Chapter 707： Paranoid

"Mr. Yang Huan, how about our stadium atmosphere?"

On the chairman stand of the Telecom Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Galatasaray's chairman Unal Esar pointed to the stadium proudly and asked Yang Huan.

As everyone knows, St. Mary’s Stadium in Southampton, under Yang Huan’s painstaking management, has long become the home of the most famous devil in Europe. .

Therefore, Unal Isar had already wanted to compete with Yang Huan.

Yang Huan didn't take it seriously, hehe smiled, nodded and said, "Well, it's pretty good, it's **** indeed!"

It stands to reason that Galatasaray has a good number of fans. After all, it is a Champions League game. It attracted more than 50,000, and almost 60,000 people came to the stadium to watch. The problem is that their stadium capacity is as high as 80,000.

With more than 20,000 vacancies, it is easy to make people feel that a large area is empty on the stands.

But I have to say that the Turkish fans are indeed very enthusiastic. The momentum and the sound of more than 60,000 people are really impressive. No wonder it is called the red hell.

With Yang Huan’s appreciation, Unal Issalton laughed loudly, “In Istanbul, although Fenerbahçe and Besiktas have very good attendance rates, they are compared to us. , They are so bad!"

Fenerbahçe and Besiktas are both teams in Istanbul, the capital of Turkey, and Galatasaray is a rival in the same city.

When Yang Huan heard this, he turned his head and looked at each other with UEFA President Platini, who was sitting next to him, and smiled bitterly.

This is the first leg of a Champions League round of 16 knockout. It is also the first time Southampton has participated in the Champions League knockout. According to the rules of the UEFA Champions League, the first draw in the group stage is the second in the group stage. Yang Huan also attached great importance to this away game and personally supervised the game.

After Platini heard about it, he also temporarily changed the itinerary and came to Galatasaray.

This is not true. Just now, President Unal Esar took the initiative to take on the role of the host, and he introduced Platini to Yang Huan with a face, saying that the UEFA president came to the Telecom Stadium in person, showing that The attention paid to Galatasaray.

Yang Huan could only helplessly haha.

No way, the development of Turkish football in recent years is indeed very fast, especially after 2002, when Turkey even reached the World Cup semi-finals, and finally won the third place, which greatly stimulated the Turkish domestic Football atmosphere.

Coupled with the rapid economic development of Turkey in recent years due to its geographical advantages, the football industry has developed faster and faster, and has gradually become the foothold of many European balloon stars.

For example, Galatasaray has Sneijder, Eboue, Felipe Mello, former Liverpool midfielder Riera, former Real Madrid midfielder Altintop and other famous European stars. .

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 left get out of class in Parma, a Turkish team came to the door, hoping to invite him to coach, Ancelotti proposed to go to the scene to make a decision.

At that time, the two parties agreed to keep secret, but as a result, Ancelotti got off the plane and was immediately surrounded by crazy fans.

Originally, there was no possibility of cooperation between the two sides, but the other side showed a stalking stunt, chasing Ancelotti without ethics, and even faced various difficulties in Ancelotti. They are all satisfied again and again.

Want a villa? Have a sea view?

Okay, here you are!

If you want a private car, you have to have a driver?

no problem!

The club must reimburse the ticket to and from Italy?

It should be!

Bring your own team, can't point fingers?

This is natural!

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Anyway, it is said that in the end, Ancelotti really had no reason to refuse, and even almost agreed.

But later, the Italians ran back to Italy with excuses. They were afraid to return to Turkey after being killed. They only rejected the opponent over the phone. The fans basically knew about the rest of the matter.

From this point, it is not difficult to see that the management of the Turkish team, even now, is still the same virtue!

But it’s interesting that the Italian Ancelotti refused to coach the Turkish team when he was killed, but now, Galatasaray’s head coach is from Italy and he is still a famous coach, the former Manchester City coach Manche. Ni.

What’s more interesting is that Mancini has coached Inter Milan, and the former coach of Galatasaray he replaced, Trim, has coached Milan. Coincidentally, Trim dropped out of Milan and replaced him. It is Ancelotti.

I really responded to that sentence, where in life does not meet!

Perhaps it is the shining halo brought by the famous coach Mancini and Galatasaray's breakthrough from the Champions League group stage over Juventus, giving the Turks extremely strong confidence.

Just now Unal Isar even said in a half-joking tone that Galatasaray's strategy is to win at home and draw away at home.

In other words, the breakout in the group stage can no longer satisfy them, they want the quarterfinals!

This made Yang Huan seriously doubt whether he was too low-key?

You know, Southampton's original goal is to qualify for the group. After all, this is the first season of Southampton's Champions League. Many players have no experience. Coach Bielsa is also inexperienced, so he is more cautious.

But now, seeing that even a team like Galatasaray dare to say that it wants to enter the quarterfinals, Yang Huan has to seriously doubt that the goals set by himself and Peter Kenyon and others are really inferior. !

But let's not say that as soon as this game started, Galatasaray faced Southampton and really did not lose the wind at all.

Mancini's game strategy is very cautious, focusing on defense, and then looking for opportunities to fight back.

The head coach of Italy is usually good at defensively, so Galatasaray is also very guarded.

Although Southampton got a few chances, it failed to pose a threat, and Galatasaray also seized one or two chances, hitting a counterattack, and even (a chance for a free kick in the front court.

The most threatening is undoubtedly Sneijder's cross in a counterattack, but Varane made a crucial relief before the opponent's player, resolved the crisis, and made Pu sitting next to Yang Huan. Latini exclaimed.

"Raphael has been improving in the past few years in Southampton, and this season has been quite stable, very general!" Platini is full of praise.

As a Frenchman, he has always been happy to see the outstanding performance of his compatriots.

Yang Huan's attitude was rather indifferent, "He is only twenty years old, so I can't boast!"

Platini immediately laughed and nodded, "Yes, if you just look at his performance on the court, you can't tell that he is only twenty years old, he is too mature and stable!"

Yang Huan also agreed that Varane is indeed quite brilliant.

In the past few years in Southampton, under the meticulous care of the coaching team, his physical fitness is perfect in the central defender, with almost no flaws, and the defensive skills are also improving day by day. He lacked experience before. With the accumulation of professional experience in the past few years, he has already possessed the unique strength.

Even in the absence of Harvey Martinez many times, he commanded the entire defense very well.

Today Varane has already become an indispensable member of Southampton's defense line, and it is a brilliant gem produced by the Saints Youth Training Camp!

Regardless of the current Southampton’s main defenders are Harvey Martinez and Varane, but in fact Bielsa is still a bit dissatisfied. This was when Yang Huan planned to send Nastasic to Inter Milan. Sa just said it.

It turns out that this guy has been secretly trying several times to combine Nastasic and Varane's left and right center defenders.

When many people talk about a central defender, they feel that there is no difference between the left foot and the right foot. Many people even have doubts about the left and right central defenders. Do they think it is necessary to make such a clear distinction?

But in the eyes of professionals, it is necessary and very necessary.

What's more, in the eyes of a paranoid like Bielsa, unless you don't have this condition, you must do it!

In Bielsa’s tactical system, full-backs have taken on a considerable task of inserting the ball. In addition to defending, the central defender is also crucial to playing the ball. So he pulled Harvey Martinez to the back line to play the central defender. Give full play to his advantage.

As we all know, the current team pays attention to frontcourt press.

Imagine a right-footed player kicking a right center back, and playing a left center back, the angle of the ball is the same when facing a press?

It can be said that the right-footed player kicks the left center back, and the ball is greatly restricted.

In addition, Bielsa’s tactic is a four-back, but he often arranges to delay the midfielder and retreat to the back line. The two center-backs have to be pulled apart and go to the sides. At this time, the right-footed player kicks the left center-back. The drawbacks are very obvious.

Under this circumstance, Bielsa tried to make Nastasic's left foot play the left central defender and Varane to play the right central defender. The purpose is to further strengthen the defense and play of the Southampton central defender combination.

Therefore, when Yang Huan decided to send Nastasic away, Bielsa desperately opposed it.

After all, it is really difficult to catch a left-footed central defender these years, let alone a high-potential left-footed central defender like Nastasiic, which is a rare item. Who wants to let it go?

Yang Huan looked at the court. The starting center-backs in this game are still Harvey Martinez and Varane, but I am afraid that over time, Nastasic is likely to replace Harvey Martinez. .

As for what kind of chemical reaction will occur, who knows?

Southampton had a fierce attack in the opening game. After seeing no effect, Tony Cross and Modric's double midfielders waved, and the rhythm suddenly slowed down.

This also made the game less intense, fast-paced, and so good-looking as it was at the beginning.

"It seems that Mancini is also prepared for this game!" Platini said with a slight smile.

Yang Huan heard it, hehe, "I really don't believe it. The trident composed of Ibrahimovic, Hazard and Suarez also broke through the iron wall of Mancini!"

These words also reflected Yang Huan's strong confidence in the strength of the team.

In the UEFA Champions League group stage, Southampton's steady performance was beyond everyone's expectations. Its offensive power was second only to Real Madrid with an impressive record of six games, five wins and one draw. The team qualified.

This is not only a big surprise to everyone, even the Southampton management is also a little surprised.

Because the original goal of the team was to qualify in the group, I never thought it would perform so well.

It’s like another team Juventus. Although they are Serie A champions, most of the teams participated in the Champions League for the first time, so they got third in the group stage and were directly stepped on by Galatasaray and forced to go. Played the Europa League.

Platini also nodded. Southampton's offensive power is indeed surprising. Bielsa's team is always so aggressive and passionate, and every possibility will appear.

But soon, the UEFA president began to get into the subject, mentioning some recent events.

Gradually, the topic fell to FIFA.

"Master Huan, what do you think I should do now?" Platini humbly asked for advice.

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