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"Are you scolding me a little too harshly?"

Pan Yi walked out of the locker room, and Arteta immediately ran over and asked nervously.

It's not common for players to see Pan Yi get angry, and neither is Arteta!

So his current mood is similar to that of the players, both of them are a little uneasy.

"These brats are really annoying. If you don't give them a good scolding, you probably won't even remember your last name." Pan Yi shook his head and said with a bitter smile.

"It deserves to be scolded. It deserves to be scolded." Arteta nodded. "Being beaten like this by a team at the bottom of the table really deserves to be scolded. It's just that you scolded a bit harshly. I'm afraid there will be some backlash from the players."

Seeing Arteta's serious look, Pan Yi suddenly felt like laughing.

Is this a harsh scolding?

Brother Tazi, you don’t know that when you become the head coach, you will be much more fierce than me!

In Pan Yi's previous life, he had watched the Arsenal documentary.

It was the 2021-2022 season, and the background was that Arsenal was competing with North London rivals Tottenham for fourth place.

In the 36th round, Tottenham defeated Burnley in the first game and moved to fourth place with a 2-point advantage.

And if Arsenal beat Newcastle United away from home on May 17, they will regain fourth place with a gap of 1 point.

As a result, Arsenal lost 0:2 in the decisive game at St. James Park and lost the initiative to compete for the top four.

After the game, Arsenal head coach Arteta exploded in the away dressing room.

He called the players who were changing clothes together and cursed wildly.

First of all, Arteta yelled "Shut up" at the players as soon as he arrived, and kicked water bottles and other objects on the locker room floor - almost the most intense performance in the FM game.

Arteta then told the players:

"We were so fucked when we had the ball, we had no organization, we had nothing. Nothing. Nothing!"

"So, now, shut your mouths and swallow the result!"

"We could have been given eight goals! If you look back at their chances, you'll cry. You'll cry because of the way we played!"

"No, you can't say that. We are not on the same level as them at all. Newcastle is 10,000 times better than our team. Everything we do here is so embarrassing!"

"This is really embarrassing! What happened today is totally unacceptable. If you can accept such a game, it means you and I live in different worlds."

"A completely different world."

After saying that, Arteta slammed the door and walked out, leaving only the players who looked like criminals, staring at the locker room floor with their heads down.

In this "speech", Arteta's "F" language exceeded the standard. Almost every sentence was filled with swear words, and he vented his dissatisfaction without reservation.

Now, your Brother Tazi said to Pan Yi, "Are you scolding me a little too harshly?"

Ha ha ha ha……

This fully illustrates that if you have not suffered from others, do not encourage others to be kind. If you have suffered from me, you may not be kind to me.

However, when Arteta saw Pan Yi's smile, he felt a little embarrassed.

He didn't understand what he said just now. What was so funny?

"Actually, I don't think Benfica is that difficult to beat." Pan Yi explained his motivations to Arteta, "But what about after beating Benfica? Real Madrid, Bayern, Barcelona, ​​or Manchester City, which one is better? So, which one is better?

Well, I must do this..."

Arteta nodded slightly and began to listen carefully to Pan Yi's teachings.

He knows that being a good head coach is definitely not just about having the training and tactics in place.

Mastering the psychology of players, motivating players when they are down, and reviving players when they are slack are all very important business abilities.

Especially when they are making great progress, young players can't help but lack concentration on the court. This situation is often not felt by the players themselves.

Therefore, at this time, we should put some pressure on them appropriately to stimulate them to continue to maintain their condition.

In this regard, Pan Yi is still very experienced.

Is there any coach in the world who has maintained victory longer than Pan Yi?

Behind his superb tactical deployment and on-the-spot command, it is also the result of Pan Yi paying attention to the players' psychological state day after day.

Make a high profile when it's time to make a high profile, stimulating the players' fighting spirit;

Keep a low profile when it's time to keep a low profile to avoid player inflation.

This "world-first religion" is really not a lie!

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At the press conference before the home game against Benfica two days later, Pan Yi used the "low-key" trick.

The main reason is that Chelsea's performance in the last two rounds of Premier League games is indeed not very good, and everyone has seen this.

This also caused a lot of discussion in the outside media.

Many people believe that Chelsea is far ahead in the Premier League and is about to win the championship. In addition, they are lucky to have drawn Benfica in the quarter-finals. As a result, the players may be a little blind and become slack.

Later, news spread that Pan Yi was furious in the locker room.

This also makes Chelsea supporters worry that such a reprimand will arouse the players' resentment, make the team's morale even lower, and be detrimental to the upcoming Champions League knockout rounds.

Therefore, when faced with reporters' questions, Pan Yi calmly stated that he hopes the players can pay attention to Benfica, the leader of the Portuguese Super League, and play to their true level in the game.

"This is a duel between two teams in the top eight of the Champions League, and it is also a duel between the number one team in the Premier League and the number one team in the Portuguese Super League, so the outcome is unpredictable."

"Not to mention anything else, we bought Cancelo and B Seat from Benfica as a package. How are their current levels? But at the beginning they were just substitutes for the first team at Benfica."

"So, their strength is very strong. If our players cannot pay attention to tomorrow's opponents, we will probably get a bitter result."

This is to keep a low profile and at the same time give your opponent a thumbs up.

It would be even better if you can keep your own mentality calm and at the same time make your opponent float.

After that locker room training, Pan Yi actually found many players for one-on-one communication.

The main purpose of this is to try to ease the players' emotions and avoid any real stress phenomena while ensuring the effectiveness of the training.

After all, the team is still dominated by young players, and sometimes there are still things that children can't think about for a while. It would be bad if it affects training and games.

But the facts proved that Pan Yi's worries were unfounded.

The mental attributes of this group of Chelsea players are top notch!

Former Arsenal players Serge Gnabry and Martin said, "Boss, what are you talking about?"

Arsene Wenger scolds people for not bringing anything the same for an hour, and there are not many places in the dressing room that are complete!

Former Manchester United player Lingard even told Pan Yi vividly about the "Beckham flying boot scandal" incident he heard about...

But in short, Pan Yi still treated this change with caution, and the effect now seems to be pretty good.

Of course, the real effect depends on the actual performance of the players on the field!——

As Pan Yi said to Arteta, Benfica's strength is actually only average.

The head coach's name is Vittoria. Is he famous? No.

The captain is Brazilian Luison and the vice-captain is Argentinian Gaitan, who are also the core players of the team. Are they famous? Nope.

The person Pan Yi is most familiar with in this team is the former Brazil national goalkeeper and Inter Milan's Triple Crown goalkeeper, Cesar.

But he was born in September 1979. He is already 36 years old this year and is at the end of his career. Otherwise, he would not have come to Benfica.

They were ranked second behind Atletico Madrid in the group stage and qualified as second in the group.

In this group, the third and fourth places are Turkey's Galatasaray and Kazakhstan's Astana respectively, both of which are mediocre.

After qualifying, Benfica drew Zenit, the weakest team in the group, and then defeated their opponents twice to advance to the quarterfinals.

Therefore, part of their ability to reach the quarterfinals was due to their good performance, but part of it was good luck and they did not encounter any truly strong enemies along the way.

Therefore, Pan Yi asked players to be cautious in the locker room and kept a low profile at press conferences, which does not mean that he will hold back during the game.

After all, today is a home game, and the overall strength is stronger than the opponent, how can you not attack the opponent fiercely?

And he started attacking from the first minute of the game, taking advantage of his ball control to firmly control the game in his own hands, and strive to end the battle in the first round!

This is Pan Yi's strategy in this game.

After Pan Yi's beating, the morale of Chelsea has improved a lot, and the players have become more active.

They also said that in today's game, they must show their true level and not be as bad as the previous two games!
Chapter completed!