Football giants

Chapter 551 The secret of the top team

Many fans will definitely feel puzzled and strange by a certain phenomenon.

Why are there often big scores in the five major league games in Europe, and even in some strong dialogues.

It's like Manchester United beat Arsenal [-]-[-], Manchester City beat Manchester United [-]-[-], Barcelona beat Real Madrid [-]-[-], and even in the Champions League, there have been cases where Barcelona beat Leverkusen and Bayern Munich beat Barcelona.

Logically speaking, the strength gap between strong teams and strong teams should not be so disparate.

How is this possible?
Who would think that the gap between Manchester United and Arsenal is eight to two?
Who would believe that Manchester United was beaten more miserably by Manchester City than lower-level teams?

Also, like Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, and Barcelona's Messi, why are these two superstars able to score such an amazing number of goals so easily?
Is it really just because the team revolves around them to attack?
The reason is that modern football tactics are more and more inclined to total defense, that is, integration.

The benefits of integration are obvious, but the disadvantages are also inevitable.

There are two sentences that can be summed up very well, everyone gathers firewood, and the flames are high, and there are too many people talking.

The former talks about the benefits of integration, while the latter talks about the problems of integration.

For the same attack, if two people participate, the efficiency will definitely be higher than if three people participate.

If four or five people participate, the efficiency will be even lower.

As with offense, so with defense.

This is one of the problems with integration.

Another point is that the so-called U-turn of the ship is difficult.

If individual combat is a small ship, then overall combat is a giant warship.

In terms of stability and safety, giant warships must have the advantage, but in case of emergencies, if you want to temporarily adjust the direction and turn around, then it must be that small ships are more dexterous and more advantageous.

In other words, integration will inevitably lead to tactical flexibility and lack of adaptability.

Therefore, the most important thing to emphasize in modern football tactics is efficiency and tactical flexibility.

All teams, if they want to become a top team, must solve these two problems.

Back to the question just now, why did Arsenal lose to Manchester United [-]-[-]?

Because Manchester United's tactics are more precise, deadly, and more targeted, while Arsenal's ability to adjust and adapt is too poor, and they were directly disabled.

In this case, Manchester United seems to be a flexible hunter, while Arsenal is a clumsy elephant, with targets everywhere, very fragile.

Similarly, when it came to the game between Manchester United and Manchester City, the situation was reversed.

It was Manchester City who were more targeted, more precise and deadly, while Manchester United became vulnerable.

Yes, by this time, the answer is pretty clear.

In these few big-scoring games, the outcome was basically decided the moment the two sides entered the court.

The players' on-the-spot performance and the head coach's on-the-spot command can only change the score at best.

Even if your team is filled with a group of superstars who can kill the game with their individual abilities, it will be difficult to change the outcome.

In this case, the preparation before the game is the real decisive factor!

In Yang Huan's understanding, the overall strength of the team is the foundation of a strong team, but how much it can perform and whether it can beat the opponent depends on tactics.

Now and in the future, tactics will increasingly rely on big data.

Relying on the analysis of massive big data, the system can help the coaching staff to optimize the configuration of the team's lineup, minimize the impact of injuries and rotations on the team, and maximize the strength of the game.

At the same time, relying on massive data to make pre-match predictions, conduct sand table deduction based on the opponent's possible lineup and tactics, and finally draw up a set of precise and deadly targeted tactics.

In other words, the purpose of big data analysis is to ensure that no matter what kind of opponent the team encounters during the long season, they can display their own strength in a stable and controllable manner, suppress the opponent's tactics, and then win steadily and score points.

Because of this, players like Toni Kroos and Matic who can play steadily for a long time and provide the team with stable data are very important.

Of course, the big data analysis system is not omnipotent, but when it comes to people, there must be variables.

But with this set of analysis system, Southampton can face any opponent and face any complicated schedule with ease.

It can be said that after nearly three years of research and development and preparation, the analysis system has finally achieved fruitful results and brought great help to the team.

Therefore, at this time, the question Yang Huan was thinking about had to go a step further.

"Old Bei, I've always had a question!"

The two were still walking side by side on the cobblestone path. After hearing what Master Huan said, Bielsa just nodded slightly and said nothing, but the meaning was already obvious.

"How do you think Southampton can be built into a peak team like Manchester United, Barcelona and Bayern Munich?" Yang Huan asked seriously.

He has talked with Peter Kenyon, Ron Gourley and Sun Yue. With Southampton's current operational capabilities, as long as they can reach their peak on the football field, they will be able to operate Southampton and go one step further towards the top giants.

Bielsa also realized the importance of Master Huan's question.

Indeed, Southampton is no longer the League One team it was two years ago.

Now the Saints are ranked second in the Premier League standings, and they even have hopes of competing for the league championship. They also have one of the best lineup configurations in the Premier League. Naturally, the problem of thinking can no longer be limited to the domestic arena.

It should be... the Champions League!
With Yang Huan's ambitious personality, he definitely wants to make a difference in the Champions League.

Then, we have to figure out how to build a top giants team!
After several minutes of silence, Bielsa spoke lightly.

"Many people think that the integration of football tactics began when Greece won the European Cup in [-], but it is not."

"No?" Yang Huan was a little surprised.

Bielsa shook his head, "That's the illusion of ordinary people. In the industry, many people have already started research and discussion on the overall football. Manchester United's treble in [-] seemed very dangerous, with a lot of luck. But the outstanding performance in the following years has caused many people to think deeply."

"In addition, Real Madrid won the Champions League twice in 2000 and [-], and the subsequent decline of the Galacticos period also made many people in the industry seriously think about the overall football. As for Real Madrid's Champions League win in [-], in many people's eyes, it is more like a product of special circumstances."

Yang Huan also let Bielsa's words lead his thoughts, and nodded lightly.

Manchester United sent Cantona away and immediately ushered in the peak of [-], but after sending away Stam and introducing superstar Veron, the Red Devils dynasty suddenly collapsed. Is this just a coincidence?
If Manchester United is a coincidence, then after Guardiola sent away superstars Ronaldinho and Deco, he ushered in the most outstanding Grand Slam dynasty in history; after Inter Milan sent away Ibrahimovic, they ushered in Mourinho's Triple Crown. Is this also a coincidence?
"Many people admire Manchester United's class of [-], especially the golden four midfielders."

The so-called golden four midfielders are Ryan Giggs, Scholes, Keane and Beckham. This is considered by many football industry insiders to be the most perfect midfield combination in football history.

"Theoretically speaking, Bayern Munich's strongest times were undoubtedly in 2000 and 2000, when Heathfield's Bayern team was at its peak, but they didn't win the Champions League until [-], lost to Manchester United in the final in [-], and lost to Real Madrid in the semi-final in [-]."

"Many people will feel sorry and think that Bayern Munich lost to luck, but from a certain point of view, luck is only part of it. More importantly, Bayern Munich in [-] solved a problem that could not be solved in the previous two seasons."

When Yang Huan heard this, he couldn't help but look at Bielsa.

"That's breaking the dense defense!"

Suddenly, Yang Huan seemed to understand something, but he couldn't grasp the key point.

"It is precisely because of solving the problem of breaking the dense defense that Bayern Munich reached the Champions League knockout round in [-], double-killed rivals Manchester United and Real Madrid in a row, reached the Champions League final, and finally won the championship!"

"The reason why the European Cup in [-] created Greece's miracle of winning the championship is also because all the strong European teams at that time failed to find an effective way to break through the dense defense brought about by integrated football!"

"In the same way, in the two years at the beginning of the century, La Liga's bat team Valencia, under the leadership of Argentine coach Cooper, reached the Champions League final consecutively, relying on the overall intensive defense. From [-] to [-], Juventus and AC Milan gathered in the Champions League final, which also relied on intensive defense. From [-] to [-], Porto and Monaco reached the final. The same is true."

"In those years, there was a very interesting situation in European football."

"Those quasi-first-tier teams, even second-tier teams, rely on excellent overall tactics and unbreakable dense defenses to rise strongly and sweep the entire Europa. However, those traditional powerful teams are generally looking for an effective way to break through dense defenses."

"From AC Milan to the Barcelona dream team, and then to Manchester United's running and bombing trident, they are all looking for it. Although there are occasional successes, they have not been able to find a long-term and effective way to break the dense defense."

"Although I was in South America during that time, European professional football has always been leading tactical changes, so I have been thinking and paying attention to this issue, and even made repeated attempts, either successful or unsuccessful."

"Before Guardiola coached Barcelona, ​​I told him that if you want to break the overall dense defense, you must grasp the two major disadvantages of the overall system, efficiency and tactical flexibility. If you want to make good use of these two major loopholes, you must be faster and more efficient than the defender!"

"If it is said that the high-position press naturally solves the problem of total defense and ensures that the team regains the ball in the shortest time, then the problem facing all teams is how to complete the transition between offense and defense in the shortest time and in the most effective way. The time difference will catch the defense by surprise and expose the disadvantages of the overall defense!"

When Yang Huan heard this, he couldn't help but feel that all the problems suddenly became clear when his eyes lit up.

This is the meaning of the top team!

"Guardiola is a very smart and thoughtful person. Based on what I said, combined with Barcelona's traditional characteristics, he created a unique ball control system, which solved the problem of breaking dense defenses. This has provided an excellent example for many latecomers, including Bayern Munich's Louis van Gaal."

"But Mourinho is also smart. The Portuguese may not be good at innovation, but he is very good at playing targeted, so his Inter Milan relied on more intensive overall defense and more efficient counterattacks. They defeated each opponent and won the Triple Crown!"

"But Mourinho's tactics are unsustainable. Even if Inter Milan's overall strength remains at its peak, give Mourinho another year. By [-], the Portuguese Inter Milan will not be able to succeed."

"The bottom line is that all strong teams must have the ability to break through dense defenses, and the stronger this ability, the better the team's strength and the stronger its competitiveness!"

"A team without the ability to break through dense defenses, even if it succeeds occasionally, it is only a flash in the pan and is not sustainable, because today you put on the posture of a weak team, so you can succeed by relying on defensive counterattacks, but once you succeed, it will be the turn of others to attack your defensive counterattacks."

"In this case, without the ability to break through dense defenses, can you still play well? Can you continue to be successful?"

(End of this chapter)