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Chapter 358 Advancing to the Quarterfinals! A Victory for Youth Training! Ronaldo's Blitzkrieg! The Future of Chinese Players at Baswater [Please Subscribe]

On the evening of March 8, at Prudential Stadium in London.

In the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16, Beswathe Chinese will host Roma.

In the 13th minute of the match, Casemiro made a successful interception in his own half.

After intercepting the ball, Casemiro took two steps forward and delivered a through pass to Modric.

The Croatian player, near the halfway line with his back to the direction of attack, controlled the ball, turned, and then passed it out.

Salah, who was waiting on the right wing, controlled the ball and easily bypassed Roma's left-back Digne, completing a beautiful breakthrough.

After getting past Digne, Salah immediately dribbled diagonally towards the penalty area.

The Egyptian winger broke into the right side of Roma's penalty area, but was caught up by Roma center-back Zukanovic. He then made a sudden stop, cut inside with the outside of his left foot.

Salah delivered a cross right after getting past Zukanovic.

Giroud in the middle had already overshot his target and hurriedly turned around, only to find the ball had been quickly passed right in front of him.

Giroud did not make a move.

Because he knew that the pass wasn't meant for him.

On the left side of the penalty arc, Gareth Bale controlled the ball with the inside of his left foot into the penalty area, then accelerated to catch up and unleashed a powerful shot with his left foot.

The football hurtled towards the bottom left corner of the goal with tremendous force.

1 is better than 0!

The entire Prudential Stadium erupted in wild cheers!
9 fans rushed out of their seats at breakneck speed to cheer for the players on the field.

Just 13 minutes into the game, the Chinese from Beswathe intercepted the ball in midfield and launched a quick counter-attack, breaking through Roma's defense and opening the scoring for their team!

……

Just five minutes after scoring, Aaron Ramsey threatened Roma's goal again with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, giving everyone a scare.

The Chinese team at Besworth Field dominated the Red Wolves, relentlessly attacking them from their home ground.

Especially after the 30th minute, the game became almost entirely one-sided.

Rome adopted a defensive posture, but still managed to create numerous opportunities for their opponents.

In the 33rd minute, Salah received a through pass from De Bruyne on the right side of the penalty area and shot with his right foot.

The ball hit the goalkeeper directly.

The Egyptian winger shook his head helplessly.

Subsequently, Gareth Bale on the left wing used his speed to dribble into the left side of the penalty area and unleashed a sudden shot, which went slightly wide.

The most beautiful attack of the entire first half came in the 38th minute.

Marcelo made a forward run to attack.

Aaron Ramsey's lobbed pass found Gareth Bale, who had moved to the left wing.

With his back to the direction of the attack, the Welshman flicked the ball with the back of his left heel, sending it directly to Marcelo, who was moving down the flank.

The Brazilian left-back intercepted the ball before the defender could react, then suddenly accelerated, forcefully breaking past Roma defender Maranos and dribbling into the penalty area.

Inside the penalty area, Maranos dared not make any move against Marcelo.

After breaking through, the Brazilian delivered a low cross with his left foot to the front of the six-yard box.

Giroud took the initiative with a physical challenge, squeezing past Zukanovic before unleashing a close-range shot with his left foot.

The football went straight into Rome's goal.

2 is better than 0!

After winning the first leg 3-1 away, they led 2-0 at home in the first half, making the outcome of the match a foregone conclusion.

In the second half, the Chinese players from Basworth continued to maintain firm control of the game.

In the 50th minute, the Chinese players from Beswain applied pressure in the attacking third and won the ball back.

During a quick counter-attack, Giroud passed the ball diagonally with his left foot to the unmarked right side of the penalty area.

Salah made a quick forward run and received the ball without any defenders marking him.

But the Egyptians didn't choose to shoot directly with their right foot.

Instead, after stopping the ball with his right foot, he wanted to use his left foot to shoot.

Salah's left foot is his preferred foot!
However, this adjustment caused a missed opportunity in the battle.

Digne made a timely recovery and blocked Salah's shot.

The Egyptian winger grabbed his hair in frustration, clearly very unhappy with the result.

This is the second time he has wasted a chance in this game!
"This kid still needs to practice his right foot!"

Flick glanced at Yang Cheng and then smiled wryly.

Yang Cheng nodded, "This matter will be entrusted to you from now on. If you master it, he will definitely reward you."

"Your awareness and ideas were good, and your handling and positioning were also good, it's just that last kick was a bit ugly." Brian Kidd chuckled along.

"By the way, Yang, do you think he looks like Di Maria from back then?"

Once upon a time, Di Maria was a cripple who was only good with his left foot, but he later managed to develop his right foot.

Of course, Di Maria's right foot isn't particularly strong either; it's only good for making simple passes and shooting.

But this is already quite remarkable.

Developing your weaker foot is no easy feat.

"It doesn't seem like it," Yang Cheng said, shaking his head with a smile.

“Doesn’t look like it?” Brian Kidd was somewhat surprised.

"This kid's offensive drive is much stronger than Di Maria's. If we nurture him well, I believe that in time he will become one of our team's most important scorers!"

Yang Cheng's words surprised both Flick and Brian Kidd.

That's a pretty high rating.

Currently, the most important scorers for the Baswater Chinese team are Gareth Bell and Harry Kane.

Walcott is also quite good.

Yang Cheng had previously spoken highly of Sterling, and the young player did not disappoint Yang Cheng's expectations.

Now, Salah has been added to the list of those who have received this praise from Yang Cheng.

Bale, Kane, Sterling, and Salah.

It seems that the Chinese team will rely on these four guys for their future offense!
In Yang Cheng's opinion, Walcott is actually already very good.

It is even stronger than its peak in its previous life.

There's nothing we can do; the Chinese are just too strong at Baswater these days.

Walcott's technical characteristics mean that he can't really be compared to Sterling or Salah.

But he can become a very important player for the team.

When Sancho, Saka, Bellingham, Phil Foden, and others have matured and started to stand on their own, Walcott will be able to retire gracefully.

Just like the Yangtze River, where the new generation surpasses the old, that's how football is too!

……

Yang Cheng's high regard for Salah was also reflected in his substitutions in the second half.

He substituted Walcott for Gareth Bale.

After the substitution, Salah was moved to the left wing.

This quickly created an opportunity for him.

In the 74th minute, after the Chinese player from Basworth intercepted the ball near the halfway line, Giroud received the ball with his back to goal, turned around, and sent a through ball with his left foot.

Salah used his speed to get past Florenzi, then surged forward, dribbled into the left side of the penalty area, and fired a left-footed shot into the net.

After missing two excellent chances, the Egyptian winger finally broke his losing streak!

The fans throughout the stadium were full of praise and cheered for the Egyptian winger's goal!
Ultimately, Beswathe-Chinese defeated Roma 3-0 at home, with an aggregate score of 6-1, and successfully advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals.

But the situation is not so good for the other Premier League teams.

Arsenal, after beating Barcelona 2-0 at home in the first leg, suffered a humiliating 0-3 defeat away to Barcelona.

The Neymar transfer saga has led to Barcelona's current instability.

Even so, Luis Enrique's team still managed to defeat Arsenal at home thanks to outstanding performances from Lewandowski and Mahrez.

However, everyone is quite worried about Barcelona's future.

Van Gaal's Manchester United were defeated twice by Zidane's Real Madrid, losing 1-2 and 0-2 in the two legs.

Manchester United's situation this season is not ideal.

In particular, the conflict between Ronaldo, Pogba and Van Gaal has led to instability in Manchester United's dressing room.

This also affected the results to some extent.

Incidentally, Benitez's tenure at Real Madrid ultimately didn't last until the winter break.

Just as 2016 began, Real Madrid announced the dismissal of Benitez.

Zidane replaced Benitez.

After the first half of the Champions League semi-final, Manchester City will once again face Pochettino's Nice in the round of 16 this season.

After selling off a number of star players, Nice's current strength is far inferior to that of last year.

After a hard-fought 0-0 draw against Manchester City at home, Nice suffered a crushing 1-3 defeat away from home.

Guardiola's Manchester City advanced to the quarterfinals with a narrow escape.

If we're talking about the most surprising match in the Champions League Round of 16, it has to be Mourinho's Chelsea versus Gasperini's Atalanta.

Atalanta advanced as the second-placed team in their group, finishing behind Real Madrid in the group stage.

The first leg of the match was played at the San Siro stadium in Italy.

Immobile's goal in the 39th minute of the first half gave Atalanta the lead.

But Mourinho's team managed to equalize before halftime through Diego Costa.

After that, neither side could gain the upper hand, and the situation remained deadlocked.

In the 88th minute, Gasperini substituted Milik with center forward.

At this point, Atalanta formed a two-striker formation in the attacking third, with Milik and Immobile as the two center forwards.

With the addition of Felipe Anderson and Kingsley Coman on the flanks, Chelsea's two flanks were subjected to a relentless barrage of attacks.

The two center forwards also continued to apply pressure inside the penalty area.

Finally, in the 88th minute, Felipe Anderson provided an assist, and Milik scored another goal for the team.

2 is better than 1!

Atalanta won the first leg at home against Chelsea!
In the second leg at Stamford Bridge, Immobile assisted Bruno Fernandes in the 16th minute to open the scoring for the team, securing a crucial away goal.

This goal was crucial for Atalanta!

Chelsea began their counterattack.

In the 27th minute, Diego Costa equalized for his team with an assist from Willian.

In the 67th minute, it was Felipe Anderson who assisted Immobile for another goal, sealing the score at 2-1!

At this point, the overall score became 4 to 2.

More importantly, Atalanta scored two away goals.

Chelsea need to score three goals if they want to turn the game around.

The match ended with Chelsea launching a relentless attack, while Atalanta tenaciously defended.

The final score remains 2-1!

Atalanta defeated Chelsea 2-1 on aggregate!

This battle shocked the entire European football world with Gasperini's young guard!
At the same time, it also amazed everyone with Yang Cheng and the operational capabilities of the Chinese at Baswater.

In the previous two seasons, veteran Luca Toni performed exceptionally well, proving that he is still going strong despite his age.

This season, Luca Toni's performance has declined rapidly, but Borussia Dortmund signed Ciro Immobile, who has been struggling in the Bundesliga.

Unexpectedly, Immobile made a full comeback in Serie A, scoring goals in waves.

Atalanta is currently dominating Serie A.

Especially in the recently concluded 28th round of Serie A matches, Atalanta defeated Juventus 2-0 thanks to goals from Rudiger and Bonaventura.

This season they defeated Juventus twice, both times by a score of 2-0!

With this victory, Atalanta overtook Juventus by one point to climb to the top of the Serie A standings.

With 10 rounds remaining in Serie A, Atalanta's performance this season has already been impressive enough.

Especially Immobile.

The return of this homegrown center has completely filled the void left by Luca Toni.

Now, Atalanta has gone even further, eliminating Chelsea in the Champions League Round of 16 and advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals.

They are the only team in Serie A to reach the quarterfinals this season.

Juventus lost to Bayern Munich in the round of 16 with an aggregate score of 4-4, conceding two goals in extra time.

After a draw, Atalanta was drawn against Real Madrid.

The Chinese team from Beswater drew Atletico Madrid.

Barcelona were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain from Ligue 1.

Bayern Munich, on the other hand, drew Guardiola's Manchester City.

It's clear to anyone that the overall performance of Premier League teams this season has declined compared to before.

At the beginning of the season, five teams participated in the Champions League, which raised expectations among Premier League fans.

Some even say that all five Premier League teams could make it to the quarterfinals.

In the end, only two teams made it to the quarterfinals.

This is quite unexpected.

Ultimately, besides the excessive energy that Premier League teams expend in the league, there are also problems within the teams themselves.

If Arsenal and Barcelona were evenly matched in terms of strength and their elimination was more due to tactical reasons, then Chelsea and Manchester United's elimination was more due to problems within the teams themselves.

The conflict between Van Gaal and star players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Pogba is escalating.

When he was coaching Barcelona, ​​Van Gaal didn't get along with star players like Riquelme. His inability to manage relationships with big-name players has always been a weakness of his.

Now, this has also erupted at Manchester United.

As for Mourinho's Chelsea, the problems have also become quite obvious.

Almost everyone believes that Mourinho will be sacked from Chelsea at the end of this season.

This has led to a series of setbacks for Premier League teams in the Champions League this season.

But the advancement of the Chinese from Basworth Field and Manchester City still preserved the dignity of the Premier League.

On the contrary, in La Liga, all three strong teams have advanced to the quarterfinals, and their momentum is strong.

……

The evening of July 3.

While other Premier League teams were competing in the 30th round of the league, the Baswater Chinese were playing in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Playing away against Reading.

Reading's performance in the Championship this season has been less than ideal, currently ranking in the lower half of the Championship table.

Reading, however, performed well in the FA Cup, having previously defeated West Bromwich Albion 3-1 at home.

Facing the Chinese from Bethwaite this time, Reading still adopted a defensive strategy and showed great tenacity.

Reading's head coach is Brian McDermott.

This coach came from Arsenal's youth academy and played as a striker for the Gunners in the 80s, but was always a substitute.

When he left Arsenal, he had scored 13 goals in 72 appearances.

After retiring in 92, he worked as a coach for teams such as Slaughter, Woking, and Reading.

The last time Reading were promoted from the Championship to the Premier League was when McDermott was in charge.

After being sacked from Reading in 13, he served as manager of Leeds United for one season. Starting in 14, he worked as a scout for Arsenal, responsible for scouting players that Arsenal wanted to sign.

Before Christmas 15, Reading performed poorly and he was rehired by the team.

This experienced head coach deployed England's traditional 4-4-2 formation at home, essentially using a defensive wall against the Chinese at Besworth.

Yang Cheng's team did not go all out, but mainly relied on rotation and substitutes.

However, they have been unable to make a breakthrough for a long time.

Solanke, who had been performing well, was also neutralized, and young players such as Sterling and Salah also performed poorly.

This stalemate continued into the second half.

Until the 66th minute.

Just as Yang Cheng was considering making a replacement, Aaron Ramsey stepped forward.

Although Aaron Ramsey is not exactly a direct descendant of the Chinese youth academy at Baswater, he has been cultivated and promoted by Yang Cheng since joining the team.

The Welsh midfielder has consistently performed exceptionally well, steadily improving.

Everyone said that it was somewhat unfair for him to stay at Baswater as a Chinese player and be Tony Cross's backup.

With his ability, he would be more than qualified to be a starting midfielder for any other team in the Premier League.

But Aaron Ramsey just wants to stay with the team.

Because it was Yang Cheng, trained by the Chinese at Baswater!

In 07, Aaron Ramsey, who was only 16 years old at the time, joined the Chinese team at Beswater.

He could never have imagined that he would one day reach the level he has achieved in his professional career.

At Baswater, he won numerous championships and received countless accolades.

Although he wasn't a key player, he still made significant contributions.

He always steps up, especially when the team needs him.

Just like this time.

In Reading's 4-4-2 formation, the two midfielders are Michael Hector, who is 1.93 meters tall.

He is a Jamaican international player, but was born in London and grew up in England.

And there's also Northern Ireland international Oliver Norwood.

With the tall and strong Hector trailing behind, the 1.75-meter-tall Norwood was responsible for pressing and sweeping.

The two players cooperated very well.

But Aaron Ramsey was prepared.

The Welshman ran back and raised his hand to Casemiro, asking for the ball.

When Casemiro passed the ball to him, Aaron Ramsey used his body to shield Norwood before stopping the ball, turning and getting away.

The whole movement was very graceful, like flowing clouds and water.

After turning and getting rid of him, Aaron Ramsey quickly chased after him and poked the ball forward before Hector could tackle him.

This poke was exactly what a pass should be.

After passing the ball, Aaron Ramsey sprinted forward along the left flank.

Solanke dropped back, moving to a very deep position, and received the ball with his back to the direction of attack.

Before he even received the ball, he heard Aaron Ramsey's shout and immediately chose to pass the ball sideways.

The two completed a two-pass-one-wall pass.

Aaron Ramsey dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area and accelerated to catch up.

Center-back Jack Cooper, standing at 1.99 meters tall, was like a heavy tank as he charged toward Aaron Ramsey, trying to use his body to block the Welshman.

Everyone knows that the Premier League is generally more lenient in its officiating than the Champions League.

As long as it doesn't involve a foul that physically infringes on a player's body, the rules are generally not too strict.

In the FA Cup, especially in Championship matches where teams play Premier League teams at home, the officiating is more lenient.

Unless it involves dangerous actions, they generally try to avoid sentencing if possible.

If the rules are strictly enforced, Championship teams won't be able to play anymore.

Moreover, Reading had already figured out the referee's officiating standards beforehand.

Jack Cooper intended to use his body to block Aaron Ramsey, preventing him from threatening the goal. But just before he was about to close in on Ramsey, the Welshman suddenly stopped.

The ball seemed glued to his foot as he pulled it laterally with his right foot.

Aaron Ramsey's style of play changed from driving straight to the baseline to cutting inside laterally.

Jack Cooper's attempt to rush forward to block the person completely failed.

Aaron Ramsey cut inside the box and then moved laterally.

Reading's other center-back is Irish international Paul McShane.

A 30-year-old veteran, a product of Manchester United's youth academy, with a wealth of experience.

Standing at only 1.83 meters tall, he formed a tall and agile center-back pairing with the tall and strong Jack Cooper.

Upon seeing Jack Cooper miss, he realized the danger and rushed over to cover for him immediately.

These two center-backs work together very well and are a key part of Reading's excellent defensive performance this season.

But in that extremely brief moment between cutting inside past Jack Cooper and McShane rushing to cover, Aaron Ramsey flicked the ball with his right foot, sending it directly to the right side of the goal.

After picking up the ball, he was knocked off his balance by McShane.

And then there's Jack Cooper, who turns and lunges at you from the other side...

The unfortunate Welshman almost became a sandwich filling.

Although his chip shot wasn't very powerful, the angle was very tricky.

The goalkeeper was positioned slightly to the left and made a diving save, but failed to reach the ball.

The football struck the inside of the right post of the goal and bounced into Reading's net.

Only at this moment did the Reading fans erupt in cheers.

After Aaron Ramsey got up from the ground, he excitedly turned and ran.

The Chinese players from Baswater also chased after him and celebrated the goal with him on the sidelines.

Yang Cheng clenched his fists tightly on the sidelines, applauding Aaron Ramsey's wonderful performance!
As he turned around, he was immediately embraced by Brian Kidd and Flick, who rushed off the court, one on each side.

After attacking for more than an hour, they finally broke through Reading's goal!

Breaking through the ironclad defenses is just too difficult!
"Remember that, Hans, that kid is reliable in crucial moments!" Yang Cheng excitedly pointed to Aaron Ramsey celebrating his goal on the sidelines and shouted.

Flick nodded repeatedly, indicating that he had remembered.

Aaron Ramsey is actually very capable.

As many media outlets and fans have said, he is fully capable of establishing himself in any Premier League team, including top clubs, and even giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona.

It's not that no team is interested in Aaron Ramsey.

But the Welshmen chose to stay.

He has been playing for the Chinese team at Baswater for almost nine years, from 2007 to now.

He is already familiar with everything about the team.

He felt that he could continue to help and contribute to the team.

This is the power of youth training!

In crucial moments, we need more academy graduates like Aaron Ramsey to step up!

……

Aaron Ramsey's decisive goal helped Baswater Chinese defeat Reading 1-0 and advance to the FA Cup semi-finals.

This caused astonishment throughout the British media and even the European football world after the match!

The reason is that in the previous round, the team defeated Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 away, relying on a goal from academy player Kyle Walker to win the game.

This round's 1-0 away win against Reading was also thanks to a goal from youth academy player Aaron Ramsey.

In two crucial FA Cup knockout matches, they secured 1-0 victories thanks to goals from two academy graduates.

What does this mean?
After the match, The Times published an article arguing that this was a testament to the philosophy that the Chinese at Bethwaite had upheld for many years, and that it was a victory for youth training!
"While other European football giants and all the Premier League teams were waving their checks and buying indiscriminately, Yang Cheng and his Chinese team at Baswaters consistently insisted on youth training."

How outrageous is it?

Aside from the three academy graduates, Solanke, Arnold, and Declan Rice, 15 of the other 23 first-team players are academy graduates.

Note that it's not our country, it's our team!

In addition, there are also promising young players like Pepe, Thiago Silva, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, and Giroud who have made a name for themselves in the team.

There are also players like Salah and Van Dijk, who performed well at Nice in Ligue 1 and then transferred to Beswathe, a team that was part of the Chinese youth academy.

It can be said that the entire Chinese team at Beswater is almost entirely supported by its excellent youth training program.

Many people didn't have a very strong feeling about the last match against Tottenham.

In this round, Aaron Ramsey helped the team defeat Reading 1-0, fully demonstrating the strength of Baswater's Chinese youth training program.

The Times believes that all of Baswater's Chinese superstars are homegrown talents.

From Gareth Bale to Harry Kane, from Modric to Toni Kroos, from Pepe and Thiago Silva, to Virgil van Dijk, who is now hailed as the world's best center-back.

And then there's Aaron Ramsey, who saved the Chinese in Bethwater this time.

"Paying attention to our own youth training has always been a fine tradition of the Chinese at Baswater."

More importantly, these youth training players are also very promising.

From Sterling to Aaron Ramsey, from Kyle Walker to Luke Shaw…

Although center-backs Harry Maguire and John Stones are often criticized and make mistakes, overall, these academy players are indeed quite outstanding.

More importantly, the Chinese youth team at Beswater has consistently achieved outstanding results over the past few years.

Especially this recent U17 team, with players like Sancho, Saka, and Phil Foden, is simply unstoppable in European football.

Players like Cole Palmer, Musiala, and Bellingham from the U15 team also shone brightly.

This makes everyone marvel at the abundance of Chinese youth training talent at Bethwater.

"Some even assert that, given time, the youth training program developed by the Chinese at Baswater will be enough to form an England national team!"

The Times believes that when that day comes, the British Royal Family should award Yang Cheng a medal.

"Because he made outstanding contributions to Britain and English football!"

……

While everyone was still focused on the FA Cup match, Yang Cheng's team had already completed their adjustments at the Brunt training center.

The rescheduled Premier League Round 30 match took place midweek.

The opponent is Tottenham Hotspur.

In the 19th minute, Harry Kane assisted Gareth Bale to score.

In the 39th minute, midfielder Modric assisted Harry Kane to score another goal.

After the break in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur winger Erik Lamela scored a goal.

But in the 73rd minute, Modric assisted Gareth Bale to score again, completing his brace.

After the 80th minute, Sterling, who came on as a substitute, added another goal for the team with an assist from Kyle Walker on the right wing.

Sterling then returned the favor, dribbling inside from the left wing and delivering a brilliant pass to Kyle Walker, who cut inside from the right side of the penalty area and scored against Tottenham.

Ultimately, the Chinese team defeated Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 at home.

When Yang Cheng met Ronald Koeman after the game, the latter looked resentful.

"I now strongly suspect that you're deliberately kicking me to death because I left Nice!"

Yang Cheng laughed heartily upon hearing this.

That's impossible, of course.

In fact, the last two goals were really beyond his expectations.

Sterling performed well, mainly because of his strong showing.

"How about it? You thought you were fooled by Levy before, but now that the Qatari consortium has acquired Tottenham Hotspur, you can really unleash your potential!" Yang Cheng said.

Ronald Koeman has already established himself as one of Europe's top coaches thanks to his outstanding performance at Nice.

He led Tottenham this season and achieved good results.

After the Qatari consortium acquired Tottenham Hotspur, where can they find a better manager than Ronald Koeman in the short term?
Mourinho, who came from Chelsea?
Or is it Van Gaal, who left Manchester United?

According to the intelligence Yang Cheng obtained, the Qatari consortium intends to allow Ronald Koeman to continue coaching.

The Dutch have probably already received the news.

To Yang Cheng's surprise, Ronald Koeman was not as happy as he had expected.

Do you want to hear the truth, or just polite words?

Yang Cheng raised an eyebrow but did not answer, remaining silent.

What does this mean?
"Actually, after I started coaching, I found that coaching in Nice was the simplest; the other clubs were too complicated."

In the end, Ronald Koeman let out a sigh filled with mixed emotions.

If a coach's performance is poor, everyone will blame the head coach.

There's really nothing wrong with that.

The head coach is the person primarily responsible.

But can the team's problems be solved by simply blaming the head coach?

Just like Manchester United in Yang Cheng's previous life.

Since Ferguson retired, one great manager after another has been fired. Has the problem been solved?

To put it bluntly, is it only now that Van Gaal's relationship with big-name football stars is in trouble?
In Yang Cheng's memory, Van Gaal never seemed to get along well with big-name football stars.

Is Ribery for Bayern Munich?

It doesn't seem that great.

Coaches like Van Gaal, Benitez, and Bielsa, who like to treat players as tools, really shouldn't be given big-name stars.

Conflict!

When problems arise, should we blame the head coach or the superstar?
Just like Manchester United right now, Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Pogba are at odds with Louis van Gaal.

San Dezi was happily counting his money in London.

The team is performing poorly?

What does this have to do with San Dezi's bonus?
……

This weekend, the 31st round of the Premier League.

Baswater's Chinese team will play away against Swansea.

Due to the 30 rescheduled matches in the middle of the week, Yang Cheng made appropriate rotations.

Just five minutes into the game, Walcott received an assist from Sterling on the left wing and opened the scoring for his team.

1 is better than 0!

Subsequently, the Chinese from Bethwater pressed their advantage and continued their relentless attack on Swansea.

In the 22nd minute, Modric delivered a precise through ball, and Walcott broke into the right side of the penalty area before slotting the ball home to complete his brace.

2 is better than 0!

During halftime, Swansea made substitutions to strengthen the team's defense.

But in the 67th minute, center forward Giroud dropped back to receive the ball and delivered a brilliant pass, allowing Walcott to beat the offside trap, break into the right side of the penalty area, and score a one-on-one goal.

3 is better than 0!

England winger scores a hat-trick!

Ultimately, Baswater's Chinese team secured a resounding 3-0 victory over Swansea City on the road.

After the match, the Chinese youth training program at Beswater once again made headlines in major newspapers.

In three consecutive matches, it was the youth academy players who scored!
Especially Walcott.

This was his 11th Premier League goal of the season, and his first hat-trick.

With Sterling's rise and Salah's arrival, Tiger Woods' position has also been affected.

But this local player still performed exceptionally well.

He still steps up when the team needs him!

Arsenal, meanwhile, defeated Everton 2-0 away in this round.

But Mourinho's Chelsea, in their home game against West Ham United, twice fell behind and twice equalized.

Ultimately, Chelsea drew 2-2 with West Ham United at home.

Klopp's Liverpool defeated Southampton 4-1 away from home.

Mane scored a hat trick!
The highlight of this round is the Manchester derby.

If we're talking about the two teams in this match, everyone would definitely favor Guardiola's Manchester City.

the reason is simple.

At this point, with the league in its final stretch, Manchester City still has a theoretical chance.

There's also the city derby.

This means that Manchester City is unlikely to hold back.

Manchester United is currently facing both internal and external troubles.

Needless to say, external threats are rampant, while internal troubles are escalating.

Even before this match, many people speculated whether Manchester City would thrash Manchester United at home.
As everyone predicted, Manchester City relentlessly attacked Manchester United's goal from the very beginning of the match.

Stars like Aguero, Messi, and Reus have repeatedly threatened Navas.

But the Costa Rican goalkeeper performed exceptionally well, repeatedly thwarting Manchester City's attacks.

Although they didn't concede a goal, everyone felt that, given the way the game started, it was only a matter of time before Manchester City won.

The only thing Manchester United needs to worry about is how many goals they concede.

Things can be really strange on the football field sometimes.

After Manchester City pounded on Manchester United for more than ten minutes, the Red Devils finally managed to launch a counterattack.

After controlling the ball in midfield and shaking off Fernandinho's defense, Pogba advanced past the halfway line and delivered a precise through ball.

Cristiano Ronaldo's speed is indeed not what it used to be, but the Portuguese superstar's positioning is smarter. He charged directly into the junction of Manchester City's defense, controlled the ball, chipped it over center-back Kompany, broke into the left side of the penalty area, and pushed the ball into the far corner, sending it into Manchester City's goal.

1 is better than 0!

This was Manchester United's first shot of the entire match!
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the crucial goal!
The entire Etihad Stadium could hardly believe what they were seeing.

Ronaldo scored!
After conceding a goal, Manchester City, like a wounded beast, began to show their fighting spirit and relentlessly launched attacks on Manchester United.

However, Manchester United's defense was well-organized, and with Navas's outstanding performance, they repeatedly thwarted Manchester City's attacks.

Finally, despite internal and external troubles, Manchester United surprisingly defeated Manchester City 1-0 away from home!
Cristiano Ronaldo emerged victorious in this direct confrontation with Messi!

……

When Yang Cheng heard the news, his first reaction was also one of surprise.

But then came the joy.

Manchester City lost!

In fact, this doesn't offer much help to the Chinese at Besworth in terms of the Premier League.

After 31 rounds of matches, the Chinese team at Beswaters currently has a record of 26 wins and 4 draws, remaining undefeated.

They have 82 points, placing them first in the Premier League.

And it's far ahead.

Arsenal are in second place with only 66 points, a full 16 points behind Bayswater.

With this victory, Manchester United secured 61 points, overtaking Manchester City to move into 3rd place in the Premier League.

Manchester City are in 4th place with 60 points.

Liverpool are currently in 5th place with 56 points.

The path Liverpool is taking this season is exactly the same one Manchester United took last season.

They have begun to shift their focus from the Premier League to the Europa League.

If they win the Europa League, they will qualify for next season's Champions League.

Mourinho's Chelsea are in 7th place with 51 points.

If we look at the overall rankings alone, Van Gaal's Manchester United didn't actually perform that badly.

As many media outlets have analyzed.

With the Premier League becoming increasingly competitive, especially as the mid-to-lower table teams continue to strengthen, all teams are now facing immense pressure.

Apart from the Chinese at Baswater.

Yang Cheng's team, with its formidable strength, is far ahead of other Premier League teams.

A 16-point lead is enough to make all competitors feel hopeless.

Even so, the Chinese team at Beswater did not let their guard down.

Although Van Gaal's Manchester United has always been criticized, they are still ranked 3rd in the Premier League, so it's not that bad.

Some have even calculated that without Ronaldo, Manchester United's current ranking would probably be rock bottom.

Let's take a look at the relegation zone this season.

Of the three newly promoted teams this season, Bournemouth is currently ranked 14th.

Watford are ranked 15th, with only Norwich ranked 19th.

All teams are fighting relegation, but Bournemouth and Watford are in a much better position.

On the contrary, teams like Newcastle, Sunderland, Crystal Palace, and Swansea are facing a very serious relegation battle.

Even Everton is in some danger.

This shows how formidable the Premier League truly is now.

If we analyze the current relegation-threatened teams, it's easy to see that Norwich has invested the least among the three newly promoted teams this season.

They didn't invest much last summer, only investing over 20 million pounds during the winter break.

However, they also sold two key players, generating over ten million pounds in revenue.

The net investment is only around ten million pounds.

Bournemouth spent nearly £30 million last summer, in addition to acquiring five Premier League players on free transfers from Premier League clubs and loaning out four players.

Even so, they still spent more than £2 million on transfers during the winter break.

This included poaching Lewis Grabban from Norwich.

Among the newly promoted teams, Watford made the biggest investment during the winter break, spending £30 million.

Newcastle is the most incomprehensible.

After successfully avoiding relegation in the Premier League last season, Newcastle United spent over £50 million this summer, selling only one substitute player, with the transfer fee being almost negligible.

This is a net investment of fifty million pounds!
During the winter break, Magpie invested another 30 million pounds.

It's safe to say that Newcastle spent over £1 million this season, including loaned and free agents, in order to avoid relegation.

The result is that Newcastle are currently at the bottom of the Premier League table.

The season is not over yet, but Yang Cheng guarantees that at least half of the Premier League teams are currently sending scouts or third-party organizations to investigate Newcastle this season.

They wanted to know why Newcastle, with such a large investment, could still play like this.

In Yang Cheng's opinion, this is truly a classic case that all Premier League teams should learn from and study.

That is to wake up all the Premier League teams, and even all the managers of football clubs.

Professional football, especially modern professional football, is not something that can be solved simply by investing money.

No matter how much money you have or how much you invest, if the team is poorly managed, the locker room is divided, and the whole team lacks cohesion, such a team will never succeed!

Newcastle?
No, look at Manchester United, and then look at Chelsea, aren't they the same?
Even Newcastle legend Alan Shearer stated directly that Newcastle's biggest problem right now lies with the club's management.

"Why didn't Newcastle change managers after only getting 10 points in the first 20 rounds after Christmas?"

Why was McClaren able to lead the team to 29 rounds?

"Why is it that despite investing so much in transfer fees, the results are actually worse than last season?"

As a Newcastle legend, Alan Shearer's question was undoubtedly sharp, and his aim was directly at Newcastle chairman Ashley.

But what puzzled Yang Cheng even more was why Benitez would choose to coach Newcastle when they were on the verge of relegation and only had nine rounds left in the league.
Is this the style a great coach should have?

Or is it that Newcastle gave too much?
(End of this chapter)