A week before the start of the fourth round of the FA Cup, York City encountered a difficult leg in English League One.
Then he will miss the home game against Sheffield United.
Sheffield United are currently chasing York City, and the direct exchange of words between the top two players is undoubtedly a high-profile exchange of words.
Sure enough, 10 minutes into the game, Sheffield United relied on a header from center back Randall to knock on York City's goal.
Scaloni had already anticipated how difficult that game would be, so the York City players seemed relaxed and relaxed, not at all impatient to fall behind.
In the 30th minute, Alphonso Davis seized the opportunity from the left and crossed the ball. Baker, who knew it well, would not miss such a good opportunity and equalized the score with a header.
After Baker scored his 22nd goal of the season, York City's offensive firepower was completely activated.
In the 48th minute of the eastern half, Kulusevski dribbled the ball outside and shot from the front of the penalty area to score, leading the score 2:1!
After taking the lead, York City obviously slowed down its offensive in view of the subsequent FA Cup match, and Sheffield United took the opportunity to miss York City and launch a pounce, which also put York City into a passive position.
Fortunately, goalkeeper Isaksson stood up again at that time. He played well and resolved at least four close shots from the wrong side. Only then did the score of 2:1 remain until the end.
In that Battle of Tianwang Mountain in League One, York City had the last laugh!
As a result, York City, which has won consecutive victories, has further expanded its advantage in the standings and now tops the list with 62 points.
The defeated Sheffield United actually lost their second place, or even dropped to fourth place!
Currently in second place are Scunthorpe with 55 points, while Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United share 53 points, but are ranked third due to their goal difference advantage.
The point gap between York City and third place has widened to 9 points, which also allows them to devote more energy to the FA Cup match against Tottenham.
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"Boss, I'm coming to the cafeteria to eat too."
In the York City team cafeteria, the sharp-eyed Fuan Jianyang saw Pan Yi walking in the corner eating, and walked over with a plate.
If the wrong words between him and Pan Yi were in English, now that he is more proficient in using English, it would inevitably be with Yue's unique accent.
And soon, players like Lin Liangming, Rice, Kulusevski, De Ligt and other players also came over and walked around beside Pan Yi.
Young people of similar age get together more often on weekdays and have a good relationship with each other.
And obviously, the relationship between them and Pan Yi is not as harmonious as the ordinary boss and employee. Otherwise, they would have pretended not to see it and went to eat by themselves.
"Hello everyone." Pan Yi also greeted the players.
If he is in the club during meal time, he will eat in the cafeteria.
On the one hand, he doesn't care much about where to eat. On the other hand, the food in York City's cafeteria is very good.
Is that because Pan Yi also attaches great importance to the team's canteen and gives them a very high budget?
After all, if a player gets injured, most of the time it's because they're not living the right way.
Eating and drinking play a big part in a player's life, so York City will invest in that area, hoping to ensure that every injury suffered by the players will not cause muscle damage.
Although things outside of our control can happen, considering how much money a player earns every week, if he misses four weeks or more, the club will lose much more than what he spends on food and drink.
Besides, letting the players eat well will also make them feel happier, so they can devote themselves more fully to training, right?
So in a successful club, every detail is taken seriously and everything is taken seriously.
"Boss, do I think they will beat Tottenham?" Rice suddenly asked.
All the surrounding players immediately stopped eating and looked at Pan Yi.
Pan Yi showed a relaxed smile: "What do I think? He will not be there, and will I be the player who is playing football? Do I think it is winnable?"
"Of course!" Rice said without thinking, clenching his fists as if he had a chance to win, "Tottenham are not terrible. Since they can beat Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, it will be even more important if they play Tottenham at home that time.
Coco defeats them!"
I have to say that the little guy who became the captain of West Ham United in Pan Yi's previous life seems to have such a convincing leadership temperament whether he shuts up or does things now.
And after listening to what Rice said, the young players around the dinner table also started to cheer, saying slogans such as "We can win, we can beat Tottenham."
Pan Yi laughed.
Then you are a young player who is not afraid of strong opponents at all.
To be honest, Tottenham were not very strong that season.
At present, after 22 rounds of the Premier League, they are ranked third in the standings with 46 points, second only to Chelsea in first place with 55 points and Arsenal in second place with 47 points.
In fact, Tottenham were originally ranked second, but they had just had a tough match with Manchester City in the away game a few days ago. It turned out that the two sides had a 2:2 draw, which allowed Arsenal to surpass them.
More importantly, Tottenham coach Pochettino said in an interview that he will not give up the FA Cup competition:
"He is confident of adding another trophy to Tottenham's honours!"
That means that unlike Arsenal who used a attacking lineup, Tottenham will probably use all their main players that time.
In other words, in terms of the actual strength of the players on the field, can Tottenham be stronger than their North London rivals?
Of course, Pan Yi doesn't want to say those words of caution now.
If even those young players are so confident, then as the owner of the club, how can I throw cold water on them now?
Anyway, there is no hard-and-fast goal for the FA Cup. Young players don’t have to think so much. They can just do it while they are passionate!
So, Pan Yi put the basin in his lap eastward and said to everyone:
"Yes, Rice is right. They will beat Tottenham!"
"We all know that they are preparing to build a brand new stadium, and they will soon have a team to match that brand new stadium."
"They will make everyone clearly realize that there is a strong team in English League One that is growing rapidly. In the near future, they will appear in the Premier League and they will compete in European competitions!"
"And the history of York City will be created by our group of young people! It all starts from that season, with the victory over Arsenal and Tottenham!"
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"They deny York City, they can beat any wrong leg!"
In a short ceremony before the start of the FA Cup, owner Pan Yi gave a small speech, and that was the last sentence of his speech.
Because tomorrow will be the first time for the new seats to be officially opened after the successful expansion of the West Siberian Stadium, a ceremony was held to celebrate it.
As Pan Yi's first powerful words were thrown away, passionate music, exciting drums, and fans' shouts and cheers rang out from the stadium stands, bringing the atmosphere to the highest point.
The momentum generated by the 20,000 people was certainly greater than the original demand!
And those sounds passed through the walls of the locker room and reached the ears of the home team players, making all York City players' eyes flash with something called fanaticism, which quickly burned the hearts of every player.
Infected by that atmosphere, all the players in the York City locker room seemed very excited and excited, without any fear of facing the Premier League giants.
Because Pan Yi just said in Taiwan, York City was born to create one miracle after another!
And everyone in the club, including coaches, players, team doctors, all staff, even the old security guard guarding the gate, and of course the fans, they will all be part of the miracle!
As the head coach, Scaloni looked at the fighting spirit exuding from his players and secretly sighed that having such a boss saves him a lot of trouble. At least he doesn't have to say anything to boost the morale of the players...
Of course, Scaloni was a little surprised when Pan Yi gave a speech at the stadium expansion ceremony and said in public that he could beat any opponent.
Because if the FA Cup will be played tomorrow, then it means that we will directly declare an eastward challenge to Tottenham.
so……
"Everyone, the boss just said that they can beat any team, and of course that includes Tottenham. Do we think the boss is wrong?" Scaloni suddenly asked all the players.
The players were stunned for a moment, but soon they shouted in unison: "That's right! The boss is right, they can beat Tottenham!"
Scaloni smiled: "Well, if we don't want the boss to be slapped in the face in front of so many people, we can work hard to prove it with facts. After all, in the football field, it is useless to just say no with words.
, they are begging you to show them your strength!"
After speaking, Scaloni gave De Zerbi a wink, and the latter immediately arranged Tottenham's starting lineup on the tactical board.
Now that everyone's morale is high, it's time to strike while the iron is hot and implement our tactics eastward.
As for the initial tactics, including the changes that Keke would make during the game, the coaching staff had actually never met Pan Yi.
Faced with such a strong enemy, Scaloni took the initiative to find Pan Yi for advice. Of course, Pan Yi analyzed both sides of the enemy in detail before formulating a battle plan for tomorrow together.
"Tottenham sent almost all their main players on the field in that game. In Pochettino's -1, the goalkeeper was Lori, and the defense from left to right was Danny Rose, Alderweireld, and Vertonghen.
, Kyle Walker, the midfielder double midfielder is Eriksen and Moussa Dembele, the left and right wingers are Son Heung-min and Lamela respectively, the shadow forward is Alli, and the front center is Vicent Jensen
.”
"Judging from the starting lineup, it is basically the same as the personnel they played against Manchester City last week, which shows that Tottenham attaches great importance to that game. It is obvious that Pochettino wants to gain something in the FA Cup."
"After acquiring Dutch center Vicente Jensen from Alkmaar this season, Pochettino has put Son Heung-min more in his better winger position, so they must pay special attention to Tottenham's wingers.
.Especially Son Heung-min, he is very fast, very sharp in outside cuts, and his shots are very accurate, so you must pay attention to that."
"As for Vicente Jensen, although he is not fast, he is an all-around shooter, has very good skills, and has the ability to play with the ball. He is expected to be the bridgehead of Tottenham's offense in that game. Of course he will
His shooting ability is also good, and he scored 27 goals in 34 appearances in the Eredivisie this season."
"Son Heung-min, Lamela, Alli, even Moussa Dembele, Eriksen and Danny Rose, they will become the second and third wave of attackers behind Vicent Jensen, they will
Please beware of such an attack."
Regarding whether they can cope with that game, can York City send scouts to follow Tottenham's game early and figure out Tottenham's offensive routine as much as possible.
At the same time, in the previous two days, Scaloni continued to play some edited videos to the players to make them more familiar with the way Tottenham players play.
Of course, that method is not what Pan Yi often does.
Scaloni naturally learned those skills under Pan Yi's words and deeds.
After introducing the team's starting lineup, Scaloni and De Zerbi arranged corresponding tasks for the players in each position of the team.
"Guys, it will be a very, very tough game. Tottenham are not a strong team in the Premier League. Their attacking power is very terrifying. In fact, they have only scored two goals less than Chelsea, who are at the top of the Premier League."
"So even if they were at home, they couldn't be arrogant enough to attack them on the wrong foot. In that game, they wanted to defend and defend desperately. They had been conducting defensive drills in the past few days. He hoped that he could win the game.
We’ll see the results tomorrow!”
"De Ligt, in that game they wanted to recover their defense. My area will be limited to my own half. Wherever there is a loophole, I will go there. Including Rice, I will first consider defense and then attack."
, are they all bright red?"
Players like De Ligt, although not defenders, like to intervene in the attack; Rice himself is a midfielder who can both attack and defend.
Therefore, Scaloniflori emphasized one thing in particular, asking them not to seek anything but to rush forward.
After hearing this, the players responded one after another.
"Because of their midfield combination, Tottenham's defensive tasks will fall more on him." Scaloni slapped his right leg heavily on the tactical board and Moussa Dembélé's name was on it.
"But even though he is tall and strong, he actually prefers to attack. He has an average defensive position and average aggression. So, will he disrupt their midfield breakthrough? Give him
Click on the colors to see!”
In that Tottenham team, there is actually a full-time defensive midfielder, and that is Wanyama from Kenya.
But tomorrow Pochettino faces York City from League One. Obviously he does not hope to use a powerful attack to tear apart the opponent's defense, so he sends Eriksen + Moussa Dembele.
combination.
Compared with Moussa Dembele, Eriksen's role in the midfielder position is more like Pirlo's back then, and he is more interested in organizing passes in the back position. Therefore, if you want to defend,
May the Lord pray or not, please turn to Moussa Dembélé.
The problem is that Moussa Dembélé doesn’t usually play as a defensive midfielder, and is often pushed forward to play as an attacking midfielder. So, let’s take a look at Tottenham’s weakness that Scaloni has now discovered and ask for help.
Players should pay more attention to that point.
As everyone nodded, the pre-game arrangements for York City were all in place!——
The stands of the West Siberian Stadium are in.
Walking among the noisy fans, Pan Yi kept saying hello to the fans along the way.
"He is really popular with the fans!" Tomorrow's commentator Lineker praised with a smile.
As a "Pan Yi fan", although he will not commentate on English League One games, when York City plays in the FA Cup, will he always apply for him to provide on-site commentary?
"As York City's results are getting better and better, and after defeating Arsenal in the FA Cup, more and more Yorkshire fans are beginning to support York City more."
"This does not only refer to South Yorkshire, where York City is located, but also includes West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, as well as the counties of Broadside and Cleveland. This was unimaginable before."
"After Pan Yi announced that they wanted to build a new stadium with more than 40,000 people, I heard that the number of members in their club is also expanding rapidly. This shows that Pan Yi's plan for a rainy day is absolutely wrong. Let's take a look at the stadium tomorrow.
20,000 people showed up, and it was extremely popular.”
"And because of Pan Yi's existence, their popularity on the Internet is not even inferior to that of some Premier League teams. Well, if they were outside the Dragon Country, York City's popularity would definitely be the first! After all, Pan Yi is here
There are too many fans on foreign websites..."
"Tomorrow, when we miss Tottenham in the FA Cup, Pan Yi's speech before the game was equivalent to a challenge to Tottenham. That's a bit surprising. After all, he can't say what the team is now.
Not the League One team, not the Chelsea team he coached a year ago!"
"Even if he is such a big fan of Pan Yi, I don't know why he is so confident. Is it because he defeated Arsenal in the first round? But after all, it was just an upset. Arsenal did not send all the main players, and
Xhaka also received a red card in the East End, which led to York City's desperate counterattack."
"Tomorrow's Tottenham obviously attaches more importance to that game and will use all their main players. With the attack line composed of Son Heung-min, Alli, and Lamela, can York City really be able to stop it?"
"And if you want to advance, it doesn't matter if you can defend or not, you have to score goals. And Tottenham's defense line, which consists of the Belgian national team's main center back combination + the England national team full-back combination, is really so easy to be defeated.
breakdown?"
"Of course, it's obvious whether York City fans believe their team can perform miracles..."
At that time, the live TV screen turned to the stands. All the York City fans wearing red jerseys had already lifted up the big flag with the York City team emblem and sang the team's anthem in unison. Many of them even smiled on their faces.
The painting is full of oil paint.
The 20,000 fans created an extremely lively atmosphere, making the game look as good as any other game.
"Tomorrow will be the first official game after the successful expansion of the West Siberia Stadium, and he heard that the home game tickets were sold out two weeks before the game."
"Obviously, it was a very memorable game. Although being drawn against Arsenal and then Tottenham seemed a bit too 'cruel' for a League One team, York City fans
They seemed to enjoy it all.”
"Having said that, although he has some doubts, if York City can really defeat Tottenham tomorrow, then the Football Association will not arrange for Chelsea to play for them? Haha, just kidding."
"The live broadcast screen turned to the rostrum, let them take a look, hey, look, isn't that Tottenham's boss Levy? He will also come to the away game with the team tomorrow and walk with Pan Yi."
"I think back then Levi really wanted to invite Pan Yi to coach Tottenham, but Pan Yi refused. Now, both of them are chatting together as bosses. It really feels like the world has changed... Even at that time Pan Yi
Yi's identity is obviously higher than that of Levi. After all, Pan Yi wholly controls York City, while Levi is the small boss of Tottenham..."
"Then tomorrow, they will see which boss will have the last laugh!"
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As players from both sides of the game entered the field one after another, did Lineker announce the starting lineups of both sides for that game?
Over at York City:
Forwards: Baker, Armand.
Midfielder: Lin Liangming, Alonso, Rice, Kulusevski.
Defenders: Alphonso Davies, Westerman, De Ligt, Kenyo Toyasu.
Goalkeeper: Isaacson.
Tottenham's side will not have the lineup Scaloni mentioned in the locker room.
This is similar to the speculations of the outside media. It can be said that they are not the main force.
As for whether Tottenham's lineup selection will be richer, and whether they will put some good players on the bench tomorrow, such as Ben Davis, Dell, Trippier, Wanyama, Moussa Xi
Soko, wait.
There is no change in York City's side. Captain Carlstrom is recovering from injury. The midfielder has used the combination of Alonso + Rice. The bench can only use Gary Fletcher and Joe.
·A veteran like Partington.
But this is not the norm in York City. Anyway, it can cope with the current two-front battle!
With the players on both sides standing still, the referee blew the whistle and the game began!