The Godfather of Football

The godfather of championships leads the Blues to immortality!

The great Chelsea has reached the top of the Premier League, and the Lions are ambitious and vow to win the Champions League!

The phenomenal coach made an astonishing statement, we are stronger than AC Milan back then!

Ye Qiu: The Premier League is just the beginning, let us plant the Blue Lion flag on top of Europe!

The headlines of the major newspapers in the UK the next day were undoubtedly reporting on Chelsea's undefeated record and successful victory of the Premier League championship. Although everyone was mentally prepared for this, many people even thought that, If they had not insisted on a two-front battle, Chelsea would have won the championship earlier, but they are still excited about this matter.

In the words of Times columnist Martin Samuel, “All fans who truly love football should be proud of being able to experience such a season in their lifetime, not just for Chelsea’s undefeated championship. , but also because Arsenal also ended the season with an unbeaten record, but ultimately failed to win the championship.”

"This is an epic season. You know, in the history of English football, before this season, only one team had an unbeaten record, and that was in the 1888/1889 season, which was the English Football League. In the first season, it was a league composed of 12 teams that, in today's eyes, have a very low level of professionalism. Princeton won the league championship with an undefeated record that season and won the FA Cup, achieving a double victory. Crown King.”

"After 115 years, English football once again had an unbeaten record in a season. What shocked everyone was that two teams had an unbeaten record at the same time this season. This is enough for this country to have an unbeaten record. The season became one of the most legendary in English football history."

"For Chelsea to finish the season undefeated and successfully reach the Champions League final, anyone will find it difficult to use effective adjectives to describe this team with almost no shortcomings, because even as a It is difficult for opponents to find shortcomings in this team, so Ferguson said that only natural disasters and major accidents can stop Chelsea!"

"I still remember that when answering reporters' questions before the game, Ye Qiu refused to call the team immortal. He thought that such an adjective was a bit too much. He even felt that the team was not invincible. But in fact, it is not difficult for us to find out. , Whether it is professionals, newspaper reporters, or fans, they will not be stingy in their praise of Chelsea.”

"When I asked some senior journalist friends who have been in the industry for many years how they evaluated Ye Qiu's first season at Chelsea and in the Premier League, they all thought about it for a long time and finally said unanimously that it is difficult to describe it in simple words. , and they ended up using a lot of different words to express themselves.”

"Disruptor, Challenger, God, Immortal, Invincible..."

Not only in The Times, but also in the Daily Telegraph, well-known columnist Gill also spoke highly of Ye Qiu, who led Chelsea to the Premier League throne, in his column. He said, "While writing this article, I went to After flipping through the [Oxford Dictionary], I found that it defined the word phenomenon as an unusual or unexplainable fact. So in the end, I found that I could not use phenomenon to describe Ye Qiu, because it was not enough to prove his greatness. !”

The Guardian also wrote an evaluation on its front page of Chelsea and Arsenal, two teams that have also remained unbeaten this season, including some spicy comments.

"Many people regret Arsenal's unbeaten record but ultimately missed the championship. They think Chelsea is more lucky. But in fact, if you analyze it carefully, it is not difficult to find that Chelsea winning the championship is truly fair."

"Arsenal's unbeaten record this season is mainly reflected in the league. Their performance in cup competitions is not satisfactory. For example, in the Champions League, they lost twice to Chelsea, and later also lost to Chelsea in the FA Cup. After losing to Manchester United, the Red Devils finally won the FA Cup, which is enough to prove that Arsenal's absolute strength is not as strong as the outside world imagined. "

"Looking at the schedule, many people feel that Arsenal's schedule is more difficult because they have concentrated games against strong teams. The most famous one is the devil's schedule, but all professionals in football know that the so-called devil's schedule It is not as scary as the outside world imagines, because the schedule is concentrated, which helps the coaching staff to adjust the players' condition well, concentrate on playing a certain period of games, and then pay attention to maintaining physical exertion when playing against weak teams. "

"In other words, the schedule is always just a part, with good and bad points. Chelsea's schedule against strong teams is relatively scattered. There are advantages, but the disadvantages are also obvious, because it requires very strict conditions for the team's status. Ye Qiu has to be there at any time. Keep the team in a stable state every month, otherwise, we will suffer a lot when encountering the strong team Chelsea."

"Every factor has two sides. It is completely untenable to judge who is greater between Chelsea and Arsenal based on the schedule. But one thing is very obvious. Chelsea has reached the Champions League final and has the possibility of winning the championship. Very big, but Arsenal is empty-handed, which speaks volumes!”

But as a rigorous newspaper, the Guardian did not easily attach a lot of praise titles such as so-called immortality to Ye Qiu and Chelsea like other newspapers. They believe that if a team is to be defined as immortal, , then this team must win at least one consecutive league championship and win the European Champions Cup!

Oliver of the Observer also believes in his column that Chelsea are still some distance away from immortality.

"I noticed that some newspapers simply defined what Ye Qiu said as Ye Qiu saying that Chelsea is more powerful than AC Milan. This is inappropriate because I was present when Ye Qiu said it. What he meant was, AC Milan's unbeaten record in Serie A is an extraordinary feat that he personally admires, but he believes Chelsea can do even better."

"From the beginning to the end, Ye Qiu did not want the outside world to label Chelsea in various ways. He refused to accept the so-called titles of immortality and invincibility. He felt that Chelsea still had a long way to go, and there was still a long way to go. The potential can be tapped.”

"If the reborn Blue Lions had a fantastic start after winning the championship with an undefeated record, then Ye Qiu's calmness and rationality after winning the championship undefeated have made people think about Chelsea's future. Full of expectations, maybe the current Chelsea is not immortal, but I don’t know the future Chelsea!”

While the media was hyping Ye Qiu and Chelsea, the Premier League also announced this season's best lineup.

The goalkeeper is Chelsea's Edwin van der Sar. The Blues' only 14 goals conceded this season shocked everyone. Van der Sar's performance also won everyone's recognition and was hailed as the most stable player in the Premier League this season. goalkeeper.

There is no doubt that the central defender combination of Van der Sar, Terry and Cannavaro has entered the Premier League season's best. These three players are the core of Chelsea's defense that can win the championship undefeated, and Ashley Cole He beat Evra to get the best left back of the season award, and Gary Neville also beat Maicon and was promoted to the best team of the season.

In the midfield, Davis, Vieira, Lampard and Gerrard all got seats in the best team of the season, although many people regretted and found it puzzling that Makelele and Deco were not shortlisted. After all, The performance of these two players was also very outstanding and stable. After winning the championship, Ye Qiu spoke highly of Makelele and Deco.

On the front line is the combination of Henry and Ronaldinho. Although Shearer performed well and Ruud van Nistelrooy also performed well, Henry, as the Premier League's top scorer and one of the legendary scorers with 30 goals in the season, and this season as Ronaldinho, the core of Chelsea's attack, is undisputed for both of them to enter the best team of the season.

Because the team won the Premier League championship and accounted for half of the best team of the season, Ye Qiu naturally received the award of the best coach of the season selected by the Premier League. This is also an affirmation of his outstanding performance in the past season.

In addition, major newspapers such as The Sun and the Daily Mail also reported on what happened before and after Chelsea won the championship. Two things attracted a lot of attention. One was that Ye Qiu did not appear on the team parade bus. Instead, the football team Team owner Abramovich celebrated with the players on the bus.

Another protagonist is Ye Qiu. After the team won the League Championship Gold Cup, all the Chelsea players hugged Ye Qiu tightly, and some staff claimed that in the locker room, Ye Qiu was crazy about Chelsea. Fans showered him with champagne, and he missed the team's parade.

However, as compensation, during the parade and celebration, many Chelsea fans held up Ye Qiu's head and photos, and some fans wrote Ye Qiu's name in broken Chinese and raised it above their heads in celebration. All of this shows Ye Qiu's status in the hearts of Chelsea fans.

Peter Kenyon has the habit of reading the newspaper while eating breakfast every morning, but this morning, he only read the newspaper without eating breakfast. In the end, he was in a daze at the cover of the Sun. On the cover, Ye Qiu raised his hands. , celebrating the arrival of the team’s championship moment, and the title is Immortal!

In the same scene, Abramovich opened his arms in the stands, flamboyantly welcoming the moment of winning the championship, as if he was about to embrace the championship gold cup, but he only appeared in a small and inconspicuous corner of the sports page. The gap in treatment between them can be said to be worlds apart.

Just when Peter Kenyon was lost in thought, the cell phone placed on the table rang at an inappropriate time. The bald man looked at the screen of the cell phone and saw that it was Ye Qiu. This made him pause for a moment with his half-stretched hand. But I finally took it.

"Peter!" Ye Qiu's tone on the phone was not very friendly, a bit stiff, giving the impression that after being drunk last night, he woke up this morning with a dry mouth and anger, "I want to know, what else is there? What’s something I don’t know?”

This question came out of nowhere, and Peter Kenyon was stunned for a moment. Then he immediately realized what Ye Qiu was talking about, so he was very embarrassed, "I only found out about this yesterday!"

"Really?" Ye Qiu's tone on the phone was full of doubt.

"I don't think I need to lie to you, right?" Peter Kenyon was also angry. To be honest, he himself felt uncomfortable about this matter. What else could be more important than such an important transfer? , as the chief CEO of the club, how embarrassing is it to be kept in the dark?

"Then tell me, how far has it progressed?" Ye Qiu finally believed what Peter Kenyon said.

In fact, after a year of getting along, Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon both found that they had a lot in common about Chelsea's development direction, that is, they both hoped that Chelsea could embark on a healthy development path, rather than always relying on Abramovich's blood transfusion.

And Peter Kenyon himself was very clear that continuing to poach European giants would only gradually force Chelsea into a more embarrassing situation in the end. The influence of those giants is definitely not just measured by money.

Imagine if there were no giants such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus in the Champions League, what would happen? Don't say it's impossible. When things really develop to a certain extent, everything is possible!

"I don't know the specific progress, but I received news that Shevchenko is willing to join Chelsea, but he will not intervene in the transfer negotiations. AC Milan currently wants to keep the Ukrainian, so they refuse to negotiate with us, even though our transfer offer has been raised to 70 million euros."

"What?" Ye Qiu on the other end of the phone was obviously a little surprised, "70 million? Is he crazy?"

He obviously refers to Abramovich here. This is the first time Ye Qiu has said this about his boss in front of others.

As a person with professional ethics, Ye Qiu never comments on his boss in front of others, and never speaks ill of Abramovich. At most, he mentioned his concerns to Eliza, but this time, he was obviously angry.

Zidane's transfer record is 73.5 million euros, which is the highest price in the world even now, especially in the past few years, the transfer market is sluggish, and major clubs are tightening their money. No one will spend such money, and as long as this sum of money is taken out, Ye Qiu can be sure that anyone can buy it.

AC Milan's refusal was actually because Chelsea might have just conveyed its intentions through an intermediary, such as asking Pini Zahavi to test, without really offering a sincere chip. Otherwise, if they offered 70 million euros, Shevchenko would have announced the transfer the next day, needless to say.

Peter Kenyon was obviously embarrassed on the phone. He only learned about this yesterday afternoon.

"By the way, who told you about this?"

"Pini Zahavi!" Ye Qiu said angrily.

"Damn vampire!" Peter Kenyon cursed immediately. Of course he thought that this was deliberately used by the Israelis to attack Ye Qiu. In fact, he had long seen Pini Zahavi's attitude towards Ye Qiu, but Abramovich believed in the Israelis and was open-hearted.

Ye Qiu on the other end of the phone was obviously trying to calm down. He got angry early in the morning. You can imagine how bad his mood was.

"Peter, I don't want this to be spread. You must block all news immediately!" Ye Qiu said.

Peter Kenyon was still sure about this, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

"In addition, tell him that I don't want Shevchenko, Nedved, Gerrard, or Ballack, but Drogba, and Davis must stay with me. The power of transfer is in my hands, and I have the final say on who goes and who stays. If he wants to intervene, that's fine, we don't have to talk about renewal!"

Ye Qiu's clear statement has actually blocked all the back roads, that is, if they come, he will leave.

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Peter Kenyon also fell into a dilemma.

He is not stupid, he can certainly see that Abramovich is regretting, regretting giving all the power to Ye Qiu.

To be honest, if Chelsea's performance is not so good now, and the limelight is not so big, things will be easier to solve. But now Chelsea has won the championship undefeated and has a chance to reach the Champions League final. Ye Qiu's reputation has soared. Not only Chelsea, but even the entire English football world almost worships him as a god.

In this situation, Abramovich regretted it. He felt that he was the owner of Chelsea, not Ye Qiu. If the team performed well, stood out, attracted attention, and the person whose reputation rose should be him, not Ye Qiu.

Of course, the cunning Pini Zahavi must have been behind this, but Abramovich's mentality was indeed like this. He was a very possessive and controlling person, and he would not allow Ye Qiu to step on him.

If Peter Kenyon knew Chinese, he should have sighed at this time, it is easy to share adversity, but it is difficult to share wealth.

"What's the matter?" His wife was sitting opposite him. She had seen him staring at the newspaper before, and now she was talking to someone on the phone about this. After that, she looked sad again, which was a bit strange.

"Nothing, just some things I can't make up my mind about." Peter Kenyon said in a dilemma.

Chelsea's original power structure was a troika. Chairman Booker was an extension of Abramovich, but Booker was a lawyer. He became chairman a year ago after helping Abramovich to make a deal. He didn't know much about the football business, and Abramovich himself was not very familiar with football. Therefore, in fact, the greatest core power of Chelsea lies in Peter Kenyon and Ye Qiu, the former is responsible for operations and the latter is responsible for competitions.

But now, Abramovich obviously wants to change this situation. There was news that he went to the Netherlands to meet with Eindhoven General Manager Frank Arnesen, who is famous for his scout network and youth training system, but is most famous for his feud with Ye Qiu in the Dutch football world.

Abramovich has reached into Ye Qiu's power. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last time. I believe he will reach into his power sooner or later. Ye Qiu dared to resist by renewing his contract and resigning. What about himself?