After the Hamburg team arrived in Milan, Pan Yi attended the pre-match press conference.
This press conference also attracted the attention of many media.
After all, this is the first time Pan Yi faces his old club after leaving Milan!
Naturally, everyone wants to know how Pan Yi is feeling now and how he views this game?
Pan Yi said frankly:
"Milan was my first stop in professional football, and I will always have special feelings for it."
"There are many times when I will miss the days when I was here, and I will also miss the enthusiastic fans here, even the taxi drivers and the ramen shop owner."
"But I am a professional coach, and now Milan is my opponent. So I will do my best to win in tomorrow's game!"
A reporter asked Pan Yi about his current views on Milan.
After all, Milan has been in a bit of internal and external troubles in the past two years. Both the club's operating conditions and the team's performance have been deteriorating. Of course, reporters want to know what Pan Yi thinks of his old club, including those calling for him to come back as head coach.
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However, Pan Yi declined to comment on this aspect.
He said it had nothing to do with this game, so he didn't want to say anything more.
In fact, many reporters have asked Pan Yi about Allegri's use of troops in the past two years. For example, Milan's game was particularly ugly and he could only make crosses.
In particular, I was asked many times about whether it was reasonable to abandon several of the original main players, but Pan Yi did not give a positive response.
This can be regarded as a certain degree of respect given to Allegri.
After all, although Pan Yi knew that Allegri did have quite a problem in his use of players and understanding of tactics, what would change if he pointed it out in front of reporters?
Ah Jong, a stubborn Italian coach, might have listened to his advice when Pan Yi was on the team, but now that Pan Yi is an outsider, how could Allegri listen to him?
I just feel that Pan Yi is rude and rude when he is gesticulating outside. Of course, professional coaches rarely comment on the coaching level of their peers. This is indeed a lack of respect.
Besides, if Allegri really uses Pan Yi's method to achieve continuous victory, then who gets the credit?
Then Allegri really will never be able to get rid of the nickname "Pany Puppet" that Milan fans have begun to spread privately.
However, when the reporter asked about Milan's current players, Pan Yi still had a chat.
Commenting on the technical characteristics of the opponent's players, including any targeted measures, is a common practice at press conferences and can be discussed.
However, things are different now. Pan Yi's main lineup in Milan more than a year ago now only includes Mane, De Sciglio, Abate, Ederson and other players.
Among them, only Mane and Ederson were introduced by Pan Yili.
So Pan Yi also highlighted them.
"Mane is very fast and has a strong impact in the frontcourt. He has also made great progress in ball control and shooting in the past two years. We must find a way to effectively defend him."
"Ederson's performance in front of goal has also become more and more stable. Of course, I also like his confidence when controlling the ball with his feet. His long passes have even become a regular method in Milan's offense, which we will also
Pay attention."
"I am very pleased that De Sciglio has secured his main position in Milan. He is a player who can play both left and right full-backs very well. I like players with such characteristics very much, which is why I initially suggested
Promote him from the youth team to the first team in advance..."
Soon, the reporter asked about the Milan players who left the team this season, especially Van Dijk, Kante and Salah who have now joined Hamburg.
The reporter asked: "They were unable to play the main role in Milan last season. Is this because of their ability or the use of the head coach?"
The topic turned to Allegri again.
The reporter is just afraid that the world will not be in chaos, and he just wants Pan Yi to comment on Allegri!
And Pan Yi was not fooled.
He just said calmly: "There is an old saying in our Dragon Kingdom, which is that if it grows in Huainan, it will be orange, and if it grows in North Huaibei, it will be orange. The leaves are similar, but the taste is different. So what is the reason? The water and soil are different."
A bunch of question marks popped up on the heads of the reporters, and when they looked at Pan Yi, there were clearly a few big words in their eyes: "Speak humanly!"
Pan Yi explained: "What this means is that the environment in which a person lives will affect his development. The three of them are definitely world-class players, which is why I brought them to Hamburg. As for why they
Not being able to play the main role in Milan can only be understood as the environment at that time was no longer suitable for them."
This was said in a very subtle way, and it was not stated outright that Allegri was incapable of employing people.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that these sentences are all about Allegri.
"Why can't you use such a good player?"
"Look, when they came to my tent, weren't they full of life again?"
"I will give you a live lesson tomorrow to see how these three players are used!"
But Pan Yi didn't really say that after all.
Therefore, the reporter’s attempt to ignite the situation did not really succeed.
Finally, Pan Yi said that even if Hamburg is playing away from home tomorrow, they will never play conservatively!
"I said it before the start of the Bundesliga, we are going to have a good offense this season."
"This is not just the Bundesliga, I also have this goal in the Champions League."
"So, in this crucial battle, we will still hold high the offensive banner and dedicate a wonderful game to the fans on site and in front of the TV!"
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On the evening of September 18th, San Siro Stadium.
All 80,000 fans were seated, and they were all waiting with excitement for the players and coaches of both teams to walk out of the tunnel.
In the famous South Stand, there is a giant tifo with eight Champions League trophies on display.
But what is more eye-catching are the various slogans scattered throughout the stands, as well as various photos of Pan Yi wearing Milan uniforms!
"Pan Yi, welcome home!"
“Milan always welcomes you!”
"San Siro will always be your home..."
This proves Pan Yi's status and popularity in the hearts of Milan fans.
Although Pan Yi was only an assistant coach at Milan, countless facts tell them that the coach who really brought Milan to the top of the Triple Crown was Pan Yi!
Pan Yi's great success in Hamburg after leaving Milan was in sharp contrast to Allegri's difficulty in Milan. It also told the world who was the real helmsman of the invincible Milan team back then!
It is precisely because of this that when the draw results for this season's Champions League group stage came out, Milan fans were conflicted.
Of course they hope that Pan Yi will go home for a visit, but they are afraid that the coach who knows Milan best will turn back and deal a fatal blow to a Milan that has begun to decline.
Of course, there are quite a few fans who even hope that Pan Yi can really defeat Milan, and then prompt Allegri to dismiss get out of class, and then replace Pan Yi...
After all, in the hearts of many Milan fans, Pan Yi is the only savior and the only choice that can save Milan from the fire and water!
He originally joined a Bundesliga relegation team, but now it only took him one year to reach the Champions League and reach Milan.
This heavy report card is enough to make Milan fans fantasize about Pan Yi's glory when he truly stands at San Siro as Milan's head coach.
However, many of them ignore one fact.
That is, it is impossible for Pan Yi to leave Hamburg and switch to Milan.
He is determined to create a world in Hamburg. Let’s not talk about it. He comes to Milan, what will Galliani do?
When Pan Yi joins a team, he will have director-level authority!
This is why Galliani would talk to Pan Yi about transfers and family matters, but would not even mention the reason why he invited Pan Yi to return to Milan to coach.
But fans are fans.
They just want to exude their simple emotions on the court. As for the twists and turns in the football market, they don't want to, and they can't!
They just want to tell Pan Yi in their own way: "Milan fans will always love you!"
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Of course Pan Yi felt the enthusiasm of Milan fans early on.
As early as when he came to Milan with the team, every Milan fan who met him would greet him enthusiastically and ask for an autograph or a photo.
After arriving at the San Siro Stadium, every familiar staff member would greet him with a hug and a handshake.
When Pan Yi followed the players from both teams out of the tunnel, he truly realized what "going home" meant.
When the players walked out one by one and appeared in the sight of the fans, of course the fans would let out bursts of shouts.
Especially when the three old Milan players, Kante, Van Dijk and Salah, walked out of the tunnel, the cheers continued.
Including the appearance of assistant coach Inzaghi, it also triggered bursts of screams and cheers.
This is a real Milan celebrity!
And when the players finished walking and Pan Yi appeared at the entrance of the passage, the sound suddenly increased to a whole new level!
The sound from the 80,000 fans in the entire stadium was like a flood that swallowed up every corner of the stadium.
"Pan Yi!"
"Pan Yi!"
"Pan Yi!..."
In the stadium stands, more and more fans noticed Pan Yi, and more and more people were calling him.
Finally, everyone from all directions shouted Pan Yi's name at the top of their lungs.
Pan Yi stood there and began to wave his hands to greet the fans in the stands.
And this move triggered an even louder response from everyone.
Pan Yi was so moved that he even felt like there was sand in his eyes and wanted to rub them.
But he still held back.
He is the head coach of the visiting team today and is here to defeat Milan.
Milan is special to him, but this special emotion can only be suppressed in his heart before the game.
Pan Yi patted his chest, then bowed deeply to the surrounding stands as a response to the fans' love for him, and then walked to the visiting team's bench.
This scene was watched by the players of the two teams who were already standing on the court, and many of them were a little stunned.
What kind of courtesy is this!
All the fans of the home team were cheering and shouting for the head coach of the visiting team!
This seems very unreasonable.
Is this still an opponent?
Even opponents have only heard of famous stars being treated like this when they return home. Why did Pan Yi say that you were just an assistant coach at the beginning? Are you so popular?
Only the veteran Milan players from the two teams know how high Pan Yi's status is in the hearts of Milan fans...
"There is always someone who will leave a deep mark on your heart."
"There is always someone who will have your happiest time."
"There is always someone who still cares about you even after you haven't seen him for a long time."
"There is always a person, even if he leaves your sight, his face is still the brightest sunshine in your heart."
"It was a kind of tacit understanding, like lovers falling in love at first sight."
"The first time those eyes met, it was destined to be hard to let go."
"From then on, his every move affects your sight and your heartbeat..."
In the media area of the stands, CCTV5 commentator He Wei was reciting poetry emotionally.
Of course, he has his own unique way of expressing the love and hope that Milan fans have for Pan Yi.
The guest commentator Zhang Lu also actively cooperated with the poet's performance: "Hey."
Of course, the media area is far more than just the two of them.
This game attracted the attention of the world, with hundreds of media reporters and TV commentators from all over the world gathered at the San Siro Stadium.
Since Pan Yi's popularity was so high among them, they naturally didn't have the same poetic expression as He Wei. Thousands of words could only be condensed into one word: "I'm stupid!"
Of course, media workers from various places still have different opinions on whether Pan Yi deserves such love from Milan fans.
The host of Sky Sports thought this was too exaggerated: "Even if former Milan coaches like Sacchi, Capello or Ancelotti return to San Siro, they may not receive such treatment, right?"
But the host of German TV station thought this was normal: "You may have stayed in the UK for too long and don't know what's happening on the European continent. Pan Yi's popularity is really too high now! I even think he
Higher than famous coaches like Guardiola and Mourinho! If you add his influence in East Asia, haha..."
French sports TV channel sports1 believes that it is not necessarily because Pan Yi is so good, but because Allegri is really bad.
When Pan Yi was here, Milan played passionate football. After arriving in Hamburg, they also played exciting offensive football in Hamburg.
Allegri, on the other hand, not only brought Milan's results down a notch, but also played every game with no content and made people sleepy.
With such a comparison, it would be strange for Milan fans not to miss Pan Yi!
As for how much influence Pan Yi has in world football now, more reporters are even talking:
"He is more popular than Guardiola and Mourinho? How many Champions Leagues has he won? Being an assistant coach does not count."
"That is, he has not even led the team to win a real championship independently. Let alone the German Super Cup, it is just a friendly match."
"Haha, just wait, his burgers will soon be a blockbuster in the Bundesliga and Champions League this season."
"I still believe in the Bundesliga. After all, he only needs to hold down Bayern. But in the Champions League? Every strong team here is enough for him to drink!"
"Yeah, Hamburg is considered a new Champions League team, right? It's been assigned to such a death group again. It would be good to qualify from the group."
"Qualifying? To be able to overwhelm Ajax and finish third in the group and go to the Europa League, I think it is far beyond expectations!"
"Don't underestimate Hamburg. Did you see them playing Bayern? They are a really strong team. So I think they can at least make it to the quarterfinals!"
"The quarterfinals? Let's take a gamble! If Hamburg reaches the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season, I will run naked during the live broadcast..."
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If you were to find a person with the most complicated emotions at the San Siro Stadium, it would be AC Milan coach Allegri.
When he shook hands with Pan Yi and exchanged greetings, the fans behind him kept shouting "Allegri dismissed! We want Pan Yi!" This made him extremely embarrassed.
But after all, Allegri had a pretty good relationship with Pan Yi, so he could only squeeze out a smile, shake hands with Pan Yi, and chat for a few words.
What are we talking about specifically? In fact, it’s just commonplace. When translated into Chinese, it’s probably:
"Have you eaten?"
"have eaten."
"How are you doing lately?"
"Don't mention it, it's too bad."
"What's wrong?"
"If my daughter doesn't study hard, she will go to Hamburg to study at university."
"Oh, Valentina? If you meet me sometime, I'll help you clean up..."
After chatting, Allegri returned to the home team's bench.
When he sat down on his seat, his face looked really ugly.
Of course it wasn't because of the content of the chat, but because of the fans in the stands who kept shouting.
This also made him even more determined to win this game!
He wants these unscrupulous fans to see with their own eyes who is the real owner of San Siro!
However, the next scene caused a lot of trauma to Allegri's young mind.
After the players from the two teams took a group photo, Milan player Manet ran to the visiting team's bench and hugged Pan Yi heavily.
Then Ederson, De Sciglio and others also came over and hugged Pan Yi one by one.
There's nothing wrong with hugging. The problem is the sincere emotion reflected in their eyes, which Allegri has never been able to experience.
The relationship between him and the players is just a workplace relationship, a working relationship similar to that between superiors and subordinates.
But Pan Yi and these players seem to be best friends.
So Allegri can never understand why he has never been treated like this...
The gesture of the Milan players hugging Pan Yi also made the fans in the audience excited.
They shouted Pan Yi's name again, as if they were back in the glorious days when they won the Triple Crown together.
"I will always be grateful to you, Coach Pan Yi. Without you, I would not be where I am today." Mane said sincerely, "I have learned a lot under your hands."
Pan Yi nodded slightly towards Mane.
Of course he understood what Mane meant.
If it weren't for him, Mane might still be undergoing trial training in some training camp, or at most he would be accepted by an unknown team in France.
If according to the normal timeline of Pan Yi's previous life, Mane would not become famous until he was 24 years old. How could he become Milan's main player at the age of 20 like he does today?
But the funny thing is that it is precisely because Mane has become Milan's main force that he has become the person Allegri asked to stay in the team, and cannot return to Pan Yi's account like Kanter and the others.
This can be regarded as an accident of fate and fate.
The same is true for Ederson.
Otherwise, Pan Yi would also consider a ball-playing goalkeeper like him.
But now I can only be an opponent.
Pan Yi patted Ederson on the shoulder and smiled: "You have to be careful, you may pick up the ball from the goal several times tonight..."
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Returning to his seat, Inzaghi, who was also welcomed by the fans, smiled and said to Pan Yi: "The way the San Siro fans welcomed you, it feels like you have been here for ten years, and I am the guy who has only worked here for one year.
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"Are you jealous?" Pan Yi teased.
"I'm just surprised how charming you are." Inzaghi smiled and suddenly asked, "Then you really haven't thought about returning to Milan to coach one day?"
"Maybe." Pan Yi shrugged and did not directly deny it. "Who knows what will happen in the future? But now we have to study how to defeat Milan first..."
"You haven't studied it a long time ago." Inzaghi said, but he still looked at the field.
Nagelsmann also came over and discussed together.
At this time, the players who had separated on both sides of the court and were waiting for the start of the game also stood in their respective positions.
These positions clearly show that there is a 433 formation on both sides.
Here in Hamburg.
Forwards: Mitrovic, Salah, Son Heung-min.
Midfielder: De Bruyne, Casemiro, Paulinho.
Defenders: Robertson, Rudiger, Van Dijk, Carvajal.
Goalkeeper: Navas.
Compared with the previous game against Dortmund in the Bundesliga, Pan Yi made six adjustments to the starting lineup.
Not to mention the return of Robertson and Van Dijk to the starting lineup in the defense. This is to use the best defense to play against Milan.
The deployment of the midfield and frontcourt is targeted.
Among the midfield trio, Pan Yi started with Paulinho instead of Kante. Considering that Allegri now likes crosses and high ball tactics, Kante's aerial disadvantage will be more obvious, so it is not as good as
Use the taller and more powerful Paulinho to control the midfield.
The use of Mitrovic on the forward line is based on the same consideration. While strengthening the aerial advantage, he can use his body to resist Milan's double central defenders and focus on Mexes.
The lineup of AC Milan on the opposite side was basically within Pan Yi's expectations.
Forwards: Balotelli, Niang, Mane.
Midfielder: Muntari, Montolivo, De Jong.
Defenders: De Sciglio, Mexes, Zapata, Abate.
Goalkeeper: Ederson.
Exactly the same as their starting lineup in their last Serie A game.
This is also Allegri's old habit.
Uh...well, actually it doesn't take a professional coach like Pan Yi, most fans can guess that Allegri will put together such a lineup.
Therefore, before the game even started, Pan Yi actually had the upper hand.
Next, it depends on the actual performance of the players on both sides in the game and the coach's on-the-spot command!