The day after the Sino-Iraqi War, York City.
When Pan Yi woke up from a full sleep, he was still immersed in the carnival atmosphere of winning in front of 100,000 Iranians last night, and the cheers of thousands of Dragon Country fans seemed to be ringing in his ears.
After the team played in Iran, they flew back to BJ from Tehran overnight and then disbanded on the spot.
Because the players need to return to their clubs as soon as possible to prepare for their respective leagues, and European international players like Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning naturally fly directly from Iran to Germany and the Netherlands.
As for Pan Yi, of course he went back to York City with Lin Liangming.
But even in the UK, Pan Yi can feel the joy that this game brings to the people of the entire country.
Three consecutive victories, and defeats against the two major victims of the national football team, South Korea and Iran, have made news about the national football team firmly occupy the top of the hot searches, stable and unshakable.
When Pan Yi opened the AB website to look at his homepage, he also found that there were tens of thousands of comments under the recently updated video.
In fact, Pan Yi did not shoot a video about the national football team. After all, he is not the theoretical leader in the national football team. Doing so would be inappropriate both emotionally and rationally.
So his latest video on the AB website is actually about York City's FA Cup match against Swansea. It probably captured the celebration scene after the promotion.
But the fans of Dragon Kingdom don’t care about this, they just keep commenting below:
"Master Pan Yi, I kneel down for you!"
"You are the savior of the national football team!"
"Pan Yi, I want to give birth to monkeys with you, many, many monkeys!..."
In fact, Pan Yi also found that many of the people who came here to comment were not fans. For example, some still didn't understand what offside was, what the formation meant, and so on.
But this does not prevent them from putting their greatest enthusiasm into it.
This is football!
It has this power to unite everyone!
For example, in the 1998 World Cup, when the French team won the championship, it is said that France's GDP increased by several percentage points that year.
When the national football team qualified for the World Cup qualifiers for the first time in 2001, it was also a national carnival.
At this time, it is no longer important to care about who is a fan or not.
Why is the World Cup the largest human event in the world?
It’s not just a sporting event, it’s actually more like a large gathering that brings together people of different skin colors, different beliefs, and different countries to achieve mankind’s favorite competition in a peaceful way.
"Play football, not war."
This may be the greatest meaning of football.
Pan Yi looked at the comments with joy. This kind of happiness was something he had never experienced before when he was coaching at the club.
When a game is given national significance, it is really completely different from an ordinary game...
Of course, the reason why Chinese football fans are so happy is that, in addition to defeating Iran and South Korea, the two "bad guys" who have bullied the Chinese football team for many years, another important reason is that the current situation of the Chinese football team's qualifying in the group stage has also become optimistic.
The results of the seventh round were South Korea 1:0 Syria, Uzbekistan 1:0 Qatar, and Iran 1:2 Dragon Kingdom.
In this way, after seven rounds, the points ranking of Group A is as follows:
1. Iran has 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with 14 points.
2. South Korea has 4 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses and 13 points.
3. Uzi has 4 wins, 2 losses and 12 points.
4. Dragon Kingdom has 3 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses and 10 points.
5. Syria has 2 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses and 8 points.
6. Qatar has 1 win, 6 losses and 3 points.
After Iran's unbeaten streak was broken by Dragon Kingdom, they were also caught up in points by South Korea and Uzbekistan. They need to perform more stably in the next three games.
Qatar has bid farewell to the 2018 World Cup ahead of schedule after losing to Uzbekistan.
As for the Dragon Kingdom team, they finally surpassed Syria and rose to fourth place in the standings!
Although it is said that if you want to get the top two, you still have to look at the faces of others, especially the results of Iran and South Korea, but at least when it comes to competing for the third place in the group, Longguo has firmly held its hope in its own hands!
It seems that they are still 2 points behind Uzbekistan, but they have a head-to-head confrontation later, and the Dragon Kingdom is still playing at home.
In other words, as long as the Dragon Kingdom can seize this opportunity to defeat its opponent, it can overwhelm Uzbekistan with its own strength and occupy the third place in the group!
In general, the Dragon Kingdom team had no hope at the beginning and was on the verge of elimination. Now it is able to maintain three points and compete for two, or even compete for first place. It is simply a miracle!
It is precisely because of this that the victory over Iran seems so important now. The difference between one point and three points is really big!
Now everyone across the country is celebrating. From the most authoritative party journals to ordinary street tabloids, they all focus on reporting on this victory.
And everyone can see that in just a few months, the national football team has transformed from a clown ridiculed by the people to a hero praised by everyone. Who is the biggest contributor?
Therefore, the reputation of Lippi's coaching team has really skyrocketed!
And Pan Yi's influence in China is at its peak.
It's very simple. Pan Yi's role in this team can be seen and heard by everyone, whether it is in the live broadcast footage or in the mouths of various coaches and players.
And Pan Yi is a native of Longguo. As the best head coach recognized in the world, he is already very popular among Chinese people. Now he leads his national team to defeat powerful enemies. Of course, everyone is even more fond of him. Highly recommended.
It can be said that media reporters and fans across the country now worship him as a god!
Think about it, what was it like when Milu led the team to the World Cup?
This time, Pan Yi came to turn the tide at the most critical moment for the national football team. It seemed that the difficulty was much higher than that of Milu.
If he can really bring the national football team to the World Cup in the end, then Milu will really not be able to compare with him.
If you take Pan Yi's status in world football into account, it is even less comparable!
However, whether the national football team will really create a miracle in the end and break out of the group stage in one fell swoop is not yet known so soon.
National team games, especially qualifiers such as the World Cup and the European Cup, are played at every opportunity between leagues, often lasting several months, or even a year or two.
It is now March, and the next eighth round of the away game against Syria will be played on June 13, with an interval of three months.
Then the ninth round of the home game against Uzbekistan will be until August 31, which will take more than two months.
The last is the tenth round, an away game against Qatar on September 5.
Looking at the first round, it started on September 1 last year, so the top 12 matches in Asia alone will take a whole year. If you add the previous top 40 matches, it will take even longer.
Therefore, Pan Yi can only put aside the national football affairs and pay attention to the situation of York City Club first.
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When Pan Yi returned to the Dragon Kingdom and followed the national football team to destroy South Korea and fuck Iran, York City had already played four English League One games.
Although York City's offensive power on both wings has been greatly affected by the promotion of Lin Liangming and Kulusevski to the national team, Scaloni still directed the team to achieve a good record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. .
7 points gained, which also brought York City's points to 93 points after 41 rounds in English League One.
Sheffield United is still ranked second with 85 points.
But that's not what York City cares about.
More importantly, Bolton, ranked third, currently has only 79 points!
93-79 = 14 points, and the total of 46 rounds of the English League One was completely over in only five games.
This means that if York City wins the next round, they will qualify for promotion to the British Championship next season four rounds in advance!
Even a tie would be enough. Because York City's goal difference is 25 goals higher than Bolton's, chasing so many goal differences in five games is undoubtedly a fantasy.
It is against this background that York City faced the challenge of Bristol Rovers at home.
However, being homeless in Bristol is not a bad thing.
Although they are currently only ninth in the standings, the gap between them and sixth place is not large, and they still have a good chance of reaching the play-offs.
Therefore, they also want to use this battle with the top team York City to boost their morale and achieve their goals in one go!
On the contrary, when York City faced the "final kick" of being promoted to the British Championship immediately, they obviously thought too much.
After the game started, Bristol Rovers turned away and completely overwhelmed York City in terms of momentum.
Under the watchful eyes of nearly 20,000 fans at home, Bristol Rovers managed to penetrate York City's defense twice in a row within 10 minutes, which could not be easily breached even by Premier League teams.
0:2, the red scoreboard on the West Siberian stadium looked so shocking!
This surprised Pan Yi in the stands.
After all, since today's game has the meaning of "accomplishing all efforts in one battle", Scaloni also sent all the main players.
Baker comes forward, Kulusevski and Armand are on the two wings, the three midfielders are Karlstrom, Rice and Alonso, and the four defenders are still Alphonso Davis and West. Mann, De Ligt, Jianyang Fuyasu, goalkeeper Isaacson.
Except for letting Dragon Country international Lin Liangming, who played all two games against South Korea and Iran, sit on the bench to rest, everything that could be played was played.
But what I didn't expect was that Bristol Rovers played very fiercely today, and the two wingers were so fast. In comparison, the reaction of York City players seemed to be half a beat slower.
A breakthrough from the wing, a pass from the bottom, and a shot from the center.
It was the same routine. In just ten minutes, York City was scored twice by Bristol Rovers.
Everyone stared blankly as the opponent's players celebrated with their own fans and then ran all the way back to their own half.
When passing by the York City players, they still had very annoying smiles on their faces, as if to say: "Hey, is this York City, which is ranked first in English League One? This is what it means to reach the FA Cup semi-finals." York City? That's all..."
Scaloni on the sidelines looked very angry at the performance of his players. If De Zerbi hadn't held him down, he might have torn down the ceiling of the coaching bench.
"Don't put too much pressure on them!" De Zerbi advised. "There have been many games recently and their physical recovery is not ideal. In addition, the pressure of this game is too great. They are still young and it is a bit overwhelming!"
Scaloni gradually calmed down.
He also admitted that the current situation is largely due to his being too optimistic.
Ranked first, reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup, with high morale, facing the ninth-ranked team at home, what reason is there to lose?
This resulted in him not doing enough preparation before the game. At least he did not have a good grasp of the players' psychology. In addition, he was a little restrained in tactics, which made the game passive from the beginning.
But how to reverse the current situation?
Scaloni has a headache!
Also having the same headache is Pan Yi in the stands.
He felt that this game exposed too many problems, especially in terms of the psychological quality of the players, and York City did not respond adequately in this regard.
When you are only one step away from success, how can you calm yourself down, treat it as an ordinary game, and then deal with it easily?
This is a problem that many young players will face, and it has also become a hurdle in the growth of many players.
This has also resulted in York City's current momentum being completely suppressed.
Don't underestimate this momentum. Sometimes teams of equal strength can score big scores because of their momentum.
York City has had a proud momentum for a long time. With this momentum, they can even defeat Arsenal and Tottenham, and they can also achieve reversals and win in tough battles time and time again.
But once the momentum was suppressed, York City was like a disarmed soldier, standing in a hail of bullets, waiting to be shot.
Bristol Rovers' head coach Clark is very smart and perceptive. He knows that his team's strength will definitely not be able to overwhelm York City, and the opponent has home advantage and will definitely look down upon him.
Therefore, unlike most other teams that came to Western Siberia, they did the opposite. They put pressure on the home team from the start, and then attacked York City's weaknesses from the beginning, not allowing York City to slow down. Angry.
Especially the wing guarded by Alphonso Davis. Although he is very fast and can return to defense in time, after all, he still focuses on offense and neglects defense. His defensive position and interception ability are still a little bit behind.
Under the strong attack of Bristol Rovers, York City's left wing was completely suppressed. As a whole, York City was also dragged into the rhythm of Bristol Rovers and was led by the opponent.
"We have to make changes at the left back, otherwise it will be too late if we score again."
Pan Yi has found the answer to the question.
Players' psychological problems can only be left to young people to adjust, feel, and then improve.
And it can be dealt with tactically.
Moreover, if the correct tactics can suppress the opponent's performance, it will also help restore the self-confidence of our own players. From the side, it can also help the psychological adjustment of young players.
It's just that Scaloni doesn't seem ready to make any adjustments to the formation yet.
After all, York City is lagging behind now, and Alphonso Davies is the team's most important wing offensive weapon. Scaloni will definitely not want to move this position at this time.
so……
Pan Yi took out the phone.
Normally he would not interfere with Scaloni's decision, but this time it was a little different.
Today, 20,000 York City fans came here happily to witness York City defeat Bristol Rovers at home.
Everyone knows that as long as they defeat Bristol Rovers, York City will enter the British Championship four rounds ahead of schedule. This is another historic moment!
This is also the highest point that York City Club can reach in its history!
Pan Yi doesn't want to disappoint so many fans.
The next game is an away game against Swindon Town. In fact, if you win the next game, you can still enter the Championship, but there is still a big difference between winning away from home and winning at home...
Even York City club officials have prepared some celebration ceremonies.
I can only feel aggrieved to Scaloni, otherwise if the kick continues like this, if a tragedy occurs, all the people of Yorkshire will not be able to sleep well today!
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"What, the boss's phone number?" Scaloni took the phone in surprise and listened.
Then he nodded gradually.
Obviously, Pan Yi was analyzing the current situation and hidden dangers on the field with him, and gave him his own suggestions.
Then the frown on Scaloni's face relaxed.
Sure enough, he is the boss who knows the most about football in the world!
When I was a little overwhelmed, I came to help in time.
This tactic is not particularly complicated, but the purpose is to strengthen the offense;
But in terms of actual implementation, it is true that a relatively large number of personnel will be mobilized. No wonder Scaloni did not think of it for a while.
That is to move Alphonso Davis forward and directly move to the left winger position to make full use of his offensive ability.
As for the left back, let Fu Yasu Jianyang move from the right to the left to play, so as to stabilize the defense on this side.
At this time, Rice dropped to the central defender position, partnering with De Ligt to play as a double central defender, while Westerman played at right back.
At the same time, Kulusevski also retreated from the right wing position to the midfielder, and Aman moved from the left to the right.
After such a "big shift", York City still maintains the 4-3-3 formation, but the players in most positions have changed, and the offensive combination has also become Alphonso Davies + Baker + Armand.
More importantly, York City's two full-backs on the wings are both defensive players and can well block Bristol Rovers' rapid wing attacks.
In addition, after such adjustments, Bristol Rovers' preparations before the game will be largely ineffective, because suddenly the opposing players have changed!
Scaloni had to admit that this was indeed a very good move.
It's a bit risky, but worth a try!
Thinking about it, Scaloni looked up at the stands behind him, and Pan Yi was sitting not far behind them. He was looking at him with concern and nodded at him, as if he was saying, just bet on this. A handful!
Scaloni gritted his teeth, walked to the sidelines, and began to deploy this new formation!
It didn't take long for the players on the court to receive Scaloni's new instructions and immediately follow the head coach's arrangements.
After this series of adjustments, York City really began to stabilize the situation.
Although Bristol Rovers still played exclusively on the left, under the guarding of Fu Yasu Jianyang, the opponent's winger Billon Moore hardly got any chance, especially after several fierce but accurate tackles by Fu Yasu Jianyang. , he was completely withered.
The threat from the left was gone, and York City finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The head coach of Bristol Rovers also asked the team to strengthen their defense in a timely manner. It was obvious that in the first half they only intended to maintain their two-goal lead.
However, York City obviously does not intend to just give up. It has been tricked twice. If it does not regain some ground, it will not be York City!
"Here, give it to me!"
When Alonso took the ball, Alphonso Davies put his hands up and shouted.
Although he often provided assists when playing as a full-back, it was rare for him to play as an authentic winger today, and he was extremely happy.
Even though the score is behind now, he seems more excited than ever.
Of course, in fact, with Alphonso Davis' ability, he will not be bad even if he really plays as a winger. He will even often appear in the winger position when he is in the Canadian national team in the future.
Alonso obviously also trusted him and passed the ball directly to his feet with one kick.
Alphonso Davis leaned on the opponent and cleverly stopped the ball. He first pretended to move towards the left sideline, but suddenly knocked the ball back with his right foot. With a pull of his left foot, he was deceived into shifting his center of gravity. It is no longer possible for the defensive player to the left to stop him.
After Alphonso Davis passed an opponent's player, he was not in a hurry, because he clearly saw that Karlstrom and Kulusevski had already come up, and high center Baker was Firmly occupying the most advantageous position in the penalty area, in this case, hastily breaking forward will undoubtedly waste the opportunity.
But the Bristol Rovers players saw him coming so fast and thought he was going to continue moving forward, so they immediately stepped forward to block the position, but instead leaked the space behind him.
Alphonso Davis saw the opportunity and made a direct cross pass to the center.
Karlström deliberately missed it, and Kulusevski, who was following behind, caught up with him, stopped the ball, and shot angrily, all in one go!
The ball drew a strange arc in the air, then dropped rapidly in the penalty area, grazing the crossbar and entering the net, 2:1!
In the 35th minute of the first half, York City finally took a breath and recovered a goal!
The West Siberian Stadium was filled with cheers!
This goal greatly inspired the York City fans and also boosted the morale of York City.
Especially for the York City players whose momentum had been suppressed before, once the pressure is released, the anger caused by the rebound will be enough to crush any opponent.
At this time, Scaloni also seized on the opponent's loopholes. Knowing that their right back was strong in offense and weak in defense, and had insufficient defensive capabilities, he asked Alphonso Davies to continue attacking the wing and seize the opponent's loopholes. Bugs are in hot pursuit.
At this time, Bristol Rovers behaved like a snake that was caught seven inches. The forwards could not break through York City's defense, but York City clung to the loopholes in the defense, so they played all kinds of games. Uncomfortable.
After struggling for 5 minutes, Bristol Rovers announced that the goal had been lost again.
This time it was Karlström's long shot. He received Alonso's cross from the front of the penalty area and scored the equalizer.
After equalizing the score, York City seemed to be full of momentum, and even showed a fierceness like a tiger coming out of the gate.
In the 45th minute, which was the final stage of the first half, Fu Yasu Jianyang successfully intercepted the ball on the left, dribbled the ball forward, and then handed it to Alphonso Davis in front.
Alphonso Davies took the ball with his back and knocked it back to Karlström who was following in the back row, who then passed it to Kulusevski.
Kulusevski looked up and saw Jianyang Fuyasu who was still running quickly towards the baseline. He immediately passed the ball behind him and directly found Jianyang Fuyasu who successfully countered offside.
After he stopped the ball, he adjusted and before the opponent's full-back arrived, he passed the ball into the penalty area with his big foot.
In every attack, Baker was like a nail, firmly nailed into the opponent's penalty area, and Bristol Rovers did not dare to be careless about the top scorer in the English League. They often even arranged two A tall player was near him.
But even so, Baker still found an opportunity, found the right spot for Fuyasu Jianyang's cross, and hit it head on.
Bristol Rovers goalkeeper Pudi was standing at the near post. He instinctively pounced and saved Baker's ball towards the far post.
But at the moment the goalkeeper landed, he saw a red figure approaching from far away, kicking the ball he saved, then raising his arms crazily in celebration, running towards the stands where the fans were, and He even made some exaggerated celebrations excitedly.
None other than Alphonso Davies!
Alphonso Davies, who played forward today, scored the go-ahead goal for York City, 3:2!
Pan Yi, like all the York City fans in the stands, spontaneously started fighting from the stands the moment the goal was scored, shouting loudly, and the York City team anthem suddenly sounded in the stands.
Gradually, the singing spread throughout the entire West Siberian stadium!
York City achieved another great comeback in this crucial game that determines whether they can be promoted to the British Championship!
