This is the title among the major sports media in China. Baidu search: read novels. As long as it is a sports media, this title is used as the main page.
It is also the first title to appear in the history of Chinese sports media.
What is Chinese Derby?
This is the headline used by Chinese media when reporting on the League Cup semi-finals.
How did the title appear?
The draw for the League Cup semi-finals is between Birmingham and Ipswich and Chelsea and Crystal Palace.
Chelsea's head coach is Su Yun, and Crystal Palace has Fan Zhiyi, an absolute big shot in Chinese football. Moreover, Fan Zhiyi's performance in Crystal Palace is extremely outstanding, and he has become the captain of Crystal Palace.
This is very remarkable.
In the current European football world, Asian players are not doing well. Iranian players are considered to be the best. But only in German football.
There are not many Asian players who are doing well in British football.
British football is very conservative and exclusive.
It can even be said to be very arrogant.
They look down on Asian players. Whether they are players from South Korea and Saudi Arabia, the traditional strong players in Asia, or players from Japan and Iran, the current strong Asian teams. In the eyes of British football people, they are completely a group of players from the football desert.
This kind of discrimination has penetrated into the bones of these British football people.
Su Yun has been in British football for six years and he understands this deeply. Now that Su Yun has reached this position, there are still many famous players in British football who look down on Su Yun and reject Su Yun.
With the same results, they will tolerate their local coaches.
But coaches like Su Yun will be much more demanding.
The same goes for players.
They are very protective of their own players. Even if they have some shortcomings, they will tolerate them and even encourage them. Of course they will praise them more. But they will treat players from other countries very harshly.
This is conservative British football.
In this environment, it is an amazing achievement for Fan Zhiyi to become the captain of Crystal Palace.
But there are some pity.
Crystal Palace is a League One club, and there are not many local TV stations in China that broadcast the Premier League. There are no TV stations that broadcast League One games at all.
Otherwise, given Fan Zhiyi’s appeal in Chinese football, maybe Fan Zhiyi now can represent Chinese football better.
After all, Su Yun is just a head coach.
And Fan Zhiyi is a real big shot in Chinese football. What a pity.
Crystal Palace is not simple.
A League One club actually made it to the semi-finals of the League Cup.
Chinese fans are very happy.
Being able to see a Chinese derby from afar. See the battle between China's best coach and China's best players. Su Yun is a star praised by the media. So how many years has Fan Zhiyi been a big shot in Chinese football?
The Chinese media is already in a state of turmoil.
The English side is very quiet. The game between Chelsea and Crystal Palace? What's interesting in this.
If there is only one thing to watch.
That is, both clubs belong to London and are both South London teams. According to traditional terms, they also belong to the South London Derby. Because there are too many teams in London, there is no London Derby. They are all South London Derbys.
, North London derby, North and South London derby, East London derby, etc.
In terms of region, Chelsea and Crystal Palace can also be regarded as the South London Derby.
But when it comes to derby, it’s still hard to say. There is not much hatred between the two clubs. One is a strong team in the Premier League, and the other has always been in the English League. Even in history, the two clubs have not had any conflicts. It is really a derby.
Difficult to establish.
It can be said that the two clubs have very few opportunities to meet.
Not to mention any hatred.
And the gap between the two teams is really too big.
There is almost no suspense.
Therefore, the London media are very quiet. Although it is the League Cup semi-finals, the media's views are unanimous. Chelsea will beat Crystal Palace without any suspense.
In addition, Su Yun is a very restrained coach and rarely provokes his opponents before the game. Crystal Palace is not qualified to provoke Chelsea. Chelsea did not say anything and they will not take the initiative to provoke. Therefore, there is no news material.
Very quiet.
But the Chinese media here are fully mobilized.
A large number of reporters poured into Britain.
In the past, there were very few sports media reporters coming abroad. Not only were the procedures cumbersome, but the fees were also high. TV stations were okay, but newspapers could hardly afford such fees. But with the rise of European football in China, Their influence is growing, and it should be said that the circulation of these newspapers is also increasing year by year. They already have abundant capital, so many media already have dedicated reporters stationed abroad.
This so-called "Chinese Derby" attracted a large number of Chinese reporters.
Not just sports reporters.
The influence of football was reflected at this time. Even many non-sports media began to report on this grand occasion.
Chinese Derby.
What a nice title.
Bates is a businessman. Very happy.
Even the Premier League is very happy. The Premier League has been committed to developing the Far East market over the years. China is also a very important development target. But the Chinese market is not so easy to swallow.
Because Serie A took the best situation early.
But they didn't give up at all.
Now the influence brought by Su Yun is growing. The Premier League is optimistic about its success. If it can rely on Su Yun to open up the Chinese market, it will be a great thing.
Before the game, Su Yun was interviewed by many reporters.
Su Yun is very friendly to these reporters from his hometown. He answers almost all questions and does not want to leave a bad impression on them. "Fan Zhiyi? I am relatively familiar with him. I think he is really extraordinary and amazing." .With his own strength and hard work, he became the captain of Crystal Palace. A Chinese player became the captain of a European club. This is a very remarkable achievement. We should all appreciate Fan Zhiyi."
Su Yun spoke highly of Fan Zhiyi.
From the heart.
Only people like Su Yun who have played in the British football world will understand how difficult it is for Fan Zhiyi.
"I think Fan Zhiyi has given Chinese players a very good example. Chinese players should have Fan Zhiyi's perseverance and courage. They should not stay in the Chinese league, but should come to Europe to have a look. If they cannot play in the mainstream European leagues If we have a foothold, we can also play in some second-rate leagues. With the strength of Chinese players, if we are willing to take the first step, then the French Ligue 1 and the Eredivisie are very good stages."
Su Yun emphasizes this point every time he talks to Chinese reporters.
"You can even play in the English League One like Fan Zhiyi. Now Fan Zhiyi has many Premier League teams interested, and he has done this step by step. I really hope that Chinese players can learn from Fan Zhiyi."
Fan Zhiyi has indeed attracted the attention of many Premier League clubs.
His performance in English League One was outstanding.
At this time, Su Yun wished he was the chairman of the Football Association.
"Clubs should support players to come to the European League. And the Football Association should support these clubs. Some preferential conditions should be given to clubs that support players to study abroad."
Those reporters wrote about Su Yun's views.
Unlike before, with Su Yun's influence now, any opinions he expressed were enough for their newspaper to write about.
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The Chinese Derby is about to start.
January 10th, Selhurst Park.
In London in January, the weather is relatively cold, and it is really unbearable for Su Yun. This is already the tenth day since the beginning of the new year. But Su Yun has not seen the sun even one day in these ten days.
It has been raining heavily since morning today.
Although it rains a lot in London, it doesn't rain heavily.
But today was uncharacteristically raining heavily since the morning.
Cold and rainy.
It's really disgusting weather.
Sun, sun.
Su Yun went crazy after not seeing the sun for half a month. Suddenly, Su Yun missed Sunderland a little. The weather in Sunderland was not very good either. But compared to January here in London, it was almost impossible to see the sun.
Compared to not being in the sun, it is really much better.
London.
Fucking garbage weather.
Even if there's no sun, it's okay for you to have snow. It's actually raining, so Su Yun really doesn't know what to say.
The drainage system of Crystal Palace's stadium is terrible.
The Selhurst Park stadium has been under construction for 70 years. Although it has undergone repairs in the meantime, it is still very old. It is even more dilapidated than the century-old Stamford Bridge stadium, and the drainage system is really old.
Coupled with the heavy rain, the course was completely muddy.
Chelsea has urgently discussed with the Football Association and hopes to change the game time.
But the answer was cold.
This little bit of rain will not affect the game.
This made Su Yun very angry.
When he entered the stadium, Su Yun felt cold. Although he was already wearing a thick coat, the biting cold weather still made Su Yun uncomfortable.
Looking at the muddy stadium again, Su Yun's mood became even worse.
"Coach Su, hello."
Before the game, Su Yun and Fan Zhiyi greeted each other.
Different from players from other countries.
There are really too few Chinese players playing in foreign countries. In the current British football world, there are only two Chinese players, Su Yun and Fan Zhiyi, and they only met with great difficulty.
"Hello."
Since the game was about to begin, the two simply said hello.
The game is about to start.
Looking at the rain that showed no signs of stopping, Su Yun shook his head.
Seeing the muddy pitch, Su Yun frowned even more. Because of the annoying heavy rain, Su Yun put Zola on the bench. The pitch was so bad, Su Yun was really afraid that Zola would be on such a turf.
Will be injured.
Down, down.
Am I really afraid of a stadium like this?
"Players from both sides have already entered the pitch. Chelsea, except for Zola who did not play, are all in the main lineup. Coach Su Yun does not seem to be relaxing just because the opponent is a League One team. The League Cup champion Su Yun can be determined
The coach is destined to win." (To be continued...)
