Chapter 290 He came with the aura of the Triple Crown!
The final of the 2014 World Cup was between Germany and Argentina.
In the two semi-finals before that, Argentina defeated the Netherlands on penalty kicks, while Germany defeated Brazil 3:1, a relatively normal score.
In other words, there really is no tragedy of 7:1.
Pan Yi understands that this should be his "contribution" to Brazilian football through time travel.
The ball was indeed lost, but at least we didn’t have another day of national humiliation.
In the finals, there was no change in the result.
The two teams played into overtime, and Gotze's goal helped the German team defeat Argentina and win the World Cup.
It was this winning goal that delayed Messi's road to becoming the king for eight years;
It was this winning goal that seemed to sacrifice all Gotze's luck. After that, his competitive level began to be erratic, and his football career also began to decline...
But having said that, Gotze alone can contribute to two famous scenes in football history, so what is there to regret?
Oh, the first famous scene is when he beat Argentina, what is the second famous scene?
Of course it’s the photo of him hugging his beloved wife and unable to control himself!
After the German team won the championship, head coach Loew said after the game that he had learned a lot from Pan Yi during his previous visit to Hamburg.
Including the selection of Germany's participating lineup, Pan Yi also gave a lot of professional advice.
Therefore, Loew expressed his sincere gratitude to Pan Yi!
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Just a few days after the World Cup ended, there were several consecutive pieces of blockbuster news that detonated the world football world.
First, Real Madrid spent 80 million euros to sign Colombian star James Rodriguez from Monaco!
In this World Cup, Ronaldo scored 6 goals, won the Golden Boot Award, and led the Colombian team to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
Such a good performance, coupled with extremely good looks, made Real Madrid unable to resist.
And with such a high price, it’s not even the top bid this summer.
As if to compete with Real Madrid, Barcelona also officially announced the introduction of Uruguayan striker Suarez from Liverpool, with a transfer fee of up to 81 million euros!
As a result, Barcelona's new forward combination msn, which can compete with Real Madrid, has also been formed.
However, compared with the following piece of news, the two pieces of player transfer information above are a little dull.
That is, Chelsea officially announced that Pan Yi, the coach of the Dragon Kingdom who just led Hamburg to win the Triple Crown last season, will officially take charge of Stamford Bridge!
This also declares that the battle for the most high-profile coach in the world has come to an end in the past two months.
Of course, this news alone is not exciting enough.
According to well-informed sources, Chelsea actually offered a sky-high annual salary of 20 million euros in order to get Pan Yi to join!
This is already the highest salary in the world among coaches.
Even if all players are included, it is actually lower than a few people such as Messi and Ronaldo.
Therefore, when Chelsea announced that they would hold a grand signing ceremony at Stamford Bridge, the press conference room was completely packed by the media reporters present!
In fact, the ceremony itself was very simple. Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck and CEO Ron Gurlay accompanied Pan Yi to sign a contract that had been drafted for reporters to take photos.
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After a few simple gestures and a few more "papapapa" sounds, the signing ceremony was over.
Pan Yi has officially become Chelsea’s new head coach!
Then comes the part that these swarming media from around the world are most concerned about: the press conference!
Just labels like "Treple Crown coach switches to Chelsea" and "World's highest paid" have caused an explosion of traffic.
Not to mention, the head coach Pan Yi succeeded is himself the "traffic king" Mourinho!
Media reporters have already prepared a lot of questions to ask this young coach from Dragon Country. Of course, they also hope that he can say something surprising, just like Mourinho did when he first came to Stamford Bridge.
Therefore, when Pan Yi walked into the press conference hall, various long guns and short cannons had already been set up, and the muzzles of the cannons were aimed at the middle position of the podium.
As soon as Pan Yi sat down, there was another burst of flashing lights, and then a reporter from "Bild" stood up and asked:
"Is it because you left the Bundesliga and went to the Premier League because the money here is more? I understand you want a new challenge, but why not go to Bayern Munich?"
This is obviously a German reporter with a bit of resentment.
After all, Pan Yi's two years in Hamburg objectively brought more exposure to the Bundesliga, and even promoted the German team's performance in the World Cup to a certain extent.
Many German journalists already regard Pan Yi as "one of their own", but to go to the UK, which they have always disliked, inevitably makes them feel uncomfortable.
So as soon as he came up, Pan Yi faced such a rather acute problem.
And Pan Yi was already prepared and said with a slight smile:
"This may be because my definition of challenge is different from your definition."
"Challenging new leagues, new opponents, including challenging the highest salary in the world, this is what I like."
"I don't mean any disrespect to Guardiola or Bayern, but leading a team like Bayern to dominate the Bundesliga is not part of my definition of challenge."
"I am a professional coach. Chelsea Club is willing to give me the highest salary in the world, which shows that they recognize my value. And I will prove that I have this value in the next season."
As soon as Pan Yi finished speaking, there was a burst of applause.
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His answer was neither arrogant nor humble. He easily resolved the German reporter's questions and showed his determination. It was really a textbook template.
"From the Bundesliga to the Premier League, do you think there is any difference?" Then it was a reporter from the "Manchester Evening News".
"There is a difference, but there is no difference." Pan Yi replied easily:
"The difference is that the Premier League may be the most difficult league in the world today. There are more strong teams here and the competition is more fierce. Whether it is Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool or Arsenal, they all have countless talented players."
"Thanks to the Premier League's good financial revenue and the club's relatively large investment, the mid- and lower-tier teams in the Premier League are also very strong, so I am looking forward to the new season here."
"And what I said is that there is no difference..."
"Anyway, I also defeated the Premier League champion Manchester City when I was in Hamburg, and I also defeated strong teams like Arsenal when I was in Milan, so the Premier League team is nothing special to me."
"When I come to Chelsea now, I will still beat them and then win the final championship!"
The reporters present all looked at each other.
It is indeed Pan Yi.
On the first day after arriving at Chelsea, he shouted the slogan of winning the championship.
Although Chelsea's lineup is indeed very good, he also said it himself. There are so many strong teams in the Premier League, is he really so sure that he can win the championship?
"The current Chelsea lineup was basically created by Mourinho. Will you make drastic changes to it?" This is a local reporter in London.
"If you are talking about playing style, obviously he and I are not on the same path." Pan Yi replied:
"Mourinho prefers defensive counterattack tactics, and I will continue to use my offensive style."
"I can't tell you yet what kind of tactics I will focus on at Chelsea, but it will definitely be different from what I used in Hamburg."
The London reporter asked: "Does that mean you will drastically purge players? Four veterans including Lampard have expired and left the team. Will you make big purchases in the transfer market next?" p>
Pan Yi replied: "I will only decide whether a player will stay based on whether he can meet my tactical needs. There is no purging."
"Among the players whose contracts have expired, I found that only captain Terry can still meet the needs of my current team, and he can still play an important role, so I chose to renew his contract, and that's it." p>
"Moreover, I will retain most of the players in Chelsea's current first team and will not let them leave."
"As for operations in the transfer market, there will be. To be honest, I am surprised by the generous attitude of the club owner, Mr. Abramovich. I suspect that even if I propose to buy Messi or Ronaldo, he will agree without hesitation." At this point, everyone in the press room laughed.
The good guy actually asked: "So, will you go to Barcelona or Real Madrid to buy them?"
"No." Pan Yi replied simply:
"Although Mr. Abu is indeed very rich, I don't want to spend it like this."
"On the contrary, I may not buy too many people or spend too much money in the transfer market this season."
"I will only make targeted reinforcements in some key positions, and in other positions, I will choose to dig internally."
"Chelsea has too many talent reserves! Whether it is young players on loan or youth team players, I am willing to give them more opportunities."
What Pan Yi said made the reporters present feel very surprised.
Everyone knows that Chelsea Club has money, and Abramovich has money.
Now that they have hired Pan Yi with the highest salary in the world, they must have given him a sufficient transfer budget to disrupt the entire market this summer.
Just like what Pan Yi joked about Messi and Ronaldo, if they really implement it, there is even a certain chance that it will come true!
No one dares to doubt Abramovich’s funds and love for football!
But now Pan Yi said that he should focus on the development of young players in his team?
If it were Manchester United or a team like Liverpool, which has always paid more attention to its youth training players, everyone would understand.
But Chelsea?
This team has always been famous in world football as an "international team".
When they participated in the Champions League, they often chose to sign up for fewer players because they were dissatisfied with the quota of "four local youth training teams and four local youth training teams".
Therefore, Pan Yi's words inevitably attracted a lot of laughter from the audience.
A "Daily Mail" reporter asked: "Mr. Pan Yi, when you say this, does it mean that the club has not given you high performance goals? But you just shouted the slogan of winning the Premier League..."
"These two points are not in conflict." Pan Yi said with a smile.
"The club does not put any performance pressure on me. This is a kind of trust in me, and I am grateful for it."
"But if they don't put pressure on me, I have to put it on myself. In a big club like Chelsea, if you don't have an ambitious goal, how can you go far?"
"I just said that I hope to defeat all the strong teams in the Premier League to win the championship. But what I want to say is that my goal is far beyond that."
"Waiting for the players to come back from the World Cup vacation, waiting for the young players to complete training with the first team, waiting for the new players to integrate into the team..."
"At that time, we can start to look forward to the Champions League championship together."
Pan Yi's words immediately caused an uproar at the scene.
Champions League champion?
If Pan Yi just talked about the Premier League championship, everyone just thought it was okay for Pan Yi to have a louder tone, but when he talked about winning the Champions League championship, his tone was still so relaxed, which is a bit incredible.
After all, this is a championship that Chelsea has never won in history!
It is also the ultimate dream of all Chelsea people, including owner Abramovich!
From this point of view, Chelsea is not even as good as Hamburg before this season - after all, the old Hamburg also won one many years ago.
Pan Yi smiled confidently: "I remember that when I said I wanted to win the championship in Hamburg, you all had the same expression."
"Please, how do I make you think I'm not bragging? Do I have to say I'm special?"
"This is Chelsea, and they are much stronger than when I first took over Hamburg."
"I won the Champions League in two years in Hamburg, so you don't believe that I can do it in one year at Chelsea?"
"Okay, I'll leave it here. Let's take a look again in June next year!"
Pan Yi's words were firm, but media reporters generally questioned Pan Yi's statement.
Although Chelsea is indeed very good, and although Pan Yi's ability has also been recognized, winning the Champions League has never been just a matter of ability.
The cup is different from the league, there are too many accidental factors.
It is possible for Pan Yi to win the Champions League once, but twice in a row?
And he still won it with two different teams in a row?
This is even more difficult.
No head coach in history can do this!
Let alone winning consecutive championships, there is no one who has led different teams to the Champions League finals for two consecutive years!
Even if you are Pan Yi, no matter how brilliant your achievements have been in Serie A or the Bundesliga, it is an almost impossible task!
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The next day, Pan Yi's rhetoric after the signing ceremony was immediately spread to all parts of the world through various media, causing widespread discussion.
Of course, it is divided into "pro-Pan faction" and "anti-Pan faction".
The media and fans who support Pan Yi believe that what Pan Yi said is certainly not a boast.
When has he boasted in the past few years?
And whenever he stated his goal of winning the championship, whenever everyone thought he was bragging, he would always slap these people in the face in time in the end.
"As Pan Yi said, Chelsea is far above Hamburg in terms of overall team strength and financial status."
"Since he could use a small amount of money to buy young players and train young players to succeed when he was in Hamburg, why can't he do it at Chelsea?"
"If you go back to the cheaper and better players he promoted when he was an assistant coach in Milan, you will not question him even more."
"With Chelsea's foundation and Pan Yi's coaching ability, I doubt he can win all the championships if he wants to!"
Apart from the neutral fans, the most excited ones are Chelsea fans.
After all, they have never won the Champions League in history!
Although they have won three Premier League championships in the past ten years, before they win the trophy that represents the highest honor in European football, they seem to have been regarded as an "upstart" rather than a true giant.
This makes it difficult for Chelsea fans to really raise their heads in front of Liverpool and Manchester United fans.
Originally, Mourinho's two arrivals gave them hope, but they still ended in defeat again and again.
And now, Pan Yi is here!
He's coming, he's coming!
He came with the aura of Triple Crown!
And he announced from the very beginning that he wanted to win the Premier League and the Champions League!
Even "madmen" have never had such self-confidence!
Therefore, most Chelsea fans support Pan Yi. They believe that under Pan Yi's leadership, Chelsea can really achieve a historic breakthrough!
The reason is simple, Pan Yi has never disappointed anyone!
But there are also many opponents.
Just like those guests from Sky Sports.
Gary Neville said that it is understandable that Pan Yi shouted the slogan that he could win the Premier League and Champions League, but he said that he did not need to spend too much money in the transfer market, which was too much.
"Why did Chelsea win the Premier League title in the first place? It was because of Abramovich's huge investment."
"They have successively introduced stars like Crespo, Mark Lailai, Duff, Veron, Drogba, Cech... and so on, and they have achieved today's results and scale."
"Now they want to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, which is understandable, so please continue to invest money."
"In fact, Abramovich asked Pan Yi to come to Chelsea to let him spend money to build a strong team and sweep across Europe, right? Even if he throws in 200 million or 300 million at once, I wouldn't be surprised." "But it's good now. Pan Yi said he won't spend so much money? Is he going to let Abu save money to pay him a salary?"
"I really don't think Pan Yi can succeed at Chelsea."
Roy Keane nodded in agreement:
"If a team wants to win the championship, especially the Champions League, it must either spend money or have excellent youth training players like our Manchester United."
"But what does Chelsea have? All they have is a motley crew. I heard there are dozens of players on loan every year!"
"Coupled with the two inferior youth teams, Pan Yi's eyes are so poisonous, how many players can he find from more than a hundred children?"
At this time, the host Lainker reminded: "Pan Yi seems to have a really vicious vision, otherwise how could he build Milan and Hamburg with such high cost performance?"
Luo Yin Keane waved his hand:
"At that time, he was selecting talents from all over the world. Maybe he used the club's scouting system to make his own judgment."
"But if the team's loan players or young players from the youth training could become talents, they would have been promoted to the first team a long time ago. Will they be kept?"
"This in itself shows that Chelsea does not actually have many talents except for the main players of the first team."
"Otherwise, wouldn't it be necessary for them to often have rosters that are not full in the Premier League and Champions League games? It's just because they can't get the required youth training players."
"All in all, I think he is going to overturn this time. Let's just wait and see his jokes!"
Gary Neville also took up the conversation and said:
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"In fact, I think everything Pan Yi said at the press conference was as if he had just said it after drinking, and it was completely nutritious. Maybe it was because he was deceived into having the highest salary in the world, and he drank a few more drinks happily.
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"I just want to ask him, besides talking about the Champions League championship, why do you also want to win the Premier League championship?"
"You also know that there are many strong teams here, and the weak teams are also not weak, and then you say you can win the championship? This is really illogical."
"I really don't understand, where does he have the confidence to say this? Is it because his previous coaching experience was too smooth?"
"So he started to be a little self-righteous and always felt that he could do everything he wanted to do. But in the new season, the cruel competition will tell him, sorry, this is the Premier League!"
"If I were asked to predict this year's Premier League champion... I would say it is Manchester United!"
In the past 2013-14 season, Moyes' Manchester United set a number of shameful records in team history:
The season ended with the worst 7th place in the Premier League in team history and missed the European war next season;
Lost to Swansea at home for the first time;
For the first time, they were all double-killed by the top three in the northwest (Liverpool, Everton and Manchester City);
For the first time in the Premier League, a goal was scored by an opponent in the first minute;
Locked in the lowest score in Premier League history 4 rounds in advance;
The record of Manchester United players being selected into the Premier League Team of the Year for 23 consecutive seasons also passed away...
Therefore, the club officially announced that Moyes was dismissed from get out of class.
The man who will lead Manchester United in the new season will be the famous Dutch coach Louis van Gaal.
This is also where Gary Neville’s confidence lies.
After all, Van Gaal is also a famous coach who has led his team to win the Champions League and La Liga titles!
Many Manchester United fans also believe that under his leadership, Manchester United will quickly get out of the trough and return to the top of the Premier League!
Carragher, who spoke last, did not comment on Neville's remarks about "Manchester United winning the championship". He just expressed his cautious opinions on Pan Yi:
"I feel it is too early to make any judgment on Pan Yi's remarks."
"He has just signed for Chelsea, which means he has just started his work at Chelsea."
"Before this, I only heard that he brought in Pintus, the physical coach, and recruited a recently retired player Scaloni to join the coaching staff."
"Aside from deciding whether to renew the contracts of several veterans whose contracts are about to expire, he seems to have done nothing, especially in the transfer market and what he said about promoting newcomers."
"So, we still have to observe his next operation."
"Perhaps his remarks at the press conference were just a cover?"
"Actually, he is planning to spend a lot of money in the transfer market..."