I build a giant in the Premier League

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In Xia Xi's words, ever since Yang Cheng and Xia Qing confirmed their relationship, they have been so clingy with each other that even a dog would dislike them.

Yang Cheng also had a very good impression of his brother-in-law.

After hearing his complaint, he gave him another hard blow.

"Isn't it? You have always disliked both of us."

Xia Xi, the "dog", was tortured so badly that he almost vomited blood.

Yang Cheng and Xia Qing both felt that the reason why he found a girlfriend so quickly was because he was tortured by them.

After returning to Europe, Yang Cheng went a step further and handed all his belongings to Xia Qing.

Even some of the club's powers are gradually being decentralized.

In this way, he can devote more time and energy to his football career.

Now is the critical moment for your career!

Most of the credit for Bayswater Chinese's success goes to Yang Cheng's hard work on the court!
Xia Qing, Adam Crozier and others are just followers!
Especially now and in the next few years.

The Chinese in Bayswater must maintain this good momentum and ensure good results on the court.

Xia Qing and Adam Crozier also knew this clearly.

Continuing the tradition of past years, the club organizes and arranges various activities every Christmas.

Including communities, orphanages, children's hospitals, special schools, etc.

There are traces of Chinese people in Bayswater everywhere.

From Notting Hill to the area around Brent Reservoir and Wembley, Chinese people from Bayswater can be seen everywhere.

Yang Cheng and Adam Crozier still attach great importance to this matter.

The 22th round of the Premier League was just played on the 18nd, and there will be training on the 24th, a day off on the 25th, and an away game on the 26th.

The first team does not have much time to participate in all activities and can only choose some important and meaningful activities that represent the club's image.

For example, visiting children at the Children's Hospital who are still hospitalized during Christmas.

Or go to an orphanage and give gifts or something like that.

On the 24th, the club's top management will hold its annual summary meeting.

But before that, Yang Cheng and Xia Qing held a small family meeting.

Yang Cheng also saw some of the club's income and expenditure statements for this season.

What surprised him most was the income on match days.

As Yang Cheng said before, the Premier League schedule is irregular.

So in the first 18 rounds, some teams only played 8 home games.

For example Chelsea.

Some teams have already played 10 home games.

Bayswater Chinese, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, all of them.

If we consider the entire season as a whole, Chelsea still has great potential.

After all, considering the strength level of the top Premier League teams, they basically have to consider getting all 3 points in home games.

But our luck this season has not been very good, as we have to play away games in the League Cup.

So far, Bayswater Chinese have played 13 home games.

The current average home attendance is just over 6.

This number is already very satisfactory.

The average ticket price is around £40.

That means ticket revenue for one game is about £240 million.

This does not include VIP boxes.

In total, the 13 games generated revenue of more than 3100 million pounds.

Combined with match-day retail sales, fan shop sales and VIP box revenues at the stadium, Bayswater Chinese have generated £13 million in match-day revenues from their 4300 home games so far.

This was indeed far beyond Yang Cheng's expectations.

The benefits of Wembley Stadium's large capacity are so obvious.

Although Bayswater Chinese has the lowest ticket prices in London and the worst attendance among the 20 Premier League teams, so what?

Only paparazzi who like to create news would seize on the low attendance rate to make a fuss.

Don’t you see that the capacity of Wembley Stadium is 9 people?

The attendance rate is 65%, which is really ugly compared with others which often reach over 95%.

But the base number is too large.

Now, Yang Cheng also understood why Adam Crozier said that the capacity of 6.5 was too small.

That kind of geographical location is basically a one-time deal.

The benefits of a large stadium are obvious.

The issue of attendance rate can be dealt with slowly and through long-term operation and construction.

Can’t fulfill the requirement in 5 years?

I worked hard for 10 years.

But if we don't try our best to build a bigger stadium this time, there will be no such opportunity in the future.

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng had already made a decision in his heart.

Take a gamble and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle!
……

According to the new broadcasting contract of the Premier League, the top four teams should have the opportunity to exceed 07 million pounds in the 08/4 season.

This is just the share of the Premier League’s broadcasting fees.

And the Champions League.

Next, it depends on how far the team reaches.

Commercial revenues now total over £4 million per annum.

The three income drivers are moving forward in unison, and now the income situation of Chinese in Bayswater is very encouraging.

"Adam Crozier is really good at business operations."

Xia Qing now also admires Adam Crozier very much.

Although his private life is a bit extravagant, his abilities are beyond doubt.

"Based on the revenue of European football last season, we will definitely be in the top ten this season."

Last season, the Bayswater Chinese came just short of making the top ten.

The top ten goalkeepers are from Italy's Inter Milan and Roma, both worth just over 100 million pounds.

But with the current growth rate of Serie A, it can never compare with the Premier League.

Not to mention anything else, the broadcasting rights of the Premier League this season have increased so much compared to last season, which is something Serie A cannot compare to.

Therefore, with the current performance of the Chinese in Bayswater, there will be no problem for them to enter the top ten in terms of income in European football.

The key is how far you can push it.

For reference, Liverpool spent £1.34 million last season, but that was because they reached the Champions League final.

According to data provided by Deloitte, Arsenal only had a little over 1.5 million pounds, nearly 3 million pounds less than estimated, because they lost the qualification for the Champions League.

This also includes the growth brought about by their loss of Henry and moving to a new stadium.

On the commercial front, Arsenal have done little.

The same is true for Liverpool.

This season, the share of Premier League broadcasting fees will increase significantly.

It is said that Arsenal's revenue forecast is only 1.6 million pounds, which is not as much as the increase brought by the increase in Premier League broadcasting rights.

The main culprit for Arsenal's slow revenue growth is that they did not sell their captain this summer.

"I calculated it secretly myself."

Xia Qing moved closer to Yang Cheng, "It is basically certain that our club expenditure budget this year is 1 million pounds."

Yang Cheng's eyes lit up when he heard this and he looked at Xia Qing in disbelief.

The latter smiled and nodded, "This amount is more than enough."

"Including transfer income?"

"The down payment received for the transfer this season is included, but starting from next season, all the installments are not included."

This is another large sum of money.

"So, we can at least spend more than £5000 million on the new stadium this year. If the team performs better in the Champions League, we can spend more."

Yang Cheng burst into laughter immediately, stretched out his hands, held Xia Qing's face, leaned over, and kissed her hard.

"You are such a good housekeeper!"

This much money is withdrawn in one year, probably tens of millions of pounds.

Yang Cheng felt excited just thinking about it.

"Don't be too happy too soon. If you and Adam Crozier's idea is to build a bigger stadium, I estimate that the budget of 10 billion pounds will definitely be exceeded."

This is also where Xia Qing is speechless.

Brent training base, the agreed budget is 2000 million pounds for infrastructure.

The results of it?
It's over 2000 million pounds.

The second phase has not yet been completed and accepted, and the next phase 3 has already exceeded the deadline.

And those satellite training centers are all over budget.

This can't be blamed on Chris Hunter or the people below.

The most important thing is that Yang Cheng is a person who has very high demands on everything. He just wants to get everything done in one go.

Chelsea's Cobham training base has opened.

They moved in right away before the first phase was even completed.

But what about Yang Cheng?

No, he had to finish building the first phase, renovate the players' dormitories, and...

The training base is like this, and the villa at home is being renovated as well.

The design was entrusted to Norman Foster, and the project was contracted to a decoration company with which they had a long-term partnership.

The requirements for materials, craftsmanship, etc. are very high and must be perfect.

The result is, overspending, overspending, overspending!
Anyway, all materials must be the best and made well.

No one knows how expensive firewood and rice are.

Uh, well, the money was paid by my future mother-in-law.

But Xia Qing still gave Yang Cheng a salary increase.

Adam Crozier and others all agreed that Yang Cheng's annual salary increased to 400 million pounds after tax.

This is currently the highest annual salary in the Premier League.

Higher than Mourinho who was sacked by Chelsea.

"Let it surpass. We are not afraid anyway. Just wait and see. The US subprime mortgage crisis has broken out. Europe will also be greatly affected. Those countries that hold the EU back will drag the entire EU into it."

Xia Qing also nodded continuously.

She graduated from Goldman Sachs and is very well-informed about this information.

"By then, all these European countries will cut interest rates, and the cuts will be even more outrageous than those in the United States." Yang Cheng is already impatient.

"I have been in contact with several banks, and my colleagues at Goldman Sachs also have frequent exchanges with me. When the time comes, I will find a way to get the loan. There will definitely be no problem." Xia Qing was also very happy.

She has now completely immersed herself in the role of Yang Chengxian's wife.

"In addition, Deloitte has also been keeping statistics, and the salaries of Premier League teams have generally increased this season."

Xia Qing's words silenced Yang Cheng again.

All the news released by the media are just rumors.

How much the players of each club earn annually is unknown to the media and fans outside, and even the players within the team and in the locker room do not know.

No one will say it.

There are confidentiality agreements here.

However, accounting firms like Deloitte have channels to obtain relatively accurate information.

So they put out a report every year.

Yang Cheng had been mentally prepared for this situation.

Didn’t someone say that?
All broadcasting fees from the Premier League are converted into player salaries.

"To be honest, the situation changes every year. With our current salary level, it will definitely increase again next season." Xia Qing was also helpless about this.

This is not something the Chinese in Bayswater can control on their own.

As the club's income increases, the players' treatment must also increase.

For example, Gareth Bale and Walcott.

To stay or not?
After working hard for two or three years to cultivate it, are you going to just sell it?
Isn't this just like someone else picking peaches for nothing?
If you want to keep them, your salary must be raised.

If the club's income does not increase, everything will be fine. The worst that can happen is selling players.

We have no money anyway.

"If you don't renew the contract this season, take a break and come back one by one next season. If anyone dares to make trouble, I will sell him!"

Yang Cheng made a prompt decision.

We can't spoil them like this, otherwise the club will appear too weak.

"I think so too, and the increase this time can't be too big. I think the maximum should be 6, no more."

"can."

"I plan to design a bonus mechanism. Didn't we win the Premier League last season? This season, we can take out a sum of money, up to 800 million pounds, and give it all to the players if we can win the Premier League and Champions League double."

"I've calculated that if we win the Premier League and the Champions League, we can earn at least 1 pounds more in direct revenue, not to mention the subsequent revenue after winning the championship, especially the Champions League, the potential revenue is also very amazing."

It’s still the same old way, if the salary is not enough, the bonus will make up for it.

After some calculations, Xia Qing decided that the club could not possibly lose money by offering a reward of 800 million pounds.

On the contrary, it made a lot of money.

"Yes, but in this way, it is divided into three levels, and the main players who have played a certain amount of time and performed well will get the most."

"Players who have played a certain amount of time but are not absolute starters, or players who have not played a lot but have performed well, will be in the second tier."

"The rest will be in 3rd gear."

Yang Cheng is better at managing the locker room than Xia Qing.

While other teams are increasing their salaries, Bayswater Chinese will not increase their salaries, but will give out a large additional bonus, which can be considered as an incentive for the players.

This can comfort the players to the greatest extent possible.

"You will communicate with all departments and be fully responsible for the club's uniform team and employees' salaries and bonuses." Yang Cheng looked at Xia Qing and said with a smile.

Xia Qing was stunned at first, and then she felt the deep trust and support in Yang Cheng's eyes.

This is the most lucrative job.

When Yang Cheng handed over all this power to her, it proved that Yang Cheng trusted her wholeheartedly.

What is leadership.

Focus on personnel on one hand and finance on the other.

This is called real power leadership.

Of course, Yang Cheng did not make such an appointment casually.

He is not one of those love-brained guys in women's novels.

The most important thing is that Xia Qing has done a very good job in Bayswater Chinese over the past few years.

Yang Cheng is very confident in her abilities.

Besides, with the uniform team of over 100 people in Bayswater Chinese, plus employees of all sizes, there are more than 300 people in total. How can Yang Cheng take care of them all?

He now only arrests the heads of core departments.

For example, Xia Qing, Adam Crozier, Omar Berrada and Chris Hunter, as well as the first-team coaching staff.

There are also a few senior executives such as Dan Ashworth from the youth academy.

If Yang Cheng really wants to get involved in all matters, big or small, in every detail, he doesn't have the time or energy.

Of course, Xia Qing would not do everything herself.

Her finance department now has quite a few staff members.

When a club develops to a size like Bayswater Chinese, it is actually equivalent to a large-scale enterprise.

Annual revenue exceeds 100 million pounds, which is more than 10 billion RMB.

If this happened in China, any enterprise above a certain scale in a prefecture-level city would be able to have a say with the top leader.

Not to mention, football clubs have such huge social influence and market appeal.

Even the impact on consumption and employment in surrounding areas is enormous.

For every home game, Bayswater Chinese hires thousands of temporary workers.

The City of Westminster does have deep pockets.

But they also take the growing influence of the Chinese in Bayswater very seriously. What if they run away?
This is the only football club in Westminster.

What's more, this involves the renovation and upgrading of Queen's Road and even the entire Bayswater area.

So, the attitude of the City of Westminster towards the Chinese in Bayswater is now quite different.

Yang Cheng could no longer manage the entire club by himself as he did in the past and take care of every detail himself.

……

After the small meeting, the medium meeting will be held.

Yang Cheng and Xia Qing called Adam Crozier and others together and held a meeting of core senior executives from various departments.

Then the meeting was held.

Bayswater Chinese also officially announced a series of major initiatives for 2008.

The most media-attracting of these is the huge prize of 800 million pounds.

Even now, many people still think that Bayswater Chinese is still that poor little team.

It can't be compared with traditional giants like Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.

It is even slightly inferior to teams like Tottenham and Everton.

This is also a prejudice that has been formed over the years.

More importantly, the Chinese in Bayswater have always given people the illusion that "I am really poor". In terms of business, they make a lot of money quietly and have been selling people all the time.

This doesn't look like a top team at all.

It is precisely because of this that the huge reward of 800 million pounds achieved unexpected results.

Not only was the media outside in an uproar, but the locker room was also boiling with excitement.

All the players were excited.

According to Xia Qing's tiered bonus system, core players can receive bonuses up to 35 pounds.

That means two extra months' salary.

Isn't this equivalent to getting 14 salaries a year?

The players in the locker room were all very happy.

Yang Cheng just kept shaking his head as he watched.

Sure enough, it’s the same all over the world.

No matter how much professional players earn, they are still working dogs in the end.

They work hard for a year and only get 14 months' salary. Look how happy they are.

You think I would tell you that my wife secretly increased my annual salary by 200 million after tax without my knowledge.

So, no matter how good a job you have, it is not as good as finding a good wife!
……

Every Christmas, the teams having dinner together is not big news.

The Chinese in Bayswater also have a gathering every year.

But this year is clearly different.

First, Barton, a midfielder who plays for Newcastle, attacked two men with two friends in Merseyside on Christmas Day and was arrested by local police.

It's not news that stars fight.

The news is that Patton's two friends were a man and a woman. The incident happened in the early morning. The three of them were drunk and fought with two men on the street.

This wasn't the first time Patton had gotten into a fight.

When he played for Manchester City, he got into trouble a lot and even beat up fans.

Patton's news was just an appetizer.

Later, the News of the World also revealed that Manchester City defender Micah Richards, who was only 19 years old, and his teammates played Landlord with a girl under the age of 20.

This group of young people played very advanced games and even took videos.

The video also involves some very technical scenes that are difficult to describe in words.

The most outrageous thing is that after Micah Richards took the video, he posted it everywhere.

Let Yang Cheng realize: being uneducated is really terrible!
There is also what Adam Crozier said at the beginning: In the UK, going to the stadium to watch football games is really a very good habit.

These people are just too idle, they should really be taken to 996 rolls.

The real big news is that Manchester United's central defender Evans was suspected of rape, and it happened at the Manchester United players' Christmas dinner.

It is said that the schedule was very tight this time, so Manchester United did not hold an official Christmas dinner, but the players held one themselves.

Except for Ronaldo, all the players of the first team participated.

The most exciting thing is that none of the participating players brought their wives or girlfriends.

The media reporters got the news early and waited at the entrance of the party, and found that a large number of women gathered outside. "But only the most beautiful women will be allowed in."

Everyone knows what this means.

At the party, center back Evans went upstairs and into the house with one of the 26-year-old women.

When she came out again, the woman sued him for rape.

British media revealed that Ferguson was furious and scolded Ferdinand, Giggs, Gary Neville and others.

Especially Ferdinand.

He was the one who initiated the party, which cost £10.

The whole thing caused a lot of hype, making the entire Christmas very lively.

Yang Cheng, on the other hand, didn't have any special feelings about this kind of thing.

At best, everyone gets what they need.

For example, why did that woman, and so many other women at the scene, appear in that place?
Does this need to be said?
Then why would they bite back?

This is complicated.

It may be that the interests were not negotiated, or there may be some other conflicts.

British paparazzi love to spend money to buy more explosive information from the "victims".

What about the “victims”?

They also hope to become famous through this.

Some capable ones can even become popular socialites in the football world overnight.

For example, the Page 3 girl from The Sun who has the same name as the NBA legend.

A slightly more mature team would definitely have ways to deal with such incidents.

It is nothing more than an exchange of interests with the media, first suppressing the news and then reconciling with the "victims", making a big thing small and a small thing nothing.

To put it bluntly, a football player's job is to play football.

As long as they perform well on the court, the public won't care about these things at all and will just treat them as gossip.

For example, Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The reason why the Portuguese did not attend the party this year may be related to his involvement in a rape case not long ago.

……

The whole Christmas was spent in this noisy atmosphere.

At the same time, major media outlets are also hyping up various rankings and awards.

The Chinese from Bayswater certainly cannot be nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year and the Ballon d'Or now, but they did shine in some young rookie awards.

The authoritative British magazine 442 usually selects the top 20 most promising new stars in world football.

Those who participated in the selection are a group of young newcomers under the age of 20.

As many as five Chinese players from Bayswater were selected, accounting for a quarter of the 5-man list.

They are Rakitic, Lewandowski, Di Maria, Gareth Bale and Walcott.

Rakitic is a talented midfielder who has long been famous in European football. He has very sophisticated personal skills and performed very well in the Basel team in the first half of 2007.

After switching to Bayswater Chinese, he also showed extraordinary development potential.

Di Maria won the U20 World Cup in Canada this year.

Before the tournament, everyone's attention was on Argentina's top player Aguero, but no one expected that the best performance would be from Di Maria.

After Ashley Young moved to Manchester United, Di Maria successfully took over the left winger position of the Bayswater Chinese and performed very well.

Needless to say, Gareth Bale and Walcott have long been praised by the British media, and even the European football world recognizes that these two rookies are the most promising young people in the future of European football.

Lewandowski is a more unexpected candidate on the list.

But after the Polish center joined Bayswater Chinese, especially this season, he gradually suppressed Lambert and became the team's rotation center, and his performance was also remarkable.

In addition to the Chinese from Bayswater, Arsenal's 88 youngster Denilson and Mexican striker Vela were also shortlisted.

Manchester United has shortlisted Gerard Pique, while Liverpool has shortlisted Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva.

Apart from Pique and Vela who have not had much playing time, Denilson and Lucas Leiva have both made a lot of appearances in the first team.

Not to mention the five young players from Bayswater Chinese.

Among the young players in continental Europe, the most popular are Aguero of Atletico Madrid, Benzema of Lyon, Bojan and Dos Santos of Barcelona, ​​Pato of AC Milan, and Toni Kroos and Breno of Bayern Munich.

At this year's U17 World Cup in South Korea, Toni Kroos, as the captain of the German national youth team, although he failed to lead the team to win the championship, he won the Golden Ball and was evaluated by FIFA as the future No. 10 of Bayern and Germany.

5 goals and 4 assists, showing Toni Kroos' ability.

Football Emperor Beckenbauer presented him with the award and praised him, saying, "I have never seen a player of this age perform so maturely and steadily."

In addition to the U17 World Cup, Toni Kroos also performed very well in the U17 European Cup qualifiers.

2007年最后3个月踢完的3场比赛，他3个进球1次助攻。

For club football, Toni Kroos has played very little this season but has been extremely impressive.

On September 9, in the 26th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern played against Cottbus at home. Toni Kroos came on as a substitute and played for 7 minutes, becoming the youngest player in Bayern's history.

It was during these 18 minutes that Toni Kroos provided two assists.

Toni Kroos made a stunning debut!
But including head coach Hitzfeld and Bayern's top management, all adopted a strategy of pouring cold water on Toni Kroos.

He appealed to the media not to pay too much attention to him.

Bayern chairman Rummenigge said in the media that Toni Kroos is not yet able to get more playing time in the first team. "His most important task now is to learn and improve."

German media believe that Bayern does not want too much attention from the outside world to bring too much pressure and burden to the young players.

Yang Cheng has been paying close attention to Toni Kroos' every move.

After he played against Cottbus, Yang Cheng sent him a blessing text message after the game.

Toni Kroos also replied with a thank you message.

That was the extent of their exchange.

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This year's Christmas schedule still has three games.

26th, 29th and 1st.

Playing 7 games in just 3 days, this intensity is really not something that ordinary people can withstand.

Everyone agrees that the most difficult game is the away game on the 26th.

The match is scheduled to take place at 13: noon.

If it is a derby in the same city, the situation is better. If it is a longer distance, you have to set off early in the morning.

This means that on the morning after Christmas, you have to be woken up and set off before you have even had a good night's sleep.

At this time, the collection of opinions on the pre-season schedule will show results.

Looking at the 19th round, all away games are either in the same city or very close to each other.

For example, Blackburn play Manchester City and Arsenal play Portsmouth.

The two cities are very close to each other.

What's more, Bayswater Chinese played against West Ham United and Fulham played against Tottenham, all of whom are from the same city.

Sometimes I think that it is really difficult for the Premier League to arrange the schedule.

Bayswater Chinese played badly in the first half of their away game against West Ham United.

It was not until the 42nd minute of the first half that Yaya Toure scored a goal against West Ham United with a lob shot.

In the 61st minute of the second half, Leighton Baines assisted Lewandowski to score the second goal.

In the end, the team beat West Ham United 2-0 away.

Chelsea drew 4-4 with Aston Villa at home in this round.

Drogba was injured and Shevchenko scored twice with a penalty kick.

But in the first half, Chelsea were thwarted by two quick counterattacks from Aston Villa.

What changed the course of the game was the first half stoppage time when Ballack dribbled into the Aston Villa penalty area but was tackled from behind by Knight and was awarded a red card and a penalty by the referee.

Shevchenko scored the penalty kick.

But judging from the replay after the game, it is questionable whether it was a foul, and Aston Villa will also appeal.

In the second half, the referee sent off Chelsea's Carvalho and Ashley Cole successively, which seemed to be an attempt to find a balance.

In the end, the two sides shook hands and settled for a draw 4-4.

Liverpool beat Derby County 2-1 away from home thanks to goals from Torres and Gerrard.

Manchester United beat Sunderland 4-0 thanks to Saha's two goals.

Arsenal drew 0-0 with Portsmouth away.

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On the day after the 19th round of the Premier League, that is, on the 27th, the Chinese in Bayswater received the first offer fax during the winter break.

Chelsea hope to sign Russian star Andrei Arshavin for £2000m.

Russian players have performed very well in the Premier League this season.

But the Bayswater Chinese rejected Chelsea's offer.

Subsequently, Chelsea CEO Peter Kenyon called Adam Crozier and asked if he was willing to sell Arshavin.

According to the strategy previously formulated by Yang Cheng, Adam Crozier made it clear that it would be impossible for the Bayswater Chinese to transfer during the winter break.

Subsequently, British media revealed that Chelsea had shifted its target and locked on Bolton striker Anelka.

Round 20 of the Premier League.

In a schedule like the Christmas season, all participating teams have to make major rotations.

It is impossible for any team to play three games with the same lineup.

Therefore, how to rotate becomes very important.

The risks brought by rotation are equally huge.

Chelsea failed to beat Aston Villa at home in the last round and also performed poorly in this round.

Essien scored the first goal in the first half.

But Newcastle equalized in the second half.

In the 87th minute of the game, Kalou's very obvious offside goal was actually ruled valid.

This caused strong dissatisfaction in Newcastle.

In the last round against Aston Villa, it was a red card that turned the situation around, but this round it was an offside goal. Chelsea won two rounds in a row unfairly, which caused heated discussions in the media.

Manchester United lost 1-2 to West Ham United away from home.

This game of the Red Devils Manchester United once again raised a very interesting question.

Even with defenders of the caliber of Ferdinand, Vidic and Wes Brown, they were still conceded consecutive headers.

This made everyone notice that Manchester United's iron wall still had a fatal weakness.

In this round, Arsenal conceded a goal away from home, but then scored four goals in a row and reversed Everton 4-4.

Interestingly, the goal the Gunners lost was also a header.

Liverpool drew 0-0 with Manchester City away from home.

The most surprising thing in this round was the away challenge of Bayswater Chinese to Tottenham Hotspur.

The game at White Hart Lane ignited the atmosphere from the 6th minute.

Marcelo's left side once again became the opponent's focus.

In this game, Yaya Toure was substituted, and neither Matic nor Matuidi were able to protect the team's left side well, which led to Robbie Keane making a breakthrough on this side in the 6th minute and assisting Berbatov to score.

Due to their similar technical characteristics, the Bulgarian center has been compared with Dzeko many times this season.

There have even been rumors that Manchester United will choose between two center forwards, Dzeko and Berbatov, next summer.

In this match against Bayswater Chinese, Berbatov performed particularly enthusiastically.

Losing the ball at the beginning of the game was completely unexpected for Yang Cheng and the coaching staff.

But at this point, there is nothing we can do.

Yang Cheng decisively changed the team's tactics and launched a fierce attack.

In the 16th minute, after Gareth Bale's free kick was blocked by the wall, Bayswater Chinese reorganized the attack.

Marcelo's volley from the left side of the penalty area broke into Tottenham's goal and equalized the score.

The Brazilian left-back also made up for his mistake.

Afterwards, the game got even more out of control.

First, Koscielny took advantage of a corner kick and scored with a header, reversing the score.

Then, still on the left side of the Bayswater Chinese, Defoe made a cross, Berbatov once again grabbed the ball and scored, equalizing the score to 2-2!

Dzeko, the starting center forward in this game, seemed to be irritated by Berbatov. He then took advantage of a cross from the left side of the frontcourt and headed the ball into Tottenham's goal, increasing the score again.

3 is better than 2!

After the second half, Tottenham's attack created a free kick opportunity on the left side of Bayswater Chinese, and Berbatov scored again, performing a hat trick.

3 is better than 3!

Soon, Rakitic made a straight pass, Dzeko dribbled through, took the ball outside the penalty area, and even passed two Tottenham central defenders. Ledley King and Kaboul had no way to deal with him. They watched helplessly as the Bosnian center broke into the penalty area and shot.

4 is better than 3!

This game has been completely crazy.

Both Yang Cheng and Juande Ramos wanted to make substitutions.

But the tempo of the game was completely out of control.

The players from both teams played completely crazy.

At the last moment of the game, Robbie Keane dribbled the ball from the right into the penalty area of ​​Bayswater Chinese.

Marcelo chased after the opponent all the way, but was tricked by the opponent and tripped Robbie Keane, giving the opponent a penalty.

Robbie Keane scored from the penalty spot.

4 is better than 4!

This goal-scoring battle was extremely exciting for the fans at White Hart Lane.

But after the game, it also brought huge pressure to Bayswater Chinese young player Marcelo.

In the first 19 rounds, Bayswater Chinese only conceded 11 goals, making them the second team with the fewest goals conceded in the Premier League after Manchester United, and also the team with the most goals scored in the Premier League.

However, at White Hart Lane, in just one game, Bayswater Chinese conceded four goals.

This is the first time in goalkeeper Neuer's career that someone has scored four goals in a single game.

In the locker room after the game, before Yang Cheng arrived, Neuer criticized the defense.

Although Marcelo was not specifically named, everyone knew the problem.

The other defenders and midfielders were also somewhat disappointed with the left-wing defense in this game.

Especially the last penalty.

It was obvious that Robbie Keane was trying to score a penalty.

In the end, Marcelo still kicked the ball.

Yang Cheng also noticed something strange after entering the locker room.

At least, you can tell the problem from the looks of the coaches.

But he pretended not to know.

He didn't even go out of his way to comfort Marcelo.

Yang Cheng said he could accept the draw, but the team's defense was not good.

“This isn’t just the defense’s responsibility, is there no problem in the midfield?”

"There's no problem with the forward line?"

In this game, players from both teams played with all their might.

Faced with Yang Cheng's questioning, no one dared to say a word of explanation.

Finally, Yang Cheng said that after this game, this matter would not be mentioned again.

As for Marcelo, Yang Cheng did not go out of his way to comfort him.

Given Marcelo's characteristics, situations like today will continue to occur.

Yang Cheng felt that he should learn to adapt to such pressure.

He never doubted the Brazilian's talent and brilliance on the offensive end.

But disciplined Brazilians are the strongest!

It's like the saying in football, as long as the Brazilian team plays with discipline, they can win the World Cup.

1 goal and 4 goals conceded from the left, this is Marcelo's characteristic.

……

Although nothing was said in the locker room, Yang Cheng specially attended the post-match press conference.

He publicly defended his players, Marcelo.

He said that Marcelo is a player he is very optimistic about and will continue to have his trust.

"As a young player who is only 19 years old, I don't think he should bear any responsibility for this game."

"If someone has to be held responsible for these four goals, it should be me as the head coach."

Yang Cheng also said that he would continue to use Marcelo.

"I don't know what others think, but in my eyes, I pay more attention to his goals and some of his wonderful highlights in the game."

“I hope that everyone can see more of this.”

What this means is that you media should stop focusing on the poor performance and look more at the good aspects.

But how could the media listen to Yang Cheng?

The next morning, many media outlets focused on the 4-4 goal battle when reporting on the game, and also repeatedly criticized Marcelo's poor performance.

Since joining Bayswater Chinese, Marcelo's left side has been criticized for being strong in attack but weak in defense, and has been criticized by media reporters many times.

But this game was really a bit too outrageous.

All 4 goals were scored from this side.

Especially the last penalty.

Is it necessary to foul?

Obviously not.

At that time, the Chinese defense in Bayswater was already in place, and even if Robbie Keane scored, he might not be able to score a goal.

But if Marcelo commits a foul, the opponent will get a penalty kick.

Not only the media, but also many Bayswater Chinese fans have criticized and accused Marcelo.

When Manchester United lost, the Chinese in Bayswater could have made a comeback and reached the top.

As a result, it was this penalty kick that ruined the good situation.

There are even many people who believe that Danny Collins, who joined Manchester City, is more suitable to be a substitute for Leighton Baines than Marcelo.

At the very least, he is a local player and has solid defense.

"Letting Danny Collins go and keeping Marcelo is the biggest mistake Yang Cheng made in the summer transfer!"

……

Yang Cheng ignored the outside public opinion and did not explain it.

Time enters 2008.

December 1, the 1th round of the Premier League.

Bayswater Chinese host Pompey Legion Portsmouth at home.

The home team Bayswater Chinese played in amazing form right from the start.

Marcelo, who performed poorly in the last round, became Leighton Baines.

Just 4 minutes later, Leighton Baines passed the ball back from the left flank, allowing Yaya Toure to complete a long shot from the edge of the penalty area.

Then Maicon made a cross from the right, but Walcott headed the ball off target.

Continuous offensives, especially the active performances on the two wingers, allowed the Bayswater Chinese to completely suppress Portsmouth.

In the 13th and 16th minutes, Arshavin scored two goals in a short period of 4 minutes.

One of them was a volley from near the penalty spot following a cross from Di Maria on the left.

Although Portsmouth scored a goal in the second half, Dzeko also scored twice.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese defeated Portsmouth 4-1 at home.

This victory also greatly relieved Marcelo's pressure.

After all, the Brazilian is not the main player of the team.

This round, he didn't even make the roster.

Chelsea reversed Fulham 2-1 after conceding a goal away from home.

Interestingly, the goal that led to the reversal was a penalty kick, which was also controversial.

Manchester United did not play well in this round, but still defeated Birmingham 1-0 thanks to Tevez's goal shortly after the start of the game.

Arsenal beat West Ham United 2-0.

Liverpool drew 1-1 with Wigan Athletic.

21轮比赛踢完，贝斯沃特中国人以15胜4平2负，积49分，排在了英超第2。

Manchester United is at the top of the table with 50 points.

Arsenal ranked third with 46 points, Liverpool and Chelsea both had 3 points, but the Reds ranked fourth with the advantage of goal difference.

This also caused panic among many Blues fans.

Is Chelsea going to repeat Arsenal's mistakes?

(End of this chapter)