In the early hours of the next morning, the official website of Paris Saint-Germain announced the news of the departure of head coach Blank.

The statement first expressed his gratitude to Blank, and explained that because the team's results in the Champions League did not meet the expectations of fans and management, it was finally decided to let Blank go down.

At the end of the statement, Paris Saint-Germain officially announced that the team officially launched the coach selection process and will select an excellent head coach to lead the team as soon as possible.

And during this time, the assistant coach will lead the team to the game.

Although it was in the middle of the night, Paris Saint-Germain's sudden statement still caused a huge response in the entire European football world.

Of course, everyone knows that the trigger for Blank's dismissal was Paris Saint-Germain's 3-0 defeat at home to Chelsea.

Dismissal after a fiasco is not new in the brutal world of European football.

However, after all, Blank led Paris Saint-Germain to the domestic quadruple, and there is a good chance of winning another quadruple this season, so it is a bit surprising to quit halfway through the class.

And the subsequent reports of major media shocked everyone.

According to a front-page headline in The Sun, an unnamed PSG bigwig said Blank was sacked in the dressing room less than 10 minutes after the game.

And in the process, the Parisian hierarchy did not give any respect to the French legend.

At the end of the newspaper report, an interview with Pan Yi was attached.

Pan Yi expressed his anger unreservedly and gave a prediction that Paris Saint-Germain would not have a Champions League for ten years.

In this regard, many famous European marshals have stood up and openly supported Blank and Pan Yi's righteous advocacy.

Everyone is a peer, the so-called rabbit dies and the fox is sad, and everyone hopes that they will end up in such an undignified end in the future.

Therefore, the top management of Paris Saint-Germain, especially President Nasser, suddenly became the public enemy of the whole people.

And then there was more news that was not good for Grand Paris.

Assistant coach Kamara also announced that he could not accept the position of interim head coach, so he chose to resign.

This has already made Nasser very passive.

One of the reasons why he dared to fire Blank on the spot was that he was convinced that Kamara would be able to take charge of the team until the end of the season.

After all, now that the Ligue 1 title is basically in hand, and the Champions League is on the verge of elimination, to be honest, there is nothing to challenge.

But now, even he has resigned.

And that's not all.

With the announcement of Kamara's departure, members of the PSG coaching staff have also left the team one by one, including some team doctors, physiotherapists, technical analysts, scouts......

That's pretty cumbersome.

For these departures, their own business ability is excellent, otherwise they would not be pulled to a club like Paris Saint-Germain;

Therefore, when they leave, they can generally find a home quickly, the difference is only a matter of which team to go to, a little more money.

But for Paris Saint-Germain, how is it possible to replenish so many people in such a short period of time, and they have to be staff at the level they require?

And since the revelation that Nasser fired Blank Squid in person, Paris Saint-Germain's reputation in professional football has been stinky.

Who would love to come to such a disrespectful club?

It's like a company where the boss gives a high salary, but drives the employees like cattle and horses.

Employees may choose to endure it for money, for the future, or for other reasons.

But if, one day, this boss pointed at this person's nose in front of the whole company and told him to get out, would anyone still be able to bear it?

Who would like to work in such a company?

Even the players may not want to come.

Like Thiago Motta, who has also played in Paris for more than four years, he is already a meritorious player who has stayed for a relatively long time at a club that does not have much history.

But just because of one mistake, you will be booed by your own fans for a long time, which is too chilling.

And these fans will also set off fireworks in the early morning at the hotel where other teams are staying!

In other words, this club is a group of sleeping dragons and phoenix chicks from the top to the fans, and it is really difficult to make people feel good.

Unless it's "they're giving too much", no one will make PSG a priority in their careers.

And for Pan Yi, Paris Saint-Germain's casual meal is really timely!

Doesn't he need to replenish his staff?

He immediately called his chairman, Jason McGill, the chairman of Yorktown, and asked him to contact the departing staff in Paris to see if he could get some.

Although it is said that the sudden jump from a team like Paris to a League Two team, at most a future League One team, may be reluctant for many people.

But how do you know without trying?

After all, there is a golden sign of Pan Yi here!

With his ability to call the tide in world football, maybe he will play in the Premier League again in two years, and he will have more development and more opportunities to compete for trophies.

And even if the staff of Paris Saint-Germain really does not come, they can be contacted first, as a talent reserve, which will be used one day.

After all, more staff like scouts, the better.

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After playing Paris Saint-Germain and making a big splash in this incident, Pan Yi led the team back to London to prepare for the FA Cup round of 16.

Chelsea are playing at home and have a clear advantage in terms of history.

Chelsea have lost just one of their last 17 home games against Manchester City, with 11 wins and five draws in the remaining 16 games.

Moreover, Chelsea have lost just one of their last 29 FA Cup home games.

City's only advantage is that the two sides have met five times in the FA Cup, with City winning four times, while Chelsea's only victory came in 1915.

But in this encounter, the mentality of the two sides is different.

Chelsea are on three fronts in the Champions League, Premier League and League Cup, and they are also aiming for the FA Cup.

As for Manchester City, who are now only in fifth place in the Premier League, there is a lot of pressure to fight for the fourth.

In the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 just past, they played a 0:0 draw against the big gift Bogent.

On these two most important fronts, Manchester City will need to work harder to keep going.

On 29 February, they face Chelsea again in the Carabao Cup final, which is a more realistic goal.

Therefore, in this game, Pellegrini, who has already confirmed that he will leave the team at the end of the season, decisively made the decision to abandon the FA Cup.

Just look at this starting lineup.

Goalkeeper: Willy Caballero.

Defenders: Zabaleta, Adarabioyo, Demichelis, Kolarov;

Midfielders: M. Garcia, Fernando, A. Garcia, Celina;

Forwards: Iheanacho, Fopala.

Basically, it is dominated by the youth army of U21, and many names even make Pan Yi feel a little unfamiliar.

And the line-up on Chelsea's side, although it is also a rotation lineup, looks much more luxurious than Manchester City's.

Goalkeeper: Big Martin.

Defenders: Terry, Gary Cahill, Kurt Zouma.

Midfielders: Cancelo, Lingard, Gnabry, Goretzka, Moses.

Forwards: Tammy Abraham, Kylian Mbappe.

However, after the opening, Manchester City's young players played well.

Just three minutes into the game, Joel Iheanacho passed the ball and Fopala connected Cahill and Moses on the right side of the penalty area, and his powerful shot was saved by Big Martin in the near corner.

Chelsea came close to opening the scoring in the 13th minute when Gnabry cut through and Jesse Lingard sent in a through ball that Gnabry picked up and slotted a shot eight yards out on the right side of the box, but the ball bounced off the left-hand post.

Manchester City's youth team regained their half-court defence, and Chelsea controlled the game and laid siege, but struggled to create real scoring chances.

It wasn't until the 35th minute that Chelsea finally broke the deadlock.

Jesse Lingard's through ball was met by Gnabry's cross from the left side of the box, and the unmarked Tammy Abraham headed home from the edge of the six-yard box.

But Manchester City quickly equalized two minutes later, Fopala crossed diagonally, Iheanacho crossed from the right side of the penalty area, Martin intercepted, and Fopala stabbed the empty net from close range before Cancelo, 1:1.

Chelsea then attacked again, Gnabry crossed from the left side of the box and Mbappe's shot from the edge of the six-yard box was saved by Caballero.

The score of 1:1 remained until the end of the first half.

After Pan Yi's rebuke at half-time, Chelsea bled their spirits and scored two goals in a row at the start of the second half!

In the 48th minute, Moses counterattacked with a diagonal pass, Gnabry immediately passed straight after receiving the ball, and Moses, who was successful in the right rib of the penalty area, shot low into the far corner of the net from 8 yards on the right rib of the penalty area, 2:1!

In the 53rd minute, Gnabry's cross was barely blocked by Fernando, and Cahill, who had inserted the assist, volleyed into the net from 14 yards, 3-1.

Chelsea then continued to dominate the game, first with Cahill's scuffle from a corner, then Gnabry's pass and Jesse Lingard's shot from the edge of the box also on target.

Chelsea sealed the win in the 67th minute.

Demichelis was yellow carded for a foul on Gnabry in front of the penalty area, and a free kick from outside the edge of the Gnabry penalty area went directly into the bottom right corner, 4:1!

In the 75th minute, Demichelis was sentenced to death for a foul on Mbappe in the penalty area, but Mbappe's own penalty was saved by Caballero.

In the 81st minute, Gnabry cut into the right side of the penalty area and returned the pass, and Goretzka's shovel shot in front of the small penalty area hit the left post and bounced back.

In the 89th minute, Gnabry crossed from the left, and Mbappe made a light hanging shot, and the ball was hoisted into the far corner, 5:1!

In the end, Chelsea beat Manchester City 5-1 at home to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

In another high-profile fixture between Premier League teams, Tottenham Hotspur lost 1-0 at home to Crystal Palace.

In stoppage time of the half, Zaha crossed diagonally and Kelly fired into the near corner from eight yards out on the right side of the box to give his side the win.

West Ham also beat Blackburn Rovers 5-1 away.

In other fixtures, Manchester United beat Shrewsbury 3-0 away, Everton beat Bournemouth 2-0, Watford beat Leeds United 1-0 and Reading beat West Bromwich Albion 3-1.

These teams have also reached the quarter-finals of this season's FA Cup.

Arsenal, on the other hand, were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Hull City and will play a make-up game to determine their final FA Cup quarter-final place.

The draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals is also coming soon, with Chelsea taking on Everton away on 13 March.

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Although Chelsea defeated only a youth version of Manchester City, the media praised Pan Yi's changes to the team.

After all, they are now fighting on the fourth line, but they can still use the deployment of personnel and the "combination of work and rest" in training, so that the players can always maintain a good condition.

Compared with Manchester City, which can be said to have voluntarily abandoned the FA Cup, they can only give up their pawns to protect their coaches and strive to play on the main front.

However, during the recovery training the next morning, Pan Yi mentioned some future challenges to the players.

The next game is away to Southampton on 27 February, the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City on 29 February, and then two days away at Norwich City on 2 March.

A normal Premier League team doesn't have that much of a busy schedule, but with Chelsea playing an extra Carabao Cup, it's more difficult.

Why did Manchester City drop the FA Cup? It's because if they still fight Chelsea, with their personnel reserves and bench depth, the fitness groove will not be satisfied at all.

Therefore, Pan Yi must also remind the players not to let their guard down.

For Pan Yi and his Chelsea, the Carabao Cup final is a top priority, so he decided to play Southampton away to be a solid one, even if it was a draw.

This is mainly due to the fact that Southampton has not been easy to play this season.

They are even in the race for the top four, just one point away from Manchester United.

If you fight with them, the risk is too great, the players are prone to injury, not to mention, the benefits are not cost-effective.

Rather than that, it's better to put some effort into it.

After all, after 26 rounds of the Premier League, 22 wins, 4 draws, and 70 points, there is still a distance of nearly 20 points from the second-place Leicester City with 53 points, and it can be "squandered"! ——

On 27 February, in the 27th round of the Premier League, Chelsea played away to Southampton.

Facing Southampton, led by Ronald Koman, Chelsea did encounter a lot of difficulties.

Southampton's temperature won't be very low tonight, but the humidity and rain make it a little chilly for everyone.

This made the Chelsea players feel a little uncomfortable, and even had a cold and fever in seat B before the game, and Pan Yi had to let Lingard replace him.

When it came to the game, St Mary's Stadium, which was home to Southampton, was unusually slippery, which caused great difficulties for Chelsea's passing and possession play.

In the seventh minute, Southampton took advantage of Chelsea's unstable foothold to open the scoring for the home side with a beautiful long-range strike from striker Sean Long.

It wasn't until the 30th minute of the first half that Jesse Lingard got a chance in the opposition penalty area and equalised with a powerful shot.

The first half was a one-one draw, but Southampton continued to push back into the second half as Chelsea were forced to retreat to the 30-metre zone.

Overall, Chelsea were in a rare position to be at the back of the pack today, being a bit embarrassed by Southampton.

However, in such bad weather and field conditions, the two sides failed to score again in the second half.

The final score was 1-1, and the two sides shook hands.

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In the post-match press conference, Pan Yi admitted that his team had encountered difficulties away from home and had not played well.

'The humidity in Southampton was deadly and it was raining again, which had a big impact on our tactical deployment.

Pan Yi bluntly said that his players are seriously uncomfortable here.

But he still affirmed his team's performance on the road, and thought that everyone still played in style and level......

After all, the goal before the game is to complete the task if you draw it, but you can't tell the media.

And Southampton's head coach and Pan Yi's old friend, Ronald Koeman is happy.

"We played really well!"

The former Barcelona slugger says his side have been the better at home, coming close to finding the Chelsea net again on a couple of occasions.

'I don't think there's been a team that has been able to push Chelsea so hard in the last two seasons, right?'

Ronald Koeman is proud of his team's performance.

In this regard, Pan Yi can only let his opponent get stuck.

Anyway, they're all friends, and it's nothing to give away a penny.

And their team has an even more important task - that is the League Cup final!

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After returning to London from Southampton, Chelsea didn't have time to recuperate.

While other teams prepare for the 28th round of the Premier League, Chelsea will play Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London.

The game received worldwide attention.

In the past 27th round of the Premier League, Manchester City were held to a draw by Newcastle United on the road.

As a result, they were pulled away a little bit by the top four teams, and it became a little more difficult to compete for the top four.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that he will leave the club after this season, the league title is out of the question, and the FA Cup is out, can he win another title for Manchester City before he leaves?

The previous FA Cup meeting between the two teams ended with Manchester City's voluntary abandonment, so what kind of sparks will be sparked between the two teams in this Carabao Cup final?

After winning the UEFA Super Cup, Community Shield and Club World Cup, this will be Chelsea's fourth final of the season, will they be able to claim that fourth title and move closer to the seven-time title?

There are so many doubts, which makes the matchup between the two teams full of gimmicks.

Before Manchester City set off for the south, Manuel Pellegrini spoke to reporters at the training base and publicly stated that he would not be afraid to face Chelsea.

'We're going to stick to our tactical style and really beat Chelsea and win the Carabao Cup.'

'Southampton's draw with Chelsea showed that Chelsea are not invincible and they have weaknesses as well.

"What we have to do is to find their weaknesses in the game and then use them and win in the end."

"I'm leaving at the end of the season? It won't have any impact on this game. ”

'We're all professional coaches and professional players and we know how to play at our level in the game, not think about it in a few months' time.

'Of course, I'm glad I was able to reach an amicable agreement with the Manchester City hierarchy and break up happily and peacefully.

"It's a shame that some teams don't even give you any time to react, they just fire you......

Paris Saint-Germain said: You guys play the League Cup final, cue me dry hair?

Pan Yi, on the other hand, reaffirmed his determination to win the seven crowns.

'I said there is only one goal for Chelsea this season and that is to win the Seven!

"Any opponent who stands in front of us will only get one result, and that is to lose!"

'At the moment we have a higher priority than the Premier League, the League Cup, the FA Cup and even the Premier League.

'It's because we've gotten enough points in the Premier League to build up a big advantage, and even the occasional drop is not a problem;'

"But the cup doesn't allow us to make any mistakes, so we're going to be 100 points in good spirits to beat the opponents!"

To be honest, Pan Yi's words obviously have a bit of Versailles.

Everyone is battling the Premier League and fighting for a variety of seats, but Chelsea's focus is no longer there?

Of course, Pan Yi also spoke highly of Pellegrini's coaching at Manchester City, believing that he could be successful even after he left Manchester City.

But this League Cup champion can't be given to Pei Gongdang as a gift to leave!

When asked by reporters about the players in the Manchester City squad who are most likely to threaten Chelsea, Pan Yi did not specify the names of the players.

'Man City are a strong team and they have a lot of world-class stars.

'You can say that each of their players has the ability to change the game, whether it's Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Aguero.

'So in the game we have to be cautious and take every position and every player seriously.'

"What tactics will we use in the game? I guess Manuel Pellegrini should use what they do best in the final and we're not going to be weak. ”

"I hope that tomorrow at Wembley Stadium the fans will see a good game!"

(End of chapter)