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Chapter 529 Pan Yi Derby!
Chapter 529 Pan Yi Derby!
2:0 beat Manchester United, in the post-match press conference, Scaloni became the absolute protagonist.
In an interview, Scaloni said that his team performed very well, perfectly executed the combat plan formulated by the coaching staff, successfully raided at the beginning of the game, and set the tone for the final victory in one fell swoop.
Of course, Scaloni also thanked his boss Pan Yi for his support as always.
He said: "The boss of this game attaches great importance to it. He discussed the tactics of the game with us very early, especially what to do at the beginning. Facts have also proved that the advice he gave me is very effective."
Seeing Scaloni become the protagonist of the press conference, Mourinho always had a gloomy face.
He has always been the protagonist, but now he has been upstaged by a manager from a League One team, which makes him very depressed.
Moreover, after hearing what Scaloni said, Pan Yi still deserves the credit for this game?
Mourinho is of course even more depressed if he still can't win the little bastard Pan Yi.
It is a fact that the relationship between the two of them is good, but as a world-renowned football coach, he can't even beat Pan Yi's command of "listening behind the curtain", let alone the blow to Mourinho .
So when it was Mourinho's turn to speak, he said angrily: "I wish York City can be promoted to the Premier League quickly, so that I can beat them hard!"
This sentence immediately amused the reporters at the scene.
And when Pan Yi knew what Mourinho said in the newspaper the next day, he also laughed out loud.
Thank you for your kind words, I, York City, really want to be promoted to the Premier League immediately!
It's just that it's hard to say whether Mourinho can really beat York City by then.
It's not about the comparison of the strengths of the two teams at that time, whether Manchester United will win York City or something...
But can Mourinho persist until then?
Because Pan Yi, who has experienced previous lives, knows that even though Mourinho has received widespread support from Manchester United fans this season, he will not be able to do so in the second year, especially the classic "Three Years of Mu".
As the record declined, the conflict between Mourinho and the Manchester United players headed by Pogba in the locker room became increasingly prominent. In the end, after less than half a season, he dismissed get out of class halfway.
That is to say, in the event that next season, York City really rushes to the Premier League, but it also depends on whether the match between Manchester United and York City is at the front or the end...
If it is ranked in the 18th or 19th round, maybe Mourinho really has no chance to lead Manchester United to complete revenge against York City in the Premier League.
Of course, in addition to Mourinho's consistent remarks, the focus of the newspaper reports is the praise of York City's victory.
After all, as a League One team, it is not easy to break into the FA Cup final!
And if it can win the championship, it will create a record in the history of English football.
It is the first time that a third-level team has won the FA Cup, and the FA Cup champion will also represent England in the Europa League next season. What an honor it will be!
This made York City the darling of the British media overnight, and the media continued to rush to interview and report on York City.
Almost overnight, the city of York was known on the streets of the British Isles.
That's what big games do.
Defeating a giant team like Manchester United in the semi-finals of the FA Cup is of course much more influential than winning ten or 20 consecutive victories in League One, and it will also be higher than their third round, Defeated Tottenham and Arsenal in the fourth round.
The difference in levels and rounds is bound to affect the difference in attention.
For example, if there are two non-traditional strong teams in the final of a certain World Cup, such as Norway vs. Colombia, its influence will be greater than that of France vs. top teams like Brazil in the top 16.
And after another FA Cup semi-final held the next day, not only York City, but the words "Pan Yi" frequently appeared on the front pages of major sports media.
That's because Chelsea also entered the final!
They drew 120:1 with Manchester City within 1 in the semi-finals, and finally defeated their opponents through a penalty shootout, reaching the finals for two consecutive years!
So this year's FA Cup final is York City against Chelsea!
And these two teams are obviously inextricably linked with Pan Yi.
Even the head coaches of the two teams, Scaloni and Arteta, are both Pan Yi's personal disciples, and they belong to the same civil war!
Such a final match certainly made the media and fans extremely excited.
Many people are also analyzing the tactical differences between the two teams to see if these two Pan Yi disciples have any skills they have learned after coaching alone.
For Arteta's Chelsea, it is generally believed that there is not much difference from last season, because the players have not changed much, and there is no reason to make major changes in tactics.
As for York City, due to their limited strength, they always focus on defense when facing strong teams in the FA Cup. Of course, their tactics are very different from Chelsea.
However, York City's defensive approach to controlling space has surprised some pundits, and they think this defensive method is very interesting.
For example, when playing Manchester United, the Red Devils almost never faced York City's goal head-on throughout the game, because once their space entered York City's field, they were immediately blocked.
It is common for off-ball running to be applied to offense, but being able to use off-ball running on defense and at the same time perfectly combined with controlling space, York City's defense in this game is indeed very good.
The media always like to zoom in, especially the media in Manchester and other places. They even define York City's victory over Manchester United as a victory for conservative football and think that York City's victory is ugly.
At this time, as a die-hard fan of Pan Yi, Lineker of Aiwujiwu criticized this statement on the Sky Sports program.
He believes that York City's performance is not bad for being able to enter the FA Cup final as an English third-tier league team.
As for being conservative, do they think that York City should play against Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United?That's really backwards in football tactics, stupid as hell.
At the same time, Lineker also asked those who criticized York City to watch York City's games in the League One to see what is called overwhelming and what is called fierce offense.
Moreover, York City's offense is very rhythmic, and the offense is always wave after wave, and the front and rear spaces are also kept very tight.
This is also the result of the coordinated running of the York City players. Every player is linked together and runs together. Whether it is advancing or retreating, it is very rhythmic.
In addition, York City is very good at catching loopholes. Through pre-match research and observation during the game, they can always find the opponent's loopholes, and then seize the loopholes to fight wave after wave to suppress the opponent.
This has also led to the fact that although York City always put themselves on the weak side and use defense when facing strong opponents in the FA Cup, their offense will show strong efficiency once they have a chance.
Including the first few minutes against Manchester United, there was a sudden acceleration of the attack, which caught Manchester United off guard, and then directly scored two goals to win.
Generally speaking, York City's tactics are more flexible, and it depends on the opponent's situation. This is highly consistent with the characteristics of Pan Yi's coaching period.
On Chelsea's side, due to their lack of strength, they seldom defend against counterattacks, and rely more on strong control and offensive firepower to destroy opponents.
In this regard, Lineker even kindly gave Chelsea a tip, thinking that they might as well lower their posture a little bit, lure York City to attack, and then control the connection between the opponent's striker and midfielder.
Lineker also described this position as the throat of York City, especially the forward delivery of shells by Alonso and Rice. If it is choked, York City will die.
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York City's tactics were studied by various media people and professionals in the newspapers, and it also had an impact on the team's last two remaining League One games.
Whether it was against Bradford or Oldham, they all adopted a strategy of three midfielders, or even three midfielders plus three central defenders. This is to maximize the control of York City's midfield.
You can't criticize them for being conservative—York City are more conservative than anyone, after all—and they did manage to hold down York City's offense quite successfully.
Especially when the connection between Baker and the midfielder was severed, the midfielder was forced to frequently find Baker through long passes, or find two sideways, but in this way, the success rate was greatly reduced.
At present, the configuration of York City's three midfielders is generally Alonso's partner Rice and Kulusevski, and sometimes Karlstrom. These players can not only protect Alonso, but also can Cast an urn city in front of the back line to strengthen the protection of the back line.
This is why York City's defense is so solid.
However, after being strangled in the midfield with heavy troops by the opponent, the offensive power of York City's midfield and back row was insufficient, which also affected the team's scoring ability.
The away game against Bradford, York City was defeated by the opponent 1:0;
In the home game, York City also drew 0:0 with Oldham, and played against their opponents in both rounds.
Moreover, they failed to score a goal in both games, which shows that the targeted tactics of the opponents are effective.
"Sure enough, it's not a good thing to be stared at by the media!" At the coach's analysis meeting after the game, Scaloni said with a wry smile.
In the past two days, the atmosphere inside the team has also become serious.
On the one hand, the team is about to usher in the most important final in team history. On the other hand, the last two League One games were really not very good, which affected morale a bit.
When these two mediocre teams faced York City, they seemed to know the fate of York City in advance, which made York City's game particularly difficult.
For this reason, Scaloni did not suffer less pressure.
"I think Lineker is right. We do lack an offensive point from the back row in the middle. This point can make our offense more varied and at the same time make our offense more threatening. , but we lack such a candidate." De Zerby analyzed.
Then he said: "Alonso could have been good, but now he is old. Such a player needs to be able to open up the depth in the middle, be able to protect the ball, and at the same time have speed, so that he can connect with us. The forward speed."
"It seems that I have to work again this summer..." Hearing what the coaches said, Pan Yi thought to himself.
He will attend this kind of meeting now, but he usually attends it as a non-voting delegate. If there is nothing particularly important, he will not speak.
It's just that there is no hope for new aid at the moment, and that will happen after the summer.
Besides, it is still uncertain what scale of signings will be carried out in the summer. The variable lies in the final of the FA Cup.
If they really win, then York City will become a secondary league team representing England in the Europa League!
The pressure is still quite high.
After all, the English Championship is the same as the League One. There are 24 teams and 46 rounds of matches.
The last team to do this was Wigan Athletic, who defeated Manchester City in the FA Cup final in the 2012-2013 season.
They were still in the Premier League at the time, but they fell to the English Championship after the end of the season, and finally participated in the Europa League as a Championship team.
Due to poor strength, they were eliminated in the Europa League group stage, which also affected their results in the league and failed to return to the Premier League immediately.
And the impact of this season's failure was even more profound, because in the next season they dived directly into the League One!
Since then, Wigan Athletic has become a "lifter" between the English Championship and the League One. It is often the first promotion in the League One this season, and then relegation in the Championship the next season, and then the next season. Take the first place and come back...
But in short, it is getting farther and farther away from the Premier League.
Pan Yi certainly does not want to repeat such mistakes.
If he really wants to play in Europe next season, then he will definitely have to make a large-scale signing, at least he must be able to support the second to third line of battle, instead of basically fighting to the end with a lineup like now.
But it's still early to think about this. At present, we still have to study Chelsea first, and then we can play and win!
Of course Pan Yi knows about the problem De Zerby said.
However, will Chelsea really use this three-back formation like League One teams?
Pan Yi didn't think so.
Now Arteta's 3-5-2 is used as a pure fire, and in the system established by Pan Yi for Chelsea, it is often a combination of single midfielder + double midfielder to maximize attack force.
When encountering a strong enemy, at most it will be transformed into a double midfielder + a single midfielder, such as Kanter + Matic + Hazard, and three midfielders are rarely used.
And is York City considered a "strong enemy"?not necessarily.
So Scaloni and De Zerby discussed theirs, and Pan Yi didn't interrupt.
If it is not a problem that needs to be solved at present, he is not in a hurry.
After their summary of League One is over, he will participate in the tactical drafting of the FA Cup final with Chelsea.
This time is extremely abundant.
Because the end of the regular season of the League One this season is April 4, and then the semi-finals of the home and away promotion play-offs will be held a week later, and finally the play-offs will be held at Wembley Stadium on May 30. The final of the game will determine the last place to go to the British Championship.
At this time, of course, the direct promotion places and play-off places of League One have also come out.
Of course, York City ranks first. Their final record is 31 wins, 10 draws, 5 losses and 103 points.
And ranked second is Sheffield United, which has been chasing after them. They have 30 wins, 10 draws and 6 losses, a full 100 points.
The gap between them and York City is only one win, which also shows that it is not so easy to stand out in League One.
Ranked third to sixth are Bolton, Scunthorpe, Fleetwood, and Bradford. These four teams will fight each other and compete for the last promotion spot.
And after that play-off final, another week later, on May 5, it will still be at Wembley Stadium, where the FA Cup final of this season will continue to begin!
In other words, for the upgraded York City, they are still close to a month away from the FA Cup final.
During this period, they can properly deploy and train according to Chelsea's tactical and player characteristics.
The coaching staff is more worried, but how to maintain a good competitive state of the players within this month...
Therefore, it is essential to invite some teams to warm up, and you can also invite some nearby small teams to play a "friendly match", such as playing 20 to 0, which can also relax the players. Boost confidence.
For York City's opponent Chelsea, they don't have this trouble, because now the Premier League has played 36 rounds, that is, there are still two rounds to end.
In the just-concluded round of the Premier League game, Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at home.
Chelsea took the lead in the 23rd minute, Hazard made a precise oblique pass, Fabio failed to intercept, and Lukaku's close-range shot from the left side of the small penalty area passed between Guzan's legs and entered the net, 1:0.
Chelsea expanded the score in the 34th minute. Azpilicueta made a diagonal pass. Marcos Alonso shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area and hit the inside of Guzan's left leg and deflected into the net, 2:0.
Chelsea sealed the victory in the 65th minute. A cross from the right side of the penalty area in the corner kick melee from seat B, Matic stopped the ball in the chest and volleyed in front of the small penalty area. The ball passed between Guzan's legs and entered the net, 3:0.
This game led to a result of ice and fire.
Middlesbrough was relegated 2 rounds ahead of schedule, while Chelsea won 2 rounds ahead of schedule!
That's because, in the next game, Tottenham, who had been chasing behind them and only four points behind, lost the chain and lost to West Ham 0:1.
While West Ham general Lanzini scored the only goal of the game, Tottenham also ended their nine-game winning streak.
This also led to Chelsea leading the No.2 Tottenham by 7 points with only two games left in the Premier League!
This means that Chelsea also won the Premier League championship again, which is also their three consecutive championships!
In this way, their next two games against West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland will become "warm-up matches", preparing for the FA Cup game against York City.
Of course, after Chelsea won the championship ahead of schedule, the focus of media attention inevitably came to Pan Yi again.
York City won the League One Championship, Chelsea won the Premier League Championship, and these two teams will meet in the FA Cup final!
The popularity of this "Pan Yi Derby" was fired to an unprecedented height before the game!
(End of this chapter)