At the end of August every year, media around the world focus on the Grimalti Convention Center in Monaco.

The Champions League group stage draw and UEFA award ceremony held here attracted the attention of media and fans around the world.

But few people notice that in early September, after the Champions League draw every year, a crucial head coach summit and UEFA Elite Coach Summit will be held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

This official summit in the field of professional coaches, founded in 1999, is regarded as an authority in the field of head coaches in the world. Only the best and best coaches in European football last season are eligible to be invited to participate.

The Elite Coach Summit is not well-known, and many fans have never heard of it at all, but his influence on European football is not weak, because many major changes in the past were initiated from this summit.

For example, the referee issues discussed in the past few years and have been implemented in recent years, as well as the unified transfer time of major leagues proposed last year and the cancellation of the away goal system for cups within UEFA.

These proposals have been valued by UEFA, many of which have been put into practice and have caused major changes in European football.

But all of this is not well known because the head coach has never been the protagonist of European football.

Until this year, the invitation of the protagonist of the world football world brought this elite conference, which was not valued by the media and fans, to the world and attracted the attention of the whole world.

That's Yang Yang!

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After just taking away UEFA's two grand prizes for the season, Best Player and Best Forward from Monaco, Yang Yang returned to Madrid. Without a two-day break, he immediately flew to Nyon, Switzerland to attend the UEFA Elite Coach Summit.

This is the first time he has received an invitation to this summit.

The summit lasted for two days. In addition to the more than a dozen top-tier coaches in European football, the invited guests also had Zidane, Allegri and Lucescu, who were unemployed at home. All three of them were famous coaches in Europe. Among them, Lucescu is the most proud of being the coaching experience of Donetsk miners.

The players all went back to participate in the national team competition. Even if they did not have national team tasks, they stayed in Valdebebas and followed Xavi Alonso and others to train, which made Yang Yang very relieved.

But Yang Yang was always worried about the next schedule.

From Madrid to Geneva, then take the hotel's welcome car from Geneva, head north to a high-end spa resort hotel designated by UEFA. Yang Yang is considering the next game throughout the journey.

It was almost noon when I arrived at the hotel.

But under the scorching sun, many media and fans who received the news early gathered outside the hotel gate. They all squatted outside the hotel gate, waiting for Yang Yang and others to appear.

When the hotel welcome car passed by, many people saw Yang Yang sitting in the back row, and they immediately shouted and chased each other wildly.

Although the hotel security was soon blocked from the door, the scene was almost out of control.

This made Yang Yang, who was sitting in the car, feel helpless.

He realized more and more that his personal privacy was getting further and further away from him.

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After getting off the welcome car, Yang Yang heard a familiar voice from afar as soon as he stepped into the hotel lobby.

"Hey, Yang, here." Zidane waved to Yang Yang from afar.

Behind the French bald strongman, there are other coaches gathered, such as Liverpool coach Klopp, Manchester City coach Guardiola, Naples coach Ancelotti, Arsenal coach Emery, and Paris Saint-Germain coach Tuchel.

When Yang Yang saw everyone, he immediately walked forward with a smile, shook hands and greeted them one by one.

The atmosphere at the scene was still very warm, and the beginning of the topic was naturally the movement outside just now.

"In the past, I had gathered here every year. Although media reporters occasionally came here, the situation like the one I just now only appeared this year. It seems that I should be younger." Ancelotti laughed and teased Yang Yang.

Everyone knows that among the people present, Yang Yang is the youngest, and he will not be thirty-three until October.

Looking at the four major European leagues, only the head coach of RB Leipzig is a little younger than Yang Yang, but in terms of results, Yang Yang is already the Champions League champion coach and can already play alongside them, the world's top coaches.

In terms of professional resume, Yang Yang is the number one in the world football world and an unprecedented legend. Now he has won the Champions League in his first season and leads Ajax, the dark horse. Yang Yang's historical status will only get higher and higher with time. As for how high it will be in the future, no one knows.

Because of this, not many people present could really joke with Yang Yang.

Those who are more familiar with Zidane, Ancelotti, Guardiola and Klopp are all old acquaintances for many years.

Yang Yang took the initiative to apologize for the sensation caused just now. He said that he had paid great attention, but unexpectedly, the media was spying on the time and end point, and he was speechless about it.

"Normal phenomenon." Zidane smiled and said it was not important. "When they want to spy on your information, you have no secrets at all. Not to mention a hotel, I guess they can dig out all the rooms you stay in tonight."

Everyone laughed a lot when they heard it.

Manchester City coach Guardiola and Liverpool coach Klopp are 1,000 percent in recognition.

"The paparazzi in the UK is many times more terrifying than those outside. I don't want to deal with them now." Guardiola chose to stay away from the media.

Klopp laughed heartily, "In front of them, I am like a beauty who has taken off all her clothes."

Everyone was amused again, but it was indeed the case.

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After chatting in the hotel lobby for a while, Lyon coach Rudy Garcia and Juventus coach Sarri and others also arrived one after another.

So everyone made an appointment to go to the hotel restaurant to enjoy lunch.

As the head coaches sat together, the topic naturally talked about football. In the past season, the hottest football topic in European football was Ajax.

Everyone was curious about Ajax because this team was very young, but the football style was very unique and the technical and tactical content was quite high. Whether it was the arrangement of troops or on-site command, Yang Yang showed a superlative level.

"To be honest, I watched every game of Ajax last season, as long as it did not conflict with our game, and I even watched videos of some games repeatedly. I think there are many things in this team that look very familiar, but when they are integrated together, they seem very strange."

Guardiola is a football fanatic. As soon as he talks about football, he always has endless topics to talk about.

"No need to say about Frankie DeJong. My biggest regret this summer is that I couldn't buy him. I called him, but he said that he just wanted to go to Real Madrid and Van der Beck. I know, he is waiting for your call."

After hearing this, everyone looked at Yang Yang at the same time. He brought out the youngest champion team in the history of the Champions League. What is even more commendable is that all the young players of this team respect and love him very much, which is terrible!

"At first, I was wondering one thing, that is, why can your physical fitness always last for so long? Why can you maintain high-intensity pressing and pressure for ninety minutes not be tired?"

Guardiola asked a question that everyone present was very curious about, and even the media and fans asked bad questions.

"I thought about it for a long time and watched a lot of things. Finally, I found a very interesting place, that is, you are always rotating."

When Yang Yang heard this, he immediately gave Guardiola a thumbs up.

Needless to say, he has admitted Guardiola's discovery.

"Jovic, Nerez, Sancho and Van der Beck, these four players are the main players of high-level pressing and oppression. I found that there are always two of them who are running and oppressing at the front, and there are always two of them who are lazy and resting."

"As long as Jovic runs back or runs to the side, Van der Beck will take the initiative to press and rush to the front, and the same is true when you go on the court, which makes their high-pressure and pressure seem very expensive, but in fact, you get a lot of rest in the game."

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized it.

Yang Yang noticed that Zidane, Ancelotti and others seemed to have discovered it long ago, but they only showed a thoughtful look, while many people such as Solskjaer showed a sudden realization, which was obviously something they had not discovered before.

What surprised Yang Yang was that Emery and Tuchel were just thinking, and it seemed that they had discovered it.

They are all top coaches, and it is basically difficult to have a secret.

Of course, what if others know the secret of Ajax's high-level pressing and oppression?

Such a rotation mechanism is very simple to say, but in fact, it is very difficult to use the fingers freely on the court like an arm.

If you are not careful, you may miss it all and be beaten by your opponent.

"This rotation mechanism is actually not new. Van Gaal's Ajax played back then." Yang Yang lifted his mentor out and did not forget to wipe his old friend Van Gaal's signature.

Ancelotti nodded and said, "Yes, Van Gaal also played like this back then. Cruivet was equivalent to Jovic, and Litmanin was equivalent to Van der Beck. Although the details were slightly modified, it really had the same effect."

This is the technique and tactics of football, and they have always been spiraling up.

"Belsa also plays like this. Later, Diego and Jurgen..." Yang Yang pointed at Simeone and Klopp, "They also gave me a lot of insights, of course Guardiola, Benitez, Ancelotti and Zidane, etc.."

"I have been learning and observing for many years. Later, when I coached Ajax, I tried to slowly take out what I have learned over the years and instill it into the team."

Yang Yang's words aroused the thoughts of everyone present.

Observation and learning are scarce qualities that all head coaches must pay attention to.

Ferguson was able to be in the European football world for decades because of his extraordinary observation and learning ability.

Yang Yang also showed amazing potential in this regard.
Chapter completed!