Chapter 371: Allegri's Summer
Pan Yi and Allegri are making a PY deal, and the match between them has already made headlines in major sports media newspapers around the world.
After all, this is a Champions League quarterfinals knockout match, after all, it is a 3-0 score!
Chelsea's win over Juventus, both in terms of the score and the course of the game, can be said to be under Chelsea's control from start to finish, and Chelsea's performance can also be said to be impeccable.
The Guardian commented:
"In addition to the scoreline, if we dig deeper, we will see that there are a lot of very interesting details hidden in the game."
'According to the stats we got after the game, Chelsea had 61 per cent possession and 75 per cent of the pass completion rate due to the rain, but still produced 17 shots on goal!'
'Of those seventeen shots, eight were on target, resulting in three goals.
"On the Juventus side, the pass success rate is even lower than 60%, and there are only five shots on goal in the whole game, one on target!"
'On the one hand, it's because Juventus' midfield has been suppressed by Chelsea, and most of their shots have to be done from the edge of the box, which is of course even more inefficient;'
On the other hand, it can also reflect the relatively impatient mentality of the Juventus players in this game. When their attack finally pushed to the front, they were in a hurry to shoot and did not organize it well. ”
'Another statistic shows Chelsea's strengths. Their steal stats are staggering, 25! Juventus, on the other hand, only 10. Such a disparity in data is also reflected on the field, Juve's midfield is simply shocked. ”
'Chelsea had a much higher percentage of possession than Juventus and there was a big difference in the quality of possession between the two. Juventus were often forced to fall in midfield with the same possession, but Chelsea were able to use passing to tear apart the defence. ”
'It's clear that Chelsea are far superior to their opponents, both in terms of spectacle and practicality. In this Champions League quarter-finals, Chelsea showed a very comprehensive and rich attacking and defensive routine, even in the heavy rain, which did not fade too much! ”
In contrast to the Guardian's analysis of the data of the two teams, the Italian newspaper Torino blamed the Juventus fiasco on the poor performance of the players, especially several players in the midfield.
'Andrea Pirlo is known to be weak defensively. However, Pogba and Vidal blindly moved forward, which ultimately led to the fact that the team's brains could only defend many times, and the midfield organization was messed up. The performance of these two B2B players has been a disaster! ”
Le Torino also pointed the finger at two of Juventus' wing-backs.
They believe that in the case of losing momentum in the midfield, if the team can open the gap through the two wings, it can also revitalize the attack, so as to achieve the "encirclement of Wei to save Zhao" in the midfield.
But the problem was that the two wing-backs contributed too little to the attack.
Whether it's Lichtsteiner or Evra, it's like two classic cars in disrepair that can't be driven at all.
Especially compared to Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta, who are running in front and back, the gap is even more obvious.
"Everyone is playing wing-backs, why is the gap in performance so big!"
Of course, the newspaper criticized the team's head coach Allegri at the end, believing that he was mainly wrong in the use of personnel, including the introduction of reinforcements.
"Allegri doesn't want to use Asamoah understandably, after all, this Ghanaian is really limited. But if you buy Patrice Evra from Manchester United who is late in his career, it's not necessarily better than him. Otherwise, how could it only be worth 2 million? ”
"Including Lichtsteiner, who is 31 years old this year, and he is already a little bit inadequate."
'Honestly, our Champions League campaign this season is over. And if we don't make the right additions in these two key positions next season, we won't be able to make a breakthrough in the Champions League! ”
"Serie A champions? It's really nothing. Who else has a stronger squad than us in Serie A now? Milan? Inter? In fact, we are only competing with Roma this season, and we have been left behind......"
Of course, apart from the Italian media, which reflected on Juventus' fiasco, the rest of the world was full of praise for Chelsea.
The Chelsea management were equally appreciative, with them highly praising Pan Yi's coaching ability and the performance of the players.
Speaking to the media after the game, club chairman Bruce Buck said: "It was a fantastic win! Pan Yi has been a wonderful gift for us and I really hope he will be at Chelsea forever. ”
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But for the team to advance to the semi-finals and even have a chance to reach the final, Bruce Barker showed a serious side of the old man.
'It's too early for us to talk about qualifying because we all know that a 3-0 score will only give us a certain advantage, but the fight is two legs and we have to be optimistic and cautious.
"And it's only the quarterfinals. We need to do more to get to the semi-finals or even to the finals. ”
"But I believe that as long as the players can keep up the good performance in this game, then we are fully capable of challenging for the Champions League and we will have a bright future!"
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While the world marveled at Chelsea's 3-0 win over Juventus, the other three games in the quarter-finals of the Champions League were also decided.
Bayern Munich, who drew the "gift package" Porto, was surprised when he went to the Dragon Stadium game that this was actually a "dynamite bag"!
With Quaresma's brace and Jackson Martinez's goal, they actually won 3-1 at home against the mighty Bayern Munich!
Bayern, on the other hand, only relied on Thiago's goal to barely get an away goal back.
But to be honest, Porto's squad this season is quite good.
In addition to the "King of the Outer Instep" Quaresma and the "Evergrande Celebrity" Jackma, there are also Danilo, Alez Sandro, Ruben Neves, Elneny and other good players.
There is even Aboubakar, a Cameroon international, the man who will pose a threat to Ronaldo's position in the future in the Saudi league Riyadh Victory!
In short, it was not by luck that they reached the quarter-finals this season, and the 3-1 win over Bayern Munich also illustrates that.
The other two games were uneventful.
Barcelona beat Monaco 3-1 away from home, with Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez scoring a goal each.
The local derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid was a 0-0 draw, and the two had to face off again at the Bernabeu Stadium in the second leg.
At the end of this leg, with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid failing to win, Chelsea are tied with Barcelona as the favourites to win the Champions League this season due to their excellent performance in the first leg.
Is it Chelsea's Belgian blast or Barcelonaro's MSN dexterity?
This has also become a topic of discussion among fans around the world.
And Chelsea's three-goal win over Juventus certainly had a greater impact than Barcelona's victory over Monaco.
This also put Chelsea in the limelight by the media and fans, and head coach Pan Yi once again became the focus of reports and attention from major media around the world.
Everyone is curious to know if Pan Yi will eventually lead Chelsea to another successful Champions League victory, as those fans imagined.
And will the curse of death be seen at Chelsea?
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Ahead of the second leg of the Champions League, Chelsea took time out to play a London derby.
It was April 19, when Chelsea travelled to Tottenham Hotspur in the 32nd round of the Premier League.
This game, which was sandwiched between two Champions League knockout rounds, of course, could not make Pan Yi 100% committed.
And Chelsea have already won the league title, so the rest of the games are really more about training – and it would be nice if they could break the record along the way.
He eventually fielded a young rotation to play with Tottenham.
Tottenham, on the other hand, are still fighting for a Champions League spot, so they started the game.
In the end, this game also played a high score, and the wonderful goals continued!
In the 18th minute, a Chelsea corner was awarded a penalty by the referee for Christensen's header on Vertonghen's arm after a header. Jesse Lingard takes the penalty in one fell swoop, Tottenham 0:1 Chelsea!
In the 24th minute, Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris kicked a goal kick in a big foot, Ake intercepted in midfield, but it was picked up by Tottenham midfielder Eriksen. He shot directly from a distance and popped up in the frame, Harry Kane scored with a header, Tottenham 1:1 Chelsea!
In the 46th minute, Eriksen took a corner kick, Vertonghen's header slid past the post, and Shazli blocked the ball into the net in front of the goal, helping the home team to overtake the score! Tottenham 2:1 Chelsea!
In the 48th minute, Gnabry knocked back from the left, and Loftus-Cheek shook off the edge of the box and fired a low shot from an angle to equalize the score. Tottenham 2:2 Chelsea!
In the 53rd minute, a Chelsea corner was headed by Ivanovic and Bamford's header was blocked by Lloris before he volleyed into the net. Chelsea are leading again. Tottenham 2:3 Chelsea!
In the 56th minute, Walker made a diagonal pass at a 45-degree angle, Harry Kane's shot was saved by Big Martin, Harry Kane shot into the net again, Tottenham 3:3 Chelsea!
In the 77th minute, Tottenham got a good chance of a free kick at the edge of the penalty area, Eriksen kicked a curling ball to score, Tottenham 4:3 Chelsea!
In the 91st minute, Lingard cut inside and crossed, Ramirez shot from the top of the penalty area into the dead corner, Tottenham 4:4 Chelsea!
In the end, it was also with Ramirez's last-minute goal that Chelsea drew away to Tottenham!
The 4-4 scoreline also equalled the most goals scored in a single Premier League game this season – the other one also set by Chelsea when they beat Manchester United 8-0 in the 20th round......
Chelsea then immediately host Juventus in the second leg at Stamford Bridge.
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Pan Yi stood in front of the home team's coach's bench and tilted his head to look at the other side.
On the visitors' side, Allegri was pulling at his suit and yelling at the field.
Although he lost 0:3 in the first leg, which made all Juventus supporters feel that they had returned to heaven, Allegri still had to save face.
This week, he was scolded by the Italian media!
So, he came to Stamford Bridge today to get a win back!
Uh, a draw will do!
Well, no matter how bad it is, a goal can be done!
In short, it can't be as bad as it was at Juventus Stadium a week ago!
And Pan Yi seems to be very "caring".
Chelsea today are not as fierce as they were away from home.
On the contrary, today they acted as if they were not fighting at home, and actually put on a defensive counterattack.
This is mainly based on the overall combat strategy.
Now that the Premier League title is in hand and the Champions League semi-finals are beckoning, Pan Yi wants to win the game in a lower consumption way.
If you hurt two big players at a time, like you did when you played Paris Saint-Germain, then you still have it?
Maybe a season's hard work will end up ruined by injuries.
This is what Pan Yi does not want to see.
Therefore, today Pan Yi is to let his players play more relaxed, play more flexible and free, and focus more on counterattacks.
Presumably, the commands of "high pressing", "greatly increasing pressing", "pressing the goalkeeper", "fierce scrambling", and "immediate counter-grab" have been removed, and the commands of "back line retreat", "immediate counterattack", "quick ball", "breakthrough through the defense line", and "multi-pass space" have been enabled.
In this way, players are not easy to get injured and not easy to eat cards, in fact, the efficiency of defense will not be reduced much, and the counterattack is also very threatening.
It's just that in this way, Juventus's performance is much more vigorous than in the first leg.
After all, without facing the high pressing of their opponents, any professional team can probably calmly organize an attack in their own midfield, let alone a Serie A champion like Juventus.
Throughout the first half, the Bianconeri attacked the half, while Chelsea defended the half.
And then it's a 0-to-0.
After the rematch in the second half, Juventus' offensive continued unabated, and Chelsea were even more unhurried and continued to defend and wait.
But in this case, Allegrik was in a hurry.
There is no goal scored, although it seems that the goal of "scoring a point" can be accomplished, but it seems that it is not easy to go back, right?
Besides, it looks like Chelsea are a bit passive, but the defence is leaky.
If Juve has not been able to score, Allegri is also uncertain about whether this "score a point" task can be completed.
Who doesn't know that Chelsea are the best at giving you a stab in the final minute of the game?
"This kid, when he played Tottenham, he stabbed each other, and when he kicked us, he shrank so tightly, can he really bend and stretch?"
Allegri turned his head sideways, glanced at Pan Yi, who was sitting back in the coach's seat, and scolded indignantly.
But he actually understood Pan Yi's intention in doing this.
People have three goals in hand in the first leg, can they fight with you in the second leg?
The game against Tottenham Hotspur is just played as a warm-up game, and a group of young people are sent to give an attacking performance.
But it also shows how resilient Pan Yi's Chelsea team is.
Whether it's attacking, controlling the ball and playing rhythm, or playing defense like today, he is always at ease and has no sense of jerkiness.
It is precisely because of this that Pan Yi's arrangement of troops can often be unexpected and completely unpredictable.
Has he thrown out fewer strange formations this season?
But it always works, and in the end, it wins.
'You have to be careful, you can see that whether it's Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard, Bernardo Silva, they are always ready to fight back.
Assistant coach Landucci, who was standing next to Allegri, cautioned.
He knows very well that Allegri's biggest dream now is to win the Champions League again!
Although he won the treble in Milan more than three years ago, many people say that the biggest credit for that time goes to Pan Yi......
This gave Allegri a feeling of lying on his back.
So, Allegri kept breathing a sigh of relief, wanting to prove himself again.
But he failed in Milan and was fired.
Now at Juventus, of course Allegri wants to do it again!
However, the 0-3 in the first leg has pushed Juventus to a dead end, and also forced Allegri to a dead end.
"Yes, they were threatening to fight back. But ......" Allegri stopped talking.
He could certainly see the danger for Chelsea.
But what else can be done now?
I didn't get a goal back, it's really hard to explain when I go back!
Landucci, on the other hand, looked up at the time: "It's seventy minutes now, should we ...... Do you want to collect it? ”
Seventy minutes means the arrival of "Pan Yi time".
In fact, the court has been unable to attack for a long time, and it feels like the end of the crossbow is somewhat strong, and the veteran players are starting to be a little unable to run.
Chelsea, on the other hand, kept playing and they were in good shape.
Maybe you don't even need Pan Yi to replace any key players or bring any key tactics, just rely on these players on the field to drag the old women to death......
But Allegri shook his head firmly: "No, we are going to continue the attack. ”
Landucci understood.
This is a loss, but Allegri still wants a goal!
It's not about winning or losing, it's just about dignity.
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But soon, Chelsea's counter-attack came.
In the 75th minute, Pan Yi directly replaced Hazard and B with Gnabry and Willian, and began to strengthen the team's attack with a new force!
And Chelsea soon launched a wave of attacks.
Just three minutes later, on 78 minutes, the Blues launched an attack when Gnabry cut diagonally into the box and fired a right-footed volley directly from Cesar Azpilicueta on the right to open the scoring for Chelsea.
Four minutes later, it was another wave of Chelsea attacks.
Willian took the ball in the middle and turned away from Marchisio, and then went straight into the penalty area, and after Lukaku carried Bonucci with his body, he received the ball and turned and pushed it to break the Juventus goal again.
With a two-goal lead and a 5-0 aggregate scoreline, Chelsea are on the safe side.
In the last moments, Allegri replaced midfielder Marchisio with high striker Llorente, which also strengthened the team's attack.
Finally, in the 90th minute, it was Llorente's header that gave Tevez a chance to hit the net from close range.
The Argentine beast shot angrily, almost breaking the net!
The shot was so close that Courtois was powerless and was eventually scored by Juventus.
Two to one, this is the final score of this game.
Although Juventus still lost in the end, they only lost one goal at Stamford Bridge, which can be called "glorious despite defeat" to be honest.
And although the first half of the game was a bit dull, the fast-paced attack and defense in the last 15 minutes pushed the atmosphere of the game to the climax.
This seems to be a long-foreshadowed movie that ushered in a big explosion of contradictions at the last moment, which makes people watch heartily and fans are also addicted.
Chelsea are securely qualified, Juventus are respected, the fans have seen a good game and everyone is happy with the result......
After the whistle blew, Chelsea celebrated their progression, with the home fans cheering and applauding their players as always.
Allegri looked as usual.
After sending all the players back to the locker room, he took the initiative to shake hands with Pan Yi:
"You've won, congratulations. Wait for next season, wait until I buy Cuadrado and Desiglio next season, let's have another fight! ”
Pan Yi laughed and said, "Are you sure? ”
Allegri hesitated for a moment, then continued, "Of course, I don't want to run into you so early. Let's wait for the finals! ”
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Allegri leaned his mouth over again: "Since you are so happy to win today, why don't you recommend me some more players?" ”
Pan Yi glared: "You're too greedy, aren't you, two wingbacks aren't enough?" ”
Allegri sighed: "You see, our goalkeeper Buffon is not young, but he has never had a successor......"
Pan Yi laughed: "Don't worry, he didn't decline so early." Looking at his strength today, I don't think he will retire until he is 45 years old! ”
Allegri wiped his sweat: "But you have to plan ahead......
Pan Yi thought for a while, and then said, "It's okay, I'll recommend someone to you." Look at Arsenal, didn't they just sign our Cech, then their main goalkeeper Szczesny has no place, you can just start! ”
"Huh? Seems to make sense. He can't play, and the asking price certainly won't be expensive......" Allegri nodded frequently, "and he's the kind of goalkeeper we need." ”
Szczesny is not a goalkeeper with the ball, but Allegri wants the kind of goal-line skills that he wants!
"Forget it, for the sake of your sincerity in asking for advice, I'll give you another suggestion." Pan Yi said again.
Allegri was overjoyed: "Really? Who? ”
"An Argentine who played in Palermo, his name was Paulo Dybala." Pan Yi said.
The "Little Devil" later played for Juventus for seven or eight years, and like Szczesny, he certainly had no adaptation problems.
But Allegri shook his head: "He has played very well in Palermo in recent years, and he was worth 12 million euros when he went from Argentina to Italy, so it should be expensive to buy him, right?" ”
Pan Yi smiled: "It turns out that you have been paying attention to him for a long time?" ”
Allegri nodded: "Of course, I'm not without scouts!" This guy is playing in Serie A, can I not notice? He is characterized by good ball handling, speed, steady play, even in intense physical confrontation, with a very clear mind and a lot of energy in the game......"
Pan Yi waved his hand: "Okay, you don't need to popularize science." Anyway, I recommend it, do you like it or not. ”
Allegri leaned in again: "Then you...... How much do you think is the right amount to pay for him? ”
Now the whole world knows that Pan Yi buys players, all of them are cheap and easy to use.
And if Pan Yi pays a high price, then this player is super easy to use! Kante, for example.
Therefore, let Pan Yi estimate the price, and Allegri will have a bottom in his heart.
"Thirty or forty million." Pan Yi thought about it, but he couldn't remember how much the transfer fee was when Dybala transferred to Juventus in his previous life, which is almost the range.
"That's fine......" Allegri nodded slightly.
In the current Serie A, the richest may be Juventus, and spending 30 or 40 million to buy a player is not a very difficult thing for them.
For example, this year, they spent 20 million on Morata, and when Yin Guain arrived in 2016, Juventus even spent 90 million euros......
There are also sky-high transactions like De Ligt and Ronaldo.
In short, today's Allegri has a strong recommendation from Pan Yi, which makes him full of confidence for the next season.
Although it's still April, he can't wait for summer to arrive!