Lying on the bed at home in London, Pan Yi opened his eyes wide and thought.
Although two days have passed, the Champions League final at Milan's San Siro Stadium still occupies the pages of newspapers of all sizes across the UK, and even media across Europe.
Whether Pan Yi and the stars under his command will be the focus of all fans' attention.
Pan Yi, in particular, led three teams in different leagues and won four Champions League titles, and even seven championships this season. This undoubtedly made Pan Yi a living legend in Eastern European football and attracted the attention of all media.
The enthusiasm of journalists and fans.
But after two days of enthusiasm, other voices began to surface.
So why did Pan Yi not renew his contract with Chelsea?
Where does he want to go?
Manchester City? Manchester United? It doesn’t matter. Both teams have just announced new coaches, and they are of the same level as Guardiola and Mourinho respectively.
Real Madrid? Barcelona? Bayern? I haven’t heard of any connection between the two.
As a result, all kinds of gossip news, large and small, emerging from unknown channels, have appeared on the pages of major newspapers.
The most outrageous news is that Pan Yi will return to the Dragon Kingdom and replace Gao Hongbo as the head coach of the Dragon Kingdom national team.
Pan Yi himself felt embarrassed because of those false rumors.
Xiao Gao takes care of him very well, why should I change him?
After Gao Hongbo coached the national football team for the second time, he failed to break through the top 40 and entered the top 12 of the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup that will start in September.
Now Gao Hongbo is leading the team to prepare for the game. Why did the national football team suddenly go to Pan Yi?
What's more, Pan Yi has long made it clear that he will not coach the national football team.
Those people, do they want to make big news?
"What am I thinking about?" Valentina walked out of the room, came to Pan Yi, and looked down at him.
She was wearing pajamas, and the two peaks in front of her were looming.
"I want to wait for what posture Dong Dong should use to fight." Pan Yi replied with a smile, and then stretched out his legs.
Valentina smiled and dodged the move "Sanana's Dragon Claw Leg".
I rested at home during those two days, and there were already many "China-Italy friendly matches" taking place in that room.
But is Pan Yi really gifted? Is he just ready to fight? Valentina is a little tired from all the hard work.
Well, Valentina can actually guess what Pan Yi is thinking now.
Just the phone call I received at the Champions League awards ceremony two days ago!
Ibrahimovic personally invited Pan Yi to coach the Swedish national team.
Pan Yi was considering whether to take over that "mess".
Just a few days ago, in a warm-up match for the 2016 European Cup, the Swedish national team lost to the Slovenian team 0:2.
I wonder if Slovenia could not even qualify for the European Cup. That defeat put Swedish national team coach Erik Hamlen under great pressure.
The dissatisfaction of the Swedish media and fans was not only due to that game.
In the qualifiers, Sweden will be placed in a group with teams from Austria, Russia, Montenegro, Liechtenstein, and Moldova.
It stands to reason that there are no strong teams like England, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Belgium in the group, and Sweden, which has stars like Ibrahimovic and Forsberg, has great hopes of qualifying directly.
However, their group journey was extremely difficult. They failed to win the key battles against Austria, Russia and Montenegro, and they defeated the two weak teams of Liechtenstein and Moldova.
In the second round, Sweden's performance was even worse. They lost to Russia 0:1 and lost to Austria 1:4. They made direct mistakes and completely missed the top two in the group.
Previously, Sweden finished third in the group.
In previous years, Sweden would have been eliminated with such results.
But fortunately, the 2016 European Cup was expanded to 24 teams for the first time, so the 8 third-placed teams in the group have a good chance of fighting to determine the qualifications for the 4 European Cup main rounds.
Sweden was drawn against its Nordic brother Denmark. It turned out that the away game was 2:2 and the home game was 2:1. Sweden passed the test and got the last ticket to France.
Such results certainly made Sweden and other countries very dissatisfied.
What made them even more dissatisfied was the appearance of the game led by Hamlen.
To sum it up in one sentence, Hamren's Swedish team has two sets of tactics. One is to deny Ibrahimovic with a set shot, and the other is to deny Ibrahimovic to retreat. In short, both are against Ibrahimovic.
Winning games are usually due to Ibrahimovic's outstanding performance;
Losing games is often because Ibrahimovic was looked down upon and didn't perform well.
What kind of tactic is that?
Hamlen argued: "How can handing the ball to your team's best star not be considered a tactic?"
Such remarks also caused a lot of controversy.
After the Swedish national team lost 0:2 to Slovenia, Hamlen's voice reached its climax.
Many people believe that the coach who has spent his career in the Nordic leagues is not the best candidate to coach the Swedish national team.
If he is allowed to continue to lead the Swedish team in the European Cup, it will bring a humiliating ending.
Initially, Ibrahimovic, the top star of the Swedish national team, also took the initiative to find Hamren and suggested that he could improve Yidong's tactics, but he was rejected.
The two had a fierce dispute, and Hamron resigned.
On the one hand, the pressure he is under is not the only reason why he fell out with Ibrahimovic.
All his tactics revolve around Ibrahimovic. Now that he has a conflict with Ibrahimovic, the team really can't lead the way.
That also left the Swedish national team unprepared in the East.
For the Swedish Football Association, even if they want to sack Hamlen, all their original plans will not be carried out until after the European Cup. They even think that Wanye Hamlen has performed well in leading the team and can continue.
Let him take it.
But Minghamren's sudden resignation really caught them off guard.
At that time, Ibrahimovic thought of Pan Yi.
"Isn't that guy not sure if there are rumors that the seven-time Eastern Conference champion will leave Chelsea? He's here to ask! Besides, it's not like other coaches have never done this part-time job for the club and the national team!"
As a result, the call came to Pan Yi.
Was Pan Yi thinking about that matter during those two days?
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The point that Pan Yi is struggling with is actually whether to choose between Chelsea and the Swedish national team, or whether to choose both.
The fact is that his coaching contract with Chelsea has ended.
After all, Pan Yi's coaching contract with Chelsea will only last until the end of this season. After playing in the Champions League final, it is legally over. Pan Yi only has some details left to settle with the team.
"They all feel sorry for my wrong decision, but they are also willing to respect your choice." This is not the attitude of Chelsea owner Abramovich, including the management.
In the past two seasons, Pan Yi led Chelsea to be almost invincible. Ruming not only won two consecutive Premier Leagues and two consecutive Champions Leagues, but also created a bunch of historical records, as well as the unprecedented achievement of seven championships!
In addition, he left Chelsea with such a strong team and even the most powerful youth training system in the world. They could not fault Pan Yi for making more requests, and they could respect Pan Yi's courageous resignation.
choose.
"I will always reject the legendary coach at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea will always welcome my arrival."
It's easy to get together and easy to get away. This is the norm in European professional football.
Moreover, Pan Yi is only 30 years old now. There is no guarantee that Chelsea will need Pan Yi for emergencies in the future. It is also very important to maintain a good relationship between the two. This will also meet the important requirements of Abramovich's sponsoring company York City.
motivation.
Therefore, let alone whether Pan Yi does not renew the contract now, the contract will be automatically terminated;
Even if he has a good contract and asks Pan Yi to leave, they will not force him to stay.
When Pan Yi left Chelsea, he didn't even ask to go to another club. In fact, he wanted to keep his promise to Valentina and take a good rest with her.
Professional football is like that. If you don't go to match training all day long, you can't go to match training. You really don't have a lot of time to spend with your girlfriend.
So much so that when many players and coaches retire, they will mention: "How about I have more time to spend with my family."
Including Messi's later choice to play football in the United States, it is obvious that his family's feelings and life also played a very important role in it.
After Pan Yi became famous that time, he did feel extremely satisfied and relaxed, and he really wanted to take a break.
But now Ibrahimovic's call made him confused.
His career at the club can indeed be said to be very successful, but the national team is not without success.
What a coincidence that the Swedish national team happened to have this opportunity.
Moreover, compared with the coaching of the national team, it is not as good as Luo's.
There are only so many national team competition months in a year. As the head coach of the national team, you often go to various places to inspect players. It can even be regarded as a kind of tourism...
But the problem is, no matter how low the work intensity is, it still won’t work.
What to do if Valentina’s promise is wrong?
"If you want to go, just go. Don't hesitate."
At that time, Valentina's voice sounded in Pan Yi's ears.
"Really?" Pan Yi said in surprise.
"Lord, please, if I stay at home all the time, he can't bear it." Valentina snorted, "I...I'm too strong."
"Haha..." Pan Yi laughed, and then jumped up from the bed, "Then he is calling Ibrahimovic!"
Of course he prefers to coach the Swedish team.
Although the overall strength of the Swedish national team is average, doesn't that just reflect Pan Yi's excellence?
Moreover, the Swedish team has Ibrahimovic in the front, Forsberg in the middle, Lindelof in the back, and Isaksson as the goalkeeper. In fact, the central axis is very good;
Just build tactics around that central axis, and with some green leaves, you can compete with some strong teams.
There is a more important point, that is, Pan Yi has always admired Ibrahimovic.
People who ask for permission from the Lord are really upright and unpretentious. They will deny him what should be denied to him, and he will not ask for anything that should not be denied to him.
In his previous life, when Ibrahimovic was at Manchester United, he even refused to receive salary while recuperating because of his injury, and even offered to play for Manchester United for free;
Later, when he returned to Milan at the end of his career, he helped the AC Milan boys regain the league championship and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League...
Moreover, when renewing his contract with Milan, Ibrahimovic also took the initiative to significantly reduce his salary and was willing to be on the bench, so he could take good care of the young men in the locker room.
It can be said that Ibrahimovic's return is the beginning of Milan's hope for revival. He has brought domineering and confidence to the team that they have not had for a long time!
In the eyes of Milan fans, Ibrahimovic no longer has a god-like existence.
Ibrahimovic is usually very showy, but he does have the ability to show off, and he can be really enthusiastic when playing against the team.
In that life, after Pan Yi gave him a Champions League championship, he tried to add another highlight to his national team career, which could be regarded as giving the king a relatively satisfactory ending to his career.
Of course, at the same time, it can also fill in the blanks of Pan Yi's national team coaching resume.
Win-win!
Looking at Pan Yi's excited look, Valentina shook her head slightly, but she couldn't help but smile.
Seeing Pan Yi happy, of course she was happy too.
She knew very well in her heart that her boyfriend was not the kind of person who could live alone.
In his early thirties, he was still in the prime of life, so how could he have time to spare?
It is impossible to have "friendly games" at home every day.
He was destined to belong to the football field, Valentina was very sure of it.
From the second day she met Pan Yi, she knew that clearly.
"Well, he will lead them to finish the European Cup first, and we will talk about what happens after that." Pan Yi suddenly hugged Valentina tightly, "In that case, he can lead the national team, or he can lead the national team."
Have more time with me."
"Really?" It was Valentina's turn to be surprised.
To put it bluntly, she hoped that Pan Yike would spend as much time by her side as possible.
If it can satisfy Pan Yi's work needs and her own emotional needs, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
"That's right. If they reach a consensus on whether to celebrate or not, then there will be a playoff?" With that said, Pan Yi pushed Valentina down on the bed again.
"like……"
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"He can sign a short-term contract with us first, which is actually equivalent to being an acting head coach, and the cooperation will last until the end of this European Cup."
After being introduced by Ibrahimovic, Pan Yi began to make his demands when he met with Carl Erik Nielsen, chairman of the Swedish Football Association.
"As for whether to continue such cooperation in the future, we can wait until the European Cup is over."
"In addition, he hopes to transfer his own coaching staff to the national team. At the same time, from tomorrow on, the national team training camp will be under his control, and everything there must be obeyed by him."
"He has the right to make some modifications to the national team roster that has been announced so far. The roster initially submitted to UEFA will be subject to his adjustments."
"If a player commits any disciplinary violation in his club, he can kick him out of the national team without any other reason..."
Each of these conditions may seem harsh, but they are not what Pan Yi has always strived to achieve when he was in the club. Therefore, he still needs to be like this even if he is in the national team, and it is difficult to develop without a group.
Chairman Nelson also nodded without any objection.
Among the conditions proposed by Pan Yi, there is actually one thing that he is not satisfied with, and that is the "acting head coach", the time is too short!
If not, it would be best for Pan Yike to be the head coach of the Swedish national team for the rest of his life, at least until the Eastern World Cup!
But Nilsson also knows that with Pan Yi's status, is it enough to be able to coach the Swedish national team? Is it possible that he can ask for more?
He believes that as long as Pan Yi is willing, he can choose from almost any team in the world, whether club or national team!
When it comes to the national team specifically, wouldn't it be better for someone to lead a team like Germany, England, or Belgium that has the potential to win the championship? Not to mention that those national teams all have more or less to do with Pan Yi.
It can be said that Pan Yike comes to lead the Swedish national team, and it can be said that it all depends on Ibrahimovic's face.
The Swedish team is about to change its coach before the main match of the European Cup. To be honest, it is already very good to find a half-baked one. Now that the most awesome player in the world comes, it is too late for Nielsen to burn the scent. What can I say?
?
Maybe he can lead the Swedish team to a good result in the European Cup...
In this European Cup, Sweden's grouping is really bad. It is grouped with Italy and Belgium, the two favorites to win the championship. In the same group, there is a tough Ireland.
It can be said that this group is recognized as the group of death in this European Cup.
Isn't that a big reason why everyone was wrong that the former head coach Hamlen didn't have any confidence.
I can't even beat Slovenia, but I really want to beat Italy and Belgium?
As a time traveler, Pan Yi also remembers that in that group, Sweden really played the role of accompanying the prince to study. They tied with Ireland and then lost to Italy and Belgium. They were eliminated at the bottom of the previous group.
Therefore, he must beg the Swedish national team to make changes, so that he can change the fate of Ibrahimovic in his previous life.
Bu Mao has tactics and a lot of personnel. Of course, the two are connected, that is, they need excellent players who can implement Pan Yi's tactics!
"Since there is nothing wrong with what he said, then he should start his work." Pan Yi immediately entered the role vigorously and resolutely.
Nelson could only nod.
After all, he is used to being a famous coach as the head coach of a wealthy team. He arranges things and considers problems comprehensively. He is also very courageous in doing things and has a particularly strong aura!
As chairman of the Football Association, does Nelson really feel a bit submissive?
"In the current 23-man roster, I don't want the striker Kukhovich from Norrköping, but Zeng Jing from Trabzonspor. He wants to replace the other two people."
"No problem, then who should I replace?" Nielsen nodded, and then told his assistant to prepare to remember Dong Pan Yi's words.
Although the current Swedish team has players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Forsribe, and Victor Lindelof who can be called stars, many other players are, to put it bluntly, just "make-up."
There are a large number of second-rate players in the team who have played in the Nordic League, Turkey, and the Greek League, so that older players like Kjellström are very important in the team.
The former Arsenal player is 34 years old and is still the core midfielder of the Swedish national team.
Therefore, Pan Yi now has his own candidate, and of course he is the best.
Anyone who has seen a football played by Pan Yi will not be able to help but give Pan Yi a thumbs up: "You are really good at reading people!"
"Forward Isaac." Pan Yi quickly reported a name.
"Issa...who? Who is that?" Nelson turned to look at his assistant.
The assistant quickly lowered his head and operated in front of the computer, and then answered: "Alexander Isak was born in Solna, Sweden on September 21, 1999. He debuted in the AIK youth training in Stockholm. He will join the first team in the Swedish Super League next year.
league and has scored 6 goals.”
"You're under 17?" Nielsen opened his mouth. "You're talking about him, right? He has the same name, right?"
Was he surprised at how Pan Yifou knew that there would be such a young rookie outside Sweden?
After all, even if the Swedish national team lacks outstanding talents, their own scouts have not discovered it!
Of course, it is also possible that Keguo had reported it before, but the former head coach felt that the person was too young to be of any use.
As for Pan Yi, although Isaac is indeed very young now, using him to replace a second- or third-rate forward is definitely not a mistake.
The fact is, Isaac only played in the Swedish league for one year before he was noticed by Dortmund, a famous black club in Germany.
In half a year, he will join the Hornets for 10 million euros and perform well.
After that, he played brilliantly at Real Sociedad and was initially transferred to Newcastle United, a rich team in the Premier League, for a high price of 70 million euros. At the same time, he also set the highest signing record in the history of Newcastle.
Isaac is tall and strong, has good skills, speed and shooting ability. He was called "the new Ibrahimovic" when he debuted.
The fact is that even in his previous life, he would have been selected for the Swedish national team less than half a year later, playing alongside Ibrahimovic.
At the same time, he also scored his first goal for the national team in January 2017, and has maintained the two records of the Swedish national team's youngest international player and young scorer.
Therefore, Pan Yi just wonders whether Isaac can be recruited to the national team a few months in advance. He also believes that Isaac can also play his role in the national team in advance!
"If it's wrong, then deny it."
After getting Pan Yi's affirmation, the chairman asked his assistant to quickly remember the east.
If such a rookie can be recognized by Pan Yi, then there is no need to hesitate, he is immediately ready to call Stockholm AIK!
Then, Pan Yi reported another name: "Dejan Kulusevski."
Didn't I give my full name that time?
The chairman's assistant did the operation again, and the eyes that appeared from behind the computer were even more confused:
"Atlanta...youth team?"
That's right, Kulusevski, the future Tottenham winger, is still just over 16 years old and has barely played in a professional league.
His road to fame began a little later than Isaac's, and he did not play in Serie A until 2019.
But he performed very well during his loan spell at Parma. He was selected as a candidate for the European Golden Boy Award that year and was named the best young player in Serie A.
That performance also attracted the attention of Serie A giant Juventus, who quickly spent 35 million euros to acquire him!
He also played in the main team at Juventus and was later loaned to Tenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
The young Kulusevski may not be as ready to fight as Isaac, but he is young and has potential, and his ability to adopt new tactics is also strong.
Pan Yi believes that he can stimulate some of his abilities in the short term through training!
Otherwise, Sweden now has several veterans on the front line, and it will be difficult to implement Pan Yi's pressing tactics in the frontcourt.
For example, Marcus Berry, who will be 30 years old next year, is Pan Yi's old player in Hamburg, but he has been like that since being sold to Panathinaikos, with little progress.
That summer, he was already negotiating a transfer with the UAE team Al Ain, preparing to go to Asia to enjoy the gold rush.
Even if Ibrahimovic is the biggest player in the team, he is already 34 years old!
Although Pan Yi's past life experience tells him whether Ibrahimovic will be full of energy in the next few years, or even whether he will play until the age of 41 before retiring, he still needs to save some money.
Let Ibrahimovic be the fulcrum and run less
.
Although Ibrahimovic is a man with his own system, you cannot rely entirely on him.
Otherwise, he will definitely fall into the same embarrassing situation as his former head coach in the future - once Ibrahimovic is noticed and performs poorly, the Swedish team will be doomed.
"Any questions?"
Pan Yi asked something, and Chairman Nielsen hurriedly replied: "No problem, no problem, just ask whoever I need, they will be sent to the national team!"
"That's nothing else." Pan Yi said with a smile, "Now let him meet the national team players. There will be a warm-up match in a few days, right?"
"Okay, they are making arrangements right away. No, is there a game?" Nelson nodded again and answered Pan Yi's question, "They are at the national training base and will go to the UK to participate in a warm-up match in a few days.
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The current European Cup will start in June and November, but the first game of Group E, where the Swedish team is located, will not be held in June and 13th.
Therefore, in addition to the match against Slovenia, Sweden has also arranged a warm-up match against Wales, which will be held in June and May.
It was an away game in the UK. After the game, we went directly to France and stopped by.
Wales has also qualified for the main matches of this European Cup - in fact, they have made an upset to the semi-finals before - so their strength lies definitely in Slovenia, and Pan Yi must be well prepared.
It is a bit different from the club's warm-up match. Since the teammates of the national team usually do not train together, the warm-up match, especially the warm-up match before the big game, is a very valuable opportunity to practice together.
In addition, the head coach of the Swedish team resigned before the battle, and the overall morale of the players is a bit low. It is not very important to perform well in the warm-up match.
"Please sort out the information related to the national team as soon as possible and give it to him, including the game videos. He will study it in the next two days." Pan Yi initially ordered.
After getting Nelson's affirmative reply, Pan Yi sighed: "Then he has to call Pintus, Arteta and the others immediately."
"They should all be preparing to go on vacation, right? I wonder if they will call him a workaholic, haha."
"It's okay, let them arrange for their families to go to France. After all, it's a good vacation spot there..."