Chapter 1042: The Big Outbreak?
The League Cup final ended with the Saints beating Manchester 2-1.
In the 79th minute of the game, the Saints' youngsters finally showed a flaw, and Manchester City seized the opportunity, and substitute center forward Aboubakar scored a face-saving goal for the Blue Moon.
Although Pellegrini then signaled the team to press heavily and wanted to equalize, the Saints quickly stabilized the situation, a round of indiscriminate bombardment, and in just two minutes, in front of the Manchester City goal, four threatening shots in a row, scared Manchester City where dare to come out again?
In the end, the score was locked at 2-1.
Winning the League Cup again, the Saints' group of youngsters are very excited.
The Saints fans who came to Wembley Stadium to watch the game were also very excited.
Although, in the past few years, the Saints have won the championship softly, but as a fan, who would dislike the team's more championships?
Besides, this time is different from the previous ones, this time in the League Cup, the Saints are all pure substitutes and youth team lineups, but the result is repeatedly against strong opponents such as Liverpool, Everton and Manchester City, and the team's performance can be imagined.
The fans were also ecstatic that the team could have such a great bench and young players.
These are the future of the saints!
The British press was also applauded by the Saints' victory, but was not surprised.
Because in the past two or three years, the Saints' results have been steadily improving, and they are also the most powerful team in the Premier League.
Even in the past two seasons, the depth of the Saints' bench and the performances of the young players have been impressive.
Needless to say, the first-team substitutes and young players have been doing quite well in domestic cup competitions such as the League Cup and FA Cup, and have reached the final before, but unfortunately they were not able to win the title.
The second team of Saints is even more incredible.
Since the official establishment of the League C, the Saints II team has been promoted every year, from League C to League Two, and then to League One.
In League One this season, the Saints II are currently second in the table, just one point behind leaders Burton Albion, ahead of traditional teams such as Gillingham, Wigan Athletic, Sheffield United and Coventry.
Based on the performance of the Saints II team, promotion is very likely.
Once the second team is promoted to the Championship, it will bring huge benefits to the Saints' entire youth system.
If nothing else, let's just say that the training of youth team players is far beyond that of other teams.
Tielemans, who has shone in the Saints' first team this season, was promoted to the first team after a strong performance in the second team.
Today, the Saints II squad also includes young players such as Patrick Roberts, Halilovic, Ruben Neves, Max López and Gerson, all of whom are talented but young players.
But what is most admired by fans all over the world is the Saints' super star-making youth training system.
When everyone's eyes were on the Norwegian genius Odegaard, who switched to Real Madrid, Southampton introduced the same 98-year-old teenager Christopher Ayer and Chinese teenager Hou Yongyong from Norway in a low-key manner.
In terms of fame, Odegaard was undoubtedly far ahead of the other two players in a previous big transfer battle.
But now, when Odegaard is still in the second team of Real Madrid and can't even get the main position, Ajer and Hou Yongyong have been playing in League One for a season on behalf of the Saints team, accumulating rich game experience.
In particular, Ajerre, whose performances have won the recognition and affirmation of countless experts this season in League One.
From this point of view, Southampton's youth training attitude is undoubtedly more pragmatic.
The first team is strong, the youth team is full of talent, all media reporters and fans have compared the Saints to Barcelona in 09, and many people even believe that the Saints have surpassed Barcelona at their peak.
Because the Saints have defended their title in the Champions League, a feat that none of the Dream Three teams at their peak can accomplish.
Not only that, but the Saints are on their way to a third straight title this season.
If the Saints really win three consecutive titles, it will undoubtedly surpass Barcelona in all aspects.
After seeing such a reasonable average age of the first team and a talent explosion in the youth team, who would dare to say that the Saints will not become the strongest ruler in the Premier League and even European football in the next few years?
When the Saints returned to Southampton from London with a League Cup trophy held high, they were immediately greeted by fans across the city.
All of them are proud of the team's achievements and proud.
The glory of the Saints is built on the trophies one after another, and as the most ardent fans of the Saints, they are also doing their best to support the team they love.
But it's far from the time to celebrate, because it's the time when the event is at its most intense.
Three days after the Saints returned from London, the Saints took on Bournemouth away.
After the last round of rest, the Saints played their main force in this round, beating Bournemouth 6-0 away.
Suarez, the Premier League's top scorer this season, scored another hat-trick and continued to dominate the Premier League's scorer charts.
But Messi's performance in this game was also not far behind, scoring twice, allowing Messi to officially catch up with Cristiano Ronaldo's league goal, and Hazard also got a goal.
Interestingly, in the league scorer list, Suarez is at the top of the list, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are tied for second place, but it is Hazard in third place.
Even Chilean winger Alexis Sanchez is in the top 10 scorers, and the Saints' powerful attacking power can be seen.
Three days later, the Saints were at home against Bournemouth.
But it's not a league game, it's a knockout game in the sixth round of the FA Cup.
This time, the Saints still used substitutes and young players to play, and as a result, the Saints players who had just finished Manchester City at Wembley Stadium won Bournemouth 3-0 at Glory Stadium and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
For a while, the entire English football world was exclaiming, what are the Saints doing here?
On the BBC's daily game show, Gary Lineker cheered for the saints in the show.
'I've never seen a team with such incredible dominance as the Saints, and they've been able to win a Premier League team even on the bench and a second team, it's unbelievable!'
As a guest of the daily game, Manchester United legend Gary Neville also spoke highly of Carlo Ancelotti's team.
"If I had to choose, the best team in Europe this season, without a doubt, is the Saints, the best manager, needless to say, it would definitely be Carlo Ancelotti."
'It's an incredible team and it's hard to imagine a team with such control of the game as the Saints, which reminds me of Pep Guardiola's Barcelona.
But soon, the Manchester United legend vetoed his own judgment.
"Oh no, I think the Saints have surpassed Barcelona at their peak!"
Alan Shearer also said on the sidelines, "Pep Guardiola has said that even he is surprised by the football played by this Saints! ”
'Yes, but it also makes me very excited about what kind of changes Pep Guardiola will bring to Southampton next season when he takes charge of the Saints?
"Hehe, Gary, it's not just you, it's probably fans all over the world who are looking forward to it."
Yes, everyone can't believe it and it's all looking forward to it.
It should be said that when Guardiola took over Bayern Munich, the team was at its peak, and although Bayern Munich has not been able to continue to make achievements in the European arena after Guardiola took over, and even suffered humiliation from competitors, but in any case, Guardiola's coaching and transformation in Bayern Munich was quite successful.
At the very least, the German team has made everyone feel a sense of delicacy and consistency, which is clearly different from Heynckes, and even a style of football that Bayern Munich has never had before.
The style is advanced and flattering.
As for the team's inability to produce results, it can't be blamed entirely on Pep Guardiola, can it?
But the saints are distinctly different.
Southampton are now full of talent, the team is in its prime, the age structure is very reasonable, and the talent in the youth team, coupled with the manager Carlo Ancelotti's foundation in Bielsa, has further enhanced the team's tactical philosophy.
In particular, once Carlo Ancelotti has excelled in coaching this season, Pep Guardiola will face an unprecedented challenge when he takes over.
That's how to lead a team that has achieved all-round success and break through again.
If you want to look at today's football, the most breakthrough manager, in addition to Bielsa, is Pep Guardiola.
That's why fans and football professionals all over the world are looking to Pep Guardiola's saints.
As the boss of the saints, Yang Huan is also looking forward to it.
But he's different from the fans out there, he's very clear-headed.
He is well aware that Ancelotti's success is difficult to sustain.
The team is unbeaten so far, with all fronts going hand in hand and even a breakthrough in results, especially now that the Premier League title is largely in the hands of the team, and the team's next focus will definitely be on the cup competition.
In this case, Carlo Ancelotti's side will break through again in terms of results, which is very likely.
But what about the next season?
Even if Carlo Ancelotti continues to coach, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to maintain his excellent performances this season.
After the team is at the top, there will definitely be ups and downs.
Therefore, Yang Huan knows very well that at this time, what the team needs to do is to change.
But it takes time, it takes trying, it takes mistakes, so it's unreasonable to expect Guardiola to produce results as soon as he comes, or even to have results.
Therefore, on the issue of treating Guardiola, Yang Huan's attitude is very clear, he can't give too much pressure on his results, and he must be given enough loose coaching space.
That's why the Saints have kept a low profile on the issue of changing managers.
First, it is a sign of respect for Ancelotti, and secondly, it is also a way to relieve pressure on Guardiola.
As for the attention of the media and fans, with the status of the saints and the influence of Guardiola, no matter how low-key, it will definitely arouse the attention and discussion of the media and fans around the world.
In addition, Yang Huan told Mubarak very frankly that there is only a one-year contract between the Saints and Ancelotti, which is something that has been determined for a long time.
It was only at this time that Mubarak learned that the Saints had dealt with Guardiola more than a year in advance, and they and Abramovich were still desperately chasing after him.
At this time, the chairman of Manchester City was so embarrassed that he couldn't commit suicide.
However, Yang Huan also made a request to Mubarak, that is, no matter what the talks between Manchester City and Ancelotti are, they must be kept secret, because he does not want to affect the team's results.
Mubarak also agreed to Young Master Huan's request, saying that he must keep a low profile.
After dealing with these things, Yang Huan left the UK non-stop and flew back to China.
But instead of going to the capital, or to Longhai, he went to Jincheng, near the capital.
Because he was going to supervise the first round of the new season of the Chinese Super League, Beijing Guoen challenged Jincheng Delta away.
This is also the most anticipated battle in the first round of the Chinese Super League this season.
Especially domestic fans, they are paying attention to the debut of the Beijing Guoen team.
After an embarrassing five-game winless run in the warm-up, can Pochettino usher in a big explosion?