The World Cup continues.

Pan Yi's accurate prediction of Italy's 2-1 victory over England shocked Abu and others, but what surprised them even more was yet to come.

After beating Uruguay 3-1, Costa Rica defeated Italy 1-0 and drew 0-0 with England, and finally qualified as the top of the group!

Although Uruguay lost in the first round, they defeated England 2:1 in the next two vicious games, and then defeated Italy 1:0, and also advanced to the second place in the group!

In the decisive battle between Uruguay and Italy, the two sides also staged the famous scene of Suarez "eating Chiellini raw".

But no matter what, Pan Yi's "anti-routine" prediction for such a group of death really hit all, which is also too incredible.

Of course, for the Chelsea hierarchy led by Abou, they certainly don't think about what kind of time-traveler the other side is;

In their opinion, this is the coach Pan Yi's ultimate understanding of each team and his super tactical analysis ability at work!

Reminiscent of the rumors, Pan Yi is also familiar with almost every opponent's coach and player in the league and the Champions League, and can put forward very clear targeted tactics;

Then, Pan Yi's analysis of the World Cup teams and his own predictions and his ability to hit every shot are actually within a reasonable range...... Right?

In short, whether it was Pan Yi's conversation when he watched the game that day, or his accurate prediction of the World Cup, Abu couldn't put down Pan Yi.

If the coach is like this, what more can the husband ask for?

Therefore, during the World Cup, Chelsea also repeatedly contacted Pan Yi, hoping to confirm it as soon as possible and start the contract process.

As for Pan Yi's side, in addition to traveling around Brazil to watch football and basking in the sun on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, he is indeed dealing with similar things.

Because in addition to Chelsea, other clubs are also in a hurry!

The coach is the head of a team, and without a coach, it would be difficult to even carry out the work of recruitment, sales, contract termination, and loan in the summer window.

Therefore, Pan Yi's so-called "enjoying life" can only be put aside.

And judging from the fact that so many olive branches have been thrown at him now, there are really few who can play like Chelsea.

Bayern, Barcelona, and Manchester United were eliminated in the "preliminaries" stage.

Let's talk about the two teams that made it to the "finals" before.

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, compare them to Chelsea.

In terms of power, Manchester City and Chelsea are basically equal, and they both promised to give Pan Yi the highest competitive authority and let him do whatever he wants.

Tottenham are doubtful.

As Pan Yi has learned, Levy is a very controlling boss, and he hasn't even come forward to talk to Pan Yi about these things in person, so Pan Yi still doesn't believe in their promises.

In terms of money, Manchester City and Chelsea remain largely equal.

Of course, this is also what Pan Yi knows from the experience of his previous life.

In terms of spending money, these two teams really dare to write checks!

As long as the coach likes it and the players are willing to come, it is not a matter of throwing tens of millions of dollars out!

Who made them all rich behind them?

So...... Tottenham remain doubtful.

Although Levy will also give Tottenham money, it is almost meaningless compared to the above two.

And from the perspective of player salaries, Tottenham has always been at a relatively poor level, which leads to their disadvantage in retention.

For example, their later core Harry Kane has been rumored to be leaving, but this upright boy stayed at Tottenham with a lower salary after being fooled by Levy and continued his journey without a title......

Who made Levi a businessman at heart?

Compared with Abu and Mansour, two big bosses who are more purely footballers, there is really no comparison.

And then look at the current accolades.

It's the same that all three teams don't have a Champions League.

That's better than domestic, English top flight titles.

Manchester City were held twice in ancient times, twice after Mansour's arrival, a total of four times.

Chelsea won once in the 50s, three times in the Abu era, and four times in total.

Tottenham were the worst, having won twice in the fifties and sixties, and had not won the title since entering the Premier League.

In the FA Cup, Tottenham have won the FA Cup eight times, Manchester City five times and Chelsea seven times.

In general, the honor rooms of these three teams are actually not too similar, but Tottenham's recent situation is even worse, and the championship trophy won is also from the eighties and nineties.

So on Pan Yi's side, on this one, Tottenham is "ahead".

But if you combine the above three points, that is, add power and money, Manchester City and Chelsea can be said to be far ahead of Tottenham!

After all, both Manchester City and Chelsea have lacked heavyweight champions and "godfather" figures in the history of their clubs.

Creating your own history in such a team can actually satisfy Pan Yi's desire for honor.

From this time on, it will be Manchester City and Chelsea who have really entered the "finals"!

And the final final depends on the sincerity shown by these two teams.

Here, Abu's Chelsea team showed a huge advantage.

The first is this lobbying lineup. From the boss to the chairman to the CEO, they took turns to fight, and they all wanted to drag Pan Yi to Stamford Bridge immediately.

On Manchester City's side, Chairman Mubarak came forward to talk, and the grade was a little worse.

And then there's the salary. Abu is very simple, if you want the world's first salary, I will give you, an annual salary of 20 million euros, come on!

As for Manchester City, because the current coach Manuel Pellegrini's annual salary is only about 5 million euros, Mubarak is suspicious of giving Pan Yi such a high price all of a sudden.

This also reflects the difference between him and Abu.

Because Abu is the boss, he will give what he says;

And Mubarak is a worker, and his coaches want such a large salary, and he also has to report it to Mansour.

Finally, and most crucially.

That is, Abu is very eager for Pan Yi to replace Mourinho and create a new dynasty for Chelsea.

Although Manchester City also admires Pan Yi, Pellegrini's performance has also been recognized because he won the Premier League title in the past 2013-2014 season.

Although they were defeated by Pan Yi in the Champions League round of 16, this is still Manchester City's best record in the history of the Champions League......

Therefore, Manchester City's top management still has a certain degree of hesitation on whether to use Pan Yi to replace Pellegrini, and is not as resolute as Abu.

After all, replacing a coach who has just won the championship is a certain risk and requires a certain amount of courage!

This hesitation will be unintentionally revealed during the interview and will be reflected in some details - such as the determination of salary.

And the level of salary itself largely represents how much the club values you!

Therefore, in the end, Pan Yi gradually leaned to Chelsea's side psychologically.

After all, I do "owe" them a Champions League!

——

"What do you think of today's game?"

Estadio Mineiro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

It's also in the VIP box, but today there are only two people inside.

Abu and Pan Yi.

After two or three weeks of fierce battles, the World Cup has entered the semi-finals, and the "love" between Pan Yi and Chelsea has been determined, and it is almost officially announced.

And most of the details they talked about were finalized in the process of watching the game.

This is also Abu's eye on Pan Yi, in addition to being a professional coach, he is also a real lover of football.

So invite Pan Yi to come to the VIP box to watch the game together, please one by one!

And for Pan Yi, someone pays out of his pocket to watch the game by himself, why not?

What's more, although Abu, the boss, has hundreds of millions of dollars, he is still very close to hundreds of millions, and he doesn't have any fights, and he is quite happy to chat with him.

So the two drank and watched the ball, and gradually arranged the work plan for next season.

The first thing to do is, of course, the coaching staff.

Since Chelsea's original configuration was very complete, Pan Yi basically did not make any major changes to it.

Except for a few coaches who have been following Mourinho and came to Chelsea because of Mourinho.

They are also Portuguese.

After Abu announced that he would break up with Mourinho again peacefully, they also left with Mourinho.

They are goalkeeper coach Silvino, fitness coach Rui Faria and assistant coach José Moraes.

For the personnel vacancy caused here, Pan Yi quickly had a countermeasure.

The physical trainer is easy to do, he brings a pintus with him.

Even if the original one doesn't leave, there is no place for him.

And the goalkeeper coach, Pan Yi plans to let the almost 42-year-old Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer in the team first.

Yes, the same goalkeeper who told Wong at the 2006 World Cup that "Schwarzer saved two penalties in the World Cup qualifying play-offs, and Totti should know that......".

He is now in the semi-retirement stage, and he is also the third goalkeeper in the team, and there is basically no chance to play, so let him continue to shine in the team.

As for the assistant coach, since Pan Yi has brought Inzaghi and Nagelsmann from the two years to have their own outlets, Pan Yi decided to find a young, obedient and energetic outside in addition to continuing to use Chelsea's original Steve Horan.

It doesn't matter what the tactical level of this person is, the important thing is to have a good relationship with the players in the team and unite the atmosphere in the dressing room.

After thinking about it, Pan Yi called a player who is currently playing for Atalanta in Serie A.

He is a 36-year-old Argentine defender who is also considering retirement.

He's Scaloni—

The future head coach who will lead the Argentine national team to win the World Cup in the 2022 World Cup!

Scaloni's career hasn't been great, but it's not bad.

He spent his professional prime with Deportivo La Liga for nine seasons, playing 200 league games and winning the 2000 La Liga title.

Yes, he was part of the "Super Laco" and went down in the club's history as part of the club's golden age.

Later, he also played for West Ham United in the Premier League and knew a little about the Premier League.

At the end of his career, he moved to Serie A, first at Lazio and then at Atalanta.

It's just that in his two years at Atalanta, he only made a total of 12 appearances for the team, and he is basically semi-retired.

In the normal timeline, Scaloni first went to Sevilla as an assistant coach for a year after retiring, then went to the Argentine national team as an assistant coach, and then went to the Under-20 national team as head coach and national team head coach.

After that, everyone will know.

Under his leadership, the Argentine national team was unprecedentedly united, and everyone revolved around Messi, winning the Copa America and the World Cup in one fell swoop, achieving the reputation of the king of plum balls.

Pan Yi chose him because of his ability to control the locker room, of course, in fact, the tactical ability he showed in the 2022 World Cup is also very good.

Take the four matches of the knockout round as an example:

Playing Australia, with me as the main player, using 433, leading 2-0 in the opening game;

played the Netherlands, changed the formation to 532, restrained the opponent's fierce counterattack, and ended the first half with a 2-0 lead, which made the old coach Van Gaal very embarrassed for a while;

Playing Croatia, against the strong midfield of the Plaid Army, he changed the formation to 442 again, and came up with two sticks to stun the most tenacious opponent;

In the final, he played France, changed the formation back to 433 again, ran wildly in the front court, and took an early 2-0 lead......

In other words, after Scaloni became a coach, at least before the game, he did a very good job of studying and targeting opponents.

It's just that he still has a certain gap compared with many famous coaches in terms of substitution adjustment and on-the-spot adaptation, which is one of the reasons why Argentina is often equalized after taking the lead.

But it doesn't matter, now Pan Yi will make a move.

Isn't it a good thing to take such a future World Cup-winning coach under his command and then train it well?

After receiving Pan Yi's call, Scaloni did not hesitate too much, and retired on the spot and chose to join the Chelsea coaching staff.

Although Scaloni doesn't know what Pan Yi likes about him, what can you hesitate about when a new Treble champion head coach asks you to be an assistant coach?

Not to mention anything else, he can only get a weekly salary of 5,000 in Atalanta now, and he can directly increase it to 10,000 when he arrives at Chelsea......

By the way, since Pintus is the replacement of the original physical coach Rui Faria, the salary is also inherited.

As a result, Pintus has also increased from the original weekly salary of 4,000 euros to 20,000 euros!

Pan Yi knows that this little bald head is worth the price! ——

"This game...... It's hard to say. ”

Looking at the players on both sides who were lining up on the field, Pan Yi said with his head sideways.

Today's match is the host Brazil vs. Germany!

Tomorrow will be another semi-final, Argentina vs. the Netherlands.

In other words, the matchup of the top four is exactly the same as the situation that Pan Yi knew in his previous life.

Therefore, this battle between Brazil and Germany should theoretically also play the famous 7:1, why did Pan Yi say "it's not easy to say"?

The reason is very simple, in the starting lineups of both sides in today's game, there are players who have been deeply influenced by Pan Yi!

On Brazil's side, top star Neymar has said goodbye to the World Cup due to injury, captain Thiago Silva has also accumulated yellow cards and suspended, and Chelsea's David Luiz has taken over the captain's armband.

Of course, in addition to David Luiz, Brazil have three other Chelsea players in their squad: Ramirez, Willian and Oscar.

Of course, these are not the point, because this is the same as Pan Yi's previous life.

The difference is in Brazil's midfield.

The partner of the double back is Hamburg double star Casemiro + Paulinho!

Instead of Gustavo + Fernandinho in Pan Yi's previous life.

Although it is only a change of two people, it is likely to change the situation of the battle to a great extent.

Anyone who has watched the famous semi-final knows that the Brazilian midfielder's interception at that time was simply useless, especially Fernandinho, which makes people wonder if he is Manchester City's powerful Brazilian iron waist, which is like a defective product.

Even in his previous life, Fernandinho was replaced directly after only half the game, which shows how bad he played.

But now it's different.

Casemiro, who matured early, played the main team, and with Paulinho, who was both offensive and defensive, Brazil's waist suddenly stood up.

If the German team wants to kill Brazil four or five in an instant, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

On the German side, there will be fewer changes, but there is also a Hamburger player who starts on the pitch.

He got off Borussia Dortmund's Hummels and partnered Boateng in central defence.

In the position of the main left-back, the head coach of the German team, Loew, who is Pan Yi's fan, really chose Hevedes, who Pan Yi recommended to him at the beginning, and the young Draxler was also brought in.

There is also a Chelsea player in the German squad, winger Errle Schurrle.

In other words, in such a World Cup semi-final, the semi-final between two super teams, a total of five Chelsea players participated, which can also show some of the strength of Chelsea clubs.

"Can't say?" Hearing Pan Yi's answer, Abu was a little surprised.

watched the game with him before, and many games were accurate by Pan Yi, which made Abu feel more and more that Pan Yi's level as a coach was unfathomable.

But in today's scene, he is not sure?

"Brazil has the advantage of being at home, but at the same time the pressure is greater." Pan Yi thought about it and analyzed, "And they lack the ace Neymar in front of them, and the captain Silva in the back, which still has a great impact." Relatively speaking, the German team is strong, and I am still more optimistic about the German team. ”

"Oh......" Abu nodded.

Although not as thorough and detailed as the previous analysis, it is enough.

I just think the German team will win.

But it is not easy to make such a prediction, after all, most people are still optimistic about the host.

For Pan Yi, although the Brazilian team's midfield has made important changes, as he just said, the absence of Neymar and Silva does have a great impact on the Brazilian team, so it is estimated that the German team still has a big chance of winning.

Of course, Abu doesn't really care who wins this game, he is more concerned about his Chelsea.

As soon as the referee blew the opening whistle, Abu immediately shifted the conversation to the club:

"You've decided on the coaching staff, but what about the players? Do you have any ideas? If there is any request, just mention. ”

Pan Yi nodded lightly, almost giving Abu a thumbs up and saying, "Boss!" ”

But let's be honest, in a big team like Chelsea, you don't have as many changes to the squad as you did when you first arrived at Hamburg.

For example, the five people in the Brazilian and German teams in front of them are all in their twenties.

In addition, Chelsea also has Eden Hazard, "London's only king of the ball", Super Azpilicueta, Serbian iron Matic and Ivanovic, a defender with a knife who is "not afraid of what if, only Ivan......

These are still in the first team.

Chelsea, known as the "taxi", is full of young talents who are just throwing out to exercise.

For example, Pan Yi just defeated Atletico Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals, and their main goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was loaned out from Chelsea;

For another example, Lukaku, known as the "Little Monster", was also on loan at Everton last season, and has been asked to buy out due to his excellent performance.

It's a treasure casually!

And in Chelsea's youth team, there are also some stars who can play in the future, such as Ake, such as Loftus-Cheek.

Of course, the boss's money is not spent in vain.

It's just that in this case, Pan Yi's strategy of spending money will be very different from before, and he doesn't need to buy much, but he must buy well!

Before buying or promoting young players into the first team, the current squad has to be reduced.

'At the moment in the first team, there are five people whose contracts are expiring. Pan Yi explained his thoughts to Abu, "And I will only renew the contract with captain Terry, and let the other four go." ”

"What?" Abu was visibly shocked.

Because among these five people, in addition to Terry and a 38-year-old veteran goalkeeper Hilario, there are also famous players such as Eto'o, Lampard, and Ashley Cole!

And Frank Lampard, like him, can be said to be a club legend.

The reason why the contract has not been renewed is also waiting for the new head coach to confirm.

But now that Pan Yi comes, he just doesn't want it all!

However, Abu didn't say anything.

He knew that Pan Yi must have his own reasoning.

"My team needs to be younger." Sure enough, Pan Yi immediately began to say his reasoning, "These people are too old, and they can't maintain a high level of competition. ”

Of course, the latter sentence is the key.

In Pan Yi's previous life, Eto'o could only mix with teams such as Everton and Sampdoria after leaving Chelsea, and both appearances and goals were far from his best level.

Ashley Cole is similar, he can't play the main team after going to Rome, and finally can only go to the Los Angeles Galaxy in the major leagues to retire.

And Lampard's level is actually very good, but his later words of "I don't know Abou" when Abu sold Chelsea made Pan Yi still a little uncomfortable with him, so it was better to clear it as soon as possible.

Terry is unlike any of them.

He was a Chelsea Academy product and has been loyal to Chelsea throughout his life.

John Terry has been with the Blues' first team for 15 years since coming on as a substitute in the English League Cup against Aston Villa in October 1998.

Pan Yi believes that even if he proposes to let Terry take a half salary cut to renew the contract, the iron-blooded captain will not hesitate to agree.

Pan Yi also believes that having him in the locker room can also help him stabilize the team's mood.

Of course, Pan Yi also knows that the 33-year-old Terry can still maintain his first-class competitive form in the next few years.

There's John Terry + David Luiz + Gary Cahill, plus the almighty Branislav Ivanovic and Azpilicueta......

Pan Yi even felt that with such a lineup, it was more than enough to play the three-back formation he had envisioned for a long time!

Of course, getting rid of those veterans who are already a bit "high-paid and incompetent" is also good for improving the team's salary structure.

Their weekly salaries are between 150,000 euros and 200,000 euros, and they can still save a lot of money after terminating their contracts.

Although he is already in a big club with money, Pan Yi still can't change his "problem" of being careful about budgeting.

Alas, who told the children of poor families to be in charge of the house early!

(End of chapter)