Football giants

Chapter 697: Painting a Tiger Can't Be an Anti-Dog

Last year, the reason why Mr. Zhuang's big birthday was so grand was because of the engagement ceremony between Yang Huan and Zhuang Ziqing.

This year, the old man decided to keep it simple, and set up a table at home, so that the family members can come back for a gathering.

When Yang Huan and his wife arrived, the whole family was present.

Zhuang Zicheng came back from Shenzhen yesterday, and met him in the morning.

As for Zhuang Mingyang, who was busy with work on weekdays, he went home early in the afternoon, and even dared to cook a few dishes himself.

But Yang Huan is used to eating food cooked by Xiaobu on weekdays, so he really can't compliment Zhuang Mingyang's cooking skills.

What can be done?
He is not only a father-in-law, but also a high-ranking official at the core of power, so don't give me a few good words, okay?
Don't look at him, Yang Huan, who never flatters anyone in his daily life, but he is often flattered by others. He has a lot of kisses, and he has learned a little bit. Zhuang Mingyang can't help but smile from ear to ear, and he clinks glasses with him all the time.

Even incidentally, even the old birthday star's flattery was filmed, which made the family enjoy themselves.

Zhuang Ziqing was also very happy in her heart. Of course she knew that with Yang Huan's arrogant personality, she was willing to flatter her family.

So, she secretly gave her thumbs up to her husband, as if to reward you when you go home at night.

Yang Huan never gets drunk after a thousand glasses of wine, but Mr. Zhuang and Zhuang Mingyang are both wine masters killed in the officialdom, so, for this meal, the three of them drank from six o'clock in the evening to more than ten o'clock in the evening and refused to stop.

The unlucky Zhuang Zicheng fell unconscious after drinking three cups.

"Oh, A Huan, I'm already a little brainy, you still look like a normal person, I don't know what kind of structure you are, you really don't get drunk after a thousand cups!" Zhuang Mingyang's face was red from drinking, and his speech smelled of alcohol.

Elder Zhuang on the side also drank a little too much. Seeing that Yang Huan's face was still fair and without alcohol, he felt depressed.

I used to find it strange when I heard it. How come there are people who drink alcohol but don’t get drunk?

Oh, even if you don't react to alcohol at all, even if you drink water, your stomach will bloat, right?

Look at Yang Huan's figure, that stomach, how could there be so much wine in it?
"Ming Yang, call the army and drag this kid over for an autopsy tomorrow to see what's inside him!"

When Zhuang Mingyang heard this, he nodded vigorously, "Okay, let's do it like this!"

Yang Huan smiled wryly, "You two, are there any elders like you? Dissect me, your daughter, your granddaughter, what should I do?"

After hearing this, Mr. Zhuang and Zhuang Mingyang looked at each other, feeling depressed.

Hey, this kid is using Zhuang Ziqing to blackmail them?

"You boy, okay, drink again!" Zhuang Mingyang became angry.

"Come on, I can't stand it anymore, let's go again!" The old man also raised his glass.

Yang Huan laughed again, "I said, are you okay? This is Jiannanchun at 52 degrees, are you kidding me?"

"Who can't? Drink!" Zhuang Mingyang got angry.

"Yeah, I still don't believe it. I can do little Japan and beat Lao Jiang, but I can't beat you, a brat!"

With a bang, the three drank half a glass each.

Grandma Zhuang on the side shook her head, and hurried out to persuade, "Okay, okay, Lao Zhuang, don't deny your old age, don't even look at it, you're already playing tricks, do you still want to drink?"

"And you, Ming Yang, you have to work tomorrow, don't drink so much!"

Don't look at this old man Zhuang and Zhuang Mingyang as high-ranking and powerful people, but in front of Grandma Zhuang, everyone has to obey.

Hearing Grandma Zhuang's greeting, Zhuang Ziqing hurried over to help clean up, and let someone make wine and tea by the way.

As a last resort, the three of them could only move the battlefield and went to the living room.

"Look, your grandfather and your father, I don't know how much they like this son-in-law, and they are very happy!"

Grandma looked at their backs and smiled.

"No, Ming Yang rarely sees him drinking like this on weekdays, so he is really happy!"

Zhuang Ziqing listened to what grandma and mother said, and then looked at the scene of the three arguing in the living room that they would continue to fight tomorrow. He felt it was funny, angry, but also very warm in his heart.

The three of them had no idea that they had become the talk of the three women in the family. They were still sitting in the living room, turned on the TV, and chose the sports channel of the capital TV station, which happened to be live broadcasting the Premier League.

Southampton played against Aston Villa at home. The game started less than half an hour ago, but Southampton had already taken a [-]-[-] lead. Suarez and Hazard each scored a goal, and they had an overwhelming advantage on the scene.

"I read the newspapers outside, and they all said that you can successfully defend the title this season. Are you confident?" Zhuang Mingyang asked with a smile.

Yang Huan smiled and nodded, "I definitely have confidence, but don't be careless!"

"Well, well said!" Mr. Zhuang also nodded his praise with a smile, "I said before, we must despise the enemy strategically, but pay attention to the enemy tactically, this is the way to victory!"

"The main reason is that several other teams in the Premier League have problems this year, which makes Southampton come out!"

Yang Huan's words are not entirely out of modesty, because the start of the season's Premier League teams is indeed not very ideal.

So far in the thirteen rounds of the league, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool have all lost three games, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City have lost four games, not to mention Manchester United, they have lost six games, these are pretty bad performances.

On the contrary, like Everton, they lost a total of two games, but Everton's problem is that there are too many draws and not enough ability to grab points.

Southampton have only one loss and one draw so far, so they are six points clear of second-placed Arsenal in the standings.

"A season is very long. It is indeed very important to make a quick start and allow us to take the initiative. But the winter break and the second half are the key. Many teams will make up during the winter break to strengthen their own strength and exert their strength in the second half!"

When did Southampton's miraculous counterattack win last season start?

Isn't it the miracle of the newly promoted horse winning the championship made by the second half of the race?

There are many such cases!
Teams such as Manchester United and Barcelona have staged classic dramas in the second half of the game.

Therefore, as a leader, the pressure is also considerable.

After hearing this, Mr. Zhuang nodded, and sighed, "European leagues are well developed both in terms of commercial operation and the rules of the game. In this regard, compared with others, our domestic leagues are far behind!"

"It's natural. They have developed for at least decades, and some have even been over a hundred years. They have already figured out their own set of game rules, and the same set of game rules is easy for others to learn. Even if you learn it, you can't use it according to the script. The situation in each country is completely different!" Yang Huan said.

When he was a fan, he really felt that the organizers of this domestic league were fools.

why?

Because obviously the European league is so developed, and there is such a complete set of league organization, let you copy and learn, why can't you copy or learn?
But after a deep understanding, Yang Huan discovered that many things can be used after you have copied, learned, or even mastered, because this is just theory, but practice is quite complicated.

Needless to say the complicated, twenty-team league, let's just talk about the simple Miracle Media International Champions Cup!

Holding the International Champions Cup in the United States is completely different from holding the International Champions Cup in China.

Even if the government gives you strong support, but the business environment is different, the quality of fans and spending power are different, so that the same event is operated by the same company, but the results are two completely different models.

And even though Miracle Media has enough experience after acquiring Infront and IMG, plus operating the International Champions Cup, this summer's Asian competition is still a bit messy, because there are too many problems and too complicated in practice.

This is already the case for a short-term cup game, not to mention the long-term league.

Do you really think that it took more than 100 years for the Premier League to kill blood with one knife and one gun, relying on the hard work of countless people and the experience accumulated by squandering countless money, is it fake?
Even ask the most basic question, why did the Premier League appear?

If it hadn't developed to the situation of the English League One at that time, it would never have understood how complicated interests there are and how many difficult knots there are.

If you force yourself to learn, you will end up drawing a tiger instead of an anti-dog!
Who are Mr. Zhuang and Zhuang Mingyang?

With their status and knowledge, Yang Huan has already understood countless troubles and entanglements of interests with just a simple sentence.

"Ah Huan, how do you think our football will develop?" Zhuang Mingyang asked with a sigh.

Regarding this issue, countless domestic experts have gone abroad to investigate and studied behind closed doors, but in the end they failed to find a suitable answer and path.

Are they stupid, are they stupid?
Whoever thinks this way is a fool and an idiot!

So what is the reason?

"I can only say that with our current social environment, it is difficult for football to develop. Needless to say, I will just say a few other things. With such an astonishing elimination rate of professional players, what about those players who have been eliminated? Football fields are different from basketball fields. So how do we solve the problem of requiring so much land? Future maintenance will also be a considerable expense. Who will be responsible for it?"

"Also, how many parents are willing to send their children to football training instead of cram school?"

After hearing this, Zhuang Mingyang sighed heavily again, "This is also the crux of all problems!"

In recent years, there have been fewer and fewer young players receiving football training in China. Even each national youth team can only be selected from dozens or even hundreds of people. Just ask, how high can the selected children be?
Some people have even begun to pessimistically think that if this continues, the huge and magnificent China may not even have a national team, and it will be reduced to the same as a small pocket-sized country like Monaco!

Does that mean you can give up football?
No, because sports have become indispensable in modern society, and football, as the most important sport, cannot live without, so it is very important to develop sports and football.

"I think that before we do anything, we must first figure out why we are doing this thing, what is our purpose, what do we want to get, and only after we have figured this out can we continue."

Zhuang Mingyang couldn't help nodding his head, Yang Huan's words revealed the key point.

"In the past few years, we have been organizing experts to conduct discussions and research, and we have also gone abroad for exchanges. We just want to find out a football theory system that can be practiced and promoted in our country, especially the theory of youth training."

Does theory matter?
It's important, and very important!

As the saying goes, no rules are not enough to make a circle, without guiding theory, how to practice?
Even if you want to cross the river by feeling the stones, you still have to know which stone you are touching and which river you are crossing, right?

After England's youth training reform started, many people felt that it was very vigorous, but no one knew that behind the scenes, how much manpower, material and financial resources were spent by the FA in order to promote the entire set of theoretical reforms, and how many countries have been investigated?

why?
Because England's climate, race, and environment are completely different from those of other countries on the European continent.

So, you can't let England's hunks learn how to play from Spain, right?
In the same way, it is impossible for you to let the young freshmen in Spain learn the power style of the Nordic countries such as Denmark and Sweden, right?

Put it in China, with such a large area and such a complicated climate, how to deal with it?

(End of this chapter)