Yang Yang was only twenty-five. He had played professional football for eight or nine years and read plenty of books on tactics. He had even found time to look through FIFA's coaching manuals, so he possessed a certain amount of basic theoretical knowledge. But compared with a professional Head Coach like Ancelotti, the gap was still enormous.
But that did not mean Yang Yang had a worse feel for the game than Ancelotti. On the contrary, Yang Yang relied more on instinct—he knew what was happening without knowing why—while a professional Head Coach like Ancelotti could understand the reasons behind it.
For example, Yang Yang had said that there were too many people in Real Madrid's attack.
It was a very interesting phenomenon, especially in tonight's match.
Real Madrid had adopted a 4-2-3-1 Formation, but that was only a very general description for the convenience of ordinary fans. The players' positions on the pitch were not fixed; they were merely distributed roughly that way.
The 4-2-3-1 Formation had many advantages. It was more balanced between attack and defense, and its forward play offered more variety than a 4-4-2 Formation. The Double Defensive Midfielders setup also allowed for classic pairings like Albelda and Baraja, or Xabi Alonso and Mascherano.
In fact, in recent years, many teams, including Barcelona and the Spain National Team, had been studying the strikerless formation. It was a variation of the 4-2-3-1 Formation, pulling back the striker stationed furthest forward. Fabregas was considered the most suitable candidate for that role.
But in recent years, the 4-3-3 Formation had gradually begun to emerge.
It was a very aloof formation because ordinary teams could not handle it.
The underlying reason was the popularity of inverted wingers.
As the name suggested, when the inverted wingers on both flanks and the