Chapter 330 Heavy rain and vegetable fields can stop Chelsea
Pan Yi still knew something about Jason McGill when he was a fan in his previous life.
Mainly after watching the video of the FM anchor, and then after playing York City in the game, I gradually became curious about the owner and chairman of the team, and went to check his information.
Jason McGill can be said to be a die-hard York City fan.
In the early days when he was not a member of the club, he donated US dollars to the club when it was facing financial difficulties.
In 2003, after the Supporters Trust completed the takeover of the club, he joined York City as a director.
Later, his company invested a large sum of money in the club, and in exchange for a majority stake, he became the owner of York City in the 2008-2009 season.
It was under his leadership that York City was able to get rid of the fifth tier league and return to the English second league.
But the fourth level and the fifth level seem to be only one level apart, but in fact there is a big difference.
Because this is the dividing line between amateur and professional clubs!
The competition between teams has become more intense, and the club's operating costs have also risen sharply, which makes Jason McGill also feel the pressure.
In fact, in the real timeline, York City's outstanding performance in these two seasons is just a flash in the pan.
Without sufficient financial support, they will be at the bottom of English League Two next season and eventually return to the fifth tier.
And this is not over yet.
The next season, that is, the 2016-2017 season, York City was relegated again from the fifth-level National League and fell into the sixth-level North-South League.
Completed two consecutive drops in two years!
After that, they stayed in the North-South League for a few years, and it was not until the 2021-2022 season that they returned to the National League, which is the fifth level.
No matter how York rises and falls in these leagues, Jason McGill has always been the owner of the team and has never thought of selling it.
It’s definitely true love!
At this time, he came to Pan Yi. It was obvious that he had sensed the upcoming crisis in the future and wanted to find a strong support.
But why Pan Yi?
First of all, of course, it’s because he has money.
The valuation of a League Two team is basically a few million euros. Except for those who are extremely rich or extremely poor, the price is pretty much the same.
As the most valuable football coach in the world, Pan Yi spent one or two million to invest in individual stocks, or even buy them out directly, which is definitely not a big problem.
But there are many people in the world who can afford one or two million, so why is it still Pan Yi?
Mainly because he is the most awesome head coach in the world right now!
Of course Jason McGill would not expect that Pan Yi would personally come to York City to coach, but as long as Pan Yi can provide guidance as a shareholder or owner, the entire York City team will benefit a lot.
In addition, Pan Yi has always been famous for discovering and cultivating young talents. If he can help the team get some little monsters or even just rent some kids from Pan Yi's team who can't play football, York City will also
Just sent it.
Finally, and the most important point is that Jason McGill has been observing Pan Yi for a while, and he feels that this young coach of Long Country truly loves football.
Of course, Jason McGill has contacted some buyers before, but most of them just regard the club as a money-making tool.
Even if some owners don't want to make money directly from the club itself, they still want to use the club to expand the local influence of their products, and even obtain some regional protection policies.
I turned a corner and finally wanted to make money.
As a die-hard York City fan, Jason McGill naturally does not want the team to fall into the hands of such a person.
If this really happens, often after the value of the club is drained out in a few years, York City will be changed hands again, and then changed hands again, and in the end we don’t know what it will become.
Therefore, Jason McGill feels that if a professional coach like Pan Yi, who loves football, buys York City, he will treat the club like his own child and will not think about how to suck blood all day long
- Just as Jason McGill is doing to the club now.
Of course, there are many excellent head coaches who love football in this world, and Jason McGill cannot possibly contact them all.
Didn't it just happen that York City drew Chelsea in the League Cup? Taking advantage of Chelsea's visit here, he asked Pan Yi to have a chat.
"How? Mr. Pan Yi? What do you think of my proposal?" After Jason McGill told Pan Yi his thoughts, he looked at the young man in front of him with a smile:
"You can choose to buy it with full capital and then ask me, an old man, to continue to help you manage your daily affairs. You can also buy a part of the stock to become the major shareholder and become the owner of York City."
Although today is just the first time he meets the most expensive coach in the world, Jason McGill always feels a little friendly.
Perhaps, this is a mysterious connection between people who love football?
"This..." Pan Yi hesitated.
Of course Pan Yi had thought about buying a club and becoming his own boss.
Otherwise, why would he be hoarding so many Bitcoins?
Of course it’s better to be a boss than to be a worker all the time!
In this way, whether you are buying or selling players or hoarding monsters, you can make money by yourself. Wouldn’t it be wonderful?
But the timing seems a little wrong now, it's a little too early.
I haven’t really won enough honors at Chelsea to truly dominate the world!
Also, York City is only a League Two team. Is this starting point too low?
In addition, the overall level of the venue, training facilities, youth training facilities, including the staff of the club is relatively low.
It's a bit like joining a small club when playing FM games. If you want to become bigger and stronger, you need to start gradually updating and transforming all aspects.
Perhaps the biggest advantage is...it's cheap.
Let alone one or two million, even if it is five million or ten million, Pan Yi can afford it now.
But if it is a Premier League team, with a valuation of hundreds of millions or one billion, it is still relatively difficult for Pan Yi.
After all, the price of Bitcoin will not grow explosively until 2017, and then he will only be able to get a few hundred million euros.
Therefore, Pan Yi mostly wants to build a team in English League One or English Championship, and then slowly build it up. This will also give a sense of accomplishment!
But in short, Pan Yi has really not seriously thought about acquiring the club. He is still fully committed to Chelsea's schedule.
So when Jason McGill suddenly asked this question, Pan Yi was of course a little unable to come back.
"It won't delay your work." Jason McGill smiled again, "As long as you buy a share, you can be the boss. As long as you don't dislike that we are just a English second team..."
Jason McGill just wants to hug Pan Yi’s thigh tightly now!
In fact, his requirements are not high. As long as York City can maintain its status quo and stay in League Two.
After all, they have been playing in the fifth tier league for a long time, so being able to stay in the second tier is a big improvement!
"I think you are playing well. Look, you have beaten my Premier League team." Pan Yi pointed to the York City players and fans who were reveling in the venue.
Looking at these extremely excited people, Pan Yi even had the illusion that his loss today was still quite... worth it?
After all, if Chelsea wins a League Cup, neither the club nor the fans will think it is a big deal.
But if York City wins, it will be different.
It feels like winning the Champions League and the whole city is excited!
"Ahem, you and I both know that today's game... is quite unexpected." Jason McGill said a little embarrassed, "I know that our venue is too old, too old, and the drainage system has always been problematic. .But it is true that there has never been enough funds to renovate or even build a new stadium..."
He also knew in his heart that with today's venue conditions, even if the World All-Star Team, Messi and Ronaldo were present together, it wouldn't be easy!
It's completely a game of luck, and even a team like them that relies on their body to hit the top will have an advantage.
Chelsea already played very well. They still maintained patience and tenacity when falling behind in such a harsh environment, and finally equalized the score before the end.
"Let's leave our contact information and I'll think about it when I get back." Pan Yi smiled and said to Jason McGill, "You can't let me come here to play a game and then suddenly buy a piece of furniture. Is the club back?"
"I'm sure, of course I'm not asking you to make a decision on the spot." Jason McGill couldn't help but beam with joy when he saw the drama, "If you have an idea, you can contact me immediately and we will discuss specific matters!"
"Okay, that's it. Thank you for your love for me. Goodbye. I have to teach my little bastards a lesson!" Pan Yi rushed to Jason McGill and walked to the player tunnel.
He really needs time to think about it.
There’s no rush anyway.
At least York City won't be relegated until next season...
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This fourth round of the League Cup against York City is the last game in October.
After the game, the Premier League officially awarded the best players in October.
Not surprisingly, Pan Yi once again won the title of Coach of the Month.
Although Southampton's head coach Ronald Koeman also performed very well, such as a masterpiece such as an 8-0 victory over Sunderland, he is still a little worse than Pan Yi.
In the Premier League match in October, Chelsea continued to maintain a complete victory record against strong teams such as Arsenal and Manchester United. This is his capital to win the award.
The value of winning against a strong team is naturally different from scoring points against a weak team!
Although some people use Chelsea's failure in the League Cup as an issue, the Premier League is the Premier League and the League Cup is the League Cup. These are two different things;
Secondly, as long as anyone has watched that League Cup game, they will know why Chelsea lost.
Even if the King of Heaven comes, I may not win!
After receiving the Best Coach of the Month in October, Pan Yi also became the first head coach in the history of the Premier League to achieve three consecutive Best Coaches of the Month.
At the same time, he is also the coach who has won the most Coach of the Month awards in his first season in the Premier League!
Such achievements naturally aroused the praise of the entire Premier League and even the media around the world.
The best player this month does not belong to Hazard.
But the best player still comes from Chelsea.
This time it’s Lukaku!
The Belgian heavy tank first scored a hat-trick against Arsenal in October, then passed and scored against Crystal Palace, and scored twice against Manchester United.
Such a hot state also allowed him to overpower Hazard, Pelai and others, and finally won the best of the month!
When receiving the award, Lukaku also dedicated the award to Pan Yi.
"Under the guidance of the boss, I really understood how to play as a center. I am really grateful to him. Without him, there would be no best player of the month for me!"
After Pan Yi and Lukaku both won the Player of the Month award, Chelsea sat at home and faced the challenge of Queens Park Rangers.
Although this team, generally referred to as "qpr", also has famous players like Wright Phillips, its overall strength is still lackluster.
On a silky surface like Stamford Bridge, Chelsea gave full play to its advantages in ball control and coordination, and defeated its opponent 3:0.
Lukaku once again played bravely and scored two goals in a row, and the third goal was scored by Matic's long shot.
As a result, Chelsea also completed its tenth consecutive victory in the Premier League, breaking the original record of nine consecutive victories!
It's just that the media didn't do much publicity about this, because many people now believe that this record is far from the end of the current Chelsea team...
And everyone’s focus in this round of competition is more on the world-famous Manchester Derby.
Manchester City faced the challenge of Manchester United at its home stadium, the Intihad Stadium, and the final result was reasonable.
With Aguero scoring the only goal of the game in the 63rd minute, Manchester City defeated Manchester United 1:0.
Although Aguero is in excellent condition, he is still a little worse than Chelsea's Lukaku.
After ten rounds of the Premier League, Lukaku is the top scorer with 11 goals!
Behind him are some famous players. In addition to Aguero, there are also Harry Kane, Sanchez, Giroud...and of course Hazard.
This would have been unimaginable a season ago.
You know, Lukaku, who was on loan at Everton at the time, was already performing very well, but at the end of the season he only scored 15 goals, ranking ninth in the entire scorer list.
But now, after only ten rounds, Lukaku has already scored 11 goals!
Averaging more than one goal per game also makes Lukaku the strongest contender for the top scorer in the Premier League this season.
After all, Liverpool forward Suarez, who had a phenomenal performance last season, only scored 31 goals in 38 rounds, and this is already the most impressive statistic in recent years.
Starting from second place, there are only 22 goals and 20 goals.
In fact, under normal circumstances, scoring more than 20 goals will have a good chance of winning the Premier League Golden Boot.
In other words, Lukaku has now almost completed half of his targets...
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After playing qpr in the Premier League, Chelsea went to Italy without stopping to challenge Roma away from home.
This is the fourth round of the Champions League group stage and the second consecutive game against Roma.
Due to the obvious points advantage in this group, and just two days after this game, Chelsea will go to Anfield to challenge Liverpool again, so Pan Yi still carried out a wide range of rotations in this game. p>
Otherwise, even the production team’s donkeys wouldn’t be able to handle two games in three days!
However, this lineup, which was dominated by young players, stunned Roma.
The game entered Chelsea's rhythm from the beginning.
Less than a minute into the game, Bamford got a very good scoring opportunity in the penalty area. After receiving a pass from Cancelo at the front of the penalty area, Bamford volleyed sideways with his right foot and was missed by Roma goalkeeper Skopoulos.
Ji flew to catch him.
Roma was in shock, and Chelsea launched another attack from the left, but Schürrle's final pass was too close to the goal and was directly confiscated by Skopluski.
The real turning point occurred in the seventh minute.
After midfielder Cheek broke through with the ball, he passed the ball to Bamford at the front of the penalty area.
Bamford decisively dribbled the ball forward, but was tripped by the opponent's defender Manolas at the front of the penalty area. The latter received the first yellow card of the game, and Chelsea also won a direct free kick.
In the end, Ivanovic took a powerful direct free kick that penetrated Skopluski's goal and opened the scoring for Chelsea, 0:1!
With the ball in hand, Chelsea began to play more steadily, while Roma counterattacked with great pressure.
But Chelsea was very patient and kept looking for Roma's flaws while stabilizing their defense.
In the 34th minute, it was Chick again, who sent a through ball in the middle. Bamford succeeded in countering offside and calmly fired the shot.
Chelsea leads 2:0 in the away game!
Roma, who originally wanted to take advantage of their home court to score points against Chelsea, showed their anxiety after falling behind by two goals and became more aggressive on the court.
De Rossi, Destro, Florenzi and others all received yellow cards, but the referee's control today was pretty good and did not cause more disputes.
In the second half, Roma became more impatient, and in the 74th minute Chelsea seized another opportunity to counterattack.
After stealing the ball in the backcourt, Ake used his left foot to launch a long-distance pass. The right winger William drove straight in and got past the opponent's left back Holevas who was chasing at high speed. Then he shot angrily, once again
He broke through Skopluski's goal and rewritten the score to 0:3!
This is also the final score of this game.
This is a somewhat surprising score.
After all, the Roma team played well when facing Chelsea on the road, and even had the possibility of winning. The final score of the loss was 1:3.
But at home, when facing Chelsea's rotation, facing a lineup that had lost to a League Two team in the League Cup, it was also the time when Roma wanted to make a difference, but they were slapped in the face.
I did a 0:3, which was really hard for them to accept.
There is no way, football is like this.
Sometimes you feel that you are not very good, but on the contrary, you are good at it;
But sometimes you think you can do it, but you really can’t...
The result of this game once again confirmed that Chelsea's loss to York City was a complete accident.
The Italian media thinks more.
They believe that this is also a complete defeat for Italian football against other European football powers.
"Italian football is going to be finished!"
Various Italian media outlets the next day expressed such disappointment.
Because it wasn't just Roma who suffered such a defeat when facing Chelsea.
In Group A, Juventus, the current hegemon of Italian football, lost consecutively to Atletico Madrid in the same group, and even lost to Olympiakos of Greece, and only defeated Swedish underdog Malmo.
Although there is still hope of qualifying, there is obviously no convincing performance, let alone a championship look.
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What then?
There is no more.
Because there is no other team.
This season, the only two teams that can participate in the Champions League group stage are Juventus and Roma.
In other words, they are already representatives of all Italian teams!
But their performance when facing strong enemies was indeed disappointing.
Roma, in particular, seemed to be in good form on the road and had high hopes, but after playing Chelsea this time, all Italians saw the strength between their own team and the top teams in other leagues.
gap.
Losing three goals at home made everyone clearly feel Chelsea's powerful offensive power.
In the game, if it weren't for goalkeeper Skopluski's very brave performance, the score would only become bigger.
"Corriere dello Sport" also described this game as a huge disaster.
"Roma not only lost a game, but also lost the hope of Italian football. This made all of us soberly aware that the Champions League seems to have no place for us anymore."
"In Serie A, Juventus and Roma are the strongest teams in these two seasons, and the championship competition this season is still between them. However, in front of Chelsea, Roma has completely exposed itself.
The offensive and defensive disadvantages make it seem like the two teams are not on the same level at all."
"This is really disappointing. From the mass exodus of stars a few years ago to the current being hammered in the European arena, Italian football really cannot regain its strength and cannot return to the glory of the 1990s and the beginning of this century...
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Many Italian media also pointed the finger at Roma head coach Rudy Garcia.
They all believed that there were serious problems with Rudy Garcia's formation in this game.
He misjudged the strength of Chelsea's rotation and thought it could swallow up the opponent at home.
But after conceding the ball less than ten minutes into the game, the team began to fall into a passive position and counterattacked too hard. Instead, Chelsea seized the opportunity.
"Rudy Garcia's on-the-spot command is also a mess, and he can't reverse even the slightest disadvantage. At this point, he still needs to learn more from the young Pan Yi..."
While the Italian media was immersed in reflection and grief, the British media was much happier.
There is nothing more satisfying than defeating rival teams like Italy, Germany, and France!
Therefore, they also reported on this game at length and printed the score of 0:3 very large and eye-catching.
After all, Chelsea won this group match heartily. Both the process and the result were impeccable, and they used a rotating lineup!
This left the Italians even more speechless.
The trace of suspicion caused by the loss to York City in the League Cup a few days ago was also covered up in the sea of praise for Pan Yi and Chelsea.
"Chelsea Blue Storm Sweeps Roma!"
"Chelsea ranks first in the advance booking group!"
"Chelsea captured Rome twice in a short period of time, which not even Allale I could do!"
Of course, in the face of such a strong Chelsea, their opponent in the next game, Liverpool, will naturally become the focus.
After all, the topic often discussed in major media and fan websites is:
"Who can really stop Chelsea's progress? Except the pouring rain and the vegetable fields."
"Obviously, even if you are a Ferrari racing car, you cannot outrun a broken off-road vehicle in the mud."
"Especially Chelsea is really a car..."
"And when the car returns to the correct, normal track, nothing can stop him!"
However, Liverpool's head coach Brendan Rodgers also expressed his attitude when interviewed by reporters:
"Although you may not believe what I say now, I still want to say that any team that comes to Anfield to play will not easily take away three points from us."
"On the contrary, we will try to get three points from Chelsea."
"I know it's difficult. The current Chelsea team is really strong. But I can't wait to meet them."
"Yes, we just lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League group stage, but that doesn't mean anything."
"In such a dense schedule, anything is possible."
"So, let's see the real story at Anfield in two days' time!"