Football giants

Chapter 550 We still have a chance!

Walking out of the Nike training center, Yi Xi could hear cheers coming from the indoor football stadium next door.

There is a Southampton indoor football match going on!
This is an interesting competition within the team, and the participating teams include not only the first team, but also all the youth teams.

But don't underestimate the young players. They are still very competitive in the indoor football field. They don't lose to the first-team players at all, and they can even turn the big brother down in many cases.

Passing by the door and hearing the commotion inside, Yang Huan could have guessed without going in that the competition inside must be fierce.

As an ambitious team, Southampton has also made great efforts in humanization. There are all kinds of entertainment, leisure and relaxation facilities, and strive to provide players with all-round high-level services.

"Listen to the shouts, I'm afraid it's Neymar's appearance!" Yang Huan said with a bit of sigh.

Bielsa walked beside, just smiled and nodded.

Neymar is recognized as the king of indoor football in the Southampton team, with superior strength and invincible.

It is said that this kind of indoor football is quite popular in Brazil, including the skills of Ronaldinho, Robinho and others, all refined on the indoor football field, and even in the professional arena, there are often tricks in indoor football.

But who would have thought that Neymar is getting farther and farther away from Southampton.

Just now, after a long period of simulation and calculation, the analysis team believed that Neymar's transfer would not have much impact on Southampton, because there is Hazard in the team.

For this result, as long as the transfer price is right, Neymar will definitely go!
It's just that the season is not over yet, and the team will continue to move forward in the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League, so it needs to be further kept secret and cannot be announced to the public, even the players have to hide it.

"Old Bei, what do you think of the current situation of the team?"

Yang Huan and Bielsa walked side by side on the green cobblestone path of the Stapletwood training base, looking very comfortable.

Every word that can be discussed may affect the future direction of the warship Southampton.

Bielsa still seemed very calm and calm, and it even made people feel that he didn't seem to have much emotion.

"After the sand table deduction of the analysis system, in the remaining twelve rounds, the winning rate of each game is more than 50.00%. Among them, except for the No. 30 home game against Liverpool and the 31 home game against Chelsea, every victory is over 60.00%, even 70.00%!"

At present, Southampton's analysis system is playing a key role within the team, especially after Southampton has reached data sharing with other Premier League teams, the Saints have obtained almost a large amount of opponent data.

The analysis system mainly functions in two aspects, one is itself.

After relying on the detailed data, we can clearly understand all the information of each player in the team, scientifically configure the team's starting lineup for each game, and exert the strongest and most targeted competitiveness of the team at that time.

Another point is the opponent!
Relying on massive data, understand the opponent's situation, simulate various possible tactics of the opponent, analyze the advantages and disadvantages and strengths and weaknesses, and formulate the most targeted game strategy, and then deduce it on the system sand table.

The deduced results can in turn help the head coach adjust the team's starting lineup and tactics.

The result of this is that in the era of big data, the outcome of a game may have been decided before it starts.

Of course, there is no way to completely control the risk. It can only be said to maximize the team's advantage, but occasionally it will be upset.

Just like what Bielsa said, in the sand table deduction, in the two games against Liverpool and Chelsea at home, the winning rate against Chelsea in the latter game was as high as 60.00%, and the winning rate in the previous game against Liverpool was only 50.00%.

This is still Southampton's home game!
reason?

The previous game against Chelsea was the FA Cup match on the weekend. Even if Southampton can make it to that round, they can definitely play with a substitute lineup and concentrate all their energy on dealing with Chelsea, so the winning rate is high.

However, the game against Liverpool was played in the UEFA Europa League in the middle of the week before, which added variables. The specific winning rate has to wait until the game before the pre-match simulation deduction to get the most accurate data and winning rate.

As for other games, Southampton has an advantage based on its strong overall strength, which is a matter of course.

When it comes to lineup strength, Southampton is one of the best even in the Premier League!
This also depends on the business strategies of Yang Huan and Bielsa over the past three years.

"Remember what I told you back then?" Yang Huan smiled and looked ahead.

The sky in Southampton is very blue and clear.

Although Bielsa was silent, his eyes revealed that he was entering his memories.

"As I said, European football is ushering in an unprecedented change. Dataization will subvert everything now. Therefore, if Southampton and I want to rise, we must seize this opportunity!"

Bielsa nodded, remembering that when Yang Huan said this, he felt stunned.

How crazy would it be to be considered a lunatic by a lunatic recognized by the world?

"Modern professional football is all about big capital and money, but many people have money that is useless because they don't know how to spend it, just like Abramovich, just like Mubarak!"

Speaking of this, Yang Huan smiled proudly, full of indescribable pride and high spirits.

"But I understand!"

Yang Huan continued without waiting for Bielsa to speak.

"Many people think I'm crazy. What's the use of investing so much money in developing a so-called analysis system?"

Yang Huan sneered, "As everyone knows, those who think I'm stupid are even more stupid than me!"

"Why can Barcelona win the Grand Slam? Ball possession system? High-level stars?"

"Yes, these are all playing an important role, but behind all of this, Guardiola's coaching team of more than 40 people is the key. Before each game, they will submit an extremely detailed data analysis to Guardiola, so that Guardiola can clearly grasp all information about the enemy and us!"

"Inter Milan won the Triple Crown. Is Mourinho's coaching art very good? But behind his coaching is Mourinho's trust in data analysis for many years. He is one of the head coaches in Europe who are good at using data!"

"There is also Bayern Munich. Since Klinsmann's drastic reforms, Bayern Munich has attached great importance to the analysis and use of data. This has created Bayern Munich's [-] Champions League final and almost won the Triple Crown."

"It's a pity that Van Gaal lost to Mourinho, who was better at using data, but last year, Bayern Munich made a comeback and finally realized their dream of winning the Triple Crown!"

"Behind all these great achievements, big data is driving them!"

Bielsa stood silently behind Yang Huan, listening to Master Huan's long speech, he was also very impressed in his heart.

Barcelona was strong, but after the treble, Russell cut Guardiola's coaching staff and analysis team.

Inter Milan was once at the peak, but they died after enjoying their addiction. After the peak, they quickly fell, and the use of data has long existed in name only!

Only Bayern Munich, this team is financially healthy. Starting from Klinsmann, it has deeply felt the revolutionary changes brought about by dataization, unswervingly promoting dataization reform, and will usher in Guardiola who also pays attention to the use of data this summer.

In the future, Bayern Munich will be a tyrannical opponent!

Within the Premier League, Manchester United was the first team to promote the use of data. As early as the last century, Ferguson was already promoting Manchester United's data reform. Later, Stam was sold because Ferguson made a mistake in data analysis. Manchester United had to introduce Ferdinand to make up for the shortcomings.

Even, why did Ferguson appoint Moyes, who has no rich coaching experience?

Really think it's just because the latter is Scottish?

Don't take Ferguson and Manchester United executives for fools!
Because Moyes attaches great importance to data analysis in the Premier League, he is also famous!
Bielsa has already reached a tacit understanding with Yang Huan. They have analyzed the teams that have established dynasties in the past, especially in recent years. Among the strong teams that have swept Europa, all of them have two major elements.

One is integration, and the other is digitization!
Needless to say, the trend of integration is something that any fan can understand.

But the integration that Bielsa emphasizes is not just to integrate the team into a whole, but to play a full attack and full defense, so his team puts a lot of emphasis on high-position pressing.

Because of the high position pressing, to some extent, it is the combination of offense and defense!

To achieve this, not only must the level of player strength be high, but also the level of skills and tactics must be close, and the overall style must be unified and complementary.

Manchester United's Triple Crown was built on the basis of Class [-]. Barcelona's Grand Slam was built on the basis of La Masia's youth players. In Inter Milan's Triple Crown lineup, the players are very close to each other in strength, and most of the players have cooperated for many years.

The same is true for Bayern Munich's Triple Crown last season!

In contrast to Real Madrid, why is the lineup so strong, but still unable to achieve satisfactory and convincing results?

Because they lack wholeness!

A team like Real Madrid, which has a luxurious lineup but lacks integrity, and whose style changes frequently with frequent coaching changes, may be able to concentrate its main force, focus on one front, and achieve results, but it is difficult to win in multiple fronts.

More importantly, Real Madrid does not trust data, they believe in stars!

In Southampton, Yang Huan not only understands the ball, but also knows how to run a team, and believes that digitalization will completely subvert the existing professional football game mode.

Therefore, since the acquisition of Southampton three years ago, Yang Huan has been committed to doing two things.

On the one hand, it is a large number of signings, relying on the advantages of the traversers, waving the checks in their hands, and building a luxurious top-level lineup configuration for Southampton.

With the current Southampton lineup, let alone in the Premier League, even in European football, it is one of the best.

More importantly, this group of players has cooperated in Southampton for two or three years, and under the training of Bielsa, they have integrated into an orderly whole.

This can be seen from the excellent record in the past two seasons.

On the other hand, it is to invest a large sum of money every year to develop an analysis system and vigorously promote the data reform of the team.

In the past three years, the team has continuously benefited from the data reform, and now, this system is finally ripe.

Harvest the fruit, it's time for a good harvest!
"Old Bei, do you know?"

Yang Huan suddenly turned around and looked at Bielsa excitedly.

"I have a very, very strong feeling right now!"

Bielsa suddenly raised his head, looked at Yang Huan, and he showed a confident smile.

This cold-faced person, who was always stingy with smiling, actually smiled too, and he smiled so confidently.

"Although we are currently [-] points behind Manchester United, I feel that we still have a chance!"

"Really, believe me, we still have a chance!"

After hearing this, Bielsa nodded sympathetically.

(End of this chapter)