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() To be honest, Chelsea's current performance is good.

But it should be said that Chelsea's performance this season is not much better than last season.Compared with Chelsea's results at this time last season, the league points are not much more than last season.It's just a few points more.

But now Chelsea has such a clear advantage in the Premier League.

The biggest reason is that Manchester United and Liverpool are in decline.They are not competitive at all in the league.From the beginning of the season, the Premier League has been a duel between Chelsea and Arsenal.

Errenzhuan.

The duo of Chelsea and Arsenal.It was the same last season.But Arsenal's performance last season was too good. Although Chelsea's performance was also good, they couldn't keep up with Arsenal at the time.

But this season is different.

No one thought of it.

When Chelsea beat Arsenal, Arsenal's state was suddenly so sluggish.

Six points in seven rounds.

Simply incredible.

This makes Chelsea suddenly the best.

Su Yun himself was also very surprised.

Although he thought that Arsenal's performance would decline.But I didn't expect Arsenal to be so sluggish.Su Yun remembered Kenyon's words, and suddenly felt that people like Kenyon were really arrogant.

The future development trend can be inferred from the clues.

Chelsea played well in the Premier League, and Chelsea broke through very easily in the Champions League.

On December 12th, after finishing the last match of the Champions League group stage.Chelsea flew halfway around the world to Japan in East Asia.

Because there is a game waiting for Chelsea in Japan.

Toyota Cup.

And this season's Toyota Cup is the last Toyota Cup.

Because FIFA is now pushing the Club World Cup.That is the FIFA Club World Cup.There will be cup games in which the cup champions from each state will participate.Use this cup to replace the 24-year-old Toyota Cup.

The Toyota Cup is far more important than the UEFA Super Cup.

Because the Toyota Cup is a competition between the champions of the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores.

Historically, world football has had two centers.

One is Europe.One is South America.

The world football powerhouses are in both places.

Not only that, European football and South American football are completely different genres.The Toyota Cup is exactly the battle between these two different genres.

In the past, the strong South American teams and the strong European teams were not convinced by each other.They are all vying for the place at the center of world football.

The Champions League is the highest honor for European clubs.The Copa Libertadores title is also the highest honor for a South American club.Therefore, there will be a competition between the European boss and the South American boss to see whether the European club is better or the South American club is better.

This is the Toyota Cup.

After the start of the Toyota Cup, South American clubs clearly have the upper hand.

Those clubs who are in charge of the wind and rain in Europe are losing ground against South American teams in the Toyota Cup. The South American teams in the 80s were very strong, and many well-known stars appeared through the Toyota Cup.

Including Zico.

And Riquelme and Palermo in the late 90s.

They all became famous in one fell swoop by virtue of the Toyota Cup.

However, after this situation entered the mid-90s, it began to change dramatically.After the Bosman Act.The best players in the world are increasingly concentrated, and they are all concentrated in several wealthy clubs.

Big clubs are getting stronger.

And commercial football is a game of money.The European economy is getting more and more developed, while South America has no power to fight against Europe.The idea of ​​the South American star is simple.

Become famous in South America, then go to Europe to make money.

This change is clearly displayed in the Toyota Cup.In the Toyota Cup in the past ten years, the European teams easily overwhelmed the South American teams with eight wins and two losses.

The current record of South American teams and European teams in the Toyota Cup is [-] wins each.

Evenly divided.

Of course, most of the South American teams are at the beginning of the Toyota Cup.That is to say, the 80s results are excellent.On the other hand, European teams performed extremely well from the late 90s to the 21st century.

Chelsea's opponent this time is not a traditional South American giant.

Speaking of traditional giants in South America, clubs such as Boca, River Plate, Sao Paulo, and Santos must come to mind.But Chelsea's opponent is not them, but a team from Colombia called Caldas.

Little fame.

Among the players inside, there are no outstanding players.

Even Caldas is not considered a wealthy family in Colombia.He has only won two top league titles in their country.It is such a team that won the Copa Libertadores.

It was quiet when they came to Japan.

Of course, even if they want to be high-profile, it is impossible.Because their fame is too small, the audience in Japan will not buy their account.

It can even be said that even if giants like Boca and River Plate come to Japan, Japanese fans will not warmly welcome them.The strong rise of European clubs.That is to say, the influence of money in football is growing.

The cost of competing between the South American giants and the European teams is getting less and less.

So when Caldas came to Chelsea, there were no Japanese fans at all.Not to mention any reporters came to welcome them.

But Chelsea is different.

Although Chelsea is not a traditional giant, the rise in recent seasons has been too fierce.There are currently many famous stars in the Chelsea team.

So when Chelsea appeared at Yokohama Airport in Japan, everyone felt the madness of Japanese fans.

"Jack! Jack! Jack!"

Su Yun took a rough look.

More than 6000 fans came to Yokohama Airport today.

not simple.

Nearly half of those crazy fans are female fans.They were all holding a poster of Williams aloft.He kept chanting "Jack".

The entire Chelsea players combined are not as popular as Williams.

Very surprised.

Williams' popularity in Japan is overwhelming.

Other stars like Joaquin, Rosicky, Lampard, Terry, Samuel Eto'o, Arjen Robben, Ashley Cole can't add up to Williams alone.

Su Yun and Clark looked at each other and smiled.

This time Su Yun did not go ahead.At the forefront is Terry.

Su Yun and Clark were the last to walk.

"Steve. See. No matter where you go. This handsome guy is always the most popular. Look at Jack's popularity."

The other players are still very friendly.

I saw Japanese fans picking up the plane.I waved happily.

But Williams is different.

Kuku didn't even have a smile on his face.He just kept his head down and dragged his suitcase.But the Japanese fans did not blame Williams for his bad attitude, but thought it was a cool charm.

Hence the non-stop chants of Williams' name.

Clark also smiled.

"If Jack is packed like Beckham, he shouldn't be weaker than him."

"of course."

Su Yun agrees with Clark.

Williams is definitely very much in the fan's league, and lives up to those commercials.Handsome face, blond hair, cool look, plus his dominance on the court.It can be said that he is fully qualified as an idol player.

It's a pity that Williams doesn't like appearing in front of the media very much except for playing football.

I also don't like all kinds of business activities.

He is very popular with those big brands.But he wasn't interested in that.The only few commercials were filmed after listening to Su Yun's advice.

When Chelsea just walked out of the airport, Su Yun was stunned by so many reporters.

Even after the Champions League final.Su Yun had never seen so many reporters before.

piece by piece.

Su Yun took a cursory look. In addition to the European reporters who came to Japan with Chelsea, there were also South American reporters who came to Japan with Caldas, and there were also Asian reporters from Japan, South Korea, and China.

very many.

Asian journalists accounted for as much as two-thirds.

Among the Asian journalists, Chinese journalists accounted for about half of the number of Asian journalists.

When Milan came to Japan last year, there were not so many reporters.

But the arrival of Chelsea can be said to have aroused the attention of the Asian media.

"Coach Su Yun, if you win the Toyota Cup, then you will be the head coach of the club's Grand Slam. What do you think about the Grand Slam?"

Su Yun has been in England for almost ten seasons.

Just win the Toyota Cup.Then Su Yun will be a real grand slam in his club coaching career.In the Premier League, Su Yun has already won the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Community Shield.

In the European arena, Su Yun also won the Champions Cup, UEFA Cup, and UEFA Super Cup.

Only the Toyota Cup winner remains in the international arena.

As long as Su Yun wins the Toyota Cup, then Su Yun is a veritable Grand Slam coach.

Su Yun smiled slightly and said: "I believe that any coach likes the word Grand Slam. I am no exception. I hope to win the Grand Slam."

"Coach Su Yun, do you know anything about the Caldas team?"

A Japanese reporter asked Su Yun.

Su Yun shook his head and said: "To be honest, I don't know much about the Caldas club. I hardly know their history, their player composition, their style of play, etc."

After a pause, Su Yun continued: "Even if it wasn't for this Toyota Cup, I would never have heard of the name Caldas."

Many European reporters smiled wryly.

With the outstanding performance, Su Yun, the head coach, became more and more arrogant.

Of course, the reporter who has a good relationship with Su Yun thinks this is self-confidence.The reporter who had a bad relationship with Su Yun thought it was arrogance.Those are the traits that people think of as nouveau riche.

Su Yun also saw the reactions of some reporters.

So Su Yun immediately explained: "I don't look down on Caldas. What I mean is that I haven't heard of their club. The main reason is that I am ignorant, not that Caldas is too famous."

Su Yun explained.

But the more you explain.Instead, it made the head coach and players of Caldas angrier.

Is that an explanation?

That was utterly naked ridicule.

Very disrespectful to the opponent.

They are all very angry.