"A completely different performance!"
Shortly after the end of the China-Syria war, major media outlets praised the performance of the national football team on their front pages.
After this game, Dragon Kingdom's points reached 13 points, and it officially surpassed South Korea and Uzbekistan in the Group A standings, climbing to the second position!
From being at the bottom of the group with one draw and three losses in the first four rounds, to being promoted to second place in the group with four consecutive wins after eight rounds and hoping to qualify directly, the changes in the national football team during this period can undoubtedly be called "reborn."
And everyone knows that such huge changes are, of course, thanks to the national football coaching staff led by Lippi and Pan Yi.
If we talk about the game against Syria, the national football team also defeated the opponent with a rotation lineup, which also reflected the flexible use of troops by the coaching staff, indicating that this national football team does not only rely on a few players.
Under the stimulation and guidance of the new coaching staff, even the original bench players can still shine at critical moments and make their own contributions to the national football team!
"In this game, the starting lineup of the national football team underwent a rotation of up to five players, but the overall strength of the team was not greatly affected by this, and it still took the initiative in the game."
"Like Hao Junmin and Zhang Xizhe, they effectively drove the national team's offense throughout the game. Gao Lin, who came on as a substitute, also performed well, and Deng Hanwen and Yu Hanchao even scored goals!"
"Especially Deng Hanwen. This young defender only plays for BJ He in the Chinese League One and has not played a few games for the national team before. But it is said that Pan Yi persuaded Lippi to let him replace the injured Mei Fang in the starting lineup. , and the results have been very good.”
"It can be said that Pan Yi has brought his dazzling eyes when he was in the club to the national team! The national football team is very lucky!"
In the end, the media greatly praised the coaching staff composed of Lippi and Pan Yi.
"Replacing the five starting players from the previous three consecutive victories in one go. If it were any coach in the country, I'm afraid he wouldn't have such courage and confidence."
"Although there are some objective factors for making such a big adjustment, the fact is that many coaches, even if their core players are injured, will still ask them to play with injuries for the sake of stability."
"And Lippi and Pan Yi just waved their hands and stopped the injured! This is to ensure the team's condition and for the sake of the players' careers. This is the real world-class coach!"
"Now the victory in this game gives us real hope of qualifying! Thank you Lippi, thank you Pan Yi!"
"Of course, as Lippi and Pan Yi said before, with our current strength, no matter what kind of opponent we face, we will not have an advantage. We can only have a chance of winning by fighting game after game. Don't be too ambitious, let alone be arrogant."
"We can only repay our trust in them. Let us look forward to the next game against Uzbekistan at the end of August!"
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In fact, the ninth round of Group A is held around August 31.
At this point in time, for the club, it is actually already next season.
As the club owner, Pan Yi, it is time to go back and prepare for York City's preparations for next season.
After a day's rest in Malaysia, Pan Yi said goodbye to the coaches and players of the national football team and flew directly to the UK.
When he goes back, he first has to attend to an important event - that is, the construction of York City's new stadium will officially begin!
Longguo's construction group has already moved various large machinery to the location of the new stadium, and a large construction team has also arrived.
How huge is it?
In terms of various machines alone, there are 15 truck-type cranes, 5 220-ton and 600-ton all-terrain cranes, 30 large excavators, 5 pump trucks, 20 mixer trucks, 3 rotary drills and 8 Front stacker...
After Pan Yi presided over a simple groundbreaking ceremony, the construction of the new York City Stadium began.
Construction of the new stadium has begun, but the old stadium has not been demolished. Anyway, the place here is big enough.
Before the new stadium is built, the old stadium can naturally continue to be used, which also eliminates the trouble of temporarily renting a venue.
In the Yorkshire area, if you want a stadium that meets the standards of the English Championship and Premier League, you have to go to Leeds United or Sheffield;
And they originally wanted to participate in the league. Coordination itself is not an easy task, and people may not be willing to rent it to you.
Therefore, Pan Yi has already made such a plan. When the new stadium is built, the old stadium can also be converted into a commercial area or used as a memorial hall so that old fans can still recall the atmosphere they have experienced here in the past few decades. Rain or shine.
When the news came out that the construction of the new stadium had begun, both local TV stations in Yorkshire and media from London, Liverpool and other places came to watch and report on it.
Because this is not only York City's new stadium, but also the first stadium built by Longguo Construction Company in the UK!
According to chief engineer Zhu Zhongyi, due to the complex structural system of the new stadium, the team used building information modeling technology throughout the entire process from the beginning of design to final construction.
The database based on this technology and a large number of domestically developed operating procedures increase the efficiency of modeling and drawing by more than 80% compared with traditional methods. The simultaneous delivery of visual three-dimensional models and traditional two-dimensional drawings facilitates the integrated development of design and construction. Provides great convenience.
This is what attracted the attention of local British media. Longguo's construction technology is now leading the world, and its title of "Infrastructure Maniac" is truly well-deserved.
This also shows that the current "Made in Dragon Country" is no longer ordinary manufacturing, but high-level manufacturing, the output of the entire industry chain from products to services.
In order to better complete the work, Longguo's construction team also divided the entire project into several stages, starting from the south side of the stadium, then gradually adding construction units, and finally connecting all parts. Only when the stadium is completed After that, we will start to build the surrounding areas.
As previously planned, the entire football stadium is divided into seven floors, and there is a multi-storey parking lot underground that can accommodate more than 10,000 cars.
The stadium is located on a large landscaped platform that brings visitors from all levels to the entrance level, with the main entrance plaza located in the middle of the auditorium.
This platform connects the stadium to the adjacent landscape and reduces its scale.
The huge parabolic void within the platform represents different activity areas, and most spectators can enter and exit the stadium from the east exit.
The space to the north-east will contain a community market, while the space at the south-east end will house an events park, with vehicle access from a parabolic space within the western platform, where athletes, officials and VIPs can drop off.
It is foreseeable that the stadium will be well integrated with the area and will also become the central area of York City. On non-match days, a variety of rich community activities can be held in and around the stadium.
As for the name of this stadium...
Although it has not yet been finalized, according to a poll among York City fans, the vast majority of people think that this stadium should be called——
Pan Yi Stadium!
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While the construction of the new stadium began, Pan Yi also had to start dealing with the money thrown at him from major clubs.
Nothing else, York City's performance this season is great!
And most of the players in the team are young future stars, so it is almost impossible not to arouse the covetousness of other clubs.
For example, on this day, Director Horta came to report to Pan Yi: "Manchester United made an offer to us. They hope to buy De Ligt and Alphonso Davies in a package. The offer is 30 million pounds. Said we could discuss it further.”
Manchester United's determination to introduce defensive players is foreseeable.
Their defense has actually been unstable in the past few seasons.
It can also be said that since the departure of the legendary defensive partnership of Ferdinand and Vidic, Manchester United has been unable to find a real replacement for them.
This season, Mourinho often uses the combination of Rojo + Bailly, and sometimes Phil Jones, but it always feels not so stable.
The same goes for the full-backs. "Professor Young" Ashley Young is diligent, but he is always a little short of a first-class star. Damian on the other side can only be said to be quite satisfactory.
It's no wonder that Mourinho drools when looking at young full-backs like Alphonso Davies who are extremely fast and can make sudden passes.
"Reject them, we have signed new contracts with the players, no one can poach them!" Pan Yi refused without thinking.
Before the season was over, Pan Yi chose to increase the salary and renew the contracts with the players. Wasn't it just to prevent this?
These young players are the cornerstone of York City's future development, and Pan Yi really doesn't want to let any of them go.
Now he is not short of money!
Besides, these young people were all only 17 or 18 years old when they came to York City. If they stay in the team for another two years, they will be able to obtain "household registration books" in each place. Wouldn't it be even more exciting then?
Selling now is definitely not worth the gain.
Not to mention that York City will play in the European competition next season. The current lineup alone is already very thin.
It was too late for Pan Yi to replenish his staff, so how could he sell people?
Let’s talk again…
Manchester United wants to pack up two potential stocks with the 30 million. Are they thinking about peaches?
Whether it's De Ligt or Alphonso Davies, if they practice for another year or two, each of them can sell for more than 80 million, okay!
"Okay. But there's more..." Horta smiled again, "Arsenal also made an offer to us. They want Amon, and the offer is 20 million pounds!"
It is well known that Wenger has always wanted a fast striker.
Big Giroud is certainly good, but he's really slow. Sanchez is the big leg, but Wenger needs another wing.
It's a pity that the "little tiger" Walcott, whom the professor promoted a long time ago, is now almost "injured" by Zhongyong, and the development of Joel Campbell, another player from Costa Rica, has also failed to meet expectations. Wen Ge is already preparing to loan him out.
As a supplement, Wenger certainly hopes to buy a real "little motorcycle", and Amon, who performed well in the English League One, also came into his sight.
To be honest, it is not easy for Arsenal, who are relatively short of money, to be able to offer a high price of 20 million for a League One player.
But obviously, Pan Yi's answer is still "NO".
"Tell Wenger that our York City is not open to the sale of any players for the time being. Please go to other places and have a look." Pan Yi said, thought for a while, then smiled, "You can also say that it was me who suggested it, okay. Go to Ligue 1 and have a look, there must be a fellow player he likes there."
In Pan Yi's impression, at this point in his previous life, Wenger introduced Lacazette from Lyon in Ligue 1, and it seemed that he spent 50 to 60 million pounds...
Of course, it's not that Arsenal's transfer budget this year has suddenly been raised so high, but that some players in the team have left, freeing up some space.
For example, Chamberlain will be sold to Liverpool, where he will earn 30 to 40 million pounds.
Then the departures of people like Gabriel Paulista, Szczesny, Gibbs and others are almost enough to buy a Lacazette.
Anyway, I don’t care what Wenger does to you, but don’t even think about gold mining in York City!
Besides, although players like Amon performed well last season and were selected for the Cameroon national team, Pan Yi feels that this guy's instructions are only in his hands.
If under Arsene Wenger he plays hard to pass and control, and as a result, Amon's weak basic skills are exposed, and he can only be left on the bench in the end, wouldn't he be wronged?
So not selling is the best choice, so as not to lose three times.
"And Chelsea..." Horta hesitated, then added, "They want to buy Baker. And Rice..."
Chelsea is certainly a special one for Pan Yi.
But no matter how special it is, the accounts must be settled clearly between brothers, and these two players can't give it to them either!
The main reason why Chelsea wanted to purchase from Pan Yi was that they finally experienced a loss of personnel.
Last season, although the Blues won the Premier League championship, they lost to York City in the FA Cup final, and in the more important Champions League final, they also lost to Real Madrid 0:2.
Cristiano Ronaldo's brace allowed Real Madrid to exact revenge on Chelsea and regain the Champions League title!
In other words, Chelsea's dominance in the European arena has also declined to a certain extent, and it is definitely not as good as Pan Yi's seven-championship period.
By this summer, Manchester United took the lead in "attacking" Chelsea, waving checks.
Mourinho first spent 40 million pounds on his favorite player Matic, and then simply spent 75 million pounds to lure Lukaku away.
In addition, they also spent 30 million pounds to buy Swedish international Lindelof from Benfica...it can be said that they specifically targeted Pan Yi's former disciples.
Perhaps in Mourinho's vision, a central defender combination like Lindelof + De Ligt is his ideal combination, but it is a pity that De Ligt is unavailable.
As for Chelsea, they have lost Lukaku and Matic, and of course they have to make up for the corresponding positions.
Baker, who has successively won the Golden Boot in English League Two and English League One, is far behind Lukaku in terms of position, but after all, he is "produced by Pan Yi" and cannot be watered down.
In addition, it is the big center they need most now, so they still want to fight for it.
As for Rice, he was originally from Chelsea's youth training. Although he was not welcomed in the team before, he has now proven himself in English League One and the FA Cup. Chelsea also hopes that he can return.
After hearing this, Pan Yi just nodded and said, "I will call them directly to talk to them, so you don't have to worry about it yet."
Based on Pan Yi's close relationship with the Chelsea club, it would indeed be more appropriate for Pan Yi to communicate with them directly.
Of course, there is and can only be one result of communication, which is to reject all acquisition requests.
Rich clubs like Chelsea should stop focusing on the small temple in York City and go outside to buy more people!
Of course, Pan Yi will also give his own advice to old friends.
For example, Rudiger, who is still in Hamburg, is very good. It would be good to buy him to supplement the defense. After all, captain Terry is leaving the team.
In addition, I heard that Arteta also wants to buy Morata from Real Madrid. Pan Yi will advise him to be cautious, fearing that he will lose money...
In short, it’s okay to recommend players and give buying advice, but if you want to buy someone from York City, there’s no way!
After rejecting the purchase requests from major clubs one by one, Pan Yi is about to take action.
The first is to officially promote the players in the youth team who are capable of playing in the British Championship to the first team.
Take Huang Zichang, for example. He actually played in several first-team games last season and performed pretty well. He will be given more opportunities this season.
The other two players are Kvaratskhelia and Saliba.
These two players are only over 16 years old, so it is a bit reluctant to let them play the main role, but they can train with the first team first, or they can adapt to the atmosphere of the professional arena first, and then slowly improve.
Then, there is the large-scale purchase plan, which is also the focus of Pan Yi's work this summer!
In his hands, there is already a long purchase list.
Leo, Scamaca, De Jong, Barrera, Tonali, DiMarco, Araujo, Tomori, Bastoni, Militao, Onana...
Basically, they are all positions that York City currently needs, and they are also potential stocks in the future.
Regardless of whether they will come or not, Pan Yi will always try to get through them one by one. As long as he can buy a few, he will definitely make money in the future!
In order to fight on multiple fronts next season, the first team must have a team of at least 20 high-level players, so it is necessary to buy so many players.
In addition, in this list, Pan Yi also deliberately increased the number of Italian players in each line.
These can be said to be the future hopes of the Italian national team!
As for Pan Yi, in his heart he still hopes to personally lead a national team to compete in the World Cup, and the kind that has the hope of winning the championship!
At present, it seems that he is getting closer to his position in the Italian national team.
In recent European World Cup qualifiers, Italy's performance can be said to be very poor.
In their head-to-head matchup with Spain on the road, they were defeated by a score of 0:3, with almost no power to fight back.
And this is not over yet. In the next match with the underdog North Macedonia, they were tied 1:1 by their opponents - North Macedonia seems to be the real sufferer of Italy. In Pan Yi's previous life, it was their opponent in the 2022 World Cup. Defeating Italy in the European play-offs prevented them from qualifying for the World Cup for two consecutive years.
As a result of these two games, the Italian team has almost lost the qualification to directly qualify from the group, and it is almost a foregone conclusion that it will be forced to play in the play-offs.
Italian head coach Ventura has also been at the forefront of public opinion. Countless Italian fans have called for his dismissal!
As for Pan Yi, who was recommended by Lippi, he can indeed start to prepare for a rainy day.
The current lineup of the Italian national team is really not that good.
The originally most stable backline is now getting older, and the BBC backcourt formed by Chiellini, Bonucci, and Barzagli has also begun to make frequent mistakes;
In the midfield and frontcourt, De Rossi is also old, and the forwards Immobile and Belotti are also in trouble.
So Pan Yi is trying to find a way to get those Italian future stars into his team, practice them well, and then go out to play for the country!
Wouldn't it be great if both parties can make money in this way?
After determining the target, Pan Yi began to visit one by one according to the names on the little demon's list.
The first one is his most important goal this summer: Italian Tonali!
