Football giants

Chapter 142 Attack, Attack, Still Attack!

"Master Huan!"

When Yang Huan walked into the team's coach conference room, Bielsa and others had just arrived.

When everyone saw Yang Huan, they immediately stood up to say hello.

"It's okay, you have a meeting, I'm just here to listen."

After finishing speaking, he walked carelessly to a corner to sit down, as if he had no intention of participating at all.

Bielsa nodded slightly towards Yang Huan.

The reason why Yang Huan appeared at the Stapletwood training base today was because of a phone call from Bielsa yesterday.

There has been a strange atmosphere at Southampton since the draw for Chelsea.

Some players are full of confidence, but some players seem very uneasy, even a little timid.

And there are also two strange ways of thinking about preparations in the team.

Some people think that if Southampton plays Chelsea at home, they should choose to tighten up the game, which will have a better chance of winning. After all, Chelsea's offense in the recent period is not particularly ideal, and the performance of the strong support Torres is not good.

However, some people think that Southampton's tactical style has always been unrestrained and gorgeous offensive football, which is not Southampton's style at all.

There is nothing wrong with the two kinds of tactical thinking, both are to defeat the opponent, but the way of thinking about the problem is different.

Bielsa was in front of the tactical board, stretched out his right index finger to lift the glasses on the bridge of his nose, glanced at the crowd below, and after only staying on Yang Huan in the corner for a moment, he began to enter the topic of the meeting.

"Ancelotti's Chelsea was undoubtedly the most attacking team in the Premier League last season. They scored a total of 38 goals in [-] Premier League rounds. This is a very amazing offensive ability."

All the people present had serious expressions on their faces.

With an average of [-] goals per game, this kind of offensive power is indeed quite amazing in the Premier League, far higher than other teams such as Manchester United.

"I've watched all of Chelsea's games this season..."

Bielsa's words surprised everyone present.

This season, Chelsea have played more than 40 games, nearly [-] games, from the warm-up match to the Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup, Champions League and Community Shield. It is not easy to watch all the game videos.

But no one will be surprised, because this is Bielsa's style.

The Argentine lunatic is not for nothing!
When Yang Huan heard this, a thought came to his mind.

Although he admires Bielsa's ability, he feels that everyone's energy has a limit.

No matter how strong and outstanding Bielsa is, he is still a person, and as a person, it is inevitable that there will be times of fatigue and mistakes.

As a head coach, Bielsa's greatest value is not in watching so many game videos of his opponents and analyzing everything about his opponents.

It seems that it is necessary to equip Southampton with an excellent analytical team.

Bielsa didn't know that Yang Huan was thinking about him, he had completely entered the role.

"Before Torres joined this season, Chelsea's tactics have always been to play four-three-three, with Anelka, Malouda and Drogba's trident combination in front, but Anelka and Drogba are already 32 and 33 years old, and the team's offense has also encountered some problems this season, so they did not hesitate to introduce Torres during the winter break."

Anyone who is familiar with the situation in the Premier League and information about Chelsea knows this.

"Torres, who was introduced for 5000 million pounds, is the core of Liverpool. When he comes to Stamford Bridge, he must also play the main force. But he is a newcomer and it will take some time to integrate into the team. Therefore, judging from the past few games, Ancelotti will continue to use the double striker combination."

Bielsa is very sure to write the names of Chelsea's two arrows on the tactical board.

Drogba and Torres!
"The reason why I am so sure is that Torres will not accept the wing. When he was in Liverpool, the head coach Hodgson asked him to splice long passes. He was already very unhappy. Ancelotti could not arrange for him to be on the side to serve Drogba."

"When Chelsea were playing with two strikers, it was basically impossible to play Malouda and Anelka on the two wings at the same time."

Once two strikers and two wide players play at the same time, there will be four players in the frontcourt, and Chelsea's defense is also a four-back combination, so there are only two left in the midfield, which is too weak.

"Choose one!" Bielsa judged loudly.

"In the Premier League in the middle of the week, Ancelotti let Anelka play as a midfielder. The Frenchman performed very eye-catchingly and scored a goal. This is an attempt, but it is also a signal. Ancelotti will return to the diamond midfield position."

Bielsa wrote down what he judged on the tactical board, Chelsea's main starting lineup.

The midfielder is Anelka, Essien and Lampard are in the middle, Mikel plays the midfielder behind, and the iconic diamond-shaped midfield position.

The position of the midfield and the starting lineup have been determined, so the defense is simple.

Left back Ashley? Cole definitely starting, Terry and Ivanovic or David? Luiz partner starting, right back should be Bosingwa, the goalkeeper is the Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech.

Guessing the opponent's starting lineup, this is just the beginning of targeted preparations.

How to deal with it and formulate a game strategy is the key, and it is also the most controversial link at present.

"I think we should tighten up the fight."

Some members of the coaching staff stood up and expressed their opinions.

"Our central defender, Benatia is really strong, but sometimes he is not stable enough. Varane's strength and potential are quite good, but he is too young. When he meets top forwards like Torres and Drogba..."

Although he didn't say a conclusion, everyone guessed what he wanted to express.

The combination of these two central defenders, meeting Torres and Drogba, is enough!
Almost as soon as the previous one sat down, someone else stood up immediately.

"I don't agree to put it away. We should note that Chelsea has always been a very experienced team. In the Premier League, many mid- and lower-level teams, even many top teams, only send one striker when they encounter Chelsea. Chelsea played very patiently and did not make mistakes easily. In the end, they won."

Speaking of this, the coach sighed earnestly: "Don't forget, they have the most powerful monsters in the world!"

The horror of Drogba is that he has left a lingering shadow on almost all English teams, even all European teams, and has become the nightmare of all defenders.

"Don't put it away and play? Is it to press out and attack? In the Premier League last season, teams such as Burnley, Stoke City, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa and Portsmouth all played this way. What is the result?"

When these teams met Chelsea in the Premier League last season, they all lost more than five goals, and the most lost to eight goals.

"That was last season. Chelsea's strength this season is obviously not as good as last season!"

"Really? I don't think so. Chelsea introduced Ramirez in the summer, and Torres and David Luiz in the winter break. They have worked well and their strength is not much inferior to last season."

"The strength of these three reinforcements is really good, but it is not clear whether they can be integrated."

"You're right, but we don't have the same quality as Chelsea."

……

The discussion in the conference room became more and more heated. At first, only one or two people were arguing, and then it turned into a quarrel. Later, more and more people joined the battle group. Both sides insisted on their own opinions, and no one could convince the other.

Soon, the whole scene became chaotic.

Bielsa also has a headache about this kind of thing. No matter which faction he supports, it will cause the other faction to disagree.

Therefore, at this time, Yang Huan needs to come forward.

When the meeting room was the most noisy, there was a sudden bang, and Yang Huan stood up from the corner all of a sudden.

This loud noise almost shattered the table, and even shocked everyone present to silence.

Everyone looked at the angry boss with lingering fear.

It was only then that everyone realized that although the young boss was usually amiable, once he got angry, he was still very prestigious.

"What are you arguing about? Do you want to fight?"

This group of members of the coaching staff, whose faces were flushed with arguing, suddenly fell silent, not daring to speak.

"Isn't it just a Chelsea team? Is it so scary? Is it necessary to quarrel like this?"

Yang Huan stepped out of his seat, and walked forward under everyone's attention.

"Such a simple question, is it necessary to make it so complicated?"

"How did we beat Arsenal? Attack!"

"What is our strongest weapon at Southampton this season? Attack!"

"What is our Southampton most proud of all Saints fans? Or attack!"

Yang Huan's loud words made everyone present realize his thoughts.

This is to play against Chelsea, go all out, fight!

"Offense is the label of our Southampton. It is the soul that is integrated into our blood. It is the foundation and foundation of our foothold. We must attack in life, we must attack in death, we must attack when we win, and we must attack when we lose!"

"We just want to tell everyone that we at Southampton appear on the football field and always do one thing."

"That's a fearless, reckless attack!"

As soon as Yang Huan finished speaking, the meeting room fell silent.

"Okay, Master Huan, well said!"

"That's great, we support you, Master Huan!"

"Yes, we at Southampton are going to attack, attack regardless!"

"No matter who we are facing, no matter how powerful the opponent is, we must attack!"

Outside the conference room, many players gathered after hearing the news, and they all followed Yang Huan to boo.

Some of the coaches blushed with excitement, some were a little ashamed, and some were a little dissatisfied.

But Yang Huan completely ignored them.

In his opinion, offensive football is Southampton's gold-lettered signboard, and he would rather lose the game than lose this signboard.

You know, a large part of Southampton's ability to attract so many fans and create a full attendance at home games is due to this gold-lettered signboard.

It's like Coca-Cola always uses red cans.

This is the soul that has been integrated into the blood. It cannot be lost. If you lose it, you will die!
"You may say that I am pretending to be thirteen, but I still want to say, look at the situation in the Premier League this season, and then analyze it carefully, you will find that Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool and other teams are not as strong as before, and their control is not as good as before."

"This season, there are many teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League. When facing the giants, they also played very aggressively. Did they dare before?"

"Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney formed Manchester United, who would dare to attack them?"

"Chelsea under Mourinho, who would dare to fight against them?"

"But now?"

All the coaches are speechless because it's the truth.

Yang Huan got a piece of analysis information from BBC TV station from Charlene Lahiri, which clearly analyzed that the overall strength of the four or five teams in the Premier League this season is indeed on the decline.

Even Chelsea, which introduced two strong players during the winter break.

The biggest problem for the Blues is that the aging of the player structure is particularly serious, and the replacement cannot keep up.

"Let me tell you, to play Chelsea, we only do one thing!"

"Attack!"

"Whoever objects, get out of here!"

"We Southampton don't want this kind of coward who shows cowardice before the battle!"

After speaking, Yang Huan led Long Wu out of the meeting room amidst the cheers of the players.

Before going out, he exchanged glances with Bielsa, who nodded gratefully.

With Yang Huan coming forward this time, his affairs will be much easier to handle.

　Thanks to the book friend [Bai Pei Tu Tu Tu] for the reward and monthly pass!
　　Thank you book friend [Wei] for the monthly pass!

　　
　
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