I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 51 He is too fast!

You have to eat your food one bite at a time, but the league can’t wait.

Taking advantage of the national team training in early October, Yang Cheng once again analyzed the team's current situation with the coaching staff and players.

After 12 rounds of the Championship, Bayswater Chinese have achieved 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

Scored 18 goals and conceded 7 goals.

Compared with last season, there is still a big gap between this report card and this season.

Last season, Bayswater Chinese scored 12 goals and conceded 27 goals in the first 12 rounds.

From a vertical comparison, the team's offensive firepower has obviously weakened a lot, but the defensive level has also improved a lot.

In a horizontal comparison with the Championship this season, Bayswater Chinese's offensive firepower ranks fourth in the Championship.

The previous three teams were Ipswich with 3 goals, Wigan Athletic with 23 goals and Queens Park Rangers with 22 goals.

But the 7 goals conceded ranks last in the Championship.

Wigan Athletic, which has remained unbeaten in 12 games in the Championship this season, is known for its defensive ability, but it has also conceded 8 goals.

This clearly reflects the problem of the Chinese in Bayswater.

On the one hand, Yang Cheng introduced Jose Fonte and made important use of the Portuguese central defender. In addition, the improvements to the defense line in the summer did have an effect and the defensive level was greatly improved.

But on the other hand, the team's offensive firepower has declined.

The departure of Martin Devaney and Martin Roland has had a certain impact on Bayswater Chinese's attack.

But the most important reason is that the intensity of the Championship is much greater than that of English League Two last season.

Judging from the overall number of goals scored, the performance of the Bayswater Chinese is really not bad.

Ranked 4th in offense, st in defense, and also first in ball possession and passing.

This proves that the Chinese in Bayswater are still quite capable.

There is no problem with the basic strength and tactical direction, so the problem must be with the players.

They are too young and inexperienced. Many of them are international transfers, and some are even playing in a league of this level for the first time.

They need more time.

"From the perspective of the team as a whole, we are currently in a particularly embarrassing bottleneck period."

At the summary meeting, Yang Cheng continued to comfort all the players.

The current results are already good enough for a newly promoted team.

But this is not enough.

"Unstable performance, ups and downs, sometimes feeling irritated when not scoring, all these are external manifestations of the bottleneck period, but it is not important."

"Any team in the world will encounter this problem. What should we do?"

The players all looked at Yang Cheng silently.

"It's simple. We play when we need to play and we train when we need to train."

"We must continue to stay 100% focused in our training and matches and do our best in everything we do."

"Gather all the strength of the team, press forward, block there, and keep pushing forward."

"It's the same as Sisyphus rolling the stone up the hill."

"It doesn't matter if we retreat. We will go up again, keep pushing, and keep accumulating strength."

"In the near future, at a certain point in time, we will usher in a huge explosion that will surprise everyone!"

"When that time comes, you will find that not only the team but also you will undergo transformation."

……

On the afternoon of October 10, in the 16th round of the Championship, Bayswater Chinese challenged Crewe away.

Although it was an away game, Modric scored the first goal for Bayswater Chinese with a shot into the penalty area just 9 minutes into the game.

In the 34th minute, Dave Kitson scored again.

Although Crewe scored a goal in the 69th minute of the second half, Lambert, who came on as a substitute, scored again for the team in the 79th minute.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Crewe 3-1 away and won 3 points.

After this round of games, the team rushed to third place in the Championship with 23 points, second only to Wigan Athletic and Ipswich.

……

Three days later, the 3th round of the Championship.

Bayswater Chinese played at home and beat Cardiff 2-0 with goals from Kitson and Las Diarra.

Both goals came from Ribery's assists from the left.

This was also Las Diarra's first league goal after joining Bayswater Chinese.

The French midfielder was so excited that he almost went crazy.

In the 15th round of the Championship at the weekend, Yang Cheng's team encountered a tenacious attack from Leeds United at home.

Leeds United paid the price of five yellow cards in the first half.

But in the 58th minute, Aaron Lennon's breakthrough on the right created a foul.

Ribery's free kick caused chaos in the penalty area, and Leeds United center back Clark Carlisle scored an own goal.

Subsequently, Leeds United received three yellow cards and a red card, but was still unable to reverse the defeat.

Bayswater Chinese narrowly beat Leeds United 1-0 at home.

With the recent four consecutive victories, Bayswater Chinese has rushed to the second place in the Championship league ranking, surpassing Ipswich and second only to Wigan Athletic.

……

In the middle of the week, in the third round of the League Cup, Bayswater Chinese challenged Sheffield United away.

Although Yang Cheng still made a lot of rotations in the team, they still had the advantage on the road.

Sheffield United's central defender Jagielka shined in this game and performed very well, blocking the repeated attacks of Bayswater Chinese in front of the defense line.

It was not until the end of the game that Leon Andreassen made a long shot from behind and broke through the Sheffield United goal.

The Danish midfielder scored a crucial goal.

1-0, Bayswater Chinese defeated Sheffield United and successfully advanced to the 4th round.

……

The team's problems were exposed in the 16th round of the Championship away game against Sunderland at the weekend after a series of tough battles.

In the first hour, the Chinese from Bayswater took the initiative, pressed forward heavily and beat Sunderland into a state of panic.

But the Black Cats under McCarthy's coaching were very tight on the defensive end and never gave the opponent any chance.

In the 64th minute, the Black Cats made a quick counterattack. When center forward Bridges shot, Joe Hart missed the ball. Alka, who came in from the back row, seized the opportunity and scored.

After the game was over, Yang Cheng made decisive substitutions, continued to strengthen the offense, and the team continued to create threats.

Unexpectedly, in the 72nd minute, during a corner kick opportunity, Joe Hart made another defensive mistake.

When he left the goal and tried to pick up the ball from mid-air, it slipped out of his hands when he landed, and the opponent's Elliot in front of him seized the opportunity and scored again.

0 to 2! If we lose a goal, Bayswater Chinese will still fight back and have the confidence to catch up.

So, losing the second goal was a huge blow to the team.

Goalkeeper Joe Hart, in particular, lost the ball twice at critical moments in one game.

This is a huge blow to the team's morale.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese lost 0-2 to the Black Cats Sunderland away.

This is the team's fifth loss this season.

With this victory, Sunderland successfully caught up and was only 1 point behind the third-placed Bayswater Chinese.

Ipswich Town overtook Bayswater Chinese and ranked second in the Championship standings.

……

The intensive schedule leaves no time for anyone to breathe.

After losing to Sunderland, we returned to London for a short rest and faced the 17th round of the Championship in the middle of the week.

The team will challenge Derby County away.

But this time the Chinese players in Bayswater played well. Ribery scored the first goal in the 9th minute.

Kitson then scored two goals in the second half, one at the start of the game and the other in the 80th minute.

Bayswater Chinese beat Derby County 3-0 away.

Having scored 17 goals in 11 Championship rounds, Dave Kitson's performance for Bayswater Chinese this season has been quite eye-catching and has begun to attract attention from the outside world.

But in the 18th round of the Championship at the weekend, Bayswater Chinese drew 1-1 with Crewe at home.

In the 13th round, Bayswater Chinese also defeated their opponents away from home.

Just 20 days later, they were tied 1-1 at home by Crewe.

This is not only due to the team's strength and rotation, but more to the players' on-the-spot performance.

After 18 rounds, Bayswater Chinese still ranked third, but was 3 points behind Wigan Athletic and 6 points behind Ipswich.

Sunderland, Reading and West Ham United behind them have also caught up, all with 31 points, 2 points behind Bayswater Chinese.

Queens Park Rangers' performance declined and they were somewhat lackluster, falling to seventh place in the league.

……

In the middle of the week, in the 4th round of the League Cup, Bayswater Chinese will face Southampton at home.

Not only are the Saints a Premier League team, Southampton is also located in southwest London. London fans are very familiar with this traditional strong team, so this game attracted a total of more than 1 fans.

Loftus Road was packed.

Southampton is deeply in debt and its current situation in the Premier League is not ideal.

The Saints have already changed their coach once this season in August, and the team is very turbulent.

After 12 rounds of the Premier League, they only won 1 game and drew 5 games, the same as Norwich and Blackburn, with 8 points, ranking at the bottom.

The league situation is under tremendous pressure. Ten consecutive defeats, especially the recent three draws, have dealt a heavy blow to Southampton.

In the 12th round last week, they drew 2-2 with West Bromwich Albion at home, and in the 13th round this weekend, they will face Portsmouth at home again.

Having said that, the Saints still hope to gain something in the League Cup and use the cup victory to rebuild the team's morale.

So, in this game, except for Crouch, all the main players including Kevin Phillips and Svensson started.

At Loftus Road, the Saints tried to take the initiative from the very beginning and wanted to devour their opponents in one bite.

But the Bayswater Chinese played very steadily at the start.

The passing and cutting system created by Yang Cheng, coupled with the players' technical skills, can still give them an advantage not only in the Championship, but also when facing teams like Saints.

The two sides fought back and forth and the stalemate lasted for 40 minutes.

It was not until the 41st minute that Ribery and Modric formed a beautiful one-two combination on the left side of the penalty area. The Frenchman stopped the ball and got rid of Swedish right-back Nelson, and lifted the ball over the goalkeeper, scoring the first goal for the Chinese in Bayswater.

1 is better than 0!

At halftime, the Saints made decisive substitutions.

At the beginning of the second half, the team pressed forward aggressively and attacked frantically.

But in the 52nd minute, after the Bayswater Chinese midfielder intercepted the ball, Huddlestone made a long pass, Lennon rushed from the right and had a single shot, and scored!
This English right winger is so fast!

Even after being stabbed twice, the Saint still did not restrain himself.

In the 62nd minute, there was another quick counterattack, and Aaron Lennon drove straight into the goal from the right and scored again.

3 is better than 0!

Aaron Lennon scored twice!

And just 4 minutes later, it was still a counterattack from the right, and Aaron Lennon made a cross from the right, and Lambert scored with a header, 4-0!

In less than 15 minutes, the Saints lost three goals, all on Aaron Lennon's side.

Southampton completely collapsed.

The game then entered garbage time.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese won 4-0 at home against Southampton amid the cheers of the fans.

……

Yang Cheng stood on the sidelines, looking at the players celebrating in the stadium and listening to the cheers from all over the stadium. He felt both happy and surprised.

He had thought it would be a tough battle.

But I didn't expect Southampton to play so desperately in the second half.

Moreover, the head coach's on-the-spot command response was too bad.

Although Ribery scored a goal from Nelson's side in the first half, overall, Nelson defended well.

At halftime, Nelson was replaced with a striker to strengthen the attack, but the wing defense was lost.

If we don't ignore Ribery's side, then Aaron Lennon's side will be empty.

The final result was what was shown in the game.

"We have entered the quarterfinals of the League Cup!"

Brian Kidd walked up to Yang Cheng and congratulated him with a smile.

"We are the only team in the Championship, the other seven are Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and Fulham."

If they hadn't defeated Southampton, the top eight would have been dominated by eight Premier League teams.

But now, the Chinese in Bayswater seem out of place.

After listening to this, Yang Cheng suddenly had an irresistible thought.

The moment he had been waiting for finally came!

"Brian, I'll be at the post-match press conference tonight!"

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