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Chapter 214: A Rush Away! A Century of Shame! Massacre in the Name of Football! [Subscribe]

Knightsbridge, London.

Abramovich stood in his living room in a daze, his eyes wide open, staring at the TV in front of him in disbelief.

He even forgot when he stood up.

His mind is now full of this game and this shocking score.

9 is better than 1!

What the hell...

Russians really have the urge to spit blood!
He didn't even know how such a crazy score came about!
This is simply outrageous!

Who could have thought that a city derby would be lost like this? This is simply a fixed match!
If Abramovich was not the owner of Chelsea, he would certainly doubt it.

No, even if he was the boss, he was doubtful.

Did that group of damn players deliberately fix the match to set his trap?

But Abramovich quickly dismissed his doubts.

These players are not very cultured, but they are not stupid.

No matter who we lose to, we must not lose to the Chinese in Bayswater.

And the loss was so outrageous!
The Russian turned around and saw that his assistant Marina Granovskaia also had an expression of disbelief on her face.

Before the game, she had already anticipated this match.

But she never expected to lose like this.

"Something big is going to happen!" Granovskaia said in a slightly trembling voice after a long silence.

After saying this, she raised her head and secretly looked at her boss.

Abramovich had already sat back on the sofa. After listening to Granovskaia's words, he thought for a moment and nodded slightly. "The fans will definitely make a scene tomorrow."

"No, we don't have to wait until tomorrow, the trouble will probably start now!"

How outrageous can British fans get when they start making trouble?

Abramovich even worried that they would smash the windows of his house!

This is a luxury house located in Knightsbridge, London!
"We must appease the fans as soon as possible!" Abramovich pointed at Granovskaia and ordered.

At the very least, we can't let those thugs smash the windows of my house.

"I immediately contacted Bruce Buck and Ron Gourlay and asked them to get ready."

Abramovich thought about it, hesitated for a moment, and then let out a long breath.

Chelsea fans have been very dissatisfied with him in the past two or three years.

Because Chelsea has missed the qualification for the Champions League for consecutive years.

This made many Blues fans feel that Abramovich was no longer willing to invest.

That’s right, for these fans, Abramovich’s biggest role is to spend money to buy football stars.

Now, having lost like this again, they will definitely vent all their resentment from the past two or three years on this incident.

Especially the success of the Chinese in Bayswater will only make Chelsea fans more angry!
Once the news spreads, media and fans all over the world will rush to report it, and even regard it as a "good story".

This is the Derby!

"Well, Marina, let Ron Gourlay come out to appease them and say that we promise to increase our recruitment and investment during the winter break and next summer!"

Abramovich is also determined.

Isn't it just about digging a few more barrels of oil in Siberia?
I have invested!

"Hiddink's side..."

Abramovich's heart skipped a beat.

Yes, according to the fine tradition of European football, the head coach should be fired at this time to calm the anger of the fans.

But Abramovich couldn't make this decision.

Hiddink was his friend.

Two years ago, he had to personally come forward and say all the nice things to invite him over and get him to stay.

Even if he is asked to leave the get out of class because of poor grades, at least he should be given a decent treatment.

Even Abramovich himself couldn't bear to fire him at this time.

Besides, Chelsea is now relying on the Dutch gang.

"He can't move. Give him a little more time, at least..."

Granovskaia understood what her boss meant.

"I'll make arrangements."

"As soon as possible!" Abramovich urged.

After seeing off Granovskaia, Russian talents revealed a complex mix of emotions including pain, regret and pity.

He didn't understand why Chelsea would become sworn enemies with the Chinese in Bayswater.

Is that monster Yang Cheng easy to deal with?

……

"The fans definitely don't want to see the team suffer such a crushing defeat."

"This is a shame and very difficult to accept. All we can do now is apologize, regain our confidence and work hard to win the next game."

Hiddink said this during an interview with media reporters at the post-match press conference.

He didn't think such a competition should involve anything more, especially something like a century of shame.

"It's just a defeat, we lost three points away from home, there's nothing special about it."

Regarding this game, Hiddink said that the team is at a very special node.

The main reason is that there are too many injuries to the main players.

"For a long time, we have been at the center of public opinion, which is very disadvantageous to us."

"The national team training in the middle of the week has seriously affected the condition of our players!"

Hiddink said that he had also coached the national team and had special phone calls with several national team head coaches before the game.

"But I know how the national team works and they will not hold back for our match, even if it is just a warm-up match."

The Dutchman also shouted at the fans.

"Losing 1-9 is a shame for everyone, and I understand that."

"It's a very bad day for us."

"We had several players unable to play and this had a very serious impact on our condition."

"On the other hand, our opponents played at a very high level, so we suffered a terrible defeat."

"Here, on behalf of the coaching staff and players, I apologize to all Chelsea fans!"

In response to media inquiries as to whether he would consider resigning and taking responsibility for the disastrous defeat, Hiddink said he was willing to take all responsibility, including accusations from the media and fans.

But he will not resign voluntarily.

"I leave the decision to the club and until they tell me I will continue!"

Yang Cheng's press conference was after Hiddink's.

Before he was about to enter the stadium, he ran into Hiddink in the passage, and the two shook hands and chatted for a few words.

Although the Bayswater Chinese performed aggressively on the court and defeated their opponents 9-1, off the court, Yang Cheng gave Hiddink enough face.

But after the crushing defeat, Hiddink really didn't want to talk more with Yang Cheng.

At the subsequent press conference, Yang Cheng first commented on the game, and also affirmed and praised the performance of his players.

As for Hiddink, Yang Cheng defended him.

"I think his coaching at Chelsea was relatively successful, but there are many issues that cannot be decided by a head coach."

Chelsea has shown a downward trend in the past two or three seasons. Yang Cheng believes that a very important part of the reason is that the Blues' investment is not that much among many Premier League teams.

Especially compared to teams like Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal.

Media reporters caught on to this sentence and asked Yang Cheng whether it meant that the Premier League would be monopolized by foreign capital in the future?

This is a very sensitive topic.

Yang Cheng first joked, "I am a foreign investor, and so is Chelsea!"

Amidst the laughter at the scene, Yang Cheng expressed his thoughts.

"I don't know what other people think, but in my opinion, European football has been undergoing tremendous changes in the past few years."

"We can see that teams in Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are all heavily in debt."

“The same is true for the Premier League.”

"With the advent of the era of globalization, many of the rules we are familiar with will have to change accordingly."

"Chelsea were once very successful but now they are in a quagmire."

"I can't predict the future. It's like many of the former giants we are familiar with don't know which league they are playing in now. This is a normal rule of professional football."

"No one is exempt from this!"

"I have always said that football has never been a simple business, or rather, from a business logic point of view, it doesn't make sense!"

"Many of us focus on revenue, but you will find that revenue is not the whole story of a football club."

"Some clubs are doing very well, but for various reasons, maybe just bad luck, injuries or other unexpected bad luck, they are relegated.

"By the next season, their revenue had dropped drastically, and they even went from doing well to suffering huge losses."

"On the other hand, we also see that many clubs are very, very good at the competitive level, but they are doing very badly in terms of management and are heavily in debt."

"Even in extreme cases, they may win the championship and be on the verge of bankruptcy the next moment!"

"Various phenomena have repeatedly shown that professional football has always been a very special business."

After a pause, Yang Cheng smiled at the British reporter who asked the question.

"What I want to express is that whether it is local capital or foreign capital, entering the special industry of football is essentially the same!"

Yang Cheng's speech won him thunderous applause from the audience.

indeed.

The more you understand football, the more you will understand that there are too many uncontrollable factors in the world of professional football.

To put it bluntly, the health tank of the top teams is relatively thicker, longer, and has a higher tolerance rate.

Who can guarantee that they will always stand at the top of the pyramid?

This is actually why Yang Cheng wants to acquire Nice and will even continue to acquire other clubs in the future.

The larger the football territory, the thicker and longer the blood groove, and the higher the tolerance rate.

Even if something goes wrong in the future, we can completely cut off our tail and survive.

When that day really comes, we will abandon Nice and keep Bayswater Chinese. Even if Nice is really relegated, as long as Bayswater Chinese are still there, Nice will return to Ligue 1 sooner or later.

……

Massacre in the name of football!

This was the first report of the game by British Sky Sports after the game at Wembley Stadium ended.

In the article, Sky Sports stated that the 9-1 victory was the cruelest massacre of Chelsea!

"This is a disgrace to Hiddink's coaching career!"

"It is also a bloody education for Chelsea's owners and management!"

Sky Sports believes that the Chinese team from Bayswater, playing at home, crushed Chelsea in all aspects.

"Hiddink's team can find all kinds of reasons for their failure, such as injuries, national team training and so on."

"But none of them could support them, which was enough reason for them to lose 1-9 away from home!"

"This has completely gone beyond the scope of normal football. This is a contest between two clubs from top to bottom, and Chelsea was completely defeated!"

Sky Sports believes that although both teams are participating in national team training, there is a huge gap in their preparation performance.

They all went to Qatar to participate in national team competitions, but Marcelo, Thiago Silva and Di Maria of Bayswater Chinese did not appear in this game. However, Alex and Ramires both started and played the whole game.

"But everyone has seen how the two Brazilian internationals performed."

Judging from their performance, these two players would be better off being substitutes rather than playing.

But this involves the second issue, the thickness of the bench.

In the past two or three years, Chelsea has always talked about the need to become younger and pay attention to youth training.

But so far, which young player of the Blues can take on the responsibility of the first team?
The number one culprit of this game, Mikel, was a talented midfielder comparable to Messi in the World Youth Championship. He was originally a No. 10 attacking midfielder, but at Chelsea, he was forcibly transformed into a defensive midfielder.

"Just relying on him alone, you want to take on Chelsea's midfield defense?"

Sky Sports believes that Chelsea has indeed encountered a wave of injuries, but in the past few years, with the rise of the Chinese in Bayswater, other Premier League teams, especially the top teams, have paid more and more attention to the prevention and control of injuries.

But why is Chelsea suffering from a wave of injuries?

Is this a natural disaster? Or a man-made disaster?
If the wave of injuries has left Chelsea seriously short of players, then where are the youth players who should have stepped up?

"When Chelsea was shouting about promoting youth training but was unwilling to give youth players a chance, Toni Kroos and Aaron Ramsey were only 20 and 19 years old respectively in the starting midfield of Bayswater Chinese."

"But it was precisely these two midfielders who directed today's massacre!"

Sky Sports also mentioned 21-year-old Ryan Bertrand.

This player is from Chelsea's youth training. After joining Bayswater Chinese, he became Marcelo's substitute, but he left a good impression every time he appeared.

In this game, he performed even better than Ashley Cole on the opposite side.

"If it weren't for the difference in jerseys, we would even doubt which one is Ashley Cole?"

This brings us to another issue.

Why are Chelsea's players in poor form?
Andy Carroll, Ashley Cole and Mikel all had various unfavorable news reported before the game.

This makes it difficult for the team's locker room to prepare for the game calmly.

Finally, Sky Sports believes that it is irresponsible to simply blame Hiddink for this disastrous defeat.

Chelsea's failure was all-round.

From investors to management to coaching staff to players to staff, Chelsea lost comprehensively to their arch-rivals in this West London derby.

"This is a brutal derby!"

"In the past 100 years of Chelsea, there has never been such a shame. Perhaps in the next 100 years, it will be difficult for what we saw today to happen again."

"But this will be a permanent shame for Chelsea!"

"The Chinese in Bayswater massacred Chelsea spiritually in this West London derby in front of billions of fans around the world!"

"From now on, when we talk about West London and face the Bayswater Chinese again, Chelsea will inevitably be inferior!"

……

Martin Samuel, a famous British columnist for The Times, has always had a good relationship with Chelsea.

But this time, he analyzed the game in his column.

This friend of Lampard and Terry mentioned that this game was more like completely uncovering Chelsea's fig leaf.

"It makes it clear to everyone that Chelsea has been Abramovich's 'toy' since 2003. When Abramovich was unwilling to make additional investments, Chelsea died on the spot!"

Why is there such a situation?
Martin Samuel believes Chelsea have never been a complete club.

Since Peter Kenyon, they have been trying to generate revenue, but in reality, the results are very limited.

And it was Abramovich who laid this hidden danger!

Why is this happening?

From Crespo to Shevchenko, to signing Ballack on a free transfer and so on.

Chelsea has been chasing stars and wants to build a super battleship to compete with Real Madrid.

But in the end, Real Madrid is still Real Madrid, and Chelsea is no longer the Chelsea of ​​a few years ago.

"When Roman Abramovich complains about Chelsea's £1.7m per season wage bill, ask him where all that wage bill is spent on."

"This is a topic that no one dares to talk about in the Chelsea dressing room."

"Perhaps, in this winter or next summer, Chelsea will continue to introduce stars and strengthen the team, but if the club's financial situation cannot be improved, no matter how many stars they have, they are all illusory bubbles."

"Chelsea will always be like the emperor in new clothes."

"Today's children are Bayswater Chinese, what about tomorrow?"

Chelsea's legendary captain Dennis Wise also said in an interview with media reporters that Chelsea is losing its traditional advantages.

"Chelsea used to be a tough, strong and defensively very solid team with almost no weaknesses!"

"But now, when we look at Chelsea at Wembley, they are like a group of rough men, being fooled by the opponent's passing and cutting, and there is no way they can do anything about it."

"Hiddink has brought stability to the team in the past, but he didn't do that in this game at Wembley."

Dennis Wise believes that Chelsea's age structure is a bit old and the team has too many injuries.

"The team now needs to introduce a group of players with stronger strength and more reasonable age!"

……

After the game, everyone was expressing their opinions and views.

Many times, their statements are even contradictory.

But Chelsea fans were venting.

London's police department issued an alert before the team even left Wembley Stadium.

Soon, more than a thousand Chelsea fans took to the streets.

They were extremely angry about such a crushing defeat in the derby.

Many people are even calling for Hiddink to be fired and for Abramovich to go back to Russia.

A century of shame!

Soon, more and more angry fans appeared on the streets of London, venting their anger after Chelsea's loss. Some fans even lost control and smashed the shops on the street.

Not to mention the vehicles parked on the roadside.

The London Police Department responded quickly and immediately deployed more police forces to try to control the situation.

Chelsea also quickly held a press conference to publicly apologize to all Chelsea fans.

Ron Gourlay said it was an accident.

An accident caused by many unfavorable factors such as injuries, national team matches, and locker room problems.

But at the same time, the club management is also aware of the team's problems.

During the winter break of this season and next summer, Chelsea will increase its efforts to recruit players in an effort to improve the team's strength as quickly as possible.

"We assure everyone that the strong, invincible Chelsea will be back soon!"

“Everyone in the club will work harder!”

Chelsea captain Terry and vice-captain Lampard were both recovering from injuries, but they quickly came out and called on fans to go home.

The Blues stated on their official website that this 1-9 defeat was both a shame and a valuable and timely lesson!

“We are about to have a brand new beginning!”

Fortunately, there were not many Chelsea fans who took to the streets, probably only a few thousand people. With the supervision of the police station and Chelsea's continuous appeals, the turmoil was quickly brought under control.

The London Police even arrested several people who took the opportunity to smash and destroy things.

But this 9-1 derby match made everyone deeply feel that the sky in London has really changed!
The Chinese at Bayswater have become the strongest club in the Premier League right now!

As a city rival, Chelsea has lost the qualification for the Champions League for consecutive years. With Abramovich's investment not as much as before, its overall strength is far behind its current West London rival.

But not all teams are like this.

In the 14th round of the Premier League, Arsenal played at the Emirates Stadium. Despite being tied by their opponent twice, they still managed to beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 with Koscielny's goal at the last minute.

Wenger's team was also affected by the national team matches, but still withstood the pressure.

Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 at home.

Liverpool beat West Ham United 3-0 at home.

Manchester City even beat Fulham 4-1 away in West London.

It can be said that the strong teams basically won the games.

Except Chelsea.

This also made the Blues fans feel particularly indignant. They could not accept Chelsea's decline.

Especially in such a brutal way.

……

On the evening of November 11, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

In the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, Bayswater Chinese challenged Ajax away.

Unlike Ajax who played at home and sent out all their main players, Bayswater Chinese, who just beat Chelsea 9-1 in the West London Derby, made appropriate rotations in the away game.

Those international players who were absent during the derby, such as Modric, Rakitic, Thiago Silva, Di Maria and Marcelo, all started this time.

Even Gareth Bale and Lewandowski, who performed brilliantly in the derby and were in great form, still played this time, which made the Ajax team feel like they were facing a formidable enemy.

Speaking of Ajax now, there are really not many people in the frontcourt.

After Suarez went to Liverpool, Ajax didn't have a single familiar face on the front line.

The only familiar name is De Jong, but not Nigel de Jong, nor the Frankie de Jong that Yang Cheng is familiar with, but Sime de Jong.

Then I went to Newcastle, but I didn’t make it.

Oh, by the way, there is a young midfielder named Eriksen sitting on the bench.

On the contrary, the defense line is full of talents.

Vertonghen, Alderweireld and Van der Wiel, plus goalkeeper Stekelenburg.

They are definitely all talented.

So, Ajax's defense lasted for 35 minutes.

In a counterattack from the backcourt, Toni Kroos made a long pass and accurately transferred the ball to the right. Di Maria made a cross and Lewandowski shot from the top of the arc and broke the Ajax goal.

1 is better than 0!

Before the end of the first half, Ajax committed a foul outside the penalty area, 23 meters away from the goal.

Gareth Bale calmly took the penalty and a wonderful butterfly ball went into Ajax's goal again.

2 is better than 0!

After scoring twice from free kicks in the last round, Gareth Bale scored again from a free kick this time.

After ending the first half with a 2-goal lead, Bayswater Chinese continued to steadily control the tempo after the change of sides.

Just two minutes into the game, Lewandowski had a one-on-one opportunity but failed to score.

In the 60th minute, Di Maria intercepted Anita's ball in the frontcourt, broke through and cut inside the penalty area, and made a diagonal pass to the left side of the penalty area.

Gareth Bale broke into the penalty area and calmly shot the ball into the lower right corner of the goal!
This is the area he is best at and also the most reliable shooting angle. It can almost be said that he can score a goal with every kick.

3 is better than 0!

Ajax tried to counterattack in the remaining 30 minutes, but Gareth Bale almost penetrated Stekelenburg's goal with a direct free kick.

Then Emmanuel fouled Modric who was dribbling in the penalty area, but escaped the penalty kick from the referee.

The continuous threats made Ajax feel helpless.

I am not as skilled as others and the gap in strength is too big.

In the end, the Dutch chose to surrender.

Bayswater Chinese won 3-0 away against Ajax.

In another match that took place at the same time, Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Zilina 2-0 away.

In this way, Yang Cheng was basically relieved.

Bayswater Chinese and Shakhtar Donetsk both played at home in the last round.

In this case, it is highly likely that the group leader will advance.

……

Back to the Premier League, we have reached the 15th round.

Bayswater Chinese made another rotation and challenged Fulham away.

This is another game between west London teams.

It's mainly because Fulham is trying to get attention, saying it's a derby game, but in fact...

Don't say anything.

In the end, Yang Cheng's team defeated Fulham 2-1 away from home with goals from Giroud and Javi Martinez.

In this match against Farmers, it was Moussa Dembélé who left a deep impression on Yang Cheng.

This guy is playing in the middle now.
It was all because of those damn videos he had watched in his previous life. During the competition, Yang Cheng always involuntarily looked down at his buttocks. He didn't know if the camera had caught it...

Arsenal beat Aston Villa 4-2 away from home in this round.

Manchester United beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at home.

Manchester City beat Stoke City 1-0 away.

Liverpool drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur away from home.

Interestingly, both goals came from Skrtel.

Can you bear this?

Chelsea drew 1-1 with Newcastle away.

After 15 rounds of matches, Bayswater Chinese has an impressive record of 14 wins and 1 draw, and has scored 43 points, ranking first.

Yang Cheng's team is also the only team in the top five European leagues that has maintained an unbeaten record so far.

The team following closely behind is Manchester City.

Ancelotti's team got 38 points and ranked second.

Arsenal is in third place with 34 points.

Liverpool ranked fourth with 4 points.

Next up are Manchester United with 28 points and Chelsea with 26 points.

Bayswater Chinese has been in the lead with its outstanding performance since the start of this season and has successfully opened up a gap with other teams ahead of it.

……

In the middle of the week, the League Cup quarter-finals.

Bayswater Chinese played with substitutes and young players and beat Aston Villa 2-1 at home.

In the 12th minute of the game, Walcott's goal helped the team take the lead.

The assist was provided by Hazard.

But in the 30th minute, Aston Villa launched a quick counterattack and Abanglaho helped Villa equalize the score.

After that, neither side could score again.

It was not until the 84th minute that Hazard instigated an attack on the left and made a diagonal pass to the back post. Giroud headed the ball back to the center, and Harry Kane, who came on as a substitute, poked the ball into the goal in front of the goal.

2 is better than 1!

Bayswater Chinese successfully advanced to the semi-finals!

Harry Kane scored a crucial goal and won the applause of the full house at Wembley Stadium.

This young player, who is only 17 years old, now plays more as a substitute.

But whether it is the league, Champions League or cup competition, he has put in a good performance.

But this round saw another upset.

West Ham United beat Manchester United 4-0 at home.

This was another eye-popping match.

As The Sun put it.

This season's Premier League is really unpredictable.

It is said that strong teams are getting stronger and stronger, but Manchester United and Chelsea are frequently defeated by large scores.

Ferguson explained to the public that Manchester United wanted to narrow the battle line and did not want to fight on multiple fronts.

This is barely acceptable.

But it was indeed embarrassing that they came on as a substitute and were kicked like this by West Ham United.

Arsenal, who also played with substitutes, beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 at home.

Another team that advanced to the semi-finals was Ipswich Town of the Championship.

The final draw results were Bayswater Chinese against West Ham United and Arsenal against Ipswich.

……

Time has entered December.

In the 16th round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Fulham 2-1 at home.

Bayswater Chinese also played at home. In the 19th minute of the first half, they conceded a goal due to a defensive error in a set-piece. However, in the second half, they reversed Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 with goals from Modric and Kompany.

Manchester City beat Bolton 1-0 at home.

Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3-0 at home.

Manchester United scored three goals in a row after conceding two goals in an away game, winning 3-3 against Blackpool.

Only Chelsea was tied 1-1 by Everton at home.

从第13轮主场0比3输给桑德兰后，切尔西已经出现了4轮不胜，2平2负。

Especially the 1-9 defeat to Bayswater Chinese had a huge impact on the Blues.

……

In the middle of the week, in the last round of the Champions League group stage, Bayswater Chinese played against Zilina at home.

Although the team has already qualified, Yang Cheng still hopes to get first place in the group, so he did not arrange all substitutes to play in this game, but made appropriate rotations.

In the 30th minute of the first half, Walcott scored with the assist from Giroud.

Afterwards, the game was completely controlled by the home team.

After the change of sides in the second half, Yang Cheng replaced three young players, Pogba, Harry Kane and De Bruyne.

In the 73rd minute, Harry Kane, who came on as a substitute, received a wonderful pass from Aaron Ramsey, stopped the ball in the penalty area, dribbled past the defender, and then volleyed the ball into the goal, making it 2-0!

Just four minutes later, after Paul Pogba dribbled forward and made a wonderful pass, Hazard broke into the left side of the penalty area, dribbled past the defender and scored with a low shot.

3 is better than 0!

But in the 82nd minute of the game, Zilina successfully scored a goal.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Zilina 3-1 at home without any danger.

On the other side, Shakhtar Donetsk also beat Ajax 2-0 at home.

Yang Cheng's team still advanced as the group leader, with Shakhtar Donetsk in second place.

Interestingly, in the much-anticipated group of death, Ancelotti's Manchester City beat Real Madrid and AC Milan to advance as the group leader.

Mourinho's Real Madrid followed closely behind in second place.

AC Milan finished third in the group and was forced to go to the Europa League.

This also aroused enthusiastic response in European football.

The decline of Serie A is no longer news.

But nowadays, even Serie A giants like AC Milan find it difficult to break through the group stage.

It has to be said that this forces everyone to re-understand Serie A.

……

When the outside world was still immersed in the pessimism of AC Milan's elimination, Yang Cheng received a coaching exchange group from Italy at the Brent Training Center on the second day after he led the team to play against Zilina.

This is a regular item for the Chinese in Bayswater.

Every month, Bayswater Chinese invites elites from all walks of life in professional football, including famous coaches and experts, to come to Bayswater Chinese for exchanges or business training.

Italian football is in a trough now, but Italy's tactics and training are extraordinary.

With Yang Cheng's help, the exchanges between the Chinese in Bayswater and Coverciano, the holy land of Italian coaches, have been very frequent. It is very common for Italian coaches to come or for the Chinese in Bayswater to arrange people to go over.

The two sides exchanged ideas and learned from each other, sharing their strengths and weaknesses, which benefited both sides.

This time, Coverciano arranged a coach exchange group with quite a few people, nearly forty in total.

It is said to be the final study of the coach training class, and of course they have to bear the travel expenses themselves.

But in the next few days, they will all be inspected at the Brent Training Center.

This is also very common.

As the reputation of the Chinese in Bayswater grows, the Brent Training Center has also gained an extraordinary status in the minds of fans and coaches around the world.

Especially Yang Cheng’s reputation, which makes this training center the best in the world.

Yang Cheng welcomes such exchanges and visits with open arms.

For those who are involved in football, whether playing, coaching or anything else, it is not feasible to work behind closed doors.

What's more, Italy's tactical attainments are really amazing!
At first, Yang Cheng thought it was just a group of young coaches coming here for study.

But when he actually met them, Yang Cheng noticed that there were quite a few coaches who were already famous.

They are all unemployed at home for various reasons.

Coverciano specially organized such a study tour and invited them to London to learn the most advanced technical and tactical concepts and training science.

As always, there are no secrets at the Brent Training Center.

The Chinese in Bayswater have always been very generous in this regard, with the demeanor of a leader.

Therefore, their reputation in the professional coaching circle is really very good!

As the founder of the team, Yang Cheng is naturally respected by countless people.

Among the many visitors, Yang Cheng easily noticed Gian Piero Gasperini with his iconic silver hair.

The two didn't know each other, but the other's white hair was too conspicuous among the group of coaches.

Moreover, he should be considered the most famous person in the exchange group this time.

He was just sacked from Serie A's Genoa in early November.

"Hello, Gian, welcome to London."

As the host, after Yang Cheng dealt with everyone, he walked over with a smile and greeted Gasperini.

He spoke in Italian.

This took Gasperini by surprise.

"I've always heard that you are fluent in many foreign languages, but I was skeptical," Gasperini said with a smile.

This time he came to London, he really came to study and recharge.

In Yang Cheng’s previous life, this white-haired guy received an invitation from Inter Milan to coach the Nerazzurri half a year after he was dismissed.

However, he was dismissed after leading the team for only five games.

Before and after that, he had never coached a top team, so not many fans knew him.

But Gasperini has real talent!

He started his career at Juventus and after retiring, he first coached the Zebra Army's youth team.

In 03, he went to coach Crotone in the third tier, and in his first season he led the team to second place and promotion to Serie B.

He was fired halfway through his second season as coach due to poor performance, but was invited back just half a year later.

In the 05/06 season, Crotone finished 9th in Serie B.

In the summer of 06, he moved to Genoa in Serie B and brought Genoa to Serie A in his first season.

The other two teams promoted to Serie A at the same time were Juventus and Napoli.

Just ask, isn’t it magical?
07/08赛季拿到意甲第10，08/09赛季更是冲到了意甲第4，09/10赛季又回到了意甲第9位。

So, this summer, Genoa owner Preziosi did something very bold.

After selling three key players, Bocchetti, Sapater and Papastathopoulos, the team received a transfer fee of 2350 million euros, but spent more than 4000 million euros in the transfer market.

The most eye-catching of these is the joining of former Bayern star Luca Toni.

Free transfer, but annual salary is as high as 450 million euros.

Yes, that’s right, Gundam.

Because this is already a sky-high price in Serie A, especially among non-giant teams!

After spending so much money and bringing in 14 players, Genoa's results are still in the middle.

So Preziosi became a joke.

In early November, he finally couldn't help it and stabbed Gasperini!
So, this Italian white-headed bird only now has time to appear in London.

Situations like this are common in European football, happening every season or even every month.

In the professional circle, everyone has gotten used to it and will not look down on Gasperini because of it.

On the contrary, Crotone and Genoa, which he led, have long proved his coaching level.

"I believe, Jian, it won't be long before you can return to the position of coach!" Yang Cheng encouraged with a smile.

Gasperini is indeed waiting for his opportunity, but his base is not in the Premier League.

He was the only one in the exchange group who could talk to Yang Cheng, so the two of them started chatting.

Yang Cheng was very interested in Italy's tactical environment.

Especially the back three.

Gasperini is best at 343.

Italy's history of having three defenders is really long.

Let’s not talk about the distant past, let’s talk about the near future. Mazzarri specializes in playing with three defenders, and so does Gasperini.

But according to him, the three-back formation was actually a result of being forced into a corner.

The reason is that Italy lacks a center forward and a wing forward.

Since we can’t train local players and we can’t compete with the Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga for better foreign players, we can only find solutions at the tactical level.

"In this case, we can't play 433 or 4231, not even 442."

"But in today's environment, all teams are studying how to attack the half-space area, so we can only choose three defenders, but in fact it is five defenders."

Gasperini is very frank about this.

This is enough to prove that he is very rigorous and serious about football techniques and tactics.

When defending, the two wingers retreated and the three central defenders did a really good job of protecting the flanks.

When attacking, the wingers can press forward and the wing center backs can also press forward appropriately to play the role of wing backs.

According to Gasperini, this is a compromise when you can't get possession of the ball.

But it is very popular in Serie A.

Speaking of which, this is also the sadness of Italian football!

It is also a symbol of the decline of Serie A!
Yang Cheng really didn't expect that there were so many complicated factors behind such a simple popular playing style.

But if you think about it carefully, this is indeed the truth.

Italy has always lacked good wingers.

In the past there were centers like Luca Toni, Amauri, Iaquinta and Gilardino, but what about now?
Oh, yes, there is also a world-class Balotelli below the head.

What if we pull out other center forwards and put them on the European arena to compete with the center forwards in the Premier League, Bundesliga and La Liga?
Really can't compare.

"In fact, I think it's not necessarily a bad thing. Sooner or later, the three-back formation will go beyond Serie A and become popular."

"Especially in today's European football, the mainstream trend is still to emphasize overall offense and defense, which is what Italian coaches are best at."

"Besides, look at Ancelotti, he plays 4321--- in the Premier League, isn't he still very good at it?"

Yang Cheng's words made Gasperini couldn't help laughing.

Yes, things will change over time.

In the Premier League where wingers are king, Ancelotti actually played like a Christmas tree and he played pretty well.

Who would have thought?

(End of this chapter)