Chapter 248: Winter Break and New Tactics
That night, almost all the European media reported on Yile's Golden Globe award.
There is almost no controversy that Yile won the Golden Globe, after all, the results are there.
Even many people feel that Yile won the award late.
In fact, last year, based on the league results alone, Yile was definitely the side that crushed Modric.
However, 2018 is a World Cup year, and with Croatia's performance in the World Cup, their captain, Modric, was sent to the stage of the Golden Ball Award in one fell swoop.
Of course, it is still possible to win the award now, winning the Ballon d'Or at the age of 25, and in the following seasons, as long as Yile maintains this state, he is still the most favorable contender.
Leaving the Golden Globe Awards stage, Yile received well-wishing calls from relatives and friends.
In particular, Pere excitedly said that he also has a world-class player under his banner.
Pere and Yi Le, the two have been complementing each other until now, and the relationship is getting closer and closer.
Now, after Yile won the Golden Globe, Pere is also ready to lead Yile's team to continue to expand its influence.
For Perret, this is just the beginning.
In the years to come, Yile will still be on this stage, and he will build Yile into a superstar in the new era.
Peremo was ready to make a big move.
Yile, on the other hand, did not have such great ambitions, and although he was pleasantly surprised by the Golden Globe Award, he still put the team's results first.
For Yile, the next Champions League knockout round is the key.
After Barcelona's performance in the group stage, it was not very good, especially in the second half, and the whole team had systemic shortcomings.
This is a big problem, something that Yile can't solve by burying his head alone.
Fortunately, the coaching team also knows the seriousness of the matter and has begun to rectify it.
The restructuring of the team was a key point.
Back in Spain, Barcelona will face the 18th round of La Liga.
After this game, they will have a winter break and a brutal schedule after the holidays.
Before the winter break, the last opponent is Alaves, which is not a strong team, and Barcelona is still quite confident of winning this game.
However, what they didn't expect was that the game was not so easy to play, and Alaves put a bus in front of the goal, which made Barcelona unable to attack for a long time.
In the end, Barcelona won thanks to a goal from Suarez in the 78th minute.
Despite the win, Barcelona and the fans were not happy.
Their problems seem to be getting worse.
Everybody knows how to play this Barcelona team.
Regardless of facing a weak team, if it is a strong team, Barcelona will really have to fight hard.
For Barcelona's players, it was not an easy game either.
They urgently need a suitable system.
Valverde also assured that he would start experimenting with a new tactical system in training matches after the holiday.
After the Christmas carnival, the Barcelona team members embarked on their own holiday journey.
Messi also led the family on a private jet and prepared to go on vacation.
Previously, Messi also invited Yi Le to go with him, but Yi Le declined.
Every New Year, Yi Le would go home, but this time he was not ready to go back.
He chose to stay at the training base to discuss and develop a new squad with the coaching staff.
It is not only Yile who remains, but also young players such as De Jong, Fati and Umtiti.
At the same time, Barcelona suddenly activated Griezmann's liquidated damages clause and was eager to take Griezmann.
As soon as the liquidated damages clause was activated, the initiative was in Griezmann's hands.
Although he was reluctant to Atletico Madrid, he chose Barcelona for a better future.
The transfer proceeded quickly, and in a day and night, Griezmann officially left Atletico Madrid and confirmed his move to Barcelona.
And Griezmann himself traveled lightly the next day, all the way from Madrid to Barcelona.
The club did not prepare any ceremony for him to join, after all, the situation is very serious.
Antoine Griezmann came to the training ground on his first day to meet with Yi Le and others.
For this, Griezmann has no complaints, and even some joy.
From the moment he walked into the training ground and saw Yi Le and the others, he understood.
It's the new Barcelona, and a new system around Ele is about to take shape, and it's in the coaching team's vision.
This is good news for Antoine Griezmann.
Griezmann quickly integrated into the mix, there was no problem in terms of communication, Yile himself knew French, and with Umtiti as a national team teammate, Griezmann did not have any exclusion.
On the first day of training, Griezmann felt what it means to be under high load.
The intensity of physical training is very high, almost twice that of Atletico Madrid, which makes Griezmann a little unbearable, but he is even more surprised that it is said to be half of Yile's usual training volume, which makes Griezmann a little dazed for a while.
The whole new tactic is very simple.
It is to take Yile as the core and set up the turret in the midfield, which is born from the 'Millwall' style of play, which is simple and effective, and even a little unreasonable.
It is to let the dominant midfielder lead the whole field, but it is a great test of the individual ability of the players, so the left and right wings need a very offensive player.
And in this regard, Messi and Griezmann just meet this condition.
After a day of training, everyone was already somewhat familiar with this tactic, but they were not able to use it freely.
Griezmann, in particular, continued his style of play at Atletico Madrid, always asking for more touches of the ball, while squeezing Yile's control.
This caused Valverde to scold a few times in dissatisfaction, which made Griezmann rectify a little.
After the training, everyone went home.
The first day of training was not very rewarding, but there were some noticeable differences, which was already gratifying.
Breaking the previous style of play and seeking a change has always been a problem that Barcelona needs to solve, and now with the arrival of Yile and Griezmann, a new tactic has slowly emerged.
The next day's training was the same as always.
Now the enthusiasm of the young players is high and they can feel a noticeable difference and improvement.
This motivates them to train hard.
At the same time, this small group gradually began to focus on Yile.
For example, Griezmann and others have recognized Yile's ability and are willing to be driven by him, which makes the training go more smoothly.
Training day by day, improving little by little, in just half a month, Barcelona's new tactics have taken shape.