As before, Ancelotti still loved to chat.
In Beijing slang, the Italian was a classic chatterbox.
He held a brief meeting every day and chatted with the players after every training session. This was how Ancelotti gradually instilled his ideas and tactical thinking into the players, allowing everyone on the team to understand his intentions.
Yang Yang had also attended several meetings of the team's core leadership to discuss the club's future development.
Real Madrid's team-building philosophy remained unchanged. They would build on the tactical framework established over the past three years, further improve their ability to control possession, and dig deeper into the attacking potential of both wings and the half-spaces.
It was a very interesting style of play.
Over the past three years, many teams had tried everything they could to contain Real Madrid's attack, including Inter Milan in the 2010 Champions League Final. Mourinho's team had even set up an iron wall, but in the end, they still could not hold Real Madrid back.
The core idea of Real Madrid's attack was to make use of both wings. They would concentrate their attacks on one side, draw the opponent's defensive attention, and then suddenly switch the ball to the other side. This pulled apart the opponent's defensive line, created gaps on the wings and in the half-spaces, and then relied on individual ability to decide the match and create danger.
It was not an especially sophisticated style of play. Once explained, everyone understood it, yet it was extremely difficult to stop.
It was like defenders facing Yang Yang, Messi, or Robben. They knew those players wanted to take the ball and dribble past them, but they simply could not prevent it.
Real Madrid's approach had now been adjusted somewhat. On the left wing, they relied on Hazard's