Although even the usually hard-mouthed Gary Neville has been a little weak after Chelsea's successive adversity wins, Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal will not be easily restrained.

He's always been a tough guy!

When asked about his upcoming league rivals at Old Trafford, Van Gaal said he would continue to stick to his style of play at Old Trafford and beat Chelsea.

'I know Chelsea have done well in the Premier League this season and in the Champions League, but that doesn't matter to me.

'I've developed a strategy for Manchester United and I believe it will be able to restrain Chelsea's formation and ultimately win.'

"You say Pan Yi is a master tactician? Hehe, when I was told that, he was probably still in kindergarten, right? ……”

Van Gaal's remarks quickly spread throughout European football, and of course also reached Pan Yi's ears.

"Hehe, Van Gaal is really an old rascal."

When Scaloni handed the newspaper with this report to Pan Yi, Pan Yi laughed instead of anger.

To say that Van Gaal is a "hooligan" is not nonsense.

His always more open and bold speeches will always surprise many people, and he is even known as the coach of jokes.

For example, he once said that Hutt's action of pulling Fellaini's hair was like "X abuse", and he encouraged his players to play with high spirits like "X Hunger".

When he was interviewed for the World Cup, he also "drove" in public and said to his wife who came to the training ground to visit the class: "You can come to the hotel, just come to my room, we XX."

The female reporters on the side were embarrassed, but Van Gaal didn't care at all, and went back to direct the team with a wicked smile on his face.

Therefore, for Pan Yi, who knows Van Gaal, there is really nothing to make a fuss about his pre-match rhetoric to express his confidence and belittle his opponent by the way.

However, Scaloni was a little angry, and he said to Pan Yi: "Boss, should you respond?" Lest anyone think we're scared of Manchester United. ”

Pan Yi first waved his hand and was about to walk away, but suddenly thought of something, turned back to Scaloni and said:

"I just asked a good reporter to help me respond, and I said that I have a lot of respect for Van Gaal's status in European football, but it is too embarrassing for him to attack me like this."

"Maybe it's because Manchester United's recent poor results and Van Gaal has a lot of pressure on him, so he wants to find someone to vent."

"But it doesn't matter, I'll see you on the pitch if you have the ability, let's see whose tactics are better!"

Scaloni laughed as he remembered.

The boss is the head after all!

I don't usually like to fight with words, but if I fight, I'm not afraid of anyone!

And Pan Yi wants to respond like this, naturally he also has his purpose.

Louis van Gaal's tactics at Manchester United have evolved in many ways, which can also cause some uncertainty for Chelsea's pre-match preparations.

Pan Yi wants to use the verbal war with Van Gaal to let Van Gaal sacrifice his best and most sure tactics at that time, and strive to stabilize this uncertain factor.

In this way, Pan Yi is more confident to come up with targeted tactics to defeat Van Gaal!

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"Stressed because of a bad record? Hehe, only a little kid can talk like that, right? ”

"I've been a professional coach for more than 20 years, I've been to big clubs like Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern, and I've been the head coach of the Dutch national team.

'I've won championships and I've lost a lot, so the pressure is a small thing for me.

"I just want to tell Pan Yi now that if you want to be worthy of the title of 'Master Tactician', you must use tactics to beat me in the game."

"But one thing I'm pretty sure of is that Chelsea may be able to win on the individual quality of the players, but Pan Yi definitely can't give me a refreshing feeling on a tactical level!"

"In my opinion, his 343 and 70-minute substitutions are all leftovers for me to play......"

'Of course, it's impossible for them to win at Old Trafford. We won't give him even the slightest chance on our turf! ”

'Against Chelsea we had only one goal and that was the three points.

'At Old Trafford, we'll try to take the initiative from the first minute and keep it until the end of the game, and we'll let the opposition leave Manchester with a nightmare.

"Pan Yi is a very young coach, and I am an old coach, I don't mind giving him some of my life experience, that is——"

"Sometimes, for young people, the gains of defeat are greater than victories."

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For Van Gaal's counterattack, Pan Yi did not respond again.

There is no more point in repeatedly pulling the saw, who is strong and who is weak, it is still necessary to see the real chapter on the court.

Soon Pan Yi held a meeting of the coaching staff to prepare for the weekend's league game.

Although Manchester United's recent form has not been good, they are Manchester United after all!

There are still a lot of stars in the team who can change the game with their own flashes of inspiration.

Moreover, Van Gaal is indeed the number one tactician in the history of world football, and he must not be taken lightly.

Therefore, Pan Yi also did his homework and shared it with everyone at the meeting-

If football coaches are simply divided into three types, they are probably the following:

The first is to pick players based on the formation you want to use.

Pep Guardiola, Mourinho is one of the more typical representatives.

The advantage of this is that it allows the players to fit the manager's formation to the greatest extent, and if there is one in the original team that does not meet the requirements, it is to let him go.

Of course, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, asking for money, more money.

The second is to set up a formation according to the existing players, that is, to watch the people cook.

Obviously, when it comes to this type of coach, Ancelotti is the first thing that comes to mind.

After all, Ann Fat Man is famous for his ability to cook, whether it is in Milan, Real Madrid, or later at Everton, he can cook the "ingredients" he has under his command to the fullest.

In fact, Louis van Gaal is also a good player. Chef Fan is not called for nothing!

Van Gaal has just arrived at Manchester United this season, and from the warm-up game to the beginning of the season, he has actually tried several formations, such as the 442 diamond midfielder and the 352 three-back system, but the effect is not ideal.

Based on Manchester United's poor midfield control and ball ability, Van Gaal later developed a set of tactics that left the midfield empty and focused on the wings, which is called "big circle tactics" by Jianghu people!

Although everyone has a bit of a joke when they talk about "big circle tactics", in fact this is Van Gaal's best use of Manchester United's limited personnel, and he really deserves to be a master tactician.

This season's Manchester United, with limited staffing, poor reinforcements, and mixed player characteristics, is actually difficult to integrate into the same tactical system.

Let's take a look at United's regular main and rotation players this season:

Goalkeepers: David De Gea, Lindegaard

Defenders: Rafael, Luke Shaw, Jones, Marcos Rojo, Evans, Smalling, Valencia, Blind.

Midfielders: Mata, Januzaj, Carrick, Ashley Young, Herrera, Fletcher, Fellaini.

Forwards: Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie, Di Maria, Falcao.

In the whole lineup, the players who can play the central axis of the midfield are Mata, Carrick, Herrera, Fletcher, Fellaini. Blind counts half.

The problem, however, is that Juan Mata is more on the wing, Fletcher is not playing well for various reasons (in fact, he is leaving in the winter window), Marouane Fellaini is rough in technique, Herrera is not very good at his feet, and Carrick is often absent from the pitch.

This midfield really can't provide Manchester United with a lot of control in midfield.

Not only that, but there is a bigger problem with Manchester United's player set-up, which is the mismatch of player styles.

The Spanish gang, led by Mata, are better at small-scale triangular coordination and are good at organizing attacks from the ground; The English style of play, led by Fellaini, is good at playing high and solving problems in the air.

Van Gaal invented this bizarre-looking big-circle tactic after learning more about the characteristics of Manchester United's players.

He forwent almost all of his midfield positions, from the second to the third, and instead divided his players into two teams on either side of the pitch.

Carrick moved in the middle to make the most of the width of the pitch, and the whole formation was like a big circle, wrapping Carrick in the middle.

As a result, Van Gaal used Carrick as the absolute core, sinking between the two central defenders to decide the direction of Manchester United's attack.

Wayne Rooney frequently dropped back to get the ball and opened the penalty area to create space for the goal.

Manchester United's left-hand side is a trio of Blind, Ashley Young and Marouane Fellaini, who play a simple, efficient and fast style of English high-flying.

On the right side, Valencia, Juan Mata and Herrera are the trio team, focusing on small-scale coordination, delicate, smooth and gorgeous.

If one side is blocked, the ball is returned to Carrick, who then transfers the ball to the other side.

On both sides, Carrick splits the ball differently, preferring long balls to Fellaini on the left side and Fellaini on the right, preferring to give the ball directly to Mata or Herrera, who are constantly switching positions, and the duo is responsible for organising small areas of cooperation.

As a result, United made the most of the width of the pitch and made frequent lateral shifts to tear apart the opposition's defence.

As the number of tears increases, the opponent's backline gradually reveals its shortcomings, so there will be more and fewer plays on both flanks, and a large number of scoring opportunities will be created.

There will be a problem here when Rooney pulls out of the box and over-exploits the two wings, resulting in a lack of personnel in the box.

Van Gaal has added to the attacking manpower in the box by allowing non-attacking players to insert into the box appropriately, and even Marouane Fellaini will enter the box when Young is in possession.

On top of that, Carrick playing as a lone midfielder with poor mobility will inevitably mean a weak midfield defence.

As a result, Van Gaal deployed Fellaini and Herrera, two more defensive midfielders, to assist in the response and increase the defensive intensity.

Looking at it this way, Van Gaal's big circle tactic, although it is out of helplessness in terms of staffing, is it not an unprecedented innovation in the history of football tactics?

After all, modern football places more emphasis on control of the midfield than ever before, and many coaches use the midfield to free up the wings and strengthen the attack.

Van Gaal, on the other hand, completely went against the current, directly abandoning the middle, focusing on the wing attack, and relieving the pressure in the middle by stacking people on the side.

To have the courage to change and innovative ideas, Van Gaal is definitely very awesome.

It's just that Manchester United's generals are not yet comfortable with such innovations, which is why the early results of the league are poor.

That's the price of innovation!

As for the big circle tactics against Van Gaal, Pan Yi is naturally confident in his heart.

Why?

It's because he's a traverser!

In Pan Yi's previous life, Van Gaal once relied on mature circle tactics to defeat strong opponents such as Liverpool, Tottenham, and Manchester City in a row, creating a six-game winning streak.

But then the Reds met Jose Mourinho's Chelsea, and the boss offered Kurt Zouma and Fellaini to end United's winning streak.

This kind of homework, how can Pan Yi not copy it? After all, he also has Zuma on his hands!

Of course, Pan Yi will not copy it hard.

After all, Mu Shuai's lineup at that time was quite different from Pan Yi's lineup now, and it was still necessary to adapt measures to local conditions.

"The most important people in Manchester United's big circle tactics are two. It can be said that Van Gaal's tactics are based on Carrick's excellent dispatching ability, Fellaini's ability to compete for the ball in the air, and the tacit cooperation between the two wings. ”

'Starting with Marouane Fellaini, he has a terrifying air dominance, and Louis van Gaal's Manchester United will use long balls and local aerial dominance to compensate for the disadvantage in possession in midfield.

"So, I'll keep Kurt Zouma looking at him. I believe the tall, long-legged and hard-nosed Kurt Zouma can deprive the technically rough Belgian of aerial superiority. ”

"And once Fellaini loses his ability to strike from the air, he loses his tactical role."

"The other one, it's Carrick. He stands in the middle of this whole circle, and he can be described as the eye of this Manchester United team. ”

'With two very different styles of play on either side of Manchester United, Carrick's choice is particularly important in terms of whether to move to the left or right on a rapidly changing pitch.

"Suffice it to say, his transfer determines whether the development of the ball is a door to life or a door to death."

'So, against Manchester United, we can't give Carrick the slightest bit of space.

'As long as there is no space, he will not be able to pass the ball calmly, he will be prone to mistakes, and our advantage will be established.

"And the specific tactics are like this......"

After Pan Yi explained Van Gaal's big circle tactics, he also immediately gave a way to crack it.

It also caused all members of the Chelsea coaching staff to nod yes and look at it with admiration.

To be honest, whether it is the tactical analysis of Van Gaal or the targeted arrangement of it, if you change the coach, it will definitely not be as detailed as Pan Yi said.

Moreover, Pan Yi made a surprise move again this time, every time he faced a different opponent, Pan Yi always had some unexpected ideas.

Perhaps, to deal with the strange array is to use strange moves!

This also makes everyone look forward to the weekend's games.

Then, Scaloni suddenly raised his hand: "That's right." You just said that there are three kinds of coaches in the world, but you only said two, so what is the third one? ”

"Oh, the third one, isn't it?" Pan Yi showed a warm smile and replied seriously:

“xjbt。”

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26 October, City of Manchester.

Manchester is not on the seaside, but it is still the rainy season in September and October.

Maybe sometimes there is still the sun in the morning, and by noon or afternoon, it will suddenly rain.

Today, the sky is drizzling.

It's not big, but it's still quite emotional.

Especially the mood of the team behind in the game.

Now, Van Gaal is standing in the roof of the away team's coach's box, looking at the light rain in the sky like a thin line, the wet field, and the scoreboard above the field that displays "0:1", and involuntarily curses in his heart:

"This damn weather, this damn Pan Yi!"

As a Dutchman, he really doesn't like rainy days, and he doesn't like this kind of rainy day in Manchester.

And what he doesn't like even more is Pan Yi's tactics today.

Pan Yi's Chelsea, today's formation is a bit similar to Van Gaal's!

Van Gaal's starting line-up is of course based on his "big circle tactics", which is roughly a 433 in position:

The front three are Ashley Young, Wayne Rooney, and Juan Mata.

The midfield trio is Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, and Michael Carrick.

The back line four are Blind, Jones, Chris Smalling and Valencia.

The goalkeeper is still David De Gea.

Compared with the 433 of other teams, the biggest difference between Paradigm Manchester United is, of course, the midfield.

The position of the midfielder is obviously different from that of ordinary players.

Carrick is in the center, while Fellaini is to the left and Herrera is to the right, so that a large circle is formed.

But if you look at Chelsea's side again......

It's also special! It's not the same as the normal one!

The forward line is quite special, with Romelu Lukaku and Bamford attacking the centre, with Eden Hazard and Willian flanked separately.

At the back, the three central defenders of John Terry, David Luiz and Kurt Zouma, flanked by Marcos Alonso and Branislav Ivanovic, form a back five.

From a personnel point of view, this may be because of the injuries of seat B and Cahill, as well as the unavoidable adjustment made by Pan Yi due to Azpilicueta's red card suspension;

But this formation feels a little weird when it comes out.

Four forwards and five defenders? That's nine players used here.

And what about the midfield? What about the midfielders?

Starting 11, minus a goalkeeper and nine players, that's just ......

Yes, there was one person standing in Chelsea's midfield today, and that was N'Golo Kante.

Judging from the formation map, this is also a big circle!

It's just a slight difference from Van Gaal's.

If you use what Pan Yi said in an interview, it is that the formation he used today is a "5-1-4 stab"!

It is said that he got inspiration from a game streamer who led York City in FM games, and decided to use it to wrestle with Van Gaal.

Coincidentally, Chelsea will meet York City in the Carabao Cup after the Manchester United game.

In a sense, this can be regarded as Pan Yi's "training" in advance.

This "5-1-4 stab" is also not accumulating troops in the midfield, it is also based on the wing, but it seems to be more attacking.

After all, there are four strikers in front of you!

After the start of the game, Van Gaal also found that Pan Yi's formation was really something.

Although there is only one N'Golo Kante in the middle, the versatile midfielder has a wide range of defensive coverage, can fill in the gaps everywhere, and can also use long balls to send the ball directly to the forwards.

Of course, this is also because Manchester United's midfield is also empty, otherwise even if it is as strong as N'Golo Kante, there is no way to really achieve one-to-two, two-to-three.

This also shows that Pan Yi has thoroughly studied Van Gaal's big circle tactics!

What is even more thorough is Chelsea's specific tactics.

Despite an odd 5-1-4 formation, the Chelsea players pressed high for the Reds, making it difficult for them to play the ball at the back.

And if United get the ball to Carrick's feet as he drops back, more Chelsea players will press on one side and force Carrick to pass the ball to the other.

This other side is often the side where Chelsea have the advantage!

This is also the reason why Pan Yi adopted this kind of large-circle tactic.

Didn't you Van Gaal have a numerical advantage with at least three men on each flank after giving up the middle?

I'm doing better, and I'm getting more people on the side!

There is a wingback and winger who is the "permanent population", and the center forwards on both sides, and a full-back will often pull the side, plus the support of midfielder N'Golo Kante, in a certain wing can instantly reach five people, forming a small play more.

Chelsea's side of forcing Carrick on the ball is often the 'high altitude' of Blind, Ashley Young and Marouane Fellaini.

Because the footwork of the players here is rougher than Mata's, the ball ability is poor, and it is easy to break.

Originally, there was nothing wrong with their rough footwork, and Fellaini could do the air ferry and then go to a safe area.

But the most terrible thing is that Pan Yi also sent Zouma to keep an eye on Fellaini throughout the process!

Kurt Zouma seemed to have only one order, and that was to do nothing and pinch Fellaini.

And after a few opening battles, everyone also found out that Fellaini couldn't take any advantage from Zouma.

Whether it's the body, the speed, the scramble for the high ball......

Fellaini could only do it in vain.

Therefore, it is equivalent to the big circle tactics carefully crafted by Van Gaal, and half of it is scrapped when it comes up.

And the other half, because they often can't get the ball, is about the same as useless.

In such circumstances, it is only natural that Chelsea have the advantage and take the goal lead.

In the 23rd minute, Kurt Zouma played the ball to N'Golo Kante after scrambling for the next high ball.

Kante took advantage of the ball and pushed forward to instigate the attack.

With Eden Hazard and Willian in front of them pulling on either side, and Marcos Alonso and Branislav Ivanovic in the back, Chelsea were in a strong attacking position.

The United players rushed to the flanks, only to notice that Chelsea's two centre-forwards, Romelu Lukaku and Bamford, were also moving forward quickly.

Kante saw the chance and it was a through ball that got in front of Bamford.

Why not Lukaku?

After all, Lukaku performed well in the previous games, and Smalling, the only one at Manchester United who is still dragging his back, can only give priority to defending Lukaku's line when facing two strikers, and has no choice but to miss Bamford.

This is why Pan Yi wants to play two centers.

The combination of the side and the double ghost knocking on the door makes it impossible to prevent it!

And Van Gaal's big circle tactics, the middle is the most empty, of course, it must be used.

At this time, Bamford was sprinting forward, just in time to receive a pass from Kante, and then gently went forward again, and shot with his right foot!

The ball flew into the left side of the United goal at great speed, almost grazing the post and into the net.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！”

"Bamford! He scored!! ”

The stadium was silent at Old Trafford, save for the cheers of the visiting Chelsea fans.

"It was a great shot!"

'Bamford opened the scoring for Chelsea!'

'Whether it was Kurt Zouma's tackle, N'Golo Kante's counter-attack, Lukaku's interspersed runs, or Bamford's shots, they all played very well.

"It can also be seen that even under Pan Yi's somewhat weird tactical system, they still have a good performance!"

Now Van Gaal's face seems to show a very disappointed expression! Maybe he didn't expect that Pan Yi would use such a set of playing styles to take the lead! ”

Van Gaal was certainly disappointed.

Of course, he really didn't expect that such an original set of big circle tactics would be cracked by Pan Yi in such a way.

Generally speaking, Van Gaal's way of avoiding the entanglement in the midfield and dealing cards directly from the middle to both sides of the game certainly has its obvious flaws, and there are relatively simple solutions.

For example, it is to accumulate troops in the middle lane, advance slowly, do not fight guerrilla attacks with you, and force you to also concentrate your forces in the middle lane for the main decisive battle.

As long as United's players have to abandon the flanks and move into the middle, this big-circle tactic is self-defeating.

But Pan Yi actually chose the same big circle tactics and chose to have a hard anal with Van Gaal!

It feels like Pan Yi is going to prove in this game that even if I play in a similar formation, I can still win you!

That's too damaging, isn't it?

Is this the confidence of Pan Yi to dare to have a war of words with him before the game?

Van Gaal gently wiped a few drops of rain from his face and looked at the Chelsea bosses who were celebrating passionately without saying a word:

"This damn weather, this damn Pan Yi!"

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