The match day of the first round of the Bundesliga season.
When Pan Yi walked into the home team's locker room, all the coaches and players present greeted him.
After nearly two months of getting along, everyone is very familiar with this young head coach who always has a smile on his face.
And Pan Yi also gets along well with the coaches and players.
This is one of the benefits of the team being young, the locker room will never be too dull.
Of course, another point is that there is no such thorny player in the current Hamburg team.
Otherwise, like Cassano when he was in Milan, his style was relatively lazy, and he liked to say some inexplicable words that affected morale, and even talked back and quarreled with the coach.
If there were a few more players like this in the locker room, the ball would no longer need to be kicked, and everyone would be quarreling before they even took the field.
Pan Yi walked to the center of the locker room, next to the tactical board, cleared his throat and started talking:
"Okay, everyone, please be quiet. In a little while, it will be our first appearance in the Bundesliga this season. I have some very important words, please listen to them."
The locker room suddenly became quiet. Everyone turned their heads to look at Pan Yi. Many people also pricked up their ears and raised their faces, preparing to listen to Pan Yi's emphasis on today's tactics.
However, what they didn't expect was that Pan Yi pushed the tactical board aside and stretched out a finger: "First of all, I don't want to talk about tactics today, and I don't need to emphasize your playing style. You are training.
I have already performed very well, and when the time comes, I just need to type out the training content."
Then Pan Yi extended his second finger: "Secondly, there is nothing to be nervous about in this game. As long as you play normally, you can win. Are Nuremberg very strong? They only ranked 10th last season!" The two assistant coaches Inzaghi and Nagelsmann looked at each other.
Nuremberg is indeed not strong, and it is indeed only ranked 10th, but the problem is that we are ranked 15th, brother!
"The third... uh, what's the third thing? I seem to have forgotten." Pan Yi took back the third finger he just extended and said with a smile, "Okay, just pay attention to the first two things.
That’s it!”
Everyone also laughed, the locker room was filled with happy air, and the players felt much more relaxed.
After all, it is the first round of the league and it is a home game. If the players say there is no psychological pressure, it must be false.
Especially now that there are many young players in the team who are participating in the Bundesliga for the first time, or even participating in the top professional league for the first time, there will be a lot of invisible pressure on their hearts.
Pan Yi did this to alleviate these pressures as much as possible, so that they can treat this game as an ordinary training match so as to better display their true level.
"In short, let's play football happily and don't care too much about the result of the game, okay?" Pan Yi finally said.
"But..." Wu Lei raised his hand hesitantly, "Coach, didn't you say before that your goal for this season is to enter the Champions League?"
Whether it is Pan Yi or Wu Lei, they all use English when talking in the locker room.
In addition to practicing more on the training ground, Wu Lei also practices English during breaks. Over the past two months, he can already talk to his teammates, but he is not very fluent yet.
Pan Yi glared at Wu Lei and scolded with a smile: "You stupid young man! Is there any conflict between these two? If you play football happily, you can win. And if you win, you will naturally be ranked high and enter the Champions League.
District!"
"Oh..." Wu Lei retracted his hand and thought carefully about what Pan Yi said.
It seems to make sense, but something seems a little wrong...
Sun Xingmin also raised his hand: "Coach, do you really think we can reach the Champions League?"
Pan Yi laughed and said: "Do you think I came to Hamburg just to help you avoid relegation? I don't have such a low-end goal. I really think we have the strength to reach the top four! But the game is one game at a time.
Go play.
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"A sage named Lu from our country of Long said that great achievements are directly proportional to hard work. Every minute you work, you will get a harvest. Over time, from less to more, miracles can be created."
As he said that, Pan Yi couldn't help but glance at Wu Lei and thought: nnd, since Wu Lei is here, it seems that he can't talk too much.
Fortunately, the sage surnamed Lu really said this...
Pan Yi continued: "Of course, the existence of this goal only allows us to be better versions of ourselves."
"Imagine if we are just fighting for relegation, wouldn't we be like salted fish without dreams?"
"As long as you play to your own level in order to achieve this goal, as long as you do your best...even if we lose, even if we can't make it into the top four in the end, we still have a clear conscience, don't we?!"
The players nodded one after another, and the pressure in their hearts disappeared.
The coach has said so, so what else is there to worry about?
Just play well one game at a time!
"Of course, I want you to play football happily, not to ask you to walk on the field or dance in the square."
Hearing what Pan Yi said, everyone laughed again.
"Yes, the mentality should be relaxed, but you should still run aggressively, fight fiercely, and have a correct attitude!"
Everyone stopped laughing again.
"After every game, your worth will start to fluctuate based on your performance. This is the capital for you to become a superstar in the future and get a high salary!"
"You are all professional players. Only by playing well can you make a lot of money and win the favor of beautiful women!"
"You said, don't you want lots and lots of money and lots and lots of beauties? Uh, forget it, pretend I didn't say the last sentence. Focus, yes, focus is more important." p>
The players laughed again and burst into rounds of applause.
Finally, Pan Yi made a concluding speech: "So my request is very simple, that is, put aside distracting thoughts and play football well. However, whoever wants to think about life on the court, I will not give him a good look. Maybe you are
The main force, but the next game may not be certain. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" the players shouted together, full of fighting spirit.
It’s okay for Inzaghi who has been listening in. Anyway, he often listened to Pan Yi’s “speeches” when he was in Milan.
But Nagelsmann kept marveling.
This head coach who is only one year older than me is really amazing.
Just a few words not only allowed the players to successfully reduce stress, but also improved the team's morale, and also emphasized discipline!
It seems that not only in terms of tactics, but also in these psychological adjustment methods, he still has a lot to learn...
When the players came to the field to warm up, the commentator Duan Xuan also said:
"Judging from the media reports before the game, the Hamburg team led by Pan Yi should be facing a lot of pressure today."
"After all, they were eliminated by the third division team in the German Cup and are also regarded as the favorites for relegation in the Bundesliga this season."
"But the strange thing is that judging from the situation on the scene, the Hamburg players are very relaxed and all have smiles on their faces... What do you think, Director Zhang?"
Zhang Lu's voice sounded:
"Maybe we, the media, are all wrong."
"Our so-called pressure may not be taken to heart at all by the Hamburg players and Pan Yi's guidance."
"Perhaps in Pan Yi's mind, this is just an ordinary Bundesliga game. They are here to get three points and leave."
"Of course, we still have to look at the progress of the game to see whether this is the case...hehe."