Chapter 359: Reversal of Messi!

Ballon d'Or 2016 Ranking
No.3: Lionel Messi(ARGENTINA), FC Barcelona
No.2: Yuan Jiang (CHINA), FC Chelsea
WINNER: Crisitiano Ronalod (PORTUGAL), Real Mardrid
The newspaper "France Football" announced the winners of the 2016 Ballon d'Or on time, among which Cristiano Ronaldo, the double champion of the Champions League and the European Cup, won the award almost without any suspense.

To the surprise of Chinese fans, Jiang Yuan actually completed a reversal against Argentine star Messi at the last minute.

In this era of Messi and Ronaldo, it is a miracle that Jiang Yuan was able to beat Messi and come second in the Ballon d'Or ranking.

You know, the core of the Golden Ball Award is newspaper voting. Jiang Yuan, who just made his mark in the Portuguese Super League in early 2015, still has a lot of influence in the world's mainstream sports media.

The fact that Jiang Yuan received more votes than Messi is enough to show that his performance this year is indeed very experienced.

2015-16 Premier League champion, Golden Boot + Champions League Golden Boot, the value of this second place can be said to be extremely exaggerated.

"Pity"

In the hotel, Hazard threw his phone on the sofa and then looked at Jiang Yuan. After landing, the two arrived at the hotel first, and then did nothing but wait for the news from France Football.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, "France Football" announced the top three Ballon d'Or votes in the latest issue of the newspaper. Fans saw the ranking, but as one of the candidates for the Ballon d'Or, Hazard and Jiang Yuan did receive text messages from "France Football".

iMessage: Congratulations, Mr. Jiang, you are ranked second in this year's (2016) Golden Globe Awards voting. Please arrive at the Chatelet Theater in Paris before 20:00 local time to attend the Golden Globe Awards ceremony.

It's a pity that you didn't win the final Ballon d'Or ranking, but considering the voting nature of the Ballon d'Or, not winning the Ballon d'Or does not mean that you are definitely not the best player of the year. Thank you! - FIFA & "France Football"

After seeing the message, Jiang Yuan also threw away the phone in his hand. After finishing the task, he spread his hands and said, "Man, what can I say!"

Jiang Yuan expected that he did not win the award in the end, but he was able to surpass Messi and come in second, which was definitely beyond his expectations.

Jiang Yuan's inner feelings are very complicated now. On the one hand, he feels regretful that he did not win the award in the end. On the other hand, he feels happy that he could defeat either Messi or Ronaldo in this era of Messi and Ronaldo's duo.

"Now is not the era of Messi and Ronaldo. It's not just Messi and Ronaldo, there's also Jiang"

Hazard stretched out three fingers of his right hand: "Messi, Ronaldo... and Jiang!"

"come on!"

Jiang Yuan looked at Hazard speechlessly: "Leo was injured last season, otherwise how could I have surpassed him in ranking? You think too much."

Jiang Yuan would not be so foolish as to think that he is better than Messi just because he ranked higher than Messi in the Ballon d'Or.

He has 50% of the essence of two superstars, Ronaldo and Mbappe. If he can fully combine the advantages of Ronaldo and Mbappe, Jiang Yuan will be confident that he can suppress Messi and Ronaldo.

But now the total of his two templates is only 75%, which is still a bit short of surpassing Messi.

According to Jiang Yuan's research on his system, if he wants to surpass Ronaldo or Messi in absolute personal strength, the sum of the two templates must reach about 90%. Jiang Yuan is still far from 90% now, and his victory over Messi this year was mostly due to luck.

"soon"

Hazard counted on his fingers: "You were born in 1998, and you are only 18 years old now. Ronaldo and Messi didn't win the Champions League Golden Boot when they were your age. When you are 24 or 25 years old, it won't be easy to surpass them. By then, it will not be the era of Messi and Ronaldo, but the era of Messi, Ronaldo and Jiang. I just said, Messi, Ronaldo... and Jiang!"

"Of course, the prerequisite is that you have to keep getting stronger."

Jiang Yuan curled his lips: "Why don't you include yourself in this?"

Hazard was born in 1991. He is 25 years old this year and will be 1 in January next year. The peak of a football player is between 26 and 26 years old. At this time, the players have both physical fitness and game awareness. These five years can be said to be the best five years for a professional player.

Judging from the time, Hazard is about to enter his peak period. This can be seen from Chelsea's league and Champions League this season. Hazard in the 16-17 season is stronger than any previous season!

In response to Jiang Yuan's question, Hazard did not respond. Jiang Yuan then took out his mobile phone and skillfully opened the football app. The little boy was sitting on a football, and diagonally opposite him was a non-standard 8-man goal.

The scene changed, and when Jiang Yuan officially entered the APP, a pop-up poster popped up on the screen. In the middle, Cristiano Ronaldo was wearing a Real Madrid jersey and roaring with his mouth open, and on the left and right were Jiang Yuan and Messi.

The results of the Ballon d'Or are out, Cristiano Ronaldo won his fourth Ballon d'Or, and Jiang Yuan ranked higher than Messi, becoming the only player in Chinese history to be shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or finals.

Dongqiudi is worthy of being an APP for Chinese football fans. Cristiano Ronaldo won the Golden Ball, but in the final report, the amount of text about Cristiano Ronaldo in the newspaper was less than half of that of Jiang Yuan.

[A year without any suspense, Champions League champion + Silver Boot, if you don’t win the Ballon d’Or, who will? ]

[Xiao Jiang is really awesome. Everyone said he couldn't beat Messi, but he still beat him in the end. China, rise up!]

[Damn, Xiao Jiang is actually in the top three of the Ballon d'Or, and he's even second. Doesn't that mean he's only a little bit away from the Ballon d'Or? He'll really win the Ballon d'Or in a few years, right? This is the first FIFA Ballon d'Or for a Chinese.]

[You're overthinking it. If Jiang Yuan wants to win the Ballon d'Or, Chelsea must stand up and at least reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Otherwise, it's useless to win the Golden Boot. The overall performance of the team must also be considered when voting for this thing.]

[Why is Jiang Yuan ranked higher than Messi? 】

【Put a mousetrap】

[You ask why Jiang Yuan ranks higher than Messi. Is there anything wrong with being ranked second with the Premier League Golden Boot and the Champions League Golden Boot? ]

[Then Jiang Yuan should be taller than Ronaldo, who won the Silver Boot]

[Does your Ballon d'Or award only look at the number of goals? ]

Pure fans of Jiang Yuanren have begun to rejoice secretly, but fans of Melo and Ronaldo in the comment section have already started to quarrel.

Messi fans are afraid of being accused of being traitors, so they dare not question Jiang Yuan's Ballon d'Or ranking in public, but they don't want to be bullied by Ronaldo fans. The only way is to join Jiang Yuan's crystal fan camp.

[Jiang Yuan should win this year's Golden Ball! ]

The core idea is that if I, Messi, can't get it, you, Ronaldo, shouldn't get it either.

Then who can take it?
The Chinese can take it.

In order to compete with Ronaldo's fans in the debate, Messi's fans directly praised Jiang Yuan to a higher level, making remarks such as "If Jiang Yuan was in Real Madrid, he would at least score 20 goals in the Champions League" and "C Ronaldo is not as good as Jiang Yuan".

In order to fight back against Messi fans, Ronaldo fans also started to make efforts.

[I am Jiang Yuan's junior high school classmate. When Jiang Yuan was just in the first grade of junior high school, he was already 1 meters tall. Isn't this better than your brother Messi? ]

The one who benefited from the fight between Messi, Ronaldo and his fans was Jiang Yuan. The fans kept arguing with each other, and finally spread some analysis videos to platforms such as Bilibili and Kuaishou, including the latest APP called "Tik Tok".

With the copywriting: At the age of 18, Jiang Yuan suppressed Melo, and his peak can only be imagined; no one has seen Jiang Yuan at his peak, because his peak has not yet arrived;

These texts, combined with highlights of Jiang Yuan's games, were uploaded to video software. People who didn't know much about football would be scared to death when they saw this video.

At the age of 18, he is better than Melo and Ronaldo combined, and he hasn’t reached his peak yet?
"Let's analyze Jiang Yuan's level when he was 17 years old and compare it to Cristiano Ronaldo at the same age. We can see that Jiang Yuan is far superior to Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of both talent and physique..."

Watching the video playing on his phone, Jiang Yuan was already sweating profusely.

……

It was 7 o'clock in the evening in Paris. A brass-colored Rolls-Royce stopped at the entrance of the Chatelet Theater. As soon as the car stopped, a large group of reporters rushed up.

"Ronaldo!"

"Ronaldo, how do you feel now that you beat Jiang and Messi to win this year's Golden Globe Award?"

"Cristiano!"

Click!

Click, click, click!

After the ceremonial opening of the door, Cristiano Ronaldo, dressed in a suit, got out of the car. The Portuguese star did not rush to answer reporters' questions, but signed autographs for the fans who came to the scene.

Just as Ronaldo was signing, the car carrying Neymar and Messi also arrived. It was a latest model black Alpha. Behind the Alpha was a black Maybach S600, which contained Jiang Yuan and Hazard.

"Jiang! oh come here here!"

“Peut répondreà Mes Questions??”

"Jiang, you won the second place in the Golden Globe Awards. Can you tell me what you think?"

Jiang Yuan and Hazard got out of the car. The first thing they did was to keep saying "sorry". Under the escort of security personnel, they broke free from the circle of reporters and took out the pens they had prepared long ago to sign autographs for the fans at both ends of the red carpet.

"Wow, Eden and Jiang!"

C Ronaldo came over, shook hands and hugged Hazard and Jiang Yuan. The Portuguese didn't have much communication with Hazard and Jiang Yuan at the moment. This was because Chelsea had not met Real Madrid in the Champions League in recent years. The only possible encounter was in the International Champions Cup, but for a warm-up match like the International Champions Cup, it was indeed unrealistic to gather C Ronaldo, Jiang Yuan, and Hazard at the same time.

"Congratulations"

Jiang Yuan congratulated Ronaldo and did not forget to kiss Georgina on the cheek. These are the most basic etiquette.

"See you inside then!"

C Ronaldo patted Jiang Yuan on the shoulder, and Neymar pulled Messi over.

"Leo"

"Jiang, Eden"

Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Jiang Yuan, and Hazard formed a circle and chatted about some interesting things. Messi and Ronaldo deliberately avoided direct communication with each other, so on the surface it looked like five people were gathered together to chat, but in fact they were divided into two camps.

C Ronaldo, Jiang Yuan and Neymar were talking about the same topic, while Hazard and Messi were talking separately on the side. It should be the personality reasons that brought the Belgian and the Argentine together.

Click, click, click!

Click, click, click!

The reporters nearby were not fools either. They quickly pressed the shutter button to capture this rare scene.

The Chatelet Theatre is very large and was specially decorated for the Ballon d'Or ceremony. The whole scene gave off a simple yet solemn feeling. Jiang Yuan was arranged to sit in the front row without any other arrangements. Ibrahimovic and Pogba sat behind Jiang Yuan. They did not take the same flight as Jiang Yuan because they had to deal with family matters in London.

“Why am I only ranked 12th!”

Pogba sat in the back and wailed. According to his speculation, based on his outstanding performance for Chelsea in the past season, he would at least be in the top ten.

“The top ten were already determined in November.”

Hazard pointed out the problem with a smile. His Ballon d'Or ranking was 11th last, just outside the top ten.

The reason is very simple. The Golden Globe Awards announces the top 10 list in early October and the top ten list at the end of October. This means that if you are not in the top ten at the end of October, no matter how well you perform in November and December, it will be useless.

The best case scenario is to be ranked 11th like Hazard, or 12th like Pogba. The worst one is Ibrahimovic. The Swede finally ranked 17th. Obviously he is very dissatisfied with his ranking.

A total of four Chelsea players made it into the top 4 of the Ballon d'Or, which is quite impressive.

"Mesdames et messieurs (Ladies and gentlemen)..."

The female host walked onto the stage in dim lights, and after some simple opening remarks, the screen behind the host began to broadcast the specific rankings of the top 30 of this year's Ballon d'Or, starting from Dybala at 30th place and going all the way to Cristiano Ronaldo at first place. Every time a new picture appeared on the screen, the person in the picture had to stand up, and the guests present had to applaud him.

Although you didn't win the award, being selected in the top 30 means that your performance this year is among the top 30 in global football, which is something to be happy about.

The fans in the live broadcast room were also a little excited. In order to ensure the ratings of the award ceremony, "France Football" only announced the top three, so the fans did not know the specific ranking of the bottom 27.

[Fuck, Ibrahimovic is only 17, shouldn't he be in the top 15? ]

[Hazard and Pogba really made me laugh to death, one is 11 and the other is 12, this wave was caused by the mechanism]

[Indeed, I think Hazard can definitely get into the top eight, but forget about Pogba. It should be a bit difficult for Pogba to get into the top ten]

[Chelsea is awesome! Four of them are from the top 30 teams. I have never fought such a rich battle in my life. Real Madrid has six, which is incredible.]

[Sure enough, I said Griezmann was fourth. Why can't Griezmann beat an injured Messi this season? How did these foreigners vote? ]

[It doesn't matter, Jiang Yuan is second, that's awesome! ]

[Okay, okay, if we round it up, Jiang Yuan has won the Golden Globe Award]

[Where is Wu Lei? Where is Wu Lei? 】

[You entered the wrong live broadcast room above]

[What is the name of this female host? Does anyone know? ]

[Neymar is also funny, being beaten by Aguero, right? Can he play football properly?]

[Stupid newspaper, why is Patricio only 20th? This Ballon d'Or is really stupid]

Sure enough, when the rankings were announced, the fans were at their most combative. Not only Chinese fans, but many European fans also expressed their dissatisfaction with France Football and FIFA in their live broadcast rooms.

In competitive sports, the camps are too clearly divided. Once you put on the jersey of a certain team, it is difficult to make a fair and reasonable evaluation of each player and team. Even some professional commentators cannot guarantee fairness, let alone the fans.

"Mr. Cristiano"

The host looked at Ronaldo, and Florentino next to him applauded. Then, the entire Chatelet Theater was filled with applause. Between Neymar and Messi, Ronaldo stood up, bowed left and right, and walked straight to the theater stage. Then came the acceptance speech, which was very meaningful to the winners. The diehard Ronaldo fans in the live broadcast room were also willing to watch it, but the stars in the audience were a little embarrassed.

The spare camera turns to Jiang Yuan, who is already a little sleepy at this moment, just like in high school class, he wants to sleep but cannot due to the circumstances, which makes Jiang Yuan very uncomfortable.

While the protagonist is enjoying the joy of victory, the supporting characters can only sit in jail where the spotlight cannot reach.

After the interview lasted about 10 minutes and the ratings began to decline, the host, who had been prepared for a long time, asked Ronaldo a very sensitive question: "Everyone says that you and Messi are the two best players in football right now. I have a question now. Neymar, Hazard, Jiang, Ibrahimovic... Who do you think is the best after you and Leo?"

The camera turned to the first row of the hall. Jiang Yuan and Hazard, who were almost asleep, suddenly were no longer sleepy.

Everyone thought Ronaldo would choose one from among the many stars, but the Portuguese's answer was beyond everyone's expectations.

"I'm the best"

“also the second one”

“and the third one”

Clap clap clap!

Snap, snap, snap, snap!

……

After the award ceremony, the stars moved to the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris for a dinner and the live broadcast ended.

A dinner party is a great place to make friends. Jiang Yuan exchanged contact information with Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Griezmann, Modric, Lewandowski and others at the dinner party.

““Monsieur est servi (Sir, your meal is served)”

The French pay great attention to pomp and circumstance, and the service procedures for the hotel dinner were one set after another. A row of brightly colored flowers was placed in the middle of the oversized dining table, which made Jiang Yuan's eyes a little tired.

Jiang Yuan simply grew a piece of what he called "Petit steak de la ferme aveyron gold"

Translated into Chinese, it means Golden Aveyron Farmhouse Steak, which looks very cool, but Jiang Yuan really doesn’t think this “Golden Steak” is very delicious.

The French are very particular about how they eat, but when it comes to taste, the food in some of China's cheap street restaurants is better than that in Shangri-La.

"Eden"

Jiang Yuan turned around and wanted Azar to help him get a napkin, but found that Azar, who was originally sitting on his right, was gone.

Looking back, Hazard was chatting with an unfamiliar girl by the fountain.

"You might need this?"

Looking back again, a girl with golden hair sat in the seat that originally belonged to Hazard. Jiang Yuan took the napkin from her and said thank you in his not very fluent French.

“You can speak English to me”

The girl held out her hand: "Strojek, Maja Strojek"

"Strojek?"

Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows: "You are not French, right? Let me guess, your name is... Poland?"

"Great!"

Maya raised her glass and toasted Jiang Yuan. During the conversation, Jiang Yuan learned that the Pole in front of him, like Karimova, was a model and worked in a local modeling agency in Paris.

Some modeling agencies in Europe, America, and South Korea like to cooperate with football newspapers. For example, Marilyn Agency, where Maya works, is a loyal partner of France Football.

Through relevant newspapers, modeling agencies can push their models with good figures into the small circle of athletes, and use the influence of sports stars to increase the attention of their models.

As for the model herself, a sports star who is favored by a company can easily have assets worth millions, not to mention hundreds of millions. How can an 18 or 19-year-old girl resist a boyfriend who is involved in sports, has a good figure and can make a lot of money?
Maya appeared to be having dinner, but was actually at work. During the conversation, Maya kept hinting at Jiang Yuan to touch her body. Jiang Yuan couldn't bear it and slapped the Pole directly on the thigh.

"Hey, ma'am, this is my seat"

Hazard, who had finished chatting, came over and tried to take his place back from Maya.

Hearing this, Maya wanted to stand up, but was held down in her seat by Jiang Yuan.

"Eden, go hang out somewhere else. This lady and I have something important to discuss."

Azar: …

The two began to communicate further. Jiang Yuan asked for Maya's WhatsApp. In the remaining hour of the dinner, the two told each other their stories.

Jiang Yuan was surprised to find that Maya was born in 1997, just one year earlier than himself, and is exactly 19 years old this year. When she was 16, she participated in a modeling competition in a small Polish town in her hometown. After winning the championship, she signed with Marilyn Agency.

Maya is also an industry elite. When she was 18 years old, she participated in the fashion weeks in Poland and France. This year, 19-year-old Maya has already stepped half a foot into the threshold of supermodel.

The remaining half foot will require a little "help" from Jiang Yuan.

Gossip from the Football Emperor: The Sun discovered on Jiang Yuan’s personal social media that Jiang Yuan had started following Maya Stroek, and also discovered that Maya had also been following Jiang Yuan.

In the evening, Maya brought Jiang Yuan to her room.

After closing the door with a "bang", Jiang Yuan hugged Maya and placed the Pole directly on the entrance table. Maya spread her legs and held Jiang Yuan's shoulders tightly with both hands.

Placing his hand on the woman's thigh, Jiang Yuan's restless little hand began to move little by little.

"Um……"

Maya's body trembled.

“You seem a little nervous”

Jiang Yuan was not in a hurry and asked with concern.

"It's ok it's ok..."

Maya kept muttering, seemingly talking to Jiang Yuan, but actually she was cheering herself up.

After some passionate lovemaking, Jiang Yuan put Maya on the bed. The woman's legs were pressed on Jiang Yuan's shoulders, and her shoes were shaking.

Under the stimulation of female hormones, Maya no longer had the shyness she had just now, and began to slowly cooperate with Jiang Yuan.

Maya's face flushed, her expression was a little dazed, and she said vaguely: "8 letters, 3 words, I belong to you" (I Love You)

Jiang Yuan pinched Maya's soft chin with one hand and at the same time moved his waist close to Maya's lips.

“Here We Go”

……

At the time of the Ballon d'Or award ceremony, Chelsea played against Sunderland away. The performances of both teams were somewhat embarrassing, and finally they shook hands and made peace with a 1:1 draw at the Stadium of Light.

As the team was playing away and the main players were absent, this match could not be considered an upset. The reason why Chelsea lost can ultimately be blamed on the English FA.

In December 2016, Chelsea played one Champions League game and six league games. Not to mention that Jiang Yuan and Hazard went to France to attend the awards ceremony, even if Jiang Yuan and Hazard were still in the team, Mourinho might not let them play.

On average, he plays a high-intensity game every 4.4 days. No player in the top five leagues can do this.

Isn't this schedule completely stupid?

The final result of the game was always a loss. On December 12th, London time, Chelsea lost 19:1 to Crystal Palace away from home. Jiang Yuan scored a header, but it didn't have any effect.

"I don't know what to do!"

In private, Mourinho complained to Brown: "We have great players and great tactics, but we are always one team, not two. Why do other teams play a game every five days, but we play a game every four days, and sometimes every three days?"

"We have the Champions League..."

Brown didn't know what to say. If there was no Champions League, Chelsea's schedule in December would be easier, but to be honest, it wouldn't be much easier.

At the beginning of December, Chelsea defeated Manchester City, but as the frequency of games increased, Chelsea's players began to perform poorly.

N'Golo Kante, this player came to Cobham base in July this year. In the 7 days from December 12 to December 1, Kante started 12 games, an average of one game every 20 days. Even an iron defense can't withstand such play!
“17 rounds ago, we were ranked first, but now!”

Mourinho turned the laptop in his office over because the points gap between the top teams was not big. After one round, Chelsea's ranking dropped directly to fourth. This was more painful than killing Mourinho.

"How is Radamel (Falcao)?"

Mourinho looked up at Brown. Chelsea's substitute left winger had his ankle stepped on during previous training and only resumed training yesterday.

“It’s OK”

Brown nodded: "When he was injured, I asked Rozovic to go to the hospital to see him and do some rehabilitation training. His body can support the game."

"What's the status?"

"One week, and in another week he should be able to resume playing."

Brown has been in charge of Falcao's training since he returned from injury, so this Chelsea assistant coach can be said to be the person who knows Falcao best now.

Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief when he got Brown's affirmative answer.

Falcao's comeback will definitely have a huge impact on Chelsea, because for a player of Kennedy's level, it is true that he has the Premier League level, but it is indeed a bit of a stretch for him to start for Chelsea.

By the 16th round, the teams in the same league had gotten to know each other very well. When you saw Kennedy starting, the opponents directly increased their defense on the right side in order to target Jiang Yuan, the Blues' only breakthrough point.

If Falcao can come back, this problem can be solved by letting him start as right winger.

As for Fabregas…

When playing against Dortmund, Mourinho let Fabregas try the attacking midfielder position, the effect was average, far worse than Hazard's performance in the attacking midfielder position. But overall, the strength of Hazard + Fabregas + Jiang Yuan is greater than Jiang Yuan + Hazard + Kennedy.

However, Falcao has recovered from his injury. With Falcao controlling the ball and breaking through on the right, there is not much point in putting Fabregas in the attacking midfielder position.

"It's a pity for Cesc..."

Brown expressed his regret, but reason told him that Fabregas is not suitable to start in any position in the team now.

Mourinho is a little cold-blooded, but as he said, coaches of professional teams sometimes need to be a little cold-blooded. If competitive sports have too many subjective elements, the viewing experience will be greatly reduced.

There is warmth off the court, but on the field, you have to do whatever it takes to win.

……

It is December 12th in London, it is still 26pm, and Chelsea players are enjoying their pre-match meal at the base.

The pre-match meal is neither a main meal nor an afternoon snack. Its purpose is to provide players with enough energy to sustain the game.

Because we had just had lunch an hour ago, the pre-game meal would be rather simple, with each person having a plate of macaroni and one or two pieces of sweet potato.

Mourinho reached out and took a piece of sweet potato, put it in his mouth and chewed it while talking about the game: "Let Kennedy start the game this afternoon. In the second half, I will replace Radamel depending on the situation. I will tell you the specific time of the substitution at halftime."

As he spoke, Mourinho reached out and took another sweet potato. It could be seen that the sweet potato provided by the logistics department of Cobham base was quite sweet.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan found a banana without any spots on the table and handed it to Mourinho: "Try this, it's very sweet."

"Oh! Thank you bro!"

Mourinho took the banana handed to him by Jiang Yuan. Because he still had food in his mouth, Mourinho did not peel the banana immediately.

"Well, our opponent today is a mid-table team in the Premier League. After a full week of rest, we still have a good chance of winning."

"There is only one main problem against Bournemouth, and that is air defense..."

……

23:00 Beijing time, Stamford Bridge.

"CCTV, CCTV, good evening, dear audience friends, this is the live broadcast of the 16th round of the 17-18 Premier League, Chelsea vs. Bournemouth"

"Yesterday was Christmas in Europe. We can also see that both teams on the field are wearing Christmas-themed jackets. This is the first Premier League game after Christmas. I am looking forward to what kind of performances Chelsea and Bournemouth will bring us."

"The game has begun. Let me introduce the starting lineups of both teams."

……

(End of this chapter)