Chapter 900 Only One Person

"Master Huan, do you think there is something wrong with our league?"

Richard Scudemore stared solemnly at Yang Huan who was sitting opposite him, and asked very seriously.

Yang Huan, who was still smiling at first, after hearing this question and seeing Scudemore's serious expression, also became a little dignified, and his brows were slightly frowned, "Why do you ask that?"

Scudemore made no answer, but let out a long sigh.

"In the past two or three seasons, our European results have not been satisfactory. If you Southampton won two consecutive Europa Leagues and won the Champions League last season, I can hardly imagine our situation. How bad it would be."

In the past few seasons, the Premier League's European games have indeed been supported by Southampton.

This is also the reason why Southampton was able to become famous in the UK and win the recognition of fans across the country in just a few years, because the Saints left the last fig leaf for English football!

But behind this glory is the downturn of other teams in the Premier League.

Manchester City and Arsenal stop at the top 16 every year, Chelsea is now in the relegation zone, Manchester United's performance has plummeted after Ferguson retired, let alone Liverpool, after Benitez left, the Red Army's Ou The war was not easy.

This season, four Premier League teams, three groups qualify, but only Southampton has entered the quarterfinals.

Arsenal was eliminated by Monaco, and Manchester City was beaten to pieces by Barcelona. Except for Southampton, the other Premier League teams in the Champions League are simply typical of being taught by other leagues.

Not to mention encountering top teams like Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, even if it is Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and other teams, the giants of the Premier League have no chance of winning.

Today, Arsenal can even lose to Monaco, how can it not be disappointing?

"Now the sponsors and the broadcasters have some opinions."

Yang Huan laughed when he heard it, "What can they say?"

Before Scudemore could answer, Yang Huan had already sneered, "Relying on the broadcasting rights of the Premier League, they earn their money. Even if the Premier League team is wiped out in the European war, they will still count the money until their hands cramp. Shit!"

This is absolutely honest.

In terms of current commercial value, the broadcast rights of the Premier League are still underestimated, so the value of the next broadcast rights contract will be even higher.

As for whether it is a bubble, who knows? Who else can explain clearly?

Do you really think those broadcasters are fools?

They are all big companies, and they have gone through extremely detailed calculations when formulating the contract. They have no ability to recover the cost, so they will charge such a high price?

Besides, now the Premier League earns money from all over the world, but the American Football League only earns money from North America. If you really want to talk about bubbles, then don’t you mean that the American Football League has more bubbles?

All the guys who are not professionals but think that the Premier League broadcast rights are a bubble are all foolish.

Even back then, the German Kirsch Group went bankrupt, and it had something to do with their high prices for the World Cup broadcast rights and the Bundesliga broadcast rights. It was a problem with their own management, okay?

"However, Master Huan, you can't deny that in the past few years, except for Southampton, we really haven't achieved any impressive results in European competitions. However, looking at La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A, we have achieved a lot in European competitions. The battle points are also pressing hard, if this continues, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to keep the four Champions League places."

This is also an honest truth.

After hearing this, Yang Huan also frowned, showing a thoughtful expression.

"Actually, the problems of the Premier League have nothing to do with other leagues, or whether the opponent is strong or not. They are all our own problems, which can only be solved by ourselves."

Scudemore nodded, he understood that.

Because of this, he will visit Southampton first, and then he will continue to visit other teams.

He hopes to listen to the opinions of these teams, and then try to find a development path for the Premier League.

"Many people now miss the feat of having three teams reach the semi-finals of the Champions League for three consecutive years in the Premier League, but they completely ignore the fact that in those three years, we only won one Champions League title, and at that time The final is still a civil war in the Premier League, which reflects the problems of the Premier League from another angle."

"That is, even in our most glorious time, we lack the advantages in the European arena!"

"Or it should be said that the few teams in the Premier League at that time were at most on the same level as other European powerhouses."

Scudemore nodded again, and he affirmed Yang Huan's words.

Even Manchester United, which had superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez, Vidic, Ferdinand, etc., was almost at the same level as Barcelona and other European powerhouses.

The difference is that at that time Bayern Munich had not completely emerged from the downturn in German football and was still in transition, while Serie A was in collective decline because of the Calciopoli incident, and the two most competitive teams in La Liga, Barcelona was in the second dream team In the period of decline, Real Madrid is in a period of turmoil.

Therefore, this has created the glory of the Premier League.

But now?

Needless to say the strength of La Liga, Barcelona completed the formation of the Dream Team 3 in the hands of Guardiola, and they have not finished their old food until now, and Real Madrid also ushered in the Galaxy under the command of Florentino. Battleship II.

Not only that, last season, under the leadership of Simeone, Atletico Madrid emerged suddenly and reached the Champions League final, coupled with the mid-range La Liga teams' grabbing points in the Europa League, it directly made La Liga extremely strong.

The rise of the Bundesliga in recent years is also very strong. First, Bayern Munich achieved a revival, and then Borussia Dortmund rose. Now even Schalke 04 and Leverkusen and other teams are performing well, and they are likely to come from behind.

At the same time, Serie A has stepped out of the shadow of the phone call. Juventus took the lead in revival. Teams such as Naples, Roma and Fiorentina are also gradually rising.

Judging from the current European war points, La Liga is number one, which can be said to be the best. However, the Bundesliga, Premier League and Serie A are all stalemate. As long as any side performs poorly, it may be stepped down by the other two opponents immediately.

Of course, from the perspective of the situation, the Premier League and the Bundesliga are more likely. After all, the operation of Serie A is obvious to all.

But the problem is that the current Premier League is still supported by Southampton. If it happens, when Southampton also falls, then the Premier League will really be over.

No, there have been media rumors before that Bielsa will leave the Saints after the season.

In the past few years, if it weren't for Bielsa's hard work, how could the Saints' results be so good?

When everyone is expecting Bielsa to achieve the godfather status of Ferguson in the Saints, the Argentine lunatic wants to leave?

What if, if he leaves, the Saints will suffer a sharp drop in performance just like when Manchester United lost Ferguson?

"If you want to mention the problems of the current Premier League, I think there are many. Generally speaking, it is nothing more than two levels of management and competition." Yang Huan tried to continue to analyze in depth.

"The first is the competitive level, which is nothing more than players and coaches."

When he said this, Yang Huan suddenly looked at Scudemore, "Richard, I don't know if you have noticed that since 2009, when Guardiola led Barcelona, ​​they used their After the possession tactics swept Europa, the tactics of the entire European football have undergone tremendous changes."

"Guardiola's philosophy has brought huge stimulation to the whole world, so we can see that the Bundesliga has also taken the lead in transforming towards this trend in recent years. Bayern Munich's Van Gaal and Dortmund's Klopp are both the first. Transformation, and a typical case of success.”

Scudemore's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he vaguely caught the meaning of Master Huan.

"Serie A has also been gradually transforming towards this trend in recent years, but our Premier League is far behind other leagues in this respect. Chelsea was the first, but during the transformation process, they chose to give up. Going back to the traditional, Mourinho established in the first period, leaning towards the strength of the style of play."

For this point, inviting Mourinho to the palace for the second time is undoubtedly more obvious.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Mourinho's style of play is not good. In fact, Mourinho's style of play is quite suitable for the Champions League to a certain extent.

It's just that Chelsea's current player configuration is obviously incompatible with Mourinho's style of play.

"Manchester United have also tried to change. Ferguson introduced Shinji Kagawa. He had this idea, but he failed. Later, Ferguson himself gave up his pursuit of this aspect. Arsenal has not changed much for many years. , There is no pursuit, and there is no surprise.”

"The most aggressive team is Manchester City. From Mancini to Pellegrini, Manchester City's goals are quite clear, and their style of play is very focused on possession. However, Pellegrini's team can only control the ball. The ball, in terms of pressing and pressing, is quite poor, which makes it difficult for them to win in the Champions League."

It is an indisputable fact that Manchester City's defense is not good.

Introduced a large number of ball-handling players and played seemingly advanced ball-handling, but firstly, the offense lacked threat and the routine was too simple; secondly, there was no pressing and oppression as support, and the defense was very loose.

In the Premier League, Manchester City's offense is nothing more than relying on players such as Nasri and David Silva to hold and pass the ball at the front and sides of the penalty area.

It should be said that Pellegrini's style of play is very pleasing in the Premier League, because the defense in the Premier League is very loose and lacks a rigorous defensive system.

Therefore, when Manchester City held and passed the ball at the front of the penalty area and on both ribs, and pulled the defense back and forth, Aguero saw every stitch and could always beat the opponent.

But when they meet Southampton, or some teams with tight defense, especially the strong teams in the Champions League, after Manchester City's set is restricted, they can't play.

You know, in the past few years, the defensive progress of top European teams is quite amazing.

Especially Mourinho's Inter Milan, Heynckes' Bayern Munich, Klopp's Dortmund, and Simeone's Atletico Madrid are all quite good in terms of defensive tightness.

Not to mention teams like Barcelona and Southampton that emphasize rigorous collective offense and defense.

"Since returning to the European arena in the 1990s, the Premier League has rarely been able to cultivate tactical masters. Ferguson is relatively different, but people like Wenger, Mourinho and Benitez have all achieved success in the European continent. After success, come to the Premier League."

"However, from Guardiola's success to the present, it has only been four or five years. During this period of time, although coaches such as Klopp and Simeone have appeared, through their own understanding of a new set of tactical concepts, they have formed A new set of tactical styles has been established, but in general, more coaches are still exploring and adapting.”

"So, we can also see that after the failure of Klinsmann and Van Gaal's transformation, Bayern Munich chose Guardiola and actively transformed, although Heynckes achieved success in performance."

"As for Real Madrid, after Pellegrini's short-term coaching, Mourinho failed to reform and chose Ancelotti, but we can also see that Ancelotti is also facing the crisis of getting out of class this season. The reason is that none of them can bring Real Madrid a stable tactical system that can meet the new football development trend."

Scudemore understood what Master Huan meant.

When the vast majority of head coaches are still groping and adapting, the transformation of the Premier League team is even more impossible to talk about.

Because, with such fierce competitive pressure in the Premier League, which team is willing to let the head coach try and explore, especially those head coaches who have not proven themselves, who would?

Why did Guardiola resolutely choose Bayern Munich when teams such as Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United begged and invited?

Isn't it because of the fierce competition in the Premier League that he wants to go to the relatively loose Bundesliga and continue to explore and improve his tactical concepts?

It can even be said that Klopp and Simeone can emerge in Dortmund and Atletico Madrid, but in the Premier League, it is almost impossible for Klopp and Simeone to appear, because there is no such soil!

Although there have been more advanced head coaches like Rodgers, Martinez, Laudrup and Villas-Boas, most of them are in the middle and lower reaches of the team, and they themselves are not mature enough and need further improvement and perfect yourself.

As for the big clubs, let alone a test field for the head coaches who have just arrived, even Wenger, would he dare to use Arsenal as a test field easily? When Ferguson was still there, did he dare to use Manchester United as a test field?

On the contrary, when Manchester City formed the team, it happened to catch up with the rise of Barcelona, ​​so their team formation concept is more in line with the current trend, but Pellegrini himself is not good at ball control, and he is still groping That's all.

Only in Southampton, Yang Huan, relying on the advantage of the prophetic traveler, locked Bielsa from the first time, and unconditionally supported Bielsa, and formed a team that met Bielsa's requirements.

Because he knows that in terms of football philosophy, there is only one person who can keep pace with Guardiola, and that is Bielsa!

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