PFC Chapter 234: In the battle for the top spot, Chelsea has a bright future
Chapter 234: In the battle for the top spot, Chelsea has a bright future
The news of Leyton Orient's victory over West Ham United suddenly became the headline news the next day.
Leyton Orient, which had been unknown for many years, suddenly became famous.
Soon, the media, who had already had a backup plan, had a clear picture of Leyton Orient's club situation and team composition.
Center defender Miquel, center Afobi and midfielder Frimpong are all on loan from Arsenal.
Goalkeeper Almunia and right back Hoyt also joined Leyton Orient on free transfers from Arsenal.
These five players were introduced by Sun Ke with his connections at Arsenal.
The media followed the clues and discovered that Kante comes from the French second league, which is likely to be Arsenal's resource.
Mane and Elneny have both participated in the London Olympics and have played against Sun Ke.
Right winger Lisby was Sun Ke's teammate when he was at Leyton Orient.
After this, the English media was surprised to find that all the players of the Leyton Orient team were inextricably linked to Sun Ke.
It turns out that in this club, the recruitment work is not decided by the head coach or the chairman, but by the young owner!
Although this situation goes against the tradition of English football, after all, Leyton Orient has gradually established a lead in the English League One and also eliminated West Ham United in the League Cup. There is no fault at all.
Looking at Leyton Orient's lineup, except for the 30-year-old Lisby and veteran Almunia, no other players in the lineup are over 24 years old.
This has made the media more interested in Leyton Orient.
Everyone discovered that since the change of boss, Leyton Orient's team building ideas suddenly changed significantly.
There is actually a feeling of being in the same vein as Arsenal.
Through the above situation, the media firmly believe that Sun Ke's influence on this club far exceeds everyone's imagination.
Coming to this conclusion, the media were very surprised. How could this kid, who was only 20 years old, create such a capable team without knowing it?
As expected, he is a child from a wealthy family, and he is born with a vision that ordinary people cannot match.
Of course, Sun Ke couldn't admit it. He attributed all the credit to head coach Chris Coleman.
But in any case, Leyton Orient's victory completely overturned the previous impression of this club's weakness.
Despite this, the media all believe that Leyton Orient is still at a complete disadvantage in the competition with West Ham United.
As the club most qualified to enter the Olympic Stadium, Leyton Orient's level is still too low.
To get the Olympic Stadium, Leyton Orient must meet two conditions.
First, it is impossible to give the main stadium of the London Olympics to a low-level team after being promoted to the Premier League within three years.
Second, to pay for the £[-] million renovation of the Olympic Stadium without the club being able to take out a loan.
This is a mandatory requirement and there is no room for negotiation.
Third, the number of fans must support the capacity of the Olympic Stadium.
After the renovation of the Olympic Stadium, there will be [-] seats in the stadium.
Even if Leyton Orient completes the first two conditions, it will be difficult to get this stadium if there is no way to prove that it has a sufficient fan base.
The reason is simple. If each home court can only attract 2 or [-] people, it would be a waste to get the stadium. It is better to leave it to clubs that need it more.
The combination of these three conditions is indeed not a task that ordinary people can easily complete.
But in any case, Leyton Orient has proven in front of everyone that they are not a lamb to be slaughtered.
In the subsequent draw, Leyton Orient drew Chelsea at home.
The road to the League Cup has basically come to an end. People can assemble a lineup at will, and Leyton Orient can't beat them.
However, it's already good to be in the top [-].
All the oil and water that should be scraped off the League Cup has been scraped, and all the influence that should be gained has been gained.
This kind of event with little prize money and destined to have no results should give up if it's time to give up.
Before the season, Sun Ke and Cheap Daddy had already clarified the team's season goals.
First, promotion to the English Championship.
Second, win the British Championship.
The English Championship is a cup competition participated by the English League One, League Two and Premier League u21 echelons.
In this cup competition, Leyton Orient is one of the best.
Although this cup competition is not in the eyes of Premier League teams, for a League One club, this is the game with the greatest opportunity.
And for Leyton Orient, the symbolic significance of this game is far greater than the practical significance.
The club has been in League One for ten years and has never won any honors.
If he can win the British Championship, he will win the support of fans to a large extent.
Not to mention Leyton Orient, even Sunderland, who were later demoted from the Premier League to League One, tried their best for this competition.
In the next few days, Sun Ke has been concentrating on preparing for the league match against Chelsea.
After completing make-up games this week, Chelsea surpassed Arsenal and Manchester United and temporarily ranked No. 4 in the Premier League with 1 wins and 1 draw.
After leading Chelsea to miraculously winning the Champions League and FA Cup last season, interim head coach Di Matteo was given a formal two-year contract.
At the beginning of this season, Abramovich continued to invest in the club, and Chelsea introduced Hazard, Oscar and Cesar Azpilicueta.
At the end of the first five rounds, Chelsea got off to a rare start in recent years, holding down the top three in the league last season in the standings.
Di Matteo had a very happy life as a child.
This guy and the team are in their honeymoon phase.
Di Matteo was very talented and straightened Oscar up, turning Lampard into a random player.
Regardless of the team's current performance, Di Matteo's coaching position is not secure.
Over the years, the Chelsea head coach's error tolerance rate has been very low. With Abramovich's temper, he will basically not give the head coach the opportunity to make consecutive mistakes.
But judging from the current situation, Di Matteo's little life is good.
Di Matteo had been cautious at the post-match press conference after the team finished first in the league.
But at the last moment of the interview, this guy suddenly said: "The powerful attacking group composed of Hazard, Mata, Oscar and Marin scares all opponents, which in my opinion is a matter of course. "
Faced with this guy's sudden ego, the commentator of BBC's "Highlights of the Match" said disdainfully: "This is completely a pile-up of several No. 10 players."
The host Lineker highly praised Chelsea's midfield configuration. He believed that this was a midfield configuration that only Barcelona could have.
But judging from Chelsea's previous games, Sun Ke feels that overall, Di Matteo does not have the ability to become Chelsea's head coach for a long time.
Chelsea's two championship trophies last season were due to a combination of bus schedules, players' hard work and luck.
Di Matteo's resume as a head coach is very thin.
His first coaching experience was when he led Milcairns to the play-offs in League One, but failed to achieve promotion.
But with this performance, Di Matteo completed his promotion in the second season and became the head coach of the British Championship team West Bromwich Albion.
He led the team to the Premier League that season and was fired the following season due to poor results.
Last season, Di Matteo submitted his resume to Birmingham and other English Championship clubs, but was not hired and ended up being an assistant coach to Villas-Boas.
Rather than saying that he led the players to win the championship, it is more accurate to say that he followed the team's bosses to win the championship.
As a head coach, Di Matteo has not yet formed his own coaching system. At this time, coaching Chelsea is a bit of a stroke of luck.
Moreover, Di Matteo doesn’t have to say which players Chelsea will buy.
The person in charge of the club's transfer market bought these people according to the boss's instructions, which invisibly reduced Di Matteo's fault tolerance rate.
In the first few rounds of games, Di Matteo's coaching ideas were not complicated.
When encountering a strong team, set up a bus, and when encountering a weak team, pile up No. 10 in the frontcourt.
At the pre-match press conference, Di Matteo said simply: "When we meet the defending champion away from home, our first goal is to score points."
The translated meaning of this sentence is: I set up the bus, you can do whatever you want.