I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 109 Elimination! Injury! Real man! Yang Cheng, I'll wait for you at Old Trafford! [Subscribe]

While Bayswater Chinese beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 at home, in the northwest of England, Manchester United narrowly beat Blackburn 1-0 away.

French striker Saha scored the only goal of the game.

In the other two games in London, Chelsea beat Watford 4-0 at home with Drogba's hat trick.

Arsenal beat Liverpool 3-0 at home.

When Ferguson led his team back to Carrington from Blackburn and received the battle report from the south, his first reaction was excitement.

"It's been a long time since I felt this excited!"

The Manchester United godfather is ready to go and can't contain his excitement.

How long has it been?

Anyway, Queiroz has been at Manchester United for so long and I haven't seen it.

Ever since Beckham left for Real Madrid in 03, Manchester United's midfield has had big problems.

Although Veron was introduced at one point, the overall situation was still affected.

Ferguson has always wanted to reform Manchester United's overall technical and tactical aspects, which led to the arrival of Queiroz.

Starting from 03, first there was Arsenal's unbeaten season, followed by the rise of Mourinho's Chelsea, while Manchester United has been troubled by its own problems.

Many people actually don’t know.

Cristiano Ronaldo was signed in 03 and Rooney was signed in 04.

But at the beginning, Ferguson's target did not include Ronaldo.

In the summer of 03, the player Manchester United wanted to sign the most was Ronaldinho.

At that time, the talks with Ronaldinho had almost been completed, and everyone even thought that the Brazilian genius would definitely join Manchester United.

Ferguson himself thinks so.

But in the end, due to some reasons of Ronaldinho's agent brother, the Brazilian went to Barcelona.

Ferguson was so anxious that he signed Ronaldo at a sky-high price.

What about 04?

In addition to Rooney, Manchester United actually wants to sign a very important player.

Robben, winger of PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands.

How important is Robben?

Ferguson talked to Eindhoven and the players almost a year in advance, and they had almost reached an agreement.

Van Nistelrooy's transfer that year gave Manchester United a lot of credibility in Eindhoven, and the Dutchman was also willing to sell Robben to Manchester United. The two sides hit it off immediately.

Just imagine, Robben on the left, Rooney in the middle, and Ronaldo on the right. How terrifying would such an attacking combination be?
But unexpectedly, Chelsea suddenly appeared.

The transfer market itself is a war for talent!

Chelsea has it, Manchester United doesn't.

Manchester United has indeed been very frustrated in the past few years!
And now, Ferguson has begun to find some of the ambition that the Red Devils had when they were the dominant team.

This made him excited all over.

"It seems that our kid is really determined to win the league title!" Ferguson said with a smile.

"It's normal. The team has adjusted to this level and has the strength. It would be unreasonable not to make a push."

"But challenging for the championship also requires confidence!" Ferguson snorted and laughed, "Can he hold on?"

Everton's Moyes has always regarded Ferguson as a mentor. Every time Ferguson returned to Scotland to give a lecture, he would make a special trip back to listen, and he also often exchanged coaching experiences with Ferguson.

His coaching ability is quite good, but he still can't handle the Premier League and the Champions League.

what?
He was in the Premier League, League Cup and UEFA Cup last season?

Is this as difficult as winning the Premier League title or participating in the Champions League?

"Their current lineup is too young," Queiroz nodded.

"Do you know why Wenger has so few championships over the years?" Ferguson asked Queiroz.

Queiroz shook his head.

"Because he is greedy and doesn't know how to choose!"

Ferguson smiled proudly, with a sense of authority.

"There have been many times when Arsenal were still fighting on four fronts in January, but they were most likely to break down when they were fighting on multiple fronts."

"When one of their fronts collapses, it will immediately cause a chain reaction, and other fronts will also collapse quickly."

“It may take only one month, or even two or three weeks, to go from fighting on four fronts to gaining nothing!”

"Wenger is a person who is good in many ways, except for one thing."

"At the critical moment, he wasn't manly enough!"

At the end, Ferguson held his head high, as if to say: I am a real man!

Queiroz remained silent.

He coached Real Madrid himself.

Before coaching, he boasted of his tactical skills and had accumulated enough experience alongside Ferguson.

Real Madrid was the team with the most stars and the strongest strength in the world at that time, so he proved himself through Real Madrid.

As a result, he lost miserably!
Coaching Real Madrid made him understand one thing.

Coaching a team is never an easy task.

Especially the top teams in the top leagues!

People only see the glamour of the successful people, but never see the piles of bones left behind by the failures.

How many people are like Queiroz, who, after failing miserably, never have the courage or the opportunity to try a second time?

He also didn't know why Yang Cheng could do so well at such a young age.

Perhaps, Yang Cheng is really a genius.

But genius also needs to be tempered and tested.

"Carlos, tell our players that from now on, we are going to fight a war!"

When Ferguson said this, he became unusually calm and composed.

"I'm determined to win the league championship this season!"

"No one can grab it!"

Queiroz nodded heavily.

He hasn't seen Ferguson so motivated for many years.

It seems that Ferguson was really irritated by Yang Cheng.

"Whether you are a man or not, it's only when you survive the winter break that it counts!"

……

The period between the 12th and 13th rounds of the Premier League is a national team match day.

So after 12 rounds, many national team players rushed to report to the national team.

After hurriedly playing a national team friendly match in the midweek, I rushed back to the league at the weekend.

This kind of running back and forth has obviously affected teams with many national team players.

Arsenal drew 1-1 with Newcastle at home.

Wenger's team continued its unstable state this season, with great ups and downs in the games.

Sometimes, you defeat your opponent badly in one round, but suffer a crushing defeat in the next.

When Manchester United challenged the second-to-last team Sheffield United away, they conceded a goal first, but Rooney scored twice and successfully reversed the score.

Chelsea played against West Ham United at home, and the game was extremely dangerous. In the end, thanks to Geremi's goal, they defeated the Hammers 1-0 and successfully got 3 points.

Liverpool drew 0-0 with Middlesbrough away from home.

The Chinese team of Bayswater continued their blitzkrieg style of play this season. In the 18th minute of the game, Maicon assisted Arshavin to score against Charlton.

After that, the game remained very stalemate.

It was not until the 72nd minute that Las Diarra assisted Lambert to score another goal.

2-0, Bayswater Chinese defeated Charlton.

After this battle, the Chinese in Bayswater continued to keep pressure on Manchester United.

Both teams have the same points.

At the post-match press conference of this round of games, Ferguson made a bold statement that Manchester United will win the league championship in May next year!

"Our form this season has shown that we have what it takes to win the championship."

"There is no doubt about this."

"If our players can stay healthy, we can do it, I'm sure of it."

"Rival on the road to the championship?"

"I think the most likely competitor is Chelsea. They have a very strong squad and will have a lot of stamina, especially during Christmas, the winter break and February and March, which are very challenging."

"Bayswater Chinese?"

"No, I don't think they have a chance of winning the championship because they are too young."

"When a team has too many young players, it often means their lineup is too thin."

"No, no, no, they are completely different from the Class of 92 when I coached them. My squad back then was not that young."

Then a reporter asked Ferguson a question.

He always has the habit of treating the opposing head coach to a drink after home games.

But it seems that Yang Cheng has never been invited before.

The 21st round of this season happens to be on the Christmas schedule. Will Ferguson invite Yang Cheng for a drink?

Ferguson laughed at this.

"I don't know, maybe."

"But I'm not sure if he'll be in the mood to drink with me then."

When the media conveyed Ferguson's remarks, Yang Cheng had only one response.

"If Ferguson's Manchester United were as good at talking on the field as he is at talking, perhaps we would feel more threatened and challenged!"

Internally, he told the players not to take Ferguson's words seriously.

"He is not looking down on us, but he really regards us as his opponents!"

"He said that on purpose just to irritate us!"

……

In the fifth round of the Champions League group stage in the middle of the week, Bayswater Chinese visited Portugal to challenge Sporting Lisbon.

This is a very interesting matchup.

Sporting Lisbon has no hope anymore, having lost all four games. It is basically impossible for them to qualify from the group.

Bayswater Chinese had 3 wins and 1 draw, and secured the qualification in advance, the difference is between first and second in the group.

In this situation, Yang Cheng played with an all-substitute lineup.

It's just like playing in the League Cup.

This also gave the young players in the team a very valuable experience in the Champions League.

For many of them, this is definitely an opportunity they have only dreamed of before.

Therefore, this group of young players played extra hard and were particularly excited when playing away from home.

Sporting Lisbon itself is also somewhat demoralized.

But this is their home ground after all.

In the end, the young players of Bayswater lost 90-0 away from home after fighting hard for 1 minutes.

While Yang Cheng was comforting the players, he was not disappointed about the loss. Instead, he felt happy.

Sometimes, a loss brings players more benefits than a victory.

Especially when this group of young players have tried their best.

At another stadium, Real Madrid drew 2-2 with Bayern Munich at home.

Ribery made one pass and one shot, and his performance was very eye-catching.

The value of 4000 million pounds has been proven in the Bundesliga and the Champions League this season!
As a result, the suspense of the Champions League group stage battle will be left to the last round.

Bayswater Chinese now has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and has 10 points.

Bayern Munich has 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, and has 8 points.

Real Madrid had 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, earning 7 points.

Therefore, the current situation of the Champions League group stage has become very confusing.

In the last round, Bayern Munich will play Sporting Lisbon at home, and Bayswater Chinese will play Real Madrid at home. Both will be the most watched focus matches in this season's Champions League group stage.

Whoever is eliminated from the group will attract the attention of countless fans.

Less than two days after the fifth round of the group stage, Adam Crozier reported on the ticket sales for the home game against Real Madrid on December 5.

Including season tickets, the number of fans attending that game exceeded 6.

There is still half a month left before the start of the competition.

The day after Yang Cheng returned to London from Lisbon, he received very bad news.

……

Since taking over Bayswater Chinese, everything Yang Cheng has done has been for the development of the club.

As a head coach with decades of coaching experience, he is more familiar with the planning and arrangement of many things than others.

For example, he attached great importance to the medical sector.

Earlier, the Chinese in Bayswater had no money, so the medical department was very rudimentary.

But after Yang Cheng made some money, the first thing he did was to set up a medical department and hire excellent team doctors.

It was at that time that David Favre and Rob Price joined the Bayswater Chinese.

Today, one is the head of the medical department and the other is the chief physiotherapist.

The medical department quickly expanded to dozens of people, taking charge of Bayswater Chinese's first team, youth training camp and satellite training center, and is the largest in the Premier League.

Yang Cheng also insists on investing every year. Whether it is introducing some advanced facilities or high-level professional talents, Yang Cheng is never stingy.

Many people outside say that the Chinese in Bayswater are very shabby and even rent their home stadium.

But only those in the club know that the team's investment in medical care, youth training, coaches, etc. in recent years is far more than other Premier League teams, or even European teams.

Therefore, over the past few years, Bayswater Chinese have always been the team with the least injuries in the Premier League.

Especially after establishing the sports analysis system of Thad Fawcett and Oliver Bartlett, and introducing a series of advanced instruments and equipment from the United States, the players' bodies were tested in a more detailed and in-depth manner. After obtaining more detailed data, basically no players of Bayswater Chinese suffered serious injuries due to fatigue and other human factors.

Even though some uncontrollable injuries occur frequently, they are generally not serious.

As for injuries, it is basically impossible to eliminate them in the world of professional football.

Just like Yaya Toure this time.

Biceps femoris strain on the back of the thigh.

Why did it get hurt?
No body collisions, no excessive fatigue, not even any bumps or collisions.

During a training session, a player was trying to grab the ball when he suddenly stopped, turned around, and then accelerated to sprint. Then he began to feel uncomfortable and could not continue training.

After being sent to the medical department for examination, the preliminary diagnosis was a biceps femoris strain.

Send to hospital immediately for further detailed examination.

"It's confirmed. The biceps femoris on the back of the thigh is strained."

When a major injury like this occurs in the first team, medical director David Favre will of course personally take charge of it.

He went to the hospital, got first-hand detailed information, and then came back to report to Yang Cheng and the coaching staff.

"This muscle is injured quite frequently, quite frequently, and usually during short sprints."

"According to my communication with the doctor in the hospital, the preliminary estimate is 4 to 6 weeks, but for things like muscle strain, we can't give a very specific time. We also need to refer to the player's actual recovery situation."

After finishing the report, David Favre glanced at Yang Cheng and sat back.

Yang Cheng has long been accustomed to all kinds of injuries, and has also long been accustomed to having his plans disrupted by injuries.

Who hasn’t suffered injuries during a long season?
"THAAD." Yang Cheng looked at Thad Fawcett, "What do you think?"

Thad Fawcett stood up and pulled out a PowerPoint presentation.

"The biceps femoris on the back of the thigh is in this area, and as David said, it's often injured. More than half of all muscle strains on the back of the thigh occur in this area."

"When Yaya Toure joined our team, we started with hip strength training when we tailored a physical training plan for him."

"In this way, when he gets the ball with his back to goal and is pressed, he will get more space and it will be more conducive to his movements. We also arrange this for other players who often get the ball with their backs to goal."

No one had any objections to this.

A lot of times, the hand movements and hip movements that don’t seem to be relevant to kicking a ball are very useful on the field.

Yaya Toure, for example, often uses his hips to push against his opponents when he turns to protect the ball.

Don't get it wrong.

It's really just for football needs, and the effect is very good.

Just imagine, with his height of 1 meters, if he bends slightly and has enough strength in his hips, the defensive player will have no chance of snatching the ball from under his feet.

"The coaching staff has always explained that our team attaches great importance to speed and technique, and we also pay special attention to this during training. For example, when we train the players, we try to find ways to prevent the players from affecting their flexibility and agility when they gain muscle."

"There are many things involved here, so I won't go into detail."

"Usually, we train players who need to sprint a lot, like Walcott, Gareth Bale, Ribery, Di Maria, Arshavin, they all need to sprint back and forth a lot."

"In the past, many teams only focused on the concentric contraction of the posterior thigh in the physical training of this type of player. This is to further improve the player's power, which is of course very important."

"But this type of player also really needs more eccentric strength training."

"During a short-distance sprint, the muscles on the back of the thigh require a lot of eccentric force to stabilize the knee and pelvis. This is why players who are good at short-distance sprinting are prone to injuries in the knee position."

"We have strengthened the centrifugal strength training for these players from the very beginning, which is very important protection for them."

"But Yaya Toure is not among them. He is 1 meters tall and is a defensive midfielder. He is training in physical strength and needs to invest in other more important parts of his body. This time he injured the biceps femoris on the back of his thigh, which we really didn't expect."

"Next, we will refer to the training videos, as well as the degree and location of the specific muscle strain, to conduct an in-depth discussion on this issue and find ways to prevent and train."

"At the same time, we will be deeply involved in his recovery training."

Yang Cheng nodded.

The medical department and the sports analysis team can basically only do this much.

The next question is how to resolve the adverse effects of Yaya Toure's injury.

Regarding diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, Yang Cheng put forward his own requirements.

"Last season, Arsenal had a man-made disaster."

"First Ashley Cole broke his leg, then Clichy broke his leg, two left-backs broke their legs at the same time and both were out for a long time, which was a huge blow to Arsenal."

"Especially Ashley Cole, I don't want something similar to happen in our team. I am responsible for my players, they are the most valuable assets of our club!"

"So, I hope everyone will use this as a starting point. As for the competition and so on, we will find a way to overcome it, OK?"

Yang Cheng set the tone for this matter.

Why is Ashley Cole mentioned as a man-made disaster?

Ashley Cole, who was still playing for the Gunners at the time, was injured during the national team training in early October 05. Eriksson issued a press release at the time saying that the scan results showed a bone fracture and he would be out for a month.

Later, Arsenal's team doctor also checked and confirmed that it would be 4 to 6 weeks.

Doesn’t he look very similar to Yaya Toure now?
But then the situation changed again and again.

Ashley Cole did not return to action until mid-January 06.

But this time when he returned, he only played for 56 minutes, helping Arsenal to beat Middlesbrough 7-0.

As a result, this comeback was not a sign of his recovery, but instead further aggravated his injury.

Ashley Cole then fell into a long period of recovery and did not return until April 4.

From early October to mid-January, and from mid-January to the end of April, Arsenal's team doctors perfectly illustrated how an injury that was supposed to last four to six weeks eventually turned into a disaster.

As a result, Klich also had to go through a long recovery period of several months.

Of course, Yang Cheng didn't mean that it was all the team doctor's fault. But he said that it was a man-made disaster.

The purpose is very simple, which is to hope that the medical department and the sports analysis team can look at the players' injuries objectively and carefully. If they need to find an expert, they should go find an expert and not delay the treatment.

Everyone present knew what happened in Arsenal, and naturally understood what Yang Cheng meant by this.

……

Yaya Toure's injury did not attract much attention from the outside world.

This kind of thing is all too common.

In the subsequent 14th round of the Premier League, Yang Cheng deployed another midfield combination.

Modric and Las Diarra remain unchanged, with Gokhan Inler playing as a defensive midfielder.

The first half of the West London derby away to Fulham was not ideal.

The players are familiar with each other, but after replacing a player, many things need to be re-adjusted, which made the team run very unsmoothly in the first half.

The turning point of the second half occurred in the 50th minute.

Fulham manager Chris Coleman made a substitution.

As the attack of the Chinese in Bayswater became more and more fierce, the pressure on the defense line was increasing, so he arranged for former Barcelona center back, Frenchman Christian Val to replace midfielder Diop.

This substitution completely liberated the midfield of the Bayswater Chinese.

Five minutes after the substitution, Arshavin dribbled into the penalty area, caused a foul and got a penalty kick opportunity.

Modric scored the first goal for the team in one fell swoop.

1 is better than 0!

In the 60th minute, Bayswater Chinese's frontcourt attack created a corner kick.

Pepe headed the ball back to the middle and Koscielny scored with a header.

2 is better than 0!

Just 6 minutes later, there was another corner kick, and Pepe headed the ball again, this time from the front point to the back point, and the scorer became Ashley Young.

3 is better than 0!

Just before the end of the game, Gareth Bale, who came on as a substitute, also scored a goal, changing the score to 4-0!

In the end, the Bayswater Chinese finished 4- against Fulham.

In this round, Liverpool beat Manchester City 1-0 at home.

Manchester United was tied 1-1 by Chelsea at home.

Among them, Chelsea's goal was scored by Carvalho from a corner kick.

Combined with the two corner kicks against Fulham, after the game, many media outlets including The Times joked: "Corner kicks put Bayswater Chinese back on top!"

Arsenal lost 1-3 to Bolton away from home.

The Gunners' situation is so confusing.

Everyone knows how Wenger's team will play in the next round.

……

Yaya Toure's injury finally caused problems in the 15th round of the Premier League.

At St. James' Park, when Yang Cheng's team challenged Newcastle away, the team encountered the tenacious sniping of the Magpies.

The offensive tactics at the beginning did not work, and in the 23rd minute, the opponent scored a goal through a counterattack.

Then in the last 10 minutes of the first half, the Bayswater Chinese launched a fierce attack.

Arshavin scored two goals in a row to help the team turn the tide.

But in the second half, the extremely fast Martins scored a goal in the 57th minute and successfully equalized the score.

In the 84th minute, former Inter Milan midfielder Emre's long-range shot left Newcastle with 3 points at home.

This was also Bayswater Chinese's first loss of the season.

The league's unbeaten streak ended at 20 games.

Among them, 14 games were won this season and 6 games last season.

Yang Cheng believes that this defeat will not have much impact on the team.

“This is like an accident to us.”

“No team can stay undefeated forever.”

After Bayswater Chinese lost to Newcastle, Serie A's Inter Milan became the only team in the top five leagues that remained unbeaten so far this season.

After the Calciopoli scandal broke out, Inter Milan is now the only dominant team in the league, and its momentum is difficult to contain. Teams including AC Milan and Roma find it difficult to compete with Inter Milan.

Among them, Ancelotti's AC Milan began to focus on the Champions League.

The Chinese team in Bayswater lost the game, while Manchester United beat Everton 3-0 at home.

Chelsea won 1-0 against Bolton away.

Liverpool was tied 0-0 by Portsmouth at home.

Arsenal lost again, losing 1-2 to Fulham away.

After 15 rounds of games, Bayswater Chinese, who had just become the league leader, were kicked down again.

Manchester United leads with 37 points, followed by Bayswater Chinese with 36 points, and Chelsea has 33 points.

Later on, Arsenal only got 22 points, which was far behind the top three teams.

……

In the middle of the week, in the last round of the Champions League group stage, Bayswater Chinese played against Real Madrid at home.

Since this game was related to the final situation of the Champions League group stage, it attracted a lot of fans.

Even many Spanish fans went to watch the away game.

A total of more than 6 people attended the game.

Everyone wants to catch a glimpse of the Real Madrid stars.

As for the Chinese team in Bayswater, they have already qualified from the group stage, so they don't have much pressure in the competition.

But what about Real Madrid?

They need to beat Bayswater Chinese away to have any chance.

In this situation, Capello could no longer care about so many things and fielded almost the strongest offensive lineup he could.

Superstars such as Van Nistelrooy, Ronaldo, Beckham and Robinho all appeared on the field, as well as well-known players such as Carlos, Cannavaro, Salgado and Emerson.

Instantly, Wembley Stadium became star-studded.

Especially Cannavaro.

In the European Golden Ball Award announced a few days ago, Cannavaro was elected as the winner of the 2006 European Golden Ball Award.

This is another defender who won this award after Sammer in 96.

He is also the first Italian to win the Ballon d'Or since Roberto Baggio in 93.

In fact, many people have begun to assert that Cannavaro will basically win the FIFA World Footballer of the Year award in mid-December.

This undoubtedly makes the game at Wembley Stadium more attractive.

Unlike Real Madrid who were on high alert, Bayswater Chinese also sent out their main players but their overall performance was exceptionally aggressive.

Yang Cheng appeared aggressive from the start, attacking Real Madrid's defense with the team's best blitzkrieg.

In the 13th minute, Modric made a wonderful lob pass to help Dzeko score with a header in the penalty area, beating Cannavaro.

1 is better than 0!

This immediately ignited the atmosphere of the entire stadium.

This was a goal scored over the head of the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year!
It’s of extraordinary significance!
This goal also sounded the clarion call for the two teams to attack each other.

Real Madrid began to press forward and launched an attack desperately.

The Chinese players of Bayswater began to strengthen their midfield defense and launch steady counterattacks.

In the 27th minute, in a quick counterattack after a midfield interception, Arshavin dribbled past Mohammed Diarra's defense and made a straight pass.

After Dzeko stopped the ball and broke into the penalty area, he shot the ball between Cannavaro and Mejia and broke Casillas' goal again.

2 is better than 0!

But before the end of the first half, Ronaldo took the ball outside the penalty area, broke through Pepe and sent the ball into the goal guarded by Neuer.

1 is better than 2!

After the change of sides in the second half, Yang Cheng's team took the lead and wanted to launch a fierce attack. They did pose a threat and almost scored.

But Beckham's long diagonal pass in the 48th minute was accurately sent behind the defense line of the Chinese in Bayswater. Ronaldo started quickly, had a single chance, and scored again.

2 is better than 2!

The game is back to the same starting line again.

But this is far from enough for Real Madrid.

The two sides started a fierce competition, and the game was played very openly and at a fast pace.

Compared to Real Madrid, the Chinese team in Bayswater has already qualified in advance and has no psychological burden.

In the 76th minute, Arshavin received a cross from Ashley Young, broke into the penalty area, and took a low shot, breaking through Real Madrid's goal again and increasing the score again.

3 is better than 2!

But in the 88th minute, Inler fouled Robinho when defending, giving Real Madrid a free kick in the frontcourt.

Beckham calmly took the penalty and sent a crescent-shaped shot that accurately penetrated Neuer's goal.

3 is better than 3!

In the end, the score remained the same until the end of the game.

The Chinese in Bayswater made peace with Real Madrid.

At another stadium, Bayern drew 1-1 with Sporting Lisbon.

As a result, the final ranking of this group is that Bayswater Chinese has 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, and has 11 points, ranking first in the group.

Bayern has 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, earning 9 points and ranking second in the group.

皇马则是以2胜2平2负，拿到了8分，位居小组第3。

Sporting Lisbon has 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses, ranking last in the group.

Bayswater Chinese and Bayern Munich advanced together, while Real Madrid was eliminated as the third in the group and will participate in the UEFA Cup. Sporting Lisbon was eliminated at the bottom.

This result immediately caused shock in the entire European football world!

Although Real Madrid has been weak in the past few years, at least it has been able to break through the group stage every year.

But now?

The chairman was changed, the head coach was changed, and most of the superstars were removed, but the team still couldn't even qualify for the group stage.

This is simply a shame!
Those Real Madrid fans who followed the team to the away game started booing at Wembley Stadium.

That night, when the Real Madrid team returned to Madrid on a special plane, they were blocked by Madrid fans.

Yang Cheng didn't care about Real Madrid at all, but he was paying close attention to the draw for the Champions League round of 16.

According to the rules, the group leader can draw the second-placed team in the group.

But this year's second place in the group is quite impressive.

Teams like Inter Milan, Barcelona, ​​Roma and Bayern Munich are all second in their groups.

Since we are in the same group in the group stage, we won’t be drawn against Bayern, but what about other teams?

……

In the 16th round of the Premier League, Bayswater Chinese beat Bolton 1-0 at home thanks to Lambert's goal.

The goal came in the 73rd minute of the second half.

The whole game was very difficult.

But no matter what, after their 20-game unbeaten streak was ended, they were able to beat Bolton 1-0 at home, which means the team has stepped out of the shadows and avoided a losing streak.

In Yang Cheng's opinion, this is already a very good result.

Manchester United beat Middlesbrough 2-1 away from home.

The Red Devils also did not win this battle easily.

Chelsea beat Newcastle 1-0 at home.

The top three teams basically maintained their original rankings.

……

A week later, the Premier League ushered in the 17th round.

Bayswater Chinese challenge Watford away.

Just four minutes into the game, Bayswater Chinese's blitzkrieg worked again.

Ashley Young scored the first goal for the team with an assist from Arshavin.

Before the end of the first half, Dzeko's goal extended the team's lead.

Just three minutes into the second half, Ashley Young made a cross and Dzeko scored with his left foot in the penalty area.

3 is better than 0!

Bayswater Chinese won 3-3 away against Watford and won points again.

Later on, Manchester United also launched an opening attack at home.

Interestingly, Manchester United's scoring rhythm is a bit similar to that of the Bayswater Chinese.

Rooney opened the scoring for Manchester United in just 6 minutes.

Before the end of the first half, Saha scored a goal for the team.

But the second half was different.

Manchester City's right back Trabelsi scored a goal in the 72nd minute.

C Ronaldo scored the third goal in the 84th minute.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Manchester City 3-1 at home.

The next day, Chelsea drew 1-1 with Arsenal at home.

After this round of games, Manchester United led with 43 points, followed closely by Bayswater Chinese with 42 points.

Chelsea began to gradually widen the gap and only got 37 points.

Arsenal is currently ranked 4th, but has only 26 points.

In other words, the Gunners are 17 points behind Manchester United and 16 points behind Bayswater Chinese.

But after playing against Chelsea, Wenger talked about this season's Premier League title for the first time in the post-match press conference.

The Gunners coach said, "If you ask me, who do I think will win the Premier League this season?"

"Manchester United? Bayswater Chinese? Chelsea?"

"neither!"

"My answer is Arsenal!"

The Gunners performed better than Chelsea for most of the game, but the Blues played very well in the last 20 minutes and successfully equalized the score.

This is also what Wenger is most unwilling to accept.

They could have scored 3 points.

But Mourinho was equally dissatisfied with the result.

The Portuguese madman said that Arsenal did have better ball possession and the Gunners were leading for a long time in the game, which he admitted.

He believes that Arsenal seriously lacks ambition.

Because in the last 20 minutes, especially after Chelsea equalized the score, Arsenal adopted a defensive tactic.

"What I can't understand is that a team that keeps saying they want to win the championship is now 17 points behind the leader, yet they are still confident that they still have a chance to win the championship."

“I really can’t understand this mysterious self-confidence.”

"I don't think a team like this is capable of winning the league title!"

“They lack such ambition!”

Mourinho said very proudly, "We have won a decent place at Stamford Bridge and the respect of the fans."

"We have won the Premier League title for two seasons in a row and will continue to do so this season."

"We are six points behind Manchester United, which is not a problem for us at all."

Finally, Mourinho even did not forget to mock Wenger.

"In the future, if our neighbor in North London uses the team lineup and age as an excuse, I will invite him to visit and learn from the north side of Hyde Park."

"I hate to mention that team but they did a much better job than Arsenal."

"At the very least, they are 16 points ahead of the north London side."

"Oh, by the way, Arsenal lost 4 goals and we are 0-0!"

“Of course, the Chinese from Bayswater can’t possibly win the championship!”

"Because the championship will belong to us Chelsea!"

Wenger was very unhappy with Mourinho's remarks.

Arsenal have indeed encountered many problems this season, both inside and outside the team.

The reason why Wenger shouted that he wanted to win the championship was not because he was blindly arrogant and really thought that Arsenal could turn the situation around.

Instead, he wanted to take this opportunity to boost the team's morale.

Unexpectedly, this attracted ridicule and sarcasm from Mourinho.

Wenger immediately hit back, calling Mourinho a dishonest liar.

"The fact is, we were the team that wanted it the most and we almost did it."

When has Mourinho ever admitted defeat?

Immediately fought back.

When Yang Cheng learned from media reporters that he had been involved in the verbal battle between Mourinho and Wenger for no reason, he said that he was innocent.

The most important thing is that both teams are shouting that they want to win the championship.

You can shout all you want, why do you look down on us?
NND, don’t you even look at the gap in the standings? Do you have any shame?
"I have no interest in getting involved in a meaningless verbal spat between two noisy neighbours."

"I don't think Chelsea and Arsenal have a chance of winning the title either."

"This season's Premier League title will only belong to us Bayswater Chinese!"

"Chelsea? Arsenal? Wait until they beat us!"

It was only at this moment that everyone realized that Chelsea and Arsenal had not won a single game against the Chinese in Bayswater.

Yang Cheng also joined in, and the verbal battle escalated immediately and became more interesting.

Especially when Ferguson later commented on who would win the championship this season, he once again expressed his pessimism about the Bayswater Chinese.

why?

In addition to the young team and thin lineup, the schedule is also a major factor.

"We all know how important the Christmas schedule is. It may even determine the championship of the entire season."

“There are three games scheduled for Christmas this year, on the 3th, 26th and 30st.”

“这3轮联赛，我们是2主1客，切尔西也是2主1客，贝斯沃特中国人和阿森纳都是1主2客。”

"But Arsenal's two away games were all against newly promoted teams."

"Two of Chelsea's three opponents are not very strong."

"The Bayswater Chinese will face a huge challenge as they have to play two away games in a row, against Chelsea and Manchester United respectively."

Ferguson then couldn't stop smiling. He said that he had prepared a box of good wine and was waiting to entertain Yang Cheng at Old Trafford. He hoped that Yang Cheng would still be in the mood to have a couple of drinks with him then.

"Although it may be a little irresponsible to say this, I really think that the winner of this season's championship will be decided in January."

What this means is that Manchester United has an absolute advantage.

Bayswater Chinese will be left behind by Manchester United in the Christmas schedule at the end of December.

By that time, who can stop Manchester United from winning the championship?

(End of this chapter)