Chapter 271: Write... do homework?

The Times - Leicester City swept Swansea 4-0 away and returned to the top of the league standings with one more game to play.

Dongqiudi Morning News: Arsenal drew 0:0 with Sunderland away, and the championship situation is not optimistic.

The Sun's front page headline - Analysis of the championship race, Leicester City has the same points as Chelsea after one more game. Currently, its GD (goal difference) is 3 goals more than Chelsea, temporarily ranking first.

Betway: Chelsea's odds of winning the title are 1:1.35, Leicester City's odds of winning the title are 1:1.89.

……

The result of the Leicester City game was within Chelsea's expectations. After all, no one expected Swansea to really beat the hot-tempered Leicester City at home.

West Ham United has already helped Chelsea once, and Chelsea has to go the rest of the way on their own.

Good news: Leicester City's opponent in the next round is Manchester United. Although Manchester United has not been in good form in recent years, as one of the BIG6 teams, its foundation is still there, and it may be able to give Leicester City a heavy blow.

Bad news: Chelsea's next opponent is Tottenham, also one of the BIG6 in the Premier League. Moreover, Tottenham is even stronger than Manchester United this season, so it is really difficult to deal with them.

In the BBC studio, column host Gary Lineker and Sunette Pavon had some exchanges.

This arrangement by the BBC was very clever. Gary Lineker is a Leicester City star, and Pavon, who was sitting next to him, is a Chelsea star. Both of them were players before 2000 and can be considered to be from the same era.

The live broadcast time is exactly half an hour after the match between Swansea and Leicester City ends.

“We won again, and it was a clean sheet.”

Lineker tactically drank water, and he acted very relaxed even before the game started. Obviously, for Leicester City, which is in its peak form this season, Swansea is not a qualified opponent.

The shutout was expected, and the 4:0 victory was the icing on the cake. Chelsea won by 3 goals the day before, and if Leicester City had scored a few fewer goals in this game, Chelsea would have taken the top spot.

Pavan curled his lips, his eyes full of disdain: "Oh, Gary, I don't know what you are happy about. You know, with the existence of Chelsea, your top spot is not a foregone conclusion. We were all professional players, so you should know that there are still three rounds of the league, and three goals is difficult, but it is not impossible to achieve."

"We are first now and will be first after the season ends, there is no doubt about that. Leicester City's performance deserves a miracle."

As a long-time Leicester City legend before 2000, Lineker is naturally firmly on the side of the Blue Foxes. You know, Leicester City has never won the Premier League title, and this season is undoubtedly the closest they have ever been to the league title.

Winning the Premier League championship as a relegation team is something that has never happened in the entire history of English football.

Pavan looked at Lineker next to him with ill intent. They were colleagues, but the British didn't care. Nothing could shake their faith. "Well, Gary, I think I need to remind you that we have one game less, but Leicester City has the same points as us. What do you think this means?"

"Nothing, it means nothing. Your opponent in the 30th round of the make-up match is Liverpool. The current Liverpool is not the Liverpool at the beginning of the season. The Reds have adapted to their new coach, and the injured players have returned one after another."

Lineker was right. Before Klopp temporarily joined the team in November and in the short period before that, Liverpool was in a state of disrepair. Key players Henderson, Sakho and Coutinho were injured almost at the same time.

"Not all of them. From what I understand, Jordan (Henderson) and Mamadou (Sakho) have not responded yet. And... you should know what I want to say. Even if all the main players recover, Liverpool will not be our opponent."

As a Chelsea legend, Pavon looks at the team through a filter. Let alone Liverpool, even Manchester City, in his eyes, is just a team that beat Chelsea by luck.

It is said that celebrities are retired professional players who are more knowledgeable about basketball. In fact, celebrities also belong to the category of fans. Like other fans of the team, they look at their home team with tinted glasses.

"Hmm... To be honest, Sunette, I think what you said is ridiculous. The ending is already determined."

"Who said the ending is set?"

"Leicester City is the champion, the players deserve this championship, you are the miracle of Leicester City"

"Fuck your miracle!"

Paven was not a good-tempered guy when he was a player. After Lineker said this, Paven immediately turned red and started to attack Lineker.

"Haha, you don't really think Chelsea is that strong, do you? To be honest, if a team can only win by relying on the individual strength of its players, then it is doomed to not go far. Sunet, fuck you!"

boom!
Pavan threw away his headphones and rushed directly towards Lineker. Lineker was not a pushover either, and the two of them wrestled with each other.

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be a BBC script, but both Lineker and Pavan expressed their true feelings and it didn't seem like acting at all.

Backstage at the BBC, two broadcasting studio employees looked at each other and said, "Um... should we go up and stop them? I remember I didn't say we wanted to fight, right?"

"Forget it, let's let the ratings rise for a while. There's a first aid kit in the warehouse, so we don't need to rush."

……

The season has come to an end. The mid-season was calm, but the European war zone and the relegation zone are very unstable. Manchester United, Southampton and Manchester City are fighting for a Champions League qualification and a Europa League qualification. This is certainly a good thing for Chelsea. The more Manchester United wants to win, the greater the possibility that they can help Chelsea stop Leicester City.

As for the European competition places, there is no conflict of interest between Chelsea and Manchester United, because Chelsea has basically secured a place in the Champions League.

As for the relegation zone, apart from Villa which has already been confirmed to be relegated, Norwich, Newcastle, Sunderland and Crystal Palace are still fighting hard.

As long as the team is relegated from the Premier League to the Championship, without high broadcasting dividends, there is a high probability that the team's finances will collapse in an instant next season.

Who would want to be demoted if they could?
Because there are no Champions League matches, Chelsea's recent schedule is very empty. After beating Bournemouth, there are still 10 days before the match against Tottenham. The Blues players are relatively relaxed during the time without games, but Jiang Yuan is not relaxed, because just after the victory over Bournemouth, the club's management said that they hope Jiang Yuan can complete his high school studies normally.

The reason is very simple. The English Football Association has very strict requirements on the cultural level of young players. Every player must undergo a complete compulsory education. In the UK, compulsory education lasts until the age of 16, and the same applies to youth training players. They need to receive a complete cultural education until they graduate from high school at the age of 16.

Although Jiang Yuan is Chinese, he is also subject to this rule because he plays in the Premier League. According to the FA's regulations, if a Premier League, Championship, or League One club employs a professional player who has not received a complete compulsory education, the youth training club that trained the player will be fined. This regulation is to ensure that clubs attach importance to the cultural courses of players.

At the same time, Europeans believe that the ability to learn cultural courses will play a positive role in the players' competitive qualities, including but not limited to language, spatial awareness, etc.

However, because there is no so-called youth training school on Jiang Yuan’s resume, the fine needs to be borne by the player’s current club, which is Chelsea.

The amount of the fine is 16% of the player's most recent transfer fee. Jiang Yuan's transfer fee from Porto to Chelsea was 1300 million euros, which is calculated to be 208 million euros.

The English Football Association is urging Chelsea to pay a fine, otherwise it will be deducted from Chelsea's broadcasting dividends this season. However, the Chelsea club stated that Jiang Yuan's secondary school education has not ended.

"Suppose you are Li Hua, and your school's photography club will hold an international secondary school photography exhibition. Please write a letter to your British friend Peter. The content of the letter includes..."

On the second floor of the villa in Woodmansbury, Jiang Yuan stared at the question on his iPad. This was the original question for the English composition for the second mock exam at Qingshan Middle School. Yes, he was taking an online class at school.

When they learned that Jiang Yuan was going to take the college entrance examination, Qingshan Middle School's first reaction was to actively cooperate and directly opened an online course for Jiang Yuan, mainly tutoring Chinese and mathematics. Of course, English also needs to be learned. Although Jiang Yuan's English is good enough to communicate with British people, it does not mean that he can get good results in the exam.

For example, Jiang Yuan was confused by today's English homework.

"boom--!"

Outside the villa, an Ashton Martin and a G-Class drove in very ostentatiously.

Zouma knocked on the door of the villa twice. After discussing, the Chelsea players decided to go to The Connaught bar tonight. Terry contacted Jiang Yuan on WhatsApp, but for some reason Jiang Yuan did not reply, so Hazard and Zouma went to Jiang Yuan's house to look for him.

"Hey there!"

The person who opened the door was Jiang Yuan's mother Dong Huiqing. Hazard and Zouma had come to Jiang Yuan's house to play FIFA before, so they knew each other.

Azar smiled and after a brief greeting, he stated his purpose: "Oh, Madam, we wanted to go out with Jiang, but for some reason, he didn't reply to our message."

Because he was meeting his friend's parents, Hazard would never say the word "bar". He just said he was going out to play, but he didn't know what he was going out to play.

"er..."

Dong Huiqing hesitated for a moment: "He hasn't finished his English homework yet, but it should be soon."

As Jiang Yuan's mother, Dong Huiqing almost wanted to reflexively reject Hazard and Zouma's request to take Jiang Yuan out to play, but when she thought about it carefully, it seemed that something was not right.

Given Jiang Yuan’s current situation, it should be more important for him to have a good relationship with his teammates than to take the college entrance examination.

So Dong Huiqing nodded and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go call him out, or you can come in?"

"Ok, let me go in and take a look. Jiang won't even text me. I want to see if he has any models hidden at home!"

Zouma grabbed the car keys and walked into the house with Hazard.

On the second floor of the villa, Jiang Yuan was holding a pen and had just finished writing "I'm LiHua". He was thinking about the next words and sentences when there was a knock on the door.

"Dong dong!"

"Xiaoyuan, Uncle Eden and Uncle Kurt are here to play with you."

what?
Jiang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he reacted immediately and motioned his mother to push the door in. Today was a holiday, and they had already finished dinner, so Hazard and Zouma had only one purpose for coming to see him!
But... Jiang Yuan took a look at the homework on the table. He needed to take a screenshot of the handwritten composition within 48 hours and send it to his class teacher on WeChat. After going to the bar and taking a nap, it was hard to say whether Jiang Yuan could finish his homework.

However, when Jiang Yuan saw Hazard and Zouma coming in, he had a new idea.

Two hours later, little Kurt Zuma was sitting in Jiang Yuan's room, staring at his iPad and a piece of white paper.

"Wow, my name is Lihua. I want to write a letter to Peter in the UK? But I'm in the UK now..."

……

At 4 pm London time on April 29th, there are less than 2 days left until Chelsea's next match against Tottenham.

Cobham training ground.

"Here, here, give it to me!" Jiang Yuan took the pass from Azpilicueta on the left and cut inside.

Ibrahimovic attracted Zouma's defense in the penalty area and helped Jiang Yuan to score from the far corner.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Pretty!"

Mourinho's applause rang out at the edge of the stadium. Although Jiang Yuan was sometimes asked to play as a left winger during training, Jiang Yuan would still play on the right side in the next round against Tottenham if nothing unexpected happened.

The reason is very simple. Tottenham's right-back Kyle Walker, this speed-type full-back poses too great a threat to speed-type wingers. No matter what, Mourinho must find a way to let Jiang Yuan avoid Kyle Walker.

Of course, Pochettino is not a fool. He will definitely let Kyle Walker defend Jiang Yuan, so in the middle of the game, Kyle Walker and Danny Rose may make a conscious position switch.

Simply put, it is impossible for Jiang Yuan to completely avoid Walker, so targeted training is necessary.

"Phew, so tired"

Jiang Yuan rolled up his short sleeves to wipe the sweat off his face, and Brown threw a bottle of Gatorade to him.

It is still the end of April and the temperature in the UK is not high, but what is disgusting is the humidity in the air. With this humidity, it is easy to sweat when exercising and you may even feel dizzy.

"Jiang, give me a drink."

Zuma ran over and tried to take the drink from Jiang Yuan, but Jiang Yuan turned his back and successfully protected the drink: "Go get it from the box."

"Hey, come on!"

Zuma spread his hands and leaned back slightly, looking very surprised. "I helped you with your homework, but you didn't even give me a drink. Didn't you say we were brothers?"

“good good”

Jiang Yuan couldn't resist and finally handed the blueberry Gatorade in his hand to Zuma. Jiang Yuan held the bottle cap in one hand, ready to wait for Zuma to return the drink, but the guy gulped down the rest.

After drinking, Zuma threw the empty bottle into the air and kicked it away, then put his hand on Jiang Yuan's shoulder: "Brother, how about the homework I wrote for you? I thought about it for half an hour. Tell me, how many points did you get in the end?"

"5 points"

"I am so awesome. I gave you a perfect score. Do you remember what I told you? I have a strong talent for languages. This kind of composition is a piece of cake for me."

Seeing Zuma's excitement, Jiang Yuan couldn't bear to tell the truth, but then he thought that he couldn't let Zuma pretend to be so arrogant, so he finally told the truth: "Kurt, the full score is 15 points. But don't be discouraged, there will be another chance next time."

"Damn it! Such a good composition didn't get full marks? Wait, what does 'there's still a chance next time' mean?"

Zuma looked at Jiang Yuan. At this moment, this golden boy from an oriental country was looking at him with ill intentions.

"Little Kurt, you don't want to miss the ball during the circle training, do you?"

fuck!

……

"Zhuangdianertai, Zhuangdianertai!"

"This is the live broadcast of the 36th round of the English Premier League, Chelsea vs. Tottenham. I am Duan Ran, the commentator of this game."

"We can see that the players from both teams are already in position on the field and the referee is already looking at his watch!"

"The game has begun. Let me introduce the starting lineups of both teams. First up is the home team Chelsea, wearing blue jerseys and blue shorts, attacking from the right side of the screen to the left side!"

"..."

"Then the away team Tottenham, wearing white jerseys and blue shorts, attacked from the left side of the screen to the right!"

Tottenham (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: Lori

Defenders: Danny Rose, Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld, Kyle Walker
Midfielders: Dembele, Dier, Eriksen

Forwards: Son Heung-min, Harry Kane, Lamela
Head coach: Pochettino
"Both teams are using a 4231 formation and have fielded their full main lineups. Chelsea is competing for the championship, Tottenham is competing for the fourth place, and there is also a competition between Jiang Yuan and Kane for the Golden Boot. It can be said that this game is really full of highlights."

"At the same time yesterday, Manchester United drew 1-1 with Leicester City at home, which means that if Chelsea can win this game, they will return to the top of the league standings after 36 rounds."

"That's true, but all the fans know that Tottenham is not an easy target for Chelsea!"

As the CCTV commentary analyzed, Chelsea's opponent in this round, Tottenham, is much stronger than their opponent in the previous round, Bournemouth.

In the 6th minute of the game, Ibrahimovic stepped on Eriksen's ankle and was shown a yellow card by referee Clattenburg. The director's camera was directed to the coaches of the two teams on the sidelines. Both Mourinho and Pochettino were in a very nervous state.

This is also the reason why the Premier League has high ratings. For other leagues like Ligue 73 and Serie A, the champions and European places have almost been announced at this time, but the Premier League is different. Now except for Leicester City with points, no other team has secured a place in the Champions League.

It was a strong dialogue between two teams, and the pace of the game was very fast. In the 9th minute, Tottenham forced Terry to make a mistake in touching the ball through high pressing, and the Chelsea captain kicked the ball directly into Dembele's mouth.

"Fuck! Behind him, watch him!"

On the right side, Son Heung-min wanted to create a good passing line for Dembele by running, but Jiang Yuan reacted quickly and ran to the position before Son Heung-min, blocking Dembele and Son Heung-min, and dispelling Tottenham's idea of ​​launching an attack on the left.

Seeing Son Heung-min being targeted, Dembele did not choose to stick to one path. He looked up and passed the ball to Harry Kane in front of him. Kane turned around decisively and passed the ball back. The ball came to Lamela's feet. The latter received the ball and shook off Ivanovic with a fried meatball.

"woww!!!"

The fans at Stamford Bridge burst into screams, and the home team fans were in deep pain.

The game had just started and most of the players had not yet entered the game. At this time, Lamela made a fried meatball pass, which really made it difficult for Ivanovic.

"Lamela went down the line and passed the ball to the middle. This was a pass for Harry Kane. Zouma stretched his foot and tried to clear the ball out of the baseline before Harry Kane got the ball, but Lamela's cross was too deep and Zouma, who was returning to defense, couldn't touch it."

"Harry Kane, pull over, pass it back"

"Top of the arc, Eriksson"

"Hey, why is no one marking Eriksen? Fabregas and Mikel's return to defense don't seem to be very timely."

"You can either shoot directly from long range or pass the ball to Kane in the penalty area and see what Eriksen chooses."

"Just give it a kick!"

“GOOOOOOO—AAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLL!!!!!”

"In the 11th minute of the game, Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen scored a world-class goal"

"Tottenham leads 1:0 away from home!"

After confirming that his long-range shot had gone in, Eriksen ran out from the top of the penalty area and hugged his Tottenham teammates near Chelsea's corner flagpole.

The camera was turned to Courtois, the Belgian goalkeeper of the Blues, who was sitting in front of the goal. His body had been stretched out just now, but unfortunately Kane was blocking in front of him, which resulted in Courtois not noticing Eriksen's long shot in the first place.

Pochettino was already smiling from ear to ear after scoring the first goal away from home. Their strongest opponent in the next few league games will be Chelsea. As long as they beat Chelsea, Tottenham will have no problem getting a place in the Champions League this season.

As for Chelsea, the Blues had an advantage with the same points as they had one game less, but if they lose this game, their advantage will be gone.

Chase the ball to win, or at least get a draw, this is what Mourinho said at the pre-match mobilization meeting.

Chelsea has been subject to much external criticism this season and desperately needs to win a Premier League title to prove itself.

"Here at the Bridge whether rain or fine~"

"We can shine all the time~"

“Home or away come and see us play～”

"You're welcome anyday, hey!"

"Chelsea!"

Bang bang bang!

"Chelsea!"

Bang bang bang!

The fans at the scene were still very supportive, with team songs and cheers coming one after another. For the team that is behind, the encouragement from the fans should be the best comfort.

……

(End of this chapter)