Author: Ant who watches football ruthlessly

Pan Yi now has a strange feeling.

Then Spain, who is currently facing us, is actually Chelsea, and we are Chelsea's opponent now.

So, when I faced Pan Yi's extremely controlling Chelsea, what was the thing I was most afraid of?

Then let the ball go first.

Being beaten by Chelsea is scary, but if the ball is conceded first, it will be very dangerous.

Because if I want to get an equalizer or even a reversal, then I have to adopt a more proactive offensive strategy.

But while improving the offensive power, the team's defense will also become unstable accordingly, which will probably allow Chelsea to seize the opportunity and score more goals.

Chelsea has scored so many big scores in the Premier League and Champions League. Isn't it because Chelsea scored the ball first and tried to attack when they were behind?

Pan Yi finally experienced the feeling of his wrong legs.

Because Spain is not like that now.

Even if they are not at their peak in 2008-12, they have continued Donglai's pass-and-control style, which still gives them an advantage in controlling the situation.

It can be said that even if the world is now playing a match against Spain, it is still very difficult to get the lead in terms of ball possession.

And now, Spain scores first.

Pan Yi knew very well the impact that conceding the ball first would have on his team, so after failing to attack at the beginning, he very carefully chose to retreat first to avoid conceding the ball.

But Ibrahimovic's injury disrupted his plan, and Spain also took advantage of the fact that there was one more player and the Swedish team's position was a bit chaotic to score a goal.

Isn’t that luck really a bit bad?

"What should we do now?" Arteta ran out of ideas and asked Pan Yi sideways.

Is that really a problem?

Should we continue to maintain the current defensive posture or take the initiative to attack?

But no matter how I do it, there seems to be a problem.

Originally, the Swedish team was not as good as Spain, and now it was lagging behind again. It was really difficult to equalize the score and reverse the situation.

Moreover, the main forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is injured in the east game, which will undoubtedly make the Swedish team's prospects worse.

Without Ibrahimovic, how can we maintain the current trident system in the frontcourt?

"Stabilize the situation first, and then we'll talk about the eastern half!" Pan Yi thought for a while and said.

He could predict that Spain's offensive team, which is very good at playing downwind balls, would definitely take advantage of the opportunity to score goals and press forward aggressively to launch a new round of indiscriminate bombardment against the Swedish team.

If the Swedish team's morale is affected by conceding a goal, or if the players are distracted, then the goal may not be conceded, but more.

So Pan Yi quickly calmed down and asked Kulusevsky to be present first, and let him stand in front of Ekdal and Weinblum, and on the other side of Forsberg, forming a four-part team.

Midfield.

And Isaac and Guideti moved a little farther out to form a double forward.

Then as the commentator expected, the Swedish team has become a defensive team.

At the same time, Pan Yi also walked to the sidelines to remind the players to pay attention, so that everyone would not have to think about the goal just missed, especially Lindelof, who had a greater responsibility for the goal.

Now is the time to hold people accountable!

The game is still going on. If the responsibility is investigated now, wouldn't it mean that the Swedish team is forced to fight outside? How will the game be played by then?

Not to mention now, even if he waits until the end of the game, Pan Yi will not hold him accountable. At most, he will discuss with the players how to avoid losing such a ball and how to stay focused on the field.

Otherwise, if the players are always burdened with too much pressure and dare not make any moves on the court, then there really will be no need to play in the following games.

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During halftime, Pan Yi received a piece of good news.

After a more careful examination, Wolfat determined that Ibrahimovic's injury was not serious and that he should be able to recover quickly after a day or two of rest.

In other words, if Sweden can get past Spain, then Ibrahimovic may be able to compete in the quarterfinals with Germany.

Of course, the first priority now is how to get through Spain...

In the locker room, Pan Yixian praised the team's performance and believed that the team played a good tactical style in the half-time and also weakened Spain's passing and threats, allowing the team to

The offensive firepower even overwhelmed the missed leg.

But he also pointed out the team's shortcomings, especially the fact that he wasted a lot of opportunities when shooting, resulting in the inability to lead the score.

Throughout the whole process, he never mentioned losing the ball.

He said that the team will definitely have the opportunity to take the initiative again, and it will definitely be able to defeat the opponent!

Later, Pan Yi made adjustments to the wrong formation and changed back again.

Isaac moved to the middle, replacing Ibrahimovic at the center position.

At the same time, it is actually the position that Isaac is most familiar with, otherwise he would not be called "Little Ibrahimovic"!

Guidetti, who is right-footed, moves to the left and plays as an outside winger, while Kulusevski, who is left-footed, moves forward to the right winger position and plays as an outside forward.

Obviously, that would deny Pan Yi the position that Kulusevski wanted to play at the beginning.

Kulusevski is very good at running and passing people, but he is not good at contributing to the team through threatening long passes.

In other words, he prefers to receive assists directly after receiving the ball in dangerous areas, and his sense of smell on the edge of the penalty area is very keen.

Therefore, Pan Yi arranged for him to be closer to the penalty area and let him use his breakthrough and shooting abilities.

That is not the best way Pan Yi can think of to make amends after Ibrahimovic's East appearance.

After all, Isaac's fulcrum function is also very good. With the firepower of both sides, I believe Sweden can also pose a threat to Spain!

Of course, as to whether to achieve that goal, Pan Yi made another bold decision.

Then why not just replace the two full-backs?

The left back used Augustinsson for Olsson, while the right back used Lustig for Johansson.

The main reason is to consider the balance of offense and defense.

Since the left winger was replaced by Guidetti from Isaac, the impact and breakthrough ability have declined.

At this time, Augustinsson, who is on the left with stronger assists and more accurate crosses, can provide more artillery support to Isaac in the center from that wing.

The opposite is true on the right.

Kulusevski's ball-holding breakthrough and shooting abilities are stronger, but his defensive phase is weak.

The right back Lustig is 189cm tall, and his body is more than enough to play as a central defender. In fact, when he was in the club, he often moved outside to play the central defender position when the formation changed to three central defenders, so his defensive ability is very high.

outstanding.

The replacement of Lustig, who is more defensively sound, can provide a good cover for Kulusevski and avoid being penetrated by Spain.

This is Pan Yi's current mistake in the east half.

They neither attacked nor retreated, but continued to maintain a posture of attacking while defending, and defending while attacking, to deal with the Spaniards.

Such a balanced approach will prevent Sweden from being easily seized by the Spanish team in the gaps in the defense. At the same time, it will also maintain the pressure on Spain and be ready to seize the opportunity to counterattack at any time.

Of course, it would not be a big risk for Pan Yi to do so.

Then just in the middle of the game, he used up all the substitutions.

If something unexpected happens again in the east half, Pan Yi will be out of luck if he hits the leg.

But that’s not Pan Yi.

Extraordinary and confident!——

After the start of the eastern half, the situation was a bit stalemate.

On the one hand, the Swedish side was more cautious and did not completely press forward to attack;

On the other hand, Spain is more cautious!

That would be Bosque’s characteristic.

In Spain, where he leads, there are actually many games that cannot be won 1:0.

The Spaniard's best way to win is to control the ball, then score a goal when I'm about to fall asleep, and then control the ball again, allowing me to continue sleeping until the end of the game...

Now that Bosque is facing Pan Yi, the most prestigious head coach in the world, he will of course be more cautious.

Spain was already in the lead in that game, so he would be even less likely to advance rashly, and even less willing to expose his flaws easily, and then be caught and exploited by Pan Yi.

Del Bosque knew very well that Pan Yi was not the kind of person who could keenly discover the flaws in a wrong leg and then exploit them.

In addition, Pan Yi made a large-scale adjustment to the wrong lineup during the halftime break. Del Bosque could not have made a mistake and not been alert.

Although he was not very clear about Pan Yi's purpose of doing that, he only wanted to minimize loopholes and mistakes and control the ball firmly in his legs. No matter how powerful Pan Yi was, it would not be of any use.

"At the beginning of the eastern half, Sweden replaced both of its full-backs, which is a bit puzzling."

"The performance of the right back Johansson has always been satisfactory and he has not made any major mistakes; and the left back Olsson is a weapon for the Swedish team's left attack, often cooperating with Isaac in the front."
To be continued...