civilwarnovels Chapter 316
Chapter 316
Before Chelsea face Arsenal at home, they have to play away to Sporting Lisbon (formerly known as Sporting Lisbon) in the second round of the Champions League group stage.
The current Portuguese sports team is coached by Marco Silva, who is only 37 years old. He has famous players like Nani and Patricio, as well as William Carvalho and Joao Mario. Young talents are actually not weak at all.
However, Pan Yi, who is full of confidence, still deployed a lineup mainly based on rotation players, and he still won a 4:1 victory!
Bamford scored twice, while Schurrle and Zouma also made contributions.
And Sporting Lisbon only scored a face-saving goal by Nani in stoppage time.
In the eyes of many people, the result of such a game is actually not a particularly unexpected news. After all, Chelsea now feels really unstoppable, and it is normal for Sporting Portugal to fail.
But one person in particular was concerned by the news.
That is Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger.
After all, Chelsea's next opponent is Arsenal!
They also played in the Champions League in the middle of the week and also went to Portugal for an away game, but they lost 0:2 to Porto.
How could the "professor" not feel worried about such a state comparison?
"Originally, the situation in the Premier League this season looked chaotic. We may really have a chance to compete for the championship, but now... Chelsea's state is too stable."
Wenger sat in his office and stared blankly at the wall. The expression on his face had never been relaxed, and he even looked a little old.
上个赛季，教授在第133届足总杯决赛中率领阿森纳在开场8分钟先丢2球的不利情况下，经过加时赛以3比2逆转赫尔城，赢得了他们9年来的第一座冠军奖杯。
In other words, after Wenger won ten championships in the first eight years of coaching Arsenal, he entered the vicious circle of "no championships in ten years".
Although they reached the finals of the FA Cup and League Cup many times during this period, and even entered the final of the Champions League once, they just missed the championship.
In the Premier League, although Arsenal have been able to steadily enter the top four and obtain a place in the Champions League, the goal of competing for the championship seems to be getting further and further away from them.
Buy the universe in July, sell the captain in August, win the team in September, win the five championships in October, have hope in November, have 5 goals, get all injured in January, keep the league in February, enter the middle class in March, and compete in April The semi-finals, No.[-] in May, the semi-finals in June, can play the play-offs, the whole team is elated, let out a long sigh of relief, ready to sell the captain.
The above is pretty much the epitome of Arsenal's seasons over the years.
As a result, Arsenal went from the undefeated king of the Premier League to the champion of world football.
The so-called "one stone in football jokes, Arsenal monopolizes eight buckets" is it.
What are "4000 million + 1 pound", "Our factory has collapsed", "Temperature difference sign", "Bayern in five years, Barcelona in three years", "The best team", "Wenger's zipper", "Fighting four crazy demons" , "Fan Dazhi", "Loyalty Law", "Sell Captain"...
If we expand and describe in detail, the ten chapters of water will not be finished.
But Wenger is not reconciled!
Why doesn't he want to win the Premier League again!
The FA Cup champion is nothing more than a low-level substitute.
But a champion is still a champion.
That is, the FA Cup champion last season boosted the morale of Arsenal and regained their confidence.
So in this summer, they invested a huge amount of nearly 8000 million pounds in signings!
Among them are Sanchez at 3500 million pounds, Welbeck at 1600 million, Chambers at 1200 million, Debusch at 1000 million and Ospina at 300 million.
If converted into euros, this is already more than Chelsea, which owns Abramovich's investment!
After all, they only spent 8000 million euros in the summer window to buy new aid.
After the start of the new season, Arsenal's state is really good. Although they failed to win more victories, they still have 2 wins and 4 draws to remain undefeated.
What makes Wenger even more gratified is that although it has only been six rounds, it can be seen that the Premier League this season is very chaotic. The state of BIG6 is mostly unstable, and some mid-lower teams have outstanding performances.
For example, Swansea and Aston Villa, who have remained unbeaten in the previous rounds, are ranked fifth and sixth even now.
There is also Southampton. Although they had a draw and a loss in the first two rounds, they have defeated West Ham United, Newcastle, Swansea, and Queens Park Rangers in the last four games.
Such a record also made their points suddenly reach No.2, second only to Chelsea.
This was really a great opportunity for Arsenal!
After all, Arsenal's absolute strength is not outstanding in the Premier League. It is really difficult to score [-] or [-] points in a season and then win the championship by a long way.
But if everyone messes up, Arsenal have a chance.
Just like now, Manchester City has only 10 points after six rounds, the same points as Arsenal, but the goal difference ranks third.
Arsenal are fourth. (Huh?)
Manchester United are seventh, Tottenham are eighth, and Liverpool are only 14th.
But the problem is...
Chelsea first!
And it is the first overall victory!
He scored 18 points in six rounds, which is brutal and inhumane. It doesn't seem to be in the same style as other teams!
In this way, it seems that Arsenal's championship dream is about to drift away again.
After all, they are eight points behind Chelsea in six rounds!
In such a short schedule, this is a very scary point difference.
Under such circumstances, the current troubled times of the Premier League have become less friendly to Arsenal.
After all, this also shows that there are more teams competing for the Champions League seats!
For Arsenal, and for Wenger, the Champions League seat is the last position that cannot be lost.
After all, although the Premier League championship is a huge honor, in fact, in terms of benefits, it is not much different from second or third.
But if someone is kicked out of the top four and cannot play in the Champions League, the loss will be great.
First of all, the wasted money of at least tens of millions of euros will be gone!
And not just money, but also the attraction of stars.
Although it is said that a larger salary can also attract stars, Arsenal are not local tyrants after all. They can only pay the market price at most, and it is impossible to buy people at a premium or pay a super contract.
So stay in the top four and ensure that you can participate in the Champions League in order to maintain your competitiveness in the Premier League.
Once squeezed out, it may directly cause a vicious circle, and then it may sink for many years.
"So it's really important to beat Chelsea in this game, or at least not lose to them."
Wenger stood up and paced the office.
Although Arsenal fans seem to be confident that they can beat Chelsea now, Wenger does not think it is an easy thing now.
Chelsea is such a beast!
Not only a complete victory, but also scoring three or four goals in almost every game, it is simply inhumane.
And if Arsenal can come out unscathed at Stamford Bridge against such a strong Chelsea team, that will really matter.
Whether it is for Arsenal players or even Wenger himself, it will be of great help in terms of confidence in achieving good results this season (fighting for four).
In fact, Wenger also has an advantage.
That is, Pan Yi has defeated many world-class coaches in the past few years, but Wenger is one of the few coaches who has not fallen behind.
First of all, theoretically speaking, Wenger and Pan Yi have never really confronted each other.
Because in the Champions League knockout match three years ago, when AC Milan played against Arsenal, Pan Yi was only an assistant coach.
But now everyone knows that it was Pan Yi who played a leading tactical role in Milan at that time.
Therefore, even if these two games are counted, Wenger can be regarded as a tie with Pan Yi - the record between them is one win and one loss!
After all, Arsenal and AC Milan each won one game at the time, but lost 0:4 in the first round at San Siro, which prevented Arsenal from coming back in the second round.
However, it was this 0:4 fiasco that made Wenger still have a lot of fear of Pan Yi in his heart.
At that time, Pan Yi's use of Aubameyang and Ibrahimovic in the center position was simply perfect, and Wenger was taken aback for a while.
Moreover, when Pan Yi arrived in Hamburg, especially his current performance at Chelsea, Wenger was even more impressed.
Of course, he also watched Chelsea's games in the previous rounds, which also gave him a clear understanding of Pan Yi and the strength of this Chelsea team.
He also saw the new offensive tactics that Pan Yi showed to the world, as well as the progress shown by Chelsea players.
Players emerge in every game, and progress is visible to the naked eye in every game. Such a team is terrible!
Even Wenger felt that Pan Yi was even more comfortable than a few years ago, so many formations can be used so freely!
Therefore, the performance of Pan Yi and Chelsea did put tremendous pressure on Wenger, and even shook his confidence somewhat.
"Can I defeat him? What method should I use to defeat him? Or...don't let him defeat me?"
Wenger pondered this question over and over again.
Of course, as a truly world-class coach and an experienced old coach, he can adjust his mentality and find an effective way to deal with Pan Yi's Chelsea.
"They are a young team, and Pan Yi is also a young coach. After achieving such an excellent start, maybe they will be proud and complacent."
"In this way, they may relax themselves on the court, thus showing their flaws."
"Maybe we really have a chance to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge?"
Wenger nodded secretly.
But he also understands that if Arsenal really can't stop Chelsea's progress, it may be difficult for the entire Premier League to stop! ——
An important basis for Wenger's belief that Chelsea will be "proud and complacent" is that their coach Pan Yi seems to be addicted to "high-intensity Internet surfing" recently.
If the head coach is proud, other players will naturally follow suit!
Unlike many stars and coaches, Pan Yi did not play social media such as Twitter, "You have a turtle", "You must die".
He often publishes some Chelsea training and game videos on AB Station, the most popular video website in Longguo, and of course there are some clips of his daily life.
And on the day when he made a high-profile announcement of moving into Station AB, his number of fans directly rose to 50, and a few days later, there were already more than 200 million, which shows how popular he is in Longguo.
The video of Pan Yi interacting with his own players, especially the opponent's players after the game, always gets the most attention.
For example, after the match against Manchester City, Pan Yi took a selfie with his opponent's striker Aguero in his arms.
This article is titled [Take a selfie with the bully of the selfie session! ]'s video, in just a few days, it has already received millions of views.
In the next few days, Pan Yi also released videos one after another after each game:
[Extraordinary like Messi, shoot Husky, let's meet the respected Husky. 】
[Benteke is really strong, do you know that he shoots better than Husky? 】
[Let Nani tell me about Nani's experience]
And these videos naturally got crazy likes from Longguo fans, all kinds of one healthy and three consecutive, all of them can be popular.
Regardless of whether they are fans or not, everyone will use various bullet screens in the video to show their support for this "new UP master".
"Wow, high-yield like a sow!"
"Liu Ming, fire tongs, praise first, then read."
"Look carefully, this man is called Xiaoshuai, and the man next to him is called Xiaohei, they are studying how Nani is pronounced..."
"The video is good, allowing us to get in touch with so many stars up close, but it's a bit too short. Coach, you don't want others to say you are short, do you?"
"I was the first coach to see myself posting videos on the website, and I am the most famous and awesome coach in the world now! I was also the first to post a barrage! Mom, I'm promising!"
"When you saw me, you were no longer number one."
"Awesome! (The first barrage in my life, dedicated to the up master)"
"Am I the only one who noticed the beautiful reporter behind Pan Yi and Aguero? I want to get all the information about this person within 1 minute!"
"Hehe, what a beautiful reporter, I only noticed the beauty of the UP master. Does giegie have a girlfriend? Is there a bed warmer?"
"Is this UP master doing football? It's boring. I still like basketball that can make people sing, dance, and rap."
"..."
Pan Yi likes to interact with fans very much.
When he was a fan in his previous life, he really wanted to go to the stadium to watch the game in person, and it would be even better to interact with the stars.
But with a small budget and having to go to work every day, he basically can only watch football on TV, or usually pay attention to some UP owners who watch football abroad, and feel the football atmosphere abroad through their videos.
And even these UP owners, in fact, most of the time can only show the enthusiasm of the fans and their views on the team, and there are very few who can really interact with the stars in depth.
But now Pan Yi is different.
He is a world famous handsome man!
He wants to take a selfie with Aguero or something, even if Akun loses the game, he will obediently come over and have fun together-of course, Chelsea also has his fellow Argentine Scaloni, and the relationship between them is also very important. good.
And if Pan Yi was shooting Chelsea players, it would be even easier.
Except that the training content sometimes involves tactical secrets and it is inconvenient to release it, domestic fans can often watch various video clips of Chelsea players in restaurants, gyms, and physiotherapy rooms on the website.
They can also learn about the daily life of Chelsea players, as well as some interesting tidbits.
On the AB station, the two most popular Chelsea videos are about Kanter.
[Shocking Exposure: Kanter often eats without paying! 】
In this video, Pan Yi took Kanter, Cancelo and other players to a restaurant in London for dinner.
And this restaurant is opened by the two Brazilian stars David Luiz and William in the team!
Then David Luiz accepted an interview with Pan Yi and said: "Coach, you are a good person, and you will pay after eating. But many teammates never pay, especially Kanter!"
William added: "If you ask Kante to pay, he usually says something like: 'Really? Do I pay? Oh no! You and David are fine, you have a good heart. '"
David Luiz continued: "Even if I say it in front of Kante now, he'll say 'I'm not going to pay'.
Finally, William said with a wry smile: "He will still say 'thank you' to us very politely. But my God, his English is terrible! When he said "thank you", we sounded like that" fxxk you ", that sounds so bad!"
Another video is【Who is the most popular player in the Chelsea team? 】
Pan Yi interviewed one after another, and many of them mentioned Kanter.
"It's Kanter. He's just so good, on and off the field. Warm, non-gossiping, hard-working!"
"Yeah, I'm not the only one saying that. He's been fantastic, it's been great to have him in the team and he deserves all the praise."
"Of course, he doesn't like other people's praise. He would rather keep a low profile. We all know that he has such a character. It is precisely because of this character that we love him even more."
"He is too humble. If he hears us praise him, he will become nervous. Because of this, I will often praise him specifically, and I will ask reporters to interview him, haha!"
"But he has some flaws, especially when playing poker, he really wants to win, so sometimes he bends the rules."
"What a workaround, he just cheats when he's playing poker! Let's just say, I'm willing to do anything with Kanter, except poker."
In response, fans posted barrage comments one after another:
"I used to think that Kanter had no black spots except for black spots."
"I always thought Baby Kanter was the cutest, but I didn't expect him to be so stingy. The more he looks, the cuter he looks."
"I think it's understandable for Kanter to go whoring for nothing. Do you know that although Kanter is worth 4000 million now and has a weekly salary of over [-], he still drives a second-hand Mini Coopers..."
"I heard that when he was a child, he used to pick up rubbish to live. Perhaps this is why he developed the habit of frugality. It is this kind of experience that spurs him and makes him an inspirational and successful player. How can Kanter Can you not love?"
"But he even cheats! Could this be his desire to win? This desire to win can support him to run non-stop on the court for 10 minutes?"
"I have seen the video of Kanter being interviewed by reporters. Kanter kept smiling and thanking the reporter 'Fxxk you', 'Fxxk you'. I think the reporter will really thank you."
"Haven't you heard that you are not afraid of the sky, you are not afraid of the earth, you are afraid of Kanter saying thank you!"
"Thanks to Pan Yi, let us see another side of Kanter, I will not let him play cards in my restaurant and say thank you..."
Foreign fans are envious of Pan Yi's videos posted on AB and his interaction with fans!
This kind of first-hand coach-player interaction video, but they have no way to see it in the first place!
So, they can only come in through the wall, go to the AB station to register an account, and then move it to the external network, so that everyone can satisfy their hunger.
And even these second-hand videos that are carried can explode in an instant.
Pan Yi has become the world's number one Internet celebrity!
In fact, even if Pan Yi is an Internet celebrity, it has nothing to do with Wenger's "proud and complacent".
Although he is indeed very prolific, releasing a large number of videos in a short period of time, it is actually very easy.
He just took pictures casually, and then posted them later, without any editing or dubbing at all.
It's all natural and unprocessed!
So it doesn't take him much time, and the growth of fans is natural, and it has nothing to do with "smugness".
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Among the videos released by Pan Yi, some of them also caught the attention of Longguo fans in particular.
That's where some of the Dragon Nation faces popped up at Chelsea's Cobham academy.
We have to start from the beginning.
Since Abramovich acquired Chelsea and established the Cobham base, Chelsea's youth training talents also have their own venues in this base, and their training conditions have also undergone tremendous changes.
Various brand-new training buildings and various equipment have been introduced one after another. In short, the hardware facilities here have been greatly improved.
After Pan Yi took charge of Chelsea, he attached great importance to the youth training here.
Of course he also has the authority to manage Chelsea's youth training!
After promoting some outstanding talents here such as Cheek and Ake to the first team at the beginning, Pan Yi also intervened in some daily guidance of the youth team, such as making them pay more attention to technology and creativity, encouraging players to play individually, etc.
In this way, players will not be confined to a certain tactical framework when they are young and affect their development.
As for the talents of all echelons of the youth team, Pan Yi is also doing his best to promote the establishment and expansion of Chelsea's scouting network, searching for talented children around the world and letting them join Chelsea's youth training camp.
After all, Chelsea's first team is playing well now, but if they want to develop sustainably and become a century-old giant, they must strengthen their work in this area.
Although spending money alone can build a strong team, but if you want to truly gain a foothold in the local area and take root in the community, "children of your own family" are essential.
Look at the support Pan Yi has received from Chelsea fans after using so many youth players to play in the Premier League!
Some already see him as "our own Ferguson"!
Only by recruiting talents from all over the world and enriching Chelsea's youth training camp can we provide the first team with an endless supply of follow-up talents.
Of course, for Pan Yi's move, Abramovich and Chelsea's top management naturally also strongly support it, asking for money to give, and asking for people to give!
When Pan Yi promoted such a project, he was naturally a little "selfish".
That is, he suggested that the club prepare to establish Chelsea football schools in many places in Longguo, so that talented Longguo children can learn football without considering the cost.
Under such measures, coupled with Pan Yi's super popularity in Longguo - in fact, Pan Yi releases various videos on the AB station, which also has the consideration of increasing popularity, which can make many parents who usually don't watch football also pay attention come over!
This means that the Chelsea Football School has not yet been fully built, and there are already countless registrations.
So Pan Yi asked people to hold some training camps in China first, and then select some outstanding students to study and live in the Chelsea headquarters. All the expenses incurred are also borne by the club.
As far as the Chelsea club is concerned, not to mention that Pan Yi is now the actual second-in-command, and everyone is obedient to him;
In fact, from the perspective of business operation and competition, they are not at a loss.
Everyone knows that the Longguo market is the largest in the world, and so is football.
As long as Chelsea's good reputation is established in Longguo and the younger generation becomes more Blues fans, it will definitely be beneficial and harmless to Chelsea's future.
Moreover, among this group of Dragon Country students, some good seedlings were indeed found.
Although it is still difficult for them to reach the level of European youth players for a while, it is because they lack scientific training and teaching.
With the guidance of Chelsea's professional youth coaches, who knows what will happen in the future?
Therefore, Pan Yi would sometimes go to the youth team to take some videos of the life and training of the Long Guo junior players and put them on the AB station.
Of course, these videos will get a lot of attention from Dragon Country fans.
"They are so happy one by one! I like their smiling faces."
"Yeah, it can be seen that they are all happy from the bottom of their hearts!"
"That's not it, this is the football they really like. You don't need to be overwhelmed by those expensive tuition fees, and you won't be bothered by those messy unspoken rules."
"Thank you Pan Yi! Thank you Pan Yi for giving them the opportunity to realize their dreams!"
"In fact, it also gave us ordinary Dragon Kingdom fans a chance to realize their dreams. If they play in the future..."
"How can it be so easy to get kicked out? There are still too few good seedlings."
"But isn't the Chelsea football school already under construction? When the best seedlings in the country are gathered in the school, and then selected to go to Chelsea to be guided by the most professional coaches, who says there won't be Ronaldo and Messi?"
"I suddenly feel that the Long Guo team may really enter the World Cup again in the future."
"If that day really comes, I will go find Pan Yi and give him one!"
"Call me, I want to be with you!"
"You want to take advantage of Pan Yi, don't you? Does he just ask you to knock him out? You should call me too, the success rate of going in a group is higher!"
"..."