In fact, while Pan Yi and his coaching staff were thinking about how to play France, French coach Didier Deschamps and his assistant Guy were also repeatedly watching the video of the Swedish team in the office.

As with all opponents, intelligence is a great deal of importance to Didier Deschamps, which is arguably a must-have in modern football.

Although his information may not be as accurate as Pan Yi's "open hanging", he has also done his best to improve it, which makes him have a lot of relevant information about the Swedish team at hand.

But Deschamps faced the Swedish team, and he also had his own worries, that is, how would Pan Yi arrange his tactics?

In terms of strength, the current Swedish team is actually not that good in terms of individual strength.

In other words, none of the Sweden internationals have yet to achieve convincing individual results, with the exception of Ibrahimovic.

However, when they formed a team, when Pan Yi pinched them together, this group of Nordics showed amazing strength, especially after the start of the European Championship.

It was a hellish journey to beat Belgium, Italy, Spain and Germany in succession, but they still made it to the semi-finals and to France.

It can be said that the overall strength of the current Swedish team cannot be underestimated at all.

"At present, the most troublesome weapon of the Swedish team is actually not the strength of the players of this team, but the on-the-spot command and targeted arrangement of their head coach Pan Yi!"

Deschamps also spoke of this opponent with admiration.

Although Deschamps and Pan Yi have not fought each other, now that the two are going to face each other, this makes him feel a huge pressure.

Deschamps also believes that not only him, but anyone in today's football who meets Pan Yi will be under pressure.

It's not because Pan Yi's fame and influence are too great, but because of his unpredictable use of soldiers.

From the first game against Ireland at the European Championships, Pan Yi completely abandoned the tactics of former coach Eric Hamlen and used the 4-3-3 formation that he thought was the best fit for Sweden, and boldly used newcomers Isak and Kulusevski.

Moreover, his starters in every game will be adjusted, the situation is slightly wrong, and the substitutions and tactics are also very resolute.

For example, when you thought he would always use 4-3-3, Pan Yi used a 4-3-1-2 against Germany, disrupting the German midfield and eventually dragging the opponent into a penalty shootout.

The most important thing is that no matter how Pan Yi adjusts, the overall strength and combat effectiveness of the Swedish team have not been affected at all, but the team is getting stronger and stronger, improving one game at a time, and the overall tactics are becoming more and more perfect.

Anyone who follows the Swedish team can feel that the team has grown and improved at a rapid pace in the face of this edition of the tournament, and they are very good at learning from each game and improving on their shortcomings.

Yes, it's not a mature team relative to the best teams in the world;

But the problem is precisely that he is immature, which makes it difficult for opponents to judge their routines to target, and because he is immature, but he is improving every game, so they have something new to present in every game, which catches you off guard.

"In the final analysis, Pan Yi's tactical sense of smell is too sharp!" Assistant coach Guy sighed and sighed helplessly, "Everyone can see that when playing Germany, the Swedish team also exposed some problems. But we all know that Pan Yi will definitely improve it. And we don't know where he's going to improve......"

After hearing this, Deschamps couldn't help but laugh.

Guy seems to be contradictory, but it's true.

Everyone can see the problem, how can Pan Yi not see it?

And Pan Yi's strength lies in the fact that when he fixes these problems, it is always a little unexpected......

This is also an important reason why Deschamps admires Pan Yi.

If you just follow the rules, you can only be considered a good coach at best;

But Pan Yi's approach often makes people call ghosts and geniuses!

"Since you can't figure it out, then don't guess." "Why don't we just stick to our stuff and play our strengths." ”

Guy thought for a moment and nodded, "I think it can only be like this." Our strength is superior, even if Pan Yi has any targeted deployment for us, it may not be effective. ”

'But I'm still a little worried about our three midfielders. "Pogba is the core of our midfield, and Pan Yi will definitely play against him. If Pogba is distraught, it will be difficult to guarantee the performance and our midfield will definitely suffer......"

In this French team with stars such as Antoine Griezmann, N'Golo Kante and Matuidi, Pogba is still the real core.

Pogba is tall and athletic, with delicate footwork, and he is also very good at using his body to keep the ball firmly under his feet with reasonable coverage.

Moreover, Pogba has a good overall view, the long pass at the back is very accurate, and Pogba can be said to be the world's top B2B player when he is in excellent form.

But his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, he is more casual with the ball, likes to dribble on the court, and is more sticky to the ball.

What's more, Pogba is emotionally unstable and prone to emotions when his team is behind or offended.

And when he's under a lot of defensive pressure, he sometimes doesn't play very happily, which leads to big ups and downs.

It can be said that Pogba is not a "good boy", he used to be a bad boy like Mario Balotelli, who often did not take his training seriously.

But his progress has been meteoric in recent years, with former Juventus boss and current Italian head coach Antonio Conte saying: "Pogba is an unfinished work of art and if he were carved he would be invaluable." ”

For these characteristics of Pogba, Deschamps is of course also a doorman.

In this European Cup, Deschamps arranged for N'Golo Kante to take on most of the defensive tasks around Pogba, that is, so that Pogba can give full play to his attacking talents.

This is clearly the right thing to do, and Pogba has repaid Deschamps' trust, and his performance has been consistent, if not outstanding.

"That can only make N'Golo Kante pay more attention to the defense, and let Matuidi and even Griezmann drop back more to pick up Pogba, share the defensive pressure on Pogba, and not give them a chance to contain Pogba!"

Guy also gave his own countermeasures.

Deschamps nodded slightly.

In his tactical system, Pogba is definitely the most important player in the French team.

As long as Pogba can get the space to play his strength normally, then Deschamps has a lot of confidence that he can successfully knock down the Swedish team!

"There's also a big problem, which is their wide attack!" Guy pointed to the left-back position of the Swedish team on the tactical board, "Although their full-backs are average, Pan Yi still trusts them very much and always lets them step forward to participate in the attack, can we take advantage of this in reverse?" ”

Deschamps nodded again, and then said: "The Swedish team's wide attack is very characteristic, first of all, they like to concentrate on the left side, and secondly, the full-backs don't play many side crosses, more to play with the wingers. Of course, it depends on which full-back Pan Yi will start, is it Olsson or Augustinsson? ”

This is also where it is difficult to predict Pan Yi's intentions.

Even in a team like Sweden, which doesn't have too many top players, he can play in all positions...... How does this make one judge?

However, no matter who Pan Yi uses, this overload attack on the left can be used.

After all, full-backs are always a double-edged sword.

The forward attack can indeed be a big boost to the attack, but the problems left behind by the forward attack are also huge.

For a team like France, which has a player like Pogba and can play diagonally with long passes, it is even more of a risk and an opportunity.

From the current point of view, the central defender combination of Sweden's Lindelof and Granqvist is stable and more and more tacit, and Deschamps also feels that the effect of playing directly at central defender will not be obvious.

The left flank of the Swedes is arguably the source of their attack, and if they can use this to play behind Olsson or Augustinsson, they may be able to do wonders!

"To sum it up, it's about supporting Pogba in midfield and then focusing on the space behind Sweden's attack on the left wing. For the next training, let's arrange it first! ”

After some more deliberation with Guy, Deschamps said, and slammed his fist into the board.

Whether he can beat Pan Yi and defeat the world's No. 1 coach, who has not lost much in recent years, depends on the preparation in the past few days!

——

In recent days, reporters who want to go to the training ground to watch have eaten turtles.

Whether it's Sweden or France, they have chosen a closed training method, keeping all journalists and media out of the training ground, and not even giving you a chance to peek.

This would have been normal, after all, the two sides are facing such an important event as the semi-finals of the European Championship, and it is also appropriate to be cautious.

It's just that this happened to Pan Yi, which is a bit strange.

After all, under normal circumstances, Pan Yi is not very afraid of letting others watch the training, and sometimes he will even take the initiative to welcome reporters and fans to watch, because it helps to keep the players excited, or it can also provide an atmosphere similar to the game for training.

But this time, the Swedish team is indeed closed.

This approach also makes the outside world more and more curious.

After all, Pan Yi has made strange moves in almost every game in this European Cup, and everyone is very interested in his tactical adjustments, and fans all over the world are speculating about his tactics against France.

But in this case, how can people guess?

The French team did even better.

They even put up a whole row of thick black curtains not far from the training ground, and unless you have to make a hole in the curtain, you can't see what is happening in the training ground.

Of course, it's impossible for you to get close to make a hole.

Because whenever the French team is training, there is always a group of police officers stationed around the training ground.

As soon as a stranger approached, they treated each other as if they were spies, and if they got too close to the veil, they would immediately say something to drive them away, even if they were locals, let alone outsiders.

Why are both sides so mysterious?

This Deschamps and Pan Yi have also done a great job!

Everyone is also speculating, is there any reason other than tactics??

Soon, there was gossip.

According to an unnamed brother of French midfielder Paul Pogba, his younger brother invited an African wizard with great power to cast a spell on the Swedish team and drop his head!

And the main target of the head drop is still the head coach of the Swedish team, Pan Yi!

That's why the French team has to do closed training so tightly, in fact, they are doing this kind of thing inside the training ground!

Because of this kind of ceremony, it is necessary for all the players of the French team to contribute their vitality!

And for such rumors, Pogba also gave a negative answer.

He admits that he did hire a wizard and that it costs millions of euros a year!

But he didn't ask the wizard to curse others, but to do it for himself so that he could avoid being hurt.

Such a response has made more people suspicious.

Because Pogba has another characteristic on the pitch, and that is crispy.

His propensity to get injured is not low!

Since he hired such a powerful wizard, it shouldn't be possible for him to get hurt.

Therefore, what the Sun said may be true, Pogba is trying to cover up, he really invited the wizard to cast a spell on the Swedish team and Pan Yi, and the whole French team is involved!

As for why everyone thinks so......

It is mainly this kind of witchcraft, which is very popular in international football, especially among players of African and African descent.

In Europe and other regions, with the advancement of science and knowledge, some teams that used to hire psychic wizards before the tournament in England and Scotland are now equipped with psychologists and psychotherapists instead.

But in Africa, most people still believe in witchcraft that seems absurd.

There are multiple factors such as history, family, deeds, and past experiences, such as in Senegal, where the government once wanted to legalize witchcraft, believing that it would reduce the burden on public hospitals.

The younger generation, too, believe in African witchcraft.

For example, in an Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations final, Senegal's No.11 threw a 'JuJu' doll into the Zambian goal before taking a free-kick, which led to a clash between the two sides.

Although several major religious groups in Africa have repeatedly called on players to stay away from witchcraft, they continue to ban it.

The approach of the African team is to emphasize in righteous words that the team will never use witchcraft, hire wizards, and always look for some evil ways behind their backs.

When some African teams learned that their opponents had used witchcraft, they had a somewhat stress reaction, and entered a vicious circle with the principle of preferring to believe what they have rather than believe what they don't.

The most ironic thing is that in the leagues of many African countries, there is a clear rule: if a team uses witchcraft and related evil arts, it will be fined or even banned.

But when it comes to the African World Preliminaries, Africa Cup of Nations and even the World Series, more than 90% of the national football associations will ask from various clubs, is there a wizard with boundless power to help us?

It's an open secret.

What, you say that France is a European team, not African?

Belch......

Anyway, Pogba must have believed this, otherwise he wouldn't have really invited a wizard.

Whether you believe it or not, he believes it anyway.

And for this rumor of the curse, there has been a lot of uproar in the past few days.

Even the Pope in the Vatican was so alarmed that he issued a statement saying that it was a shame to allow witchcraft to intervene in football, the most popular sport in the world!

All infidels who try to target teams or coaches with dirty means are barbaric and unacceptable.

The Pope also said that he could send a cardinal to help fight witchcraft if the Swedish team and Pan Yi needed it......

On 7 July, the day before France played Sweden and before the Swedish team left the stadium for Marseille, the national team held a press conference in accordance with UEFA regulations.

This time, it attracted far more journalists than ever before, and they packed the Swedish team's makeshift press center.

Everyone was waiting to know from Pan Yi's mouth what he thought of the game, and of course more to know his response to this wizard's spell! ——

"Ah, what do you say, witchcraft?"

When a reporter couldn't wait to ask this question, Pan Yi smiled.

"For me, I don't really believe in that kind of thing. The education that we Dragon Nation people have received since childhood makes me unable to accept that the victory or defeat of a ball game depends on the practices of a wizard. ”

"In this way, if you want to win a game, then the preparation of our coaches, the efforts of the players, and the support of the fans don't seem to be so important, as long as the wizards help them."

"The Pope? Thank you for his concern, but we didn't really need it. Whoever has more mana, I just hope they can bless the world with peace, and don't waste it on a relatively unimportant game like ours. ”

"As for the closed training before the game? It's normal, we just need to practice the tactics against France and I don't want to let them know before the game starts. I think that's what Deschamps thinks too. ”

As soon as Pan Yi said this, he immediately blocked the reporters' mouths.

People don't believe it, what can you do?

What spells to fight back, non-existent!

What wizards, popes, can only lean to the side, so the topic quickly returned to the semi-finals themselves.

'France have seen a lot of young talent emerge in the squad lately, and even Kylian Mbappe, who has excelled at Chelsea, has not been selected for this year's national team. And they are the hosts, so they will have a huge amount of support from the home fans, do you think Sweden have any hope of beating them? ”

Pan Yi nodded: "When you talk about this, I'm a little scared." Certainly not because of witchcraft. ”

He couldn't help but laugh when he finished speaking, and the reporters laughed too.

But soon Pan Yi began to answer seriously:

"I think France have their own strengths and we have our strengths. Regardless of the quality of the players, we have a very good mix of players, with two players with different characteristics to choose from in many positions, which allows us to combine different tactical combinations and allow us to better reflect our strengths and weaknesses. ”

"It doesn't matter who our opponent is, whether it's France or Germany, it doesn't matter to me. The important thing is that our players can have enough confidence and show our quality and characteristics on the field, as long as we can play better than our opponents and play to our strengths, then no matter how strong the opponent is, it will be difficult to beat us. ”

"I have to remind the players, of all the fans, that football is never a game where you have the quality to win. If that's the case, then we don't have to play, and France just take the championship back, so what's so good about the football game? What else to look forward to? ”

Pan Yi's words were also recognized by many reporters present.

Although he did not mention the specific tactical ideas against France, it also showed Pan Yi's views on this game and his confidence in the Swedish team.

The fun of football lies precisely in the fact that every minute of every game is full of serendipity.

Although there is a certain inevitability in the accident, many accidents break the inevitability and determine the outcome and direction of the game.

At this time, a reporter stood up and asked: "If you can beat France to reach the final, then you will meet the Portuguese team led by Cristiano Ronaldo." What do you think about this? ”

In the first semi-final played earlier today, Portugal eliminated Wales 2-0 and returned to the final stage after 12 years.

If you were to be asked, who was the most consistent team at the European Championships in recent years? You must not be able to think of it for a while.

It is not the German team that stopped in the group stage in 2000 and 2004, the French team that exited the group stage in 2008, the Italian team that "jumped" between the group stage and the final, or even the Spanish team that won the group stage twice in 2008 and 2012.

The answer is Portugal, who have not played in the European Championship many times, only for the seventh time in this tournament, but they have been able to break through to the group stage every time, reaching the semi-finals five times, and today, for the second time in their history, they have reached the final of the European Championship.

In this game, Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a header in the 50th minute to help Portugal lead 1-0.

And only three minutes later, that is, in the 53rd minute, Guerrero's cross was blocked by the defender, Ronaldo took the ball on the periphery and shot low with his right foot, Nani stretched out his foot in front of the goal, and the football went into the net, and the score became 2:0.

The score was also maintained until the end of the match.

Next, Portugal will await the winner between Sweden and France.

Whoever makes the cut will be a tough one.

And many people think that Portugal, which has an extra day of rest, has a chance to make up for the regret of fighting on home soil 12 years ago after experiencing a group draw but passing all the way.

After all, this is a team with Cristiano Ronaldo!

So everyone also wants to hear Pan Yi's opinion.

But in response to the reporter's question, Pan Yi still treated it coldly first:

"We haven't reached the final yet, so my first thing on my mind is against France. Tomorrow when we really win against France, I will spend more time studying Portugal and studying Cristiano Ronaldo, thank you. ”

I can't see that there is anything to say, and the reporters are ready to stop and wait for tomorrow's game.

But at this time, a dark-skinned journalist stood up:

"Hello Mr. Pan Yi, I am from Guinea. Do you think that the witchcraft of our wizards does not exist, do you have any proof? Do you know why Benfica won the Portuguese Super League this season? ”

World witchcraft looks at Africa, and African witchcraft looks at Guinea.

Witchcraft is very prevalent in Guinea and neighbouring Guinea-Bissau, where witchcraft and wizards are not only outstanding in Africa, but also in the world.

What this reporter is talking about is that in the past 2015-2016 season, Benfica beat their rival Porto and won the Portuguese Super League championship.

While they were enjoying the joy of the title, Porto's press officer Marcos revealed the news: before the season, Benfica's club president Luiz contacted a Guinean police officer, Nhaga, who is also a well-known part-time wizard.

Benfica asked Nhaga for a sorcery service to ensure that the team won back-to-back games and caused some problems for their opponents.

The two sides also signed a work contract in which Benfica offered Nhaga €100,000 for the wizard's fee.

Benfica did not deny this, but picked up Porto's "fierce news".

Before the Champions League final in the 1986-1987 season, Porto brought in the magical wizard Delanee Vieira, and before the game against Bayern, he found two toads from a special location and released them into the field.

In the end, Porto, who was not favored, won 2:1 and won the Champions League.

Benfica's implication: You can do the first year of junior high school, but I can't do the fifteenth?

And such things have also made African shamans, especially Guinean shamans, very famous.

Yes, Pogba is a player of Guinean descent, and the wizard he hired is also a Guinean wizard.

Hearing this reporter say this, Pan Yi's brows were also so wrinkled, this is not over?

In fact, this is not similar to many football superstitions, survivor bias.

If you can win the championship, then why are you Benfica only staring at a Portuguese Super League champion, and don't you directly win the Champions League?

Well, probably because there's an even more powerful Gutman curse pressing on it, and all wizards can't do anything about it.

And what about Porto? Since you have already won the 87 Champions League, you can simply take all the 88, 89, and 90 ones?

Also, since the Guinean wizard is so awesome, the Guinean football team should be invincible in Africa, not to mention that the World Cup championship is easy to get, at least it should be invincible in Africa, why can't even enter the World Cup finals?

It can only be said that the excellent matching mechanism in the African region makes these strange things believe so many people......

Of course, there are also people in Europe who believe that they don't know whether God or wizards are stronger.

Forget it, I can't tell these people clearly, I can only defeat magic with magic.

"Do you know the Buddha?" Pan Yi asked.

The Guinean reporter was stunned and didn't answer.

With his barren level of knowledge, he really couldn't remember who Pan Yi was talking about for a while.

Pan Yi then said seriously:

"In our Dragon Country, there are actually too many gods with supreme mana, such as the Buddha, the Taishang Laojun, and the Guanyin Bodhisattva...... And the Monkey King you are more familiar with, Monkey King! ”

"You can search now, what kind of ability they have, they can all turn over the river and the sea!"

"What level are you as a wizard, can you sit at a table with them?"

"So, if I'm going to believe in an alien divine power, why not believe in a more powerful being? They can make me stronger! ”

"Now you understand why I always win, right?"

(End of chapter)