Football giants

Chapter 45 Who else do you want?
Jonathan Moss and others are indeed very fair, and there is no problem with law enforcement.

Injustice is the outcome of the contest!

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

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

There is also whether he can continue his advanced madness in the tactical field in Southampton.

In this game, none of the more than 3 seats in Southampton's St. Mary's Stadium was vacant. Countless fans gathered at St. Mary's Stadium to support the team and look forward to seeing this brand new Southampton team led by Bielsa.

According to a survey conducted by the Southern Echo before the game, 50.00% of fans expect Bielsa to create the most advanced and rigorous tactical system for Southampton.

40.00% of the three fans expect Bielsa to lead the team to play hearty offensive football.

From this survey, it is enough to reflect the support and affirmation of Saints fans for Bielsa.

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

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

The goalkeeper is Kevin Davis. The defense line from left to right is Daniel Jardin, Benatia, Jose Fonte and Carvajal. The midfielders are Stroman and Schneiderlin. Adam Lallana is in the center.

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

The strength of Southampton's lineup is definitely one of the best in the League One. Bielsa's tactical quality and his training ability are also unquestionable. This can be reflected in the fact that Southampton has almost taken advantage of the field.

In typical Bielsa style, he completely crushed Plymouth.

In the away game, Plymouth was almost overwhelmed by Southampton from the very beginning. Southampton's ball possession rate was even as high as 67%, which shows how embarrassed Plymouth is on the field.

But the final score was 1:1.

Southampton took the lead in the first half with a goal from Adam Lallana.

However, in the second half, Plymouth made a counterattack, succeeded in a sneak attack and equalized the score.

In the end, Southampton took advantage of the field, but suffered a draw with their opponents at their home court.

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Accompanied by Zhang Ning, Nicola Cortez, Sun Yue, and Kesh Harris who came from London, Yang Huan watched the match from 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, because he felt that this was the truth.

Southampton almost dominated the field, but the result of the game was a draw, which is not fair.

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

If Bielsa is a typical British coach who directly hits a long pass from a defender to find a center forward, then Southampton will not have much problem adapting, because this is England's signature tactic.

But Bielsa likes to think and dig into details. He likes to tailor a tactical positioning for each player that meets 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 Hunter say?" Yang Huan asked.

Martin Hunt was the former 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 can be regarded as a pawn that Yang Huan placed in Stapletwood, but the task Yang Huan gave him was to do his best to cooperate with Bielsa.

"Martin Hunt believes that Bielsa is still in the groping period. He is communicating, explaining and explaining to the players every day, but it is still difficult for the players to understand his requirements, and it is difficult to implement them on the court. Many things are also changing day and night, because Bielsa himself is also pondering and adapting to the characteristics of English football."

After hearing this, Yang Huan nodded. Bielsa's start has always been relatively bad.

If I remember correctly, Bielsa's coaching Chile did not start well. He was killed by Argentina 0:2 at the beginning, and then lost 0:3 at home to Brazil and away to Ecuador.

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

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

Even in Yang Huan's previous life, when Bielsa coached Athletic Bilbao, his start was quite bad, but it turned out that he succeeded!
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 thinking, the more time it takes to practice, so he decided to give Bielsa more time.

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

"To the locker room?" Nicola Cortez was full of surprise.

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

Is this young master planning to fire the world famous coach after one game?
For goodness sake, in the way he's always been, it's quite possible.

The scene where Yang Huan led the crowd away from the rostrum was also filmed by reporters with ulterior motives. From the perspective of shooting, Yang Huan looked a little angry, which can be interpreted as Yang Huan was very dissatisfied with the result of the competition.

Wouldn't it be possible to hype Bielsa's dismissal tomorrow?

"Master Huan, Master Huan."

When Yang Huan walked down the stairs and came to the passage of the dressing room, Nicola Cortez rushed forward.

"What are you doing?" Yang Huan felt a little strange when he stopped him.

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

Yang Huan did have a reason to be unhappy. Although Zlatan Ibrahimovic has not announced it and Neymar's transfer is still being discussed, even with the current Southampton lineup, Yang Huan spent nearly 2000 million euros, which is second to none in the entire League One.

Even in the Premier League, this kind of signings can be ranked in the middle.

So much investment, but failed to get a good start, the opponent is still poor Plymouth.

Yang Huan should really be upset.

But if you fire Bielsa now, wouldn't you be too anxious?
"Yes, Master Huan, we should be a little patient, the city of Rome was not built in a day." Zhang Ning also persuaded.

After spending so much money and wasting so much energy, it's hard to get where we are today. It would be a pity to fire Bielsa.

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

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

Yang Huan frowned, looking at the group of people in front of him, some were his right-hand assistants, some were business partners, but they had a good relationship, but now they all felt that they wanted to fire Bielsa.

"It seems that the impression I usually leave on you is completely different from my own impression. What a failure!" Yang Huan shook his head and laughed.

"Who told you I wanted to fire Bielsa?"

"Isn't it?" Nicola Cortez lost his voice.

Zhang Ning, Sun Yue, and Kesh Harris were also surprised, and they were as skeptical as Nicola Cortez.

"Of course not!" Yang Huan pointed at himself, "Don't you all think that I am the kind of person who fires the world's famous coaches because of a draw? Even if I am a football layman, at least I know clearly and should be a little patient."

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

Nicola Cortez quickly stepped aside. He, Zhang Ning and others knew that they had misunderstood Yang Huan.

They all followed behind Yang Huan and rushed to the door of the locker room.

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

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

There is no loudness similar to Ferguson's hair dryer as outsiders imagined, and there is no anger with exposed veins.

Bielsa's voice is very soft, but he bites every word very clearly, which makes people feel the weight.

After speaking, Bielsa opened the door of the locker room.

At this time, everyone in the locker room, including the players and the coaching staff, saw Yang Huan standing outside the door of the locker room, followed by the team's core management.

This immediately surprised everyone in the locker room.

Could it be that the home team was tied and the boss was unhappy?
Will you sell a player who is not performing well?

Or is it going to fire the team's head coach?
Or, does he want to impress everyone?
Everyone looked at Yang Huan anxiously, and even Bielsa was surprised when he saw Yang Huan.

Unexpectedly, Yang Huan just chuckled, since the door opened, he walked into the dressing room.

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

Yang Huan's words made everyone let go of a heart that was hanging in the air.

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

"In order to celebrate our first league points of the new season, I will treat you tonight, see you at Wangjiang Pavilion!"

Yang Huan's words made the players in the entire locker room laugh. They didn't really believe until this moment that the boss was not angry, because an angry boss would not invite people to dinner.

Yang Huan winked at Bielsa and motioned to go outside for a chat.

The two walked out of the locker room one after the other, while Nicola 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 sundries and turf, while the fans in the stands were leaving the field one after another.

Although the result of the game disappointed them a little, they also saw a gratifying change in the team.

Bielsa is a very delicate person, usually this kind of person is very sensitive, so following Yang Huan, he has been guessing what Yang Huan wants to say.

Most likely, it should be to put some pressure on me!

But to Bielsa's surprise, when the two walked to the entrance of the player's tunnel, Yang Huan stopped, turned his head, looked at Bielsa, smiled and asked something that Bielsa hadn't expected.

"Tell me, who else do you want?"

　Thanks to [Tiancai Dibao] and [Feixu's Track] for their rewards!

　　
　
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