After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 342 The Two and a Half Years of Blue Bridge
12 month 27 day.

Cobham training ground.

"Mr. Pan Yi! Mr. Pan Yi!"

Pan Yi just arrived at the training base, but was stopped by a reporter waiting here.

"Mr. Pan Yi, we have received news that Oscar has submitted a transfer application to the club. Is this true?" the reporter asked loudly with an excited tone.

Pan Yi looked up and saw something familiar, like a reporter from The Sun.

Hey, isn't the Sun only interested in gossip news? When did the transfer news get accurate information so quickly?

Also, why did the news about Oscar's transfer get leaked like this...

But in any case, when the contract has not been formally signed and the matter has not been fully settled, there is no need for Pan Yi as the head coach to tell reporters the relevant details.

Will they know by then?

Discussing this kind of thing now will actually affect the team's preparations and affect the mentality of the players.

After all, Oscar is still a member of the team, even Schurrle.

And Chelsea will go to an away game tomorrow to challenge Southampton, a difficult team, so don't make extra troubles.

Therefore, Pan Yi just smiled and said: "I don't know where you got the news, but Oscar has always been an important member of Chelsea, and he just scored a key goal for us. .”

This is also a common way to deal with reporters, neither saying yes nor saying no.

Seeing that Pan Yi refused to admit it, the reporter from The Sun asked a more direct question: "I heard that a team from Dragon Country is chasing the Oscars. Is this true? Does this have anything to do with you being from Dragon Country? ?"

"For other teams, you can ask the person in charge of the relevant team. I don't know the signing plans of all the teams, let alone the Longguo team. I am from Longguo, but now I have always been Leading a football team in England, isn't it?"

With that said, Pan Yi strode towards the training base, not planning to entangle this reporter any longer.

But the reporter is still in hot pursuit:
"Chelsea's results are so good now, but Oscar is leaving the team at this time. Is there something wrong with the dressing room? Is there any conflict between him and you? Is it because after you came, he is no longer The absolute main force?"

Of course, Pan Yi didn't want to answer any of the reporter's imaginary questions.

This is the same as facing trolls on the Internet. The more you respond, the more they will find various angles to criticize and doubt you.

"Let's not talk about Oscar." The reporter caught up again, "Let's talk about tomorrow's game against Southampton, Mr. Pan Yi."

"Wouldn't this be mentioned at the press conference before the game?" Pan Yi shook his head and kept on stepping.

"Southampton is the 19th opponent you meet in the Premier League, and it is also the last opponent." The reporter kept talking, "Southampton's coach Ronald Koeman said that he would take advantage of the home court Take you down, don't you have anything to say to him?"

Pan Yi stopped and said to the reporter seriously: "Tomorrow's game is just an ordinary Premier League game, and no matter what the game is, we will chase the victory. This is the same for me and Mr. Koeman."

"But I'm telling you, if you're trying to get anything worthwhile from me, you're going to be disappointed."

"Because, I don't like dealing with people who are full of nonsense!"

Then, Pan Yi quickly walked into the gate of the training base.

The Sun newspaper reporter was stopped by the security guard at the door and had to stop.

A resentful look appeared on his face:
"This Dragon Country man is really difficult to deal with!"

However, he has already thought about the headline on the front page of the Sun newspaper tomorrow.

"Pan Yi Refuses to Comment on the Oscar Transfer Rumors, and the Truth of Chelsea's Disagreement Gradually Comes to the Surface"...
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Of course, Pan Yi is very familiar with Southampton's head coach Ronald Koeman.

Koeman has a perfect player era.

Before Roberto Carlos became famous for his shocking shots, Ronald Koeman was known as "the top gunner in football" and also a famous "guard with a knife" in football.

In the 1988 European Cup, the Dutch team drove low and went high, and successfully defeated the Soviet Union 2-0 in the final to become the European champion, becoming the only major championship that the uncrowned king has won so far.

People attribute this championship more to the strength of the "Three Musketeers of the Netherlands"-Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard, but Ronald Koeman also played five games as the main central defender, and Contributed 1 goal and 1 assist, prompting the "Tulip Legion" to bloom proudly at the top of the top competition.

At the club, he came to Spain after assisting Eindhoven to win the domestic double crown again, joined Barcelona, ​​and became the earliest members of the fantasy Barcelona team under the rule of the legendary godfather Cruyff.

He and Stoichkov, Romario, Guardiola, Michael Laudrup and others who joined the team successively won four consecutive championships in La Liga.

In the 1992 UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium, in the 112th minute of extra time, Koeman, who was a sweeper, blasted away the goal guarded by Italian goalkeeper Pagliuca with a ground-breaking free kick.

With this goal, Barcelona defeated Sampdoria with Lombardo, Mancini and Vialli 1-0, and stood at the top of the Champions League for the first time in history.

As a defender, Koeman has scored more than 200 goals in his career, which is better than many second-rate forwards;

After retiring as a coach, Koeman also showed good strength, so he was favored by many wealthy and "old clubs".

In the early days, he mixed in the Eredivisie and the Portuguese Super League. In the past five years, he led Ajax, Benfica and Eindhoven to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Except for the coach's first stop, Vitesse, the first six clubs under his coaching have won championships.

After coaching Eindhoven, Koeman landed in the five major leagues for the first time, but in Valencia, he modified the team too much, abandoned a large number of veterans and modified the player position, and finally ranked 10th at the end of the season, but still Take a King's Cup.

Koeman's first coaching experience in the five major leagues was unsatisfactory, and then he returned to the Eredivisie to coach.

This summer, Koeman took over Southampton, who had just been promoted for two years.

Southampton is not a giant. In the transfer window when Koeman took over, Lambert, Lallana, Lovren, Luke Shaw and Chambers were the five absolute main players last season. £5 million.

But he also has a lot to do.

Sean Lang was introduced from Hull City, the future assist king Tadic was recruited from Twente, the high center forward Pellet was recruited from his old club Feyenoord, and the future national goalkeeper was acquired from the Celtics. Lester, rented Alderweireld from Atletico Madrid, rented first and then bought Bertrand from Chelsea, cooperated with Fonte, Klein, Wanyama and Schneiderlin who are still in the team, Formed a very combative team.

This season, Koeman has trained Southampton's defense very well. After playing 18 rounds in the Premier League, he only conceded 14 goals, which is only slightly worse than Chelsea.

Of course, the number of goals conceded by Chelsea is - 8!
Considering that Chelsea this season does not belong to the normal dimension, what Koeman has done in Southampton is already very good.

Koeman is very good at finding young and practical people, which may be the characteristic of the Dutch.

战术上科曼最常用4-3-3和4-2-3-1，始终坚持4后卫体系，重点在前场的三叉戟。

Steven Davis acts as an explosive point and attacker, Tadic acts as a free agent in the frontcourt to connect the midfielder and frontcourt, and Pellet is a highly mobile high center forward.

In terms of specific style of play, Koeman's requirements are actually very simple.

That is, after finding a breakthrough, resolutely walk on the side and fly with both wings, and then pass from the edge of the penalty area to find the outflanking center forward or other players, and prepare for supplementary shots from the back of the center.

After all, the one at the front of Southampton is the fucking Italian cannon!

And he has relatively high requirements for full-backs. He needs to penetrate deeper to give great support to the frontcourt and midfield, and he can also fly to the opponent's third area to deliver a fatal blow!
At this time, it is also necessary for the central defender to fill the gap left by the full-back in a timely manner.

In the current Southampton team, the combination of Taggart, Alderweireld, Fonte, and Yoshida Maya is relatively stable. They cooperate with each other tacitly and have become the cornerstone of the team's solid defense.

However, Pan Yi is obviously already prepared for how to deal with Koeman's Southampton team, and the whole Chelsea team is also prepared.

Seeing that Stoke City drew Chelsea once, they all wanted to grab points, right?

Come on then! ——
On April 12, the 28th round of the Premier League.

Southampton start their game against Chelsea at St Mary's Stadium.

Pan Yi's starting lineup today is mainly due to changes in the front line.

The starting trident is Schurrle, Lukaku and Oscar.

When Koeman saw Chelsea's starting lineup, he was a little surprised.

The first thing he thought of was rumors about Oscar's transfer.

It is said that a team from Longguo wants to introduce Oscar, and the player himself wants to leave. Chelsea does not block anyone, and the two sides are negotiating.

There were even reports that Oscar was in a hurry to leave because of conflicts with the club and the coach;

As for the club, for the sake of the stability of the locker room, they did not hesitate to let such an important player transfer and leave.

But look at today's first...

Schurrle has already confirmed that he will leave on January 1, plus an Oscar who is deeply involved in transfer rumors, is this going to be a farewell match for them?

After defeating Crystal Palace 3:1 in the last round, Southampton also surpassed West Ham United, which lost to Chelsea, and rose to fourth place in the standings.

Although their Southampton is indeed not a giant, but it is fourth anyway, higher than Arsenal, so we must respect it, right?

Just treat Southampton as a gift for the players?

Coman faintly felt a little uncomfortable...

But he also changed his mind:
"It's not right. If Oscar left because of conflicts with Pan Yi, why did Pan Yi let him play?"
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The stands at St. Mary's Stadium were packed on this day.

Of course they are full of expectations for this game!
Southampton's state is surprisingly good this season, and now they have entered the Champions League, which naturally makes them have higher requirements for their team.

Just like today's game against the top of the Premier League.

Is it possible to beat mighty Chelsea?
Of course, in the eyes of many fans, if they can draw against Chelsea at home, it will be enough to make them proud.

But no one doesn't want their team to win!

Therefore, from the very beginning of the game, the fans were singing, cheering, wanting to give Southampton more support.

In the deafening singing of the home fans, Southampton was also uncharacteristically more active, pushing the attack line higher.

Koeman's plan is to strive for the first goal at home and take the lead, so that there will be room for dealing with Chelsea.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Chelsea's first attack and second shot scored a goal!
Just 2 minutes into the game, Matic took a long shot from outside the penalty area, and Southampton goalkeeper Foster threw the ball across.

However, the ball happened to be thrown in front of Oscar on the left side of the goal by Foster.

Oscar got ahead of Alderweirel and shoveled directly!

The football just flew into the goal guarded by Foster.

"Chelsea scored!"

"Only 2 minutes into the game, Chelsea scored!"

"And the player who scored the goal was Oscar! It is rumored that the Brazilian star Oscar is about to leave Chelsea!"

The goal silenced St Mary's Stadium for a split second.

The Southampton fans were singing the team song. Before they finished singing the first time, they saw their goal was broken by Chelsea.

Some people still couldn't believe their eyes, they looked up to see the live scoreboard.

0: 1!

Southampton are one goal behind at home.

This turned out to be true!

The team conceded the ball at the start.

In the minds of some fans, those bad memories immediately began to flood.

In the last season, Southampton lost to Chelsea 0:3 at home, and in the first round at Stamford Bridge, the score was 1:3, which was also a loss.

If the clock is set a little further, within a short period of time after returning to the Premier League, the two teams still have such disastrous defeats as 1:5 and 0:4 in the history of fighting.

As a non-traditional strong team, Southampton is really nothing to lose, and Saints fans can afford to lose.

It's just that if you lose a big score at home, it feels really bad.

And conceding the ball at the beginning of the game today, is it necessary to repeat the previous tragic experience?

The camera pans to the sidelines.

Pan Yi was raising his arms and cheering, and then rushed to the players on the field to applaud;

Ronald Koeman, on the coaching bench of the home team, crossed his hands and looked at the field with a serious expression.

His expression was a little dazed for a moment, and then he came back to his senses, and then began to clap his hands on the sidelines, roaring, and shouting at his players.

He wants his players to stop being immersed in the conceded goal just now!
It's clearly working.

Soon, Southampton's players cleaned up from the panic of just conceding the ball, began to reorganize their formation, and launched a counterattack against Chelsea.

This time, they attacked even harder than at the beginning!
The two fullbacks, Taggart and Yoshida Maya, pressed directly to the center line, forming a strong offensive support for their own players in the center field.

And such a counterattack was beyond the expectations of the Chelsea players.

They didn't expect Southampton to be so tenacious, unlike many weak teams they faced before, once they lost the ball at the beginning, they quickly lost confidence and then conceded more goals.

After all, everyone knows that once Chelsea score first, it will be very difficult.

And Southampton also took advantage of the Chelsea players being a little stunned, and quickly played an effective offense!

In the 8th minute, Wanyama passed the ball obliquely, and Tadic dribbled the ball at high speed from the side. He made a cut in and suddenly sent a cross.

Terry tried to clear the siege at the front point, the football was rubbed by him, changed direction, and rolled towards the top of the penalty area.

Schneiderlin followed up with a long shot.

David Luiz blocked the ball with his body again, keeping it from threatening the goal.

But at this time Southampton's follow-up Italian artillery Pellet held Cahill, and then made a half-turned volley. The ball swept into the net from above the left hand of Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois.

1:1!Southampton equalized the score!

This goal made St. Mary's Stadium jubilant again.

The Southampton players obviously have more confidence, attack harder, and cooperate more and more smoothly.

In the 15th minute, they played a wonderful offense again.

Steven Davis at the winger position and fullback Asahi Yoshida also cooperated several times in a row and then made a breakthrough pass. Pellet deliberately missed the ball in the middle, and Tadic pushed with his left foot after the point.

This time Courtois reacted very quickly, dived, and the ball hit the post and flew out of the baseline.

"Beautiful offense! Is this the Southampton in our impression? It feels like Arsenal!" The commentator was also full of praise for Southampton's offense.

Koeman also stood up on the sidelines and applauded the team's attack.

He is in a good mood now.

After all, the team was able to quickly equalize the score after conceding a goal at the beginning, and so far in the first half of the game, Southampton has played very tough and played well against Chelsea.

If compared with the two times last season when he was beaten by his opponent against Chelsea, his performance in the first half of today's game can be said to be quite good.

Pan Yi, on the other hand, was still sitting motionless on the coach's bench, as if he was not in a hurry.

Scaloni couldn't sit still anymore, he put his mouth into Pan Yi's ear: "Boss, I think Southampton's fighting spirit is very strong today, and the game is a bit difficult. Do we need to make any adjustments? ?”

"No..." Pan Yi shook his head, "I don't need it for the time being. In fact, although they attacked very hard, we didn't play too badly. We have to look again. And, have you noticed..."

He glanced down Southampton's right.

"You mean Yoshida Maya has been very high during this time?" Scaloni also looked at it thoughtfully.

"That's right." Pan Yi said with a smile, "In this way, our wingers Schurle and Oscar will have a chance. Just wait and see the implementation of the trapping tactics we deployed before the game!"
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On the field, Southampton is still in possession of the ball.

Wanyama took the ball in midfield and Matic immediately forced it.

Wanyama failed to get rid of it several times in a row, so he chose to pass the ball to the midfielder Schneiderlin who was responding on the other side.

But as soon as Schneiderlin got the ball, Kanter rushed up.

This startled Schneiderlin, and quickly took two steps to the side, and then saw that his full-back Asahi Yoshida had also come up, and there was no one around him to defend.

So, Schneiderlin passed the ball to Maya Yoshida without hesitation.

But the problem is that this time's pressing is actually a trap for Chelsea!

Almost at the same time, Marcos Alonso, who had been prepared for a long time, suddenly rushed up, intercepted the ball in the passing line, and got the ball.

And Marcos Alonso didn't stagnate at all after taking the ball, so he passed the ball to Matic and let him organize the counterattack.

Matic still didn't let the ball stay under his feet. After a long pass, the ball flew high over Southampton's midfield and flew to Chelsea's left.

There, a blue figure appeared, it was Xu Erle!

Yoshida Ma also pressed too high, and there was a space behind him.

Matic's pass flew directly there, Schurrle was chasing the ball, and there was no one guarding him, front, back, left, and right.

This is mainly because Southampton's right flank was pressed too hard during this period. They didn't expect their own pass to be intercepted, and they didn't expect Chelsea's counterattack to come so fast, and Matic's pass was so timely. and accurate.

Xu Erle stretched out his foot to gently stop the ball, and in the process he did not slow down, but continued to move forward at a high speed.

"Pretty!"

"Schuerrle's handling is beautiful and his dribbling speed is very fast. That's where his strength lies."

"This should be his last game representing Chelsea. He will join the Bundesliga team Wolfsburg after the winter window officially opens."

"Of course, it is precisely because of his excellent performance at Chelsea that Wolfsburg is willing to pay close to 4000 million euros to bring him back to Germany."

"It is said that during the transfer process, Pan Yi gave the green light throughout the whole process, which also makes us feel the strength of Chelsea's personnel reserve. In addition, the Oscar that is now rumored is about to... Wait, let's look at this first ball!"

"Chelsea's counterattack is coming! This is one of their best ways to score goals!"

At this time, Southampton's defense line was also actively retreating, and Yoshida Asahi was also desperately chasing back, but he found that he could not catch up with the running German at all.

"There are only Fonte and Alderweireld in Southampton's penalty area. Chelsea's counterattack is too sharp! Matic's transfer of the ball just now is too precise."

"And judging from the beginning of this counterattack, Chelsea's steals were premeditated."

"Two defensive midfielders to press the opponent's double defensive midfielder, deliberately miss Yoshida Asaya to attract the pass here, and then let Marcos Alonso steal..."

"Now it's up to Schurrle to handle the ball! Will he cut in and shoot? No, he's going to pass!"

Schurrle passed a grounder.

Lukaku received the ball forward and Alderweireld was defending him.

Lukaku raised his right foot and made a gesture to stop the ball.

Alderweireld held Lukaku tightly, preventing him from turning around.

Lukaku raised his right foot, did not stop the ball, but knocked the football behind him with his heel.

Lu Yuanwai passed the ball behind his heel in a fit of anger!
Almost at this moment, Oscar, who was originally at the back, suddenly accelerated and rushed over.

Font quickly followed.

However, this time is already too late.

After rushing to the ball, Oscar volleyed vigorously on the spot!
"Oscar! He's shot!" With the roar of the commentator, the ball that was picked up by Oscar has already swept towards the goal.

The ball skimmed the left side of Foster's body and went straight into the net.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL! Goal again!!!"

When the ball flew into the net, the players on the Chelsea bench rushed out one by one, shaking their fists, applauding and cheering excitedly.

Just as Pan Yi was about to raise his arms and cheer, he was hugged tightly by Scaloni and Steve Holland.

This go-ahead goal made the two assistant coaches very excited!
In the stands of the visiting team fans, the Chelsea fans jumped up from their seats in an instant, cheering and shouting.

"One to two! Oscar's goal helped Chelsea surpass the score again!"

"This is Oscar's second goal in today's game, a beautiful goal! At the same time, he also completed three shots and one pass in the last two Premier League games!"

"Does Oscar really want to transfer to the Longguo team?...Look at Oscar's performance and his goals! How could Pan Yi be willing to let him go with such a player?"

"Could it be that, as the Sun newspaper said, there was a conflict between him and Pan Yi?"

"But, if there is a real conflict, why would Pan Yi let him play again?..."

After scoring the goal, Oscar was punching hard and shouting.

Although he has decided to leave, on the court, he is as hard as ever.

According to the values ​​in the FM game, he may belong to the kind with relatively low "ambition" but relatively high "profession".

Today is his last game at Stamford Bridge. Of course, he also hopes to use his best performance to let Chelsea fans remember him.

From joining Chelsea in the summer of 2012 to leaving in the winter of 2014, his years at the Blue Bridge happened to be——

Two and a half years!
(End of this chapter)