Chapter 354: Winning streak! The most important signing! Bale is unstoppable! Yang Cheng is really amazing! [Subscribe]
Yang Cheng came in a hurry and left in a hurry.
Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg also accompanied him.
They all had to catch the afternoon flight back to London to spend Christmas with their families.
The local core team in Frankfurt was filled with regret.
Even can't believe it.
In the past, they felt that the various legends about the Chinese in Bayswater were too distant and too mysterious.
But this time, they experienced it up close and personal.
The efficiency is really high.
More importantly, everyone was just so great.
Especially Yang Cheng.
He has all kinds of information and player data at his fingertips.
It was as if all of this had already been deeply engraved in his mind, ready for use and retrieval at any time.
"I am not interested in how he was able to bring Bayswater Chinese to the world's top clubs in just over a decade."
"I am not interested in the rise and success of teams like Nice, Atalanta, Malaga and Twente."
When Peter Hermann said this, he burst out laughing.
"Now I'm interested in his time management."
"I really want to know, he is so busy every day, with so many things to do, how can he still have time to familiarize himself with and understand the technical characteristics of so many players? This must be because he has watched a lot of games."
Just by looking at the data reports and scouting reports, you may get a preliminary impression of the players.
But it is obvious that Yang Cheng is not.
Especially the confident expression on his face when he introduced Naby Keita and Lobotka, which could not be faked.
He must have watched a lot of their games.
But where does he get so much time?
No need to sleep every day?
Or does he have some special ability that allows him to watch football games in his dreams while others are sleeping?
"I am impressed by his courage."
Wolfgang Stubing saw a different angle.
"England's problems have been around for a long time, accumulated over the past decade or even decades. They can't be changed overnight, but the vigorous and resolute action he is showing now is really not seen in German football."
“The most important thing is confidence!”
CEO Oliver Frankenbach nodded. “He has absolute confidence in his team.”
Including me!
Frankenbach didn't say the last sentence out loud, but he told himself this in his heart.
Yang Cheng trusted him very much.
This trust was by no means Wolfgang Stubing's.
To put it bluntly, Yang Cheng did not make good use of Wolfgang Stubing, and there was even a suspicion that he lifted him high but then struck him out.
Because Stubin couldn't get into the decision-making level.
Of course, Wolfgang Stubing himself knew that this was not his ambition.
But as for Frankenbach, Yang Cheng only talked to him once, for less than two hours.
Xia Qing, Adam Crozier, Omar Berrada and others were present at the time.
It was more like an interview.
After that, Frankenbach took full control of Frankfurt's operations and served as CEO.
Over the past period of time, everything he has promoted has received very active cooperation.
Some of the older guys in the club wanted to stop it, but they were all fired one by one.
This made Frankenbach feel proud and he felt that his talents had finally found a place to be put to good use.
Yang Cheng and Adam Crozier transferred some people from Bayswater Chinese, Ligue 1 Nice and other places to support the entire framework of Frankfurt.
As for the remaining people, keep them if they are useful, fire them if they are not.
How to compensate and how to end it all depends on German law.
Reasonable, legal and efficient!
"You know what? In the past few years, we had Japanese international Hasebe Makoto and American international Tim Chandler. We wanted to develop the Japanese and American markets, but we couldn't find a way."
"That day, our head of commercial department came over from Bayswater China. I mentioned it to him and he contacted London. Omar Berrada called me right away."
"One phone call, two people met, and the next day, I got a lot of materials from Japanese and American sponsors, including their preferences in sponsoring football, their taboos, their current sponsorship goals and budgets..."
"I was completely stunned and had goose bumps. I wanted to do something in Frankfurt but couldn't take a single step for years. Now, with just one phone call, I can get resources a hundred times or a thousand times more."
"I told the people in the marketing department at the time that this war was too damn extravagant!"
Frankenbach himself found it unbelievable.
Nagelsmann and Peter Hermann looked at each other and both realized what the other meant.
If it were before today, they would never have understood what Frankenbach meant, nor would they have been able to experience that feeling.
But now, they really feel it.
This battle was indeed too extravagant!
Phil Kruger, Naby Keita and Lobotka are just the beginning.
Yang Cheng said that he wanted to build a lineup that would be so strong that Nagelsmann would find it difficult to fail in relegation.
This makes both of them more excited about the second half of Frankfurt.
It’s really amazing.
As soon as today's meeting started, everyone present felt that the thick dark cloud that had been hanging over Frankfurt had finally cracked.
The golden sunlight finally penetrated!
This made each of them feel like they were breathing fresh air.
Yang Cheng is really amazing!
…
Yang Cheng is actually not magical at all.
Like everyone else, he has 24 hours in a day.
I returned to London and spent Christmas with my wife. The 18th round of the Premier League started on the morning of the 26th.
Due to the Club World Cup, the 17th round has been temporarily postponed.
But on one point, Yang Cheng had the same idea as them.
It had been a long time since he had fought such a luxurious and comfortable battle.
This year, the Premier League's Christmas schedule still has three games, on the 26th, 28th and January 2nd.
But this will result in the FA Cup schedule being relatively delayed.
So, after the 20th round of the Premier League, the League Cup semi-final will be held immediately.
In the two-round match, Bayswater Chinese will play Liverpool at home in the first round.
In the three games on Christmas Day, the opponents were not very strong.
Home game against West Ham United, away game against Norwich and away game against Sunderland.
With the rise of Harry Kane, especially this season, the gradual maturity of young players in the team, Yang Cheng's rotation has become more bold.
His strategy, after all, is quite simple.
It means dividing the troops.
As the team's top two scorers, Harry Kane will play in the game on the 26th and Gareth Bale will play in the game on the 28th.
The midfielders are also separated in this way.
Modric will partner with Aaron Ramsey in the match on the 26th, and Toni Kroos and De Bruyne will partner with each other in the match on the 28th.
The same is true for the rest of the team.
The key still depends on the performance of the players.
In the afternoon of the 26th, in the home game against West Ham United, the first twenty minutes of the game were actually very poor, and both sides were not in good shape.
The only thing that left an impression was Aaron Ramsey's long left-foot shot from outside the penalty area.
But it was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Adrian.
However, starting from the 23rd minute, the home team Bayswater Chinese gradually found the rhythm of the game.
Sterling passed the ball from the left, and Aaron Ramsey shot again from outside the penalty area.
The ball hit the opponent's defender and bounced into the penalty area.
At this moment, the alert Harry Kane seized the opportunity, turned around and got rid of the central defender James Collins, and shot from 10 meters in front of the goal, penetrating the West Ham United goal.
But the Hammer Gang is also a tough bunch.
Just two minutes later, Noble's long shot was blocked by the Malaysian carrier and deflected.
As a result, midfielder Kouyate made a direct shot and sent the ball into the goal of the Bayswater Chinese.
1 to 1!
The two sides returned to a draw.
During this period, both teams had some problems in their play.
But after 30 minutes, the Bayswater Chinese began to take control of the situation.
In the 33rd minute, during a corner kick opportunity, Ma Hangjie, who had just made a mistake, scored a header from close range and broke through the West Ham United goal, increasing the score again.
2 to 1!
I have to say that the Malaysian aircraft carrier is still very useful in set-piece tactics.
After taking the lead again, Bayswater Chinese almost dominated West Ham United.
First, Sterling's shot hit the post after a series of breakthroughs in the penalty area, and then Sterling suddenly knocked back after a breakthrough on the left, and Aaron Ramsey's shot hit the crossbar.
Even Harry Kane, who has always been good at seizing opportunities, missed a one-on-one chance this time.
But in the second half, just 5 minutes into the game, the opponent made a pass error, Modric intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and sent a straight pass.
Harry Kane successfully made an offside move, received the ball in the penalty area and shot into the goal, scoring his second goal.
3 to 1!
After scoring consecutive goals, the team's offense was completely activated.
Sterling and Salah both missed a one-on-one opportunity.
Especially Salah.
The young Egyptian player had already taken a single shot, but the angle was too straight, and he wanted to shoot through the crotch, but was blocked by goalkeeper Adrian.
But in the 83rd minute, after a beautiful cooperation between Salah and Kyle Walker on the right, Kyle Walker broke into the right side of the penalty area and shot the ball into the West Ham United goal.
4 to 1!
In the end, Bayswater Chinese defeated West Ham United 4-1 at home!
…
On the afternoon of the 28th, in the 19th round of the Premier League, Bayswater Chinese challenged Norwich away.
Although they were playing away, Bayswater Chinese took the lead in launching a blitzkrieg as soon as the game started.
In just 1 minute and 43 seconds, Walcott dribbled through the right and made a precise cross.
Giroud in the middle seized the opportunity and pushed the ball into Norwich's goal with his left foot from close range, scoring the first goal for the team.
1 to 0!
This goal also laid a good foundation for the game.
At home, Norwich has always played very conservatively, so it is a tough nut to crack.
But in the 30th minute, the Bayswater Chinese got a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. Gareth Bale used a wonderful butterfly ball to break Norwich's goal again and further expand the score.
2 to 0!
After the second half, De Bruyne made a wonderful diagonal pass behind his back in a quick counterattack.
The football accurately penetrated Norwich's two lines of defense and passed through a very narrow gap to the left side of the penalty area behind the defense line.
Gareth Bale caught up with the ball at an extremely fast speed, broke into the penalty area and scored.
3 to 0!
Gareth Bale scored twice again!
In the end, Bayswater Chinese won 3-0 away against Norwich!
…
If Norwich's home ground is a tough nut to crack, then Sunderland's home ground is a steel plate.
What’s even worse is that the team worked hard to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup and faced Liverpool. Yang Cheng must pay more attention to it.
Therefore, in the 20th round of the Premier League away game against Sunderland, Yang Cheng has to save his strength for the League Cup.
This made the game very difficult.
Especially Harry Kane.
England's center forward was even frozen in this game.
After a hard fight in the 82nd minute of the second half, Sterling made an assist and Casemiro's long shot penetrated Sunderland's goal, winning 3 points for the team.
In this way, Bayswater Chinese won 1-0 against Black Cats Sunderland away.
After three rounds of Christmas games, Premier League teams gradually began to show differences.
Even in a strong team.
In addition to Bayswater Chinese, there are two other teams that have won all three games.
Manchester City and Arsenal.
Wenger was probably really stimulated by Yang Cheng's words at the time, and he has been in very good form recently.
Mourinho's team did not play very well and failed to beat Watford at home in the 26th round on Boxing Day.
On the 28th, they drew 0-0 with Manchester United away from home.
Although they beat Crystal Palace 3-0 away in the last game, the result of 1 win and 2 draws in 3 games is indeed a bit unacceptable.
Manchester United had 2 wins and 1 draw.
So, after 20 rounds of games, Bayswater Chinese has maintained an unbeaten record, with 17 wins, 2 draws and 53 points.
Arsenal defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the 17th round and in turn suppressed the Blue Moon.
Wenger was able to hold his head high. After 20 rounds of games, he got 48 points and ranked second in the Premier League.
Manchester City has 43 points and ranks third.
Liverpool and Manchester United both have 38 points, but Liverpool has surpassed Manchester United with the advantage of goal difference.
This is mainly because after Ronaldo joined the Red Devils, he was still somewhat uncomfortable with Van Gaal's tactical system.
Or it should be said that Van Gaal did not build tactics around Ronaldo.
This also led to some discordant voices gradually emerging within Manchester United.
Van Gaal is like this. No matter how big a star is, he will only use him as a tool.
This may not be a problem for other players, but it is obviously not a problem for Ronaldo.
Chelsea only has 32 points.
Judging from the current situation, the Chinese in Bayswater are far ahead of the rest.
But judging from their performance in the Christmas schedule, Manchester City's form has recovered particularly quickly, and it is estimated that they will have to make a strong effort in the second half.
As for Arsenal.
Wenger's team always performs well in the first half and performs poorly in the second half. It depends on whether they can avoid it this time.
…
On the evening of January 5th, Prudential Arena, London.
In the first leg of the League Cup semi-final, Bayswater Chinese faced Liverpool at home.
This was a very exciting start.
From the first second of the game, both sides immediately picked up the tempo.
In less than 38 seconds, Suarez threatened Courtois' goal with a long shot from outside the penalty area.
Liverpool then adopted Klopp's signature, suffocating, high-pressure tactics to suppress the Bayswater Chinese.
The front line consisting of Firmino, Suarez and Mane was almost chasing the defense line of the Bayswater Chinese.
No matter who it is, as soon as they get the ball, they will be immediately chased and blocked by them.
The home team Bayswater Chinese didn't even have a single shot on goal in the first 15 minutes.
Of course, Liverpool themselves had very few shots.
Both teams adopted a relatively safe tactic that they were good at.
Liverpool wanted to press high, while Bayswater Chinese hoped to use ball possession to pull their opponents and wear them down.
The game was very intense, but it was difficult for both sides to create absolute opportunities.
But the atmosphere was tense.
This kind of close combat tactic would allow the opponent to seize the opportunity and deliver a fatal blow if even the slightest flaw was revealed.
The game was like a meat grinder, grappling all the players from both teams together.
The intense and tense atmosphere filled the entire Prudential Arena.
The 90,000 fans at the scene also felt extremely distressed.
The game finally turned around until the 37th minute.
It’s a pity that the home team made a mistake.
Buffon's goal kick went directly to the right side of the frontcourt, which is the left side of the Bayswater Chinese.
Mane used his body to block Marcelo and pushed the Brazilian full-back back continuously.
Mane is not tall, but he is very strong and has strong confrontation ability.
Marcelo had no good solution when facing such an opponent and was directly pinned behind.
Mane passed the ball to Rakitic and then turned around and rushed forward.
As soon as Rakitic received the ball, he immediately made a straight pass.
In addition to his excellent physical confrontation, Mane is also extremely fast. As soon as he rushed forward, Marcelo was pushed away.
After receiving the pass from Rakitic outside the right corner of the penalty area, Mane did not rush forward, but stopped and pretended to cut inside, but suddenly sent a straight pass and passed the ball behind Thiago Silva.
Suarez made a quick diagonal run, received the ball and dribbled to the baseline before passing it across the goal.
Firmino followed quickly.
At the critical moment, Van Dijk, with his height and long legs, took the lead and poked the ball away.
But the Dutch center back fell into the penalty area together with Firmino.
At this moment, Coutinho came in from behind and pushed the ball into the goal of the Bayswater Chinese.
1 to 0!
Liverpool's players were extremely excited.
They all know very well that the nickname of Prudential Field is an impenetrable fortress!
But now, cracks have appeared in this unbreakable fortress.
However, Liverpool players did not remain happy for long.
After the Bayswater Chinese restarted the game, Liverpool, who were a little too excited about the goal, made mistakes.
When Kolarov was defending Walcott on the left, he blocked the ball out of bounds, making it an out-of-bounds ball.
After Piszczek quickly threw the ball out of bounds, Walcott and Modric completed a cooperation and passed it to the right.
The Polish right back made a straight pass.
Walcott ran along the right sideline, penetrated Kolarov's defense like lightning, went straight behind Liverpool's defense line, and sent a cross.
Giroud rushed to the front and attracted the attention of Koulibaly and Nastasic.
But Gareth Bale made a forward run, received a pass from Walcott, overpowered Klein, and headed the ball into the goal guarded by Buffon.
1 to 1!
It’s tied!
The entire Prudential Arena erupted in thunderous cheers.
In just one minute, the two teams exchanged one goal.
The competition is back to the starting line.
But this also allowed everyone to see how intense and tense this game was.
Any slight mistake will be seized by the opponent.
The game returned to the situation after the opening.
The tactics of both sides have not changed.
During the half-time break, Yang Cheng expressed his understanding for the team's mistakes in the first half, but also pointed out the problems.
Marcelo's defense at this point is indeed weak, so we need to pay more attention.
Mane started the game on the left, but later changed to the right, obviously targeting Marcelo.
"The same old saying, control the ball, control the ball, and control the ball!"
…
After the second half, the Chinese team in Bayswater basically used the same tactics.
The situation of the game remains unchanged.
This makes many people feel very confused.
In the entire first half, Bayswater Chinese players only had three shots.
Liverpool didn't have many shots, only 4.
But both sides scored one goal each.
Why hasn’t Yang Cheng adjusted his tactics yet?
The players still firmly implement the coach's tactics.
At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool was still very aggressive.
But after the first wave of attacks, which lasted about 10 minutes, it was obvious that Liverpool's pressing intensity was weakening.
High-pressure pressing like this will cost different amounts of energy when used against different teams.
For example, playing Arsenal and Manchester City.
Wenger and Guardiola's teams use more short passes, with the passing distance controlled at around 10 meters.
If Klopp wants to adopt this kind of high-pressure pressing, in fact, as long as they fight as a team, although the physical consumption is very high, they can still persist for a long time.
At the very least, 60 minutes, and if you grit your teeth, 65 to 70 minutes is not impossible.
But what about the Chinese in Bayswater?
Many people noticed that the tactics of the Chinese at Bayswater seemed to be the same as before, but if you look closely, you can easily find that in fact, tonight, the overall formation of the Chinese at Bayswater was more spread out.
The players have a longer distance and the pass is longer.
So, this is why Liverpool often intercepts the ball and counterattacks.
But what are the benefits?
It is to be able to fully mobilize the opponent and force Liverpool players to run continuously.
More medium and long-distance passes, especially straight passes, forced Liverpool players to sprint.
By the second half, it was obvious that Liverpool players had consumed a lot of physical energy and their pressing intensity was far less than at the beginning of the first half.
After 10 minutes, they were already running out of energy.
The evidence is that they commit more fouls.
For example, this time in the 59th minute.
After Liverpool intercepted the ball on the center line, they made a long pass directly to find Suarez.
Van Dijk rushed out first, headed the ball away, and headed it to the right.
Matic rushed to the right side immediately.
As soon as he took control of the ball, Kolarov rushed over and knocked Matic down.
A free kick was given in our own half.
Quickly retreat back by yourself.
He knew that he couldn't stop Matic.
The Bayswater Chinese players did not get too entangled.
After getting up from the ground, Matic quickly sent a free kick directly to Piszczek.
Piszczek rushed forward immediately and kicked the ball to Modric again.
Modric dribbled the ball forward and was intercepted by Liverpool's midfielder, but after he crossed the center line, he made a straight pass to Giroud who was retreating to the frontcourt.
Giroud turned his back to the direction of attack, and when the ball came over, he just kicked it with his left foot.
The ball was bounced by Giroud behind the defense line and passed right between Koulibaly and Nastasic.
Almost at the same time, Gareth Bale, like a flash of lightning, quickly penetrated the front of the penalty area from the left side, to the left side of the top of the arc.
Klein and Koulibaly, who reacted and turned back, were unable to stop Gareth Bale no matter what.
The Welshman broke through the interception of two defensive players, caught up with Giroud's bounced ball on the left side of the penalty area, and kicked the ball towards the penalty spot.
Gareth Bale chased after him and shot with his right foot.
The football penetrated Buffon's defense at an extremely fast speed and went into the goal behind him.
2 to 1!
reverse!
Gareth Bale scored twice!
The entire Prudential Arena instantly erupted in thunderous cheers.
All the fans rushed out of their seats at the same time, shouting Gareth Bale's name at the top of their lungs.
The Welshman also quickly turned around and rushed out of the field, excitedly making his heart sign to celebrate his goal.
…
After conceding another goal, Liverpool's situation became even more precarious.
In the 63rd minute, Liverpool made their first substitution.
Lucas Leiva replaces Coutinho.
This was a substitution that came without much warning.
But Yang Cheng noticed that when Coutinho left the field, there was a look of pain on his face.
I guess he was injured.
Or maybe he was already slightly injured and the game made it more serious.
Such a game is really too stressful for Liverpool players.
In the 72nd minute, Klopp made his second substitution.
Lallana replaces Mane.
At this time, Liverpool's tactics had begun to resemble a 4312 formation.
In front is the double striker combination of Suarez and Firmino.
This is a signal that couldn't be more obvious.
Liverpool is shrinking!
Yang Cheng immediately made a substitution in response.
Harry Kane replaces Giroud.
Step up the attack!
When Harry Kane came on as a substitute, the whole stadium was boiling.
He is the darling of Prudential Stadium.
Everyone was looking forward to his goal coming off the bench.
Yang Cheng noticed the sad expression on Giroud's face when he left the field.
Come to think of it, the French center forward is pretty pitiful.
He has obviously tried so hard, but in the eyes of Chinese fans in Bayswater, he is still not as good as Harry Kane.
This is so sad!
Fortunately, there was compassionate comfort from the head coach on the sidelines.
"Oliver, you've performed very well and exceeded my expectations of you. Well done!"
After hearing this, Giroud suddenly felt the warmth of the sun in his heart. He smiled and hugged Yang Cheng, then turned around and walked back to the bench.
He just took a thick down jacket from the staff and put it on to keep warm. He also took a glass of water, gulped it down, and sat down on the bench.
The whole person suddenly became much more sober.
But once a person wakes up, his brain starts working quickly.
That's not right.
What does it mean to exceed expectations of me?
Boss, are your expectations of me so low?
When Giroud realized this, he felt sad again.
When he looked at the head coach Yang Cheng standing on the sidelines, there was even more resentment in his eyes, like an abandoned woman looking at her unfaithful husband.
You said I was your most trusted center forward back then, but now that you have Harry Kane, what have I become?
What’s even worse is that after Harry Kane came on the pitch, Liverpool basically adopted a contraction tactic.
The Chinese in Bayswater completely dominated the situation.
Especially in terms of ball possession, they completely suppressed Liverpool.
From the 70th minute, the Chinese in Bayswater kept moving forward and constantly planning attacks.
Liverpool retreated to the front of the penalty area and only had to defend and counterattack.
Yang Cheng's team still played at a steady pace, still patiently controlling the ball and constantly pulling their opponents back.
The left side passes to the middle side, the middle side passes to the right side, and the right side passes back to the middle side...
Especially in the 74th minute, for nearly 2 minutes, Liverpool couldn't hold the ball at all.
At most it would just destroy the ball possession.
The ball kept flowing between the feet of the Chinese players of Bayswater.
And at the 75th minute and 55 seconds, Modric made a straight pass, which was accurately delivered to Harry Kane at the front of the arc.
The English center forward leaned his body against Nastasic, then suddenly stopped the ball and turned around. After passing Nastasic, he suddenly kicked the ball and fired a long shot from the right side of the top of the arc.
From Modric passing the ball to Harry Kane stopping the ball and turning around, the whole process was done in one go.
Liverpool's defender was a beat slow even in his interception.
Everyone was paralyzed by the previous series of passes.
No one expected that the Chinese in Bayswater would suddenly do something like this as the rumor spread.
But the ball hit Buffon's goal again.
The Italian goalkeeper is old after all, and he was still a step slow when facing such a long shot.
3 to 1!
In the bench on the sidelines, Giroud, like all his teammates around him, rushed out of his seat excitedly and applauded loudly for Harry Kane's goal.
This goal is so important for the two-legged match!
The players on the field were also celebrating wildly.
But Giroud quickly figured it out and felt even more sad.
I hadn't scored a goal in such a long time on the field, so how come Harry Kane scored a goal as soon as he came on the field?
Oh God, how can you bully me just because I am honest?
…
Bayswater Chinese beat Liverpool 3-1 at home, immediately winning widespread praise from the British media.
In another League Cup semi-final match, Everton defeated Manchester City 2-1 with a corner kick and a counterattack by Lukaku.
Among them, the one who assisted Lukaku in scoring the goal was the former Manchester City midfielder and current Everton captain, Gareth Barry.
A definite backstab!
When Yang Cheng received the news, he had to give a thumbs up to Moyes' team.
Nowadays, which top teams has not been stabbed in the back by their own players who left the team?
Just get used to it!
But the key still lies in the next round.
Moyes' team will be visiting Manchester and will need to be able to defend against attacks from Manchester City.
In a strong match, Bayswater Chinese beat Liverpool 3-1.
Unfortunate events include Everton's surprise victory over Manchester City.
This season's League Cup was extremely exciting, not only did the fans enjoy it, but the ratings also continued to rise.
Now, the Europa League champions advance directly to the Champions League group stage.
For Premier League teams, playing in the Europa League is much more certain than finishing in the top four in the Premier League.
At the very least, they have a better chance of ravaging teams from other European leagues.
Precisely because of this, the League Cup, which can be played in the Europa League, has become very popular.
The League Cup has become popular, not to mention the traditional popular event, the FA Cup.
…
January 9, FA Cup third knockout round.
Bayswater Chinese away challenge the third-tier English League One relegation team, Doncaster.
Yang Cheng once again used the magic weapon of rotation, playing with all substitutes and a young lineup.
Young players such as Solanke, Declan Rice and Arnold all started.
This group of young players did not disappoint Yang Cheng.
In the 15th minute, Solanke scored the first goal for the team.
Although Doncaster equalized the game in the 25th minute, Salah scored the second goal for the team in the 57th minute of the second half.
In the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Doncaster 2-1 away.
This time, all the Big Six of the Premier League advanced successfully.
…
From Christmas to January every year, other leagues are suspended one after another, and the Premier League becomes the most unique landscape in the world, attracting the attention of fans all over the world.
But outside the bustling Premier League, in Frankfurt in central Germany, this team is quietly carrying out reforms after just completing a deal that shocked the whole of Germany.
The Chinese team from Bayswater is quietly carrying out a comprehensive transformation of Frankfurt's venues, facilities and other aspects. The purpose is to eliminate the source of injuries that have plagued Frankfurt for many years.
But at the same time, Frankfurt is also actively operating in the winter transfer market.
Peruvian center back Carlos Zambrano, Swiss center forward Haris Seferovic, Dutch center forward Luke Castaño, Czech striker Kadlec, local winger Aigner...
As players left the team one after another, Frankfurt also received transfer income.
But the external public pressure is gradually increasing.
Many Frankfurt fans are worried, if the new team sells players like this, how will Frankfurt play in the second half?
What can we use to avoid relegation?
The panic of the fans reached a new peak when Frankfurt announced the official hiring of Hoffenheim U19 youth team head coach Julian Nagelsmann as the team's head coach!
The whole of Frankfurt is in an uproar!
In the crucial relegation stage of the team, they actually hired a young head coach who was only 28 years old?
Frankenbach had long anticipated public opinion, so while announcing Nagelsmann's appointment, it also announced another piece of news that the famous local coach Peter Hermann will serve as the team's chief assistant coach to assist Nagelsmann.
But this piece of news still failed to calm everyone's anxiety.
Peter Hermann was certainly famous, but he was only an assistant coach.
If a general is incompetent, the whole army will be exhausted!
But at the critical moment, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung revealed a piece of news.
The appointment of Nagelsmann was recommended by Yang Cheng!
This Frankfurt local media revealed that before Christmas, Nagelsmann personally went to London and had a long meeting with Yang Cheng. The two had sufficient exchanges and communication on Frankfurt's team formation and strategy for the second half.
In the end, Yang Cheng recommended Nagelsmann to Frankfurt.
"Yang Cheng believes that the 28-year-old Nagelsmann can lead Frankfurt out of adversity!"
Yang Cheng's name is indeed intimidating.
This gradually calmed public opinion and caused more people to start waiting and watching.
At the same time, Frankfurt announced that it had signed German youth international Niklas Felkrug from Nuremberg in the German second division for 1 million euros.
The team didn’t have a day off after Christmas.
In January, Frankfurt announced again that it had signed Guinean international Naby Keita from Salzburg Red Bull in Austria for a high price of 15 million euros.
Signed Slovak midfielder Lobotka from Nordjylland in the Danish league for a transfer fee of 1 million euros.
Three consecutive transactions were completed in a short period of time, allowing everyone to feel the efficiency of the new Frankfurt team.
But this is just the beginning.
Frankfurt soon announced that it had signed 20-year-old midfielder Tomas Soucek from Slavia Prague in the Czech Republic for a transfer fee of 1 million euros.
The player has performed very well in the Czech League this season. In 16 league rounds, he played 15 times and played the full 90 minutes in all of them.
The only game he missed was due to a suspension due to accumulated yellow cards.
Soon, Frankfurt announced again that it had signed Croatian striker Kramaric from Premier League team Leicester City for a transfer fee of 5 million euros.
The 24-year-old Croatian striker is a versatile player who can play in almost all positions in the frontcourt. He has performed very well in Croatia and scored goals like crazy.
In January 2015, he moved to Leicester City from Rijeka in Croatia for a transfer fee of 9 million euros.
But at Leicester City, Kramaric performed poorly and completely lost his playing time this season.
So far, he has only made two appearances in the Premier League, for a total of 24 minutes.
His value has now dropped to 4 million euros.
The reason why Frankfurt offered 5 million euros is because Hoffenheim is competing.
Hoffenheim also has to fight to avoid relegation, so naturally they have to recruit new soldiers.
But they want to rent more.
Leicester City is also unwilling to let Kramaric go just like that.
In the end, Frankfurt had no choice but to raise the price and offered 5 million euros.
After this player was loaned to Hoffenheim in Yang Cheng's previous life, he scored 5 goals and 4 assists in 15 games in the second half, helping Hoffenheim successfully avoid relegation.
At its peak, his worth reached 40 million euros.
Subsequently, Frankfurt announced again that it had signed Kosovo central defender Rahmani from Split, Croatia for a transfer fee of 1 million euros.
The 21-year-old Kosovo central defender joined Split on a free transfer in the summer of 2015.
In this season's Croatian League, he played as the main central defender and performed very well. His current market value has reached 800,000 euros. In the end, Frankfurt signed him for 1 million euros.
Also a central defender, Frankfurt announced that it had signed 22-year-old Brazilian central defender Diego Carlos from Portuguese Super League Estoril for 1.5 million euros.
The Brazilian central defender joined Estoril in the Portuguese Super League on a free transfer in 2014.
But he was loaned to Porto B team in a short time.
There, Diego Carlos performed terribly.
After returning to Estoril this season, he began to serve as the main central defender in the Portuguese Super League and his performance was quite good.
Frankfurt signed the Brazilian central defender, whose current transfer market value is only 1 million euros, at a 50% premium.
The team announced that it had signed the 21-year-old left-back Robin Gosens, who holds dual German and Dutch citizenship, from Eredivisie side Heracles for a transfer fee of 1 million euros.
The biggest movement in the team is the forward line.
At the beginning of January, Frankfurt announced that it had signed 18-year-old center forward Luka Jovic from Red Star Belgrade of Serbia for 2 million euros.
By the way, David Abraham of Frankfurt currently holds dual citizenship of Argentina and Italy.
Brazilian center back Anderson did not register after undergoing surgery for a serious injury.
Diego Carlos also has dual citizenship of Brazilian and Spanish.
So, after signing Luka Jovic, Frankfurt signed Sebastien Haller, a 21-year-old Ivorian center forward with an estimated value of 6 million euros, from Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisie for 8 million euros.
Haller has made 16 appearances in the Eredivisie this season, scoring 10 goals and providing 2 assists, performing very well.
But the most eye-catching thing is that he successfully wins 5.9 headers per game.
Frankfurt also signed Croatian winger Ante Rebic from Serie A side Fiorentina for €1 million.
The 22-year-old Rebic joined Fiorentina for 4.5 million euros in 2013, but never got a chance.
He was loaned to RB Leipzig in the German second division in the 14/15 season, but still failed to get a chance.
He returned to Serie A this season and only played four times in the first half, for a total of 228 minutes, scoring one goal.
Fiorentina has lost confidence in him and wants to loan him out again.
Frankfurt took action at this time and recruited him.
On the front line, Frankfurt also signed German U20 center forward Kleindienst from 2. Bundesliga side Freiburg for 500,000 euros.
But there is something special about this 20-year-old local center.
He is currently not a starter in Freiburg and was injured in late November with a torn ligament in his knee. He is still recovering from his injury and is not expected to return until March.
Frankfurt still decided to sign him, which shows their optimism about this local center forward.
After signing several players in succession, Frankfurt's most important signing during the winter break was finally finalized before the team's winter training.
That is Niklas Sule, the main central defender from Hoffenheim.
The 20-year-old central defender is a native of Frankfurt and a product of Frankfurt's youth training camp.
He was originally an offensive player in the frontcourt. After transferring from Frankfurt's youth training to Darmstadt, he went to Hoffenheim and then changed to play as a central defender. He became famous in Hoffenheim.
This season, Hoffenheim and Frankfurt have both fallen into the relegation zone and their situation is worrying.
But after Frankfurt was acquired by Yang Cheng, it attracted strong attention from the outside world.
As a talented German central defender, Sule has naturally attracted the attention and favor of many Bundesliga powerhouses including Bayern and Dortmund, and some even want to poach him.
In this case, Frankfurt made an offer of 15 million euros, a premium of 100%.
But the most important factors are two.
One is to return to his hometown Frankfurt.
The other is Nagelsmann.
It's really a coincidence.
After Hummels arrived at Hoffenheim, it was head coach Zembroid who promoted him to U17 and transformed him into a defender.
Zembrod's assistant coach at the time was Nagelsmann.
When the season ended, Zembroid went to Freiburg to coach, and Nagelsmann took over Hoffenheim U17, Sule was promoted to U19.
But what’s interesting is that when Sule was promoted to Hoffenheim’s first team by head coach Markus Gisdol, the assistant coach was Nagelsmann again.
It can be said that these two coincidences have created an inextricable connection between Hummels and Nagelsmann.
Especially since both of them have worked together in Hoffenheim for many years.
Now, Nagelsmann coaches Frankfurt. After his hometown team was acquired by Yang Cheng, he, with the support of Bayswater Chinese, extended an olive branch to Sule.
In the end, this native Frankfurt man finally agreed to return to his hometown team.
Frankfurt paid Hoffenheim a high price of 15 million euros for this.
When these transfers were officially announced one after another, the entire German transfer market was shocked.
No one expected that after being acquired by a Chinese consortium, Frankfurt would be willing to spend so much money on transfers.
Especially Hummels, who is a local treasure snatched from Bayern and Dortmund.
This made Frankfurt fans even more excited.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung even applauded.
After signing these players, Frankfurt invested a total of more than 50 million euros in the winter transfer market.
This is the total number of transfers Frankfurt has made in the past few years!
The whole team also had a new look.
Yang Cheng did some calculations and after deducting the players sold by the club and adding the 5 million euros originally planned to be invested in the transfer market, Frankfurt actually invested about 20 million euros more.
And it’s paid in installments.
With Yang Cheng and Bayswater Chinese backing us up, this amount of money will not be a problem.
But Frankfurt's overall strength is already extraordinary.
The joining of players such as Hummels, Naby Keita, Lobotka, Haller, and Felkerkrug has greatly improved the entire central axis of Frankfurt.
Next it depends on Nagelsmann's level of integration.
If the team can get into shape during the winter training period, there will be no problem with relegation.
For now, Frankfurt's top priority is to avoid relegation.
Therefore, the players he has brought in now are all players who have certain abilities, can help the team, and are willing to join.
For others like Sane who are already famous, how could he come to Frankfurt?
When the end of this season comes, Yang Cheng will continue to introduce players to Frankfurt.
For example, Anton, the central defender of Hannover 96 who will be relegated this season.
Serbian player Filip Kostic of Stuttgart, another relegated team.
This is also a very good player.
Not to mention Nico Schlotterbeck, the 16-year-old youngster from the German second division Karlsruhe.
Leverkusen's young player Havertz, Cologne's young player Wirtz, Swedish young player Yokreis, Belgian young player Oponda, Swedish young player Kulusevski and others are all in Yang Cheng's plan.
But the prerequisite is that Frankfurt must first successfully avoid relegation in the Bundesliga.
If they fail to avoid relegation, why would these young players be willing to join Frankfurt?
In addition, training facilities and youth training systems must also be renovated and upgraded.
All in all, it’s just the beginning!
(End of this chapter)
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