With a 2-0 win over Manchester United, Scaloni was the absolute protagonist in the post-match press conference.

In an interview, Scaloni said his team performed well, executed the plan drawn up by the coaching staff perfectly, made a successful surprise attack at the beginning of the game, and set the tone for the final victory in one fell swoop.

Of course, Scaloni also thanked his boss Pan Yi for his support as always.

He said: "The boss took it very seriously and discussed with us early on the tactics of the game, especially what to do at the beginning. The advice he gave me proved to be very effective. ”

Seeing Scaloni as the protagonist of the press conference, Mourinho on the side always had a gloomy face.

He had always been the protagonist, but now he was stolen from the show by a manager from a League One team, which made him feel depressed.

Moreover, listening to Scaloni say this, the credit for daring to love this ball is still attributed to Pan Yi?

After messing around and still not winning against Pan Yi, a little bastard, Mourinho is of course even more depressed.

It is a fact that the relationship between the two of them is good, but as a world-famous football coach, he can't even beat Pan Yi's command of "listening to politics", let alone how big a blow to Mourinho is.

So when it was Mourinho's turn to speak, he was very unhappy and threw down the sentence: "I wish York City a quick promotion to the Premier League, so that I can beat them hard!" ”

This sentence immediately amused the reporters at the scene.

And when Pan Yi learned that Mourinho said this in the newspaper the next day, he also laughed out loud.

Thank you, I really want York City to go up to the Premier League!

It's just that it's hard to say whether Mourinho can really beat York City at that time.

It's not that the two teams will compare their strengths, whether Manchester United will win against York City or anything like that......

It's about whether Mourinho will be able to hold out until that point?

Because Pan Yi, who has experienced his previous life, knows that Mourinho is still widely supported by Manchester United fans this season, but in the second year, especially the classic "Mu three years", he will not be able to.

With the decline in results, Mourinho's dressing room conflict with Manchester United players led by Pogba became increasingly prominent, and he finally played less than half a season before he was sacked halfway.

In other words, in case it comes next season, York City really rushes to the Premier League, but it also depends on whether Manchester United and York City match is in the front or the end......

If he is ranked in the 18th or 19th round, maybe Mourinho really has no chance to lead Manchester United to complete revenge against York City in the Premier League.

Of course, in addition to Mourinho's consistent remarks, the focus of the newspaper report is on the praise of York City's victory.

After all, as a team in League One, how difficult it is to reach the FA Cup final!

And if they can win the championship, it will set a record in the history of English football.

What an honour it would be to have a third-tier team win the FA Cup for the first time, and the FA Cup winner will represent England in next season's Europa League!

This made Yorktown the darling of the British media overnight, and there was a constant rush of media to cover and report on Yorktown.

Almost overnight, Yorktown became known in the streets of the British Isles.

That's where the big games come in.

Beating a big club like Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-finals will certainly have a much higher impact than winning 10 or 20 in a row in League One, or beating Tottenham and Arsenal in the third or fourth round.

The difference in level and round is destined to affect the difference in attention.

For example, if there is a World Cup final between two non-traditional powerhouses, such as Norway vs. Colombia, it will have a greater impact than France vs. Brazil in the round of 16.

After another FA Cup semi-final held the next day, not only Yorktown, but also the words "Pan Yi" frequently appeared on the front pages of major sports media.

That's because Chelsea are also in the final!

They drew 1-1 with Manchester City in the semi-finals within 120 and finally beat their opponents on penalties to reach the final for the second year in a row!

So this year's FA Cup final is York City vs. Chelsea!

And these two teams are obviously inextricably linked to Pan Yi.

Even the head coaches of the two teams, Scaloni and Arteta, are Pan Yi's personal disciples, and they belong to the same civil war!

Such a final match, of course, also made the media and fans very excited.

Many people are also analyzing the tactical differences between these two teams, and see if these two disciples of Pan Yi have any skill points that they have pointed out after coaching alone.

As for Mikel Arteta's Chelsea, it is widely agreed that there is not much difference from last season, as there are no changes to the players and there is no reason to make major changes tactically.

As for York City, due to their limited strength, they are mainly defensive when playing against strong teams in the FA Cup, and the tactics are of course very different from Chelsea.

However, York's way of defending the space is something that some experts find interesting.

For example, when playing Manchester United, the Red Devils barely faced York City goals head-on in the whole game, because once their space entered the York City game, it was immediately blocked.

Running off the ball is commonplace in attack, but being able to use it defensively and combine it with space control so perfectly makes York City's defense in this game really good.

The media always like to zoom in, especially in Manchester and other places, and they even define York City's victory against Manchester United as a victory for conservative football, and think that York's victory is ugly.

At this time, as a die-hard fan of Pan Yi, Lineker of Aiwu and U. attacked this statement on the Sky Sports program.

He believes that York City's performance as a third-tier team in England to reach the FA Cup final is nothing short of spectacular.

As for conservatism, do they think York City should play against Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United? That's really a step backwards in football tactics, stupid to the core.

At the same time, Lineker also asked those who slammed York City to watch York City's performances in League One to see what it means to be strong and what it means to be ferocious in attack.

And York City's attack is very rhythmic, the attack is always wave after wave, and the space in front and back is also very tight.

This is also the result of the cooperation and running of the York City players, each player is closely linked to each other, and the running is very rhythmic, whether it is forward or backward.

In addition, York City is very good at catching loopholes, through pre-match research and observation in the game, they can always find the opponent's loopholes, and then seize the loopholes to play wave after wave to suppress the opponent.

As a result, York City have always put themselves on the underdog side and used defensive positions against strong opponents in the FA Cup, but when they have the opportunity, they will be very efficient in attack.

Including the first few minutes against Manchester United, it was a sudden attacking acceleration that caught Manchester United off guard, and then scored two goals directly to win.

In general, York City's tactics are more flexible, that is, depending on the opponent's situation, which is highly consistent with the characteristics of Pan Yi during his coaching period.

On the Chelsea side, due to their strength, they rarely play defensive counter-attacks, and rely more on strong control and offensive firepower to destroy the opponent.

In this regard, Lineker even kindly gave Chelsea a move, thinking that they might as well lower their posture to lure York City to attack, and then control the opposition striker and midfield.

Lineker also described this position as the choke point of Yorktown, especially the forward delivery of cannonballs by Alonso and Rice, and the choking of it, Yorktown was out of breath.

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York City's tactics were studied in the newspapers by various media and professionals, and also had an impact on the team's last two remaining League One games.

Whether it was against Bradford or Oldham, they adopted a strategy of three midfielders, or even three midfielders and three central defenders, in order to control York City's midfield as much as possible.

You can't criticize them for being conservative – after all, York City is more conservative than anyone else – and they've been very successful in keeping York City at bay.

In particular, the connection between Baker and the midfielder was severed, and the midfielder was forced to find Baker through long passes frequently, or find two wings, but in this way, the success rate was greatly reduced.

York City's current midfield trio is usually Alonso partnering Declan Rice, Kulusevski, and sometimes Karlström, and these players can not only protect Alonso, but also forge an urn in front of the backline to strengthen the protection of the backline.

That's why York City's defense is so strong.

After being strangled by the opponent with heavy soldiers in the midfield, it also made York City's midfield backbench appear to have insufficient attacking power, and also affected the team's scoring ability.

Away to Bradford, York City were beaten 1-0 by their opponents;

At home, York City also drew 0:0 with Oldham, and the opponent played egg-to-egg in both legs.

And the fact that they failed to score a goal in both games shows that the opponents' targeted tactics are working.

"Sure enough, it's not a good thing to be stared at by the media!" At the post-match coaching analysis, Scaloni said with a wry smile.

In the last two days, the atmosphere inside the team has also become serious.

On the one hand, the team is about to usher in the most important final in the team's history, and on the other hand, the last two League One games are really not very good, which affects morale a bit.

These two average-strength teams faced York City as if they knew York City's goals in advance, which made York City's game particularly difficult.

For this reason, Scaloni is also under pressure.

'I think Lineker was right, we really lack a point of attack from the back of the middle, and that extra point can make our attack more varied and our attack more threatening, but we don't have a man like that. De Zerbi analyzed.

Then he added: "Alonso could have done it, but now he's older. Such a player needs to be able to open up depth in the middle, be able to protect the ball, and have speed so that he can match the speed of our advance. ”

"It seems that I have to work again this summer......" Hearing the coaches say this, Pan Yi thought to himself.

Now that there is such a meeting, he will participate, but he is usually present, and there is nothing particularly important, so he will not speak.

It's just that there is no hope for new signings at the moment, and that will be after the summer.

Besides, it is unclear what size of the summer will be the size of the signings, and the variable will be the FA Cup final.

If they do win, then York City will be a second-division team to represent England in the Europa League!

It's a lot of pressure.

After all, the Championship is the same as the English League, there are 24 teams, they have to play 46 rounds, and the schedule is also the same intensive, and it is really difficult to top one more European competition.

The last team to do so was Wigan Athletic, who beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final in 2012-2013.

They were in the Premier League at the time, but dropped to the Championship at the end of the season and ended up in the Europa League as a Championship team.

They were eliminated from the group stage of the Europa League due to their lack of quality, and it also affected their results in the league, and they did not return to the Premier League immediately.

And this season's defeat was even more far-reaching, as they swooped straight into League One the following season!

Since then, Wigan Athletic have become a "lift" between the Championship and League One, often winning first promotion to the Championship in League One this season, then relegation from the Championship the following season, and then first place and back up the next season......

But in short, it is getting farther and farther away from the Premier League.

Pan Yi certainly didn't want to repeat such a mistake.

If he really wants to play in Europe next season, then he will definitely have to make a large-scale recruitment, at least to be able to support the two-line to three-line operations, rather than basically a set of lineups like now.

But it's still too early to think about this, for now we still have to study Chelsea first and win!

Like what De Zerbi said, of course Pan Yi knows.

But will Chelsea really use this back three like League One teams?

Pan Yi didn't think so.

Arteta's 3-5-2 is now a perfect fit, and in the system that Pan Yi has set up for Chelsea, it is often a combination of single back + double forward midfielders to maximise attacking power.

When encountering a strong opponent, at most, it will be converted into a double back + single front midfield, such as Kante + Matic + Hazard, and it is rare to use three backs.

And is Yorktown a "strong enemy"? Not necessarily.

So Scaloni and De Zerbi discussed theirs, and Pan Yi didn't interject.

If it's not a problem that needs to be solved at the moment, he won't be in a hurry.

Once their League One summary is over, he will be involved in the tactical development of the FA Cup final against Chelsea.

That's a lot of time.

This season's League One regular season ends on 30 April, followed by the semi-finals of the home-and-away promotion play-offs a week later, and finally the final of the play-offs at Wembley Stadium on 20 May to determine the last place to go to the Championship.

At this time, the direct promotion places and play-off places in League One are of course also out.

At the top of the table, of course, is York City, with a final record of 31 wins, 10 draws, 5 losses and 103 points.

In second place is Sheffield United, who have been chasing closely behind, with 30 wins, 10 draws and 6 losses, a full 100 points.

The gap between them and York City is also a win, which also shows that it is not so easy to stand out in League One.

Rounding out third to sixth are Bolton, Scunthorpe, Fleetwood and Bradford, with the four teams battling it out for the final promotion spot.

And after that play-off final, a week later, on 27 May, at Wembley Stadium, this season's FA Cup final will continue here!

That said, for an already promoted YorkCity, they are close to a month away from the FA Cup final.

During this time, they can deploy and train well for Chelsea's tactical characteristics and player characteristics.

The coaching staff is more worried about how to maintain the competitive condition of the players in this month......

Therefore, it is essential to invite some teams to warm up, and you can also ask some small teams in the vicinity to play a "friendly game", playing 20-0 or something, which can also relax the players' minds and boost their confidence.

As for York City's opponents Chelsea, they don't have to worry about that, because the Premier League is now 36 rounds played, that is, there are still two rounds to go.

In the just-concluded round of Premier League matches, Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at home.

Chelsea took the lead in the 23rd minute when Eden Hazard's precise diagonal pass was intercepted by Fabio and Lukaku's close-range shot from the left side of the six-yard box went between Guzan's legs and into the net to make it 1-0.

Chelsea doubled their lead in the 34th minute when Cesar Azpilicueta's diagonal pass was met by Marcos Alonso's shot from a tight angle on the left side of the six-yard penalty area that deflected off the inside of Guzan's left leg and into the net, 2-0.

Chelsea sealed the win in the 65th minute when a cross from the right side of the penalty area from a corner kick in the B seat scuffle was met by Nemanja Matic who chested the ball and volleyed in front of the six-yard box, and the ball passed between Guzan's legs and into the net, 3-0.

The match resulted in a two-day result of fire and ice.

Middlesbrough were relegated 2 rounds early, while Chelsea won the title 2 rounds early!

That's because, in the next game, Tottenham, who had been chasing behind them and were only four points behind, dropped the chain and lost 0-1 to West Ham.

West Ham striker Lanzini scored the only goal of the game to end a nine-game winning streak for Tottenham.

This also means that with only two Premier League games remaining, Chelsea are already seven points ahead of second-placed Tottenham!

This means that Chelsea have won the Premier League again, which is also their third consecutive title!

In this way, their next two games against West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland will be "warm-ups" in preparation for the FA Cup clash against York City.

Of course, after Chelsea won the championship ahead of schedule, the focus of media attention inevitably fell on Pan Yi again.

York City won the League One title, Chelsea won the Premier League, and these two teams will meet in the FA Cup final!

The popularity of this "Pan Yi Derby" was hyped to an unprecedented height before the game!

(End of chapter)