“What’s not simple about it?”
Yang Huan asked back with a smile.
But his eyes did not fall on Platini, but focused on the silver championship trophy in front of him.
Europa League Champions Trophy It was just now that Ayrton, the captain of the last Europa League champion Porto, delivered the Europa League championship trophy to the exhibition hall of the National Stadium on behalf of Porto and held a handover ceremony.
This is also a routine before the finals of every European competition.
Because, this trophy will appear at the game tomorrow night The trophy is called the Bertoni Cup, weighing fifteen kilograms, with a silver body and a yellow marble base.
Its predecessor was the UEFA Cup.
Compared with the Champions League, the weight of the Europa League is really not even the slightest difference.
But for some teams that cannot participate in the Champions League, the Europa League is undoubtedly the main battlefield for them to become famous.
This trophy was placed in front of Yang Huan without any obstruction, making people want to reach out and touch it.
But Yang Huan resisted this tempting thought.
Legend has it that there is a curse in European football.
The two teams participating in the European finals are not allowed to touch the championship trophy before the game.
Whoever touches it will die Therefore, whether it is the Europa League, the previous UEFA Cup, or the current European Super Cup and Champions League finals, players will not touch the championship trophy before the game, which is considered ominous.
It has even been extended to some domestic cup competitions, such as League Cup, FA Cup, Community Shield and so on.
This is somewhat similar to the curse that prevents women from entering the locker room, but it's not as well-known.
Platini noticed Yang Huan's expression, walked back, and said with a smile: "Very charming, right?"
"Yes."
Yang Huan was honest and polite, "But after tomorrow night, it will belong to Southampton."
In more than 100 years of football history, the Saints have never won a European championship trophy.
If we win this one tomorrow night, it will create a new record in Southampton's football history.
This is why Saints fans are so fanatical Platini chuckled.
He had heard early on that this young master Huan was so sharp that it was a bit scary.
"It's a pity that the Europa League is not important enough" Yang Huan also smiled lightly, "It's simple.
If you announce that from now on, the Europa League champions and runners-up will directly enter the Champions League group stage, I guarantee that this cup competition will become very prosperous immediately."
Today's Europa League and Champions League seem to be superior and inferior, but in fact they are very unequal.
The eight third-placed teams in the Champions League group stage will directly enter the Europa League to participate in the knockout rounds after finishing the group stage.
But teams in the Europa League have no way to advance to the Champions League.
This in itself is unfair.
There is only one way to participate in the Champions League, and that is league ranking.
But a phenomenon will occur.
That is the fifth team in the Premier League, which is obviously stronger than some teams in Portugal, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Turkey and other countries.
However, due to quota restrictions, they cannot participate in the Champions League, while weaker teams can.
Although this is UEFA's consideration of the principle of fair distribution of interests, there are indeed some irrationalities.
At the very least, resources are not fully utilized.
If the promotion channel between the Europa League and the Champions League can be opened, the Europa League will not be as useless as it is now.
Just imagine, if the Europa League can get two or even four qualifying places for the Champions League group stage, then the strong teams in powerful leagues such as the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 will definitely try their best.
By that time, the competition in the Europa League will be fierce, fans will pay more attention, and the commercial value will be reflected.
Platini nodded and smiled approvingly, "What you think is pretty much what we think."
But soon, there was another sigh.
"But reform is not that easy."
This was said quite sadly and with a bit of helplessness.
I know it's a good thing, but it's hard to push it forward.
What can I do?
I'm afraid it's still the fault of those weak countries.
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After all, the Champions League spots in the Europa League are useless to them because they have no way to compete for them.
These quotas were originally reserved for strong teams and have nothing to do with them.
But once the Europa League obtains a place in the Champions League group stage, it will inevitably reduce the number of places in the Champions League qualifiers.
Those participating in the Champions League qualifiers are all teams from weak football countries.
In Europe, with its fifty-four member states, weak teams make up the absolute majority.
To put it simply, it is not easy to be the owner of this house.
Yang Huan smiled lightly.
Whether the Europa League is reformed or not will have some impact on Southampton, but not much.
The Saints' goal for the new season is to be in the top four, and their long-term goal is also to be in the top four.
It is Yang Huan's long-cherished wish to build Southampton into England's top team.
Therefore, whether the Europa League will be reformed or not, he is happy to see the results, but is not in a hurry.
Relatively speaking, he is more willing to see changes in football rules.
"I think the rules of football should be changed appropriately."
After hearing this, Platini immediately laughed and pointed to the sofa in the corner of the exhibition hall with interest.
"Come on, let's go over there and sit for a while."
Yang Huan also smiled and walked over.
He was invited to participate in the championship trophy handover ceremony, but unexpectedly, after the ceremony, Platini took the initiative to come to the door and asked a lot about Southampton.
It can be seen that he has a strong interest in what Yang Huan is doing in Southampton.
And Yang Huan happened to have a long-planned plan and wanted to have a good talk with Platini.
Ever since, the two sides had a great time talking.
"You know, we have a research department that specializes in research and investigation and analysis of players' bodies.
We found that over the past few years, the rate of improvement in players' physical fitness has not kept up with the rate of improvement in the intensity of football matches."
In short, what many media say is that players are under too much pressure and burden.
The improvement of players' physical fitness is a very large systematic project.
It is definitely not a problem that can be solved by a football club or even in the field of football.
It requires the participation of the whole society.
In other words, if you want to improve the physical fitness of professional players, you must improve the average physical fitness of humans.
For example, the current average running distance of professional players in a game is about 12,300.
This is already the limit If you want to improve, you can, there is a way Putting aside the physical factors of the players, better training and better diet All of these can be done, but the areas involved are astonishingly large That is no longer a matter for the players, it is a matter for all mankind.
On the one hand, the rapid changes in football tactics have led to the continuous increase in the intensity of football matches.
Especially for teams like Dortmund and Atletico Madrid that rely on players to press and cover to make up for their technical deficiencies, the intensity of football matches is astonishingly high.
But on the other hand, players' physical fitness has improved slowly.
This contradiction is not unsolvable On the one hand, it is to play more controlled football through high-level players.
Just like Barcelona's ball control, you run and I pass.
My physical energy consumption is less than yours.
You can only last for seventy minutes, but I can play for the full ninety minutes.
This is my advantage.
But what Yang Huan wanted to say was something else.
"You mean, increase the number of substitutions in the game?"
Platini frowned.
This proposal is not new, someone has already mentioned it.
Almost every time a professional player has an accident during a game, this proposal will be brought up for publicity.
"I think it's a good idea to give it a try," Yang Huan nodded.
"Of course, I insist that all substitutions must be made without affecting the flow of the game."
Football is played in real time, and substitutions cannot interrupt the game.
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This is the bottom line.
"But many people feel that increasing the number of substitutions will make strong teams stronger and weak teams weaker."
Platini expressed a concern.
After hearing this, Yang Huan shook his head and laughed, "This is simply impossible."
"Who says it's impossible?"
An angry voice came from not far away.
The sound startled both Yang Huan and Platini.
They looked up and found that it was Qin Yongming and Qian Duoduo.
They represent Atletico Madrid.
At this time, the two of them were standing in front of the Europa League championship trophy, reaching out to touch the silver championship trophy, seemingly not caring about the so-called curse at all.
Or, they simply don't know about the existence of so-called curses.
The person who spoke was Qian Duoduo.
"Mr.
Platini" The two came over and greeted Platini first.
Platini immediately stood up and shook hands with them, "Hello, you two."
After shaking hands, Qian Duoduo immediately looked at Yang Huan with evil intentions.
"You just said that the number of substitutions should be increased, right?"
"Yes" Yang Huan is not afraid to admit it.
"Then have you ever thought about whether the thickness of the benches of wealthy teams is the same as that of non-rich teams?"
After a pause, he still felt that he had not finished speaking.
"For teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona, even the substitute players are top-notch stars.
But for a team like Atletico Madrid, how can the strength of the substitute players be compared with that of a wealthy team?"
"In this case, increasing the number of substitutions will not widen the strength gap between the two sides of the game.
At that time, how can we compete with the wealthy teams?
Is this fair for a weak team like us?"
Qian Duoduo's angry and angry words really made him seem to be the spokesperson of a weak team.
Yang Huan didn't notice that Qian Duoduo was still a fan and had some knowledge about football.
But obviously I didn’t understand the key issue After listening to Qian Duoduo's words, Platini nodded first, but after thinking about it, something seemed wrong.
Yang Huan even burst into laughter on the spot.
"Your method of comparison is to turn football into a simple one plus one game.
If you follow your line of thinking, there is no need to compete in football at all, because the players of wealthy teams are definitely better than those of non-rich teams.
Team, what better than that?”
Qian Duoduo didn't understand what he heard, "We are talking about substitution rules now."
"Yes, I just want you to understand that the outcome of football depends not only on the strength of the team, but also on a very important factor, which is tactics."
Platini couldn't help but nod.
Anyone who really understands football knows that in the modern football environment, tactics determine how much strength a team can exert.
"There are no two identical players in this world.
Substitution itself is changing the existing tactics.
Adding more substitutions is equivalent to improving the effectiveness of tactics.
If a weak team wants to defeat a strong team, it must rely on tactics."
"If you don't rely on tactics, a weak team will never be able to beat a strong team."
With a lineup like Dortmund and Atletico Madrid, how can they possibly beat Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Real Madrid?
But why can these two teams not fall behind in the strong dialogue?
Even Dortmund can beat Bayern Munich Isn't it just because of tactics?
Without Klopp's tactics, Dortmund would have been able to beat Bayern Munich based solely on player strength and on-the-spot performance.
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Yang Huan didn't give Qian Duoduo a chance to refute.
In fact, the latter cannot be refuted.
He is just an ordinary fan with limited knowledge of football.
And Yang Huan has been in the inner circle of football for at least two years, and he often has nothing to do, just discussing with senior fans and professionals such as Marcus Dusatoy, Howard Wilkinson, etc., and he obviously has more interesting things in his mind.
"I'll give you the simplest example, Barcelona playing Atletico Madrid" "It's not that I look down on you Atletico Madrid.
In terms of player strength, you will never be able to beat Barcelona.
When you are physically strong, Barcelona's ball control can make you run like dogs.
You know what Barcelona's regular training programs are.
"What a monkey"
"You are the ones who slipped away" Yang Huan pointed his nose in his face and taunted him like this, which made Qin Yongming and Qian Duoduo feel very angry.
But unfortunately, they couldn't refute it.
"But in many games, why can you compete with Barcelona on a par?"
"One reason is that under the influence of high-intensity pressing and pressing tactics, you can fight, run and grab, which can limit Barcelona."
"But there is a dead end that even now, you can't solve.
Do you know what it is?"
Yang Huan asked with a sneer.
Yang Huan would not be polite to someone who took the initiative to face someone like him and teased him. 16841d6su9h10737220gt: