"Fellow spectators, welcome to the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy."

'We're streaming the 2015-2016 season, the UEFA Champions League final, between Chelsea and Bayern Munich.

"Bayern Munich have won the Champions League five times in their history, most recently in the 2012-2013 season when they were led by Heynckes and beat Borussia Dortmund in the final.

"Chelsea have only won the title once, but this time it happened last season! In other words, Chelsea arrived at the San Siro today as the defending champions. ”

"What's more worth mentioning is that after Pan Yi took charge of Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have not tasted defeat in the Premier League in two seasons, creating an unprecedented record of 76 games unbeaten in the five major leagues!"

"And they are also unbeaten in the Champions League for two seasons. This has led to six trophies for Chelsea this season, including the UEFA Super Cup, Community Shield, Club World Cup, League Cup, FA Cup and Premier League! ”

'If Chelsea can win today's Champions League final, they will be the only seven-time champions in football history! It would also fulfill the promise Pan Yi made to his boss and fans before the season. ”

"As for Bayern Munich, who have already won the league and the German Cup on the domestic stage this season, they are also hoping to win the treble this season."

"In the 2012-2013 season, Bayern Munich once achieved a treble, I wonder if they can repeat this glory today?"

"Okay, the classic Champions League theme song has sounded on the scene, and the game is about to start."

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"Kick Barcelona, kick Barcelona, kick Bayern Munich, our factory has collapsed ......"

In the majestic Champions League theme song, a group of tall Italian models surrounded Maldini and Zanetti to the edge of the venue.

Milan has always been the fashion capital, and of course models are abundant.

And these two Milan City celebrities also put the big ear cup on the high cup seat on the sideline.

Soon, the live TV camera switched to the players' tunnel, where players from both teams were already lined up.

Then, led by the referee team, they quickly walked onto the pitch from both sides of the Big Ear Cup.

Whether it's a Chelsea player or a Bayern Munich player, they all look straight ahead, not even looking at the big ear cup, let alone touching it.

This is due to a "curse" in world football, it is said that no matter who touches the championship trophy before the game, then the championship must not be with you!

But when the players of both teams walked into the stadium and began to line up, the coaching teams of both sides who were at the back of the line also entered......

Pan Yi actually walked straight to the Big Ear Cup, and in front of 80,000 spectators, he directly stroked it!

The audience was in an uproar.

The narrator also climaxed instantly:

"Touched!"

"Pan Yi touched it! He touched the Big Ear Cup! ”

"As a professional coach, it's impossible for him not to know the curse of clinking glasses and losing the championship, but he still took the initiative to touch the trophy!"

"This gesture shows that he just wants to see if this spell is powerful today, or if it is the invincible Chelsea that he has under his command!"

"It also shows how much faith he has today!"

"Pan Yi seems to be conveying a message to everyone, especially his disciples, that is, today, no one can stop him from winning the championship, even if it is this spell!"

After touching the trophy, Pan Yi smiled confidently and walked to the home team's coach's seat casually.

Guardiola, on the other hand, took the initiative to greet him, and the two shook hands and embraced.

Then Guardiola whispered in Pan Yi's ear: "Your trick is ruthless enough, aren't you afraid of being eaten by a curse?" ”

As an excellent coach and a psychological master, Guardiola certainly knows the intentions of Pan Yi's move.

But doing so, while expressing a strong sense of self-confidence, is also a double-edged sword.

Because if the game is not good, maybe some players will throw the pot on it.

Pan Yi smiled: "I am a materialist warrior, I only believe in everyone's performance on the court. ”

Guardiola nodded, didn't say anything more, and the two went back to their seats.

Pan Yi is telling the truth, he really doesn't believe in these "spells" or anything like that.

The earliest example of this "touch the trophy and lose the title" spell should be the 2004 Champions League final.

Monaco's Giuli touched the trophy while stepping on the pitch, and Monaco lost to Porto, making Mourinho's first Champions League victory.

More famous was the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul.

On the entrance, AC Milan's Gattuso and Kaka both touched the trophy.

At the end of the first half, AC Milan led Liverpool 3-0. The rest of the story is familiar to everyone.

Liverpool scored three goals in the second half to win the title by beating AC Milan on penalties.

Perhaps because of the results of these two finals, many players and coaches did not dare to touch the trophy later, and this curse was born.

But in Pan Yi's view, this is nothing more than a "survivorship bias".

It's also a common logical fallacy, which is to only see the results of some kind of screening and ignore key information.

Because everyone is spreading this "curse", as long as someone touches the trophy and loses, it will deepen this impression even more;

But if you touch the trophy and win, you will be ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

For example, in the 2019 Copa Libertadores final, Flamengo's Barbosa touched the trophy before the game, but they eventually won 2-1 against River Plate.

In fact, this also includes the superstitions of many coaches and players, such as the left foot must enter the field, what color underwear must be worn, what kind of scarf must be worn, and so on.

But the question is, if you can win the game if you do it, what else do you need tactics and training for?

It can only be said that this can only bring a little psychological hint to yourself, and then let yourself play better.

It can be said that in the green world, superstition is really not a sin, and a bad record is the biggest original sin.

And now, Pan Yi is confident that he can use his achievements to break such and such a curse!

In the face of absolute strength, any bull ghost snake god is meaningless!

Before the game, Pan Yi also expressed this opinion to his players: "The victory is in your own hands, and nothing will change because you touch the trophy!" ”

And the players naturally accepted it quickly - provided that the person who touched the trophy was Pan Yi.

After all, in their minds, Pan Yi is God!

——

"Now that the players from both sides of the pitch are already on either side of the pitch, let's introduce the starting line-ups for both sides."

'Chelsea, for their part, have adopted their favourite 3-5-2 formation, with Thibaut Courtois in goal, and the three centre-backs at the back are Ake, David Luiz and Virgil van Dijk.

'From left to right in midfield are Marcos Alonso, Eden Hazard, N'Golo Kante, Bernardo Silva, Azpilicueta, and up front with Harry Kane and Romelu Lukaku.

'There are no surprises to this line-up, it's Chelsea's best squad of the season!'

"Let's look at Bayern Munich again."

'Pep Guardiola's game lined up with the 4-1-4-1 formation that Bayern Munich used in the win over Real Madrid.

'Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Alaba at the back, Boateng, Xavi Martinez, Lahm, Xavi Alonso at the back.

"From left to right, the front four are Franck Franck Ribery, Vidal, Thomas Muller, Arjen Robben, and at the top of the front is the centre-forward Robert Lewandowski."

"This is also the strongest squad for Bayern Munich!"

"It can be said that the line-up of both sides today is very neat, and they will definitely give their best in this game!"

"Whether it's Chelsea or Bayern Munich, they are both known for their attacking power, and Pan Yi and Pep Guardiola have their own experience in shaping their own attacking system."

"It's foreseeable that it's going to be a great offensive battle today, and the fans are in for a treat!"

At this time, Pan Yi looked at the position of the Bayern Munich players on the sidelines, and nodded slightly.

This was almost as he expected.

Perhaps after two tough battles with Real Madrid, Guardiola has already determined his core of 4-1-4-1 play, so he will not do anything more in the final.

The same is true for Pan Yi.

As the pioneer of the 3-2-4-1 formation, he is certainly well aware of the various variations and advantages and disadvantages of the 4-1-4-1 variant.

The shortcomings, in particular, are the protection of the single midfielder and the relative weakness of the wide defence.

In his own 3-5-2, the two wing-backs and full-backs can gain an advantage on the wings, while the midfield three can also suppress Xavi Alonso's one-man midfield play.

Even if their Javi Martinez comes up to form a back two with Xavi Alonso, Chelsea still have a numerical advantage.

Therefore, Pan Yi also chose not to live, and directly used the formation that his players are best at and most familiar with to meet the enemy, isn't it beautiful?

Of course, there is another change in Pep Guardiola's 4-1-4-1, which is that the front four have dropped back one to two squares, the two attacking midfielders have become central midfielders or even midfielders, and the two wingers have also become wing-backs.

In this way, Bayern's midfield can become five people at once, and it can form a numerical advantage to suppress Chelsea's midfield, and it is also more dense defensively, making it difficult for the opponent to break through.

But in this way, Lewandowski is left alone on the offensive line, and it is inevitable that he will be constipated.

With what Pan Yi knows about Pep Guardiola, he certainly won't do it, at least not at first.

When he was coaching, he was sticking to his own football philosophy and sticking to his own philosophy.

Sticking to it is certainly not what Guardiola or Bayern Munich like, and even Bayern fans can't tolerate seeing a Bayern with an iron bucket!

So they'd rather lose the game than press out.

Then, as the commentator said, this Champions League will unsurprisingly turn into an offensive battle.

And Pan Yi's explanation to the boys is to stabilize their positions after the opening and not rush to attack.

This is the opening strategy chosen from the perspective of "controlling for unexpected variables".

If the two sides start with a fierce attack, the defense will definitely be relatively empty with both sides wide open and closed.

In this way, it is not surprising that no one will score a goal as long as the attacking players on both sides have outstanding individual ability.

In other words, it's a bit like a stroke of luck.

And for Chelsea, who are better in strength and form, it is obviously a bit less cost-effective to do so.

Therefore, it should be a smarter way to stabilize the formation, first resist Bayern's wave of attack, and then make plans after frustrating the opponent's spirit! ——

At this time, with the referee's whistle, the much-anticipated Champions League final finally kicked off.

Bayern Munich were the first to get the kick-off.

Lewandowski kicked the ball to Thomas Muller from the kick-off, who fired a straight ball into the back.

At the same time, the players up front were rushing forward quickly, with Arjen Robben and Franck Franck Ribery on either side more like two sharp blades, straight into the Chelsea goal.

The Blues also retreated quickly, especially the three centre-backs who retreated directly to the front of the penalty area and immediately organized their defence.

Bayern's attack soon crossed the halfway line.

Xavi Alonso picked up the ball and shifted it to the left rib, and Ribery received the ball and led it down the middle.

N'Golo Kante followed closely behind, but Ribery was flexible enough to break through Kante's defence after a shake.

N'Golo Kante stretched his leg a little late and tripped Ribery to the ground, and the referee's whistle blew immediately.

It was the first foul of the game and Bayern Munich were awarded a free-kick in front.

A set-piece opportunity was created less than a minute into the game, and the Bayern Munich fans in the stands looked extremely excited, and the song of "Southern Star" suddenly resounded over the San Siro stadium.

On the pitch, Ribery and Arjen Robben stood on either side of the penalty spot.

The two Bayern wings happen to be a right-footed and a left-footed, and can kick different free-kicks.

It's just that the position of this free kick is about 30 meters from the goal, and it feels unlikely that it will hit the goal directly, so Chelsea is more likely to defend against Bayern Munich's tall players who enter the penalty area.

Unexpectedly, Ribery suddenly took a quick curling ball, with a strong spin, and went straight to the goal.

Courtois made a quick judgment and reached out his hands to get hold of the ball.

But I didn't expect the spin of this ball to be very strong, Courtois couldn't grasp it for a while, and he actually got out of his hand!

This sudden change caused a riot in the entire penalty area, and the stands were even more exclaimed.

Lewandowski was quick to follow up and catch up before everyone else, but Van Dijk flew to the ground to keep Lewandowski's follow-up shot out of the net.

It was only then that the entire Chelsea crowd at the San Siro Stadium exhaled, their tense nerves loosening a little.

Courtois raised his hand apologetically to his team-mate, saying that the danger was caused by his own mistake and that he looked a little nervous.

Today's captain Azpilicueta and his teammates such as N'Golo Kante and Virgil van Dijk walked over to comfort him.

Pan Yi also clapped his hands vigorously on the sidelines, encouraging everyone:

"Everyone is doing well, don't rush, take your time!"

This is the final, this is the Champions League final!

Even the most experienced players are likely to have emotional swings or make some low-level mistakes, let alone young players like Chelsea.

Courtois has always been regarded as a player with a "big heart", but he is only 24 years old this year, which is still very young as a goalkeeper.

What's more, now that the game has just started, sometimes the players are not fully stretched out physically, or they are a little nervous.

Therefore, it is still necessary to encourage at this time.

Pan Yi believes that the players under his command will soon be able to adjust themselves and quickly get into the game.

Something like Karius's mistake that never recovers from it shouldn't happen......

On the field at this time, Ribery had also run to the corner area.

But this time, his corner kick was quickly rushed out of the goal by Courtois, leaping high and snatching it out of mid-air before everyone else, giving Bayern Munich any chance to threaten the goal.

The Belgian goalkeeper's strike also earned him a full cheer.

Pan Yi also nodded lightly.

Courtois is like this, he will not be affected by his own mistakes, otherwise he will not become the most powerful contender for the "world's first door" in the future.

The game continues.

Bayern Munich still do a good job both offensively and defensively.

Especially when Chelsea have the ball, their four attacking midfielders and one centre-forward will press Chelsea fiercely up front.

And Chelsea originally played a little cautiously and cautiously at the beginning, focusing on stability, so from the perspective of the field, it was a bit of a feeling of being suppressed by Bayern Munich.

The Bundesliga giants used their pressing and aggressive running to make it difficult for Chelsea to spread out their passing, often making mistakes after two or three passes.

This is also the result of some of Pep Guardiola's targeted deployment to Chelsea.

Everyone knows that Chelsea's midfield and backfield are very skillful, and the three central defenders have strong ability to play the ball, so Guardiola arranged for Lewandowski and Muller and Vidal to press the three central defenders at the same time, and let Robben and Ribery move forward and press Kante.

This near-man-to-man pressing of the area, combined with the fitness of the Bayern Munich players at the start of the game, was a real headache for Chelsea, and it was difficult to even get the ball up front, let alone pose a threat.

It's just that because Pan Yi had already reminded him of the difficulties he would encounter after the opening, the Chelsea players were also mentally prepared for this.

They are very well organised defensively, and once they concede a goal, they immediately form a meticulous defensive hierarchy that does not give Bayern Munich a chance to really threaten the goal.

It wasn't until the 8th minute that Bayern Munich had another chance to shoot.

It was Robert Lewandowski again, and the Polish striker's long-range shot from 30 yards out went just wide.

After the goal kick was taken, it was won by a Bayern player.

Bayern Munich left-back Alaba suddenly stepped forward and Ribery dribbled the ball to Chelsea's right flank, attracting the attention of defenders such as Cesar Azpilicueta before abruptly returning to the left.

Without thinking, Alaba slotted a cross with his left foot and sent the ball into the box.

At this time, Robben quickly plugged in the back row, blocked David Luiz with his body, stopped the ball with his chest, and shot directly after landing on the ground.

The ball went straight to the goal with a thunderous momentum.

And with an exclamation from the fans, Courtois made another brilliant flying save to keep Robben's close-range shot out of the line, and Bayern Munich won another corner in front.

'Chelsea's defence was loose this time around, Courtois reacted very quickly, and if he hadn't judged in time, I'm afraid Arjen Robben's shot would have penetrated the Chelsea goal by now.'

'It's the tenth minute and we're seeing Bayern Munich continue to put pressure on Chelsea.

"It's sure to come as a surprise to a lot of people. Because no one would have thought that before the game, as the number one favorite to win the championship, and with the world's top coach Pan Yi in charge, Chelsea would be suppressed by Bayern Munich at the beginning. ”

'It was a surprise that Chelsea didn't even have a shot on goal after 10 minutes.

"Let's look at this corner from Bayern Munich."

'It was still Ribery who took the penalty and got into the box, Ake headed it clear, but the ball didn't fly far.

Xavi Alonso's long-range shot! Slightly above the beam. ”

"Although I didn't score, these attacks must have scared Chelsea fans into a cold sweat."

"Now Pan Yi should give a strong adjustment as soon as possible in order to reverse the situation on the court."

"I wonder if he regrets touching the Big Ears trophy before the race?"

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"Sure enough, it's Pep Guardiola, and the offense is really a hand."

Pan Yi put his hands behind his back on the sidelines and stopped idly.

He's certainly not as nervous as the fans, after all, such a scene was expected by him, and it can even be said that it was part of his plan.

"Bayern Munich's step-by-step style of play is very physically demanding, and I'm afraid it won't last long." Arteta, the assistant coach on the side, analyzed.

A lot of teams do that when they play Chelsea, so Arteta sees it clearly.

But the question is, what Arteta knows, Guardiola doesn't know?

This is precisely because of Guardiola's confidence in his team and his own tactics.

In the opening ten minutes, Pep Guardiola's tactics were to restrain Chelsea's passing and control as the core purpose, and then seize the opportunity to counterattack.

Bayern Munich's attacking group, led by Robert Lewandowski, were quite tactically executed, and it was up to them to suppress Chelsea's three centre-backs, especially to make it difficult for David Luiz to pass the ball forward effectively.

Meanwhile, Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben pressed high on the flanks and almost followed Chelsea's two full-backs, especially Cesar Azpilicueta on the right.

Today's captain Azpilicueta has always been good in attack and defence, and can be said to be the representative of the all-round full-back, advancing with the ball and playing the ball are very important tools for the team.

As a result, Arjen Robben was more active on the right side of Van Dijk today, keeping the Chelsea centre-backs on the right flank.

Azpilicueta has fewer chances to get the ball on this side, and Marcos Alonso on the left is relatively slow and has average breakthrough ability, so it is difficult to play opportunities on both sides.

In the midfield position, Xavi Alonso also pressed more at first, mainly against Chelsea's N'Golo Kante, which made Chelsea's midfield no longer able to control the midfield as freely as before.

Hazard and B in front of Kante, because Bayern Munich's defense is relatively high, the three lines are kept tight, which makes it difficult for Chelsea's two forward midfielders to get opportunities, and the ball and the ball are not ideal.

Overall, under Bayern Munich's heavy pressing, Chelsea's pass-and-control style of play has been curtailed.

Bayern's off-the-ball movement in particular is excellent in its own right, with each player being able to create a localized situation with more and fewer packs through a wide range of movements, making it difficult for Chelsea to pass the ball effectively.

On the contrary, it was Bayern, who fought back and played vigorously, and the threat became bigger and bigger every time.

It should be said that Pep Guardiola's opening tactics were very successful, and the effect was obvious, with Chelsea making frequent mistakes in passing and receiving the ball.

It can even be said that if Bayern Munich continues to be suppressed like this, it will be a matter of time before they are scored.

Just look at those two shots from Robert Lewandowski, Bayern might have taken the lead if it weren't for Chelsea's defenders and goalkeepers.

Once Bayern scores, Guardiola is likely to change his style of play, pay more attention to ball control, loosen his pressing on the pitch, and then distribute his physical energy more reasonably.

In this way, they are ahead again in the score, and there will not be too many hidden dangers in terms of physical fitness.

That's Pep Guardiola's overall approach to this game.

Of course, as Gua Shuai's old friend, Pan Yi also has a way to deal with it.

"You two, stand back!" Pan Yi shouted towards the field.

He was calling out two wing-backs, Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso.

They moved to full-back, with David Luiz moving forward a bit to form a back pair with N'Golo Kante.

At this time, the Chelsea formation has become a four-midfield position that is not quite the same as the ordinary 4-4-2, to be precise, a 4-2-2-2 formation.

In doing so, more troops were hoarded in the middle of Chelsea's flanks and Bayern were able to avoid Bayern's key attacks on their own two flanks.

Aren't you Bayern very good at grabbing, so grab it now!

After Pan Yi arranged the first response of the game, he turned around and looked towards Pep Guardiola in front of the visiting team's coach's box.

At this time, Gua Shuai saw Pan Yi's adjustment, and happened to look over here, and immediately looked at each other.

Pan Yi's finger hooked over there:

"You, come here!"

(End of chapter)