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Chapter 157 World Champion! Half-time Champion! Beat Mourinho [Subscribe]

On the evening of May 12, Wembley Stadium, London.

In the last round of the Champions League group stage, Bayswater Chinese played against Inter Milan at home.

This is the first time Mourinho has led his team into the Premier League since his comeback.

British fans, especially those in London, are still very supportive of the Portuguese madman.

Bayswater Chinese advanced from the group stage early on, so Yang Cheng announced early on that he would not play with the main lineup.

But even so, the venue was still packed with 9 fans.

This is not only directed at the Chinese in Bayswater, but also at Inter Milan and Mourinho.

Compared with the Bayswater Chinese, Mourinho's team can be said to have pushed themselves into a desperate situation.

After the 4th round, they had 7 points, 3 points more than Atletico Madrid.

This was originally a huge advantage.

Unexpectedly, Inter Milan lost 5-0 to Marseille at home in the 1th round.

Atletico Madrid defeated Bayswater Chinese, who played with an all-substitute lineup, 2-1 at home.

After the 5th round, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan both had 7 points.

In the last round, Atletico Madrid will challenge Marseille away, and Inter Milan will challenge Bayswater Chinese away.

Whether it is Inter Milan or Atletico Madrid, this is a life-and-death battle.

On the contrary, the Chinese team in Bayswater were in a very relaxed state of mind and felt very comfortable having qualified for the group stage in advance.

What is even more unexpected is that the home team's relaxed attitude also continued into the game.

Yang Cheng directly used the League Cup lineup to play in the Champions League, which was composed entirely of young players and substitutes.

As a result, after the opening, this group of young Chinese guys from Bayswater actually dominated Inter Milan.

Especially in the first 10 minutes, Inter Milan had no temper at all.

The home team got consecutive corner kicks, and each time made Inter Milan, especially Mourinho on the sidelines, nervous.

In the heart of the Portuguese madman, Wembley Stadium tonight is simply a devil's hell!
This made Yang Cheng's mouth curl up again and again on the sidelines.

"I just asked them to attack, I didn't ask them to hit so hard!"

Yang Cheng returned to the coaching booth and almost choked with laughter.

"These young people are just inexperienced and don't know how to control their strength!"

Brian Kidd and others all burst out laughing.

If Mourinho heard Yang Cheng's "curse", he would probably go crazy.

In this game, Mourinho still adopted the 433 formation, but the deployment was quite interesting.

Abandoned Ibrahimovic, the weak player in the Champions League, and reused Adriano, who is in good form this season.

The two wingers are Mancini Jr. and Quaresma.

The midfield is still the combination of Stankovic, Vieira and Cambiasso.

The back line is Burdisso, Materazzi, Cordoba and Zanetti.

Obviously, Mourinho wants to play wing attack in the frontcourt and play to Adriano's advantage as a center forward.

On the other hand, he was also very wary of the two flanks of the Bayswater Chinese.

But what he didn't expect was that Inter Milan completely lost control in the midfield.

Matic continued his previous excellent performance and played even better in this game.

The combination of Matuidi and Aaron Ramsey in front also helped the Bayswater Chinese to control the situation.

Matic, who just renewed his contract with the team, not only took on the task of organization and sorting, but also shouldered the burden of midfield defense and interception, becoming the veritable axis hub of the team's midfield.

This made Inter Milan's midfield almost completely disappear.

In the 28th minute of the first half, Aaron Ramsey cooperated with Walcott to double-team Burdisso on the right side of the frontcourt.

Burdisso cleared the ball under pressure, but the pass was not passed far enough and was successfully intercepted by Aaron Ramsey.

After successfully stealing the ball, Aaron Ramsey immediately dribbled forward.

Facing Vieira who came to defend in time, the 17-year-old Welsh youngster dribbled continuously and at a fast pace, and with a clever feint, he got past the old Vieira, then flicked the ball sideways with his left foot, creating a gap that led to the goal.

Ramsey took a step forward and quickly pulled out his left foot.

The ball was like a meteor, rushing towards the upper left corner of the goal at an extremely fast speed.

From intercepting to dribbling to feinting to create an angle, to the final shot.

Aaron Ramsey did a great job throughout the whole process!

The aging Vieira was completely powerless to do anything about it.

Cesar in front of the goal was also out of reach.

This long shot from outside the penalty area went into the upper left corner of Inter Milan's goal!

Dead end!

"World wave!!!"

"Aaron Ramsey, the 17-year-old genius from Wales!"

“Another rising talent from the Bayswater Chinese!”

"At only 17 years old, Aaron Ramsey scored a world-class goal against Inter Milan with a curved ball from outside the penalty area!"

The entire Wembley Stadium erupted in an instant.

9 fans gave Ramsey the warmest applause and cheers.

The young Welsh player turned around and ran excitedly!

After the second half, the Chinese in Bayswater continued to put pressure on Inter Milan.

The home team launched a series of attacks.

First, Hazard and Marcelo cooperated on the left, and then made a cross in front of the goal. Lewandowski missed a great opportunity in front of the goal and failed to arrive in time.

Then Matuidi almost scored again with a cold shot from outside the penalty area.

Lewandowski then took the ball in the penalty area, dribbled past two defenders and shot from a small angle, but was saved by Cesar.

Bayswater Chinese took a corner kick and Kompany jumped high and headed the ball into the goal.

Cesar was powerless and in despair. Zanetti kicked the ball from the far post in front of the goal and saved Inter Milan again.

This group of young players from Bayswater Chinese are simply a group of newborn calves.

Once on the court, no matter what, just roll up your sleeves, clench your fists, and go for it!

The continuous attacks made Inter Milan really embarrassed.

What's worse is that the midfield disappeared, the flanks in the front court were invisible, and Adriano also performed poorly.

Finally, in the 72nd minute, Matic intercepted the ball in the midfield, cut off Inter Milan's pass, and quickly launched a counterattack.

The Serbian midfielder took two steps forward and then passed the ball to Aaron Ramsey.

The latter made a straight pass to the right side of the penalty area.

Walcott quickly got in ahead of Burdisso, caught up with the ball, made an abrupt stop, and dribbled past Burdisso who was returning to defense with his left foot, causing Inter Milan's left-back to trip and fall to the edge of the penalty area.

After the little tiger dribbled past Burdisso, he fired a fierce shot with his left foot.

Cesar was very focused and blocked the ball with a side dive.

But the ball still landed in the penalty area.

Lewandowski seized the opportunity at the critical moment and volleyed the ball into Inter Milan's goal.

2 is better than 0!

Mourinho started making substitutions and launched a fierce attack.

Balotelli, Ibrahimovic and Maxwell were brought on successively to strengthen the attack.

But it was not until the 88th minute that Ibrahimovic, who came on as a substitute, received a cross from the left, chested the ball, turned around and volleyed with his right foot. It was a very difficult shot with a certain arc.

Moreover, this shot hit the inside of the right goal post and bounced into the goal of the Bayswater Chinese.

There are so many descriptive adjectives, which shows how difficult it was to score this goal.

But in the end, Inter Milan still lost 1-2 to Bayswater Chinese away.

……

"You are becoming more and more ridiculous. You call this a substitute lineup?"

After the game, in a room at Wembley Stadium, Mourinho shouted at Yang Cheng indignantly.

He is in a very bad mood now.

Because just now, he received the news that Atletico Madrid drew 0-0 with Marseille away.

In other words, after the last round of games, Mourinho's team was overtaken by Atletico Madrid.

This made the Portuguese madman almost crazy!

Yang Cheng was smiling the whole time, which made Mourinho really want to punch him.

"Look at our lineup, isn't that enough?"

"Hazard is 17, Aaron Ramsey is 17, Matic is 20, Walcott is 19, Lewandowski is 20."

"Can you count how many people are over 20?"

Yang Cheng is really getting excited!

Speaking of young Chinese people in Bayswater, Yang Cheng is really energetic!

There’s nothing I can do, these handsome guys are so awesome.

Originally, I wanted to let them go up and practice, but unexpectedly, they directly beat Mourinho's Inter Milan.

Just beat him up, and beat him up so badly!

Looking at Mourinho's bruised nose and face, uh, no, it's the nose that's not the nose, and the face that's not the face, Yang Cheng felt so happy in his heart.

I've been so accommodating to you, but you still played like this. Blame me!
Thinking of this, Yang Cheng almost couldn't help laughing out loud!

"It's my fault. I didn't explain it clearly to these little guys before the game. I was a little too harsh!"

As soon as Yang Cheng said this, Mourinho's face immediately became uglier.

Is it just a little heavy?

Uh, no, is this a serious matter?

"I'm telling you, Yang, if you keep talking in such a sarcastic tone, this wine won't be drinkable."

Yang Cheng laughed immediately and tried to dissuade Mourinho, "Okay, okay, I will definitely teach them a lesson later."

"He does things without considering the consequences and has no understanding of the ways of the world!"

Mourinho looked at Yang Cheng with sidelong glances, cursing in his heart.

He really managed to pretend to be such a tough guy!

But I have to say, these little Chinese guys in Bayswater are really good.

"Actually, Jose, to be honest, you can't blame us for this. You have bigger problems. If you hadn't lost to Marseille in the last round, wouldn't you have avoided this problem?"

When Mourinho heard what Yang Cheng said, he almost exploded.

I don’t fucking know?

Do you want me to teach you?

I…that…wasn’t that an accident?

"Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about these things. Anyway, it's all in the past. You still have great hope of continuing to hit the treble this season, and we will continue to work hard."

When Mourinho heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then he immediately reacted.

Triple Crown?
Serie A, UEFA Cup and Italian Cup?
"You can keep showing off. Next time we meet, I will kill you!"

After saying that, Mourinho suddenly stood up and was about to leave.

"Are you leaving now? You don't want to drink?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

Mourinho just walked to the door and heard Yang Cheng's words. He suddenly thought of something and turned around and walked back.

Just when Yang Cheng thought he might have dropped something, he picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all in one breath.

By the way, take away the two glasses of wine and the oak corks that had just been poured.

He was cursing as he walked.

"You're going to have to drink the northwest wind!"

Yang Cheng burst out laughing on the spot.

"Fuck, you're not the type to go for free trips, it would be a shame if you don't drive a Didi!"

……

Inter Milan was badly beaten by the young Chinese players from Bayswater and was eliminated from the Champions League, which immediately attracted widespread coverage in the Italian media.

AC Milan's general manager Galliani was the first to say in front of the media, "The performance of Italian teams in European competitions still depends on us, Milan!"

This immediately triggered a quarrel between AC Milan and Inter Milan.

Italian media have also criticized Mourinho's performance this season.

Many people originally had high hopes for Inter Milan this season, after all, Mourinho's results are there.

But I didn’t expect that I couldn’t even get out of the Champions League group stage.

Mourinho also harshly criticized the team's performance in the post-match press conference.

Especially in terms of concentration during the game.

"Over the past few years, our habitual laxity has caused us to suffer time and time again!"

Many media also questioned Mourinho's lineup, especially Ibrahimovic's goal.

He can score a goal after coming on as a substitute, so what if he starts?

Why Adriano and not Ibrahimovic?

In the past few years, Ibrahimovic's goal efficiency in the Champions League has been low?

But he scored a goal in this game!

Mourinho was unwilling to explain his lineup and he also refused to comment on Ibrahimovic's performance.

His only comment was, "I have only just begun to transform this team."

“I have said that, generally speaking, I tend to achieve results in the third year of coaching a team. I have also signed a long-term contract with Inter Milan. Helping Inter Milan revive is not something that can be accomplished overnight.”

The Chinese in Bayswater have received high praise, including from the Italian media.

Especially this group of young players.

Having reached the FA Cup final last season, the Bayswater Chinese youth team has already attracted attention.

Unexpectedly, this season's performance is even better than last season.

Especially Matic.

The Serbian midfielder, who just completed his contract renewal, played very well in this game and was one of the best players in the Bayswater Chinese team.

Continuous high-level performance has given people high hopes for Matic's future.

The British Sun revealed that after playing in the Champions League, many Premier League teams have begun to want to sign or loan Matic during the winter break.

"With Yaya Toure's starting position firmly in the side, loaning him out to get more game experience would be a very good option for the young Matic."

But the Bayswater Chinese rejected all loans and transfers.

……

In the 17th round of the Premier League, Bayswater Chinese challenged Stoke City away.

After the opening, the Chinese players from Bayswater launched continuous attacks, constantly threatening Stoke City's goal.

In the 14th minute, Rakitic made a mid-range pass into the penalty area.

Dzeko successfully made an offside move, stopped the ball with his chest, and shot from outside the small penalty area, sending the ball into Stoke City's goal.

1 is better than 0!

Afterwards, the game fell into a stalemate.

But just 72 seconds into the second half, Gareth Bale suddenly fired a shot with his left foot from 20 meters away from the goal, breaking through the defense of Stoke City goalkeeper Sorensen.

2 is better than 0!

In the 66th minute, Modric intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and passed it to Dzeko who was retreating.

The Bosnian center forward turned and passed the ball behind him. Walcott quickly cut into the penalty area and shot low from the right corner of the small penalty area, sending the ball into Stoke City's goal again.

3 is better than 0!

This was also the last goal of the game.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese won 3-0 away against Stoke City!

It was also in this round that Arsenal defeated Middlesbrough 1-0 away.

Liverpool drew 2-2 with Hull City at home.

Manchester City beat Everton 1-0 at home thanks to Kaka's lore in extra time.

Manchester United drew 0-0 with Tottenham Hotspur away from home.

Chelsea drew 1-1 with West Ham United at home.

After 17 rounds of matches, Bayswater Chinese have an unbeaten record of 15 wins and 1 draw, and have scored 46 points, ranking first in the Premier League.

Liverpool is closely behind with 38 points due to the draw in this round.

Arsenal also has 38 points, but ranks third.

Manchester United is in fourth place with 35 points.

Chelsea scored 32 points and Manchester City scored 30 points, with the two teams ranking 5th and 6th respectively.

Among them, Bayswater Chinese and Manchester United both have one game less.

With one game less, the team is 8 points ahead, which makes everyone take a new look at the performance of Bayswater Chinese this season.

Dzeko currently leads the Premier League scorer list with 14 goals.

17 rounds, no, strictly speaking only 16 rounds, 14 goals scored, the Bosnian center performed better than last season.

Gareth Bale and Lewandowski have scored six goals each, while Walcott has seven.

These three young players have all put in very good performances, and overall they have made further progress than last season.

The only surprise is Di Maria.

The Argentine teenager has not scored a goal in the league so far.

This is indeed somewhat unexpected.

Whether it is dribbling, passing, or even some defensive data, Di Maria has made significant improvements compared to last season.

This proves that the Argentine is in a rapidly rising period of his career.

The only thing is scoring goals, he has not scored yet.

Brian Kidd and the sports science department have analyzed him specifically for two main reasons.

One is that I have bad luck.

Another thing is that he is still in the adjustment stage, especially his right foot.

The Argentine is willing to put in a lot of effort in training, and his right foot is pretty good, but sometimes on the court, he feels a little at a loss.

This kind of thing can only come slowly.

Yang Cheng also repeatedly emphasized that he has full confidence in Di Maria.

……

After the 17th round of the Premier League, the team took a short break in London.

On December 12, the team departed from London and arrived in Tokyo, Japan to participate in the annual Club World Cup.

This is also the first time in the history of Bayswater Chinese to participate in the Club World Cup.

After a two-year absence, the Chinese from Bayswater came to Japan again, and this time the welcome was obviously much bigger.

Because the current Bayswater Chinese are not only the Premier League champions, but also the Champions League champions.

The team's first game in Japan, the Club World Cup semi-final, is against Gamba Osaka, which just won the AFC Champions League in November.

The strength of this Japanese team is clearly not enough to threaten the Bayswater Chinese.

But Yang Cheng still paid enough attention to it.

After arriving in Tokyo, the team first checked into the hotel.

Three hours later, the team appeared at a sports center near the hotel.

This is the training ground arranged by the Japanese organizers of the Club World Cup. It is a comprehensive sports stadium in a small Japanese town.

But the funny thing is that the organizers probably didn't expect that the Chinese in Bayswater would start training so quickly, resulting in the stadium being completely unprepared.

Not to mention the training facilities that should have been prepared long ago, there wasn't even a football. Yang Cheng had no choice but to have people go to the surrounding areas to find some training balls, which allowed the team to reluctantly resume training.

The training intensity is not high, and the focus is mainly on recovery and adjustment.

It was not until the training was halfway through that the organizers hurriedly delivered the training facilities and game balls.

After the first training session, Yang Cheng and Adam Crozer attended the FIFA press conference together.

The team traveled a long way to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup, and the process was very difficult.

But Yang Cheng felt that as long as he could win the championship trophy, it would all be worth it.

"Before I came to Tokyo, many people in England told me that no English team had ever won the Club World Cup, and they wanted us to be the first!"

“This is a great honor for us Chinese in Bayswater!”

"In my opinion, this is what our club is striving for and this is the importance of this tournament to us!"

Yang Cheng said that long-distance travel is indeed very tiring, especially when taking into account the time difference.

But all of this will be overcome.

"We had already made mental preparations and plans before we came to Tokyo."

"We can come to the Club World Cup because we won the Champions League last season."

"So, this is a great honor for us, and we even hope to play in the Club World Cup every year in the future!"

Yang Cheng has very high respect for other opponents in the Club World Cup, especially Gamba Osaka in the semi-finals.

"I have studied this team. They are the Asian Champions League champions and are very strong. They should not be underestimated."

While in Japan and earning sponsorship fees from Japanese brands, Yang Cheng did not forget to say a few nice words and affirmed the progress of Japanese football.

"Every time we meet Japanese opponents, I will repeatedly remind my players not to be careless at all. Every game will be a very difficult test."

"Japanese football has made great progress in the past few years!"

"We have a slight advantage in strength, but the long journey and the eight or nine-hour time difference put a lot of pressure on us, so we must give our best performance."

Yang Cheng's statement immediately won unanimous praise from the Japanese media and fans for him and the Chinese team at Bayswater.

The praise from the Champions League champions still sounds so pleasant to the ears, even if the head coach is Chinese and the team is inextricably linked to China.

But it is said so, but it is not necessarily done.

……

On the evening of December 12th, Yokohama National Stadium.

In the World Cup semi-finals, Bayswater Chinese will face Gamba Osaka.

From Yang Cheng's starting lineup, it is enough to see his great ambition to advance to the finals.

Playing two games within four days, which was a long journey, Yang Cheng played with an all-substitute lineup in the semi-finals.

Except for Begovic who was arranged to start as goalkeeper, many other positions were also rotated.

This led to Gamba Osaka taking advantage of their home advantage and launching a wave of attacks after the start of the game.

But in the 12th minute, Bayswater Chinese got a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt, 27 meters away from the goal.

Gareth Bale calmly took the penalty and used an amazing falling leaf shot to penetrate the goal of Gamba Osaka.

1 is better than 0!

In the 29th minute, Walcott dribbled past the defender and made a cross, which was blocked by the defender and went out of bounds.

Corner kick.

Rakitic took a corner kick from the right, and Kompany headed the ball into the goal to extend the lead.

2 is better than 0!

In the first half stoppage time, Lewandowski passed the ball in the middle and Walcott quickly cut in to the right.

On the right side of the penalty spot, the little tiger made a low shot and penetrated the goal of Gamba Osaka.

3 is better than 0!

In the first half alone, Bayswater Chinese had already taken a 3-goal lead.

This not only allowed all the fans at the scene to feel the powerful attacking power of the Chinese from Bayswater, but also allowed the Japanese fans to see the huge gap in strength between the two teams.

The Premier League teams haven’t tried their best yet!

Even the commentators of Japanese TV stations exclaimed, if the Chinese in Bayswater had given their all, how badly would they have lost?
But precisely because of this, the outstanding performance of the Chinese in Bayswater won them unanimous praise from Japanese fans.

Even the fans became more enthusiastic.

Bayswater Chinese also scored another goal in the 51st minute of the second half through Lewandowski.

The Polish center forward also scored another goal in the 78th minute after receiving a pass from Aaron Ramsey.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Gamba Osaka 5-0.

In the last 20 minutes of the game, Yang Cheng actually signaled the players to save some strength.

At the very least, let Gamba Osaka score a goal and save face.

Everyone could see that the Chinese in Bayswater were intentionally letting the game go.

But unexpectedly, the Japanese team still failed to score.

This also made Yang Cheng helpless.

It's impossible to kick the ball into their own goal like the players of a certain country did, right?
In another semi-final match, Ecuador's Sports University of Quito defeated the CONCACAF champion, Mexico's Pachuca, 2-0 to advance to the final.

……

If we look at it from a tournament perspective, the Club World Cup is an absolute disaster.

Before Christmas, when the schedule was busy, we traveled across the ocean to Japan just to play two games with completely asymmetrical strengths.

has no meaning?
But if you look at it from the perspective of benefits, the Club World Cup is really not bad.

FIFA has raised the prize money for the Club World Cup to £1070 million.

If they can win the championship, they will get half of it, which is 500 million pounds.

This is definitely a very good deal for the Chinese in Bayswater.

More importantly, what the Chinese in Bayswater value is not just the £500 million.

There is also a commercial market in Asia.

In addition to Adam Crozier, accompanying Yang Cheng and the team on this expedition are Omar Berrada and other employees of the commercial department. The team is very luxurious and the purpose is to further develop the Asian market.

In addition, sponsors such as Puma have also made their presence known.

For example, when picking up the players at Tokyo Airport, many of the fans on site were wearing Bayswater Chinese jerseys.

During the semi-finals, there was no telling how many people in the stands were wearing team and star uniforms.

These all come from Puma’s previous promotions and publicity.

Jersey sales are a significant source of income.

But not all plans went smoothly.

A week before Bayswater Chinese team came to Tokyo, Premier League CEO Richard Scudmore had already led his team to Asia. This time he also came to Tokyo to supervise Bayswater Chinese team in the Club World Cup.

The day after the semi-final, Scudmore met with Adam Crozier and Yang Cheng at the team hotel.

The purpose of his trip to Asia has been revealed by the media.

The 39th round of the Premier League!
The so-called 39th round of the Premier League is actually an official round of competition jointly organized by the Premier League and the Asian Football Confederation.

Please note that this is a formal match, not a friendly match.

The results of this round will be counted towards the Premier League total.

According to the Premier League's idea, this round can be scheduled in January or after the end of the season.

The purpose is to further tap the potential of the Asian market and expand the Premier League's market influence in Asia.

As soon as Scudmore saw Yang Cheng, he expressed his great pleasure that the two Asian tours of the Bayswater Chinese in 06 and 07 had attracted great attention from many fans.

The team's participation in the Club World Cup has caused a huge response in Asia.

The CEO of the Premier League praised the Chinese in Bayswater as ambassadors for promoting the Premier League in Asia.

But the Premier League's trip to Asia did not go smoothly this time.

"I met with AFC President Haman and we had an in-depth conversation. He is very interested in the 39th round of the Premier League and believes that this move will greatly promote the improvement of the level of Asian football."

"Many countries and regions from the Middle East, East Asia, Southeast Asia and even North America are very eager to host this event and see our Premier League stars."

After a pause, Scudmore sighed, "But neither FIFA nor UEFA supports us holding competitions in Asia."

At the end, Scudmore also looked disappointed.

This is a project he strongly promotes.

Unexpectedly, the resistance came from FIFA and UEFA.

"Why don't they support it?" Adam Crozier was a little annoyed.

The so-called lack of support is actually opposition.

If FIFA and UEFA oppose at the same time, many things will become difficult.

"Of course the reasons sound very high-sounding, but in reality..."

Schudmore did not go into detail.

Yang Cheng guessed some of it.

Ultimately, it’s a question of how to distribute the cake.

With the development of professional football, cross-continental football matches are now basically monopolized by FIFA.

For example, the Club World Cup that the Chinese in Bayswater are currently participating in is the predecessor of the Toyota Cup.

FIFA tried every possible means to win the Toyota Cup, renamed it the Club World Cup, and paid out huge bonuses. Behind all this are actually interests and calculations.

This is the same reason why UEFA has a monopoly on the European multinational competitions such as the Champions League and the UEFA Cup.

UEFA does not support the Premier League holding matches overseas, which is also a question of interest distribution.

Of course, they won't say it so bluntly, but will stop it in the name of the fans.

"You know what? Our overseas copyright sales are getting better and better, and the growth rate is much higher than that of domestic copyrights. In fact, in the foreseeable future, our overseas copyright sales may even catch up with domestic copyrights."

Schudmore was a little unwilling to give up. "If we can hold competitions in the Middle East, Asia and North America, I guarantee that with our influence, we will be able to fill up the stands."

"But now, we can't move at all."

Adam Crozier nodded repeatedly. "Just look at FIFA. The Club World Cup has only had a few games, but the prize money has reached 1070 million pounds. With FIFA's style, they must have earned several times more than this."

The commercial income of a cup competition is not just from tickets and broadcasting rights, but also from various commercial sponsorships and collaborations.

One of the important reasons why the Toyota Cup was in trouble back then was that the organizers behind it were unprofessional and the main track was not in the football field.

Now that it has become FIFA, the value of the Club World Cup has immediately soared.

The current situation is that all 20 Premier League teams are happy to hold matches overseas.

Even the head coaches and players agree to hold overseas competitions, as long as it does not add too much burden and affect local competitions.

As for holding the cup final overseas, it looks good, but it doesn't actually work.

The League Cup is usually held in February or March, when the schedule is busiest.

It is unreasonable to arrange them overseas and travel back and forth.

The FA Cup final is a good time, but who would dare to do that?

Whoever dares to bring this up will be torn apart by British fans!

In this case, playing in cup finals overseas is basically not feasible.

As for the Community Shield, it doesn't have enough influence.

"I think that since the 39th round of the Premier League has been blocked, we might as well continue to expand the Premier League pre-season." Yang Cheng said.

Scudmore and Adam Crozier both looked at Yang Cheng.

The person who could bring Bayswater Chinese to its current level must have extraordinary vision.

Therefore, Scudmore has always respected Yang Cheng very much.

"I think the current Premier League pre-season is still too rough, unorganized, not standardized, and even a little too casual."

Even Scudmore couldn't help but nod his head at Yang Cheng's words.

The Premier League pre-season has been held for many years, but it has always been a bit like guerrilla warfare, taking advantage of every opportunity and not being formal at all.

Therefore, it is a warm-up match.

This reminded Yang Cheng of the International Champions Cup.

The success of this event proves that there is a strong demand for summer competitions in Asia and North America.

How popular was the International Champions Cup in those years?

What Yang Cheng meant was that the Premier League pre-season should be formalized and turned into a fixed event, with teams being arranged to play in which places in turn every year, and arrangements made early.

The advantage of doing this is that it facilitates commercial operations and at the same time allows copyrights to be sold in a centralized manner.

On the contrary, it is like the Premier League pre-season, which is sometimes held and sometimes not held, and the participating teams are not fixed. Sometimes there are 3 teams, sometimes 4 teams, and sometimes there are even none, and there is no continuity.

Only when the competition system is stabilized can commercial operations be facilitated.

"We also need to make reasonable allocations and arrangements and divide the competition areas."

"For example, five teams from the North American region, five teams from the Asian region, plus the European region, and the African region, and so on."

"If we really want to develop it, we can even get the South American region into it!"

Yang Cheng's last words made both Scudmore and Adam Crozier burst out laughing.

South America has always been a forbidden territory for La Liga.

It’s not that the Premier League is not broadcast live in South America, but its influence is far less than that of La Liga.

But Yang Cheng's words reminded Scudmore and Adam Crozier.

"If we make it a regional system, we can invite influential local teams or top teams from other European leagues to participate, which will quickly increase the appeal of the event. I think this is really feasible." Adam Crozier applauded.

Scudmore was also thinking about this in his mind.

The Premier League itself has a very large influence in North America and Asia.

If we can leverage this influence to make the preseason bigger and stronger, it will undoubtedly be a great way to generate revenue.

As for the competition system, this is something the Premier League is familiar with.

Even for many business collaborations, resources are ready-made.

Yang Cheng has his own considerations.

Do you know how profitable the International Champions Cup is?

Yang Cheng forgot about the earlier things.

Since the event began in 2013, ticket prices have been rising again and again, increasing by 4% each year.

By 2015, average ticket revenue per game reached $800 million.

This is just the ticket revenue.

In the Chinese competition area, the organizers attracted a total of 13 sponsors, and the television broadcast rights covered 170 countries and regions.

It can be said that they really made a lot of money, and the appearance fees offered to participating clubs continued to rise.

But the organizers of the International Champions Cup also have many problems.

Their huge business success led them to expand too blindly.

The most important factor is that the organizers from the United States lack experience in organizing football matches and do not understand the mechanism of football matches, which leads to many problems in their event organization.

In addition, there were some conflicts of interest with major European giants, which led to years of barbaric expansion. The International Champions Cup collapsed all of a sudden because of the mask incident.

But from this incident, we can see that from many perspectives, including fans, clubs, and the market, there is a huge demand for summer warm-up matches.

But the prerequisite is to maintain the purity and professionalism of football matches and to create a competition with IP value that can attract strong Premier League teams and even European giants.

After hearing Yang Cheng's analysis, Scudmore and Adam Crozier immediately saw the business opportunities contained therein.

But this matter is of great importance. Even if one wants to organize it, it cannot be done overnight.

……

On the evening of December 12th, Yokohama National Stadium.

In the Club World Cup final, Bayswater Chinese played against Ecuador's University of Quito Sports.

Unlike the semi-finals, Yang Cheng played with a full main lineup in the final.

This is also the requirement of FIFA.

They let up a little in the semi-finals, but the requirements for the finals were very strict and they had to send out their main players.

As soon as the game started, the Chinese from Bayswater took the lead in launching an offensive.

In the 10th minute, Thiago Silva's long pass from the backcourt spanned 60 meters and directly sent the ball to the front of the penalty area.

After Di Maria stopped the ball with his chest on his left rib, he broke into the penalty area and passed it to the middle.

Dzeko kicked the ball into the opponent's goal before the defender could reach it.

1 is better than 0!

Just 7 minutes later, Di Maria and Rakitic formed a combination on the left.

The Argentine started from the left, passed three opposing defenders and then passed the ball to Dzeko outside the penalty area.

The Bosnian center forward fired a fierce shot which hit the left post.

In the 22nd minute, Modric made an overhead pass, accurately sending it behind the front defense line. Walcott followed up and made a lob shot near the penalty spot, once again breaking through the goal of Quito University Sports.

2 is better than 0!

The first half ended with 2-0.

But after the second half, just 4 minutes later, Quito University Sports took advantage of a defensive mistake by Bayswater Chinese and launched a counterattack.

Argentine striker Biele scored against Neuer.

1 is better than 2!

After that, the two teams attacked and defended, and they had a lot of fun playing.

This team from Ecuador is not your typical South American roster.

On the contrary, this team does not have much of the Latin American style of quickness and agility, but instead adopts a defensive counterattack approach.

More physical contact and strength confrontation, solid defense, and sharp counterattacks.

This has something to do with their head coach Edgardo Bauza from Argentina.

This team also won the Copa Libertadores by relying on defensive counterattacks.

After scoring a goal, they became more determined.

It was not until the 73rd minute that Yaya Toure made a diagonal pass in the middle. Di Maria stopped the ball and turned around. After getting rid of the defender, he dribbled the ball quickly along the left rib, broke into the penalty area, and knocked the ball back to the left side of the penalty spot.

Dzeko made a push shot and once again penetrated the goal of Quito University Sports.

3 is better than 1!

Bayswater Chinese finally won the Club World Cup with Dzeko's two goals, becoming the first team in English football history to win the Club World Cup!
Dzeko was also elected the best player of the Club World Cup thanks to his two goals in the final.

The prize is a car from sponsor Toyota.

But since the sponsor of Bayswater Chinese is Mercedes-Benz, the prize will be cashed in.

……

While the Chinese from Bayswater won the Club World Cup in Tokyo, Japan, far away in the UK, the Premier League was playing its 18th round.

In this round, Arsenal and Liverpool, ranked 2nd and 3rd in the Premier League standings, faced off at the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners defeated Liverpool 2-1 with two goals from Van Persie and Benzema, successfully counterattacked and became second in the standings, stepping down the Reds.

Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 thanks to Rooney's goal.

Chelsea drew 0-0 with Everton away.

As a result, after 18 rounds, Bayswater Chinese has played two fewer games and still ranks first with 46 points.

Arsenal followed closely with 41 points.

Manchester United and Liverpool both have 38 points, but the Red Devils are in third place with a goal difference advantage, while Liverpool is in fourth place.

Chelsea ranked fifth with 5 points.

Manchester City defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-1 away in this round, won 33 points and ranked 6th.

The Chinese team from Bayswater have already won the half-season championship of the Premier League this season.

This has attracted unanimous praise from media and fans around the world.

Before the season, who could have thought that Yang Cheng would still be able to put up such an eye-catching performance after selling the humerus general?
But the upcoming Christmas schedule will be a huge challenge for the Bayswater Chinese.

On the 26th, we will challenge Tottenham Hotspur away.

On the 28th, they will face Chelsea at home.

(End of this chapter)