Chapter 89: Charge to all champions! Which leg of Franck Ribery do you want to buy? [Please subscribe]
On the evening of December 20th, Loftus Road Stadium, London.
In the top 8 knockout rounds of the League Cup, Bayswater Chinese faced Bolton Wanderers at home.
Since they have just finished the 17th round of the Premier League, followed by a horrific Christmas schedule, both teams have adopted quite vigorous rotations.
Baswater Chinese, playing at home, took advantage of their home court advantage to take the lead in attacking.
Allardyce's Bolton still deployed a 442 tactic and successfully blocked the home team's attack at the start.
But before the end of the first half, Ashley Young sent a wonderful pass to the left rib in front of the penalty area.
Dzeko is tall and has long legs. He got ahead of central defender Ben Haim and scored with a low shot that broke Bolton's goal.
This goal put Bolton into chaos.
In the stoppage time of the first half, it was Dzeko who received Inle's pass in the middle. After turning around and dribbling the ball forward, he suddenly used a cold arrow and hit a long shot, which once again penetrated Bolton's goal. .
2 to 0!
In the second half, Allardyce made continuous substitutions, but was unable to change the trend of the game.
Yang Cheng arranged for Inle, Matuidi and Andreasen to start this game, taking advantage of the midfield.
At the 70th minute, Yang Cheng replaced Jose Fonte with Gareth Bale.
Andreasen retreated to the central defender and partnered with Koscielny.
Ashley Young moved to the midfielder position.
The Bayswater Chinese changed their formation to 4231, with Gareth Bale playing as the left winger.
Compared to Bolton who still held on to 442, the Bayswater Chinese were more dominant in the second half.
Ashley Young even had a solo shot after receiving a pass from Dzeko and breaking into the penalty area.
Unfortunately, the Zuo Envoy of Light failed to seize the opportunity.
In the end, the Bayswater Chinese defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-0 at home and successfully advanced to the top four.
The other three teams entering the top four are Manchester United, Arsenal and Blackburn.
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After playing this League Cup game, the team officially started the Christmas schedule.
This is a World Cup year and the schedule has been compressed, so the Christmas schedule is also very compressed.
From Boxing Day 26th to January 2nd, in a total of 8 days, the Premier League will play 4 rounds of games.
In other words, there is a game every 2 days.
This is simply a rhythm that drives the players crazy!
The Bayswater Chinese’s four opponents are Manchester City at home, West Ham United away, Blackburn Rovers at home, and Birmingham away.
The only good news is that the two games on the 26th and 28th are both in London.
The weekend after playing in Birmingham, in the third round of the FA Cup, the team's opponent was Leeds United from the English Championship.
The game is held at home.
This is also where the Bayswater Chinese have the best luck this season.
The single knockout rounds of the League Cup and FA Cup are all at home.
But the not so good news is that in the League Cup semi-final draw, Manchester United was drawn to Blackburn Rovers, and the Bayswater Chinese were drawn to Arsenal.
Three days after Leeds United played the FA Cup, it was the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Arsenal played at home.
In other words, during this period, I was basically playing in London.
This is still of some benefit to the Bayswater Chinese in resting and preparing for war.
By the way, it’s the UEFA Cup.
According to the lottery rules formulated by UEFA this season, the first place in the UEFA Cup group stage will draw the third place in the group stage, and the second place team in the group stage will encounter the third place eliminated from the Champions League group stage.
This is why all teams are fighting to be first in the group.
The third place in the Champions League group is much more difficult to deal with than the third place in the UEFA Cup group.
The opponent the Chinese in Bayswater drew was Basel from Switzerland.
The strength is good and the away distance is also suitable.
The advantage of being first in the group is that you will have an advantage in the schedule, as you will be away from home first.
The Premier League and UEFA Cup are temporarily suspended, and the winter break transfer window has not yet opened, but all teams are already working intensively.
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Before Christmas, Yang Cheng called all the club's senior executives together for a meeting.
In just 2 and a half years, the Chinese people in Bayswater are now considered to be full of talents.
The CEO is Adam Crozier.
The chief financial officer is Xia Qing.
Head of Infrastructure is Chris Hunter.
The commercial director is Omar Berada.
These are the top brass of the administrative uniform team.
At the Brent training base, Yang Cheng also decided to launch a new round of reforms starting in 2006.
Over the past year or so, the team's youth training integration, youth training echelon construction, and youth training network expansion have all achieved satisfactory results.
So, Yang Cheng naturally wants to give them more rewards.
Youth training director Dan Ashworth was promoted to football director and is fully responsible for all matters of the youth training academy. He also takes care of the logistics of the first team and shares some of Yang Cheng's business.
Scouting director Gary Worthington has not changed, but Yang Cheng not only gave him a salary increase, but also increased his responsibilities, hoping that he can further improve the scouting network, especially create a modern, Information scouting network.
After Dan Ashworth was promoted to director of football, his position as head of youth development was filled by his original development coach Matt Crocker, who has spent the past year and a half Demonstrated strong working ability.
Chief talent officer Mike Rigg is also unchanged, but like Gary Worthington, will receive a weighted raise.
Especially starting to get involved in the work of the first team.
This is also to lighten Yang Cheng's burden.
In the past, the management system of Bayswater Chinese was not perfect enough, and Yang Cheng had the final say on many things, large and small.
To put it nicely, this is called decision-making.
To put it bluntly, this is called monopoly of power.
It is definitely enjoyable, but it is also really tiring.
Especially after the team was promoted to the Premier League, things became more and more complicated.
So, Yang Cheng has now spread some of his powers to the two positions of football director and chief talent officer.
But the two are different.
The chief talent officer is more focused on people.
For example, a certain coach of the club is resigning.
At this time, the chief talent officer needs to come up with a list of candidates in the shortest possible time to ensure the stability of the team's operations.
After this round of reforms, Bayswater Chinese’s entire management team is now quite large.
And the degree of specialization is very high.
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The content of the meeting is to summarize the past 2005 and look forward to the future 2006.
Yang Cheng is very satisfied with the current development of the team, and the business plans of Adam Crozier and Omar Berada are progressing steadily.
The youth training academy, scouting department, medical center, data analysis center... the budgets of each department were all arranged in an orderly manner by Xia Qing.
Chris Hunter got started very quickly and immediately identified three youth training centers, one in the northeast of London, one in the southeast of London, and one in the southwest of Greater London.
These three are all bankrupt youth training clubs. The venues meet Yang Cheng's requirements and the prices are very cost-effective.
But whether to buy it or not requires further detailed inspection and research.
After all, building a satellite training center is a long-term strategy, and site selection is particularly important.
Chris Hunter is also responsible for the construction of the second phase of the Brent training base, and the progress is basically in line with expectations.
Preliminary estimates suggest that it will be officially put into use from the end of 2006 to the beginning of 2007.
After listening to their respective reports, everyone present at the meeting was very satisfied with the current development of the club.
Even surprised.
In less than 3 years, the Bayswater Chinese have become a force that cannot be underestimated in English football.
All this is due to the results achieved by the team on the field.
At the same time, it would also be inseparable from the joint efforts of everyone present.
On behalf of Bayswater Chinese, Yang Cheng would like to thank all colleagues at the club.
As for the club’s winter break arrangements, Yang Cheng still insists that he has no plans to sign any players during the winter break.
The devil's schedule proves that the strategy Yang Cheng formulated before the season is correct.
The first team has not many players, but every player can get a lot of playing time.
Even 16-year-old players like Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott have appeared as substitutes in the Premier League and cup competitions many times.
Among them, Walcott has already had a very eye-catching performance and also scored a goal in the UEFA Cup.
In addition, like Matuidi, he performed very well in the League Cup against Bolton.
He is only 18 years old.
There is also the competition between Dzeko and Lambert. By December, both of them were fighting very hard.
The result is that the results of the Bayswater Chinese are guaranteed.
It's a strategy to have more troops than more troops.
Yang Cheng will definitely not be like Guardiola, who wants to play a full season with only 19 players in the first team.
This is not realistic in the Premier League.
For now, the 23-man lineup is just right.
But other competitors don’t see it that way.
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"Ferguson's Manchester United finally decided to buy a defender."
Adam Crozier smiled and talked about the news in the transfer market.
“They really feel the threat from us, and they also see the hope of catching up with Chelsea.”
Currently, Manchester United is 3 points behind Chelsea and ahead of the Bayswater Chinese 2 points.
This gave Ferguson a sense of crisis.
“They wanted to sign Skrtel before, but we rejected it.”
Yang Cheng nodded.
He knew about this matter, and he also refused it under his instruction.
“There is news that Ferguson wants to sign Serbian Vidic from Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League. This player is worth about 7 million pounds.”
Almost a little over 10 million euros.
Not cheap anymore.
"In addition, Ferguson is also interested in Monaco's left back Evra, and the transfer fee is expected to be 5 million pounds."
Ferguson's transfer strategy has always been relatively rational.
In European football right now, there is a shortage of midfield talents.
Excellent midfielders are worth a lot of money.
For example, Bayern’s Owen Hargreaves.
The Sun said that Ferguson had been staring at him for a long time, but Bayern did not talk to Manchester United at all.
There is also news that Bayern has offered a very high price, reaching 20 million pounds.
That is 30 million euros.
It is precisely because of the shortage of talents in the midfield that Chelsea has not found a suitable signing target.
The Blues are still thinking about continuing to strengthen their lineup.
This is so scary!
“Liverpool has made the decision to trade Josemi and Villarreal from La Liga in exchange for Kronkamp.”
“They have also expressed interest in Skrtel. , but we also rejected it.”
"It is said that they are considering signing Daniel Agger from Brondby in Denmark, and the transfer fee is around 6 million pounds."
Based on Skrtel's performance in the Premier League this season, with Daniel Agger The transfer fees of Gerard and Vidic cannot buy Skrtel.
At the very least, the Slovak central defender has proven himself in the Premier League.
And, with Jose Fonte as the foil, Skrtel’s performance is very eye-catching.
Even Drogba couldn't take advantage of him.
Based on this alone, Skrtel’s worth cannot be lowered.
"Where is Arsenal?" Yang Cheng asked with concern.
The current situation of this four-guaranteed monster is a bit bad.
Wenger's team may not be able to secure a top four spot this season.
“They spent £7 million to sign Adebayor from Monaco.”
Monaco again.
This French Ligue 1 team is indeed full of talent, but it is also heavily in debt.
If nothing else, a French Ligue 1 team actually recruited famous players such as Vieri and Di Vaio.
The transfer fee is not high, but the annual salary will be scary.
In the next few years, Monaco will vividly prove to everyone how a good hand can be ruined by them.
Oh, by the way, in addition to Evra on the left, Monaco also has Maicon on the right.
In Yang Cheng's previous life, Maicon should have signed with Inter Milan in advance this winter and officially joined next summer.
Interestingly, Inter Milan seems to be taking no action now. On the contrary, they had arranged for someone to inspect Chimbanda before.
The butterfly effect seems to be getting more and more interesting.
“Arsenal also made an offer for Ribery, which was only 15 million pounds.”
Yang Cheng burst out laughing, "Which leg of Ribery is David Dunn planning to buy?"
Everyone also laughed.
“I have rejected it, but it is estimated that Arsenal will continue to increase the offer. In addition, I heard that if a team is willing to bid, Arsenal will consider selling Reyes.”
The Spanish genius joined Arsenal from Sevilla for 20 million pounds, or 30 million euros.
In the early days of joining, he performed well, but problems soon arose.
Nowadays, Reyes's worth has been cut in half, and it is estimated that he can only be sold for about 11 million pounds.
It is similar to Alan Lennon who is currently in the Bayswater Chinese team.
Yang Cheng just thought about it casually.
But he never expected that while the Bayswater Chinese were busy preparing for Christmas celebrations, Arsenal suddenly sent a second offer.
But this time, their target was not Ribery.
Instead, they hope to exchange Reyes for Aaron Lennon.
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The news that Arsenal made an offer for Aaron Lennon quickly spread like wildfire.
The Bayswater Chinese responded quickly.
Adam Crozier clarified in the media and the official website at the same time that the club has rejected the offer from Arsenal.
Lennon also accepted an interview with media reporters under the arrangement of the club, saying that he had no intention of joining Arsenal.
“I am very happy playing at Bayswater Chinese, and I am very grateful for the favor from Arsenal, but now I just want to focus on playing for the team.”
But this still doesn’t work. Calm down public opinion from the outside world.
Especially since Arsenal quickly made a second offer.
13 million pounds.
According to the current valuation of Aaron Lennon in the transfer market, this 18-year-old English teenager is hailed as England's future right-wing king.
Especially after Wright-Phillips moved to Chelsea for a sky-high price and his performance was far less than expected, Aaron Lennon is regarded as England's hope for the future.
Moreover, he is also the current England international.
In this case, signing Aaron Lennon for 13 million pounds will undoubtedly be a very cost-effective deal.
Wenger also publicly expressed his interest in Alan Lennon.
"Aaron Lennon is a very young player but he has already shown great potential at Bayswater Chinese."
"He has amazing pace, excellent technique and is as good as any player A wide player that every team is eager to get.”
“If we can sign him, it will definitely give our team a great boost.”
The Sun also said. An inside story will be revealed soon.
According to sources inside Arsenal, the important reason why the Gunners decided to offer Aaron Lennon instead of continuing to pursue Ribery is that "David Dunn believes that someone like Ribery A heavyweight transfer like this should be done in the summer.”
"Signing Aaron Lennon during the winter break will not only improve Arsenal's right-side attacking power, but also greatly weaken the competitiveness of the Bayswater Chinese. This is crucial for Arsenal to return to the top four in the Premier League. Important.”
But this offer was once again rejected by Adam Crozier.
Yang Cheng also personally talked to Alan Lennon.
Aaron Lennon also assured Yang Cheng that while Arsenal's interest was exciting, he preferred to stay with the Chinese in Bayswater.
Yang Cheng also advised him that it was too early to go to a wealthy team at the age of 18.
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After being promoted to the Premier League, the Bayswater Chinese’s financial income has increased significantly.
Last year’s Christmas activities will continue to be arranged this year.
Not only that, the players split up and went to community nursing homes, hospitals and kindergartens around the Brent training base.
This is also a regular Christmas event every year.
Like last year, Yang Cheng invited all the players' families this time to come to London again.
The club held a huge Christmas dinner at the Royal Lancaster Hotel at Hyde Park North Gate.
All employees, players and their families are invited to attend.
This is the first time Adam Crozier has spoken on behalf of the management as the club's CEO.
In addition to introducing the club’s achievements in the past year to the players and their families, he also thanked everyone for their efforts.
Many people, including the players themselves, only realized at this moment that the club had achieved so many things without their knowledge.
Chinese incomes in Bayswater hit record high.
So far this season, the club’s 9 league home games and 3 UEFA Cup home games are all full.
This is the only team in the Premier League that has a full house for every game.
Adam Crozier’s words made the atmosphere at the scene extremely heated.
Yang Cheng was secretly amused.
This is the art of speaking.
What Adam Crozier said is true.
In the entire Premier League so far, there is no second team whose home games are full.
Why are the Chinese in Bayswater OK?
Because the capacity is only more than 18,000 people.
So far, the average attendance of the Premier League is more than 33,000 people.
In other words, even if the venue is full, the number of people entering the Bayswater Chinese Stadium will only be about half of the average attendance of the Premier League.
Of course, this is also due to the limited capacity of the stadium.
In the same way, Bayswater Stadium is worthless to Yang Cheng now.
Yang Cheng had even made a special phone call to ask his cheap dad why the stadium was only designed for 10,000 people.
What’s the result?
Cheap Dad said, no money!
Except for tycoons like Abramovich, how many people can easily spend more than 100 million pounds from their business to build a stadium?
Let’s not talk about whether domestic funds can come in. Even if it can, can domestic business still be done?
Therefore, now that Yang Cheng has completely severed ties with the country, the Bayswater Chinese have become his private property.
He decided to rely on his own strength to rebuild a new, grander and more luxurious stadium!
After Adam Crozier finished speaking, Yang Cheng, as the owner of the club and also the head coach, took the stage to deliver a speech.
His words were brief.
“In the first 17 rounds, the gap between us and Chelsea was 5 points, and the gap with Manchester United was 2 points. Behind us, Liverpool, who were 1 point behind, were catching up.”
"Yesterday, our management just had a meeting, and the club decided to spend a huge reward of up to 5 million pounds on the Premier League, League Cup, League Cup and FA Cup!"
Under the podium, not only Players and even their families were in an uproar.
£5 million reward!
Although it has to be divided into leagues and multiple cup competitions, it is already rich enough.
More importantly, this shows the ambition of Yang Cheng and the club!
"We are a young team."
"Every game, every training session, we are growing and improving."
"We have played in the Premier League In the 17th round, the UEFA Cup passed the group stage. I believe that everyone already has a certain understanding of the league and the cup.”
“I. I believe that you, like me, are full of confidence and desire for the future!”
“Here, on behalf of the club, I assure everyone that we will definitely implement the 5 million pound incentive plan as soon as possible! Show it, we will never let you down or let you down for every effort the players put in on the court!”
"After this Christmas, we have only one goal, charge!"
"Charge to all champions!"
Just when Yang Cheng returned to his seat, the broadcast in the banquet hall came on Adele's charming and penetrating voice came out. The song [Dream It Possible] slowly flowed out.
This is the first time for everyone to hear this song, and they just find it very catchy.
Gradually, as the song continues to advance, more and more instruments begin to intervene, and the mood continues to advance.
Especially at the climax, everyone in the entire banquet hall was completely infected.
【From the trough to the peak, we are like wildfire starting a prairie fire.
Never give up, never back down, spend the rest of your life fighting unremittingly.
No longer be afraid of falling, until the moment you spread your wings and fly high! 】
Adele's ethereal voice rang in everyone's ears, and seemed to penetrate into the deepest part of the soul, making everyone involuntarily infected by her emotions.
Many people at the scene couldn't help crying.
The players’ feelings are deeper than anyone else’s.
Adele's singing, coupled with the majestic symphony, seemed to ignite their souls, and every drop of blood in their veins seemed to be burning and boiling.
After singing the song, everyone at the scene felt very happy!
Even Xia Qing, who has heard it several times, still can't help but get immersed in it every time she hears it, and her eyes get wet.
Looking at Yang Cheng sitting next to her, she suddenly felt a very inexplicable feeling.
She wanted to know, what kind of person was he?
Adam Crozier came on stage again and announced the name of the song, as well as its lyrics and composition.
When everyone at the scene heard that the lyrics and music of this song were written by Yang Cheng, the entire banquet hall was in an uproar.
Isn’t this too versatile?
Originally, according to the plan, this song was supposed to be released together with the cultural promotional video.
However, due to the slow progress of the filming of the cultural promotional video, Yang Cheng insisted that quality should be given priority, so he temporarily decided to release the song first.
And, on December 26, 2005, when the Bayswater Chinese play Manchester City at home, Adele will be present to sing this team song.
This will be the first time this team song will be played in public!
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In the next two or three days, Yang Cheng gave the team a holiday.
Since there is a game on the 26th, the players cannot go home, but they can spend time with their families in London and surrounding areas.
On the day before Christmas, Arsenal made another offer for Aaron Lennon.
This time the offer has been raised to 15 million pounds.
But Yang Cheng still rejected him.
In Yang Cheng's previous life, it was during this summer that Wenger paid a transfer fee of 12 million pounds for Southampton's Theo Walcott.
At that time, Walcott had just made his debut and only played a few games in the British Championship.
But what about Alan Lennon?
Similarly young, Aaron Lennon has experienced experience in the English Championship and Premier League, and has proven himself in the UEFA Cup and was also selected for the England national team.
When it comes to speed, Alan Lennon is not inferior to Walcott at all.
Even at this stage, Lennon's offensive power is much stronger than Walcott's.
In this case, if Yang Cheng can accept a transfer fee of 15 million pounds, that will be called a ghost!
After being repeatedly rejected, Arsenal seemed to give up temporarily.
The Sun revealed that the Gunners began to shift targets and were interested in Dortmund's Czech midfielder Rosicky.
But Yang Cheng knew what was going on.
The reason why Wenger wanted to sign Aaron Lennon was, in the final analysis, based on the Bayswater Chinese's offensive tactics.
Yang Cheng used Ribery, who has excellent ball control skills, on the left, and Wenger used Pires or Hleb.
Getting the ball on one side and pulling wide on the other, so Yang Cheng used the extremely fast Alan Lennon on the right.
Arsenal's problem is that Ljungberg's level has declined rapidly this season, causing Arsenal's offensive power to also decline.
In 17 rounds of games, the Gunners only scored 22 goals.
How bad is this transcript?
The Gunners are ranked 8th in the standings, while West Ham United, ranked 9th, scored 25 goals.
Middlesbrough, ranked 13th in the Premier League, scored 23 goals.
If the offense is bad, then the defense is good.
But the Gunners' defense was not good either.
16 goals conceded, currently ranked 6th in the Premier League, and tied for 6th among 3 teams.
So, it is normal for Wenger to be anxious.
The reason why David Dunn captured the Bayswater Chinese was to weaken the strength of the Bayswater Chinese.
Among the top four teams in the Premier League, the Bayswater Chinese have the weakest foundation.
If they can weaken their competitors and strengthen themselves through poaching, then Arsenal's return to the top four will not be a problem.
Compared to the Champions League, what is the point of spending more money to sign Alan Lennon or Ribery?
Yang Cheng and Adam Crozier both know Arsenal's thoughts, so they don't mind the rumors from the outside.
On Christmas Day, everyone in the team had a day off to spend the holidays with their families.
Yang Cheng and Xia Qing are both the same person.
So, the two made an appointment to go shopping in the streets of London together.
Don’t tell me, until now, Yang Cheng has never had a good stroll on the streets of London.
Especially when I visit Knightsbridge with my female friends.
This is his first time.
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On the morning of Boxing Day, as agreed, all first-team players returned to Bayswater Stadium.
Yang Cheng asked the coaching staff to conduct a physical examination on them, and everyone was doing well.
At 4pm sharp that day, the team welcomed Manchester City at Loftus Road Stadium.
Before the game started, Adele, dressed as a British lady in a black knee-length dress, walked to the middle of the court and sang the Bayswater Chinese team song.
As Yang Cheng and others expected, the response from the fans at the scene was very enthusiastic.
After Adele sang it once, the live broadcast also repeated the song again and again.
Until the start of the game.
Yang Cheng is clear about the importance of the Christmas Devil schedule.
So he was extremely well prepared for this game.
Manchester City's head coach Pierce was also facing a formidable enemy and formed a 442 formation to prepare for the attack.
But before the game, the Bayswater Chinese players, who were inspired by the team anthem, charged madly towards Manchester City as if they had been given blood.
Soon, Blue Moon’s defense collapsed.
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In the past two seasons, Manchester City has lost the Boxing Day game.
This makes everyone at Blue Moon take the Boxing Day game very seriously.
But sometimes, the more you pay attention to it, the more likely it is that problems will arise.
Actually, Manchester City started the game quite well.
The Bayswater Chinese took advantage of their home court advantage and wanted to suppress Manchester City from the start.
Blue Moon stabilized its defense and even launched a threatening attack.
But the shot was saved by Neuer.
This was also the first shot of the game.
Subsequently, Manchester City began to lose its rhythm.
There were 4 games played in 8 days, so Yang Cheng made rotations.
In this game, Matuidi partnered Modric, with Yaya Toure behind him.
After controlling the rhythm, the home team began to create opportunities continuously.
In the 14th minute, Chimbonda stole the ball in his own half and quickly handed it to Alan Lennon.
Aaron Lennon passed to Modric again.
Since Matuidi is a left-footed player, he played as a left center midfielder in this game, and Modric returned to the right center midfielder.
After receiving the pass from Lennon, Croatia turned around and adjusted and sent a long pass.
The ball tried to pass through Manchester City's defense.
Central defender Distin successfully headed the ball down.
But after receiving the ball, Distin failed to clear the ball in time. Instead, he was ambushed nearby. Ribery, who was waiting for an opportunity, grabbed the second shot.
After stealing the ball, the Frenchman quickly counterattacked, dribbling the ball into the left side of Manchester City's penalty area. Facing goalkeeper James, he easily pushed the shot into the far corner.
1 to 0!
Only 14 minutes into the game, the Bayswater Chinese took the lead in scoring.
The poor record in the past two seasons and the loss of a goal have caused Manchester City to lose their rhythm the more they play.
On the contrary, it was the home team that was directly overpowering Manchester City.
In the 21st minute, with the forward support of Chimbonda, Alan Lennon forced a breakthrough through Manchester City's left-back Ben Satchell.
The England winger broke into the right side of the penalty area and crossed.
Yaya Toure, who rushed all the way into the penalty area, scored a header from close range and scored another victory.
2 to 0!
After conceding 2 goals in a row, the Manchester City players also woke up.
Blue Moon created a chance to counterattack in the 35th minute.
After Barton stole the ball from Matuidi, he cooperated with forward Vassell, broke into the penalty area and hit the ball.
1 to 2!
Conceding a goal, instead of making the Bayswater Chinese become cautious, they attacked even more fiercely.
Before the end of the first half, Manchester City's defense once again exposed problems under strong offensive pressure.
While fighting for the first spot, Distin and Satchel actually collided.
Lambert once again got a big deal.
After the ball came, the England center broke into the penalty area with the ball and scored with a single push shot.
3 to 1!
After changing sides in the second half, Manchester City once wanted to attack, but was quickly suppressed by the home team.
In the 55th minute, when facing Franck Ribery's breakthrough with the ball, central defender Somer was deceived out of position by the French winger's fake move and was hurriedly crossed.
Ribery broke into the left side of the penalty area. Facing goalkeeper James, he calmly chose to knock across the ball and passed the ball to Alan Lennon, who was in a better position and was unguarded.
The English youngster easily pushed the shot into the empty goal.
4 to 1!
This is also Lennon’s third goal in the Premier League this season after the fourth round of the Premier League!
Although he doesn't score many goals, Lennon's ability to attack on the right is still very eye-catching.
Yang Cheng then replaced Ribery and Lennon with Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott.
The two young players came on the field, just when Manchester City launched a massive attack.
Compared with Gareth Bale's active defense and support for Leighton Baines, Walcott on the right performed very well on the offensive end.
The two right counterattacks in the 77th and 83rd minutes both posed threats.
Unfortunately, neither Lambert nor Matuidi, who responded, could convert the pass into a score.
In the end, the Bayswater Chinese defeated Manchester City 4-1 at home.
At the same time, Arsenal defeated Charlton 1-0 in the away game with Reyes' goal.
Chelsea defeated Fulham 3-2 at home.
Liverpool defeated Newcastle 2-0 at home.
Manchester United defeated West Bromwich Albion 3-0 at home.
The teams at the top of the standings have basically won the game.
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December 28th.
Manchester City, which had just lost 1-4 in London, returned to Manchester and faced Chelsea at home.
The two teams were inseparable. The Blues defeated Manchester City 1-0 with Joe Cole's goal in the 79th minute.
This caused Blue Moon to suffer two consecutive losses in the Christmas schedule.
Arsenal was at home, relying on Henry's brace to defeat Portsmouth 4-0 at home.
In comparison, Manchester United is a bit unlucky.
The Red Devils visited Birmingham. After taking the lead twice, Birmingham equalized the score twice.
Uruguayan forward Pandiani, who has not scored a goal so far this season, actually gave Manchester United his first goal of the season.
Ferguson was furious, and Manchester United also accelerated their recruitment efforts after the game.
Liverpool defeated Everton 3-1 away in the same city derby.
The Bayswater Chinese's away game against West Ham United went off without a hitch.
The schedule is so intensive that West Ham United coach Alan Pardew made changes after rotation, but the effect was very poor.
From the very beginning, the Bayswater Chinese completely controlled the game situation.
Leighton Bynes made a long pass in the 13th minute and accurately sent the ball behind the defense.
Aaron Lennon was like a sharp arrow, instantly penetrating West Ham United's defense and single-handedly sending the ball into the Hammers' goal.
1 to 0!
Before the end of the first half, Ashley Young made a pass. Dzeko received the ball in the penalty area, deftly passed the central defender Anton Ferdinand, and hit the goal with his kick. .
2 to 0!
This is also the first time Dzeko has scored in the Premier League since joining Bayswater Chinese.
In the second half, the Bayswater Chinese had another great opportunity.
Gerhan Inler's long shot hit the crossbar and bounced back. Dzeko's supplementary shot hit goalkeeper Carroll's arms directly, missing an opportunity to score twice.
In the end, the Bayswater Chinese defeated West Ham United 2-0 away from home.
After this round of competition, the Bayswater Chinese caught up with Manchester United in the standings with 3 points.
Both teams have 41 points, but the Bayswater Chinese have a goal difference of 24, beating Manchester United's 20 goals, ranking second in the standings, second only to Chelsea's 46 points.
Mourinho's Blues are incredibly stable.
15 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, the most goals scored in the Premier League, and the fewest goals conceded.
This dominant performance made many opponents feel desperate.
However, the Bayswater Chinese are not included.
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December 31st.
The Gunners failed to win Aston Villa away from home in this round.
0 to 0, both sides shook hands and made a draw.
But Chelsea defeated Birmingham 2-0 at home with goals from Crespo and Robben.
Liverpool defeated West Bromwich Albion 1-0 at home with Crouch's goal.
Manchester United defeated Bolton Wanderers 4-1 at home with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice.
Bayswater Chinese host Blackburn Rovers.
In the first 15 minutes, Chimbanda threw a free kick from the right, and Modric passed it to the front of the penalty area.
Inle blasted a long shot with his left foot and knocked on Blackburn's goal.
After that, the game fell into a stalemate.
With the continuous intensive schedule, even if Yang Cheng made rotations, the performance of the players was still unsatisfactory.
But in the 53rd minute of the second half, Ashley Young sent a cross from the right.
After the ball was cleared, former Arsenal player Bentley failed to clear the ball in time. Chimbanda broke into the penalty area after stealing the ball and fired an angry shot, knocking on Blackburn's goal again.
2 to 0!
But in the 85th minute, substitute Blackburn forward Bellamy scored for Blackburn through a counterattack.
In the end, the Bayswater Chinese defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at home.
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January 2, 2006.
The 21st round of the Premier League.
Chelsea was at home and defeated West Ham United 3-1 with goals from Lampard and Crespo.
Mourinho's team performed extremely steadily.
Liverpool challenged Bolton Wanderers away from home. After falling behind twice, they equalized twice, but in the end they were unable to overtake the score.
2 to 2, both sides shook hands and made a draw.
Manchester United drew 0-0 with Arsenal in the away game.
The Bayswater Chinese challenge Birmingham away from home.
Steve Bruce's team performed extremely bravely at home, but in the 20th minute, Gianni Vio's set-piece tactics once again succeeded, and Skrtel received Leighton Byrne. Si's free kick from the left headed into Birmingham's goal.
But in the 33rd minute, Birmingham also broke through the Bayswater Chinese goal with a counterattack from the right.
Both sides failed to score again.
In the end, it was a draw, 1 to 1.
The Bayswater Chinese performed poorly in this game.
But Yang Cheng understands this very well.
After all, with such a dense schedule and continuous rotations, it is unrealistic to require the team to perform at its best in every game.
Unless you have a lineup as strong as Chelsea.
......
After surviving the crazy devilish schedule, the Bayswater Chinese have finally overcome another hurdle.
4 games, 3 wins and 1 draw. This result makes everyone sigh with emotion, head coach Yang Cheng’s control of the team and his skillful rotation strategy.
After the Bayswater Chinese played against Birmingham City, the Guardian wrote an article specifically for the Bayswater Chinese and published it on the front page.
After the 21st round, the Bayswater Chinese scored 45 points with a record of 13 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. Relying on the goal difference advantage, they suppressed Manchester United and ranked second in the Premier League.
Chelsea leads with 52 points, and the points gap widens to 7 points.
But no one would question the Bayswater Chinese on this.
After all, Chelsea’s lineup is so huge that it’s unbelievable.
The Guardian focuses on Bayswater Chinese's Christmas fixtures.
4 games, 3 wins and 1 draw, scored 9 goals and conceded 3 goals.
The most outrageous thing is that 9 goals were scored by 8 players.
Only Alan Lennon scored 2 goals.
This is very worthy of further study.
The Guardian analyzed Yang Cheng's formation in these four games and finally came to a conclusion.
“Yang Cheng’s employment in these 4 games is simply amazing.”
“He has almost every player in the current Bayswater Chinese lineup. The role is played to the extreme”
“Even in some cases it seems that it is obviously not advantageous. , the game is not in good condition, such as the game against Birmingham, he just withstood the home team's attack, relying on the set piece, grabbed 1 point from the away game. "
"He doesn't look like anything at all. He looks like a 25-year-old young man, but he looks like a world-famous coach who has experienced many battles.”
The Guardian’s praise is not flattery.
After the 21st round of the Premier League, the 3rd round of the FA Cup at the weekend, the home game against Leeds United.
The Chinese in Bayswater can be said to be at a disadvantage.
After playing 4 consecutive rounds of the Premier League, the team never got a rest and the players were in poor condition.
The main midfielder Yaya Toure was transferred to the national team and returned to Africa to play in the African Cup of Nations.
Three days later, the first leg of the League Cup semi-final against Arsenal will begin.
In addition, there were injuries in the team. Jose Fonte, Modric and others were all absent due to injuries...
Under many unfavorable factors, Yang Cheng used all substitutes Lineup, playing at home against Leeds United.
Witnessed by 10,000 fans in the audience, the two sides fought hard for more than an hour.
Leeds United, playing away from home, took the initiative in the game and created more opportunities.
However, substitute goalkeeper Danny Coney and substitute central defender Roger Johansson both showed very good strength and managed to hold on to the 0-0 score.
Until the 88th minute, Danny Collins stole the ball and passed it to Gareth Bale.
The Welshman dribbled the ball quickly along the left wing and sent a long diagonal pass just past the center line.
Walcott was like a red lightning bolt, instantly penetrating Leeds United's defense and catching up with Gareth Bale's pass.
Stop the ball, fake moves, pass the goalkeeper, and push into the empty goal!
1 to 0!
Walcott, who replaced the injured Lambert and served as the team's forward, staged a decisive victory at a critical moment!
The Bayswater Chinese eliminated Leeds United 1-0!
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