Chapter 28 I feel Abu’s happiness!
One week after playing Chelsea, in the 26th round of English League Two, the Bayswater Chinese challenged Grimsby Town away.
As a result, Yang Cheng's team was tied 0-0 by Grimsby Town away from home.
But no one is anxious about it.
Because the Bayswater Chinese defeated Ruston Diamonds 3-0 at home in the 27th round of League Two a week later.
Central defender Roger Johansson opened the scoring for the team, followed by Ribery scoring a goal.
Before the end of the game, Lambert came on as a substitute and scored another victory.
A complete victory at home allowed the Bayswater Chinese to continue to lead the English League Two standings.
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Midweek, the fourth round of the British Championship, which is the quarterfinals knockout round.
Bayswater Chinese challenge Northampton away.
In only 14 minutes of the first half, the defense conceded a goal first due to rotation.
Yang Cheng made adjustments during the halftime break and made substitutions in the second half.
Starting from the 61st minute, the team scored 3 goals in a row and reversed Northampton 3-1 away from home.
It is worth mentioning that all 3 goals came from Dave Kitson.
Another hat trick!
If the hat trick in the first show was amazing, then this hat trick now, even Yang Cheng is a little surprised.
But when I think about it again, it seems quite normal.
Dave Kitson is 3 years older than Jonathan Steed and is more mature.
The two are about the same height and weight, and both have excellent strength confrontation, but Kitson has better jumping ability, stronger awareness of grabbing points and stronger heading ability.
The most important thing is that Kitson is very proficient in both left and right feet.
This makes Kitson obviously sharper as a scorer.
The ability to seize opportunities is also stronger.
By the way, Steed has started the last two games after moving to Blackburn, continuing his excellent form at Bayswater Chinese and scoring two consecutive games.
That was a Premier League goal!
Therefore, everyone now feels that Blackburn's £8 million was well spent.
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After playing in the British Championship, the fourth round of the FA Cup ushered in at the weekend.
The Bayswater Chinese went south to challenge Portsmouth away from home.
The Pompeii Legion coached by England's famous coach Redknapp did not make the same mistake as Chelsea.
As soon as the game started, the two sides fell into a hard battle.
Yang Cheng's targeted tactics contained Portsmouth's frontcourt offensive firepower, but in the 35th minute, a mistake occurred.
Matthew Taylor, the left back of Pompeii Legion, stepped in and received a pass from Israeli midfielder Berkovich, opening the scoring for Pompeii Legion.
The right-wing combination of Martin Devaney and Steve Jenkins failed to stop Portsmouth's attack from the left.
After changing sides in the second half, the Bayswater Chinese suddenly launched an attack, and in the 56th minute, Franck Ribery broke through the Pompeii Legion's goal and successfully equalized the score.
Then the two sides entered into a brutal bloody battle.
Especially Portsmouth, which plays at home.
In the most critical final stage, veteran Sheringham's assist allowed Matthew Taylor, who came in from behind, to score twice.
2 to 1!
This score remained until the end.
The Bayswater Chinese, a dark horse in the FA Cup, failed to make it to the end.
Yang Cheng did not criticize his players harshly.
The gap in strength is there.
After all, Redknapp is a famous coach, and he uses his troops very steadily. Moreover, Portsmouth is going all out and playing at home.
The Bayswater Chinese did not lose unjustly.
"This game allowed us to see the strength gap between ourselves and the Premier League teams."
In the locker room after the game, Yang Cheng, who had lost the game, looked calm and comforted his players.
“But please note that this is not irreparable.”
“On the contrary, we have a chance.”
“So, there is no need to be discouraged, sooner or later we will be Gotta win it back!”
The players also accepted the coach's statement.
The English League Two team lost to a mid-table Premier League team in an away game, which was not unfair.
It’s just that the upset victory over Chelsea gave many people unrealistic illusions.
But Yang Cheng has always known it.
The Bayswater Chinese’s main battlefield is League Two.
Or, add the UK Championship.
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Due to participating in the FA Cup at the weekend, the 28th round of the Bayswater Chinese League Two was forced to be postponed.
After returning to London, the team went non-stop to an away game against Brighton.
The result was a 1-2 loss in the away game.
After losing in the 29th round, they drew 0-0 with Bournemouth at home in the 30th round.
Then in the 31st round, they lost 0-1 away to Tranmere Rovers.
Fortunately, after Steed moved to Blackburn, the media's attention to the Chinese in Bayswater decreased significantly.
Without winning in three consecutive rounds, the Bayswater Chinese did not suffer too much pressure from public opinion.
But Yang Cheng still explained to the fans that this was the result of the sequelae of the young team losing the FA Cup and the team's two-front battle.
In the subsequent 32nd round of the league, the team defeated Port Vale 2-1 at home, pushing the team that was originally aiming for the championship to fifth in the league.
Subsequently, in the 28th round of make-up games in midweek, the team defeated Stockport 2-0 away from home.
Then in the 33rd round of the league at the weekend, they defeated Blackpool 1-0 away from home.
Queens Park Rangers suffered three consecutive draws in the last three rounds, and Bristol City also lost to Sheffield Wednesday in the 33rd round. Therefore, after this round of games, Plymouth came from behind and ranked first in the UK. B is second.
The Bayswater Chinese continued to lead, but the lead was reduced to 5 points.
Paying the price of ups and downs in the league, the Bayswater Chinese first drew 1-1 with Southend United away from home in the two legs of the British Championship semi-finals in February.
After returning home, with Ribery's outstanding performance, the team easily defeated Southend United 3-0.
The Bayswater Chinese successfully advanced to the finals with a total score of 4-1. Since Wembley Stadium had been demolished and rebuilt, the final was arranged to be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
The opponent is Blackpool in League Two.
The finals are on March 21st.
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Ten kilometers north of Hyde Park in London is the world-famous Brent Cross Shopping Center.
Known as the first of the eight major shopping malls in the UK, it is a shopping paradise that countless tourists who pursue fashion trends flock to.
At the same time, it is also the most important transportation hub in northwest London.
Subways, trains, M1 highway, ring expressway, etc., all converge here.
From the starting point of the M1 highway, heading southwest, 4 kilometers away in a straight line, is the Wembley Stadium that is familiar to fans.
This stadium, which has been demolished for three years and has been unable to raise funds, just announced the groundbreaking not long ago.
In the middle of Brent Cross Shopping Center and Wembley Stadium is London's largest natural reservoir lake, Brent Reservoir.
Surrounding the reservoir is a wetland park where birds live.
The northwest side of the reservoir is planned as a Welsh Harp open green space.
The north bank is a large rectangular green space covering more than 200 acres, with rows of green trees cutting it into several areas.
There is a football club in the north and south of the green space.
The club next to the residential area in the northwest is called Hendon. It is an amateur club that has been struggling in the seventh, eighth and ninth leagues all year round. It has been there for nearly a hundred years. The best result in history is the third round of the FA Cup. .
Although it is an amateur league, Hendon has a stadium that can accommodate 2,000 people, as well as several courts for youth training, occupying nearly half of the entire green space.
To the south of the green, next to Brent Reservoir, is a club called Princes Park.
This club is even worse than Hunton. It doesn't even participate in amateur leagues. It mainly focuses on youth training all year round, but it also occupies a large area in the southeastern area of the Greenbelt.
When Chris Hunter drove Yang Cheng, Lin Zhongqiu and Brian Kidd, they walked around the entire green space and finally stopped at the Jubilee Park stadium of Hunton Club. get off.
“Beyond that row of trees, it belongs to the community park.”
Chris Hunter pointed to a row of green trees on the north side of the green space, and it was vaguely visible that there was open space behind the isolated green trees.
"What the Hendon Club currently owns is the land we are looking at, which is about 100 acres."
100 acres is almost 600 acres.
"It's a bit small." Yang Cheng turned to the south and looked into the distance.
Lin Zhongqiu had no idea, while Brian Kidd nodded in agreement with Yang Cheng.
If you want to set up a complete youth training, and the venue must be used by each youth training echelon, then 100 acres is indeed not enough.
England's youth training generally ranges from 7 to 16 years old, with a total of 10 age groups.
Further up is the reserve team.
Some teams will even have 2 age groups between U16 and reserve teams.
But don’t forget, there is also the first team.
Many things are unconventional.
For example, the youth training echelons of many English teams are not actually located in the club's training base, but are located in football schools around the world.
Because their training base itself is very bad, and even the first team cannot be satisfied, let alone the youth team.
There is also the first team.
According to Yang Cheng's idea, if it is measured by the standards of top wealthy teams, then the first team needs at least three standard training fields to be used in turn, because the training fields need to be maintained.
In addition, if the weather in England is rainy and snowy all year round, and the finances will be better in the future, he will also consider building an indoor football field, which is also very necessary.
In addition, there are training buildings for the first team and the youth team, and player dormitories.
Calculated this way, 100 acres is not enough in any case.
“If the 100 acres in Hendon feel too small, you can also take the land in Princes Park.”
“In addition to the land south of Hendon and north of the road, The entire rectangular plot is about 150 acres. "
150 acres is about 900 acres, which is much more generous.
Yang Cheng just came from the south, and he was very interested in the land in the south.
The landscape of Brent Reservoir is really beautiful.
If the players’ dormitories were built on the north bank of the reservoir, it would be refreshing just to look at the scenery, among other things.
"How much do you think it will cost to buy this land?" Yang Cheng asked with concern.
He does not have ample funds on hand now.
Chris Hunter is well aware of the situation with the Bayswater Chinese.
Sold Jonathan Steed for £8m.
Although Elvino's 2 million pounds were repaid, the FA Cup also made a lot of money.
Yang Cheng should still have more than 6 million pounds on hand now.
Moreover, the attendance at Bayswater Chinese’s recent home games has been full, and the income is good.
"Hendon and Princes Park have been unable to make ends meet in the past few years and are in deep financial difficulties. It will not be difficult to convince them."
"The more troublesome part is the area north of the road, which belongs to the Kimberley Green government. To buy it, you also need to get the construction approval, which requires the consent of the city council and surrounding residents, which is a bit troublesome.”
Yang Cheng was not surprised.
As wealthy as Chelsea, they first wanted to acquire a golf club in the south and transform it into a training base. However, they were opposed by local residents and were forced to move to Cobham.
"Then you go and talk with Uncle Lin and try to negotiate a good price. I will definitely not let you suffer in terms of commission."
When Yang Cheng said this, he was still very relieved.
Feng shui takes turns.
He realized Abramovich’s happiness.
Chris Hunter hurriedly agreed.
The British football industry is in a slump right now. Not to mention the low-level teams, even the Premier League teams, apart from Manchester United, which one is not heavily in debt?
There are countless clubs in the City of London that have been put up for sale, or gone bankrupt and reorganized.
From Chris Hunter's point of view, the biggest obstacle to earning this commission is the city government and surrounding residents.
But Yang Cheng also has a way to deal with this.
"You told them that we Chinese people in Bayswater attach great importance to this training base and will invest at least 20 million pounds in the next two years."
20 million pounds?
At least?
Not only Chris Hunter, but also Lin Zhongqiu and Brian Kidd were shocked by Yang Cheng's eloquent promise.
Especially Lin Zhongqiu.
With the club’s current financial situation, where can the £20 million come from?
Isn’t this crazy?
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