On July 15th, the AC Milan team arrived in Dragon Country for a three-week trip to Dragon Country.

Ahead of Inter Milan's Italian Super Cup on August 6, AC Milan has already confirmed three pre-season matches, namely Changzhou Hengtai, Shanghai East Asia, and Beijing Guoan.

Of these three teams, two are strong teams in the Chinese Super League, and one is from the Chinese League.

Of course, for Milan, it doesn't make much difference whether they are in the Super League or not.

This choice of opponent is mainly because you can follow the route from south to north, walk through the three major cities of the Dragon Kingdom, and then arrive at the Bird's Nest for the Super Cup showdown.

By the way, you can also earn some appearance fees.

Since Allegri had already confirmed that Pan Yi would be in command of the first game, the tactical training in the past two weeks was mainly led by Pan Yi.

Pan Yi practiced two sets of tactics.

One set is to deal with dense defense.

When the opponent's midfield hoarded a large number of defenders, Pan Yi let the central defender pass the ball to the winger who was fully stretched, further inducing the opponent's backfield defense to move laterally to the side with the ball.

Then, through the return pass and the "side-side" long pass to hit the opponent's side of the side without the ball, take advantage of the opponent's midfield and backfield defense lateral movement time difference to complete the breakthrough or cross to grab the point.

Because Changzhou Hengtai can only be regarded as a younger brother in front of Milan, he will definitely be pressed to defend in his own half when he really fights, so it is necessary to practice such tactics.

At the same time, this tactic can also be applied to the situation of facing weak teams in the league.

And the other set is the conventional pressing tactic, which is the one he used in the team confrontation.

No matter what set of tactics, the players have practiced smoothly under the careful guidance of Pan Yi, and even players with a high vision like Ibrahimovic often give Pan Yi a thumbs up.

And the four trial players also performed well in training, which strengthened Allegri's determination to sign them - even if they still can't replace the role of the original main player in the end, it will definitely not be a loss if they sign, and it is a big deal to go out on loan to practice first.

As a result, Galliani also rushed to get the contracts of the four trial players.

With a strong desire to join, the transfer process is actually very easy.

Coupled with the blessing of Milan's big club and Galliani's superb negotiation skills, Milan spent less than 1.5 million euros to get these four future top stars.

Salah + Mane + Van Dijk + Kante = €1.5 million!

If Galliani knew that the combined value of these players in the peak period of the future might reach more than three or four billion, would he give Pan Yi a few?

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On July 17, AC Milan arrived at Tianhe Stadium to prepare for their first pre-season match.

Tianhe Stadium is the home stadium of Changzhou Hengtai, and now the stadium is already a sea of red.

But if you look closely, you will find that most of the fans are indeed wearing the red jersey of Changzhou Hengtai's home stadium, while there are a considerable number of fans wearing Milan's red and black arrows.

AC Milan's support rating in the Dragon Country has always been at the top, even after more than a decade in the future, not to mention that they have just won the Serie A title.

And their opponent today, Changzhou Hengtai, although only this year's Super League promotion horse, remained unbeaten in the first half of the season and topped the Super League standings.

In fact, from this year onwards, Changzhou Hengtai will win the seventh consecutive championship of the Chinese Super League, creating a Super League era that belongs to them - until the thunderstorm, this is a later story, and it is not on the table.

Because of this, this friendly match also attracted the attention of CCTV5, and the game was broadcast live.

The commentators for this game are Duan Xuan and He Wei.

Duan Xuan: "The game is about to start. We saw players from both sides already stepping onto the pitch and lining up to greet the fans. ”

He Wei: "The fans are very enthusiastic, it is really a noisy gong, drum, firecrackers, and a sea of red flags." ”

Duan Xuan: "Haha...... Let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides. The Changzhou Hengtai team basically sent out the main force today, and it seems that they want to perform well in front of their hometown fathers......"

At this time, the starting lineup list was also played on the TV screen.

Lee Jang-so, the Korean head coach of the Changzhou Hengtai team, still discharged the 352 formation he was used to.

Forwards: Gao Lin, Muric.

Midfielders: Zhao Yuanxi, Zheng Zhi, Yang Hao, Kong Ka, Wu Pingfeng.

Defenders: Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Bao Long.

Goalkeeper: Yang Jun.

On the AC Milan side, it is Pan Yi's 433.

Forwards: Mane, Ibrahimovic, Salah.

Midfielders: N'Golo Kante, Ambrosini, Gattuso.

Defenders: Desiglio, Nesta, Van Dijk, Abate.

Goalkeeper: Abbiati.

Basically, it is the lineup that best reflects Pan Yi's tactical concept in the current training.

In other words, it is the strongest lineup in Pan Yi's ideal.

Although the opponent is not strong, this is his first official battle in charge after all, and he must make sure to win.

He even felt a little nervous.

How can a man's first time not be nervous?

And this game has a special meaning.

In his previous life, as a fan, he often watched Changzhou Hengtai's games, after all, they often destroyed Japan and South Korea in the AFC Champions League and won the championship, which was the football banner of the Dragon Kingdom for a long time.

Like Muric, Conca, Gao Lin, Zheng Zhi, and Feng Xiaoting in their current formation......

Pan Yi can be said to be very familiar with them, and they are all stars that many Dragon Country fans like.

If it was in his previous life, Pan Yi might have had difficulty even asking them for an autograph or taking a group photo.

And now, he is now leading the world-class giants AC Milan to defeat the stars he once looked up to.

It's a bit of a weird feeling, but it's more ......

Excited!

Pan Yi sat on the bench, staring intently at the players on both sides on the field, and his fists couldn't help but clench.

Allegri and Tassotti, who were sitting on his left and right, both patted Pan Yi on the shoulder.

Although they didn't know what Pan Yi was thinking, they also knew the significance of this game to Pan Yi and made him relax.

At this time, Duan Xuan had also finished reading the starting lineup lists of the two sides.

Duan Xuan: "There are a lot of new faces in Milan's starting lineup today. ”

He Wei: "Yes. Considering they still have some players in the Copa America and this is just a pre-season warm-up game, it may be tempting to send some young players to check it out first. ”

Duan Xuan: "It should be like this. The cameras are now on AC Milan's bench. ”

"It's a star-studded place. We saw Boateng, Cassano, Seedorf, Inzaghi ......"

'We see a familiar face now, it's Allegri, their manager.

"...... on his side Hey? How is it the appearance of our dragon country? ”