Chapter 948: Tactical Revolution

"Hello, Carol, you're much more famous than I am now"

When Yang Huan boarded Crescent Bay and came to the seaside holiday villa where the Ancelotti family lived, the Ancelotti family had already greeted him at the gate.

On weekdays, as the head coach, it is difficult for Ancelotti to get a rest time, and he is preparing for the game almost all the time, let alone this kind of long vacation, so taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the whole family is dispatched.

In addition to Ancelotti's wife, there are also his son David Ancelotti, daughter Cardia Ancelotti and the third generation of Ancelotti's children, all of them are there, even the quasi The son-in-law Minofolk is here.

It is worth mentioning that David Ancelotti is currently studying with Ancelotti and is also the physical coach of Ancelotti's coaching staff, and Minofolk's father is the famous Italian nutritionist Abaldi Falk, their father and son are also members of Ancelotti's coaching staff.

It can be said that this is a kind of nepotism, but these people are indeed very good.

Southampton's perfection in the field of coaching team, as well as the advanced concept, these are second to none in European football.

Therefore, Ancelotti hopes that his son and prospective son-in-law can follow him to Southampton to coach and learn more from it.

Given that Ancelotti has only been coaching the Saints for one year, Southampton readily agreed.

After a group of people exchanged greetings at the entrance of the villa, Yang Huan proposed to Ancelotti to take a walk outside.

He appeared here not because he wanted to disturb their family's family relationship, but because of something.

Ancelotti also readily agreed.

Walking out of the seaside holiday villa and walking on the Huandao Road, you can also enjoy the invincible sea view of the Persian Gulf to the east along the way.

"Thank you, Master Huan," Ancelotti said with a faint smile.

He is a smart person, so of course he knows well that something must be wrong with Master Huan's sudden visit.

Moreover, most likely, it should be the recent incident where the reporter caught up with Crescent Bay.

After thinking about it carefully, Ancelotti can understand that this matter has nothing to do with Master Huan.

because,

If Master Huan really wants to promote it, there is no need for it at all.

He himself is much more famous than Ancelotti. As long as he randomly takes a supermodel or female star to appear on Crescent Bay, the reporters will flock to him immediately. Isn't it more famous than Ancelotti? more influential?

Therefore, if you really want to suspect that Master Huan is playing tricks on this matter, you would be a fool.

Yang Huan sighed inwardly, talking to smart people really saved a lot of trouble.

"When I went to the island just now, I had already scolded all the people in the management office. The same thing will never happen again next time." Yang Huan said with a faint smile.

"I did this not entirely because of this matter, but more importantly, we have to maintain the image of Crescent Bay."

This is a high-end resort, if the reporters come up casually, who will be willing to come here for vacation in the future?

"However, Carroll, I am here this time, not entirely for this matter."

"Oh?" Ancelotti was a little surprised, "Master Huan has something to do, but it's okay to say."

Yang Huan nodded, stopped, and looked at the sea in the distance.

"The competition in the Premier League and European football today is unprecedentedly fierce. Let alone the early years, even compared with three or four years ago, it is completely different."

Ancelotti nodded. He could tell that Master Huan was secretly reminding him not to use his experience of coaching Chelsea a few years ago and his impression of the Premier League to look at the current Premier League.

It was the era of Manchester United and Chelsea competing for hegemony, but now?

Today's Premier League is dominated by Southampton, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Liverpool. The environment itself is completely different.

"We Chinese have an old saying that learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. It is also applicable to today's European football. If you don't make progress, you are retreating."

Ancelotti understands what Master Huan means. This is to remind him not to try to use Bielsa's style of play last season to cope with the Premier League and European competitions in the new season.

Because it is likely that someone has found a way to restrain it.

This is also normal.

Because with the rise of the Saints, they have gradually changed from the original chasers to the current leaders. They have been regarded as research and targets by countless teams.

Almost all the Premier League teams, even the strong European teams, have conducted in-depth and thorough research on the Saints.

There must even be teams that focus on targeting Southampton when building teams and signing in.

In this case, the saint does not change, but kills himself

Of course, in the short term, perhaps the saints still have a fairly strong dominance, but this is not a good thing after all, is it?

"Master Huan, in fact, in the past period of time, I have been watching Southampton's game videos and analyzing the Saints' tactical evolution in the past few seasons. I found a very interesting thing."

"Oh?" Yang Huan became interested.

"Bielsa's team has been strengthening the control of the team at the beginning, especially with Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt, the whole team, including the midfield, is working for Ibrahimovic. Serve."

Yang Huan nodded, seeing this, it is not worth making a fuss about.

"However, with Ibrahimovic leaving the team and Suarez taking his place, the importance of the midfield has been highlighted, especially in this case, the team's overall offensive and defensive rhythm needs to be accelerated. Modric and James Rodriguez was a bit out of touch with the team's grand strategy, so the Saints simply took the opportunity to sell the two midfielders."

Yang Huan nodded, "Good point, continue."

"There is no doubt that the introduction of Fabregas must be based on his passing accuracy, especially the last pass, but everyone knows that Fabregas needs space, and he needs someone to share the defensive pressure for him. Otherwise, once he is directly pressed by the opponent, his role will become very small."

Insufficient ability to get rid of one-on-one, this is also the criticism that Fabregas has always received.

Or it should be said that this is also the reason why he cannot gain a foothold in Barcelona's midfield.

"Pogba should have been a very good candidate, but he is still young. The Saints introduced Di Maria for the sake of safety. I know him. His speed in the midfield and his one-on-one breakthrough ability , making him the most suitable support player for the Saints midfield besides Cesc Fabregas and Toni Kroos."

Di Maria played in midfield, which was transformed by Ancelotti when he was at Real Madrid.

As a result, this transformation directly changed the best player in the Champions League final

In terms of training players, Ancelotti is indeed very good.

Speaking of this, Ancelotti suddenly laughed, "But if that's all, then Bielsa is not Bielsa."

"Oh?" Yang Huan's eyes lit up.

Ancelotti is really a shrewd person, it seems that he really understands.

"Starting from Michels' Total Defense, almost all mature and stable teams, after reaching their peak, their pursuit of the goal is surprisingly consistent, that is, from relying on a single core to slowly evolving into a dual-core team. , then triple-core and quad-core, and finally no-core.”

The so-called coreless means that everyone is a core.

This is an ideal state, which is basically difficult to achieve in practice.

"Barcelona basically achieved the denuclearization of the midfield at its peak. It is basically difficult to distinguish who is the core of Messi, Harvey Iniesta and Alves. They are in a fluid state on the court. Messi can Retreat, Alves can go forward, Xavi and Iniesta can move up and down freely, whoever sees through each other's loopholes is the core."

"Busquets sits in the defensive midfielder position and maintains a tight formation with the two central defenders. First, they need to be a stable support point for the team. Second, this is the need of the team's defense."

"It can be said that in Barcelona's peak football, the denuclearization of the midfield has taken shape, but the problems of the frontcourt and the left have always prevented Barcelona from going further."

Speaking of this, Ancelotti suddenly looked amazed and shook his head: "Many people, including me, thought that Guardiola introduced Ibrahimovic in the hope of enriching Barcelona's tactics. But actually, no"

The Italian shook his head vigorously, "He hopes to include the frontcourt into the category of denuclearization, and then realize the denuclearization of the entire midfield and frontcourt, which completely relies on the overall tactical system to operate."

"However, he underestimated Ibrahimovic's personality"

When he heard this, Yang Huan suddenly thought of it. Guardiola later used Cesc Fabregas to play forward, probably for this purpose, right?

"But what Guardiola couldn't do at Barcelona, ​​Bielsa did at Southampton"

"During my career, I played in the midfield, so I understand that the midfielders are a very interesting group of players. They have the deepest understanding of football. They have to look forward and backward, always consider the team as a whole. Very versatile, can go up and down, good at many different positions, switching back and forth between different roles."

"What's interesting is that football didn't have a midfielder in the first place. The entire history of football development is a history of midfielders gradually growing and eventually ruling the football world. Even if there is still a distinction between midfielders and defenders, when When we look back, we have to see that today's strikers and defenders are doing exactly what many midfielders did in the early days."

"To a certain extent, scoring and defending have become their part-time job, and seamlessly connecting with the midfielder is their most important responsibility on the football field."

Hearing this, Yang Huan couldn't help but applaud with a smile, "Well said, well said."

But Ancelotti shook his head, "Guardiola uses Mascherano as a central defender, and Bielsa uses Harvey Martinez as a central defender. These are not aimless. On the contrary, they are because, when the reality When the development of football defensive tactics seriously limits the overall development trend of denuclearization, using midfielders as defenders is undoubtedly the best way to make up for it.”

"In the final analysis, their tactical concepts are more advanced, and we are all too late."

In fact, if you combine what Ancelotti said just now, it is not difficult to see why Southampton should sell Modric or James Rodriguez and replace them with Fabregas and Dee. Maria is gone.

Not only because the latter two players can bring speed and efficiency to the team, but more importantly, their ability to integrate into the offensive system forward, they can better promote the denuclearization of the team's midfield.

Facts have proved that the reason why Bielsa's team was so aggressive last season was precisely the result of Bielsa's strong promotion of the denuclearization system in the midfield.

Eden Hazard, Suarez and Sanchez combined effectively with Di Maria and Cesc Fabregas in midfield.

It is conceivable that if another player with stronger control and better overall strength is introduced this season, May can play the world's top breakthrough player and scorer in the frontcourt, and can play the world's top organizer and passer in the retreat. West, then Southampton's entire midfield denuclearization system will become unprecedentedly terrifying.

More importantly, Southampton's two full-backs are David Alaba and Danilo.

Under such circumstances, the tactical revolution brought by Southampton was not lost to Barcelona back then.

What's even more frightening is that the revolution started by the saints is still going on.

And I will be one of the leaders of this revolution.

Just thinking about it can make Ancelotti so excited that he can't sleep all night.

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