After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 464 He Can't Even Copy Homework!

An hour after Sweden 2-0 Ireland, the second group match of Group E took place in Lyon.

And this European Cup finally ushered in the first strictly strong dialogue since the start of the tournament.

One is the Belgian team, the top European team with rookies, and the other is Italy, a veteran team that has lost its prestige. Upstarts and civilians, flames and sea water, passion and elegance meet at this moment.

The last time Belgium appeared on the stage of the European Cup was 16 years ago. It was not until Hazard, Lukaku, De Bruyne and other outstanding attackers grew rapidly in recent years that the former European Red Devils played in the national team. Under the leadership of Wilmots, it re-emerged.

They once sat at the top of the FIFA national team rankings last year, and their goal is to reproduce the glory of the 80s.

In contrast, Italy, the four-time World Cup winner, has struggled in recent years.

If there is still a star in this Azzurri team, then only the goalkeeper Buffon who is still sticking to it is left.

At the age of 38, he also set a new record of 974 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal in Serie A this season. The old and strong Italian captain also ushered in his fourth and possibly last European Cup trip in Lyon today. .

Of course, Pan Yi is also very concerned about this game.

Not only because these two teams will be Sweden's next opponents, they must study their latest tactics;

It is also because there are his former or current favorite disciples in these two teams.

On the Italian side, because Milan's players such as Gattuso and Ambrosini have aged, there is only one old subordinate, De Sciglio, in the team.

But because the current Italian coach Conte prefers to use a three-central defender system, the defense is basically based on the Juventus four veterans (BBC + Buffon), and the wing backs also prefer to use Candreva and Damian. ;
De Sciglio does not have a main position in this Italian team, so it can only be regarded as a relatively important rotation.

But Belgium is different.

In addition to Chelsea's Hazard, Lukaku, and Courtois, including Manchester City's De Bruyne, they are also the absolute main players of the team!
It can be said that whether it is from the strength of the team or from personal emotions, Pan Yi prefers Belgium to win.

But football is often not a game of pure data competition.

The more experienced Italy defeated the slightly immature Belgium!

After the opening, Italy even had a slight upper hand, but the comparison between the two sides on both ends of the offense and defense made the game itself enter the rhythm of "conflict of contradictions" early, with Belgium as the main attacker and Italy as the main defender.

In the 10th minute, the Belgian team cooperated at the front of the penalty area. Fellaini headed back to do it. Nainggolan who followed up raised his foot and blasted a heavy artillery. Buffon struggled to save the ball to resolve it.

In the following period of time, Belgium continued to strengthen its control of the ball, while Italy dealt with opponents through defensive counterattacks and counter-robbers.

From the 29th minute of the game, Pellet blew the counterattack horn for the Italian team with a long shot, and the loopholes in the Belgian team's defense gradually emerged.

Three minutes later, Bonucci made an accurate long pass near the center line, and Alderweireld accidentally fell off the top. After getting the ball, Giacherini calmly pushed the bottom right corner of the goal and scored, 3:1!

However, after taking the lead, the Italian team had no intention of retreating. Candreva's long-range shot and Pellet's header relay both tested Courtois.

Facing the simple and clear defense of the Italian team, Belgium once had an excellent opportunity to equalize the score at the beginning of the second half. De Bruyne crossed the middle, and Lukaku, who was single-handedly, missed the ball against the attacking Buffon. .

The escaped Italian team almost expanded the score after 1 minute. Candreva made a curved pass from the right, Pellet headed the goal, and Courtois made a Banks-style play. Save the ball out.

Since then, the two sides have their own offense and defense, and the two coaches have also continued to deploy troops, and players including Carrasco have gone into battle one after another.

It's just that the Atletico Madrid teenager did not realize the vision of a savior in danger, and Origi, who replaced Lukaku, missed the equalizer one after another.

On the contrary, the Italian team, which was forced to the corner, took the opportunity to counterattack quickly. In the 2nd minute of stoppage time, Candreva made a cross from the right, and then the unmarked Pellet volleyed to seal the victory.

In the end, the Italian team defeated Belgium 2-0, and their record of three consecutive European Cup debuts was over.

After the game, the Belgian media and fans made sharp criticisms of coach Wilmots' formation:

"Does he only use 4-2-3-1? Hazard has almost no performance in this system!"

"Look at Lukaku, he is like a headless chicken on the court. Is this the super shooter who won the Premier League Golden Boot for two consecutive years?"

"De Bruyne was completely overwhelmed by the Italians, but Wilmots didn't have any backup. At the tactical level, he was completely defeated by Conte."

"Why can't he even copy homework? How did Pan Yi use De Bruyne in Hamburg? How did he use Lukaku and Hazard in Chelsea?"

"Hehe, we shouldn't have Wilmots as the national team coach, he doesn't have that ability at all. Look at Conte, he was the coach of Juventus before joining the Italian national team, the Serie A champion !"

"To be honest, we were blinded by the performance of the national team in the qualifiers, so we felt that Wilmots could lead the golden generation of Belgium to win the championship. But in a team composed of teams such as Andorra, Cyprus, Israel, and Bosnia and Herzegovina Getting the first place in the group really doesn’t explain anything.”

"That's right, if you want to win the championship, you must use a champion-level coach! It's a pity that Pan Yi, who holds the instruction manual of Hazard and Lukaku, went to the Swedish team..."

"Look at Pan Yi, what card is he holding, and what card is Wilmots holding? But the results are completely different. It can only be said that the gap between coaches is greater than that between people and The gap between pigs is even bigger!"

"It can only be said that it is a pity that our golden generation is gone, and they have not been matched with coaches of the same level as them! You know, we have waited for 30 years!"

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Belgium lost to Italy, but Pan Yi became the focus of everyone's discussion. Maybe this is the top player in the world.

Of course, Sweden's 2-0 defeat of Ireland is the main battlefield where everyone pays attention to Pan Yi.

As soon as the game ended, major European media immediately gave key reports, especially the domestic media in Sweden, which gave extensive comments and analysis on this game.

"Daily News" said that Pan Yi fully demonstrated his coaching ability in this game.

Although the personal ability of the Swedish players is generally not as good as that of the Chelsea that Pan Yi led before, Pan Yi still kneads them together very well.

"After only about ten days of exploration and research, Pan Yi and his coaching team seem to have found the most suitable tactical style for the Swedish team."

"Although he can't play a controlled and technical football like Chelsea, Pan Yi still makes the tall Swede have good midfield control and attacking firepower."

"From the attack at the beginning to the combination of side and center after Kulusevski was replaced, we have seen the offensive potential of this Swedish team. Whether it is Isaac or Kulusevski Lucevsky, their performance proves that Pan Yi's vision is as vicious as ever!"

"After leading the score, we also saw a defensive counterattack with Pan Yi's characteristics. That is, it is not a passive and conservative defensive counterattack, but a more active, active, exciting and varied defensive counterattack .”

"If senior fans can definitely remember that Pan Yi has used such a defensive counterattack tactic whether in Milan or Hamburg. An important feature of this tactic lies in the stable construction of the center and backcourt. In the field, play teamwork in the frontcourt to create changes and opportunities."

"If the draw against Wales in the warm-up match made us doubtful about Sweden's Euro [-] prospects, this victory over Ireland has dispelled such doubts."

"Yes, we have seen hope! I believe that Pan Yi's team can qualify from the group stage and go further in the European Cup!"

"Not because of anything else, but because our head coach is Pan Yi! This coach who has just created countless records and miracles on the European continent!"

"He will lead Sweden to continue to create miracles that belong to him and to Sweden!"

The "Irish Independent" used a headline called "Pan Yi Let Ireland Go Home Early".

In this report, the reporter believes that Ireland did not play badly in this game, especially in the first half.

After withstood Sweden's opening attack, Ireland took advantage of its three midfielder interception advantages in the midfield to grab a lot of balls, hindering Sweden's midfield advance.

In turn, Ireland got a lot of opportunities to deliver shells to the Swedish penalty area, but they failed to score.

But in the second half, after Pan Yi began to make targeted adjustments to the performance of the two sides in the first half, the gap between the two teams at the head coach level was revealed.

The Swedish team replaced the teenager Kulusevski. While strengthening the control of the midfield, it also increased the pressure on Sweden in the frontcourt. At the same time, it also used the overload tactics on the left to attack Ireland's right.

But in the face of these changes, Irish coach Martin O'Neill was unable to give a timely response strategy. As a result, Sweden scored two goals in a row shortly after the start of the second half.

At this time, Martin O'Neill woke up like a dream and ordered his players to attack aggressively, but it was too late.

Looking to the future, Pan Yi even removed the two biggest stars in the team, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Forsberg, and used defensive counterattack tactics to finish the second half of the game steadily, winning three points.

It can be said that under the premise that there is no obvious difference in the strength of the players of the two teams, the use of troops and on-the-spot command ability of the head coaches of the two teams determine the final result of the game.

"Italy's 2-0 Belgium result was a bit unexpected, but it also pushed Ireland into the abyss of death."

"In the next round, the victorious Italy and Sweden will face off head-to-head, while the losing Belgium will have a life-and-death fight with us. They are definitely going to fight us!"

"After losing to Sweden, what kind of confidence do we have to compete with Belgium, which is full of superstars? Then, we will compete with the Italian team, which has defeated Belgium and has great morale? Ha ha."

"Perhaps as we predicted before the game, the loser between Sweden and Ireland is destined to leave this European Cup."

"It can also be said that Pan Yi beat us home through his first official game in the national team!"

It's not just that the media praised Pan Yi's first performance in coaching the national team.

After the game, the reporter of "The Times" immediately interviewed Mourinho, Ferguson and Wenger who came to France to watch the game.

Although these three guys can be regarded as falling in love and killing each other in the Premier League, they actually have a good relationship in private.

Later, when Wenger came to Old Trafford for the last time, Manchester United fans also sent him blessings. Of course, what is even more moving is this scene:
Mourinho, who was the head coach of Manchester United at the time, took Wenger's hand and walked into the stadium, while Ferguson, who had retired, stood by to greet his old teammate with a gift, and gave him a gift as Arsenal coach. The gift of stepping foot on Old Trafford once.

Then the two also brought Mourinho to their side.Although the three people are of different ages, they have changed from fighting each other to admiring each other in more than ten years, and time has turned them from best opponents to best friends.

Mourinho also said that Ferguson and Wenger are my sweetest enemies and my best friends...

Now they watch the game together, as coaches and as friends, to appreciate the performance of Pan Yi, the best head coach in the world they both recognize.

All three said that the Swedish team played really well.

Mourinho said: "Pan Yi has always been Pan Yi, even if he is in the national team, he is still the same him. So I am not surprised that he led the team to beat Ireland."

Ferguson also agreed with Mourinho's words: "In football games, the head coach is really important, and Pan Yi has proved this time and time again. It is hard to imagine that if this group of great boys from Belgium were in Pan Yi What kind of football will be played under Yi Yi's command."

Wenger believes that the tactical style of the Swedish team is very eye-catching: "Pan Yi and his team have found the most suitable tactics for themselves, and also found a way to restrain Ireland. Judging from the second half of the game, they Definitely be able to wrestle with Belgium or Italy, what they need is time to mature themselves and their tactics."

Regarding the qualifying situation in this group, the three head coaches all said that there is absolutely no problem for the Swedish team to qualify.

"If someone says that Pan Yi's team can't qualify, he must be stupid!" Mourinho still took his trademark dismissive tone.

At least he felt that even if the overall strength of Italy and Belgium was stronger than that of the Swedish team, as long as there was Pan Yi in the Swedish team, these two strong teams would not be able to dominate Sweden.

"There is no problem in qualifying. I believe that Pan Yi can do this." Ferguson said, "But if you want to get better results, this is the biggest challenge for Pan Yi. Can he lead the Swedish team How far can such an average team go? I'm really looking forward to it."

Wenger is more optimistic: "I don't think we should discuss the Swedish team's qualifying, because I even think they have a chance to win the championship! I believe that Pan Yi has this ability to upset, don't forget what he did when he first arrived in Hamburg To win Bayern. But this requires them to pay more, and it also requires Pan Yi to stimulate the team's full combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"

In addition to the three Premier League coaches, another heavyweight also expressed optimism about his national team.

That is the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf!
In an interview with his national newspaper after the game, he said that the team not only won the game, but also played with momentum and spirit.

He will pay attention to the game in every next game, hoping that Pan Yi can lead the Swedish team to go further and strive for the best results!
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After the Swedish team played the first game of the European Cup group stage, they returned to the manor to rest soon.

But they did not immediately start training for the second game against Italy.

According to the rules set by Pan Yi before, family members are allowed to visit the hotel after the game and stay overnight at the same time.

The next morning's training session was also canceled, and the players could rest until the evening before starting training, and then the family members would leave the station.

Many of the rules set by Pan Yi are very tough, but after the game, it is a very humane arrangement for the players' wives and girlfriends to stay overnight in the hotel.

Food and sex, Pan Yi believes that completely prohibiting this kind of behavior during the game is actually not conducive to the physical and mental health of the players, as long as the degree is well controlled.

This is somewhat different from the Italian coach Conte's approach.

He believes that "you die or I die" on the court, so every player must exert his greatest potential on the court.

To do this, players must achieve sufficient self-discipline, whether in training or off-court life, which is also related to following a good law of life.

Conte once publicly stated: "I hope that when my players have sex, they can use the shortest time and the most energy-saving way, and it is best to let their other half be on top. X life, of course, the simpler the better , and preferably with their wives."

Conte's move is undoubtedly to let the players devote more energy to the training ground and the game field, which reflects his strict military management, and his strictness has long been a label given to him by the outside world.

Just in his Italian national team, Chiellini lamented that Conte's training was too hard: "Conte is like a sergeant. Every training session takes a whole day. When you finish training, you I feel like I’m going to die. It’s not that I’m tired, but I really feel like I’m going to die.”

When he was coaching at Chelsea in his previous life, those Blues players also had a deep understanding. In the context of the intensive schedule, Conte still required his players to complete daily training.

It has to be said that Conte's strict military management has created an elite division and made him the world's top coach.

However, he was sometimes too strict, making his players feel uncomfortable.

In Pan Yi's previous life, players such as Diego Costa, William, and Hazard had complaints about Conte, which was one of the reasons why Conte was dismissed at Chelsea.

Pan Yi is not Conte, he chooses to become friends with players more.

After all, strictness and harmony have never been a pair of antonyms.

Obviously, from the current point of view, the players of the Swedish national team still like Pan Yi's management model very much.

Be strict when you should be strict, and relax when you should be relaxed.

What better way to unwind than after a game in harmony with the love of your life?
Pan Yi, as the head coach, of course needs to relax.

In fact, Valentina had also come to the hotel last night and had a good time with him.

The next morning, the two left the room together and went for a walk outside.

After all, this manor is in the woods, and the morning air is very fresh.

Walking out of the hotel and stepping on the flat bricks, there is a lake.

Along the lakeside, surrounded by trees on both sides, it seems like walking in a paradise.

Especially after going deep, even the road is the kind of gravel road that is well organized. There are no houses or cars, only trees, and only the sound of birds.

"This place is really quiet and beautiful!" Valentina couldn't help but praise, "You guys really know how to choose a place, it's really beautiful here, and it's so natural!"

Pan Yi smiled and said, "Look, isn't this much better than taking you to some beach for vacation?"

Valentina gave Pan Yi a blank look: "Can this be the same? I mainly think that this is really good. You can do what you like, and you don't miss spending time with me."

Pan Yi sighed and said, "Isn't it because if I'm with you every day, I'll be drained by you?"

"Damn!" Valentina kicked over, "Have you learned how to hit the target backwards? Who often doesn't have enough to eat at a time and needs extra meals..."

Saying that, Valentina herself couldn't help laughing.

But she does like it here.

For a person like her who lives in the city all year round, this kind of mountain village-like life has a special taste.

Far away from the crowds, it seems to be in the fairy mountains.

Looking at Valentina's smile, Pan Yi finally smiled and said: "This place is really nice, I hope I can stay here longer!"

It is about living in this manor, but this is actually Pan Yi's expectation for his team.

After all, if you want to live here for a long time, you must at least qualify for the group stage and go further and further in this European Cup!
(End of this chapter)