If I ask you: For a team, in the competitions around the world, which single game is the most profitable? Note, it is a single game.
So, what is your answer?
Football's NFL Super Bowl?
Basketball nba finals?
Baseball’s MLB World Series?
Or is it football’s Champions League final, European Cup final, or World Cup final?
No, none of them.
The answer to this question is the promotion play-off final of the English Championship!
There is no one.
Unexpected!
So how valuable is this game?
If a team wins this final and is promoted to the Premier League, the economic income that comes with it may reach a staggering £170 million!
What is this concept?
This is equivalent to more than three times the total prize money received for winning the Premier League championship, the Champions League championship and the English FA Cup championship.
Why is it so profitable?
Why would such a matchup between two not-so-top teams be more valuable than any other team sports game in the world?
It is because this is about the ticket to the Premier League, and the successful operation of the Premier League over the years has made this ticket more and more precious.
As mentioned before, any Premier League team can make a lot of money every season due to the share of television broadcast fees.
How much exactly? At least £79.4 million in revenue.
The more games a team broadcasts, the higher its income will be, and the higher the team ranks in the league standings, the more bonuses it will receive.
Therefore, 79.4 million pounds is just a base number. In the end, this number will only be higher, and hundreds of millions are normal.
In addition, if the team is relegated, the Premier League will pay the relegated club a relegation compensation called "parachute compensation" in installments to help them withstand the economic blow caused by relegation.
The total amount of this "parachute compensation" has reached 75 million pounds!
Therefore, based on the above, even if a team is at the bottom of the Premier League, it can eventually receive an estimated income of 170 million pounds!
For comparison, the income for winning the Premier League championship is about 38 million pounds, the bonus for winning the English FA Cup is only 3.6 million pounds, and the bonus for winning the Champions League is only 16.7 million pounds...
It is conceivable that participating in the Premier League is a huge temptation for every English Championship team. It is like heaven.
The Championship promotion play-off final is the final step to this paradise.
Because winning in this mid-finals will bring huge benefits to the team, and at the same time, it may also allow the team to enter a virtuous cycle: buy new players to strengthen the lineup, increase wages and benefits to stabilize military morale, and then increase strength
, successfully relegated, continue to strengthen strength...
But if they fail, they may have to find ways to cut costs and sell players.
After all, the British Championship promotion play-off final is also a "winner takes all" game. Not only does the loser get nothing, but they also have to watch the door to the Premier League suddenly close in front of them.
That means that 170 million pounds suddenly disappeared before your eyes, all the initial investment was in vain, some clubs will fall into financial crisis, and then enter an endless vicious circle.
Although being relegated from the Premier League does have the help of "parachute compensation", if it cannot quickly return to the Premier League, the economic losses will not be immeasurable.
You can get 75 million pounds in three years in the English Championship, but you can get at least 100 million pounds every year in the Premier League. Which one do you choose?
Therefore, an arms race in the Premier League is inevitable.
This is why even the mid- and lower-tier teams in the Premier League are so generous.
Regarding these, Pan Yi actually knew about this when he was a football fan in his previous life.
When he gave Parrish the correct answer, the British man smiled meaningfully.
"So, our Crystal Palace team just played the most profitable game in the world this summer, haha..."
"However, we don't want to return to the Championship, nor do we want to play this so-called most valuable game again."
"Can you help us make this wish come true?"
Fan Zhiyi also smiled and came over and patted Pan Yi on the shoulder.
Both Parrish and Fan Zhiyi actually saw that Pan Yi was a little tempted, so they continued to output with confidence.
This is also true.
Pan Yi himself has thought about this issue in private and does have expectations for the Premier League.
One reason is what Parrish said is economic.
Premier League teams have much more money than Bundesliga teams, which allows them to retain as many stars as possible to a large extent.
Not only bonuses and shares, the team owners are also more willing to spend money.
Compared with Hamburg, Chairman Yachov is actually very generous, but the maximum is only 40 to 50 million euros per year. This is based on the premise that the income will increase significantly after entering the Champions League.
In the Premier League, even the bottom teams have an income of hundreds of millions of euros. If they can get a higher ranking, even enter the Champions League, win various championships, etc., there will be no problem with more than two to three hundred million euros.
Coupled with the boss's investment, spending three to four billion euros a year is not a fantasy.
Taking the investment in the summer window of 2022 as an example, Chelsea spent almost 300 million euros on buying players! Manchester United also spent more than 200 million euros.
This does not include the high salary expenditure after buying these players at high prices.
Pan Yi doesn't expect to be able to spend so much money to buy players, but it will be fine if he can support the players after buying them.
Without asking for much, a salary expenditure of more than 100 million per year can stabilize a team composed of all-star players.
Another reason is that the competition in the Premier League is very fierce, and he likes it very much.
Pan Yi has always been eager for challenges!
The challenge in the Bundesliga is obviously limited.
Once you defeat Bayern, it will immediately become boring.
Both Dortmund and Leverkusen will still be subject to the Bundesliga's 50+1 policy, resulting in economic difficulties.
In the end, they can only be reduced to a star processing factory, and they have to frequently sell the team's stars - often to Premier League teams.
But it’s different in the Premier League.
You overturned Manchester United and Arsenal.
Arsenal is withering, you still have to consider Tottenham.
After defeating Manchester City, Liverpool emerged.
Even if the big6 are all killed, there might be a strange Leicester City coming out to cause trouble in some season - of course, Pan Yi doesn't know if they can replicate their previous performance without Kante and Vardy.
It's a miracle.
In addition, the middle and lower-tier teams in the Premier League have more or less stars because all of them are rich, so the strength of the teams is not too bad.
The teams in the relegation zone are even more jealous of the 100 million pounds, and they will knock down the strong teams if they are not careful.
In short, in the Bundesliga you only need to fight one boss, but in the Premier League you will face the siege of many bosses and mobs, and the difficulty is obviously not of the same magnitude.
And this is why the people at Sky Sports feel that Pan Yi will not be able to play in the Premier League.
The last reason is that Pan Yi thinks the Crystal Palace is indeed quite good.
Chairman Parish will continue to invest in Crystal Palace until 2022, which also ensures that Crystal Palace has not been relegated after being promoted to the Premier League, and can reach around ten in many seasons.
In addition to introducing players, Parish is also actively promoting the construction of new stadiums and the establishment of a youth training system, which shows that he really loves this club and wants to make it bigger and stronger.
In addition to the boss being ambitious and willing to invest, it is also because...Crystal Palace is not that strong.
If teams like Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal, which have a glorious past and are quite strong, come to him, then if he wins the championship, it seems that he will not be so easy to show off, and his status in the hearts of the fans will not be that high.
.
Just say that you are very good at winning a treble at Manchester United, right? Ferguson did it more than ten years ago.
How many years will it take to lead Liverpool to surpass Bill Shankly?
Do you want to go to Arsenal and play for an undefeated season? Wenger smiled and said nothing.
Even if you go to Manchester City, they have won the Premier League championship in recent years.
If you help Manchester City win the Champions League, it will indeed create history, but the odds of winning the Champions League are the first every year. After winning it, there seems to be no surprise to outsiders.
Many people will probably still think that their team is just so strong and has little to do with the coach.
It's different when you go to the Crystal Palace.
The most awesome trophy in the history of this team is the second-division league championship. If you count the top ones, it is just a runner-up in the Football Cup.
The performance in the Premier League is even less worth mentioning. Before this season's promotion, Crystal Palace won 18th place in the Premier League in the 2004-05 season and was successfully relegated.
Therefore, if Pan Yi can achieve success in the Crystal Palace, whether it is difficulty, challenge, or satisfaction after success, it will far exceed those of those strong teams.
"This... give me some time to think about it. Besides, I can't leave now."
Although Pan Yi still yearned for it in his heart, he still said this.
First of all, he still needs to have a deeper understanding of the current situation of Crystal Palace, because there are differences even among Premier League teams. If they still can't retain people, it won't be much different from Hamburg.
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After all, based on his experience in his previous life, he has to be Big 6 to truly have the capital to retain people.
If you want Crystal Palace to grow into one of the big7, this requires more detailed planning and guarantees.
In addition, he still has to stick to his principle, which is to lead a team for a complete season.
Hamburg has now reached this point, and is about to face a decisive battle with Bayern. It feels a bit like running away from the battle.
Not to mention that Pan Yi has not yet led Hamburg to truly win the championship!
League championship, German Cup, Champions League!
If you want to leave, you have to succeed and retire!
"But..." After listening to Pan Yi's explanation, Parish glanced at Fan Zhiyi, then turned to Pan Yi, "If we are relegated, will you be willing to coach a British Championship team?"
After all, Crystal Palace is now second to last.
Parish dared to ask this because even the English Championship has a certain appeal to many coaches.
Benefiting from the tycoon style of the Premier League, competition in the English Championship is also extremely fierce in order to compete for tickets to the Premier League.
Some famous stars and national players from various countries will even give up the opportunity to go to the five major league teams such as Ligue 1 and Serie A, and choose to work hard in the English Championship - for example, Mitrovic, who is currently in Hamburg's team, is Serbia's first choice.
As a center forward, he has been in the British Championship for a long time.
——Of course, he is a real killer in the British Championship, the kind who can score 40 goals in a season!
If you say which league is the strongest in the world, everyone may still argue endlessly;
But if you want to talk about the most powerful second-tier league in the world, it is undoubtedly the English Championship.
They have money, stars, and an atmosphere that is no worse than the first-tier league in any country. Plus, they have the most profitable single game in the world...
At this time, Pan Yi said: "You will not be relegated. I can recommend a coach who can lead you to avoid relegation. When you successfully avoid relegation, if you still want to find me as a coach, let's talk again."
"..."
"..."
Parrish and Fan Zhiyi looked at me and I looked at you, both a little speechless.
They didn't expect Pan Yi to say that.
And so sure!
What kind of magical coach is this?
Can it guarantee that the penultimate Crystal Palace can be pulled out of the relegation quagmire and ensure that it can successfully avoid relegation?
Such an awesome coach wouldn't be at the level of Guardiola or Mourinho, right?
That's a joke too!
Will Guardiola and Mourinho come to coach a relegation-fighting team like Crystal Palace??
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At this time, Pan Yi slowly said a name: "Tony Pulis".
"...???"
Fan Zhiyi is still a fool. He has never heard of this name!
"...former Stoke City manager?" But Parish reacted.
"Yes. He shouldn't have gone to a new team yet. You can invite him, and you can definitely avoid relegation." Pan Yi said firmly.
Pan Yi knows this name, of course not because Tony Pulis is a famous coach.
But this guy won the best coach in the Premier League in the 2013-2014 season in the future!
The reason why Tony Pulis won this award is that after taking over midway through this season, he led Crystal Palace, which was on the verge of relegation, to rebound strongly and finally ranked 11th in the Premier League, creating the best record in the history of Crystal Palace! This is actually a very rare thing, because the award for the best head coach in the Premier League is usually awarded to the head coach who can win the Premier League championship.
Let’s put it this way, since the founding of the Premier League, that is, from 1993 to 2022, there have only been five non-championship coaches of the year.
Among the five best non-championship managers, apart from Pulis, the worst one is fifth in the league!
In other words, Pulis led Crystal Palace to an 11th-place finish in the league to win the Best Manager Award, which is the lowest ranking in history, and it is an absurdly low one.
This also shows how incredible it is that Pulis led Crystal Palace to avoid relegation this year.
Therefore, Pan Yi in his previous life was deeply impressed after hearing about it in sports news, so he naturally knew about his deeds.
In the original timeline, Crystal Palace at this time had just found Pulis to lead the team and was slowly getting out of the relegation zone.
But now because of Pan Yi's existence, Crystal Palace's first target has become him, so there has been no coaching change yet.
However, Pan Yi recommended Pulis to the owners of Crystal Palace, which helped them to reverse this "wrong timeline".
"Pulis is a really good coach." Parish mused, "He is known for being good at leading teams with limited strength to achieve outstanding results. He has never led a team to be relegated in his coaching career.
To be honest, someone has recommended him to me before, but I still think you are more suitable..."
"Really?" Pan Yi said proudly, "Let's take action quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
"But, how do you know that he will definitely help the team avoid relegation?" Fan Zhiyi still didn't understand.
"People say that I am a genius coach, and my vision of other coaches is also first-rate. Have you noticed that my current coaching team is also very strong?" Pan Yi said with a smile, "If you believe me, just go and try.
Give it a try."
Parrish gritted his teeth: "I will think about it. But..."
"If you are really relegated, then come to me. I will definitely go to Crystal Palace to coach, as punishment for recommending random people." Pan Yi smiled and made a promise, "And if relegation is successful... just like me
As I said just now, you can choose to continue using Pulis, or you can come back to me and we will discuss this later."
"Okay." Parrish finally let go of the stone in his heart, "We are committed!"
……
After sending away Parish and Fan Zhiyi, Pan Yi immediately devoted his energy to this key Bundesliga battle with Bayern.
Of course, Hamburg’s coaching staff actually started preparations for this game very early.
When Bayern played against Manchester City at home in the final round of the Champions League group stage, Pan Yi sent two data analysts to the Allianz Arena to collect intelligence on the game.
Now it seems that this is a move that kills two birds with one stone.
Whether it's Bayern or Manchester City, they will be Hamburg's strong rivals!
The process and results of this game are also very helpful for the Hamburg coaching staff to formulate strategies against Bayern.
Because Manchester City defeated Bayern 3:2!
And it’s at Bayern’s home court.
You know, since losing 0:1 to Dortmund in the 13th round of the Bundesliga on November 20, 2011, Bayern has not lost to any Bundesliga team at home for two years.
Therefore, Manchester City's victory not only has reference significance for Pan Yi's research on match tactics, but also will increase a lot of confidence in the whole team's efforts to win Bayern in the away game.
Due to the risk of losing first place in the group, Guardiola naturally fielded the entire main lineup in this game.
However, due to Peter Pan Robben's habitual injuries, Guardiola also made some changes in the formation, forming a somewhat weird one.
There is no doubt that the goalkeeper is Neuer.
The four defenders are quite satisfactory, with a combination of Alaba, Dante, Boateng Jr. and Lahm.
But the midfield started to get a bit lively.
Thiago serves as the single defensive midfielder.
The two central midfielders in front of him are Gotze and Toni Kroos.
In front, there are two attacking midfielders, or shadow strikers, Thomas Muller and Franck Ribery.
Then there is center Mandzukic.
One of the characteristics of this lineup is that there are no wingers in the traditional sense. Bayern's offense is mainly launched from the center.
The other is that Thiago plays as a single defensive midfielder, and the two central midfielders in front are not known for their defensive abilities.
In general, offense is stronger than defense.
And this arrangement seemed to be effective in the opening stage.
Thomas Muller opened the scoring for Bayern in the fifth minute, and Gotze extended the score to 2:0 just seven minutes later.
And just when everyone thought Bayern would naturally win the game at home, Manchester City launched a counterattack.
David Silva got a goal back in the 28th minute, and in the 59th and 62nd minutes of the second half, Manchester City scored two more goals from Kolarov and Milner, finally taking the lead.
If Guardiola hadn't replaced Gotze with Javi Martinez and Mandzukic with Shaqiri in the end to strengthen the defense, he might really have given up the top spot in the group to Manchester City.
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Manchester City's formation is a regular 4231.
Forward: Dzeko.
Frontcourt: Milner, David Silva, Navas.
Midfielder: Fernandinho, Xavi Garcia.
Defenders: Kolarov, Lai Scott, Demichelis, Sabaleta.
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart.
The personnel configuration of their lineup is obviously more balanced.
It is precisely because of this that, after experiencing being attacked and uncomfortable in the opening stage, the double midfielder composed of Fernandinho and Javi Garcia gradually regained control of the midfield and
It began to give Manchester City gradually more offensive opportunities, and finally achieved a lead.
"Guardiola is still too confident in his team." At the coaching meeting, Inzaghi first analyzed Guardiola's mentality in using this tactic. "He is even a little arrogant and always wants to use more offense.
Players came to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, but they still paid the price."
Nagelsmann also said: "Yes, in Bayern's games so far this season, Javi Martinez's playing time has decreased a lot, which also illustrates Guardiola's tactical tendency. In the Bundesliga
They may still be able to suppress most of their opponents, so the problem is not big. But when they encounter a strong team like Manchester City in the Champions League, they will be exploited."
Pan Yi said with a smile: "When we played Bayern in the Super Cup, Guardiola used Crostiago's double midfielder combination. After losing to us, I thought he would improve, but I didn't expect that he would get worse.
Wow, I really admire Thiago for being able to do all the tricks in a single defensive midfielder."
Nagelsmann looked up at Pan Yi: "Boss, do you think they will still play like this when they kick us?"
"It's really hard to say..." Pan Yi touched his chin, "If there is any coach in the world who is the most confused about what tactics he will use, it must be Guardiola."
Isn’t it?
Most coaches have a way to escape. Even if they change their formations on the spot, they will just flip around in one or two formations they are familiar with.
But Guardiola is different.
He is addicted to all kinds of activities, sometimes without a forward formation, sometimes without a midfielder, and this time Manchester City has created a technical single midfielder and no winger formation, which is really difficult for Pan Yi to guess.
Should we say that Guashuai has enough weapons in his arsenal, or that he often engages in xjb?
After all, sometimes his work is quite effective, but sometimes...
"But in this game, Guardiola seems to be experimenting with the full-backs pulling in." Nagelsmann pointed to the game on the screen. "Look, this time it's the left back Alaba who is playing.
Press the attack, and the right back Lahm stood next to Thiago to assist in the defense."
"Well, maybe that's why he dared to let Thiago play as a defensive midfielder by himself." Pan Yi shook his head, "Unfortunately, he still overestimated the role of the full-back in adduction. This can at most support half of the defensive midfielder.
As for the waist, we have to cooperate with our strong waist like Casemiro to achieve the best results."
"Guardiola's learning ability is really strong." Inzaghi said with a smile. "Perhaps he will realize how to use this style of play correctly after playing a few more games. Having said that, now the football world is learning from coach Pan Yi.
Guardiola is really not the only one who knows his tactics..."
Nagelsmann also said: "Who said our boss's tactics are so advanced and easy to use... If you ask me, my boss is the number one coach in the world right now!"
Pan Yi waved his hand: "Okay, let's continue studying this game. Um... wait, what did you just say, say it again?"
Nagelsmann: "Is your tactics advanced and useful?"
Pan Yi: "No, the last sentence."
Nagelsmann: "You are the number one coach in the world!"
Pan Yi: "By the way, it's comfortable...it's comfortable to hear others say that I am from Shiyijiao."