In the end, thanks to two goals from Kulusevski and Augustinsson after 80 minutes, Sweden eliminated Spain 2:1 in the eighths of the knockout round!

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Pan Yi immediately raised his hands to applaud the players on the court.

These lads are really good!

The Swedes rushed to the sidelines, hugging all the coaches and substitutes, singing and dancing.

Ibrahimovic, who already had an ice pack on his leg, was also excited, roaring and expressing his congratulations to the players one by one.

The victory in this game was obtained with Ibrahimovic leaving the game early, so it was especially difficult!

Pan Yi then summoned everyone to greet the fans in the stands to thank them for their support of the team.

His move was also immediately echoed by cheers from the fans in the stands.

Unlike the usual club games, which are mostly played by fans of both teams, the difference is only which side has more points and which side has less in the home and away games;

In major competitions such as the European Cup and the World Cup, in fact, neutral fans account for a large part.

And because of the existence of Pan Yi, many of these neutral fans have become Swedish fans.

They rushed to France from all over Europe and even the world just to catch a glimpse of Pan Yi!

This also makes the Swedish team's games often become Sweden's home stadium.

Therefore, Pan Yi led the team to thank them, and of course they will be even more excited!

"It's a victory for the Swedish team, but it's also a victory for Pan Yi! Swedish fans are using their way to show their love for Pan Yi! ”

The on-site narrator also looked very excited, shouting loudly.

At this time, in the stands of the stadium, a group of fans with the style of the Swedish flag painted on their faces are singing:

"You are handsome and wise, in the far east."

"Your constant victories make us feel good."

“…… I will always love you, Pan Yi from the East! ”

As more and more Swedish fans on the pitch began singing the song, the commentator explained:

"It's a song that Swedish fans have dedicated to their acting head coach! It is worth mentioning that this is a song adapted from the melody of the Swedish national anthem, which shows that Pan Yi has completely conquered Swedish fans in less than a month! ”

"Of course, Pan Yi deserves the admiration of Swedish fans, he deserves it all! He led the Swedish team, which was underestimated before the game, and has reached the quarterfinals of this European Cup! ”

"And in this game against Spain, from the head coach's point of view, Pan Yi's performance is also perfect."

Although Spain's technical superiority was evident in the game and took advantage of Ibrahimovic's injury to score the first goal and push Sweden into a corner; However, Pan Yi boldly made important adjustments at halftime, directly replacing the two full-backs, and the formation was adjusted to 4-3-3. ”

'He even pushed Kulusevs to the right winger! I didn't understand this adjustment at the time, but Pan Yi quickly told us why. ”

"Lustig stubbornly defended the Swedish right flank, leaving Spain's left attack line consisting of Marcos Alonso, Andres Iniesta and David Silva ineffective;"

Kulusevski even used his movement and cool shot to equalize for Sweden! Of course, that's not all. ”

He immediately created a free-kick with his breakthrough and it was another substitute, Augustinsson, who took advantage of it! What an amazing script! ”

"I believe that even the most professional commentators may not be able to understand the Swedish substitutes like Kulusevski, Augustinsson and Lustig, or to learn more about their technical characteristics;"

"But it's clear that Pan Yi is much more professional! He will be able to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each player under him in a short period of time, and let them go up at the right time to show their abilities! ”

Of course, in addition to these three substitutes, Pan Yi's use of Isak is also very good. After Ibrahimovic went off injured, he decisively put Isak in the center of the field, allowing him to play a good pivotal role. ”

"Kulusevski's goal was based on Isak's play in the middle. Considering Ibrahimovic's age, the appearance of Isak allows Sweden's frontcourt to still maintain a strong attacking power! ”

"Whether it is Isak or Kulusevski, it can be said that they are both precious gifts from Pan Yi to the Swedish national team!"

At this time, the television camera swept to King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden in the stands.

He was waving his hands to greet the fans, and even dancing like a seventy-year-old child.

His actions were also shown on the big screen in the stadium, which made the fans laugh.

"The victory in this game made everyone in Sweden happy, and it even affected the support of the Swedish people for the king......"

"However, if Sweden wants to keep going, they will have to work harder. Their next opponent will be Germany! ”

"At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Germany beat Argentina in the final to win the fourth World Cup in their history, and they are strong and in good form."

"It is worth mentioning that the head coach of the German national team, Loew, is a die-hard fan of Pan Yi, and once admitted in an interview that he had received Pan Yi's guidance, and even the determination of the national team list had Pan Yi's suggestion in it."

"So, can we see this game as a master-apprentice fight? But there is no doubt that as an 'apprentice', Loew's cards in his hand are much better than Pan Yi's. ”

"Oh, there's another attraction here, that is, the German team is formed with Bayern Munich as the team, and people like Neuer, Boateng, Kimmich, Muller and others are the main players of the team;"

Bayern Munich, on the other hand, just lost to Chelsea in this year's Champions League and lost the title. The head coach of Chelsea at the time was none other than Pan Yi, who is now in charge of Sweden......

"It can be said that this is also a battle of revenge!"

"But no matter what, we should wish Pan Yi and his Swedish team, hope that they can have a better and better performance in this European Cup, and hope that his Swedish team can continue to bring wonderful games to the fans!"

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Sweden's win over Spain was of course the focus of public opinion after the game, but that focus was quickly overshadowed by a final quarter-final.

That's because in this game, the biggest upset since the start of this cup broke out!

England were eliminated by Iceland!

In the opening 3 minutes, after England's Sturridge sent a wonderful pass on the right side of the front, Sterling inserted it on the left side and was knocked down by Iceland goalkeeper Halldosen, and the referee blew the whistle to award a penalty!

Rooney hit the bottom left corner of the goal with his right foot, and although Halldosen judged the direction correctly, the angle was too awkward, and the ball went into the net. England lead 1-0.

However, just four minutes later, Iceland equalised. In the 7th minute, Arnaldson received a powerful throw-in from the right side of the Gounelsson's header, and Ragnar Sigurdsson stabbed the ball from the edge of the six-yard box to make it 1-1.

In the 18th minute, Iceland's Bedwaldson received a through ball from Gilfi Sigurdsson on the edge of the penalty area and knocked it horizontally, Sig Soltsson got the ball 16 meters and pushed it, Hart pounced on the ball and got out of his hand, and the ball went into the net from the bottom right corner of the goal, and Iceland reversed the lead 2-1.

In the following games, although the England team tried to break through the door of the Iceland team many times, they finally returned in vain and stopped in the round of 16 of Euro 2016!

After the game, England manager Roy Hodgson said in his post-match press conference that he would resign immediately.

Iceland, with a total population of just over 300,000, has historically reached the quarterfinals of the European Cup!

It's a miracle!

Their earth-shattering Viking war cry once again resounded over France......

And after this game, all the quarterfinals of this European Cup will be produced, and all the matchups will be out.

July 1, Portugal vs. Poland.

July 2, Wales vs. Belgium.

July 3, Germany vs. Sweden.

July 4, France vs. Iceland.

And among these matchups, the most interesting is of course the match between Germany and Sweden.

This "master-apprentice battle", or "Bayern revenge battle", has whetted the appetite of fans early, and everyone wants to see how the Swedish team will find a way to gnaw the hard bone of the German team after crossing the difficulty of Spain!

After all, the German team is not only the champion of the World Cup, but also one of the teams with the highest call to win the championship this year, and the odds of winning the championship are second only to the French team playing on home soil.

And they have a full lineup, high morale, and they have passed the previous group stage and quarterfinals easily, and their form is obviously much stronger than Spain.

And after Pan Yi defeated Belgium with a substitute lineup and used a magical half-time substitution against Spain, everyone was also full of curiosity about what kind of lineup Pan Yi would use against Germany.

This is already a highlight of this European Cup!

Even on major fan forums, whether you can guess Pan Yi's starting lineup has become an important indicator to measure whether a fan understands the ball.

Will Sweden revert to their original 4-3-3 after Ibrahimovic's injury?

Or will Pan Yi still put Isak in the middle and form a double center combination of "Double Yi"?

Where will Kulusevski stand, winger or midfielder?

Which side does Guidetti play?

Will the midfield still use the Fossberg + Ekdal + Wayne Bloom combination? Is Pan Yi still hiding any useless players?

There are now four full-backs available, how will Pan Yi choose?

For fans, it's as fun as guessing riddles, and even a little exciting.

And when interviewed by reporters, Pan Yi certainly wouldn't say what he thought.

He just smiled and said that the reason why he dared to make all the substitutions at half-time was because he dared to gamble.

Because since Sweden won all three games in the group stage, he has no worries.

How high are the expectations of Swedish fans? Not high, of course. If you ask any Swedish fan, you must be satisfied to qualify from the group.

And Pan Yi led the team to three consecutive victories in the Group of Death, which has exceeded everyone's expectations.

In other words, it's enough. Every extra step after that, it is earned.

In this case, what does Pan Yi dare not fight? You won't lose anyway!

But on the other hand, those favorites to win the championship are actually carrying the burden of wanting to win and being afraid of losing, and they are a little timid on the field.

Including the coaches, they want to hold on to the end of the game after scoring a goal, and they don't dare to let go of the changes on the field and make adjustments, which will of course affect the outcome of the game.

In a word, love to fight will win!

"Three points are destined, seven points depend on hard work, love ~~biang~~~~ home~~~eh~~!"

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Of course, "fighting" is just Pan Yi's rhetoric to the outside world, and if you want to win, it is not enough to just work hard.

Only Pan Yi knows how much time he has to spend preparing and researching behind such a victory.

From the quarter-finals against Spain to the quarter-finals against Germany, Sweden had a five-day gap.

And in these five days, Pan Yi did not relax at all.

He spends almost every day with the players, except for training and watching the game footage, which is to constantly instill ideas into the players and correct some of the mistakes they have made in the game to make them better.

Of course, it is more important to study Loew's German team and find out how to target them.

This is modern football, every game looks like the players are playing, but in fact every game is dynamic and changing.

Even if the starters and formations are the same, the responsibilities of each player will be different, not to mention the opponents they face every time.

If you always play the same game, you tend to be very passive when you are targeted.

And now this German team, in fact, it can really be seen that Loew is quite influenced by Pan Yi.

Since Euro 2012, the German team has used four back tactics such as 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3 in so many games, as well as a three-centre-back system of 3-4-3 and 3-5-2, and it is very "coincidental" that these tactics have been often used by Pan Yi in recent years.

Of course, regardless of the form of play, the Germans have always maintained a two-man midfield configuration, and Loew has been experimenting with his combinations.

This is also the focus of Pan Yi's research.

Because he knew that the most important thing to hit the German team, or to disrupt their offensive and defensive deployment, was to hit their back.

"Khedira-Schweinsteiger", "Khedira Kroos", "Schweinsteiger-Kroos", and the "Ram-Schweinsteiger" combination that appeared in 2014, including "Kramer-Schweinsteiger" used in the World Cup final......

Although Goretzka has performed well at Chelsea in the past two years, he is not an absolute mainstay after all, and his importance in this German team is not high.

It can be seen that Loew is the most among the midfielders, and the most trusted is still Piggy Schweinsteiger.

But there have been some changes at this European Championship.

The 'Khedira-Kroos' duo has appeared more often in Germany's games, including when they beat Slovakia 3-0 in the quarter-finals.

This may have something to do with Schweinsteiger's age and slight decline in form, but Kroos' recent performances at Real Madrid should have played a significant role.

No matter what kind of combination is used, the German team's use of the double back in defense, tandem and offense is actually a system.

When defending with two midfielders, keep a parallel position in front of the top of the arc of the penalty area, focusing on preventing the top of the arc of the penalty area, and not giving the opposing defender space to pass and receive the ball in this area.

In the game, the double back will also change positions in a timely manner, but the two will never stand in parallel, but choose to stand in front and back, which can not only increase the layered effect in the defensive system, but also increase the easy passing and receiving in the attack.

When attacking, one of the two midfielders (such as Kroos) will step forward to the top right to attract the opposing defender at the back, leaving a large open space for another player at the back of the middle.

When the attacking player of the team leads the opponent's back away from the top of the arc of the penalty area, one of the two midfielders will plug in in time, take advantage of the open area in front of him, calmly choose the best route to the ball, and finally complete the assist.

Therefore, if Sweden wants to beat Germany, they must limit the movement and tandem of the German midfield.

Pan Yi also made changes to his midfield.

He decided to line up with a back three!

Ekdal, Waynebloom and Sebastian Larsson were all in the field, with Forsberg in front of them.

This maximises the midfield's ability to intercept and encircle, and does not allow the Germans to easily attract all of their midfielders.

It is also necessary to increase the number of players, after all, in addition to the two central midfielders, Germany also have many talented players in the central midfield position, and there are many attacking combinations for Loew to choose from.

Gotze, Thomas Müller, Schurrle, Podolski, Draxler, including Goretzka, can all form different attacking combinations depending on the characteristics of the players and their tactical choices.

If it weren't for Reus's injury and Kroos being more in the midfield position, Loew could have pulled out more.

As for what combination will be used in the end, it will depend on Loew's decision on what kind of attacking tactics to use in the game.

Flying on both wings: When focusing on wide breaks, the options include Reuss, Thomas Müller, Schurrle and Schalke 04's talented teenager Draxler, and of course his team-mate, Leroy Sane, who has been in excellent form of late.

Penetration in the middle: The German team's midfielders frequently switch positions between each other, and when facing the opponent's defense, they often use continuous running to pull the opponent's defense, supplemented by accurate short passes to tear the opponent's defense frontally, which will be the ultimate in the pursuit of "perfect" coordination by the defenders. In the middle penetration tactic, Gotze, Muller, Kroos, as well as Reuss and Goretzka can perform this tactic.

Strong strikers: When Germany has a strong striker with guaranteed form, then the combination of the duties of the forward line and the attacking routine will be more abundant. You can choose to cross from the side, and the striker will attack the city; It is also possible for a strong striker to contain the opposing central defender in the penalty area, and the forward lineman can complete the shot.

When it comes to strong strikers, although the German team's style of play has been slowly transitioning to short passes, in our minds, when we mention the German team, what always comes to mind is the picture of a strong center attacking the city.

Historically, Germany has also been a country rich in center forwards, Gerd Müller, Rummenigge, Klinsmann and Klose are all excellent representatives of Germany's strong center forward, and the center forward has always maintained its unique position in the German team's tactical system.

It's just that in the current German team, only Gomez can be trusted, which is actually one of Germany's weaknesses.

As long as Sweden's Victor Lindelof and Granqvist can keep Gomez at bay, the Germans' attacking firepower will be greatly reduced.

Of course, the weakness of the German team is not only here.

First of all, the full-backs.

None of Germany's full-backs, with the exception of Lahm, are world-class.

In several major tournaments, Loew often used the likes of Boateng, Bad Stuber, Huvedes and even Larsbend as full-backs, but these players are not pure full-backs, and they have certain deficiencies in defensive positioning and ball prediction.

Lahm has announced his retirement from the national team after winning the World Cup, and of course he did not follow the team at this European Championship, Loew now uses J. Hector from Cologne and chicken brother Kimmich to play two wing-backs.

But it is clear that Hector is a little weaker and Kimmich is immature – as his performance in the Champions League final has demonstrated.

Then there are the centre-backs.

Not surprisingly, Germany's main centre-back combination should be Boateng and Hummels.

Both men have mid-range turnaround and pursuit speed, while Boateng's physicality is definitely at the top of the list among centre-backs, having made a name for himself in Bayern's 2013 Champions League final against Borussia Dort, freezing the opposing striker Robert Lewandowski with an injury.

Now in Bayern's tactical system, the central defender is also involved in the attacking system, Boateng has repeatedly created offensive opportunities for the forward line through accurate long passes in the backfield, and I believe that if Loew needs the central defender's long pass to launch an attack in the tactical system, Boateng will be a very good choice.

But Boateng's shortcomings are also very obvious.

His defensive anticipation is poor, and in recent years Boateng has always given the impression of defensive frizz, always making untimely defensive moves in the penalty area, and sometimes even giving away penalties.

In fact, if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that the root cause of this phenomenon is caused by Boateng's misjudgment of the ball path and the loss of defensive position.

Hummels is arguably one of the best centre-backs that have emerged in international football in recent years, both in terms of his physicality and his defensive awareness, and his speed of turning and chasing back is excellent.

Hummels is often reminiscent of Summerer as a player, as a scavenger who made timely runs into the opposition mid-game to create a threat and even score.

In Germany's Euro 2012 semi-final against Italy, Hummels also played from the back to dribble down the middle, eventually shooting and finishing at the top of the box, only to fail to score because of Gianluigi Buffon's excellent performance.

However, Hummels' performances in the German team for several years have never shown his super form at the club, so this will also be a point that Pan Yi can take advantage of.

Because of this, Pan Yi decided to use the formation of Ibrahimovic + Isak double center forward to take turns to impact the German defense!

Whether it's Boateng or Hummels, they actually have a hard time dealing with a center forward like Ibrahimovic, and they often need to work together;

But what if you defend against an Ibrahim, and there is a "new Ibrahim" behind it?

This can cause the other party to scramble and create a loophole.

Of course, this arrangement is also related to Pan Yi's adjustment of the formation to four midfielders.

In the case of ensuring that the position of the back four remains unchanged, of course, the strikers can only be adjusted to two.

And among the current forwards, choose one to partner with Ibrahimovic, and the first choice must be Isak, who can rush and lead to the top!

If Loew makes adjustments to the German central defender, then Pan Yi will not panic.

Because, like the wing-backs, Germany's central defenders are actually very thin.

The third centre-back could be Mustafi, Hevedes, who can play as both centre-back and right wing-back, and the other is Pan Yi's old acquaintance in Hamburg, Jonatan Tower.

At that time, it was Pan Yi who promoted Jonatan Ta to the first team of Hamburg!

But no matter which one they are, they have a certain gap with Boateng and Hummels.

In the Swedish team's own backline, Pan Yi also made a little change.

First of all, Sweden's double central defenders are of course Lindelof + Granqvist, which is first of all their best combination and good performance;

In fact, there is no choice for the substitute of the Swedish central defender, just a Jansson from Turin, and when he really needs it, he also lets Lustig and others make a cameo.

In the fullback position, Pan Yi chose a more secure combination of Olsson + Lustig this time.

This is to be based on defense, after all, Germany's overall offensive ability is actually stronger than Spain!

In addition to the squad and form, Sweden has another advantage over Germany, and that is mentality.

As Pan Yi told reporters, Sweden has played this role, which can already satisfy everyone, and no matter where you go in the future, you will earn it, and you can go home with your head held high.

But the German team is different.

They are the favourites, they are the new World Cup winners!

There is a popular saying in world football that "the favourite must die", which means that the team with a high demand to win everything before the World Series will not achieve good results.

There are two reasons for this, one is that its tactical style of play has been thoroughly studied by other teams; The second is that the team is affected by psychological warfare, unable to correct the mentality, and psychologically unbalanced, resulting in an unstable overall state and inability to create good results.

The pressure is enormous for Germany and Loew in particular.

After winning the 2014 World Cup, many in Germany are expecting the national team to continue to win back-to-back European Championships, just as Spain did before.

This has undoubtedly put unprecedented pressure on Loew.

Whether Loew, as the manager, can maintain a good mentality in this tournament will largely determine the path forward for the German team.

But this is easier said than done.

Players are all individuals and have their own personalities.

This is especially true for a team like Germany, which is made up of big names from major clubs.

Therefore, Pan Yi believes that as long as he can hold back the German team after the game starts, their attack will be in vain;

As a strong team to win the championship, their players will be impatient and will be in a hurry;

Then at that time, the chance for the Swedish team will come!

(End of chapter)