"Mr.
Yang Huan, how is the atmosphere at our stadium?"
In the chairman's stand of the Telecom Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Galatasaray's chairman Unal Essar pointed to the court proudly and asked Yang Huan.
As we all know, Southampton’s St.
Mary’s Stadium, under the painstaking management of Yang Huan, has long become a famous devil’s home stadium in Europe.
It is famous for its fanatical home atmosphere, but Istanbul in Turkey is not bad either, known as the Red Hell. .
Therefore, Unal Assar has long wanted to compete with Yang Huan.
Yang Huan didn't take this seriously at all.
He chuckled and nodded: "Well, it's pretty good.
It's indeed hell."
Logically speaking, the number of Galatasaray fans is not bad.
After all, it is a Champions League game, which attracted more than 50,000 or almost 60,000 people to the stadium to watch the game.
But the problem is that their stadium has a capacity of more than 80,000.
With more than 20,000 vacancies, it is easy to make people feel that a large area of the stands is empty.
But I have to say that Turkish fans are indeed very fanatical.
The momentum and sound of more than 60,000 people gathered together are really impressive.
No wonder this place is called the Red Hell.
After receiving Yang Huan's praise, Unal Assar burst out laughing, "In Istanbul, although Fenerbahce and Besiktas have very good attendance rates, compared with us, They are so stupid" Fenerbahce and Besiktas are both teams from Istanbul, the capital of Turkey, and are rivals in the same city as Galatasaray.
When Yang Huan heard this, he immediately turned his head and looked at each other, UEFA President Platini, who was sitting next to him, and both showed wry smiles.
This is the first leg of the Champions League knockout round of the top 16, and it is also the first time Southampton has participated in the Champions League knockout rounds.
According to the rules of the Champions League, the first place in the group stage draws lots and the second place in the group stage is drawn.
The schedule is also first away, then home, so Yang Huan also attaches great importance to this away game and personally supervises the game.
After Platini heard about it, he also changed his itinerary temporarily and came to Galatasaray.
No, President Unal Aysal just now took the initiative to assume the role of host, and introduced Platini to Yang Huan with dignity, saying that the President of UEFA came to the Telecom Stadium in person, showing that Attention to Galatasaray.
Yang Huan could only helplessly hehe.
There is no way, Turkish football has developed very fast in recent years, especially after 2002, when Turkey actually reached the semi-finals of the World Cup and finally finished third.
This greatly stimulated the domestic football in Turkey.
Football atmosphere.
In addition, in recent years, Turkey has taken advantage of its geographical advantages and rapid economic development.
As a result, the football industry has developed faster and faster, and has gradually become the foothold of many European stars.
For example, the Galatasaray team has well-known European stars such as Sneijder, Eboue, Felipe Melo, former Liverpool midfielder Riera, and former Real Madrid midfielder Altintop.
But when it comes to vision and the ability to run a football club, Turkish teams still have to catch up.
Yang Huan had seen such a joke in Ancelotti's autobiography before.
It is said that after Ancelotti was dismissed from Parma, a Turkish team approached him and hoped to invite him to coach.
Ancelotti proposed to make an on-site inspection before making a decision.
At that time, the two parties agreed to keep it secret, but as a result, Ancelotti was immediately surrounded by crazy fans as soon as he got off the plane.
Originally, when this situation occurred, there was no possibility of cooperation between the two parties, but the other party used the trick of stalking to pick up girls, and chased Ancelotti unscrupulously, and even faced all kinds of difficulties from Ancelotti.
They were both satisfied again and again.
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If you want a private car, you also need a driver. no problem The air tickets to and from Italy must be reimbursed by the club. should Bring your own team, don’t dictate what’s going on it's natural Anyway, it is said that in the end, Ancelotti really had no reason to refuse, and even almost agreed.
But later the Italian made an excuse and ran back to Italy.
He didn't dare to return to Turkey until he died.
He just rejected the other party over the phone.
The fans basically knew what happened next.
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From this point, it is not difficult to see that the management of the Turkish team, even now, is still the same.
But what’s very interesting is that the Italian Carlo Ancelotti refused to coach the Turkish team until he died, but now, Galatasaray’s head coach is from Italy, and he is also a famous coach, the former Manchester City coach Manchi Ni.
What’s even more interesting is that Mancini coached Inter Milan, and the former Galatasaray coach Terim he replaced had coached AC Milan.
Coincidentally, Terim resigned from AC Milan that year and replaced him.
Yes, it’s Ancelotti.
I really agree with that sentence.
Where can we not meet each other in life?
Perhaps it is the shining halo brought by the famous coach Mancini and Galatasaray's breakthrough from the Champions League group stage that defeated Juventus, which gave the Turks extremely strong confidence.
Unal Assar even said in a half-joking tone just now that Galatasaray's strategy is to win at home and draw away from home.
In other words, breaking through the group stage is no longer enough for them.
What they want is the quarterfinals.
This made Yang Huan seriously doubt whether he was too low-key.
You know, Southampton's original goal was to qualify from the group.
After all, this was Southampton's first season in the Champions League.
Many players had no experience, and coach Bielsa also had no experience, so he was more cautious.
But now, seeing that even a team like Galatasaray dared to talk about entering the quarterfinals, Yang Huan had to seriously doubt that the goals set by himself, Peter Kenyon and others were really inferior.
But let's not forget it.
When the game started, Galatasaray faced Southampton and really didn't fall behind at all.
Mancini's game strategy is very cautious, focusing on defense and then looking for opportunities to counterattack.
Italian head coaches are usually very accomplished in defense, so Galatasaray is also very defensive.
Although Southampton got several chances, they failed to pose a threat, while Galatasaray also seized one or two opportunities to counterattack and even had a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
The most threatening thing was undoubtedly Sneijder's cross in a counterattack, but Varane got ahead of the opponent's players and made a crucial save, resolving the crisis and allowing Pu who was sitting next to Yang Huan.
Latini shouted.
"Raphael has been improving in the past few years at Southampton, and this season he has performed very steadily and has the demeanor of a general," Platini was full of praise.
As a Frenchman, he has always enjoyed seeing his compatriots perform well.
Yang Huan's attitude was rather indifferent, "He is only twenty years old, so you can't praise him."
After hearing this, Platini immediately laughed and nodded, "Yes, if you just look at his performance on the court, you can't tell that he is only 20 years old.
He is too mature and stable."
Yang Huan also agreed that Varane is indeed outstanding.
In the past few years at Southampton, under the meticulous care of the coaching team, his physical fitness is perfect among central defenders, with almost no flaws, and his defensive skills are also improving day by day.
He lacked experience before, but with the With the accumulation of experience in the professional arena in the past few years, he already has the ability to stand alone.
Even when Javi Martinez was absent many times, he commanded the entire defense very well.
Today, Varane has long become an indispensable member of Southampton's defense, and is a shining gem produced by the Saints youth academy.
Regardless of the fact that Southampton's main central defenders are Xavi Martinez and Varane, Bielsa is actually still a little dissatisfied.
This was when Yang Huan planned to send Nastasic to Inter Milan.
Bielsa Just said it.
It turns out that this guy has secretly tried the right-footed center back combination of Nastasic and Varane several times.
Many people think that when it comes to center backs, there is no difference between left foot and right foot.
Many people even have doubts about left center back and right center back.
Is it necessary to make such a clear distinction?
But in the opinion of professionals, it is necessary, and very necessary.
What's more, in the eyes of a paranoid like Bielsa, unless this condition is not met, otherwise, he must do this.
In Bielsa's tactical system, the full-backs bear a considerable task.
In addition to defense, the center back is also crucial to play the ball.
Therefore, he pulled Javi Martinez to the back line and played the center back, which is to play.
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Take advantage of his ball play.
As we all know, today's teams pay attention to pressing in the frontcourt.
Just imagine, if a right-footed player plays as a right central defender or as a left central defender, will the angle of release of the ball be the same when faced with a pressing situation?
It can be said that if a right-footed player plays as a left central defender, his ability to play the ball is greatly restricted.
Also, Bielsa's tactics are four defenders, but he also often arranges for the deep-lying midfielder to retreat to the back line.
The two central defenders have to be pulled apart and go to both sides.
At this time, the right-footed player plays the left central defender.
The disadvantages are very obvious.
In this case, Bielsa tried to let Nastasic, a left-footed player, play as the left center back and Varane as the right center back.
The purpose was to further strengthen the defense and ball delivery of the Southampton center back combination.
Therefore, when Yang Huan decided to send Nastasic away, Bielsa opposed it desperately.
After all, it is really difficult to catch a left-footed central defender these days, let alone a high-potential left-footed central defender like Nastasic, who is even more scarce.
Who is willing to let go?
Yang Huan looked at the court.
The starting central defenders for this game were still Javi Martinez and Varane, but I am afraid that as time goes by, Nastasic is likely to replace Javi Martinez.
As for what kind of chemical reaction will occur then, who knows?
Southampton attacked fiercely at the beginning, but after seeing no effect, Toni Kroos and Modric waved their hands, and the rhythm immediately slowed down.
This also makes the game no longer as intense, fast-paced, and beautiful as it was at the beginning.
"It seems that Mancini is well prepared for this game," Platini said with a smile.
Yang Huan also laughed after hearing this, "I really don't believe it.
The trident composed of Ibrahimovic, Hazard and Suarez can break through Mancini's iron wall."
These words also reflect Yang Huan's strong confidence in the team's strength.
In the Champions League group stage, Southampton's performance was solid and unexpected, and its offensive power was second only to Real Madrid.
With an impressive record of five wins and one draw in six games, Southampton advanced from the group.
This was not only beyond everyone's expectations, but even the Southampton management was a little surprised.
Because the team's original goal was to qualify from the group stage, they never expected to perform so well.
Just like another team, Juventus, although they are the Serie A champions, most of the team participated in the Champions League for the first time, so they finished third in the group stage and were directly stepped on by Galatasaray and were forced to go Playing in the Europa League.
Platini also nodded.
Southampton's offensive power is indeed surprising.
Bielsa's team is always so aggressive and full of passion, and any possibility will appear.
But soon, the UEFA president began to get down to business and mentioned some recent events.
Gradually, the topic fell on FIFA.
"Master Huan, what do you think I should do now?"
Platini asked humbly
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