Alexandre Pato, who is only 21 years old this year, is already an active international of the Brazilian national team, and his resume is even more impressive.

At the age of 17, he moved to AC Milan from Brazil for 22 million euros and excelled in the years to come, winning the European Golden Boy Award.

Last season, he also scored 16 goals for Milan in all competitions, helping them regain the Serie A title.

And such a young and excellent player, Pan Yi actually said that he was weak???

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Pan Yi smiled slightly and said:

"If he can keep his professional attitude, it is indeed possible to cash in on his talent and become a superstar. But unfortunately, as far as I can see, he has been significantly affected by off-field factors, and his career has even begun to decline. ”

Pan Yi is confident, of course, because he knows what is about to happen in the future.

After Pato fell in love with Barbara, the daughter of club owner Silvio Berlusconi, this year, it may have been too hard to work and his form began to plummet, and injuries re-emerged with him.

In the upcoming 2011-2012 season, Pato made just 11 Serie A appearances for Milan and scored just one goal.

The next season was even worse, with four appearances and no goals.

In 2013, Milan had no choice but to sell him back to Brazil at a low price.

Then he went to Brazil, England, Spain, and even the Chinese Super League, but he could never return to the state of genius of the past.

Pato can be regarded as a typical case of "injury Zhongyong" in world football.

Listening to Pan Yi's words, Allegri's eyebrows furrowed even deeper, and finally made his face into an "embarrassing" character.

He is not against Pan Yi's statement.

On the contrary, the decline in Pato's form was already felt by Allegri in the final stages of last season.

In the sprint stage of the season to the championship, Pato was dumbfounded.

Not only did he fail to win six consecutive rounds, but he was often substituted early due to lack of physical strength.

Allegri also spoke privately to Pato in the hope that he would return his attention to the court, but to little avail.

Therefore, this season, Allegri actually moved the idea of selling Pato, but he couldn't make up his mind yet.

After all, Pato is still young, and there may be a turnaround.

And, given Pato's overall performance throughout the season and AC Milan's eventual league title, it was a bit risky to propose to the management to sell him at this time.

But now, Pan Yi said it so firmly, it seems that he has completely seen through Pato's future prospects.

Allegri was very surprised.

The young man in front of him has such poisonous eyes?

After all, Allegri is the head coach of the team, and it is normal to get along with the players day and night, whether it is training or playing, and it is normal to know them.

And Pan Yi can come to such a conclusion just by observing in the game......

Whether it's insight or self-confidence, it's a blast!

Allegri decided to ask a little deeper:

"Even though Pato's form has declined, he's still a striker who can beat any of the league's rhythms. How can you say he's the biggest weakness in your formation? Is there anything special about the tactics of this formation? ”

Pan Yi nodded, and then pointed the tactical pen at the tactical board:

"Pato is a good player who can combine skill and speed effectively, but he prefers to cut in behind the first striker on the pitch and look for space to attack. Obviously, Ibrahimovic is his best partner. ”

"But that means he can only play to his best in a two-striker formation. If you need him to play as a single arrow in my 433 formation, or as a winger in a front three – especially if you need him to cut in with the backfoot, it's going to be difficult. ”

"In addition, because my formation is biased towards attack, I will have higher requirements for high pressing in the front court when defending. Okay, so I'm going to talk about my defensive tactics in passing. ”

"When the opposing centre-back receives the ball, the winger on the opposite side of our team needs to press forward and at the same time cut off his passing path with the full-back by adjusting his position, while the other winger presses and marks the other centre-back."

"In that case, I need a winger with a lot of fitness and a lot of tactical discipline. But it's a pity that Pato can't do that now......"

Listening to this, Allegri smiled and nodded in approval.

Pan Yi's words not only show that he has a complete set of tactical ideas, but also show that he has a deep understanding of the characteristics of players and knows whether a particular player fits his own tactics.

And now the people in this office are experts, so they can naturally quickly understand Pan Yi's tactical intentions and see the practical feasibility of this set of tactics.

Another point, as everyone knows, Allegri's favorite use is actually the 4312 formation.

But Pan Yi did not do what he liked, but explained his own set of 433, which shows that he does have independent tactical thinking.

This also reflects Pan Yi's important trait of being a good assistant coach: he will not follow the crowd.

Otherwise, the head coach is all one family, what is the use of an assistant coach?

So Allegri's impression of Pan Yi changed a lot in an instant.

It turned out that this guy rushed to speak, and he dared to show it because he really had something in his stomach!

Angelo's face on the side was a little dark.

He hasn't said a word, and he feels like this position has already flown off?

No, he'll have to get it back.

So, Angelo took a step forward and said to Pan Yi:

"Not to mention your ridiculous remarks about Pato, anyone with a discerning eye can see how important he is to this Milan team."

"I have a different view on the tactics themselves."

'You also said that you need players to press up front, you need physical support.

"But Milan now have a lot of veterans, whether it's midfielders Van Bommel, Gattuso, Ambrosini, or defenders Nesta and Zambrotta, all veterans in their 30s, how can you guarantee that they can execute their pressing tactics?"

Allegri pulled up his embarrassed face slightly.

The first is that Angelo's assessment of Pato's form is definitely based on last season's goal stats, and secondly, the question he asked, while it sounds reasonable, is a bit off-topic.

When Pan Yi mentioned pressing tactics just now, he only focused on the defensive requirements for wingers, but did not talk about the specific arrangements for midfielders, and of course did not talk about defenders.

So Angelo's words felt a bit deliberately finding fault.

This also made Allegri's heart can't help but give Angelo a low score.

After all, as an assistant coach, you still need to listen carefully to other people's analysis and then make your own judgment, instead of rushing to express your own immature opinions, which affects the normal thinking of the head coach.

Sure enough, I saw that Pan Yi listened to Angelo's words, and still smiled confidently:

"First of all, I'm going to talk about my pressing tactics up front, didn't I just talk about the responsibilities of the three midfielders? Including the center. ”

'When our wingers are pressing the opposition's centre-backs, our centre-forwards have to press and mark the opposition midfield, and the three midfielders occupy the midfield area and are ready to fight for the ball in the air.

"The whole pressing system needs to combine the two principles of one-on-one marking and cutting off the passing line, and the midfielder forms a diamond-shaped position through the retreat of the center to compress the space with the ball, preventing the opposing midfielder from receiving the ball and turning to advance."

"In other words, the midfielder mainly forms a competition for the ball through a reasonable position, in fact, the physical requirements are slightly lower."

"Taking a step back, our veterans such as Gattuso and Ambrosini have strong tactical execution skills, and even if their fitness drops, they can support them to press high-intensity, so I'm not very worried."

"Of course, if possible, I would still like to see a player in the midfield position who is more defensively and physically stronger, so that he can better support my tactical ......"

"Bang bang bang ......" burst into applause in the office.

It's Allegri clapping!

Then he turned to Galliani and said solemnly:

"That's him! My assistant coach for the new season! ”