The Art of War said, "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. The next best is to defeat the enemy through diplomacy. The next is to defeat the enemy in battle. The worst is to attack a fortified city."
There were still distinctions between the four levels. For example, defeating the enemy through strategy or diplomacy was clearly the highest realm of subduing the enemy without fighting, and it was also the strategy most highly praised in The Art of War.
As a precious legacy of China's ancestors, The Art of War had influenced far more than just China. It was also held in extremely high regard throughout the world. Its English translation was called The Art of War, and it had an enormous global influence.
After thousands of years of promotion and transmission, The Art of War had long since become more than a military text. It was more like a form of wisdom, widely applied in every field, from nations to businesses to personal life. It was almost universally applicable.
Football was likewise known as a war without gunfire, so the same principles naturally applied.
As a world-class Head Coach with extensive experience, Ancelotti was not lacking in strategic awareness, nor was he unable to see the strategic differences between Real Madrid and Barcelona. He simply had his own considerations.
For example, he had always been fixated on playing the dazzling attacking football they had displayed in the first half of the season.
People were like that. When too much attention was focused on one direction, their field of vision inevitably narrowed.
At clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona, attacking football was practically a form of political correctness. Whether you could play it or not, you had to treat it as a