After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

The Italian that Pan Yi took a fancy to had a relationship with Porter.

It's just that this so-called "origin" will only happen in the future.

That is when Porter led Brighton to play in the Premier League and was directly poached by Chelsea, and replaced Porter-De Zelby!
In other words, Porter is De Zelby's predecessor.

However, before the two entered Brighton successively, De Zelby was at least more famous than Porter.

It can be said that Porter became famous in the Premier League through his performance in Brighton, while De Zerby had a lot of fame as early as in Serie A.

De Zerby's coaching career began in Serie A. In the 2016-17 season, the 37-year-old De Zerby took up the coach of Palermo and embarked on a journey to the five major leagues, but this journey is far from what he envisioned so beautiful.

In less than three months, De Zerby was fired due to his poor record. In 13 games, he had 1 win, 2 draws and 10 losses. His record of "spicy eyes" made De Zerby unemployed for half a year. .

It was not until October 2017 that De Zerby returned to the coaching position and became Benevento's "firefighting" coach.

Because the hole dug by the predecessor Baroni was too big, Benevento had swallowed the bitter fruit of nine consecutive defeats when De Zerby took over. Although the former led Benevento to 6 victories in the remaining schedule, but This is not enough to change the bad luck of the team's relegation.

When Benevento was relegated to Serie B at the end of the season, De Zelby's second adventure came to an abrupt end.

Through this semi-successful experience of "fire fighting", De Zerby has received the attention of another Serie A civilian team-Sassuolo.

In 2018, Xia De Zelby officially signed a contract with "Watermelon Peel", which has set off a green wave in the Apennine Peninsula since then.

During the three years of coaching Sassuolo, although the team has never broken into the European war, it has never had any worries about relegation.

Under the difficult conditions of leaving the main players and limited signings in successive years, De Zelby can still lead the team to make steady progress and stay in the middle of the league for a long time.

In addition, the idea of ​​offensive football that De Zerbi has been thinking about has finally blossomed and borne fruit on the green field. The hearty cooperation and quick-witted offense won the reputation of "Green Barcelona".

In the 2018-19 season, Sassuolo, ranked 11th in Serie A, scored 53 goals, only two goals behind the fifth-ranked Milan and four goals behind the fourth-ranked Inter Milan, scoring one more goal than No.7 Torino .

In the following three seasons, Sassuolo's goal count continued to rise, reaching 60+. It can be seen that De Zelby's mind is full of dry goods.

It is precisely because of his excellent performance in "Green Barcelona" that he was favored by the Ukrainian strong team Shakhtar Donetsk and officially became the 34th coach in the history of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Next, Brighton's Potter was poached, and then Brighton boss Tony Bloom found De Zelby to replace him from the names spit out from the machine.

In fact, Brighton's coaching change this time can even be said to be an upgrade!
In Chelsea's "predecessor VS current" focus match against Brighton, just when the outside world thought that Porter would drive the "aircraft carrier" triumphantly and shoot down the "seagull" effortlessly, De Zelby beat back with an unexpected performance. "predecessor".

4:1, this is a surprising score.

After the game, Porter said with a sad face in the press conference: "This score is painful. Brighton played very well, especially in the first half. The atmosphere in the away game was really tense. We didn't achieve that. Strength of."

As Porter said, in the first half of the game, with Trossard's goal and two own goals, Chelsea fell behind by three goals. You must know that Porter has only conceded 9 goals in 4 games since Porter coached Chelsea.

Not only that, Porter also tasted the first defeat of the Blues' career with his old club.

In this game, Brighton coach De Zelby's formation effect was immediate. Although the possession rate was behind, "Seagull" completed 2 more shots than the opponent, thus creating 4 goals.

This good show of tearing up his predecessor also made De Zelby, who has just come to the Premier League, fully demonstrate his strength.

And the standings after the end of the season also proved this point.

In the end, Chelsea, who experienced coaching and coaching changes, only ranked 44th with 12 points, and they didn't even win the Eastern Conference championship.

Brighton, under De Zelby, ranked sixth with 62 points, and entered the European war for the first time in team history!

Of course, at this point in time, De Zelby has not yet made his mark.

After he retired, he coached an amateur team called Darfo Boario Terme, well, the name is super long.

Then he was favored by the Group C team Foggia. He just led the team for a season, but he failed to lead the team to Serie B. He is now unemployed.

It's the right time for Pan Yi to come to De Zerby now!
In fact, facing Pan Yi's invitation, De Zerby agreed almost without thinking.

The reason is simple, Pan Yi is his biggest idol!When I was unemployed, I could be an assistant coach for my idol team, what reason would I refuse?
And the second idol in De Zerby's heart is... Guardiola.

Well, if it is in a normal timeline, then Guardiola is De Zerby's biggest idol, and it can also be said that he is a loyal follower of Guardiola.

In 2013, when Guardiola was still leading Bayern in Bavaria, an uninvited guest visited Bayern's training base, but he didn't dare to go in. Instead, he rented a house next to Bayern's training base so that he could go to the training ground every day. Watch a few of Guardiola's training sessions.

This man is De Zerby.

At this time, De Zerby was not well-known, and Guardiola once came forward and personally wrote a recommendation letter to the manager of Las Palmas, but the Spanish team rejected this person-he had almost no background in the five major leagues in his career, His coaching career is only in Italy. This kind of experience is not bad, but it does make him difficult to get into the eyes of the Spanish team.

But having such an experience made De Zerby admire Guardiola's character and level extremely.

In an interview with the media, De Zerby once said: "For me, Guardiola is the best coach in the world. When he coached in Barcelona, ​​Bayern and Manchester City, I admired him very much."

No matter during the training period in the early years or during the stage of Sassuolo's fame, De Zerby always insisted on the concept of passing and controlling. For him, the possession rate is the primary factor in determining the outcome.

In the 2018-19 season, Sassuolo's average ball possession rate was as high as 53.1%, ranking seventh in Serie A, only 0.3 percentage points behind AC Milan, and the Roma duo were both behind.

After two seasons of tempering, De Zerby brought his pass control concept to the extreme. In the 2020-21 season, Sassuolo's average ball possession rate reached 58.2%, ranking first in Serie A, ahead of No.2 Juventus by 3.2% % as much.

Although De Zerby pays attention to ball possession, he does not "hold the ball for the sake of possession of the ball". In the link, Sassuolo also reflected De Zelby's tactical purpose of striving for perfection.

In the 2018-19 season, Sassuolo's pass success rate per game was 84%, ranking sixth in Serie A. After one season, they raised this value to 6%, only behind Naples' 86.8% and Juventus' 88.2%.

In the 2020-21 season, Sassuolo has increased the pass success rate by nearly 1 percentage point. This time, only Juventus is in front of them. Traditional strong teams such as the Milan duo, Roma, and Naples are all left behind by them.

Judging from the two data of ball possession rate and passing success rate, De Zerby not only "copied" Guardiola's tactical system, but also understood the essence of his tactics to a certain extent.

In Italian football, which has always focused on defense, De Zelby, who has done the opposite, is an alternative existence.

After arriving in Brighton, De Zerby created a new system. According to McAllister: "The head coach wanted us to attack in front of our penalty area, but we really didn't expect the effect to be so good."

In terms of formation design, De Zelby chooses 4231 to start, and when the attack starts, the team formation will be changed to 2422. Only two central defenders are left in the backcourt for the first time, and double midfielders are set up to protect them. , The two full-backs waited for an opportunity.

Under his tactical system, Japan's three-goal king has also become the top winger in the Premier League. In addition, center Ferguson and shadow forward Enciso, who are less than 18 years old, have shined, which shows that he has grown up with young players. It also has its own set.

This tactic still focuses on possession of the ball, but in terms of core, De Zelby's tactic at this time is actually a bit like Rangnick. The duo forms a formation to control the center, and the full-backs on both sides move flexibly.

In terms of specific execution, De Zerby's team also has the shadow of Rangnick's team: rushing straight in the middle, advancing quickly, and running full.

For Pan Yi, isn't De Zelby, a coach who inherits the essence of Gua Shuai's football and is flexible, what York City wants?

On the other hand, Pan Yi's York City team originally had a lot of Guardiola's tactics in it - what Scaloni learned from Pan Yi, isn't it a lot of what he learned from Gua Shuai in his previous life?

Of course the two hit it off! ——
Just like many people who come to York City's training ground for the first time, Porter and De Zelby couldn't believe it when they came here.

Because as a League One team, York City's training ground and training facilities are really complete!

Porter, who once played for York City as a player, did not find the tattered feeling back then.

And De Zerby, who had coached the Serie C team before, felt that he was also a third-level team. Why is the gap between the two so big?

Too standard, too modern!
This is also part of Pan Yi's insistence on gradually updating and upgrading the club's infrastructure project, and from this, it can also be seen that Pan Yi is determined to run the club.

Pan Yi looked at the two stunned faces, and said with a smile: "Now the hardware of the club is gradually improving, but it needs more talents like you to join, otherwise everything will be a mirage, a castle in the air. So the future of the club , I still have to rely on you!"

This made Porter and De Zelby flattered.

But in any case, Pan Yi must be a boss who understands the laws of football management, and will not be like other rich people who always think that they can do whatever they want by spending a little money, and will disrespect their employees.

After all, no matter how good the training ground and infrastructure are, if there are no good talents to manage and use them, they are equivalent to a pile of garbage, which is of no use.

Passing through the training ground of the first team, Porter and De Zerby also saw the training ground of the youth team, where some youth team players were training.

"These are our futures, but they are not good enough." Pan Yi said to Porter, "So we need a technical director like you to help us."

Potter nodded slightly.

At present, York City's youth training system has just started, and many places are not perfect, and there is no dedicated youth training supervisor.

Therefore, Porter, as the technical director, needs to be caught by both the first team and the youth team.

Porter is also very clear about Pan Yi's expectation of him, which is to give full play to his attributes as a club manager and grasp the bottom-up promotion system of the team as a whole.

After watching the training of the youth team, Pan Yi took them to the first team field and introduced them to the head coach Scaloni.

Although it was only the first time they met, they had been immersed in football for many years and were at the training ground at the same time. Scaloni immediately discussed with them about the training situation of York City.

Porter and De Zelby knew in their hearts that they should show some real skills to win the trust of the head coach at this time, so they also carefully observed the training of the first team, and tried their best to express their opinions and analysis .

They were already talented, and the tactics they were good at or liked were similar to those of Pan Yi's lineage. Naturally, the few of them chatted happily.

For the arrival of the two new friends, Scaloni is obviously very happy and satisfied at the same time.

The most rare thing is that they all proposed training methods to help players improve and improve, which is what Scaloni appreciates the most, and he said that after training, he would invite Porter and De Zerby to the office for a detailed discussion. It also proved that he has accepted these two people.

Pan Yi was also very happy to see the few of them chatting happily.

Due to his "previous life knowledge", Pan Yi is not at all worried that the arrival of Porter and De Zelby will change York City's tactical style. On the contrary, he thinks that the arrival of these two technical talents will make this set Tactics run more smoothly and naturally.

Technology is a necessary prerequisite for all players to execute tactics. Porter and De Zerby are only responsible for the technical training of the team, while Scaloni is the real decision maker in terms of player usage and tactics.

Pan Yi began to look forward to what it would be like when Scaloni, a gradually growing head coach, integrated everything into one furnace and refined a set of tactical systems that belonged entirely to him. scene?
Maybe at that time, he can really let his disciples do it! ——
After the technical director Porter and assistant coach De Zelby were in place, York City ushered in two cup games.

The first is the historic England FA Cup.

If you must choose one of the three cups that York City will participate in this season as a secondary offensive position, then Pan Yi will definitely choose the FA Cup.

Quite simply, as the oldest football competition in the world, the FA Cup holds a special place in the hearts of all Englishmen.

And as a team that has mixed in low-level leagues and even amateur leagues all year round, every step forward in the FA Cup by York City will make the team's supporters cheer.

As a player, I will also enjoy this process. If I can meet some strong Premier League teams later, it will be a good opportunity.

After all, many people in this team really didn't have the opportunity to compete directly with giants like Manchester United, Liverpool, and Chelsea before!
Of course, as a League One team, York City's FA Cup journey starts from the first round, while the Premier League and Championship teams will not enter until the third round.

Therefore, if York City wants to fight against a real strong team, it must at least advance to the third round first!
And their opponent in the first round is Burleigh, who is also a League One team.

This team is actually quite difficult to deal with. The two teams had a 0:0 tie in League One before.

However, Scaloni, who is determined to win this game, sent all the main lineup to fight, just trying to win the opponent!

This is because four days after the FA Cup, it will be the third round of the British Championship, which is irrelevant. At that time, all substitutes will be available, so today I have nothing to worry about.

Although Burleigh also attached great importance to the first round of the FA Cup and also dispatched all the main players, York City played a little differently in this game than when they played against them in the league.

Today, York City's two full-backs, Alfonso Davis and Fu Anjianyang, are more inclined to pull the side, and at the same time they are closer to the midfield to defend.

This positioning allows them to form a 2-4-4 formation in possession, with the attacking players on the wide side pushing forward with the forwards, and the attacking midfielder threatening to interfere behind the opposition's defense.

In this case, York City also began to lure the opponent's high-pressure press, and broke through the opponent's high-pressure defense line by passing the ball vertically to one of the two midfielders, Karlstrom.

York City's two holding midfielders usually keep a close distance so that they can pass the ball to each other or back to the defenders to keep the ball flowing.

They are very patient and will focus on passing the ball around until there is a suitable opportunity to pass the ball vertically, allowing four offensive players to join the battle in order to create a 4 on 3 situation in the opponent's defensive zone.

In the opposition half, Yorke's formation was almost 2-2-6.

At this point, both Lin Liangming and Amon, the outermost players in the formation, cut inside more than crossing to get the ball into the box with a series of passes and player movements around the edge of the box.

Obviously, this tactical style of play has a deep "De Zerby imprint", and Scaloni obviously adopted the suggestion of this new assistant coach and began to experiment directly in the FA Cup!
And this style of play made Burleigh a little overwhelmed.

After all, they just drew with York City in the league. The coaching staff's preparations for the game are mostly considered through that game as a benchmark.

But today, Yorktown is nothing like that!
Under the premise that the absolute ability of the players is weaker than that of the opponent, and the tactical strategy is not right, Burleigh's failure is almost a foregone conclusion.

2:0, this is the final score of this FA Cup match.

With Lin Liangming and Baker each scoring a goal, York City eliminated Burleigh and successfully entered the second round of the FA Cup!
However, in the next British Championship, York City, which played with a full substitute lineup, lost to Newport 0:2.

However, due to the previous two consecutive victories, York City still qualified from the group stage. Their opponent in the first round of the knockout round of the British Championship will be the Brighton U23 team.
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York City's performance is getting better and better, and Chelsea seems to usher in a new life!

After the previous two-game losing streak in the Premier League, Arteta, who had been "passed on" by Pan Yi, seemed to be enlightened, leading the Blues to a five-game winning streak in the Premier League!

After the last international match day, Chelsea ushered in the challenge of Leicester City, the dark horse of last season, at home.

This time Chelsea kicked up the wind, Hazard, Lukaku, and Moses made contributions respectively, and defeated the Blue Fox 3-0.

Subsequently, they once again ushered in a strong opponent at Stamford Bridge, Manchester United!

This is also the first time Mourinho has led Manchester United back to Stamford Bridge to challenge their old club Chelsea.

But this Chelsea team led by Brother Tazi didn't give Mourinho any face at all.

In just 30 seconds, Marcos Alonso assisted Harry Kane to open the scoring;

Subsequently, Van Dijk scored in front of the goal to help Chelsea expand the score.

Easy side to fight again, Matic assisted Hazard to break the net, and Kanter scored the icing on the cake.At the end of the game, Chelsea beat Manchester United 4-0!

Coupled with the 2-0 victory against Hull City before the international break, Chelsea won 3 consecutive league victories, while Manchester United suffered 3 league rounds without victory.

Although in the League Cup match three days later, Chelsea lost 1:2 to West Ham United and were eliminated, it is clear that this season's League Cup is not in Arteta's plan.

Sure enough, in the next two rounds of the Premier League, the Blues showed their fangs again.

Defeated Southampton 2:0 away and swept Everton 5:0 at home!
In other words, for five consecutive Premier League games, Chelsea won five consecutive victories, scored 16 goals, and did not concede a single goal!
Such a result also allowed Chelsea to jump from the middle and lower reaches of the standings and directly rushed to No.2!
现在英超是战罢11轮，克洛普率领的利物浦悄摸摸地爬了上来，8胜2平1负积26分排第一；

切尔西是8胜1平2负积25分排第二，而第三和第四的是同积24分的曼城和阿森纳。第五和第六则是热刺和曼联。

The top six are still occupied by BIG6, but the top four seem to have formed the main championship group this season.

In addition, Chelsea also played four group matches in the UEFA Champions League this season, and achieved a record of three wins and one tie. They are also in sight.

Only after the 11th round of the Premier League on November 6, the five major leagues will be temporarily suspended again.

Because the international match day is coming again, the national teams will fight for the 2018 World Cup again!

Pan Yi, who is the "named consultant" of the Dragon Country team, did not stay in the UK to enjoy the blessings this time, but took a plane to Dragon Country to join the team.

Because he knows that the next game against Qatar is almost a matter of life and death for the Dragon Kingdom.

Since he agreed to help Lippi, it is time to do his best to change the fate of the national football team in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers! (end of this chapter)