Chapter 694 This is professional football!

"Master Huan, it's done!"

In the Inter Milan stands of the Friuli Stadium in Udinese, the pot-bellied Raiola walked through the narrow aisle, came to Yang Huan, who was wearing oversized black sunglasses, sat down and started shouting.

"Widmer and Alan belong to Inter Milan!"

Yang Huan laughed and praised, "Well done!"

Looking at the field, Alan was wearing Udinese's No. 3 jersey, sitting on the right side of midfield, and his performance was quite eye-catching.

But now the score is 2-0, Inter Milan, playing away, took the lead with goals from Palacio and Ranocchia.

The assists for these two players were provided by Tedel and Cambiasso respectively.

This also gave Yang Huan an idea that perhaps he could consider letting Cambiasso take Kranivet with him more in the next six months, after all, they are both Argentines.

It's interesting to say, they just fired an Argentine barbecue gang, and then turned around and brought in Dybala, Kranivet, and if Icardi and Palacio are added, wouldn't this be a new barbecue gang?

It's not just Argentina, the Brazilian Samba Gang also has a large number of players in the team, such as Alex Sandro, Juanito, Alan and Felipe Anderson, which total four players, and are on par with the BBQ Gang.

But the local faction has also been strengthened, mainly focusing on the defense, such as Ranocchia and Damian.

As for young players Rugani and Romagnoli, Inter Milan got them after negotiations, but still decided to continue to loan them out. After all, given their age, it is difficult for them to become the main players in Inter Milan for the time being.

In the past few days, Yang Huan has been in Italy. On the one hand, he has been strictly controlling the team's situation so that Mazzarri can take over Pinedina smoothly. On the other hand, he has also been dealing with the progress of the Milan Commercial City plan.

For example, the land auction will begin soon under his supervision and urging.

Inter Milan played away in this game, and Yang Huan originally did not plan to come, but because the opponent was Udinese, Yang Huan decided to come to the scene to take a look and observe Alan and Widmer.

As a result, it seems that both players are quite good, especially Alan, who is so eye-catching.

"To be honest, Mino, can you get the player Alan for 10 million euros?" Yang Huan was a little skeptical.

He had never watched Alan's game before, but now that he has, he feels that unless Udinese is blind, how could they offer 10 million euros for such a midfielder who is good at both offense and defense and has good footwork?

You know, the players trained by Udinese have to be sold!

"How is it? Pretty good, right?" Raiola asked with a smile.

He was also happy that the player he recommended was praised by Young Master Huan.

"He has excellent running ability and solid techniques. He can be called a ball-grabbing machine!" Yang Huan nodded.

"Udinese head coach Guidolin also praised him highly, saying he was Emerson!"

"Emerson?" Yang Huan had certainly heard of this Brazilian player.

"Right!" Raiola obviously guessed what Young Master Huan was thinking. "In fact, when Emerson first landed in Serie A, he didn't play as a defensive midfielder, but as an attacking midfielder or a central midfielder. He was also good at both offense and defense and was quite eye-catching."

"Oh!" Yang Huan was relieved finally. He thought it was Emerson who played as a defensive midfielder in the later period!

"Alan has made great progress since coming to Serie A. With an experienced midfielder like Pinzi leading him, his defense has improved rapidly. It is said that in order to cultivate him, Udinese also asked him to learn Marchisio's off-ball running and passing."

Yang Huan understood that this was quite normal when a club was training a player.

You know, it takes a lot of effort and energy to train a player. Not to mention, it requires special research on the player's strengths and weaknesses, developing a set of targeted intensive training, and arranging experienced coaches to provide one-on-one supervision and guidance. These all require investment.

Others may not know, but Yang Huan knows it better than anyone else.

Even though Southampton’s youth training camp has produced many talented people in recent years, who can see the huge investment behind it every year?

Let’s look at Ajax again. Why hasn’t it produced many talents in recent years?

Isn’t it because you have no money?

Experienced coaches in European football are so expensive, and the wealthy top league teams have begun to pay attention to youth training and poach those youth coaches with big money, which has directly led to the poor teams being unable to retain their players.

No one. Even if you have a lot of potential stars, how many can you train?

Which one of the players like Van der Vaart, Sneijder, Ibrahimovic and others back then was not trained one-on-one by experienced youth training experts?

Oh, can eating from the same pot produce such a star?

Therefore, many times, some teams with insufficient financial resources treat potential rookies differently, focusing on those stars who have the potential to be sold at high prices, while lowering the standards for the others, or even simply letting them go.

Of course, there are cases where players who are left alone suddenly perform well, but they are too rare after all.

Youth training these days also means that you get what you sow!

"Mino, how come you are so familiar with the situation in Udinese?" Yang Huan asked with interest.

Raiola smiled slightly and said, "Master Huan, you don't think that Udinese's sale of so many new players is all operated by the club itself, right?"

Yang Huan immediately understood a little, but did not ask any more questions. Instead, he turned to another player.

"How is Nainggolan?" Yang Huan asked with concern.

Raiola thought for a moment and said, "I dare say that in Serie A, he is definitely one of the top five, or even top three midfielders. His style is also in tune with Mazzarri's Inter Milan!"

Yang Huan felt relieved now. Raiola's vision was still quite reliable.

This can be seen from the fact that he originally chose Ibrahimovic, and later he set his eyes on Pogba and Balotelli.

Moreover, it is estimated that this time Inter Milan was able to sell Alan at a low price thanks to him.

"Don't worry, Mino, I won't let you suffer any loss!"

Raiola waved his hand and said, "Master Huan, you are being too polite. We are friends and partners. I will go through fire and water for you if you say so!"

You must be kidding. If he were to take advantage of this small favor and ask for a favor from Young Master Huan now, he would be underestimating him.

The project next to the Doha yacht marina that Young Master Huan had given him before would earn him at least 20 to 30 million euros in less than three years, which was already a huge profit for him.

His calculations were very shrewd. He didn't need to spend much. As long as Young Master Huan introduced some small money-making projects that he looked down upon to Raiola, the fat Italian would be able to make a fortune.

As for player transfers, that’s a piece of cake!

Yang Huan didn’t say anything else. You want to give someone money, but they don’t want it. You can’t force it on them, right?

On the field, Inter Milan, who were leading by two goals, did not have an overwhelming advantage as the score showed.

On the contrary, Inter Milan played a dull game.

The Italian coach used a three-back tactic in many different ways in Naples, but this tactic obviously didn't work for Inter Milan.

Napoli has Cavani, Lavezzi and Hamsik as the three forwards. This combination is unmatched even by Juventus in Serie A. Coupled with the excellent midfield, Napoli's offense and defense are both very impressive.

But after coming to Inter Milan, there was no one in the frontcourt, no one in the midfield, there were many people in the backcourt, but the players' strength was limited.

In this case, it would be a bit inappropriate to continue playing with three central defenders!

After all, the three-back tactic requires very high discipline from the players, and they need to cooperate with each other tacitly, and it also requires very high personal abilities from the players in each position.

Needless to say, the three defenders require very high defensive capabilities from the two central defenders on the left and right, but the sweeper-like commander in the middle is the key. According to Bielsa, it is best to have a central defender with midfield attributes, such as Javi Martinez, or Mascherano and Pique of Barcelona, ​​all of whom take this approach.

But does Inter Milan have such players today?

The three-back tactic is usually a combination of three central defenders, and the two wings are the weak points, so the requirements for the two full-backs are also very high. They must be able to attack and retreat when defending. This is not something that every player can do.

So the question is, when the full-back cannot be in place, the midfielder has to assist in defense.

In recent years, the four-back tactics generally rarely require the midfield to assist in defending the flanks, because many flanks now tend to cut inside.

But in Italy, there are almost no decent flanks, so the three-back formation is quite good. For example, Napoli, Udinese and Juventus all play with three-back formation.

But they all have a strong midfield to support them.

The three midfielders usually adopt a configuration of one fixed defensive midfielder and two highly mobile forwards, such as Juventus, but there are also teams that adopt different tactics based on their own player configuration. There are many changes, but without exception, the requirements for player ability are also very high.

But even so, three midfielders may not be able to ensure that the team's frontcourt can control the situation, especially if the full-back is dribbling forward and is suddenly intercepted and counterattacked, the team's weaknesses will be exposed.

Therefore, this requires having a strong enough frontcourt to suppress the opponent's attacking lineup.

In order to ensure the team's overall defense, the three-back tactics generally require pressing and oppression in the midfield and frontcourt.

Looking at these points, Inter Milan meets almost none of them.

There are neither trustworthy defenders nor qualified full-backs, and there is also a lack of strong midfielders. After Icardi was injured, the frontcourt was only supported by Palacio.

I ask myself, it would be strange if such a three-defender tactic could be implemented!

Judging from this game, Mazzarri has done a good job in organizing the pressing in the midfield and frontcourt in the past few months, but the midfield is still weak, the offense is still lacking, and the backcourt is still full of loopholes. This is mainly caused by Inter Milan's weak lineup.

But he is too stubborn!

More importantly, Yang Huan could see clearly that such a three-man defense could work in Serie A, but in Europe, let alone the higher-level Champions League, even in the Europa League, they would be unlucky characters who would be taught a lesson at any moment.

Look at the performance of Serie A teams in the Champions League in recent years. Juventus failed to qualify from the group stage this season. Last season, the Celtics were too weak to make it out of the round of 16. In the quarterfinals, they were immediately defeated by Bayern Munich.

Not to mention Napoli, whose performance in Serie A is eye-catching, but they are seriously lacking in competitiveness in the Champions League.

On the contrary, Allegri's AC Milan has become the most eye-catching Serie A team in the Champions League.

But looking again, Juventus and Napoli both have three defenders, while AC Milan has four defenders.

It is obvious that Allegri's tactical philosophy is more in line with the European mainstream than other Italian coaches.

Thinking of this, Yang Huan also felt helpless. The Serie A league is truly in decline.

Mazzarri is destined to be only a transitional coach, and the real head coach will have to be found in the future!

But this time, either don’t change, or change to a famous coach!

Therefore, Yang Huan hopes that Mazzarri can lay a solid foundation for Inter Milan, improve the team's discipline and team spirit, establish the authority of the head coach, and put Inter Milan on the right track and become a normal and qualified team.

Wait until the right time, then replace him with a famous coach to achieve results!

Although doing so is a bit unfair to Mazari, what else can he do?

This is professional football!