I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 115: A shocking reversal! A fierce battle for the championship [Subscribe]

After playing West Ham United, the next step is the cup competition.

The 23rd round of the Premier League will not start until January 1th.

Many players in the first team have been under too much pressure over the past period of time.

The Premier League, the Champions League, plus the non-stop Christmas schedule consume a huge amount of physical energy.

Therefore, Yang Cheng personally decided to give holidays to Arshavin, Modric, Jose Fonte, Pepe, Maicon and Neuer, and asked them to take their families, especially their girlfriends, to go out and play for a few days.

Yang Cheng gave a 3-day vacation.

Arshavin is an exception.

Yang Cheng clearly felt that after the goalless quadruple at Stamford Bridge, the Russian seemed to have released all his passion. He did not look particularly excited when playing against Manchester United and West Ham United next.

So, Yang Cheng even told Arshavin that he could go ahead and have fun, taking a paid vacation.

He will come back only when he feels better after playing!
As for other people, they certainly won't receive such treatment.

Especially for young players, the next series of cup competitions will be their stage.

But the players didn't actually take that long off.

Modric only took two days off, saying he was taking his family to London to walk around and do some shopping, and then returned to the team.

Oh, by the way, he also took a look at the house.

This made Yang Cheng very happy.

Starting to buy a house in London proves that you have the intention to settle down and have a sense of belonging, which is a good thing.

Yang Cheng didn't have any suggestions on the specific location, but told him that the club would definitely move the first-team training ground to the Brent training base, so he had to plan ahead.

Jose Fonte, Pepe, Neuer and others took three days off and then returned to the team and continued training.

Arshavin took a full week off.

When Yang Cheng saw that Arshavin was in a much better mood after his return, he knew that the vacation was effective.

In training, the Russians were obviously more active and recovered quickly.

Of course, these are things to follow.

……

On January 1th, the team traveled to challenge Plymouth.

This is the third round of the FA Cup.

Yang Cheng played with a lineup of all substitutes and young players.

Goalkeeper: Danny Colin;
Defense: Marcelo, Koscielny, Skrtel and Piszczek;

Midfield: Matic is in the back, Di Maria and Matuidi are in the middle;

Forwards: Gareth Bale, Lewandowski and Walcott.

In this game, Yang Cheng tried to let Di Maria play as left midfielder.

On the one hand, it allows him to play games and gain experience, while also allowing him to adapt to multiple different positions.

On the other hand, he also wanted to see if Di Maria could adapt to this role?

This arrangement still looks like a 433, but in fact, Di Maria's position is very flexible. Matuidi is responsible for clearing the ball, and Matic is responsible for trailing and intercepting.

The two full-backs Marcelo and Piszczek were very bold in moving forward.

Plymouth is not a weak team that can be bullied at will.

They are doing well in the Championship, ranking in the upper middle level, and playing at home.

Faced with this group of young players, especially a lineup that is clearly a trial arrangement, Plymouth will not be polite to the Chinese from Bayswater.

As soon as the game started, both teams kicked the ball freely.

As a result, in the 13th minute, Piszczek assisted Lewandowski to score in the penalty area.

The Polish teenager seized a very good opportunity.

But five minutes later, Plymouth equalized the score.

The two teams started a back-and-forth mode of poking each other.

In the 27th minute, Gareth Bale and Di Maria made a beautiful combination on the left and sent a wonderful pass.

Di Maria broke into the penalty area and shot into the goal.

2 is better than 1!

Plymouth finally understood it.

Although he is called a young player, it is actually not that simple.

If they continue to stab each other like this, Plymouth will definitely die a miserable death.

Remember Ian Holloway?
He was the bald English coach who coached Queens Park Rangers two years before Yang Chenggang took over the team.

He was sacked by Queens Park Rangers in February 06 and now manages Plymouth.

This guy was too familiar with Yang Chengke. As soon as he saw that something was wrong, he immediately started to defend.

In the end, the score of 2 to 1 remained until the end.

No one scored again.

Yang Cheng was also quite satisfied with the result.

……

Three days later, in the League Cup quarter-finals, Bayswater Chinese challenged Charlton Athletic away.

At that time, the main players of the team's first team had just returned from vacation and were undergoing recovery and physical training.

Yang Cheng had no plan to arrange for them to play in this game.

So, this group of young players in the FA Cup continued to take the field.

To be honest, Yang Cheng was actually mentally prepared to lose.

But what he didn't expect was that this group of little monkeys actually brought him a big gift.

Not only did they play back and forth with Charlton Athletic throughout the game, but in the 35th minute, Walcott made a quick counterattack, dribbled past two Charlton Athletic defenders, and scored a goal with a single shot.

1 is better than 0!

Afterwards, no matter how hard Charlton Athletic played, they were unable to break through the goal of the Bayswater Chinese.

Yang Cheng was very surprised that he actually advanced!

When he saw the excitement of the players in the locker room, he personally fulfilled his pre-match promise: let them play in the semi-finals.

Why did Yang Cheng dare to fight on multiple fronts when he was in English League Two and the English Championship, and dare to focus on the League Cup while playing in the league?
Because he is confident about the league!
Moreover, at that time, the Chinese in Bayswater really needed a championship to boost morale!

So he went to fight for the cup.

But not anymore.

The competition in the Premier League is too fierce, and Manchester United is eyeing him covetously, so Yang Cheng dare not make any mistakes.

He will give his all in every Premier League game until the team wins the championship!

Of course, if you still can’t win the championship, you can only admit that you are not as skilled as others.

Come back next season!
Ferguson’s thoughts are different from Yang Cheng’s.

He gave up on the League Cup very early.

We can't say we have given up, we can only say that Manchester United's young players and substitutes are not up to par.

But the FA Cup is all about giving it our all.

This is also in line with the positioning of the FA Cup.

After defeating Charlton in the League Cup quarter-finals, they advanced to the semi-finals, where they were drawn against Chelsea.

First the host, then the guest.

The other matchup is between Tottenham and Arsenal.

……

After playing the League Cup, we returned to the Premier League and entered the 23rd round.

After more than ten days of adjustment, Mourinho's team has recovered.

More importantly, Shevchenko did not appear in the starting lineup.

The frontcourt is a combination of Kalou, Drogba and Robben, the midfield is Lampard and Ballack, and Makelele is behind.

Essien and Carvalho partnered as central defenders.

As a result, the Blues defeated Wigan Athletic 4-0 at home.

This also proves once again that the most suitable tactic for Mourinho's team is to return to 433.

Arsenal beat Blackburn 2-0 away from home.

Liverpool beat Watford 3-0 away.

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3-1 at home.

In this round, Bayswater Chinese played Everton away.

Moyes has always claimed to be Ferguson's disciple, so naturally he hopes to snipe at competitors for his teacher.

Since this season, Yang Cheng's team has been known for its blitzkrieg.

I didn't expect that after playing with eagles all my life, I would be blinded by a wild goose.

Just over a minute into the game, Everton launched an attack and got a corner kick opportunity.

After Arteta took a corner kick, Lescott scored with a header in front of the goal, 1-0!

After taking the lead, Everton launched a fierce attack and launched an almost desperate pressing in the frontcourt.

In the 12th minute, Leighton Baines fouled Arteta and gave Everton a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.

As a result, the direct free kick hit Las Diarra near the human wall and bounced back into the goal of the Bayswater Chinese.

Neuer was completely confused.

He judged the route correctly, but it did not include this kind of zigzag line.

They were two goals ahead after just 12 minutes. This was outrageous!
Yang Cheng also realized that after playing the Christmas schedule, the team had been too relaxed over the past ten days or so. The team's mental state was a bit slack and the pace of the game was a bit slow.

To put it simply, I didn’t get into the state!
There was no way. Yang Cheng originally wanted to create a gentlemanly and handsome persona and make himself as elegant as possible.

In this situation, he could only get angry and make the players pay attention.

The performance of the Chinese in Bayswater gradually improved, but Everton retreated again and set up a solid defense.

Moyes is a cunning guy.

After a quick attack at the start and a goal scored, we set up a defensive formation.

Shameless!

However, before the end of the first half, in the 37th minute, Bayswater Chinese still created an opportunity.

Ashley Young made a diagonal pass into the penalty area from the left, Dzeko rushed into the small penalty area and scored in front of the goal, 1 to 2!

Taking advantage of this goal, Bayswater Chinese continued to pursue the victory.

In the first half stoppage time, Arshavin dribbled the ball on the right, was fouled and got a free kick opportunity.

Ashley Young took the free kick and Pepe's header was blocked out of the baseline.

Corner kick.

Ashley Young took the penalty again, but this time he did not send the ball into the penalty area, but instead took a quick tactical corner kick.

Modric received the ball on the left side outside the penalty area and passed it to the front of the penalty area.

Leighton Baines quickly inserted himself, met Modric's pass, and shot directly, scoring a world-class goal.

2 is better than 2!

This die-hard Toffees fan, who has been a fan since childhood, was determined to show himself at Goodison Park today.

But he didn't expect that the free kick he just committed a foul on resulted in a goal conceded, which made him very angry.

Now, he saved his face with a world-class goal.

In the end, the two teams entered the halftime break with a 2-2 tie.

……

"Everton's 4231--- formation is very compact and dense."

In the visiting team's locker room during the half-time break, Yang Cheng was discussing the tactics for the second half with the players based on the tactical board.

All the players looked at him attentively and listened to his instructions.

There is no doubt about Everton's defensive strength.

The iron bucket formation set up by Moyes is really not so easy to break.

But we have to score again in the second half.

Otherwise, the league lead would have been handed over to Manchester United again.

The most effective way to break density is to pull horizontally continuously.

But the problem is that Bayswater Chinese currently lacks an excellent long passer.

Leighton Baines can make long passes, but they are not fast or accurate enough.

how to say?

If it's a slow, high-arcing long pass, it's really useless.

By the time you get the ball, the opponent's defense has already adjusted.

The truly threatening ones are long passes like those made by Toni Kroos, Pirlo and Xabi Alonso, with fast speed, low arc but very precise landing points.

Use the strong offensive point on one side to draw the opponent's defense over, create a void on the other side, and then suddenly move over.

This is why full-backs will become more and more important.

Usually this kind of transfer ball is received by the full-back on the other side.

After receiving the ball, it is up to the full-back to initiate the attack.

Now obviously not.

What should I do?
"Andre, you have to try to get the ball as much as possible, dribble the ball, attract the defensive players, and then find a way to pass it to the other side."

Modric's long pass is also okay.

"guys."

Before going on the court, Yang Cheng looked at his players with a serious expression.

"This game is a test for us."

"It will test whether we are fully prepared and whether we have the strength to lead the Premier League and even challenge for the championship!"

Everyone raised their heads and looked at the head coach, obviously having heard it.

“The truly strong ones are not those who never make mistakes.”

"On the contrary, everyone, including the strong, makes mistakes. This is normal."

"The difference between strong people and others is that when they make mistakes, they have enough ability, willpower, and determination to make up for their mistakes and do better in the future!"

All the players nodded as they listened.

"We made some mistakes at the start of the first half but we made up for it towards the end so now the score is 2-2."

"But I want to tell you that if we want to challenge the Premier League title, if we want to meet higher-level challenges, it is not enough to just do this!"

“We need to do better than the best!”

"We need to challenge our limits in every game. No matter how big or difficult the obstacles are, we can overcome them and solve all problems."

"Everton are a very difficult team to play against, especially at Goodison Park."

"I believe that you can use today's game to tell everyone that neither Everton nor any other team can stop us from moving forward!"

"We have only one goal in this season's Premier League."

“That’s the champion!”

……

After the second half, the Chinese players from Bayswater finally showed their blitzkrieg threat.

But Everton was clearly well prepared and still stayed firmly in their own half.

Arshavin kept Yang Cheng's instructions in mind and began to take the ball and dribble more often on the right.

The Russian first created a corner kick when he broke through on the right.

But this corner kick attack failed to turn into a goal.

Afterwards, Arshavin planned several attacks on the right and tried to transfer the ball, but the results were not very good.

Yang Cheng immediately walked to the sidelines and signaled Maicon to increase his offensive efforts to support Arshavin.

This adjustment really worked quickly.

Due to excessive offensive pressure on the right, Everton's defense began to lean towards its left side.

That is the side defended by Yabo and Stubbs.

And in the 53rd minute, Arshavin passed the ball to Modric.

The Croatian, under the double-team of Phil Neville and Arteta, dribbled the ball to create space and then made a surgical through pass, accurately cutting through Everton's defense.

Right center back Lescott is a left-footed player, and the connection between him and right back Hibbert was directly cut off by Modric's pass.

Ashley Young quickly moved forward, received the ball between two defenders, broke into the penalty area and had a one-on-one chance. He pushed the ball with his right foot and sent it into Everton's goal, 3-2!

This goal also sounded the signal for the Chinese in Bayswater to counterattack.

After taking the lead, the visiting team seemed to have found the code to unlock the offense.

Everton had to continue to adopt a defensive tactic.

But it was already difficult to stop the Chinese from Bayswater from scoring goals.

In the 63rd minute, Arshavin was intercepted while dribbling on the right, but Las Diarra, who came in from the back row, intercepted the ball in time and moved forward with the ball.

Outside Everton's penalty area, Las Diarra passed the ball to the right and then quickly moved forward into the penalty area.

Maicon broke into the right side outside the penalty area and sent a low cross.

Las Diarra, who had just scored an own goal, made a timely advance to the right side of the small penalty area and kicked the ball into the goal guarded by goalkeeper Turner before the defensive player.

4 is better than 2!

After taking a two-goal lead, Everton was completely exhausted.

Moyes brought on forwards Beattie and van der Meyde in an attempt to strengthen the attack.

But soon, the Bayswater Chinese regretted their decision.

In the 78th minute, Arshavin suddenly appeared on the left, received the pass from Modric, stopped and dribbled past Phil Neville's defense, and completed a beautiful two-pass combination with Dzeko at the front of the penalty area.

The Bosnian striker's cross pass allowed Arshavin to dribble the ball into the left side of the penalty area.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper Turner, Arshavin used a skillful bicycle kick to create a shooting angle and pushed the ball into the empty goal.

5 is better than 2!

This goal also completely shattered Moyes' determination to continue counterattacking.

Afterwards, Yang Cheng made continuous substitutions.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese staged a stunning comeback with a score of 2 to 5 after conceding 2 goals away from home!

After completing an epic away game reversal, Yang Cheng's team once again received widespread praise from the media and fans after the game, especially the recovery of the form of many players including Arshavin.

This will be of great help in the upcoming journey to impact the league.

……

In the middle of the week, in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final, Bayswater Chinese faced Chelsea at home.

In this game, Yang Cheng basically fulfilled his promise to the young players.

He arranged all the young players from the previous quarter-finals to continue starting, but in the central defender position, he arranged the mature and stable Jose Fonte to partner with Koscielny.

The goalkeeper is still veteran Danny Coney starting.

This really doesn't count as Yang Cheng's breach of contract.

The central defender position is originally a rotation position. In addition to commanding the defense line, Jose Fonte's task is to give advice to Matic and ensure the stability of the team's defense line.

After all, it is a home game and Yang Cheng doesn't want to lose.

Mourinho is under great pressure in the league, so he did not send out all his main players.

For example, the lineup he arranged in the frontcourt was Bridge, Kalou and Wright-Phillips.

Yes, he let left-back Bridge play as left winger and Kalou play as forward.

The midfielders are Mikel, Makelele and Ballack.

Chelsea played very badly on offense after the rotation.

Although the players on Bayswater's Chinese side are young, they are more energetic and have strong individual abilities.

In the first half, Gareth Bale almost received a pass from Lewandowski and scored against Chelsea's substitute goalkeeper Hilario.

Later in the 77th minute of the second half, Walcott made an assist from the right, and Lewandowski seized the opportunity in the middle and sent the ball into Chelsea's goal before Ferreira and Essien.

This was also the only goal of the game.

Bayswater Chinese beat Chelsea 1-0 at home.

In the words of the media after the game, neither side tried their best in this game.

But the Chinese in Bayswater obviously performed better, and several young players in the team were more eye-catching than Kalou and others.

Considering that they only conceded one goal away from home, Mourinho will probably have to make an effort at home.

...This weekend, the 24th round of the Premier League.

Anyone can see that the battle for the league title between Bayswater Chinese and Manchester United is becoming increasingly fierce.

Even in the League Cup semi-finals, Yang Cheng arranged for young players to play. Everyone knew that this was to devote all his strength to compete for the league.

Before the game, Yang Cheng also took the initiative to engage in a war of words with Ferguson.

In this round, Bayswater Chinese will face Sheffield United at home.

Manchester United will visit the Emirates Stadium to challenge Arsenal.

Yang Cheng publicly stated at the pre-match press conference, "I don't think Manchester United can escape from this away game unscathed."

"I know Wenger. He will not allow his team to miss the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. He will do his best to fight for it."

"The Gunners have the quality to beat Manchester United at home."

Since Bayswater Chinese's match is before Manchester United, Yang Cheng said, "We will beat Sheffield United at home and leave all the pressure to Manchester United!"

Sure enough, in the evening of the same day, Bayswater Chinese played against Sheffield United at home.

The blitzkrieg at the start of the first half was unsuccessful, leading the team to quickly fall into a stalemate.

But before the end of the first half, Arshavin's goal helped the team take the lead.

At the beginning of the second half, Bayswater Chinese took the lead in launching a blitzkrieg, and in the 50th minute, Arshavin scored again, making it his second goal.

In the 55th minute, Gillespie, who had just come on as a substitute for less than 5 minutes and was intended to strengthen the midfield defense, fouled Arshavin while defending and received a yellow card.

And just four minutes later, he committed another foul while defending.

This time it was defending Modric.

Referee Mark Halsey gave him another yellow card, sending him off with a red card.

He was sent off with a red card less than 10 minutes into the game, which almost made Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock so angry that he vomited blood.

In the 70th and 73rd minutes, Bayswater Chinese scored two goals in a row.

One was Skrtel's corner kick goal.

Another one was Yaya Toure's shot from behind.

In the end, the team won 4-0 against Sheffield United at home.

However, unfortunately, the complete victory of the Chinese team in Bayswater did not leave any pressure on Manchester United.

Ferguson's team is also famous for its toughness.

The Red Devils reversed Arsenal 2-1 away from home with goals from Ronaldo and Rooney.

But Chelsea must have felt the pressure from the Chinese in Bayswater, so they lost 0-2 to Liverpool away from home.

Benítez's team has been quite interesting recently.

Yang Cheng's Bayswater Chinese are good at blitzkrieg, but in recent times, blitzkrieg has repeatedly failed to work.

The opponents were prepared for the attack by the Chinese in Bayswater and their defense became increasingly tighter, not daring to be careless.

On the other hand, Liverpool scored within 3 minutes of the start of three consecutive rounds, and they seem to be inheriting the legacy of the Chinese in Bayswater.

This is of course a joke.

But Yang Cheng did feel that the outside world's targeted tactics against the Chinese in Bayswater were becoming more and more meticulous.

In particular, when facing Bayswater Chinese, many teams' playing style has become significantly more conservative.

It's a mixed bag.

The good news is that it proves that these Premier League teams, even strong teams like Everton, regard the Chinese in Bayswater as a strong team at the same level as Manchester United and Chelsea.

This is a recognition of the team's strength.

The worry is that the team must learn to overcome this pressure.

The Times did analyze the recent performance of Bayswater Chinese, especially the five games from Boxing Day to now, in which they scored 5 goals and conceded five goals, including three shutouts.

This authoritative British media believes that the Bayswater Chinese have become more and more mature and are showing the demeanor of a strong team.

While having strong offensive firepower, the defensive level has always been online and the overall performance is stable.

"The Christmas schedule is a very rare and valuable baptism for this young team."

"The big win over Chelsea, the draw with Manchester United, the huge win over West Ham United, and especially the comeback against Manchester United to top the standings, all these have filled the Chinese at Bayswater with confidence."

"This team is becoming increasingly difficult to beat."

"That's what David Moyes said after we lost at home."

……

Losing to Liverpool in the league completely shattered Chelsea's dream of winning three consecutive Premier League titles.

Mourinho is under a lot of pressure, especially as there are frequent rumors in the outside media that he is going to be sacked, which makes the Portuguese extremely dissatisfied.

In the second leg of the League Cup semi-final in midweek, Chelsea sent out all their main players.

Mourinho has deployed all the main players he can.

He even arranged a double striker combination of Drogba and Shevchenko on the front line.

Yang Cheng really didn't know how to explain this phenomenon.

Shevchenko and Drogba had absolutely no chemistry this past season.

But what's strange is that in this game, Drogba first assisted Shevchenko and took the lead in the 22nd minute of the first half.

In the 69th minute of the second half, Shevchenko assisted Drogba to score a goal, expanding the score.

Hey, the two of them actually had some contact with each other and hooked up.

In the end, Chelsea beat Bayswater Chinese 2-0 at home and advanced to the League Cup final with a total score of 2-1.

This is the first time that Bayswater Chinese have missed the final after winning the League Cup for two consecutive seasons.

In another match, the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur was also in full swing.

In fact, neither side tried their best and both saved their energy for the league.

Especially Arsenal.

The top four in the league are not even in sight.

The first leg at White Hart Lane ended in a 2-2 draw, while the second leg at the Emirates Stadium ended in a 1-1 draw.

But in extra time, Arsenal scored two goals.

Among them, Chimbonda scored the most crucial first goal.

Arsenal advanced to the final with a total score of 3-1.

……

This weekend, the FA Cup 4th round.

Coincidentally, Bayswater Chinese's opponent in this round is Barents in the northern suburbs of London.

This is the third-level English League One, which was formerly the English League Two team.

Bayswater Chinese still plays with young players and goes away to challenge Barents.

Having just played against Chelsea in the middle of the week, the young players recovered quickly but their condition is still not adjusted well.

So in the first hour of the game, the team played very poorly.

But the overall strength is there, and it is difficult for Brent to compete with the Chinese in Bayswater.

The gap in strength between the two sides is indeed too big.

It was not until the 67th minute of the second half that Koscielny scored the first goal for the team with a header from a corner kick.

In the 83rd minute, Gareth Bale, who came on as a substitute, scored the second goal.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Barents 2-0 away and successfully advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

……

December 1, the 31th round of the Premier League.

Feng Shui turns.

Last time it was the Bayswater Chinese who were in front and Yang Cheng tried to create pressure on Manchester United.

This time it's the other way around.

Manchester United first beat Watford 4-0 at home with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney, and Larsson who joined the team during the winter break.

Ferguson also laid a trap for Yang Cheng in the post-match press conference.

Bayswater Chinese's opponent in this game is Wigan Athletic, a team just north of Manchester. Ferguson is very familiar with them, so he played the emotional card.

He even gave Wigan Athletic some advice, saying he would tell them the secrets on how to beat the Chinese in Bayswater.

"Although they have lost seven games in a row, I still believe they have a chance to defeat Bayswater Chinese and prove their strength."

Sometimes, Yang Cheng is also speechless.

It was as if he didn't know how Ferguson had the nerve to say such praise for Wigan Athletic.

But I don’t know whether it was the pressure brought by Ferguson or the players’ own problems, but problems arose in the defense of Bayswater Chinese more than 2 minutes into the game.

That was a failed offside move.

Jose Fonte, who has always been very stable, was a little slow when creating offside, causing the opponent's pass to hit directly behind him.

The world-famous first-generation joke king of the Premier League, who claimed to have taken 4000 shots without scoring a single goal, dribbled like Messi, shot like Heskey, the great English center forward, who made an offside move and easily scored with a single shot.

Although Dzeko scored twice with his head and feet, helping Bayswater Chinese to reverse Wigan Athletic 2-1, Yang Cheng still felt unhappy.

Isn’t this too outrageous?

Shevchenko and Drogba didn't have any chemistry for a season, but when the Chinese player in Swat kicked the ball, they assisted each other?
The great comrade Heskey, a patient with advanced stage of goal phobia who had taken 4000 shots without scoring, actually scored a goal just over 2 minutes into the game?

"If this were a novel, I would be the first to cut off the author's penis!"

I have been coaching for decades and have never encountered anything so outrageous.

"Actually, Husky is not that bad." Brian Kidd defended the center.

Husky is indeed not an efficient scorer, but his tactical role is still quite good.

Brian Kidd didn't understand why Yang Cheng was so dissatisfied with Heskey's goal against his own team?

In this round, Liverpool beat West Ham United 2-1 away.

Arsenal beat Manchester City 3-1 at home.

Chelsea beat Blackburn 3-0 at home.

……

Time has entered December.

European football's winter transfer market is closed.

In the Premier League, the top few teams have basically not made any major moves.

Liverpool made the biggest move, but they only signed Arbeloa from La Coruna in La Liga and loaned Insua from Boca Juniors.

The procedures for Argentine midfielder Mascherano's loan from West Ham United are still being processed, but he has not yet received a match card.

This made many people wonder if there was something wrong with Mascherano's transfer procedures?
Since last summer, many people have been questioning what kind of secrets were involved in Mascherano and Tevez's transfers to West Ham United?
Manchester United made targeted reinforcements by loaning striker Larsson from Helsingborg.

Chelsea was once linked with Micah Richards and others, but in the end no transfer was made.

According to The Sun, Abramovich has called a halt to Chelsea's winter transfer window.

The specific reason is that Chelsea is likely to change its coach this summer.

In this case, if we follow Mourinho's wishes and spend a lot of money on signings during the winter break, will these players still fit the new coach's tactical style by the summer?
Therefore, Chelsea's strategy is not to recruit new players during the winter break and require Mourinho to produce results to prove himself this season, otherwise, he will probably be sacked at the end of this season.

This also caused many media to mock Mourinho's statement before the game that he would reach his peak in three years.

It’s really Mu Sannian!
The Chinese players from Bayswater have been targeted by many teams, and there have been rumors that they will transfer during the winter break.

It's interesting to talk about.

In the four seasons that Yang Cheng coached Bayswater Chinese, the team sold players during the winter break in the first three seasons.

From Jonathan Steed to Joe Hart, to Aaron Lennon and Chimbonda last year.

So many people say that Yang Cheng likes to sell players during the winter break so that he can make a lot of money from his opponents.

But this year, there were no Chinese people coming in or leaving Bayswater.

The teams in the relegation zone have made the biggest moves.

West Ham United invested a lot of money and poached many players in order to avoid relegation.

Watford was even more ruthless. They directly loaned out 8 players and signed 2 players. It can almost be said that they were reorganizing the entire team.

There is also Wigan Athletic, which also signed five players during the winter break, some on loan and some on free transfers. Only one striker named Fran transferred from Chesterfield for 5 pounds.

But not the Uruguayan Diego Forlan.

If we talk about the biggest transfer moves during this winter break, Real Madrid must be the one.

Real Madrid spent 3300 million euros on two Argentine players, Higuain and Gago.

Ronaldo transferred to AC Milan for 750 million euros.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, Marcelo should have joined Real Madrid at this time, with a transfer fee of 800 million euros.

But now the Chinese in Bayswater have taken the lead.

The Chinese at Bayswater have been helping Marcelo integrate into the team.

Yang Cheng was not worried about this.

Many people say that Brazilian players cannot adapt to the Premier League.

It's really difficult.

But that’s not entirely true.

Also as full-backs, the brothers Fabio and Rafael from Yang Cheng’s previous life once played very well for Manchester United.

But I don’t know if it’s the difference in football philosophy between the Premier League and continental Europe, but Yang Cheng always feels that Ferguson’s training and use of the two brothers are very strange, even including Anderson.

There is a saying in Europe that there are two kinds of full-backs, Brazilian full-backs and others.

Why is it divided like this?
Because Brazilian full-backs have good skills and strong offensive capabilities.

Please note that when using Brazilian full-backs, people basically value their ability to attack from behind.

But during his time at Manchester United, brothers Rafael and Fabio wanted to train him in the direction of Gary Neville, emphasizing physical fitness and defense.

This is very strange.

If we want to be good at physical confrontation and excellent in defense, then why use Brazilian full-backs?
Maicon is a rarity among Brazilian full-backs.

Alves is normal.

Therefore, Yang Cheng intercepted Marcelo just to conduct an experiment.

He absolutely does not believe that the Brazilian full-back cannot gain a foothold in the Premier League.

……

December 2, the 3th round of the Premier League.

Arsenal drew 1-1 with Middlesbrough away from home.

Liverpool drew 0-0 with Everton at home.

Chelsea beat Charlton Athletic 1-0 away.

曼联在上半场0比0战平的情况下，下半场连入4个球，4比0客场击败了托特纳姆热刺。

Yang Cheng's Bayswater Chinese were unable to score against Manchester City in the first 80 minutes of their away game.

But Arshavin, who was substituted in the 65th minute by Yang Cheng, made two consecutive assists in the 83rd and 89th minutes, assisting Yaya Toure and Modric to score a goal respectively, helping the team beat Manchester City 2-0.

Everyone felt the pressure of this title race between the Bayswater Chinese and Manchester United.

The points score between the two teams is very close.

Over the past month, both sides have been gritting their teeth and refusing to make any concessions.

At this crucial moment, no matter who it is, as long as they lose first, no, even as long as they draw first, it may lead to a reversal of the situation and even the loss of the championship.

In this situation, both sides were holding on with all their might.

This stalemate situation not only brought huge psychological pressure and burden to the two championship teams, but also made the onlookers, the media and fans, feel the stalemate and intensity of this season's Premier League championship battle.

No matter it is the Bayswater Chinese or Manchester United, no one can let go.

All that remains is to see who makes the mistake first.

……

"Looking at the upcoming schedule, the one that could really cause trouble for Manchester United is the 29th round, when they travel to Anfield to challenge Liverpool."

Brian Kidd and Yang Cheng were in the office, studying the upcoming schedule for Bayswater Chinese and Manchester United.

This will help us understand the current situation between the enemy and us.

"If Liverpool can't stop Manchester United, they will probably have to wait until the 34th round, when they visit Stamford Bridge."

Yang Cheng was looking at the schedule and matchup table, listening to Brian Kidd's analysis and searching for clues.

"In the 29th round, we also played away against Arsenal."

"In addition, we will play Tottenham away in the 31st round and Liverpool at home in the 32nd round."

"Don't forget, between rounds 27 and 28, there are national team matches, an FA Cup match and the first leg of the Champions League round of 16."

Interestingly, the opponents of both teams are from Ligue 1.

Bayswater Chinese's opponent is the French Ligue 1 champion Lyon.

Manchester United's opponent is Lille.

The 27th round of the Premier League is on February 2, followed by national team training.

The 17th is the 4th round of the FA Cup.

The first round of the Champions League round of 20 knockout matches will be held on the 21th and 16st.

After that comes the 28th round of the Premier League.

It can be said that the schedule is very tight and the challenges are huge.

Every step that follows cannot be wrong.

One wrong step, one point lost, could very likely lead to the championship being lost.

"Ferguson is very experienced. He will be more stable in scoring points at such critical moments, and his teams have always been good at scoring points in February and March."

Brian Kidd said this, shook his head and sighed, "Except for strong dialogue, to be honest, I can't think of where he will lose points."

Accidents definitely happen.

But now the Chinese in Bayswater cannot pin all their hopes on accidents happening to their opponents.

What if something happens to me first?

"Brian, I'll think about the team, but there's something we have to do as soon as possible."

Yang Cheng said seriously, and Brian Kidd immediately agreed, "You go ahead."

"I have asked Adam Crozier to lay low and look for a good psychologist."

"Psychologist?" Brian Kidd frowned.

Any normal person would frown when hearing this term.

Psychological problems always give people a bad feeling.

"Our team is under too much pressure right now, and the players are clearly having trouble managing it. If we rely on ourselves to help them, the effect won't be obvious."

Yang Cheng is the head coach and Brian Kidd is the assistant coach. They have their own authority in front of the players.

No matter how harmonious the relationship is on a daily basis, the head coach is still the head coach.

There are many things that players will never tell the head coach.

I won’t tell you even if you kill me.

It’s like competition pressure, will they say?
If I say it, wouldn't that be showing my weakness? Then do I still want the main position?
At this time, it is particularly necessary for an excellent psychologist to enlighten and provide psychological counseling to them.

English football is still very conservative.

For example, they were reluctant to allow women into the dressing rooms.

They are also resistant to psychology and believe that people who collapse under stress are cowards.

Even someone like Dalglish believes that fatigue can be resisted by the players' own mental willpower.

You talk to them about science, and they talk to you about metaphysics.

There's no way to communicate.

That's why Yang Cheng wanted to keep a low profile.

"This has never happened before. It would be bad if it got out." Brian Kidd had some doubts.

If you don’t know, you might think the player is mentally ill, which would be terrible.

Yang Cheng also understood.

Not to mention now, in a few years, when psychologists join a team, they will be very cautious at first, and may even use other names.

But later, it became a precedent and everyone found it delicious.

These psychological experts can really talk to the players about their personal matters, and they know how to talk to the players to help relieve stress and relieve emotions.

Guardiola later conducted a special experiment, which was to use psychological counseling to help players build a stable psychological mechanism to help them control the ball stably and calmly in the game no matter what situation they encountered.

But this happened more than ten years later.

"I've already made up my mind about this matter. Let's do it this way. You arrange it." Yang Cheng didn't intend to discuss it and gave instructions directly.

Brian Kidd had no choice but to do as he was told.

(End of this chapter)