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After the Christmas schedule, Chen Ping relaxed a little.How many strong teams are folded in the Christmas schedule.As a newly promoted team, West Ham successfully passed the Christmas schedule and continued to consolidate their advantages.

The Christmas schedule is over, and then the Premier League has about half a month of offseason.Because this period of time is mainly to play the League Cup and the FA Cup.From January onwards, the FA Cup will be on fire.

In the FA Cup schedule, the first two rounds are knockout matches between amateur teams and League Two and League One.The Premier League and Championship teams will not participate in the FA Cup until the third round of the FA Cup begins. On January 1, the third round of the FA Cup will start.Originally, Premier League teams, especially teams that play European games like West Ham, have a lot of games.Now that there is another FA Cup, the pressure on the team is really great.

It's time to choose again.Chen Ping immediately called Julian Dix and Liu Yu, and the three discussed the next game.

"Julian, what do you think is a better choice?"

Chen Ping had long thought that such a problem would arise. January's game schedule is a headache.Five days after the end of the No.1 second round of the Premier League, that is, on January 20, the FA Cup will start.West Ham are heading away to Preston in the third round of the FA Cup.

Four days later, on January 1, the first game of the League Cup semi-final began, and West Ham was going to challenge Liverpool away. On January 12, the Premier League No.1 three rounds will start, and West Ham will go away to challenge Fulham. On January 17, the No.20 four rounds of the Premier League began, with West Ham playing against Manchester City at home. On January 1, the second game of the League Cup semi-final began, with West Ham playing against Liverpool at home.If West Ham survives the third round of the FA Cup smoothly, then January 23 will be the fourth round of the FA Cup.

And after finishing the fourth round of the FA Cup, February 2 will be the No. 2 fifth round of the Premier League, with West Ham playing against Crystal Palace at home.

The game is still very intensive.

Two games have been played in January, and there may be 1 more games to be played in the next one, which is almost one game every four days. In other words, the entire month of January is the same as December, with a schedule of double matches a week.This kind of game intensity is a huge test for any team.Although the thickness of West Ham's bench is not bad, it is still very difficult to play double games a week.So of course Duan Xun had to make a choice.That's the way English football is.Because there is one more cup in the country, for many strong teams in the Premier League, there will be several more games in a season than strong teams in other leagues.

Don't underestimate how many more games there are.

Because for many strong teams, there are too many games in one season.In addition to the national team competition, the core players of many strong teams play 60 games a season.After so many games, the core players of strong teams will be very tired.The result was that at the end of the season, everyone's physical strength had reached a limit, and in the end they continued to fight on a single breath.One more game at this time is a great burden on the players.If there are a few more games, the test of physical fitness will be very severe.Just because of so many extra games, many teams will collapse at the end of the season.

Why did the coaches of many strong Premier League teams protest with the FA.

Because of that.

Because there is one more cup game and too many games, the result is that the Premier League has a Christmas schedule, and there is no winter break.Therefore, the strong teams in the Premier League are very tired, much more tired than the strong teams in other leagues.Whenever it comes to the last moment, the Premier League teams will always lose the chain.Therefore, criticizing the Premier League Christmas schedule, there are many Premier League coaches who do not have a winter break in the Premier League.

The same is true of Chen Ping.

I don't like so many Premier League games.But even if he doesn't like it, Chen Ping is just a coach and can only accept it.So at this time, Chen Ping had to make a choice.

"Chen, it is indeed difficult to choose."

Julian Dix was also scratching his head.

Then he said: "Chen, it's not once or twice that a lead of more than ten points in the history of the Premier League was finally reversed, but it happened several times. Recently, Chelsea has performed very strongly, almost winning consecutively, and the Christmas schedule is also the only one. A team that has won four consecutive victories. You were right at the time. Chelsea has come out of form. Chelsea is our biggest opponent. But it is a pity to give up the League Cup. After all, the League Cup is now only left Three games. It is possible to win a championship in three games. It is a pity to give up."

What Julian Dix said was Chen Ping's distress.

Arsenal has already started to fall behind, their form is not very good, and they have no chance to compete for the championship this season.But Chelsea's state is getting better and better, and it has won six consecutive victories so far, and its state is amazing.With the completion of Mourinho's transformation of Chelsea, Chelsea's offense and defense are now balanced, and the bench lineup is strong enough.In the next game, Chelsea must be very fierce in grabbing points.Although West Ham currently has a relatively large lead, the state of Chelsea still makes Julian Dix very worried.

There have been many comebacks in the history of the Premier League.

Especially Manchester United, that is a good player to come back.Not to mention the 9596 season that drove crazy Kevin Keegan to a big comeback, including the 0203 season, Arsenal was the highest and led Manchester United by more than a dozen points, but the final result was a comeback by Manchester United.Of course, there are times when Manchester United is overturned, that is, in the 9798 season, Manchester United once led Arsenal by [-] points, but was eventually overturned by Arsenal.This situation is too common in the Premier League.

The lead is about ten points. For the Premier League that has just ended halfway, it cannot be said to be a completely safe points gap.It is also because the Premier League has come back at every turn, so among the twelve Premier League seasons since the establishment of the Premier League, the half-time champions have only won the Premier League title twice.

It was impossible for Julian Dix not to care.The current situation of West Ham is so good, if it is overturned, it will be the biggest laughing stock.At that time, many people will not care about West Ham being newly promoted, but will use the big comeback to laugh at West Ham.

But again, the League Cup is not easy to give up.

After all, they have already entered the semi-finals of the League Cup, and there are only the last three games left.But the three games in the League Cup are all strong confrontations.First of all, the opponent in the League Cup semi-final is Liverpool, and the opponent in the final is the winner of Chelsea and Manchester United.

Whether it will affect the league is the worry.

Rather distressed.

It's a pity to give up, but it's a waste of energy not to give up.Chen Ping had thought about this issue as early as when the team easily entered the semi-finals of the Grand Prix Cup.It's too easy to come to the League Cup final, it's a pity to let Chen Ping give up, and it's a headache not to give up.

"how do you feel?"

"Do you want to give up?"

Julian Dix whispered.

There is no greater priority on Julian Dix's mind than the Premier League title.For the Premier League title, he thinks he can ditch the rest

Contest.Winning the Premier League title is the biggest legend.

As long as he wins the Premier League championship, Chen Ping will soar into the sky.

And not an ordinary success, but a legend that will remain in football history.And this kind of legend is rare.For Chen Ping, there is only one chance to create such a legend.

Chen Ping was also uncertain.A newly promoted horse wins the championship, this is the true legend of European football.The other champions are embellishments, including the League Cup champions, which are useless embellishments.But thinking about it, I always feel unwilling. Chen Ping turned to look at Liu Yu and said, "What do you think?"

"I?"

Liu Yu hesitated.

Although I have always called Chen Ping "teacher", I don't even have a contract at West Ham.Asking himself such a thing now, of course Liu Yu dare not say it directly.But seeing Chen Ping looking at him all the time, Liu Yu mustered up his courage and said: "Teacher, I think we can hit the League Cup championship. Judging from the schedule, our real test in the Premier League will be at the end of February, No. 20 The game against Chelsea started. Our matches against strong teams such as Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham are placed in the next ten rounds. Until the 28th round, our opponents in the league are relatively weak The team. As long as we don’t waste too much energy on other games, I think we can handle the league. When the No.20 Premier League round starts, the League Cup final will be over.”

"Julian, what do you think?"

"Something makes sense."

Julian Dix nodded.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Chen, I think we can give it a try. In the middle of the two semi-finals of the League Cup, our league opponents are only Fulham and Manchester City. As long as the plan is proper, I think there should be no major problems. But if we really want to hit the League Cup championship, then the FA Cup will have to be abandoned. Because there are two games in the semi-finals of the League Cup and two games in the Premier League, we must use the main substitutes. If even The FA Cup is important, so..."

The choice is not easy.

But there have to be trade-offs.Because these competitions are too dense, if you want to win them all, it will not be so easy.In other words, in such an intensive game, the substitute is also very important.

Because the main lineup and the substitute lineup need perfect cooperation to be able to survive such an intensive schedule.

Therefore the FA Cup should be abandoned.

It is not a good strategy for those strong players to send substitute players to play in the FA Cup like in the League Cup and UEFA Cup.Because even a substitute is very important.According to Julian Dix, the FA Cup match should be a combination of substitute players and some young players.

Chen Ping nodded.

Looking at the schedule, it is considered to accept the opinions of Julian Dix and Liu Yu.Although it is said that the gold content of the FA Cup is much higher than that of the League Cup, in reality, it is easiest to abandon the FA Cup.After all, it has only just begun, so even if you give up, it won't be a pity, and there won't be any big problems.

There are only three games left in the League Cup. It is really a pity to give up now.Chen Ping didn't like this. In fact, Chen Ping really wanted to give up the League Cup decisively.But thinking that there are only three games left, some don't want to give up.

Human greed is like this.

Sometimes this greed can ruin all efforts.But Chen Ping still wanted to give it a try, he didn't want to give up the League Cup so easily.

"Okay, since we've reached the semi-finals, we can't give up easily."

Chen Ping decided.

Although there was some hesitation when making the decision, Chen Ping would not hesitate once the decision was made.On the contrary, as long as Chen Ping decides, he will follow the plan decisively.Everything is the same, as long as the decision is made, then Chen Ping will go on unswervingly.It is definitely not a good coach if you still hesitate after making a decision.

On January 2005, 1, the third round of the FA Cup began.

West Ham away to Preston.

If Chen Ping pays more attention to the FA Cup, then Chen Ping will at least let his substitute lineup play.West Ham's current bench lineup is still very strong, with many capable players.In the current Premier League, the thickness of West Ham's lineup is only comparable to Manchester United and Chelsea.

The thickness of the Premier League giants such as Arsenal and Liverpool is not as thick as that of West Ham.

But Chen Ping has already made a decision, and indeed he wants to give up the FA Cup.So this time, Chen Ping only sent a few substitutes who played relatively few games, and none of the main substitutes came up.Another half of the players were promoted by Chen Ping from the youth team.A full lineup of substitutes and youth players was used.

What Chen Ping meant was simple.

If such a lineup can advance to the next game, of course it will be a very good thing.Although Chen Ping has given up the FA Cup strategically, Chen Ping will not admit defeat tactically.Even if the players sent are weak, Chen Ping has to instill in them that they cannot give up any games.Compared to West Ham United, Preston put more emphasis on the FA Cup.

For low-level league teams, the FA Cup is very important.

So did Preston.

Compared with West Ham, although Preston did not attack with all members, but also a large number of main players played, hoping to get a good score.The results are obvious. Although the young players of West Ham worked very hard and Chen Ping was very serious about the deployment, they did not beat Preston, a low-level league team.

The final result was a one-to-two loss to Preston.

West Ham lost the game in the third round of the FA Cup, and lost to a low-level league team, which still broke out a moderate upset.Of course, the upset in this round was not only West Ham being eliminated, but Liverpool was also eliminated by Burnley [-]-[-].

Many people were surprised at first.

After all, this is the third round of the FA Cup, and the Premier League teams have only just participated in the competition, and the opponents are all teams from the lower leagues.Facing a low-level league team like Preston, a strong team like West Ham was eliminated.But seeing West Ham's lineup, everyone knows that West Ham is completely abandoning this game.

After losing the game, Chen Ping was in a normal mood.

I was already prepared to give up the game, but losing a game is not always a good thing.But Chen Ping didn't have time to be disappointed, because Chen Ping was about to play the first game of the League Cup semi-final.

On the third day after the third round of the FA Cup, Chen Ping brought the team to Liverpool.