Chapter 170 Premier League Player of the Month Candidate

“Beep, beep—!”

The final whistle blew, and after 90 minutes of play, Chelsea, playing at home, defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 5-0. Jiang Yuan scored a hat-trick, and Remy and Hazard scored.

"Chelsea! Chelsea!"

"Blue! Blue is the colour!"

Ten minutes after the game, Stamford Bridge was still filled with fans' singing.

What followed was the familiar post-match interview session. Jiang Yuan, who had scored a hat trick, had no choice but to come out and be interviewed. After wiping the sweat off his face with a towel, he attended the press conference.

"Hello!"

Jiang Yuan and Mourinho sat on the chairs. During the time, Jiang Yuan did not forget the staff's instructions and took a sip of the Gatorade on the table.

It tastes pretty good!
"Congratulations, Jiang, you scored a hat trick. Is this your job?"

Jiang Yuan nodded: "Of course, this is my job"

"Haha, before the start of this season's Champions League, your Golden Boot odds were 76th, but you are currently ranked first in the scorer list with 3 goals. Do you have anything to say about this?"

The ESPN reporter got straight to the point. The Golden Boot is a big topic. Both fake fans and real fans like players who score a lot of goals.

After listening to the reporter's question, Jiang Yuan touched his chin with one hand and pretended to think: "Well... I think, now that we have only played one game, it is hard to say anything. The Golden Boot is for the final winner, I just won at the moment."

"Congratulations! In a previous interview with the British media, you made it clear that the Champions League Golden Boot is your dream. Do you think you can realize your dream this season, at the age of 17?"

"hiss--"

Jiang Yuan sat up straight and took a deep breath: "Sir, we have to admit that there is a big difference between dreams and reality, but I will always pursue my dreams."

"Okay, last question... Messi or Ronaldo?"

amount……

Jiang Yuan touched his head. In his previous life, when he was surfing the Internet, he often saw reporters asking professional players who was better, Messi or Ronaldo. He didn't expect that he would become one of them so soon.

So Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "Me!"

ESPN reporter and Mourinho:?
……

The Times - In the first round of the Champions League Group G match, Chelsea defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 5-0, and the team's new player scored a hat trick!

ESPN - Hat trick! Chelsea's new No. 7 Jiang scored 3 goals in a single game, tied with Ronaldo for first place in the scorer list. Both of them scored a penalty, so they are ranked the same.

"Record" - Dinamo Zagreb defeated Arsenal 2:1 at home. The Gunners led by Wenger have now suffered three consecutive defeats!

Sky Sports - Goal feast, in the first round of the Champions League group stage, Cristiano Ronaldo and Jiang both scored hat tricks, Real Madrid beat Kuanggong 4-5, and Chelsea beat Tel Aviv -.

Chelsea reporter: Mourinho's departure is a rumor, the team management has no intention of looking for a new coach. The Portuguese is open to continuing to coach Chelsea.

The front page headline of "China Football News" - Recording history, in the early morning of September 2015, 9, the first Champions League hat trick by a Chinese local player.

The front page entry of "China Football News" - Many Chinese Super League teams are interested in Jiang Yuan. Among them, Xgang offered Chelsea 6500 million euros, but was rejected by the Chelsea club.

Chelsea official Twitter: The road ahead is bumpy, keep moving forward!

……

After the victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv, Chelsea's players had a day off, followed by another busy training session.

The good news is that since there is not much time left before the next game against Arsenal, the intensity of training in the next few days will definitely not be high.

As expected, Mourinho arranged free kick training for everyone. Except for the three goalkeepers Courtois, Begovic and Blake, all other outfield players had to participate in free kick training.

"Oh shit!"

Zouma's long shot was saved by Courtois. Zouma's eyes turned and he suddenly clapped his hands and cheered: "Great save!"

Mourinho pretended to kick Zouma, but his foot didn't really touch Zouma's butt: "Kurt, what are you shooting? Are you still a professional player?"

Even though Zouma's free kick was very powerful, it had no angle and no curve, which would definitely not work in a formal match.

"Oh! Come on!"

Zouma spread his hands, looking very aggrieved: "Courtois's save was very cool, I admit that I am a little inferior to him"

However, Mourinho obviously didn't buy Zouma's account: "Fuck off! You just keep on blowing the whistle. Forget Courtois. You can't score even if you tie a dog there!"

Zuma wanted to continue to defend himself, but the technical assistants outside the field had already recorded Zuma's shot with a high-speed camera.

The evidence is irrefutable, the dish is the dish!
"Haha, little Kurt, you still need to practice!"

Terry put his arm around Zouma's arm. Zouma, who was 1 meters tall, did not seem tall at all next to Terry, who was 90 meters tall.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, move, who's next?"

Brown clapped his hands and urged, Jiang Yuan looked left and right, and finally stood up.

"Oh, it's our Champions League hat trick man!"

Mourinho joked. Seeing Jiang Yuan receiving Brown's pass, the other players in the team started to make a noise.

Terry pointed at Jiang Yuan and said, "Little Kurt, you need to see what a real free kick is. Let me tell you, that's called a shot, not a free kick!"

Zuma shrugged: "Jiang's free kick is very strong, but Captain Terry, you can't kick a ball like that!"

"Damn it, don't make me hit you!"

Terry raised his fist and was about to hit Zuma on the forehead, but fortunately Zuma ran fast and was spared from being hit by Terry.

"Hey, watch out!"

William reminded him that Terry and Zouma, who were chasing just now, almost destroyed the free kick that Jiang Yuan had prepared.

Well, now it’s Jiang Yuan’s free kick time. Because he scored a hat trick in the last Champions League group match, Jiang Yuan has gained some popularity at Stamford Bridge.

Not to mention the first-team players, many players from Chelsea B team, the echelon team and even the women's football team know this young man from the East.

Last night, after Jiang Yuan had dinner at LEON Cobham, he took a Lexus owned by a B-team player back to the base.

"Is it okay?"

Hearing Jiang Yuan's question, Courtois waved his hand and said, "Come on, boy!"

Ok, Jiang Yuan took three steps back and started to sprint. William's eyes widened, as if he wanted to study Jiang Yuan's movements clearly.

"Snapped!"

The laces on the inner instep hit the lower middle part of the ball hard. At the same time, the three yellow dummies in front of Jiang Yuan were suddenly lifted up by mechanical power.

"clatter!"

The ball flew into the upper left corner of the goal. Courtois jumped to save the ball, but it was of no use because the ball was beyond the reach of his torso and arms.

This is the charm of the dead corner!
"hiss--"

Seeing another wonderful free kick being born in front of them, the Chelsea players on the field took a deep breath, and Terry even used his arm to touch Zouma's ribs: "Little Kurt, learn this, this is a free kick!"

Zouma rolled his eyes at his captain and said, "Wow, you talk as if you can kick it. Terry, if you can kick a free kick of this level you wouldn't be standing back like me."

Terry touched his nose and said: "Actually, defenders like us don't need to worry too much about free kicks. It's more important to defend free kicks well!"

"Clap clap clap!"

Applause broke out on the court, and even many players from Team B who ran over from the other end of the base to watch applauded, making the atmosphere quite lively.

Brown glanced at Mourinho and said, "Jiang's free kicks... should be the best in the team!"

"no doubt"

Mourinho put his hands in his pockets: "I took this into consideration when I bought him. He was the best free kicker in the Portuguese Super League last season. Remember, he was not the best in the Porto team, but the best in the Portuguese Super League!"

"Wow!"

Brown raised his eyebrows. "I didn't know this kid was so famous. You Portuguese people are really generous. A player with such great talent only has a penalty clause of 1150 million euros?"

"Haha, isn't this an advantage for us? Otherwise, why do you think I strongly asked Marina to set Jiang's penalty at 1 million euros?"

Now Mourinho will suddenly become talkative when talking about Jiang Yuan’s transfer, but this is also understandable.

You know, Chelsea only spent 1300 million euros on Jiang Yuan's transfer, and the terms were signed. Jiang Yuan's basic weekly salary was only 2 pounds, but every time Jiang Yuan stayed in Chelsea for 3 months, his basic salary would increase by 5000 pounds. This rule lasted for 4 years, by which time Jiang Yuan's weekly salary would reach 10 pounds.

Jiang Yuan signed a 4+3 contract. If the contract expires after 4 years, Jiang Yuan can choose to stay with the team for 3 years or leave. If Jiang Yuan chooses to stay, his contract will be extended to 4+3=7 years, and Jiang Yuan will also receive a loyalty bonus of no less than 3000 million pounds because of his choice.

Marina is very smart, because Jiang Yuan's joining the team four years later will first depend on whether the club agrees, and then on Jiang Yuan's ideas. In this way, if Jiang Yuan fails to fulfill his talent four years later, Chelsea will not lose much.

But from now on, at least from Mourinho's perspective, this 4+3 contract must be implemented to the end.

"Beep——!"

"Okay, that's about it for this morning's training. Let's have a massage and take a rest."

After shouting, Mourinho turned around and whispered a few words to the physiotherapy team.

"It doesn't matter if it hurts. Let them relax. We still have a game tomorrow!"

As the leader of the Blues' physiotherapy team, Sean assured everyone that although others might not know, Jiang Yuan's muscles would definitely become soft and elastic after today!
"Wow!" The players lay on the grass one by one, waiting for their respective physiotherapists to come with yoga mats. The weather was good today, so the players decided not to go to the therapy room and relax directly on the grass outside.

Jiang Yuan took out his Earpods from his backpack, connected them to his phone and put them in his ears. Just as he was about to immerse himself in his own music world, Terry came over and said, "Jiang, listen to your music."

"arrow"

Jiang Yuan shrugged, then handed the earphone in his right ear to Terry. Because they were wired earphones, the two couldn't be too far away.

Terry put on his headphones, and the next second his brows furrowed, because the music playing in his headphones was...

"Wumeng Mountain is connected to the mountains outside the mountain"

"The moonlight sprinkled on Xiangshui Beach"

"Wow!"

Terry blinked his big eyes and said, "What is this? The melody is very nice. I think it is very cheerful. Is this a Chinese song?"

Jiang Yuan nodded: "Yes."

Terry took out his phone and opened the "Music" APP with red musical notes: "Jiang, help me collect this song."

"Collect? Oh, you mean add a playlist, right? No problem!"

Jiang Yuan was very happy that his taste was recognized, but he soon faced a problem.

Terry's iPhone is the international version, and Jiang Yuan just couldn't type in Chinese no matter what he did. During the period, a girl named Linda even sent Terry a love message, and Jiang Yuan could only pretend not to see it. In the end, he changed the language in the settings before he succeeded.

"Here!"

Jiang Yuan handed the phone to Terry. Just now, Jiang Yuan accidentally saw Terry's playlist. He didn't expect that the captain of Chelsea still liked such passionate songs at his old age.

In particular, Taylor Swift's song "Blank Space" has been pinned by Terry. Jiang Yuan does not reject English songs, but he always feels that English songs lack a little feeling compared to Chinese. The feeling of hearing your mother tongue in a foreign land is indescribable.

At this moment, Azar threw his mobile phone to him. Jiang Yuan thought that Azar also wanted to add a playlist, but when he saw the content in Azar's mobile phone, he suddenly reacted.

This is a news item from The Times, with a line of eye-catching red letters at the top of the entire mobile phone screen.

WHO WILL WIN THE PLAYER OF THE MONTH? (Premier League Player of the Month trophy, also known as the Barclaycard Premier League Player of the Month Award)

"what"

Jiang Yuan spread his hands, and Hazard motioned him to continue flipping down.

So Jiang Yuan took a quick look and found that this was the nomination list for the best player, with a total of 5 people.

Sergio Agüero, Man City
Kane, Spurs
Vardy, Leicester City
Mahrez, Lei City
And the familiar figure in a blue jersey on the far right...

Jiang, Chelsea
Damn, isn’t this me?

Jiang Yuan jumped up from the grass: "Oh my God!"

"Eden, how is this arranged?"

Zouma touched his phone and answered before Hazard: "Commentators, captains of major teams, celebrities, and fans, but fans only account for 10%"

"Team captain?"

Jiang Yuan looked at Terry: "No way..."

"hey-hey!"

Terry touched his nose and said: "I can't shoot for my own team, I'm shooting for Kane"

Ok!

Jiang Yuan touched his head. He won the Premier League Player of the Month right after coming to Chelsea. Although it was only a nomination, it can be considered that he reached the peak of his career as soon as he debuted.

Jiang Yuan pouted: "This is a nomination, when will the final winner be announced?"

Terry tilted his head and recalled: "3-7 days, no more than 7 days. But to be honest, your chances of winning are slim. Vardy from Leicester City averaged 4 points in the first 8.9 games, which is almost 9 points. Although you scored one more goal than him, your score was not enough, and you were a substitute in 2 games, which will also affect your votes."

What Terry said was true. Jiang Yuan reached his peak right after his debut, but it was not to an outrageous degree.

Considering Jiang Yuan's current age, the 17-year-old Premier League Player of the Month, Mourinho no longer needs to explain why he spent tens of millions to recruit Asians.

5场联赛2球1助，1场欧冠单场3球。

This is the best explanation!

……

At 9 pm Beijing time on September 19th, less than an hour before the start of this round of the Premier League's London derby, Mourinho was making the final pre-match mobilization in the locker room.

"Remember, you must remember that we are stronger than our opponents, much stronger. I need you to give yourself this psychological hint. Arsenal is now ranked higher than us in the league, but as long as we win this game, I'm sorry, our points will exceed theirs!"

"Believe me, they will play 4231 17%. Remember No. 3 Sanchez. He has been in very good form recently. Also, Coquelin and Diego, if you see Coquelin getting the ball, you must press him at the first possible time and don't give him a chance to pass the ball without threatening. Then on both sides, Jiang and Eden, when you see Diego pressing, don't just stand back and watch stupidly, you have to go up and block the defensive players on the wing. The logic is simple, counterattack when you get the ball, and return to defense if you can't get it. I will use 2 of the substitutions today on the front line. Jiang and Eden, especially you two, you don't need to worry too much about saving energy!"

"Finally...kill them!"

Mourinho's long and impassioned speech warmed up the players' bodies. Although they had not yet warmed up, Mourinho's speech directly served as a warm-up.

The watering work at Stamford Bridge has been completed, and the Blues youth players ran out to set up the training balls on the field. Then the players of both teams came out one after another. According to the game process, they will warm up on the grass for about 20-30 minutes, then return to the locker room to change clothes, and when they come out of the player tunnel again, the official game will begin.

"Wow!"

There is still nearly an hour left in the game, but Stamford Bridge is almost full now. Chelsea and Arsenal, the two most popular teams in the British capital, gathered together. It is hard to imagine Stamford Bridge not being packed.

"come on!"

Terry patted Jiang Yuan's butt: "Come on, the fans are waiting!"

Terry led the team to the side of the court and waved to the fans: "Thank you! Thank you very much, thank you for your support!"

"Wow!"

"Boom boom boom!"

"Dong-dong-dong-dong!"

Jiang Yuan was surprised to find that Chelsea fans today actually brought drums. Several fans wearing blue home jerseys each held a wooden stick and beat it with loud "dong dong dong" sounds.

Within 2 minutes, the fans who were beating the drums were taken away by security personnel wearing fluorescent vests.

Jiang Yuan licked his lips and asked in confusion: "Why not allow the drums? Isn't this good?"

To be honest, Jiang Yuan really likes this lively feeling. Although the fans' voices are louder than each other, the charm of the drums is still unmatched. The "dong dong" sound produced by the beating hits Jiang Yuan's heart directly.

Terry waved his hand and passed the ball to Jiang Yuan: "There are too many people in our stadium. If we don't ban it, it will turn into a large music party. By then, not only will you hear the whistles of the fans, you won't even be able to hear the referee's whistle!"

"Okay, let's warm up according to the procedure. Let's use the rope ladder over there and practice our footwork."

……

12:45 London time, 19:45 China time, this time is average for foreign fans, but it is very friendly for domestic fans.

You don’t need to stay up late, you can watch it after dinner. After watching it, you can think about it for a while and then go to bed. It’s so comfortable!
Because of this, CCTV5's ratings reached an astonishing 3.76%, more than three times that of the London derby a month ago!

"Station, stage, good evening to all the fans and friends. This is the live broadcast of the 6th round of the English Premier League, the London derby between Chelsea and Arsenal. I am the commentator He Wei and I am the commentator Zhan Jun. Next, we will bring you the live commentary of this game."

"Players from both sides are ready in the player tunnel. You can see Arsenal's goalkeeper greeting Chelsea's players. Arsenal's current goalkeeper is Cech from Czechoslovakia. He transferred to Arsenal for 1400 million euros last season. In just one and a half months, he played against his old club twice on behalf of his new team. What a dramatic match arrangement!"

"Yes, that's right. There are many focuses in this game. Jiang Yuan will not be mentioned. Now the eyes of fans all over the country are focused on him. There is also the issue of points. Arsenal is currently ranked 7th and Chelsea is ranked 9th. If Arsenal wins this game, the Gunners can rise to 3rd and enter the Champions League zone; but if Chelsea wins, the Blues will squeeze out the Gunners and come to the 6th place."

"Players from both teams came out with their ball boys. Now let me introduce you to the starting lineup for this game. First up is the home team Chelsea. Jiang Yuan is still the starting right winger, and the goalkeeper is still the Bosnian goalkeeper Begovic!"

Chelsea (4-2-3-1)

……

"Then it's the visiting team Arsenal, same 4231"

Arsenal (4-2-3-1)

Defenders: Monreal, Koscielny, Gabriel Paulista, Bellerin
Midfielders: Cazorla, Coquelin, Ozil
Forwards: Sanchez, Walcott, Ramsey
Goalkeeper: Petr Cech

Head coach: Arsene Wenger

"The game begins, the visiting team Arsenal takes the lead!"

"Walcott passed the ball back, Cochrane got the ball and made a long pass!"

"Beautiful, wonderful long pass, Coquelin found Sanchez at the left baseline, Fabregas rushed up to steal the ball!"

"Wow, Sanchez stopped the ball with his chest and passed it back to Ozil. Ozil and Cazorla played a wall pass and Ozil came near the baseline."

"Ivanovic, now it depends on what Ivanovic chooses. He must go up to defend Ozil."

"Ozil wants to get into the penalty area laterally, Chelsea's defense is shrinking"

"Ozil's back pass!"

"Someone is responding from outside the arc. Hiss—who is this... Cochrane! Cochrane has the ball!"

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(End of this chapter)