When Pan Yi arrived at the Cobham training base, the security guard on duty at the door greeted him warmly and opened the door.
If when Pan Yi first came to Chelsea to coach, some people still had concerns about his prospects, now everyone at Chelsea Club is full of admiration for him.
After all, the Premier League championship and the Champions League final are real achievements, not to mention the records that have been broken.
Many staff who work at the club are Chelsea fans themselves. Of course they are happy from the bottom of their hearts when they see the team playing so well, and they are also grateful to Pan Yi for bringing all this.
Even if you are not a Chelsea fan, even if it is just a job, if the "company performance" is booming, the employees will have a good life.
Whether you are a security guard, chef, locker room administrator, stadium maintenance staff, accountant...
If the team's performance is not good and revenue is affected, it is possible to receive a salary cut or even dismissal.
For example, in 2020, when everyone was having a hard time, in order to save the team's costs, Arsenal fired the mascot actor Jerry Kueyin who had been working for the club for 27 years.
By getting rid of this team mascot that has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Arsenal can only save 250,000 pounds per year, which is equivalent to 2,000 pounds per month...
For a wealthy club that once stood at the top of the Premier League, it actually had to kick out its old man just to make a little money. So what is impossible to happen?
And if something worse happens, such as the team falling out of the Champions League or being relegated, the staff will really be in danger.
After all, as the team's income decreases and the team's participation level decreases, many standards will decrease accordingly, and many positions will become dispensable, or there will be no need for so many people.
By then, layoffs will be inevitable.
Therefore, for the security guards at the Cobham training base, Pan Yi in front of them is simply the savior of the team. How could he be disrespectful?
"Good morning, Mr. Victor. Has your puppy been found?"
Pan Yi also said hello to the security guard before walking into the gate of the base.
After working here for nearly a year, Pan Yi is very familiar with every staff member.
He can call every staff member by name, chat with everyone, and even remember some trivial things about the other person's home.
It is precisely because of this that people here are more willing to regard Pan Yi as a family member and are more willing to share their joys, sorrows and joys with him.
"Haha, forget it, it was actually hiding in the neighbor's garage, and was later discovered by Lucy." Victor, the security guard, said with a smile, and then reminded, "By the way, Mr. Abu has already arrived very early.
I should be waiting for you in the office now."
"Okay, thank you." Pan Yi thanked him, but he couldn't help but groan in his heart, the boss came so quickly.
Of course the two of them made an appointment to meet this morning, and Abu said he had something to talk to him about.
So Pan Yi also arrived at the base early, and it's not even time for formal training yet!
But now that the boss is here, you should hurry up.
So Pan Yi went straight to the training building after entering the door.
As soon as he got closer, he heard the familiar sound of kicking a ball from the direction of the training ground.
This immediately made Pan Yi slow down his hurried pace, especially when he walked to the training building and simply stopped to watch.
A small player is practicing shooting.
Judging from the scattered balls in the half, he should have been here for a while.
Taking a closer look, this person is none other than the scoring champion who just won the Premier League Player of the Year award, Hazard!
"Hey, this kid has really become more self-disciplined." Pan Yi was secretly pleased.
This is really nothing like Azar in his previous life!
I actually came here so early to practice more.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the balls flew toward the goal one by one.
Some hit the goal directly into the blind spot, while others missed the target or fired anti-aircraft guns.
Pan Yi looked at Hazard from a distance and suddenly understood why he wanted to practice extra.
In fact, since he officially joined the Blues in June 2012 as Chelsea's top scorer that season, Hazard has quickly become the darling of Stamford Bridge.
And he also repaid the fans' love with his excellent performance, scoring 12 goals that season.
In the next season, he scored 17 goals and provided 7 assists. As a result, he won the Chelsea Player of the Season award and the Premier League Young Player of the Year award.
This season, Hazard also performed well, and the Premier League Player of the Season award is the best proof.
However, he became the Premier League assists leader, but his goals this season were fewer.
8 league goals and 4 Champions League goals, a total of 12 goals, which is less than last season.
This is partly because Chelsea's offensive firepower this season is very strong and its firepower is also very scattered; apart from anything else, substitute center Bamford alone has scored 15 goals in various competitions!
On the other hand, in Chelsea's offensive system, Hazard is more responsible for the hot spots on the wing, responsible for attracting the opponent's players and then moving, or directly passing into the penalty area for teammates to shoot.
This is why Hazard leads the Premier League in assists.
But now Hazard is not satisfied with this.
He knows in his heart that the number of goals he has scored is low. In addition to the above two reasons, there is also another reason of his own, that is, he is indeed lacking in shooting skills.
From the perspective of an ordinary player, if he can score more than a dozen goals and add more than 20 assists in various competitions in a season, such results are really amazing.
But as a man determined to compete for the Golden Globe Award, this is far from enough.
In 2012, Messi completed the feat of 91 goals in 69 games! This also included 24 assists.
Of course, Messi has performed superbly this season. It may be difficult for even him to replicate such a miracle. It seems that it cannot be used as a standard.
And if it was his relatively "ordinary" last season, that is, the season, Messi represented Barcelona in 46 appearances in various official games, scoring 41 goals and sending 14 assists.
During the same period, Cristiano Ronaldo represented Real Madrid in 30 appearances in La Liga and scored 31 goals; 11 appearances in the Champions League and scoring 17 goals; 6 appearances in the Copa del Rey and scoring 3 goals.
If measured by this coordinate, Hazard is indeed still far behind.
The main difference here is in scoring efficiency.
Although the ridicule of "He is as good as Messi and as good as Husky in shooting" is a bit too much when it comes to Hazard, it actually makes some sense.
That is to say, his speed and dribbling are really among the best in the world, but in many cases, they just fall short.
On the court, it is actually very difficult to continuously pass people and then shoot, because your physical fitness may not be able to keep up in a short period of time.
In some cases, due to insufficient decision-making ability, the shot is not decisive enough, and often hesitates in front of the goal and misses opportunities.
Of course, sometimes it is because of insufficient shooting ability.
This is why there are "extraordinary deaths" like Adama Traore, Saint-Maximin, and Gervinho in the world...
If they could successfully shoot and score after passing people, then all these players would be better than Messi, but unfortunately not.
What makes Hazard even more uncomfortable is that he failed to score in the subsequent rounds of the Premier League.
Especially in the two games against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals, no success was achieved.
Although Chelsea still won the game relatively easily and advanced to the final, it is a bit unacceptable for the current scoring champion who has high demands on himself.
Even on some fan forums, some people have questioned whether Hazard's current role is not as good as Gnabry, or even worse than Lingard.
Can Chelsea consider changing their main winger? Especially if they have to face the powerful Barcelona in the final.
This makes Hazard unable to swallow his breath!
Therefore, he has been practicing shooting more recently, just to make up for his "shortcomings"!
For Pan Yi, Hazard's status in his mind has certainly not changed at all.
Gnabry and Lingard are indeed very good, but to say they are better than the current Hazard is absolute nonsense.
Just because they scored goals or assisted in some games but Hazard did not, we cannot say that they are better than Hazard.
And even if you calculate the data using ecel, Hazard's total goals and assists far exceed theirs, which makes this argument even more untenable.
As a professional football coach, Pan Yi certainly sees more than that.
Sometimes, the role of a football player cannot be reflected by ecel.
Hazard has done a lot at Chelsea to create opportunities for others and stretch space. If he hadn't been attracting double-teams from the wing, how could other teammates have such comfortable shooting opportunities?
Lukaku won the Premier League Golden Boot, and a lot of credit must go to Hazard.
There are also wing-backs, especially Marcos Alonso. If it weren't for Hazard, would he have so many opportunities to grab points when he rushes into the penalty area?
Hazard's shooting is indeed because his shooting after the breakthrough is not connected well and his explosive power is not enough, but he will also realize this, so he will more often choose to pass the ball to others after passing people to create opportunities for others. p>
Doesn’t this also mean that he has a good mentality and a strong sense of teamwork?
How could the head coach not love such a player?
Of course, Pan Yi was quite happy to see Hazard wanting to improve his shooting.
It’s no wonder that I always encourage you to kick and shoot on the court!
As long as he can practice shooting well, Hazard will be closer to the goal of the Golden Globe Award!
"Hey, Eden." Pan Yi walked over and shouted through the barbed wire fence.
In foreign countries, it doesn’t really matter whether you call someone by your first name or your last name.
If you are familiar with each other, you can call them casually, as long as they are acceptable to each other.
This is especially true for Pan Yi.
When he was a fan in his previous life, he was more familiar with the surnames of the stars. For example, when you see Kante, you know his name is "Kante", but when it comes to his name "N'Golo", not many people know him. p>
In this life, he was also used to calling others by their last names, and would call them by their first names when he got acquainted with them.
In fact, there is another reason, that is, the author is afraid that readers will not know who he is talking about, because readers are also more familiar with the player's last name.
But since Hazard also has a younger brother, Thorgan Hazard, who is in the Chelsea youth team, Pan Yi still used to call him "Eden" to avoid confusion.
At this time on the training ground, Hazard hit a high-quality volley, but it hit the crossbar and bounced back.
This makes his expression look a little depressed.
Hearing Pan Yi's shout, the Belgian immediately looked over and waved to say hello: "Boss, you are here."
"How long have you been ejaculating? Take a rest. It's very tiring to ejaculate all the time, and you won't be able to stand it." Pan Yi suggested.
Azar smiled: "Don't worry, I have to shoot ten more times before calling it a day."
Pan Yi nodded slightly.
This guy probably set a fixed amount for himself every day, and he won't stop until he reaches the target.
"Okay, remember to put the ball away after practice. Our training time is almost up today."
"Understood." Azar nodded.
"Oh, by the way," Pan Yi suddenly smiled and said to Hazard, "Practice hard and look forward to your scoring in the Champions League final!"
Azar was stunned for a moment, then grinned and smiled.
He understood what Pan Yi meant, and he also knew that the head coach had complete trust in him.
The meaning of this sentence is that Pan Yi wants him to play in the Champions League final! And he is looking forward to his achievements.
That's the Champions League final!
He came to the Premier League from Ligue 1 and came to Chelsea, wasn’t it just for today?
After all, if you stay in Lille, it will probably be difficult for you to stand on the stage of the Champions League final in your lifetime.
In other words, from the first day he came to Chelsea, he dreamed of reaching the Champions League final and lifting the final championship trophy.
He even saw countless times in his dreams that he won the Champions League with Chelsea!
He also told himself countless times in his heart that he must work hard to get to the championship.
Moreover, you must become the protagonist yourself.
Watching head coach Pan Yi turn around and leave, Hazard's eyes suddenly tightened. He didn't know if he was sweating, but he felt like crying.
Pan Yi understands him, and he is willing to die for Pan Yi.
But he quickly turned around and continued his shooting training.
There are still ten more, and he must finish them before everyone arrives, and also have to clean up the place.
When the banging sound of kicking was heard again on the training ground, Pan Yi had already gone to the second floor.
When Pan Yi saw Hazard starting training again, he smiled slightly.
He has never doubted Hazard's determination and fighting spirit.
Just as he firmly believes that with Hazard's talent and unremitting efforts, the goalkeeper is destined not to be a loser.
As for whether he will become the "Burger King" and the "Lying King" in the future?
Probably not.
His achievements must be higher than Pan Yi's previous life! Pan Yi thought very firmly in his heart.
While Pan Yi was thinking about it, he opened the door and walked into the head coach's office.
Sure enough, Abramovich was already waiting for him inside.
"What do you want from me? Mr. Boss?" Pan Yi approached Abu with a smile.
The relationship between him and Abu is not like a strict boss-worker relationship, so he calls Abu more casually, and Abu doesn't care.
"Actually, it's nothing, it's just about the competition bonus." Abu said.
As early as before the season, Chelsea formulated a detailed bonus system.
This is actually what many clubs do, especially teams that are capable of winning the championship.
For example, how much is the bonus for winning the Premier League, how much is the FA Cup, how much is the League Cup, and of course it also includes the Champions League.
Since Abramovich had already hired Triple Crown coach Pan Yi with the highest salary in the world at that time, he would naturally not be stingy in this regard.
League Cup winner, £1 million;
FA Cup winner, £2 million;
Premier League champion, 5 million pounds;
Champions League winner, 10 million pounds!
This is already a big deal in European football.
Although Chelsea failed to win the League Cup and FA Cup, most of the bonuses go to the Premier League champions and Champions League champions.
If they win the championship, each player will allocate these bonuses according to playing time, and some main players can get a lot of money.
And now, Abramovich actually wants to talk about competition bonuses?
"I want to double the competition prize money."
Sure enough, Abu was straightforward when he spoke.
In other words, the bonus for the Premier League champion that has been won will be as high as 10 million pounds, and the Champions League champion will receive an astonishing 20 million pounds!
He is indeed a generous boss!
From here we can also see Abramovich’s desire for the Champions League title.
What’s money? What I want is the championship!
Seeing that Pan Yi didn't speak for a long time, Abu smiled and said:
"Actually, you helped me earn all this money."
"Xia Chuang, you didn't spend much money on me, but Dong Chuang made more than 100 million..."
"To win this Premier League championship, here is more than 100 million pounds, plus the Champions League bonus, it will be close to 200 million pounds."
"So, the bonuses paid to the players are actually paid by you. Haha..."
Hearing what Abu said, Pan Yi also burst out laughing.
There is some truth in what he said, but this kind of official bonus is paid into the team's account. If the boss is stingy, how can he be willing to take it out and distribute it to the players and staff?
So, Abu is really a good boss.
"I understand, thank you boss for the Rockets..." Pan Yi nodded, "Well, thank you boss, I will convey it to all the players and staff. I believe they will be extremely happy after knowing the news.
!"
Abramovich looked at Pan Yi deeply and said earnestly: "I'll leave it to you for the Champions League final!"
Pan Yi held his hands firmly, nodded and said, "Just wait until you go on stage to receive the award!"
"Okay, I'll wait!"
After the morning training, Pan Yi met a guest from afar in the conference room-Ancelotti.
In fact, it is not appropriate to say "guest". After all, An Pang has coached Chelsea for two seasons and still has many acquaintances in the club. He is even more familiar with the facilities and roads here than Pan Yi... p>
This time Pan Yi specially invited Ancelotti to come and study together the common enemy-Barcelona.
Although Pan Yi defeated Barcelona in Milan a few years ago and conducted a detailed study of the tactics of current Barcelona coach Luis Enrique in the system tutorial, things are not what they used to be.
To suppress n's performance as much as possible to limit Barcelona's offense, this must be done to the extreme.
Therefore, listen more to the opinions and suggestions of Barcelona's old rivals and brainstorm ideas to make yourself invincible.
Besides, Ancelotti took the initiative to ask for advice. Wouldn't it be rude if Pan Yi didn't accept it?
"Let's talk about your 3:1 victory over Barcelona."
After sitting down, the two stopped chatting and went straight to the topic.
Pan Yi also said directly: "In that game, Real Madrid controlled them in the midfield and completely defeated them. This is actually quite surprising."
"The four midfielders of Kroos, Insco, Ronaldo, and Modric completely suppressed Barcelona's iron triangle of Busquets, Xavi, and Iniesta."
"Since the Barcelona Iron Triangle was officially established in 2008, Real Madrid has rarely had the upper hand in midfield conversations. However, this time, Real Madrid ravaged Barcelona's midfield."
"Can you tell me how you do it? I think it's impossible to really limit n, but we can limit the shells they get."
Pan Yi has certainly done research on this game.
Judging from pta data, Barcelona has a ball possession rate of 577 and completed 515 passes; Real Madrid has a ball possession rate of 423 and completed 362 passes.
However, the connection between Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets was basically cut off by Real Madrid. No two people in the Iron Triangle passed the ball to each other more than 10 times, which was extremely rare in the past.
Barcelona's passing line is extremely monotonous. Alves passes the ball to Messi, Rakitic, Busquets, and Suarez the most. The iron triangle cannot be integrated with passing, cutting, and running, and Barcelona's offense falls into a solo effort.
Mode, front and rear fields are disconnected.
Xavi is the brains of Barcelona, but he only played 59 minutes in the El Clasico before being replaced.
In these 59 minutes, Harvey made 52 passes, with a success rate of 942. Apart from accurate passing, Harvey made almost no contribution. He only threatened the ball once, made 14 forward passes, 12 of which were successful, and returned 7 times.
Passing the ball, threatening the ball in sports battles, breaking through, and causing fouls are all zero.
Iniesta played 71 minutes and was replaced due to injury. In these 71 minutes, Xiaobai made 64 passes and 56 were successful, including 24 forward passes and 20 were successful. Only 1 passed a threatening ball and 1 breakthrough was successful.
0 fouls were committed, and 13 of 14 return passes were successful.
Busquets played the entire game, making 53 of 61 passes successfully, of which 15 were forward passes and 11 were successful, key passes and breakthroughs were both successful, and 14 back passes were successful, 13 of which were successful. p>
Barcelona's iron triangle had a total of 1 shot and 0 shots on target, 2 threatening passes, 1 successful breakthrough, and 1 foul.
In comparison, Real Madrid's four No. 10 midfielders are efficient and impactful.
Luo, who was positioned on the right, made 3 key passes, 1 successful breakthrough, and 10 successful return passes out of 11 times;
Yinske on the left wing made one breakthrough and drew a foul once, and only returned the ball 5 times;
Modric made one successful breakthrough, drew 2 fouls, and only returned 6 passes. Kroos made 2 threatening passes, made 1 breakthrough, drew 1 foul, and only returned 8 passes.
Real Madrid's top four midfielders took 7 shots and 2 were on target, made 5 threatening passes, made 4 successful breakthroughs, and caused 4 fouls, completely destroying Barcelona's iron triangle.
In terms of back passes, Barcelona's Iron Triangle made 35 times, and Real Madrid's 4 midfielders made 30 times - Barcelona only led in this statistic.
Barcelona's midfielder lost control, and the athletic ability of the iron triangle was not as good as before, becoming a liability for the team's offense and defense;
Real Madrid's four purely technical No. 10s, with fast and smooth passing coordination, large-scale interception and defense, are smooth and sharp, with good speed and slowness.
Modric's passing was 100% accurate. Kroos and Ronaldo both sent wonderful passes and assists in their El Clasico debut. In the most critical midfield session, Real Madrid suppressed Barcelona, which gave people the illusion that Real Madrid's midfield was the same as Barcelona at its peak.
It has vitality, but Barcelona's midfielder has almost zero presence.
Obviously, Ancelotti completely controlled Barcelona in this game, almost toying with the opponent.
If they gain the upper hand in the midfield clash, they will be completely unable to unleash their offensive power.
"Why do I feel like you already know what to do, but you still ask me to tell you?" Ancelotti said with a smile, but he still stood in front of the tactical board and set it up.
"The most important thing to deal with Barcelona is of course the midfield. But it is worth noting that although the current Barcelona is still very good at controlling the ball, there are still some differences compared with the Guardiola era a few years ago.
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"Luis Enrique's team has his own tactical imprint..."