Chapter 181 Reassurance! Won a double award! Godfather Pu, please help us, it’s really difficult for us! 【Please subscribe】
In Monaco, in a five-star hotel near the Grimaldi Conference Center, UEFA arranged for the Bayswater Chinese to rest here.
The award ceremony and group stage draw will start at 18:00.
Yang Cheng and the players all brought formal attire and needed to prepare it in the hotel first.
The European Super Cup match is scheduled for tomorrow.
Before departure, Adam Crozier came back from outside.
Adam Crozier has been flying around Germany, Spain and Italy since the team returned from the United States.
The main task is to connect the other 11 giants.
In fact, it's mainly the other 6 companies.
The six Premier League teams have already reached an agreement.
The Premier League has never been far behind in developing overseas markets.
Interestingly, all six teams are owned by foreign investors.
"Will you be attending UEFA's Elite Coaches Summit this year?"
Adam Crozier first briefly introduced some of the latest developments.
Yang Cheng thought for a while, "I don't really want to go either."
It's not that the Elite Coaches Summit is not good, but he is really busy.
In the past few years, UEFA has been inviting him to go, but Yang Cheng has always declined for various reasons.
Obviously, is it interesting for a young man in his 30s to attend a summit attended by old men in their 50s and 60s?
Of course, this summit is mainly about professional exchanges.
If he has time, Yang Cheng can also go.
But he has too many things going on.
Taking advantage of the two-week national team training camp in September, he will attend a series of business activities of the club.
In many cases, Yang Cheng, the club owner, must come forward.
"Do you have plans?" Yang Cheng looked at Adam Crozier.
The latter nodded, "I plan to invite the top leaders of the other 11 clubs to London, and we will meet to finalize the International Champions Cup."
Yang Cheng nodded, this is very necessary.
"Then I won't go to Switzerland."
But soon, Yang Cheng reminded again: "Adam, please remember to remind them to travel as lightly as possible. After arriving in London, we will arrange all the itineraries, and they must keep it confidential."
Adam Crozier frowned, "Are you worried..."
Yang Cheng nodded, "G14 just disbanded at the beginning of last year. Now, we have to launch a summer warm-up league. If the news leaks out, think about it, what will UEFA and FIFA think?"
Previously, the Premier League only wanted to hold a 39th round, which was basically a warm-up match, but FIFA had already interfered.
If they make such a big fuss now, FIFA and UEFA will definitely intervene.
Adam Crozier suddenly realized, "No wonder you registered your company in the United States before!"
This is also a precautionary measure.
Given the stupidity of FIFA and UEFA, they will never allow the major European clubs to form an alliance.
To a certain extent, they want these wealthy teams to fight to the death.
More importantly, FIFA has always regarded intercontinental competitions as the fat in its bowl. The inclusion of the Toyota Cup and the creation of the Club World Cup is the best evidence.
In this case, how could they allow a new cup competition to appear in the summer?
With the capabilities of FIFA and UEFA, it would be easy to disrupt this matter.
Yang Cheng's idea was to keep it secret in advance, and when the matter was done, it would be too late for them to stop it.
When all the big clubs have tasted the benefits, will FIFA and UEFA still be able to resist?
An alliance formed by interests and trends is stronger than anything else!
The important reason why the 39th round of the Premier League could not be held is that it was an official game.
This is expressly prohibited by FIFA.
Therefore, even if the AFC reaches an agreement with the Premier League, it will be useless.
But now, what Yang Cheng wants to host is a friendly match, not a formal match.
This is tantamount to playing a marginal ball.
As for whether this friendly match will continue to be held, the prize money will be higher and higher, the team will become more and more involved, and the competition will become more and more fierce and exciting... Who knows?
"I understand, I'll make the arrangements." Adam Crozier understood.
“Pay special attention to the media and don’t let the news leak out!”
"Okay!"
The UK is the birthplace of the paparazzi, but with only 12 teams participating, it is still possible to hide it from the paparazzi.
After all, in an international metropolis like London, there are so many business people coming and going every day, who knows who?
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They are plotting to poach UEFA. When Yang Cheng arrived at the Grimaldi Conference Center and met UEFA Chairman Platini, he was still smiling and told Platini that he was like spring breeze.
I really agree with that sentence: Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills.
So why not Platini?
The Frenchman chatted cordially with Yang Cheng, especially he was full of praise for the Bayswater Chinese's title defense.
"You know, Young? More than one person has told me that your team reminds them of Arrigo Sacchi's AC Milan in the late 1980s. It's really great!"
"Really? That's such an award!" Yang Cheng looked surprised and excited.
Sacchi's AC Milan was the last team to successfully defend the title.
But Platini said very firmly that he admires the Bayswater Chinese very much and is also very optimistic about Yang Cheng.
He even used a very serious tone to encourage the Bayswater Chinese to keep up their efforts and strive for three consecutive championships.
"You know, the last time we won a treble in the Champions League was in 1976, 33 years ago."
Yang Cheng didn't care if he was true or not, he just had to be modest anyway.
While waving his hands repeatedly, Yang Cheng shook his head and said: "If we can maintain the lineup, I am still confident."
Yang Cheng immediately changed the subject, "But you have also seen that in order to prepare for the construction of a new stadium, we had to sell off our stars. We sold Dzeko, Maicon, Leighton Baines and Yaya Toure in one go. 4 One of the main generals, half of the main lineup is gone.”
"In the new season, our goal is to qualify from the group, really!"
"You are so modest!" Platini laughed.
Yang Cheng didn't hear it until this moment. This was the news that made Platini feel happy from the bottom of his heart.
Even if the defending champion sells half of their main team and wants to qualify for the group stage, it is normal.
"Hey, by the way, does your new stadium really cost so much?" Platini looked concerned.
"At least £1 billion!"
"So many?" Platini immediately reacted, "I heard that you are going to build a stadium for 90,000 people. It is too big."
"This is not what we want. In order to host the Olympic Games, the London City Government forced us to build it."
As he said this, Yang Cheng kept complaining.
The general meaning is, Godfather Pu, please help us, it’s really difficult for us!
Selling people?
This is considered trivial.
Look, we went to the United States in the summer to participate in the World Football Challenge. We traveled thousands of kilometers back and forth from the east coast to the west coast. I almost fainted.
After all, isn’t it just about money?
Apart from the Bayswater Chinese and Milan duo who are short of money, which giant club would be willing to participate in this rubbish cup?
"Indeed, I heard that Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern all rejected it." Platini really believed it.
"Who says it's not? But we can't help it, what about the millions of euros in income, right?"
"Also, Michelle, if you read more newspapers, you will know that we are like running a supermarket. Once a player performs well, he will be targeted immediately and cannot be retained."
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Everyone's happiness is based on the pain of others.
Platini is no exception.
When he heard that Yang Cheng was living such a hard life, he smiled very happily, "Just like Drogba from England recently."
"Yes, I got reliable news. Those bastards from Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City are all targeting him. It's outrageous!" Yang Cheng was filled with indignation.
With that said, he told Platini that he was definitely on the side of UEFA. Local youth training must be paid attention to, financial health must be promoted, and the crazy foreign investors cannot be allowed to buy and buy.
This simply spoke to Platini's heart.
"Don't worry, Yang, a club like your Bayswater Chinese that insists on youth training and is financially healthy must be a model club that UEFA should strongly support!"
After Yang Cheng heard this, he was relieved.
Suppressing the Premier League is a general trend, and this certainly cannot be changed.
With the current strength of the Premier League, if there is no suppression, the Champions League will probably become the FA Cup.
Yang Cheng lowered his profile and tried his best to let the Bayswater Chinese suffer less losses and gain more advantages.
What?
Invite me to the UEFA Elite Coaches Summit?
I really, really want to go.
I swear to God, Michelle, I am very much for UEFA!
But you have also seen that once the construction of the new stadium begins, money will be burned.
"I must get the loan this September, otherwise, the capital chain will probably be broken."
After saying that, Yang Cheng complained again and asked Platini if UEFA could give him some support?
Platini was so troubled by Yang Cheng that he had no choice but to find an opportunity to escape. How could he care about the Elite Coaches Summit?
But he finally understood it.
This Bayswater Chinese is really difficult!
Looking at the entire European football world, which club can spare so much money to build a new stadium?
If nothing else, Arsenal has built a new stadium in recent years.
The gunman was directly transferred from the hands of the British to the hands of the old man.
Disaster! Disaster! Disaster!
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When it comes to the achievements of the Bayswater Chinese, they are truly outstanding.
European War Points Statistics In the past five years, Bayswater Chinese talents have participated in the European War for four years and have successfully entered the seeded team.
The current seeded teams are still completely ranked according to the European War points, but the teams that can win the Champions League are basically seeded teams.
This season, all four Premier League teams are among the seeded teams.
The other four teams are Barcelona, AC Milan, Sevilla and Bayern Munich.
Yes, you read that right, the Sevilla team also made it into the seeding team by virtue of its results in the Europa League.
This can be regarded as a rather outrageous phenomenon in European war points.
Since the points from the UEFA Cup and the Champions League are mixed together, Sevilla is actually among the seeded teams in the Champions League.
In fact, Yang Cheng has always felt that Sevilla, Atletico Madrid and other La Liga teams compete in the Europa League mainly to gain La Liga's European points.
The club's European war points are reflected in the tiers, while the league's total European war points are rewarded with Champions League qualification places.
For example, the top three European leagues by points have four Champions League places, while the fourth and fifth-placed Bundesliga and French Ligue 1 only have three.
As early as the turn of the century, the Premier League was still only the third league, losing to Serie A and La Liga.
If we go back to the 1990s, we even lost to the Bundesliga.
When Serie A declined and the Premier League counterattacked, La Liga also felt the pressure.
At that time, there were many teams in La Liga, such as Celta Vigo, Valencia, Villarreal and other teams, but they were basically short-lived and it was difficult to maintain competitiveness in the long term.
The real stability is the two teams in the Western Premier League.
But in the past few years, La Liga has not only wanted to compete with the Premier League, but also widened the gap with Serie A and the Bundesliga. The Europa League has become the best stage.
Especially for teams like Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, it is undoubtedly a shortcut to earn European points through the Europa League and have the opportunity to break into the Champions League and directly enter the second tier or even seeded teams.
For example, Seville.
This season, the seeded teams will participate in the group stage draw, which is a good draw.
On the contrary, the Premier League teams have no regard for the Europa League.
Not even as good as the FA Cup.
Maintaining four Champions League qualification spots is also beneficial to many teams in La Liga.
And the facts also proved that Sevilla really got a team that was almost a walk-off.
The Bayswater Chinese participated in the draw as a seed team, but in the second pot, Real Madrid was drawn.
In the third pot, Marseille of Ligue 1 was drawn.
In the last bracket, Debrecen, Hungary, was drawn.
How to say it?
This sign isn’t great, but it’s not bad either.
From the perspective of strength, Bayswater Chinese and Real Madrid should be able to qualify together. The difference is who takes first place in the group.
During the draw, the UEFA awards ceremony ushered in.
Neuer won the Goalkeeper of the Year award.
He defeated Edwin van der Sar, Valdes and Petr Cech to win this award.
In the selection of the best defender, Thiago Silva successfully defeated Terry and Vidic and won this honor.
Both players are Chinese from Bayswater, which also made Yang Cheng very happy at the scene.
However, in the subsequent awards for the best midfielder, Xavi was successfully elected.
The other two players shortlisted are Iniesta and Yaya Toure.
This made Yang Cheng feel sorry for Modric.
The six-time champion this season was unable to get Modric a place in the finals.
On the contrary, the transfer Yaya Toure was actually shortlisted.
It can only be said that Modric's playing style is really unpleasant.
The best forward was given to Dzeko.
The Bosnian center defeated Messi and Ronaldo and successfully won this award.
It's a pity that Dzeko is now at Real Madrid.
As for the final best player, Platini pronounced Messi's name without any suspense.
There is no doubt about the performance of the Argentine.
What's more, Barcelona did reach the final and won the double.
The biggest disadvantage for the Bayswater Chinese is that there is currently no superstar in the team who stands out from the crowd.
Both Yang Cheng and Adam Crozier are strongly supporting Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott, hoping that these two boys can succeed.
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Regarding the Champions League draw, the Bayswater Chinese are quite satisfactory.
In an interview with media reporters, Yang Cheng said that he was satisfied with the draw this season.
"According to the schedule, the third and fourth rounds of the group stage will be very important. We will play at the Bernabeu first and then return to Wembley."
Yang Cheng said that the Bayswater Chinese will do their best to win the first two rounds of the group stage and then try to grab points from Real Madrid.
Almost all teams have a headache for Real Madrid in the new season.
The lineup is so scary!
"Real Madrid is indeed one of the strongest teams in world football today, but this is just the lineup."
"The combat effectiveness on the football field is hard to say now."
"I think we can get first place in the group!"
But Yang Cheng also said that Marseille is not without a chance.
Valdano, who represented Real Madrid at the Monaco draw, said in an interview with media reporters that the top spot in this group will be between Real Madrid and the Bayswater Chinese.
"We have a very strong lineup and we are determined to win the first place in the group!"
But Valdano also said the Bayswater Chinese are a formidable rival.
The British media generally believe that Arsenal is the luckiest and got the walk-off draw.
Manchester United's luck is also good.
The Chinese in Bayswater are pretty good, and Liverpool have the worst luck.
Among them, the Red Army has had the worst start to the new season among the four teams in the Premier League.
British media analysts believe that judging from the group draw, none of the four Premier League teams have received special care from UEFA.
Except for the Bayswater Chinese, basically no top teams have been encountered.
But looking at it as a whole, Platini's grand strategy of using Serie A and La Liga to suppress the Premier League is obvious.
Another is that with the support of Platini, there are many unknown teams that have reached the Champions League group stage with incredible luck.
For example, Debrecen, Nicosia, Ulchisenyi, etc.
These teams have not even heard of their names, but because of their excellent luck in the qualifiers, which were all weak matches, they miraculously entered the group stage.
Everyone knows that this is Platini giving back his vote.
Didn't he rely on votes from weak countries to defeat Johansson and be elected president of UEFA?
This is Platini's plan to use the profits from the Champions League group stage to vote for his country that year, and then use Serie A and La Liga to suppress the powerful Premier League.
Of course, not all teams from weak countries are weak.
For example, the Uzbekistan Super League in recent years.
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In the past few years, both the Ukrainian and Russian Super Leagues have vigorously promoted Latinization.
They brought in a lot of Latin American players, especially Brazilian players.
For example, Shakhtar Donetsk.
As the UEFA Cup champion last season, Shakhtar Donetsk has famous European players such as Luis Adriano, Willian, Fernandinho, Ilsinho, and Dario Srna.
All of these players are very good.
Lucescu, the head coach of Shakhtar Donetsk, is also a famous European coach and has a good coaching level.
In the European Super Cup, facing the Bayswater Chinese, Shakhtar Donetsk played with a 451 lineup, which can be said to be well prepared.
The Bayswater Chinese continue to insist on their own 433.
Goalkeeper: Neuer;
Defense: Marcelo, Thiago Silva, Pepe and Piszczek;
Midfield: Matic goes deep, Rakitic and Modric are in the middle;
Forwards: Gareth Bale, Lewandowski and Di Maria.
At the beginning of the game, the Bayswater Chinese tried to control the ball first, and patiently used passes and cuts to pull and tear apart the opponent's defense, thereby creating opportunities.
Lucescu, as a famous European coach, did not adopt strict defense tactics, but adopted pressing and pressing tactics.
Through the players' physical running, they suppressed the Bayswater Chinese midfielder and disrupted the offensive organization and penetration.
This caused great trouble for the Bayswater Chinese.
It wasn't until the 7th minute that the two sides took their first shot.
And it was a long shot from Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Bayswater Chinese didn't receive a pass from Rakitic until the 11th minute. Gareth Bale suddenly took a long shot from the left side of the penalty area, but it was slightly higher than the crossbar.
After that, the Bayswater Chinese gradually took advantage by virtue of their overall strength.
But Shakhtar Donetsk's defense is very well organized, even airtight.
Lucescu spent several years building a team that was able to win the last UEFA Cup. The overall strength is indeed good. Even throughout the first half, they didn't leave any real chance for the Bayswater Chinese.
During the halftime break, Yang Cheng repeatedly encouraged the team.
If the opponent adopts strict defensive tactics, the Bayswater Chinese must take powerful measures to break the concentration.
A wave of attacks at the start of the second half gave the team a corner kick and two frontcourt free kicks.
But these three set-piece attacks failed to work.
The only gain from the attack was 3 yellow cards.
They are Brazilian player Ilsinho on the right, right back Dario Srna, and central defender Kuchel.
In the 60th minute, the Bayswater Chinese played a wonderful match on the right.
Di Maria broke through with the ball, suddenly stopped and cut in, and knocked the ball back to the right with his heel.
Piszczek quickly inserted along the right line and made a pass to the center.
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Lewandowski was flanked by two central defenders of Shakhtar Donetsk and failed to reach the ball in time. The ball was cleared by Srna from behind.
This made Yang Cheng shake his head as he watched from the sidelines.
"Their physical confrontation is very strong, they have a lot of foreign players, and they all have foot skills. Especially with so many Brazilian players, their personal abilities are very troublesome."
The Brazilian players who can gain a foothold in Ukraine and play are basically the type with excellent physical confrontation and strong personal abilities, such as Willian, Luis Adriano and Fernandinho.
This type of player is very difficult to deal with.
They are not afraid of physical confrontation and have excellent foot skills.
Lucescu has coached Shakhtar Donetsk for many years and has trained this team to be very integrated.
It’s really hard to kick!
With the defense shrinking, Lewandowski was unable to take advantage under the attack of two central defenders.
The Polish center is still too young now!
"Substitute someone!" Brian Kidd suggested.
Yang Cheng nodded.
Soon Andy Carroll, who was sitting on the bench, was jumping to his feet.
The England high center forward has been waiting there for a long time.
In the 65th minute, Andy Carroll replaced Rakitic.
At this time, the team changed to 442, with Matic and Modric forming a double midfielder.
Yang Cheng used one substitution to tell everyone that they must increase their offensive intensity.
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The important reason why Yang Cheng dared to take down a midfielder was that from the beginning of the second half, the Bayswater Chinese had almost an overwhelming advantage.
Now, the most important thing is to score goals.
The pressure in the midfield is actually relatively less.
After the substitution, the Bayswater Chinese continued to press aggressively.
In the 73rd minute, Dario Srna received a pass from Kucher outside his own penalty area near the right sideline.
This Croatian international, who once had the opportunity to join Manchester United but chose to stay in Ukraine, had just received the ball when Gareth Bale rushed in front of him.
The tall and burly Gareth Bale was approaching menacingly, and Andy Carroll also ran over to join forces. It seemed that he wanted to suppress Srna on the right side.
Srna quickly passed the ball to Kucher on the edge of the penalty area.
But Andy Carroll turned around and immediately caught up with the Ukrainian central defender.
As soon as Kucher stopped the ball, he rushed forward before Carroll and wanted to pass to Fernandinho in front.
But the passing distance was a bit far. After the Bayswater Chinese pressed hard, Matic suddenly made a move.
Matic, who is tall and has long legs, got ahead of Fernandinho and successfully intercepted the ball.
After the steal, Matic pushed the ball forward himself and quickly passed it to the top of the arc.
Lewandowski originally turned his back to the direction of the attack, took advantage of the situation, took the ball, turned around and shot directly.
Whether the Polish center leads the ball or hits the goal afterwards, his movements are very smooth, his shots are also very powerful, and the ball speed is extremely fast.
Moreover, the angle of this shot was also very good, heading to the left side of the goal.
But Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Andrei Pyatov reacted quickly and made a side dive to block the ball with one hand.
There was an exclamation of surprise throughout the Stade Louis II.
This shot was really beautiful!
But he just couldn't score.
After the ball was blocked by goalkeeper Piatov, it was still in the penalty area.
Carroll reacted very quickly and was the first to judge the landing point, but he was caught in the middle by Kuchel and Srna.
The England center kept pushing up behind him, trying to squeeze away Kucher and desperately create space for himself to take off.
When the ball fell, he took off first, got ahead of Kuchel, and headed the ball towards the center of the penalty area to Lewandowski.
The Polish center quickly took a step forward and jumped to fight for the top.
But another central defender of Shakhtar Donetsk also took off at the same time.
As the two fought for the top, the ball did not fall towards the goal as Lewandowski expected. Instead, it missed the height and fell towards the left corner of the small penalty area.
While everyone else was still looking up at the ball, anticipating where it would land, Andy Carroll was already charging forward.
Goalkeeper Piatov also struck decisively, stretching out his hands to hit the falling ball.
What he never expected was that Carroll was faster than him. After jumping up, he pushed directly in the opposite direction.
The ball passed through the hands of goalkeeper Piatov and fell towards the unguarded goal behind him.
Piatov's goalkeeper's glove hit Carroll on the head.
"The ball went in!!!"
"The Bayswater Chinese finally scored a goal!!"
"73rd minute, 73rd minute!"
"The Bayswater Chinese finally broke through Shakhtar Donetsk's goal!"
"1 to 0!"
"Header from 20-year-old England centre-forward, Andy Carroll!"
"I have to say, this goal is very difficult!"
"The Bayswater Chinese attacked for 73 minutes before scoring this precious goal."
"Andy Carroll's header was brilliant!"
“But more importantly, this young player’s prediction of where to hit is very sharp!”
After Andy Carroll scored, he sprinted off the field again.
The long-haired English center played less than 500 minutes for Newcastle last season and scored 2 Premier League goals.
This season, he has played 100 minutes for the Bayswater Chinese and he has already scored 4 goals!
This is the difference between platforms!
In Newcastle, as a substitute, it was impossible for him to get so many passing opportunities, and it was impossible for his teammates to create so many scoring opportunities for him.
But among the Bayswater Chinese, he received strong support!
Lewandowski lowered his head depressedly, but he quickly rushed out of the field with Gareth Bale and others around him to celebrate Andy Carroll's goal.
No matter what, being able to score goals and win is more important than anything else!
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After the Bayswater Chinese broke the deadlock on the field, Shakhtar Donetsk could no longer hold on.
In the 75th minute, Lucescu began to make substitutions, and the Miners also began to press out and attack.
But in the 81st minute, the Miners launched an attack from the left, but were intercepted by Di Maria and Piszczek.
When the Ukrainian team wanted to cross the ball to the center, Modric suddenly made a smart move to defend and intercepted the ball from the middle.
After grabbing the ball, Modric passed it to Lewandowski in front.
The Polish center passed the ball sideways, turned around, chased after him, and pushed the ball forward.
After passing the center line and entering the thirty-meter area of Shakhtar Donetsk, Lewandowski successfully attracted Kucher to his side and sent a diagonal pass to the left.
Gareth Bale stepped in at great speed, stopped the ball and broke into the left side of the penalty area, then hit the goal with his kick.
2 to 0!
If Carroll's goal broke the deadlock, then Gareth Bale's goal sealed the victory.
Shakhtar Donetsk was demoralized after being scored a goal.
They themselves also know it.
It is basically impossible to recover these two goals without conceding a goal.
In the end, with the goals of Carroll and Gareth Bale, the Bayswater Chinese defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 and successfully defended the European Super Cup!
The fly in the ointment is that although Lewandowski worked very hard and had an assist, he also contributed a lot to Carroll's goal.
But the Polish center still failed to score.
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When the Bayswater Chinese brought home the European Super Cup from Monaco, the British media sang its praises.
In the fourth round of the Premier League at the same time, Chelsea defeated Burnley 3-0 at home.
Liverpool came back from behind twice to beat Bolton Wanderers 3-2 away from home.
But as Bolton coach Gary Megson said, if the main midfielder Sean Davies had not been sent off with a red card, Liverpool's last two goals would not have happened at all.
The result of this game should be 2-1, with Bolton winning.
Also in this round, Manchester United faced Arsenal at home.
With Arshavin opening the scoring for the Gunners, Manchester United relied on a controversial penalty kick and Diaby's own goal to reverse the Gunners 2-1.
Wenger was very dissatisfied with the result of the game and believed that Manchester United's penalty kick should not have existed at all.
"We all know that when we play Manchester United, we always suffer some inexplicable penalties."
But no matter what, Wenger's team also failed at Old Trafford.
Manchester City defeated Portsmouth 1-0 in the away game with Adebayor's goal.
After 4 rounds of games, Arsenal, which was in great shape, suffered its first defeat of the season.
Chelsea tops the table with a goal difference.
Manchester United and Manchester City follow closely behind.
These 3 teams are also the teams that have maintained 4 consecutive victories in the Premier League so far this season.
The Bayswater Chinese are currently ranked 8th with 6 points due to missing one game and losing to Manchester United in the first round.
But everyone knows that Yang Cheng's team has not yet exerted its strength.
Especially after winning the European Super Cup, the media and fans basically believe that the Bayswater Chinese are still a strong contender for the Premier League championship this season.
Although it has only been 4 rounds, many things can already be seen.
For example, the Gunners are as good as ever.
After Chelsea introduced Eto'o and Sneijder, coupled with the integration of Hiddink, the defense of this team is very mature and stable, and the offense is very fierce and fast.
Manchester United used De Rossi to make up for the shortcomings in the midfield, and the overall performance is still full of competitiveness.
The Bayswater Chinese brought the biggest surprise to British fans.
Lewandowski, who originally had high hopes, fell into a scoring drought. Andy Carroll, a 20-year-old local center, turned out to be a surprise.
Of course, Yang Cheng has always defended Lewandowski.
The so-called goal drought, in the final analysis, means that there are no goals yet this season.
Didn't the season just start?
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After returning to London from Monaco, the team was disbanded.
The international players began to report to the national team.
The club has also arranged round-trip itineraries for the players based on the schedule and game time of each national team.
Yang Cheng was also not idle.
He attended a series of business activities held by the Bayswater Chinese.
The first is the signing ceremony between Bayswater Chinese and Bulgari Hotel Group, Peninsula Hotel Group and Yang's Real Estate.
3 contracts, signed in two installments within 2 days.
The locations are all in the press conference room of the Chinese Brent Training Center in Bayswater.
This allows people to see the results of the Bayswater Chinese's efforts to attract investment during the past period.
Of course, signing a contract does not mean landing.
In investment cooperation like this, variables may arise at any time.
The key is to complete and deliver these four buildings as soon as possible, and then transfer them to these companies from Bayswater Chinese. Only then can the cooperation officially begin.
By then, Yang Cheng would be able to collect the rent with peace of mind.
However, of the four buildings in the new stadium, three have been rented out, and one is still open.
There are many interested companies, and negotiations are still ongoing.
Taking advantage of the opportunity that cheap dad Yang Jianguo was in London, Yang Cheng took him along and went through the transfer procedures for the Bayswater Chinese.
From now on, this club will have only one owner, both in name and in reality.
That is Yang Cheng.
After completing the Bayswater Chinese signing, Yang Cheng and Xia Qing also attended another signing.
That is, they successfully bought the five-storey office building in Grosvenor Square for 60 million pounds.
According to the contract, after acquiring this office building, Yang and Cheng will invest another 50 million pounds in renovations.
Considering that the interior area can be expanded after renovation, the deal is still worth doing.
However, as it is a Grade II listed building, renovation work will have to protect the facade.
As for the money to buy the property, Yang Cheng spent last season's annual salary, while Xia Qing spent all her savings, and also advanced rent for the next few years from Bayswater Chinese.
After moving here and there, I finally collected enough for the down payment.
As for the 50 million pounds for the renovation, Xia Qing has already contacted a bank for a loan. In the future, the rent will be used to finance the mortgage. Coupled with Xia Qing's salary, it is not a big problem.
Most importantly, interest rates on home loans and renovation loans are now very low.
Buying a house at a low price is really a good deal at this time.
Yang Cheng still clearly remembers that in the next few years, hot money from all over the world will pour into the UK crazily.
Rich people from all over the world will be enthusiastic about London's housing market.
Whether it is an office building or a luxury house, it will become their focus.
By that time, the value of this office building will also soar.
After buying this building, Chris Hunter also started preparing to apply for various approvals and procedures, so that the club could officially move into this office building in the summer of 2010.
I finished renting and buying a house, and got approved for a bank loan.
Since March 2009, the British benchmark interest rate has dropped to 0.5%. The British government and the London Municipal Government have also introduced a series of supporting policies in the hope of stimulating the British economy.
Infrastructure is an eternal theme.
The London Olympics is also a project that the British government and the London Municipal Government attach great importance to. They both hope that through the preparation and hosting of the Olympic Games, they will stimulate the UK's economic growth and attract more foreign funds.
The Bayswater Chinese relied on their relationship with the London Municipal Government. Adam Crozier went to Ken Livingstone to ask for policies, and finally the London Municipal Government came forward to communicate.
In the end, three banks, led by Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Premier League sponsor Barclays, provided a huge loan of up to 400 million pounds to the Bayswater Chinese.
The loan is for 15 years, starting in 2011 and ending in 2025.
None of the parties will disclose the specific loan interest rate, but in fact, due to the endorsement of the British government and the London Municipal Government, as well as the support of a number of policies, the loan interest rate is only 1.3%.
At the current interest rate situation, Bayswater Chinese will have to repay a total of 440 million pounds in the next 15 years.
That's about £30 million a year.
However, loan interest rates will change with the adjustment of the Bank of England's base interest rate.
In other words, if the Bank of England raises interest rates in the future, the monthly loan payment will be higher.
This is already much better than Arsenal was back then.
The Gunners' loan interest rate at the time was over 6%.
If the loan interest rate is 6% and the same loan is 400 million pounds, the Bayswater Chinese will have to repay a total of 600 million pounds within 15 years.
The interest in the middle was reduced by 160 million pounds.
It can be said that the new stadium built by the Chinese in Bayswater is really much better than Arsenal in terms of loans.
Of course, Yang Cheng relied on the club's own funds in the early stage to withstand the pressure and dragged it into 2009. After repeated interest rate cuts, it was considered a satisfactory result.
Both Xia Qing and Adam Crozier admired his decision-making.
Although it received a loan of 400 million pounds, the funding gap is still not small.
The Bayswater Chinese currently estimate that they have invested 200 million pounds. Adding this 400 million pounds, which is 600 million pounds, there will be a future funding gap of at least 500 million pounds.
Xia Qing told Yang Cheng before that the club currently has 100 million pounds, and the transfer revenue it can get in the next two years is probably more than 100 million pounds.
All things considered, in the next three years, the Chinese people in Bayswater will continue to cut back on clothing and diet, and will have to invest at least another 300 million pounds.
That's £100 million a year.
This is still very challenging for the Chinese people in Bayswater.
Xia Qing has also made many preparation plans.
She contacted many financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, UBS Securities and JPMorgan Chase, and they all promised to provide huge funds if necessary to help Bayswater Chinese complete the remaining construction of the new stadium.
Of course, the interest rates of these banks and securities companies are definitely much higher than those of banks.
Therefore, Xia Qing does not intend to take their money easily.
For the Chinese in Bayswater these days, there are simply not many ways to find money.
Especially when Yang Cheng has professionals like Xia Qing beside him.
The difference lies in the level of capital costs.
For example, after the four surrounding office buildings are completed, you can take them out and get mortgage loans from banks, and the interest rates will not be too high.
Even if there is really no other way and money from financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs is used, you can wait until the new stadium is completed and then use various financial means to raise funds to get lower interest rates and pay back the money from the financial institutions first.
All in all, Xia Qing's operation is to tell everyone that the Bayswater Chinese have enough ability and funds to build the entire new stadium project!
This is a reassurance for building contractors, tenants such as Bulgari Hotel Group, and many potential partners in the future!
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During the national team training, Yang Cheng was busy running back and forth.
After everything came to an end for the time being, he received news from Adam Crozier.
Representatives from 11 other wealthy clubs are here!
Some are represented by club executives, some are represented by the boss in person, and some are attended by the chairman and core executives together.
For example, at Real Madrid, President Florentino came together with General Manager Jose Sanchez.
Three more people came from Barcelona, Chairman Laporta, Vice Chairman of Finance Ferran Soriano and Vice Chairman of Business Ingra.
Two people came to Bayern, Uli Hoeness and sports director Nellinger.
AC Milan brought in general manager Galliani, while Inter Milan arranged for Moratti's son Moratti Jr. and technical director Branca.
The top executives of these wealthy families arrived in London quietly, and were picked up by Chinese people from Bayswater and sent directly to the Lancaster Royal Hotel.
The whole process was like being a thief.
After checking into the hotel, everyone stopped going out and just waited for the meeting.
(End of chapter)