After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Before the start of the first game of the new season on August 8, York City first attracted the attention of English football and the media because of one incident.

According to the rules, before the start of the season, the club must provide the Football Association of England with a list of player registrations for the new season.

York City also registered players according to the rules, but to everyone's surprise, there were more than a dozen non-national players in the list provided by York City.

England is relatively special. Players from Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland in the British Isles, including Ireland, are all national players, but York City just recruited more than a dozen non-national players.

This is actually rare in League One teams.

Because in low-level leagues, domestic players are often the main players.

This is not caused by the so-called "hukou book" restriction.

The registration rules in League One are very simple, that is, there are more than six players trained by the youth training camps of English clubs in the list.

In York City, there are six casually. Young people like Baker and Rice who can play the main force, and even have a proper English household registration, not to mention that there are still many main players who played in the second division last season.

In fact, the hukou system more affects those top league clubs that can participate in European competitions.

They often have a large number of foreign aid, and sometimes they can't even meet the requirements of four local youth trainees + four local youth trainees.

However, low-level clubs mainly use locals, which are mainly limited by factors such as scouting funds and player willingness.

After all, if the money earned is not too much difference, who wants to travel so far to play football in a foreign country?
And the search range of scouts for low-level clubs cannot be too large. After all, the larger the range, the higher the expenditure, and the small clubs cannot afford it.

In addition to these, there is another reason, which is the labor certification system.

Must have a labor certificate in order to work in professional leagues in England!

This also makes many players from non-EU countries discouraged from England.

However, most of Pan Yi's "foreigner" players are from the European Union, such as Sweden, the Netherlands, and Germany.

At this time, the UK is still an EU country, so players with EU passports do not need to apply for a labor permit to play in the UK.

And Lin Liangming is in the youth training camp of a big club like Real Madrid. Amon has played in the Norwegian Super League for half a season. Alfonso Davis's Canada is a Commonwealth country and has already played in the American League.

The most troublesome thing is the Japanese player Fu Yasuhiro, who has only played in the Japanese league. He has no living history and game experience in Europe, and it is impossible to have a national team appearance record.

This is the time for Pan Yi to "scrub his face".

He used the "Special Genius Clause"!
What is this?

The special talent clause applies to those who cannot obtain the English league labor certificate (non-EU players have more than 75% of the national team's appearance rate within two years and the national team ranks more than 75).

Therefore, when you are interested in a non-EU player, but suffer from the fact that he has not yet represented the national team, or the number of appearances has not reached the standard, then you can use this right to apply for a labor certification for him.

This also requires preparing its materials and providing a favorable witness, followed by a hearing.

The club applies to the Ministry of Labor to hold a hearing. The Ministry of Labor will select a 6-member jury for different labor certification application cases. After listening to the club’s statement, the Ministry of Labor will decide whether to issue a labor certification.

A club only has one quota a year, and Pan Yi wants to give Fu An Jianyang this quota.

In fact, this "special talent clause" often requires young players to prove their abilities in the European leagues, but this thing is flexible.

In other words, it is a bit subjective, as long as the judges feel that the player can "make a special contribution to the development of the British league", then they will vote to let him get a work permit.

Of course, due to the lack of written basis for this manual review process, it is often criticized by public opinion because of too much subjective factors, but now it happens to be used by Pan Yi, right?
For example, William wanted to move to Chelsea at the beginning, but he only represented the Brazilian national team in two A-level competitions, which was far from meeting the requirement of representing Brazil in 75% of the competitions in the past two years.

However, Chelsea appealed after William's labor certification application was rejected, saying that the Brazilian national team is strong and full of talents. If William did not play for Brazil, he would definitely become the main force of the national team.

Later, the Ministry of Labor recognized the above statement and believed that William met the conditions of being able to contribute to the development of the Premier League, so William was issued a labor certificate.

In fact, when English teams acquire players from the Americas, they often use this method, and some of them are not even international players, and they can pass.

Fuan Jianyang's conditions are of course much worse than William's, but the Japanese national team is not ranked low in the world. In addition, he has indeed played in the J1 league, and he is not yet 17 years old this year, so he has something to say.

Pan Yi speaks eloquently, and the jury appreciates Pan Yi and believes in Pan Yi's vision, so:
"We agree that a world-class manager who has produced countless good young players will not bring a mediocre player from Japan to England for no reason. Therefore, we believe that Fu Yasushi meets the requirements of the special talent clause!"

Then, vote for it.

All the players that Pan Yi recruited some time ago were registered successfully!
And York City also has a truly international column, with Europe, America, Asia, and Africa...

This is really too different.

In contrast, Sheffield United, the most popular team in the British Championship this season, all their players come from the British Isles.

Of course, the alternative of York City's registration list is not limited to nationality.

Their players are either veterans over the age of 30, or children under the age of 20, and there are almost no middle 25-year-olds...

This has also made countless media, fans, especially other teams in the League One League a lot of discussions and curiosity about this newly promoted polo team.

"Isn't Pan Yi's lineup of bringing the old to the new a little too extreme?"

"It can be seen that Pan Yi, as the owner of York City, wants to train young players to generate income. But will this guarantee the team's performance?"

"Perhaps as a newly promoted, Pan Yi was not prepared to let York City compete for the Championship seat. This is also very sensible, and it is correct to settle in the League One."

"It's too irresponsible. When I become my own boss, I only think about making money, and I don't care about Scaloni's feelings..."
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"Hahaha! God help me too." Charlton coach Carl Robinson smiled while holding the information on hand.

York City's opponent in the first round of League One in the 2016-2017 season was Charlton!
And Charlton can be said to be an old-fashioned English team. Since they were relegated from the Premier League in the 2006-2007 season, they have been in the "post-Zheng Zhi era" and have been unable to return to the Premier League.

In the meantime, they even dropped into the League One several times, but they worked hard to get back to the Championship.

But last season, they only ranked 22nd in the British Championship, and they were relegated to League One with the third-to-last result.

However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

A relegated horse from the British Championship is facing a newly promoted horse from the second division. Isn't this a blow to dimensionality reduction?
Carl Robinson has been paying attention to York City's signings for a long time. When he heard that Pan Yi had brought in several Swedish internationals, although they were old and young, he was still a little worried.

After all, everyone knows how important the opening stage of the league is!
Winning may boost the morale of the team and make them triumphantly all the way;
A loss may cause the team to have doubts about the summer signings and training, morale will drop, and then a vicious circle will be caused, with successive losses.

So for the first opponent in the league, Charlton is particularly important.

But later, Carl Robinson was a little relieved when he heard that Pan Yi was staring at those players who no one cared about.

After all, he is a newly promoted, so the funds are still limited.

What Long Kingdom's winger, Cameroon's striker, Canada's fullback, Japan's defender...

What are these?

And one is younger than the other, not even 18 years old!
"When Pan Yi becomes the boss, does he think he is playing Football Manager?" Carl Robinson smiled and said to his assistant coach Richard Barker, "Only buy children for leveling? Then look for opportunities to sell them later?"

Richard Barker also laughed and said: "Obviously, he has been coaching in a wealthy club for a long time, and he doesn't understand the cruel competition in leagues such as League One and the Championship. It's time for him to see what the real world is."

"It's really stupid." Carl Robinson sneered and shook his head. "As a newly promoted horse, you have to have the consciousness of a newly promoted horse. The ghost knows what's going on in this person's mind. He actually replaced so many experienced main players and brought in these brats."

As a coach who has worked hard in the League One and the Championship for many years, Carl Robinson knows how difficult it is for a newly promoted polo team to relegation in the League One.

Even a team like Charlton, which has just come down from the British Championship, dare not take it lightly.

He adopted a very safe transfer strategy this summer, and he retained most of the team's main players, which also gave Charlton a strong strength in League One.

And most of his main players are experienced players who are in their prime.

He firmly believes that in order to play well in a low-level league like League One, it is necessary to rely on these experienced old fritters.

Richard Barker said with a smile: "I just don't know if Pan Yi will fire his head coach Scaloni if ​​York City loses in a row after a few rounds?"

Carl Robinson laughed: "Pan Yi bought these players himself. It depends on whether he will take the blame for his poor head coach..."
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2017 8 Month 6 Day.

The game between York City and Charlton is the opening game of the new season. The game kicks off at [-] pm, and at noon, the entire city of York is almost empty.

Tickets for this game have long been sold out, because this is the first time in the club's history to play League One!

For this game, this day, Yorktowners have waited too long, too long.

The day of the game can almost be said to be a carnival for the entire York City!

In the home stadium, which has been named the West Siberia Stadium, the players are entering the field amidst the cheers of the fans, and the home team's coach Scaloni is also shaking hands with the away team's Charlton coach Carl Robinson.

Then, bursts of warm applause erupted from the stands.

That's because the fans saw that their boss, Pan Yi, was sitting on the rostrum with his girlfriend, Valentina, who was also the club's former financial director.

For such a historic ball game, Pan Yi, as the boss, will of course attend.

And I can also see how the players I have been tinkering with these days can perform.

These are all players who have spent a lot of time and money to get them!

Well, it took a little time, but not a lot of money.

Regardless of the fact that there are as many as ten new players, in fact, the total cost is about 300 million euros, most of which are the money to buy De Ligt...

The transfer fee of 300 million is a little less compared to the "powerful" like Sheffield United, but it is already relatively high for an ordinary League One team.

After all, the transfer budget of many League One teams is only hundreds of thousands of euros.

But for Pan Yi, sprinkle water.

The main reason is that the salary level of these players is not high, which is the upper middle level in the entire League One. This will not affect the overall financial status of York City too much.

At this time, Valentina is not working in the club for the time being, and her job is to accompany Pan Yi to play around.

Since the transfer in the summer was settled, Pan Yi has nothing too important right now.

After all, he is not the head coach of the team anymore, and the specific affairs are all handled by Scaloni.

He is just as Scaloni's mentor, and when the disciples have any intractable diseases, he will help answer their questions.

At other times, Pan Yi either took Valentina to wander around, or became an Internet celebrity, posted videos on AB website, engaged in live broadcasts, and shared life and so on.

His fans have exceeded [-] million!
To be honest, as long as he is willing, he can make a lot of money by bringing any goods.

Now, Pan Yi stood up from his seat, waved to the fans, and then took out his mobile phone to capture himself and the cheering fans behind him in the camera:

"Look, veterans, this is our team's first League One game, and the atmosphere is already very strong..."

Then the barrage on the live broadcast screen was swiped so that I couldn't see anything clearly, I could only see some repeated words like [66666666]...

But off the court at this time, the head coaches of both sides have already got the opponent's starting lineup.

York City side is a 4-4-2.

Forwards: Baker, Amon.

Midfielders: Lin Liangming, Karlstrom, Rice, Kulusevski.

Defenders: Alphonso Davies, Westermann, De Ligt, Fuan Jianyang.

Goalkeeper: Isaacson.

The use of 4-4-2 is mainly because it is better to use a slightly simpler tactic in League One games.

This is also what Pan Yi suggested to Scaloni, and this tactic was also verified in actual combat in the League Two last season.

And this kind of tactics can also play out the characteristics of the current York City striker, one high and one fast.

Amon used his strong body and speed to confuse the opponent's defense, while Baker stood in the middle, looking for opportunities for headers and points!
At the same time, the two full-backs Lin Liangming and Kulusevski, and the two full-backs Alfonso Davis and Fu Anjianyang on the wing can also provide huge support for the two strikers.

Karlstrom + Rice in the defensive midfielder position, and central defender Westermann + De Ligt are both a combination of one old and one young, and they also complement each other in style. It can be said that they are both stable and aggressive.

It can be said that this lineup is relatively balanced on both offensive and defensive ends, and it has absolute dominance in League One.

But such a starting lineup, in the eyes of Charlton's coaching staff, is a bit funny.

"Three veterans, with eight younger players?" Charlton coach Carl Robinson said with a laugh, "They really put all the newly introduced players on the field."

"Scaloni really dared to do this." Assistant Richard Barker said in surprise, "Is the boss Pan Yi putting pressure on him? Don't let people say that the boss bought some useless players..."

"What makes me even more confused is that among the eleven starting players, York City actually only used one player from last season, and that is high center Baker." Karl Robinson shook his head, "This is too bold. Don't they worry about problems with the lineup?"

Richard Barker laughed: "Isn't that great? Give us a good start!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

They are already ready to drink celebration wine after the game!
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Within 5 minutes of the start of the game, the visiting team Charlton turned away and attacked York City's goal as soon as it came up.

Charlton's right-back, Solley, 25, was very active.

He frequently put in assists and attacked York City's left line of defense.

This is the key tactic that Charlton coach Carl Robinson came up with after research.

In the current 4-4-2 set in York City, although the right back Fuan Jianyang looks like a rookie, after all, Kulusevski in front of him is a budding star in the European Cup that just passed, and the experienced right center back Westman and right midfielder Karlstrom are all here.

Even Baker, the right forward, performed well in League Two last season.

And what kind of crooked melons and cracked dates are these on the left?
The left forward is Amon from Cameroon, the left forward is Lin Liangming from Longguo, and the left back is Alphonso Davis from Canada...

Where did you pick up these big babies?

The left midfielder Rice and the left central defender De Ligt are both 17-year-old children, obviously easy to bully.

Of course, the focus is on Alfonso Davis, who is guarding the last line of defense on the left, and he is not even 16 years old!

Of course, allowing Alfonso Davis to play is also due to the fact that there is no minimum age limit for players to play in the English League.

Like German law, employees under the age of 18 are not allowed to be employed.Therefore, it is illegal for the Bundesliga to use players under the age of 18.

In La Liga, players under the age of 16 are not allowed to register with the first team, let alone participate in La Liga.

There are no restrictions in the Premier League, Serie A, and Ligue [-]. In theory, newborn babies can also play.

The Premier League record is held by Fulham's Matthew Briggs at 16 years and 68 days. The young left-back still holds the record for the youngest appearance in England's top flight.

Serie A is Pellegri.At that time, he came off the bench to complete his Serie A debut for Genoa. At the age of 15 years and 280 days, he also tied the record of the youngest Serie A player who had been dusty for 80 years.

Pan Yi has not checked the relevant information, but the 15-year-old Alfonso Davies played in the League One, and he should also be able to rank in the forefront of the young players' appearance records in the entire English league system, right?
In short, Charlton saw that York City's left side was too young, especially Alfonso Davis was too young, so they stormed this side.

At the beginning, the young Alfonso Davies did look a little embarrassed when he faced the experienced and skilled Soli.

But after all, he is a representative figure of youth and maturity, and he quickly adapted to the rhythm of the game-after all, even if it is a normal timeline, he should play in the MLS at this time.

Moreover, he is extremely fast and explosive. Even if he is passed by Charlton players once or twice, he can quickly catch up and fight together again.

In the 10th minute, Solley and his teammate collided with the wall, and then made a spike with his feet, deceiving Alfonso Davis. Then he was just about to speed up when he saw the veteran defender Westman of York City pounced on him.

Seeing that the left was tight, he switched positions with De Ligt and stood at the left center back to help fill Alfonso Davies' position.

This is one of the reasons why Pan Yi signed Westerman!

Veteran experienced and responsible!
The timing of the German veteran's pounce was just right, Solly was taken aback and quickly passed the football.

But this pass was intercepted midway by the quick-reacting Alfonso Davis.

"This seems to be a defensive coordination. Westerman came to fill the position, and Alfonso Davis, who had just been passed, was already ready to steal and intercept!" The commentator shouted.

After Alfonso Davis intercepted the ball, he quickly passed the ball to Lin Liangming who came over to respond, and the latter immediately passed the ball to Rice, who organized the attack.

This is actually Scaloni's tactical requirement, so that York City's two midfielders can take advantage of the wide vision and good passing skills.

Of course, whether Karlstrom or Rice has the ball here depends on who is more left.

At this time Rice came over and the ball was at his feet.

And almost at the same time, Alfonso Davies had already spread his feet and ran forward.

At this time, Charlton's midfielder had already pounced on Rice who was catching the ball. He planned to steal the ball while this immature kid was catching the ball.

However, facing the rushing big man, Rice leaned forward slightly, resisting the tendency of the opponent coming up, but dexterously tapped his heel to go around from the other side.

The opponent missed it!
"Empty! Opportunity!" Scaloni suddenly got up from the coach's bench.

On the rostrum, Pan Yi also leaned forward slightly.

They can all see that the opportunity has come.

Charlton really regarded York City as a rookie who could be bullied at will. The offensive was very fierce and the formation was very forward.

Just now their defensive midfielders were all pressed to the top of York City's penalty area. Now, he made a evasion. The direct consequence of this evasion is that Charlton's half is a large space!
And this is the counterattack opportunity that Scaloni emphasized in his pre-match deployment.

At the same time, this is also the most important point of Pan Yi's suggestion to Scaloni, that is to use the speed on the left to play a very fast attack on the left!

This is actually somewhat similar to what Pan Yi did in the Swedish national team.

Alfonso Davies and Thomas Armand on the left, both have incredible speeds!
Lin Liangming's absolute speed is not as good as theirs, but his instantaneous explosive power is also outstanding, and he has a stronger sense of tactics and cooperation, which is also of great help to the team's offense.

With this combination, York City's attack from the left can be said to be lightning fast!
This time, after dunking the opponent's defense, Rice pulled the ball and turned around, looked up and looked ahead, and immediately passed a long pass to Lin Liangming who had rushed to the front!

"York City strikes back!"

Lin Liangming stopped the football beautifully. At this time, there were only three defenders of Charlton in front of him.

At this moment, on the left, Amon is advancing at high speed. Behind him is Alfonso Davis who is desperately sprinting forward after stealing the ball just now. On the right, Kulusevski is also sprinting forward. In front of him, Baker is also running.

At this moment, York City instantly formed a five-on-three situation in the frontcourt.

The Charlton defender had no choice but to block Lin Liangming's dribbling line first.

Lin Liangming, on the other hand, was not greedy at all, and immediately passed it to Alfonso Davis, who was plugging in the edge.

"Alphonso Davies! He's so fast!"

Alfonso Davies was fast at his feet, pushed the ball forward, and then accelerated to catch up with the football. At the same time, he changed direction beautifully and cut directly into the penalty area!

Charlton's defense was torn to pieces by this time, and Alphonso Davies was so fast and cut inside so firmly, he was already in the penalty area almost by the time Charlton's defenders reacted.

After Alfonso Davies approached the penalty area, he made a gesture to shoot, and tricked the Charlton defender who was desperately chasing back to block it with a sliding shovel. Then he saw Alfonso Davies kick the ball back, and when the defender slid out of the baseline against the turf, he calmly passed the ball across.

In front of the goal, the tall and strong center Baker carried Charlton's last central defender and made a half-turned volley!

The Charlton goalkeeper flew to catch the ball, and he threw the ball to the right of the goal.

At this time, another red figure rushed up, it was Aman!

The young Cameroonian striker grabbed the ball before it went out of the baseline, and directly made a follow-up shot!
"Thomas Armand! He's unmarked now...shoot!"

The ball flew straight to the goal, and the Charlton goalkeeper, who was still lying on the ground just after finishing the save, was completely helpless at this time. He could only raise his head and watch the ball fly into the net in despair.

"GoooooooooooooooooooooooooL!"

"Beautiful counterattack! Speed! York City showed us their speed! Wonderful goal! Thomas Armand, he scored the first League One goal for York City in the history of the club! One to zero! The home team York City leads!"

In the stands of the West Siberia Stadium, fans stood up from their seats.

They cheered, shouted, jumped up and down, applauded, and celebrated the arrival of the team's first goal in League One history!

After scoring the goal, Amon didn't care about celebrating by himself. He ran to the fans' stands and stretched out his hand to greet Lin Liangming, Baker, Rice and Alfonso Davis to come and celebrate together.

After embracing coach Scaloni, they also pointed to the stands together.

This means that this goal should be dedicated to the boss Pan Yi!

It was Pan Yi who brought these children from all over the world here to score this goal!

On the rostrum, Pan Yi waved to everyone with a smile on his face, and grinned:
"Isn't it just a ball, calm down and continue!"