Chapter 534: Too Weak
After the goal, Southampton continued to attack.
Although the Saints did not arrange their full main lineup for this game, judging from the performance on the field, Southampton completely suppressed Arsenal.
When the game reached the 28th minute, Gareth Bale and Danilo made a beautiful two-pass combination on the right and broke through Arsenal's left defense. Vermaelen had no choice but to foul.
Vermaelen received the first yellow card of the game, while Southampton won a very threatening set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt.
Toni Kroos took the penalty kick and kicked a curved ball into the penalty area. The young central defender Laporte, who replaced Javi Martinez in the starting lineup, grabbed the first point and made a powerful header, which made everyone at Arsenal feel despair.
At the critical moment, goalkeeper Szczesny made a desperate save and managed to block the ball with his hand.
But Gareth Bale, who had been lurking in the penalty area, hurriedly hooked the ball directly into the goal.
Two to zero!
The entire St. Mary's Stadium cheered wildly!
Gareth Bale calmly ran off the field, celebrating another goal of this season!
After coming to Southampton and moving from Tottenham Hotspur's left winger to the right winger, he found that his scoring ability was fully activated!
Especially on the left, both Neymar and Hazard have strong ball-handling abilities.
Once the ball is taken on the left and the defense's attention is attracted, Gareth Bale on the right will have more scoring opportunities. In addition, under the supervision of Bielsa this season, he has been working hard to hone his shooting and footwork skills.
So, scoring more goals is a natural thing!
"The Southampton scouting system has a really sharp eye!"
Amid the noisy and bustling crowd in the stands of St. Mary's Stadium, two middle-aged men in suits seemed very calm.
A man who looks to be in his fifties, gentle and polite, wearing glasses, giving people a very gentle and elegant feeling.
Another one was bald with a short beard, looking very shrewd.
At this time, the bald middle-aged man looked at Gareth Bale who was celebrating the goal with his teammates in the stands and exclaimed in admiration. He was obviously surprised at the start of the game.
Southampton, as a newly promoted team, is now ranked third in the league. When they played against Arsenal at home, they overwhelmed this Premier League giant. This is really surprising!
"Gareth Bale reminds me of Cristiano Ronaldo back then. When he came to Southampton and changed to play as a right winger, it was just like when Cristiano Ronaldo changed from the right side to the left side. Wonderful, wonderful!"
The bald middle-aged man with a shrewd gleam in his eyes even thought in his heart that this Welshman was a treasury.
How much is Cristiano Ronaldo worth?
In Ferguson's words, 150 million pounds is a bargain!
So now, once Gareth Bale plays, how much will he be worth?
Besides, the Welshman is only twenty-three years old!
It's exactly the same as Cristiano Ronaldo when he was 23 years old!
The only difference is that the Portuguese can play in the Champions League, while the Welsh can only play in the Europa League!
There is no way, who made Southampton a newly promoted team?
"I heard that after coming to Southampton this season, the Saints' medical team and analysis team developed a complete training program specifically for Gareth Bale, which led to his outstanding performance."
A glimmer of hope flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged man with glasses.
This time, he came to Southampton specifically for something.
The bald man glanced at the middle-aged man with glasses sitting next to him, who looked worried but full of hope. He knew what was going on and nodded comfortingly, "Don't worry. Even Professor Meyer Zeeman praised it highly and believed that only Southampton's entire system could help him return to the top. It must be right!"
The middle-aged man with glasses nodded worriedly.
This has also been his biggest wish in the past few years!
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In the stands, some people were celebrating, some were cheering, some were worried, and some were shaking their heads and sighing.
"The training of our young players is indeed very different from that of continental Europe!"
The person who made such an exclamation was sitting near Yang Huan at this moment.
He is the former England defender Southgate!
"We can't train young central defenders like Laporte, Varane and Nastasic!"
After hearing this, everyone around nodded.
In this game, Bielsa arranged a defense line of David Alaba, Laporte, Varane and Danilo. This was also the first time Laporte started this season.
There is no way, the team needs rotation, Javi Martinez has a minor injury, Nastasic played the whole game in the last game, so Laporte was used in this game.
As for England international Gary Cahill, he was sitting on the bench in the home team's coaching booth at this time.
This local player is increasingly not appreciated by Bielsa. One important reason is that he does not meet Bielsa's requirements for central defenders, such as taking the ball, long passes and organization, as well as the team's high-pressure tactics.
Judging from his several appearances this season, Gary Cahill's performance has been unsatisfactory.
On the contrary, several young players in the team, such as Nastasic and Laporte, were impressive.
For example, Laporte's header just now was enough to make everyone at Arsenal break out in a cold sweat.
Without this header, where would Gareth Bale's follow-up shot come from?
"Over the past few years, the entire tactical style of the Premier League has gradually been aligned with that of continental Europe, but our youth players are far behind in keeping up with this rhythm and pace."
Yang Huan also took the opportunity to put forward some of his own ideas.
"If we restrict foreign players and forcibly promote local players, it will weaken the combat effectiveness of the Premier League's strong teams. Once the strong teams are at a disadvantage in the European war, the damage to the entire Premier League will be quite serious!"
This is what Yang Huan has been calling for all along, that the Premier League should open its arms and not be limited to the small territory of the British Isles.
Since you want to make money from all over the world, please open your heart and embrace the whole world!
It was also during this period of time that Yang Huan gained an in-depth understanding of the relationship between youth training and professional leagues.
He still remembers that in his own country, many so-called football experts said that professionalism could improve a country's football level, and even promoted it as if professionalism could save Chinese football.
But now looking back, those were all bullshit!
As an investor, I am investing in a football club. I don’t care whether the level of football in your country is high or low.
If the level is high, I will introduce more people. If the level is low, I will introduce fewer people.
Do you limit the number of places?
Okay, as long as you treat everyone equally, I'd be happy with that!
At worst, the competitive strength level of all the teams in the league will be lowered at the same time, and I can take the opportunity to invest less, and maybe even make more money!
As for youth training, it is enough for me to take care of my own little piece of land and train the dozens of youth players in my team.
Nationwide?
Are you kidding? Who has such financial resources?
In such a big country, I am just an insignificant team. What can I do?
Besides, I definitely have a purpose when investing in football. To put it bluntly, it’s all for profit!
Since it is for profit, what benefits can I get by promoting youth training?
make money?
Stop joking, youth training is not profitable all over the world!
Even a strong team like Ajax can make money?
If they could really make money, Ajax wouldn't have to endure so much!
Therefore, large-scale youth training is a bottomless pit!
Even a strong league like the Premier League, which earns so much money every year, can it afford to reform English football?
Do you really think that the Premier League does not cost money to operate? Do you really think that the Premier League stars do not need salaries? Or do Premier League teams not need to spend money to recruit players?
The professional league is the professional league, and youth training is youth training, these are two different things!
In countries around the world that have good youth training and produce many football stars, almost all youth training reforms are promoted at the national level!
Not to mention France, Germany and Spain are no exception!
England is planning to do the same now!
Another point is that the mainstream European leagues have an advantage that China does not have.
That is, they first promoted football across the country, established a national youth training system, and had countless players and fans, and then slowly built up a professional league.
But now China is doing the opposite. It first has a professional league and then wants to rely on the professional league to forcibly promote football and youth training.
But in the end, I found something very strange, that is, no one was playing football at all!
Where are all the kids who were supposed to be playing football?
The answer is self-evident!
Yang Huan has already asked people to start contacting and investigating in China. He is not interested in acquiring domestic league clubs or cooperating with them. He wants to try to set up a school and invest in youth training.
Because he has plenty of resources.
For example, with the help of the Yang Group, we cooperate with local famous schools and establish private branches in the Yang Group's real estate projects. We use the best teaching staff to ensure the children's cultural courses, and then use their spare time to cultivate their interest in playing football.
Yang Huan currently owns three teams, Southampton, Atletico Madrid and Monaco. Relying on the influence and youth training level of these three European teams, as well as the appeal of the Yang Group and local famous schools, he does not have to worry about the problem of student sources.
Who knows, you might even be able to make money then!
As for youth training coaches, Yang Huan has already started preparations to set up a professional coach training institution in China. Any young person who is interested in football and youth training can participate, and the lectures will be taught by European youth training masters and coaches.
At the same time, those who are interested can also come to the youth training camps of Southampton and Atletico Madrid for long-term internships.
Southampton is currently preparing to set up an England coaching training center and recruiting domestic students is just a piece of cake.
Otherwise, do you really think that Yang Huan is a good man who helps England promote youth training reform for no reason?
To put it bluntly, it’s just practice!
While Yang Huan was thinking about his own things and chatting with David Bernstein and others, Southampton completely dominated the situation on the field and the first half ended with a score of 2-0.
Wenger's Arsenal seemed very depressed. Although they were playing away, being beaten so badly by a newly promoted team was enough to destroy the Gunners' image as a Premier League giant.
Yang Huan was very satisfied with the score of 2-0 in the first half. In fact, according to the situation in the first half, unless the situation took a turn for the better in the second half, it would not be a problem for Southampton to win this game.
Compared with Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City, Arsenal is indeed weak!
This is probably also related to Arsenal's investment.
When it comes to professional football, if you don’t invest, you can’t expect any output!
As for spending little money and accomplishing great things, who else can do it except a time traveler like Young Master Huan who has foresight?
Ferguson?
Don't be ridiculous. Go count how much money Ferguson spent and how many Premier League transfer records he set!
Just when Master Huan was grinning from ear to ear, Long Wu came up behind him and handed him the phone.
Raiola!
"Hello, Mino!" Yang Huan answered the phone with a smile.
"What? You're in the office? Someone wants to see me? Who?"