When Pan Yi learned the news of Manchester United's upset at York City, he was still in the Black Country with his team.

Blackcountry is located in the west of Birmingham, and although it can only be considered a small town, it is also home to good teams such as Wolves and West Bromwich Albion.

Chelsea's opponents in the third round of the Carabao Cup are the smallest professional team in the Black Country, League One side Walsall.

Pan Yi mainly used a rotating lineup to play, but still defeated the opponent 4:1 away from home.

Jesse Lingard, Gnabry, Moses and Andreas Christensen each scored a goal, while Walsall only scored a face-saving goal in the closing stages of the game.

Then, Pan Yi received a call from Scaloni.

On the phone, Scaloni excitedly told Pan Yi about his team's victory over Manchester United.

Pan Yi's first reaction was a little surprised, and then he laughed: "You kid can, Van Gaal is probably going to be angry, right?" ”

The Carabao Cup is a bit of a chicken for the giants, but losing to the lower divisions is still quite uncomfortable.

Moreover, Van Gaal has not been able to lead the Red Devils to a single trophy since he took charge of Manchester United, so Van Gaal does not want to give up any competition easily this season.

Including the FA Cup, Van Gaal also released words to fight hard.

Because he knows that in a club like Manchester United, if he has not been able to produce any results, the only thing waiting for him is to leave the class.

Therefore, he certainly wants to fight for the Champions League and the Premier League, but if he really can't fight, he will retreat to the FA Cup and League Cup, which can be regarded as a lifesaver.

Look at Arsene Wenger next door, isn't he just relying on the cup title to survive until now?

But these two straws, Van Gaal was broken as soon as he came up, and it was broken by a small team like York City, of course, it will be unhappy.

After returning to London, Pan Yi also watched the video of the game carefully, and then had a conference call with Scaloni to discuss the gains and losses of the game.

"The game was exciting, but it also exposed a lot of problems." Pan Yi said, "It's hard for us veterans to adapt to Manchester United's pressing, and the ball is too easy to lose. If it weren't for Baker's excellent play, this ball would not have been won't be won. ”

York City's first two goals can be said to be a bit of a "sneak attack", that is, taking advantage of the home field and Manchester United's somewhat undersapient mood, and instantly winning two cities.

But when United bred up their spirits and started to settle down in attack, York City's defensive problems were exposed.

Gary Fletcher and Joe Partington in the midfield, two veterans with a lot of experience, but they didn't run enough distance and didn't cover enough defensive coverage, and they were almost killed by Herrera on the opposite side.

Including the back line, too, was broken through by the horse factory director Anthony Martial continuously, which was very embarrassing.

So Manchester United also equalised quickly.

'The defensive adjustments you made in the second half were fantastic and it was able to withstand the constant attack of Manchester United. Pan Yi praised Scaloni.

"It's not you, the boss, who taught me." Scaloni laughed.

Scaloni is full of confidence right now.

Even Manchester United can beat it, what other League Two teams is he afraid of? What's more, he still has Pan Yi, a big backer.

In the second half, York City resolutely implemented Pan Yi's 4-4-2 bombing style of "defensive counterattack + long pass rushing", making it difficult for Manchester United to find a breakthrough.

Then, with a flash of inspiration from Baker, he finally beat Manchester United.

"With the current squad, I don't think it's a big problem to deal with League Two this season." Pan Yi said, "If you encounter some strong teams with strong control, you can use the tactics you used against Manchester United. But if they are promoted to League One, the squad still needs to be adjusted. ”

"Well," Scaloni nodded on the other end of the line, "there are some veterans over the age of 35 in the squad, they are declining very quickly, and the competition in League One is more intense, so they should really not be able to adapt." ”

"In the end, it's up to the younger players." Pan Yi said again, "You see Baker scored two goals in Manchester United, a tall and strong young man like him is just easy to use." We shouldn't have much of a problem with funding next season, and we can do more of that. ”

"Well, thank you, boss." Scaloni said a little mischievously.

Pan Yi said this, which means that the transfer budget for next season will not be low.

Although it is certainly not comparable to a local tycoon like Chelsea, as long as there are a few million pounds, it can almost go sideways in League One.

Not to mention that Pan Yi's database seems to have endless player resources, and he can bring a big killer weapon at every turn.

"It's up to you this year." Pan Yi said with a smile, "When you get to League One, it's not just about updating the players. This includes the refurbishment of the training base, the recruitment of better staff, and even the revamping of the stadium. Don't forget, our vision is to make York City a team that can truly establish itself in the Premier League! ”

"Yes, sir." Scaloni's answer was simple, but you could hear the excitement in his heart.

Once this vision is realized, Nascaloni will also become a witness and witness to this great miracle.

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As long as the system designed by Pan Yi for York City can work smoothly, then York City will be able to recruit a steady stream of football talents, and even cultivate talents on its own.

At that point, York City may enter a new era, or even go one step further and become one of the top clubs.

This is the grand plan for York City in Pan Yi's mind!

He wants to create a huge club that is completely his own!

Now, beating Manchester United in an upset is just the beginning!

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Shortly after the third round of the League Cup, the draw for the fourth round took place.

Chelsea and York City have both drawn a Premier League team.

Chelsea are against Stoke City, while York City are drawn against Manchester City!

It's a Manchester team again.

But Manchester City is not Manchester United.

Not only have they excelled in the Premier League in recent years, they have also played well in the Carabao Cup.

For "new money" like them, any title can boost the club's prestige and become a bargaining chip to attract big stars, so they will never give up on any competition easily.

In 2014 they won the Carabao Cup and today they are giving it their all in this competition as well.

In the third round, Manchester City also defeated Sunderland 4-1 and was able to advance to the fourth round, that is, the round of 16.

In this regard, Pan Yi's instructions to Scaloni were: "Just do your best, your main goal is to rush to the armor." ”

As it turned out, York City did fight a little too hard against Manchester United, and even affected the League Two at the weekend.

They challenged Notts County away and lost 1-0.

After all, with the current thickness of York City's squad, it is indeed difficult to cope with multi-front battles.

The team's funds are limited, and at most it can ensure a good starting lineup, and the gap between the ability of the substitutes and the main team is often relatively large.

Once the main team is unable to play due to fatigue, injury, or suspension, the results will plummet.

Why do some small teams try to qualify for European competitions, which often means losing in the league or even being relegated? That's why.

This is much the case in Yorktown right now.

In addition, the team is dominated by veterans, and it is even more unable to support high-intensity multi-front operations, not to mention the schedule of the League Two itself is very dense.

Therefore, Pan Yi's goal is also very clear, that is, to ensure that the top three in League Two are qualified, and like the League Cup and FA Cup, it is to play wherever it is, so don't fight with those teams with a strong background.

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When York City lost away from home, Chelsea were in a bit of trouble.

At St James' Park, Newcastle United, playing at home, showed great respect against the defending champions and put on a bucket formation.

At this time, Newcastle United has not yet been dominated by Middle Eastern tycoons, at most it can only be regarded as a civilian team, and there is still a certain gap with Chelsea's strength.

Steve McLaren, who only took over in the summer, is pragmatic and wants to draw with Chelsea in order to score points.

His formation is even a bit similar to York City's win over Manchester United, with the same 4-4-2 and a high striker up front.

This high school striker is none other than the Serbian spiritual guy, Mitrovic!

Well, this is another rush to buy the "Pan Yi's used players are easy to use".

Newcastle also spent €25 million this season to bring the strong 20-year-old from Hamburg to St James' Park.

Then, he was paired up front with Spain's small forward Ayose Pérez, with stars such as Wijnaldum and Sissoko behind him.

And against Chelsea tonight, Newcastle gave up all possession and retreated in their own half, even on the periphery of the penalty area, to face Chelsea in a bucket formation.

When counterattacking, it is a long pass to the front, let Mitrovic fight for the top, and then let Ayose Perez break through after coming down.

If you can get it suddenly, you will break it, and if you can't break it, you will continue to defend yourself.

This kind of targeted conservative tactics has also caused Chelsea huge problems.

The offense can't find a breakthrough, the pass can't find the space to penetrate.

There are times when Newcastle's players don't even want to counter-attack and concentrate on defending.

The sign is that even Mitrovic will return to his own penalty area to participate in the defense for a long time, leaving only a faster Perez in front of him to harass him.

As soon as Chelsea hit the front court, they immediately got into a scuffle, and the attack hit the iron plate again and again.

Pan Yi took into account that next Wednesday will be the second round of the Champions League group stage against Porto, so the lineup is also reserved.

On the forward line is the combination of Mbappe and Harry Kane, while in the middle of the midfield is Loftus-Cheek + Lingard + Gnabry's attacking single back + double forward play.

But it's clear that this doesn't work very well.

The forward combination lacks a fulcrum and has a poor attacking effect;

The midfielders also had slightly less coverage and passing accuracy, resulting in fewer absolute chances being created.

In the first half, Chelsea dominated overwhelmingly, with plenty of shots on goal, but mainly from distance.

Newcastle managed just one shot on goal in the first half, but they did a good job of guarding the most dangerous area on the edge of the box, allowing Chelsea to penetrate to get a better angle.

At half-time, neither side made any substitutions.

After the resumption of the game, Newcastle still responded with strict defensiveness, while Chelsea strengthened their individual breakthroughs up front, especially the two forward midfielders Jesse Lingard and Gnabry, who were more active in taking the ball to instigate the attack, but the effect was not ideal.

"As long as you can score a goal, it's good." Arteta, who was sitting next to Pan Yi, muttered.

Pan Yi nodded slightly.

This is a very simple truth that breaks the iron bucket array.

When you don't score, the opponent's defence will be very strong and they will give their best.

And if you score a goal and break the deadlock, a lot of things will be solved.

Because at this time, it doesn't make sense to defend with all your might, and many players will be distracted or have differences of opinion.

Then it's possible to score the second, the third.

Sometimes the strong team beats the weak team, between 0:0 and 5:0, there may be a layer of window paper.

But the question is, how do you pierce this layer of paper?

The first stab is always the hardest, and the resistance is also the greatest.

"Don't rush, wait, we'll score." Pan Yi whispered to Arteta, "Wait for the players on the field to consume them for a while." ”

Arteta thought for a moment, understood Pan Yi's intentions, and nodded in agreement.

Now there is a stalemate on the field, and the attrition of both sides is relatively large.

Although Lingard and Gnabry failed to contribute goals or assists, their relentless running and interspersing on the pitch still exhausted Newcastle's back line, and the physical consumption was still very high.

When you are almost consumed by the other party, you will definitely gain something if you change people to rush a wave.

Don't forget, the Chelsea bench is now sitting on aces like Eden Hazard and Seat B!

The minutes ticked by, and by the time the game came to the 65th minute, Hazard and Bench B were almost finished.

'Having Wijnaldum plug in can even draw Colocini and Sissoko a little up front, because they're going to be on the edge of the box.' Pan Yi gave Hazard his final advice.

Hazard nodded.

"You, at this point, try to get the ball to the outside of the right corner so you should be able to get a little bit of time and space. And your job is to try to get the ball diagonally behind you, to find Kane or Mbappe, you know? ”

This is said to seat B.

Of course B seat does.

Although he nominally played in the forward midfield position of 3-5-2 in the middle of the three, in fact, Pan Yi asked him to pull more wings, which is the responsibility of a pseudo-winger.

"When you go up, tell Kane and Mbappe to pull back and plug in. When you pass the ball, pay attention to the goalkeeper's position and don't land too close. Krull is tall and large, and the air defense range is quite large. ”

The two kept nodding.

"Go ahead." Pan Yi patted Hazard and B Xi on the shoulders vigorously to cheer them up.

The two obediently ran quickly to the sidelines.

This time they were a counter-substitution, with Jesse Lingard and Gnabry coming for them.

The two young men fought fiercely, with visible exhaustion on their faces, but they ran to the sidelines just as fast and high-fived their two teammates who had replaced them.

Because they know that time is running out and they have to hurry!

"They've changed?"

McClaren couldn't help but feel a little worried when he saw Chelsea make two changes in a row.

Pan Yi's on-the-spot command has always been unpredictable, and now in such a sensitive time period, he must have some idea of sending his two ace players on the field.

But the reason why McLaren didn't follow up on the adjustment immediately was mainly because Pan Yi was a substitution.

Since it is a substitution, Chelsea's current style of play should not change much.

And if Newcastle follow suit, it may cause unpredictable damage to the existing defensive system.

For a coach like him, who is not a world-class coach, "following the rules" may be his credo.

Now that the tactics are working so well, why change it?

More importantly, even if it needs to be changed, how should it be changed? You don't even know what Pan Yi wants to do!

That's the difference between McLaren, or a coach of his calibre, and a world-class coach.

'Chelsea made substitutions.

'Bernardo Silva and Eden Hazard have replaced Gnabry and Jesse Lingard.

'Gnabry and Jesse Lingard worked very hard tonight, but the wide break didn't work very well, and now with Hazard and Bernardo Silva, the two stronger main players, I don't know if the situation will change.'

"In the past few years, Pan Yi's on-the-spot command has always been appreciated by everyone, I wonder if he will shine again tonight?"

'Look at this time, it's still Chelsea attacking, handing it over to Eden Hazard on the left.

'Eden Hazard still wanted to try to break through with the ball, but Janmatt was very solid on this flank, he didn't have a chance, he passed it back to Loftus-Cheek's feet......

By the time Loftus-Cheek had the ball, Newcastle's entire formation had retreated to the edge of the box.

Sissoko, Wijnaldum and Kolocini are lined up, giving them the feeling of being on the wall.

Loftus-Cheek kept in mind the instructions that Pan Yi had entrusted Hazard to bring with him, and drove forward with the ball.

Harry Kane ran back from the front to catch the attention of the Newcastle players as he looked like he was coming to pick up Loftus-Cheek.

This immediately made Newcastle's players nervous and tried to squeeze the space for Harry Kane.

At this time, Hazard to the left and B to the right, the two opened up the space on both sides, which also straightened the Newcastle side of the defence.

Loftus-Cheek was forced to start passing the ball to Hazard.

And Janmatt immediately followed Hazard.

At this time, the Belgian did not carry the ball, but directly passed a long pass over the top and passed the ball to the other side, at the feet of seat B.

Newcastle left-back Mbab also rushed to follow.

I saw that after Xi B stopped the ball forward, he quickly picked up his right foot and kicked out a diagonal pass.

The ball flew out of the right foot of seat B and quickly arced over Mbab's head and landed at the back of goal.

At this time, it is Harry Kane who appears here!

It turned out that his retreat just now was also the work that Pan Yi asked Hazard to explain.

When Harry Kane retreated, Mbappe, who was originally standing on the left, moved closer to the middle and right sides of the front, creating a feeling that he wanted to hit the gap brought out by Harry Kane's retreat.

This is not an illusion.

If Newcastle's defenders didn't make up for it in time, Chelsea would have played like that.

But Newcastle's centre-back caught up with him in time.

Then there was the movement and shift of the flanks of Eden Hazard and Bench B, which also spread the focus of Newcastle's defence to either side.

At this time, Harry Kane rushed back again, and no one noticed him.

It can be said that this piece is Newcastle's defensive vacuum!

In Chelsea's training, Pan Yi has repeatedly emphasized that he has practiced the passing of seat B, especially these diagonal passes, which are really very distinctive, and the landing point of each ball is very comfortable.

And it's all at angles that are hard for defenders to resist.

Sure enough, Seat B made a diagonal pass and sent the ball from the edge of the right corner of the penalty area to the back post.

The ball was given so quickly and landed so well that Harry Kane just stepped into the box, and as a top centre-forward, the shooter's instinctive sense of smell told him that there was a ball!

I saw Kane face the falling ball and gently hit it with his forehead.

The ball is in place, as long as you touch it, change the direction, and the ball goes in.

“goalllllllllllllllllllllll！

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！ ”

"Harry Kane! Brilliant coordination, wonderful headers, Krull has nothing to do! The ball is in! ”

There was a moment of silence at St James' Park as the visiting Chelsea fans jumped frantically from their seats.

On the sidelines, head coach Pan Yi also high-fived and congratulated the assistant coaches.

This goal was indeed scored beautifully, and the most important thing was to completely show the tactical points that Pan Yi commanded when he made substitutions.

This group of players, to be spiritual, to have tactical discipline, to have tactical discipline, really not in vain to hurt them!

"Bernardo's pass is really beautiful!" Arteta and others are also convinced.

Arteta, in particular, admires Pan Yi's insight even more at this moment.

Every player, how to use it, when to use it, Pan Yi always has a plan.

And the progress of seat B since the transfer last year is obvious to all.

From the body of seat B, we can also clearly see how powerful Pan Yi's excavation and cultivation of young players is.

And the most important thing is that he is particularly keen to capture the ability and potential of young players, and he can find the right direction at once, and after young players find the right direction, the speed of improvement can be described as a thousand miles in a day.

"I guess McLaren is going to fight back with all his might next!" Arteta reminded.

"Come on, just wait for him to fight back!" Pan Yi said confidently.

If they are scored by Chelsea, then Newcastle will not be able to defend themselves.

And this is exactly the situation Pan Yi wants to see.

Otherwise, a team like Newcastle, which actually has some good stars, will feel a lot of headaches once they firmly adopt an iron bucket style of play, even if they are as strong as Chelsea.

But as long as it is loosened, as long as it is pressed out, then the matter is simple.

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McClaren made a substitution.

He replaced midfielder Korbeck with French striker Obertin and then England striker Yoon Toney for defender Mbab.

This is clearly a signal to intensify the attack.

The main thing is that there is not much time left, and McClaren can only adopt a more aggressive counter-attack tactics and launch an attack on Chelsea.

But Chelsea have also been prepared for this for a long time, and Pan Yi has reserved his strength to wait there early in the morning.

As soon as Newcastle pressed out, Chelsea were steady and steady, fighting back when they got the chance.

It was in the 82nd minute that Chelsea seized a chance.

Eden Hazard won the ball on the left and Wijnaldum stepped up but was denied by him laterally, and the Belgian cut inside and sent a behind-the-back kick.

Kylian Mbappe slid in with great speed and scored with his right foot to give Chelsea another goal.

0：2！

It was a goal that completely destroyed Newcastle's confidence and fighting spirit.

Chelsea also beat Newcastle United by this scoreline to win the seventh round of the Premier League!