Chapter 356: Suffering an Old Crime...

At this time, the Etihad Stadium was silent and all Manchester City fans had black faces.

Damn it, Manchester City were ready to walk away after Chelsea scored the winning goal in the last minute of stoppage time, but then they did this and it just made them depressed.

In sharp contrast to the home team's stands is the away team's stands, where Chelsea fans wearing clothes of various colors began their carnival.

The lowest-priced tickets for Manchester City and Chelsea are 120 pounds, which is expensive, but if you watch the entire game, you will definitely feel that the ticket price is worth it.

As for those audience members who left early, all we can say is that it’s a pity.

“xuuu——!!!”

"Kiss my ass baby, come on baby!"

Chelsea fans were quite arrogant after the winning goal. More than 5000 people mocked the home team against more than 5 people. The difference in numbers was nearly 10 times, but the visiting fans were not at all inferior because the momentum of the home team's stands had been wiped out.

The game was over and Manchester City fans left with regret. Chelsea turned the Etihad into their home stadium, with thousands of people jumping together. This was probably the happiest game for Chelsea fans this season.

“Beep, beep, beep—!!!”

As Remy cleared the ball out of the sideline, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Guardiola tasted the taste of being defeated for the first time since coaching Manchester City. He walked to the front of the player tunnel and shook hands with Mourinho.

"it's okay no problem"

"It's okay, I played pretty well."

Guardiola hugged De Bruyne and kept comforting him. The Belgian's eyes were a little red, and he was obviously not willing to accept this result.

If Sterling had scored that one-on-one shot, if he had scored, there would have been no hope for Chelsea!

fuck!

clap clap clap!
Clap clap clap!

Although they lost the game, the fans still applauded when the home team players left the field. Although it was uncomfortable to be defeated by Jiang Yuan's hat trick, Manchester City's performance today was beyond doubt.

It’s a pity that Manchester City met Jiang Yuan who was in great form. The Etihad Stadium will remember the fear that Jiang Yuan brought to them today.

If nothing unexpected happens, Manchester City fans will probably be nervous when they see Jiang Yuan getting the ball in the future.

"This is... Sir Hat-Trick!"

Terry and Hazard stood on each side and greeted Jiang Yuan who returned to the locker room with the football.

This is a tradition in the football league. After scoring a hat trick, a player can ask the referee to take the match ball away, and the referee cannot refuse.

For players, a hat trick is of great significance, so Jiang Yuan will ask for the ball almost every time he scores a hat trick. It has become his habit.

"Ha ha!"

Jiang Yuan stuffed the ball into his jersey and hugged it, freeing his hands to high-five his teammates. He was very happy with today's game. His hat trick won the game and he was ranked first in the league, with a gold content of 100%.

"Jiang, Jiang, Jiang..."

Pogba twisted his body and slowly walked towards Jiang Yuan. Just when Jiang Yuan thought that his teammate was going to hug him, Pogba took out a bottle of mineral water from behind and poured it directly on Jiang Yuan's head.

"shit..."

Jiang Yuan helplessly spread his hands: "Damn it, Paul, I shouldn't have believed you"

Jiang Yuan, with his upper body soaked, took off his jersey and threw it into the box, then wiped his body with the towel handed to him by Kante. At this time, the wooden door of the locker room was pushed open again, and Mourinho walked in from outside holding the best player trophy of the match.

"Why are you in such a hurry to take a shower?"

Seeing Jiang Yuan wiping his body with a towel, Mourinho thought Jiang Yuan had taken a shower in advance, but when he saw the empty mineral water bottles on the ground, Mourinho, who understood everything, laughed and said, "You have to be careful about these people in the team, they are not good people."

As soon as Mourinho finished speaking, Terry quietly went around with a bottle of water, but was still discovered by Mourinho.

"Go away!"

Mourinho smiled and pushed Terry away, then showed the players in the locker room today's best player trophy, which was a yellow water bottle with the words "Premier League" on it and a lion head representing the Premier League.

After completing the 360-degree display, Mourinho raised the trophy in his hand: "So, can you please tell me who dropped this?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Jiang Yuan at the same time. The latter was holding the football in his arms, blinking his eyes with an expectant expression.

Mourinho came over and stuffed the man of the match trophy into Jiang Yuan's hands: "the absolutely best!"

"come on!"

……

As the home team, Guardiola and De Bruyne walked into the press room of the Etihad Stadium after the game. De Bruyne, sitting on the chair, had dull eyes, and it can be seen that the Belgian is really uncomfortable now.

He played C for the entire game, with a score of 8.5+, but was still defeated in the end.

"Joseph, you lost to Chelsea in the end. This defeat was not expected by Manchester City fans. As the head coach of Manchester City, do you have anything to say?"

"well..."

Guardiola took a deep breath and showed his slightly stiff English, which he had just learned: "Well, the fans all think we can beat Chelsea, but what I want to say is that Chelsea is not a weak opponent. They were the league champions last season and the league champions the season before last. From this point of view, losing by 1 goal is not unacceptable."

The interview lasted about 7 or 8 minutes, with Guardiola speaking alone. De Bruyne rested his hands on his thighs, his eyes looking at the floor, and no one knew what he was thinking.

The reporter noticed this, so after a brief conversation with Guardiola, he talked to De Bruyne: "Let's get back to the game, Kevin. We all saw how difficult this game was. Kevin, as a player on the field, can you briefly describe your mental journey during the game?"

“Yes, it was a tough game.”

De Bruyne touched the left side of his neck with his right hand and half of his arm was blocking his chest, which was a sign of restraint.

“I thought we played really well in the first half”

De Bruyne looked at the reporter: "I think we should have finished 3:1 before the end of the first half, but the game became different after that (in the second half) because they (Chelsea) implemented a strict man-to-man tactics, which made it difficult for us to open the situation"

"In the second half we had a lot of problems and they became very courageous, especially the players up front, and the fact that they scored so quickly..."

Seeing that De Bruyne was starting to run out of things to say, the reporter immediately changed the subject: "Just now Josep mentioned that Chelsea is a very good team. As a starting player, you have played against them many times. What do you think are Chelsea's main advantages?"

"Well... many Premier League teams have one thing in common when they play football, that is, they are full of power, very fast and very aggressive. These characteristics can be seen in Chelsea. But obviously, Chelsea is the top team in the entire Premier League in terms of power and aggression, especially the aggression in counterattacks, which is a very scary point for Chelsea. Just like in today's game, our backcourt didn't react, and Chelsea's counterattack was already in place."

"Raheem (Sterling), Raheem missed a one-on-one chance in the second half, which may be the direct cause of your loss today. Do you blame him after the game?"

hiss--

De Bruyne took a deep breath and finally shook his head in denial.

The reporter understood and quickly added: "It's a pity, actually. Manchester City fans can see that Chelsea's victory today was largely due to luck, because three of their three goals were scored in counterattacks..."

"The tactics are not the main thing, the fact is that they won, and it was a decisive victory"

De Bruyne looked into the eyes of the reporter. What annoyed him most was the words like luck. If you lose, you lose.

Talking about luck after losing means you can't afford to lose, doesn't that mean you can't afford to lose?

"Counterattack is also part of the tactics. Chelsea did a great job in counterattacks. You said that the three goals were scored by luck. No, that is not the case."

"The defender made a long pass, and Jiang was able to stop the ball accurately and score. This is why Chelsea can win. With such a super striker, it is not surprising that Chelsea wins."

De Bruyne spoke his mind.

It is completely impossible to say that he did not blame Sterling in his heart, especially compared with Jiang Yuan's shots, Sterling's ability to seize opportunities was like a machine.

If Sterling had scored that one-on-one goal and made the score 3:2, Chelsea might not have been able to score the next goal.

"Then can you give us an evaluation of Jiang?"

In order to ease his embarrassment, the reporter asked a sensitive question.

"perfect"

De Bruyne answered decisively: "Among all the wingers in the Premier League, Jiang and Eden are the top ones. Chelsea has both of them, which is why Chelsea's counterattack is so powerful."

"If Eden and Jiang are both placed at the left wing position, who do you think is stronger?"

“Must choose one”

"..."

De Bruyne and the reporter looked at each other, and Guardiola also looked at De Bruyne on his left. This is indeed a difficult question to answer...

De Bruyne was silent for a while and finally gave his answer.

"They all have their own characteristics, but I prefer Jiang's fast-forward style of play."

This question, actually.

Even if Hazard himself were to answer, he would choose Jiang Yuan.

In order to activate Jiang Yuan, Mourinho's move of putting Hazard in midfield is the best answer to this problem.

……

Outside the Etihad Stadium, Blues fans who traveled all the way to Manchester gathered and waited for the players to come out.

"Sign, sign, sign..."

Gong Quan is among the fans of the expeditionary army. He is also a Chelsea player, but he is an international student from China.

In order to get Jiang Yuan's autograph after the game, Gong Quan came out without even watching the on-site interview, just to get a seat in the first row outside the cordon. Gong Quan was one of the first to arrive, and originally thought that getting an autograph was a sure thing, but he was squeezed to the third row by some local British fans.

"Fuck, go away!"

Gong Quan stretched out his hand to pull away a white youth in front of him and return to his own seat, but he failed at all.

There was no way, Gong Quan came to watch the game alone. Sometimes Chinese students studying abroad really feel helpless...

"Hey, it's out!"

Someone shouted loudly, and the fans looked towards the door. They saw two security guards coming over, one of them opened the door, and then Ibrahimovic was the first to come out.

"My fans!"

Ibrahimovic opened his arms and enthusiastically accepted the cheers from the fans. The player at the front of the cordon relied on his positional advantage to keep asking Ibrahimovic for an autograph, while also saving one eye.

To be honest, Ibrahimovic is not the top star in Chelsea. There are still Hazard, Jiang Yuan and Pogba behind him!

Sure enough, when Jiang Yuan and Hazard walked out side by side, screams and cheers suddenly broke out on both sides of the cordon.

"Jiang!"

"Hazard, my god!"

"Jiang, come here!"

Jiang Yuan and Hazard, one scored 10.0 and the other scored 9.4, can be said to be the absolute core of Chelsea's victory today.
"Signature!"

"Here!!! I love you Jiang!"

The scene was extremely lively. Jiang Yuan was also using a pen to sign autographs for the nearest fans. Gong Quan kept shouting "Jiang" from behind, but there were so many people shouting his name that Jiang Yuan couldn't catch Gong Quan's voice alone.

Gong Quan is feeling really uncomfortable now. The white man who had squeezed him to the back for an autograph is already in the queue. If nothing unexpected happens, Jiang Yuan's next autograph will be for that young man.

At this moment, Gong Quan had an idea and shouted something in Chinese.

"Jiang Yuan!"

!! ?
Jiang Yuan stopped signing for the white youth in front of him and looked around because he seemed to have heard some sound.

"Jiang Yuan! Here! In front, right in front of you!"

Jiang Yuan caught some Chinese words that were not particularly loud amid the noisy voices, and finally found Gong Quan who was trying hard to squeeze forward but couldn't.

"come here!"

Jiang Yuan waved several times, and the white man in front of him was finally willing to give way to Gong Quan.

"Brother Yuan, Brother Yuan!"

Gong Quan stretched out his hand excitedly, but was immediately stopped by the security guard. Jiang Yuan was not idle at this time either. He signaled to the security guard that it was okay. The last security guard stood aside after searching Gong Quan.

"Brother Yuan is awesome!"

With permission, Gong Quan crossed the cordon and hugged Jiang Yuan directly. Jiang Yuan was also very happy: "Fuck, brother, you are so tall, are you from Northeast China?" "From the South, but my parents are both very tall"

Gong Quan explained and prepared to take off his jersey. Jiang Yuan said there was no need to take off his clothes and asked Gong Quan to turn around. He then took a pen and wrote his artistic signature under the number "7" on the back.

"Did you come here by train?"

Jiang Yuan continued to sign autographs for other fans and asked Gong Quan some questions.

“I am a Chelsea fan, but I did my undergraduate degree at Manchester University”

As he spoke, Gong Quan took out a small blue card from his schoolbag and showed it to Jiang Yuan.

Season Ticket for Chelsea (Stanford only)

"You go to university in Manchester and buy a season ticket for Chelsea, so you have to come to London for every game, right?"

Jiang Yuan was stunned, this Gong Quan was really awesome, he loved football so much, and at the same time this brother's financial level was really awesome, you know, Chelsea's season ticket + round-trip train ticket from London to Manchester City were not cheap!

"Worthy"

Gong Quan said with a smile.

"Fuck, this won't work. Just giving you an autograph is definitely not enough."

Jiang Yuan's brain started working rapidly, and finally he thought of something and called Kennedy over.

Gong Quan thought Jiang Yuan wanted Kennedy to sign for him, but unexpectedly Kennedy took out a yellow and black football from the backpack in his hand, and the surrounding fans immediately burst into screams.

We all watched the entire game, so how could we not understand what this yellow and black football was?

Hat trick goal!
Under the gaze of the fans, Jiang Yuan took a pen and wrote his name on the ball.

On the side, seeing Jiang Yuan about to pass the ball, Pogba ran over and offered to sign the ball.

"Paul, what does this have to do with you?"

Jiang Yuan took the ball away and didn't want to give Pogba an autograph, so the latter immediately shouted: "Hey, your hat trick was assisted by me, right? You can't forget the person who assisted you when you scored a goal!"

"..."

Jiang Yuan couldn't win the argument with Pogba, so he handed the ball to Pogba and asked him to write his name on it. No one knew what this guy was thinking. He had to sign a signature bigger than Jiang Yuan's to feel comfortable.

So far, there are two people's names on the ball that scored this hat trick.

Jiang and Pogba
"Here, this is for you."

Jiang Yuan returned the pen, then stuffed the ball into Gong Quan's hand, and finally patted Gong Quan on the shoulder: "Be careful on the road later. If you go back to school, take a taxi, it's best not to take the bus."

"Ah? Oh, okay, okay, thank you, Brother Yuan, thank you, Brother Yuan!"

The sudden surprise took Gong Quan a while to react.

I came here with the intention of getting an autograph, and in the end I did get one.

It also comes with a hat-trick ball and Pogba's oversized autograph.

Now there are only two words to describe Gong Quan's mood.

Awesome!
……

On the third day after the game, the data website updated the list of Golden Globe Award winning probability. Cristiano Ronaldo's probability rose to 52%, almost far ahead of the others. However, there is a very controversial point here. Even if he has scored 11 goals in the league, Jiang Yuan's winning probability on the data website is still lower than Messi. For this reason, English Football Association Chairman Clark took the initiative to come forward and accept an interview with Sky Sports.

The person responsible for interviewing Clark was Dyson, a senior executive of Sky Sports. Although it was called an interview, it was actually Clark's personal show. Dyson just sat on the side and only needed to keep nodding.

“I really don’t understand!”

Clark was very straightforward and directly stated his attitude: "If it weren't for Ronaldo and Messi, the global ratings of the Premier League would have surpassed La Liga. Putting aside the star effect, the competitive level of the Premier League, including the viewing experience, is higher than that of La Liga."

"Jiang won the championship in this level of the Premier League, is a top scorer, and has 11 goals in the league this season. Under such circumstances, you know, Dyson, Jiang's winning rate is not as good as Rio's!"

"I was really surprised, because everyone knows that Messi was injured this season and did not play in many rounds of the league and the Champions League. With this doubt in mind, I studied Jiang and Rio's winning rates, and suddenly it seemed reasonable to me."

Clark turned to look at Dyson: "Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Because I suddenly remembered that the Golden Globe Awards are voted for by newspapers."

……

On the night of the victory, Chelsea's players took a taxi to a local bar in Manchester called Speak In Code.

Winning an away game means having a night out in a local bar, which is a tradition for many Premier League teams.

It was originally an ordinary trip to the bar, but Jiang Yuan ran into Gong Quan at the door. At this time, Gong Quan was holding his girlfriends with his left and right arms. The first time he saw Jiang Yuan, Gong Quan's eyes lit up. After shaking off his girlfriends, he immediately ran towards Jiang Yuan: "Brother Yuan, are you in this bar too?"

"Isn't this the same person from before?"

Pogba still remembered Gong Quan and pointed at him to confirm with Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan nodded and signaled the security guards not to embarrass Gong Quan. Only then did Jiang Yuan realize that Gong Quan also had bodyguards!

"Your name is... Gong Quan, am I remembering it correctly?"

Jiang Yuan gave a thumbs up, indicating that he was willing to take Gong Quan into Chelsea's private room to celebrate. Upon hearing the good news, Gong Quan's eyes lit up and he turned to talk to his two girlfriends: "You guys go back first."

"Then how do we go back?"

The two beauties were stunned. Judging from their faces, they were obviously international students from China. However, unlike Gong Quan who relied on their family, these two beauties relied on their own "work" to be able to study in the UK.

"Can't you take a taxi?"

Gong Quan shouted, and the two beauties ran away in fear.

"Brother Yuan, shall we go in now?"

Jiang Yuan pointed at the two girls who were walking away: "Are they... okay?"

"It's okay, don't worry about them"

Gong Quan was quite casual and he just chased his girlfriend away when he saw his idol.

Jiang Yuan talked to his teammates and was worried that they would not welcome Gong Quan. However, after Jiang Yuan explained that Gong Quan would take a train from Manchester to London every week to watch Chelsea's game, no one in the team refused Gong Quan's joining.

This is undoubtedly a true fan!
Several people were drinking and dancing in the bar. Jiang Yuan finally caught a fellow villager and naturally asked him a bunch of questions.

During the chat, Jiang Yuan learned that Gong Quan came to this bar every day, and the two girls just now were the friends she brought today.

"Is she a girlfriend?"

"friends with benefits"

"okok..."

Gong Quan said the word "fuck buddy" so calmly that Jiang Yuan was speechless.

"Your family should be well off, so why do you want to study at university in Manchester? Wouldn't it be more convenient to watch football games in London?"

Jiang Yuan raised his doubts, but Gong Quan shook his head: "I can go to London to study at university, but the schools there, such as Imperial College and King's College London, are quite competitive. Manchester University is much better. You can graduate just by playing around. But it is really troublesome to watch the games. You have to take an hour-long train ride."

"Every time you watch a game, you have to take a one-hour train ride. It's really hard for you, a young master."

Jiang Yuan said with a smile, while Gong Quan waved his hands repeatedly: "Brother Yuan, you misunderstood, I am not a young master"

"If you are not a young master, what are you? What does your family do?"

There are many businessmen and wealthy people in the south. Gong Quan likes watching football, so he came to study in the UK. Naturally, his parents were willing to support him.

Gong Quan raised his glass and toasted Jiang Yuan: "Corrupt official"

puff!
Wow, Jiang Yuan was shocked twice in one minute: "No, this matter shouldn't be made public, right?"

Gong Quan shrugged nonchalantly: "It's a bit big, it can survive even if reported. Brother Yuan, if you need anything, just tell me directly. It works all over the country."

"6..."

Jiang Yuan originally wanted to change the subject, but something suddenly occurred to him and he suddenly asked, "Can it affect the Football Association?"

"The Chinese Football Association? That should be fine. Although it's not in the sports field, my dad said they are all connected, so there should be people there who know someone."

"it is good"

Jiang Yuan put his hand on Gong Quan's shoulder and pointed at the Chelsea players who were jumping around in the bar. The happiest ones were Pogba and Terry. "Just tell me whose contact information you want."

……

Premier League: Bournemouth blocked Liverpool, Jiang's hat-trick reversed Manchester City, and Chelsea topped the standings after 14 rounds.

"Global Sports" front page headline - Hat-trick to defeat Manchester City, Jiang showed super strength, is he the third person under Messi and Ronaldo?
The second headline on the front page of The Sun: After the game, several Manchester City players followed Jiang’s Twitter account, including Guardiola.

New York Evening Post - Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio has promised that if he is re-elected as New York City mayor, he will organize a tour of the United States for Chelsea in July-August 2017.

The cover of "Qingshan Middle School Newspaper" is bolded - counting the three greatest football players in the history of the Chinese nation, Jiang Yuan is ranked last!

1. Song Huizong Zhao Ji, the True Dragon Emperor

2. Gao Qiu, worth more than 18 taels of silver
3. Jiang Yuan, worth 9000 million euros

China Sports Daily - Jiang Yuan presented a Chinese student with a football signed by himself and Pogba after the game. A British charity worker offered to buy the football from the Chinese student for £1, but was rejected. Immediately afterwards, the Chinese student donated £2 to the British charity SYNA for animal protection work around the world.

……

After defeating Chelsea, Chelsea began to impact on league points. On December 12, they faced West Bromwich Albion at home at Stamford Bridge. With Pogba's long-range shot and Jiang Yuan's penalty, Chelsea won the 11th round of the league 2:0. They successfully maintained their first place in the league under the threats of Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham. It can be said that it was not easy.

Chelsea is currently 3 points ahead of the two second-placed Manchester City and Liverpool. Apart from the smaller goal difference, there is really no weakness to be found in Chelsea.

Regarding the issue of goal difference, Mourinho and Brown explained to the players during training that Chelsea's low goal difference is due to the simultaneous implementation of both passing and counterattack tactics. This style of play is more risky. If they want to score more goals, they will definitely concede more goals to their opponents.

Anyway, goal difference doesn't matter. What Chelsea needs to do now is to get more points. In this way, no matter how bad their goal difference is, as long as they have more points than others, it doesn't matter.

This is the same as the college entrance examination. If the total scores are the same, Chinese, mathematics and English will be prioritized. But as long as the total score is higher than others, the ranking will definitely be higher than others.

At the same time, after the game with West Bromwich Albion, Jiang Yuan accepted the award at Stamford Bridge. The award was the best player of the Premier League in November. This was the first time Jiang Yuan won the player of the month this season, but it was definitely not the last time.

Because of his hat trick against Manchester City and the penalty kick against West Brom today, with 2 goals in 4 games, Jiang Yuan can almost be said to have secured the title of Player of the Month for December.

Chelsea has a total of 12 games to play in December, including 7 league games and 6 Champions League game. After defeating West Bromwich Albion, Chelsea will go to Germany to play against Dortmund.

Dortmund vs. Chelsea, this is the last game of the last round of Group G of the Champions League. The day before the game, Sporting CP drew with Monaco away and was eliminated with a total of 9 points. Currently, Chelsea and Dortmund have the same points, 10 points.

This means that tomorrow's game is not only the last game of Group G, but also a battle for the top spot in Group G. The victory or failure of this game will directly determine the strength of Chelsea's opponent in the first round of the knockout round.

If Chelsea loses to Dortmund, they will have the opportunity to face a number of super teams such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​so this game is undoubtedly very important.

Germany, Dortmund, Hotel I'Arrivee. The club's head had already contacted the hotel in advance, and the players took a bus directly to the hotel to check in after landing at the airport.

There is a big difference between away games in the Champions League and the Premier League, and that is that away games in the Champions League are more grand. As soon as Jiang Yuan stepped into the hotel lobby, the words "UEFA Championship" came into view. As a hotel often used by Dortmund teams for away games, Hotel I'Arrivee also has in-depth cooperation with the German Football Association and the European Football Association.

The club staff issued cards to the players, each with a room. Jiang Yuan also saw his own photo and imitation signature on the room card.

I walked to the room on the 6th floor and saw a big "7" written on the door.

The respect that Germans and Americans have for athletes is truly unmatched by people from other countries. For this reason alone, Jiang Yuan thinks Germany is a good place.

But this idea disappeared in the evening. At 12:, the sound of firecrackers was inexplicably heard downstairs in the hotel.

Then, there was a knock on Jiang Yuan's door. Jiang Yuan thought something had happened, but when he opened the door, he saw Hazard who couldn't sleep: "Eden, what's wrong?"

"firecracker!"

Hazard came to the balcony of Jiang Yuan's room with his upper body naked, pointed at the fans wearing yellow Dortmund jerseys downstairs, and said angrily: "It was the firecrackers of Dortmund fans. I was woken up by the explosions less than an hour after sleeping. These Germans are like idiots. Do they really want the home team to win?"

"Forehead……"

Seeing Hazard appear on the balcony, the fans on the street downstairs became even more excited. They set off more than ten firecrackers at the same time and kept shouting Hazard's name, which made Hazard hurried back from the balcony and hide behind the curtains trembling.

It's really a crime...

……

(End of this chapter)