Unless Carlo Ancelotti leaves, Real Madrid under Perez will continue the style of his second term. Because this is the experience that Real Madrid have relied on for nearly 10 years of success, trial and error, and disruptive change will not come until at least next season.
Real Madrid fans always relish Real Madrid's Champions League DNA, which began in the 1950s and 60s in the era of the Champions League 6, and then by the 3 Champions League trophies at the turn of the century and Perez's Galaxy Fleet strategic revival, until the "third dynasty" with 5 Champions League trophies in the last 9 years, Real Madrid is not only the best club in the world in the 20th century, but also the best club in the first 1/4 of the 21st century. When people talk about Real Madrid, they always use Champions League trophies and superstars as key words, but what about technical and tactical aspects? Real Madrid don't seem to have enough of a striking aura.
The Barça dream team created by Cruyff has maintained Tiki-Taka's pass-and-control football DNA for more than 30 years for three generations; Even after experiencing the influence of continental tactics, Arsenal and Chelsea have their own distinct DNA contrasts in the 21st century. What is the DNA of Real Madrid, the king of Europe? After the "Third Dynasty" that ended this fiasco, where should Real Madrid's DNA go?
After the Champions League defeat, how Real Madrid completed the rebuild became the only topic. Perez first set the tone for Real Madrid's future: Carlo Ancelotti will not leave class as he did eight years ago, because this season's Real Madrid can achieve such results in what was originally just a transitional season, which is enough to guarantee Carlo Ancelotti's position. The Spanish media have also reported that the Italian coach and Perez have reached a consensus on the planning for the new season, and the reconstruction of Real Madrid will still be gradually realized as in the past few seasons. Several of the key positional shortcomings exposed this season will be complemented this summer. But Perez will continue to search for new superstars, and by completing the formation of the third phase of the Galaxy Fleet in a longer period of time, laying a solid foundation for the next golden cycle.
Since Carlo Ancelotti is still in charge of the overall situation, Real Madrid's defensive counter-attacking tactics will not change in essence. The system that has been successful for 9 years can remain competitive enough simply by replacing aging and missing "parts".
As Mijatovic, who attended the 25th anniversary of his 1998 Champions League triumph, said on May 20, Real Madrid's DNA is to win games more efficiently, precisely and concisely, regardless of the tactical system. After the Bosque era, Ancelotti and Zidane have a spiritual core to some extent, but the Spanish element and Italian element in this inheritance are slightly different.
With Carlo Ancelotti's conservatism, a drastic overhaul of Real Madrid's tactical style is impossible. Compared with Xavi's return to continue Barca's pass-and-control football style, the future Real Madrid will probably still be a concise and efficient football based on defensive counterattacks. The use of all-round center and winger cooperation to open up offensive space in the front, midfielders more forward to form a second wave of offensive echelons, full-back assists can not only support the striker, but also form high pressure in the midfield, limit the opponent while increasing the opportunity to counterattack. Real Madrid will be replenishing in the centre-forward, midfield, centre-back and full-back positions this summer, but will only sign one high-priced superstar, and the metabolism will not be overnight.
Benzema will be given a truly high-quality rotation centre-forward and Bellingham will be a key part of completing the rejuvenation of the midfield trio, freeing Modric and Kroos completely. At the same time, the signing of left and right full-backs can also return Camavinga to the familiar back position, and Carvajal on the right can also be rotated to seek to recover. Real Madrid's metabolism will take at least 2-3 years to complete, and next season will unsurprisingly still be a transitional season, but Perez will give Carlo Ancelotti's squad more practical reinforcements. Of course, this means that the counterpoint reinforcement of headaches will not change Real Madrid's existing technical and tactical DNA.
Unless Carlo Ancelotti leaves, Real Madrid under Perez will continue the style of his second term. Because this is the experience that Real Madrid have relied on for nearly 10 years of success, trial and error, and disruptive change will not come until at least next season.
Perez's metabolism of Real Madrid's golden cycle began in the summer of 2019, and although Eden Hazard and Jovic were failures, the young Militão, Rodrigo and Mendy gave Perez hope. After that, Real Madrid continued to change blood one after another, Camavinga, Alaba, Rudiger, Chuameni basically completed the change of the defensive end of the central midfield. However, on the issue of whether Real Madrid can open the mid-field iteration in the post-Cristiano Ronaldo era, there has been no breakthrough progress.
With the successive departures of Bale, Jovic and Casemiro, especially this time being technically knocked down by Manchester City, Real Madrid had to make up their minds to accelerate the completion of the midfield change. Of course, there is also the chain reaction of Mbappe's remorse that led to Haaland being snatched away by Manchester City, delaying Real Madrid's offensive turnover. It directly affects the trend of Real Madrid this season, which is the fundamental reason why Perez did not sack Carlo Ancelotti, who did not win the heavyweight trophy as before.
Not surprisingly, Dortmund's Bellingham will join Real Madrid this summer, becoming the starting point for Real Madrid to completely exit the third golden cycle and lay the foundation for the next golden cycle. Bellingham, who is technically well-rounded and can cover the entire midfield, will become the anchor figure of Real Madrid's technical and tactical style in the future. With his arrival, Real Madrid can form a new ceremonial midfield for Bellingham-Valverde-Camavinga/Chuameni, but this ceremonial midfield is bound to be different from before. Bellingham's offensive and passing abilities are more prominent, and Valverde can also help the attack more. Modric and Kroos only need to wait another year to complete their mission to pass on the gang and retire with peace of mind.
But on the most critical offensive end, at least Real Madrid will not have heavyweight signings for the new season, but will only find practical players for Benzema who can be rotated. The addition of two full-backs will strengthen Real Madrid's ability to work together on the wing in the future defensive counter-attack, after all, Vinicius's encounter at the United Air Stadium proves that the Brazilian winger needs more assistants.
0-4 will give Carlo Ancelotti and Real Madrid more shocking education, allowing the Italians to reflect and improve existing techniques and tactics more efficiently. But at the end of the day, it's essentially just about completing the midfield iteration to fill the gaps on the wing, thus ensuring that the team returns to a state where it can execute defensive counter-attack tactics efficiently and at high speed.
Whether Real Madrid's technical and tactical DNA will change more in the future depends on what kind of coach Perez chooses. Ancelotti tried the 442 at Real Madrid 8 years ago and ultimately failed, and this time the Italian clearly would not choose to take the risk.