() To be honest, Chelsea's current performance is good.
But it should be said that Chelsea's performance this season is not much better than last season. Compared with this time last season, Chelsea's league points are not much higher than last season. It is just a few points more.
But now Chelsea has such a clear advantage in the Premier League.
The biggest reason is that Manchester United and Liverpool have declined. They have no competitiveness in the league. From the beginning of the season, the Premier League has been a duel between Chelsea and Arsenal.
Two-person turn.
The duo between Chelsea and Arsenal was the same last season. But Arsenal's performance last season was too good. Although Chelsea's performance was also good, they simply couldn't keep up with Arsenal at that time.
But this season is different.
No one thought of it.
When Chelsea defeated Arsenal, Arsenal's state was suddenly so sluggish.
Six points in seven rounds.
Simply unbelievable.
This made Chelsea suddenly become the best.
Su Yun himself was also very surprised.
Although he thought that Arsenal's performance would decline, he did not expect that Arsenal would be so sluggish. Su Yun thought of Kenyon's words and suddenly felt that people like Kenyon were really arrogant.
Future development trends can be inferred from clues.
Chelsea played well in the Premier League, and Chelsea also broke through very easily in the Champions League.
On December 8, after playing the last game of the Champions League group stage, Chelsea flew halfway around the world to Japan in East Asia.
Because there is a game waiting for Chelsea in Japan.
Toyota Cup.
And this season’s Toyota Cup is the last Toyota Cup.
Because FIFA is now promoting the Club World Cup, which is the FIFA Club World Cup. There will be cup champions from all major states participating in the cup. This cup will replace the Toyota Cup that has been going on for 24 years.
The Toyota Cup is far more important than the European Super Cup.
Because the Toyota Cup is a competition between the Champions League champion and the Copa Libertadores champion.
Historically, there are two centers of world football.
One is Europe and the other is South America.
The world's football powers are in these two places.
Not only that, European football and South American football are completely different genres. The Toyota Cup is a competition between these two different genres.
In the past, South American teams and European teams were not convinced by each other. They were all competing for the position of the center of world football.
The Champions League championship is the highest honor for European clubs. The Copa Libertadores championship is also the highest honor for South American clubs. Therefore, there is a competition between the European boss and the South American boss to see which European club or South American club is better.
This is the Toyota Cup.
Since the start of the Toyota Cup, South American clubs have clearly taken advantage.
Those clubs that dominated Europe were losing ground against South American teams in the Toyota Cup. The South American teams in the 1980s were very strong, and many well-known stars emerged through the Toyota Cup.
Including Zico.
And Riquelme and Palermo in the late nineties.
They all became famous in one fell swoop thanks to the Toyota Cup.
However, this situation began to change dramatically after the mid-1990s. After the Bosman Act, the world's good players became increasingly concentrated, and they were all concentrated in several wealthy clubs.
Rich clubs are getting stronger and stronger.
Moreover, commercial football is a game of money. The European economy is becoming more and more developed, but South America is helpless against Europe. The idea of South American stars is very simple.
Become famous in South America, then go to Europe to make money.
This change is clearly shown in the Toyota Cup. In the Toyota Cup in the past ten years, European teams have an excellent record of eight wins and two losses, easily overwhelming the South American teams.
The current record of South American teams and European teams in the Toyota Cup is 12 wins each.
Evenly divided.
Of course, most of the South American teams performed very well at the beginning of the Toyota Cup, that is, in the 1980s. The European teams performed extremely well from the late 1990s to the 21st century.
This time Chelsea's opponent is not a traditional South American giant.
Speaking of South America's traditional giants, people must think of clubs like Boca, River Plate, Sao Paulo, and Santos. But Chelsea's opponent is not them, but a team from Colombia called Caldas.
Little fame.
There are no outstanding players among the players inside.
Even Caldas is not considered a wealthy team in Colombia. He has only won two top league championships in their country. It is such a team that won the Copa Libertadores.
It was quiet when they arrived in Japan.
Of course, even if they want to be high-profile, it's impossible. Because their reputation is too small, the Japanese audience will not buy their account.
It can even be said that even if giants like Boca and River Plate come to Japan, Japanese fans will not receive them warmly. The strong rise of European clubs means that the influence of money in football is growing.
The South American giants have less and less capital to compete with the strong European teams.
So when Caldas came to Chelsea, there were no Japanese fans at all. There were no reporters to welcome them.
But Chelsea is different.
Although Chelsea is not a traditional giant, its rise has been tremendous in the past few seasons. There are currently many famous stars in the Chelsea team.
Therefore, when Chelsea appeared at Japan's Yokohama Airport, everyone could appreciate the madness of Japan's fans.
"Jack! Jack! Jack!"
Su Yun took a cursory look.
More than 6,000 fans came to Yokohama Airport today.
not simple.
Nearly half of those crazy fans were female fans. They all held up pictures of Williams and kept chanting "Jack".
The entire Chelsea players combined are not as popular as Williams.
Very unexpected.
Williams' popularity in Japan is overwhelming.
Other stars such as Joaquin, Rosicky, Lampard, Terry, Eto'o, Robben, Ashley Cole and so on together are not as good as Williams alone.
Su Yun and Clark looked at each other and smiled.
This time Su Yun did not walk in front. The person walking in the front was Terry.
Su Yun and Clark were at the back.
"Steph, have you seen that? No matter where we go, this handsome guy and beautiful woman are always the most popular. Look at Jack's popularity."
The other players were very nice.
I saw Japanese fans picking me up at the airport and waved happily.
But Williams is different.
There was not even a smile on Ku Ku's face. He just kept his head down and dragged his suitcase. However, Japanese fans did not blame Williams for his bad attitude. Instead, they thought it was a kind of Ku Ku's charm.
Hence the constant cheering of Williams' name.
Clark also smiled.
"If Jack is packaged like Beckham, he shouldn't be weaker than him."
"certainly."
Su Yun agreed with Clark.
Williams is definitely in line with the fans' appetite and meets the requirements of those advertisements. With his handsome face, blond hair, and cool appearance, coupled with his dominance on the court, it can be said that he fully possesses the characteristics of an idol player.
qualifications.
It's a pity that Williams doesn't like to appear in front of the media very much except playing football.
I also don't like all kinds of commercial activities.
He is very popular with those big brands, but he has no interest in them. The few advertisements he shot were only after listening to Su Yun's advice.
When Chelsea just walked out of the airport, Su Yun was stunned by the number of reporters.
Even after the Champions League final, Su Yun had never seen so many reporters.
Piece by piece.
Su Yun took a cursory look and found that in addition to the European reporters who came to Japan with Chelsea, there were also South American reporters who came to Japan with Caldas, as well as reporters from Japan, South Korea, and China.
Many, many.
Asian journalists account for more than two-thirds.
Among Asian journalists, Chinese journalists account for about half of the number of Asian journalists.
When Milan came to Japan last year, there were not that many reporters.
But the arrival of Chelsea has aroused the attention of the Asian media.
"Coach Su Yun, if you win the Toyota Cup, you will be the club's head coach in the Grand Slam. What are your thoughts on the Grand Slam?"
Su Yun has been in England for almost ten seasons.
As long as he wins the Toyota Cup, Su Yun will be a real Grand Slam in his club coaching career. In the Premier League, Su Yun has already won the Premier League Championship, FA Cup Championship, League Cup Championship, and Community Shield Cup.
champion.
In the European arena, Su Yun also won the Champions League, UEFA Cup, and European Super Cup.
Only the Toyota Cup champion remains in the international arena.
As long as Su Yun wins the Toyota Cup championship, then Su Yun will be a veritable Grand Slam coach.
Su Yun smiled slightly and said: "I believe that every coach likes the word Grand Slam. I am no exception. I hope to win the Grand Slam."
"Coach Su Yun, do you know anything about the Caldas team?"
A Japanese reporter asked Su Yun.
Su Yun shook his head and said: "To be honest, I don't know much about Caldas. I hardly know their history, their composition of players, their playing style, etc."
After a pause, Su Yun continued: "If it hadn't been for this Toyota Cup, I would have never heard of the name Caldas."
Many European reporters smiled bitterly.
As the results improved, Su Yun, the head coach, became more and more arrogant.
Of course, reporters who have a good relationship with Su Yun think it's confidence. But reporters who have a bad relationship with Su Yun think it's arrogance. Those people think it's a trait of the nouveau riche.
Su Yun also saw the reactions of some reporters.
So Su Yun immediately explained: "I'm not looking down on Caldas. I just mean that I haven't heard of their club. The main reason is that I am ignorant, not that Caldas is too famous."
Su Yun explained.
But the more he explained, the angrier it made Caldas' head coach and players.
