Brother and sister Pan Yi and Pan Ying were sitting on the sofa at home, eating packed meals from a Chinese restaurant and watching TV.
"Brother, do you know what day it is today?" Pan Ying took a bite of the Kung Pao chicken and looked at Pan Yi, unable to help but ask.
Pan Yi didn't even raise his head: "Huh? Of course I know, tomorrow night we will face Arsenal at home in the Champions League."
"That's not what I'm talking about." Pan Ying raised her voice, "I'm talking about whether today is a holiday?"
"Oh. Today is...February 14th?" Pan Yi thought for a while, "Arbor Day?"
Pan Ying almost spit out the food in her mouth: "Brother, you are really a straight man. You don't even remember Valentine's Day?"
"Oh, Valentine's Day." Pan Yi nodded and looked at the TV seriously.
On the TV screen, the latest round, which is the 25th round of the Premier League, is playing. Sunderland plays Arsenal at home.
This game was recorded and played a few days ago. Pan Yi wanted to watch the game again to understand the recent enemy situation in more detail.
"Ahem, no wonder my brother is still alone now." Pan Ying shook her head and suddenly asked, "Brother, how are you and that little sister?"
"Which little sister?" Pan Yi was stunned.
"Your head coach's daughter! What is her name called Tina..."
"Valentina."
"Yes, that's her." Pan Ying leaned towards Pan Yi, her face full of interest, "She seems to like you very much. She often sends you messages, right?"
"Ah...we are just ordinary friends." Pan Yi said, his eyes still staring at the TV screen.
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie's powerful shot was saved by Sunderland's young goalkeeper Mignolet.
"What kind of ordinary friend? Do you think she is too young?" Pan Ying continued to gossip, "She is only seven or eight years older. Girls won't mind this. Besides, you are an old cow eating young grass.
It’s a good deal, isn’t it?”
Pan Yi shook his head: "I'm not thinking about this yet. I'm only thinking about my football career and one day I can become the best head coach in the world..."
On the TV screen, Walcott shot from a small angle, and the ball was saved by Mignolet again.
Of course, Pan Yi was also speaking from his own heart.
Now that the schedule has reached the most critical moment, he doesn't want to be distracted at all.
When it comes to falling in love, having a girlfriend, etc., it’s not like I haven’t experienced it in my previous life, so it’s just that.
He had to seize this rare opportunity in his life that could change his destiny.
"Humph!" Pan Ying was unhappy, "You are really stupid, can't career and love go hand in hand? Besides, I think it will be helpful to your career if you date her. After all, she is
The daughter of the Milan manager, isn’t she?”
Pan Yi chuckled and counterattacked: "What about you? What about yourself? Don't you stay at home on Valentine's Day? Where's your boyfriend? Your parents are more worried about you, right? You are a grown-up, and no man has taken a fancy to you yet.
,Tsk tsk..."
The game on the TV screen had reached 60 minutes. Sunderland midfielder McLean shot a long shot through the door guarded by Szczesny. Sunderland led Arsenal 1:0!
Pan Yi's counterattack immediately left Pan Ying speechless.
She turned to look at the Sunderland players and fans celebrating the goal on the TV screen, and began to change the topic:
"What are these fans singing? It's pretty good."
Pan Yi chuckled to himself, but of course he was also happy that his sister no longer had to worry about relationship issues, so he replied: "nd 'Til I Die, which roughly translates to "My heart will always be with Sunderland."
In his previous life, Pan Yi watched a documentary about Sunderland, the title of which was "My Heart Will Always Follow Sunderland".
That was their experience trying to make a comeback after suffering relegation from the Premier League in the 2017-18 season.
However, the current Black Cats Sunderland are still in the Premier League, and there are famous players like O'Shea in the team, so they are not in danger of being relegated.
"This Arsenal can't even play against Sunderland. It doesn't feel very strong." Pan Ying said again.
"That's hard to say. Look, the professor has started to change people." Pan Yi pointed to the TV screen, "Arsenal is preparing to counterattack."
Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger, known as the "Professor", is perhaps the greatest coach in the history of Arsenal.
His arrival completely changed Arsenal, allowing them to break away from the outdated and crude British style of long passing and lobbing, and became the spokesperson for "beautiful football".
The new tactical style makes Arsenal's 442 unique in the English game.
Mixed with the stability of the defense and the technical factors of the striker, Arsenal's two forwards became difficult to defend.
How should a center who is not in the penalty area defend? The opponent's center back doesn't know.
The combination of Bergkamp + Henry also makes the organizational task of Arsenal's midfield much easier.
Therefore, Arsenal's midfield combination in Wenger's heyday has always been two defensive-oriented central midfielders Vieira + Petit/Gilberto.
Although it is technical football, Arsenal's waist is the toughest in Europe.
This has also allowed Arsenal to achieve impressive results. The record of 49 consecutive unbeaten games created from 2003 to 2004 has not been broken by anyone to this day.
Today, Arsenal is trapped in the club's finances and is gradually getting further and further away from the championship.
This season, it is basically a battle between Manchester City and Manchester City.
But Wenger still tried his best to keep the arsenal running normally so that the team can squeeze into the top four to participate in the Champions League and strive to go further in the Champions League.
On TV, veteran Henry came on and replaced midfielder Chamberlain.
Then young player Ramsey came on and replaced defender Mordessac.
Arsenal's formation also changed to three forwards.
These two substitutions really had an immediate impact.
In the 75th minute, Ramsey scored and tied the score to 1:1.
In the injury time of the game, Henry beat Sunderland!
"Ah, it's really amazing." Pan Ying thought thoughtfully, and she didn't know whether the "amazing" she mentioned was referring to Wenger's command or Pan Yi's "prediction".
Yes, she didn't know that this game was recorded...
But soon her attention was focused on one Sunderland player:
"Hey, is this our Dragon Country player?"
Pan Yi shook his head without even looking at it: "We don't have a single player from the Dragon Kingdom playing in the five major leagues, so don't yell about it. That's the Korean player Ji Dongyuan. By the way, there's also a Korean player at Arsenal.
Player, but he rarely plays, his name is Park Joo-young."
"That's it." Pan Ying stepped forward and patted Pan Yi on the head: "It seems that this task will be handed over to you, my coach Pan!"
"What mission?" Pan Yi shook his head and understood what Pan Ying meant.
Yes, bringing Dragon Country players to play in the five major European leagues...
It seems that this can indeed be used as a side task in his coaching career.
However, the prerequisite for doing this side mission is that you must first become an awesome head coach.
To become an awesome head coach, you must defeat other awesome head coaches, such as——