In fact, the day after the Champions League draw, Chelsea were underwhelmed on the pitch.

They are at home to West Ham United.

Although West Ham United have been in good form this season and were sixth in the table ahead of this round, Chelsea still have a big advantage over them.

Chelsea have won eight and drawn two of their last 10 home games against West Ham, whose last away win was in 2002!

And it was Chelsea who played at home, taking advantage of the right time and place, and cheering on from more than 40,000 fans.

However, the race went incredibly tough.

West Ham take the lead in the 17th minute!

Sako's header was crossed, and Payette was tackled by Goretzka from outside the arc of the box, but the unguarded Lanzini curled the ball into the top right corner from 20 yards!

Chelsea equalised in stoppage time when Mbappe was tripped on a breakthrough and won a free-kick in front of the box.

Hazard fired a direct shot from 25 yards and the ball went around the wall and into the top left corner, 1-1.

But in the second half, West Ham exceeded again in the 61st minute, Payet counterattacked and passed through, and Carroll, who had just come on as a substitute for only one minute, shot a rebound ball into the near corner from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area, 1:2.

After that, Pan Yi deployed troops to strengthen the attack, and Chelsea began to dominate the field.

In the 65th minute, Hazard crossed from a free kick from the left and Goretzka headed high from close range.

In the 67th minute, Hazard's shot from the right side of the box was blocked by Ogbonna, and he continued to drive a corner, and Lukaku's header from the edge of the six-yard box went high again.

In the 70th minute, Eden Hazard's shot from the right side of the box was blocked, and the unguarded Mbappe fired a barbed shot high from 10 yards.

Captain John Terry, who started today, continued to motivate his team-mates in the face of such adversity, but Chelsea continued to squander their chances.

In the 75th minute, Eden Hazard took a corner kick and John Terry's header from the edge of the six-yard box went just wide.

In the 80th minute, Nemanja Matic's curling shot from 15 yards was deflected off the right post by Payet, and Lukaku's corner kick was saved by goalkeeper Adrian.

In the 87th minute, West Ham United had a good chance instead, Carroll headed in a corner melee, Courtois was helpless, and Terry made a crucial clearance in front of the goal line to avoid the score being expanded!

Chelsea finally equalised in the 89th minute!

Hazard sent a through pass on the counter-attack, substitute Ruben Loftus-Cheek fell on the edge of the penalty area under Antonio's defense, the referee awarded a penalty penalty, Hazard calmly scored a penalty, 2:2!

Chelsea tried to resume play quickly, but West Ham United goalkeeper Adrian was booked for delaying the ball with a big kick.

In the final minute of stoppage time, Chelsea were awarded a free-kick from 30 yards.

Eden Hazard flicked the ball out and David Luiz kicked a flappy ball past West Ham!

In the final moments, Chelsea took the lead!

Chelsea won 3-2 at home to the Hammers to secure their home winning streak.

But in such a game process, it is obvious that Pan Yi is not very satisfied.

It's just that considering that the players didn't give up when they were behind, gritted their teeth and persevered until the last minute, and finally relied on David Luiz's final stunner to get three points, Pan Yi didn't say anything, and still focused on encouragement.

And after this round of kicks, it is a two-week international break, and the Premier League will be suspended for two weeks, so it is not too much to criticize and educate now, so forget about it for now.

Leicester City still beat Newcastle United with a comfortable score of 1-0 in this round, and the gap with Chelsea remains at 17 points.

With eight league games remaining, it's fair to say it's only a matter of time before Chelsea win the title.

At the end of this round, the internationals went to their respective national teams.

Their task at this stage is mainly to prepare for Euro 2016, warm up and hone in the squad.

The qualifying stages for Euro 2016 have long since ended, and with 24 teams competing in the final stage, most of the traditional powerhouses will be in attendance.

For example, France, England, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Portugal......

But there is still one strong team missing, and that is the Netherlands.

They didn't take advantage of the Czech Republic, Iceland and Turkey in the group stage, and they lost a total of five games!

In the end, they could only finish fourth in the group, and they didn't even qualify for the play-offs and were eliminated.

Therefore, in this European Cup, it seems that Van Dijk can only accompany Pan Yi to watch the game......

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It's just that when the players of the national team dragged their tired bodies back to England and regrouped to challenge Aston Villa away, they once again played a worse performance.

While both sides have been affected by their international fixtures, Aston Villa have been significantly less affected, given that their number of internationals is few and far between, and most of them are not the main players.

Due to Chelsea's excellent performance in the past two seasons, coupled with Pan Yi's insistence on the rotation strategy, most of the first-team players have the opportunity to perform, resulting in almost all of them being internationals!

This gives Aston Villa the advantage in terms of fitness and form.

In this "head-to-tail battle" between the top and bottom of the Premier League, they even suppressed Chelsea on the field!

In the middle of the game, there was a long time when Chelsea were beaten by Aston Villa and had to retreat to the goal!

Arguably, Chelsea played one of the most embarrassing games of the season.

However, the Aston Villa players are also poor in their finishing skills – the fewest goals in the Premier League – the main reason for their bottom line.

Although Grealish's breakthrough created a number of chances, they were all blown away by a wave of shots from his teammates.

In the end, the two sides exchanged a blank at Villa Park Stadium and scored one point each.

It was also Chelsea's sixth draw of the season.

Although he still hasn't lost, and although he still continues his amazing record of 69 league games unbeaten, Pan Yi is still mad.

He turned on the hair dryer in the dressing room after the game and decided to wake up the players:

"It was definitely the worst game of the season and the most disappointing game for me!"

'You have to thank the strikers at Aston Villa. Let's put it this way, if they take even one tenth of the chances, we will all fail miserably here. ”

"Do you hear the sound outside? Aston Villa fans celebrate. Why? Why celebrate when a draw is played? Because we're Chelsea, number one Chelsea. ”

'The draw against Chelsea was something to celebrate for them and they were even happier because they came close to beating us. After all, they are only the team at the bottom of the table! ”

'Yes, you've just come back from the national team and you're going to be a little tired, but that's not a reason. It's not like we've had a busy schedule after one or two national team matches! ”

"I also got your physical data from the team doctor and the fitness coach before the game, so the players who are sent on the field must be players who are not in good physical condition."

"The reason why you didn't win was that your hearts were a little drifting. Do you think the league title is already in hand, and even the FA Cup and Champions League are in hand? ”

"I'm telling you, if you keep playing like this, you're probably going to get nothing! At the end of the season, just one League Cup, are you happy? ”

Pan Yi continued to ask, and the players all lowered their heads and didn't dare to say a word.

Why the performance is so poor, they themselves understand it in their hearts.

With all fronts going smoothly, everyone is indeed a little slack.

So in the face of a team like Aston Villa fighting for relegation, it is really a bit unrefreshing.

As a result, I almost got a bite back.

Another point, if the team's performance in the first half was not ideal, and it is understandable that the team has just returned from the national team and has not adjusted, then the second half is obviously very undeserved.

Pan Yi reminded the players at halftime to pay attention to their mentality and adjusted the team's tactics.

Unexpectedly, in the second half, everyone still played XJBT as usual, and there was no sign of turning the situation around.

It's hard to accept.

After all, what Pan Yi dislikes the most is that the players do not strictly implement the coach's tactical instructions!

Otherwise, we wouldn't be playing like we are today against a team that is at the bottom of the Premier League table, having only won three games so far.

"In three days' time, we have to play in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, if you still play Benfica in this form, do you think you can win?"

"Are you a little overconfident? Or do you think the team at the top of the Portuguese Premier League is better against than the team at the bottom of the Premier League? ”

"If that's the case, then you don't have to kick it, let's admit defeat, I can't afford to lose this face!"

Pan Yi scolded so fiercely, which made the players also endanger themselves.

The main reason is that the team has been too smooth recently, and Pan Yi is also encouraging and praising everyone, and rarely scolds the players.

In fact, the manager has always been like brothers with them, very polite and able to joke together, which is why the atmosphere in the dressing room is so harmonious.

After all, they are all the same age, and there is no generation gap at all.

But now, Pan Yi looks really angry.

It was a bit uncomfortable for the players and a little scared at the same time.

But they all knew in their hearts that the manager was right.

They have to pull themselves together, otherwise if they really end up empty, it won't do the team any good, and it won't do them any good for their professional development!

Then they will only get worse!

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"Will you scold too much?"

Pan Yi walked out of the locker room, and Arteta immediately trotted over and asked a little nervously.

Players don't often see Pan Yi go crazy, and Arteta doesn't often do it!

So he's in a similar mood to the players now, and he's a little apprehensive.

"This group of stinky boys is really uncomfortable, and they don't scold them well, and they probably don't remember what their last name is." Pan Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"It's to be scolded, it's to be scolded." Arteta nodded, "Being played like this by the team at the bottom of the table really deserves to be scolded." It's just that you scolded a little fiercely, and I'm afraid that the players will have some backlash. ”

Looking at Arteta's serious face, Pan Yi suddenly wanted to laugh a little in his heart.

Is this a fierce curse?

Brother Tazi, don't you know, when you become the head coach, you are much more fierce than me!

In Pan Yi's previous life, he watched Arsenal's documentary.

It was the 2021-2022 season and Arsenal were battling north London rivals Tottenham for fourth place.

In the 36th round, Tottenham won the first game against Burnley and moved up to fourth place by two points.

And if Arsenal win away at Newcastle United on 17 May, they will regain fourth place by one point.

As a result, in the decisive match at St James' Park, Arsenal lost 0-2 and lost the initiative in the race for the top four.

After the game, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta erupted in the dressing room away from home.

He called the players who were changing clothes together and cursed wildly.

First, Arteta came in shouting 'shut up' at his players and kicking things like water bottles on the dressing room floor – pretty much the most intense kind of FM gaming.

Arteta then told his players:

'We played really badly when we had the ball, we didn't have any organisation, we didn't have anything. Nothing. What-n-no! ”

"So, now, shut your mouths for me and swallow this result!"

'We could have scored eight goals! If you look back at their chances, you'll cry. You're going to cry out for the way we play! ”

"No, we can't say that, we're not on the same level as them at all. Newcastle are 10,000 times better than our team. Everything we've done here TM is so embarrassing! ”

"It's a shame! What is happening today is completely unacceptable to TMD. If you can accept such a competition, it means that you and I live in different worlds. ”

"A completely different world."

With that, Arteta threw the door out, leaving only the criminal-like players, staring down at the dressing room floor.

In this "speech", Arteta's "F" language goes beyond the norm, almost every sentence is swearing, and he also vents his frustration without reservation.

Now, your brother Tazi still said to Pan Yi, "Will you scold too fiercely?" ”

Hahahaha......

This fully illustrates that without suffering others, do not persuade others to be kind. If you have endured my suffering, you may not be as good as me.

However, at this time, Arteta felt a little hairy when he saw Pan Yi's smile.

He couldn't understand what he said just now, what's so funny?

"Actually, I really don't think Benfica is that difficult to play." Pan Yi took the opportunity to explain his motivation to Arteta, "But what about after Benfica? Real Madrid, Bayern, Barcelona, Manchester City, which one is better to play? Therefore, I have to ...... this"

Arteta nodded lightly and began to listen carefully to Pan Yi's teachings.

He knows that being a good manager is definitely not just training and tactics in place.

It is very important to grasp the psychology of the players, motivate the fighting spirit of the players when they are low, and reinvigorate the players when they are slacking.

Especially when the young players are on the pitch, they can't help but lack concentration on the pitch, which is often not felt by the players themselves.

Therefore, at this time, you should put some pressure on them appropriately to stimulate them to continue to maintain their condition.

And in this regard, Pan Yi is still very experienced.

Is there any coach in this world who has maintained victory for longer than Pan Yi?

Behind his super-first-class tactical deployment and on-the-spot command, it is also the result of Pan Yi's attention to the psychological state of the players day after day.

When it should be high-profile, it arouses the fighting spirit of the players;

Keep a low profile when it's time to keep it low to avoid player bloat.

This "Shiyi Sect" is really not false!

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In his press conference ahead of the home game against Benfica two days later, Pan Yi used the "low-key" tactic.

The main reason is that Chelsea have really not performed well in the last two rounds of the Premier League, which everyone has seen.

This is also to make the outside media also talk about it.

Many believe that Chelsea's lead in the Premier League, with the title on the horizon, coupled with the quarter-final draw and Benfica, may have been a bit of a bit of a bit of a slack as a result.

Subsequently, there was news that Pan Yi was furious in the locker room.

It also worries Chelsea supporters whether such a reprimand will cause the players to resent and demoralize the team, which will be detrimental to the upcoming Champions League knockout rounds.

Therefore, when facing reporters' questions, Pan Yi calmly said that he hoped that the players could pay attention to Benfica, the leader of the Portuguese Super League, and play at a real level in the game.

"This is a matchup between the two teams in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and it is also a matchup between the first team in the Premier League and the first in the Portuguese Super League, so the outcome is unpredictable."

'If nothing else, we bought Cancelo and B at Benfica, how are they now? At Benfica, they were just first-team substitutes. ”

"So, their strength is very strong. If our players don't take tomorrow's opponent seriously, it's likely to get a bitter result. ”

This is to keep a low profile while holding the opponent a hand.

It would be great if you could calm your mind and make your opponent float at the same time.

And after that locker room lecture, Pan Yi actually found a lot of players to communicate one-on-one.

The main purpose of this is to try to ease the emotions of the players and avoid any real stress on the premise of ensuring the effect of the training.

After all, the team is still dominated by young players, and sometimes there are things that children can't think of for a while, and it is not good if it affects training and games.

But it turns out that Pan Yi's worry is too much.

The mental attributes of this group of Chelsea players are all good!

Like Arsenal veterans Gnabry and Big Martin said, what are you scolding, boss?

Wenger scolded people, he didn't bring the same for an hour, and there were few places in the dressing room that were complete!

Former Manchester United player Jesse Lingard even spoke to Pan Yi vividly about the "Beckham Flying Boot Goal" incident he had heard......

But in short, Pan Yi still treated this incident cautiously, and now it seems that the effect is not bad.

Of course, the real effect depends on the real performance of the players on the field! ——

As Pan Yi said to Arteta, in fact, Benfica's strength is really average.

The head coach is called Vittoria, is he famous? No.

The captain is the Brazilian Luisson, and the vice-captain is the Argentine Gaitan, who is also the core player of the team, are they famous? Nor did it.

Pan Yi is most familiar with this team, the former Brazil international and Inter's triple crown goalkeeper, Cesar.

But he was born in September '79, he is 36 years old this year and is at the end of his career, otherwise he would not have come to Benfica.

They finished second behind Atletico Madrid in the group stage.

In this group, the third and fourth places are Turkey's Galatasaray and Kazakhstan's Astana, respectively, both of which are mediocre.

After qualifying, Benfica drew Zenit, the weakest player in the group, and then beat the opponent twice to break into the quarterfinals.

Therefore, they were able to reach the quarterfinals, and it was true that part of them played well, but the other part was that they were lucky, and they didn't meet any real strong opponents along the way.

Therefore, Pan Yi made the players cautious in the locker room and kept a low profile at the press conference, which does not mean that he will play in the game.

After all, today is a home game, and the overall strength is stronger than the opponent, how can you not storm the opponent?

And start attacking from the first minute of the game, using your own ball control advantage, firmly controlling the game in your own hands, and striving to end the battle in the first round!

This is Pan Yi's strategy in this game.

After Pan Yi's beating, the morale of the whole Chelsea team has improved a lot, and the players have become more motivated.

They also said that in today's game, they must play their true level, and they can't be as bad as the first two games!

(End of chapter)