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330 Elements of becoming a giant(1/2)

After having a party with the fans for the championship, Betis Club also arranged a celebration banquet at the hotel.

In addition to the club staff, some senior officials from Sevilla also came to support the event and celebrated the first European championship in Sevilla's history.

Sevilla Mayor Muñoz also encouraged Betis to defeat Valencia a week later to win the top league championship for Sevilla City for fifty-six years. (Sevilla won the last league championship in Sevilla City in 1946)

Munos also vaguely revealed that if Betis can win the league championship, it will become the facade of Sevilla City. Then the city hall will also provide the support needed for the development of Betis Club.

Tang Feng can understand Munos' attitude.

As the capital of the Andalusian Autonomous Region and the Province of Seville, Seville is the fourth largest city in Spain.

Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, are both giant teams with La Liga.

Over the years, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, the three cities, have basically monopolized the league championships.

As the fourth largest city, Sevilla, the two teams have performed very poorly over the years. Not only have they not had the chance to compete for the championship, they were even relegated two seasons ago.

This also made Munoz and the senior government officials in Seville City Hall feel dull on their faces.

Officials in Western countries also need to make political achievements, and in Spain, football, which the country and the people attach great importance to, is also the best way for officials to make political achievements.

Seeing that Sevilla finally has another team that can compete for the league championship after so many years, how can Munoz and the Town Hall not support it?

Regarding the mayor's statement, Tang Sen and Tang Feng's uncle and nephew immediately stated that the team would do their best to win Valencia in a week and bring back the long-lost league championship for Sevilla City!

Tang Sen and Tang Feng also saw opportunities from the mayor's attitude, an opportunity to develop Betis into a truly wealthy family!

What requirements do you need to meet to become a giant team?

This question may have many answers.

But the main requirements are just a few.

First of all, the results!

If you want to become a domestic giant, you must at least win several championships in the league, and it is best to have your own dynasty. If you want to become a European giant, you must win in the European Champions League, which symbolizes the highest honor in European football.

Of course, there are also some like Arsenal who have not won the European Champions League, but have become European giants. Such teams often have relatively brilliant history and have formed a sense of giants in the minds of fans through years of precipitation.

Although Betis has a history of 95 years, the team's history is not brilliant. Even in Spain, it has never had its own dynasty, let alone it is well-known in Europe.

Before Tang Feng led Betis Club to win the King's Cup, Super Cup and League Cup, Betis' pitiful popularity in Europe may also be thankful to Lopela's move to acquire Denilson at the time when he spent the first place in the world.

Therefore, if Betis wants to become a giant, he must have a good result. The League Cup championship is far from enough, and the team still needs to win several league championships and at least one Champions League championship!

Secondly, if you want to become a wealthy family, the club's financial situation should be relatively good.

Looking at those European giants, they basically have the ability to spend a lot of money in the transfer market. It just depends on whether they are willing or not.

As a veteran, Tang Feng also knows that in the next few years, there will be many wealthy teams like Chelsea that have been smashed by money.

In this regard, the Betis still lacks something.

To meet the requirements of the wealthy club, Betis Club must at least repay the debt first and then have the ability to rely on the club itself to make profits.

In addition, as a wealthy club, the club's software and hardware must also keep up.

Software refers to the team's players and coaches. The giant teams are often first-class coaches leading first-class players.

This may not be fully met at this point, but with the young magical Tang and a group of talented players, they can meet this requirement without a few years!

However, in terms of hardware, the Betis team still has a lot to improve in all aspects such as the stadium, training base, facilities, and medical facilities.

In terms of the stadium, the more than 52,000 seats at Lopela Stadium basically meet the requirements of a team of a giant team, but the facilities of the stadium are relatively behind. Especially in the stands, Lopela only carried out the modernization reform of the stadium for half of the stadium, but it ended due to a shortage of funds. In this way, the stands of Lopela Stadium are half modernized and half in a backward stage.

The training base of Betis team is also relatively small. With the first team and youth teams at all levels, Betis club only has five football fields in total. The turf and training facilities of the youth team's training ground are also relatively backward.

The last point is the "foundation" that wealthy teams often talk about.

The foundation is actually quite mysterious, but it cannot be ignored.

Of course, as long as the Betis team has excellent results and the hardware and software and finances can keep up, the foundation will not be a problem.

What is foundation?

To put it more literary, it is the unique temperament, appeal and influence accumulated by a club over a long time.

These appeal and influence are not only reflected in the fans, but also in the players.

A team with rich background like Real Madrid is absolutely incomparable to its players.

Whenever some stars join Real Madrid, they always proudly say: "It is my honor to be able to join a great club like Real Madrid!"

However, the background is to put it bluntly the team's history and achievements.

When it comes to history, Betis Club has been established for 95 years, and it is only five years away from being a 100-year club. With the results, Betis won the league championship as early as 1937. Is this history a long enough time?

If Betis has not achieved success in recent years, fans will only be mocked by others to turn the old calendar.

Once Betis has also achieved brilliant results in recent years, then these history can become the glory of the early years, even if it is a kind of foundation!

Take Abu's Chelsea team in the future. When Abu acquired Chelsea Club, his spending a lot of money would only be satirized by other fans as a nouveau riche.

Even though Chelsea itself was a traditional top four in the Premier League at that time, even if they had won the top league championship as early as 1955, other fans still said that they lacked the foundation.

However, with the following seasons, they formed a monopoly in the Premier League and reached the semi-finals and finals in the Champions League year by year until they won the UEFA Champions League championship in 2012. At that time, no one could deny that the Blues were already a European giant!

As far as these are required to be a wealthy family, the results must be achieved by Tang Feng and the team one by one.

As for the historical heritage, it is already there.

However, club finance, hardware measures, etc. are inseparable from government support.

In terms of finance, some of the club's commercial development and some of the policies involved in this need to be supported by local governments. In terms of hardware, the modernization and expansion of the stadium, the expansion of training bases, etc. all require land, and where should the land come from? It also has to be bought from the government!

Therefore, the words "City Hall will give the support needed to develop the Betis Club" by Mayor Munos include too much.

Tang Feng also suddenly felt that the burden on him was a little heavier!

As long as you can lead the team to defeat Valencia and win the league championship this time, then Betis Club will get more support in the city of Sevilla, and have the opportunity to completely put the city's arch rival Sevilla under your feet and lay a solid foundation for becoming a giant team.

...

On the second day of the celebration banquet, Tang Feng gave the players a day off.

However, he and the coaching staff chose to work overtime!

In the team's tactical conference room, coaches, assistant coaches Boas and Jose Noggs, physical coach Andres Ricardo and Guardiola, part-time assistant coach, were all present.

All Boas, Jose Nogues and Guardiola had to do was to give advice for Tang Feng and work together with Tang Feng to find a way to deal with Valencia.

Andres Ricardo's mission is to report the physical condition of the players in the team in a timely manner.

"What Valencia needs to pay attention to most is their defense. They are the team that conceded the least goals in La Liga this season. The central defender combination composed of Ayala and Pellegrino can be said to be the best central defender combination in La Liga. These two Argentines, one is tall, brave, the other has a great sense of position, and are good at making up for defense. They are definitely complementary combinations, and it is difficult to find obvious shortcomings." Jose Nogues analyzed.

"That's right. Valencia only needs a draw to ensure the championship in this game. Benitez's personality will definitely focus on defense. Therefore, we have to find a way to tear open their defense!" Guardiola echoed on the side.

"They are all right, but we can't underestimate the Valencia's offense. The Norwegian center Karu on their forward line is the type we fear the most. Needless to say, Vicente on the left wing, we all know how outstanding his strength is. Their midfielder Aimal also performed well this season and is considered the best organizational midfielder in La Liga. Therefore, we can't relax at all on the defensive end!" Boas is responsible for collecting information, so he knows more comprehensively.

"In terms of physical fitness, Valencia must have an advantage over us. Fortunately, our team did not have any injuries. Considering that there is only the last game left in this season, the players on the team can basically hold on. Therefore, there are a lot of people to choose from in this game." Andres Ricardo also reported on his situation.

After listening to the feedback from several assistants, Tang Feng responded one by one and also made a summary in his mind.

In general, Valencia has a steady defense and excellent counterattack ability, and is a difficult opponent to deal with. Fortunately, there are no injuries on the team, and the players' physical condition can handle this life-and-death battle.

All I have to do is choose the most reasonable tactics to fight Valencia.

"This game...we attack!" Tang Feng first set the tone for this game.

Tang Feng's assistants all know him well, so everyone is mentally prepared for his ideas.

Jose Noggs, the oldest and relatively conservative in the coaching staff, opened his mouth and was about to say something. After hesitating for a while, he closed it again.

He knew very well that once Tang Feng determined his ideas, it would be difficult to change.

Before, there were many times when he had different ideas from Tang Feng. He always thought that Tang Feng's ideas and tactics were a bit too risky, but afterwards, facts often proved that Tang Feng was correct.

Over time, Jose Noggs has become increasingly acknowledged Tang Feng's idea. He also understood that no wonder this young man can become the head coach as soon as he came to the team, and why has he been in the club for so many years still been a coach of Team B or an assistant coach of Team B for many years? Some gaps cannot be made up by age and experience.

Relatively speaking, Boas and Guardiola, who are both young people, agree with Tang Feng's idea.

"Observation may be our only choice. The question is how to attack?" Boas nodded first, and then asked his own question.

Everyone also turned their attention to Tang Feng.

"Barbarian attack!" Tang Feng said with a grin.

"Barish attack?" Guardiola asked in confusion.

Several other coaching staff members were also full of questions.

"Yes, we can attack in the most brutal way!" Tang Feng nodded with a smile.

"Twin Towers?" Boas asked thoughtfully.

"That's right, this may be the best way!" Tang Feng said, spreading his hands.

The other coaching team members were also relieved. It was indeed quite savage to put two big men, Adriano and Drogba, and use the simplest and most brutal crossing tactics to attack Valencia.

"Valencia's defense is excellent, but it's only limited to the domestic league. I looked at their performance in the UEFA Cup this season. They conceded more goals when facing the Danish team Copenhagen and the Soviet Super League team Glasgow Rangers. They conceded two goals in two games, and conceded four goals in two games against the Glasgow Rangers. Interestingly, four of these six goals were headers, and the other was header caused a melee in the penalty area to score."

"It can be seen that Valencia's air defense ability is not outstanding. Pellegrino is tall and heading well. But Ayala is at a disadvantage. Although he uses headers in set pieces from time to time, it is an offensive end. On the defensive end, his heading is relatively disadvantaged. The reason why they defend so firmly in La Liga is because few teams have excellent centers. However, our team has two big men. If we don't make good use of this, wouldn't it be a waste?"

Tang Feng took the information in his hand and analyzed to his assistants.
To be continued...
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