champion professor

Chapter 161 La Masia

Not far from the famous building in Barcelona, ​​Camp Nou, there is a large farm-like courtyard.This is the La Masia Football School on the left side of Aristides Street.

Since the late 80s, Barcelona's current head, Johan Cruyff, has set up a youth academy here.

The name is La Masia.

La Masia also means farm in Spanish, which is precisely because the original use of this piece of land was a farm.Just like the nickname of Fulham in the Premier League is the farmer, both have historical roots.

Here, I have to say, is actually one of the best youth training bases after the Ajax youth training camp.

Although Real Madrid's Castilla youth training base is not bad, and has also trained a series of well-known players such as Marta, Cambiasso, Soldado, Negredo, etc., but the players trained by Real Madrid It seems that their own players will never be able to adapt to the career of the first team.

Because of Spain's unique football policy, basically the vast majority of Spain's outstanding football talents are crowded in these two clubs.However, because of the change of head coaches all the year round, their youth training players may not necessarily be suitable for the first team, and some of them are not accepted.

The failure of the later "Zidane plus Pavin" policy seems to confirm the fact that there are only a few outstanding players like Varane after all.

Of course, there is no need to say much about the achievements of well-known players such as Raul, Guti, and Canizares before. In training camp.

But Barcelona is different. They have adhered to the same training system for a long time, and it will never change because of the arrival and departure of a certain head coach.After forming a unique system, Shao Bo knew which aspect to choose even if he was selecting candidates.

Judging from the present, in the next ten years or so, La Masia will be more efficient in producing famous stars.

Youth training is always the foundation of a team. Whether it is Ajax, which has been in full swing with the Bosman Act, or Dortmund, the Hornet who killed Bayern five times later, they all have a mature and efficient youth training system.

While Shao Bo is now leading the first team, he occasionally intervenes in youth training.This is originally the scope of power of the Premier League head coach, but his energy is limited and he has never had time.

Arsenal want to strive to become a century-old giant based in the world, and a youth training base that can steadily produce excellent players every year is indispensable.

But now, Shao Bo can get some semi-finished products from La Masia first.

Accepting Cruyff's invitation, Shao Bo, who came here, visited the football school like an ordinary tourist.

It's just that other tourists will definitely not have complicated thoughts like him. After receiving the invitation from the master, they still want to poach the wall here.

Of course, the current Shao Bo will naturally not go directly to find those players he has admired for a long time, and directly say to them: "Come on, I don't think you have a future in Barcelona. It's better to come to Arsenal. We can do it this year." How about reaching the Champions League final?"

Here, Shao Bo wants to understand more about how Barcelona's youth training camp works, and what is the difference between it and Arsenal.Stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade.Learning the other team's strengths from other teams can always promote continuous improvement.

No matter how many grievances and grievances there have been, at least, they should not be blinded by confrontation.Shao Bo never made such a low-level mistake.He is no longer an ordinary fan, but a head coach, and his state of mind will naturally not be the same as in the past.

To Shao Bo's surprise, the players in every echelon here don't have a long training time.

According to Barcelona, ​​their young players will not train their physical fitness before the age of 15, and only train with the ball to improve their skills.

Moreover, you will only train for an hour and a half a day at most.The younger the players, the more vacation time they have, which is to allow them to spend more time with their families.

What Shao Bo didn't expect is that all Barcelona players will guarantee at least 35 minutes of playing time every season, and there will never be any player who will be told in the middle of the season that he will leave because he is not suitable for the team.

Not only that, every child living in Barcelona or Catalonia will be picked up by the club rented car when going to and from La Masia.Although it was a huge expense, the club decided it was well worth the money.

And if the children do not live in Catalonia, the club will directly arrange for them to live in the dormitory in La Masia. The club will solve all the board and lodging, and will also invite teachers to come here to teach.

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Here, Shao Bo is looking for good talents and beautiful jade from La Masia, and on the other hand, a large number of scouts are also playing for Arsenal.

After three years of transformation and integration by Shao Bo, Arsenal's scouting system has taken initial shape.Of course, due to the long tradition of English football, many scouts from the older generation who started to select talents for the club have not been dismissed, but they have also been educated in the new concept of talent selection.

Since Shao Bo wants to stay here, like Cruyff did to Barcelona, ​​like Ferguson did to Manchester United, he must have a system that can be passed down.

All scouts select players according to such a system.

However, the current system is not yet mature, Shao Bo is still learning from east to west, and three years is not enough for him to grow into a generation of masters, it can only be regarded as having a preliminary idea.

Dozens of scouts are distributed all over the world. There are a few from each of the major powers such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the West. The South American region has also arranged for experienced seniors.In addition, there is one scout each in Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, and North America.

The Asia-Pacific region, which had the lowest level of football, has not been assigned scouts, but now the link between Arsenal and China is getting closer.They also cooperated with the Chinese Football Association to set up an "Arsenal Football Dream Training Camp".

This training camp specializes in selecting talents from among teenagers aged 9 to 14, and one of the best young players will be sent to the UK every year.Come to the Kearney training base and enjoy the same treatment as Arsenal's youth players.

This project is still under preliminary construction. It is estimated that if you want to see the first Chinese teenager who comes to the Kearney training base, you will have to wait until after the new century.

As for Oceania, which has the weakest football level in the world... Arsenal has no plans to set foot in this part of the region for the time being.

If it weren't for the fact that Shao Bo and Sun Jihai were both at Arsenal, I'm afraid the club would not necessarily choose to set up such a foreign base in the Asia-Pacific region, and would not waste energy here.

However, although these scouts need to regularly report to the club a piece of information on local players, they also have another task, which is not available to scouts belonging to other clubs.

That is - the missing person plan!
Shao Bo naturally has the names of many outstanding world-class players in his mind, and he also has some impressions of their nationalities and the regions where they lived when they were young.Therefore, Arsenal scouts will get the task of finding players in fixed countries or regions according to fixed names from time to time.

Now, they've found a player.That is, Petr Cech, a youth goalkeeper who plays for the Czech Pilsen Victory Team.

Cech, now 17, got the surprise result when he heard someone looking for him during training.

Kenny, the scout who came here to look for Cech, didn't know why. He could only say that Arsenal's head coach Shao Bo discovered Cech's talent through data comparison and watching videos, so he invited him to Arsenal. .

In fact, Scout Kenny's main areas of activity are Ukraine, Russia, and the Czech Republic. After all, these countries have the strongest football strength in the entire Eastern European region.

In the European Cup in 96, the Czech team surprised the whole of Europe. Under the leadership of Nedved, Borg, Poborski, etc., it is normal for Shao Bo to choose players from here.Anyway, didn't you find a substitute goalkeeper from Austria a few years ago?

Although he didn't know why the head coach asked him to come to Cech by name, but he just obeyed the order.If I could understand why Shao Bo's intentions, wouldn't I also be the head coach?

The young Cech was naturally very pleasantly surprised by the invitation from Arsenal. This is an invitation from the new UEFA Champions League runner-up coach!
Although the title of runner-up is uncomfortable, he also knows that he may not have the qualifications to choose a team now.Arsenal can invite him to the Premier League, which is already a pie falling from the sky.

Needless to say, Cech is naturally 1 willing.It is the wish of every young player to be able to develop in the five major leagues, let alone Arsenal, which is now in the limelight.

Naturally, the Pilsen Victory Team is unwilling to let go of this young player who has just joined for a year. Because of his outstanding performance, he is ready to be promoted to the main goalkeeper. Do they need to find a new goalkeeper?
They certainly can't compete with a behemoth like Arsenal, so they can only ask for more money in the transfer fee to make up for the loss.

However, it is impossible for them to ask for too high a price now.The Czech Republic is not England, and there are not so many media that raise prices.In addition, Cech is just a young player who has not yet grown up, and it is enough for Arsenal to pay them a symbolic training fee.

For £60, they will be able to bring Petr Cech back to London.

It's just that he is not eligible to get a labor certificate now. This problem is also very simple. Anyway, the current Arsenal does not need the young Cech to play. Now he should increase his game experience in some small teams, not in The big club is idle on the training ground.

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