Chapter 151 Data is king! Take Atletico Madrid to establish prestige! [Please subscribe]
Adam Crozier has never thought that he is a very moral person.
Especially after becoming a professional manager.
People who are too disciplined cannot do this job well.
From Shengshi Advertising to the FA to the Royal Mail, he is striving to move up every step of the way.
What attracts him is nothing more than money, status and influence.
Coming to Bayswater Chinese from Royal Mail was more like an accident in career planning.
This was never among his options!
But not only did he do it at Bayswater Chinese, he did it for three years.
The money is not much, the status is not very high, and the influence is not very great.
Sometimes, when he thinks back, he wonders, why did he choose Bayswater Chinese in the first place?
My brain must be broken and I was deceived by Yang Cheng.
But if he calms down and thinks about it carefully, he will feel that it is quite good for Chinese people to work in Bayswater.
A trustworthy and fully decentralized boss has full control over all businesses. Isn’t this what professional managers want most?
The money is not much, but with the bonus, it is still a lot.
His status is not high and his influence is not great, but as the Bayswater Chinese have performed better and better in recent years, Adam Crozier's status and influence in British and European football have also continued to rise.
But the most important thing is that he is very happy here.
Especially seeing with your own eyes that a low-level league team continues to grow in your own hands, and now it has won the Premier League and the Champions League. Is there anything more fulfilling than this?
Therefore, he is also working hard to plan the long-term development of the Chinese people in Bayswater.
Including the high-end strategy he proposed not long ago.
The purpose is to seize the commanding heights of British and even European football.
At this moment, faced with the invitation from Manchester City Chairman Mubarak, Adam Crozier was really in a trance for a while.
According to his character, he should agree, or at least hesitate.
But his answer was, "Are you kidding?"
"No, no, no, we are very serious."
Mubarak's expression was indeed serious, "No matter what your Chinese annual salary in Bayswater is, we will give you three times!"
Three times your annual salary!
Adam Crozier was indeed taken aback.
His current annual salary is still 1 million pounds, which he had agreed with Yang Cheng.
But every Christmas, Yang Cheng would give him an extra red envelope worth 1 million pounds.
But even so, Manchester City's annual salary of 3 million pounds is still exciting.
What if we add bonuses?
"Frankly speaking, I am very happy working for the Chinese in Bayswater. Mr. Yang Cheng trusts me very much, and..."
Mubarak stretched out his hands to signal him to stop temporarily. As soon as he stopped, "We will give you double the trust, power and support you get from the Chinese people in Bayswater, or even more."
"We are new here and we really need someone like you. Managers with rich experience will control the overall situation.”
After a pause, Mubarak continued to explain: "The Bayswater Chinese have indeed achieved very good results in the past few years, which is admirable, but the bottlenecks in the future are also obvious, especially when it comes to building such a large-scale stadium. Investment is very scary.”
“At that time, they will be burdened with a heavy debt burden. Arsenal is a lesson learned from the past.”
Arsenal?
The first thing that came to Adam Crozier’s mind was Yang Cheng.
He does not think that the Bayswater Chinese will become the second Arsenal.
Because Yang Cheng and Wenger are completely different.
In the past few years, the Bayswater Chinese have won the league championship with the salary of teams in the relegation zone of the Premier League, and won the Champions League with the salary of mid-table teams in the Premier League.
All of these are enough to prove that Yang Cheng is the core competitiveness of the Bayswater Chinese.
Being the next Arsenal?
Adam Crozier dare not say that it will never happen, but the possibility is very small.
This is because of his understanding and trust in Yang Cheng.
“Among us Bayswater Chinese, there is only one person who is irreplaceable!”
I don’t know why, but Yang Cheng’s words came to Adam Crozier’s mind. .
Yang Cheng is talking about the players.
But Adam Crozier felt that it also included all employees, even himself.
Asking himself, Adam Crozier believes that the Bayswater Chinese have made a great contribution to their current achievements, especially in terms of business operations.
But is it really as big as outside rumors say?
He actually knew it well.
Almost every major decision has support and guidance from Yang Cheng.
This made Adam Crozier suddenly sober.
"Thank you very much for your recognition, Mr. Mubarak!"
Adam Crozier always remained polite, "But I still say the same thing, I am very satisfied with my current job, and at the same time, I don’t think the Bayswater Chinese will become the second Arsenal.”
After a pause, Adam Crozier politely introduced his thoughts on the club’s management to Mubarak. Some high-level views.
For example, he believes that modern professional football is different from the past. It can no longer be done by one person or a few people. It is about teamwork and system operations.
Every department of the club has made an indelible contribution to its development.
"So, I don't think that going to Manchester City will bring much benefit to you, let alone copy the success of the Chinese in Bayswater."
Mubarak was a little disappointed.
For Adam Crozier, they have done a lot of investigations.
This includes twice hiring a third-party agency to conduct research on professional managers of many major teams in the Premier League and even Europe.
Adam Crozier is one of the leaders in terms of ability, resume and other aspects.
Even far more than Chelsea CEO Peter Kenyon.
It was only after thorough preparations that Mubarak came forward to contact us.
I just didn’t expect to be rejected.
"It's okay, Adam, we still have time, you can think about it again." Mubarak was not in a hurry.
"No, thank you for your kindness, Mr. Mubarak, but I really never thought about leaving Bayswater Chinese!"
"At least for the foreseeable future, I have no such plans."
Adam Crozier has never been a person who likes to drag his feet.
Just like when he saw something was wrong with Royal Mail, he decisively chose to resign.
Now, he does not want to get too entangled in this matter to avoid having some negative impact on himself and the Chinese people in Bayswater.
Mubarak could only sigh with regret after hearing his firm words.
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Two days later, when Yang Cheng returned to his home west of Holland Park, Xia Qing had already cooked dinner and was waiting for him.
The couple had dinner and discussed the club.
Xia Qing mentioned the news she just received from several former colleagues.
Manchester City once poached Adam Crozier, CEO of Bayswater Chinese.
"According to the information I got, there should be contact, but it failed, so now the headhunting company has taken the order again."
If the contact is successful, Manchester City will not need to entrust a headhunting company to find new candidates. .
But soon, Xia Qing felt strange about Yang Cheng's reaction.
He kept cooking and seemed not surprised by this.
“Have you known about this for a long time?”
Yang Cheng didn't answer, but laughed, "It seems that you are quite well informed."
It only took 2 days to receive the news.
Xia Qing was speechless.
It turns out that Yang Cheng had known about it for a long time.
“After the Premier League shareholders meeting, the two of them met in the lobby of the Churchill Hotel.”
Yang Cheng gave very detailed time and place.
"How did you know? He confessed to you?"
As soon as Xia Qing finished speaking, she immediately thought about it again, "No, he is not that stupid."
Adam Crozier is a very shrewd guy who can be called a veteran in the workplace.
How could such a person take the initiative to tell his boss that he was poached by a competitor?
Express loyalty?
On the contrary, this represents a dangerous signal.
As for taking the opportunity to strive for higher salary, this is too much.
Professional managers are different from professional players.
The latter is much scarcer than the former.
What's more, professional players who are truly qualified to ask for higher salaries through poaching by their opponents are all of a high level and are rare.
"Adam Crozier didn't say anything, everything was business as usual."
Yang Cheng answered Xia Qing's doubts.
“At that time, a reporter from The Sun sneaked into the hotel lobby and happened to take a photo of their meeting. In addition, Manchester City has been looking for professional managers, so I thought of it.”
There are often many channels for information exchange between big clubs and the media.
"Then he really refused?" Xia Qing was a little worried.
That's Manchester City.
A team funded by Middle Eastern tycoons who claim to have no shortage of money.
“It’s very simple. Just talk to him about contract renewal and we’ll find out?”
After a pause, Yang Cheng added: “In the past two or three years, our club’s The development is indeed rapid. From the perspective of salary level, Adam’s salary can only be regarded as the upper-middle level among the professional managers of the 20 Premier League teams.”
Arsenal's David Dunn, Chelsea's Peter Kenyon, Manchester United's David Gill, and even Tottenham's Daniel Levy all have salaries much higher than Adam Crozier.
Of course, Yang Cheng gives a big red envelope every year.
Yang Cheng doesn’t know if there are managers of other teams.
"How much?" Xia Qing understood Yang Cheng's intention.
If Adam Crozier rejects Manchester City, it proves that he has feelings for the Bayswater Chinese and is willing to stay.
Renewing the contract at this time is to make up for the loss of his rejection of Manchester City and further consolidate his relationship with the club.
If he does not plan to renew his contract with the club, it proves that he is determined to leave.
Today's Bayswater Chinese rely on teamwork. Adam Crozier's departure will definitely have an impact on the team, but it is not fatal, especially if the handover is prepared as early as possible.
We have been working together for several years, and it is easy to get together and part ways, and Yang Cheng will not make things difficult for us.
This is a mutual respect!
"Double, 2 million pounds."
In this way, he is one of the highest-paid managers in the Premier League.
If you include bonuses, one of them can be eliminated.
Of course, no one knows whether Manchester City will offer more in the future.
Xia Qing understood what Yang Cheng meant, "Then the other senior executives, including Omar Berada, will probably have their annual salaries increased accordingly."
Use cooked rather than raw.
Baswater Chinese’s current team is working well together and has become competitive. It’s best not to change if it can be done at this time.
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After discussing the salary situation of club employees, Yang Cheng also mentioned the need for additional investment in the sports science department and data analysis department.
At least another £2 million will be invested, while the department's salary budget will also be increased.
"They plan to recruit a group of professionals in data analysis in the near future."
"Data analysis?"
When Xia Qing heard about investment now, her head felt heavy.
“We now have a large number of people in the data department, and don’t we buy a lot of data from data companies such as OPTA every year? Why do we need to invest more?”
“ Not enough." Yang Cheng replied.
"The data we can buy can also be bought by others. We can find data companies to customize the data we need, and other clubs can too."
Nowadays, data applications are becoming more and more widespread.
This can be seen from the development of OPTA.
Moreover, some football data analysis companies with keen sense of smell have begun to appear.
Of course, now, what fans have access to is still some of the simplest basic data.
For example, how much the players run, how many passes they pass, etc.
Something more advanced is the player's running heat map, the number, distribution and routes of passes, but these are all paid at the current stage.
Many clubs will customize some services they need based on these basic and advanced data.
For example, before a transfer, inspect a certain player or even analyze a certain team.
But again, if the Bayswater Chinese can buy it, other clubs can also buy it.
For Yang Cheng from 2024, these current data are still too basic.
Even advanced data will basically be accessible to ordinary fans by 2024.
What about those high-level data that are out of reach?
Basically all are paid items.
Not to mention, many clubs’ core data are confidential.
Even the head coach can only scratch the surface of many clubs' confidential data.
For example, the player growth data model applied to youth training.
Different clubs will produce different big data models based on their own technical and tactical characteristics.
The youth training academy can input various data of players into the big data model, from the most basic ones such as height, weight, bone age, body fat, etc., to slightly more advanced left and right foot usage frequency, activities Range, sprint speed, running changes and more.
Through various very detailed data, the big data model can analyze the strengths and weaknesses of this player.
Scouts can also input various data, and the big data model can roughly deduce whether this player is worthy of attention and training, and then select outstanding youth training talents.
Of course, data is dead.
Yang Cheng believed in a saying in his previous life: Talking about data without the game, and talking about the game without data are all hooligans!
As a team sport, football generates very complex data.
This makes data analysis very complicated, and it can easily become a joke.
For example, when Ferguson sold Stam, it was said that it was a statistical problem.
Allardyce also believes in data, but his coaching results are not very good either.
On the other hand, when De Bruyne renewed his contract with Manchester City, he hired a third-party data company to produce data reports to persuade Manchester City to sign a blockbuster contract. This in itself represents Manchester City's commitment to data. recognition.
Depay entrusted a third-party data company to find a suitable club for him, transfer to Ligue 1 Lyon, and kill everyone in Ligue 1. This itself also represents the role of data.
Not to mention the likes of Brighton, the boss himself is a data player. Transfers and signings all rely on data, and the effect is obvious.
Therefore, data and competition themselves complement each other.
In addition to youth training, in the first team, Yang Cheng plans to build a big data model to assign points to players' performance on the court.
For example, offensive points and a successful pass appear in different places on the court, and their tactical value is completely different.
To put it simply, Thiago Silva's long pass and Toni Kroos' long pass have completely different values.
For the same reason, Dzeko's escape at the front of the penalty area and Modric's escape in the midfield have completely different tactical values.
This requires further mining of the data and assigning scores.
There are points for offense, points for organization, and points for defense.
It is impossible to rely on manual labor for such complex data analysis, so it is necessary to create a big data analysis model exclusive to Bayswater Chinese.
In the future, as various data and rebroadcast videos become more and more complete, there will be more and more data, and the results of the analysis will become more and more reliable.
But all of these are impossible to buy outside.
This will become the core competitiveness of big teams!
The most typical one is Brighton.
The negative teaching material is Manchester United.
After the Bayswater Chinese moved into the Brent Training Center, 14 high-definition cameras were installed in the first team’s training ground to record all the players’ movements on the training ground.
Through the fully automatic tracking system, the video captured by the camera can be automatically generated into various data.
Including the accuracy, direction and speed of the pass; the speed of the player's sprint; and even the player's stopping accuracy, which is the distance of the ball after the first foot touches the ball.
There is more and more data, and the current data analysis team is becoming increasingly short of manpower.
So, Gianni Vio proposed that he hope to recruit some external professionals in data analysis.
Even including outstanding students from top universities such as the University of London, Imperial College, Oxford, and Cambridge.
Isn’t this the biggest advantage of being in London?
Yang Cheng supports Gianni Viot’s proposal.
He is very optimistic about the prospects of big data and firmly believes that this will become the core competitiveness of Bayswater Chinese in the future.
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Speaking of data, Yang Cheng suddenly thought of another question.
Whether it is in Europe or the world, there is very, very little investment in football and even sports-related fields.
But do fans have any demand in this regard?
The answer is obvious.
A thought immediately flashed through Yang Cheng's mind. He put down the dishes in his hands, walked to the living room, opened his notebook, entered the German Yellow Pages website, and started searching for a company called [Onefootabll].
Results not found.
“That’s not right, wasn’t it founded in 2008?” Yang Cheng muttered to himself.
Xia Qing was also surprised by Yang Cheng's behavior and walked over with concern on her face.
In his previous life, Yang Cheng was invited to visit Onefootball Company and chatted with their founder and boss, Lucas von Cranach.
This post-80s generation is really awesome.
From 2001 to 2005, he studied investment and financing at the Technical University of Berlin.
While studying in college, in 2002, he joined Besterman Venture Capital, a famous German investment company, as an analyst.
Through this relationship, he went to the Department of Business Administration at the University of California, Berkeley, to study financial management for half a year in 2002, and then went to the Department of Business Administration at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2003 to study investment management for four months. .
After leaving Bertelsmann Venture Capital in 2003, he went directly to Siemens’ Spanish headquarters in Madrid to work as an analyst. Later, he switched jobs to Gaoding Capital not long after.
In 2006, he switched to Horstmann Group as a senior assistant.
It wasn’t until I left in 2008 that I started my own business.
Why is Yang Cheng so impressed by him?
Because this guy is proficient in multiple foreign languages, his company has gathered talents from different countries and languages around the world, so he is very creative.
When Yang Cheng visited their company, the two of them communicated in German, Spanish, French, English and other languages at the same time. The scene was very interesting.
Oh, by the way.
Yang Cheng almost forgot that at this point in time, this company should not be called this name yet.
Yang Cheng quickly searched for Lucas von Cranach.
Sure enough, a company called Motain jumped out immediately.
"Can you check this company?" Yang Cheng looked at Xia Qing.
Seeing Xia Qing's confused look, Yang Cheng explained: "I'm very interested in their company's business."
Xia Qing knew that Yang Cheng was not a person who was aimless.
She immediately wrote down the name, returned to the dining table, picked up her phone, found her colleague in Germany, and asked him to help her learn about the company.
"Hurry up and eat first, the food is cold." Xia Qing urged after making the call.
After Yang Cheng sat back, she asked with concern: "Is there anything special about this company?"
"There are very few entrepreneurship in football. This company mainly focuses on It makes mobile phone applications, specializing in writing some basic applications for Samsung, Nokia, Sony and other mobile phones, and pushing some game news and scores in real time.”
Before Yang Cheng’s time travel, there were many sports information fields. Two major companies, one is Onefootball. Another company is MinuteMedia, which was founded by Israelis in 2011 and later moved its headquarters to London.
Onefootball focuses on football, while MinuteMedia diversifies in the field of sports.
But before Yang Cheng crossed over, the valuations of both companies were very high and the number of users was also very large.
This is actually not surprising.
If nothing else, there is no good fan community in the world so far.
In addition, Onefootball later became a data company focusing on football, cooperating with many wealthy teams and leagues.
Therefore, when Yang Cheng and Xia Qing discussed data investments, they thought of this company.
People in the financial industry are very efficient.
The most important thing is that this company called Motain is really insignificant.
Xia Qing received a call during a meal.
This is a small company that is in trouble and on the verge of bankruptcy, headquartered in Bochum, Germany.
"How about I go to Germany for a trip?" Xia Qing knew Yang Cheng very well.
Yang Cheng suddenly laughed and was not polite. He nodded and said: "Thank you for your hard work."
"We met, what should I say?"
" It’s very simple, just show him the iPhone in your hand and tell him that this is the future!”
After a pause, Yang Cheng added, "We only invest, not acquire, and let him continue to operate. We can continue to raise funds in the future, but we can suggest him to move to London and tell them that we are in the UK There are better channels that can provide him with help.”
With the current influence of the Bayswater Chinese in the UK and even European football, it will be easy to promote some cooperation.
It will be a great help to the development of this company.
In particular, we must consider that major leagues and clubs currently do not pay special attention to Internet copyrights. It is entirely possible to settle some copyrights first to avoid disputes in the future.
"What if he doesn't accept it?" Xia Qing asked with concern.
Yang Cheng said without hesitation: "Then we will find someone to do it ourselves!"
Since he was interested in this track, Yang Cheng was determined to eat this piece of fat.
Lucas von Cranach is in a very difficult situation now, and cooperating with Yang Cheng is his best way out.
If not, it would not be difficult for Yang Cheng to form a team and do it himself.
It’s a bit laborious at most.
"Xiaoqing, this matter is of great importance. As I told you before, the future will be the Internet era, traditional media will decline, and whoever has a louder voice on the Internet will be the boss! ”
Xia Qing immediately understood Yang Cheng's idea and layout, "I understand, I will go to Germany tomorrow."
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Xia Qing went to Germany in person.
Two days later, she brought Lucas von Cranach to London.
Yang Cheng met with him at the Lancaster Royal Hotel at the North Gate of Hyde Park and chatted about the future together.
Cranach revealed that the main reason why he is interested in this market is because he is a fan of Cologne.
As a fan, his biggest pain point is that the SMS notification service fees of telecom operators are too expensive and not timely.
So he wanted to develop such a mobile phone software.
Yang Cheng told him directly that Apple is the future and to stop the development and investment of all other platforms.
Especially now, the Android system is far from mature.
“I’ve learned about the iPhone, and their current sales are indeed pretty good, but the platform is too small, with a total of only two to three million mobile phones sold,” Cranach explained.
“Do you know how many users Nokia’s Symbian system has around the world?”
“If that doesn’t work, there is also Microsoft’s WP system.”
Yang Cheng what? I didn’t even say anything, I just picked up a brand new, unopened iPhone. One3G was placed in front of Cranach and told him in an extremely confident tone: "It will completely replace Nokia and subvert the mobile phone industry in the next two or three years!"
Not only that, Yang Cheng also Tell him that Apple has its own App Store.
So, you have to move quickly.
While Apple has not yet gained momentum, seize the time to enter and seize the first wave of traffic.
Cranach was very conflicted.
After he communicated with Yang Cheng, he was very convinced that Yang Cheng was a rational and calm investor.
But he couldn't believe why Yang Cheng was so optimistic about Apple and so negative about Nokia?
This is the largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world!
With Apple’s two to three million sales, will it replace Nokia in two or three years?
“I’m not just talking nonsense, I invested six million pounds in Apple to buy their stocks!” Yang Cheng said with a smile.
Cranach still didn't believe it.
Elites like him often have their own persistence and judgment.
He believed that the future was the giant Nokia's Symbian platform.
There is a sense of European arrogance in this!
Although, Nokia is from Finland.
Finally, Yang Cheng made a compromise suggestion.
He invested 650,000 pounds in Cranach's company, holding 45% of the shares.
In other words, the company is valued at more than 2 million euros.
This is pretty good for a start-up that is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Yang Cheng established a Onefootball company in London to permanently buy out the copyright of Motain's sports application for Apple and Android systems, and share media resources for the next three years.
Yang Cheng’s request was very simple. He commissioned Cranach and his team to develop an Apple APP in the shortest possible time, put it on the Apple Store, and help set up a London team.
Of course, the London Company does not have much to do with Cranach.
This is equivalent to saying that Yang Cheng spent 650,000 pounds to buy 45% of the shares of Cranach Company.
I spent another sum of money, borrowed chickens to lay eggs, and wrote an APP for Apple.
For the Apple APP, Yang Cheng proposed a very important and unique function.
Through Apple's system port, game information is pushed in real time and score notifications are obtained instantly.
This function was not difficult to implement, and Cranach agreed on the spot.
As for why it is 3 years?
Yang Cheng is also not sure whether Motain, which has lost its Apple business, will still be there three years later?
However, if the time is right, it is possible to acquire Motain Company in turn.
After receiving the financing, Cranach will definitely vigorously develop its business in the German football market.
I just don’t know how Cranach would view today’s negotiation at that time?
As for Yang Cheng, he has done his best.
Who makes Cranach not believe it?
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Cranach received an investment of 650,000 pounds from Yang Cheng and promised that the Apple APP would be launched within half a month.
Modern mobile applications are indeed quite simple.
As for setting up the London team, Cranach will also be fully responsible.
As for the subsequent formal signing, Xia Qing and the lawyers will be responsible for following up.
After handling this matter, Yang Cheng began to deal with Adam Crozier's contract extension.
To Yang Cheng's surprise, Adam Crozier didn't hesitate at all when it came to renewing his contract.
I agreed to renew the contract on the spot.
£2 million?
The boy looked flattered, and it was obvious that the salary was beyond his expectation.
Yang Cheng said that Bayswater Chinese’s revenue has been rising steadily in the past few years under the management of Adam Crozier.
Correspondingly, Adam Crozier's salary will naturally increase accordingly.
"Then I'll thank the boss!" Adam Crozier agreed with a smile.
The two never talked about Manchester City's poaching from beginning to end.
Adam Crozier is difficult to talk to, after all, he is too sensitive.
Yang Cheng didn't want to talk about it, and he didn't want to give people the impression that he waited until his subordinates were poached before reluctantly increasing their salary.
Of course, if Manchester City hadn't made this fuss, Adam Crozier's salary increase would have been slightly delayed.
Late but arrived.
After everything was settled, the players returned from the national team one after another.
The good news is that none of the international players were injured when they participated in the national team games.
The bad news is that during the two-week national team training camp, many players have played in two games.
Basically they are World Cup qualifying matches.
Coupled with the long journey, many players are physically tired.
After the fourth round of the Premier League, it will be the first round of the Champions League group stage, and the opponent is Atletico Madrid.
Therefore, Yang Cheng must fully consider the players' physical condition.
However, the fourth round is against Bolton at home, so Yang Cheng is not very worried.
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The focus of the fourth round of the Premier League is the Double Red Club.
Manchester United visits Anfield Stadium to challenge Liverpool.
Ferguson's game is a bit dangerous, because they will also be distracted by the Champions League group stage next week.
More importantly, in the past 8 double-red meetings, Manchester United has achieved an impressive record of 7 wins and 1 draw.
On the contrary, it is Liverpool. The Red Army, without the pressure of the Champions League, are a bit desperate.
C Ronaldo has not returned yet, so Ferguson arranged a trident combination of Tevez, Berbatov and Rooney.
But the midfielder is composed of Anderson, Carrick and Scholes.
This is very risky.
Rooney, in particular, has been in terrible shape recently.
Just over 2 minutes into the game, Manchester United took the lead to score.
Tevez opened the scoring for the Red Devils.
After that, the game completely became Liverpool's stage.
The Red Army kept creating opportunities.
Since both Gerrard and Torres had just returned from injury, they were both on the bench in this game.
In the 12th minute, Aurelio took a corner kick and Van der Sar made a save.
After the Dutch lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground, he still saved Kuyt's shot from close at hand.
Unexpectedly, by some mistake, the ball hit Wes Brown's leg and bounced into the goal.
Own goal!
Subsequently, Riera dribbled the ball past three defensive players, broke into the Manchester United penalty area and fell to the ground.
The referee tweeted and refused to award a penalty kick.
Liverpool completely suppressed Manchester United in the midfield.
After changing sides in the second half, Liverpool still had the advantage.
After Gerrard came on as a substitute, Liverpool's midfield advantage became even more obvious.
Kuyt's wonderful pass in the 77th minute, Babel volleyed home, helping Liverpool reverse Manchester United 2-1.
Ferguson paid the price for his adventure!
In another game later, Arsenal defeated Blackburn Rovers 4-0 away from home.
Manchester City was at home, and with Adebayor's hat trick and Robinho's goal, they defeated Chelsea 4-3 at home.
The Blues played very brutally in this game.
Terry fouled Adebayor in the 77th minute and not only gave the opponent a penalty kick, but was also sent off with a red card.
Subsequently, Manchester City scored two goals and reversed the Blues 4-3.
This also allows everyone to see that after strengthening the team's lineup through summer transfers, Manchester City's overall strength has been significantly improved.
The next biggest test is whether Eriksen can integrate this team as soon as possible?
Judging from his previous coaching experience at Lazio, the famous Swedish coach is still very capable.
In this round, the Bayswater Chinese faced Bolton Wanderers at home.
Yang Cheng made a lot of rotations to the team.
Matic, Matuidi, Jose Fonte, Lewandowski and other players all started.
Only 3 minutes into the game, the Bayswater Chinese completed a wonderful offensive coordination in the frontcourt.
Gareth Bale was on the left side of the frontcourt. After receiving Matuidi's pass, he tried to cross to find Walcott at the back point.
Goalkeeper Jaaskelainen attacked and tried to pluck the ball out of mid-air.
Unexpectedly, Jaaskelainen, who has always been stable, made a mistake and lost the ball.
At this critical moment, Lewandowski quickly stepped in, shot with a kick, and sent the ball into Bolton's goal.
In the first 3 minutes, the Bayswater Chinese opened the scoring.
1 to 0!
The Bayswater Chinese continue to intensify their offensive.
In the 26th minute, Walcott won a corner kick for the team on the right.
Modric took a corner kick, causing a melee in the penalty area.
The ball was cleared out of the penalty area.
But soon, Marcelo once again sent a diagonal pass, accurately reaching the back of the goal.
The little tiger stepped in at high speed, volleyed from close range and sent the ball into Bolton's goal.
2 to 0!
After scoring two goals in a row, the Bayswater Chinese's offense slowed down slightly.
But Bolton took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
But in the 42nd minute of the first half, Neuer intercepted Bolton's through ball and threw the ball vigorously to launch a counterattack.
Matic and Modric passed the ball continuously, and the Croatian sent a precise through ball.
Lewandowski broke into the right side of the penalty area, calmly pushed the shot and scored twice!
3 to 0!
The whole Wembley Stadium was completely blown away!
76,000 fans gathered at the scene, and they were all worried about whether the team would perform poorly after the rotation.
But now, with a 3-0 lead in the first half, they were completely relieved.
After changing sides in the second half, the Bayswater Chinese still maintained their suppression of Bolton and successfully maintained the 3-0 score until the end.
After this round of games, Liverpool topped the Premier League with 10 points.
Chelsea fell directly out of the top four due to their loss to Manchester City in this round.
Baswater Chinese, Arsenal and Manchester City all have 9 points, but Yang Cheng's team relied on their goal difference advantage to climb to second place in the league with one game less.
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On the evening of September 16, in the first round of the Champions League group stage, Bayswater Chinese faced Atletico Madrid at home.
This is the second time that the Shenlian Legion has reached the Champions League group stage after an absence of 11 years.
The last time they participated in the Champions League group stage was in the 1996/97 season.
At that time, the Shenzhen Army was still in the aftermath of the double championship, and the team had stars such as Kiko and Futre.
But after 1997, the Sheets Army never broke into the Champions League again.
Until this season.
And what everyone is familiar with, Atletico Madrid’s outstanding striker has become familiar to fans precisely from this season.
This also reflects Atletico Madrid's tactics from the side, and the overall tendency is to attack.
Just like in this game at Wembley Stadium, Atletico Madrid coach Aguirre from Mexico still arranged a 442 formation.
Goalkeeper: Franco;
Defense: Antonio Lopez, Ujfalusi, Heitinga and Perea;
Midfielder: Luis ·Garcia, Maniche, Assuncao and Simão;
Forwards: Aguero and Diego Forlan.
Atletico Madrid has played 4 games so far this season.
In the 2 Champions League qualifying matches, they lost to Schalke 04 0-1 away from home, but the team's lineup was not complete at the time.
Aguero and other players represented the Olympic team in the Olympic Games.
After Aguero returned to the team, Atletico Madrid immediately beat Schalke 04 4-0 at home.
The Argentine striker made two passes and one shot, and his performance was extremely eye-catching.
Players such as Perea, Assuncao, Simao, Luis Garcia and Maxi Rodriguez also performed well, making Aguirre exclaim: Atletico Madrid found The best combination!
Sure enough, in the subsequent first round of La Liga, the Shelters also defeated Malaga 4-0 at home.
Continuous big scores put Atletico Madrid in the spotlight for a while.
However, two weeks after the national team match, Atletico Madrid lost 1-2 at home to Valladolid.
But everyone can see that in this game, the Shenlian Army has some energy left.
Including Aguero, Diego Forlan and other main players, all are hidden.
Aguirre also expressed confidence that he will try to defeat the Bayswater Chinese in the away game!
Many players in the team have also stated in the media that they want to play well in their first Champions League game.
El Mundo de España even wrote an article, "Aguero appears in the European Champions Cup for the first time. He will lead Atletico Madrid to go further!"
Everyone also has high hopes for this game, especially Aguero's performance.
The Argentinian forward has been in really good shape recently.
The Sheets Army lived up to expectations. Even in the away game, they still adopted very active offensive tactics.
Only 38 seconds into the game, Aguero received a pass from Diego Forlan, dribbled the ball into the penalty area between Pepe and Thiago Silva, and hit the goal from close range. .
Fortunately, Neuer was very focused, decisively abandoned the goal and blocked Aguero's shot in time, thus resolving a goal-breaking crisis.
This also made the 90,000 fans in Wembley Stadium exclaim in unison!
This attack came too suddenly.
Yang Cheng watched from the sidelines and nervously shouted to Pepe, Thiago Silva, and Yaya Toure, asking them to be more focused and dedicated.
30 seconds into the game, it was so scary to be attacked by the opponent with such a threatening attack!
“The two wingers Simao and Luis Garcia are responsible for spreading the width, and in the middle are forwards like Diego Forlan and Aguero who are erratic but have strong personal abilities.”
"The two of them cover each other, and there is no so-called main attacker. Diego Forlan is good at passing the ball, while Aguero is good at retracing and inserting behind, which makes the defensive players very headache."
Bryan. Kidd shook his head and said.
In the attack just now, Aguero retreated first and then suddenly stepped in.
After Diego Forlan pulled away slightly to get the ball, he opened the defensive players and created a gap for Aguero to insert.
In this case, it is really difficult to prevent it.
"The most important thing is that Yaya Toure and Pepe were a little distracted at the beginning." Yang Cheng said.
For the attack just now, Atletico Madrid did play well.
But the main problem is the Bayswater Chinese’s own defense.
As for playing Atletico Madrid, Yang Cheng is not completely unprepared.
He just didn't expect that Aguirre would be so bold when facing the Bayswater Chinese in an away game.
"It seems that even if we win the Champions League, our reputation in European football is still not big enough. People don't regard us as a strong team at all!" Yang Cheng snorted twice.
If the Bayswater Chinese are regarded as a strong team, Atletico Madrid may need to pay attention to defense instead of attacking directly from the beginning.
But if that's the case, then Yang Cheng doesn't mind taking advantage of Atletico Madrid to establish his power!
(End of this chapter)