Chapter 4 It’s him!

Alexander Pato, although he is only 21 years old this year, is already an active international player in the Brazilian national team, and his resume is even more amazing.

When he was only 17 years old, he transferred from Brazil to AC Milan for 22 million euros, and performed well in the next few years and won the European Golden Boy Award.

Last season, he also scored 16 goals for Milan in various competitions, making great contributions to Milan's re-winning Serie A championship.

As for such a young and excellent player, Pan Yi actually said that he is a weakness???

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Pan Yi smiled slightly and said:

"If he can guarantee his professional attitude, he will indeed be able to realize his talent and become a superstar. But unfortunately, according to my observation, he was significantly affected by off-field factors and his career has even begun to decline."

Pan Yi was full of confidence, of course because he knew what was about to happen in the future.

After Pato fell in love with Barbara, the daughter of club owner Berlusconi, this year, he may have worked too hard, and his condition began to plummet, and his injuries also regained him.

In the upcoming 2011-2012 season, Pato only made 11 appearances in Serie A for Milan throughout the season, and only scored one goal.

And next season, it will be even worse, with 4 appearances and no goals.

In 2013, Milan had to sell him back to Brazil at a low price.

Then he turned to Brazil, England, Spain, and even the Chinese Super League, but he could no longer return to the genius state he used to be.

Pato is also a typical case of "injuring Zhongyong" in world football.

After hearing Pan Yi's words, Allegri's eyebrows frowned deeper, and finally turned his face into a word "囧".

He is not against Pan Yi's statement.

On the contrary, Allegri had already felt the decline in Pato's form in the final stage of last season.

When the season entered the sprint stage of the championship, Pato was silent.

Not only did he lose all his severity in six consecutive rounds of games, he was often replaced early because of his physical exhaustion.

Allegri also had a private conversation with Pato, hoping that he would focus on the field, but the results were minimal.

Therefore, this season, Allegri actually had the idea of ​​selling Pato, but he couldn't make up his mind.

After all, Pato is still young, and there may be a turnaround.

Moreover, since Pato's overall performance throughout the season was quite outstanding and AC Milan eventually won the league championship, it was a bit of a risky suggestion to the management to sell him.

But now, Pan Yi is so firm that he seems to have seen through Pato's future prospects.

Allegri was very surprised.

The young man in front of him had such poisonous eyes?

After all, Allegri is the team's head coach. It's normal to get along with the players day and night in training and games.

And Pan Yi can get such a conclusion just by observing in the game...

Whether it is insight or confidence, it is a big shot!

Allegri decided to ask more:

"Even if Pato's form has declined, he is still a forward player who can match the rhythm of the Arctic A. Why do you say that he is the biggest weakness in your formation? Is there anything special about the tactics of this formation?"

Pan Yi nodded, and then pointed the tactical pen to the tactical board:

"Pato is an excellent player who can effectively combine skills and speed, but he prefers to plug in behind the first striker and find space for attack on the court. Obviously, Ibrahimovic is his best partner."

"But that means he can only play the best in the formation of a double forward. It will be very difficult if he needs to play a single arrow in my 433 formation or a winger among three forwards - especially if he needs to cut in the back foot."

"In addition, because my formation is biased towards offense, I have higher requirements for high-pressing frontcourts when defending. Well, I will talk about my defensive tactics here."

"When the opponent's central defender receives the ball, the winger on the same side of our team needs to press forward, and at the same time, the pass line between him and the fullback is adjusted, and the other side's winger presses against the central defender on the other side."

"In this case, I need the winger to have strong physical fitness and high tactical discipline and execution. But unfortunately, Pato can't do this now..."

As he listened, Allegri smiled and nodded in praise.

Pan Yi's words not only reflect his own complete set of tactical ideas, but also show that he has a deep understanding of the characteristics of players and knows whether specific players are in line with his own tactics.

Now that everyone in this office is experts, they will naturally quickly understand Pan Yi's tactical intentions and see the feasibility of this tactic.

Another thing, as we all know, Allegri usually likes to use the 4312 formation.

But Pan Yi did not give his preferences, but explained his own set of 433, which shows that he does have independent tactical ideas.

This also reflects Pan Yi’s important trait of being a good assistant coach: he will not follow the trend.

Otherwise, the head coaches are all the same, so what is the use of an assistant coach?

So Allegri's impression of Pan Yi changed a lot in an instant.

It turns out that this guy is rushing to speak, but he dares to show off only if he has something in his stomach!

Angelo's face was a little dark.

He didn't say a word, and he felt that this position had already flown away?

No, he has to get it back.

So Angelo took a step forward and said to Pan Yi:

"Let's not talk about your ridiculous remarks against Pato, anyone with a discerning eye can see how important he is to this Milan."

"I have a different view as far as this tactic itself is concerned."

"I just said that you need players to press the frontcourt and physical support."

"But most of Milan players are veterans now. Whether it is midfielders Van Bomer, Gattuso, Ambrosini, defenders Nesta and Zambrota, they are all veterans in their 30s. How can you guarantee that they can execute your oppressive tactics?"

But Allegri pulled his embarrassing face slightly.

First of all, Angelo's judgment on Pato's condition must be based on the goal data from last season. Secondly, although the question he raised sounds reasonable, it is a bit incorrect.

When Pan Yi mentioned the oppressive tactics just now, he only focused on the defensive requirements for the wingers, but he did not mention the specific arrangements for midfielders, and of course he did not mention the defenders.

So Angelo's words felt a bit like he was deliberately looking for trouble.

This also made Allegri unable to help but give Angelo a low score.

After all, as an assistant coach, you still need to listen carefully to other people's analysis and then make your own judgment, instead of expressing your immature views in a hurry, which will affect the head coach's normal thinking.

Sure enough, Pan Yi smiled confidently after hearing Angelo's words:

"First of all, I want to fully explain my frontcourt compression tactics. Haven't you mentioned the responsibilities of the three midfielders just now? Including the center."

"When our winger is oppressing the opponent's central defender, our center also needs to press and guard against the opponent's midfielder, and three midfielders occupy the midfield area and prepare to compete for the top high altitude ball."

"The entire set of pressure and pressing systems requires combining the two principles of one-on-one defense and cutting the pass line. The midfielder forms a diamond position through the center's retracement to compress the ball space, preventing the opponent's midfielder from receiving the ball and turning and advancing."

"In other words, the midfielder mainly competes for ball rights through reasonable positions, but in fact, the requirements for physical fitness are slightly lower."

"Let's take a step back, our team's veterans such as Gattuso and Ambrosini have strong tactical execution capabilities, and even if their physical fitness is declining, they can support them in high-intensity pressing, so I'm not very worried."

"Of course, if possible, I still hope that we can introduce a player with stronger defensive ability and better physical strength in the back midfielder position, so that we can better support my tactics..."

"Baoba..." Applause rang out in the office.

It was Allegri who was applauding!

Then he turned to Galliani and said solemnly:

"It's him! My assistant coach in the new season!"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!