There is a very focused game in the seventh round of the Premier League, but it is not the game between Newcastle United and Chelsea.
Tottenham defeated Manchester City 4:1 at home in this round, but it was not the one that attracted the most attention in this round.
It’s Leicester City’s home game against Arsenal!
This was all thanks to Pan Yi. Who told him that Leicester City would be the most difficult team to deal with this season and the most threatening team to Chelsea?
They really did their best to come to Manchester City. After six rounds of games, they had three wins and three draws, and they have remained undefeated.
But many people also believe that Leicester City’s results are justified.
The reason is simple. In the first six rounds, they defeated mid-to-lower teams like Sunderland, West Ham United, and Aston Villa. However, when facing Bournemouth and Stoke City
, especially against Tottenham, they did not take any advantage, and it ended in a draw.
Today, Arsenal can test the quality of Leicester City and see if they are as good as Pan Yi said?
The final result of the game seems to prove that the Premier League is still dominated by bg6!
Although Vardy scored twice in the game, Sanchez scored a hat trick for Arsenal. Walcott and Giroud also scored one goal each. Arsenal ended up with 5 in this goal battle:
2 away wins.
As a result, Leicester City suddenly dropped to ninth place in the standings.
Although it is already a very good position compared to last season, there is still a big gap between it and the "big dark horse" predicted by Pan Yi.
In this regard, more and more people believe that Pan Yi brought up the city to show his contempt for bg6.
How could a team like this, which had just reached the Premier League last season and was almost relegated, suddenly become a Champions League berth or even a contender for the Premier League title?
Compared with bg6's investment, a small team like Leicester City that invested 20 to 30 million in the transfer market is really child's play.
The current Premier League standings also illustrate this point: bg6 are ranked in the top six, followed by West Ham United and Everton, which also performed well, and then Leicester City.
But regarding this statement, Pan Yi said:
"It's normal for the team's performance to have ups and downs, but I still think Ranieri's team still has great potential. Let me put it here. If any team underestimates them, they will definitely suffer a big loss!"<
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The main reason is that Leicester City's performance this season is indeed very good, at least not much different from Pan Yi's previous life.
This also shows that although Kante is missing from Leicester City's lineup, after adding Mikel, Ranieri also made fine-tuning according to the actual situation of the players, so that he can quickly integrate into Leicester City's tactical system.
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In terms of a player's personal ability, Kante is certainly better than Mikel, but Kante, who came to Manchester City in his previous life, was only an engineering type after all, and Mikel can also perform better.
If we must select the most important person from the "Miracle of Leicester City", head coach Ranieri must be the first, then Vardy should be next, and then Mahrez.
Of these three people, one is the best manager in the Premier League, one is the Premier League Golden Boot, and the other is the best player in the Premier League.
Then, it may be Kanter's turn, and this "fourth most important person" also has goalkeeper Schmeichel competing with him.
In short, the core of the current Leicester City team has not changed much. Ranieri has used the team's tactics very well, so the overall results will definitely not be much different from the previous life.
This is the "fact" that Pan Yi, as a time traveler and a master tactician, can predict.
As for whether others believe it or not...he believes it anyway.
Three days after playing Newcastle United, Chelsea ushered in the second round of the Champions League group stage.
The whole team set off for Porto, Portugal, to visit the Dragon Stadium.
Porto's head coach is Spaniard Lopetegui, who deployed a 4411 formation to face Chelsea.
Obviously, as Chelsea has become more and more popular in the past two years, coaches all over Europe are also studying how to restrain Chelsea.
For many weaker teams, obviously adopting a set of defensive tactics is the most likely way to score points against Chelsea.
At the forefront is Cameroon forward Aboubakar, and Porto uses his speed to counterattack.
After the game started, Chelsea's attack was blocked by Porto.
It is obvious that Lopetegui has made a very detailed study of Chelsea's offensive methods and has done an excellent job in arranging targeted defense.
The protection of almost four defensive midfielders, coupled with the defense line and the active support of the frontcourt offensive players, all caused Chelsea's offense to encounter trouble, which can be regarded as hitting the iron wall again.
The first half ended with a score of 0-0.
Chelsea controlled the ball and rhythm, took advantage of the field, and frequently created shooting opportunities, but failed to break the deadlock and take the lead.
This disappoints everyone at Chelsea.
Pan Yi was mentally prepared for this situation.
There is no way, when you become a strong person, everyone will use the same method to deal with strong people, instead of letting you use your offensive strength wantonly.
During the halftime break, he asked Hazard to switch positions with Seat B. Seat B moved to the left, while Hazard came to the right.
The same is true for the forward line.
Pan Yi told Harry Kane and Lukaku to keep running, both vertically and horizontally, so as to create space.
"The tighter the opponent's defense is, the more we have to keep pulling at it and creating more loopholes."
Pan Yi also asked everyone to be patient and not to rush under any circumstances.
And such midfield adjustments have obviously had an effect.
After changing sides in the second half, Chelsea's offense was still pursued and intercepted by Porto, but it improved significantly, and the number of threatening shots began to increase.
In the 61st minute of the game, Hazard and B suddenly appeared on the left wing at the same time. The two played a tacit one-on-one cooperation, allowing Hazard to dribble the ball along the left wing and quickly attack.
Although the opponent's defender Pereira was chasing after him all the way, Hazard suddenly stopped when he rushed to the left side of the penalty area and dunked the ball back, causing Pereira to lose his center of gravity and slip to the ground. p>
Then Hazard took the lead and passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area.
At this moment, Lukaku was already standing near the penalty spot, blocking the opponent's central defender Marcano with his body and stopping Hazard's pass.
But Marcano's defense was also in place, preventing Lukaku from turning around. In addition, players such as Neves and Layun returned to defense, forcing Lukaku to use his body to protect the ball before quickly returning.
To Harry Kane.
Harry Kane didn't stop the ball and hit the goal directly with his right foot.
"Harry Kane shot, but Porto goalkeeper Casillas made a crucial save!"
"This Spanish goalkeeper moved to Porto from Real Madrid, where he had played for more than ten years, and still performed very steadily!"
"Harry Kane's right foot hit the goal very suddenly, but Casillas saved the ball."
"What a great save!"
"However, after the ball was saved, the landing point... was still at the feet of the Chelsea players!"
"Bernardo Silva was very fast. Before Ruben Neves tried to break the ball out of the danger zone, he poked the ball, followed up quickly, and then volleyed
..."
"The ball is in!
The score has been rewritten!"
"Bernardo Silva scored this key goal. The distance of this shot was so close that even Casillas, who reacted quickly, could not save the ball again!"
"Oh my god, Chelsea's attack is really amazing! In my football watching career, I have rarely seen players on both sides squeeze to the side and then cooperate."
"After the cooperation between seat B and Hazard, they quickly inserted into the penalty area, diagonally from the right rib to the right side of the goal, and then missed the goal!"
"Of course, Lukaku and Harry Kane also played an important role in this process. The cooperation of this offensive foursome is very beautiful!"
"Tonight, at the Dragon Stadium, facing Porto's tight defense, Chelsea still seized an opportunity."
"Next, it depends on whether Porto wants to counterattack."
"Chelsea is one goal ahead, and Pan Yi is ready to make substitutions. I believe he will better control the situation on the court after getting the score advantage."
"Porto also has to consider whether they want to work hard to score goals?"
"Three days ago in the Premier League, Newcastle United took the initiative to counterattack after conceding a goal, but soon conceded a second goal."
"Lopetegui must think clearly now, should Porto press out and fight?"
After all, Lopetegui is not McLaren, and he is more cautious.
He just made a matchup substitution, replacing Aboubakar with Italian forward Osvaldo, hoping to change to a more direct method of starting from the backcourt and looking for forwards to break through Chelsea's defense.
But in this way, it is really difficult to find any opportunities in front of Chelsea's three central defenders who are very stable in defense.
In the end, Chelsea relied on a golden goal and defeated Porto 1:0 away from home, winning two consecutive group stage victories.
Pan Yi also breathed a heavy sigh of relief, high-fiving and hugging all the Chelsea players who came off the field.
Although we only won one goal, it was enough.
One game of 7:0 is not as good as seven games of 1:0. Getting three points is the most important thing.
Liverpool under Klopp will definitely know this in the future.
Returning to London from Porto, Pan Yi will soon prepare for two consecutive home games in the Premier League.
One is against Southampton and the other is against Aston Villa.
However, although it is said to be "continuous", it is not actually connected.
Because after playing Southampton, it will be another two weeks of national team matches.
For Pan Yi, on the one hand, he can find opportunities to relax and take a vacation; on the other hand, he has to consider adjusting the players' physical fitness and condition.
Because the season after the national team game is often particularly intensive, especially for teams with European war missions.
For example, Chelsea will have to play Aston Villa, Lyon, West Ham United in succession, then face Stoke City in the League Cup, then return to the Premier League to play Liverpool, and then face Lyon in the Champions League and Arsenal in the Premier League.
There are a total of seven games here, and the game time is from October 17th to November 8th, which is almost 21 days.
In other words, a game is played every three days on average, including strong teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, and Lyon.
But there is nothing I can do. Since I made a goal to win seven championships before the season, I have to finish it with tears in my eyes.
N-line combat is n-line combat, let’s play one game at a time!
In the eighth round of the Premier League, Chelsea faced Southampton at home.
Southampton's head coach Ronald Koeman is now considered an old friend of Pan Yi. His results in leading the team in the past two seasons have been quite good.
This is also due to his tactical thinking of "flexibility and flexibility".
The team that can beat the team will focus on passing and controlling, and focus on attack; the team that can't beat the team will just let the players in front of them steal.
Of course Chelsea is classified as "unbeatable".
Mainly because of Chelsea's current tactical system and overall strength, it is really difficult for other teams to have a chance.
Pan Yi can only ask the players to control the ball and deal with the opponents patiently.
It wasn't until the second half, when the physical energy of Southampton's players was exhausted in their desperate defense, that Chelsea began to really exert its strength.
In the 70th minute, Moses broke through from the wing and made a pass, but the ball flew into the Southampton goal by accident, 1:0.
In the 75th minute, Lukaku scored another victory after receiving an assist from Hazard.
In the 89th minute, Zouma, who came on as a substitute, took advantage of a corner kick opportunity and scored.
In the end, Chelsea defeated Southampton 3-0 at home.
Three goals, all after 70 minutes.
This is one of Pan Yi's two strategies for dealing with teams that focus on defense.
One is to grab the start and score an early goal;
The second is to grind slowly, wear down the opponent's fighting spirit and physical strength, and then attack with all your strength. This will make it relatively easy to break through the opponent's defense.
After the eighth round of the Premier League, we ushered in a two-week national team match day.
And this is Pan Yi’s rare vacation.
But now his vacation plan is very simple: to go to Yorkshire to find Valentina.
On vacation, of course you have to spend time with your lover, you can’t go anywhere and have fun.
The main reason is that this kind of national team match day has nothing to do with the English second division team. The league should still be played, and Valentina will not take a holiday.
Fortunately, the city of York is also a famous historical and cultural city and a famous tourist city in the UK - it is the city with the most tourists in the UK after London, so there are many places to visit and eat, even if
I never get tired of coming here every time.
Accompany Valentina after work to visit the Viking city ruins, go to York Castle Museum to look at antiquities, then go to the National Center for Ancient Music to listen to performances, and buy some wands used by Harry Potter... p>
Finally, we found a hotel full of medieval style to have a fierce battle, and the beautiful day passed like this.
During this period, Pan Yi of course also watched the York City game live.
After all, for Pan Yi now, watching York City football games is both work and life.
York City played against Cambridge United at home. After a bad start and conceding one goal, they scored two goals in a row and finally won 2:1.
Although the young center Mark Baker did not score a goal during the game, he played an obvious role as a fulcrum on the front line, greatly restraining the opponent's defensive strength and creating space for his teammates to score goals.
This also made Pan Yi even more convinced that his operation in buying Baker was very correct.
The reason why Pan Yi was so "unconfident" before was mainly because buying Baker was different from all his previous transfer operations.
Whether it is Van Dijk and Salah when they were first in Milan, De Bruyne and Casemiro in Hamburg, or Harry Kane and Mbappe after coming to Chelsea, no matter who it is, they are all
It was the result of Pan Yi opening his "eyes in the sky".
Each of these players was a world-class star who was famous in Pan Yi's previous life. Pan Yi bought them into the team in advance, and then used them using the tactics that were most suitable for them in the system, and also used the training methods that were most suitable for them.
Let it improve, and of course everyone will get twice the result with half the effort.
But as for this Baker, in Pan Yi's previous life, he was almost a League Two player.
In the early days, he played in League One with Carlisle United, but he was not the main player. Later, the team was relegated, and he basically played in League Two.
Later, he even played in a lower-level national league. In short, his level was just like this. He was not at the same level as the future big-name players Pan Yi had before.
This also made Pan Yi a little curious, and he even wanted to do an experiment.
That is, for an ordinary young player like Baker, given enough game time and correct training methods, will his achievements be higher than in the normal timeline?
Or in other words, can Pan Yi bring York City to the English Championship like a football manager game? In the Premier League, players like Baker can still keep up with the level and play in high-level leagues with the team instead of quickly
Being eliminated?
This is really something Pan Yi has never done before.
One day later, when Pan Yi accompanied Valentina to work at the York City Club, he asked Scaloni about Baker's situation.
"He is practicing in the gym." Scaloni said with a smile, "He is a very hard-working young man and cherishes the opportunities he is getting now."
Pan Yi nodded slightly.
In today's York City, Baker is considered a special player.
Because most of York City's main players are "old men" over 30 years old, only Baker, a young man, can play the main team.
For veterans, their training often can only maintain their physical condition from declining, or make it decline more slowly, and maintain the physical fitness required for the game.
But young players still have a lot of room for improvement, both physically and technically.
Especially for an aerial player like Baker, it is very crucial to constantly improve the strength of his body to better stand in the penalty area.
Therefore, when Scaloni formulated the training plan, he also focused on letting Baker exercise his core strength, including jumping ability and heading ability, so that he can truly stand out in the English League Two.
Obviously, Baker is also very motivated.
According to Scaloni, Baker not only completes the training arranged by the coaching staff on time and quantity, but also arranges for additional training by himself after the training.
This also made Pan Yi very happy.
"He himself said that although he has been training hard over the years, he seems to have achieved little results. According to my judgment, the training of clubs in lower leagues is relatively unprofessional and scientific, including everything from eating habits to the players' entire daily routine.
The arrangements are not very good."
Scaloni continued: "When he arrived at our place, he felt very comfortable, the effect was very obvious, and he was very energetic when practicing."
In this new season, Pan Yi brings not only a new head coach and new players to York City, but more importantly, the most advanced management concepts and training methods.
Although the training facilities, especially the training venues, have not yet been able to make major improvements, Pan Yi still found ways to gradually recruit coaches, team doctors, and data analysts from some English Championship and even Premier League teams.
It can be said that the current training level of York City is absolutely unique among English League Two teams. Even if it is compared with the English Championship and Premier League teams, the hardware part may still be insufficient, but the software part is not inferior at all.<
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Take Baker for example. He had no control over his diet before. He could eat whatever he liked and when he liked, and his daily routine was not particularly regular.
But all this changed after coming to York City.
He is a striker who relies on his body for food. Before he wants to strengthen his muscles, he must make necessary adjustments to his diet structure simultaneously.
Therefore, with the advice of nutrition experts in the team, a detailed plan was formulated based on Baker's situation from the perspectives of medicine, sports science and physical therapy and rehabilitation.
Specifically, he increased his intake of milk and high-protein foods, and after training and competition, he used the gym's bicycles, foam rollers, bathing areas and other training facilities to help him recover and strengthen his body.
"I will ask the club to make the bathing area alternately hot and cold as soon as possible, and also buy a freezing room, which will have a better recovery effect on the players." Pan Yi also promised.
He has also been leading the team for several years. Although he didn’t know much about these more professional recovery methods for players at first, after being around Pintus, Wolfat and others for a long time, he has naturally been influenced by it. Now he seems to be a student of sports recovery.
A professional.
Player recovery is of course very important.
With better recovery, you can train and compete better, or you can withstand more intense training. Of course, you will make faster progress, and injuries will be less likely to catch players.
Pan Yi is also improving the club's various facilities step by step so that they can keep up with York City's progress.
"Okay, thank you, boss." Scaloni smiled, and then asked, "I feel that you care about this Baker very much. Can you tell me why?"
Pan Yi asked: "Do you think there is anything special about this person?"
"The special thing..." Scaloni thought for a moment and answered honestly, "To be honest, there is nothing special. He is not particularly talented, but he is physically strong and willing to endure hardships."
Pan Yi smiled and said: "That's enough. In the football world, not everyone is a talented player like Maradona, Ronaldinho, and Messi."
"More often, there are ordinary people like Baker who work hard on the court with their own efforts. Many of them will never be able to play in the top leagues in their lives, and even more will not be able to play in professional games."
"Sometimes I wonder, how far can ordinary people like this achieve? Are they not as talented as others, so are they useless?"
"Is it really impossible for a player like Baker to survive, gain a foothold, or even succeed in the top professional league?"
"I have no answer to this question. But I want to give it a try and see what heights he can eventually reach through his efforts and our correct guidance."
"Does Baker have any talent? In fact, he does. He has a strong ability to fight for the top, which is also a talent in itself. But I still want to see if it is possible for him to change his destiny through his own efforts and go from playing in the lower leagues to England.
Championship, or even the Premier League?"
Scaloni gets it.
This is the boss’s special expectations and expectations for Baker.
A very important reason why football is the most popular sport in the world is that it allows all types of players to play their roles on the court.
Messi can pass five people in a row to score a goal, and Cristiano Ronaldo can kick a super powerful shot from 40 meters. I, Baker, can't do these, but I can score through dunks in the penalty area.
Football has never been a game for talented elites, and the highest-level league should not just be a stage for geniuses to perform. It will also give some space and opportunities to relatively ordinary people like Baker.
If Baker is really successful, it must be a football success.
Scaloni even thought of Vardy.
Back then, this young man was still playing in the amateur league. After being brought to the Bundesliga by Pan Yi, he soared to great heights. Now he is also making a splash in the Premier League.
Vardy's talent must be average, otherwise he wouldn't be able to play in a professional league when he was 24 or 25 years old.
But he relied on his quick hands and decisive shooting to gain a foothold in the top league.
Behind this, Vardy has obviously put in a lot of sweat, and Pan Yi has witnessed it with his own eyes.
With Valdi in front of him, who’s to say that Baker can’t do it?
Thinking about it, Scaloni even became a little excited.
Under Pan Yi's care and guidance, York City Club may become a soil for cultivating young players and become another unique young guard.