Chapter 659 This is a punishment!
"Hey, run, run, quick, quick, quick!"
At Southampton's Staplewood training base, the loud voice of Luis Borini was heard as usual.
After three rounds of Premier League games, the two-week national team match day began.
Although Southampton is a newcomer in the Premier League, it has a lot of international players in the team, and each of them is a core player of their national team.
There are two goalkeepers in the team. Neuer is the undisputed number one goalkeeper for Germany. Although Cesar is Neuer's substitute in Southampton, he still firmly holds the number one goalkeeper position of the Brazilian national team.
The number one goalkeepers of two world-class teams are actually competing for a main goalkeeper position in Southampton, which has made a large number of European teams envious and jealous, but no one is willing to poach them.
Cesar is old and no one is interested in him, but Neuer is the captain of Southampton, so who can poach him?
On the defensive line, Javi Martinez is already a regular for the Spanish national team, Varane is an unshakable main force for the French national team, and Nastasic is also the backbone of Serbia's defense.
Only Laporte, as the core player of the French national youth team, was just called up to play in the European Youth Championship in July, so he will stay in the team to continue training for the time being without any national team competition tasks.
There are relatively few full-backs. Azpilicueta has no place in the Spanish national team, Danilo and Alex Sandro were not selected for the Brazilian national team, and only David Alaba has a national team game mission.
The midfield is the hardest hit area for national team players. Pogba, Toni Kroos, Modric, Matic, James Rodriguez and Kovacic have all gone to participate in national team games, leaving only Kaka in the team in the end.
The same is true for the frontcourt, with Suarez, Ibrahimovic, Drogba, Sturridge, Hazard, Ravel Morrison and Sanchez all participating in national team games.
As a result, the entire Staplewood first team was almost emptied out.
Therefore, in order to maintain daily training, Bielsa had to transfer a group of young players from the youth team to the first team to train with the players who remained in the first team.
At this moment, on the training ground, Luis Borini is leading this group of mixed players in training.
Although it is a mixed combination, the training intensity remains the same without any relaxation.
Luis Borini, a loudmouth, often shouts on the training ground.
"Hey, Yuri, watch your position, position, position!"
"Patrick, pass him, be brave, pass him one on one, you have the ability!"
"And you, Adnan, keep your head up. I've told you many times, keep your head up and observe more!"
"Dean, stop sticking to the ball, you're a center back, not a midfielder!"
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Yang Huan had just signed Oscar with Joorabchian and Bertolucci at St. Mary's Stadium, and came to Staplewood. He happened to hear Luis Borini's loud shouts, so he came to the training ground.
"Oh, they are all a bunch of young people!" Yang looked at them happily.
Although these young players from Southampton are young, they are very skilled with their feet.
In last season's European Youth Champions League, the Saints' youth team reached the semi-finals and performed quite well.
But in the end it was Chelsea who won the championship.
Although Yang Huan was not impressed by Abramovich, he had to admit that the Blues' youth training was indeed outstanding and the quality of the players was also quite high, but they were not doing well in some aspects.
For example, most of Chelsea's youth team comes from poaching. As long as the players perform well, they will spend a lot of money to introduce them. However, some of these players are often physically mature but relatively weak in skills and awareness.
This is a big problem!
Because physical advantages may be very obvious in games against peers, but when it comes to the adult first-team, it becomes a disadvantage. If the skills and awareness are not enough, then the player will be useless.
For example, in the past few years, the talented players in the Blues' youth training camp have always been hyped by the media, but in the end, none of them made it to the stage.
Another very important point is that the promotion path between the youth team and the first team is blocked!
Chelsea has changed coaches repeatedly in the past few seasons. The head coach has been replaced one after another, and the team's style has changed again and again, making it difficult for players trained in the youth team to get opportunities in the first team.
For example, Moses, who was highly valued by Benítez last season, was thrown far away by Mourinho this season.
Southampton is different. The club has a scientific and reasonable evaluation mechanism, which not only examines the players' performance in the game, but also includes evaluations of their physical, technical, conscious, character and mental will, so that the club can fully understand the physical and mental condition of each player.
After entering Staplewood, the club has devoted its time and energy to every young player, not only in football, but also in cultural courses, organizing some social practice activities and so on.
Relatively speaking, Southampton's youth training model will generally be difficult to achieve results in youth teams because they are at a disadvantage physically. However, when the players are 18 or 19 years old and begin physical training, they will gradually improve their competitiveness.
At that time, the advantages in technology and awareness will be immediately reflected.
This is also Yang Huan’s positioning for youth training, that is, not to achieve results, but to focus on cultivating talents!
Standing on the sidelines, you can see from time to time that the little saints on the field will have eye-catching and wonderful performances.
For example, Adnan Januzai, this player has already appeared in the first team. Bielsa also likes this talented player very much, and the club has spared no effort in his training.
There is also Youri Tielemans, who has African ancestry and plays as a defensive midfielder. He has good physical fitness, but also very sophisticated footwork. He also has good overall vision, organization and passing abilities, and is the core of the youth team's midfield.
Patrick Roberts, an England-born winger talent, is extremely fast, has excellent footwork and is particularly good in one-on-one situations. In the European Youth Champions League, he averages five successful dribbles per game, and this is no lie.
There are also players like Tien Jedvaj, a Croatian central defender, who has footwork and techniques that are no less than those of a midfielder. He is the defensive core of the youth team and is known as another talented central defender from the Saints' youth training camp.
The other is James Ward-Prowse, another English midfielder. Although he is only eighteen years old, he has already become famous in England. Many people regard him as Beckham's successor because he has a free kick skill comparable to Beckham's arc.
As an England midfielder, Prowse is diligent and positive, with excellent running ability, great footwork and particularly outstanding passing ability. Whether it is the connection and long and short passes in the middle of the midfield or the cross to the wing, he does a very good job.
His biggest weakness is that his physical condition is average and his defense is also weak, but considering that he is only eighteen years old, many people are optimistic that Prowse will become a midfielder for Southampton in the future.
As for young players like Luke Shaw, Chambers, Kovacic and others who have already made their debuts in the first team and can consistently get double-digit appearances, they have long been talked about by fans.
The youth team and the reserve team are full of talented players. Going down, every age group also has talented young players from the UK and around the world. Some of them were discovered by Saints scouts, while others came here on their own initiative.
Yang Huan stood on the sidelines, quietly watching the players' training on the field. He was very proud of Southampton's ability to train players. He firmly believed that this would become the Saints' most valuable asset.
But gradually, he saw something that surprised him.
During an attack and defense, the team wearing yellow vests passed the ball to Kaka, who saw the opportunity and started forward after taking the ball.
The defensive midfielder of the Red Vests' first team was Youri Tielemans, while the one defending Kaka closely was Prowse. However, both players were obviously concerned that Kaka had just joined the team and had just returned from injury, so they did not dare to move too much when defending, for fear of accidentally hurting Kaka.
But the result was that Kaka successfully broke free and made a low pass to Andres Pereira in front of him. The latter easily got rid of Jedvaj and pushed the ball into the goal.
This made the chief assistant coach Luis Borini, who was standing in the middle of the training ground, very angry. He blew the whistle on the spot, suspended the training, and called both Prowse and Tielemans over.
"What's going on? Don't you even know how to defend? Why did you let Kaka pass through your defense zone so easily? Have you forgotten everything I told you to do before?"
"Tell me!" Louis Borini almost roared.
Yang Huan was also shaking his head watching from the sidelines. Luis Borini is already quite old, but when he yells at people, he sounds like Ferguson using a hair dryer. No wonder Bielsa even let him be responsible for mobilizing the locker room.
The two young players were also stunned by Borini's yelling, and they were obviously wondering what they had done wrong.
Does this mean that we must take greater action?
What if Kaka gets injured?
Kaka was standing nearby. After hearing Borini's roar, he came over and said, "Luis, I think they are worried that I might get hurt!"
Unexpectedly, Luis Borini looked at Kaka and asked, "What about you? Do you also think you will get hurt?"
Kaka was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
"Based on the defensive attitude of the two of them just now, if you were a little more resolute and used a little more force, you could have completely broken through on your own and even scored a goal. But why didn't you dare?"
Kaka and the people around him obviously did not expect that Luis Borini's eyes were so sharp that he could notice such tiny details.
But Louis Borini obviously did not intend to give them a chance to refute or defend themselves.
"You three, do extra practice after training. This is your punishment!"
After saying that, Luis Borini waved his hand, and the three returned to the court and training began again.
Yang Huan and others who were watching from the sidelines were a little stunned.
"We all know Kaka's physical condition. Will he get injured again after such intense training?" Pini Zahavi was still worried.
In the past few years, Kaka has been suffering from constant injuries. After recovering from injury, he always slowly finds his form. After finally finding his form and playing well in one or two games, he gets injured again.
In this cycle, Kaka hardly had any good performance in Real Madrid, only occasionally showing some flashes.
To be honest, Yang Huan was also quite worried, but he knew nothing about this.
However, he also felt that Kaka had just returned from injury and should not undergo such high-intensity training.
At the very least, they need to be taken good care of and get back into good shape!
Especially when Yang Huan was on the sidelines and saw that Prowse, Tielemans and others on the field had obviously increased their defensive strength and actions, and there was even one time when they failed to catch up with Kaka and tackled him to the ground. He was terrified watching on the sidelines.
It seems that I have to find a chance to talk to them!
But please don't ruin Kaka, the former World Footballer of the Year!