Chapter 289 The head coach of the future World Cup champion
The World Cup continues.
Pan Yi's accurate prediction of Italy's 2:1 victory over England certainly shocked Abramovich and others, but what surprised them even more was yet to come.
After defeating Uruguay 3:1, Costa Rica actually defeated Italy 1:0 and drew with England 0:0, finally qualifying as the first in the group!
Although Uruguay lost in the first round, they defeated England 2:1 in the next two fierce games, and then defeated Italy 1:0, and also advanced to second place in the group!
In the decisive battle between Uruguay and Italy, the two sides also staged the famous scene of Suarez "eating" Chiellini alive.
But no matter what, Pan Yi's "anti-routine" predictions for such a deadly team actually came true. This is too incredible.
Of course, for Chelsea's top brass headed by Abramovich, they certainly don't think about what kind of time traveler the other party is;
In their opinion, this is the role of coach Pan Yi’s ultimate understanding of each team and his super tactical analysis ability!
Reminiscent of the rumors, Pan Yi is also the coach of every opponent in the league and Champions League. He knows almost all the players well and can come up with very clear targeted tactics;
So, Pan Yi analyzed the World Cup participating teams and gave his own predictions, and he was able to hit every target, which is actually within a reasonable range... right?
In short, whether it was Pan Yi's conversation while watching the football that day or his accurate predictions about the World Cup, Abramovich couldn't put it down.
If the coach is like this, what else can I ask for?
Therefore, during the World Cup, Chelsea also contacted Pan Yi many times, hoping to finalize it as soon as possible and start the contract process.
As for Pan Yi, in addition to traveling around Brazil to watch football and go to the beach in Rio de Janeiro to bask in the sun, he is indeed dealing with similar things.
Because besides Chelsea, other clubs are also anxious!
The coach is the head of a team. Without a coach, it would be difficult to carry out tasks such as signings, selling people, terminating contracts, and loaning out players in the summer window.
Therefore, what Pan Yi calls "enjoying life" can only be put aside for now.
And judging from the many offers of olive branches to him now, there are really very few who can play as well as Chelsea.
Not to mention Bayern, Barcelona, and Manchester United, which were eliminated in the "preliminary" stage.
Let’s talk about the two teams that entered the “finals” before.
Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, compare them with Chelsea.
In terms of power, Manchester City and Chelsea are basically equal. They both promised to give Pan Yi the highest competitive authority and let him do whatever he wants to do.
And Tottenham have doubts.
As Pan Yi has learned, Levi is a very controlling boss, and he didn't even come forward to talk to Pan Yi about these things in person, so Pan Yi still doesn't quite believe in their promises.
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In terms of money, Manchester City and Chelsea are still basically the same.
Of course this is what Pan Yi knows from his past life experiences.
When it comes to spending money, these two teams really dare to write checks!
As long as the coach likes it and the players are willing to come, it won't be a big deal if they are offered tens of millions or hundreds of millions!
Who is behind them all being wealthy people?
So... Tottenham are still doubtful.
Although Levy will also invest money in Tottenham, it is almost meaningless compared to the above two teams.
And from the perspective of player salaries, Tottenham has always been at a relatively poor level, which has led to them having certain disadvantages in retaining players.
For example, Harry Kane, their future core, has been rumored to be leaving, but this upright boy stayed at Tottenham at a lower salary after being deceived by Levy, continuing his trophyless streak.
Journey...
Who makes Levi still a businessman fundamentally?
Compared with Abu and Mansour, the two big bosses who are more purely football players, there is really no comparison.
Then look at the current honors.
None of the three teams have the Champions League, which is the same.
That's better than the domestic, English top league championship.
Manchester City twice in ancient times and twice after Mansour took over, a total of four times.
Chelsea won it once in the 1950s and three times during the Abramovich era, a total of four times.
Tottenham are the worst, winning twice in the 1950s and 1960s, and have yet to win a championship since entering the Premier League.
If we were to add to the list of FA Cup champions, Tottenham would win 8 times, Manchester City 5 times, and Chelsea 7 times.
Generally speaking, the honor rooms of these three teams are actually not much different, but Tottenham's recent situation is even worse, and the most recent championship trophy they won was in the 1980s and 1990s.
So on Pan Yi's side, Tottenham is "leading" on this one.
But if you combine the above three points, that is, consider power and money, Manchester City and Chelsea can be said to be far ahead of Tottenham!
After all, both Manchester City and Chelsea lack heavyweight champions and "godfather" figures in their club history.
Creating his own history in such a team can actually satisfy Pan Yi's desire for honor.
From this moment on, those who have truly entered the "finals" have become Manchester City and Chelsea!
And the final final depends on the sincerity shown by these two teams.
Here, the Chelsea team led by Abramovich shows a huge advantage.
The first is this lobbying team. From the boss to the chairman to the CEO, they all take turns to fight, and everyone wants to drag Pan Yi to Stamford Bridge right away.
As for Manchester City, Chairman Mubarak came forward to negotiate, which is a bit inferior.
Then there is the salary. Abramovich is very straightforward, if you want the world's number one salary, I will give it to you, an annual salary of 20 million euros, come on!
As for Manchester City, since the current coach Pellegrini's annual salary is only about 5 million euros, Mubarak has doubts about paying such a high price to Pan Yi all of a sudden.
This also reflects the difference between him and Abu.
Because Abu is the boss, he will give it as he is told;
Mubarak was a worker, and his coach wanted such a large salary, so he had to report it to Mansour.
Finally, this is the most critical point.
That is why Abramovich is very eager for Pan Yi to succeed Mourinho and create a new dynasty for Chelsea.
Although Manchester City also appreciates Pan Yi, because he won the Premier League championship in the past 2013-2014 season, Pellegrini's performance has also been recognized to a certain extent.
Although they were defeated miserably by Pan Yi in the last 16 of the Champions League, this is still Manchester City's best record in the history of the Champions League...
Therefore, Manchester City's senior management still has a certain degree of hesitation on whether to use Pan Yi to replace Pellegrini, and is not as determined as Abramovich.
After all, replacing a coach who has just won the championship involves certain risks and requires a certain amount of courage!
Such hesitation will be unintentionally revealed during the interview and reflected in some details - such as the determination of salary.
The level of salary itself largely represents how much the club values you!
Therefore, at the end of this tug-of-war, Pan Yi gradually leaned towards Chelsea's side mentally.
After all, I do "owe" them a Champions League!
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"What do you think of today's game?"
Brazil, Belo Horizonte, Mineiro Stadium.
We are also in the VIP box, but there are only two people in it today.
Abu and Pan Yi.
After two or three weeks of fierce battles, the World Cup has entered the semi-finals, and the "love relationship" between Pan Yi and Chelsea has been determined, and it is just about to be officially announced.
Most of the details they discussed were finalized while watching the game.
This is why Abramovich recognized that Pan Yi, in addition to being a professional coach, is also a true lover of football.
So I invite Pan Yi to come to the VIP box to watch the game together, and everyone is welcome!
As for Pan Yi, if someone pays for him to watch the game, why not?
What's more, although the boss Abu is rich, he is still very approachable and has no airs. It is quite a pleasure to chat with him.
So the two of them drank wine and watched the game, and gradually arranged their work plans for next season.
Of course the first thing to do is the coaching staff.
Since Chelsea's original configuration was very complete, Pan Yi basically did not make any major changes to it.
Except for a few coaches who have been following Mourinho, they also came to Chelsea because of Mourinho.
They are also Portuguese.
After Abramovich announced that he would break up with Mourinho peacefully again, they also followed Mourinho and left.
They are goalkeeper coach Silvino, fitness coach Luyin Faria, and assistant coach José Morais.
Pan Yi quickly had a countermeasure for the staff vacancies created here.
The physical fitness coach is easy to handle, he comes with a Pintus.
Even if the original one doesn't leave, there is no place for him.
As for the goalkeeper coach, Pan Yi plans to let the team's almost 42-year-old Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer take over first.
Yes, it was the goalkeeper who made Huang Jianxiang say in the 2006 World Cup, "Schwarzer once saved two penalty kicks in the World Cup qualifying play-offs. Totti should know this well..." The commentary
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He is now in the semi-retirement stage and remains in the team as the third goalkeeper. He basically has no chance to play. Let him continue to shine in the team.
As for the assistant coach, since Inzaghi and Nagelsmann, whom Pan Yi brought with him in the past two years, have found their own ways, Pan Yi decided to continue to use Chelsea's original Steve Holland, and then outside.
Find someone who is young, obedient, and energetic.
The tactical level of this person is not important. What is important is that he can have a good relationship with the players in the team and unite the atmosphere in the locker room.
After thinking about it, Pan Yi called a player currently playing for Atalanta in Serie A.
He is an Argentinian defender, 36 years old this year, and is also considering retirement.
He is Scaloni——
The head coach who will lead the Argentina national team to win the World Cup in the 2022 World Cup!
Scaloni's career is not very brilliant, but it is not bad either.
He spent the golden period of his career with Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga, playing for nine seasons, playing 200 league games, and winning the 2000 La Liga championship.
Yes, he is a member of the "Super Depor" and is also recorded in the club's history as a member of the team's golden period.
Later, he also played for West Ham United in the Premier League and has some understanding of the Premier League.
At the end of his career, he came to Serie A, first at Lazio and then at Atalanta.
However, during his two years in Atlanta, he only played a total of 12 times for the team and was basically in a semi-retired state.
In a normal timeline, after retiring, Scaloni first went to Sevilla as an assistant coach for a year, then went to the Argentina national team as an assistant coach, and then became the head coach of the U20 national team and the head coach of the national team.<
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Everyone will know what happens next.
Under his leadership, the Argentine national team was unprecedentedly united, with everyone rallying around Messi, and won the Copa America and the World Cup in one fell swoop, achieving the reputation of being the club's champion.
Pan Yi naturally chose him because of his ability to control the locker room. Of course, in fact, the tactical ability he showed in the 2022 World Cup is also very good.
Take the four knockout games as an example:
Playing against Australia, I was the main player, using 433, leading 2-0 at the beginning;
Playing against the Netherlands, the team changed 532, restrained the opponent's fierce counterattack, and ended the first half with another 2-0 lead, which made coach Louis van Gaal very embarrassed for a time;
Against Croatia, against the powerful midfielder of the Grid Army, the formation changed again to 442, and two sap shots were used to knock out the toughest opponent;
In the final against France, the formation changed back to 433 again, with crazy running and strangulation in the frontcourt, and gained an early 2-0 lead...
In other words, after Scaloni became a coach, he at least did a very good job of researching and targeting his opponents before the game.
It's just that there is still a certain gap between him and many famous coaches in terms of substitution adjustments and on-the-spot response. This is one of the reasons why Argentina often gets equalized after taking the lead.
But it doesn't matter, Pan Yi will take action now.
Wouldn't it be a good thing to take over such a future World Cup champion coach and train him well?
After receiving a call from Pan Yi, Scaloni did not hesitate much and retired on the spot and chose to join the Chelsea coaching staff.
Although Scaloni doesn't know what Pan Yi sees in him, but a new Triple Crown head coach asks you to be an assistant coach, why should you hesitate?
Apart from anything else, he can only get a weekly salary of 5,000 in Atlanta, but when he comes to Chelsea, it can be directly raised to 10,000...
By the way, since Pintus is the replacement of the original fitness coach Luyin Faria, his salary is also inherited.
As a result, Pintus' weekly salary increased from the original 4,000 euros to 20,000 euros!
Pan Yi knows that this little bald head is worth the price!
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"This game... it's hard to say."
Looking at the players from both sides lining up on the field, Pan Yi tilted his head and said.
Today’s game is between the host Brazil and Germany!
And tomorrow, there will be another semi-final between Argentina and the Netherlands.
In other words, this matchup of the top four is exactly the same as the situation Pan Yi knew in his previous life.
Therefore, in theory, this battle between Brazil and Germany should also result in the famous 7:1. Why did Pan Yi say "it's hard to say"?
The reason is very simple. In the lineups of both sides of today's game, there are players who have been deeply influenced by Pan Yi!
For the Brazilian team, top star Neymar has bid farewell to the World Cup due to injury, captain Thiago Silva has also accumulated yellow cards and been suspended, and Chelsea player David Luiz took over the captain's armband.
Of course, in addition to David Luiz, there are three other Chelsea players in the Brazilian team: Ramirez, Willian, and Oscar.
Of course, these are not the key points, because they are all the same as Pan Yi's previous life.
The difference appears in Brazil's midfield.
Partnering with the double defensive midfielder are Hamburg double stars Casemiro and Paulinho!
Not the Gustavo Fernandinho in Pan Yi's previous life.
Although it is only a change of two people, it is likely to change the situation of the battle to a great extent.
Anyone who has watched that famous semi-final knows that the Brazilian midfield interceptors at that time were simply useless, especially Fernandinho, which made people wonder whether he was Manchester City's powerful Brazilian iron waist.
It's like a defective product.
Even in his previous life, Fernandinho was replaced directly after only half of the game, which shows how bad he played.
But it’s different now.
Casemiro, who matured early, became the main force. Coupled with Paulinho, who is both offensive and defensive, Brazil's waist suddenly straightened up.
If the German team wants to fuck four or five Brazilians in an instant, it may not be that easy.
There will be fewer changes on the German team, but there is also a Hamburg player Rudiger standing on the court.
He pushed away Dortmund's Hummels and partnered with Boateng as a central defender.
As for the main left-back position, the German coach Loew, who was a fan of Pan Yi, indeed chose Höwedes, whom Pan Yi had recommended to him, and the young Draxler was also brought along. There is also a Chelsea player in the German team, and that is winger Schürrle.
In other words, in such a World Cup semi-final between two super strong teams, a total of five Chelsea players participated. This can also show the strength of Chelsea Club.
"It's hard to say?" Hearing Pan Yi's answer, Abu was a little surprised.
I used to watch football with him, and Pan Yi's predictions for many games were accurate, which made Abramovich increasingly feel that Pan Yi's level as a coach was unfathomable.
But today, he is not sure?
"Brazil has the advantage of home court, but at the same time, the pressure is greater." Pan Yi thought for a while and analyzed, "And they lack ace Neymar in the front and captain Silva in the back. The impact is still very big. Relatively.
So far as the German team is strong, I am more optimistic about the German team."
"Oh..." Abu nodded.
Although it is not as thorough and detailed as the previous analysis, it is enough.
I just think the German team will win.
But it is not easy to make such a prediction. After all, most people are still optimistic about the host.
For Pan Yi, although the Brazilian team's midfield has made important changes, as he just said, the absence of Neymar and Silva has indeed had a great impact on the Brazilian team, so it is estimated that the German team still has a good chance of winning.<
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Of course, Abramovich actually doesn't care much about who will win this game. He is more concerned about his Chelsea.
After the referee blew the opening whistle, Abramovich immediately shifted the topic to the club:
"You've decided on the coaching staff, but what about the players? Do you have any ideas? If you have any requests, just ask."
Pan Yi nodded slightly and almost gave Abu a thumbs up and said: "The boss is awesome!"
But to be honest, being in a big team like Chelsea, you really don’t have to adjust the lineup as much as you did when you first arrived in Hamburg.
For example, the five players in the Brazilian and German teams in front of me are all in their early twenties.
In addition, Chelsea also has "London's only scoring champion" Hazard, super versatile Azpilicueta, Serbian iron waist Matic, and "not afraid of anything, only afraid of Yin Wan" with a knife
Defender Yin Vanovic...
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These are all now in the first team.
Chelsea, which is known as the "taxi", has countless young talents just left outside to train.
For example, Atletico Madrid, which Pan Yi just defeated in the Champions League semi-finals, their main goalkeeper Courtois was rented out from Chelsea;
For another example, Lukaku, known as the "Little Monster", was also on loan at Everton last season. Due to his excellent performance, he was asked to buy out.
Everything is a treasure!
In Chelsea's youth team, there are also some stars who can be played in the future, such as Ake and Loftus-Cheek.
Of course, the boss’s money will not be wasted until it is wasted.
It's just that under such circumstances, Pan Yi's spending strategy will be very different from before. There is no need to buy too much, but he must buy carefully!
Before buying or promoting young players to the first team, the current lineup must be reduced.
"Currently, the contracts of five people in the first team are about to expire." Pan Yi explained his thoughts to Abramovich, "And I will only renew the contract with captain Terry and let go of the other four."
"What?" Abu was obviously a little shocked.
Because among these five people, in addition to Terry and the 38-year-old veteran goalkeeper Hilario, there are also famous players such as Eto'o, Lampard, and Ashley Cole!
And like Lampard, he can be said to be a club legend.
The reason why the contract has not been renewed is because we are waiting for confirmation from the new head coach.
But now that Pan Yi has come, he has given up almost all of them!
However, Abu didn't say anything.
He knew that Pan Yi must have his own reasons.
"My team needs to be younger." Sure enough, Pan Yi immediately began to explain his reasoning, "These people are too old and can no longer maintain a high competitive level."
Of course, the last sentence is the key.
In Pan Yi's previous life, Eto'o could only hang out with Everton, Sampdoria and other teams after leaving Chelsea. Both his appearances and goals were far from his best level.
Ashley Cole was similar. After going to Roma, he couldn't play in the main team. In the end, he had to go to the Los Angeles Galaxy of the American Major League to retire.
In fact, Lampard's level is still very good, but when he later said "I'm not familiar with Abramovich" when Abramovich sold Chelsea, Pan Yi was still a little uncomfortable with him, so it was better to get rid of him as soon as possible.
Alright.
Terry is different from them all.
As a product of Chelsea's youth training, he has been loyal to Chelsea throughout his life.
Since Terry came on as a substitute in the English League Cup match against Aston Villa in October 1998, he has played for the Blues first team for 15 years.
Pan Yi believed that even if he asked Terry to cut his salary by half and renew his contract, the iron-blooded captain would agree without hesitation.
Pan Yi also believes that having him in the locker room can help him stabilize the team's mood.
Of course, Pan Yi also knows that the 33-year-old Terry can still maintain a first-class competitive state in the next few years.
There are John Terry, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, plus the almighty Yinvanovic and Azpilicueta and others...
Pan Yi even feels that this lineup is more than enough to play the three-back formation he has long envisioned!
Of course, it is also beneficial to improve the team's salary structure by getting rid of those veterans who are already somewhat "highly paid but low in ability".
The weekly salary of the three of them is between 150,000 euros and 200,000 euros. They can still save a lot of money after terminating the contract.
Although he is already in a big and wealthy club, Pan Yi still can't change his "problem" of being careful with money.
Alas, who told a child from a poor family to become a master early!