After the match against Qatar, Pan Yi was of course ready to leave for the UK immediately.

That's the advantage of being a consultant, you don't have to stay and do a summary, or continue to go to various Super League venues to scout players or anything.

After all, there are still more than four months to go before the next game in the Dragon Kingdom, and as Pan Yi, there are still many teams to pay attention to.

Like York City, like Chelsea, and even Sweden.

Chelsea are of course out of action during the international break, while York City have played two league games, first holding Oldham to a 0-0 draw away and then thrashing Boehly 5-1 at home.

As for why the home and away games against Boehly can be played in the first half of the round-robin matches, plus the first round of the FA Cup, it is equivalent to playing three games in a row in a short period of time......

It can only be said that in the lower leagues, such things occasionally happen.

In most cases, the schedule cannot be scheduled due to some force majeure, such as a singer holding a concert, the venue has been postponed, or it has been squeezed by the schedule of some games.

In short, York City has a record of one win and one draw, which is not bad.

The Swedes were not so lucky.

They came to the Stade de France again to challenge France, but this time they lost 1-2.

After failing to win head-to-head meetings with major rivals the Netherlands and France, Sweden look set to have a tough time qualifying straight from Group A.

"Hey, after all, there is a gap in strength. But since you have already won the European Cup, even if you can't participate in the World Cup, it's not a special loss......"

Sitting on the car to the airport, Pan Yi sighed while swiping relevant football news with his mobile phone.

Compared with France, Sweden's talent pool is of course much worse, and when it really needs to compete for strength, it will inevitably fall behind.

There's no way around it. Pan Yi can help for a while, but he can't help for a lifetime.

If a country's football wants to make great progress and development, it still has to rely on its own bottom-up youth training system and select at all levels in order to maintain its competitiveness in the international arena.

Just like France, why have they been so talented in recent years that there is hardly any sign of disconnection?

In addition to their wide range of materials, which can attract young talent from the vast French-speaking regions and former colonies, it is the youth system that is symbolised by the Clairefontaine training base to the Clairefontaine National Football Academy.

Strictly speaking, Clairefontaine is an elite training camp for French football, it does not have player ownership, all the players who come to train are from various clubs in France, and the ownership rights also belong to their respective clubs.

However, the Clairefontaine training base has very complete hardware facilities, which can allow young students to train, learn and live better under the guidance of various amenities.

The base has 7 grass football fields, 2 artificial fiber courts, more than 60 masseurs and coaches who work here all year round, as well as special lawn maintenance agencies and interviewed institutions.

Under such very perfect and professional conditions, young students can grow better and faster here.

In the more than 20 years since the establishment of Clay Fontaine, French football talents have continued to emerge, and batches of outstanding talents have been selected and well "processed".

From the golden generation of Zidane's era, to Ribery's dominance, to Benzema's Four Little Swans, and then to Mbappe's wanton galloping, France can be said to have some symbolic stars in every period, which is difficult for other European countries to do.

"To establish such a system, it takes the support and efforts of many people to do it, whether it is Sweden or our national football team, there is a long way to go......

Pan Yi was thinking that the airport had arrived.

When he pushed the car door and appeared at the entrance of the waiting hall, he was immediately startled by the crowd surrounding the scene.

"Pan Yi! Pan Yi! Pan Yi! ”

There are Dragon Kingdom fans shouting Pan Yi's name everywhere!

It turned out that after hearing that Pan Yi was going to take today's flight back to the UK today, more and more fans had gathered at the airport since the morning.

They waited neatly and orderly in the airport, waiting for the hero who saved the national football team in their hearts to appear.

And when Pan Yi arrived, the scene suddenly burst into cheers.

All the fans gathered around the door, waving and shouting at Pan Yi.

Fortunately, the airport has also made preparations in advance and sent security personnel to maintain order at the scene.

Otherwise, Pan Yi may really be unable to move an inch!

For Pan Yi, he has seen such a scene, but he has indeed never seen such a big scene!

There are so many people coming! I don't know how many of them are dense.

"Hello everyone. Thank you all for sending me. ”

Pan Yi walked towards the VIP waiting room under the escort of airport security personnel, shaking hands and signing autographs with fans who approached him along the way.

But after signing a few, I can't help it.

More and more people gathered, and even many domestic and foreign passengers who were originally going to take the plane surrounded them when they heard the news of Pan Yi's arrival.

If this continues, I will probably have to stay here all day and have a special autograph session!

As a last resort, he could only let the security guards at the airport escort him to quickly get out of the encirclement of the fans.

In the end, Pan Yi did not forget to express his gratitude to the fans from afar, and then entered the VIP waiting room.

He is of course grateful for the support of the fans and the love for him.

It's fair to say that this is even the difference he felt when he was in Hamburg, Chelsea, including Sweden!

That is the heartfelt support of a real "own people" based on the country!

Pan Yi understands that this is also a responsibility for himself.

There's nothing more enjoyable than making the fans of your country happy! ——

The scene that happened at Kunming Airport was quickly sent to the Internet by netizens, and quickly appeared on the hot search, causing strong onlookers from netizens across the country.

Regarding Pan Yi's "desertion and escape", everyone expressed their understanding and commented:

"I really like how well he runs."

Of course, such "news" will not be on the top of the hot search.

In the top few, all of them are these:

"The national football team defeated Qatar 3:0 and won the key battle."

"Lippi scored an important victory in his first game in charge of the national football team."

"Zheng Zhi: Pan Yi's tactics and encouragement have made the national football team powerful."

"Lin Liangming scored on his debut in the national football team, and the trident of the national football team performed well."

……

And all kinds of domestic media, whether it is official media like CCTV, or professional apps like Know the Ball Emperor and Live Bar, or comprehensive forums like Hupu and NGA, are completely boiling and the whole people are excited!

The Football Newspaper used the phrase "We've finally won!" As a cover headline, it was used to report the news of the national football team's strong counterattack and defeat of Qatar.

In the comments, they described the victory of the Dragon Kingdom as an exciting Jedi counterattack, a magnificent life-and-death redemption, a desperate battle, and a battle that excited everyone.

According to the ratings given by CCTV, last night's life-and-death battle can be described as the attention of the whole country, and tens of thousands of people are empty, setting a record for the highest ratings of a football match since the 2002 World Cup. This is enough to prove the enthusiasm of the people for football and the high expectations placed on the national team. ”

The commentary analyzes the experience since the start of the top 10 of this World Cup qualifier.

From the defeat to South Korea in the first round to the draw with Iran in the second round, the national football team is full of optimism at this time, believing that the team's performance is not bad, and it is not completely inferior against the two strongest opponents in the group, and there is a chance to compete for the right to qualify from the group.

But the next two games changed dramatically. Facing Syria and Uzbekistan, which did not look very good, the Dragons played badly, and finally won two consecutive defeats and directly finished at the bottom of the group.

While morale continues to suffer, the pressure from public opinion is also increasing day by day, the national team is burdened with unbearable burdens, and the mentality of the players has been tragically distorted.

"Mentality has always been the number one problem in the national team. Every time there is a key battle, the mentality always restricts the performance of the national players, which leads us to drop the chain at critical moments, leaving a period of extremely bitter memories, and even becoming a black joke for netizens to ridicule the national team. ”

"But this time, the internationals were united and didn't disappoint all of us. In the final match of the first round, they not only won over their opponents, but also over the pressure. Although the qualification situation is still difficult, at least we see hope. ”

"Football Daily" attributed the change in the mentality of the national team to the coaching of Lippi and the joining of Pan Yi.

"Lippi led his professional Italian coaching team into the national football team, which made all the national football fans excited. And one of the things Lippi did after taking office was to make this world-class coach who led the Italian team to a miraculous World Cup victory in 2006 get everyone's support. ”

He personally visited Pan Yi and invited the world's best coach, who is regarded as the biggest savior by Dragon Country fans, to his coaching staff! This is undoubtedly something more exciting than Lippi's arrival in the Dragon Nation team. ”

"This combination has proven to be effective. Although they only led the team to play one game, they immediately made the national football team show unprecedented combat effectiveness. They made us see the welcome changes and made us start to believe that Dragon Country football can also be played beautifully. ”

"In just over a week, in just over a game, they conquered everyone! Although the future is still bumpy, we see the light! ”

At the end of the commentary, "Football Daily" also thanked the fans who watched the game at the scene, saying that it is precisely because of the loyalty of these fans that Dragon Country Football has always maintained hope.

At Kunming Tuodong Stadium, more than 40,000 fans sang the national anthem and sang "Singing the Motherland" in unison, becoming the best 12th person of the national team.

"Of course, one game is far from saying that we have solved all the problems."

"Freezing three feet, not a day's cold. It is not the responsibility of one person to see the situation in which Dragon Country football has fallen to today, we should look at the gap calmly and rationally, and we should understand and respect the laws of football. ”

"There is still a gap between us and the Asian powerhouses, such as Japan, South Korea, Iran, and Australia, and we must find the root cause of the disease, find out the symptoms, and prescribe the right medicine to cure the disease and make up for this gap."

"This game is just the beginning, we have to stick together and face the difficulties before we can walk the road ahead."

"We sincerely hope that no matter what the results of the national team will be in the future, whether the World Cup can be successful or not, every fan will never leave and always support our national team."

"We can't expect Lippi or Pan Yi to get rid of the national football team that has been suffering for many years in a short period of time, but we can fully expect that under their coaching, the national football team can regain its vitality and rise among the strong teams in Asia!"

——

When many well-known media at home and abroad have reported and paid attention to the excellent performance of the national football team in the World Cup qualifiers, Pan Yi has returned to York City.

The team's current record in League One is excellent, with 13 wins, 5 draws and 44 points from 18 games, four points ahead of second-placed Scanthorpe with 40 points, and of course, more importantly, Sheffield United in third-place with 34 points......

After all, the top two in League One can go straight to the Championship, and it is good to win a League One title, but the point difference between third place is the most important thing.

Sheffield United are also starting to pull off, catching up with the likes of Bolton Wanderers and Bradford to get back into the promotion zone.

But at present, it seems that York City is still relatively safe, after all, it is still ten points ahead!

However, in the next two rounds of the league, York City played two draws in a row.

It was a 1-1 draw away at Millwall and then a 2-2 draw at home to Fleetwood.

In the same period, Scunthorpe won one and drew one, so York City's lead over second place was reduced to two points.

This also shows that in League One, the competition is actually very fierce, as long as you are negligent, it is very likely to lose a very difficult advantage.

The reason why York City's form is suddenly a little unstable is because it was affected by the FA Cup and made some rotations in the squad.

However, as far as the current York City squad is concerned, it is actually relatively thin.

The main lineup is indeed very strong, and it is all personally scavenged by Pan Yi from all over the world;

However, the rotation squad is basically all veterans who played in League Two last season, and both physical condition and competitive condition are declining sharply, and only a few players can step up at critical moments.

And this is actually the norm for teams in the lower leagues, even in the Championship and Premier League, and the same is true for those smaller teams.

At most, their funds can guarantee a relatively strong lineup. And if even the bench has the same strength as the main team, then only a team like BIG6 may be able to do it.

Pan Yi is not ready to add anything to the team in this winter window, because now it seems that even this slightly thin squad is enough in League One.

If even York City doesn't feel like they can play in League One, then the other teams won't even be able to survive.

Pan Yi's plan is to wait until the Championship to recruit players, and York City will obviously be more attractive and can recruit better players.

After playing Fleetwood, York City will soon face the FA Cup second-round opponent, Ashton.

This team from the North and South League, that is, the sixth division, can reach the second round of the FA Cup, which can be regarded as a small dark horse.

Scaloni and his players also want to be the "masters" of the Premier League and the Championship after the third round of the FA Cup, so they still attach great importance to this game and are biased when preparing for the game, which objectively leads to a mistake in the English League One - playing Bradford and coming on as a substitute.

For Ashton, they beat Const AFC, Bakhf United and Danington in quick succession to reach the FA Cup main event.

Then in the first round, a good draw was also drawn, and after a replay, they defeated fellow low-division Westfield to reach the second round.

Now facing the current leaders of League One, they naturally want to make an upset so that they can move forward.

For this kind of semi-amateur team from the sixth tier, if they can reach the third round of the FA Cup and draw a team like Manchester United or Manchester City to play away, it will be very profitable!!

The ticket share alone may be enough for them to spend years......

It's also a way for FM players to get rich when playing lower teams.

However, the moment they stepped into the West Siberian stadium, they were frightened by the overwhelming boos of the York City fans.

Now York City's home stadium has become an out-and-out devil's home stadium!

Although there are only less than 10,000 spectators in attendance, they can still make tens of thousands of noise!

And York City, which played with all the main forces, crushed the Ashton team in terms of strength.

In less than a minute, Armand drove a violent motorcycle on the side, directly used his speed and body to break through the heavy defense and crossed, and Baker in the middle made a dunk and scored!

And then Ashton was even less able to resist.

The final score of the game was 6:0, and York City won wildly!

Although substitutes were eliminated in the first round of the knockout round of the English Championship three days later, York City lost 1-2 to Brighton & Hove Albion Under-23s, but York City fans were thrilled that their side would reach the third round of the FA Cup!

Because soon, the draw for the third round of the FA Cup is coming!

A lot of people are staring at this draw, staring at Yorktown.

Everyone is wondering, what kind of real level has this York City team reached?

Will they be able to play against teams in the Championship or even the Premier League?

——

The owner's office at the Yorktown training ground was quiet, and Pan Yi was alone, leaning on the sofa and looking at the ceiling.

The players had finished their morning training, so the whole training ground was quiet, except for the sound of staff cleaning up the training equipment, but it was very faint when it came into the office.

Today is the draw for the third round of the FA Cup, which will determine who York City's opponents will be in the third round.

In addition to the 20 lower-division teams from the qualifying rounds and the first two rounds, a total of 44 teams from the Championship and Premier League will also join the battle at this time to form the round of 64.

The 64 teams then went through the draw to fight each other round by round until the final champion was determined.

Pan Yi did not go to the live broadcast of the draw because he was not very interested in it.

If you draw the weak one, then you have a better chance of moving forward, which is good;

If you draw a strong one, you can also touch them, and by the way, you may be able to make a little money, which is not bad.

Who is not kicking?

Just as he was thinking, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

As the door was opened suddenly, the figure of Chairman McGill appeared in front of Pan Yi.

"The draw for the FA Cup is out!" McGill looked a little agitated.

Pan Yi was a little curious.

"Who's drawn? It can't be Chelsea, right? ”

Truth be told, this is probably the most dramatic and topical result of the draw.

If this draw could really be manipulated, the FA would have chosen the most eye-catching draw, right?

As the owner, Pan Yi will face his former club Chelsea!

At the same time, it is also the second meeting between York City and Chelsea in the cup!

"Uh...... No. Hearing Pan Yi say this, McGill seemed a little lost.

After all, he also understands that if he plays Chelsea's seven-time champions, the gimmick is the biggimmick.

It doesn't matter if York City loses as a League One team, but the main thing is that it can attract more media and fans, which is very helpful to increase York's popularity.

'I would have liked to have drawn Chelsea as well, but ...... It's pretty much it, it's Arsenal! ”

Hearing McGill say this, Pan Yi nodded, "Oh, it's okay." Is it home or away? ”

"Their home stadium, we're going to the Emirates Stadium to play." McGill replied.

Pan Yi smiled: "That's good, the Emirates Stadium can seat 60,000 people, and we can get a lot of money this time." Does Scaloni know? ”

"Well," McGill nodded, "just called him!" ”

"And how did he react?"

"I didn't respond, I was very calm, I just let out an oh, and then I said I was having dinner with my family, so I hung up the phone."

Pan Yi laughed: "I think he should be very excited in his heart, he finally has the opportunity to lead the team to play with a real strong team!" ”

McGill also laughed: "Maybe, but I can't hear it on the phone." But whether we win or lose the game, we earn it. ”

"I wish I could win." Pan Yi stood up and looked out the window at the already empty training ground:

"If we can win against Arsenal, it will give our lads super confidence! And this kind of self-confidence will be of great help to them in the future......"

——

The next day, almost all the British newspapers ran reports about the draw for the third round of the FA Cup.

Here are a few "civil wars" between Premier League teams that are more interesting.

One is West Ham at home against Manchester City;

There is also an Everton game against Leicester City;

Then there's Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa.

In addition, the most concerned is the match between Arsenal and York City.

"Pan Yi and Scaloni are back!"

"It's not what it used to be, Arsene Wenger will definitely teach York City, who are only in League One, in the FA Cup, which he is best at and values the most."

"The FA Cup has always been a hotbed of upsets, will Pan Yi's York City upset Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium?"

Due to Pan Yi's presence, this makes the clash between the two teams full of gimmicks.

This ordinary FA Cup match has naturally attracted the attention of major media and newspapers...... (End of chapter)