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Chapter 205: Surprises Continuously! Global Gold Rush! Yang, We're a Big Hit! [Subscribe]

When Yang Cheng led his team from London to New York on the east coast of the United States, they felt a warm welcome as soon as they got off the plane.

Many American fans gathered at the scene to pick them up at the airport.

Not only did they shout the names of Bayswater's Chinese stars, many of them also wore the team's jerseys.

What surprised the three new players, Toni Kroos, Courtois and De Bruyne, was that there were still fans who could recognize them and call out their names.

This is amazing!

You know, they have only joined the team half a month ago and have only played three warm-up matches in Europe.

How could Americans, who are far away on the other side of the ocean, recognize them?
"This is the credit of our new media team!" Jose Fonte said proudly as he walked beside the three people.

When Chinese people in Bayswater travel now, they all wear formal attire and everyone looks particularly energetic.

Although Jose Fonte is not the main player of the team, he is the political commissar of the locker room. He is handsome and is quite popular among the fans.

"Are those the ones who film us training, eating and traveling all day long?" De Bruyne was amazed.

"That's right. Don't underestimate them. After they shoot the footage, they edit it and put it on YouTube or other online platforms. Fans all over the world can see it and love it very much."

At this point, Jose Fonte smiled proudly and said: "In terms of playing on the court, it's hard to say whether we can be the world's number one, but in terms of fans and popularity on the Internet, other clubs can't compare at all."

"What's the use of this?" Courtois asked with interest.

"To generate income. For someone like you, who is so tall and looks so handsome in a suit, if you have more fans, maybe sponsors will come to you."

Courtois suddenly realized.

After coming to Bayswater Chinese, he found that many things in this club were completely different from other clubs.

He is exposed to different new things every day.

It was as if he never could believe that in the football desert of the United States across the ocean, there were so many fans who could shout out his name. It was simply incredible!
Yang Cheng was also surprised.

"It seems that David and Richard did a good job!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

At the very least, the airport reception after landing was well organized.

Of course the fans came here spontaneously, but there must be some organization behind it.

Otherwise, how would they know the flight information of the Chinese in Bayswater?

I believe the same will be true when other top teams arrive.

By the way, Bayswater Chinese, Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan and Bayern Munich all flew to New York.

Real Madrid, Juventus, Arsenal and Chelsea are flying to Los Angeles.

The two teams played their group matches on the East Coast and West Coast respectively.

After the group leaders are determined, the final will be played at the MetLife Stadium in New York.

The reason for choosing the New York Mets Stadium is not because of its large capacity.

On the contrary, the New York Mets Stadium only had more than 8 people.

The most important thing is that the stadium has just been completed and put into use, and it really needs a major event to attract popularity, so many very favorable conditions were offered, coupled with the policies of the local government.

So, the finals finally landed in New York.

……

The eight major clubs gathered in North America and the four major clubs gathered in East Asia, which caused a huge response around the world.

According to European media: This is the first organized summer expedition of Europe's top teams!
Media reporters also followed the International Champions Cup expedition throughout.

From the moment they arrived in New York, wherever the Bayswater Chinese went, they were greeted with cheers and applause from American fans.

Although the club took the appearance fee, all expenses including hotel, travel, training, etc. were borne by the organizer.

To use the slightly exaggerated words of The Sun: The top teams just need to bring their players!
The selected training grounds are also fully functional and equipped.

Although it is the first time to host the competition, there are bound to be some flaws, but they are all minor details.

When it comes to the aspects that truly affect the team's performance, the organizers are not ambiguous at all and take it very seriously.

The Bayswater Chinese's first game was at Beaver Stadium at Pennsylvania State University.

The opponent is Bayern Munich.

The organizers first arranged for the Bayswater Chinese to rest in New York and participate in a business event.

The title sponsor of this International Champions Cup is Budweiser.

The company is also a sponsor of Bayswater Chinese.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of sponsoring the International Champions Cup, Budweiser officially renewed its contract with Bayswater Chinese, becoming the global official beer partner of Bayswater Chinese at a high price of 500 million pounds per year.

This will allow Budweiser to obtain the brand authorization from Bayswater Chinese on a global basis by 2016.

This time, Budweiser’s title sponsorship of the International Champions Cup is only the first collaboration.

It's just a test.

But since it is summer, the peak season for alcohol sales, Budweiser spared no effort in promoting its beer.

The team rested for one day in New York before setting off for Pennsylvania State University, more than 1 kilometers away.

The day after arriving in the small town of State College where the stadium is located, the team went to Beaver Stadium for warm-ups.

Here, something happened that surprised Yang Cheng and the Chinese people in Bayswater.

Long before this, they already knew that the pre-match familiarization training would be open to the public.

This is also normal.

Many commercial competitions will have this segment, which is a routine operation.

But last year's World Football Challenge did not.

After the organizer added it this year, it actually attracted a lot of fans to enter.

This was the first time in history that the Chinese at Bayswater trained in front of more than 4 fans.

It's really crazy!

Beaver Stadium, which can accommodate 106572 people, was nearly half full.

When the Bayswater Chinese players entered the field, they were really shocked by the scene!
You know, there’s a fee for this!

The fee to watch pre-game training is $40.

In other words, the organizers collected more than 160 million US dollars for this pre-match warm-up alone.

Of course, $40 isn't just for Bayswater Chinese.

After Yang Cheng’s team training is finished, they can also watch Bayern Munich’s training.

The Bundesliga giants have also been committed to developing the North American and Asian markets in the past few years.

But anyway, it's crazy!
"I feel like we have greatly underestimated the enthusiasm of North American fans!"

Yang Cheng looked at the huge stands, listened to the noisy voices, and said with emotion.

Brian Kidd also kept nodding.

He has been working in football all his life, but he has never seen so many people willing to spend money to watch the team training.

In return, the stars will be arranged to interact with the fans at the beginning, middle and end of training.

We try our best to satisfy your requests, such as autographs and taking photos.

The atmosphere was so heated that after the Chinese team in Bayswater finished their training, they were forced to extend the training time.

It was not until Bayern Munich arrived and entered the stadium that the organizers were forced to regretfully persuade the fans to leave and arrange for the Chinese in Bayswater to leave.

Yang Cheng met with Van Gaal, Neuer, Ribery and others.

Players from both teams who were familiar with each other also greeted each other politely.

But when it came to the next day's game, the atmosphere was not as good as before the game.

……

The arrival of Toni Kroos perfected Yang Cheng's tactics.

The Chinese in Bayswater still adopted the 433 formation.

Goalkeeper: Courtois;
Defense: Marcelo, Thiago Silva, Pepe and Piszczek;

Midfield: Matic drops back, with Toni Kroos and Modric in the middle;
Forwards: Gareth Bale, Lewandowski and Di Maria.

Bayern Munich adopted a 4231 formation.

Goalkeeper: Neuer;

Defense: Contento, Badstuber, Van Buyten and Lahm;
Midfield: Van Bommel and Schweinsteiger form a double defensive midfielder, with Ribery, Thomas Muller and Olic in front;

Forward: Klose.

As soon as the game started, the Chinese team from Bayswater, who kicked off first, passed the ball back.

Everyone can see that Yang Cheng's team still wants to get the ball.

Van Gaal's Bayern did not press forward blindly.

Obviously, they were afraid of the speed of the Chinese players from Bayswater in the frontcourt.

But soon, the Chinese players in Bayswater made a good combination in the frontcourt.

Gareth Bale received Toni Kroos's through ball and moved diagonally towards the half-space.

Lewandowski reached the front and stood outside the arc.

Di Maria retreated to the right side of the midfield.

As soon as he saw Gareth Bale walking on the flank, the Argentine immediately moved sideways to the middle.

At this moment, Bayern's double defensive midfielders are responsible for intercepting.

After Gareth Bale played the ball to Di Maria, the Argentine faced the left sideline and sent a straight pass with his left foot.

The two completed a two-pass wall pass in the middle and on the left rib.

Gareth Bale started immediately.

Today, Beaver Stadium attracted more than 10 fans in total.

This set the highest attendance record in the history of American football games!

As soon as Gareth Bale started, the cheers of 10 fans quickly rang out.

The moment the Welshman caught up with the ball, Bayern right-back Lahm rushed over quickly and tried to force Gareth Bale out of the way.

But what no one expected was that not only did Lahm fail to knock Gareth Bale away, but he was instead carried away by the Welshman.

The German defender staggered and almost lost his balance.

Gareth Bale did not slow down and rushed to the edge of the penalty area in one step.

Facing center back Van Buyten, Gareth Bale took the outside line, forced an overtake and rushed into the penalty area.

On the left side of the small penalty area, Gareth Bale crossed the ball to the middle.

Lewandowski rushed over in the middle.

When the goal was about to be scored, Neuer suddenly left the goal and rushed out, fell to the ground and hugged the ball in his arms before Lewandowski, thus defusing a very threatening attack from the Chinese in Bayswater.

Although the team failed to score a goal, the attack still ignited the passion of the fans on the scene.

Especially the part where Gareth Bale dribbled the ball into the penalty area!
American fans just like this kind of simple, direct, rough close combat!

They originally thought that such scenes only occurred in rugby.

I didn’t expect that the physical confrontation in football could be so fierce!

That German defender looks short and thin, but he really dares to fight at critical moments!
Just three minutes later, the next wave of attack from the Bayswater Chinese came again.

Thiago Silva passed the ball to Marcelo who crossed the halfway line.

The Brazilian was still on the left sideline when he stopped the ball, but after seeing Gareth Bale pulling to the side, he feinted, suddenly cut inside with the ball, went to the flank, and passed it to Toni Kroos.

After stopping the ball, the German turned to the right, pulled the ball with his right foot, and without waiting for the defensive players to approach, he sent a long diagonal pass.

The ball accurately moved from the left side of the center circle in Bayern's half to the outside right corner of the penalty area.

There were no defensive players around Di Maria. After stopping the ball with his chest, he chose to cut inside when he could go down the rim or cut inside.

But this is obviously not a good option.

Schweinsteiger and Van Bommel got into position in time, forcing Di Maria to rush with a left-footed curve ball into the far corner.

Hit it high!
But the Chinese offensive in Bayswater continued.

In the 14th minute, it was still on the left side of the frontcourt.

Toni Kroos received the ball and passed it to Gareth Bale in the frontcourt.

After the Welshman stopped the ball and got rid of the defender, he found that Marcelo on the left had quickly moved forward.

The ball was passed in front of Marcelo, the Brazilian full-back dribbled the ball forward, chased to the left side outside the Bayern penalty area, and sent a cross.

Since Lewandowski was still outside the penalty area, the ball was sent to the right.

Di Maria quickly moved forward to the right.

When facing Marcelo's cross, he got the ball, but did not shoot directly with his right foot. Instead, he wanted to shoot with the outside of his left foot.

As a result, the shot did not pose any threat at all.

Di Maria was very active after the opening.

However, despite the constant creation of opportunities by the Bayswater Chinese in the midfield and backfield, he failed to seize the opportunities.

Bayern quickly responded.

In the 17th minute, in a quick counterattack, Ribery got the ball on the left side of the frontcourt. Facing the defense of two defensive players, Matic and Pepe, the Frenchman dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area.

When his teammates around him were too late to respond, Ribery relied on his personal ability to earn a chance to shoot from Pepe.

It’s a pity that the angle is too small.

The shot near the baseline hit the side net directly.

But Ribery's continuous dribbling made the fans at the scene extremely excited!
Afterwards, the two teams started fighting each other.

The Chinese in Bayswater took the initiative to attack, while Bayern Munich defended and counterattacked.

Since it was a warm-up match, and a commercial one at that, both sides played very openly.

This also made the fans at the scene very excited.

But both sides did a very good job in defense.

Bayern, in particular, completely blocked Di Maria's threat on the right.

The Argentine tried to cut inside and shoot several times, but was blocked by Bayern's double midfielder and defender.

But just at halftime, when everyone was regretting that the score was 0-0, at the beginning of the second half, Bayswater Chinese took the lead in launching an attack.

After Marcelo dribbled the ball across the center line on the left, he passed the ball to Toni Kroos who was waiting in the middle.

The German midfielder ran over from the left side of the center circle to receive the ball, then stopped, pulled, avoided Thomas Muller's counterattack, and pushed again.

The ball passed from Thomas Muller to Lewandowski in front.

The Polish center forward originally had his back to the direction of attack, but Toni Kroos's pass forced him to run over to receive it.

As soon as he received the ball, he turned around and faced the direction of attack.

At the same time, Gareth Bale's shout came from the left.

Lewandowski looked over and saw Gareth Bale starting to attack the left side of Bayern's penalty area.

Could it be that Toni Kroos had already thought of this when he passed the ball just now?
A thought flashed through Lewandowski's mind that even he couldn't believe.

But he didn't have time to think about it, and directly made a diagonal pass to the left side of the top of the arc.

Gareth Bale rushed over, stopped the ball with his left foot into the left side of the penalty area, accelerated to catch up, just passing Van Buyten and at the same time in the left side of the penalty area which he was most familiar and confident of.

The Welshman swung up with his left foot and struck.

The ball went into the lower right corner of Bayern's goal at an extremely fast speed.

Although Neuer reacted quickly and made a timely save, he still failed to prevent Gareth Bale from scoring.

1 is better than 0!

In an instant, the entire Beaver Stadium turned into a roaring ocean!

The cheers from 10 fans at the same time filled every corner of the stadium.

……

After scoring the first goal, Yang Cheng began to make substitutions.

After all, this is a warm-up match.

Bayern wanted to turn the situation around and continued to increase their attack.

But in the 64th minute, Toni Kroos made a long diagonal pass from the left and sent the ball directly to the right side behind the Bayern Munich defense.

Lewandowski made a quick diagonal run outside the penalty area on the right side, before Bayern's left-back Contento. He stopped the ball with his chest, dribbled past Contento who was returning to defense, and made a cross pass with his left foot.

In the penalty area, Gareth Bale turned his back to the direction of attack, stopped the ball and turned to the right. When everyone thought he was going to shoot, his heel suddenly hit the ball.

Di Maria quickly cut in from the top of the arc to the left side of the penalty spot, received the pass from Gareth Bale, and shot with his left foot.

The entire attack was played very flexibly and Bayern's defense was completely disintegrated.

But at the critical moment, Neuer flew to the side, as if assisted by God, and blocked Di Maria's shot with one hand out of the bottom line.

Di Maria was also replaced by Walcott after his shot failed.

Although he failed to score a goal, the Argentine's active performance still won him warm applause from the fans on the scene.

The football played by the Chinese in Bayswater is truly a feast for the eyes!
In the 75th minute, Toni Kroos passed the ball again, Gareth Bale used his speed to dribble the ball on the left, forced past Lahm, and sent a long-range arc pass with his left foot.

Walcott, who came on as a substitute for Di Maria, ran very smartly this time.

He knew that he had an absolute advantage in speed, so he didn't start early.

When Gareth Bale passed the ball, he was still standing on the right side of the penalty area.

So, Bayern's defenders let down their guard against him.

But when Gareth Bale's cross fell, Walcott had already penetrated Bayern's defense like a flash of lightning. On the right side of the penalty area, with almost no one guarding it, he faced Gareth Bale's cross and volleyed directly with his right foot.

The ball hit the goal guarded by Neuer at an extremely fast speed.

2 is better than 0!

The fans in the stadium burst into cheers and applause again.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese defeated Bayern Munich 2-0 at the Beaver Stadium with Gareth Bale's assist and shot!

Throughout the game, the Chinese players from Bayswater fired 23 shots and Bayern also fired 14 shots.

In other words, the two teams took a total of 37 shots, an average of one shot every more than two minutes.

This shows how exciting this game is.

It can be said that both sides played without reservation.

Toni Kroos, who Yang Cheng paid the most attention to, played for 80 minutes, completed 78 passes, and 72 of them were successful.

Of the six passes dropped, none were dropped in dangerous situations.

This result was achieved under Bayern's 4231 defense.

This basically fits Yang Cheng's impression of Toni Kroos.

The most important statistic here is that he received a total of 64 passes from his teammates.

Why does Yang Cheng feel satisfied with this data?

Bayswater Chinese have always been known for passing and cutting.

Players constantly receive and pass the ball by running quickly.

This has become a signature tactic of the Chinese in Bayswater.

The requirement given by Yang Cheng is that when each player has the ball, there must be at least two stable receiving points around him.

Therefore, the player with the ball has many options.

But why did they choose to pass the ball to Toni Kroos?

There is only one answer.

That means it is easy to spread, convenient and reliable!
It's not just this one game.

Yang Cheng had studied it repeatedly in the previous three warm-up matches.

Toni Kroos has always been the player in the team's midfield who receives the most passes from his teammates.

In second place is Modric.

This proves that in the minds of the players on the court, these two players are the most reliable and convenient points for passing the ball.

The performance of the players is like a metaphysics.

The factors that change football games are many and complex.

There’s even some randomness.

Therefore, football matches cannot be accurately predicted at all.

But the thoughts of the players on the field will not lie.

When all of them choose a certain direction, the answer becomes very obvious.

Yang Cheng also had several special chats with Toni Kroos.

Unlike when he played for Bayern and Leverkusen, Toni Kroos's position as a No. 8 is actually further back. Moreover, Yang Cheng also asked him to retreat further back to receive the ball frequently.

But Toni Kroos believes that this makes him play very comfortably.

He has never been the kind of player who likes to show off his skills in a tight defense.

In fact, he doesn't have such ability and speed.

Therefore, whether he is placed at the 10th position like Bayern, or on the left side like Leverkusen, he actually feels constrained and does not play comfortably.

On the contrary, the Chinese man played as the No. 8 in Bayswater. He could go up or down, left or right, and there was always space for him to run and a gap to receive or pass the ball.

This made him play very comfortably, like a fish in water.

His passing vision and passing skills were also reflected.

The teammates around me are obviously much stronger than when I was in Leverkusen or even in Bayern.

This gives Toni Kroos more room to play.

For example, some long passes.

Neither Bayern nor Bayer Leverkusen have players as fast as Gareth Bale, Walcott and Di Maria.

In the Bundesliga, many full-backs also actively participate in the attack, but never press so far forward like the Chinese in Bayswater.

Toni Kroos told Yang Cheng himself.

“After coming to Bayswater Chinese, it’s like a whole new world has opened up to me!”

……

Yang Cheng didn't know that at the end of the game, in the stands of the Beaver Stadium, Bayern's Rummenigge, Hoeness and Neilinger all felt regret at the same time.

"This... is really Toni Kroos?" Rummenigge couldn't believe it.

He looked down on Toni Kroos who was born in East Germany, but that doesn't mean he is a fool.

On the contrary, after a lifetime of playing football, it would be foolish for him to still fail to see the role of Toni Kroos!

Hennes nodded slightly dully, "It seems...right."

They all felt that this Toni Kroos was so strange.

In their impression, the East German boy should play as the No. 10 attacking midfielder, or play on the two wingers.

But Yang Cheng's current use of him is more like retreating his position.

Leaving the area where he was fighting closely with the defensive players, he got the opportunity to fully display his talents.

After being stunned for a while, Hennes smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Van Gaal has been looking for a deep-lying playmaker and even went so far as to transform Schweinsteiger, but the result is..."

Hoeness pointed at the Bayswater Chinese players who were leaving the field.

"This will definitely be a major decision-making mistake on our part!"

Rummenigge had nothing to say about this.

Although they only watched one game, the role played by Toni Kroos in this game really shocked them.

Didn’t he just move to Bayswater Chinese for a summer training camp?

Today was his 4th game at Bayswater Chinese, and he put in such a performance?
"Yang Cheng is such a scary guy!" Rummenigge was unwilling to admit that he made a wrong decision.

Therefore, he believes that it was Yang Cheng's transformation of Toni Kroos that completely activated Toni Kroos' potential.

That’s right.

Nelinger nodded. “He always seems to see details that we don’t.”

In the past, they would scoff at the rumors that Yang Cheng had the ability to turn stones into gold.

But now, they began to believe it.

"By the way, didn't he mention Thomas Muller and Badstuber before?" Rummenigge reacted.

Hoeness immediately understood, "Yes, Toni Kroos has such an effect after the adjustment. Then Thomas Muller and Badstuber must have huge potential that has not been tapped."

The two giants of Bayern looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

Since missing out on Toni Kroos is irreversible, Thomas Muller and Badstuber cannot be missed at all.

The club must invest resources and study how to activate these two young players.

You know, Yang Cheng originally put them both before Toni Kroos.

……

Out of confidence in the box office appeal of the Bayswater Chinese, the ICC held all three of the Bayswater Chinese warm-up matches in stadiums with a capacity of more than 10 people.

The second game will be at Ohio State Stadium against Inter Milan.

Today, the coach of Inter Milan is Yang Cheng’s old rival, former Liverpool head coach Benítez.

The match once again attracted more than 10 people.

In this warm-up match, Bayswater Chinese once again defeated Inter Milan 2-0.

Both goals came from Lewandowski.

Toni Kroos continued to perform very steadily.

After two high-intensity games, whether it is Yang Cheng, the coaching staff, or the players in the team, they have basically recognized the strength of Toni Kroos.

Especially Modric.

The Croatian midfielder told Yang Cheng personally that after Toni Kroos joined the team, he felt that the burden on his shoulders was much lighter.

In the past, he had to worry about a lot of things, including game rhythm, offensive organization and so on.

But now, he seems to be liberated and plays more easily.

However, Modric also told Yang Cheng that he needed more time to adapt to Toni Kroos.

Modric also stressed that Rakitic belongs to another style.

Obviously, he was worried that Yang Cheng would neglect his teammates in the national team after having Toni Kroos.

Yang Cheng didn't think there was anything wrong with Modric's selfishness.

Human nature.

He promised that he would still value Rakitic.

With so many games, rotation is inevitable.

……

After the second game, the team headed north from Ohio to Ann Arbor, Michigan.

This is the last game of the group stage and also the most watched one.

Stars such as Messi, Xavi, Villa, Iniesta and others all started the game.

The Chinese in Bayswater also sent their main forces.

However, due to the late start of the La Liga, Barcelona's training time is relatively short, resulting in them not being in the best condition now. Facing the Chinese in Bayswater who are getting better and better, Barcelona is obviously unable to cope with it.

Especially the defense.

In this game, Toni Kroos fully demonstrated his long pass advantage.

In the first half, he launched two long passes.

First, he helped Walcott to cross the ball from the right side of the penalty area, and Lewandowski shot into the goal from the center.

Then there was a long pass to the left side of the penalty area, and Gareth Bale shot with his left foot.

We were leading 2-0 in the first half.

In the second half, both sides made substitutions after the change of sides.

Barcelona scored a goal in the second half by Messi.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese defeated Barcelona 2-1 and won first place in the group with a record of 3 wins.

The game at Michigan Stadium attracted a total of 109000 people.

This once again broke the historical record of American football games set at Beaver Stadium in Pennsylvania a few days ago!
……

As champions of the Eastern Conference of the United States, the Bayswater Chinese traveled to New York to participate in the first International Champions Cup final.

The opponent is the Western Conference champion, Real Madrid.

The Galacticos under Mourinho's coaching are quite strong.

Especially this summer, after the addition of Bruno Alves, Coentrao, Khedira and the dead fish eyed Mesut, the overall strength has improved by leaps and bounds.

In the group stage, Real Madrid also won all three games.

The two giants gathered in New York for a peak showdown at the MetLife Stadium.

The game attracted 82500 fans.

During the pre-match familiarization training, the number of fans entering the stadium exceeded 5.

The enthusiasm of American fans is truly astonishing!
The average price of a group-stage ticket is $100.

But the ticket price for this final was as high as $200, which doubled.

But even so, it still attracted 82500 fans and the stadium was packed.

In this world-renowned battle, both the Chinese players from Bayswater and Real Madrid put in very hard performances.

The two teams staged a peak showdown.

The Chinese in Bayswater launched a massive attack. Although Real Madrid was defending and counterattacking, their attack was also quite sharp.

The two teams were at loggerheads, neither team giving in.

But in the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Real Madrid 3-1 thanks to goals from substitutes Aaron Ramsey and Javi Martinez in the second half of the game.

The Chinese from Bayswater successfully won the first International Champions Cup!

At the same time, in the Asian region, Ancelotti's Manchester City beat Ferguson's Manchester United, AC Milan and Liverpool to win the first place in the Asian group.

……

Entering December.

After more than half a month of competition, when the first International Champions Cup came to an end, fans all over the world were still reluctant to leave.

Although it is a warm-up match, and although the participating teams did not try their best or were not in the best condition, such a match is truly a feast for fans in North America and Asia!

When Yang Cheng led the team back from New York to London to start the final sprint of the new season, Adam Crozier and Omar Berrada came to Yang Cheng's office during their break from training.

As soon as the self-proclaimed romantic and dashing CEO walked in, he laughed and shouted, "It's exploded! It's exploded! It's completely exploded!" without paying any attention to the fact that Brian Kidd was still there.

"Yang, we're totally blown up!"

Yang Cheng and Brian Kidd looked at each other.

"What exploded?"

"Competition, International Champions Cup!"

Yang Cheng said, "I guessed it a long time ago."

As he said that, he motioned to Adam Crozer and the other man to sit down and report.

According to the report sent by ICC, a total of 13 games were played in the two North American zones, including the final.

“Guess what the total attendance was?”

Yang Cheng didn't give him the chance to keep it a secret, "Hurry up and tell me."

"A total of 104 million people!"

"So many?" Brian Kidd was shocked.

On average, there are about 8 people per show.

"It's already considered low. The most popular stadiums in the western United States have about 9 people."

"There are also finals, and there are only 82500 people in total."

"If the stadium capacity can be increased, the attendance rate will definitely increase further."

Adam Crozier explained with a laugh.

He was obviously very pleased with the result.

Yang Cheng was not surprised by this.

When he was in the United States, he had a general idea of ​​the attendance rate.

The ball market is indeed very hot.

What he is most concerned about is actually the Asian region.

"How is the Asia region?"

Adam Crozier nodded and said, "The stadiums in the Asian region are not as big as those in the United States. The two games in China attracted 15 people, one in the capital and the other in Shanghai."

"South Korea's two games at the Olympic Stadium and the World Cup Stadium attracted only 13 people in total."

"The two games in Japan attracted 14 people."

"So, six games in Asia attracted 6 people."

"Add to that the 104 million in North America, and the total comes to a staggering 146 million."

After hearing this, Yang Cheng made a rough estimate of the ticket revenue in his mind.

Since New York Mets tickets are more expensive, averaging $200, total ticket revenue must be more than $1.5 million.

Converted into euros, that's 1 million euros.

Damn, are we going to play a warm-up match?

This is simply like going to the gold rush!

If it were really announced to the public, the European media would go wild!

The total appearance fees for the 12 participating teams is 6400 million euros.

Then deduct various miscellaneous income such as food and accommodation, travel, stadium rental, various security measures, etc.

The ticket revenue alone is enough to cover it.

In other words, at least you won’t lose money!
This immediately made Yang Cheng breathe a sigh of relief.

But there was another piece of data that surprised Yang Cheng.

That is the number of fans entering the stadium for pre-match familiarization training.

This is an additional charge of $40 per person.

Three divisions and 19 games attracted a total of more than 55 visitors.

In other words, the revenue from this aspect reached 2200 million US dollars, which is almost 1500 million euros.

If we also take into account commercial sponsorship fees, television broadcast fees, and some retail income on match days, etc.

Yang Cheng made a conservative estimate himself and it would definitely not be less than 2500 million euros.

Is this a lot?

Not much actually!

Judging from just one event, it is actually very little.

How much does a season of Premier League cost?

How much does a season of Champions League cost?

This kind of popular event is simply a way to make money without doing anything!

In contrast, ICC was busy for a year, struggling headfirst and struggling for more than half a month, and only earned 2500 million euros.

It’s really not a huge profit!

But if you consider that this is only the first event.

Whether it is broadcasting fees or sponsorship fees, they are all charged at friendly prices.

For example, China's broadcaster Huaxia Television, after promising to allocate a lot of resources and strengthen promotional efforts, only spent 200 million U.S. dollars to acquire the broadcasting rights.

The price of Fox TV in the United States is a bit higher, but it is also very cheap.

To put it simply, ICC focuses more on promotion and publicity when it comes to attracting investment.

Unlike Americans who only think about making quick money, Yang Cheng has the same idea as the top European teams.

That is to cultivate the events and the market first.

Want to make money?

There are plenty of opportunities in the future!
Besides, for a top team, this is already very good.

You don’t have to spend a penny yourself, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all included. Just provide one person, play 3 games, and earn 450 million euros.

Let me ask you, is there anything in the world that can make more money than this?

The Chinese player from Bayswater played four games and received 4 million euros, plus the championship bonus, a total of 800 million euros.

Real Madrid's is 900 million euros.

Isn’t this delicious?
"David Pencel and Richard Masters had a remote video call with me. We still have to wait for a while for the accurate financial report, but they initially estimated that there would be no problem in making a profit of more than 20 million euros."

“But they all suggested that there would be no dividends this year!”

Yang Cheng nodded.

David Pensel had already hinted about this when he was in the United States.

What he meant was that if the money was divided directly, everyone would be happy.

But this money is nothing to the top teams.

But ICC is a newly established company and has a lot of money to spend, and it also has to prepare for next year's events.

Although this year's event was quite successful, many problems also occurred.

It’s just that these problems don’t affect the game, so no one pays attention to them.

But as the organizers, they must pay attention.

Therefore, he does not plan to distribute dividends, but to use the money to find more professional supporting service providers and strive to host higher-level and higher-quality events.

Yang Cheng agrees with this.

"You tell David Pensel and Richard Masters that I support their decision!"

After a pause, Yang Cheng continued, "But the accounts must be clear, and good communication must be maintained with the major wealthy families to avoid misunderstandings."

This is also what it should be.

Although the top football teams are currently making money with the help of ICC, there is no guarantee that there will not be competitors in the future.

The most important resource in a football match is the participating teams.

Therefore, the most important thing for ICC is to firmly unite the major European clubs.

In the future, let alone the International Champions Cup, it is not just the expansion of the International Champions Cup, the business can be further expanded.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, the organizer RS ​​company was still the most influential football event service provider in the United States, including event broadcasting, preparation, publicity and marketing, etc., even after the International Champions Cup was discontinued.

It can be said that these are all passed down from generation to generation.

ICC will certainly continue to expand in the future.

But for now, the top priority is to run the International Champions Cup successfully!

……

Yang Cheng was very satisfied with the team's performance during this summer's training camp, especially the International Champions Cup.

The new players have performed well.

In the goalkeeper position, Yang Cheng initially used Begovic.

But later, Courtois' performance was clearly better than Begovic's.

The Belgian didn't need any time to integrate and immediately put in a great performance.

The biggest obstacle now is language and communication.

Toni Kroos also did not need any time to adjust. In the first warm-up match, he conquered Yang Cheng and the coaching staff in just 45 minutes and became everyone's first choice.

This time, Yang Cheng finally realized what a genius was and he could tell it just by watching one game.

He didn't even watch a game, but in just 45 minutes, Toni Kroos proved his quality.

The most rare thing is that the Germans are really stable.

He always has the feeling of being neither hurried nor relaxed, and never feels rushed.

This allowed the Chinese in Bayswater to clearly control the overall rhythm much better than in the past.

Coupled with his long passes, combined with Bayswater Chinese's fast wingers, he can always change the course of the game in an instant and catch the opponent off guard.

Not to mention anything else, how can the opponent defend against a midfielder like this who can transfer the ball to any position on the court at any time and launch an attack?
There will always be loopholes!

It would be better if the opponent forced Toni Kroos's side to try to contain the German midfield.

The ball is transferred directly to the opponent's weak side of defense.

It was only after watching Toni Kroos's game that all the coaching staff, including Brian Kidd, truly realized how strong the midfield that Yang Cheng wanted to build was!
Not only did Bayswater Chinese's new players bring surprises to Yang Cheng.

Far away in Nice in southern France, Emmanuel Perrin, who had just taken office as the football director, also gave Yang Cheng an unexpected surprise.

(End of this chapter)