of France.

The Stade de France, which hosted the 1998 World Cup final, is located here.

The Swedish team's first game against Ireland was held at the Stade de France!

Therefore, the Swedish Football Association also arranged the hotel where its team is stationed in Saint-Denis, making it the base camp of the Swedish national team.

Of course, this was also what Pan Yi meant.

In addition to the opening game, the Stade de France will also host a quarter-final, a quarter-final and…

The final final!

With such an arrangement, it is obvious that Pan Yi's ambition is not just to qualify for the group stage.

Moreover, the environment here is indeed very good.

This is a manor-style hotel, a certain distance from the urban area, hidden in the mountains, surrounded by dense forests.

If you don't specifically navigate here and just tell you a location, it's really hard to find here.

Not far from the hotel, there is a training field, which was originally used by a local amateur club for training and competitions, so it was naturally requisitioned during the European Cup.

From the hotel to the training ground, which is a distance of one or two kilometers, the Swedish players don’t even need any means of transportation, they just run over and warm up before training.

And there are several bungalows next to the training ground, which are the locker rooms.

It's a bit shabby, but at least it has all the necessary facilities.

Moreover, the quality of the turf is very good, and Pan Yi is very satisfied with it.

You can spend more time focusing on training without having to drive around. Moreover, this old-fashioned manor located in the deep mountains and old forests usually doesn't have many people coming in and out, so it won't be harassed by some idlers.

After all, the current Swedish team is attracting a lot of attention from all over the world!
The reason is that their new head coach...

However, when the Swedish national team arrived at the manor hotel, there were still a few local children chasing after them on bicycles, still shouting "Pan Yi!" "Pan Yi!"

Obviously, these children didn't know if they got the news from the aunt and uncle who worked in the hotel, and they were guarding here.

When Pan Yi led the Swedish team to get off the car, he also fulfilled their wishes by signing autographs and taking photos with these young fans.

As the team's top star and captain, Ibrahimovic is of course the object of their pursuit. Da Fengxian also met their requirements, and these little devils were so happy.

Don't forget, although Ibrahimovic is preparing to leave Paris Saint-Germain in this summer window, in his four years in Paris, he played 179 games and scored 154 goals. He is the second highest scorer in history, second only to Cavani.

He also brought four Ligue [-] championships and multiple cup championships to the team, and also won individual awards such as the top scorer of the season and the best player in Ligue [-] for many times...

He can be said to be a legend in Paris Saint-Germain, a club with a short history!Of course, it is also loved by fans.

One act of chasing stars, being able to get the autographs and photo of two world-renowned football figures, Pan Yi and Ibrahimovic, is enough for them to brag about their awesomeness for a long time!

For Pan Yi and his Swedish team, this level of "harassment" is not a problem at all, and it is even a good little adjustment before preparing for the game.

I'm afraid it's the kind of gongs, drums, firecrackers, and crowds of people, which will definitely affect the players' training.

Moreover, this kind of old-fashioned manor hotel has security guards, and there are even police guards, so there is no problem in terms of security.

After Pan Yi and others entered the hotel, they tidied up and took a rest. Then in the evening, Qiqi went to the training ground and conducted their first training session after arriving in Saint-Denis.

This time it attracted a lot of media attention, but because Pan Yi asked them not to enter the arena to watch, they also cooperated very well and waited outside the training ground to prepare for interviews, so the team's training camp was not affected.
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The reason why the media was not allowed to watch the training was precisely because Pan Yi felt that the first match was very important for Sweden, and there should be no delay.

In a group with Belgium and Italy, it can be said that the first European Cup match between Sweden and Ireland is to be played as a final!

Once you lose, you are likely to fall into an endless abyss.

Not to mention being suppressed by direct competitors in the group qualifying situation, the morale of the team that was originally stimulated by Pan Yi's appointment will undoubtedly be quickly beaten back to its original shape.

Coupled with the skeptical voices that have always existed from the outside world, this will definitely affect the Swedish team's subsequent preparations, and then affect the games against Belgium and Italy.

So the first training session, the tactical one against Ireland, is important.

Pan Yi knows very well that it is definitely unrealistic for him to temporarily lead a national team like Sweden to improve the player's ability in a short period of time.

Therefore, his training focus will always be tactics and physical fitness.

Physical training, of course, is in the hands of Pintus. He will have a scientific training system for competitions like the European Cup, so just leave it to him.

As long as it can be guaranteed that during the European Cup, the players of the Swedish national team can have the physical fitness to support Pan Yi's tactical system!

As for tactics, of course Pan Yi will take the lead, and then discuss with his old partners.

Before the training session started this evening, Pan Yi had already started a tactical meeting with Arteta, Steve Holland, Scaloni and others.

Yes, even Scaloni was caught by Pan Yi.

"It is of course great that we have a world-class striker like Ibrahimovic. But he also has a shortcoming, that is, he is not fast enough, resulting in insufficient impact in the frontcourt."

Pan Yi said straight to the point:

"That's why I want to call in Isaac. He is young, fast, and physically strong. He can use the dribble to attack the opponent's defense."

"Having a player like him, we also have Forsberg with a more delicate technique, whether it is attacking the position or the speed of the counterattack, there is a certain guarantee."

"However, our defense is not fast enough. Especially the turning and chasing of the two central defenders, this is already a well-known weakness. Because of this, our defense cannot be too forward. This shortens the attack distance."

As Pan Yi has always said, although the modern football system is organized at the back, how to push the defense forward is also an important issue for offensive tactics.

But Sweden has been unable to do this due to the shortcomings of the central defender.

This caused Sweden to face a big problem. When it performed well, it was hearty, but once it was caught seven inches, it completely died down.

However, this cannot be completely avoided in a short period of time, after all, these are the talents of the national team.

Sweden's central defenders are all tall and tall, with excellent frontal defense and air defense capabilities, but precisely because of this, they have defects such as slow turning and chasing back.

It is difficult to find perfection in this world, otherwise, a person with a perfect central defender body like Van Dijk would not be so respected by Pan Yi.

"But the Irish team is not such a perfect team." Arteta also expressed his opinion.

After he was recommended by Pan Yi to Chelsea as the next head coach, Chelsea's top management is still evaluating.

After all, Chelsea is a wealthy team, and it takes a certain amount of courage to decide whether to let such a "rookie coach" run an aircraft carrier.

Therefore, they have to consider various factors, including comparison with some famous coaches, before they can make a decision.

So now Arteta is still the assistant coach of Chelsea. When he heard that Pan Yi needed him, he naturally followed him.

Arteta continued: "They have good tactical discipline and strong execution ability on the court, but there are not many players with good skills, and most of them still play high. This is exactly what we want."

The current Irish team is also quite aging.

The original top star Robbie Keane is 36 years old and has gradually faded out of the main lineup.

Now Ireland's striker mainly relies on Southampton's striker Sean Long.

The midfielder relies on McCarthy from Everton, while the defense is former Manchester United veteran and now 35-year-old captain O'Shea.

Due to the lack of skilled players, they have always played the traditional British long pass, allowing the two forwards in front to compete for the top.

"You're right." Pan Yi nodded, "So in this match, we have an advantage in terms of technology and overall coordination. So we have to give full play to our strengths and strengths, and use technology and coordination to knock down the opponents." opponent!"

In recent days of training, Pan Yi has paid great attention to the overall, three-person running training without the ball.

When attacking, one goes up, one follows, and one side echoes;
When defending, one stares, one cooperates, and one side protects.

After all, the current Swedish team does not have players like Robben, Hazard, or even Messi who are very powerful with the ball and can tear apart the entire defense line by themselves.

Ibrahimovic was very strong when he was young. He was a person who could use technology to fool the camera several times and then send the ball into the goal, but it was not the style of the players above;

In addition, he is now 34 years old, and he still plays more of a fulcrum, support and finisher role on the court.

However, the Swedes have always had a rigorous working attitude, so that the national team has a group of parts that have been run in just right, and it is only a matter of a good technician coming to assemble them into a fighting machine.

And Pan Yi is obviously such a good technician.

Therefore, enhancing the players' awareness of running without the ball, and then integrating this awareness into the tactical system of the entire team, will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"In terms of specific offensive tactics, my suggestion is to focus on the left side, while the right side is the main defender, and establish a certain degree of strong offensive side." Scaloni also put forward his own suggestion.

After serving as the head coach of York City for a whole season and successfully leading the team to the League One, the Argentine rookie coach has obviously matured a lot.

This is the judgment based on the current configuration of the Swedish team.

The left-back Martin Olsson is fast and has a strong impact. Although the pass is not very accurate, Isaac, who is also on this side, including the midfielder Forsberg, is also used to playing on the left. It's up to them to handle the ball.

The right back Eric Johansson is more inclined to defend in terms of ability, and will be worse in offense.

On the premise that personnel are not like clubs and can be solved by buying people, it is necessary to use tactical tendencies to make up for the shortcomings in staffing.

"No problem, I agree with you." Pan Yi nodded with satisfaction.

Now his disciples have all learned a lot of his real kung fu.

Whether it is the level of detail in preparing for the battle, or the analysis of oneself and the opponent, it is very targeted.

Not much else to say, just looking at the stacks of hundreds of pages of tactical reports compiled by these coaches in just a few days is enough to prove the progress and seriousness of these people.

"Then, the training for the next few days will follow this routine, starting from the first training today."

After the coaching staff had more detailed discussions, Pan Yi emphasized:

"The first game is very important for us, but also for Ireland."

"We have to score these three points, otherwise we will be very passive in the following games."

"Therefore, in this game, we must launch an attack from the very beginning, take the initiative from the first minute, try to get rid of Ireland, and get a good start!"

After hearing Pan Yi's decision, everyone immediately nodded in unison!
(End of this chapter)