Chapter 460 Even Pan Yi can’t save the Swedish team
Author: Ant who watches football ruthlessly
Chapter 460 Even Pan Yi can’t save the Swedish team
When the news of the Swedish national team coach Hamlen's resignation spread, there was an uproar throughout Sweden and abroad.
Although the fans are not satisfied with the head coach, they are more venting their emotions. After all, there is nothing to lose by typing on the keyboard, right?
But changing commanders before battle is a taboo for military strategists after all!
What's more, it's only more than a week before the European Cup starts. Where can we find a suitable replacement?
Although Swedish fans had long thought that Hamren would leave after the European Cup - after all, he could not do anything in the group of death - they never thought that Hamren would suddenly run away with a bucket.
This also makes everyone feel even more desperate about Sweden’s trip to this European Cup.
After the news came out, there was an outpouring of grief outside Sweden.
Even the most optimistic media and fans believe that their team will inevitably leave the European Cup stage early after the group stage.
According to data from Swedish Airlines, many fans who originally booked tickets to watch the game in France have chosen to cancel their tickets!
This shows that many Swedish fans have no hope that the team will have any hope in the future of the European Cup!
The fans are like this, and the players are even more confused.
Except for Ibrahimovic, no one knows what happened in those two days - after all, Ibrahimovic will not talk nonsense to his teammates if there is nothing certain.
The only thing they know clearly is that they have lost their head coach and are the only team among the participating teams in the European Cup to quit without a coach.
At this moment, they are walking to the training ground to prepare for tomorrow's training.
The sun in Stockholm is very bright, but the temperature is not high, so it is very comfortable to bask in the sun.
But the players who were supposed to be enjoying the sunshine seemed listless at this moment, with their heads hanging down.
They were like cocks that had been defeated in a fight. They had no energy, no fighting spirit, and no one knew what to do.
Before training, national team officials announced a decision, and two players, Kukhovich and Zeng Jing, would leave the team immediately.
That means that those two players have no chance of participating in this European Cup.
Although those two players are only marginal players of the national team, making the decision to "lay off" at this juncture does not put the players at risk.
So who made the decision? The new coach?
Then will he find himself dissatisfied and get rid of him?
He never took them through a training session or played a game, so how could he just change players at will?
Then he must be a willful person!
Various speculations and doubts are spreading among the national team players, and the atmosphere in the team is certainly not getting better.
Even when they arrived at the training ground, walked into the locker room, changed their clothes, put on their shoes...
During this process, no one shut up. The only sounds that could be heard were sighs or no. There was one sentence written on everyone's face: "What should they do?"
Even the team’s spiritual leader and captain Ibrahimovic doesn’t know where he will be tomorrow!
Is he also asking to run away?
As a matter of fact, such doubts were quickly dissipated.
Because when 20 players of the Swedish national team walked out of the locker room and walked around the corner to the training ground, they saw a familiar, tall figure.
Then who is not Ibrahimovic?
At this time, Ibrahimovic was putting his legs and arms on the shoulders of a young man next to him, chatting cordially.
Sensing that the players had arrived, both Ibrahimovic and the young man turned around and smiled at them.
So...
Marcus Berry, the forward who was walking at the front, wiped his eyes vigorously and looked intently...
That’s right!
That’s not Pan Yi!
Although they haven’t met each other face to face for several years, it is indeed his head coach in Hamburg, Pan Yi, a native of Longguo!
"Boss, why am I here?" Marcus Berry ran a few steps quickly and came to Pan Yi's side.
Although he was only a substitute striker when he was in Hamburg, he played quite a lot of time in Pan Yi's team, and Pan Yi has always had great respect for him.
Lord, Pan Yibu was leading the team in the Champions League finals a few days ago. Why are you going to the Swedish national team training center in Stockholm tomorrow?
Marcus Berry had a vague feeling in his heart that maybe some great happy event was coming, but he denied it.
Pan Yi, the seven-time champion coach, comes to coach the Swedish team? I’m afraid he is very sleepy!
You should come with Ibrahimovic to see if you can, or come to Sweden for a vacation...
"Marcus, why am I running so fast..." A person came running from the corner behind him, it was Forsberg who plays for Red Bull Leipzig.
When he saw the hot man in front of him, he was stunned.
Although he has never played under Pan Yi, is there really anyone in the world of football who doesn’t recognize that handsome face???
It can be said that no player is unwilling to play for him!
As a rare technical midfielder in the Swedish national team, Forsberg is even more so.
And now, that historical head coach appears there like that, at the training base of the national team, then... what does that mean?
Immediately afterwards, players from the Swedish national team came over one after another, Isaacson, Lindelof, Kjellström...
Then one after another they stood there in a daze.
They are not stupid. Now the national team has no head coach, and then the top head coach Pan Yi appears, and whether he appears with Ibrahimovic, then there must be a connection between the two.
Sure enough, Ibrahimovic didn't have many BBs, so he pointed at Pan Yi and announced to everyone:
"Everyone knows Pan Yi, so he won't introduce him. From tomorrow on, he will be the head coach of their Swedish national team, and he will lead them to the end of this European Cup!"
The players all opened their mouths, not knowing what to say.
But soon, expressions of joy appeared on each of their faces.
Is that really Pan Yi? A living legend!
Three consecutive Champions League titles, unbeaten in 76 league games, unbeaten in 26 Champions League games, seven-time champion!
He really came to coach the Swedish national team!!!
That European Cup was saved!!!
But when Pan Yi opened his mouth, he was not polite:
"He is now our head coach, so we must obey his management."
"The training time tomorrow will be as early as 8:30. He and Zlatan have been there waiting for us since 8 o'clock."
"But what time did we arrive? It's already eight forty. Ten minutes late."
"Do we think ten minutes is nothing to look down upon? Ten minutes for each person, and there are 20 of us, so a total of 200 minutes of his time was wasted!"
Ibrahimovic frowned and couldn't help but turn his head and whisper in Pan Yi's ear: "Is that the case?"
"I don't care, it's their unique algorithm of Dragon Kingdom." Pan Yi said softly to Ibrahimovic, and then raised his voice to the players:
"Just those ten minutes of being late showed our spirit, and he saw our laziness and lack of discipline!"
"From now on, he wants to completely rectify the locker room discipline of the Swedish national team!"
Pan Yi looked serious, then pointed at Ibrahimovic: "Yang Rattan, I am the captain of the team, so he must remember it. If a teammate makes a mistake and I don't supervise him, I want to be with him."
be punished!"
Ibrahimovic was stared at by Pan Yi, and his heart trembled for no reason. He raised his head and chest, nodded in agreement: "Ming Hong!"
Although he has always had a good relationship with Pan Yi, he is also a member of the team, let alone the team's captain and leader.
Therefore, he must not seek to lead by example when it comes to team discipline. In that aspect, he does not have any privileges.
And since Zlatan Ibrahimovic has made such a statement, the players of the Swedish national team naturally have nothing else to say.
Of course, there is no need for Ibrahimovic to take the lead.
Even though Pan Yi was standing there, everyone was excited and nervous. Who dared not to listen to him?
Where is Pan Yi’s identity and status?
Imagine that many players in the Swedish national team come from second-rate teams in some second-rate leagues, and are themselves second-rate players. They will never be able to enter a wealthy club in their lifetime, nor will they be able to receive guidance from the world's top coaches;
And tomorrow, there is one of the world's most awesome and honored head coaches who is willing to coach them. It's too late to be happy, so who dares to hold back their shit?
Then, Pan Yi immediately announced his disciplinary code:
"He will lead us until the end of the European Cup. We don't have to listen to him, no matter what, but he has the power and ability to decide whether we play or not. Very likely, he has the power to disobey us.
They will be punished in any way, even expelled from the national team!"
"Starting from tomorrow, every training session must arrive early to warm up at the specified time, and train as soon as the time is up. If he is late like tomorrow, in addition to the mandatory lap penalty, he will not have the chance to compete in the East Game
Appearing in the game."
"The reason is very simple, because he really dislikes people who have no sense of time and discipline! Forget it tomorrow, that rule will officially take effect after he announces it!"
"He will examine every player during training and decide whether he can start and whether he can be on the court based on his performance in training, so I hope we can perform well in training."
"After arriving in France, any family members must ask to leave the hotel floor where the national team lives, except for the opening hours specified by him. The Football Association will arrange their rooms and accommodation, and we will not be allowed to accept interviews with reporters in private.
Even if you don’t say a word!”
"During the European Cup, can we give him good training and competition? Just hold on for a month and we will be liberated!"
Pan Yi's series of words immediately shocked everyone present.
Whether there are players who have not worked with him before, such as Marcus Berry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and other former disciples, he can nod his head.
Not much else to say, with that aura and domineering power, apart from him, it would be difficult to find anyone else in football!
It can be summed up in one word: domineering!
But they soon heard some "hint" from Pan Yi's last words.
Will the European Cup open in June and November, and will the finals be in July and November? Exactly one month!
And Pan Yifa begged the players of the Swedish national team to hold on for a month...
Doesn't it mean that Pan Yi's inner expectation is to let the Swedish team reach the finals?
That can't help but make many players' hearts beat fast.
Everyone knows that the promises given by Pan Yi and the goals of Lidong will not be fulfilled!
Could it be that they also hope to play out a Danish fairy tale like the 1992 European Cup?
Or, like in 2004, a Greek mythology?
But Pan Yi didn't say it clearly.
After talking about discipline, Pan Yi waved his leg and asked the players to go to training first.
As soon as they arrived, the players of the Swedish national team realized what high intensity meant!
First, the teams are divided into three groups and take turns to play a group match for a total of 30 minutes.
Pan Yi requires all players to go all out, and there is a lot of time in between to carry out high-intensity physical training.
Then, classmate Pintus, who had just canceled his vacation plan, walked out with a gloomy look and began to direct everyone to run laps...
With that wave coming from the east, every one of the players was so tired that they almost fell to the ground.
Afterwards, the medical team headed by Wolfat began to conduct physical examinations and hydrotherapy recovery on the players one by one.
The purpose of this is to see if these players can withstand Pan Yi's high-intensity playing style!
If you do something like that and then you become sluggish, or even commit something wrong, then you won’t be able to do it even once you train.
And once that group of players passes the test, then Pan Yi can really start to formulate the most suitable tactics for the Swedish team...
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One day later, Isaac and Kulusevsky, who were newly added to the training list, also came to the National Training Center to report.
Although many members of the national team were a little bit murmuring in their hearts, they warmly welcomed the two children.
Although everyone knows that Pan Yi likes to train young players, for example, the 16-year-old Mbappe has already played in the Premier League;
But those two young ladies are too young!
Are they really ready to fight for their country?
In other words, do they really have the talent and maturity like Mbappe?
In the subsequent training, the performance of the two young players was recognized by the players.
Especially Isaac. Regardless of his physical fitness or technical ability, that guy is really very comprehensive. He is simply a small Ibrahimovic!
Kulusevski was a little nervous and couldn't let go, but that's understandable.
After all, at such a young age, you were recruited to play for the national team without even playing in the first team. Aren't you nervous?
With the two young players in place, the 23-man roster of the Swedish national team to participate in this European Cup has basically been confirmed.
Of course, the list previously submitted to UEFA would wait until the last warm-up match against Wales before settling down.
After all, if there is any injury or the like, we can easily replace him.
At the same time, the Swedish Football Association also held a press conference in Stockholm, inviting media from all over the world to participate, and officially announced the news that Erik Hamlen had resigned and had left the team.
At the same time, they also announced by mistake that Pan Yilai, the former Chelsea coach, would serve as the acting head coach after Donglai, at least until the end of the European Cup.
As soon as that piece of news was released, the press conference immediately went viral!
Then, the news quickly spread from Stockholm to all over the world!
"The coach who won seven crowns actually went to coach the Swedish national team"
"If Pan Yi doesn't renew his contract with Chelsea, does he want to challenge for the honor of the national team"
"Although Ibrahimovic is there, can the Swedish team really qualify in the group of death?"
"Change of coaches before battle, even Pan Yi should not be able to turn the tide"
"Pan Yi's wise life may be ruined by that impulsive choice"
"Isn't it good to join the Belgian national team? Only the golden generation has the hope of winning the championship!"
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Obviously, although they were shocked by the choice Pan Yi made not long after the Champions League final, many media were not optimistic about Pan Yi's trip to the national team.
The reason is also very simple. The national team is not as good as the club. If there is a shortage of players in some positions and there is no way to find someone in the transfer market, it can be found among players with Swedish nationality.
In terms of Sweden's current talent pool, there really aren't any great players. Otherwise, the national team roster wouldn't be filled with players from second-tier teams, such as Copenhagen, AEK Athens, Malmö, Olympiacos, and Parma.
Narsinaikos...
The only one who can really do it is the veteran Ibrahimovic.
Among other well-known players, Forsberg is indeed good, but he is not the core of Red Bull Leipzig, and he is not considered a wealthy player;
Lindelof is not the core of Benfica's defense. It is said that Manchester United is also interested in him, but he has not gone after all;
Guideti is Celta Vigo's main striker. In fact, he was not a member of Manchester City in his early years, but he only played one League Cup game and has been loaned out;
Kjellström is a former Arsenal player, but he is no better than Guidetti. Li Yi only played three times for Arsenal.
The only player second only to Ibrahimovic in his wealthy career is goalkeeper Isaac.
There is a little story about him.
He played for Juventus for two years around 2000, but did not make a single appearance;
Later, he moved to Manchester City at the invitation of fellow countryman Eriksson, and he was indeed the main goalkeeper at the time, but bad luck immediately struck him - he was seriously injured!
That injury turned Manchester City's main goalkeeper into Schmeichel. It turned out that in the game against Fulham, Schmeichel lost two high goals in a row and lost trust.
After the Manchester City goalkeeper suffered serious injuries, serious illnesses and serious mistakes, third-choice goalkeeper Joe Hart successfully took over.
In the match against Sunderland in the 12th round of the league, there was such a classic scene in the entrance ceremony: the 20-year-old Joe Hart walked towards them in the front, and the 30-year-old Joe Hart walked towards them in the back.
Sun Jihai, with a 7-year-old caddy sandwiched in the middle, his name is Phil Foden...
Three Manchester City players spanning three eras just appeared in the same shot.
Of course, all that has nothing to do with Isaacson.
In the second season, he was sold to PSV Eindhoven. Since then, he has become further and further away from the giants. Now he can play for the Turkish Kasem Pasa team.
In other words, in the current Swedish national team, except for the 34-year-old Ibrahimovic who has the ability to play for a wealthy club, and whether Forsberg and Lindelof are considered to be wealthy players, the others are at best.
No, it's just leftovers from wealthy families.
As for the two young men Pan Yi quickly recruited after taking office... who are they?
Even if Pan Yi looks at young people, even if they have some strength, they are still young players who are sixteen or seventeen years old.
Doesn’t that just mean that Sweden doesn’t have the backbone to survive?
It is precisely because of this that everyone is generally pessimistic about the prospects of Pan Yi's Swedish team.
In addition, the media and fans are not optimistic about Sweden. One reason is that Pan Yi was given too little time.
As we all know, Pan Yifeng is a head coach with miraculous power. He can always turn bad things into miracles and make many originally unknown players become world-famous stars.
There are too many examples out there, so I won’t list them all.
Precisely because of this, when Pan Yi summoned Isaac and Kulusevsky, the discussion was not that big.
After all, when he brought in players like Vardy and Mawai, they were not even professional players, so their starting point was not as good as those two teenagers.
Isaac has never played in the Swedish Super League and scored goals, and Kulusevski has never been a serious member of Atlanta's youth training.
But the problem is no, there seems to be not enough time for Pan Yi to train them to become talents!
When at the club, if there is a long summer training period and winter training period, no matter what, there is still a whole season for the players to slowly adapt and gradually run in with the team.
Just like Mbappe, who is also 16 years old, Pan Yi slowly cultivated him and now he has become a super star that attracts worldwide attention.
But in the national team, obviously you can't do that.
There are only ten days left before the Swedish team's first match of the European Cup.
Can a player be reborn in ten days? That is obviously unrealistic.
Even the members of the Swedish national team who were originally on the team probably didn't develop a tacit understanding with each other.
In such a short period of time, let alone personal growth, it is not difficult to even adjust the existing lineup well.
Coupled with the poor performance of the Swedish team in the qualifying matches and warm-up matches, the team's morale is low in the East, which will be a big test for Pan Yidu.
Of course, there are some people who are wrong about those things and don't worry about it. They are only concerned about Pan Yi joining the Swedish national team.
Then there are sponsors from all walks of life!
Especially those Swedish brands that were a little indifferent to the national team, suddenly became enthusiastic!
What ERICSSON, IKEA, Elextrolux, H&M, Spotify...
In particular, whether the Geely Automobile Group, which has already acquired the ownership of Sweden's national car brand Volvo, has directly sent representatives to negotiate with the Swedish Football Association.
After all, this is a perfect example of Sino-Swiss integration and a living advertisement!
Just next year, Volvo Cars will achieve its best sales in history since the brand was founded, and it can add another fire!
With Pan Yi's popularity, image, and strength, can Volvo Cars get more attention!
Even the advertising slogan has been thought out by Volvo:
"The magnanimity of a successful person is calm; the pattern of a leader is calm and broad. As the king of the Swedish automobile industry, Volvo Cars takes you to experience the Swedish national team led by Pan Yi..."