Participating in the drinking party was only a short relaxation, which could be regarded as adding some fun to Chen Ping's boring life. However, what Chen Ping likes more is that Yu Wei will stay in London for about half a month.

For Chen Ping, it's always good to have a woman by his side.

Especially at moments like these.

Chen Ping is about to usher in the busiest and most important Christmas schedule in the Premier League. The Premier League is the only league in European football to have so many games scheduled at Christmas. Other leagues give players a holiday on Christmas so that players can enjoy Christmas.

But the Premier League is different. The Premier League has a lot of fixtures scheduled for Christmas, and the schedule is very dense.

There are many reasons for this.

One reason for this is that watching games at Christmas is a tradition on the English side. It is said that every Christmas, two villages or two alleys in England would organize people to play football to spend Christmas. Of course, that's just the way it goes. That's why the British love to play football at Christmas and watch football games.

In fact, compared to this so-called traditional reason, it is more because the Premier League is the most commercial league.

They don't think the same way as other league organizers. The idea of the Premier League is that Christmas is a common holiday for everyone, and it is necessary to present the best football to the fans. Let the fans enjoy the best game at Christmas. If there is a bit of unpleasantness, it is that at Christmas, because the fans rest more, the stadium attendance is high, and the ticket price will also rise. In other words, you can make money playing games at Christmas.

In addition to this, there is another reason that there are too many games for Premier League teams. Premier League teams have one more cup than teams from other leagues, so there are more games to play in a year. So it was important to hurry up and the result was a more intensive schedule for Premier League clubs.

These are the reasons that have led to the Premier League's Christmas fixtures.

West Ham's Christmas schedule is to play four games in eight days.

On December 26, 2004, in the 19th round of the English Premier League, West Ham played Manchester City away. On December 28, in the twentieth round of the English Premier League, West Ham played Liverpool at home. On January 1, in the 21st round of the Premier League, West Ham played Bolton away. On January 4, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, West Ham played Newcastle at home.

A game of this intensity is a big test for all Premier League teams.

And there's a lot more to it in January. On 8 January, West Ham will play the FA Cup third round. 12 January is the first match of the League Cup semi-finals, and 15 January is the 23rd round of the Premier League.

This will be followed by the 24th round of the Premier League on 22 January, the second match of the League Cup semi-finals on 26 January and the fourth round of the FA Cup on 29 January. That means West Ham will not only have to play a dense Christmas schedule, but also eight games in January.

Such a schedule made Chen Ping dare not be careless at all.

The Christmas schedule is West Ham's final test. If previous matches against Arsenal and Manchester United were the first major test on West Ham's way to the title, then the Christmas schedule is definitely the final test.

As long as the Christmas schedule goes smoothly, there will be no problem with the Premier League title this season. West Ham only need to pass the Christmas schedule and the Premier League title is in their hands. Because West Ham are now too far ahead, the Christmas schedule is ready, and the Premier League title cannot run away. As long as it is not a big collapse like a series of battles and defeats, there will be no problems.

In the history of the Premier League, many strong teams have always been far ahead in points. However, because of the failure of the Christmas schedule, the previous efforts were not wasted once or twice. So the Christmas schedule is often a difficult time for a team to win a team.

At such a tense moment, having Yu Wei by her side can be regarded as relieving some of Chen Ping's pressure.

Although the Christmas schedule is the final test, overall, Chen Ping is still very confident. Because Chen Ping has advantages that other clubs don't have.

On December 26, 2004, in the 19th round of the English Premier League, West Ham challenged Manchester City away. Manchester City's manager is Kevin Keegan, who was the first player in European football to win the European Ballon d'Or for a few years.

After changing careers to become a head coach, it was also smooth sailing. It's a pity that in the 9596 season, something very classic happened in the Premier League, so much so that it is talked about until now. First Literature

That is Newcastle, which is far ahead of Manchester United in points, and finally reversed by Manchester United and lost the Premier League title. The 9596 season also became a very famous season in the Premier League, written in the history of the Premier League. In this story, Ferguson is the big winner and is respected by everyone. Kevin Keegan is a loser and is ridiculed by everyone.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who was behind in points at the time, kept putting pressure on Kevin Keegan in front of the media and kept exerting psychological warfare. The result was that Keegan was influenced by Ferguson and became more and more impatient, so much so that the media said that Ferguson controlled Keegan's brain. At one point, Newcastle were 12 points ahead of Manchester United, and everyone believed Newcastle were the Premier League champions. But Keegan was almost driven crazy by Ferguson, and spoke incoherently in front of the media. As a result, Newcastle kept making mistakes, giving Manchester United too many chances, and finally allowed Manchester United to overtake Newcastle and win the Premier League title that season.

This is the most classic scene of Ferguson's psychological warfare. After that, Ferguson became more and more famous, while Kevin Keegan took the exact opposite path. Kevin Keegan was known in European football as one of the best players ever. And just after taking charge, it was already a sensation throughout England.

In 1992, Kevin Keegan came out of the mountain and took charge of Newcastle United in the second division (now the Championship) for the first time, and helped Newcastle to relegate after taking over halfway. In the second season, he led Newcastle to promotion, and then led Newcastle to become a Premier League powerhouse.

Like West Ham this season, it's a big dark horse.

In the 9394 season, the first year of Newcastle's promotion, they won the third place in the Premier League as a promoted horse. This performance made Kevin Keegan's fame skyrocket, and Kevin Keegan also became the rising young marshal at that time. Everyone is appreciating Kevin Keegan. In the 9495 season, Newcastle hit the first place in the Premier League several times, but in the end they failed to win the championship, but it was already a sensation in English football.

That's Kevin Keegan.

Originally, according to Kevin Keegan's development model, he should have become an England coach and then a world football coach. But the failure of the 9596 season made Kevin Keegan the laughing stock of many people. Kevin Keegan, who was still a young marshal at the time, clearly couldn't accept such a defeat, and his performances plummeted after that.

After leaving Newcastle, he moved to several clubs, but the results were not good. Because every time you talk about Kevin Keegan, it's not about his glorious years as a player, or about his outstanding performances in the early days of coaching. Instead, it's all about how he was teased by Ferguson back then and lost the championship in the end. This affects Keegan too much.

Kevin Keegan was Manchester City's manager last season, leading them to promotion to the Premier League. However, after arriving in the Premier League, Manchester City's performance last season was disappointing. Kevin Keegan has not been able to perform the same magic that led Newcastle to become the big dark horse a decade ago. Last season's Manchester City were in a very difficult relegation situation.

Manchester City have not made many signings this season and have not increased much in quality.

However, Keegan is always ridiculed, but overall he is a capable coach. Manchester City are currently in 11th place in the Premier League this season without any signings. Kevin Keegan is doing pretty well.

But that's about it.

Kevin Keegan, although he was a very good player in his playing days, was once the first man in European football, and winning the club is all the accolades. It's a pity that after becoming a head coach, his mental quality is not as strong as when he was a player. First, he was driven crazy by Ferguson and lost a 12-point lead. Later, because of this failure, he was constantly ridiculed by the media, which seriously hit his self-confidence. Kevin Keegan went from a potential England coach to a relegation team now.

This time against West Ham, a team that is in full form, Kevin Keegan's Manchester City could not resist West Ham United. Chen Ping didn't want to be left behind in the first game of the Christmas schedule, so although he was going to play Liverpool two days later, he still played all the main players in the game.

There is no suspense.

West Ham got off to a good start to the Christmas schedule with a 3-1 win at Manchester City on the road.

Lambert went crazy in the game, scoring two goals again in this game, taking his tally to 23 Premier League goals this season, setting a record for half-time goals in the Premier League. Lambert is the player who has scored the most goals at the end of the half of the Premier League since its inception. A lot of the media are expecting Lambert to break the Premier League season scoring record, and many even think that this is no longer a problem for Lambert.

Similarly, West Ham have set a whole bunch of records.

That's because West Ham set a half-point record of 54 points, eight more than the 46 Manchester United set last season. And there is still a record waiting for West Ham and Chen Ping, that is, West Ham has won 14 consecutive wins in the Premier League.

This is a Premier League record.

It was Arsenal who set it in the 0102 season and now West Ham have equalled that record. As a result, many are looking forward to seeing if West Ham can set a new winning streak. So a lot of people are watching West Ham's home game against Liverpool.

Before the game, Chen Ping was relatively low-key.

In the face of media inquiries, he said calmly: "I don't care if I can break the record, I only care about the outcome of the game." ”