Chapter 560： Idealism must die!

"Bangbang, come on, saint!"

"Take three points, the Warriors of Southampton!"

"Let them see how powerful we are!"

In the crowded Norwich Karrow Road Stadium, there was a lot of voice and momentum.

The Canary’s home atmosphere has always been quite outstanding, with 27,000 seats, always full, and it can be called one of the teams with the highest attendance at home in the Premier League.

In the Premier League, there are not many teams that can be full. Except for the four traditional powerhouses of Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea, only Fulham, Norwich and Southampton, who have been upgraded this season, are full.

After Manchester City won the league title last season, the average attendance this season has increased by a big margin, but it is about 95%, and there will be fewer European competitions and cups.

Southampton is basically full in every game, except for some of the maneuvering positions that must be left, all sold out.

This is also related to the low fares the team has insisted on over the past three years.

If you include a series of ticket purchase costs and service costs such as insurance subsidized by the club, the ticket price of the Saints is the lowest price in the Premier League.

Many people dispute that Peter Kenyon did nothing during Chelsea. As everyone knows, the biggest achievement of Mr. Bald and Ron Gurley at Chelsea is to manage Stamford Bridge into one of the most popular home games in the Premier League.

Part of the European tournament attendance is difficult to guarantee, but to say the Premier League, Stamford Bridge is full of games.

More importantly, Chelsea's ticket price is relatively high among the 20 Premier League teams.

Compared with Peter Kenyon before Stamford Bridge, the attendance of the Blues in the Premier League is quite bad.

Manchester City have also begun to learn from Southampton in the past two years. On the one hand, they have maintained a low fare in terms of ordinary tickets. Their ordinary ticket ranks second to last in the Premier League, only higher than Southampton.

But on the other hand, the fare of the box has been greatly increased. After all, those who enter the box are rich.

Relatively speaking, Norwich’s Carlo Road Stadium does not have many boxes and commercial seats. They are basically ordinary seats. The ticket price is considered to be the upper middle and upper reaches of the Premier League, which is similar to the current team's results.

Yang Huan walked out of the elevator hall of the chairman stand of Carlo Road Stadium and was immediately taken aback by the frenetic atmosphere here.

How similar is Carroll Road Stadium to St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton!

"The fans who came to the away game with the team today are still working hard!"

Yang Huan smiled and looked at one of the most remote corners of the opposite stadium, where hundreds of Southampton fans were arranged for the away game with the team.

No way, who made you the visiting team?

But even if they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and positions, the Canary fans are not only crowded, but also very enthusiastic, but the Saints fans still have their voices in this vast ocean.

At the very least, Yang Huan in the chairman's stand heard their shouts.

"Welcome to Carlo Road, Mr. Yang Huan!"

The Norwich boss in her seventies, Mrs. Delia Smith, smiled and welcomed Yang from a distance.

"Hello, Mrs. Smith!" Yang Huan greeted her with a smile and shook hands with her.

Everyone knows that Delia Smith is not only an avid Norwich fan, he is also the first lady of the British culinary world.

In the words of the newspaper, she has been doing one thing for the past thirty years, and that is teaching the British to cook!

But what is interesting is that this old lady who has influenced the British for generations turned out to be a barber.

This also illustrates one thing again, since ancient times, cross-border is the kingly way!

Delia Smith took Norwich's management team and greeted the Southampton management led by Yang Huan, and came to the center of the chairman stand at Carlo Road Stadium. After the hosts and guests sat down, they chatted.

"Mrs. Smith, you have to take a moment to play this game!"

Norwich is currently ranked thirteenth in the Premier League, which can be described as a desperate ranking.

Going up, there is no competition to enter the European qualification zone; going down, there is no worry of relegation.

Delia Smith listened and laughed like the Queen of England.

"Mr. Yang Huan, you should be merciful under your Southampton. Who doesn't know that your Southampton is in a terrifying state these days? Don't be at our home court and make us too embarrassed!"

Yang Huan just smiled and said nothing more.

Norwich is at his home court, it is impossible not to do his best.

The reason why the Premier League’s away game is difficult to play is because every team’s home court must desperately please their home audience, so they have to come up with the highest level in their home court.

At the very least, you are not required to beat all your opponents, but even if you lose, you have to let your fans see that you have done your best.

No fan will criticize the team that did their best but still loses the game!

Furthermore, with the current Premier League’s division system, a league ranking is very valuable. How could Norwich give up lightly?

When the two were chatting without a word, the opposing parties walked out of the player channel under the leadership of the referee.

"Chris Hughton really did his best in this battle!"

Peter Kenyon, who was sitting beside Yang Huan, said very worriedly.

Yang Huan nodded, it would be strange if he didn't try his best!

"This time Chris Hughton changed his formation and changed to a four-five-one tactic. Before, Arsenal, Manchester United and other teams died under this set of tactics. Now, it is our turn!"

After listening to Peter Kenyon's words, Yang Huan shook his head and smiled, "This is not necessarily true, Bielsa must be prepared!"

"Norwich's player lineup is also very good, the goalkeeper is Rudy."

Peter Kenyon pointed to the players who came out below and introduced Yang Huan.

"The left back of the defense is Spanish player Garrido, the center back is Bassoon and Michael Turner, and the right back is Scottish player Whitaker. They are all Premier League players."

Garrido used to play for Real Sociedad and was later introduced by Manchester City. He did well at one time. After losing his main position, he went to Lazio, still as a substitute, and came to Norwich in the summer of 2012.

Bassoon is also a famous player in the Premier League. He has the excellent physical fitness of African players. He has played for Metz, Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur and Wolves. He also came to Norwich last summer.

As for Michael Turner and Whitaker, they are also capable players and their level is not low.

"The midfielder double defensive midfielder combination is Bradley Johnson, who is famous in Leeds United, and Norwegian black player Tetai, with Pilkington on the left and Snodgrass on the right, occupying the core position in the center. It's Holahan, the Irish midfielder."

These players are also strong players in the Premier League, either the main level of Ligue 1 like Tetai, or the international level players such as Snodgrass and Horahan.

"The one standing at the front is the England veteran, center Holt!"

Holt has been in the low-level leagues all the year round, playing for Nottingham Forest, Blackpool and other teams. After switching to Norwich, his scoring efficiency was amazing and helped Norwich to complete a triple jump in three years.

Especially in the two seasons of the League and the Championship, more than 20 goals were scored.

Last season was his first Premier League season, scoring 15 goals in 36 games.

But efficiency has declined somewhat this season, but the threat is still not small.

Judging from this set of formations, Norwich's strength should not be underestimated, at least in the Premier League mid-range team, it is still quite level, the gap between players is not very big.

With this type of team, plus a Chris Hughton, Norwich’s overall control and defensive abilities have been greatly improved this season, especially on their own home court.

This is also the most difficult part of the canary!

This Southampton game is also the main force to play.

Goalkeeper Neuer, the defenders are David Alaba, Xavi Martinez, Varane and Aspilicueta, and the three midfielders are Modric, Tony Kroos and Vidal.

The front court trident is a combination of Neymar, Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale.

Judging from this set of starting lineups, Bielsa also paid enough attention to this game and wanted to do his best to score three points at the Carlo Road Stadium!

With a whistle from the referee, the game officially kicked off.

Southampton took the lead in the away game.

As soon as the Saints kicked off the ball, instead of rushing forward with big strides as they did in the past, they passed the ball back, slowly controlling the ball under the feet, and the entire defense line slowly advancing forward.

Norwich was also afraid of Southampton's strong offensive lineup, did not dare to press on the defensive line, adopted a retraction strategy, Bradley Johnson and Tetai two defensive midfielders always occupy the front midfield position.

Canary's best full-backs are inserted into the offensive while they do not dare to use them anymore.

Just kidding, whether it's Garrido or Whitaker, facing Neymar and Gareth Bale, if they dared to attack, they would have never known how to die!

"Norwich's players are not very different in strength, they are average, but there is a common problem, that is the lack of speed!"

Peter Kenyon introduced with a smile.

Yang Huan nodded. Whether it is the veteran center Holt, or Pilkington and Snowdgrass on the two sides, they generally lack speed. The biggest source of creativity in Norwich midfielder is Horahan. The Irish Xiaoling is a midfielder, but he is thirty years old and can't get up.

As a result, Norwich's entire midfielder's speed cannot rise.

Facing such a team, it stands to reason that Southampton should be the favorite.

Because the whole world knows that under the guidance of Bielsa, the Saints played well in high position defense and high-intensity midfield pressure and pressing. Isn't this the natural nemesis of Norwich?

It is somewhat surprising that Southampton played very smoothly after the opening.

Lost the ball, press high and press for the first time, and strive to regain the ball in the shortest time.

After getting the ball, immediately slow down the rhythm and control the ball slowly.

"We actually played Barcelona's style too!" Yang Huan looked a little funny.

Technically speaking, facing opponents like Norwich, Southampton is absolutely qualified to play possession.

Moreover, still sneak in Norwich to play!

No. Ten minutes after the opening, Southampton's possession rate was as high as 72%!

In other words, in ten minutes, Southampton was in possession of the ball for more than seven minutes.

"It's rare to see that Bielsa is also safe!" Yang Huan felt a little embarrassed.

After all, it's pressure!

If you want to reverse Manchester United, Southampton can't make any more mistakes.

In the remaining ten games, you must score thirty points!

This makes Bielsa, who is crazy and adventurous by nature, have to choose a more secure tactic To put it bluntly, Southampton’s tactics are very simple. I have the advantage in possession of the ball, and your overall defense is. Advantage.

It doesn't matter, I will control it first, and consume your physical energy. When your physical energy is exhausted to a certain level, you will be finished!

This is definitely not Bielsa's usual style of attacking after the opening!

It can only be said that the Argentine lunatic has also become a lot pragmatic!

Perhaps, he is indeed very, very eager to win a Premier League championship trophy!

At the very least, this can help him win more recognition and affirmation!

But Yang Huan looked at it and felt quite uncomfortable.

As the saying goes, ideals are plump, but reality is very skinny!

This is an age when idealism must die!

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