After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 441 Chelsea has secured the semi-finals in advance!

As Pan Yi expected, Chelsea had the upper hand from the very beginning of the game.

Benfica's lineup, strictly speaking, is at most only the middle reaches of the Premier League.

The most important thing is that their style of play is also more typical of the European Latin faction, and they are more cooperative on the ground.

And this way of playing looks insignificant in front of Chelsea, the most out of the ordinary.

Only 1 minute into the game, Chelsea had an excellent opportunity.

From Marcos Alonso on the left, to Hazard in front, and then he formed a dazzling series of exquisite cooperation with the B seat on the other side at the front of Benfica's penalty area. Remember the curve ball, but was blocked by Cesar's side attack and went out of the baseline.

The shot drew applause from the Stamford Bridge fans.

And amidst such applause, Chelsea continued their onslaught.

In the 5th minute, Hazard crossed the middle from the left side of the penalty area. Lukaku headed the goal from close range in front of the goal, but the ball was cleared by the opposing defender Luizon's goal line.

One minute later, Hazard missed the goal with his right foot from the left side of the penalty area.

In the 19th minute, Gaitan brought down the B seat, Chelsea got the left set ball in the midfield, and Hazard took the penalty with his right foot and went slightly wide.

In the 21st minute, Cantera made a cross from the right. Van Dijk inserted the header from the left side of the penalty area and ferried it.

After the onslaught of the first 20 minutes, Chelsea still failed to score.

This also made the fans in the stands of Stamford Bridge a little worried.

After all, if you continue to squander opportunities like this, the situation will not be good.

Some people began to feel that Chelsea's state was still stuck in the first two games, and they were still unable to perform at a high level...

Sure enough, after resisting Chelsea's attack in the first 20 minutes, Benfica also began to fight back.

In the 23rd minute, Turkish striker Mitrooglu got a chance to shoot on a counterattack, blasting the goal hard from the front of the penalty area, forcing Courtois to make a wonderful save.

And this shot obviously aroused the fighting spirit of the Benfica players. They seemed more confident and dared to press the formation up a bit.

At this time, Pan Yi saw an opportunity.

He signaled to his disciples on the sidelines that they could step back a little and let the opponent attack.

This is a trick to "advance through retreat". As long as Benfica's formation is no longer so flat, Chelsea's conduction space will also become larger.

However, Chelsea's retreat also caused Benfica to have more offensive opportunities.

In the 28th minute, Van Dijk brought down Mitrooglu and was warned by a yellow card. Benfica won a free kick on the right side of the midfield. Gaitan took the penalty and shot directly into the far corner with his left foot.

In the 31st minute, Gaitan sent a wonderful pass with his heel in the penalty area. Mitrooglu single-handedly faced Courtois with a right foot push from the left side of the penalty area. The ball was blocked by Courtois and then hit the crossbar and popped out.

But Chelsea's patience paid off five minutes later.

Benfica's midfield attack was intercepted by Chelsea's Kante. Although he was immediately pressed by the opponent, he quickly turned to protect and passed the ball back to David Luiz.

After David Luiz got the ball, he made a diagonal pass and quickly transferred the ball to the left.

Hazard sent a precise through pass without stopping the ball. Bernardo Silva stopped the ball on the right side of the penalty area and made a slight adjustment before shooting with his left foot!
1: 0!

Chelsea's attack only passed the feet of three people and broke through the door of Benfica!
This goal made the entire Stamford Bridge stadium completely boiled up.

The Chelsea fans cheered, and the heart that was hanging just now was finally let go.

Everyone began to understand that this was another play hard to get by head coach Pan Yi.

As a native of Longguo, you must have read Sun Tzu's Art of War and the 36 Strategies!

At this time, Benfica's coach Vitoria also realized that he had been tricked.

He also immediately realized that with Chelsea's strength, they would actually shrink their defense at home. Isn't this just seducing them to attack?

This trick "Please enter the urn" is really a slippery one.

He also felt that he was a little confused, or that he was a little overwhelmed by Chelsea's recent performance and Pan Yi's low-key remarks.

This season Benfica has performed well in the country and has been firmly at the top of the Portuguese Super League standings. It seems that it is only a matter of time before they win the championship;

In the Champions League, Benfica also made it all the way to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Although they did not encounter any strong opponents, such results are quite good for a Portuguese team.

So Vittoria's heart is a little swollen.

Coupled with Pan Yi's intentional or unintentional "showing weakness" and the fact that Chelsea drew with Villa, Vittoria wants to do something at Stamford Bridge.

If he can really break Chelsea's record of home wins, wouldn't he be famous all over the world!
At that time, if you are spotted by a wealthy family, you will be able to reach the pinnacle of your life...

But what he didn't expect was that this dream seemed to be shattered after he only had it for more than half an hour.

Chelsea is definitely difficult to deal with, and Pan Yi is full of conspiracies and tricks!
As a result, Vitoria, who had come to his senses, immediately signaled the team not to be greedy for meritorious deeds, and to stabilize the defense first to be serious.

After all, Chelsea, who lost to Pan Yi in the away game, is nothing to be ashamed of, but it is hard to say if they lose too much.

If you concede too many goals, it will be meaningless to return to the home game in the second round, and you will not be able to explain yourself in front of your club fans.

However, the current Chelsea have revealed their ferocious true colors!

They took advantage of the opportunity that Benfica was a little flustered after losing the ball and could not fully implement the new instructions of the head coach, so they continued to attack.

Only 3 minutes after the B seat scored the first goal, that is, in the 39th minute, Hazard dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the left and crossed it. Kanter held the ball and pushed his left foot and the shot was blocked;
Then Bernardo Silva scored twice with a header near the penalty spot without marking!

Chelsea expanded the score, 2:0!

After scoring two goals in a row, Chelsea's morale was boosted, while the Benfica players were all in a trance.

But fortunately, Benfica stabilized their position after a brief panic, so that Chelsea did not expand the score in the final stage of the first half.

After halftime, Chelsea led Benfica 2-0 at home.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

维托里亚在中场休息时做出了一些阵型上的调整，把原先的4-2-3-1变成为了5-4-1，想要加强中后场的防守和拦截。

But Chelsea, which led by two goals, did not mean to relax at all, but continued to attack from the opening stage of the second half.

In the 46th minute, Harry Kane knocked back from the left, and Kanter blasted the goal with his right foot from the outside center. The ball hit the crossbar and popped out!
In the 55th minute, Benfica defender Jardel brought Hazard down and received a yellow card.

In the 62nd minute, Almeida was also given a yellow card for shoveling seat B.Subsequently, Benfica took the lead in substitutions, and Samaris replaced Mitrooglu on the field, which replaced all the main strikers.

Chelsea's offensive continued unabated.

In the 66th minute, Hazard broke through with the ball and was tripped by Eliseu. The referee once again showed a yellow card to warn Eliseu, and awarded a free kick on the left side of the match.

Hazard took the penalty and hoisted the ball into the penalty area. Ake headed the ball and the ball hit Eliseu's leg and then refracted into the net!
This goal was counted as Eliseu's own goal, and Chelsea rewritten the score again, 3:0!

These successive blows made Benfica a little bit at a loss. Coach Vittoria had to put more energy on defense, otherwise they would be beaten!

And Chelsea also slowed down the pace of the game a little bit. After all, even Iron Man couldn't keep the fastest speed to sprint.

With the three goals in hand at this time, the mentality of the Chelsea players has obviously relaxed a lot, and they are playing more freely on the field, and there are still many scoring opportunities.

In the 83rd minute, Harry Kane's right-footed shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was resolved by Cesar.

In the 84th minute, Lukaku was replaced by Abraham.

In the 89th minute, Mbappe came on to replace Harry Kane.

In stoppage time at the end, Gaitan's midfield dribble was cut off, and Chelsea counterattacked quickly.

Seat B scored the ball, Mbappe received the ball and went straight into the penalty area. Abraham followed up and faced the attacking Cesar with his right foot and easily scored with his right foot. Chelsea sealed the victory, 4:0!

After the goal, the Chelsea players hugged each other.

They are celebrating this goal, and they are also celebrating the early arrival of victory.

In the words of the on-site commentator: "Chelsea has locked a seat in the semi-finals in advance!"

In the history of the Champions League, no team can be reversed with a four-goal lead in the first round!
（除了未来2016-2017赛季，巴萨上演诺坎普奇迹，第一回合0：4落后的情况下，第二回合6：1狂屠巴黎圣日耳曼逆转）

Moreover, Chelsea is leading this time, Chelsea, which has always been in a stable state!
This Chelsea team, even if the level fluctuates a bit sometimes, the lower limit is still very high.

This season has been undefeated so far is the proof!

On the sidelines, Pan Yi and Arteta also gave each other high fives.

"They recovered," Arteta laughed. "Your hair dryer is working."

Pan Yi nodded.

He could feel that the players were very involved in this game.

Especially in the second half, after a big lead, they all enjoyed the fun of the game, which is a good thing for the team.

"However, we can't relax too much. After all, Benfica's strength is not very strong. No matter whether we meet any of Huangsaren in the semi-finals, it should not be as easy as today."

Hearing what Pan Yi said, Arteta also agreed.

Chelsea played well today, but they were still a bit poor at seizing opportunities, and many good shooting opportunities were wasted.

When encountering stronger opponents, you can't be as casual as today.

"So, keep hitting?" Arteta asked.

"No, it's almost like today." Pan Yi smiled, "We've won so much, so don't hit their morale."

"Now the mentality of the players is that kind of ... a little relaxed, but a little bit of pressure, this is just right to play at the level."

"Too loose or too tight is not doing them any good."

Arteta nodded, and silently remembered Pan Yi's words in his heart.

Every day by Pan Yi's side is a step for him to grow into a world-class head coach in the future!
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The four games of the first round of the knockout round of the Champions League quarter-finals were played within two days. Except for Pan Yi's Chelsea's [-]-[-] home victory over Benfica, the other three games were also staged one after another.

Simultaneously with Chelsea is the domestic war between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

The first leg of the two sides is Barcelona at the Nou Camp Stadium against their opponents.

Enrique's team conceded the ball after 25 minutes, and Torres, returning to Atletico Madrid, opened the scoring.

But after the start of the second half, Barcelona began to show off, especially Suarez, who scored two consecutive goals in the 63rd and 74th minutes, leading the score to [-]-[-].

This is also the final score of the game, and Barcelona has the upper hand in this quarter-final.

The next day, two other quarter-final battles took place.

The first was an upset.

Wolfsburg beat Real Madrid 2-0 at home!
At the Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg scored the first goal in the 18th minute.

Casemiro fouled Schurrle while defending in the middle of the penalty area. The referee awarded a penalty.

Navas's record of not conceding a goal in the Champions League this season has been broken. At the same time, this is the first time Real Madrid has fallen behind in the Champions League this season.

In the 25th minute, Wolfsburg expanded the score, Bruno Enrique sent a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Arnold outflanked the left foot in the middle and succeeded in shoveling, 2:0.

And these were also two goals in the audience. In the next hour or so, the two sides came and went, but they failed to break through the opponent's goal.

Wolfsburg also achieved a key victory!
In the last strong dialogue, Bayern Munich challenged Manchester City on the field.

Although Bayern Munich is in a better state, Manchester City is playing at home after all, and the outside world is still more optimistic about Pellegrini's team.

And this game has a feeling of "a wife who is about to divorce sees her husband's future wife". Everyone thinks that Pellegrini will beat Bayern harder.

Facts have proved that Manchester City's home game did start better. De Bruyne scored a goal in the 10th minute, breaking the deadlock on the field.

And this goal also allowed the two sides, who had started relatively cautiously, to completely let go.

Both sides had chances frequently, but many shots were wasted.

Until the end of the first half, Bayern Munich got a corner kick. After the ball was ejected, Vidal made a strong long-range shot and scored for Bayern Munich.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Manchester City began to focus on the two points of Vidal and Thiago.

But today's "dog left" Costa, who started the game today, performed well. He made frequent breakthroughs in the frontcourt and sent excellent passes to the frontcourt many times.

After surviving the first ten minutes, Bayern Munich made another effort. Douglas Costa broke through and made a pass. Thomas Muller shot to reverse the score.

This goal dealt a heavy blow to Manchester City's morale.

Just five minutes later, Ribery assisted and Lewandowski scored to seal the score at 5-[-].

In the end, Bayern Munich won Manchester City on the field.
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"Pellegrini really doesn't look like Guardiola's opponent," Arteta said.

Chelsea's coaching staff also gathered in Pan Yi's office to watch the Manchester City VS Bayern Munich match.

As a professional football coach, not to mention the research on future opponents, you also need to watch such games;

Even as an ordinary fan, such a strong dialogue itself is attractive enough.

People who are engaged in football work are often fanatical fans themselves, otherwise it will be difficult to devote enough enthusiasm and persevere.

Just like Guardiola, he is a typical football idiot; and Bielsa devotes almost all his free time in a day to football, watching 25 game videos in 5 years...

Of course, in the professional football circle, there are also some people who just regard football as a profession. They don't really like football, so they are not fans.

In other words, there are other sports in life that attract him more than football.

The most typical is the Welsh star Gareth Bale.

Bale loves playing football - or at least he loves playing for Wales - but he told ESPN himself in 2018:
"I don't watch much football, I'd rather watch golf, frankly."

Bell is also known to entertain himself by looking for signs of alien life.

There is another star, Ronaldinho.

Watching Ronaldinho always brings us great joy, even now.

But for himself, watching others play football does not seem to bring the same sense of joy.

In 2021, in an interview with a Spanish media, Ronaldinho said: "I have never been a person who can watch football games. I like watching highlights and wonderful goals, but I don't like watching a game for 90 minutes. the match of."

There are many such examples, Ben White, Tevez, Ter Stegen...

Of course, in the current coaching staff of Chelsea, Pan Yi has not found anyone like this.

After all, people like Bell are a minority, and most of them are selected because of their love for football, and gradually move towards the road of professional football.

When they watched Manchester City VS Bayern Munich, they were actually like ordinary fans, cheering for a wonderful goal and lamenting some missed opportunities.

It is only when some more professional tactical discussions are interspersed among them that people realize that this group of people themselves is also the most professional group of people in the football world.

"Pellegrini is too honest, but Guardiola is very smart." Pan Yi laughed, "Otherwise, the UAE would not choose Guardiola to replace Pellegrini's position. It will come back."

In this game, Manchester City itself has the home court advantage. In theory, they have an advantage against Bayern, and more people are optimistic that they can beat Bayern.

Therefore, Pellegrini put on an offensive posture with confidence, and he did take the lead in the opening 10 minutes.

But Guardiola took his time and responded with the 4-1-4-1 formation he has used more proficiently recently.

The real "Brother Long" Alonso dispatched at the midfielder position, and the four midfielders in front surrounded Thiago and Vidal, launching attacks in turn.

When Pellegrini found that Bayern's lineup was with Thiago and Vidal and began to strengthen the targeting, Guardiola waved the flag and let the two sides strengthen the attack, and finally achieved results. goal.

And the two-goal victory in this away game also allowed Bayern Munich to step into the semi-finals with one foot.

This also made Pan Yi feel a little bit emotional.

因为目前瓜迪奥拉使用的4-1-4-1，其实跟潘毅本赛季有时候会使用的3-2-4-1，已经有点异曲同工之妙了。

In this Bayern team, Javi Martinez is standing in the central defender position, but when the team's offense and defense transition, the all-round Spaniard sometimes moves to the midfielder position, and Alonso Form a double lower back.

At this time, Lahm and Alaba on both sides will move inward, forming a three-centre back position.

这么一来，拜仁也就完成了4-1-4-1到3-2-4-1的转变。

This is more offensive, because the two temporary full-backs Lahm and Alaba have very strong attack attributes.

There will be another, more complicated variation of this formation.

That is, Alonso retreated from the midfielder position and retreated to the central defender position, thus forming a three-central defender position with the original two central defenders Harvey Martinez and Boateng.

At this time, the two full-backs Lahm and Alaba will receive the position of the midfielder to form a double midfielder.

This change will be more balanced, and it is also an advanced style of "inward full-back". This also means that not any team can play like this. After all, full-backs who can play as a midfielder are rare.

In a private chat with Pan Yi, Guardiola also revealed that he was inspired by Pan Yi's 3-2-4-1 and came up with such a style of play.

As for why not directly use 3-2-4-1, it is actually the same as the reason why Pan Yi did not use this formation as a regular formation, that is, the team's personnel composition.

In Bayern's formation, there are full-backs like Lahm and Alaba who can go up and down. If they are allowed to play regular central defenders, or play double midfielders for a long time, it would be a bit of a waste of the team's resources.

Among other things, with a "short team" like Lahm, his ability to compete for the top will indeed be a bit worse if he plays as a central defender.

Another thing that makes Pan Yi "look forward" is that due to the influence of his time travel, the situation of this season's Champions League is somewhat different from his previous life.

In the previous life, Bayern drew Benfica in the quarter-finals, and met Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals after passing the test.

As a result, Bayern lost 0:1 in the away game and won 2:1 at home. In the end, they were eliminated due to the disadvantage of away goals, and they stopped in the semi-finals for several consecutive years.

In the other semi-final, it was Manchester City against Real Madrid.

As a result, the two offensive teams only scored one goal in two rounds, and it was Fernando's own goal...

Real Madrid eliminated Manchester City with a total score of 1:0, and finally had another Madrid derby with Atletico Madrid, and finally won the championship again, which also opened the "Qi Xuanzong" era.

Now, history has clearly changed.

First, Pan Yi's Chelsea entered the quarter-finals, and then they took away Benfica.

Bayern had a head-to-head contest with Manchester City in the quarter-finals and won one game first.

Moreover, Guardiola combined the tricks he stole from Pan Yi in his own tactics, which obviously became more difficult to deal with-although these tricks were actually borrowed by Pan Yixian from the future Guashuai.

Therefore, it is difficult to predict the final direction of the Champions League this season, as a traverser, Pan Yi.

Perhaps, it is really possible to have a final meeting with Guagua in the final?
(End of this chapter)