Chapter 947 Tactical Revolution

"Hello, Carol, you are much more famous than I am now!"

When Yang Huan climbed up Crescent Bay and arrived at the seaside holiday villa where the Ancelotti family lived, the Ancelotti family was already waiting to greet him at the gate.

On weekdays, as the head coach, Ancelotti hardly gets any rest time. He is almost always preparing for the game, let alone a long vacation like this. Therefore, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the whole family went out.

In addition to Ancelotti's wife, there were also his son David Ancelotti, daughter Katia Ancelotti and the third generation of children in the Ancelotti family. They were all there, even the future son-in-law Mino Falk came.

It is worth mentioning that David Ancelotti is currently studying with Ancelotti and is also the fitness coach of Ancelotti's coaching staff. Mino Falk's father is Abbardi Falk, a famous Italian nutritionist. Both father and son are also members of Ancelotti's coaching staff.

You could say this is a form of nepotism, but these people are indeed pretty awesome.

Southampton's coaching team is perfect and its concepts are advanced, which are second to none in European football.

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

Considering that Ancelotti had only been coaching the Saints for one year, Southampton agreed readily.

After a group of people exchanged a few polite words at the door of the villa, Yang Huan suggested to Ancelotti that they go out for a walk.

He appeared here not to disturb their family's happiness, but because he had something to do.

Ancelotti agreed readily.

Walking out of the seaside holiday villa and onto the ring road around the island, you can enjoy the unparalleled sea view of the Persian Gulf to the east along the way.

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

He was a shrewd man and of course he knew that Master Huan's sudden visit must have something going on.

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

If he thought about it carefully, Ancelotti would understand that this matter had nothing to do with Young Master Huan.

Because, if Master Huan really wanted to promote it, there would be no need for this at all.

He himself is much more famous than Ancelotti. As long as he just picks up a supermodel or a female star and shows up in Crescent Bay, reporters will flock to him. Wouldn't his influence be greater than that of Ancelotti?

Therefore, anyone who really suspects that Young Master Huan is behind this matter is a fool.

Yang Huan sighed inwardly, it was indeed much easier to talk to smart people.

"When I went to the island just now, I scolded everyone 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 incident. More importantly, we need to maintain the image of Crescent Bay."

This is a high-end resort. If reporters are allowed in casually, who would be willing to come here for vacation in the future?

"But, Carol, I didn't come here just for this matter."

"Oh?" Ancelotti was a little surprised. "Master Huan, if you have something to say, you can tell me."

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

"The competition in the Premier League and European football today is fiercer than ever before. Not to mention compared to the early years, even compared to three or four years ago, it is completely different."

Ancelotti nodded. He could tell that Master Huan was implicitly 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 competition between Manchester United and Chelsea, but what about now?

Today's Premier League is dominated by Southampton, with many teams coexisting including 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 make progress, you will fall behind. This is also true in today's European football. If you don't make progress, you will fall behind!"

Ancelotti understood what Master Huan meant. He was reminding him not to try to use the same style of play that Bielsa used last season to cope with the new season's Premier League and European competitions.

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

This is also normal.

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

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

There are definitely teams that focus on Southampton when forming their team and recruiting players.

In this situation, if the saints do not change, they will be courting death!

Of course, in the short term, the Saints may still have a very strong dominance, but this is not a good thing after all, is it?

"Master Huan, actually, 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 something very interesting."

"Oh?" Yang Huan became interested.

"Bielsa's team has always been strengthening the team's control at the beginning, especially with Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt. The whole team, including the midfield, is serving Ibrahimovic."

Yang Huan nodded, realizing that this was 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 situation, 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 overall strategy, so the Saints simply took the opportunity to sell these two midfielders."

Yang Huan nodded, "Well said, continue."

"There is no doubt that the reason for introducing Fabregas is his passing accuracy, especially the final pass. But everyone knows that Fabregas needs space and someone to share the defensive pressure with him. Otherwise, once he is directly oppressed by the opponent, his role will become very small."

Fabregas has always been criticized for his lack of ability in one-on-one situations.

Or perhaps 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 brought in Di Maria for the sake of safety. I know him. His speed in the midfield and his ability to break through one on one make him the most suitable supporting player for the Saints' midfield besides Fabregas and Toni Kroos."

Di Maria plays in midfield, a position that was transformed by Ancelotti when he was at Real Madrid.

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

When it comes to recruiting players, Ancelotti is indeed very good.

At this point, Ancelotti suddenly laughed, "But if that's all, then Bielsa is not Bielsa!"

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

Ancelotti is indeed a smart man, and he seems to really understand it.

"Since Michels's Total Attack and Total Defense, almost all mature and stable teams, after reaching their peak, have pursued surprisingly consistent goals, which is to evolve from relying on a single core to gradually evolving into a dual-core, then a tri-core, a quad-core, and finally no core."

The so-called non-nuclear means that everyone is the core.

This is an ideal state, but it is actually very difficult to achieve.

"In Barcelona's heyday, the midfield was basically nuclear-free. It was difficult to distinguish who was the core among Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Alves. They were in a fluid state on the field. Messi could retreat, Alves could advance, Xavi and Iniesta could move up and down freely. Whoever could see through the other side's loopholes would be the core."

"Busquets is in the organizing midfielder position, maintaining a tight formation with the two central defenders. Firstly, they need to be a stable support point behind the team, and secondly, this is a defensive need of the team."

"It can be said that during Barcelona's peak period, the midfield was already nuclear-free, but problems in the front court and the left side always prevented Barcelona from making further progress."

At this point, Ancelotti suddenly looked amazed and shook his head: "Many people, including me, thought that Guardiola brought in Ibrahimovic in the hope of enriching Barcelona's tactical means, but in fact, it is not the case!"

The Italian shook his head vigorously, very vigorously, "He hopes to include the front court in the scope of denuclearization, and then realize the denuclearization of the entire front court, which depends entirely on the overall tactical system to operate."

"But he underestimated Ibrahimovic's personality!"

When hearing this, Yang Huan suddenly thought of the fact that Guardiola later used Fabregas as a striker, probably for this purpose?

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

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

"It's interesting that there was no midfielder in the early days of football. The entire history of football is a history of midfielders gradually becoming stronger and finally dominating the football world. Even though there is still a distinction between midfielders, forwards and defenders, when we look back at the past, we have to find that today's forwards and defenders are precisely fulfilling the duties of many midfielders in the early years."

"To some extent, scoring goals and defending have become their part-time jobs. Seamlessly connecting with the midfield is their most important responsibility on the football field!"

When Yang Huan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and applaud, "Well said, very well said!"

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

"In the final analysis, their tactical ideas were more advanced, and we were too slow to realize them."

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

It's not just because the last two players can bring speed and efficiency to the team, but more importantly, their ability to integrate into the offensive system allows them to better promote the team's denuclearization in the midfield and frontcourt.

As it turns out, the reason why Bielsa's team was so aggressive last season was precisely the result of Bielsa's strong promotion of a denuclearized system in the midfield and frontcourt.

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

It is conceivable that if Southampton introduces a Messi this season who has better control, better overall strength, can play the role of a world-class breakthrough player and scorer in the frontcourt, and can play the role of a world-class organizer and passer when retreating, then the entire denuclearized system of Southampton's midfield and frontcourt will become unprecedentedly terrifying.

More importantly, Southampton's two full-backs are David Alaba and Danilo, both of whom are very strong. Compared with Barcelona, ​​who only has Alves, they are obviously a level higher.

In this case, the tactical revolution brought about by Southampton is in no way inferior to that of Barcelona back then.

What’s even more terrifying 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 this can make Ancelotti so excited that he can't sleep all night.