I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 208 Five successful candidates! Goal-scoring extravaganza! The strongest champion of Bayswater Chinese Youth Training Camp! [Subscribe]

On the afternoon of August 8, Sunderland Stadium of Light.

In the first round of the Premier League in the 10/11 season, Bayswater Chinese challenged Sunderland away.

Before the game, in the home team's locker room.

"Do you still remember what we did in this stadium last season?"

Before the players went on the field, head coach Steve Bruce was giving the final mobilization.

His signature deep baritone voice echoed in every corner of the locker room.

Sunderland's players were all in high spirits and surrounded the head coach, as if they were guarding the sun.

"We almost defeated Bayswater Chinese and Manchester United in this stadium. We made Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City all encounter stubborn sniping in our home stadium!"

"We use our iron will and molten-hot passion to make all enemies who come to the Stadium of Light feel the horror of this place and leave in awe!"

"You are the sons of light, just as the fans shouted. On behalf of the more than 4 fans who came to this stadium today, let us shake our strongest and most powerful fist at our enemies!"

Steve Bruce's slightly fat body kept shaking because of excitement and clenching his fists.

But it brings a particularly heavy sense of power to everyone.

"Today, still here, a brand new season is about to begin."

"Our opponents are powerful and high-ranking families, but so what?"

"We want to use this game to tell our enemies that we are the real kings at the Stadium of Light!"

"Tell these damn bastards to go back to London!"

After hearing the last sentence, the Sunderland players, who were already screaming with excitement, became like chicken blood, and could hardly suppress their inner restlessness.

Steve Bruce was very satisfied with his carefully prepared mobilization.

He stood at the door of the locker room and escorted the players out of the locker room one by one.

When the last player left, Steve Bruce followed closely and walked out of the locker room with his head held high.

He has been preparing for this game for a long time!

When the new Premier League season schedule came out, he knew that he would face Bayswater Chinese at home in the first round, so he and his assistants have been preparing.

Now, the war drums finally sound!
……

The game is about to begin.

Referee Anthony Taylor had the silver whistle in his mouth, turned his wrist and looked at his watch.

The players of both teams set up their formations.

Sunderland, playing at home, wore red and white striped shirts, while Bayswater Chinese wore sand-colored gold coin away jerseys.

Players from both sides felt the pressure from each other.

This is the premiere of the new season.

Especially Toni Kroos, who was playing in the Premier League for the first time.

He has been preparing for this game for a long time and has watched a lot of Premier League games.

He knows that the pace of Premier League games is very fast.

Especially in official games, he will have very little time to think and pass the ball.

He must stay focused and think about how to play the ball before each stop.

Well begun is half done!
He needs to play well in this game.

This made him feel a little pressure.

But soon, he felt a gentle and encouraging gaze from the person beside him.

Modric, the captain.

His partner!

It's okay, we will all help you!

This is what Modric said to Toni Kroos before the game.

At this moment, feeling Modric's encouraging gaze, Toni Kroos smiled and nodded, took a deep breath, completely suppressed all thoughts in his mind, and focused on the game.

His first reaction was the hostility in the eyes of Sunderland players.

It seems that today's game is not easy to deal with!
The strategy given by the head coach is to attack quickly at the beginning and make a quick decision, instead of dragging it into a war of attrition.

In last season's game, also at the Stadium of Light, the goal was not scored until the very last minute of the game.

Thinking of this, Toni Kroos stopped thinking about it.

Behind him, all the way straight to the goal.

Courtois, who was also starting in the Premier League for the first time, did not seem unusual at all.

The Belgian was still striding and fiddling with his gloves, as if what was about to happen to him was not his first Premier League game in his career, but an internal team training session.

This may have something to do with the fact that he doesn't get much attention.

After all, Toni Kroos came under pressure, and he replaced last season's main midfielders Rakitic and Aaron Ramsey.

It will definitely be more stressful.

After Courtois finished fiddling with the gloves, he clapped his hands vigorously, but felt that it was still not comfortable, so he started again.

Just as the Belgian had finally fixed his gloves, a crisp whistle was heard from the front.

Amid the cheers of 4 fans on the scene, the game officially started!

……

Bayswater Chinese took the lead by kicking the ball off the line, with Lewandowski passing it to Gareth Bale.

The latter passed the ball back to Matic who was lagging behind.

After the ball went out of the center circle, Gareth Bale and Lewandowski ran forward quickly.

But at this time, Sunderland's two forwards sprinted forward quickly.

Steve Bruce came from Manchester United, so he not only signed young player Campbell from Manchester United, but also loaned Welbeck.

Now, Darren Bent and Campbell, two extremely fast players, formed a double striker, like two sharp knives, quickly stabbing into the heart of Bayswater Chinese defense.

Captain Lee Cattermole and young player Jordan Henderson also pressed forward, trying to curb Bayswater Chinese's opening attack through pressing in the midfield and frontcourt after the opening.

At the very least, we must disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm.

As soon as Matic received the ball, the two men rushed to him.

The Serbian midfielder immediately passed the ball back to Pepe behind him.

After the two central defenders moved apart, when Pepe received the ball, Darren Bent rushed towards him.

Pepe passes the ball back to the goalkeeper.

Campbell rushed towards Courtois immediately.

The Belgian then passed the ball to Thiago Silva who came back to receive the ball.

At this moment, Sunderland's entire midfield and frontcourt have all pressed forward.

Almost all reliable passing options around Thiago Silva were blocked.

Just when the Brazilian received the ball and couldn't find a reliable point to pass the ball, a figure ran back from the front and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

The German-speaking Toni Kroos!

Although we don’t speak the same language very well, football is the best international language.

Thiago Silva kicked the ball to Toni Kroos, just avoiding Campbell's pressure.

This looks a bit sinister.

The Sunderland fans at the scene wanted to applaud and cheer.

They like the passion and fighting spirit of the home team!

But the next moment, they were a little stunned.

Toni Kroos ran back and caught the ball in a no-man's land where there was no village in front and no shop behind.

On the right side of the penalty area.

Sunderland played in a 442 formation and just now they pressed towards Matic and Pepe, so there was no one on this side for the time being.

The chance was very short, but it was enough for Toni Kroos.

The German midfielder stopped the ball with the inside of his left foot, turned around and looked ahead again.

When he was running back just now, he was already paying attention to the positions of the players around him and behind him.

Now, he just wanted to confirm one last time, who should he pass it to?
After turning around, Toni Kroos dribbled the ball out with his right foot and accelerated to catch up.

Taking advantage of the inertia of the run-up, he kicked a long pass with his right foot.

The ball flew at a very fast speed from the outside of the Bayswater Chinese penalty area, across their own half, across the center line, across Sunderland's 30-meter area, and landed on the right side of the Black Cats' penalty area.

At the moment the football was kicked out, all the fans in the stands clearly saw two gray figures sprinting at an extremely fast speed like lightning.
Three figures wearing red and white striped shirts pulled away and started chasing desperately.

From the center line to Sunderland's penalty area, the distance of just a few dozen meters made all the fans feel as if it was thousands of kilometers long.

No matter how fast Bramble, who is 1 meters tall, runs, he can never be faster than the little tiger.

Walcott took the lead and kicked the ball from mid-air into the penalty area from outside the penalty area.

Bramble behind him tried to push him away with his body and reached out to pull him.

But when the little tiger passed the ball into the penalty area and stepped in, he didn't dare to make any unnecessary moves.

Walcott was lightly pushed by Bramble from behind, but he did not fall to the ground. Instead, he stabilized his center of gravity, chased after the falling football, and shot directly.

The ball passed over goalkeeper Mignolet's hands and went into Sunderland's goal!
"The ball went in!!!"

"The little tiger Walcott scored first!!"

"Just 18 seconds into the game, the Chinese from Bayswater took the lead in breaking through Sunderland's goal!"

"It was a very, very quick goal!"

"We saw that the Chinese player who scored this goal for Bayswater was Toni Kroos who just joined this summer!"

"A very, very accurate long pass!"

“It’s incredible!”

"At such a long distance, he found his teammates accurately!"

"Walcott's unloading of the ball was just right, so Bramble didn't dare to make any extra body movements."

"Little Tiger handled the situation very cleverly, especially the subsequent shot!"

"1 to 0!"

“We can see data from the scene, a full 70 meters!”

"This pass is comparable to Rui Costa's in AC Milan!"

"We should not only look at Walcott's goal, but also Toni Kroos's wonderful long pass assist."

"This 20-year-old German midfielder has performed very well since joining the team. His passes, especially long passes, are extremely concealed."

“This will be an important trump card for the Bayswater Chinese this season!”

The live TV camera also switched to the sidelines at this time.

Yang Cheng jumped up excitedly and clenched his right fist.

Steve Bruce in front of the home team's coaching bench raised his hands to the sky, obviously speechless about the goal conceded.

Just a dozen seconds into the game, we lost the ball!
What else can be said?
I can only say that Toni Kroos' long passes, combined with the speed of Gareth Bale and Walcott, are simply amazing!
……

After scoring the first goal, the morale of the Chinese players in Bayswater was boosted.

It's the home team instead.

Sunderland lost the ball at the start of the game and their morale was greatly hit.

As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, the Chinese in Bayswater successfully launched a wave of offensive at the beginning.

In the 11th minute, Lewandowski received a pass from Gareth Bale in the frontcourt, stopped the ball, turned around and made a horizontal pass.

Modric broke into the right side of the penalty area and, with no one guarding him, volleyed the ball with his right foot and sent the ball into Sunderland's goal again.

2 is better than 0!

In the 17th minute, Toni Kroos made a long diagonal pass near the left side of the center circle and transferred the ball to the right.

After Piszczek stopped the ball, he passed it to Walcott, who cut inside and passed it across the goal.

Lewandowski's shot went straight into Mignolet's arms.

The angle is too straight!
But just five minutes later, the Chinese in Bayswater intercepted the ball in the midfield and launched a quick counterattack.

After Modric and Lewandowski completed a beautiful one-two combination, he feinted and sent a straight pass with the outside of his foot.

Walcott quickly counter-attacked, successfully beat the offside, had a one-on-one opportunity, broke into the penalty area and scored again.

3 is better than 0!

At this time, the game was only 23 minutes long!

On one hand, there was the excitement in the locker room before the game, and on the other hand, there was an almost one-sided crushing after the opening, which made Sunderland players feel unacceptable.

Especially after losing three goals in a row, they were completely aroused and began to increase their actions.

First, Lee Cattermole fouled Modric, and then former Manchester United player Richardson fouled when defending Walcott, and was shown a yellow card warning.

In the 43rd minute, Lee Cattermole once again fouled Lewandowski when he was defending against him and was pulled from behind by the Pole after he turned away.

Anthony Taylor showed no mercy and gave Lee Cattermole his third yellow card of the game, which was also his second yellow card, directly sending the Sunderland captain off with a red card.

At this point, the game had completely lost its suspense.

After the second half, in the 62nd minute, Gareth Bale dribbled the ball through on the left and passed it to the middle of the penalty area. Lewandowski shot the ball into the goal, locking the score at 4-0!

Sunderland defended vigorously but was unable to turn the situation around.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese won 4- away against Sunderland!

……

After losing the game and receiving a red card, Sunderland head coach Steve Bruce expressed dissatisfaction with the referee Anthony Taylor's officiating. He believed that the second yellow card was too severe.

But whether it is Sky Sports or other media such as The Times, they all believe that the two yellow cards given to Anthony Taylor were very reasonable and even showed mercy.

The first round of the Premier League also decided the winner.

The opening match was at White Hart Lane.

Redknapp's Tottenham Hotspur drew 0-0 with Ancelotti's Manchester City at home.

This game is really surprising!
Ancelotti's side has fielded all its main players.

Especially on the front line, Ibrahimovic sat in the center, Tevez and Kaka were lurking behind him, forming a front trident.

This offensive combination was unable to break through the central defender duo of Ledley King and Michael Dawson.

As Yang Cheng has always said, Ledley King is an underrated central defender.

The main impact is still due to injuries.

Hiddink's Chelsea played at Stamford Bridge, with Drogba's hat trick and Eto'o's double goal, beating newly promoted West Bromwich Albion 6-0 at home.

This looks like a big victory, but in fact the game was really decided from the 55th to the 68th minute of the second half.

In just 13 minutes, the Knickers conceded three goals.

Coupled with the goal conceded at the beginning of the first half, as a newly promoted team, the Baggies once again experienced the cruelty of the Premier League.

Liverpool played at home and drew 1-1 with Arsenal.

This was another bloody match.

Both teams received a red card, one in the first half stoppage time and one in the second half stoppage time.

Liverpool took the lead in the first half, but the red card changed the situation.

In the second half, Arsenal took advantage of their numbers, launched a crazy attack, and successfully equalized the score.

But in stoppage time, Arsenal center back Koscielny also received a red card.

It can be said that this was a tragic draw!

Manchester United beat newly promoted Newcastle 3-0 at home.

But there were also some upsets in the first round.

Wigan Athletic played against newly promoted Blackpool at home, but they were beaten 0-4 at home, which was a small upset and Blackpool became famous because of it.

But what no one expected was that Blackpool immediately felt the cruelty of the Premier League in the next round.

……

After receiving much praise in the first round, Blackpool travelled to the Emirates Stadium to challenge Arsenal in the second round of the Premier League.

As a result, Blackpool, who defeated Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the first round, was beaten 6-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium!

Arshavin scored a hat-trick and Benzema also scored twice.

Wenger's team vented their frustration of being tied by Liverpool away in the first round.

What is even more unbelievable is that after losing 0-4 to Blackpool in the first round, Wigan Athletic suffered a 0-6 defeat to Chelsea at home in the second round.

Even Hiddink himself found it unbelievable.

12 goals were scored in two rounds.

It's just luck!
When did the team he coached play so aggressively?
Neither West Bromwich Albion nor Wigan Athletic could stop Chelsea's overwhelming offensive in the frontcourt.

Manchester United was tied 2-2 by Fulham away from home.

Ferguson was furious.

But the protagonists of this game are Fulham center back Hangeland and Manchester United winger Nani.

Hangeland scored an own goal in the 84th minute to help Manchester United lead 2-1.

Two minutes later, Nani missed a penalty.

In the 89th minute, Hangeland redeemed himself by scoring against Van der Sar, helping Fulham to equalize the score 2-2 at home.

Ancelotti's Manchester City defeated Mancini's Liverpool 3-0 at home with Tevez's double and Kaka's goal.

The most crucial moment of this game was Kaka's goal in the 13th minute.

Brazilians did not replicate their past lives.

Although he was injured before the World Cup, he was well taken care of.

After that, he participated in the World Cup in South Africa, returned to Manchester City, and spent another summer recovering from the injury.

Now he is fully recovered and performing well.

In this round, Yang Cheng's team played at home against Allardyce's Blackburn Rovers.

These are old enemies!

The relationship between the two has been very bad since they had a feud last year.

This probably has a lot to do with the "pillow talk" of agent Mark Curtis.

Yang Cheng didn't take it to heart. He wasn't particularly fond of Allardyce anyway.

But the Bayswater Chinese players were obviously stimulated by some of Allardyce's remarks before the game. When playing at home, they played very actively from the start.

In just 73 seconds, the Chinese team from Bayswater scored the first goal.

Marcelo joined the attack from the back row and passed the ball to the front point.

Gareth Bale headed the ball to Lewandowski, who kicked the ball into Blackburn's goal from inside the small penalty area.

1 is better than 0!

Just like in the first round, Bayswater Chinese once again got off to a fantastic start!

After that, the Chinese in Bayswater continued to increase their offensive efforts.

In the 22nd minute, a very exciting cooperation took place on the right.

Matic made a straight pass, Modric and Walcott completed a beautiful one-two, the Croatian made a straight pass, and Walcott broke into the penalty area and scored.

2 is better than 0!

Just five minutes later, under pressure from the Bayswater Chinese in the frontcourt, Chimbonda, who was playing on the left, made a mistake in his back pass. Lewandowski successfully intercepted the ball near the penalty spot and scored with a single shot.

3 is better than 0!

The Polish center forward scored twice!

In the 32nd minute, Gareth Bale created a free kick opportunity on the left.

Modric took a free kick and Pepe headed the ball into the goal from the edge of the small penalty area, 4-0!

The whole Wembley Stadium went completely crazy!
It's only been half an hour!
In the second half, the Chinese players of Bayswater launched an attack at the beginning of the game.

Just 2 minutes later, Toni Kroos made a long diagonal pass to the right side of the frontcourt.

Lewandowski pulled to the right to get the ball and passed it directly to Piszczek.

The latter passed the ball back to Walcott. The little tiger knocked it back, Lewandowski cut along the penalty area, rushed into the top of the arc after receiving the ball, shot with his left foot and scored a hat trick!

5 is better than 0!

Just two minutes later, Toni Kroos made a straight pass, Gareth Bale broke into the left side of the penalty area, and shot into the far corner in his most familiar area, 2-6!

Afterwards, Modric and Lewandowski cooperated continuously, the Polish center made a straight pass, and Walcott had a one-on-one opportunity.

There was still a chance to score.

But goalkeeper Robinson acted in time and decisively confiscated the ball.

In the 62nd minute, Lewandowski received a pass from Walcott on the right side of the small penalty area and shot it in, scoring his fourth goal of the game.

7 is better than 0!

In the 70th minute, after a straight pass from Modric, Lewandowski received the ball and broke into the right side of the penalty area. He calmly dribbled past central defender Nelson who was returning to defense and shot from a small angle, making it 8-0!

The Polish center forward has five successful players!
The entire Wembley Stadium was in complete carnival!
No one expected that this game would turn into such a crazy, one-sided massacre.

Especially Blackburn head coach Allardyce.

His team just won 1-0 against Everton at home in the first round, which made him very ambitious.

But unexpectedly, after arriving in London, they were completely trampled under the feet of Yang Cheng's team and slaughtered crazily!

"This is the third time since the founding of the Premier League that a player has scored five goals."

"The previous two times were in 1995 when Manchester United beat Ipswich 9-0 at home, with Andy Cole scoring five goals alone."

"Another time was in 1999, when Newcastle beat Sheffield Wednesday 8-0 at home, with Alan Shearer scoring five goals."

"Now, Bayswater Chinese player Lewandowski has also scored five goals!"

"We saw that after scoring five goals, Lewandowski still wasn't satisfied. He kept running and looking for opportunities."

In the 81st minute, Bayswater Chinese intercepted the ball in their own half and quickly counterattacked.

Marcelo took the ball to the frontcourt and made a horizontal pass.

Lewandowski made a straight pass, Gareth Bale broke into the left side of the penalty area and shot again.

9 is better than 0!

All the fans at the scene went crazy!

Such a massacre is extremely rare!

Even in the 83rd and 89th minutes, Bayswater Chinese still had chances to score.

First, Pepe's header hit the post.

Then Walcott made a cross from the right, and Lewandowski's header was saved by Robinson as if with divine help.

In the end, the score stopped at 9 to 0!

It was a shame that the Bayswater Chinese were unable to score a double-digit goal.

Lewandowski even missed the opportunity to create a legendary Premier League record!

You know, in the history of the Premier League, no one has ever scored 6 goals in a single game.

……

To some extent, the first round of this season's Premier League was quite satisfactory.

Although there were some exciting matches like Chelsea's 6-3 win, Manchester United's 4-0 win over Newcastle, and Bayswater Chinese's - away win over Sunderland, overall, it was a normal performance.

In fact, 26 goals in a single round were actually lower than expected.

It is normal to perform poorly in the first round of the season.

But in the second round, everyone felt the difference of this season.

44 goals in a single round set a record for the 20 Premier League teams!
That’s 10 games!
Among them, Bayswater Chinese, Arsenal, Chelsea and other teams all defeated their opponents by large scores.

Sky Sports believes that this is the craziest goal feast in the history of the Premier League!
In this goal-scoring game, Bayswater Chinese scored 13 goals in two rounds, leading the Premier League standings.

Following closely behind is Hiddink's Chelsea, who also won two consecutive games.

The Blues scored 12 goals in two rounds.

The two West London teams are the only two teams in the Premier League that have maintained an undefeated record.

Moreover, both teams conceded zero goals.

This has caused a lot of discussion outside.

Many people even believe that after Chelsea cleaned up redundant staff and promoted young players, its overall combat effectiveness has actually been strengthened.

After the Chinese team at Bayswater brought in Toni Kroos, the entire midfield functioned very smoothly.

It's a very amazing feeling.

Just like what the famous Alan Hansen commented on his show after the game.

"Yang Cheng's team is the most fluent, creative and controlling team in the Premier League so far this season. Their midfield is simply amazing!"

"Whether it was the first round against Sunderland or this round at home against Blackburn, their midfield was constantly creating opportunities and delivering ammunition to the front court."

"So far, all the Premier League coaches have probably not found an effective way to restrain Bayswater's Chinese midfield."

“Perhaps, in the next round, Bolton should consider playing tight defense. Although it may be a bit ugly, this should be the most reliable way to stop the attack of the Chinese in Bayswater!”

Alan Hansen predicts that the offensive combination of Gareth Bale, Walcott, Lewandowski and Di Maria will become the sharpest attacking lineup in the Premier League this season.

“This sharp attacking line will give Bayswater Chinese’s opponents a huge headache!”

But it turned out that Alan Hansen guessed wrong.

……

At noon on August 8, the third round of the Premier League.

Bolton Wanderers host Bayswater Chinese at home.

Owen Coyle still set up their iconic 442 formation and was ready to go.

But just four minutes into the game, the Chinese at Bayswater made good use of the frontcourt cooperation. Modric and Lewandowski completed a beautiful two-pass wall cooperation and passed the ball behind the defense line.

Since the beginning of this season, Lewandowski, whose feet are red and purple, has had a one-on-one opportunity and almost broke through the goal guarded by Jaskelainen.

This can be regarded as a wake-up call for Bolton.

But in the 11th minute, Gareth Bale stole the ball from Stetson in the frontcourt, launched a counterattack, and passed the ball from the left to the middle of the penalty area. Lewandowski rushed over and calmly shot the ball into Jaskelainen's goal.

1 is better than 0!

Bolton's defense lasted only 11 minutes!

The Chinese in Bayswater continued to launch attacks and launched a wave of offensives.

Although they were playing away from home, the team took the initiative and forced Bolton to defend.

In the 41st minute, Toni Kroos made a diagonal pass from the left side outside the penalty area to the right side of the penalty area.

Walcott quickly moved forward and passed the ball back to the middle near the baseline before anyone else.

Gareth Bale headed the ball from the back post and opened the Bolton goal again.

2 is better than 0!

After the change of sides in the second half, Modric made a lob pass from outside the penalty area, Lewandowski shot from outside the small penalty area, but the goalkeeper saved it, and Walcott came in from behind and scored.

3 is better than 0!

In the 74th minute, Toni Kroos made a long pass and Walcott shot from the right side of the penalty area. After the goalkeeper saved the shot, Lewandowski failed to get to the point in time.

Modric came in from behind and calmly pushed the ball into the goal again.

4 is better than 0!

In the end, Bayswater Chinese won 4-0 away against Bolton thanks to four attackers in the frontcourt each scoring a goal.

After the game, Sky Sports spoke highly of the Bayswater Chinese's offense this season.

In the first three games, they scored 3 goals and conceded zero goals.

This is the best season since Yang Cheng coached Bayswater Chinese!
Sky Sports even believes that if the Chinese in Bayswater can maintain their current form after the national team training and the ignition of the Champions League, they will have no rivals in the Premier League this season!

“No one can stop such a group of Bayswater Chinese!”

In the same round, Arsenal beat Blackburn 2-1 away.

Chelsea beat Stoke City 2-0 at home.

Manchester United beat West Ham United 3-0 at home.

Liverpool beat West Bromwich Albion 5-0 at home.

The unlucky Knickers conceded 3 goals in 11 games after entering the Premier League!

This can be considered as letting them experience the cruelty of the Premier League early on!

Manchester City beat Sunderland 1-0 away from home.

……

The day before the third round of the Premier League, UEFA held the annual Champions League group stage draw and UEFA awards ceremony at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monaco.

As there were no chances for Bayswater Chinese to win any of the UEFA awards this season, and the third round of the Premier League was imminent, Yang Cheng did not attend.

In the end, Manchester United's Van der Sar won the best goalkeeper award and Vidic was selected as the best defender.

Fabregas won the best midfielder award and Rooney was selected as the best forward.

In the end, Vidic won the best player award.

This represented last season's Champions League very well.

Manchester United successfully won the Champions League by relying on defense.

It is somewhat regrettable that Wenger's team failed to win the championship.

In this season's Champions League draw, Manchester City's appearance surprised everyone.

The Blue Moon entered the Champions League group stage but was placed in the fourth pot.

This is definitely a replica of the Bayswater Chinese from a few years ago.

The other three Premier League teams, Bayswater Chinese, Manchester United and Arsenal are all seeded teams.

In other words, unless Manchester City is drawn against Lyon, they will definitely be in the group of death this season.

Although it was expected, the result was still surprising.

Manchester City was actually drawn into the same group with AC Milan and Real Madrid.

When the draw results came out, everyone was surprised at first, and then they understood.

Isn't UEFA the one that loves to play this kind of tricks the most?

Ancelotti encounters his former club.

Add to that Mourinho's Real Madrid, and it's simply too good to be true!

Yang Cheng is already ready to watch the show!

The luck of the Chinese in Bayswater is not very good, it is just average.

The second-tier team was drawn to be Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine.

The third tier was drawn to be Ajax of the Netherlands.

The last one is Žilina in Slovakia.

Judging from the overall strength, Bayswater Chinese are definitely in the first tier.

Advancing is a normal operation, and not advancing is a major upset.

But there is also a very troublesome problem.

According to the schedule, Bayswater Chinese will travel to Ukraine in the fourth round of the group stage to challenge Shakhtar Donetsk away.

It was November at that time, and it was the coldest time of the year in Ukraine.

But anyway, this is a good draw.

……

After the third round of the Premier League, the national team players left the team one after another and returned to their respective national teams.

Yang Cheng paid attention to Nice's performance in Ligue 1.

After defeating Valenciennes in the first round, they narrowly beat Lorient 2-1 away in the second round.

This is not a strong team, but the win was still a bit dangerous.

After that, they returned to their home ground and beat Nancy 2-0.

After three consecutive victories, Nice once occupied the top spot in the standings.

But in the 4th round, they drew 1-1 with Lille away.

This is the first big test Ronald Koeman has received since coaching Nice.

Lille is a strong team in Ligue 1. They drew 1- away from home, which is a pretty good performance.

Before the national team training camp, Nice remained unbeaten with 3 wins and 1 draw, ranking second in Ligue 2, second only to Toulouse, which had won four consecutive games.

Marseille, the defending champions who were highly expected before the season, ranked 10th after four rounds.

Lille is 11th and Paris Saint-Germain is 12th.

The traditional overlord Lyon was even worse, ranking directly in 17th place.

This is what Yang Cheng said before. Before Paris Saint-Germain took over, Ligue 1 was really just a fight between weak teams.

There is even a tendency for it to be overtaken by the Portuguese Super League, the Dutch Eredivisie and other leagues.

In addition, the leagues in Russia, Ukraine and Türkiye have all started to spend money like crazy, which has brought huge pressure to Ligue 1.

This is also why the French want to introduce Qatari capital.

In this situation, whoever can coach a more stable team will be able to gain an advantage in Ligue 1.

Yang Cheng temporarily put aside his concern for Nice and walked out of the office.

There is a road between the first-team training center and the youth training academy, but the traffic is not heavy.

Yang Cheng, accompanied by Brian Kidd, Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg, went to the youth academy.

This is also a habit of his.

Whenever he has time, he will visit the youth academy to see the development of several players he is following.

It was afternoon.

When Yang Cheng arrived at the training ground of the youth training academy, he easily found that on the side of one of the fields, a group of children aged seven, eight or nine were not training, but were gathered in a circle, shouting very loudly.

It feels like watching a really exciting game!

Yang Cheng and others walked over quickly and stood behind the children. They found that there were two young players competing one-on-one in the small circle.

They kept fighting one-on-one, constantly breaking through each other and chasing back to defend.

The people around them kept shouting and cheering them on.

Yang Cheng knew one of them, wasn’t it Jude Bellingham whom he signed?
But who is the other one?
The two little brats on the court were also getting angry, and with the constant fanning of the flames from the little players around them, they had to fight to see who was better.

"Come on, Jude! Show this new guy who is the strongest champion of the Bayswater Chinese U8 age group!"

When Yang Cheng heard a little kid shouting this, he almost burst out laughing.

"Do we still have the strongest champion in the U8 age group?"

Brian Kidd, Dan Ashworth and others all burst into laughter.

The kids who play football are hot-tempered and energetic. They like to compete with each other and always compare with each other in private to see who is the strongest.

"You know, this is actually a good way to inspire players' competitiveness and aggressiveness," explained Dan Ashworth.

Yang Cheng didn't think it was a big deal.

When it comes to young football players playing football, their favorite thing to do is to imitate.

They will imitate the playing style of their favorite stars.

The most common football stars in recent years are Ronaldinho, Messi, C Ronaldo, Zidane, Henry, Iniesta, Bergkamp and so on.

What surprised Yang Cheng was that the two little kids on the court were also imitating the stars when they competed with each other. They could do all kinds of moves, such as bicycle pedaling, ox tail, fried meatballs, Marseille turn...

Don’t even mention how much fun it was!

The funniest thing is that when a fried meatball is used here, one is immediately returned there.

It feels like, if you can do it, I can do it all.

Yang Cheng often comes to the youth training academy, so he is not surprised by such scenes.

Just as he watched, he felt something was strange.

"When did our youth academy recruit such a talent? Can he compete with Bellingham like this?"

Yang Cheng didn’t know, and Brian Kidd knew even less.

Everyone looked at Dan Ashworth.

"I've been busy with Nice recently, but I've also heard Matt mention it. He said there's a kid from an immigrant family who's very talented. He missed out on the youth training selection, but was invited to come for a trial and then stayed."

"He is 7 years old, just like Bellingham. But after a few days of training, he felt that the U7 age group was not enough for him, so he was promoted to the U8 age group. Now, he is on the same team as Bellingham."

Yang Cheng nodded slightly.

There are many young players who play very well.

Even talents like Bellingham and Sancho, although still very outstanding in the Bayswater Chinese youth training camp, are not without rivals.

But for a young player to truly grow into a professional player, or even a star, the whole process is extremely long and difficult.

At the same time, there are also a lot of uncertainties.

It could be an injury, the player could give up on his own, or there could be various reasons.

Even when you finally make it to the teenage stage where you are valued by the club and begin to be trained as a conscious effort, there are still many risks.

For example, height.

Some players will suddenly grow taller, causing them to lose the technical moves they used to perform with ease, and even their sense of the ball will quickly fade.

All in all, there are too many problems and too many uncontrollable factors.

Therefore, Yang Cheng was not really surprised to see someone who could fight Bellingham on equal terms.

Of course, this is also the case with the Chinese in Bayswater.

Outside, players like Bellingham are treasures that other teams want to sign at all costs.

While watching the two kids competing over there, Yang Cheng discussed the team's youth training with Dan Ashworth, as well as the youth training issues in Nice in Ligue 1.

At present, Nice’s training space is extremely limited, and the training of the youth team needs to be arranged reasonably and staggered.

A new training base must be put on the agenda.

Therefore, we will have to communicate with the Nice City Government next.

The Nice City Government is also actively striving to host the 2016 European Cup.

But to do that, they would have to build a whole new football stadium.

This is no small thing!
The Nice city government is making plans.

To build a new football stadium, one must consider various issues such as site selection, funding channels, and time.

But there is another very important point, which is the use of the venue after the game.

Even if a football stadium is left unused, it still costs a lot of money to maintain it every year.

This is unacceptable in any way.

In the city of Nice, there is only one professional club, Nice.

Therefore, Yang Cheng strongly supports the city of Nice hosting the European Cup and building a new stadium.

According to the Nice City Government, once the new stadium is built and the current Stade Municipal de Rey is transformed into a sports park, Nice will move its home stadium to the new stadium.

Neither stadium is Nice's property, so the club is in no position to refuse in this regard.

Nice is already smiling secretly as it can rent the right to use the new stadium at a low cost.

What Yang Cheng really wants is not only the lease of the stadium, but also the renovation of the interior of the stadium and the naming rights of the stadium.

This will be of great benefit to the future development of the Nice Club.

If Yang Cheng remembered correctly, after the stadium was built, it was named after Allianz Insurance.

It can be seen that it is still very valuable.

Just as Yang Cheng and others were discussing, they saw Matt Crocker coming out after receiving the news.

As soon as he saw two kids competing on the court, he immediately walked over and called for a stop.

"Zud, Jamal, stop!"

Outside the crowd, when Yang Cheng heard these two names, he suddenly turned his head, his eyes revealing an expression of disbelief.

(End of this chapter)