In fact, Lippi's invitation to Pan Yi to serve as the technical adviser of the Dragon National Team has always been carried out in a low-key manner.

Even in the list of coaches announced after Lippi officially joined the Dragon Country national team, Pan Yi's name was not included.

This is mainly a "specialization" of Pan Yi.

He doesn't follow the coaching staff around to inspect the national team players, and second, he doesn't often attend the national team's coaching staff meetings, so it doesn't seem appropriate to get him a "formal establishment".

What Lippi needs, that is, Pan Yi can support his moves at a critical moment.

Of course, if the national football fans have any dissatisfaction with the team at that time, Pan Yi's appearance can help calm down, it would be the best.

It is precisely because of this that after Pan Yi agreed to Lippi to become the team's adviser, he even stayed in Europe and never went to the Dragon Country at all.

And very few people know about it, the media doesn't know, and the fans don't know.

But now, the "moment of truth" has come.

After the first four rounds, the Dragon Country team drew 1 and lost 3, did not taste victory, ranked at the bottom of the group, and Gao Hongbo resigned.

This game at Kunming Tuodong Stadium will also be the first official match of "Silver Fox" Lippi in the Dragon National Team.

The Qatar team defeated Syria by one goal in the last round, and while winning the first victory in the round of 12, it also gave up the bottom position to the Dragon team.

This direct duel between the bottom one and the bottom two, and it's also at home, if you can't win yet, it's really GG.

Therefore, when the players of the Dragon Country national team assembled, Pan Yi also rushed to the Dragon Country from the United Kingdom.

And as soon as he arrived at Kunming Changshui International Airport, he was immediately targeted by the sharp-eyed local media.

Then, with the "Kunming Daily" on the front page of the headline titled "Pan Yi shocked the national football training ground", it quickly sparked a heated discussion across the country, and even caused a carnival of netizens on the Internet.

After all, in the minds of almost all national football fans, Pan Yi is the only savior who can save the national football team!

Although the level and qualifications of Old Man Lippi cannot be doubted, who else can compare to Pan Yi now? Not to mention that Pan Yi is still our own person in the Dragon Kingdom!

Everyone also knows that not long after the official announcement of Lippi as the head coach of the national football team, it is unlikely that there will be any changes in the position, but fans are still excited about such news.

If nothing else, from Pan Yi's indifference to the national football team, to supporting the national football team, and then to going to the training ground in person, this is at least a big progress!

Judging from the photo published on the front page cover of "Kunming Daily", the focus is on the handsome Pan Yi, who stood on the sidelines and watched the Longguo international players on the training ground.

Next to Pan Yi are the assistant coaches of the national team, Massimiliano Maddaloni, and Narciso Pezzotti.

This time, Lippi signed with the national team, but he was not the only one.

In order to ensure the smooth development of coaching work, Lippi brought his entire Italian coaching team to the national football team.

This is obviously the same as Pan Yi's idea when he joined the Swedish national team, that is, it is easy to have acquaintances in hand, and it can also be guaranteed in terms of implementation level.

For example, Madaloni, who has been in charge of youth training for many years, is a well-known youth expert in Italy, and he has an innate sense of the potential of young players.

Maddaloni knows the team and is good at spotting talent. He worked in the Juventus academy at an early age, becoming Juventus youth coach in 2008 and assistant to Italian coach Ferrara in '09.

In May 2012, Madaloni joined Changzhou Hengtai with Lippi, and Elkeson and Zheng Long were directly involved in the introduction of the work.

Madaloni is like Lippi's "shadow", when Lippi is not in the team, he is directly responsible for the team's training; If Lippi is unable to attend the press conference, he will also be present in the acting coach's seat.

Maddaloni has contributed to Lippi's success at Changzhou Hengtai, and the discerning Italian continues to assist Lippi in every detail of the national football team.

In Lippi's coaching team, Pezzotti is mainly responsible for intelligence gathering and analyzing the opponent's tactical play through video footage to give Lippi corresponding strategic suggestions.

Due to his perennial absence and seldom with the team, the exposure is not high, but the Italian can be said to have been a loyal assistant throughout Lippi's career, and Pezzotti has been by his side since Lippi took charge of Juventus in 1994.

In 2004, Lippi became the coach of the Italian national team, and Pezzotti became the deputy coach of the national team, and won the 2006 World Cup for the Azzurri.

Now that Lippi has become the head coach of the national football team, he naturally brought this old guy who has been with him for 22 years with him.

In addition to the two of them, there is also an assistant coach Fabrizio De Rosso, two fitness coaches, Claudio Gaudino and Massimo Neri, goalkeeper coach Michelangelo Lampura, including Coty, Castellazzi from the rehabilitation and medical team, and many others......

All of them are veterans of Lippi's team, and it is generally believed that their rich experience and resume will help them better improve the national football team.

And now, the two main assistant coaches, Madaloni and Pezzotti, are accompanying Pan Yi to watch the players train, what does it mean???

According to the reliable information obtained by the reporter from the inside, Pan Yi's trip has only one purpose, which is to help the national football team prepare for the match with Qatar. According to reliable sources, Pan Yi actually held an important position in the new national team management team. ”

"But this position bypasses the appointment process of the Football Association, and is more of a personal invitation from Lippi, so it does not belong to the official coaching team of the Football Association. It can be said that Pan Yi's appearance this time is not for the Football Association, but for Longguo football and the majority of national football fans! ”

"No matter what this position is, what kind of task Pan Yi is responsible for, the most important thing is that Pan Yi is finally here!"

The news quickly fermented, not only on the Internet, but also on the media reporters.

Soon, all sorts of news and news were dug up.

Including Lippi before officially taking over the position of head coach of the national football team, he also went to the UK to meet with Pan Yi;

When the follow-up national football coaching staff carried out their work, Pan Yi also had a video conference with Lippi's Italian coaches to discuss some issues;

Pan Yi also participated in the formulation of the latest national football training list, including the selection of Lin Liangming, who has performed well in the English League Recently, which is also from Pan Yi's suggestion......

Putting all the messages together, it's not hard to come to a conclusion:

Pan Yi really joined the national football coaching staff!

Many media commented on this, believing that Pan Yi's entry into the national team will undoubtedly be an epoch-making event.

"Although Pan Yi is not the head coach, it can undoubtedly lift the hearts of all Dragon Country fans, and can also give a shot in the arm to the national team players with low morale."

"Due to the Football Association's rejection of Pan Yi a few years ago, there was an irreparable rift between Pan Yi and the Football Association, and his refusal of the national team's invitation has also become the biggest regret in the hearts of national football fans."

"But now, he has chosen to work with the Lippi team, this is a way for him to save the country, he still loves Dragon Football, he still loves Dragon fans!"

"Whether it is from a technical and tactical point of view, or from a personal influence, Pan Yi is the top world coach in football today, and we believe that he can bring some new changes to Longguo football."

Even if he is not the number one, judging from Lippi's trust in him, Pan Yi will definitely play an important role in the national football coaching team. Looking at Arteta's record at Chelsea under Pan Yi's tutelage, there are reasons to have confidence in him. ”

"However, we must also take into account that the current environment of the national football team is indeed quite bad, and a slight miss in the next game may not even have a theoretical chance of qualifying. Therefore, we should not be too harsh on this coaching team in terms of results, and we should not place unrealistic expectations on Pan Yi. ”

"In the past, we always said that the national team needs a famous coach, so we always called on Pan Yi to coach the Longguo national team. Now, our call has been partially fulfilled, with Lippi becoming the head coach and Pan Yi joining the coaching team. We should give more confidence and patience to this team of world-class coaches! ”

And not only in the domestic media, but also in many newspapers in Europe.

"The Times" said that Pan Yi really couldn't bear the loneliness and finally wanted to participate in the front-line coaching work.

"A world-class football coach like Pan Yi should stay on the football field. It's not official, it's not a head coach, but it's better than staying in the office, or traveling around the world, right? ”

"If you can't see Pan Yi's unpredictable tactics on the field, it's really a pity for fans all over the world."

"Whether it's Scaloni's York City or Mikel Arteta's Chelsea, it's clear that we can see Pan Yi's shadow behind their excellent results, but this time Pan Yi still has to face a more difficult challenge."

"Pan Yi's tactical ability is undoubted, but the level of Longguo football is not high, and the gap with the European league is very obvious. Except for Lin Liangming and Wu Lei, it is quite doubtful whether others can adapt to Pan Yi's requirements. ”

"And now that the Dragon Team is ranked last in Group A of the World Cup Qualifiers in Asia, the possibility of qualifying is very slim, does he really have the ability to come back to life?"

"Then again, maybe we should believe him, because he's always been a football coach who turned rotten into magic!"

And for such a storm of public opinion, the Dragon Football Association in the middle is a little embarrassed.

Say something, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, Pan Yi is just Lippi's personal advisor;

Don't say anything, Pan Yi is indeed here to help the national football team, as the competent department of the national football team, doesn't it seem too rude if he doesn't express his welcome?

Maybe it will be thought by fans that the Football Association is still squeezing out Pan Yi......

In the end, the official website of the Dragon Football Association announced a statement to the effect that "Mr. Lippi has all the power over the coaching team, including hiring technical consultants, and the Dragon Football Association regards him as an official member of the national football coaching team and gives maximum support." ”

didn't mention Pan Yi in a single sentence, but every sentence was talking about Pan Yi.

This can be regarded as a gesture of goodwill to Pan Yi, and it is also an explanation to fans across the country.

Pan Yi came to help the national football team regardless of his previous suspicions, and the Football Association must have an attitude!

And this "attitude" further confirmed the rumors that Pan Yi entered the national team.

The domestic public opinion has simply fallen into a carnival, and everyone has given high praise to Pan Yi's move to join the national team, and also believes that this is the most correct and popular decision made by the Dragon Football Association in history.

And for this national team, fans and public opinion generally treat it rationally.

On the one hand, he is optimistic and firmly believes that as long as Lippi and Pan Yi are given time, they will definitely be able to bring a qualitative leap to the national football team and Dragon Country football;

But at the same time, they were all disappointed that such a dream combination came too late, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to come back to life and lead the national football team to turn the situation around.

"The hope of the national football team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup is very slim, but we still support Lippi and Pan Yi and strive to play the remaining games, no matter what the result is, we can accept it."

"As long as Pan Yi is here, we firmly believe that Dragon Country Football will return to the World Cup in 2022!"

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In the morning, before the training time, the comprehensive training area of the Kunming National Football Training Center has already begun to be busy.

Venue maintenance crews are working intensively on the final maintenance and inspection of the venue before training to ensure that both fields needed for this morning's training session are in perfect condition.

Pezzotti is leading the staff of the data analysis team to place various instruments and equipment around the training ground, and arrange the training site.

Antennas were erected on the sidelines, and staff were using laptops to debug instruments and equipment.

There are also Madaloni, De Rosso, Gaudino, Neri and others, all of whom are setting up the field on the training ground, and the entire coaching staff and work team are preparing the training program in an orderly manner.

The players arrived in the locker room half an hour earlier than the scheduled training session, as each training session starts and ends strictly according to the time, and the players have to warm up before training, so arrive early.

As soon as the players arrive in the locker room, a set of training equipment will be delivered by the staff, including tank tops, socks, shoes and shorts.

One of the most well-known is the sports vest, which has a small rectangular wearable device on it, and the device is attached to the spine of the back when the player wears the vest, which does not affect the player's movement.

These devices can not only collect all the sports data of the players, but also transmit the collected data to the computer through the antenna on the sidelines, and then analyze and process it through the supporting software, so that the coach can inspect the performance of the players through the on-site data.

With the rise of Pan Yi in European football in the past few years, the data analysis he admires has gradually been valued, and the equipment for collecting player sports data has increasingly become the object sought after by major teams.

As the international players of the national team, except for players like Lin Liangming and Wu Lei, who have received similar training models in Europe, most people have a feeling of "Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden".

When they play in the Chinese Super League, the main thing is to do whatever they want, but I have never seen anything with technological content!

This is actually one of the reasons why Pan Yi is willing to join Lippi's team, that is, Lippi understands that such things can greatly help the team's training and games, and there is no need to do too much communication and exchange.

In addition, all the people in Lippi's team have seen the world and know how to use such things to assist, which makes it even more worry-free.

Otherwise, if it was all about cooperating with some elm heads, maybe Pan Yi would have to do everything himself, so how could he be a leisurely technical consultant? ?

And now, this professional coaching team has obviously given the national football players a little bit of a shock to Italy.

Rigorous, thorough, focused, meticulous, this is everyone's first impression of the coaching staff.

And when all the players were fully dressed and stood in two rows on the training ground, Lippi and the rest of his coaching staff came to the front of the array.

They are also wearing the red and white uniforms of the unified national team, but in it, the spicy man is still so eye-catching and eye-catching.

Pan Yi! He's officially here today!

"Welcome to the new national team, I'm Lippi."

Silver Fox's faint words were spoken in Italian.

After the translation, the more than 20 international players present applauded.

Then there is the introduction of the coaching staff members.

And when Pan Yi said in Chinese: "Hello everyone, I am Pan Yi", the atmosphere of the audience suddenly became much warmer!

Some of the players are still very young, but some are already veterans over 30 years old, but everyone looks at Pan Yi with a strong sense of conviction, even dependence.

There is a saying that is true, the name of a person, the shadow of a tree.

In the past few years, Pan Yi has become famous, not only in the world football world, but also in the Dragon Country football world, he has been elevated to an almost god-like lofty position.

Domestic players respect Pan Yi even more, especially when the national team is at a low point, and everyone has an almost blind affirmation of Pan Yi.

As long as he comes to the national team, the revitalization of Dragon Country football is in sight, which is almost everyone's idea.

And now, Pan Yi is really here.

This not only gave the fans a big boost to confidence, but also boosted the morale and morale of the players.

Even the best players in the world are eager to play under Pan Yi, let alone Dragon Country players.

It doesn't matter if you're not the manager, remember AC Milan at the beginning? Pan Yi only served as an assistant coach, and he also made that Milan the Champions League champion and treble!

And today's York City, under the leadership of Pan Yi, who is the boss, is also invincible in the English League, pointing to the Championship.

Pan Yi's magic power is really too big, so big that he doesn't need to have any direct power at all, he can inject his energy into a team.

And Pan Yi just said this softly, didn't say anything, just patted Lin Liangming and Wu Lei, two "old friends", on the shoulders, and retreated to the coaching team.

After all, he is now just a consultant, just a supporting role, and of course he has to give up the main stage to Lippi.

Pan Yi also read their excitement and expectations from the players' eyes, but this kind of "meeting gift" will not be unfamiliar to him.

Now most of the players in this world will be so hungry if they have the opportunity to cooperate with Pan Yi!

Pan Yi now has more of a responsibility in his heart. He never wanted to let anyone down, and this time was no different.

"I believe that everyone has a very clear understanding of the current environment and situation of the national team, and I will not say anything specific. What I want to tell you here is that there is no way back, we can only win this game against Qatar and we can't accept any other result. ”

Lippi stared at everyone present very seriously and seriously, and he had to unify everyone's thoughts.

"We don't have a lot of time to prepare, so I'm going to need every single one of you to fully cooperate with me and the coaching staff for the next week. Every player has to be 100 per cent committed, and I'm going to make a starting line-up based on how I perform during this training camp. ”

A slight departure from the previous international break, there is only one game in this national team training camp, and that is at home to Qatar.

After that, the next competition will be in March next year.

If it can win, then the Dragon National Team can still retain a glimmer of hope of qualifying, and in this long waiting period, the national football team can also get a relatively relaxed public opinion environment, and everyone's pressure will not be so great.

But if you lose or draw, the consequences are needless to say.

Therefore, Lippi's first game in the national team is actually a decisive battle!

"I don't want to say too much, and I don't like to say a lot of high-sounding polite words, I just want to tell you that you don't have a choice right now."

"If you want to get rid of the stigma that you have been carrying for years, if you want to reverse the current unfavorable situation of the national team, and even if you want to participate in the World Cup, then you have only one choice......"

"That's all the effort! and trust in our coaching team. Pan Yi is the best coach in Dragon Country and the best coach in the world, I helped you invite him. He will also give you the best technical and tactical guidance! ”

As he spoke, Lippi glanced at Pan Yi.

Pan Yi understood, and then the old man's words said: "We want to win, so we have to score goals, and score more goals than our opponents." So the focus of our training in the next few days will be on attacking tactics......"

This is equivalent to Lippi directly letting Pan Yi start the first tactical lesson.

And this is also a signal, that is, in this Dragon Country team, Pan Yi is not just hanging on a consultant title.

A lot of things, especially tactics, just do what Pan Yi said!

And why does Pan Yi emphasize offense?

That's because the current Qatari team is really average, in this game in the previous life, the Dragon team had a lot of advantages on the field, but unfortunately it couldn't score goals.

Pan Yi wants to reverse this situation and focus on attacking, otherwise it will be useless if he can't score a goal!

But soon, the internationals were a bit confused.

After all, Pan Yi's requirements for players are to firmly engrave the positions of all teammates in their minds, which area the ball is, what situation it encounters, where it should be passed and how it should be passed, and when should the players choose to run and where to run......

For all these details, Pan Yi has very detailed tactical requirements.

It was the first time that the international players had been exposed to such cumbersome tactical system requirements, and it was almost as big as a fight for them.

However, Pan Yi did not get angry, but encouraged the players, saying that it would indeed feel very cumbersome to contact such tactics for the first time, but then he gradually became familiar with it, sorted it out, and each player performed his own role in the game, and the effect came out.

And Wu Lei and Lin Liangming, two players who have received this kind of tactical training in Europe, have become the "teachers" of the international players, and they can be brought to familiarize themselves with in actual training.

In fact, Pan Yi's tactical training is not the most complicated.

After all, from the national team training camp to playing Qatar, it was less than a week in total.

In such a short period of time, it is obviously impossible to achieve tactical leaps and bounds, especially for the national football team, which has always been in a relatively backward part of the world.

Therefore, Pan Yi just asked the players to have a basic concept in their heads, and when the time comes, they can maximize the offensive effect according to the changes in the formation and the adjustment of personnel.

At other times, Lippi's coaching staff is more about adjusting the fitness and condition of the players to adjust the rhythm of the game.

As the days passed, soon, November 15 was approaching.

The key battle of the Dragons against Qatar at home is about to start! (End of chapter)