Lying on the bed at home in London, Pan Yi opened his eyes wide and thought.
Although two days have passed, the Champions League final at Milan's San Siro Stadium still occupies the pages of newspapers of all sizes in the UK, and even media across Europe.
Pan Yi and his stars have become the focus of all fans.
Pan Yi, in particular, led three teams in different leagues to win four Champions League championships and seven championships this season. This undoubtedly made Pan Yi a living legend in European football and attracted the attention of all media reporters and reporters. Fans' enthusiasm.
But after two days of hype, other voices began to surface.
That's why Pan Yi hasn't renewed his contract with Chelsea?
Where does he want to go?
Manchester City? Manchester United? It's impossible. Both teams have just announced new coaches, and they are at the level of Guardiola and Mourinho respectively.
Real Madrid? Barcelona? Bayern? I haven't heard of any connection between the two.
As a result, all kinds of gossip news, large and small, emerging from unknown channels, appeared on the pages of major newspapers.
The most outrageous news is that Pan Yi will return to Longguo and replace Gao Hongbo as the head coach of the Longguo national team.
Pan Yi felt embarrassed even after reading these false rumors.
Xiao Gao takes care of him very well, why would you change him?
After Gao Hongbo coached the national football team for the second time, he managed to break through the top 40 and enter the top 12 of the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup that will start in September.
Now Gao Hongbo is leading the team to prepare for the game. How could the national football team suddenly go to Pan Yi?
What's more, Pan Yi has long made it clear that he will not coach the national football team.
These people just want to make big news.
"What are you thinking about?" Valentina walked out of the room and came to Pan Yi, overlooking him.
She was wearing pajamas, and the two peaks in front of her were looming.
"I wonder what posture I should use to fight later." Pan Yi replied with a smile, and then reached out to tease him.
Valentina giggled and dodged the "Neragon Claw Hand" move.
I have been resting at home for the past two days, and there have been many "China-Italy friendly matches" taking place in this room.
But Pan Yi is really talented. He can fight as soon as he comes, and Valentina is a little tired from the tossing.
However, Valentina can actually guess what Pan Yi is thinking now.
It was the phone call I received at the Champions League awards ceremony two days ago!
Ibrahimovic personally invited Pan Yi to coach the Swedish national team.
Pan Yi is considering whether to take over this "mess".
Just a few days ago, in a warm-up match for the 2016 European Cup, the Swedish national team lost to the Slovenian team 0:2.
You know, Slovenia didn't even qualify for the European Cup. This defeat put Swedish national team coach Erik Hamlen under great pressure.
The dissatisfaction of the Swedish media and fans is not just because of this game.
In the qualifiers, Sweden was placed in a group with Austria, Russia, Montenegro, Liechtenstein, and Moldova.
It stands to reason that there are no strong teams like England, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Belgium in the group, but Sweden, with stars like Ibrahimovic and Forsberg, still has great hopes of qualifying directly.
However, their group journey was extremely difficult. They failed to win the key battles against Austria, Russia and Montenegro, and only defeated two weak teams, Liechtenstein and Moldova.
In the second round, Sweden's performance was even worse. They lost to Russia 0:1 and lost to Austria 1:4 in direct dialogue, which made them completely miss the top two in the group.
In the end, Sweden finished third in the group.
In previous years, Sweden would have been eliminated with such results.
But fortunately, the 2016 European Cup was expanded to 24 teams for the first time, so the 8 third-placed teams in the group still have to fight against each other to determine the qualifications for the 4 European Cup main rounds.
Sweden drew their Nordic brother Denmark. The result was 2:2 in the away game and 2:1 at home. They passed the test and got the last ticket to France.
Such results certainly make Sweden very dissatisfied.
What makes them even more dissatisfied is the content of the game led by Hamren.
To sum it up in one sentence, Hamren's Swedish team has two sets of tactics, one is to find Ibrahimovic from set kicks, and the other is for Ibrahimovic to retreat. In short, it's all Ibrahimovic.
Winning games is usually because Ibrahimovic played well;
Losing games is often because Ibrahimovic was looked down upon and failed to perform.
What kind of tactic is this?
Hamlen argued: "How come giving the ball to your team's best star isn't a tactic?"
Such remarks also caused great controversy.
After the Swedish national team lost 0:2 to Slovenia, the opposition to Hamren reached its climax.
Many people believe that this coach, whose career has only been in the Nordic leagues, is not the best candidate to coach the Swedish national team.
If he is allowed to continue leading the Swedish team to the European Cup, it will only bring about a humiliating ending.
Finally, Ibrahimovic, the top star of the Swedish national team, also took the initiative to find Hamren and suggested that he could improve his tactics, but he was rejected.
The two had a fierce dispute, and Hamron resigned.
The pressure on him is one aspect, and the falling out with Ibrahimovic is also a very important reason.
All his tactics revolve around Ibrahimovic. Now that he is having conflicts with Ibrahimovic, it is true that he cannot continue to lead this team.
This also left the Swedish national team unprepared.
For the Swedish Football Association, even if Hamren was to be fired, all their original plans were not to be carried out until after the European Cup. They even thought about whether Hamren could continue to be hired if he performed well in leading the team. bring.
But now Hamren's sudden resignation really caught them off guard.
At this time, Ibrahimovic thought of Pan Yi.
"Isn't it rumored that this guy will leave Chelsea after winning seven championships? Let me ask! Besides, it's not like other coaches have never done this part-time job for the club and the national team!"
So, the call came to Pan Yi.
Pan Yi has been thinking about this matter for the past two days.
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Pan Yi's dilemma is actually not to choose between Chelsea and the Swedish national team, or both.
In fact, his coaching contract with Chelsea has ended.
After all, Pan Yi's coaching contract with Chelsea only lasts until the end of this season and after playing in the Champions League final. It is legally over. Pan Yi only has some details left to settle with the team.
"We all regret your decision, but we are also willing to respect your choice." This is the attitude of Chelsea owner Abramovich, including the management.
In the past two seasons, Pan Yi led Chelsea to be almost invincible. Now he has not only won the Premier League and the Champions League for the second consecutive time, but also created a bunch of historical records and the unprecedented achievement of seven crowns!
In addition, he left Chelsea with such a strong team and even the most powerful youth training system in the world. They had no way to make more demands on Pan Yi and could only respect Pan Yi's choice to quit. .
"You will always be a legendary coach at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea will always welcome you."
It's easy to get together and easy to go, this is the norm in European professional football.
Moreover, Pan Yi is only 30 years old now. It is difficult to predict when Chelsea will need Pan Yi to rescue emergencies in the future. It is also very important to maintain a good relationship between the two - this is also an important motivation for Abramovich's company to sponsor York City.
Therefore, don’t say that Pan Yi will not renew his contract now and will automatically terminate it;
Even if there is still a contract, as long as Pan Yi wants to leave, they will not force him to stay.
When Pan Yi left Chelsea, he didn't mean to go to another club. In fact, he just wanted to keep his promise to Valentina and take a good rest with her.
This is how professional football is. You are either training for games or on the way to training for games all day long. You really don’t have a lot of time to spend with your girlfriend.
So much so that when many players and coaches retire, they will mention: "It's time to spend more time with their families."
Including Messi's later choice to play in the United States, it is obvious that his family's feelings and life also played a very important factor in it.
After Pan Yi became famous this time, he did feel extremely satisfied and relaxed, and he really wanted to take a break.
But now Ibrahimovic's call made him confused.
His career at the club can indeed be said to be very complete, but the national team is still blank.
What a coincidence that the Swedish national team happened to have this opportunity.
Moreover, compared with the coaching of the national team, the intensity is really different.
There are only so many national team match days in a year. As the head coach of the national team, I just go to various places to inspect players. This can even be regarded as a kind of tourism...
But the problem is, no matter how low-intensity the work is, it is still work after all.
What about Valentina's promise?
"If you want to go, just go, don't hesitate."
At this time, Valentina's voice sounded in Pan Yi's ears.
"Really?" Pan Yi said in surprise.
"The main thing is that you stay at home all the time, and I can't stand it." Valentina snorted, "You... you are too strong."
"Haha..." Pan Yi laughed, and then immediately jumped up from the bed, "Then I'll call Ibrahimovic right away!"
Of course he prefers to coach the Swedish team.
Although the overall strength of this Swedish national team is average, doesn't this just reflect Pan Yi's excellence?
Moreover, the Swedish team has Ibrahimovic in the front, Forsberg in the middle, Lindelof in the back, and Isaksson as the goalkeeper. In fact, this central axis is pretty good;
As long as you build tactics around this central axis and add some green leaves, it's not impossible to compete with some strong teams.
There is a more important point, that is, Pan Yi has always admired Ibrahimovic.
The main thing is that people are really upright and unpretentious. What should be his is his, and what is not his will not be taken away by him.
In his previous life, when Ibrahimovic was at Manchester United, he even refused to receive wages while recuperating because he was injured, and even offered to play for Manchester United for free;
Later, when he returned to Milan at the end of his career, he was able to help the AC Milan boys regain the league championship and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League...
Moreover, when renewing his contract with Milan, Ibrahimovic also took the initiative to significantly reduce his salary and was willing to sit on the bench just to lead the young men in the locker room.
It can be said that Ibrahimovic's return is the beginning of Milan's hope for revival. He has brought domineering and confidence to the team that they have not had for a long time!
In the minds of Milan fans, Ibrahimovic is also a god-like existence.
Ibrahimovic is usually very showy, but he does have the ability to show off, and he also has a sincere love for the team.
In this life, after Pan Yi gave him a Champions League championship, he tried to add another highlight to his national team career, which can be regarded as a relatively satisfactory ending to the career of the king.
Of course, this can also fill in the gaps in Pan Yi's coaching resume for the national team.
Win-win!
Looking at Pan Yi's excited look, Valentina shook her head slightly, but she couldn't help but smile.
Seeing Pan Yi happy, of course she was happy too.
She knew very well in her heart that her boyfriend was not the kind of person who could live idle.
In his early thirties, he was in the prime of life. How could he be idle?
It is impossible to really have "friendly games" at home every day.
He is destined to belong to the football field, Valentina is very sure in her heart.
She knew this clearly from the first day she met Pan Yi.
"Let's see, I'll take them through the European Cup first, and we'll talk about what happens after that." Pan Yi suddenly hugged Valentina tightly, "In this case, I can lead the national team, and I can also Have more time with you.”
"Really?" This time it was Valentina's turn to be surprised.
All in all, she still hoped that Pan Yi could spend as much time by her side as possible.
If it can not only meet Pan Yi's work needs, but also meet her own emotional needs, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
"That's right. To celebrate our agreement, why don't we have an extra match?" Pan Yi said, pushing Valentina down on the bed with a strong force.
"Hate……"
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"I can only sign a short-term contract with you first. In fact, it is equivalent to being an acting head coach. The cooperation will last until the end of this European Cup."
After being introduced by Ibrahimovic, Pan Yi began to make his demands when he met with Carl Erik Nielsen, chairman of the Swedish Football Association.
"As for whether to continue this kind of cooperation in the future, we can wait until the European Cup is over."
"In addition, I hope to transfer my own coaching staff to the national team. At the same time, from now on, the national team training camp will be under my control, and everything there must be listened to."
"I have the right to make some modifications to the national team roster that has been announced so far, and the final roster will be submitted to UEFA, which will be subject to my adjustments."
"If a player commits any disciplinary violation under my watch, I can kick him out of the national team without any other reason..."
Each of these conditions may seem harsh, but they are all things that Pan Yi has always been required to do when he was in the club. Therefore, he needs to do this even in the national team, otherwise it will be difficult to carry out his work.
Chairman Nelson also nodded without any objection.
Regarding the conditions proposed by Pan Yi, he was actually not satisfied with only one thing, and that was that this "acting head coach" was too short!
It would be best if Pan Yi could be the head coach of the Swedish national team for the rest of his life, at least until the next World Cup!
But Nelson also understands that with Pan Yi's status, being able to coach the Swedish national team is already condescending. Can he ask for more?
He believes that as long as Pan Yi is willing, he can choose from almost any team in the world, whether it is a club or a national team!
Specifically at the level of the national team, wouldn't it be better for someone to lead a team like Germany, England, or Belgium that has the potential to win the championship? Not to mention that these national teams have more or less a relationship with Pan Yi.
It can be said that Pan Yi can come to lead the Swedish national team because of Ibrahimovic's face.
The Swedish team is about to change its coach before the main match of the European Cup. To be honest, it is already very good to find a half-assed one. Now that the most awesome player in the world can come, it is too late for Nielsen to burn the cake. What else can I say? ?
Maybe he can also lead the Swedish team to a good result in the European Cup...
In this European Cup, Sweden's grouping is really bad. It is grouped with Italy and Belgium, the two favorites, and in the same group is the difficult Ireland.
It can be said that this group is recognized as the group of death in this European Cup.
This is also a big reason why everyone does not have any confidence in the former head coach Hamlen.
You can't even beat Slovenia, but you still want to beat Italy and Belgium?
As a time traveler, Pan Yi also remembers that in this group, Sweden was really a role that accompanied the prince to study. They only tied with Ireland, then lost to Italy and Belgium, and were eventually eliminated from the group at the bottom.
Therefore, he must make changes to the Swedish national team so as to change the fate of Ibrahimovic in his previous life.
Not only in terms of tactics, but also in terms of personnel. Of course, the two are connected, that is, we need excellent players who can implement Pan Yi's tactics!
"Since there is no problem with what I said, I will start my work." Pan Yi immediately entered the role vigorously and resolutely.
Nelson could only nod.
After all, he is a famous coach who is used to being the head coach of a wealthy team. He arranges things and considers problems very comprehensively. He is also very courageous in doing things, and his aura is particularly strong!
As chairman of the Football Association, Nelson really feels a bit obsequious.
"In the current 23-man roster, I don't want the striker Kukhovich from Norrkoping, and Zeng Jing from Trabzonspor. I want to replace the other two people."
"No problem, then who should I replace?" Nielsen nodded, and then told the assistant on the side to prepare to take note of Pan Yi's words.
Although the current Swedish team has players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Forsribe, and Lindelof who can be called stars, many other players are, to put it mildly, just "making up the numbers."
There are a large number of second-rate players in the team who have played in the Nordic League, Turkey, and the Greek League, so that older players like Kjellström are still playing the leading role in the team.
The former Arsenal player is 34 years old and is still the core midfielder of the Swedish national team.
Therefore, now that Pan Yi has his own candidate, it is of course the best.
Anyone who has seen a ball played by someone Pan Yi picked will not be able to help but give Pan Yi a thumbs up: "You are really good at reading people!"
"Forward Isaac." Pan Yi quickly reported a name.
"Issa...who? Who is this?" Nelson turned to look at his assistant.
The assistant quickly lowered his head and operated in front of the computer, and then answered: "Alexander Isaac was born in Solna, Sweden on September 21, 1999. He started in the AIK youth training in Stockholm. This year he has played in the Swedish Super League with the first team. And has scored 6 goals.”
"Not yet 17 years old?" Nielsen opened his mouth. "Are you talking about him? Doesn't he have the same name?"
He was surprised at how Pan Yi knew that there would be such a young rookie in Sweden.
After all, even the Swedish national team, which lacks outstanding talents, has not been discovered by its own scouts!
Of course, it is also possible that there was a report before, but the former head coach felt that this person was too young to be used.
For Pan Yi, although Isaac is indeed very young now, it is definitely not a loss to use him to replace a second- or third-rate forward.
In fact, Isaac only played in the Swedish league for one year before he was spotted by Dortmund, a famous black shop in Germany.
In half a year, he will join the Hornets for 10 million euros and perform well.
After that, he would perform brilliantly at Real Sociedad, and finally transferred to Newcastle United, a rich team in the Premier League, for a high price of 70 million euros. At the same time, he also created the highest signing record in the history of Newcastle.
Isaac is tall and strong, with excellent technique, speed, and shooting ability. He was called the "new Ibrahimovic" when he debuted.
In fact, even in his previous life, he was selected for the Swedish national team less than half a year later and played alongside Ibrahimovic.
At the same time, he also scored the first goal for the national team in January 2017, and has maintained the two records of the youngest international player and the youngest scorer of the Swedish national team.
Therefore, Pan Yi just called Isaac to the national team a few months in advance. He also believed that Isaac can also display his abilities in the national team in advance!
"Yes, that's him."
After getting Pan Yi's affirmation, the chairman asked his assistant to write it down quickly.
If such a rookie can be recognized by Pan Yi, then there is no need to hesitate and be ready to call Stockholm AIK immediately!
Then, Pan Yi reported the next name: "Dejan Kulusevski."
This time I gave my full name directly.
The chairman's assistant did the operation again, and this time the eyes exposed from behind the computer were even more confused:
"Atlanta...youth team?"
That's right, Kulusevski, the future Tottenham winger, is also over 16 years old now and has not really played in a professional league.
His road to fame came a little later than Isaac, and he did not play in Serie A until 2019.
But he performed very well during his loan spell at Parma. He was shortlisted for the European Golden Boy Award that year and was named the best young player in Serie A.
This performance also attracted the attention of Serie A giant Juventus, who quickly spent 35 million euros to acquire him!
He also played the main role at Juventus and was later loaned to Tenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
The young Kulusevski may not be as ready to fight as Isaac, but he is young and has potential, and his ability to accept new tactics is also strong.
Pan Yi believes that he can stimulate some of his abilities in a short period of time through training!
Otherwise, Sweden now has only a few veterans on the front line, and it will be difficult to implement Pan Yi's frontcourt pressing tactics.
For example, Marcus Berry, who is also 30 years old this year, was Pan Yi's old player in Hamburg, but he has been like that since he was sold to Panathinaikos, with little progress.
This summer, he has already been negotiating a transfer with the UAE team Al Ain, and is preparing to go to Asia to enjoy the gold rush.
Even Ibrahimovic, the biggest player in the team, is already 34 years old!
Although Pan Yi's experience in his previous life tells him that Ibrahimovic will have plenty of energy in the next few years, and he may even play until he is 41 years old before retiring, but he still has to use it sparingly.
Let Ibrahimovic be the fulcrum and run less, put a few young people around him to help him run, and cooperate with Forsberg's offensive organization ability. This is the general strategy of the Swedish team that Pan Yi has initially formulated.
Although Ibrahimovic is a man with his own system, you cannot completely rely on him.
Otherwise, the future will definitely fall into the embarrassing situation of the previous head coach - once Ibrahimovic is noticed and performs poorly, the Swedish team will be finished.
"Any questions?"
Pan Yi asked, and Chairman Nielsen hurriedly replied: "No problem, no problem, as long as you need everyone, we will definitely send them to the national team for you!"
"That's nothing else." Pan Yi said with a smile, "Now let me meet these national team players. There will be a warm-up match in a few days, right?"
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away. Yes, there is a game." Nelson nodded again and hurriedly answered Pan Yi's question, "They are at the national training base and will go to the UK to participate in a warm-up match in a few days."
The current European Cup starts on June 11, but the first game of Group E, where the Swedish team is located, will be played on June 13.
Therefore, in addition to the match against Slovenia, Sweden also arranged a warm-up match against Wales on June 5.
This is an away game in the UK. After the game, we fly directly to France, by the way.
Wales also qualified for the main draw of this European Cup - in fact, they finally made the semi-finals in an upset - so their strength is definitely better than Slovenia, and Pan Yi also needs to be well prepared.
It is a bit different from the club's warm-up match. Since the teammates of the national team usually do not train together, the warm-up match, especially the warm-up match before the big game, is a very valuable opportunity to practice together.
In addition, the head coach of the Swedish team resigned before the battle, and the overall morale of the players is a bit low. It is also very important to perform well in the warm-up matches.
"Also, please sort out the information related to the national team as soon as possible and give it to me, including the game videos. I will study it in the next two days." Pan Yi finally ordered.
After getting Nelson's affirmative reply, Pan Yi sighed: "Then I have to call Pintus and Arteta right away."
"They should all be getting ready to go on vacation, right? I wonder if they will call me a workaholic, haha."
"It's okay, let them arrange for their families to go to France. After all, it's also a good vacation spot..."
(End of chapter)
