Chapter 51 He is too fast!
The meal has to be eaten bite by bite, but the league cannot wait.
Taking advantage of the national team training camp in early October, Yang Cheng once again analyzed the current situation of the team with the coaching staff and players.
After 12 rounds of the British Championship, the Bayswater Chinese achieved 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.
Scored 18 goals and conceded 7 goals.
Compared with last season, the gap between this report card is quite large.
Last season, the Bayswater Chinese scored 27 goals and conceded 12 goals in the first 12 rounds.
From a vertical comparison, the team's offensive firepower has been significantly weakened, but its defensive level has also improved a lot.
Comparing this season's English Championship horizontally, the Bayswater Chinese's offensive firepower ranks 4th in the English Championship.
The previous three teams were Ipswich with 23 goals, Wigan Athletic with 22 goals and Queens Park Rangers with 20 goals.
However, the 7 goals conceded ranked last in the Championship.
Wigan Athletic, which has remained unbeaten for 12 rounds in the British Championship this season, is known for its defensive ability, but it also conceded 8 goals.
This very intuitively reflects the problem of the Chinese in Bayswater.
On the one hand, Yang Cheng introduced Jose Fonte and reused the Portuguese central defender. Coupled with the refinement of the defense line in the summer, it 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 Rowland has had a certain impact on the Bayswater Chinese offense.
But the most important reason is that the intensity of the English Championship is much greater than that of the English Second Division last season.
Judging from the overall number of goals scored, the performance of the Bayswater Chinese is really not bad.
No. 4 in offense, No. 1 in defense, and also No. 1 in ball possession rate and passing data.
This proves that the Bayswater Chinese are still very capable.
There is no problem with the basic strength and the tactical direction, but the problem must lie with the players.
Too young and inexperienced, many of them are cross-border transfers, and it is even the first time to play in a league of this level and difficulty.
They need more time.
“From the overall situation of the team, we are now in a particularly embarrassing bottleneck period.”
At the summary meeting, Yang Cheng continued to comfort all the players.
The current results are good enough for the newly promoted team.
But it’s not enough.
“Unstable performance, ups and downs, and sometimes irritability after winning but not scoring. All of these are external manifestations of the bottleneck period, but this is not important.”
“ Any team in the world will encounter such a problem, what to do? "
The players looked at Yang Cheng silently.
"It's very simple, when it's time to compete, it's time to train."
"We must continue to stay 100% focused during daily training and competitions, and do our best in everything."
“Concentrate all the strength of the whole team and give it all to I pressed forward, stuck there, and kept pushing forward."
"It's like Sisyphus rolling the stone up the mountain."
"It doesn't matter if we retreat. Go up again, keep pushing, keep building up 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, You yourself will also undergo transformation.”
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On the afternoon of October 16, in the 13th round of the British Championship, the Bayswater Chinese challenged Crewe away from home.
Although it was an away game, in just 9 minutes, Modric opened the scoring for the Bayswater Chinese with a shot that broke into the penalty area.
In the 34th minute, Dave Kitson scored another victory.
Although Crewe pulled a goal back in the 69th minute of the second half, in the 79th minute, Lambert, who came on as a substitute, scored again for the team.
In the end, the Bayswater Chinese defeated Crewe 3-1 away from home and scored 3 points.
After this round of games, the team rushed to third place in the British Championship with 23 points, second only to Wigan Athletic and Ipswich Town.
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Three days later, the 14th round of the British Championship.
The Bayswater Chinese were at home and defeated Cardiff 2-0 with goals from Kitson and Lars Diarra.
Both goals came from Ribery's assists on the left.
This is also the first league goal scored by Lars Diarra after joining Bayswater Chinese.
The French midfielder was so excited that he almost went crazy.
In the 15th round of the British Championship at the weekend, Yang Cheng's team encountered a tenacious attack from Leeds United at home.
Leeds United paid the price of 5 yellow cards in the first half.
But in the 58th minute, Alan Lennon's breakthrough from the right caused a foul.
Ribery took a free kick, causing chaos in the penalty area. Leeds United center back Clark Carlisle scored an own goal.
Subsequently, Leeds United received three more yellow cards and one red card, but they were still unable to reverse the defeat.
The Bayswater Chinese narrowly defeated Leeds United 1-0 at home.
With the recent four-game winning streak, the Bayswater Chinese have reached second place in the English Championship, surpassing Ipswich Town and second only to Wigan Athletic.
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In midweek, in the third round of the League Cup, the Bayswater Chinese challenged Sheffield United away.
Although Yang Cheng still rotated the team significantly, he still had the advantage in the away game.
Sheffield United's central defender Jagielka shined in this game and performed very well. He just blocked the Bayswater Chinese attacks in front of the defense line.
Until the end of the game, Leon Andreasen took a long shot and scored Sheffield United's goal.
The Danish midfielder scored a vital goal.
1-0, Bayswater Chinese defeated Sheffield United and successfully advanced to the 4th round.
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Continuous hard battles, and the team's problems were exposed during the away match against Sunderland in the 16th round of the British Championship at the weekend.
In the first hour, the Bayswater Chinese turned against the visitors and pressed forward heavily, beating Sunderland to the point of losing their temper.
But the Black Cats under McCarthy's coaching were very tight on the defensive end and never gave their opponents a chance.
In the 64th minute, the Black Cats made a quick counterattack. When center Bridges kicked to hit the goal, Joe Hart missed the ball and Alka, who came in from the back row, seized the opportunity and added Hit.
After discarding, Yang Cheng made decisive substitutions and continued to strengthen the offense. The team also created threats one after another.
Unexpectedly, in the 72nd minute, Joe Hart made another defensive mistake during a corner kick.
When he abandoned the goal and picked the ball from mid-air, he let go when he landed. The opponent's forward Elliott seized the opportunity and scored again.
0 to 2! If a goal is conceded, the Bayswater Chinese are still fighting back hard and are confident of getting it back.
So, conceding the second goal was a huge blow to the team.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart, in particular, missed the ball twice at critical moments in one game.
This is a huge blow to the team's morale.
In the end, the Bayswater Chinese lost to Black Cat Sunderland 0-2 away from home.
This is already the team's fifth defeat this season.
With this victory, Sunderland successfully caught up, only 1 point behind the third-placed Bayswater Chinese.
Ipswich overtook the Bayswater Chinese and ranked second in the English Championship standings.
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The intensive schedule leaves no time for anyone to breathe.
We lost to Sunderland here, returned to London, took a short rest, and ushered in the 17th round of the British Championship in midweek.
The team challenged Derby County away from home.
But this time the Bayswater Chinese played well. Ribery took the lead in scoring in the first 9 minutes.
Kitson then scored two goals in the opening attack of the second half and in the 80th minute.
The Bayswater Chinese defeated Derby County 3-0 away from home.
Having scored 11 goals in 17 rounds of the English Championship, Dave Kitson’s performance at Bayswater Chinese this season has also been quite eye-catching and has begun to attract the attention of the outside world.
But in the 18th round of the British Championship at the weekend, the Bayswater Chinese drew 1-1 with Crewe at home.
In the 13th round, the Bayswater Chinese also defeated their opponents away from home.
Just 20 days later, Crewe were tied 1-1 at home.
This is not only due to the team's strength and rotation, but also to the players' on-the-spot performance.
After 18 rounds, the Bayswater Chinese are still ranked 3rd, but are 6 points behind Wigan Athletic and 3 points behind Ipswich Town.
Sunderland, Reading and West Ham United behind them are also catching up, all with 31 points, 2 points behind the Bayswater Chinese.
Queens Park Rangers' performance declined, some of them were weak, and they fell to 7th place in the league.
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In midweek, in the 4th round of the League Cup, Bayswater Chinese faced Southampton at home.
The Saints are not only a Premier League team, Southampton is located in the southwest of London. London fans are very familiar with this traditional strong team, so this game attracted a total of more than 18,000 fans. Admission.
The Loftus Road stadium was packed.
Southampton is deep in debt crisis and is currently in an unsatisfactory situation in the Premier League.
The Saints have already changed coaches this season in August, and the team is in great turmoil.
After 12 rounds of the Premier League, they have only won 1 game and drawn 5 games. Like Norwich and Blackburn, they both have 8 points and are at the bottom.
The league situation is under great pressure. 10 consecutive rounds without a win, especially the recent 3 consecutive draws, have dealt a heavy blow to Southampton.
The 12th round last week was a 2-2 home draw with West Bromwich Albion, and this weekend’s 13th round is a home game against Portsmouth.
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 addition to Crouch, all the main players including Kevin Phillips and Svensson started in this game.
At Loftus Road, the Saints tried to take the initiative from the start and wanted to eat up their opponents.
But the Bayswater Chinese started the game very steadily.
The passing system created by Yang Cheng, coupled with the technical skills of the players, can still have an advantage not only in the British Championship, but also when facing teams like the Saints.
The two sides went back and forth and the stalemate lasted for 40 minutes.
Until the 41st minute, Ribery and Modric formed a beautiful one-two on the left side of the penalty area. The Frenchman stopped the ball and got rid of the Swedish right back Nelson and tipped the ball over the goalkeeper. , opening the scoring for the Bayswater Chinese.
1 to 0!
At halftime, the Saints made decisive substitutions.
At the beginning of the second half, they pressed hard and attacked wildly.
But in the 52nd minute, after the Bayswater Chinese intercepted the ball in midfield, Huddlestone made a long pass. Lennon surged down the right and scored!
This England right winger is so fast!
After being stabbed twice, the Saint still did not restrain himself.
In the 62nd minute, there was another quick counterattack, and it was Alan Lennon who drove straight in from the right and scored again.
3 to 0!
Alan Lennon scored twice!
And just 4 minutes later, there was a counterattack from the right, and it was Alan Lennon's cross from the right. Lambert scored with a header, 4-0!
In less than 15 minutes, the Saints conceded 3 goals in a row, all of which were on Aaron Lennon's side.
Southampton completely collapsed.
The game also entered garbage time.
In the end, the Bayswater Chinese defeated Southampton 4-0 at home amid the cheers of the fans.
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Yang Cheng stood on the sidelines, looking at the celebrating players in the stadium, and listening to the cheers from the stadium, he was both happy and surprised.
He originally thought it would be a hard fight.
But I didn’t expect that Southampton would play so desperately in the second half.
Moreover, the head coach's on-the-spot reaction was also terrible.
Although Ribery scored a goal from Nelson's side in the first half, overall Nelson defended well.
At halftime, Nelson was replaced and replaced with a forward, which strengthened the offense, but lost the wing defense.
Ribery's side dare not ignore it, then Alan Lennon's side will be empty.
The final result is what was shown in the game.
"We've reached the top 8 of the League Cup!"
Brian Kidd walked up to Yang Cheng and congratulated him with a smile.
“We are the only team in the English Championship, the other seven teams are Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and Fulham. ”
If Southampton is not defeated, then the eight Premier League teams will monopolize the top eight.
But now, the Chinese in Bayswater seem out of place.
After Yang Cheng heard this, an uncontrollable thought suddenly flashed across his mind.
The opportunity he had been waiting for finally came!
"Brian, I will do the post-game press conference tonight!"
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