After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 437 The fourth championship of the season!
July 2, afternoon.

Wembley Stadium, located in northwest London, is full of seats today.

Nearly [-] spectators came to the scene to watch the League Cup final!
The Wembley Stadium where the game is held today is the largest professional football stadium in Europe, and it can also be said to be one of the greatest stadiums in the world. It is also known as the temple of world football.

It is home to the England national team and has hosted World Cup finals, Olympic football finals, European Cup finals, eight UEFA Champions League finals and it is also the venue for England's domestic cup finals.

During this period, it also witnessed England's glorious moment in the 1966 World Cup.

It is the dream of countless people to compete in such a hall of glory full of history.

And Pan Yi and his Chelsea team have come here for the second time this season.

Last time, they defeated Arsenal 3-0 in the Community Shield final and won Chelsea's first championship of the season.

"Just treat this place as your own home, we will come here often."

When walking into the field through the player channel, Pan Yi smiled and said to Arteta on the side.

Arteta nodded with a smile.

He understood what Pan Yi meant by saying this.

Because in addition to the Community Shield and League Cup finals, the semi-finals and finals of the FA Cup will also be held at Wembley Stadium.

If Chelsea can play all these games, everyone can stand here at least four times in a season.

If you come to Wembley so often, wouldn't it feel like home?

Of course, this "home" only represents the familiarity with this place, and it is still incomparable with Stamford Bridge, which is his home court.

For example, in the stands now, the fans of Chelsea and Manchester City are separated and occupy the surrounding stands.

In such a neutral venue, the distribution of tickets is of course even, so the number of fans on both sides is also similar.

And the two sides also sent their main force to fight.

Compared with the previous FA Cup round of 16 against Chelsea, Manchester City's lineup has of course undergone a wide range of changes this time.

Aguero, Sterling and David Silva strike at the front;

The midfield three will be Fernandinho, Yaya Toure and Fernando.

The defense four will be Clichy, Otamendi, Kompany, Sagna.

Goalkeeper Joe Hart.

On Chelsea's side, except for the goalkeeper who still uses the second-door Martin, the other positions are basically the main force.

Except that Seat B had a cold and needed to rest, so he was not included in the big list.

Forwards: Harry Kane, Lukaku
Midfield: Marcos Alonso, Hazard, Matic, Kante, Azpilicueta.

Defenders: Ake, Van Dijk, David Luiz.

Goalkeeper: Martinez.

This is mainly because Pan Yi promised that Martin will use him in the domestic cup competition, so it is the same even in the final.

Besides, although Martin is not as good as Courtois in terms of playing the ball, he is not much worse in goal line technology, and he will often make magical saves to save the team.

Another point is that Martin's ability to save penalty kicks is also superb, which can still play a key role in such a game that determines the outcome.

At the beginning of the game, Martin withstood the test.

Manchester City launched an almost crazy press on Chelsea from the very beginning.

In the 2nd minute, Manchester City successfully snatched Chelsea's ball near the halfway line.

After Yaya Toure steals the ball, he quickly instigated a counterattack and handed it to the left.

Chrissy made a high-speed drive from the left, handed the ball to Sterling, and he was about to go straight to the bottom line along the sideline.

After attracting Azpilicueta's attention, Sterling suddenly crossed the ball.

After Fernandinho stopped the ball, he shook off Matic's defense and shot directly.

But the Brazilian midfielder's shot was blocked by the focused Matic stretching his leg and blocked it.

After David Silva stopped the ball, he quickly passed the ball forward to Sterling.

The happy Englishman dribbled the ball forward quickly, so fast that even Azpilicueta was chasing him all the way, he couldn't find a chance to make a move.

After Sterling rushed into Chelsea's 30-meter area, he was already leaning in the middle, and passed diagonally to the space on the right rib.

Aguero followed up to stop the ball, just at this time facing David Luiz who had retreated near the penalty area line.

The Chelsea central defender chose to go up and rushed directly to Aguero.

But Aguero is bold and bold. In a one-on-one situation, he first made an emergency stop and then suddenly threw away David Luiz.

He dribbled the ball in from the right rib, and after reaching the right side of the top of the arc in the penalty area, he hit a long-range arc shot with his left foot.

This shot was very sudden, but Chelsea's goalkeeper Martin was very focused. After moving quickly, he flew to save the ball and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand.

When Martin landed, the entire Wembley Stadium burst into thunderous applause.

"Chelsea goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was terrific."

"The goalkeeper from Argentina played for Arsenal before, but he was only the team's third goalkeeper. It is difficult to get playing time in the team, so most of the time can only be rented out."

"But after being introduced to Chelsea by Pan Yi, although he still couldn't compete with Courtois for the main goalkeeper position, he got a stable playing time in the League Cup and FA Cup."

"And he played quite well. He helped the team reach the League Cup final and the FA Cup quarter-finals. He is the best goalkeeper in these two cups, bar none."

"It is reported that Emiliano Martinez has received the attention of many teams. Even Wenger is considering whether to buy back the goalkeeper who joined the Arsenal youth academy at the age of 17..."

"Let's look at this save again and see why so many people wanted him."

"It can be seen from the slow motion that Aguero's arc is very beautiful, almost going straight to the dead corner of the goal."

"But Emiliano Martinez reacted very quickly. After kicking the ground, he quickly moved to the back point, and then stretched out his hand to block the ball."

"As the saying goes, a good goalkeeper is half the team, and Chelsea's second goalkeeper is so good, it's amazing how thick their bench is."

"It is precisely because of the depth of their lineup that they are able to attack on all fronts, and they have not shown signs of fatigue so far!"

"Of course, Manchester City is also fully prepared today, just to prevent Chelsea from taking all the championships into their pockets!"

"Today's League Cup final, the game has entered the fast lane from the very beginning, and neither team has the slightest hold back."
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However, in addition to Martin, Manchester City's goalkeeper Joe Hart also showed a brave state today.

When people mention Joe Hart, they often only think of him as the background board for those god-level goals, but sometimes they ignore that he is also the kind of goalkeeper with extremely fast reactions and excellent goal-line skills.

In fact, Joe Hart is already the best goalkeeper in England after Seaman, otherwise he would not have played for a Premier League champion like Manchester City, nor would he have secured the main position of the England national team.

Of course he has his weaknesses, that is, he is just a traditional England goalkeeper with a narrow attack range and average ability to play the ball.

When the team attacks and moves forward, the goalkeeper needs to be good at attacking and have a wide range of control, which is not his characteristic.

In other words, he is better at playing the squat goalkeeper - which is a bit like De Gea, but not competent for the duties of the sweeper goalkeeper.

So when Guardiola arrived, he had no future at City.

However, like today, Chelsea's strength has an advantage and quickly controlled the situation. After controlling the ball, Joe Hart has many opportunities to perform.

Less than 3 minutes after Aguero tested Martin with a left-footed shot, Chelsea instigated an attack on the left.

Hazard picked a pass from the middle of the penalty area with his left foot, and Lukaku overwhelmed Otamendi with a header to the far corner, and when it was still in the upper right corner, Joe Hart flew sideways and just scooped the ball out. won the applause of the audience.

This is just the beginning.

The tit-for-tat confrontation organized by the two teams from the very beginning made the nearly [-] fans in the entire Wembley Stadium very hooked.

After that, almost every one or two minutes, there will be a threatening attack or even a shot on the field.

And Chelsea's shots are obviously more.

But Joe Hart's excellent performance on the goal line kept Chelsea's few threatening shots from being able to form a goal.

The England international was at his best from the start and Chelsea were quickly punished for their missed chances.

In the 25th minute, after Manchester City intercepted the ball in the midfield, they quickly broke into the frontcourt.

Clichy crossed the ball from the left to Sterling in the ribs, who then crossed to Fernandinho.

After Fernandinho passed to Yaya Toure, he quickly started and ran laterally.

After receiving the knockback from the Ivorian, he picked a pass to the penalty area to find Aguero, changed direction himself, and went straight into the penalty area.

But Aguero's response failed to reach Fernandinho's feet smoothly, but was blocked by Van Dijk.

At this time, Sagna, who came up from the right, received the ball near the wing and directly kicked a pass to find Aguero, but this time the ball was pushed out by Ake.

The ball still fell to the right, and Sagna ran to the rib area to catch the ball.

As soon as the ball was stopped, before David Luiz rushed up, he crossed the ball.

David Silva stood on the right side of the top of the arc, with his back turned to the right, without stopping the ball, and directly kicked the ball behind him.

The ball seemed to have eyes, slipped behind David Luiz, and appeared on the route of Yaya Toure.

The strong midfielder got the ball and waded into the penalty area, exactly in the space between Chelsea's three centre-backs.

The next thing was simple, Yaya Toure shot from close range, pierced Martin's goal and opened the scoring for Manchester City!

This goal can be said to ignite the entire Wembley Stadium.

Manchester City scored the first goal, which most people did not expect.

But Chelsea quickly fought back, quieting the cheering Manchester City fans, and instead, the dark blue stands on the other side jumped up.

In the 27th minute, Matic shot a goal more than 30 meters away from the goal, hitting a world-shattering wave and equalizing the score for Chelsea!

The Serbian star can always stand up at critical moments!

In Pan Yi's previous life, he could be said to be Mourinho's favorite player. Basically, Mourinho would bring Matic with him wherever he went.

And Matic did not live up to Mourinho's trust. Even at the age of 30 or 35, he will run tirelessly on the court and contribute all his strength to the team.

It is precisely because of this that many fans affectionately call him "Donkey Tiqi", just to praise his diligent game attitude.

Obviously, Pan Yi also admires Matic very much, so he is relieved to let him play in this final, and he really scored a goal!

After scoring the goal, Matic also rushed to the coach's bench to celebrate the goal with Pan Yi and the substitute players.

After Chelsea's goal, Manchester City still did not have the slightest conservativeness. They still insisted on the original style of play and played against Chelsea.

Both teams adopted high-position pressing and oppressive tactics, and they both let go of their hands and feet to attack, which made the game extremely exciting.

For a while, the scene was full of fights, whether it was the fans at the scene or the audience in front of the TV, they all enjoyed watching it.

"Perhaps Pellegrini has realized that in the face of Chelsea's three-dimensional offense, defense is meaningless."

"Maybe it's because Peigong wants to leave a wonderful game for the world before leaving?"

"But no matter what, today's game is definitely a world-class matchup. If it is a Champions League final level game, I believe no one will object."

"Under such a fast-paced and high-level game, time really flies too fast. The referee has already blown the whistle for the end of the first half!"

"Look at the expressions of the fans in the stands, they seem to be saying, ah, it's half time so soon?"

The score at halftime was 1:1.

This score does not reflect the excitement of the game at all.

In these 45 minutes, the two sides took a total of nearly 30 shots!
And it is precisely because the defenses of both sides have also shown world-class standards, especially the excellent performance of the goalkeepers of both sides, that these shots have not been converted into goals.

During the intermission, the coaches of both sides did not make any adjustments to the lineup and style of play.

It seems to be a kind of tacit understanding, and it also seems to be a feeling of "meeting a good talent, meeting an opponent". Everyone wants to continue this contest, rather than shrinking the lineup back.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City launched a rush attack from the beginning.

They almost desperately launched a fierce attack, and the suffocating high-position press oppression made everyone in the audience look a little stupid.

To be honest, if their opponent is Chelsea today, there is a high probability that they will be beaten by them.

However, under Pan Yi's calm command, Chelsea also used offense instead of defense, gradually resolving Manchester City's offensive, but created a lot of opportunities.

In the 50th minute, Hazard sent a wonderful pass, but Harry Kane's shot from the left side of the penalty area hit the post and unfortunately missed the opportunity to overtake the score.

But Chelsea made a comeback 3 minutes later, this time it was a pass from Kanter. Lukaku's header from close range was saved by Joe Hart, but the ball fell right at the feet of Harry Kane.

Harry Kane made a tackle on the ground and broke through the goal of his national teammate.

2:1, Chelsea overtook the score!
It seems that Manchester City's situation is a bit dangerous.

But the Manchester City players were not discouraged at all, and still followed the established tactics to launch a fierce attack on Chelsea.

In the 65th minute, David Silva dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area and returned with his heel. Aguero followed up and shot the far corner, breaking Chelsea's goal, 2:2, and the two sides returned to the same starting line!
This goal also allowed Manchester City to suppress Chelsea's momentum again.

But after playing for another 10 minutes, Manchester City's full-strength running and fighting finally brought disadvantages to themselves.

That is, physical fitness began to decline, and gradually lost control of the scene.

This is actually what Pellegrini was worried about early on.

His strategy is to press the whole court, strive to get a score advantage of one or two goals, and then shrink the defense line in the last ten to twenty minutes after his physical fitness declines, and fight to the end.

This is the best way he can think of to beat Chelsea!
But unfortunately, after 75 minutes, the score was 2:2, and they did not take the lead.

On the premise that the physical fitness of the overall players is not as good as Chelsea, Manchester City adopted this desperate style of play. In the last ten minutes of the game, it seemed powerless, and the team's loopholes began to increase.

Pan Yi then replaced Mbappe, Cancelo, Gnabry and other new forces, which further magnified Manchester City's disadvantages in front of Chelsea!

In the 81st minute, Cancelo made a breakthrough from the left and made a pass. Gnabry made a strong shot, helping Chelsea lead the score again! ! 3:2.

In the 90th minute, Mbappe drove straight in after getting the ball from the center line, but none of the Manchester City players could keep up with him.

Mbappe easily rushed into the penalty area of ​​Manchester City, passed the attacking Joe Hart, and then pushed the empty goal, 4:2.

This goal also killed the final suspense of the game.

Chelsea finally defeated Manchester City 4:2, won the League Cup, and ended this wonderful battle! ——
After the game, when the Chelsea players were happily celebrating the victory, the Manchester City players were a little disappointed, but they had no regrets.

They have all done their best.

Pan Yi walked over to shake hands with Pellegrini: "Wonderful game."

"Wonderful game, and congratulations on winning the championship." Pellegrini was convinced.

Indeed, in the past few seasons, he has not taken advantage of Pan Yi, no matter what tactics he adopts...

If you say that you are still not convinced by Pan Yi, you are definitely deceiving yourself.

It's a pity that I will leave Manchester City soon, and maybe I will also leave the Premier League, so I won't have the opportunity to compete with Pan Yi so happily.

Well, it's not a "pity".

As a coach, when encountering a monster like Pan Yi, I always feel a deep sense of powerlessness, so it is better to avoid encountering him.

"Where are you going after the season is over?" Pan Yi asked suddenly.

This is a kind of concern among peers.

As for Pellegrini, although strictly speaking he is not really the top in the world, he is still very good in the coaching field, otherwise he would not be able to come to a team like Manchester City.

But it is also because he is a little short of the top, so he only stayed in Real Madrid for one year, and he will soon be replaced by Guardiola in Manchester City.

"I don't know, maybe I will go back to La Liga." Pellegrini sighed, and then smiled, "Anyway, I won't go to Paris Saint-Germain."

The two laughed.

Pellegrini became famous in La Liga. At the beginning, he was famous in Villarreal before he was favored by Real Madrid.

Later, he also went to Malaga, and finally to Real Betis.

Perhaps Pei Gong's technical style of play can only be fully utilized in the mid-range teams in La Liga.

"I think it's good to go to Paris Saint-Germain, at least the salary is high." Pan Yi joked.

"Farewell, I'm an old man with shame." Pellegrini waved his hand, "Although I dismissed a lot of times, at least I can lead a full season every time. If I get fired in the locker room, I But I have no face to see people."

Pan Yi smiled and said, "Let me introduce you to a place to go. The salary is not less than going to Paris, and the pressure will not be so great. How about it?"

Pellegrini's eyes widened: "There are not many clubs with wages that are not lower than those of Paris... Except for the Premier League BIG6, that is, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid, and Bayern? How can these teams not have pressure?"

"Haha, don't stick to the five major leagues." Pan Yi smiled more happily, and then pointed to the east with his hand, "Over there, there is a sixth league!"

"You mean...the Chinese Super League?" Pellegrini immediately realized.

In the past few seasons, the Chinese Super League has been throwing money desperately. It has already poached many people from the five major leagues and even wealthy teams. Of course, it will also attract the attention of these coaches.

They may not know the level of the Super League, but they all know one thing, that is, the Super League is rich!

"Yes, after you finish the season with Manchester City, I can help you contact a team to have a look."

The team Pan Yi was talking about was the Hebei China Fortune Team.

This season's Chinese Super League is about to start, and Hebei China Fortune is preparing to recruit troops.

People like Argentine international Lavezzi, Côte d'Ivoire international Gervinho, Cameroon national team captain Mbia, and Turkish international Jurum are all on their purchasing list.

And their current head coach is... the future head coach of the Longguo national team, Brother Tie Zi!

Of course, Brother Tie Zi is still blowing his bangs vigorously, and has not yet qualified for the "Prisoner Cup".

But his coaching level is indeed average. Later, with a team of this level in the Super League, he could only achieve a record of 23 matches, 10 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, and finally dismissed get out of class.

And it was the Chilean engineer Pellegrini who replaced Tie Zige!

Therefore, Pan Yi came here as a "prophet of the unknown" to push Pellegrini to Hebei Huaxia Fortune as a favor.

And will Hebei Huaxia Fortune give Pan Yi face?

Nonsense, who is Pan Yi now?

He is almost recognized by the world as the number one coach in the world, and he is also a native of Longguo. It would be great to have a relationship with him. Pan Yi came to chat with him in person, so why not be respectful?

Don't you see how Shanghai SIPG did business with Pan Yi?
8000 million to buy Oscars is a one-buy price without panting!
And hearing what Pan Yi said, Pellegrini could only nod his head slightly, and sighed: "Then let's take a look at that time, sorry for your trouble. You are really warm-hearted! Not only will you help Blank After class, he speaks up for justice, and..."

Before Pellegrini finished speaking, a staff member ran over and interrupted the chat between the two of them.

It turns out that the podium has been set up, and the two teams can start preparing to receive the award.

So Pan Yi and Pellegrini shook hands again and returned to their respective teams.

Runner-up Manchester City took the stage first, followed by champions Chelsea.

This is the first time Pan Yi has won the League Cup since he came to the Premier League.

And this is also the fourth championship trophy won by Chelsea this season!
Of course, these four trophies are relatively unimportant.

Among the "seven crowns", there are three trophies that are more important, that is, the FA Cup, the Premier League, and the Champions League!
These are also the three championships covered by the "Triple Crown" that everyone often calls.

Therefore, next, Pan Yi will lead the team and move on!
(End of this chapter)