After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

After the game against Qatar, Pan Yi was of course ready to leave for the UK immediately.

This is the advantage of being a consultant. You don't need to stay to make a summary, or continue to go to various Chinese Super League venues to inspect players or something.

After all, there are still more than four months before the next game of Longguo, and as Pan Yi, there are still many teams to pay attention to.

Such as York City, such as Chelsea, and even the Swedish team.

On this international match day, of course, Chelsea did not have a game, and York City played two league games. As a result, they were tied 0-0 by Oldham in the away game, and then swept Burton again with 5-1 at home. profit.

As for why it was possible to play all the home and away games against Burleigh in the first half of the round-robin game, plus the first round of the FA Cup, it is equivalent to playing three consecutive games in a short period of time...

It can only be said that in the lower leagues, such things happen occasionally.

In most cases, it is because the schedule cannot be arranged due to some force majeure, such as a singer's concert, the postponement of the venue, or being squeezed by certain competition schedules.

In short, York City has achieved a record of one win and one draw, which is not bad.

The Swedish team was not so lucky.

They came to the Stade de France to challenge the French team again, but this time they lost 1:2.

After failing to win head-to-head matches against arch-rivals Netherlands and France, Sweden looked set to struggle straight out of Group A.

"Hey, after all, there is a gap in strength. But since I have already won the European Cup, even if I can't participate in the World Cup, it is not a particularly bad loss..."

Sitting in the car heading to the airport, Pan Yi sighed while scrolling through relevant football news on his mobile phone.

Compared with France, Sweden's talent pool is of course much worse. When it is really necessary to compete for strength, it will inevitably fall behind.

This is impossible.Pan Yi can help for a while, but not forever.

If a country's football wants to make great progress and development, it still has to rely on its own bottom-up youth training system and layer-by-layer selection in order to maintain its competitiveness in the international arena.

Just like France, why have they produced a large number of talents in recent years, and there is almost no sign of a break?

In addition to their wide selection of talents, which can attract young talents from the vast French-speaking regions and former colonies, the youth training system marked by the Clairefontaine Training Base and the Clairefontaine National Football Academy is one of them. fundamental.

Strictly speaking, Clairefontaine is an elite training camp for French football. It does not have player ownership. All the players who come to train come from various clubs in France, and the ownership rights also belong to their respective clubs.

However, the Clairefontaine training base has very complete hardware facilities, allowing young students to better train, study and live under the guidance of various convenient facilities.

The base has 7 grass football pitches, 60 artificial fiber pitches, more than [-] masseuses and coaches working here all the year round, as well as specialized lawn maintenance agencies and interview agencies.

Under such perfect and professional conditions, young students can grow better and faster here.

Over the past 20 years since the establishment of Clairefontaine, French football talents have continued to emerge, and batches of outstanding talents have been selected and well "processed".

From the golden generation of the Zidane era, to Ribery's dominance, to the four little swans led by Benzema, and then to Mbappe's galloping, it can be said that France has some symbolic characters in every period. stars, which is difficult for other European countries to do.

"To establish such a system, it requires the support and efforts of many people. Whether it is Sweden or our national football team, there is a long way to go..."

Just as Pan Yi was thinking, the airport had already arrived.

When he opened the car door and appeared at the gate of the departure hall, he was startled by the crowd surrounding him.

"Pan Yi! Pan Yi! Pan Yi!"

There are Dragon Kingdom fans shouting Pan Yi's name everywhere!
It turned out that after hearing that Pan Yi was going to take today's flight back to the UK, more and more fans gathered at the airport since the morning.

They waited in the airport neatly and orderly, waiting for the hero in their minds to save the national football team to appear.

When Pan Yi arrived, there was a burst of cheers at the scene.

All the fans gathered around the door, waving and shouting at Pan Yi.

Fortunately, the airport has also made preparations in advance and sent security personnel to maintain order on the scene.

Otherwise, Pan Yi might really be unable to move an inch!

For Pan Yi, he had seen such a scene before, but he had never seen such a big scene!

There are too many people here!It's densely packed and I don't know how many there are.

"Hi everyone. Thank you all for coming to see me off."

Pan Yi walked towards the VIP waiting room under the guard of the airport security personnel, shaking hands and signing autographs for the fans who approached him along the way.

But there is no way to sign a few.

More and more people gathered, and even many domestic and foreign passengers who were going to board the plane gathered around when they heard the news of Pan Yi's arrival.

If this continues, I may have to stay here all day and hold a special autograph session!

As a last resort, I could only let the security personnel at the airport escort me to get out of the encirclement of fans quickly.

In the end, Pan Yi did not forget to express his gratitude to the fans from a distance, and then got into the VIP waiting room.

Of course he is very grateful for the fans' support and love for him.

It can be said that this is even his different feelings in Hamburg, Chelsea, including Sweden!

That is a kind of support from the heart of the real "own people" based on the country!

Pan Yi understands that this is also his responsibility.

There is nothing better than making the fans in your own country happy! ——
The scene that happened at Kunming Airport was quickly posted on the Internet by netizens, and quickly became a trending search, arousing strong crowds of netizens across the country.

Regarding Pan Yi's "running away", everyone expressed their understanding and commented:

"He runs so handsomely, I really like it."

Of course, such "news" cannot be on the top of the list of hot searches.

Among the top few are these:

"The national football team beat Qatar 3-0 and won the key battle."

"lippi won an important victory in the first game of coaching the national football team."

"Zheng Zhi: Pan Yi's tactics and motivation have given the national football team strength."

"Lin Liangming scored a goal in his national football debut, and the trident of the national football team performed well."

……

And all kinds of domestic media, whether it is official media like CCTV, professional apps like Dangqiudi, Live Bar, or comprehensive forums like Hupu and NGA, are completely boiling and the whole people are excited!
"Football News" used "We finally won!" as the cover headline to report the news that the national football team made a strong counterattack and defeated Qatar.

In the comments, they described the victory of the Dragon Kingdom team as an exciting Jedi counterattack, a magnificent life and death salvation, a desperate last stand, and a battle that excited everyone.

"According to the ratings given by CCTV, last night's life-and-death match was the focus of the whole country, and it set a record for the highest ratings of a football game since the 2002 World Cup. This is enough to prove the national enthusiasm for football and the national team. High hopes."

The commentary analyzed the experience since the start of the top ten qualifiers for this World Cup.

From the narrow loss to South Korea in the first round to the draw with Iran in the second round, the national football team is full of optimism at this time, thinking that the team is doing well. They did not completely lose against the two strongest opponents in the group. There is a chance Compete for the right to qualify for the group.

But the situation changed suddenly in the next two games.Facing Syria and Uzbekistan, which didn't look very strong, the Longguo team played extremely badly. In the end, they won two consecutive defeats and directly placed at the bottom of the group.

While morale is constantly being frustrated, the pressure from public opinion is also increasing day by day. The national team is burdened with an unbearable burden, and the mentality of the players has been tragically distorted.

"The problem of mentality has always been the number one chronic disease of the national team. In every key battle, the mentality always restricts the performance of the national footballers. They made fun of the black jokes of the national team."

"But this time, the international players worked together and did not disappoint all of us. In the last game of the first round, they not only defeated their opponents, but also overcame the pressure. Although the qualifying situation is still difficult, at least we see Here comes hope."

"Football News" attributed the change in the national team's mentality to Lippi's coaching and Pan Yi's joining.

"Lipi led his professional Italian coaching team into the national football team, which made all the national football fans excited. What Lippi did after he took office made the Italian team who once led the Italian team miraculously win in 2006. The world-class coach who won the World Cup has the support of everyone."

"He personally visited Pan Yi, and invited the world's best coach, who is regarded as the biggest savior by Long Guo fans, to his coaching staff! This is undoubtedly more exciting than Lippi's entry into the Long Guo team."

"Facts have also proved that this combination is very effective. Although they only led the team to play one game, they immediately made the national football team show unprecedented combat effectiveness. They let us see gratifying changes and let us begin to believe that, It turns out that Longguo football can also be played beautifully."

"In just over a week, they conquered everyone in just one game! Although the future is still bumpy, we have seen the light!"

At the end of the comment, "Football News" also thanked the fans who were watching the game, saying that it is because of the loyalty of these fans that Longguo football has always maintained hope.

In Kunming Tuodong Stadium, more than 4 fans sang the national anthem and "Singing the Motherland" together, and became the best No.12 player of the national team.

"Of course, one game is far from saying that we have solved all the problems."

"Frozen three feet did not happen in a day. It is not the fault of one person that Longguo football has fallen to where it is today. We should look at the gap calmly and rationally, and we should understand and respect the laws of football."

"There is still a gap between us and the strong teams in Asia, such as Japan, South Korea and Yishaao. We must find the root cause of the disease, find out the disease, and prescribe the right medicine, so as to cure the disease and make up for this gap."

"This game is just the beginning. We must unite as one and face difficulties so that we can take the next step steadily."

"We sincerely hope that no matter what the next national team's performance is, whether the impact of the World Cup will be successful, every fan will never leave and support our national team forever."

"It is impossible for us to demand that Lippi or Pan Yi can cure the long-suffering national football team in a short period of time, but we can fully expect that under their coaching, the national football team can regain its vitality and rise among the top Asian teams. Forest!"
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When many well-known media at home and abroad reported and paid attention to the excellent performance of the national football team in the World Cup qualifiers, Pan Yi had already returned to York City.

目前球队在英甲联赛的成绩很出色，踢了18轮是13胜5平积44分，领先了No.240分的斯坎索普4分，当然更重要的是No.3的谢菲尔德联队才34分……

After all, the top two in the League One can go straight to the Championship. It's not bad to win a League One championship, but the most important thing is to keep an eye on the No.3 point difference.

At present, Sheffield United has also begun to exert its strength. They have caught up with Bolton, Bradford and other teams, and returned to the promotion zone again.

But at present, York City is still relatively safe, after all, it is still [-] points ahead!
However, in the next two league rounds, York City had two consecutive draws.

First drew with Millwall 1:1 away, and then drew 2:2 at home by Fleetwood.

In the same period, Scunthorpe had one win and one draw, so York City's lead over No.2 was reduced to 2 points.

This also shows that in League One, the competition is actually very fierce. As long as you are negligent, you may lose the advantage that is not easy to come by.

The reason why York City's state is suddenly a little unstable is because of the impact of the FA Cup, they have made some rotations in the lineup.

However, as far as the current lineup of York City is concerned, it is actually relatively thin.

The main lineup is indeed very strong, all of which were scavenged by Pan Yi himself from all over the world;
But the rotation lineup is basically full of veterans who played in League Two last season. Both their physical condition and their competitive state are in a sharp decline. Only a few players can step up at critical moments.

And this is actually the norm for low-level league teams, even in the English Championship and the Premier League, the same is true for smaller teams.

Their funds can at most guarantee a relatively strong lineup.And to achieve that even the bench has the same strength as the main force, only a team like BIG6 may be able to do it.

Pan Yi does not plan to make any supplements to the team in this winter window, because it seems that even this seemingly thin lineup is still enough in League One.

If even York City can't play League One, then other teams can't even survive.

Pan Yi's plan is to wait until the British Championship before recruiting. York City will obviously be more attractive and can recruit better players.

After playing the Fleetwood game, York City will immediately welcome their opponents in the second round of the FA Cup, the Ashton team.

This team from the North-South League, which is the sixth level, can reach the second round of the FA Cup, and it can be regarded as a little dark horse.

And Scaloni and his team members also think that after the third round of the FA Cup, there will be "masters" from the Premier League Championship, so they still attach great importance to this game, and they are also biased when preparing for the game. This is objective That led to a fumble in League One - and a few substitutes at Bradford.

For the Ashton team, they entered the FA Cup after defeating Const AFC, Bawhoff United and Darlington in succession.

Then in the first round, they also drew a good lottery. After a rematch, they defeated Westfield, who was also a low-level team, before reaching the second round.

Now facing the current leaders of League One, they naturally want to have an upset show so that they can move on.

For this kind of semi-amateur team from the sixth tier, if they can enter the third round of the FA Cup and draw a team like Manchester United or Manchester City to play away games, it will be a huge profit! ! !
The ticket share alone may be enough for them to spend several years...

This is also a way for FM players to get rich when playing low-level teams.

It's just that when they stepped into the West Siberia Stadium, they were frightened by the overwhelming boos of the York City fans.

Now York City's home court has become an out-and-out devil's home court!
Although there are only less than [-] spectators present, they can still make tens of thousands of voices!

And York City, which played with all the main players, crushed the Ashton team in terms of strength.

In less than a minute, Amon drove a violent motorcycle on the sidewalk, broke through the heavy defense with his speed and body, and made a pass. Baker in the middle dunked and scored!

Then Ashton was even more powerless to resist.

The final score of the game was 6:0, and York City won a wild victory!
Although in the first round of the British Championship knockout round three days later, York City, who played as a substitute, lost 1:2 to the Brighton U23 team and was eliminated, but York City fans still cheered for their team. Excited to be in the third round of the FA Cup!
Because soon, the draw for the third round of the FA Cup is coming!
A lot of people are staring at this lottery, at York City.

Everyone is thinking, what kind of real level has this York City team reached?

Can their lineup compete with the English Championship or even the Premier League?
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The boss's office at the York City training ground was quiet, and Pan Yi was alone, leaning on the sofa and looking at the ceiling.

The players had already finished their morning training, so the entire training ground was very quiet, except for the sound made by the staff cleaning up the training equipment, but it was already very faint when it entered the office.

Today is the draw for the third round of the FA Cup, which will determine who York City's opponent will be in the third round.

In the third round, in addition to the 20 low-level teams from the qualifying rounds and the first two rounds, a total of 44 teams from the British Championship and the Premier League will also join the battle at this time to form the top 64.

Then these 64 teams will fight against each other round by round through drawing lots until the final champion is decided.

Pan Yi did not watch the live broadcast of the lottery because he was not very interested in it.

If you draw weak ones, you will have a greater possibility to move on, which is good;
If you get a strong one, you can also touch them, and maybe make a little money by the way, which is not bad.

Who is not kicking?

Just as he was thinking, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

As the door was pulled open, the figure of Chairman McGill appeared in front of Pan Yi.

"The results of the FA Cup draw are out!" McGill looked a little excited.

Pan Yi was a little curious.

"Who did you draw? It won't be Chelsea?"

To be honest, this should be the most dramatic and topical lottery result.

If this kind of draw ceremony can really be manipulated, the FA should choose this most eye-catching draw method, right?

As the boss, Pan Yi will face his former club Chelsea!
It is also the rematch between York City and Chelsea in the Cup!

"Uh... no." Hearing what Pan Yi said, McGill seemed a little lost.

After all, he also understands that if he plays Chelsea, the seven-time champion, the gimmick is the biggest.

It doesn't matter that York City loses as a League One team, but the main reason is to attract more media and fans' attention, which is very helpful to increase York's popularity.

"I also hope to draw Chelsea, but... it's almost the same, it's Arsenal!"

Hearing what McGill said, Pan Yi nodded, "Oh, it's okay. Is it home or away?"

"Their home court, we're going to the Emirates Stadium to play." McGill replied.

Pan Yi smiled: "That's good. The Emirates Stadium can seat 6 people. We can get a lot of money this time. Does Scaloni know?"

"Well," McGill nodded, "I just called him!"

"Then how did he react?"

"No response, very calm, just oh, and then said that I was having dinner with my family, and hung up the phone."

Pan Yi laughed: "I think he must be very excited in his heart. Finally, he has the opportunity to lead the team to play against a real strong team!"

McGill also said with a smile: "Maybe it is, but I can't hear it on the phone. But whether we win or lose this game, we all make money."

"I hope to win." Pan Yi stood up and looked out the window at the empty training ground:
"If we can win against Arsenal, it will give our boys super confidence! And such confidence will be of great help to their future games..."
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The next day, almost all British newspapers published reports on the results of the draw for the third round of the FA Cup.

Here are a few "civil wars" between Premier League teams that are more interesting.

One is West Ham vs. Manchester City at home;

Another game is Everton vs. Leicester City;
Then there's Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa.

In addition to this, the game that attracted the most attention was the match between Arsenal and York City.

"Pan Yi and Scaloni are back!"

"It's not what it used to be. In the FA Cup, which he is best at and most valued, Wenger will definitely teach York City, who only has the strength of League One, to be a man."

"The FA Cup has always been a hotbed of upsets. Will Pan Yi's York City overturn Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium?"

Due to the existence of Pan Yi, this made the confrontation between the two teams full of gimmicks.

This originally ordinary FA Cup game naturally attracted the attention of major media and newspapers... (End of this chapter)