After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Amon's goal helped York City rewrite the score to [-]-[-].

Sheffield United, who fell behind by two goals, was unwilling to lose. Their head coach Chris Wilder dispatched troops one after another, sending two forwards successively.

In the last ten minutes of the game, they once formed a lineup of four forwards and launched a mad attack on York City's goal, hoping to save the defeat.

As for York City, Scaloni replaced the exhausted veteran Carlstrom and replaced another veteran, Gary Fletcher.

In addition, defender Ian Hart was also sent on, replacing winger Lin Liangming.

Then York City's formation became a 5-3-2 and began to fight the opponent's counterattack.

Due to Amon's speed and Baker's height, this also made Sheffield United have to be cautious when pressing forward to attack.

As time went by, Sheffield United couldn't attack for a long time and became more and more impatient.

In the 90 minutes of the game, York City fought back against Sheffield United.

Fu Anjianyang made a pass from the wing, and Baker was about to grab a goal. The defender of Sheffield United made a mistake in his busy schedule and hit the ball into his own goal. Own goal!

This also made Sheffield United completely desperate.

In the end, at the Bramall Lane Stadium, York City, relying on the outstanding performance of Amon, who came off the bench, beat Sheffield United, a veteran team in the League One, [-]-[-] in an away game and scored a valuable three points.
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The match between York City and Sheffield United is the latest match in this round of the League One. After the game, the latest standings ranking after the eight rounds of the League One has also come out.

约克城继续以7胜1平积22分的不败战绩高居榜首，而本轮失利的博尔顿掉到了第三，而斯坎索普则是以5胜2平1负积17分的成绩升到了第二。

The competition rules of League One are a little different from League Two, that is, only the top two in League One can qualify for direct promotion to the Championship, while the remaining 3 teams from No.6 to No.4 will participate in two rounds. The home and away elimination system of the English League One is upgraded to a play-off, competing for a qualification to participate in the English Championship next season.Teams ranked 21st to 24th in the league will be relegated to League Two next season.

In other words, if you want to be promoted, you must work hard to keep the top two positions, otherwise you will fall into a tragic promotion play-off.

From the current point of view, the newly promoted York City, a small team that competed in the League One for the first time in history, actually overwhelmed Bolton, Sheffield United, Millwall, Charlton, Milton Keynes and others. A strong team in the League One, topping the list, seems to be about to snatch a promotion spot directly!

This has also attracted the attention of many English football media.

Of course, as a "net celebrity team", York City has actually received a lot of attention, but this time, they are attracting attention because of their outstanding record, not because of their "net celebrity boss" .

A heavyweight newspaper like "The Times" usually doesn't report much on League One-related matches, but this time it reported on the League One with the headline "Pan Yi's Youthful Dark Horse Brought to League One" newly promoted.

In addition to the excellent record, "The Times" focused on the formation process of this youth army.

"It is reported that the operation of York City in the Xia Chuang transfer market is all done by the owner Pan Yi himself."

"Of course his face is great, including the three generals of the Swedish national team and the former German international Westermann are willing to play in England's third-tier league."

"Among them, Karlstrom and Isaacson even gave up their retirement plan for Pan Yi, and came to York City to take on the role of big brother."

"What's more worth mentioning is the young people that Pan Yi brought from all over the world. They were almost unknown in Europe before, but Pan Yi brought them from Canada, Japan, Cameroon, and Longguo, and quickly brought them in League One stands firm."

"Who is Thomas Armand? Who is Alfonso Davies? Before the start of the season, maybe it was the same as when everyone asked who Isaac was and who Kulusevski was in the European Cup. Confuse."

"But now, the whole of Europe knows about Isaac and Kulusevski, and likewise, League One teams know about Thomas Armand and Alfonso Davies."

"York City conquered the League One with such a lineup of old and new, and became the top of the League One."

"Could it be that they are really going to stage the myth that they will be promoted when they enter the League One for the first time? If it really comes true, this will also be their promotion for two consecutive years..."

However, League One has always been difficult to play.

A week later, York City welcomed Shrewsbury at home.

This team, which is only ranked third from the bottom and deep in the relegation zone, has caused a lot of trouble for York City.

In the end, the two sides drew 1:1, and York City relied on De Ligt's header to score a goal.

Although he did not win, De Ligt's performance was praised by the media and fans.

He was indeed a bit frizzy when he first came to York City, but after nearly two months of tempering in the League One, he has already appeared very mature.

Of course, this is inseparable from the Westerman beside him.

This is the role of mentoring.

With Westerman, the German veteran, the Dutch defender has made rapid progress in learning, and Westerman is also willing to teach De Ligt in training and games. This is a benign process.

It is precisely because of the improvement in defensive ability that it also makes De Ligt more confident to use his offensive strengths, and he is also encouraged to do so in York City's tactical system.

Therefore, in the nine rounds so far, De Ligt has scored three goals, which can be said to be a powerful scoring tool for York City in set-piece offense!
Fans and netizens also spoke highly of De Ligt:

"Don't look at 250 million euros as very expensive in League One, but expensive things are naturally expensive for a reason."

"Scoring three goals in nine games is almost as efficient as many forwards. You just bought a defender and sent a good striker. Isn't the price expensive?"

"Pan Yi went to the Netherlands to buy it himself. I really don't understand what you are worried about."

"However, I heard that Pan Yi went to the Netherlands mainly to rent Westermann, and De Ligt was just an addition."

"Use such a good product as an extra? Are the Ajax executives stupid?"

"Hehe, if De Ligt stayed at Ajax instead of going to York City, would you still think they were at a disadvantage?"

"After two years of practice, sell it to Chelsea for 2500 million. It seems that only Pan Yi can save Chelsea..."

The fans mentioned Chelsea because in the past week, the Blues actually achieved a two-game losing streak!

In fact, at the beginning of this season, Chelsea performed well under the leadership of Arteta, with three wins and one tie.

Although it is slightly inferior to Guardiola's Manchester City, which has won all four games, it can at least rank second in the standings.

Unexpectedly, in the fifth round of the league, Chelsea lost 1:2 to Klopp's Liverpool at home!
This defeat also ended Chelsea's consecutive league unbeaten record, and this number was also fixed at 80 games.

At the same time, Chelsea's record of home wins was also ended.

Unbeaten in 80 games in the five major leagues!
The No.2 AC Milan has only 58 unbeaten games, which shows how amazing Chelsea's record is.

Perhaps it was because of the breaking of this record that the morale of Chelsea was a little unstable. They challenged Arsenal away in the next sixth round and were beaten 3:0.

"First lose to Liverpool, then lose to Arsenal, and if you go on, you will lose to Manchester City. After Manchester City loses to Manchester United, then lose to Tottenham, no one will lose next."

Chelsea fans are very worried about the team's prospects.

The main reason is that the BIG6 of this season are all aggressive.

After six rounds, Guardiola led Manchester City to a six-game winning streak, topping the list.

Then there is Tottenham, which is also unbeaten, with 4 wins and 2 ties in second place.

Next up is Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United...

Only Chelsea are left behind in eighth place.

Many people have suggested that if Chelsea does not make changes in time, not only will they lose the championship this season, they may even fall out of the Champions League!
On the premise of no major changes in the team's personnel, Pan Yi led the team's undefeated record for so long to be broken so easily this season, which shows that the true core of the team is still Pan Yi.

Therefore, Pan Yi needs to return to Chelsea immediately to replace Arteta's position!
There are even rumors that Chelsea's top management is already looking for a new coach, and Arteta is likely to dismiss get out of class in the near future!
Regarding this statement, Pan Yi supported Arteta in an interview with reporters, saying that he should be given more time:
"First of all, I am the owner of York City now, and my focus is still on York City, so I won't coach any team in a short time."

"In addition, I have confidence in Arteta. He is a smart coach who knows how to learn from failures. Don't worry give him time, he will surprise all fans!"

"Of course, I will help him as much as I can to help my beloved Blue Army get through the difficulties..."

In private, Pan Yi will of course keep in touch with Arteta and give his own advice.

In fact, the day after Chelsea lost to Arsenal, Pan Yi came to London to review the two defeats with Arteta.

Where did the game go?
"First, the defensive line of the team's midfield cannot be messed up, because this defensive formation is very clearly explained, that is, two chains + Kanter's position with both vertical layers and horizontal coverage width. If a certain winger is not active in defense, Then there will be a major gap in the midfield defensive chain in an instant, and the full-back will likely be sold."

"Second, the team can't concentrate too many people on one side, so that the width coverage is in vain."

"Look here, in the position at this time, Azpilicueta's man-marking object is not Lallana at all, but Klein who is set on the wing. If Lallana rushes in, Azpilicueta Queta is embarrassed: to make up or not to make up?"

Pan Yi pointed to the game video on the screen and gave Arteta a "remedial lesson".

In fact, Arteta's tactical learning from Pan Yi is very good, but the problem is also too good.

Playing by script is less of an issue against weaker teams, as sometimes the individual quality of Chelsea's players can mask these issues to a certain extent.

But this season, whether it is Klopp or Wenger, they have conducted more detailed research on Chelsea and have more targeted styles of play.

And Arteta is still not flexible enough in this regard. When facing strong opponents like Liverpool and Arsenal, it will lead to omissions in some positions and be caught and beaten by opponents. This has caused two consecutive losses. .

"Look at this, Liverpool only used a simple pass and cut to go deep into the hinterland of our defense. If Azpilicueta hadn't made up the position in time, Liverpool could have a one-handed or even a "2 vs 0"."

"Pay attention to the position of our two defensive lines at this time: the midfielder is obviously to the right, Matic on the far left is only slightly to the left of the center, and the back line is slightly to the right as a whole. In other words, the two The focus and coverage of each line of defense are fundamentally different, and there must be a mistake in both!"

"They're good pros, but why did it go wrong? It's because Klopp put Matip in from the left, it's a new way of playing for him. None of our players at this time Take note of that."

"Pay attention to Matic's eyes. He is staring at the ball holder in the middle, but he doesn't care about Matip on the left. To put it bluntly, the left side of the midfield is not his defense zone at all. And Azpilicui Towers took care of Klein near the touchline off screen. So there was a momentary vacuum in the area and Matip plugged in from that line."

"Is there anyone here? Yes, but Hazard. His defense is not enough to stop the opponent's advance..."

With that said, Pan Yi opened another video.

So a similar situation reappeared against Arsenal and directly resulted in a goal conceded.

On the surface, the problem of conceding the ball this time was due to Azpilicueta's embarrassing performance of defending Walcott first and then supplementing Bellerin, but in fact it was pulled out by Arsenal players because of the gap in defense.

When the offense was launched, Chelsea's defensive position was exactly the same as the one Pan Yi analyzed just now.

When Walcott stepped forward, Matic simply regarded himself as a left midfielder, and first solved Walcott who was holding the ball.

But Arsenal did not rush to attack, but poured the ball to the left, and Chelsea's midfield defense moved to the right as a whole.

Walcott continued to drive into the penalty area rather slyly, and Hazard came back a little at this time, but he failed to guard Walcott in his area.

Logically speaking, the only solution at this time is that Azpilicueta recovers to the center to defend Walcott, and Hazard goes to the wing to cover Bellerin, but no one makes such an instant decision.

Azpilicueta was completely at a loss as to what to do when Iwobi passed the ball into the penalty area.

Hazard did start to return to defense, but at this time, returning to defense is of no help at all. AZP can only give up marking Walcott and block Bellerin as much as possible. You know, even if you defend Walcott to death, After Bellerin received the ball, he was also singled out the goalkeeper.

In the end, this kind of defensiveness led to Arsenal's first goal.

"Their focus now is to attack Hazard's side, because everyone knows that Hazard's defensive ability is relatively average."

"Of course, Hazard's defensive weaknesses are well known. There is only one reason why no one moves him: he has brought too much help to the team on the offensive end."

"So, under such circumstances, we still have to make a little change."

"Otherwise, he's often forced to defend by opponents, or put him too close to the touchline, too far from the goal. This will make his threat plummet."

"So, my suggestion is to change the formation to 3-4-3, push Hazard to the front line, and let him reduce such embarrassment..."

This is the final suggestion after Pan Yi's research.

In these two games, in addition to being on the defensive end, Hazard also struggled when attacking.

Chelsea still looked for Hazard at the first time, but it was difficult for Hazard to break through, so he could only return the ball to the midfielder, and then the team began a series of slow-paced frontcourt organization.

Hazard also often catches the ball in the middle to look for penetration opportunities, but he is not a master of organization from the midfielder, and it is difficult to make a decent article in the middle in a slow-paced state.

In fact, Chelsea's offense has basically ended after the rhythm slows down in many cases. In this case, Chelsea's offense can easily fall into a dilemma where it will not slow down but has to slow down.

And Pan Yi's change is a good solution to maximize the singles ability of the frontcourt trio, especially Hazard, and use the 3+X offensive plan to speed up.

It's a lot like Enrique's use of MSN.

Chelsea launched a quick counterattack after stealing the ball from midfield, and Hazard had enough space to start a breakthrough after receiving the pass.

Indeed, when he broke into the penalty area, the opponent's defensive force has basically returned, but this is not the sideline but the penalty area line, Hazard has enough ability to make a fuss here.

This is almost purely a simplification, an activation of Hazard's personal attack power.

To sum it up, Pan Yi hopes to give the offensive task to the frontcourt trio to the greatest extent through the formation change, so that they have room to start and speed up.

In defense, it is more to rely on the four midfielders to prevent stars like Hazard from falling into an offensive and defensive dilemma.

"I understand, I will try it." Arteta nodded.

He also understands that in top-level football, tactics are never set in stone.

If I use tactics to restrain you, you will come up with better tactics to restrain me, then I must find out your weaknesses and use players who can match the new tactics to restrain you.

This is how the game has been moving forward in the process of rock-paper-scissors, and tactics have been innovated step by step in this process.

It's just that Arteta is only a "trainee" who has practiced for only one year now, and he has not been able to respond to such changes in a timely manner.

But fortunately, he also has a master named Pan Yi!

As long as Pan Yi can come out in time to give some advice, Arteta will be able to understand the mystery and then practice it.

In such a process of guidance and error correction, a smart person like Arteta will of course apply what he has learned, and draw inferences from one instance!

In the end, it may be possible to achieve self-evolution, and understand how to improve your tactics without Pan Yi's guidance...
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On October 10, in the seventh round of the Premier League, Chelsea challenged Hull City away.

In this game, Arteta changed the team to 3-4-3, and this change obviously had a good effect.

With goals from Hazard and Harry Kane, they beat their opponent 2-0 away and ended their losing streak.

In the post-match press conference, Arteta also mentioned Pan Yi's help:
"Pan Yi will always be my mentor, he can always give me a hand when I am lost."

"I am very grateful to him for helping me, and now I have sorted out my thoughts."

"I believe that Chelsea can go on the right track from now on to defend the Premier League title that originally belonged to it!"

In the same period, League One played three rounds.

York City first beat Gillingham 2-0 at home and then drew with Coventry 2-2 away.

This makes it easy for York City to continue to occupy the top position in League One before the arrival of a new round of international breaks.

Of course, Pan Yi was happy with such a result.

Chelsea stopped the decline and York City continued to lead. What else is he dissatisfied with?

But soon he was not so happy.

That's because, on the international match day, another team he paid more attention to lost! (end of this chapter)