I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 110 The future English genius! Beat Chelsea and win the West London derby! [Subscribe]

It's almost Christmas.

The war of words was going on here, but the performance on the court was completely different.

In the 18th round of the Premier League, Bayswater Chinese reversed Blackburn 2-1 at home.

The team failed to make any breakthrough in the first half and conceded a goal in the 41st minute.

But in the second half, the team scored two goals in a row to reverse the situation with goals from Ashley Young and Lambert.

At home, Bayswater Chinese have not lost a game in more than three years.

Arsenal conceded two goals at home but then scored two goals in the second half and finally drew 2-2 with Portsmouth.

Chelsea equalized the score twice after falling behind twice.

Terry's absence due to a back injury has a great impact on Chelsea.

Finally, in the 87th minute, thanks to Drogba's winning goal, they defeated Everton 3-2 away.

Manchester United challenged West Ham United away, and it was not until the 75th minute that Carrick scored a goal and defeated the East London team 1-0.

After this round, the Gunners' ranking dropped one place to 5th.

Liverpool came from behind and overtook the Gunners to rank fourth.

The top three remain basically unchanged, Manchester United, Bayswater Chinese and Chelsea.

As the Premier League experts of The Times said in their column.

As Christmas approaches, after a long schedule, each team has injuries and the players are very tired. At this time, the head coach needs to use some means to motivate the players.

A war of words is more like a simple, practical, and most economical approach that does not require too many resources.

……

Round 19 of the Premier League.

This is the last game before Christmas.

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3-0 away from home thanks to two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo.

Chelsea led by two goals but were chased by Wigan Athletic twice. Chelsea finally won 2-3 thanks to Robben's last-minute winner in stoppage time.

Liverpool beat Watford 2-0 at home.

Arsenal even beat Blackburn 6-2 at home.

Wenger was proud again.

But the Gunners' biggest problem has never been one game, but stability.

The Chinese at Bayswater beat Everton 2-0 with Ashley Young's pass and shot, and Dzeko's goal.

Both goals came at the beginning of each half.

4 minutes in the first half and 2 minutes in the second half.

Blitzkrieg has gradually become the most powerful offensive weapon of the Chinese in Bayswater.

Arshavin, whose position is unstable, Yang Zuoshi, who is performing better and better, and Dzeko, whose goal efficiency is constantly improving, all give Premier League defenders a lot of headaches.

Among them, Ashley Young has scored in three consecutive Premier League rounds.

……

After the 19th round of the Premier League, time begins to enter the rhythm of Christmas.

After Adam Crozier took over the team, the club's Christmas has become busier and busier, with more and more community and charity events being organized.

Among them, most of them do not require players to come forward.

But players must appear in some community orphanages, children's hospitals, nursing homes, etc. every year.

By the way, as the former chairman of the English Football Association, Adam Crozier is very familiar with the many issues that football involves in the community.

He even set up a community fan service department that specializes in community operations.

Every major holiday like this, everyone in the department is extremely busy, delivering gifts to the elderly and widows in the community, to the children in the orphanage, and organizing the first-team players to go deep into the community...

Due to the weak foundation, the Chinese in Bayswater now focus on operating around the Brent Reservoir in addition to the areas around Bayswater and Notting Hill.

Especially after renting Wembley Stadium as its home ground, the residents around Wembley Stadium became the focus of development.

This is also one of the most densely populated areas in London.

But what is most unexpected to everyone is that Adele and her song "Draem It Possible" are becoming increasingly popular, and are becoming more and more intense, and by the way, they have also made the football culture promotional video of the Bayswater Chinese popular.

Before Christmas, the club's top management held a routine high-level meeting.

Adam Crozier was at the meeting, telling everyone a piece of good news with surprise.

"We have just commissioned a third-party organization to conduct a survey, and the results show that this team song and football culture promotional video have had a very positive impact on the brand image and commercial value of our entire team."

"The academy said before that many young kids were influenced by the promotional video and transferred to our academy and satellite training center."

"This proves that we still have huge potential that has not been tapped!"

All the senior executives present applauded and looked at Yang Cheng with admiration.

It made him feel a little embarrassed.

From the team song to the football culture promotional video, all were produced and planned by Yang Cheng.

Even the final product was decided by Yang Cheng himself.

Yang Cheng should be credited with the primary contribution to achieving the current results.

The best advertising is never about selling products, but about selling values.

This football culture short film by Bayswater Chinese is to promote the club's football values.

Whether it is Ribery, Modric, or Harry Kane, everyone can find their own shadow in these three people and then develop a sense of identity.

The most amazing thing is that, combined with Adele's voice that can penetrate the deepest part of the soul and the movie-level narrative shots, it is easy for everyone to resonate on a soul level.

Just like a popular comment on YouTuBie.

"You may not like this team, but at least you won't hate it!"

This is really important for the image of a club!
Moreover, in the future, as players such as Ribery, Modric, Harry Kane become famous, and as Adele becomes famous, the value of this song and this promotional video will become higher and higher, and their influence will become greater and greater.

Not long ago, Yang Cheng received a report from the youth training academy.

There are indeed some young players who originally played for Arsenal and Chelsea's youth training camps, but after watching the promotional video, they switched to Bayswater Chinese.

Yang Cheng didn’t know how many future famous players were among them.

But the youth training players carefully selected by Arsenal and Chelsea shouldn’t be bad, right?
Yang Cheng even went into the system and checked the list of these young players.

As it turned out, there was indeed a familiar name in it, Reece James.

Another future England talent!
He just turned 7 years old. His father is a football coach and is of Grenadian descent, and his mother is English.

Many people may not have heard of the country of Grenada.

It is an island country of the Commonwealth, located in the Caribbean Sea, on an island northeast of Venezuela, with a population of only about 10.

Because of his father, Reece James started practicing football at a very young age.

The family lives in Redbridge, northeast of London.

To put it simply, it's quite close to Harry Kane's home.

In addition, he is not playing as a right back now, but as a forward, and his idol is Drogba.

Yes, a guy whose idol is Drogba, switched to the Bayswater Chinese youth training camp.

The reason is that after watching the team's promotional video, he liked the club's football culture very much.

Of course, the more important reason is that Chelsea, where he plays, does not have a complete youth training system.

Bayswater Chinese's satellite training center in northeast London is very close to their home.

Reece James was signed by Chelsea's youth training at the age of 6, which shows his strength and potential.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, if this kid had not wanted to participate in the World Cup, he would have refused to undergo hamstring surgery, which led to him getting injured again and again and gradually becoming glass-like. His future would have been limitless.

Therefore, Yang Cheng instructed the youth training academy to pay close attention to this kid.

The reason is also very good.

They surrendered from our mortal enemy with sincerity, so we must treat them well.

It costs a fortune to buy bones, do you understand?
As the team song and promotional videos became popular, Adele's value also soared.

Not only do record companies value her, but the market is also increasingly recognizing this soul singer, and her popularity is growing.

Even though her album hasn't been released yet, she has already attracted a lot of attention just for one song.

Adele now also recognizes Bayswater Chinese very much. Not only does she declare herself to be a die-hard fan of Bayswater Chinese, but she also comes to sing at every home game and appears frequently in newspapers.

This can be considered a mutual achievement for both parties.

……

"It's hard to say what our revenue will be this year, but our target is £1 million."

As the club's chief financial officer, Xia Qing also reported on the club's income and expenditure for the past half season.

"Our income is mainly divided into three major parts."

"In terms of matchday revenue, our target is to reach £3 million."

"We calculate this match-day income based on 23 games, including the Premier League, Champions League group stage and a Champions League round of 16 knockout match."

Based on the team's current attendance, the average can be controlled at around 4, but the average ticket price is not as high as at Loftus Road, at about only 35 pounds.

The sales are mainly not very good in the areas on both sides of the stands where ticket prices are relatively high.

If you watch the live broadcast of Bayswater Chinese home games, it is easy to find that the attendance rate of the stands behind the goal is obviously higher than the attendance rate of the stands on both sides, and much higher.

In other words, at this stage, the reason why Bayswater Chinese can attract so many fans is mainly because they are price-sensitive, have unclear stances, but like to watch the Premier League.

There are mid- to high-end fans, but not many.

There may even be some mid- to high-end fans who also tend to buy stands at both ends.

The atmosphere is great and the ticket price is cheap, so why not?
This is a long-term operational problem!

"Commercial revenue, we are currently around £3000 million a season."

"Broadcasting rights and prize money, including the Premier League and the Champions League, we expect revenue to exceed £3500 million."

When teams calculate their Champions League revenue, they generally add together broadcasting rights, commercial sponsorship, match prize money and match day income.

What Xia Qing is reporting now is to separate these.

The Premier League's share of broadcasting fees is approximately 2700 million pounds.

The share of the Champions League broadcasting rights and prize money would be more than 800 million pounds, or 1200 million euros.

This is actually not much different.

In the Champions League prize pool, the Premier League does have the largest amount, but there are also four teams sharing it.

And they all made it to the knockout rounds.

"We are still very confident that we can achieve this revenue target!" Adam Crozier promised confidently.

Last season's revenue was over £5000 million, but this year it has doubled.

This growth rate is indeed amazing.

But not surprising either.

Commercial revenues soared by £3000 million.

Also, participating in the Champions League brings in a lot of income.

All these added together could indeed amount to over 100 million pounds.

But I'm afraid it won't be so fast next time.

Unless Yang Cheng can lead the team to perform well on the court, further expand the market, and increase match day revenue and commercial revenue.

Yang Cheng was carefully looking at the club's financial statements.

The current income structure is still quite good, and the three major parts are very balanced.

Starting from next season, the Premier League broadcasting fees will increase, and the money shared by the clubs will also increase accordingly.

It's still worth seeing.

With the significant increase in revenue, the club's expenditure has also increased significantly.

Xia Qing said that the finance department always controls the club's salary structure within the 50% red line.

What about the remaining 50%?
The club still has a lot of work to do.

Including satellite training centers, the initial investment in the new stadium, the construction of the Brent training base, and even various investments and facilities.

Everything requires money.

Now that the stalls have been set up, there are naturally more places to spend money.

Not to mention anything else, Xia Qing still has a headache just because the salary is controlled at 50%.

Because if the results this season are good, the bonus payout will also be huge.

And this Christmas, there are various investments, including giving gifts to the community, nursing homes, and orphanages, participating in some charity events, etc., all of which cost money.

When Yang Cheng leads the team to play away games, the hotel’s requirements are very high.

This requires money, right?
The club's bus has to go to the away game in advance. Drinking water, food and other things are all carried on the bus. These cost money, right?

Should there be more bus drivers?
Xia Qing mentioned to Yang Cheng and Adam Crozier that in terms of logistics support and facilities, as well as the first-team coaching staff, Bayswater Chinese's expenses would be much higher than other clubs.

The salary is indeed lower, but this part is higher. Overall, there is really not much difference between this team and the upper-middle teams in the Premier League.

At best, we can only say that Yang Cheng used the best steel on the blade.

Yang Cheng was also quite generous in rewarding the club's top management.

Adam Crozier was directly rewarded with £100 million.

Omar Berrada was also rewarded with £70.

Other department heads, key employees and so on are basically all included.

Even for the groundskeepers at Wembley Stadium, who were hired by the English Football Association, Yang Cheng specially gave 15 red envelopes to that group of 15 people, and the chief groundskeeper, Carl Standley, received a very thick red envelope.

……

"I don't understand. He's not an employee of our club. Why did you give him such a big red envelope?"

After the meeting, the two made an appointment to go out for dinner together.

Xia Qing treated us to beef hotpot.

Because Yang Cheng also gave her a big red envelope, she had to show some appreciation.

But she still had some objections to some of Yang Cheng's extravagant practices.

"You are increasingly thinking of yourself as a housekeeper." Yang Cheng joked with a smile while sipping beef in his hand.

When the beef was almost cooked, he handed it to Xia Qing.

"That's enough for me. Your bowl is still empty. Eat more."

Yang Cheng put all of it into Xia Qing's bowl before starting to eat one portion for himself.

"Do you know how important the turf is to a football game?"

"do not know."

Yang Cheng expected this and smiled, "Then did you know that the UK's golf course management, especially sports turf research and care technology, is the best in the world?"

Xia Qing raised her head and looked at Yang Cheng with some surprise.

"Yes, Karl Standley at Wembley is the best groundsman in Britain, and the best groundsman in the world."

"No, he's not even 30 years old, right?"

"Normal. In this regard, the UK has a complete training system. They even have a special research center in West Yorkshire. Warwickshire has the world's best lawn mower blade sharpening system, and Staffordshire and Derbyshire specialize in high-end lawn mowing and maintenance equipment."

"The entire set of stadium equipment in the UK has formed a closed industrial chain and is used all over the world. It's just inconspicuous, with an output value of only a few hundred million pounds a year."

Hundreds of millions of pounds? Only?
Xia Qing was a little surprised when she heard this.

"No wonder people say that the English Premier League turf looks the best. Many people also say it is a broadcasting technology issue."

"How is that possible? They have gone through many years of research and development and iteration to get to where they are today."

Who would pay attention to such an unpopular industry?

But the UK is number one!

Incidentally, the UK is also the world's number one groundskeeper, supplying talent to the world.

"Now, if we deal more with Karl Standley, he will help us take care of the stadium. Anyway, it is the FA's money and it is within his authority, so of course he is happy to do it."

"Otherwise, do you think the grass on the field can be maintained so well for every home game? And trimmed just right?"

Both the English Football Association and UEFA have guidelines for grass height, and it is recommended to be controlled between 24 mm and 28 mm, so it needs to be maintained almost every day.

It will even be so detailed as to determine the direction and angle from which to cut.

This involves many factors such as the lighting, wind direction, and water vapor on the golf course.

In Yang Cheng’s previous life, Guardiola was in Barcelona, ​​and his requirement for the turf was 19 mm.

The reason is that this can reduce the resistance of the grass to the football, which is beneficial to his team's passing and controlling style of play.

Then Mourinho deliberately let the grass grow longer and even poured sand into the grass.

Don't think it's outrageous. There was already sand in the grass, but Mourinho asked the stadium manager to add a little more.

Carl Standley once complained to Yang Cheng that Wembley Stadium was like a shoe box.

From the perspective of turf maintenance, many unreasonable aspects were left in the design.

For example, the surrounding stands are up to 50 meters high. Given the geographical location of the UK, from September to March of each year, which is the league period, the stands will cast shadows on the grass according to the angle of the sun.

During these months, the grass at Wembley Stadium becomes "lazy" and even wilts and dies.

In order to improve this problem, he had to do research, use some tools, and some special materials, even including transporting sand from Surrey to transform the root zone under the turf of Wembley Stadium.

Does it feel a bit metaphysical?

No, Carl Standley's scientific basis is that London's natural soil is clay, which has poor water permeability, so sand needs to be added to improve drainage efficiency.

See, this is science.

Yang Cheng also discussed a very academic question with him: Is it possible to cut the entire piece of turf into three large pieces, support it with a huge steel box underneath, with the soil root zone and turf in the steel box, and then use machinery to flip it underground?

As needed, a series of maintenance work such as artificial lighting and watering is carried out underground?

Carl Standley was overwhelmed by what he heard.

Because no one has done this before so far.

The Schalke Stadium in Germany also has movable turf, but they lay tracks directly from inside the stadium and pull the entire turf outside to expose it to the sun.

Yang Cheng’s current idea is to maintain it directly underground.

This is a huge challenge.

But Carl Standley was also very interested and said he would study it with his peers.

As he said before, what looks like ordinary grass is actually a huge combination of chemicals.

Since it is a combination of chemical substances, there must be a way.

Yang Cheng is also preparing for the new stadium in the future.

……

"You are quite shrewd."

After listening to Yang Cheng's statements, Xia Qing was also amused.

She was actually afraid that Yang Cheng would be too generous and suffer losses.

Now that she saw how calculating Yang Cheng was, she felt relieved, but she didn't forget to make fun of him.

"Sister, let me tell you, this is not called shrewd calculation, this is called rational analysis."

"Yes, you are too rational and a straight man. No wonder you are still single."

"What does this have to do with being single?"

"How could there be no? Emotions are always irrational."

Yang Cheng looked at her, his face showing that he was all ears.

"Have you read those novels about overbearing CEOs?"

"No."

"The hero in the film is smart and capable outside, and decisive in killing, but when he is in front of the heroine, he immediately becomes like a docile little lamb, completely losing his rationality and falling in love without regard for the consequences."

Seeing that she was quite excited, Yang Cheng immediately laughed, "Sister, do you think this is possible?"

"I've already said it's a novel, so of course it's impossible, but this is what women want. No matter how powerful a man is outside, when he's at home, he still has to love me madly."

Yang Cheng nodded and laughed, "Then have you found a man who loves you to the point of madness and is also decisive in society?"

Xia Qing couldn't help laughing, "I'm talking about most women, not including me."

"Then what kind of man do you want to find?" Yang Cheng asked casually.

But as soon as he asked, he felt it was inappropriate.

This topic is too sensitive.

Looking at Xia Qing again, she seemed a little shy, but not annoyed, so he felt relieved.

"do not know."

"You've never had a boyfriend?" "No."

"But in our university, I heard that many male classmates are pursuing you and writing love letters to you."

"Come on, I don't believe in campus romance, okay?"

"And in England?"

"I'm here to study abroad, I'm paying to learn things, if I don't seize the time to learn more, why would I spend money on dating?"

Yang Cheng couldn't help laughing again, "No wonder you've been single since birth."

"Get lost!" Xia Qing didn't like what he said. "You sound like you have a lot of experience in love."

"To be honest, I don't have any experience either."

Xia Qing was obviously stunned, and looked at Yang Cheng in disbelief, "You? No experience?"

Yang Cheng nodded sincerely and with 100% certainty.

He has never been in love in his life.

Past life?

He has played with many women, including many models and female stars, but he has basically never had a romantic relationship. He would stay with them if they were compatible, and break up if they were not.

In his previous life, he was also a bachelor from birth.

"You make a very reasonable point." Xia Qing's mood suddenly became particularly good.

"Does whether you are in a relationship or not have anything to do with whether I know how to analyze your love life?"

"Okay, then you analyze me."

Yang Cheng was now excited. He put down his chopsticks and looked at Xia Qing opposite him seriously.

"Sister, look, you are so beautiful, but you still don't have a boyfriend at this age...

"Cough cough!" Xia Qing coughed twice, raised her head with ill intent, looked at Yang Cheng, with murderous eyes.

My dear brother, you can eat whatever beef you want, but don’t say anything nonsense.

What does it mean to be my age?

Please explain it to me!

Which age?

"I was wrong!" Yang Cheng laughed and quickly raised his hands in surrender.

In order to show his sincerity, he quickly gave Xia Qing another spoonful of soup.

"Generally speaking, beautiful and outstanding girls like you who haven't found a boyfriend yet can be divided into two types."

"One is innocent, still holding beautiful fantasies about love, and still waiting for the appearance of the prince charming in their mind."

“The second is being awake in the world.”

"Unfortunately, sis, you have both."

Xia Qing was slightly stunned and looked at Yang Cheng in surprise, knowing at a glance that what he had said had hit the nail on the head.

After a long time, Xia Qing finally recovered. She bit her lower lip, picked up a piece of beef from the bowl, and asked casually, "Have you said this to many girls?"

"No, I swear to God, you're the only one I've ever talked to about this topic with."

Xia Qing accidentally bit her lower lip a little too hard and almost broke it.

She woke up as she felt the pain.

"You're sensible. I didn't treat you to a meal in vain."

……

Sometimes Yang Cheng also feels that those playboys are never handsome guys with good looks.

What do women like about them?

Later, he figured it out.

Emotional value.

So, Xia Qing was right, most women are emotional.

There are still too few sober and rational women in the world.

This also explains why a handsome guy like Yang Cheng, who has high looks, high education and high assets, can't even get a girlfriend.

It was as if he had sent Xia Qing back to her rented house near Notting Hill and subconsciously declined Xia Qing's invitation to go upstairs and sit with her.

Because his mind was full of thoughts about the match against Chelsea on the 26th.

He needed to get back and do some homework.

By the time he reacted, the person had already walked back to the entrance of Queensway subway station.

He recalled Xia Qing's furious and extremely speechless look just now, and immediately realized that he had done another stupid thing like a straight man, and he wanted to slap himself in the face.

You deserve to be single since birth!

But he didn't have the face to turn back!

He is indeed worried about the game against Chelsea!

Bayswater Chinese now has Yaya Toure injured, while Chelsea has Terry injured.

That was before the 18th round match against Everton. Terry had a back injury and needed surgery. He was expected to rest for about 6 weeks.

In the next two games, the win was 3-2 against Everton and 3-2 against Wigan Athletic.

In these two games, Boulahrouz was arranged to replace Terry and partner with Carvalho.

Judging from the actual results, the gap between Boulahrouz and Terry is quite big.

What about the game on the 26th?
Would Mourinho dare to play like this against the Chinese in Bayswater?

In addition, Makelele is about to turn 34 years old. He played in the 23th round on the 19rd. Will he still play on the 26th?
This is another question.

Recently, Mourinho changed the tactics back to the 433 formation, and Shevchenko was pulled to the side.

My goodness, this pull to the side brings even bigger problems.

Chelsea's wing attack has not been very good this season.

Ashley Cole on the left has been slow to return to his peak form this season after suffering a fracture last season and being out for a long time.

Ferreira on the right side is not the type who is good at attacking.

Robben in the frontcourt was often injured. After Duff was sold, Wright-Phillips on the right was not particularly trusted by Mourinho, and Shevchenko played on the wing and did not have any impact.

In this situation, Chelsea's entire offense had very serious problems.

It can even be said that the team was supported by Drogba.

Theoretically, whoever can strangle Drogba can defeat Chelsea.

Of course, everyone wanted to do this, but no one could trap the beast.

All in all, it’s still a headache to figure out how to beat Chelsea.

Since traveling here, Yang Cheng has basically lived in Bayswater Stadium.

At first he lived in that small office, and later we separated out a space and gave him a room with simple decoration.

The administrative offices are also divided in this way.

Yang Cheng had just returned to the room and was about to turn on the computer to watch the videos of Chelsea's past few games when his phone rang.

Xia Qing.

"Senior."

"Are you there yet?"

As soon as the call was connected, the two spoke in unison.

"Just arrived."

Yang Cheng felt warm in his heart, and suddenly remembered Xia Qing's expression downstairs in the rented house just now, and his heart moved.

"Senior, actually..."

When the words came to his lips, he was a little hesitant to speak.

It’s all that damn Jay Chou’s fault, what a crappy song he sang!
"What's the matter? Tell me." There seemed to be a hint of anticipation in Xia Qing's tone.

"That's right... I forgot to ask you just now. You know, the domineering CEO always drives to the downstairs of the girls' dormitory with a trunk full of flowers. Isn't that really romantic?"

Xia Qing laughed at the other end of the phone and said angrily, "That's all?"

"Yeah, I just didn't understand."

"It's okay. At least you won't resist."

"What if we make a bigger scene?"

"A little bigger?" Xia Qing was a little surprised. "How big?"

"It's very, very big."

"Then I don't know."

But soon, she changed the subject, "However, I think that if that girl really likes that domineering president, she will like it no matter what he does."

"But we can't just do nothing." Xia Qing finally squeezed out this sentence.

"why?"

"This kind of thing...it's not good to let a girl speak first, right?"

Yang Cheng wanted to say: Hey, senior, you are being sexist. Why do boys have to speak first?
There is no such provision in the law, right?
But fortunately, he held back.

This kind of suicidal behavior should never be done under any circumstances.

"That's right, that's right." The desire to survive made Yang Cheng choose to support it.

"Are you worried about the game on the 26th?"

"Yeah, I told you, I want to win the championship this season!"

Xia Qing on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and said softly, "I believe it, come on!"

After hanging up the phone, Yang Cheng stretched out his left hand and touched his chest.

Ruined!
This damn hormone makes me a little moved!
The most important thing is Xia Qing.

Her every smile was so attractive to him.

Even though he was used to seeing beautiful women in his previous life, after spending a long time with them, he really couldn't stand it.

Under the stimulation of male hormones, Yang Cheng was even thinking about a ridiculous question very mindlessly.

According to the romantic novels about domineering CEOs that I read in my previous life, with Xia Qing's background, if I pushed her down, would her father and brother send someone to kill me?
Assassin, agent, or something?

Or get yourself into trouble?
The most important thing is that there is no love rival or villain. Can you tolerate this?
Doesn't every plot in a novel always have a villain who stands out, and then the domineering president takes the opportunity to step on him a few times and finally gets the girl?
Why is there nothing here?

Which bastard author wrote this? Stand up, or I’ll beat you to death!

……

Because the only difference between the 19th and 20th rounds is the 24th and 25th.

So, strictly speaking, the club only has Christmas Day off.

This year, the team still invited the families of all first-team players to the scene.

Not only that, the team also bought tickets for them to watch the game at Stamford Bridge on the 26th.

The club will also provide bus pick-up.

On the morning of the 26th, the day after Yang Cheng and Xia Qing had dinner, the players returned to the team to report.

Since the game was held at noon, after everyone returned to the team, they all conducted a very simple, very low-intensity recovery training at the Bayswater Stadium, mainly to adjust the players' physical condition and stimulate their muscles.

Fortunately, there was no snow in London on Christmas this year.

If we really have to leave, given the training conditions at Bayswater Stadium, we will have no choice but to stop training.

Because of Christmas, scouts are unable to fully grasp Chelsea’s true situation now, and no one knows what Mourinho’s specific arrangements are.

What about Yang Cheng himself?
He decided to attack anyway.

Yaya Toure has not yet fully recovered and is unable to play.

Yang Cheng plans to let Gokhan Inler continue to replace him, with Las Diarra and Modric partnering with him.

This should be the best solution for Bayswater's Chinese midfield at the moment.

Matuidi performed well and was able to play, but he is not very suitable to play as a single defensive midfielder.

Matic's words are too risky.

If a player who is too young plays in such a strong dialogue and performs well, everyone will be happy, but if he performs poorly, it is likely to undermine the player's confidence.

This is very risky.

Moreover, there are three games on Christmas Day, and London is a must.

The most difficult thing is that the last game is at home, while the games against Chelsea and Manchester United are both away.

This is actually equivalent to a disguised threat to Yang Cheng, forcing him to try his best to win all three games.

When he thought of this, Yang Cheng felt a headache.

There is no other way, we can only fight one game at a time.

……

On the morning of the 26th, the British Observer published an exclusive interview with Chelsea owner Abramovich.

There were previous reports that Abramovich had sold his Siberian oil company in Russia and resigned from all his positions.

At the same time, in order to cater to the Russian leader, he chose to hold a controlling stake in G Steel Company, support the Russian national team, and so on.

This time, Abramovich came out for an interview to actually explain Chelsea's investment and strategy for the next few years.

The Russian made it clear that his determination to run Chelsea will not change.

And he will be more determined to devote himself to various charitable activities.

In fact, most of them are official statements. What Yang Cheng was most interested in was that Abramovich talked about Mourinho and Chelsea's transfer, and responded to the controversy that has been raised by the outside media and fans.

Was it he who insisted on signing Shevchenko?

Abramovich said, "I have a close relationship with Mourinho, but we are not friends."

"I never interfere with the dressing room's starting lineup, but I can't say that I wasn't involved in the decision to sell players."

"Of course, if my head coach doesn't want to buy a player, I will never force him to do so."

In fact, everyone has understood what Abramovich meant.

At the same time, everyone is also paying attention to how Mourinho will arrange the starting lineup for this key battle?

The Portuguese made a prediction when he was interviewed by media reporters on the day before Christmas.

"In the past, I fully supported Shevchenko, but now, I have to give others some opportunities."

Is this sentence a smokescreen?
Or is it true?

After a long season, everyone has actually seen clearly that there are many conflicts and problems between Shevchenko and Mourinho.

In addition, before the winter break, the Daily Mirror revealed that Chelsea intends to spend 2000 million pounds to sign Manchester City's youth player Micah Richards during the winter break.

If successful, this will be another amazing transfer!

Over the past few years, the value of England's youth players has also risen sharply, and they are becoming more and more expensive.

……

Noon on the 26rd.

41885 fans flocked to Stamford Bridge in London.

This is nearly 1 more people than the total capacity of the stadium.

Chelsea not only sold out all the seats and boxes, but also some aisles and mobile seats.

This also shows the attention of London fans to this powerful dialogue.

Chelsea take on Bayswater Chinese!

In the words of Sky Sports, this game finally started to feel like a West London derby.

Because this battle will determine the future and fate of both teams.

Manchester United topped the list, followed by Bayswater Chinese and Chelsea in third.

Whoever loses this match will suffer a major blow in the upcoming championship battle.

On the 26th, Yang Cheng put aside all his worries and focused on preparing for the game, especially the training and meetings of the players.

While the team was warming up at Stamford Bridge, fans who could not wait had already flocked to the stadium.

As Sky TV portrayed, this game is becoming more and more like a derby.

Chelsea fans were booing the Bayswater Chinese players crazily.

Some people even threw things directly towards the bottom of the court, which disrupted the players' warm-up training.

When Yang Cheng returned to the locker room and got Chelsea's starting lineup, he was a little surprised.

The first reaction was, "Robben is injured too."

The Dutchman was injured all day long, so much so that it was unclear when he would play with an injury and when he would be absent.

Goalkeeper: Cech;
Defense: Bridge, Carvalho, Ferreira and Geremi;

Midfield: Lampard, Essien and Ballack;
Forwards: Kalou, Drogba and Shevchenko.

Mourinho still doesn't dare to start Boulahrouz.

"He knows we're going to target Boralus," Brian Kidd said.

The biggest problem with Boulahrouz is that he performs very poorly against speed players.

In the past two games, Chelsea conceded four goals, and Boulahrouz played an indispensable role.

It is normal for Mourinho to replace Boulahrouz at this time.

"Makelele didn't play, so he will probably be kept until the next round. Lampard, Ballack and Essien should not be underestimated."

Originally, Yang Cheng arranged for Maicon to take a rest and Piszczek to start, targeting Robben.

But since Robben is not on the field, he should be able to be used against Kalou.

However, starting with Carvalho and Ferreira as central defenders is a bit magical.

But don’t say it yet.

After selling Gallas, Chelsea is left with three reliable central defenders.

Boulahrouz played poorly again, and once Terry was injured, there was really no central defender.

The Dutch central defender and Carvalho are actually the same type of players, both like to steal the ball.

At Chelsea, Terry usually stayed behind and Carvalho went forward to steal the ball.

Boulahrouz also likes to steal the ball, and it is difficult for him to form a tacit understanding with Carvalho when he is together.

What's even worse is that Boulahrouz has very bad defensive habits. He would throw himself out at any time and make a direct tackle. If he encounters someone who is faster, he will be doomed.

If you fail to grab it the first time, you will be very passive next time.

This is why many fans dislike the type of central defender who attacks the ball.

But an excellent central defender who can attack the ball forward is indispensable. For example, the combination of Carvalho and Terry, one attacks the ball forward while the other stays behind, complementing each other.

"Mourinho arranged Ferreira probably to clean up Carvalho's mess." Brian Kidd said to Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng knew what was going on.

Shevchenko's destructive power on Chelsea is not just about what position he plays or the issue of coexistence.

Instead, all the original 433 were destroyed.

That's why Mourinho has been swinging back and forth between 433 and 442 this season.

Without a fixed formation, lineup, and personnel combination, there will be no coordination and tacit understanding.

This is why Chelsea, which was unstoppable in the past two seasons, has declined rapidly this season.

As for the three years of Mu, Yang Cheng would rather analyze specific cases.

After getting Chelsea's starting lineup, Yang Cheng already had a basically clear idea of ​​how this game would be played.

"Everyone, today's match is being promoted all over the world by Sky TV and other broadcasters!"

“To say that it is the center of attention is no exaggeration!”

"In 05, we had just been promoted to the Premier League, and Mourinho threatened to kick us back to the Championship!"

"In the past few years, Chelsea has been in high spirits, sweeping across Europe and being invincible."

“But I want to say that we are mortal enemies, it’s a derby!”

"The moment we walked into Stamford Bridge, there were only two ways for us to go!"

"Either they die, or we die!"

"How to choose?"

Finally, Yang Cheng roared with all his might.

"Beat Chelsea!" The players in the locker room were all excited and shouted loudly.

　I was blocked just now, those two sentences in Abramovich's background... I will pay attention next time, sorry!!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)