Five Hundred and Eighty-Five Judgment Day

Judgment Day!

The day before the Premier League's re-emergence of war, The Times headlined the front page of a column by the famous columnist Gilliam Ballage, with the title of a name that caught the attention of readers.

Guillem Balague is from Catalonia, Spain. He has worked in the football industry for more than 20 years. He was a journalist at first, and later wrote columns for many famous European newspapers, including Spain's Aspen. The British Times, etc., are all authoritative media newspapers in various countries.

This has also made Gilliam Balague a hot columnist in the European football media field, and is also second to none in The Times. He has deeply analyzed the 2004 and 2005 seasons when Liverpool won the Champions League, and wrote [The season on the verge of despair], an instant hit and quite influential in the industry.

Gao Shen has read many autobiographies of coaches and players in his previous life. Gilliam Ballague is one of the few writers who left an impression on him. He first wrote and published his autobiography for Guardiola in 2012. Diola: Another Path to Victory], an in-depth analysis of Guardiola's past and present as coaching at Barcelona, ​​caused a sensation in the industry.

In one or three years, he had in-depth contact with Messi's circle of friends, interviewed his coaches, friends and family, as well as every president and coach of Barcelona, ​​as well as the head coach and players of the Argentine national team, and even visited in person. Argentina, went to Messi's hometown to explore his past stories, and finally wrote [Messi Biography].

With two consecutive autobiographies, Gilliam Ballage caused a huge sensation in the industry.

But he not only has contacts in Spain, but also has a lot of contacts in the UK and European football. Ronaldo and his agent Mendes got acquainted with him early, and officially authorized him to write Ronaldo in 2015. Autobiography [C Luo Biography], this masterpiece won the Polish Sports Book Award in 2016.

Although Gilliam Ballage is not as famous today, he is already the chief columnist of The Times. He is also quite famous in English football, and many readers like his column very much.

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"The Premier League is an empirical world."

At the beginning of the column, Gilliam Ballage pointed out the theme and pointed out the current environment of Premier League football.

Empiricism, it's not just a problem with the Premier League, it's a problem with European football as a whole.

The so-called empiricism is actually full of various "superstitions", such as the so-called vision of signing and buying people, such as the treatment of player injuries, and many, many more.

They believe that the more experienced the coach, the better the team.

Such as Ferguson, such as Wenger, such as Moyes.

This situation actually exists in major European leagues. For example, many people are superstitious about the coaches who transform after professional players retire, rather than the coaches who came from the professional school, because the former is more experienced and knows more about professional football.

Gilliam Ballage took a lot of time to introduce the empiricism of the Premier League, and then he said that the appearance of high-level is actually not in line with the taste of the empiricism of the Premier League, because he is not "empirical" at all.

Twenty-nine years old, he has only made his debut for three and a half years, but he has won two Champions League titles, more league titles and cup titles.

No matter from which point of view, Gao Shen does not meet the taste of Premier League empiricists.

But unfortunately, he is now the most successful head coach in European football.

Gilliam Ballagher believes that the current Premier League's attitude towards Gao Shen is completely bipolar, either they admire him to the extreme and think that he represents the development trend of European football; or they hate him and think he has mastered something. methods and opportunities and steal from successful speculators.

"I believe that no matter how long it takes, such debates will continue."

Gilliam Ballage said that this is an argument that will never come to fruition, because no one can fully convince the other.

No matter how successful Gao Shen is, even if he wins all the championships, the fans who don't like him will only become more determined.

So why does Gilliam Ballague say Judgment Day is coming in the Premier League?

Because Manchester City will face Arsenal and Manchester United.

Almost all empiricists admire Manchester United's Ferguson and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, because these two top managers in the world represent one of the most unique coaching cultures in the Premier League.

They've all been very successful, they've coached for many, many years, they're veritable football managers, not just managers, they're a reflection of the success of British football culture.

Ferguson has often said that whether he can win the Premier League will not know until Christmas and the winter break schedule.

Why?

Because this is the most unique fixture in the Premier League and a culture in the UK.

In fact, this is not only in football, rugby, basketball and other fields, but also in the UK.

Around Christmas, when others are on holiday, it is precisely the most intensive and busiest sports games in the UK.

"In their words, it means that the fans have more time to walk into the stadium and enjoy a passionate football match when they have a holiday. This is the value of this sport!"

And those who lack Premier League coaching experience will find it difficult to handle the challenges of the devil's schedule during the Christmas and winter break.

"It's not just a physical challenge for the players, it's a mental challenge!"

Ferguson's remarks are empiricism in themselves, but they are indeed the case.

But now, in the fifth and sixth rounds, the Premier League's most anti-empiricist head coach is about to lead his mercenary army, which has been criticized and spurned by countless people, to challenge their most admired "empiricism" representative.

This will be the first collision between the two sides!

Not only at the cultural level, but also at the specific league level.

"I've met a lot of senior media and football people in England and they all say the Premier League is a stale world and over the years people have grown tired of saying the big four."

"Look at Arsenal, can they see any ambition? Wenger almost didn't tell the world that Arsenal are just rotten, they just want to make money in the Champions League on the basis of the top four, who will take their money? any way?"

"I've heard them say too many times, when the Big 4 is not mentioned, the Premier League will be interesting."

Gilliam Ballague believes that Chelsea once made the Premier League interesting and intense, but the Blues themselves were one of the top teams in the Premier League before being bought.

As for Liverpool, despite the ups and downs, in fact the results are also very stable.

Except Moyes' Everton once broke the barrier of the Big4, but soon encountered a joint suppression. Over the years, no Premier League team has been able to truly shake the Big4's dominance of the Premier League.

In fact, except for the 1994-95 season, when Dalglish led Blackburn to win a championship, all other championships were monopolized by the Big4, especially Ferguson's Manchester United.

Since the restructuring in 1992, Manchester United has won 11 of the 17 league titles, Arsenal have won three and Chelsea have won two.

Even Liverpool, the king of the 1980s, have yet to win the Premier League title.

Gilliam Ballage said in his column that since the beginning of the 21st century, apart from the Big4, only three teams in the Premier League have participated in the Champions League. The traditional giants Newcastle in 2005, and Everton in 2005.

Among them, in 2000 years, the Premier League has only three places in the Champions League, and in 2005, because Liverpool won the Champions League, there are a total of five places in the Champions League, and the magpies Newcastle are now in decline.

That is to say, in the past ten years, the Champions League spots for Premier League teams have been basically monopolized by the Big4, and other teams have not even had a chance to get a share of the pie.

In turn, Big4 has more income because of participating in the Champions League, and their financial resources are strong enough, so they can take and win other teams in the Premier League, resulting in other teams unable to retain people at all.

"The Premier League has suffered from Big4 for a long time!"

Gilliam Ballage believes that the rise of Manchester City will be a major opportunity for the Premier League to break through the barriers of the four giants.

That's why, early in the season, Ferguson and Wenger reacted so much.

Facts have also proved that after four rounds of play in the new season, the performance of Arsenal and Manchester United was directly squeezed out of the top four, and these two teams also felt the crisis.

"I've met a lot of people over the past month, and they all think that the arrival of the high-level, and the rise of Manchester City, will bring the Premier League into a new stage, a new stage full of brutal competition."

"By this time, Arsenal will no longer be able to enter the Champions League lying down, and Manchester United will no longer regard the Premier League as a ban."

"The next fifth and sixth rounds will undoubtedly be a comprehensive collision of old and new forces. It will be the judgment day of the Premier League. It will test whether Manchester City really has the strength to subvert the Premier League. It will also test Arsenal. Nathaniel and Manchester United to see if they qualify to stay in the top four."

Gilliam Ballague said that this will be the most subversive, but also the most anticipated and eye-catching matchup in the Premier League since its inception.

At the end of the column, the Spaniard took a personal stand and firmly stated that he was a supporter of lofty ideals.

Whether it is from personal football aesthetics or from the overall development of the Premier League, he believes that we should break the barriers between the four giants and let more teams participate in the competition for the Premier League championship. Only in this way can the Premier League become more exciting. , more interesting.

"There is no doubt that the next two rounds of the league will also be a key battle for Gao Shen and Manchester City to prove themselves. They must show their strengths when facing Arsenal and strong teams like Manchester United. The best performance, proving your strength, and even defeating your opponent!"

Gilliam Ballage said he has confidence in Gao Shen and Manchester City.

"From the time he coached Real Madrid, I have known that he is by no means an ordinary head coach. He always brings surprises and surprises to people, and he always subverts the outside world's impression of him."

"Real Madrid is like that, it's like that in Serie A, and now in the Premier League, I believe he will be like that."

"It won't be long, in the next week, the power structure of the Premier League will undergo earth-shaking changes!"

"Please wait and see!"

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