Chapter 452 Happy Birthday to the Seven-Crown King!(2/3)
In the Champions League semi-finals, they also defeated Real Madrid, a team full of superstars.
Can Chelsea really win against a Bayern team like this?
No one can give a definite answer.
Therefore, Chelsea fans will still feel uneasy about this game...
Also feeling slightly uneasy was Chelsea's assistant coach, Arteta.
And he is not doing it for the outcome of the game itself.
Mainly, there are a lot of rumors about Pan Yi recently.
Many people say that if Pan Yi wins this Champions League title and finally fulfills his promise to Abramovich's boss to win seven crowns, he will not renew his contract with Chelsea and will leave Chelsea.
And if Pan Yi really leaves Chelsea, where will Arteta go?
Over the past year or so, he has indeed done well at Chelsea and has been appreciated by Pan Yi, but he has always felt that it is difficult to become Chelsea's "own man".
Maybe this is because he is an Arsenal star?
When Pan Yi was still there, it was okay for him to be Pan Yi's assistant, but once Pan Yi leaves, will the new head coach continue to use Arteta?
He really doesn't know.
Perhaps, he should ask Pan Yi.
No matter where Pan Yi goes, Arteta wants to follow him.
Maybe studying with Pan Yi for another two years is the best choice.
After all, you can't learn tactics and on-the-spot command skills as awesome as Pan Yi's from someone else's hands!
Of course, there is no need to rush now.
After all, the Champions League final hasn’t even been played yet.
Until the results of the finals come out, everything is unknown.
It can be said that even Pan Yi himself probably doesn't know what his future will be...
Arteta made up his mind, nodded involuntarily, and then picked up a newspaper on the table.
He is about to go to Milan to play the final. There was no training today. Arteta just came to the Cobham base as a habit and sat in his office.
He still hopes that he can stay calm before the game, and this is the best place.
This newspaper is the sports section of The Times, and the headline is a picture of Pan Yi and Guardiola.
The two famous commanders stood opposite each other above, both staring at their opponents with sharp eyes, full of murderous intent.
Arteta smiled.
This is just for attracting attention.
After all, Arteta knows very well how good the relationship between Pan Yi and Guardiola is in private.
Let's put it this way, if one didn't live in London and the other lived in Munich, they would have slept in the same bed every day and studied tactics.
Well, Guardiola should be the more proactive party. After all, Pan Yi once complained about Guardiola, a "ball fanatic" who sometimes really studies various tactics day and night...
However, today's headline in The Times still caught Arteta's attention.
Because this time they invited many famous coaches in football to analyze this peak showdown between Chelsea and Bayern.
For example, Mourinho, who has been at the forefront of public opinion recently, is both Pan Yi's old rival and an old friend.
He believes that Pan Yi is different from many coaches because he is young and friendly, which allows him to easily gain the players' trust and integrate the team into a whole.
This is a prerequisite for maximizing the team's strength, but it is not easy to achieve this.
"Many coaches now talk about Pan Yi in private gatherings or seminars."
"He is already an inescapable person in the football coaching industry. He not only improves his team, but also profoundly affects many people."
"When Pan Yi coached in Germany, his coaching style influenced Loew, the head coach of the German national team. It can be said that the German team's victory in the World Cup was partly attributed to Pan Yi."
"And now that Pan Yi has come to England, I believe that English football will also be influenced by him and make progress in the right direction."
"To be honest, if Mr. Hodgson hadn't done a good job now, I would have suggested that England consider hiring Pan Yi for the upcoming 2016 European Cup..."
Klopp also believes that Pan Yi's appearance has changed many people's views on the head coach.
"In the past, some people would have thought that professional football was dominated by stars and that they represented everything about football."
"Football coaches are just a group of people standing on the sidelines and shouting. It is the players who ultimately decide the outcome of the game."
"But the emergence of Pan Yi changed everything. Everyone realized that having an excellent football coach can really change everything."
"A good player can become even better under the hands of a good coach; and a player who seems to have no future can also be reborn under his hands..."
In addition to Mourinho and Klopp, many coaches have expressed their opinions, such as Wenger, Ranieri, Tuchel...etc.
Of course they highly admire Pan Yi, but when it comes to the upcoming Champions League final, they all have almost the same views.
That is to say, this will be a wonderful confrontation. Pan Yi's Chelsea does have a certain advantage, but no one is sure who can win.
If Pan Yi's assistant coaching career in Milan is not counted, this will be the third time in Pan Yi's career that he has led his team to the Champions League final, and the same is true for Guardiola.
Pan Yi led Hamburg and Chelsea in the first two games, while Guardiola led Barcelona to the finals twice.
Moreover, in the first two finals, Pan Yi won the championship, and the same was true for Guardiola.
So, in their third trip to the Champions League final, who will have the last laugh?
It's really hard to guess.
Even as one of the parties involved and Pan Yi's right-hand man, Arteta was unsure.
In recent times, Chelsea's coaching staff can be said to have made sufficient preparations. Pan Yi has repeatedly studied Bayern Munich's past game videos, focusing on several games since the Champions League knockout rounds.
Guardiola and his coaching staff are studying every move made by Guardiola in order to make various plans to deal with abnormal situations that may arise at any time during the game.
It can be said that Pan Yi and the coaching staff have done their best in preparing for the game.
But Bayern Munich played really well this season, especially in the Champions League knockout rounds, their performance was better than ever.
In this case, who wins and who loses can only be known after fighting!——
Just as Arteta was thinking about it, the door was pushed open and a familiar figure walked in.
It was Pan Yi.
"Mikel, I want to ask your opinion on something." Pan Yi got straight to the point, "I guessed you would be here."
"What's going on?" Arteta leaned his head over and asked.
"You may have heard that if I won seven championships, I might not stay at Chelsea." Pan Yi said, "It's true, that's what I really think."
"Ah..." Arteta opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a moment.
Although he had been mentally prepared for it, it was different from Pan Yi telling him personally.
"Although the Champions League final has not yet been played, you know that I am determined to win." Pan Yi said with a smile, "So just like when I left Hamburg, I will deal with the aftermath of my old club and recommend a suitable candidate to
them."
Arteta looked at Pan Yi with some confusion.
Why did Pan Yi tell him this?
Is it necessary to inoculate him so that Arteta can work well with the new coach?
No, I want to follow you, boss!
At this time, Pan Yi said: "I recommended you to them at that time."
Arteta's eyes widened when he heard this, and he pointed at himself in disbelief, "Me?"
Pan Yi nodded: "Yes, I recommended you. I think you are fully capable of coaching alone, and with your level, I think you are qualified for a wealthy club like Chelsea."
"But..." Arteta was suddenly moved.
He was originally just an ordinary player at Arsenal, but then he was inexplicably spotted by Pan Yi and retired directly to become an assistant coach.
As a result, Pan Yi has not yet been appointed as the head coach for one year?
How much virtue have you accumulated in your previous life?
Why does Pan Yi favor him so much?
Of course, only Pan Yi knows the reason for this.
In Pan Yi's previous life, Arteta also became Arsenal head coach after serving as an assistant coach under Guardiola.
Soon, he showed his ability in this position and even began to threaten the "Master" championship.
Although they lost in the end, Arteta still played very exciting football with the Arsenal youth team.
In this timeline, Arteta is under Pan Yi, and Pan Yi is considered an "enhanced version" of Guardiola, and his growth rate is even more astonishing.
Therefore, Pan Yi believes that even if Chelsea is handed over to him, Arteta should be able to handle it.
In fact, this is also because Abramovich is still a little worried about what will happen to Chelsea's coaching position if Pan Yi really leaves.
To be continued...