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Chapter 61 Sweeper Keeper

Alegri looked closely and saw that the position Pan Yi pointed was at the end of the entire formation - the goalkeeper.

"Abiati?" Allegri wondered, "You mean, Abiati's performance is not good?"

"Of course not. Abiatti's goal line skills are pretty good," Pan Yi explained, "but he is a traditional goalkeeper and his feet cannot meet the requirements of our tactics."

Allegri's face immediately revealed: "The goalkeeper just wants to keep the goal well. What should he do with such good work?"

Pan Yi couldn't help but scratch his head a little.

At this point in time, there are still relatively few concepts of goalkeepers taking balls in the tactical system.

Traditional giants are still accustomed to using traditional goalkeepers like Buffon, Casillas, and De Gea who have strong save ability in front of goal.

So he still has to think about how to explain this issue to Allegri clearly.

"Let's go back to this tactic first. I just talked about the approach of pressure on the frontcourt, and now I will talk about how I play when I normally play with the ball."

Pan Yi sorted out his own ideas and said again:

"Our front line will be a combination of Aubameyang, Inzaghi and Mane."

"As for Inzagi in the middle, although he is old, he runs well without the ball, has a trick of counter-offside, and at the same time, his left and right feet are balanced, and both feet can complete high-quality shots."

"But his shortcomings are also obvious. One is that he has weak ability to take the ball from behind, and the other is that he does not have the ability to fight in a small space - this is completely different from Ibrahimovic. Therefore, if Inzaghi is the core of the striker, the team's tactics need to create opportunities for him to get the ball head-on and gain space for him to speed up and sprint."

"Since we want to create sprint space, it is not appropriate to press the opponent's space on a large scale. Therefore, our offensive organization often starts from the backcourt and does not rush forward at the first time, but will pass it in several guards in the backcourt to lure the opponent's forward line to oppress."

"But at this time, since our fullbacks will also devote a lot of energy to the offense, the goalkeeper points involved in the backcourt transmission, in addition to the two central defenders, otherwise it will be too easy to be predicted by the opponent and cause the ball to be intercepted..."

Allegri looked at the tactical board and began to nod his head frequently: "I probably understand. It's similar to Bayern's Neuer."

Pan Yi also nodded and said, "Yes, it's a responsibilities like Scavenger Goalkeeper."

Allegri: "But it's hard for Abiati to be competent for this new duty."

Pan Yi: "Yes. And there is another point, the goalkeeper position in our team is older. Abiati is 34 years old, Roma is 36 years old, and even the youngest Améria is 28. To be honest, they have not met the standards of world-class goalkeepers."

Allegri could only admit that Pan Yi was right.

Even Abiati, who is currently the most useful one, is not at the peak of his career, and his competitive level is also declining.

Even if it is not for this new tactic, Allegri has to start considering the update of Milan goalkeepers.

"Do you have any choice?" Allegri touched his chin.

The main reason is that the excellent young goalkeepers are so popular now, and the prices are also rising.

Just this summer, 21-year-old De Gea just transferred to Manchester United for 20 million euros.

This is still the so-called "squat-type goalkeeper" that Pan Yi looked down upon.

Also this year, 25-year-old Neuer joined Bayern Munich for a transfer fee of 30 million euros.

This guy is Pan Yi's first choice, but firstly, the senior management is unlikely to be willing to spend such a high price to buy a goalkeeper, and secondly, Neuer has gone to Bayern, so how could he come to Milan again?

So Allegri also felt very embarrassed.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to update and iterate, it’s really hard for a good cook to cook without rice.

"Well... how do you see this?"

Pan Yi had already made preparations. He took out a piece of paper from somewhere and handed it to Allegri. He also inserted a USB flash drive into the computer on the desk.

"Ederson?" Allegri looked at the words on the paper and whispered, "Brazilian, now 18 years old, Benfica Youth Training Camp, now plays for Riberan in the Portuguese second division."

That's right, it's Ederson, the Brazilian national goalkeeper who will play for Manchester City in the future.

At this time, Ederson was just starting out, but he had shown great potential, so he could already play as the main player in the Portuguese League Two.

In the timeline of Pan Yi's previous life, after the end of this season, Ederson will play in the Portuguese Super League and gradually play as Benfica's main player, helping the team win two Portuguese Super League championships.

Then he joined Manchester City Football Club for a transfer fee of 40 million euros, and since then he helped the team win four Premier League championships and also won the Premier League Golden Glove Award several times.

The reason why Manchester City coach Guardiola used Ederson at that time was not the previous English goalkeeper Joe Hart, including Chilean goalkeeper Bravo, was because of Ederson's excellent shooting ability.

Of course, this does not mean that Ederson's save ability is not good.

Although his nerve-like attributes make him sometimes make some low-level mistakes, he can also contribute to the divine pounce repeatedly, otherwise he would not have won the Best Goalkeeper Award in the Premier League.

And such a powerful goalkeeper may only need to spend a very small price to sign in at this point in time - with Galliani's ability to deceive, hundreds of thousands of euros should be the most important thing.

In fact, when Pan Yi considers signings at the goalkeeper, he prioritizes another Brazilian goalkeeper Allison.

His ability to play is equally excellent, and he is relatively more stable than Ederson.

But Ederson has one of the biggest advantages, that is, he is Benfica youth training, has dual nationalities between Brazil and Portugal, and will not occupy non-European quotas in Milan.

In other words, in this winter window, it is feasible to introduce Ederson, but it is impossible to introduce Alison.

Then Allegri came to the computer and watched Pan Yi collecting Ederson's game video.

Sure enough, this young Brazilian guy who looked young seemed to have a maturity that was not matched by his age on the court.

He dares to use his feet to get the ball and control the ball in the backcourt, and will yell at his teammates when directing the defense, so that everyone can organize the defense line.

When saving, he dares to make moves and his bounce ability is also very good.

"How can you always find such a player hiding in the strange minor league..." Allegri was puzzled and patted Pan Yi on the shoulder with admiration.

If it were before, he would definitely have expressed his skepticism.

But after seeing the performance of the young players Pan Yi strongly recommended this season, how could Allegri doubt Pan Yi's vision?

"Hehe, it's not because our Milan's scouting system is powerful, which allows me to see more good players." Pan Yi modestly pushed the credit to the scouts.

"Okay, I'll talk to Galliani." Allegri said.

In his heart, he actually sighed softly.

The problem that he had been having a headache for so long, but when it came to Pan Yi, how could it be solved so easily?

Allegri felt that he was about to start wondering if he was the head coach...
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