Topicality.

Chen Ping is the biggest topic in English football.

It can be said that after the start of this season, Chen Ping, who has just come to the Premier League, has always followed the topic. The English media like to interview Chen Ping, because Chen Ping will give these media good news every time. Since Chen Ping shouted for a Europa League spot at the beginning of the season, Chen Ping's goal is to grow every time. Until the Premier League champion was called, it was a lot of ridicule.

If there is a lot of ridicule, that is news, that is topicality.

What these media rely on to maintain sales is this kind of topicality. When Chen Ping said that West Ham was going to win the Premier League title, I don't know how many English football celebrities, and English football commentators stood up to speak.

Affirmation, ridicule, criticism, all make the sales of these media are rising rapidly.

But that ridicule is no longer there.

Because West Ham's performance in the Premier League is getting better and better, while the performance of their rivals is getting worse and worse. In particular, Arsenal, who were strong at the beginning of the season, and Arsenal, who looked to create a new dynasty, have really plummeted since the defeat to Manchester United. In the fifteenth round of the Premier League, Arsenal challenged Liverpool away and lost again.

Since the 10th round of the Premier League, Arsenal's results have been almost no different from those of the relegation teams. If you want to say that Arsenal's results during this period are the results of the Premier League powerhouses, no one will believe it.

In the 10th round of the Premier League, Arsenal lost 0-3 away to Manchester United, ending their 49-game unbeaten run. The next Arsenal were in a slump and their results were getting worse and worse. In the 11th round of the Premier League, Arsenal was forced to draw 2-2 at home by Southampton, who had lost six consecutive defeats and had no morale, causing the biggest upset in the Premier League this season. In the twelfth round of the Premier League, Arsenal played a 1-1 match with promoted Crystal Palace, continuing their sluggish form. In the thirteenth round of the Premier League, Arsenal finally defeated Tottenham Hotspur 5-4 away. At the time, many people thought that Arsenal were not going to get out of the slump. However, in the 14th round of the English Premier League, Arsenal lost 1-4 at home to the championship rival West Ham United, which can be said to be a loss of face. In the fifteenth round of the Premier League, Arsenal lost 1-2 to Liverpool.

Arsenal's results in six rounds are one win, two draws and three defeats, accumulating only five points. From first place in the Premier League at the beginning, it is now 12 points behind leaders West Ham United, and the ranking has also dropped to third place, behind Chelsea.

and Premier League upstart Chelsea.

Under Champions League-winning coach Jose Mourinho, it is now more and more consistent. However, because at the beginning of the season, Mourinho was adapting to Chelsea and the Premier League, so he dropped more points.

Chelsea are also 11 points behind West Ham at the moment.

With this advantage, many people think that West Ham is really likely to win the Premier League title. Of course, there are many people who question it, because West Ham is a promoted horse after all. In the opinion of many football commentators, West Ham are likely to be down in the final moments.

But there aren't so many arguments anymore.

Now a lot of people are talking about the fact that if West Ham win the Premier League, then it will be a miracle for the promoted horses to win the title. This kind of thing is not a common thing. The last time was back at the Nottingham Forest Miracle.

But Chen Ping, who got rid of the controversy a little, pulled Italian football in. Mocking Italian football is already a thing of the past and in decline. Not only did he ridicule Italian football, but he also humiliated Lazio during the game.

After humiliating and playing Lazio, Chen Ping even directly stated that Juventus and Inter Milan would not agree to come to him. This naked ridicule of Italian football can be said to have set off a war of scolding.

In the end, both the English and Italian media fought for a long time.

It has been lively in European football for a long time.

What does Chen Ping say now?

Lambert can win the Ballon d'Or, and he also said that Lambert can win the European Ballon d'Or in 2005. Such big words made Chen Ping push himself to the center of public opinion again. It's that the English media themselves are not optimistic, or at all, they don't believe that Lambert has a chance to win the Ballon d'Or.

Chen Ping is not dreaming.

But this time, although there were a lot of voices of disbelief, there was a lot less ridicule. Because Chen Ping started talking big at the beginning of the season, it is basically completed now. Therefore, there are really people who analyze whether Lambert has a chance to win the Golden Globe.

Some even listed what Lambert needed to accomplish to get the Ballon d'Or.

However, Chen Ping took West Ham to the quarter-finals of the League Cup in the midst of this controversy. On 1 December 2004, in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, West Ham travelled to Championship club Watford. The worst opponent was selected in the quarterfinals.

In addition to West Ham and Watford, the other fixtures include Fulham hosting Chelsea, Manchester United hosting Arsenal and Tottenham hosting Liverpool.

When good luck comes, no one can stop it. Chen Ping gave up the League Cup, but the League Cup is reluctant to West Ham and reluctant to Chen Ping. Along the way, each draw was given to West Ham as the weakest team, and West Ham easily reached the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup without much effort. Chen Ping's choice is the same, although he entered the quarter-finals of the League Cup, he still doesn't care.

If you lose, you lose. The defeat in the League Cup will not affect Chen Ping's miracle in the Premier League.

So the bench went up.

The main force is not worth wasting energy for such a game. Because there will be no shortage of West Ham games in December, especially going into the Christmas schedule, it will be a huge test of the players' physical strength.

Chen Ping released the water.

But the difference in strength is very obvious. Watford, as a Championship side, are aiming for promotion, not a League Cup tie with West Ham. If you can win, you win, and if you can't win, Watford doesn't care. The result was a group of West Ham substitutes who came up and beat Watford 4-2. West Ham academy youngster Noble was in excellent form, scoring twice in the game. It can be regarded as a rapid fame.

With a win over Watford, West Ham comfortably reached the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup. Reaching the League Cup final, there are no weaker teams anymore. Because the list of the top four of the League Cup came out, it was Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and West Ham, all of which were strong teams in the Premier League.

West Ham's opponents in the semi-finals turned Liverpool. Bookbag netting

On 4 December 2004, three days after the League Cup quarter-finals, West Ham travelled to Portsmouth. Speaking of which, Portsmouth's results this season are not too bad as a promoted horse.

Towards the end of the half-season, Portsmouth currently sit in 12th place in the Premier League, away from the Premier League relegation zone. West Ham's award-winning coach Redknapp has done a decent job at Portsmouth. It's a pity that Chen Ping and West Ham were born out of nowhere and took away all the attention. Otherwise, Portsmouth could be called a dark horse this season.

Redknapp is one of England's best homegrown coaches.

It's still a good fight. Redknapp did not flinch in the face of West Ham, but played offensive football with West Ham. While Portsmouth took advantage of some deficiencies from Pepe and Christian Daly to score two goals. But West Ham played even better.

The last thing West Ham are afraid of is the team that comes out. The most feared are those teams with strong tactical ability, excellent midfield robbery ability, and excellent defensive counterattack. West Ham don't have the strength to break down those heavily defended teams at the moment. Portsmouth's strength is already poor, and they still play offensive football with West Ham, which is very beneficial to West Ham. With Lambert's brace, Arshavin, Defoe and Franck Ribery scored one goal each, and finally won 5-2 away at Portsmouth. Completed an eleventh consecutive win in the Premier League.

Lambert, who was pushed to the forefront, still performed well in this game. After scoring twice, Lambert has already scored 18 goals, and he is the top scorer in the Premier League.

On 11 December 2004, West Ham host Charlton Athletic.

Charlton Athletic is a well-known tough player in the Premier League and has been doing well against those big teams. Because Charlton can put down his face and play bucket defense with you. Jose Mourinho arrived in the Premier League this season and invented a term called "swinging bus". When Chelsea played Tottenham, Tottenham held on to a point away and ended up drawing 0-0 with Chelsea. After the game, Mourinho was furious and directly mocked Tottenham for "swinging the bus".

In fact, Charlton is like that.

Charlton has always played very fiercely and is willing to put the bus against the strong team. That's why Premier League powerhouses don't like to play against teams like Charlton. But Charlton Athletic is also ambitious and ambitious, and is not satisfied with the title of hard bones. So this season they have brought in some quality players, including Birmingham's Brian Hughes and PSV Eindhoven's Danish full-back Romerdahl, all in an attempt to make changes. Both teams are more technically delicate players.

Actually, it's all the same.

As the Premier League is integrated into European football, it is increasingly influenced by the continent. Football tactics are changing more and more, and many Premier League managers are starting to learn from continental play. If you don't learn, then the team will fall behind.

The same goes for underdogs like Charlton.

I hope to come out of a different tactical way of playing. It's a pity that many of these teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League are nondescript, and the result is that Dong Shi is following suit. It's okay to play against some weak teams, but it becomes an ATM for strong teams against strong teams.

Charlton Athletic's results have been consistent in the past, and although the game was ugly, the team has been consistent. Whether it's a win or a loss, it's all small scores. There have been a lot of draws throughout the season. But Charlton Athletic's situation this season is that when you win, it's a big win, and when you lose, it's a big loss.

Take a look at their achievements.

1-4 to Birmingham, 0-4 to Manchester City, 0-4 to Arsenal, 0-3 to Liverpool, 0-3 to Manchester United and 0-4 to Chelsea. However, they also beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2, Norwich 4-0, Portsmouth 3-1 and Aston Villa 3-0.

Ups and downs.

Charlton Athletic went from being a famous hard bone in the Premier League to a cash-machine for a powerhouse this season. The same is true for this game, against West Ham United, Charlton didn't care at all. Continuing their technical overhaul, the result was a direct four-goal campaign by West Ham.

With a score of 4-0, West Ham completed a 12-game winning streak in the Premier League.

At the same time, the score of the other game made the English media collectively lament, and they all chanted that the suspense of this season's Premier League title was over. Because in the head-to-head match between Chelsea and Arsenal, the two sides drew 2-2, and the gap with West Ham widened again. West Ham's easy fisherman's profit.

By this time, West Ham were 13 points ahead of second-placed Chelsea in the Premier League and 14 points ahead of third-placed Arsenal. It's all a five-game difference. Judging from the current situation, the five-game gap is almost the end of the Premier League suspense.

And the seventeenth round of the Premier League is over, and the whole Premier League is once again sensational. Because after West Ham played 17 rounds, the points reached 48 points, setting a Premier League half-way points record and becoming the Premier League half-way champion this season.

With two games left to play in the Premier League half-term, West Ham have already set a Premier League half-time points record. If West Ham win their remaining two games, they will have 54 points at half-time.

What is the record for the first half of the season? Manchester United's halfway championship points last season were 46 points, but they have been directly broken by Chen Ping.

Chen Ping seems to have come specifically to set records. Therefore, after the 17th round of the Premier League, English newspapers wrote about Chen Ping, detailing the various records created by Chen Ping after he came to English football.

Three years and three steps, Chen Ping won the championship in all levels of professional leagues except the Premier League. and Chen Ping has won the best coach of the month in all professional leagues in England, and won the best coach of the year in professional leagues at other levels except the Premier League.

and in those lower-level leagues, Chen Ping set a points record when he was promoted. These records are etched in English football.

One by one is a legend.

After the 17th round of the Premier League, Chen Ping once again won the title of Premier League Coach of the Month with his strong performance in November. This is the third time that Chen Ping has won the Premier League Coach of the Month after coming to the Premier League.

Chen Ping has almost monopolized Coach of the Month this season.

Lambert won the Premier League Player of the Month. After winning the Premier League's Coach of the Month award in November, Chen Ping once again expressed his opinion to the media: "Ricky is the best center forward in world football, he is creating an era and creating a legend. Next year's Ballon d'Or will be his, and it will definitely be his. I have strong confidence in that. ”

Chen Ping's support for Lambert can be described as unsparing.

This year's Golden Globe Awards have not yet been announced, and Chen Ping has already booked next year's Golden Globe Awards. Therefore, these reporters immediately shifted the target of the interview, asking Lambert, who won the Premier League Player of the Month award in November.

Lambert stood in front of Chen Ping and said, "I don't know if I have the strength to win the Golden Globe Award, and I don't know if I should win the Golden Globe Award." But since the head said that I can win the Golden Globe, then I think I should have the strength to win the Golden Globe, and I will work hard for the Golden Globe. ”