December 27th.

Cobham training base.

"Mr. Pan Yi! Mr. Pan Yi! ”

Pan Yi had just arrived at the training base when he was stopped by a reporter waiting there.

"Mr. Pan Yi, we have received news that Oscar has submitted a transfer application to the club. Is this true? The reporter asked aloud in an excited tone.

Pan Yi looked up, a little familiar, like a reporter from The Sun.

Hey, isn't The Sun only interested in gossip news, when did even this kind of transfer news get accurate news so quickly?

Also, why did Oscar's transfer go out like this......

But in any case, when the contract has not been officially signed and the matter has not been completely resolved, there is no need for Pan Yi, as the head coach, to tell reporters the relevant details.

Won't they know then?

Talking about this kind of thing now will affect the team's preparation and affect the mentality of the players.

After all, Oscar is still a member of the team, even Schurrle.

And Chelsea are going to face Southampton tomorrow away to this difficult team, so let's not make a fuss.

Therefore, in response to the question of the Sun reporter, Pan Yi just smiled and said: "I don't know where you got the news, but Oscar has always been an important part of Chelsea, and he has just scored a crucial goal for us. ”

It's also a common way to deal with journalists, neither saying yes nor saying no.

Seeing that Pan Yi didn't admit it, the Sun Daily reporter asked a more direct question: "I heard that the team from the Dragon Kingdom is chasing Oscar, is there such a thing?" Does this have anything to do with the fact that you are from the Dragon Kingdom? ”

"For other teams, you can ask the person in charge of the relevant team. I don't know what all the teams are going to do, let alone the Dragons. I'm from Dragons, but I've always played in England, haven't I? ”

With that, Pan Yi walked to the training base, not ready to entangle with this reporter anymore.

But the reporter still chased after him:

'Chelsea are doing so well now, but Oscar is leaving the team at this time, is there something wrong with the dressing room? Is there any conflict between him and you? Is it because after your arrival, he is no longer the absolute workhorse? ”

The reporter came up with a series of imaginary questions, of course, Pan Yi didn't want to answer any of them.

It's like facing trolls online, the more you talk to them, the more they will find all sorts of angles to attack and question you.

"We're not going to talk about the Oscars." The reporter caught up again, "Let's talk about tomorrow's game against Southampton, Mr. Pan Yi." ”

"Isn't that going to be mentioned in the pre-match press conference?" Pan Yi shook his head, and his feet did not stop.

'Southampton are the 19th opponent you've faced in the Premier League and the last. "Southampton manager Ronald Koeman said he was going to take advantage of the home game to take you down, so you don't have anything to say to him?" ”

Pan Yi stopped and said to reporters: "Tomorrow's game is just an ordinary Premier League game, and no matter what the game, we will chase the victory." It's the same for me, it's for Mr. Koeman. ”

"But what I'm telling you is that if you want to get any valuable news from me, you're going to be disappointed."

"Because, I don't like to deal with people who are full of!"

Then, Pan Yi walked into the gate of the training base in a quick step.

The Sun reporter was stopped by the security guard at the door and had to stop.

There was a look of scorn on his face:

"This Dragon Country is really hard to deal with!"

However, he has already thought of the headline on the front page of the Sun tomorrow.

"Pan Yi refused to comment on Oscar transfer rumors, and the truth about Chelsea's coach's incompatibility gradually surfaced"......

——

For Southampton manager Ronald Koeman, Pan Yi is certainly very familiar.

Koeman had a perfect playing age.

Before Robert Carlos made a name for himself with his shocking powerful shots, Ronald Coman was known as the "No. 1 Heavy Gunner in Football" and the famous "Guard with a Knife" in football.

At Euro 1988, the Netherlands went low and beat the Soviet Union 2-0 in the final to become European champions, becoming the only major tournament won by the uncrowned king to date.

People owe this title more to the strength of the "Dutch trio" - Ruud Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard, but Ronald Koeman also played five games as the main central defender, contributing one goal and one assist, propelling the "Tulip Army" to bloom proudly at the top of the top competition.

At the club, he moved to Spain after helping PSV Eindhoven win another domestic double, joining Barcelona, becoming one of the first members of the fantasy Barcelona team under the legendary godfather Cruyff.

He and Stoichkov, Romario, Pep Guardiola, Michael Laudrup and others who have joined the team have won four consecutive La Liga titles.

In the 1992 Champions League final at Wembley Stadium, in the 112th minute of extra time, the scavenger Koeman blasted open the door guarded by Italian goalkeeper Pagliuca with an earth-shattering free kick.

Barcelona won 1-0 against Sampdoria, who had Lombardo, Roberto Mancini and Villali, and made history for the first time in the Champions League.

As a defender, Koeman has scored more than 200 goals in his career, more than many second-rate strikers;

After retiring, as a coach, Koeman also showed good strength, so he was favored by many giants and "old clubs".

He started his career in the Eredivisie and the Portuguese Super League, leading Ajax, Benfica and PSV Eindhoven to the quarter-finals of the Champions League in five years, and with the exception of Vitesse, his first six clubs in charge.

After managing PSV Eindhoven, Koeman made his first appearance in the top five leagues, but in Valencia, he overhauled the team, abandoning a large number of veterans and changing the position of players, and finally finished the season in 10th, but still won the Copa del Rey.

Koeman's first spell in charge of the top five leagues was disappointing, before he returned to the Eredivisie.

This summer, Koeman took over Southampton, who had just been promoted for two years.

Southampton are not big clubs, and in the transfer window when Coman took over, Lambert, Lallana, Lovren, Luke Shaw and Chambers were sold for a total of £109 million.

But he also operates a lot.

The introduction of Sean Long from Hull City, the future assist king Tadic from Twente, the high-school striker Pelle from his old club Feyenoord, the acquisition of future international Foster from Celtic, the loan of Aldveld from Atletico Madrid, the loan of Bertrand from Chelsea, with Font, Klein, Wanyama and Schneiderlin who are still in the team, form a team with great fighting power.

Koeman has tuned Southampton's defence so well this season, conceding just 14 goals after 18 games in the Premier League, a feat just shy of Chelsea.

Of course, Chelsea have conceded eight goals!

Considering that Chelsea is not in the normal dimension this season, Koeman has done very well at Southampton.

Koeman is very good at digging out young and practical people, which is probably a characteristic of the Dutch.

Tactically, Koeman is most often used 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1, always sticking to a back four system, with a focus on the front three.

Steven Davies is a flashpoint and attacker, Tadic is a libero up front and a midfielder, and Pelle is a highly mobile midfielder.

In terms of specific style of play, Koeman's requirements are actually very simple.

That is, after finding a breakthrough, resolutely go to the wings and fly together, and then cross from the edge of the penalty area, find the outflanking center or other players, and prepare to shoot at the back of the middle.

After all, at the top of Southampton, it's the fucking Italian cannon!

And his requirements for full-backs are also relatively high, and he needs to go deeper forward to give great support to the front and midfield, and he can also run to the opponent's third zone to deliver a fatal blow!

At this time, the centre-backs also need to fill the gaps left by the full-backs in front of them.

In the current Southampton team, the combination of Taggart, Alderweireld, Font, and Maya Yoshida is relatively stable, and their tacit cooperation has also become a solid cornerstone of the team's defense.

It's just that Pan Yi is obviously ready for how to deal with Koeman's Southampton team, and the whole Chelsea team is also ready.

Seeing Stoke City draw Chelsea once, they all want to grab points, right?

Come on! ——

December 28, the 19th round of the Premier League.

Southampton's home game against Chelsea at St Mary's Stadium got underway.

Pan Yi's starting lineup today is mainly due to changes in the forward line.

The starting trident is Schurrle, Lukaku and Oscar.

Koeman was a little surprised when he saw Chelsea's starting line-up.

The first thing that came to his mind was rumours about the transfer of Oscar.

It is said that there are teams from the Dragon Kingdom who want to bring in Oscar, and the player himself wants to leave, and Chelsea are not stopping anyone, and the two sides are negotiating.

There are even reports that Oscar is in a hurry to leave because of conflicts with the club and the coach;

And the club, also for the stability of the locker room, did not hesitate to let such an important player transfer away.

But look at today's starter......

Schurrle has already confirmed that he will leave on January 1, plus an Oscar who is deeply involved in transfer rumors, is this going to give them a farewell match?

Southampton, on the other hand, also overtook West Ham United, who lost to Chelsea, after beating Crystal Palace 3-1 in the previous round, to move up to fourth place in the table.

Although they are not a big club in Southampton, they are fourth, higher than Arsenal, so they have to be respected, right?

Just think of Southampton as a farewell gift to a player or something?

Koeman vaguely felt a little uncomfortable......

But he also thought about it:

"That's not right. If Oscar left because of a conflict with Pan Yi, why did Pan Yi let him play? ”

——

The stands at St Mary's Stadium were packed on this day.

Of course they are looking forward to this game!

Southampton's form has been surprisingly good this season, and now they have reached the Champions League places, which naturally makes them have higher requirements for their team.

For example, today's game against the top of the Premier League.

Is it possible to beat a mighty Chelsea?

Of course, in the eyes of many fans, a draw at home to Chelsea would be enough to make them proud.

But no one doesn't want their team to win!

So, from the very beginning of the game, the fans were singing and cheering and wanted to give Southampton more support.

In the deafening singing of the home fans, Southampton was also uncharacteristically more active, pressing the attack line higher.

Koeman's plan is to try to score first at home and get the upper hand, so that there is room to maneuver with Chelsea.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Chelsea's first attack, the second shot on goal, scored!

Just two minutes into the game, Nemanja Matic fired a long-range shot from outside the box, which Southampton goalkeeper Foster slid wide.

However, the ball was saved by Foster in front of Oscar on the left side of the goal.

Oscar grabs in front of Alderweirel and shoots straight away!

The ball flew into Foster's goal.

'Chelsea have scored!'

'Just two minutes into the game, Chelsea scored!'

"And the player who scored the goal was Oscar! Brazilian star Oscar, who is rumoured to be leaving Chelsea! ”

The goal sent St Mary's Stadium to a moment of silence.

The Southampton fans were singing the team anthem, and before they could finish the first time, they saw their goal breached by Chelsea.

Some still can't believe their eyes, and they look up at the live scoreboard.

0：1！

Southampton are one goal behind at home.

This turned out to be true!

The team conceded a goal in the opening game.

In the minds of some fans, those bad memories immediately began to flood in.

Last season, Southampton lost 3-0 at home to Chelsea, while in the first leg at Stamford Bridge, the score was 3-1.

If you turn the clock back a little further, in the short time since returning to the Premier League, there are still 1:5 and 0:4 defeats in the history of the two teams.

Southampton, as an unconventional powerhouse, is really nothing to lose, and Saints fans can afford to lose.

It's just that if you lose by a big margin at home, it feels really bad.

And conceding the goal at the beginning today, is it going to repeat the tragic experience of the past?

The camera is pointed at the sidelines.

Pan Yi was cheering with his arms raised, and then applauded the players on the field;

Ronald Koeman, on the home team's coaching bench, crossed his hands and looked at the field with a serious expression.

His expression was a moment of daze, then he came back to his senses, and then he began to clap his hands on the sidelines, roaring angrily, and shouting at his players.

He wants his players to stop dwelling on the goal they conceded!

This is clearly working.

Soon, Southampton's players cleared up from the panic of conceding a goal and began to regroup their formation and launch a counter-attack against Chelsea.

This time, they attacked even harder than at the beginning!

The two wing-backs, Taggart and Maya Yoshida, pressed directly to the halfway line and formed a strong attacking support for their own players in the midfield.

And the strength of such a counterattack also surprised the Chelsea players.

They didn't expect Southampton to be so tenacious, unlike many of the underdogs they have faced before, who quickly lose confidence once they concede the opening goal and then concede more.

After all, we all know that once Chelsea score first, it is very difficult to get it.

And Southampton also took advantage of the Chelsea players to be a little stunned and quickly played an effective attack!

In the 8th minute, Wanyama passed the ball diagonally, Tadic dribbled the ball at high speed on the wing, he cut inside and suddenly sent a cross.

John Terry tried to clear the ball at the front post but he got the ball down, changed direction and rolled towards the top of the box.

Schneiderlin followed up with a long-range shot.

David Luiz blocked the ball again with his body and didn't let it threaten the goal.

But Southampton's follow-up Italian cannon Pelle latched on to Cahill before a half-turn volley that swept past Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and into the net.

1：1！ Southampton equalised!

It was a goal that made St Mary's Stadium jubilant again.

Southampton's players are clearly more confident, attacking more aggressively and linking up more fluidly.

In the 15th minute, they played a wonderful attack again.

Steven Davies on the wingers and Maya Yoshida on the wingers combined several times in a row before breaking through the cross, Pelle deliberately leaked the ball in the middle, and Tadic at the back post pushed it with his left foot.

This time Courtois reacted very quickly, and the fish jumped and pounced, and the ball hit the post and flew off the line.

"Nice offense! Is this our impression of Southampton? It feels like Arsenal! The commentator was also full of praise for Southampton's attack.

Koeman also stood up on the sidelines to applaud the team's attack.

He's in a good mood right now.

After all, they were able to equalise quickly after conceding in the opening kick-off, and so far in the first half, Southampton have been very tough and have played well with Chelsea.

Compared to the two times last season when we were beaten by opponents against Chelsea, today's performance in the first half can be said to be quite good.

And Pan Yi was still sitting motionless in the coach's seat, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry.

Scaloni couldn't sit still, he put his mouth to Pan Yi's ear: "Boss, I see that Southampton's fighting spirit is very strong today, and the game is a bit hard." What adjustments should we make? ”

"No......" Pan Yi shook his head, "Not for the time being." In fact, although they attacked quite hard, we didn't play badly, and we have to see again. And, have you noticed ......"

He glanced at Southampton's right.

"Are you saying that Maya Yoshida has been pressing very high this time?" Scaloni also glanced at it, thoughtfully.

"That's right." Pan Yi said with a smile, "In this way, the opportunity for our wingers Schurrle and Oscar has come." Just wait and see the trapping tactics we deployed before the game to be implemented! ”

——

On the pitch, it was Southampton who were in possession.

Wanyama picked up the ball in midfield and Nemanja Matic pressed it right away.

Wanyama failed to get rid of it several times in a row, so he chose to pass the ball to Schneiderlin, a midfielder who was picking up on the other side.

But as soon as Schneiderlin got the ball, N'Golo Kante pounced.

This startled Schneiderlin, and he quickly took two steps to the side, and then saw that his full-back Maya Yoshida had already come up, and there was no one around to defend him.

So, Schneiderlin didn't hesitate to pass the ball to Maya Yoshida.

But the problem is that this time the pressing is actually a trap for Chelsea!

Almost at the same time, Marcos Alonso, who had been prepared, suddenly stepped up and intercepted the ball on the passing line and got the ball.

Marcos Alonso didn't stop at all after getting the ball, and passed the ball to Nemanja Matic to organise a counter-attack.

Nemanja Matic didn't let the ball stay at his feet and after a long pass, the ball flew high past Southampton's midfield and into Chelsea's left wing.

There, a blue figure appeared, it was Xuerle!

Maya Yoshida pressed too high, and there was a vacancy behind him.

Nemanja Matic's pass flew straight into the area, and Schurrle was chasing the ball, with no one defending him.

This was mainly due to the fact that Southampton's right side was pressed too hard during this period, they did not expect their own passes to be tackled, nor did they expect Chelsea's counter-attack to come so quickly, and Nemanja Matic's pass to be so timely and accurate.

Schurrle reached out to bring the ball to a gentle stop, and in the process he didn't slow down, but continued to move forward at high speed.

"Beautiful!"

'Schurrle was beautiful on the ball and very fast with the ball. That's where he excels. ”

'This should be his last game for Chelsea, with him set to join Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg when the winter window officially opens.

Of course, it was because of his performances at Chelsea that Wolfsburg were willing to pay close to 40 million euros to bring him back to Germany.

"It is said that in this transfer process, Pan Yi gave the green light throughout the whole process, which also has to make us feel the strength of Chelsea's personnel reserves. Plus the Oscars that are now rumored to be ...... Wait, let's watch this ball first! ”

'Chelsea's counterattack is coming! It's one of the best ways they score goals! ”

At this time, Southampton's defense line was also actively retreating, and Maya Yoshida was desperately chasing back, but he found that he could not catch up with the German who was running wildly.

'There are only two people in Southampton's penalty area, Font and Alderweireld, and Chelsea's counter-attack is too sharp! Nemanja Matic was too precise to move the ball. ”

'And from the start of this counter-attack, Chelsea's tackles were all premeditated.'

"Two midfielders to press each other's double midfielders, deliberately missing Maya Yoshida to attract the pass to this side, and then let Marcos Alonso steal the ......"

"Now it's up to Schurrle to do with the ball! Will he cut inside to shoot? No, he's going to pass the ball! ”

Schurrle passes a boccia ball.

Romelu Lukaku picked up the ball at the front post while Alderweireld defended him.

Romelu Lukaku lifted his right foot and made a gesture to stop the ball.

Alderweireld held Lukaku on his back and didn't let him turn.

Lukaku lifted his right foot, did not stop the ball, but slammed the ball behind him with his heel.

Lu Yuanwai's angry heel back pass!

Almost at this moment, Oscar, who was originally at the back point, suddenly rushed over at a speed.

Font hurriedly followed.

However, by this time it was already too late.

Rushing to the ball, Oscar came directly and volleyed vigorously on the spot!

"Oscar! He shot! With the roar of the commentator, the ball that was drawn by Oscar had already swept towards the goal.

The ball swept over the left side of Foster's body and went straight into the net.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL！ The ball went in again!! ”

As the ball flew into the net, the players rushed out of the Chelsea bench, waving their fists, clapping and cheering excitedly.

And Pan Yi was just about to raise his arms and cheer, but he was hugged by Scaloni and Steve Holland.

This over-the-top goal made both assistant coaches excited!

In the stands of the visiting fans, Chelsea fans also bounced up from their seats in an instant, cheering and shouting.

"One to two! Oscar's goal helped Chelsea take the lead again! ”

"It was Oscar's second goal of the day, a beautiful goal! At the same time, he has also completed three shots and one pass in the last two Premier League games! ”

"Is Oscar really going to move to the Dragons? …… Look at Oscar's performance and watch his goals! With such a player, how could Pan Yi be willing to let him go? ”

"Could it be that there is really a contradiction between him and Pan Yi as the Sun said?"

However, if there is really a contradiction, how can Pan Yi let him play? ……”

After the goal, Oscar was punching hard and shouting.

Although he has decided to leave, on the pitch he is as hard as ever.

If you look at the values in FM games, he probably belongs to the kind where the "ambition" is relatively low, but the "career" is relatively high.

Today is his final game at Stamford Bridge and he will certainly want to put his best performance in the memory of Chelsea fans.

From joining Chelsea in the summer of 2012 to leaving in the winter of 2014, his years at the Bridge were just that-

Two and a half years!

(End of chapter)