Chapter 560: Idealists Must Die!

80_80813 "Bang bang, come on, saints!" ”

"Three points, Southampton Warriors!"

"Let them see how good we are!"

In the packed stadium of Norwich City Carlo Road, the crowd was full of voices and the momentum was shocking.

The Canary has always had a very good home atmosphere, with 27,000 seats, always full, and arguably one of the highest home attendance teams in the Premier League.

In the Premier League, there are not many teams that can fill out the stadium, except for the four traditional giants of Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea, only Fulham, Norwich City and Southampton, who have been promoted this season, have full attendance.

Manchester City's average attendance per game has increased significantly since they won the league title last season, but it is only about 95 per cent, and even less in European competitions and cups.

Southampton, on the other hand, was almost full every game and sold out except for some of the maneuverable places that had to be left.

This also has something to do with the low ticket prices that the team has insisted on for the past three years.

If you take into account a series of ticket purchase costs such as club-subsidized insurance and service costs, the Saints' ticket price is the lowest in the Premier League.

There has been a lot of controversy about Peter Kenyon's inaction during his time at Chelsea, but one of the biggest achievements of Bald and Ron Gulley during their time at Chelsea was to turn Stamford Bridge into one of the most popular home stadiums in the Premier League.

Attendance in some European competitions is difficult to guarantee, but when it comes to the Premier League, Stamford Bridge is full.

What's more, Chelsea's ticket price is relatively high among the 20 teams in the Premier League.

Compared to before Peter Kenyon took over at Stamford Bridge, the Blues' attendance was pretty poor in the Premier League.

Manchester City have also begun to learn from Southampton's approach in the last two years, on the one hand, in terms of general tickets, they have kept ticket prices low, and their regular tickets are the second lowest in the Premier League, just above Southampton.

But on the other hand, it has greatly increased the ticket price of the VIP box, after all, those who enter the VIP box are rich people.

Relatively speaking, Norwich's Carrow Road Stadium does not have many boxes and commercial seats, basically ordinary seats, and the ticket price is considered to be in the upper middle of the Premier League, which is about the same as the current team's results.

Yang Huan walked out of the elevator room of the chairman's stand at the Carlo Road Stadium and was immediately taken aback by the frenzied atmosphere here.

How similar is Carrow Road to St Mary's in Southampton!

"The fans who came to the away stadium with the team today are still quite hard!"

Yang Huan smiled and looked at the most remote corner of the opposite stadium, where hundreds of Southampton fans who accompanied the team to the away game were arranged.

No way, who made you the away team?

But even though they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and positions, the Canary fans are not only outnumbered, but also very fanatical, but the fans of the Saints are still in this vast ocean and make their voices heard.

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

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

The seventy-year-old Norwich boss, Delia Smith, greeted Yang from afar with a smile.

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

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

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

But what's interesting is that this idol old lady who has influenced generations of people in Britain turned out to be a barber.

This also shows one thing again, from ancient times to the present, cross-border is the king!

Delia Smith took the management team of Norwich City to greet the Southampton management led by Yang Huan, and came to the center of the chairman's stand at the Carlo Road Stadium.

"Mrs. Smith, you're going to have to take it easy in this game!"

Norwich are currently 13th in the Premier League, which can be described as a no-brainer ranking.

Going up, it will not be able to enter the European competition qualification zone; Going down, there is no worry about downgrading.

Delia Smith listened and laughed like the Queen of England.

"Mr. Yang Huan, it should be your Southampton Duoduo's mercy, who doesn't know that your Southampton has been in a frightening state recently? Don't embarrass us too much on our home turf! ”

Yang Huan smiled and didn't say anything more.

Norwich City can't afford not to do their best on their home turf.

The reason why the Premier League is difficult to play away from home is because every team's home stadium has to try to please its home audience, so it has to play at the highest level at its own home stadium.

At the very least, you don't have to beat all your opponents, but even if you lose, you have to show your fans that you've done your best.

No fan would be harsh on a team that has given it all and still lost the game!

Besides, with the current division system of the Premier League, a league ranking is worth a lot of money, how can Norwich give up easily?

When the two chatted without a word, the two sides walked out of the player tunnel under the leadership of the referee.

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

Peter Kenyon, who was sitting next to Yang Huan, said worriedly.

Yang Huan nodded, it's no wonder if he doesn't do his best!

"This time Chris Hughton changed the formation and changed to a four-five-one tactic, before Arsenal, Manchester United and other teams died under this set of tactics, and now, it's our turn!"

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

'Norwich have a very good squad and the goalkeeper is Rudy.

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

'At left-back is Spain's Garrido, centre-back is Basson and Michael Turner, and right-back is Scotland's Whitaker, all Premier League level players.

Garrido, who previously played for Real Sociedad and was brought in by Manchester City, was once a good performer, but after losing his place in the main team, he moved to Lazio and still worked as a substitute, and arrived at Norwich City in the summer of 2012.

Basson is also a well-known player in the Premier League, with the physical qualities of an African player, having played for Metz, Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur and Wolves in Ligue 1, and Norwich City last summer.

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

"The midfield duo is Bradley Johnson, who is famous at Leeds United, and Tete, a black Norwegian, with Pilkington on the left and Snodgrass on the right, and Ireland striker Horahan at the heart of the centre."

These players are also all powerful players in the Premier League, either at the main level of Ligue 1 such as Teta, or at the international level such as Snodgrass and Horahan.

"Standing at the front is England's local veteran, center forward Holt!"

Holt has been in the lower leagues for many years, playing for Nottingham Forest, Blackpool and other teams, and after switching to Norwich, he scored with amazing efficiency, helping Norwich to complete three consecutive jumps in three years.

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

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

However, the efficiency has slipped a bit 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 middle of the Premier League, it is still quite level, and the gap between the players is not very large.

This type of team, with the addition of Chris Hughton, has seen Norwich's overall possession and defensive quality improve a lot this season, especially on their own home turf.

This is also the hardest part of the canary!

Southampton also played the main force in this game.

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, David Alaba, Xavi Martinez, Raphael Varane and Cesar Azpilicueta in defence, and Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Vidal in midfield.

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