"This... give me some time to think about it. Besides, I can't leave now."

Although Pan Yi still yearned for it in his heart, he still said this.

First of all, he still needs to have a deeper understanding of the current situation of Crystal Palace, because there are differences even among Premier League teams. If they still can't retain people, it won't be much different from Hamburg.

After all, based on his experience in his previous life, he had to be BIG6 to truly have the capital to retain people.

For Crystal Palace to grow into one of the BIG7, this requires more detailed planning and guarantees.

In addition, he still has to stick to his principle, which is to carry a team through a complete season.

Hamburg has already reached this point, and is about to face a decisive battle with Bayern. It feels a bit like running away from the battle and leaving.

Not to mention that Pan Yi has not yet led Hamburg to truly win the championship!

League Championship, German Cup, Champions League!

If you want to leave, you have to succeed and retire!

"But..." After listening to Pan Yi's explanation, Parish glanced at Fan Zhiyi, then turned to Pan Yi, "If we are relegated, will you be willing to coach a British Championship team?"

After all, Crystal Palace is now second to last.

And Parish dared to ask this because even the English Championship has a certain appeal to many coaches.

Benefiting from the tycoon style of the Premier League, the competition in the English Championship is also extremely fierce in order to compete for tickets to enter the Premier League.

Some famous stars and national players from various countries will even give up the opportunity to go to the five major league teams such as Ligue 1 and Serie A, and choose to work hard in the English Championship - for example, Mitrovic, who is currently in Hamburg's team, is Serbia's first choice.

As a center forward, he has been in the British Championship for a long time.

——Of course, he is a real killer in the British Championship, the kind who can score 40 goals in a season!

If you say which league is the strongest in the world, everyone may still argue endlessly;

But if you want to talk about the most powerful second-tier league in the world, it is undoubtedly the English Championship.

They have money, stars, and an atmosphere that is no worse than the first-tier league in any country. In addition, they have the most profitable single game in the world...

At this time, Pan Yi said: "You will not be relegated. I can recommend a coach who can lead you to avoid relegation. When you successfully avoid relegation, if you still want to find me as a coach, let's talk again."

"..."

"..."

Parrish and Fan Zhiyi looked at me and I looked at you, both a little speechless.

They didn't expect Pan Yi to say this.

And so sure!

What kind of magical coach is this?

Can it guarantee that the penultimate Crystal Palace can be pulled out of the relegation quagmire and can successfully avoid relegation?

Such an awesome coach wouldn't be at the level of Guardiola or Mourinho, right?

That’s a joke too!

Will Guardiola and Mourinho come to coach a relegation-fighting team like Crystal Palace??

At this time, Pan Yi slowly said a name: "Tony Pulis".

"...???"

Fan Zhiyi was still confused. He had never heard of this name!

"...former Stoke City manager?" But Parish reacted.

"Yes. He shouldn't have gone to a new team yet. You can invite him and you can definitely avoid relegation." Pan Yi said firmly.

Pan Yi knew this name, of course not because Tony Pulis was a famous coach.

But this guy won the Premier League's Best Manager in the future in the 2013-2014 season!!!

The reason why Tony Pulis won this award is that after taking over midway through this season, he led Crystal Palace, which was on the verge of relegation, to a strong rebound and finally ranked 11th in the Premier League, creating the best record in the history of Crystal Palace!

This is actually a very rare thing, because the award for the best head coach in the Premier League is usually awarded to the head coach who can win the Premier League championship.

Let’s put it this way, since the inception of the Premier League, that is, from 1993 to 2022, there have only been five non-champions of the best manager of the year.

Among the five best non-championship managers, apart from Pulis, the worst one is fifth in the league!

In other words, Pulis led Crystal Palace to an 11th-place finish in the league to win the Manager of the Year award, which is the lowest ranking in history, and it is an absurdly low one.

This also shows how incredible Pulis was in leading Crystal Palace to avoid relegation this year.

Therefore, Pan Yi in his previous life was deeply impressed after hearing about it in sports news, so he naturally knew about his deeds.

In the original timeline, Crystal Palace at this time had just found Pulis to lead the team and was slowly getting out of the relegation zone.

But now because of Pan Yi's existence, Crystal Palace's first target has become him, so there has not yet been a coaching change.

However, Pan Yi recommended Pulis to the owners of Crystal Palace, which helped them to reverse this "wrong timeline".

"Pulis is a really good coach." Parish mused, "He is known for being good at leading teams with limited strength to achieve outstanding results. He has never led a team to be relegated in his coaching career. To be honest, someone has recommended him to me before, but I still think you are more suitable..."

"Really?" Pan Yi said proudly, "Let's take action quickly, otherwise it will be too late."

"But, how do you know that he will definitely help the team avoid relegation?" Fan Zhiyi still didn't understand.

"People say that I am a genius coach, and my vision of other coaches is also first-rate. Have you noticed that my current coaching team is also very strong?" Pan Yi said with a smile, "If you believe me, just go and try. Give it a try.”

Parrish gritted his teeth: "I will think about it. But..."

"If you are really relegated, then come to me. I will definitely go to Crystal Palace to coach, as punishment for recommending random people." Pan Yi smiled and made a promise, "And if relegation is successful... just like me As I said just now, you can choose to continue using Pulis, or you can come back to me, and we will discuss this later."

"Okay." Parrish finally let go of the stone in his heart, "We are committed!"

…

After sending Parish and Fan Zhiyi away, Pan Yi immediately devoted his energy to this key Bundesliga battle with Bayern.

Of course, Hamburg's coaching staff actually started preparations for this game very early.

When Bayern played against Manchester City at home in the final round of the Champions League group stage, Pan Yi sent two data analysts to the Allianz Arena to collect intelligence on the game.

Now it seems that this is a move that kills two birds with one stone.

Whether it's Bayern or Manchester City, they will be Hamburg's strong rivals!

The process and results of this game are also very helpful for the Hamburg coaching staff to formulate strategies against Bayern.

Because Manchester City defeated Bayern 3:2!

And it's at Bayern's home ground.

You know, since losing 0:1 to Dortmund in the 13th round of the Bundesliga on November 20, 2011, Bayern has not lost to any Bundesliga team at home for two years.

Therefore, Manchester City's victory not only has reference significance for Pan Yi's research on match tactics, but also will increase a lot of confidence in the whole team's efforts to win Bayern in the away game.

Since there was a risk of losing first place in the group, Guardiola naturally fielded his full lineup in this game.

However, due to Peter Pan Robben's habitual injuries, Guardiola also made some changes in the formation, forming a somewhat weird 41221.

There is no suspense about the starting goalkeeper being Neuer.

The four defenders are quite satisfactory, with a combination of Alaba, Dante, Boateng Jr. and Lahm.

But the midfield started to get a bit revitalized.

Thiago serves as the single defensive midfielder.

The two central midfielders in front of him are Gotze and Toni Kroos.

In front are the two attacking midfielders, or shadow strikers, Thomas Muller and Franck Ribery.

Then there is center Mandzukic.

One of the characteristics of this lineup is that there are no wingers in the traditional sense. Bayern's offense is mainly launched from the center.

The other is that Thiago plays as a single defensive midfielder, and the two central midfielders in front are not known for their defensive abilities.

Generally speaking, offense is stronger than defense.

And this arrangement seemed to be effective in the opening stage.

Thomas Muller opened the scoring for Bayern in the fifth minute, and Gotze extended the lead to 2-0 just seven minutes later.

And just when everyone thought Bayern would naturally win the game at home, Manchester City launched a counterattack.

David Silva pulled a goal back in the 28th minute, and in the 59th and 62nd minutes of the second half, Manchester City scored two more goals from Kolarov and Milner, finally taking the lead.

If Guardiola hadn't replaced Gotze with Javi Martinez and Mandzukic with Shaqiri in the end to strengthen the defense, he might have really given up the top spot in the group to Manchester City.

Manchester City's formation is a regular 4231.

Forward: Dzeko.

Frontcourt: Milner, David Silva, Navas.

Midfielder: Fernandinho, Xavi Garcia.

Defenders: Kolarov, Lescott, Demichelis, Zabaleta.
To be continued...