Football giants

Chapter 946 Tactical Revolution
"Hello, Carol, you're far 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. He is preparing for the game almost all the time, let alone this kind of long vacation. Therefore, 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 family children, all of them are here, even the prospective son-in-law Mino Falk is here.

It is worth mentioning that David Ancelotti is currently studying with Ancelotti and is also the physical coach of Ancelotti's coaching team, while Mino Fulk's father is the famous Italian nutritionist Abaldi Fulk, both of them are also members of Ancelotti's coaching team.

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.

Walk out of the seaside holiday villa and walk on the Huandao Road. Along the way, you can enjoy the invincible sea view of the Persian Gulf in the east.

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

He is a fine person, of course he knows well that there must be something 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 a supermodel or a female star appears on Crescent Bay, reporters will flock to him. Isn't it more influential than Ancelotti?

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 a situation where Southampton is alone, and Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams coexist. 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 saints will not change, but they will seek their own death!

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 Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt. The whole team, including the midfield, is serving Ibrahimovic."

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

"However, with Ibrahimovic's departure and Suarez's replacement, the importance of the midfield has become more prominent. Especially in this case, the team's overall offensive and defensive rhythm needs to be accelerated. Modric and James Rodriguez are a bit out of touch with the team's grand strategy. Therefore, the Saints simply took the opportunity to sell these two midfielders."

Yang Huan nodded, "Good point, continue."

"There is no doubt that the introduction of Cesc Fabregas must focus 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 oppressed 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 make him the most suitable auxiliary 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 modification 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 goals are surprisingly consistent, that is, from relying on a single core, slowly evolving to dual-core, then triple-core, 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 denuclearization of the midfield at its peak. Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Alves, it is basically difficult to distinguish who is the core. 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, and 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's introduction of Ibrahimovic was to enrich Barcelona's tactics, but in fact, it is not!"

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 Zlatan 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 in Barcelona, ​​Bielsa did in Southampton!"

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

"What's interesting is that football didn't have a midfielder at the very beginning. 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, forwards and defenders, when we look back at the past, we have to find that today's strikers and defenders are precisely performing the duties of many midfielders in the early years."

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

When Yang Huan heard this, he couldn't help but laughed and applauded, "Well said, well said!"

But Ancelotti shook his head, "Guardiola used Mascherano as a central defender, and Bielsa used Javi Martinez as a central defender. These are not aimless. On the contrary, they are because, when the development of realistic football defensive tactics seriously limits the overall denuclearization development trend, 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 sold Modric or James Rodriguez and replaced them with Fabregas and Di Maria.

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.

Hazard, Suarez and Sanchez were all effectively linked with Di Maria and Fabregas in midfield.

It is conceivable that if another Messi with stronger control and better overall strength is introduced this season, who 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 backcourt, 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.

(End of this chapter)