As the Community Shield Cup came to an end, Southampton relied on goals from Ibrahimovic and James Rodriguez to defeat Manchester United 2-0 at Wembley Stadium and successfully won the first place in the new season.
A championship trophy.
This immediately made Southampton famous and the call to win the championship became even louder.
As the new season approaches, according to traditional practices, the three major European betting companies have also issued winning odds for the Premier League team.
What surprised everyone is that the one with the highest call for winning the championship is Southampton.
The defending champion is tied for first place with Manchester City with 3.25 points, ranking among the favorites to win the championship.
Following Southampton and Manchester City is Manchester United, followed by Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.
Don't look at the fact that Tottenham Hotspur spent 200 million pounds this summer, but in fact, the outside world does not think highly of this team.
In several warm-up matches in Asia, their performance was quite average.
Boa Si has never been able to integrate the team into an organic whole and inspire the strongest combat effectiveness of this team.
This is also the reason why the outside world is not optimistic about Tottenham Hotspur At least, in the opinion of commentators, Tottenham Hotspur's ideal position should be the top four in the league.
On the contrary, Southampton, after winning the Premier League championship as a newly promoted team last season, this season with the turmoil of Manchester United and Chelsea's adjustments, has become the favorite to win the Premier League in the new season with Manchester City.
There are even many fans who are optimistic about Southampton's successful defense of the title.
As soon as the odds were opened, bookmakers immediately became busy.
They make a living by analyzing data, so after the odds are drawn, they have to pay close attention to the betting and movements of lottery players anytime and anywhere to keep abreast of all market movements.
“We have communicated with Ladbrokes and Ribo before, because they both lost a big deal last season, so our three companies have adopted a relatively safe or even conservative strategy for the new season, and the odds are quite close. " In a conference room at William Hill's headquarters, CEO Ralph Topping laid out the company's latest developments.
Group Chairman Gareth Davis sat at the top, flipping through the report documents submitted by the staff, reading from the first page to the last page, then closing it gently and looking at Ralph Topping.
"Ralph, we lost such a big bet in the first half of the year, what do you think of the second half of the year?"
Many core senior executives present also expressed concern.
The big order they were talking about was actually the betting orders Yang Huan placed last year.
Southampton performed a miracle of winning the newly promoted team, winning the FA Cup and Europa League.
Atletico Madrid also won the championship, and Monaco was promoted to Ligue 1.
These betting slips made gambling companies such as William Hill lose money.
Got to be a mess.
Especially William Hill, they also took in risky transfers from two other bookmakers, and the result was huge losses.
"Yes, Gareth, in order to make up for the huge losses in the first half of the year, we have drawn up a detailed plan.
Please take a look."
With that said, Ralph Topping asked everyone to open the document.
Several pages included focused on the plans he would implement in the second half of the year, as well as his predictions and evaluations of this series of plans.
Gareth Davis and others couldn't help but nod their heads after hearing this.
But just when they were talking about how William Hill could create more profits and revenue in the second half of the year and make up for the losses in the first half of the year, there was a rapid knock on the door in the conference room.
"Who comes in?"
Gareth Davis was a little dissatisfied.
Didn’t you see so many managements having a meeting?
What does it mean to knock on the door at this time and make such a big noise?
The door of the conference room was pushed open, and it was found to be a manager of the betting department.
He was sweating profusely.
It seemed that the matter was urgent.
"What's the matter?"
Ralph Topping asked quickly.
"Something is going wrong, something is going wrong," the man shouted anxiously as soon as he entered the door.
"What's going on?"
Gareth Davis asked dissatisfiedly.
What is this state of panic like?
Fortunately, everyone present was from the company.
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If there were outsiders here, people who didn’t know would have thought that William Hill was going to close down.
Is there such a fuss?
Is it possible that the sky is going to collapse?
As soon as the man saw Gareth Davis and Ralph Toppin, both of them had hesitant expressions.
He quickly shut up.
After taking a few deep breaths, he calmed down and immediately said: "Just now, what happened at Southampton St.
Mary's Stadium?"
The betting site called me and he said" "What are you talking about?"
Ralph Toppling's eyelids twitched, feeling an ominous premonition.
Southampton St.
Mary's Stadium, isn't that Yang Huan's territory?
Is it possible?
"He said that when Yang Huan goes to St.
Mary's Stadium today, he will go to their betting station to place bets."
"What?"
Gareth Davis jumped up.
"He wants to bet again" Ralph Toppin was also shocked, "We didn't underestimate Southampton this year.
Their odds are ranked first in the Premier League.
He still wants to bet out of anger."
Let me ask, throughout the ages, and even in the world of football, which team has become the number one favorite to win the championship in the second season after promotion?
Even if there is, I'm afraid it's very rare.
At least in Europe's top leagues, Southampton's treatment is unique.
We have already done this, but you, Master Huan, still want to get angry with us and do that?
The manager of the betting department smiled bitterly, "The people at the site said that Yang Huan said that this time he was happy and happened to have a little change, so he wanted to invest a million pounds, just for fun, and use it as a good buy."
Everyone present was dumbfounded Damn it, you are too wealthy, right?
In your eyes, one million pounds is just small change, but you still want to play around with it and want to buy a good fortune.
In order to compensate for your big deal last season, we almost didn’t sell ourselves to pick up soap, and now you’re still doing it
If we lose again, wouldn't we have to pay with our lives?
For a moment, there was a lot of discussion on the scene about whether to accept Yang Huan's bet.
"Actually, it doesn't seem that scary."
"Yes, Southampton is paying three for one now.
If he invests one million pounds, the worst we can do is to pay him more than three million.
But I don't believe that with Manchester City so strong this season, Southampton can win again."
"You can't say that.
I'm afraid Yang Huan is addicted to betting.
If there is another big upset, then" "Well, what you said makes sense, but if you don't accept it and spread the word, our company's image will be ruined."
"Well, it's not a promise, it's not a promise, it's not a promise, what should I do?"
After everyone discussed it, they all felt that this matter was very difficult.
"Ralph, what do you think?"
Gareth Davis looked at Ralph Topping and asked.
The latter also had a sad look on his face and was obviously in a dilemma.
"I heard that Southampton's data analysis center can deduce the results of the game and even predict the score with a very high accuracy."
Ralph Topping's meaningless words surprised everyone present.
What does it mean We are talking about betting, why does it involve the analysis center in Southampton?
Wait, the accuracy of the deduction competition results is quite high.
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Gareth Davis was the first to react and looked at Ralph Toppin, "You mean, Yang Huan's bet was not made randomly, but was based on precise calculations and predictions."
Ralph Topping nodded, "It's entirely possible."
When everyone heard what he said, they suddenly felt enlightened.
"No wonder, he has bet a lot with us before.
He won more than he lost."
"Yes, just like last season, we lost RMB 1 million in the League Cup, but the Premier League champions alone earned over RMB 100 million.
We also made quite a lot of money from the FA Cup and Europa League."
"There were reports in the media before that Yang Huan's wife also bets for Southampton in every big game, and every time she bets, Southampton will definitely win.
The media regards her as Southampton's lucky star.
Now it seems , I’m afraid it’s also a conscious hype.”
"Oh my god, if that's the case, then Southampton's data analysis capabilities are too scary.
“Who says it’s not the case?
None of the three major gaming companies in Europe can do this.”
"It's different.
We are proficient in calculations and analysis in the betting field, but they are proficient in the professional field of football."
Everyone was talking to each other, as if Yang Huan would definitely win if he placed a bet.
If Yang Huan were here at this time, he would probably laugh three times.
This young master’s betting is really just for fun, and he also needs to use the data analysis center Isn’t that setting up a cannon to kill flies?
If we really want to do this, I am afraid that the big guys in the data analysis center will leave in anger sooner or later, because this is simply an insult to their research results.
Is it true?
But everyone in the conference room obviously believed his inference.
"Ralph, what do you think?"
Gareth Davies asked again.
Ralph Toppin thought for a while, "I think the best outcome of this matter is that Yang Huan takes the initiative to give up the bet."
After hearing this, everyone nodded frequently and felt that it made sense.
Since Yang Huan gave up on his own initiative, William Hill's face was saved.
It’s not that we are unwilling or afraid to accept your bet, it’s just that it’s none of our business if you don’t bet.
"But how could he take the initiative to give up the bet?"
Gareth Davies asked again.
Ralph Topping thought for a while, "I think we should take the initiative to go to Southampton."
Everyone was suspicious for a while, why?
"I am very interested in seeing Southampton's data analysis center.
I think if we can cooperate with Southampton in this aspect, it will be a great enhancement for us."
There is no doubt about it.
They are engaged in gambling.
If they can really predict the approximate results and scores of the game in advance, wouldn't they have an advantage?
"But why would Southampton want to work with us?"
"Yes, as far as I know, there are currently only two companies that can cooperate with Southampton in this area, Nike and Adidas.
Others include teams such as Atletico Madrid, Monaco and Tottenham Hotspur. , are all just sharing data.”
When Ralph Topping heard this, he also laughed, "We don't need to belittle ourselves."
Everyone looked at his unpredictable appearance and felt a little strange.
"To put it bluntly, we have been in the gaming industry for so many years.
As the world's largest gaming company, the data we have at our disposal is quite astonishing.
A lot of it is quite in-depth.
It’s impossible to get it, it’s confidential data.”
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When everyone heard this, they immediately understood what Ralph Topping meant.
Indeed, after so many years of accumulation, William Hill has mastered a set of core databases.
Usually the odds, scores, etc. are calculated based on the data in the database and combined with the bets of the lottery players.
However, their data and the data held by Southampton belong to different fields, and they can be said to have their own strengths.
If both parties cooperate, then "I heard that Yang Huan attaches great importance to data analysis and application, so he invested heavily in the research and analysis center.
Therefore, I believe he will definitely be interested in cooperating with us."
Ralph Topping's words were immediately recognized by everyone present.
Since we are going to cooperate, what else are we betting on?
Gareth Davis nodded vigorously, "Okay, let's do it, Ralph, I'll leave this matter to you."
On the surface, Ralph Toppin nodded in agreement calmly, but in fact, he was secretly wiping a cold sweat in his heart.
A near miss and another escape: