Chapter 45 Who else do you want?

Jonathan Moss and others are indeed very fair and there is no problem with law enforcement.

What is unfair is the result of the game!

Bielsa's first game in the Premier League, coupled with the strong attention Southampton attracted this summer, has made this game a focus of intense attention in English football, European football and world football.

In the professional coaching field, they pay attention to Bielsa, more because they want to clearly understand whether Bielsa will continue his outstanding performance in the Chilean national team after coaching Southampton.

Also, whether he can continue his tactical madness at Southampton.

In this game, none of the more than 30,000 seats at Southampton's St. Mary's Stadium were empty. Countless fans gathered at St. Mary's Stadium to support the team, looking forward to seeing this new Southampton led by Bielsa.

A pre-match survey by the Southern Echo showed that 52 percent of fans expected Bielsa to create a most advanced and rigorous tactical system for Southampton.

Forty-three percent of fans expect Bielsa to lead the team to play a hearty offensive football.

This survey is enough to show the support and affirmation of Saints fans for Bielsa.

However, the final result of the game disappointed all Saints fans.

Bielsa used a 4213 formation in this game, instead of the 3313 that had been controversial before.

The goalkeeper is Kevin Davis, and the back line from left to right is Daniel Harding, Benatia, Jose Fonte and Carvajal. The midfield is Stroman and Schneiderlin at the back, and Adam Lallana in the middle.

The three players in the frontcourt are James Rodriguez on the left, young player Chamberlain on the right, and Lambert in the center.

Southampton's lineup is definitely one of the best in the English League One. Bielsa's tactical qualities and his leadership ability are unquestionable, which can be reflected in the fact that Southampton almost has all the advantages on the field.

In typical Bielsa style, he completely suppressed Plymouth.

Plymouth, playing away from home, was almost suffocated by Southampton from the very beginning. Southampton's ball possession rate was as high as 67%, which shows how embarrassed Plymouth was on the field.

But the final score was 1:1.

Southampton took the lead in the first half thanks to Adam Lallana's goal.

However, in the second half, Plymouth counterattacked and scored a surprise goal to equalize the score.

In the end, Southampton, despite having all the advantages on the field, was tied by their opponents at their home ground.

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Yang Huan, accompanied by Zhang Ning, Nicola Cortes, Sun Yue, and Cash Harris who came all the way from London, watched the game on the rostrum of St. Mary's Stadium.

Frankly speaking, he was very dissatisfied with the result of the game.

"We should have won this game, and it should have been a big win!"

Yang Huan was unwilling to accept this because he felt it was the truth.

Southampton had almost all the advantages on the field, but the result of the game was a draw, which is unfair.

Nicola Cortes also shook his head and sighed, "In fact, Bielsa should be mentally prepared. After all, he has only been with the team for half a month. It is a bit difficult to form combat effectiveness in such a short time."

If Bielsa is a typical English head coach who directly plays long passes from the defender to the center forward, Southampton will have no problem adapting because this is England's signature tactic.

But Bielsa likes to think and pay attention to details. He likes to tailor tactical positioning for each player in accordance with their technical characteristics, which requires him to be familiar with and understand each player.

At the same time, every player needs to understand Bielsa's tactical intentions and ideas.

"What did Martin Hunt say?" Yang Huan asked.

Martin Hunt was the previous head coach of the youth team. After Alan Pardew was fired by Yang Huan, he became the team's acting head coach. After Bielsa coached Southampton, he became Bielsa's assistant coach.

He was a chess piece planted by Yang Huan in Staplewood, but the task Yang Huan gave him was to cooperate with Bielsa to the best of his ability.

"Martin Hunt believes that Bielsa is still in the exploratory stage. He communicates, explains and clarifies with the players every day, but it is still difficult for the players to understand his requirements and implement them on the court. Many things are also changed overnight because Bielsa himself is also figuring out and adapting to the characteristics of English football."

After listening to this, Yang Huan nodded. Bielsa's start has always been bad.

If I remember correctly, Bielsa's start as Chile's coach was not ideal. They were defeated 0:2 by Argentina at the beginning, and then lost 0:3 to Brazil at home and lost to Ecuador away.

It’s just that because of the success of the World Cup in South Africa, everyone selectively ignored Bielsa’s previous attempts and failures.

It is not difficult to understand why the Chilean Football Association contacted Pellegrini privately when Bielsa fired assistant coach Berizzo, fearing that he would lose control at the World Cup.

Even in Yang Huan’s previous life, when Bielsa coached Athletic Bilbao, the start was quite bad, but it was later proved that he was successful!

Yang Huan is not the kind of person who knows nothing about football. He knows very well that the more rigorous and advanced the tactical ideas are, the more time they require to practice, so he decided to give Bielsa more time.

"Let's go to the locker room!" Yang Huan waved his hand.

"Go to the locker room?" Nicola Cortes was surprised.

Not only him, but also Zhang Ning, Sun Yue and Cash Harris were all shocked.

Is this young master planning to fire the world-famous coach after just one game?

Good God, with the way he's been acting in the past, it's very possible.

The scene of Yang Huan leading everyone to leave the rostrum was also photographed by reporters with ulterior motives. From the shooting angle, Yang Huan looked a little angry, which can be interpreted as Yang Huan being very dissatisfied with the result of the game.

Then wouldn't it be possible to hype up Bielsa's dismissal tomorrow?

"Master Huan, Master Huan."

When Yang Huan walked down the stairs and came to the locker room passage, Nicola Cortes rushed forward quickly.

"What are you doing?" Yang Huan was stopped by him and felt a little strange.

"Master Huan, one game cannot prove anything. There is no need to doubt Bielsa's coaching level. I believe this game was just an accident. Should we give him more time?"

Yang Huan does have reason to be unhappy. Although Ibrahimovic has not announced it to the public and Neymar's transfer is still under discussion, even with Southampton's current lineup, Yang Huan spent nearly 20 million euros, which is second to none in the entire English League One.

Even in the Premier League, this level of signings would be ranked in the middle.

Despite such a huge investment, the team still failed to get off to a good start, as their opponent was the weak Plymouth.

Yang Huan should indeed be unhappy.

But if Bielsa is fired now, wouldn’t it be too hasty?

"Yes, Master Huan, we should be patient. Rome was not built in a day." Zhang Ning also advised.

So much money has been spent and so much energy has been wasted to finally get to the current situation. It would be a pity to fire Bielsa.

"Master Huan, the league has already started. We should at least give him a few more chances." Sun Yue also advised.

Cash Harris also nodded in agreement, "Firing Bielsa now is undoubtedly the worst decision."

Yang Huan frowned and looked at the group of people in front of him. Some of them were his right-hand men, and some were trading partners. They all had a good relationship with each other, but now each of them felt that he wanted to fire Bielsa.

"It seems that the impression I leave on you is completely different from the impression I have in my own mind. I am such a failure!" Yang Huan shook his head and laughed.

"Who told you I wanted to sack Bielsa?"

"Isn't it?" Nicholas Cortes lost his voice.

Zhang Ning, Sun Yue and Cash Harris were all surprised, and they were as suspicious as Nicola Cortes.

"Of course not!" Yang Huan pointed at himself, "Do you all think that I am the kind of person who would fire a world-famous coach because of a draw? Even if I am a layman in football, at least I know clearly that I should be patient."

After finishing speaking, Yang Huan stopped looking at these guys who didn't understand him at all and waved his hand, "Move away and don't block the road."

Nicholas Cortes quickly stepped aside. He and Zhang Ning and others all knew that they had misunderstood Yang Huan.

One by one, they followed Yang Huan and rushed to the door of the locker room.

"We just lost a game we had to win!"

Standing outside the locker room, Yang Huan heard Bielsa's voice coming from inside.

It was not as loud as outsiders imagined, like Ferguson using a hair dryer, nor was there any anger that exposed veins.

Bielsa's voice was very soft, but every word he spoke was very clear, and people could feel its weight.

After saying that, Bielsa opened the door of the locker room.

At this time, everyone in the locker room, including players and coaching staff, saw Yang Huan standing outside the locker room door, with the team's core management following behind him.

This immediately shocked everyone in the locker room.

Could it be that the boss is unhappy because the team was forced to draw at home?

Will any player who is not performing well be sold?

Or is he going to fire the team's head coach?

Or does he want to teach everyone a lesson?

Everyone was looking at Yang Huan with trepidation in their hearts, even Bielsa looked at Yang Huan with surprise.

But Yang Huan just laughed and said since the door was open, he walked into the locker room.

"I came here to tell you that I am very satisfied with your performance. I like the style of football you showed on the field and your fighting spirit to attack to the end."

Yang Huan's words made everyone feel relieved.

"It's a pity that we didn't get three points in this game, but this is the first game, I can completely understand it, and I also believe that everyone can perform better and better."

"To celebrate our first league point of the new season, I'll treat you tonight. See you at Wangjiang Pavilion!"

Yang Huan's words made all the players in the locker room laugh. Only at this moment did they truly believe that the boss was not angry, because an angry boss would not treat anyone to a meal.

Yang Huan winked at Bielsa, indicating that they should go outside to talk.

The two walked out of the locker room one after the other, and Nikola Cortes said a few words of encouragement and support on behalf of the team.

Yang Huan and Bielsa walked to the entrance of the player tunnel. At this time, there were already staff on the field cleaning up the debris and grass, and the fans in the stands were leaving one after another.

Although they were somewhat disappointed with the result of the game, they also saw a gratifying transformation in the team.

Bielsa is a very delicate person, and usually such people are very sensitive, so while following Yang Huan, he was always guessing what Yang Huan wanted to say.

The most likely thing is that they will put some pressure on me!

But what Bielsa didn't expect was that when the two men walked to the entrance of the player tunnel, Yang Huan stopped, turned his head, looked at Bielsa, and asked a question with a smile that Bielsa had not expected.

"Tell me, who else do you want?"

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