Eight Hundred and Ninetieth IX Habitual Mass Destruction

It's Richard Scudemore's first time at Southampton! Stapletwood.

Exit from the highway, go all the way south, bypass the Tester River, and you will arrive in a short time.

Adjacent to the residential area, the road is a brand new and shiny asphalt road. The side of the road is full of emerald green English holly, which is more than two meters high. It is neatly trimmed and airtight.

Arriving at the gate of the training base, Scudemore was immediately attracted by the unique modern style security room.

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

The security guard in a straight police uniform walked over briskly, first gave a polite but majestic salute, and asked forcefully.

Scudemore pressed the window. "Hi, I'm Richard Scudemore, Chief Executive of the Premier League."

Obviously, the security guard had already received the news, and after hearing it, he immediately saluted again, but this time he seemed much more friendly, at least not as unfamiliar as before.

"Hello, Mr. Scudemore, please go this way, turn right at the intersection ahead, and you will be the first team training area."

"Okay, thank you, conscientious sir."

After speaking, the security guard backed away, and the electric remote control opened the gate, allowing Scudemore's car to pass.

The roads in Stapletwood were as clean as if they had just been washed, not even a wheel mark in sight.

Each training area and both sides of the road are blocked by two-meter-high English holly trees, which are connected with the outer wall. After people enter, it is like walking into a maze.

But don't worry about getting lost, because the road signs are very conspicuous, and which intersection goes where is clearly marked.

This made Scudemore feel very comfortable. Compared with the training bases of most Premier League clubs, Stapletwood is simply too much better.

"Hi, Richard, welcome, welcome!"

As soon as the car stopped at the gate, I saw Nicola Cortez coming out of the gate with a smile on his face.

As soon as Scudemore stepped out of the car, the Saints' executive chairman held his hand in front of him.

"Hi Nicola,

Sorry to bother you. "

"What to say, Richard, we welcome you anytime!"

After a vigorous handshake between the two, Nicola Cortes continued.

"I'm sorry, Richard, Master Huan went back to China for vacation. You know, their Spring Festival is very, very important. They just came back yesterday, so..."

"Well, I see!" Richard Scudemore nodded.

This really cannot be blamed on Yang Huan, because he came too hastily.

If I hadn't had a good relationship with this young master Huan on weekdays, this kind of meeting without an appointment might not have been possible at all.

This Young Master Huan is very busy right now!

"Master Huan called just now, he is already on his way, let me receive you first!"

Richard Scudemore nodded, and looked around again, "Well, why not just walk around?"

"Okay, please!" Nicola Cortez laughed.

The two were walking on the road of the Stapletwood training base. Scudemore didn't seem to want to visit the various venues and facilities, and Nicola Cortez didn't take the initiative to recommend them. Walk aimlessly.

Because just finished a league game yesterday, Southampton beat Crystal Palace 4-0. Today's team's training will be postponed until the afternoon to give players enough rest time.

Therefore, the training base was a bit empty, and no players were seen, but the staff were leisurely arranging the training ground.

However, after a small half circle, Scudemore stopped outside a training field.

Inside the training ground was a coach, who was gesticulating and explaining to the players in front of him. What he was talking about was vaguely standing outside the training ground, and he couldn't hear clearly.

It's just that when he occasionally demonstrates moves and explains some skills, people guess that it should be about defense.

But it wasn't these, nor the few Southampton players on the pitch, that really attracted Scudemore.

Although these players are not small now, such as Varane, Nastasic, Laporte, Luke Shaw, David Alaba and *Boss, etc., the defensive players of the first team are all .

However, Scudemore's eyes were always locked on the coach.

Soon, he recognized it.

"That's Stam?" Scudemore was taken aback.

Stam?

The main central defender during Manchester United's Triple Crown, the only mistake Ferguson admitted in his life, and the world's recognized top central defender in the past.

How did he become a coach at Southampton?

I didn't hear any news before!

"You know him?" Nicola Cortez chuckled.

"Of course!" With that said, Scudemore walked to the side of the training field. After seeing Stam's explanation, he asked his assistant to lead the players to train, and he softly shouted, "Yap!"

Stam heard someone calling him, and immediately looked over, but he was obviously unfamiliar with the person outside the barbed wire.

But he still came over.

When he got closer, it suddenly occurred to him, "Hey, hello, Mr. Scudemore!"

The two met and communicated several times during Stam's time at Manchester United.

"Oh, I didn't expect to see you here!" Scudemore was a little surprised, "Why..."

"Yeah, it's been almost a year."

"It's been almost a year?" Scudemore was a little surprised, they hadn't received any news at all.

The all-pervasive British media didn't even know about this?

Holland's bald-headed Qiang chuckled, not at all as fierce as he used to be on the football field, and his smile was particularly kind, "Yeah, I don't want to be harassed."

"Then why..." Scudemore wanted to say, why didn't you go to Manchester United, or to Milan, or else, you went to the Dutch team, why did you come to Southampton?

"Actually, after I retired, I worked as a scout, then as an assistant coach in Zwolle, and later as a technician at Ajax, specializing in coaching players' defense. Maybe I thought I did a good job at Ajax, so ..."

Speaking of this, Stam smiled again, looked behind him, "Actually, Southampton is very good, this group of players has great potential, and this club has this unique culture, which is very attractive to me. Working with the best professional technical team in the world, I was able to learn a lot."

Oh I got it!

Scudemore understood that Stam's goal now is to learn something, and he definitely hopes to coach alone in the future.

"Then what are you mainly responsible for now?"

Stam turned his head back and pointed to the field, "One-on-one targeted coaching for some players, and a defensive training session of about 30 minutes, both for the first team and the youth team, The other thing is to work with the coaching staff as a team.”

Scudemore was really surprised.

Stam was undoubtedly the top central defender in the world at the time, not even inferior to Nesta and Cannavaro.

Such players naturally have their own unique understanding and understanding of defense and football.

It is undoubtedly the most appropriate for him to coach young players and strengthen defensive training.

It's just, can Stam's experience adapt to the current football development?

You know, today's football tactics are completely different from the era he lived in.

The most typical example is tackling. In order to encourage offense, all leagues and referees are increasingly harsh on tackles.

Seeming to see the suspicion in Scudemore's eyes, Stam laughed again.

"Actually, I used to have such worries, but after I came to Southampton, I found that this team, known for its crazy offense on the football field, also attaches great importance to defense, especially defense. The organization, the details of defense, and the reading and analysis of the game."

Speaking of this, Stam showed an expression as if he had suddenly realized it at the beginning, "You know, many things have changed, even completely different, but football is still football, and it still needs to attack and defend. So a lot of things just changed in one form, one angle, but the essence has not changed.”

Scudemore frowned, this is too profound, what do you mean?

But Stam didn't mean to analyze further, especially when he heard the shouts from the assistants behind him, he apologized to Scudemore and Nicola Cortez, turned around and ran back to the training ground went.

On the contrary, Nicola Cortes, after seeing Stam leave, smiled slightly and said: "The current tactics have quite high requirements on the defenders, to some extent, even higher than the frontcourt players. , Therefore, changes must also be made in the way of training players."

"The defenders in the past all started from the youth team and accumulated bit by bit, but now, many of them are midfielders, some even play forwards, and then they are transformed into defenders. Therefore, they have a good understanding of tactics and The ability to understand defense is naturally different compared to traditional defenders who have been trained in defense since childhood."

"However, on the football field, they are still needed to disrupt the opponent's offense and prevent the opponent from scoring. Therefore, traditional defenders like Stam, their experience can still play an important role."

Scudemore kept nodding his head. Although he didn't understand, he thought it was very powerful.

No matter how simple Stam and Nicola Cortes said, but in-depth research, it must be very complicated.

It's even possible that Southampton has a whole staff of people working in this direction, and there could be a lot of former legends like Jaap Stam among them.

Looking at the training ground again, Stam is even demonstrating a very simple defensive action, including how to kick out and when to kick out. He even saw that Stam personally demonstrated an indecent hip lift action.

Could it be that the hip also affects the defense?

If so, Neuer's fat ass...

Well, maybe, in the eyes of some weird researchers, Neuer's ability to become the world's top goalkeeper may have something to do with his fat buttocks, who knows?

While Scudemore was thinking about Neuer's fat ass, Nicola Cortez's phone rang.

After answering the phone, Nicola Cortes said with a smile, "Master Huan has arrived!"

The two walked from the training ground to the training building, and saw Yang Huan already waiting for them in the lobby on the first floor.

After some polite greetings, I went directly to the conference room on the second floor.

As the saying goes, if you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, Scudemore's sudden visit for no reason will definitely not be for no reason.

So, after the coffee was served, Yang Huan asked straight to the point.

"Richard, I don't know if you are here today, what's the matter?"

Scudemore sighed, nodded and said, "Yes, Master Huan, I'm here today for a very important event, and I hope to hear what Master Huan thinks."

"Oh?" Yang Huan was a little funny, a very important event?

His first reaction was that it had something to do with what happened just now. Except for Southampton, Manchester City and Arsenal both stopped in the last 16 of the Champions League. This was ridiculed by the British media as a habitual group defeat.

But what does this have to do with us at Southampton?

Yang Huan was very puzzled.

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