Chapter 453 Utilitarian milk is not as good as knocking wooden fish
Chapter 453 Utilitarian milk is not as good as knocking wooden fish
Author: Ant who loves watching football
Chapter 453 Utilitarian milk is not as good as knocking wooden fish
Pan Yi told Arteta that he might lose the Champions League, which was of course a joke.
In fact, when Pan Yi led the team to Milan and attended the pre-match press conference, he once again made it clear to the public the goal of his trip: to bring the Champions League trophy back to London and Stamford Bridge!
"Someone asked me if I feel nervous about facing Bayern Munich in the Champions League final tomorrow night, and my answer is of course no."
"This is the fourth time I have stood on the stage of the Champions League final. I can say that I am very used to such occasions, so I will not feel that this game is any different from usual ones."
"As for my players, some of them have a lot of experience in finals, and some of them are in their first Champions League final. As far as I know, some of them are as calm as me, and some of them are not.
I’m very excited, this is normal.”
"You know, having the opportunity to challenge for such an honor is definitely one of the lifelong pursuits of all professional players playing in Europe."
"But they are all professional players, and over the years, they have become accustomed to living and playing under pressure."
"So, when we finish the preparation meeting tomorrow morning, have dinner and get on the bus to the San Siro Stadium, they will know how to relax and release their passion on the pitch."
"And by that time, everyone will see the best Chelsea. And as we all know, the best team is the one who wants to win the final victory!"
Pan Yi's answer brought him a lot of applause.
The one who dared to be so high-profile before the Champions League finals was probably Pan Yi!
After all, in the eyes of many people, playing such an important game requires not only a low profile, but also a wave of "utilitarian milk" to milk the opponent.
Or just hide aside and knock on the wooden fish.
There is no one like Pan Yi who directly declares that he wants to win the championship!
A reporter asked:
"Your opponent Guardiola has also entered the Champions League final for the fourth time, which is the same as you. The difference is that you were an assistant coach once, and his first time was as a player."
"And if we only talk about the identity of the head coach, you have both entered the finals for the third time, and you have won the final championship before."
"Judging from this historical performance, Guardiola is actually on par with you, but he seems to be more low-key and believes that both teams have a chance to win the championship in the final. What do you think of this?"
Pan Yi smiled slightly:
"You are right, but past results will not help tomorrow night's game."
"The Hamburg I led and the Barcelona led by Guardiola will never meet again. Tomorrow will only be a decisive battle between Chelsea and Bayern Munich."
"As for this decisive battle, Guardiola may have his own ideas, but I can only think of one thing, and that is to defeat him and win the championship!"
A reporter immediately asked Pan Yi what he thought of Guardiola.
And Pan Yi also gave his most honest evaluation:
"Guardiola is my friend, but there is no doubt that Guardiola is also a great coach and a respectable opponent."
"His research on football tactics can be said to have reached the pinnacle, which even I feel inferior to."
"In real life, I have many friends, but Guardiola is definitely the most unique and interesting one. He has a very deep understanding of football. We have a lot of exchanges with each other and bring inspiration to each other.
There are a lot of benefits that come with it.”
"We often send text messages to each other and exchange our thoughts. Many times after watching the game, I will give him some opinions, and he will do the same in turn. We don't even need to be too polite at all, because we understand each other very well.
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"When we were in the quarter-finals and even the top 16 of the Champions League this season, Guardiola made a promise to me to meet in the final, and now we have really done it."
"But, I'm sorry, Mr. Guardiola, my friend, I'm going to beat you in the final. Haha!"
Pan Yi finally laughed, which also infected the reporters present, and everyone laughed too.
Now everyone understands that maybe Pan Yi and Guardiola may be life-and-death rivals on the court, but off the court, they are friends.
It can even be said that it is a relationship of both teacher and friend, but it is not clear who is the teacher specifically.
Guardiola must have learned the latest tactics from Pan Yi, but is that not the case with Pan Yi?
Regarding this, Pan Yi knew better.
Many of his innovative tactics were borrowed from the future Guardiola and then modified based on the team's actual situation.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Guardiola is the biggest enlightener of Pan Yi's system tactics.
Precisely because of this, Pan Yi did not hesitate to share his experience with Guardiola, nor did he hesitate to praise Guardiola in front of the media.
Of course, no matter how much he praised, Pan Yi would still defeat him.
Only when the enemy is strong can you show off your own power!
"One more question, Mr. Pan Yi." Another reporter stood up.
"please."
"There have been rumors in the media that if you win the Champions League this season and also complete the unprecedented seven crowns, you may leave Chelsea. I wonder what your response is to this?"
Pan Yi was already prepared for this question. He knew that someone would ask questions at the scene.
So after listening to the question, he laughed and immediately answered:
"My contract does expire after this season, but as for whether it will be renewed in the future, we have not yet confirmed it."
"But no matter what, the Chelsea management still supports me unconditionally and trusts me. We will not be affected by this at all."
"Right now, I only have one thing on my mind, and that's the game tomorrow night. As for other things, I really don't want to think about it right now."
"I am very grateful to Chelsea's management, players and fans. Their support has brought us to where we are today. So the only thing I want to do now is to take down the Big Ears Trophy in tomorrow night's game and send it to
To our management, to the players, to the fans."
"In this way, we will have two Champions League trophies in our trophy room! This will definitely make our London opponents cry..."
Pan Yi's words triggered bursts of laughter again.
This is Pan Yi. Even when he is answering questions, he does not forget to diss his rivals in the same city.
After all, although there are many teams in London, only Chelsea has truly won the Champions League.
Not only is this inferior to the traditional giants Liverpool and Manchester United, it is even inferior to Nottingham Forest...
As for the real answer to this question, since even Pan Yi himself doesn't know it now, how can he possibly give reporters the exact answer?
Of course, let's take a quick look first and then talk about it.
Fortunately, the press conference room was filled with a happy atmosphere, and no one asked any more questions.
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The next day, all major sports media reported Pan Yi's speech at the press conference and gave a final preview of the game to be played that evening.
However, unlike the mutual sympathy between Pan Yi and Guardiola, the atmosphere between the British media and the German media is much stronger.
After all, regardless of whether they are in football or not, there is a feud between England and Germany!
As for Pan Yi, he was actually "involved" in such a dispute more than two years ago, but the last time he represented Germany, this time he represented England.
However, there is nothing new in their bickering. It is nothing more than the media version of "What are you looking at?" and "Why are you just looking at you?"
Pan Yi will naturally not really participate in it.
After he held the press conference, he had already put all his thoughts into preparing for the game.
Especially today, during the pre-match preparation meeting on the morning of the match day, he also focused on telling the players about situations that may occur during the match and how to deal with them.
Meticulous preparation before the game has always been Pan Yi's characteristic.
He made a high-profile statement before the game that he could beat Guardiola's Bayern, but he really would not underestimate them.
This is the standard "strategically despise the enemy and tactically attach importance to the enemy"!
It can be said that the tactics of the two are almost from the same origin. Bayern players also showed their strong resilience in the Champions League knockout matches, especially against Real Madrid.
Moreover, Bayern Munich has always been known for its active movement without the ball, and high-intensity pressing will be an important means for Bayern Munich to contain Chelsea.
Therefore, this game will be very difficult if nothing else goes wrong. Pan Yi needs to remind all players to be mentally prepared in advance.
In the afternoon, fans from England and Germany began to arrive in Milan.
Data given by UEFA shows that more than 35,000 English fans are expected to enter the San Siro Stadium, and Bayern fans are almost the same number.
You can still buy tickets.
If you include those who came to experience the atmosphere and watch the game in the outfield, it would be difficult to count. There may be hundreds of thousands.
Milan officials are also on alert.
After all, whether it is England or Germany, the football hooligans in these two regions are somewhat famous.
Therefore, Milan also dispatched a large number of police forces to maintain order, and even restricted the sale of beer in some stores.
In addition, the Milan police dispatched more than 2,000 police officers and deployed them around Milan's San Siro Stadium.
Moreover, all fans must use a real-name system to enter the venue, and some football hooligans with criminal records are prohibited from entering to prevent accidents.
It can be said that Milan has raised its security measures to a new level.
And such measures are obviously effective.
At least when the Chelsea bus started heading to the San Siro Stadium, there was no special incident.
They were protected by police cars, and even many Chelsea FC supporters were blocked from the bus and could not get close.
This also allowed Chelsea to reach the San Siro Stadium smoothly!——
When Pan Yi led the team into the home team's locker room at San Siro, there was a very familiar feeling.
After all, he was an assistant coach here for a year!
And Chelsea happens to be the home team today, so they can sit here.
This feeling of familiarity became even stronger when they placed some belongings and began to walk out of the tunnel and into the stadium to prepare for the final adaptation before the game.
At this time, the entire San Siro Stadium suddenly boiled, and the sound waves from the stadium stands were like sea water, sweeping in violently, swallowing everyone up!
This is San Siro, a San Siro that can accommodate 80,000 spectators!
The noise caused here is really greater than that of the Stamford Bridge Library.
However, if on today's court, the blue camp representing Chelsea and the red camp representing Bayern Munich are evenly divided, then the neutral camp also fell to Pan Yi's side.
After all, Pan Yi was once the favorite of local Milan fans!
On the middle stand, slogans written in English, Chinese, and Italian were also displayed: "Pan Yi, no matter where you are, Milanese love you!"
Pan Yi walked out of the tunnel and waved to the stands, while not forgetting to encourage Arteta behind him:
"Mikel, I hope you will have the opportunity to lead your team to such a stage in the future. Then you will find that this is the most wonderful and moving place in the world!"
Arteta did not answer because he was already a little confused.
As a person who was not a superstar in his playing days, Arteta has never set foot on the Champions League final.
Although he joined Arsenal after 2011, which can often participate in the Champions League, everyone knows Arsenal's performance in the Champions League, and they have no chance to reach the finals.
So, first of all, he was a little stunned by the atmosphere of the Champions League final.
Secondly, this is the Champions League final, but Pan Yi's popularity is still overwhelming. Even the fans of the team who were just assistant coaches a few years ago will remember him!
He admired Pan Yi from the bottom of his heart, but at this moment, he was more envious and even a little jealous.
For a head coach to be able to do what Pan Yi does, what more can I ask for!
Of course he also hopes that he will have the opportunity in the future to win more honors and gain recognition from fans like Pan Yi!
"Go ahead, you have a chance, maybe next season." Pan Yi patted Arteta on the shoulder.
Arteta nodded and went to do his thing.
He needs to get his players moving as quickly as possible, adapting to the field, their bodies, and the atmosphere!
Pan Yi looked up at the podium again.
There, Valentina was waving to him.
Chelsea boss Abramovich, Bruce Buck and other senior officials, as well as Bayern officials were also sitting there.
Even today, many senior government officials from the UK and Germany came to the scene to witness the emergence of today's champion!
"Are you thinking about the award? That may not necessarily be awarded to you."
Guardiola's joking voice suddenly sounded behind Pan Yi.
Pan Yi turned around, and Guardiola's bald head was particularly dazzling under the lights of San Siro.
"Haha, come and grab it if you can!" Pan Yi said with a smile, "I am the defending champion. And you, do you still remember the last time you won the cup?"
"Today in 2011 is also May 28th." Guardiola told the time very accurately, and then sighed, "Unconsciously, five years have passed."
When Guardiola led Barcelona to an easy 3-1 victory over Manchester United in the final, then-Red Devils coach Sir Alex Ferguson's trembling fingers also showed his helplessness.
It really can’t be kicked!
Although Barcelona did not have the MSN combination at the time, the midfield trio composed of Xavi, Iniesta, and Busquets, plus the three-pointed knife of Villa, Messi, and Pedro, could really control the ball.
Control until death.
But today, Guardiola will not be so strong.
In other words, the strong side became Chelsea and Pan Yi.
After all, although Bayern Munich's lineup is not bad, it is still not as good as Barcelona at its peak.
"Coincidentally, the year after you finally won the Champions League, I also won the championship in Milan. Then came Hamburg, Chelsea..." Pan Yi joked, "So today, how are you going to steal it from me?
Big ear cup?”
"How else can I grab it? I'll beat you with your tactics!" Guardiola said with a smile.
"Hey, you want to play against me? Then you're dead." Pan Yi shook his head, "There are really not many teams that play against me that can walk out of the stadium alive."
"Maybe." Guardiola suddenly sighed, "But can defense win? And I'm not good at defense either."
Pan Yi nodded slightly.
What Gua Shuai said is correct.
The team under his command has always insisted on attacking, and it can be said that it has never adopted defensive tactics.
Some people may say that this is because Guardiola leads all strong teams, but these people forget that when Guardiola first started coaching, the team he led was Barcelona B.
This team had just been relegated from the Spanish Serie C before Guardiola took charge. It cannot be considered a strong team.
Guardiola led them back to promotion, with a record of 28 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses.
In the play-off games against Castillo and Babastre, Guardiola's team scored 9 goals and conceded 0 goals.
Even in such a relatively weak team, Guardiola still adheres to the philosophy of passing and controlling the offense, which also laid the foundation for him to officially serve as the head coach of the first team in the future.
In other words, in many cases, the style of a head coach leading a team has nothing to do with the strength of the team.
This only has to do with the coach's tactical preferences and personal personality.
Of course, there are coaches like Pan Yi who can flexibly change their "tactical preferences" and attack when they need to, and defend when they need to, but this is definitely not what Guardiola will do.
"However, we are no longer the Bayern of the past two years. Just wait and see today."
Guardiola said, leaving Pan Yi with an unpredictable smile, then turned and left.
Pan Yi curled his lips.
Come on! See you on the court!——
The decisive battle was about to begin, and there was dead silence in the home team's locker room. You could vaguely hear the movement of the fans outside.
All the players have changed their clothes, tied their shoelaces, and are sitting upright.
They looked at head coach Pan Yi, who was standing among the players, waiting for his last mobilization before taking the field.
There are people like Harry Kane and Mbappe who are playing in the Champions League final for the first time, there are also people like Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta who have followed Chelsea to the finals for two consecutive years, and there are people like Kante.
In this way, both AC Milan and Hamburg have reached the finals...
No matter who it is, no matter how many finals they have played, if they say they are not nervous, it is definitely a lie.
But this season, they followed Pan Yi and achieved victory after victory, defeating opponents one after another. They have long established strong self-confidence, which makes them have the ambition to defeat their opponents in every game.
Ambition.
Even, in their eyes, winning is natural.
"The game is about to begin."
Pan Yi finally broke the silence in the locker room and asked everyone to listen attentively.
"Whatever needs to be said and the arrangements that need to be made, I have already told you in the previous pre-match preparation meeting. I believe you all know what to do after walking on the court, so I won't say any more.
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After a pause, Pan Yi continued: "As you all know, I participated in three Champions League finals with the team and won all three, one in Milan, one in Hamburg, and one with Chelsea last year."
After all the players heard Pan Yi's words, their confidence increased inexplicably.
This is out of trust in Pan Yi!
It's easier to win when you play under a victorious general!
"What I want to tell you is that the Champions League final is not terrible."
Pan Yi continued:
"You have to remember that your opponents are not just opponents on the court, but also yourself."
"You need to overcome your nervousness, overcome your fear, and even overcome your desire for the championship, and compete as usual."
"The opponents will definitely cause trouble for us. They may rush to attack and take advantage of the opening. They may press the whole court and frustrate our offense..."
"They may try every means to prevent us from controlling the ball, controlling the rhythm, and they may even score the first goal! This is all normal!"
"Don't forget, the teams that can reach the Champions League final are the best teams in European football today. Bayern Munich has always been one of the best teams in Europe, and today is no exception."
"So, my experience tells me that patience is crucial."
"Here, I ask you, no matter what difficulties we encounter on the court, no matter what tactics our opponents use, no matter how tenacious they are, we must always remain patient."
"Tonight's game is not easy. But no matter what happens, I need each of you to stay calm at all times and resolutely implement the team's tactics."
"You have to believe in me, your teammates, and the whole team we make up!"
"How many strong opponents can we walk into the San Siro and defeat?"
"Then, as long as we do our best today, we can defeat them!"
Pan Yi increased his tone, and all the players followed Pan Yi's last words and shouted loudly:
"Beat them and win the championship! We are seven-time champions!"
They all admire Pan Yi and have great trust in their head coach.
This is accumulated from victory after victory in the past two seasons and will not be shaken easily.
They believe that as long as Pan Yi is here, they will be the strongest team in Europe.
No team can stop them from creating seven championships!