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Chapter 233 Record Harvester! Chelsea is sick! Real Madrid, please let me eliminate you one more tim
Chapter 233 Record Harvester! Chelsea is sick! Real Madrid, please let me eliminate you one more time! [Subscribe]
In the League Cup round of 16 knockout round in the middle of the week, the strong teams basically played steadily.
For Yang Cheng, rotating and reusing young players is a must.
With such a busy schedule, he was not willing to invest more in such a useless cup match.
Arsenal beat Bolton 2-1 at home.
Manchester United beat Aldershot 3-0 away.
Ferguson has failed in the League Cup and FA Cup in the past two years and has been scolded to death by the media and fans.
Now, with more resources at hand, he has begun to make efforts.
Bayswater Chinese are at home against Southampton of the English Championship.
The two sides fought hard for more than 70 minutes, until the 73rd minute, when De Bruyne assisted Hazard to score.
In the 82nd minute, Harry Kane scored again with another wonderful pass from De Bruyne.
In the end, Yang Cheng’s team defeated the Saints 2-0 at home.
Liverpool beat Stoke City 2-1 away.
Manchester City relied on its strong bench to beat Championship team Wolves 5-2 away from home.
Chelsea beat Everton 2-1 away from home.
In short, the strong teams basically passed the test safely.
But when it comes to the weekend league, the fierce battles make fans all over the world feel extremely excited.
The most anticipated match in this round is the match between Chelsea and Arsenal.
Although Chelsea spent a lot of money to introduce players such as Benatia, Van der Meyde and Alvaro Perreira, when it came to a strong match, Villas-Boas still chose to use experienced veterans.
This is also a reflection of Chelsea’s internal conflicts.
They need to metabolize and suppress the veterans, but they also have to reuse these veterans to maintain their combat effectiveness.
The defense line consisting of Ashley Cole, Terry, Ivanovic and Bosingwa was directly blown away by the Arsenal trident that was getting better and better at working together.
The combination of Sanchez, Van Persie and Nasri made the Gunners’ attack very smooth.
Judging from the course of the game, the first half was quite tense.
Chelsea scored a goal in the 14th minute with Sneijder assisting Lampard, but then Sanchez assisted Van Persie to equalize the score.
Terry scored from a corner kick just before the end of the first half.
The Blues ended the first half with a score of 2-1.
Although we were at a disadvantage on the field and the defense was in danger, overall the score was acceptable.
But in the second half, the situation suddenly reversed.
After a wave of attacks at the beginning of the game, Nasri and Clichy scored two goals in a row.
When the Blues launched a counterattack and Sneijder scored a goal in the 80th minute, Chelsea’s defense collapsed again in the final stage of the game.
Van Persie scored two goals in a row and performed a hat trick.
5 to 3, Arsenal beat Chelsea away!
After the game, Villas-Boas and Wenger had obviously different reactions.
Wenger was very satisfied with the team’s attack, especially with Van Persie.
He believes that Arsenal is now capable of challenging for all titles both in terms of overall strength and mental outlook.
“We have rebuilt our team and every win makes us stronger.”
But Wenger is still not satisfied with the defense, he believes the players need to be more focused.
“There is no doubt that conceding three goals in a single game is obviously not a problem that a top team should have.”
“Our opponent not only has a strong offense, but also a historically top defense.”
“If we want to challenge them, we have to do better on both the offensive and defensive ends.”
Obviously, the competitor Wenger is talking about is not Chelsea.
Not even Manchester United, Manchester City or Liverpool.
But the Bayswater Chinese.
In this round, Bayswater Chinese made some rotations and drew 0-0 with Manchester City away from home.
The whole game was very intense.
Both teams currently maintain an undefeated record and both hope to defeat their opponents and continue their undefeated streak.
Both sides also created a lot of opportunities.
Especially the Bayswater Chinese.
Although many players were rotated, they still firmly controlled the initiative and rhythm of the game.
The real turning point came in the 55th minute of the second half.
At that time, the Bayswater Chinese were launching an attack in the second half, frequently threatening Joe Hart’s goal.
But at the critical moment, Manchester City launched a quick counterattack. Ibrahimovic made a wonderful pass and Kaka dribbled the ball behind him.
With Kompany as the last defender, he was fooled by Kaka’s series of feints during his high-speed attack.
When it seemed that he was about to be broken through, the Belgian center back chose to foul.
The location is 28 meters away from the goal.
The result is obvious, a direct red card!
Afterwards, the Chinese in Bayswater began to switch to defensive counterattack.
Manchester City took advantage of their numerical advantage and launched continuous fierce attacks.
But in this situation, the defensive quality of the Bayswater Chinese and the tenacity of the players were fully demonstrated.
They held on to the 0-0 scoreline and didn’t give Manchester City any chance.
In the end, the two sides shook hands and settled for a draw 0-0.
When Yang Cheng was interviewed by media reporters after the game, he did not blame Kompany for the red card.
It was a tactical foul.
If Kaka had been allowed to break through, we might have lost the ball.
But when talking about Kompany, Yang Cheng said that his progress is very obvious.
“He has become an important and indispensable member of the team!”
Kompany also expressed acceptance when talking about his red card after the game.
“I don’t want to discuss it too much, but on the pitch, at that moment, I had only one thought in my mind: Don’t let Kaka get through because he would threaten the goal behind me.”
“it is my responsibility!”
Manchester City head coach Ancelotti said that Manchester City should win.
“For at least 40 minutes, we completely dominated the opponent.”
Ancelotti proudly asked back, in the past years, which team in European football could do this?
Obviously, whether it is the defending Champions League champion Arsenal, the wealthy Manchester City, or Manchester United and Liverpool, they are basically targeting the Chinese in Bayswater.
There is no other reason.
Too strong!
After 10 rounds of Premier League games, the Chinese in Bayswater have scored 33 goals, ranking first in the Premier League.
But compared to last season, Yang Cheng’s team has actually regressed.
Last season, the Bayswater Chinese scored 10 goals in the first 37 Premier League games.
This created the highest historical goal record in the English top league in a hundred years.
So far this season, he has only scored 33 goals.
But on the defensive end, Yang Cheng’s team has made obvious progress.
In the first 10 rounds of last season, they conceded 6 goals.
What about this season?
So far, only 10 goal has been conceded in 1 rounds.
what is this concept?
Before this round of games, in the 10-year history of English football, the team that conceded the fewest goals in the first rounds was Chelsea.
In the 04/05 season, under Mourinho’s coaching, the Blues only conceded 10 goals in the first 2 rounds.
Over the past few years, countless industry insiders have believed that this is a historical record that is unlikely to be broken.
Not to mention that we only conceded 2 goals.
In the 10-year history of the English top league, there are very few teams that have conceded three goals in the first 3 rounds.
Manchester United in the 85/86 and 91/92 seasons.
At that time, the top league was still called English Football League One, and Manchester United’s head coaches were Atkinson and Ferguson.
Since the Premier League era, only one team has achieved this, and that is Aston Villa in the 1/98 season.
The best result of Bayswater Chinese before was conceding 10 goals in the first 4 rounds, which was already very, very good.
06/07赛季、07/08赛季和08/09赛季,杨诚的球队都在前10轮只丢了4个球。
But now, Bayswater Chinese has only conceded 1 goal.
This breaks the century-old record of the English Premier League set by Mourinho’s Chelsea!
Especially in this away game against Manchester City.
Even though we were one man short throughout the second half, we still defended very hard to ensure that the ball was not lost.
In addition to the outstanding performance of goalkeeper Courtois, the outstanding performance of the defense line played a vital role.
As The Times commented after the game.
“While everyone in the world recognizes that Bayswater Chinese is a flagship team that advocates offensive football, Yang Cheng’s team has always been one of the best defensive teams in the Premier League.”
“You can even take one away!”
04/05赛季的切尔西前10轮丢2个球,但仅仅只进了12个球。
98/99赛季的阿斯顿维拉前10轮只丢3个球,但进攻只进了11个球。
Manchester United also conceded 91 goals and scored 92 goals in the 3/16 season.
In the 85/86 season, the Manchester United team coached by Atkinson performed better, conceding only 3 goals but scoring 27 goals.
But all of the above are not as good as the Bayswater Chinese.
Because they scored 33 goals!
What do you mean?
Yang Cheng’s team not only has the best defense in the history of the English league for 100 years, but also has a very sharp offense.
“This is the strongest and most dominant team in the history of the English top league!”
Such a dominant performance has allowed them to firmly rule the Premier League for the past three seasons, and at the same time has made them the focus of all competitors and the target of public criticism!
This goes back to what Wenger said earlier.
If you want to challenge the Chinese in Bayswater, you must not only be better at attacking than them, but also better at defending than them.
“Yang Cheng’s team is still constantly breaking records, and can be called a record-breaking machine.”
“We drew 0-0 with Manchester City in this away game. Although our winning streak ended, Bayswater Chinese obviously gained more confidence because they blocked Manchester City’s attack with one less player.”
“Ancelotti said he wanted City to be top of the table before the Christmas and New Year fixtures begin.”
“But to do this, the Italian and his team need to do more and better.”
“Yang Cheng was obviously distracted by the Champions League next Wednesday in this game, so he made some rotations.”
“But once the Bayswater Chinese are freed up to focus on the Premier League, it will be very difficult to challenge their leading position.”
……
Northeast of Madrid, Valdebebas training base.
When Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho drove the black Audi A8 to the gate, the media reporters who had been waiting there immediately rushed over.
There were also many Real Madrid fans who came specially for the event.
As soon as they saw Mourinho, Real Madrid fans started cheering.
At this moment, Mourinho is entering a honeymoon period with Real Madrid.
Because under his coaching, Real Madrid surpassed Barcelona and became the leader of La Liga.
“Hey, Jose, can I ask you a few questions?”
“Jose, stop, man, let’s just ask a few questions.”
“Oh my god, Jose, we are from The Times, can you please respond?”
“We are from the Sun, Jose, can you stop and ask a few questions?”
There was a lot of noise from the media, and everyone was rushing to ask questions, so it was impossible to hear clearly who was saying what.
Seeing this, the security guards at the Real Madrid training base rushed out and quickly separated the media reporters and fans, leaving a passage for Mourinho’s Audi.
But the media reporters continued to shout outside.
“The Chinese in Bayswater broke your record, Jose, don’t you have anything to say?”
“Your record was broken by Yang Cheng. Do you want to respond?”
“Yang Cheng’s team has created a new historical record. How do you feel now, Jose?”
There was some confusion.
But Mourinho soon drove into the gates of Valdebebas.
But just when everyone was disappointed.
Especially when the media reporters who came specially for the event were shaking their heads, the black Audi A8 immediately pulled over after entering the gate.
Then, Mourinho, dressed in Real Madrid training clothes, was seen leisurely getting out of the passenger seat and walking towards the gate.
“Hey, man, let’s move over and get out of the way!”
The media reporters were all delighted and ran to the small door on the side.
Mourinho came out and checked the time.
“I only have a few minutes, so come on, I’ll answer your questions.”
Mourinho stood very straight and the reporters were also very well-behaved. They turned on their recorders and cameras and took a lot of photos.
“First, let me answer the question from the gentleman from the Times.”
“I didn’t know about the Chinese breaking the record in Bayswater, but I want to say that records are meant to be broken. The fact is, if I were still in the Premier League, this record would have ceased to exist!”
confidence!
The Portuguese madman is so confident!
He was so confident that he seemed to have forgotten that he was taught a lesson many times by Yang Cheng’s Bayswater Chinese in the Premier League.
But at this time, no one would break this good interview atmosphere.
If Mourinho wants to say something, let him say more.
“Bayswater Chinese are a very strong team. Indeed, they are good enough to be in the top three in European football, us, Barcelona, and then them, but so what? They are in the Premier League!”
“If Bayswater Chinese were in La Liga, I’m sorry, they would probably only be fourth… uh, no, they should be third, that’s the reality!”
“I have a good relationship with Yang Cheng, but on the court, we are opponents. This is my evaluation of the strength of the Bayswater Chinese. I don’t think they are enough to scare me and my team!”
Mourinho also said that Real Madrid is not a team that only pursues defense.
“We have our own unique football philosophy, which is different from all other teams, so we will not blindly pursue something, whether it is scoring goals or conceding goals.”
“We will only stick to our football philosophy!”
Finally, Mourinho expressed his congratulations to Yang Cheng and Bayswater Chinese.
“But they should be thankful that they are in the Premier League and didn’t meet us, otherwise everything would be gone!”
Mourinho only answered questions from two reporters.
One is about the match between Real Madrid and Bayswater Chinese last season, and in the end Yang Cheng’s team had the last laugh.
“This is normal, no team achieves success overnight.”
“I said it when I took office, my goal is to lead Real Madrid to success, both in La Liga and the Champions League.”
“In the past few years, when I coached a team, it usually took three… two or three years for it to reach its peak.”
Mourinho originally wanted to say three years, but when he thought of what that annoying guy Yang Cheng had said before, he got angry.
“This is how Real Madrid is now. It’s my second year as coach and everyone has seen that we are performing even better than last season.”
Another question is, if Real Madrid meets the Chinese from Bayswater again in the Champions League, is they confident of winning?
“why not?”
Mourinho asked back very confidently.
“I have a strong feeling that we will meet in the Champions League knockout stage, perhaps in the quarter-finals, semi-finals, or even the final. At that time, we will definitely let everyone see the real Real Madrid!”
Finally, Mourinho smiled and said that his training time was up and it was time to leave.
The media reporters also got what they wanted, so they let him go satisfied.
When the Portuguese walked into the training base and returned to the car, his assistant Faria was still waiting in the car.
“Why bother going out for an interview?” Faria shook his head with a wry smile.
In his opinion, Mourinho’s move was a bit too much.
The performance of the Chinese in Bayswater is indeed good.
In 10 games, they scored 33 goals and conceded only 1 goal.
This kind of performance is undoubtedly the best in history.
“I don’t have any other meaning, I just think it is necessary to set up another opponent besides Barcelona!”
Mourinho changed his arrogant attitude at the door and looked a little serious.
Not all teams are qualified to be my opponent, Mourinho!
Faria understood immediately.
Real Madrid is now the leader in La Liga.
Although, there is nothing wrong with continuing to take Barcelona as the opponent.
But having one more Chinese player in Bayswater will undoubtedly set a longer-term and higher goal for the players.
Judging from Real Madrid’s current performance in the Champions League group stage, it should not be a problem for them to qualify as the top team.
Then there is no chance that they will meet Bayswater Chinese in the round of 16.
As long as he can break the curse of the round of 16, win the La Liga championship and break Barcelona’s dominance over La Liga, Mourinho’s coaching performance this season will be considered perfect.
Of course, the Portuguese do not have only this pursuit.
Of course he also wants to win the Champions League!
……
On the evening of November 11nd, at the Villarreal Love Song Stadium in Spain.
In the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, Bayswater Chinese challenged Villarreal away.
For Bayswater Chinese, who have won three consecutive games in the group stage, this game is particularly important.
According to Yang Cheng’s strategy, he hopes that the team can defeat the opponent away from home, win the first place in the group in advance, and get the qualification to advance.
In this way, the remaining two rounds of games will be much easier.
For the Yellow Submarine playing at home, this game was more like a battle for honor.
In this group that brings together the four major leagues, Villarreal is in the worst situation.
They lost all the first three rounds and didn’t score a single point.
If they lose this game again, their hopes of qualifying for the European competition will be completely ruined.
Of course, right now, there isn’t much hope.
However, at home, they still showed a strong desire to win.
After the opening, Villarreal took the lead and forced the Bayswater Chinese to make mistakes through pressing in the frontcourt.
Yang Cheng’s team kicked off first, hoping to control the ball and the tempo, but Villarreal’s pressing pressure still caused the team a lot of trouble.
The Chinese in Bayswater were well prepared for this.
Therefore, they mainly relied on patient passing and cutting, repeated attacks, creating opportunities, constantly consuming the physical strength and will of Villarreal players, and waiting for the opponent to make mistakes.
The difference in strength between the two sides, coupled with Villarreal’s situation, made Bayswater Chinese full of confidence. In the 27th minute, Villarreal’s left winger Wakaso tripped Modric on the right rib when he retreated to assist in defense.
This foul was quite serious and caused some conflict between players from both sides.
The referee awarded a free kick about 20 meters away from the goal and gave Wakaso a yellow card.
Gareth Bale once again stood on the penalty spot.
The Welshman took a deep breath, took a quick run and kicked a butterfly ball with his left foot.
As his fame has grown in recent years, Gareth Bale has been demanding more and more of himself and training harder and harder.
Especially this kind of direct free kick.
He has always been very talented, and with hard training, the sports science department also helped him study and analyze various free throw lines and methods, which greatly improved his free kick skills.
The butterfly ball was a bit erratic and difficult for the opponent’s goalkeeper to figure out.
Diego Lopez faced such a situation. He failed to grasp the direction of the penalty kick and it went directly into the right side of the goal.
1 is better than 0!
This goal boosted the morale of the Chinese players in Bayswater and their confidence soared further.
Near the end of the first half, the Chinese players from Bayswater suddenly launched a wave of attacks in the frontcourt.
This attack was jointly instigated by Toni Kroos and Modric, who called on their teammates to press Villarreal’s midfield and backcourt in the frontcourt.
After Modric successfully stole the ball, he quickly passed the ball to Toni Kroos on the left side of the arc.
The German midfielder stopped the ball with his left foot into the top corner, just avoiding former Real Madrid midfielder Borja, and volleyed the ball with his right foot.
The ball went into the right side of the goal at an extremely fast speed.
Goalkeeper Diego Lopez surrendered again.
2 is better than 0!
Entering the second half with a 2-goal lead, the Bayswater Chinese played more calmly.
In the 59th minute, the Chinese players from Bayswater completed a beautiful pass and cut on the right.
After a series of wall passes between Piszczek and Modric, he made a straight pass to Di Maria in the frontcourt.
When the Argentine received the ball on the right side of the penalty area, he suddenly stopped, dribbled the ball with his left foot, took a step back and made a horizontal pass.
The football passed right between two defensive players and passed to the right side of the penalty area.
When Lewandowski stopped the ball, he also paused for a moment.
When center back Musacchio pounced on him, he didn’t wait for the opponent to react, but kicked the ball into the right side of the penalty area, accelerated forward, and passed by Musacchio.
After catching up with the ball, Lewandowski shot the ball into Villarreal’s goal again.
3 is better than 0!
The overall situation is decided!
In the 71st minute, Marcelo moved forward to the left rib, received a pass from Toni Kroos, attracted the attention of the defense, and suddenly passed the ball behind him.
Gareth Bale made a quick run in, caught up with the ball on the left side of the penalty area, and passed the ball in front of the goal with his left foot.
Lewandowski rushed over and shot the ball into the bottom of the goal.
4 is better than 0!
The game seemed to be quite tense and the situation was relatively deadlocked in the first part of the game.
But throughout the game, there was not much suspense about Bayswater Chinese’s victory.
After the departure of head coach Pellegrini, coupled with the departure of core players such as Cazorla and Capdevila, Villarreal’s overall strength has been greatly weakened.
Although the team has also introduced players like Borja and Zapata, they cannot be compared with the players who left the team.
This is actually a problem that all springboard teams will face.
In the end, Bayswater Chinese won 4-0 away against Villarreal.
In another match, Napoli drew 2-2 with Leverkusen away.
In this way, the two teams still ended up in a draw.
After four rounds of group matches, Bayswater Chinese won 4 points and advanced to the next round as the group leader in advance.
Napoli and Leverkusen both have 5 points and can no longer shake the position of the Chinese in Bayswater.
Instead, these two teams will fight to the death for the second place in the group.
……
The Bayswater Chinese team qualified as the group leader two rounds in advance, winning unanimous praise from media and fans around the world.
Yang Cheng’s team is not only invincible in the Premier League, but also unstoppable in the Champions League.
Almost all media around the world believe that the Bayswater Chinese are the top favorites to win the Premier League and the Champions League.
Of course, everyone knows that the favorites are always hot, but the championship can not be won every season.
Especially when the Champions League enters the knockout stage, any detail not done well may lead to elimination.
Yang Cheng also continued to keep a low profile.
But he gave a resolute counterattack to the provocation from Madrid, Spain.
“In my memory, Mourinho has only one tough mouth, and nothing else is good about him.”
“He’s in the Premier League? How did he leave the Premier League? Did he forget?”
Yang Cheng smiled and made sharp sarcasm and ridicule.
“I certainly believe that Real Madrid has a chance to meet us in the Champions League, but the prerequisite is that they have to break the curse of the last 16 for so many years.”
“My team and I are looking forward to meeting Real Madrid again in the round of 16, so that we can eliminate them again like we did last season!”
Yang Cheng’s words are very vicious!
What do you mean?
The Bayswater Chinese have already qualified as the group leader, but Real Madrid has not yet played the fourth round.
What Yang Cheng meant was that he hoped Real Madrid would finish second in the group, so that they could meet again in the round of 16, right?
“Of course, if we miss out in the round of 16, we welcome Real Madrid to keep trying. We will be there for you in the quarterfinals, semifinals, or at the Allianz Arena in Munich!”
The media below were all in an uproar.
Yang Cheng said what he wanted to say, achieved his desired goal, and decided to stop while he was ahead.
He knows Mourinho and Mourinho knows him.
What the two said to the outside world seemed to be tit-for-tat, but in fact they were both spoken to their own players.
Therefore, many times, fans would see that the two famous coaches would engage in a war of words, and all the pursuers around them would be killed.
Only the two old brothers are left arguing over there!
After returning to the Premier League, Yang Cheng’s team defeated Wigan Athletic 3-1 at home.
Gareth Bale, Walcott and Marcelo each scored a goal.
In this round, Arsenal beat West Bromwich Albion 3-0 at home.
Chelsea beat Blackburn 1-0 away.
Liverpool beat Swansea 1-0 at home.
Manchester United beat Sunderland 1-0 at home.
Manchester City equalized the score twice after falling behind twice in away games, and finally defeated Queens Park Rangers 3-2 with Yaya Toure’s winning goal.
After 11 rounds of matches, Bayswater Chinese have 10 points with a record of 1 wins and 31 draw, continuing to lead the Premier League standings.
Since the first round of this season, Bayswater Chinese has never let the leadership throne slip away.
But this time the pursuers behind him are also very strong.
Ancelotti’s Manchester City, with its strong lineup, also achieved a record of 10 wins and 1 draw, and scored 31 points, following closely behind.
Manchester United got 28 points and ranked third.
Arsenal also has 28 points, but due to the goal difference, it ranks fourth.
Liverpool is in fifth place with 26 points.
Chelsea is in 22th place with 6 points.
From the current perspective, the top few teams in the Premier League this season are still very close to each other.
Even a team like Liverpool was not too far behind Bayswater Chinese and Manchester City.
It’s Chelsea instead.
After the change of coach, problems arose in the Blues’ locker room.
The main reason is that Boas was unable to control several veteran players in the team and made many mistakes that head coaches would make when dealing with metabolism.
Ronald Koeman also made similar mistakes when he coached Valencia.
Almost everyone ends up in a tragic situation!
……
After the 11th round of the Premier League, the national team started two weeks of training.
After the two national team games were over and the national team players returned to the team one after another, Yang Cheng fielded the main lineup except for the South American players and some national team players who played two games in a row.
This is the 12th round of the Premier League, an away challenge to Everton.
Just 7 minutes into the game, there was a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
Toni Kroos assisted Thiago Silva to score.
This was also the only goal of the game.
Yang Cheng has always been very pragmatic.
Make sure the team wins first, then pursue offense and beauty.
At the well-prepared Goodison Park, although Everton lost Arteta, its overall strength should not be underestimated.
So, we launched a quick attack at the beginning, got the goal first, and then slowly competed with Everton for consumption.
Arsenal conceded a goal but then reversed the game against Norwich 2-1 thanks to two goals from Robin van Persie.
Manchester City beat Newcastle 3-1 at home.
Manchester United defeated Swansea 1-0 away, and their strategy was surprisingly similar to Yang Cheng’s.
It’s just that they scored the goal in the 11th minute.
The focus of this round was Liverpool’s 2-1 away win over Chelsea.
In this game at Stamford Bridge, Liverpool performed very well in the first half, almost suppressing Chelsea and taking a one-goal lead.
Torres scored for the Reds.
Boas made adjustments at halftime.
It must be said that Boas is capable and his adjustments have had very good results.
In the first 30 minutes of the second half, the Blues took the advantage and equalized the score.
There was even hope for a reversal.
But before the end of the game, Glen Johnson’s winning goal earned Liverpool valuable 3 points away from home.
It is worth mentioning that the central defender combination in this game is Terry and Benatia.
But the cooperation between the two was not ideal.
Of course, judging from the course of the game, the two central defenders did not actually commit any major problems.
Both goals were caused by individual errors, one by Mikel and the other by Ashley Cole.
So far this season, Chelsea’s overall performance has been pretty good, at least ranking 6th in the Premier League.
But in the games against the top five teams, Chelsea lost 3 out of 3.
And two of them are home courts.
As the Daily Mail, which is close to Chelsea, said in a comment after the game.
Everyone could see that Chelsea was sick.
But no one knows what medicine to use to treat it.
Before the season, everyone thought Villas-Boas would be Chelsea’s medicine.
Because he knows the team and has proven his coaching skills in Porto.
But after coming to Chelsea, people found that he was simply unsalvageable.
Villas-Boas has repeatedly called on the club, fans and the media to give him more trust and support.
In the post-match press conference, he said he wanted to build something new at Chelsea and focus on building for the future.
“I believe that the boss paid 1500 million euros in termination fees to bring me from Porto to London, not to pay another penalty to send me away.”
Boas believes that in the fiercely competitive Premier League, it is by no means an easy task to quickly build a new and competitive lineup.
But no one knows how much patience Chelsea has for him.
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On the evening of November 11, the fifth round of the Champions League group stage.
Bayswater Chinese traveled to Italy with an all-substitute lineup to challenge Napoli away.
With the group stage already confirmed to have advanced, Yang Cheng’s team had no intention of trying their best.
Because after this game, the team will go to Stamford Bridge to challenge Chelsea, who are in poor form recently.
Although there are rotation and substitute players, in fact, the starting lineup of Bayswater Chinese is still not bad.
Goalkeeper: Begovic;
Defence: Ryan Bertrand, Jose Fonte, Kompany and Kyle Walker;
Midfield: Javi Martinez in the back, Aaron Ramsey and De Bruyne in front;
Forwards: Hazard, Giroud and Walcott.
Harry Kane, Sterling and Paul Pogba all sat on the bench.
Since there was no pressure or constraint on performance, the Chinese players from Bayswater played very openly in the game.
Before the players went on the court, Yang Cheng gave them the following instructions: “Enjoy the game to your heart’s content!”
The players also implement this on the court.
The Chinese team of Bayswater played in a very open style from the start, constantly creating opportunities and threatening Napoli’s goal, making the Serie A team’s defense in a state of panic.
Napoli originally thought that the opponent would let up and play with a substitute lineup.
But Mazzari never expected that he guessed Yang Cheng’s intention correctly, but he did not expect that the substitutes of the Chinese team in Bayswater could perform so strongly.
In the 19th minute of the first half, after receiving a pass from Aaron Ramsey, Hazard dribbled the ball inside from the left, shook off the defender, and passed the ball diagonally to the right side of the penalty area.
Walcott rushed over and scored with a push shot, opening the scoring for the Bayswater Chinese.
After conceding a goal, Napoli woke up completely.
If the Italian Serie A team wants to qualify for the Champions League group stage, they must beat Bayswater Chinese at home.
Otherwise, once Leverkusen defeats Villarreal, Napoli will be completely finished.
In this situation, Mazzarri tried hard to launch an attack, but was unable to launch a threatening attack.
This situation continued into the second half.
Unable to bear it any longer, Mazzarri replaced attackers such as Pandev.
In the 78th minute, it was Pandev’s plan, Hamsik made a wonderful pass, and Cavani broke through the goal of the Bayswater Chinese.
This goal completely ignited the passion of Napoli.
The Serie A team rushed forward frantically, everyone pressed forward desperately, and didn’t even care about the defense behind them.
In this situation, the young players of Bayswater Chinese defended desperately.
Especially Yang Cheng, after he replaced three young players from the youth training team, they all performed very hard.
But where had they ever seen such a ferocious scene?
Especially before the end of the game, Napoli was in a blood-thirsty mood, with almost all 11 players rushing into the penalty area of the Chinese in Bayswater.
In the last minute of stoppage time, Dossena made a cross from the left, and Cavani overpowered Kompany and headed the ball into the goal, reversing the score.
2 is better than 1!
Napoli finally reversed the defeat against Bayswater Chinese thanks to Cavani’s two goals!
When the game was over, even though the Bayswater Chinese players had returned to the locker room, Yang Cheng still found that many of the players’ legs were trembling slightly.
This is both a phenomenon after trying one’s best and a reaction after the players are highly nervous.
Brian Kidd turned his head and smiled at Yang Cheng from an angle that no one noticed.
The practical effect and training value of this game are really beyond words!
This group of young players will probably still remember this game many years later.
why?
Because Naples is really cruel!
Of course, these little brats from Bayswater Chinese are also not ambiguous.
Throughout the game, Napoli received 5 yellow cards and Bayswater Chinese players also received 4.
Both sides were fighting to the death, and neither side was willing to give in.
In the last period of the second half, Napoli pressed forward with all its players, showing a determination to fight to the death.
The young players of Bayswater Chinese have also deeply realized what kind of strength a Champions League team, at least a team at the top 16 level, can unleash when they try their best and risk everything to fight to the death.
And how much can they perform in the face of such a group of players with such strength?
This is the value of actual combat!
For Yang Cheng, it is totally worth it to exchange a “useless” game for the training of young players!
“how do you feel?”
Yang Cheng smiled and asked his players
Long before the game, he had said that the outcome of the game was not important, the most important thing was to enjoy the process of the game.
But the players’ mentality has clearly changed.
Because they scored first.
Human nature is a particularly strange thing.
If it was Napoli who scored first, the players probably wouldn’t have fought so hard.
Because they have always been behind.
But it was precisely the Chinese in Bayswater who scored the first goal, which gave the players a feeling that they had the advantage and should have won.
Napoli’s subsequent continuous attacks seemed to snatch the victory that should have belonged to them from their hands.
This inspires the players’ high morale.
As a result, the kind of bloody hand-to-hand combat with bayonets that is seen in the competition occurred.
The young players of Bayswater Chinese really fought hard.
De Bruyne was even substituted off due to cramps.
“This is the strength of the teams in the Champions League round of 16, and this will also be the pace and pressure of the Champions League round of 16 knockout matches.”
Yang Cheng plans to give the players another lesson to help them digest it.
“You should know that many times when you play, there are people around you to help you bear the pressure. Many times you even play after the situation stabilizes.”
“But now, when you face Naples’ crazy counterattack, I believe you must have personally experienced the horror brought by that kind of war!”
“Try to get familiar with it and defeat it. Only then will you be able to play for the first team!”
Yang Cheng’s words made everyone in the locker room fall into deep thought.
Wearing the Bayswater Chinese jersey, they certainly all hope to play for the first team.
Especially the group of young youth players in the team.
But putting on that jersey often also represents heavy pressure and burden.
Especially as Chinese players from Bayswater, they are the target of public criticism. They are exposed to the media spotlight in almost every game and are repeatedly targeted.
Each of them may become the target of the opponent’s crazy attack with the whole team’s strength at any time.
Just like Naples today.
By that time, will they still be able to perform normally?
Can they still be as relaxed and carefree as they were in the youth team?
The answer is already obvious!
Yang Cheng took in every reaction and expression of every young player.
The last round is a home game against Leverkusen.
In Yang Cheng’s opinion, today’s lineup cannot be used in this game.
It’s not that he is reluctant to give up the so-called unbeaten home record.
But it was because he was worried that this group of players would not be able to hold on after losing at home.
The training of young players needs to be carried out step by step and in an orderly manner.
If you act too hastily, it will become a case of forcing things to happen!
(End of this chapter)