After the game against Qatar, Pan Yi was of course ready to return to the UK immediately.
This is the advantage of being a consultant. You don't need to stay to make a summary, or continue to visit various Chinese Super League venues to inspect players.
After all, there are still more than four months until the next game of Dragon Kingdom, and as Pan Yi, there are still many teams to pay attention to.
Such as York City, such as Chelsea, and even the Swedish team.
Of course, Chelsea had no games on this international match day, while York City played two league games. As a result, they were first tied 0:0 by Oldham in the away game, and then defeated York City 5:1 at home. profit.
As for why we can play all the home and away games against Burley in the first half of the round-robin game, plus the first round of the FA Cup, it is equivalent to playing three games in a short period of time...
It can only be said that in lower-level leagues, such things occasionally happen.
Most of the time it is because the schedule cannot be arranged due to some force majeure, such as singers holding concerts, venue space being postponed, or being squeezed by certain competition schedules.
In short, York City achieved a record of one win and one draw, which is not bad.
The Swedish team was not so lucky.
They came to the Stade de France to challenge the French team again, but this time they lost 1:2.
After failing to win any head-to-head matches against their main rivals, the Netherlands and France, the Swedish team looks to have a difficult time qualifying directly from Group A.
"Hey, after all, there is a gap in strength. But since we have already won the European Cup, in fact, even if we cannot participate in the World Cup, it is not a special loss..."
Sitting in the car heading to the airport, Pan Yi sighed while scrolling through relevant football news on his mobile phone.
Compared with France, Sweden's talent pool is of course much inferior. When it comes to truly competing for strength, it will inevitably fall behind.
There is no way around it. Pan Yi can help for a while, but not forever.
If a country's football wants to make great progress and development, it still has to rely on its own bottom-up youth training system and layer-by-layer selection to maintain its competitiveness in the international arena.
Just like France, why have they had so many talents in recent years and there is almost no sign of a break?
In addition to their wide range of talent selection, which can attract young talents from the vast French-speaking regions and former colonies, the youth training system represented by the Clairefontaine training base to the Clairefontaine National Football Academy is one of them. fundamental.
Strictly speaking, Clairefontaine is an elite training camp for French football. It has no player ownership. All players who come to train come from various clubs in France, and the ownership rights also belong to their respective clubs.
However, the Clairefontaine training base has very complete hardware facilities, which allows young students to train, study and live better with the guidance of various convenient facilities.
The base has 7 grass football fields and two artificial fiber fields. There are more than 60 masseurs and coaches working here all year round. There are also specialized lawn maintenance agencies and interview agencies.
Under such very complete and professional conditions, young students can grow better and faster here.
In the more than 20 years since Clairefontaine was founded, French football talents have continued to emerge, and batches of outstanding talents have been selected and "processed" well.
From the golden generation in Zidane's era, to Franck Ribery's dominance, to the Four Little Swans led by Benzema, and then to Mbappé's wanton galloping, France can be said to have some symbols in every period. star players, which is also difficult for other European countries to achieve.
"To establish such a system, it requires the support and efforts of many people. Whether it is Sweden or our national football team, there is a long way to go..."
Pan Yi was thinking that the airport had arrived.
When he opened the car door and appeared at the entrance of the terminal, he was immediately startled by the crowd surrounding him.
"Pan Yi! Pan Yi! Pan Yi!"
There are Dragon Kingdom fans shouting Pan Yi's name everywhere!
It turned out that after hearing that Pan Yi was going to take today's flight back to the UK, more and more fans had gathered at the airport since the morning.
They were waiting neatly and orderly at the airport, waiting for the hero they believed to save the national football team to appear.
When Pan Yi arrived, the scene burst into cheers.
All the fans gathered around the door, waving and shouting at Pan Yi.
Fortunately, the airport has also made preparations in advance and sent security personnel to maintain order on the scene.
Otherwise, Pan Yi may really be unable to move!
For Pan Yi, he has seen such a scene, but he has never seen such a big scene!
There are so many people coming! It’s so densely packed that I don’t know exactly how many there are.
"Hello everyone. Thank you for coming to see me off."
Pan Yi walked toward the VIP waiting room under the protection of airport security personnel, shaking hands and signing autographs with fans who approached him along the way.
But after signing a few, there is nothing you can do.
More and more people gathered, and even many domestic and foreign tourists who were originally going to take the plane gathered around when they heard the news of Pan Yi's arrival.
If this continues, I might have to stay here all day and hold a special autograph session!
As a last resort, he could only let the airport security personnel escort him to quickly get rid of the circle of fans.
In the end, Pan Yi did not forget to express his gratitude to the fans from a distance, and then got into the VIP waiting room.
Of course he is very grateful for the fans' support and love for him.
It can be said that this is even a different feeling when he was in Hamburg, Chelsea, and Sweden!
That is a kind of heartfelt support from the true "one's own people" based on the country!
Pan Yi understands that this is also his responsibility.
There is nothing happier than making the fans of your country happy! ——
This scene that happened at Kunming Airport was quickly posted on the Internet by netizens, quickly became a hot search topic, and attracted strong attention from netizens across the country.
Everyone expressed their understanding of Pan Yi's "escape" and commented:
"He runs so handsomely, I really like him."
Of course, such "news" will not be on the top of the search results.
The top ones are these:
"The national football team defeated Qatar 3:0 and won a key battle."
"Lippi achieved an important victory in his first game as coach of the national football team."
"Zheng Zhi: Pan Yi's tactics and motivation have given the national football team strength."
"Lin Liangming scored a goal in his debut for the national football team, and the national football trident performed well."
…
All kinds of domestic media, whether they are official media like CCTV, professional APPs like QQD and Live Bar, or comprehensive forums like Hupu and NGA, are all in a state of excitement and the whole nation is excited!
"Football News" used "We finally won!" as its cover title to report the news that the national football team made a strong counterattack and defeated Qatar.
In their comments, they described the victory of the Dragon Kingdom team as an inspiring counterattack, a magnificent life-and-death redemption, a desperate last-ditch battle, and a battle that excited everyone.
"According to the ratings given by CCTV, last night's life-and-death battle was watched by the whole country, and the crowds were packed out, setting a record for the highest ratings for a football match since the 2002 World Cup. This is enough to prove the nation's enthusiasm for football and the national team. High hopes.”
The commentary analyzes the experience of the top ten matches of this World Cup qualifier since the start.
From losing to South Korea in the first round to drawing with Iran in the second round, the national football team was full of optimism at this time. They believed that the team performed well and was not completely at a disadvantage against the two strongest opponents in the group. There was a chance. Compete for the right to qualify for the group.
But things took a turn for the worse in the next two games. Facing Syria and Uzbekistan, whose strength didn't look very good, the Dragon Country team played extremely poorly. In the end, they lost two consecutive games and were directly at the bottom of the group.
While morale continues to suffer, the pressure from public opinion is also increasing day by day. The national team is burdened with an unbearable burden, and the players' mentality is tragically distorted.
"Mental problems have always been the number one problem for the national team. In every key battle, the mentality always restricts the performance of the national team. This causes us to often fall behind at critical moments, leaving behind a series of extremely bitter memories, and even becoming a netizen. They make fun of the national team’s dirty jokes.”
"But this time, the national football team worked together and did not let us down again. In the last game of the first cycle, they not only defeated their opponents, but also defeated the pressure. Although the qualifying situation is still difficult, at least we can see that To hope.”
"Football News" attributed the change in the national team's mentality to Lippi's coaching and Pan Yi's joining.
"Lippi led his professional Italian coaching team into the national football team, which excited all the national football fans. And something Lippi did after taking office made the man who once led the Italian team miraculously win the 2006 The world-class coach who won the World Cup has the support of everyone."
"He personally visited Pan Yi and invited the world's best coach, whom Dragon Country fans regard as the biggest savior, to his coaching staff! This is undoubtedly more exciting than Lippi joining the Dragon Country team."
"Facts have also proven that this combination is effective. Although they only led the team for one game, they immediately gave the national football team an unprecedented combat effectiveness. They allowed us to see gratifying changes, and they also made us begin to believe. It turns out that Longguo football can also be played beautifully."
"In just over a week and just one game, they conquered everyone! Although the future is still bumpy, we can see the light!"
At the end of the comment, "Football News" also thanked the fans who watched the game at the scene, saying that it is precisely because of the loyal waiting of these fans that Longguo Football has always maintained hope.
At Kunming Tuodong Stadium, more than 40,000 fans sang the national anthem and "Ode to the Motherland" in unison, becoming the best twelfth man of the national team.
"Of course, one game is far from saying that we have solved all the problems."
"Three feet of ice did not freeze in a day. The situation that Dragon Country football has fallen into today is not the responsibility of one person. We should look at the gap calmly and rationally, and should understand and respect the laws of football."
"There is still a gap between us and the strong teams in Asia, such as Japan and South Korea Isaao. We must find the root cause, find out the symptoms, and prescribe the right medicine to cure the disease and make up for this gap."
"This game is just the beginning. We must unite as one and face difficulties so that we can move forward steadily."
"We sincerely hope that no matter what the results of the national team will be in the future, or whether they can successfully compete in the World Cup, every fan will never abandon us and support our national team forever."
"We can't expect Lippi or Pan Yi to cure the national football team that has suffered for many years in a short time, but we can fully expect that under their coaching, the national football team can regain its vitality and rise among the top teams in Asia. Forest!"
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When many well-known media at home and abroad are reporting and paying attention to the outstanding performance of the national football team in the World Cup qualifiers, Pan Yi has returned to York City.
The team's current performance in English League One is very good. After 18 rounds, they have 13 wins, 5 draws and 44 points. They are 4 points ahead of Scunthorpe who are in second place with 40 points. Of course, more importantly, Xie is in third place. Field United only had 34 points...
After all, the top two teams in League One can advance directly to the Championship. It would be nice to win the League One title, but keeping an eye on the points difference between third place is the most important thing.
At present, Sheffield United is also starting to exert its strength. They have caught up with teams such as Bolton and Bradford and have returned to the promotion zone.
But at present, it seems that York City is relatively safe, after all, it is still ten points ahead!
However, in the next two rounds of the league, York City played two draws in a row.
First, they drew with Millwall 1:1 away from home, and then they were tied 2:2 by Fleetwood at home.
In the same period, Scunthorpe had one win and one draw, so York City's lead in second place was reduced to 2 points.
This also shows that competition in the English League One is actually very fierce. As long as you are negligent, you are likely to lose the advantage that is not easy to come by.
The reason why York City's state was suddenly a little unstable was because they were affected by the FA Cup and made some rotations in the lineup.
However, as far as York City's current lineup is concerned, it is actually relatively thin.
The main lineup is indeed very strong, and Pan Yi personally collected it from all over the world;
However, the rotation lineup is basically composed of veterans who played in the English League Two last season. Both their physical condition and competitive status are in sharp decline. Only a few players can step up at critical moments.
And this is actually the norm for lower-level league teams. Even in the English Championship and Premier League, the same is true for smaller teams.
Their funds can at most guarantee a relatively strong lineup. And to achieve that even the bench has the same strength as the main team, then only a team like BIG6 may be able to do it.
Pan Yi is not prepared to make any additions to the team in this winter window, because now it seems that even this seemingly thin lineup is still enough in English League One.
If even York City feels that they cannot play in League One, then other teams will not be able to survive.
Pan Yi's plan is to wait until the English Championship before recruiting players. York City will obviously be more attractive and can recruit better players.
After playing against Fleetwood, York City will soon face their FA Cup second round opponent, Ashton.
This team from the North and South League, which is the sixth level, can be regarded as a dark horse if it can reach the second round of the FA Cup.
Scaloni and his team members also hope that after the third round of the FA Cup, they will have "masters" from the Premier League and Championship, so they still attach great importance to this game and are biased in their preparations. This is objective. This led to a miss in the English League One - and some substitutes when playing Bradford.
As for the Ashton team, they entered the FA Cup after defeating Const AFC, Bashford United, and Donington.
Then they also got a good draw in the first round. After a rematch, they defeated Westfield, also a low-level team, before reaching the second round.
Now facing the current leader of English League One, they naturally want to have an upset so that they can move on.
For this kind of semi-amateur team from the sixth level, if it can enter the third round of the FA Cup and get a team like Manchester United or Manchester City to play away, it will make a lot of money! ! !
The ticket share alone may be enough for them to spend several years...
This is also a way for FM players to get rich when playing low-level teams.
However, the moment they stepped into the West Siberia Stadium, they were frightened by the overwhelming boos from York City fans.
Now York City's home court has become an out-and-out devil's home court!
Although there are only less than 10,000 spectators present now, they can still create a noise like tens of thousands of people!
York City, which played with all its main players, crushed the Ashton team in terms of strength.
In less than a minute, Aman drove a violent motorcycle on the wing, using his speed and body to break through the heavy defense and then passed the ball. Baker in the middle made a dunk and scored!
Then Ashton was even less able to resist.
The final score of the game was 6:0, York City won a wild victory!
Although in the first round of the British Championship knockout round three days later, York City, who came on as a substitute, lost to Brighton U23 team 1:2 and were eliminated, York City fans still cheered for their team. Excited to have reached the third round of the FA Cup!
Because soon, the draw for the third round of the FA Cup is coming!
A lot of people are eyeing this draw and eyeing York City.
Everyone is wondering, what real level has this York City team reached?
Can their lineup compete with teams in the English Championship or even the Premier League?
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The office of the owner of the York City training ground was quiet. Pan Yi was the only one, leaning on the sofa and looking at the ceiling.
The players had finished their morning training, so the entire training ground was quiet. The only sound left was the sound made by the staff packing up the training equipment, but it was already very faint when it reached the office.
Today is the draw ceremony for the third round of the FA Cup, which will determine who York City's opponents will be in the third round.
Participating in the third round, in addition to the 20 low-level teams from the qualifying rounds and the first two rounds, a total of 44 teams from the English Championship and Premier League will also join the battle at this time to form the top 64.
The 64 teams then draw lots and compete against each other round by round until the final champion is determined.
Pan Yi did not watch the live broadcast of the draw because he was not very interested in it.
If you draw a weak one, you have a greater chance of moving forward, which is good;
If you draw a strong one, you can try it out with them, and you might be able to make a little money by the way, which is not bad.
Who is kicking but not kicking?
Just as I was thinking about it, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in."
As the door was suddenly opened, Chairman McGill's figure appeared in front of Pan Yi.
"The FA Cup draw results are out!" McGill looked a little excited.
Pan Yi was a little curious.
"Who was drawn? It couldn't be Chelsea, could it?"
To be honest, this should be the most dramatic and topical draw result.
If this lottery ceremony can really be manipulated, the Football Association should choose this most eye-catching lottery method, right?
As the boss, Pan Yi will face his former club Chelsea!
It is also the second meeting between York City and Chelsea in the cup!
"Uh... no." Hearing what Pan Yi said, McGill seemed a little disappointed.
After all, he also understands that playing against Chelsea, the seven-time champions, would be the biggest gimmick.
It doesn't matter if York City loses as a League One team, but the main thing is that it can attract more attention from the media and fans, which is very helpful in increasing York's popularity.
"I also hope to draw Chelsea, but... that's about it, it's Arsenal!"
Hearing what McGill said, Pan Yi nodded, "Oh, okay. Is it home or away?"
"We are going to play at the Emirates Stadium, their home stadium." McGill replied.
Pan Yi smiled: "That's good. The Emirates Stadium can seat 60,000 people. We can get a lot of money this time. Does Scaloni know?"
"Well," McGill nodded, "I just called him to inform him!"
"Then how did he react?"
"No response, very calm. He just said oh, then said he was having dinner with his family and hung up the phone."
Pan Yi laughed: "I think he must be very excited. He finally has the opportunity to lead the team and play against a truly strong team!"
McGill also smiled and said: "Maybe, but I couldn't tell it on the phone. But no matter whether we win or lose this game, we still make money."
"I hope to win." Pan Yi stood up and looked out the window at the empty training ground:
"If we can win against Arsenal, it will give our boys super confidence! And this kind of self-confidence will be of great help to them in future games..."
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The next day, almost all British newspapers published reports on the draw results for the third round of the FA Cup.
There are several "civil wars" between Premier League teams that are more interesting.
One is West Ham vs. Manchester City at home;
Another game is Everton vs. Leicester City;
There is also Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa.
Apart from that, the game that attracted the most attention was the game between Arsenal and York City.
"Pan Yi and Scaloni are back!"
"Things are different now. In the FA Cup, which he is best at and values most, Wenger will definitely teach York City, who only have the strength of League One, how to behave."
"The FA Cup has always been a breeding ground for upsets. Will Pan Yi's York City overthrow Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium?"
Because of Pan Yi's existence, the confrontation between the two teams became full of gimmicks.
This originally ordinary FA Cup match has naturally attracted the attention of major media and newspapers... (End of Chapter)
