Chapter 3 No. 7 Pato
Massimiliano Allegri is 43 years old.
He began his coaching journey at AC Milan last summer amid a sea of skepticism.
As a result, he helped the team break Inter Milan's monopoly in the league and win the Serie A title again after seven years.
In 2010/2011, they finished the season with 82 points, six points higher than Inter Milan in second place!
This also made Milan fans recognize this young coach who has an embarrassed face all day long.
And now, the daughter of this Serie A champion coach actually called me?
Pan Yi looked confused, and hurriedly asked the ins and outs of the matter.
It turned out that during a UEFA coaching session this year, Allegri was invited to give a lecture, and Pan Yi was also one of the students at that time.
Allegri took his eldest daughter, 16-year-old Valentina, with him.
Valentina ran into Pan Yi during recess, and after a brief conversation between the two, Valentina asked to leave Pan Yi's phone.
But here's the problem...... Pan Yi didn't know that she was Allegri's daughter, and he didn't leave her contact information, so he was blindsided now.
"Could it be that this Italian girl likes an attractive oriental guy like me?" After hanging up the phone, Pan Yi touched his face and said to himself in the mirror, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been paying attention to me, knowing that I was looking for a team to apply, and grinding his father to come to see me......"
"But she's still a child!" Pan Yi shook his head.
He nodded again.
"You're going to be 17 years old, aren't you? It doesn't seem to be small......"
Pan Yi shook his head: "Now is not the time to think about this!" I have to seize this opportunity to behave well in front of Allegri and try to become this son-in-law...... Ahh ”
Indeed, the woman only affects the speed with which he draws the knife.
Besides, it's not like I didn't have a girlfriend in my previous life, and now I have a rare opportunity to go to one of the biggest clubs in the world for an interview, why do you want to do all this mess?
You have to put your mind away and prepare well for this interview!
Only after passing the interview can you live up to the opportunity of this rebirth and crossing, and you can be the right person......
……
Next.
Pushing open the door of the manager's office in Milanello, Pan Yi was surprised to find that there were several people inside.
One of the old men had sharp eyes, a shiny head, and no hair on his head, and he looked like a strong man.
Pan Yi recognized him, he was the team director of AC Milan, Galliani, known as "Jia Bald".
And the other guy in a suit is head coach Allegri.
However, the current Allegri is younger than the image in Pan Yi's impression, and it seems that his face is not so "embarrassed" at present.
The other is Milan legend Tassotti, who is AC Milan's current first assistant coach.
As a player, he was a famous defender and focused on the team's defensive training.
The last one was a middle-aged man in his forties, but Pan Yi didn't know him.
"We're all here, let's get started."
Director Galliani clapped his hands, then sat down in a chair in the corner.
Although the person in the room had the highest position, he had come to observe.
It was the head coach Allegri who really made the decision on the interviewers.
Allegri looked at Pan Yi with a puzzled expression at this time.
The assistant coach candidate recommended by his daughter is actually Asian?
And so young.
Doesn't this look like the best coach in the class that my daughter boasted about?
It's not going to be her daughter......
Rub, is this an interview with a coach or an interview with a son-in-law!!
I have to teach her a good lesson when I go back.
This is child's play!
At this time, Tasotti also asked his doubts: "You are Pan Yi?" Only 25 years old this year? Are you from the Dragon Country? ”
"Yes." Although Pan Yi was also a little nervous in his heart, he still tried not to be arrogant or humble on the surface.
"You seem to have a lot of confidence in yourself when such a young dragon dares to apply for our AC Milan coaching position?" Tassotti asked again.
Pan Yi smiled and said: "Hehe, of course you have to be confident as a coach. I hope to get the chance to show myself and learn something from a champion coach like you. ”
Allegri nodded slightly.
Although this young man doesn't seem to have any special level, his words are not bad.
Then he turned his head to the middle-aged man Pan Yi didn't know.
"Oh, hello everyone, I'm Angelo. Last season he was an assistant coach for Sampdoria. Angelo said, glancing at Pan Yi with a slightly provocative gaze.
It turned out that he was also here to apply for an assistant coach.
Obviously, he and Pan Yi are direct competitors today, because there is only one vacancy in the assistant coach position of AC Milan.
Compared with a hairy boy like Pan Yi who obviously has no experience in the professional arena, Angelo obviously has a great advantage.
"Oh, Sampdoria were relegated last season, so you want to jump ship." Hearing Tasotti say this, Angelo nodded, not denying it.
Allegri, on the other hand, stood up and pointed to the tactical board on one side of the room:
"I won't talk nonsense. I ask you, if you were the manager of Milan now, how would you arrange the attack with the current squad? If you feel that the lineup is flawed, where should you strengthen it? ”
It was clear that what Allegri wanted today was an assistant coach who could help him tactically, especially in attack.
This would complement another assistant coach, Tasottti, to better assist Allegri in his training work.
"I'll start with that, okay?" Pan Yi raised his hand.
Allegri frowned slightly.
"This young man doesn't seem to be very stable, and he is in a hurry to answer without thinking about it?" He thought to himself.
Angelo was smiling, as if she was sure of victory.
He is a veteran of the profession and understands that there is no need to rush to express himself at such times.
When the time comes, when Pan Yi finishes speaking, he will grasp his loopholes and analyze them, and he can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Although the person who speaks later also has the disadvantage, that is, if the opponent's tactics are perfect, or similar to their own methods, it is not easy to raise objections.
But obviously, a young coach like Pan Yi is in a hurry to perform and speak, how can he have any insights that can impress the head coach?
And after obtaining Allegri's consent, Pan Yi had already walked to the tactical board and put the chess pieces representing the player's number on it:
"I'll use a 433 formation, Ibrahimovic in the forwards, Pato, Robinho in the midfield, and ...... in the midfield."
"In this formation, you need a midfielder who can defend head-on and play the ball, and the most suitable one in the team at the moment is Van Bommel."
'When the ball moves into the midfield area, he will stand on the side of the two centre-backs and form a de facto three.
"At the same time, the left and right wing-backs are on the premise, and the role is changed to the left and right wingbacks, so as to be more involved in the team's attack."
"At this time, the left and right wingers in the front court need to be players with backfoot attributes, adducting to form an overall 343 offensive formation, and form a strong blow to the opponent! ……”
What Pan Yi is talking about now is actually the knowledge he learned about Klopp's tactics from the system course.
Klopp's innovation in the use of dragging back is the biggest feature of this tactic, and as a development from this, the requirements for fullbacks and wingers have also been further improved.
And Allegri watched Pan Yi move the position of the players on the tactical board, while listening to his explanation, and there was a strange look in his eyes:
"Hey, this young man, there's something!"
Then, I saw Pan Yi holding a tactical pen and pointing to the chess pieces on the tactical board:
"Before I talk about the more specific tactics, I want to talk about the weaknesses in the current formation and the positions I think we need to focus on in the summer window."
Allegri couldn't help but lean forward slightly.
That's what he wanted to hear.
Often, whether a team is successful in the new season or not is actually determined by the operation in the transfer window.
Allegri certainly has his own plans for the current squad and he would like to see if the future assistant coach can come up with better advice.
But soon, everyone in the office gasped because they all saw the name Pan Yi pointed to:
No. 7 Pato.
This 21-year-old Brazilian genius!