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

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

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

In addition to Ancelotti's wife, there is also his son David Ancelotti, daughter Cardia Ancelotti and the third generation of Ancelotti's children, all of whom are there, and even his son-in-law Mino Falke.

It is worth mentioning that David Ancelotti is currently studying with Ancelotti and is also the physical trainer of Ancelotti's coaching staff, while Mino Falck's father is the famous Italian nutritionist Abardi Falke, and both 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 quite good.

Southampton's sophistication in the field of coaching and the sophistication of their philosophy are second to none in European football.

Therefore, Ancelotti hopes that his son and son-in-law will be able to follow him to Southampton and learn more from it.

Given that Carlo Ancelotti had only been in charge of the Saints for one year, Southampton readily agreed.

After a group of people exchanged a few polite words at the door of the villa, Yang Huan proposed to Ancelotti to go outside.

He didn't appear here to disturb their family's family sharing, but to have something.

Ancelotti readily agreed.

After stepping out of the seaside holiday villa, you can walk on the island road, and you can enjoy the invincible sea view of the Persian Gulf to the east.

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

He is a human being, of course, he knows it, and there must be something wrong with Young Master Huan's sudden visit.

And, most likely, it should be the recent trouble, the reporter caught up with the Crescent Bay.

After thinking about it carefully, Ancelotti will be able to understand that this matter has nothing to do with Young Master Huan.

Because, if Young Master Huan really wants to publicize it, there is no need for it at all.

He himself is much more famous than Ancelotti, as long as he picks up a supermodel, or a female star or something, and appears on the Crescent Bay, reporters are all immediately flocking to it, isn't it more influential than Ancelotti?

Therefore, if you really want to suspect that this matter is Young Master Huan playing ghosts, that is a fool.

Yang Huan sighed in his heart, talking to a smart person, it really saved a lot of trouble.

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

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

This is a high-end resort area, if you casually let the reporter come up, then who will be willing to come on vacation in the future?

"However, Carol, I didn't come this time for the sole purpose of this."

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

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

"Today's Premier League and European football, the competition is unprecedentedly fierce, not to mention the early years, even compared with three or four years ago, it is completely different."

Ancelotti nodded, he could hear that Young Master Huan meant to remind him implicitly, don't use the experience of coaching Chelsea a few years ago, and the impression of the Premier League, to look at the Premier League today.

It was a time when Manchester United and Chelsea were battling for supremacy, but now?

Today's Premier League is a lone Southampton player, with Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Liverpool coexisting in a completely different environment.

"We Chinese have an old saying, learning is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and the same applies to today's European football, if you don't progress, you are retreating!"

Ancelotti understood what Young Master Huan meant, and this was 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 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 chasers to the current leaders, and they have been regarded as the target of countless teams.

Almost all Premier League teams, even the strongest teams in Europe, have studied the Saints very deeply and thoroughly.

There are even teams that focus on Southampton when building their squad and bringing in reinforcements.

In this case, the saints do not change, they are killing themselves!

Of course, in the short term, maybe the saints still have quite a lot of dominance, but that's not a good thing after all, is it?

"Master Huan, actually, in the past period, I have been watching the footage of the Southampton game, as well as analyzing the tactical evolution of the Saints in the past few seasons, and I have found a very interesting thing."

"Oh?" Yang Huan became interested.

'Bielsa's side have been in control from the beginning, especially with Ibrahimovic up front, and the whole team, including the midfield, is at the service of Ibrahimovic.

Yang Huan nodded, he could see this, and it was not worth making a fuss.

"However, with the departure of Ibrahimovic and Suarez's replacement, the importance of midfield has come to the fore, especially in this situation, when the team's overall attacking and defensive tempo needs to be accelerated, and Modric and James Rodriguez are a bit out of touch with the team's grand strategy, so the Saints simply took the opportunity to sell these two midfielders."

Yang Huan nodded, "That's right, continue." ”

"There is no doubt that the introduction of Cesc Fabregas must be important for the accuracy of his passing, especially in the last pass, but everyone knows that Cesc Fabregas needs space, he needs someone to spread the defensive pressure for him, otherwise, once he is directly pressed by the opponent, his role will become small."

The lack of one-on-one ability to get rid of it is also what Cesc Fabregas has been criticised for.

Or rather, it should be said that this is why he has not been able to establish himself in Barcelona midfield.

'Paul Pogba should have been a very good candidate, but he was still young, and the Saints brought in Di Maria out of a safe position, and I know him, and his pace in midfield and his ability to push forward one-on-one have made him the most suitable support for the Saints midfield other than Cesc Fabregas and Toni Kroos.

Di Maria plays in midfield, which was reinvented by Carlo Ancelotti when he was at Real Madrid.

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

In terms of tuning players, Ancelotti is indeed very good at it.

Speaking of this, Ancelotti suddenly smiled, "But if that's all there is to it, then Bielsa is not Bielsa!" ”

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

Ancelotti is really a shrewd person, and he really seems to understand.

"Starting from Michels's all-out offense and defense, almost all mature and stable teams, after reaching the peak, their pursuit of the goal is surprisingly consistent, that is, from the original reliance on a single core, slowly evolved to a dual-core, then a three-core, a quad-core, and finally a non-core."

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

It's an ideal state of affairs, but it's actually very difficult to achieve.

"Barcelona at its peak, basically achieved the denuclearization of the midfield, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Alves, it is basically difficult to distinguish who is the core, they are in a fluid state on the field, Messi can retreat, Alvees can step forward, Xavi and Iniesta can go up and down freely, whoever sees through each other's loopholes, who is the core."

'Sergio Busquets is in a playmaking midfield position, in a tight formation with the two centre-backs, because they need to be a steady point of contact at the back of the team, and secondly, it's what the team needs defensively.

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

Speaking of this, Ancelotti suddenly looked amazed and shook his head: "Many people, including me, think that Guardiola's introduction of Ibrahimovic is hoping to enrich Barcelona's tactical means, but in fact, it is not!" ”

The Italian shook his head vigorously, very hard, "He hopes to be able to include the front field in the category of denuclearization, and then realize the denuclearization of the entire midfield, which completely depends on the overall tactical system to operate." ”

"However, he underestimated Ibrahimovic's personality!"

When he heard this, Yang Huan suddenly thought that Guardiola later used Fabregas to play as a striker, probably for this purpose, right?

"But what Pep Guardiola couldn't do in Barcelona, Bielsa did in Southampton!"

'When I was in my career, I played as a midfielder, so I know very well that midfielders are a very interesting group of players, they have the best understanding of football, they have to look ahead and think about the team as a whole, they have to be very well-rounded, they can go up and down, they can be good at a lot of different positions, they can go back and forth.

"Interestingly, football did not have a midfielder at the beginning, and the entire history of football development is a history of midfielders gradually growing and finally dominating the football world, and even if there is still a distinction between midfielders, forwards and defenders, but when we look back on the past, we have to find that today's strikers and defenders are precisely fulfilling the responsibilities of many midfielders in the early years."

"To some extent, scoring goals and defending has become their part-time job, and seamlessly connecting with the midfielder is their most important duty on the football field!"

When Yang Huan heard this, he couldn't help but applaud with a smile, "Well said, so good!" ”

But Ancelotti shook his head, "Guardiola uses Mascherano to play central defender, Bielsa uses Xavi Martinez to play central defender, these are not untargeted, on the contrary, they are because, when the development of real football defensive tactics seriously limits the overall denuclearization development trend, using midfielders to play defenders is undoubtedly the best means of compensation." ”

"At the end of the day, their tactical ideas are more advanced, and we're too late."

In fact, if you combine Ancelotti's remarks just now, it is not difficult to see why Southampton want to sell Modric or James Rodriguez and replace them with Cesc Fabregas and Di Maria.

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

As it turned out, Bielsa's team was on the offensive last season because of Bielsa's strong push for a denuclearised midfield.

Eden Hazard, Luis Suarez and Alexis Sanchez are effectively linked with Angel Di Maria and Cesc Fabregas in midfield.

It is conceivable that if another Messi is introduced this season with stronger control and better overall strength, who can play the world's first-class breakthrough and scorer in the frontcourt, and can play the world's first-class playmaker and passer in the retreat, then Southampton's entire midfield denuclearization system will become unprecedented and terrifying.

What's more, Southampton's two full-backs, David Alaba and Danilo, are both very good, and there is only one Alves with Barcelona who is clearly a notch up.

In this case, the tactical revolution brought by Southampton was not lost to Barcelona in the slightest.

What is even more terrifying is that this revolution set off by the saints is still going on.

And he will be one of the guides of this revolution.

Just the thought of this can make Ancelotti so excited that he can't sleep all night.