The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 315 I Can't Help My Child

For Chelsea, the schedule around Christmas is undoubtedly suffocatingly dense.

After playing Arsenal, the team flew non-stop to Asia to participate in the Toyota Cup held in Japan, and their opponent was a little-known Colombian team Caldas. They were the last season's Copa Libertadores champion winner.

Because this is the last Toyota Cup, as early as before the season, FIFA has announced that starting in 2005, the Toyota Cup will be discontinued and replaced by the Club World Cup, which has been suspended for five years, and the Club World Cup will adopt Multi-round competition system, even if the Champions League champions come to participate, at least 5 rounds must be played.

This cup has come from the very beginning with the mentality of fighting for power, even the name is called the World Club Cup, and all the teams participating in this cup are cup champions from all continents. At first glance, it seems really incredible , The cup champion teams from all continents gathered together, how beautiful, how gimmick, and how influential.

But the facts will definitely prove that this is a stupid decision made by a group of guys with heads on their buttocks, because they did not consider the uneven strength of teams from different continents at all, and everything only cared about their interests.

Just like this Toyota Cup, Chelsea flew thousands of miles from London to Yokohama, Japan, and it took a lot of effort. Ye Qiu arranged for Ronaldinho, Lampard, and Rooney to go up for half the game. The others were basically on the bench, and even Cesc Fabregas played the starter, and then the team defeated this unnamed team 3-0 cleanly.

In the end, the best player of the game was given to Davis, which was a reward for the Dutchman. He got a Toyota car, but he didn't have extra time to appreciate his prize, because the team finished the game After that, I flew back to London non-stop, and the whole process did not exceed 2 days.

On the second day after the team returned to Europe, the French Football Magazine confirmed the previous rumors that this year's European Ballon d'Or winner is Shevchenko of AC Milan, and Shevchenko's score even surpassed Ronaldinho and Lampard became the new European Golden Globe winners.

As soon as this news came out, the entire world football world was surprised by it, because although the previous rumors were so plausible, everyone felt that this could not be true, so when the final result came out, Everyone was shocked.

Why Shevchenko?

Chelsea won the championship with an undefeated record, won the European Champions Cup and the Premier League. Whether it is from the team's performance or the performance of the players, Chelsea's Ronaldinho, Lampard, and even Deco are obviously better than Shevchen Coe is more qualified to win this award, and if it is compared with goals and performance, Henry's goal statistics are obviously better.

The British media have questioned the selection of French football. They believe that Henry is better than Shevchenko in terms of statistics and forward goals. Kedu is obviously better. Among them, Deco is also the hero of Portugal's runner-up in the European Cup.

"What did AC Milan have last season? Serie A champions!"

"It turns out that the current weight of the Serie A champion has surpassed the combination of the Premier League champion and the European Champions Cup champion, and also surpassed the runner-up of the European Cup. It can be called the world's first league, so the future European Ballon d'Or should be renamed the Serie A Ballon d'Or! "

Some extreme media even directly shouted "After tonight, the European Ballon d'Or will become some people's plaything!" Such shouts are obviously aimed at the Italian media.

The highly influential Times made a special report on this. The report pointed out that the most important reason why Shevchenko won the award is that the French football magazine has obviously lacked the aloofness and independence of the past. Especially under the pressure of growing influence of FIFA's World Player of the Year selection.

"Shevchenko is undoubtedly superior in strength, but his results are not outstanding. In the past, Ancelotti only used Inzaghi's single striker tactics. Shevchenko was reduced to a substitute, but Berlusco Ni came forward and accused Ancelotti of his formation, thinking that he should play a double striker."

"In addition, Shevchenko's wife works in Berlusconi's TV station, and their family has an unusually deep relationship with Berlusconi, and in the past two years, there have been rumors that Chelsea hope Rumors of bringing Shevchenko to London, there are even definite reports that Abramovich has already negotiated with Shevchenko, but because Ye Qiu did not nod, Shevchenko finally let Chelsea brush shoulders However, because this matter also caused Abramovich and Ye Qiu to disagree."

"Berlusconi undoubtedly needs a superstar like Shevchenko, so in the face of Chelsea's strong poaching, in order to keep Shevchenko, he personally made a promise that he would do his best to help Shevchenko win the personal title. Honors and awards, so, after the selection was approaching, the mainstream media throughout Italy began to promote Shevchenko, even to the point of sparing no effort, which has never happened before."

"In addition, we also have enough accurate information to show that while building momentum for Shevchenko, Berlusconi also personally called the editor-in-chief of the French Football magazine Erno, and personally lobbied this key player who has the ability to change the selection results. I hope the French football magazine can award this year's European Ballon d'Or to Shevchenko."

"Facts have proved that the Ukrainians finally won this award. While congratulating Shevchenko, we also have to feel sorry, because the selection of the French Football Magazine has obviously lost its authority in the past. In order to survive, they have to This is why this year's Golden Globes is so lacking in suspense!"

"We also have every reason to believe that if we continue to operate like this, the Golden Globes will lose their last trace of influence sooner or later."

Perhaps it was because the selection of this year's European Ballon d'Or was too unpopular, so many stars who were interviewed by the media chose to remain silent. Even Erno, the editor-in-chief of the French Football Magazine, only said in an interview , "Shevchenko performed very well this year. I am not in a position to comment on the selection, but I believe in the fairness of the judges!"

In contrast, L'Equipe also has its own selection, but they select the best team.

Interestingly, in the best team selected by L'Equipe, the goalkeeper is Van der Sar, the defense is Zambrotta, Terry, Cannavaro and Maicon, and the midfielder is Ronaldi Neo, Lampard, Makelele and Deco, the strikers are Adriano and Henry, and Shevchenko is obviously not among them.

Chelsea has become the biggest winner in this best team, because in the 11-man best team list, Chelsea has a total of 8 positions, basically in the midfield, and the characteristics of Drogba on the front lead to This makes him incomparable with Adriano and Henry and others.

The best coach fell on Ye Qiu. L'Equipe believed that Ye Qiu was able to lead the team to win the Premier League and the European Champions Cup with an undefeated record in the first year of coaching Chelsea. His coaching ability can be seen It can be seen that he is worthy of the title and title of the best coach of the year.

Also in France, the selections of L'Equipe and the French Football Magazine are completely different. This has indeed made more people doubt the authority of the French Football Magazine, thinking that this year's selection has obviously been too much outside interference and influence.

Immediately afterwards, the British media seemed to have begun to build momentum for the Premier League team to win awards. Various media and newspapers have issued their own selection of the best players and lineups of the year, and the most influential one is the British World Football Magazine .

In the selection of the best team by World Football Magazine, Chelsea's Ronaldinho won No.28 with 6% of the votes. Even the fans of the Premier League feel that the Brazilian superstar deserves the title of best player. Lampard ranked second with 1%, followed by Henry in third, and Shevchenko only ranked fifth, even behind Deco.

And in the selection of the best coach, Ye Qiu completely crushed Otto the Great Rehhagel with 45% of the votes, and won the title of best coach of the year, while Rehhagel and Wenger ranked in the second and third positions.

Of course, as long as it is a selection, disputes will inevitably arise.

Many people have doubts about the selection by World Football Magazine, thinking that the players and coaches who play and coach in the Premier League are obviously more favored, but many people also think that the reason why they are favored is that Chelsea and Arsenal were the top European footballers last season. The two most dazzling teams in the arena, they both won the season unbeaten record, while Chelsea won the Champions League, Wenger's team almost caught up with Capello's 58 unbeaten games.

"If AC Milan can go unbeaten for 57 games, or win the double crown, then we will recognize Shevchenko's status, but before that, he beat Ronaldinho, Lampard, Deco and Henry won the European Ballon d'Or, except for Serie A fans, no one will be convinced!"

The media of the two countries confronted each other and fought each other, which directly contributed to the dispute between the fans of the two countries. The two sides not only bombarded and accused each other in the media, but also directly fought a war of words on the Internet. In just a few days A whirlwind of public opinion was formed.

Ye Qiu did not participate in this scuffle. After returning to London from Japan, he called Ronaldinho to his office after the French football magazine announced the results of the selection, and even laughed at himself. Let's unravel the Brazilian, because he is the second child in a thousand years in the eyes of many people.

"You see, I have not been recognized by UEFA and FIFA as the best coach of the year or season for many years, but I have never given up on the pursuit of these two honors. The goal of lifelong struggle and the direction of pursuit, so we must continue to work hard!"

Ronaldinho was actually not sad, he was optimistic by nature and took it lightly, but he was still very grateful for Ye Qiu's explanation, and couldn't stop laughing at Ye Qiu's self-mockery.

"Don't worry, boss, when I win the prize, I will say something nice for you!"

"Get out!" Ye Qiu almost gave him a flying kick, this is not comforting, it is simply gloating!
However, this also made him see that Ronaldinho is indeed fine, at least not affected by the French football magazine, and the Brazilian seemed to be full of anger. When Chelsea welcomed Norwich at home, He played left and right and staged a hat-trick, leading Chelsea to a 5-0 rout of newly promoted Norwich.

Everyone is beginning to be a little numb to Chelsea's outstanding performance. They even feel that it is not a strange thing for Chelsea to win, and it is news if they do not win. On the contrary, Manchester United defeated Crystal Palace 5:2, which made people shine, while Arsenal. It was an away game that defeated Portsmouth 1-0 and continued to maintain a 9-point gap with Chelsea.

After the 18th round of the league, the league was temporarily suspended, and the 26th round continued on the 19th. However, Chelsea obviously cannot disband. The team will still gather for training, but the team must make arrangements for the festival.

"Casinos, castles, costume parties, bar parties, nightclubs"

When Ye Qiu looked at the report in his hand, which listed various options for the Christmas parties of the Premier League teams in the past, he was a little dumbfounded, because many of these options surprised him.

"Players are more war-weary during the Christmas period, so the general team has to take some necessary stimulation methods, but the choices are also different. For example, in 2002 Newcastle's Acuna was caught drunk driving by the police; in 01 West Ham United defender Dix was photographed urinating in public; Leicester's Wise and Savage had a public fight in 01; Carragher performed with a stripper in 98.."

Peter Kenyon has been in the Premier League for many years, and he knows all these interesting things very well. When he said it, not only he himself couldn't stop laughing, but also Ye Qiu couldn't help smiling, thinking that the Christmas party is also very important. It is indeed troublesome enough.

According to the arrangement, the teams still need to train before Christmas, and the team will participate in the league the day after Christmas. Therefore, under such circumstances, many teams choose not to have a holiday on Christmas and continue to train. Host something on Christmas Eve to let the players blow off steam.

Of course, there are also special ones. For example, Arsenal’s Christmas plans are rarely announced to the public. Last year Chelsea did not hold a Christmas event, so they still did not announce it to the public. It depends on the club’s own choice.

"What do you think?" Ye Qiu asked.

At present, Chelsea's momentum and state are very good, and we need to maintain this momentum and rush through the Christmas holiday in one fell swoop. If the team's state is affected due to the interruption of Christmas, then the Christmas schedule is likely to become Chelsea. nightmare.

When Ye Qiu decided to come to the Premier League, he watched many Premier League coaches talk about the Christmas schedule in the study room. Among them, Chelsea was stuck with the Christmas schedule almost every season in the past, and Manchester United had many Christmas schedules. There are precedents for initiating a reversal in the season, the most famous of which was the 1995 reversal when they were 10 points behind Newcastle.

"Team activities have certain advantages. According to the usual practice, it is usually a holiday in the morning, training in the afternoon, activities in the evening, and preparations for the game the next day. The advantage of this is to prevent players from making some actions that affect their status during Christmas, such as diet. .”

What Peter Kenyon said is also the worry of most Premier League coaches. Christmas can be said to be a gourmet paradise for every household. If a player is not self-controlled enough, one can’t control himself, eat more, or drink something. , If it affects the state, then the gain outweighs the loss.

But sometimes managing a team is like this, you can’t do it too tightly, because the players will feel a sense of suffocation, and there is some resistance in everyone’s personality. It is not a good thing to guard against players like thieves.

But it’s not okay to be too loose. After all, many people find it difficult to resist temptation, especially at home.

"It's better to be like this. We will still be in London for the next round. We simply invite the players and their families to a Christmas buffet dinner in Cobham. We save snacks on ingredients and drinks, and the players' families will pick them up in a unified way. Get them a room at the hotel near Stamford Bridge and organize all the Premier League games over Christmas."

Having family members and not being accompanied by family members are two different things, and the buffet is often held by Chelsea. Now everyone has some experience in doing it. Although the tricks are not new, it is better than going to bars or casinos, right?

Maybe seeing Peter Kenyon's dissatisfied expression, after all, this is a bit too common, Ye Qiu thought about it again, and said with a smile: "And I think we can take some activities, such as giving small gifts and drawing prizes .”

Ye Qiu clearly remembered that when he was working, there would be some lucky draw dinners every year. Whether it was the Mid-Autumn Festival cake or the lucky draw at the end of the year, the scene was so lively, and the key to the lucky draw was that your The gift can't be too shabby, it's shabby, the players obviously don't take it to heart, it's not fun.

"You want the club to vomit blood again!" Peter Kenyon shook his head and smiled wryly. Chelsea's financial situation is now in a serious deficit. He, the club's CEO, grimaces every day, just to settle those deficits.

Frankly speaking, Ye Qiu's spending money is actually not serious. He has always believed in a principle that he must spend the money that should be spent, and never spend the money that should not be spent, so his way of spending money is still very popular with Peter Kenyon. , It's just that the club is indeed in a serious deficit now, and if it wants to draw prizes and give gifts, it has to ask Abramovich to pay for it.

"Don't look for him. I'll pay for the lottery and gifts myself. In addition, the prizes have to be prepared. For the most expensive ones, you can get some sports cars, and then slide down gear by gear!" Ye Qiu suggested.

The car given in the lottery is just a car body. According to the current market price, a Mercedes-Benz sports car is only tens of thousands of euros. Ye Qiu thinks that this is a lot of money. If the lottery is a gift, it will cost 30 million at most. But it can not only buy the hearts of players, but also greatly boost the morale of the team.

There is a saying that is good, you can’t bear children, you can’t be a wolf, and if you spend a lot of money now, as long as the team performs well, Ye Qiu’s bonus will be more than a fraction. His bonus last season exceeded 1000 million Euro, really can't care about such trivial money.

After hearing this, Peter Kenyon thought about it, nodded and said, "You've already opened your mouth. I can't be stingy, and I'll pay a little too. But let's talk about it first. I'm not as rich as you. I'm in charge of the gifts. You are in charge of the lottery!"

For Ye Qiu, he still approves of it. Ye Qiu is quite generous. Almost most of the team dinners are prepared with his own money. This year's cost is quite a lot.

Of course, compared to Ye Qiu's astonishing salary, it's a drop in the bucket.

(End of this chapter)