Chapter 246: The Curse of the Best Coach of the Month

It's nearly noon, 11 o'clock sharp.

On the training ground at the Harrington training base, Ye Qiu blew the whistle to end the training on time. All the more than 20 first-team players were sweating profusely and heaving a sigh of relief, bending under the hazy British sky. He bent over his waist and breathed heavily.

Some people say that it is difficult to see sunlight in London in winter, and the same is true today.

As Chelsea's performance gradually improved, some Chelsea fans began to come to the Harrington training base. Although Ye Qiu made special arrangements, they could not see the training of the first team, but they could hear some sounds, and every training session After class, the team will arrange for players to come out to receive fans.

Usually this kind of thing is done by big-name players, so the young players who are training with the first team are all very conscious. After the training session, they pick up their things and go to the locker room.

According to the two captains of the team, they are lucky. A few years ago, they would still have to help polish the shoes of the seniors.

"Robin, Cesc, Leo, Frank!"

As soon as they walked out of the training ground, they heard head coach Ye Qiu calling the names of four players on the sidelines.

All the players who originally planned to go to the locker room stopped, wanting to hear what Ye Qiu had to say.

"You four go to the fan reception area!" Ye Qiu arranged the task.

"Us?" Messi and Fabregas were both a little surprised. Relatively speaking, Van Persie was used to this.

When he was at Feyenoord, he was the star of hope for the team. He even won the title of the new three musketeers of the Netherlands along with Van der Vaart and Robben, so he did a lot of receiving fans in the Netherlands. After arriving at Chelsea, the team was full of big names, and anyone on the bench was bigger than him, so he rarely participated.

"Yes!" Ye Qiu smiled. After the team completed the top 32 knockout rounds of the League Cup, young players including Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie and Ribery suddenly became famous. Many British and European media wanted to interview them, but Ye Qiu refused such an arrangement because of his authority as head coach.

Without Ye Qiu's nod or acquiescence, players were not allowed to be interviewed in private. This rule was in the disciplinary manual.

But Ye Qiu also knows very well that they are all young people at heart, especially Franck Ribery. This guy is arrogant and wants to be famous. He refuses them to be interviewed. The players must be a little confused, so He used this method to compensate and let them establish some influence in the hearts of fans.

Don't underestimate these die-hard fans who come to the Harrington training base. Now is the information age. Once they spread the news, it will soon spread among Chelsea fans.

"Starting today, you guys have to start learning to be professional players in the Premier League, especially you, Frank, you are now one of our iconic figures. Pay attention to your image and don't scare those little girls, you know? "After saying that, Ye Qiu couldn't help but laugh.

Ribery has a close relationship with Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu personally came to find him when he came to the Premier League. Later, he found a house and picked up his wife to live in the Premier League. Ye Qiu helped with everything, so he naturally He felt close to Ye Qiu and was able to joke around every day, even if it was about the scar on his face.

This also made Ye Qiu appreciate Ribery's character, which was open-minded and informal.

The so-called Chelsea icons start with the nicknames given to Chelsea by the English media. They said Chelsea was the ugliest team in the Premier League and even Europe, and then ridiculed several of the scarier-looking players in the Chelsea team as blue. The army is ugly, including Ribery, Ronaldinho, Drogba, Davis and others.

Most of the players in the first team had not left the training ground. When they heard Ye Qiu teasing Ribery, they all laughed. Ronaldinho, who was also amazingly good-looking but had a very open personality, even directly teased him. He whistled and copied what Ye Qiu had said before, singing in a sinister tone: "I'm ugly, but I'm gentle!"

Seeing that this guy was actually dancing samba, everyone burst into laughter again.

"Toothed boy, where are you going?" Franck Ribery, who has a fearless character, laughed and scolded.

Ronaldinho simply made a fist and picked up his toothy tooth with his thumb, "I am the cute toothy tooth, and you are the scary scar!"

This immediately provoked a shadowless kick from the Frenchman, but the Brazilian simply avoided it.

"I'm thinking about finding an opportunity another day to put you all out and let the reporters have a good time. What do you think? Maybe you can become famous in one fell swoop, and you have a nickname, called the Premier League. "Four Ugly!" Ye Qiu smiled from ear to ear. He liked to take this opportunity to joke around and build relationships with the players.

"Boss, just give it to the three of them, don't count me out!" Drogba was more loyal and immediately shook his head in refusal.

Edgar Davis is relatively withdrawn and unsociable. He just stands aside and listens without speaking. He basically does not participate much in the affairs between his teammates, but everyone knows that once he steps on the court, he will He is the most desperate one.

"Okay, okay, let's go, future stars!" Ye Qiu smiled and clapped his hands, motioning for Messi and Ribery to go.

Ye Qiu is a person who pays great attention to communication with the players. He refused the media's interviews with several rookies. Just after he refused, he called all the players over, told them about this matter, and then told them his intention, so that they all understood that he did not want them to be influenced by the media more, and also took this opportunity to knock on these guys who performed well.

Young players must not get carried away with success after a little performance!

Ye Qiu has always believed in a principle. The world now has long passed the so-called era of good wine and no need to worry about the alley. Just like what Eason Chan sang in the song [Bicycle]: Don't assume that I know, everything is done for me, why is it so great, so I can't feel it.

Meaning, you have to say your feelings. If you don't say it, others can't feel it, and they don't know it at all. Do you have to let others guess everything? And you have to know that guessing is actually suspicious, and suspicion itself represents a kind of estrangement.

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During the League Cup, the main lineup got a rest. On Saturday, the team went north to Liverpool to challenge Everton away.

David Moyes' first season in charge of Everton was undoubtedly amazing. He brought Everton, which was ranked 15th in the 2001/2 Premier League and was about to be relegated, to the 7th place in the Premier League, and even entered the European competition qualification zone for a long time. He can be said to be the most promising dark horse in the Premier League last season. The other one is Blackburn Rovers, whose performance has gradually improved under Souness.

But a very important reason for the so-called dark horse is that the opponent does not know him. And you have to know that in a competitive league, the competitiveness of professional club teams is like sailing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind. Especially for teams that strive to rank high, it is even more necessary to recruit and invest.

Everton has no idea of ​​strengthening the team this summer. Whether it is Chinese player Lu Tie or Nigerian player Yabo, they were loaned last season and then bought out this season. The team's lineup basically remains unchanged. They are also the only team in the top ten teams in the Premier League last season with almost no changes in the lineup.

This means that even if Moyes has enough strength to ensure that the team's combat effectiveness is not inferior to last season, the problem is that when other opponents are making large-scale signings, Everton's strength is on a downward trend. Therefore, the team's performance in the new season is very poor, and it has always been hovering in the relegation zone.

Facing Chelsea at home, Moyes still arranged a 442 tactic. Chinese player Lu Tie did not appear in the big list, which also shattered the wishes of those Chinese who hoped to see three Chinese people appear in the Premier League at the same time, but Ye Qiu's Chelsea performed well as always.

At the beginning of the game, Lampard took the lead in breaking Everton's goal and opened the record for Chelsea.

Less than 10 minutes later, Ronaldinho received an assist from Drogba and scored another goal, 2:0.

After scoring two goals in a row, Chelsea's morale was stronger and the players' performance was more patient. On the other hand, Everton began to counterattack, but in the 33rd minute, Ronaldinho and Evra on the left launched a counterattack. Evra got a pass from the left side of the penalty area after the middle player caught up with him. Lampard headed the ball near the goal post and it was 3:0.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and Everton still did not show enough competitiveness in the face of Chelsea, which was as fierce as a wolf. In the 50th minute, Deco's shot in the penalty area hit Yabo's leg and turned into Everton's goal, finally locking the score at 4:0!

Falling behind by a large score, Everton lost morale and the players performed very poorly, but the team's young forward Wayne Rooney was running all over the midfield, running non-stop, as if he had endless physical energy, almost chasing Chelsea's pass. The fighting spirit even made Ye Qiu on the sidelines nod his head.

But one person can't stop a team in the end, and Chelsea finally crushed Everton 4:0 away.

After 11 rounds, Chelsea is 6 points ahead of Arsenal, which ranks second, because in the 10th round of the league, Chelsea defeated Manchester City, but Manchester United lost to Fulham 1:3, and Arsenal also drew with Charlton away, which expanded Chelsea's lead to 6 points.

Seeing that Everton was defeated again in this round of away games, the entire Premier League was surprised by Chelsea's excellent state and stable results.

The Guardian of England used the word "easy win" to describe the gap in strength between Chelsea and Everton in this game, and believed that Moyes' team would find it difficult to compete with Chelsea, who was aiming to win the league championship.

"Today, Abramovich went to Goodison Park with the team. He left with a satisfied smile, and we can see his satisfaction with the Blues. After the game, our reporter met the Russian tycoon in the VIP lounge. The three bodyguards around him prevented the reporter from approaching, but the Russian took the initiative to greet our reporter."

"During the interview, the Russian tycoon spoke highly of this Chelsea team, thinking that this Chelsea played very well in this game, creating many opportunities, but also wasted a lot of opportunities. He felt that this was not the most perfect Chelsea, and he hoped to bring the most perfect and powerful team to all the Blues and Premier League fans."

"We have to lament Abramovich's generosity, and we have to be amazed by Chelsea's strength. At the same time, we have reason to believe that the resources Ye Qiu has at Chelsea are enough to make all the head coaches in the world. I feel envious and jealous because he has so many outstanding stars at the same time.”

"It is reported that Chelsea will target three lines of recruitment next. The defense line hopes to introduce a central defender. The target is AC Milan's Nesta, and the midfielder hopes to get Juventus' Ned. Wade, the strikers are still pursuing AC Milan's Shevchenko, Arsenal's Henry and Everton's Rooney."

"When our reporter asked the question, the Russian rich man obviously did not deny the news, but he also made it very clear that he had no say in who the team needs to introduce, and the head coach has the final say, but he promised that as long as it is The team needs, and Ye Qiu thinks it is necessary to introduce, no matter who it is, Chelsea will get it no matter how much it costs.”

"With an outstanding main lineup, a bench composed of top-notch European and Premier League players, and talented rookies, such a Chelsea team does have the strength to sweep the Premier League and even make a splash in the Champions League!"

Ye Qiu didn't think very highly of this report from the Guardian, because he vaguely noticed that the real purpose of this report was to weaken Ye Qiu's role and focus on the team's strong lineup.

In fact, this report also has a subtext, that is, with such a strong lineup, anyone who becomes the head coach can achieve today's results. Isn't this obviously putting pressure on Ye Qiu?

Of course, Ye Qiu had no interest in and couldn't care about what the reporters and media said. He only cared about his own team.

After playing Everton, the team challenged Lazio away.

At the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, the first half was a stalemate. Although Chelsea took the lead in the 25th minute thanks to Ronaldinho's goal, their performance was not very good. Lazio's defense was very solid. Didn't give Chelsea a good chance.

However, before the end of the first half, Mihajlovic's foul on Drogba caused him to be sent off with a red card by the referee, which directly contributed to Ye Qiu's aggressive attack in the second half. This time Ye Qiu used Ribe Lee replaced Parker, who started in place of Makelele in the midfield, and went up to play on the right.

Chelsea's overall lineup subsequently became 4231, with Davis and Deco forming a double midfielder, Ronaldinho, Lampard and Ribery forming the frontcourt, and the defense consisting of Evra and Cana. Varro, Terry and Maicon.

Throughout the second half, Lazio, who was missing one man, obviously could not withstand Chelsea's heavy pressure. Finally, in the 60th minute, the 65th minute and the 72nd minute, Drogba, Maicon and Lampard scored three consecutive goals for Chelsea. The ball eventually helped Chelsea defeat Lazio 4:0 away from home.

As a result, Chelsea qualified from the group in advance with an outstanding record of 4 consecutive wins in the first round of the group stage and won the first place in the group. This also made Ye Qiu decide that in the remaining two rounds of the Champions League group stage, all Arranging a substitute lineup to play, the team is doing its best to hit the Premier League and prepare for the upcoming devil's schedule during the winter break.

Back in the Premier League, Chelsea welcomed Newcastle.

Before this game, many media once again exaggerated the curse of the best coach of the month, but it was not aimed at Ye Qiu, but at Newcastle's Bobby Robson. This veteran coach had just won the Premier League monthly award for October. The best coach and the team's top star Hiller also won the Player of the Month.

Throughout October, Newcastle has been chasing after the top three in the Premier League with 4 consecutive victories. It is currently ranked 4th in the Premier League. With its four consecutive victories in October, although its status has declined since November, it is still The draw with Aston Villa made many people have high hopes for Newcastle's trip to London, hoping that the Magpies can snipe the Blues.

Ye Qiu was the best coach of the month in September, but when he met the best coach of the month in August, he was beaten by Wenger, ending the team's winning streak, and now he is the best coach of the month in October. When Robson met Ye Qiu, the best coach in September, many people were curious whether the curse of the best coach of the month would continue?

The entire British media was hyping up this topic, and even on the Internet, fans of both teams went crazy. Some supported and some denied, but no one thought that the final result of the game would be so amazing.

The start of the game was, as always, Ye Qiu style. After the opening, Chelsea took advantage of their home court to attack aggressively, while Newcastle was forced to retreat. However, in the 25th minute, right back Maicon scored a goal and scored with great force from the front of the penalty area. The volley opened the scoring for Chelsea and opened the door to victory.

But just after conceding the goal, Newcastle was not on a stable footing. In the 29th minute, Drogba received a cross from Evra from the left in the penalty area and headed the ball towards the goal. Newcastle goalkeeper Given made a save and Ronaldini made the save. Ao followed up and hit the goal with a shot in the chaos, further expanding the score to 2:0.

After that, Chelsea's offense relaxed somewhat, but when the time entered the 40th minute, Chelsea launched another round of offense. Davis intercepted the ball in the frontcourt. Deco passed the ball over the top and went straight behind Newcastle's defense. Lampard broke in. A direct shot from the top, expanding the score to 3:0 again!

The game has been going on for a long time, and even the Sky TV commentator Andy Gray couldn't help shaking his head, thinking that the curse of the Premier League's best coach of the month has come true again, because no one can explain why Newcastle, which was in great form before, lost so badly at Stamford Bridge?

In the second half, when Ronaldinho scored another goal, and Drogba followed closely with a header after receiving Evra's cross from the left, the score was finally locked at 5:0!

The Blues Storm also completely shocked the entire Europa with this big win in the strong dialogue. Even many media exclaimed, quoting a sentence Ye Qiu once said in the past, that if you give money and time, you can create another giant.

"All professionals sneered at Ye Qiu's words before, but now, he uses Chelsea and the ironclad facts to tell everyone that he can buy success with money and build a giant with money!"