Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

In the match played at Stamford Bridge, the visiting team Villa scored in the 14th minute with Carew assisting Maloney's sliding shot, taking the lead and taking the lead.

However, the home team Chelsea also suffered from misfortunes. In the 26th minute of the game, Lampard, the main midfielder known as the Premier League Iron Man, was accidentally injured and could not continue the game! Fortunately, Chelsea, with its deep pockets, has a strong bench. Former Bundesliga best player Ballack played in the Premier League for the first time this season!

However, before Ballack could show his power, the visiting team Villa expanded their lead in the 44th minute of the game before the regular time of the first half ran out. Laursen headed the ball to assist Maloney who shot into the goal and scored his second goal!

However, the game situation reversed again in the first half of the injury period! Because of Lampard's accidental injury, the first half had a long injury period. In the 5th minute of injury period, Ballack made a foul on Villa defender Knight in the penalty area. On this Christmas Boxing Day, the referee Dodd gave the most grand red dot feast on the football field!

Shevchenko's penalty kick helped the home team close the gap before halftime, but Villa had to face the dilemma of playing with one less player throughout the second half.

In the second half, Chelsea, who had the advantage in numbers, naturally did not hesitate to take advantage of the opportunity and quickly seized the opportunity to score two goals in the 50th and 66th minutes. First, Kalou assisted Shevchenko to score his seventh goal of the season, scoring twice and helping Chelsea tie the score; then Shevchenko passed the ball to Alex, who made a rare forward run and shot into the goal, helping Chelsea overtake the score!

The fans at the scene were already celebrating like a tsunami, shouting that it was a typical comeback from 72-7 down to -! But it wasn't over yet. In the nd minute of the game, the situation reversed again, and Villa once again tenaciously equalized the score. Ashley Young's free kick from the left assisted Laursen to volley into the goal from yards!

The goal was really beautiful, and it was scored when the team was one man down and behind! The fans at the scene also gave thunderous applause generously. This game was really wonderful!

But the Christmas dinner prepared by Chelsea and Chelsea for the fans did not end there. In the last ten minutes of regular time of the game, the two teams reached a climax again!

First, Chelsea lost their numerical advantage in the 80th minute. Carvalho made a flying tackle on Agbonlahor with both legs and was sent off with a red card. Not only was the score tied, but the number of players was also back to the same starting line!

However, it was the home team Chelsea who got the match point first. The Bundesliga's top midfielder Ballack scored a direct free kick from the top of the penalty area to help Chelsea take the lead again in the 88th minute!

When everyone thought that the German was going to perform a substitute myth in his first battle, helping the team to a major reversal and defeat the opponent, Ballack's bad luck aura seemed to flare up again!

The visiting team Villa dramatically equalized the score again in the 92nd minute. Ashley Cole was sent off for blocking Abanglao's header with his hand on the goal line. Then Barry scored the penalty kick, helping Villa to tenaciously tie the score 4-4 away from home with Chelsea, who had only 9 players left on the field!

In the end, the two sides scored 8 goals with each other overtaking and tying each other, ending this most exciting Christmas battle of this round; Chelsea's home winning streak was ended, and Villa remained unbeaten in nearly 7 away games.

However, like Chelsea and Aston Villa, Manchester City and Blackburn also ended up in a draw after a evenly matched goal battle.

Manchester City was tied with Blackburn 2-2 at home, ending their 9-game winning streak at home this season. Manchester City left winger Petrov made two assists, while visiting Paraguayan striker Santa Cruz equalized twice, increasing his personal goals this season to 13. After this round, Manchester City was surpassed by Liverpool and fell to fifth place.

Unfortunately for Chinese fans, Sun Jihai, a Chinese international, was not included in the match roster...

In addition, there was another goal-scoring battle in this round, where Birmingham beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at home, sending Middlesbrough to defeat. Compared with the previous games, this game was somewhat dwarfed and uneventful.

However, as mentioned earlier, in addition to the Christmas battle, this round of the league will also decide the half-time champion of the Premier League, so the most watched games are not the consecutive goal-scoring battles, but the games that are related to the battle for the top of the standings. After this round, only Manchester United and Arsenal have the opportunity to rise to the top of the list, so in addition to Manchester United's games, everyone is most concerned about the games of league leader Arsenal.

Arsenal really lived up to expectations and created the first upset of the double-egg holiday. At Fratton Park, they were tenaciously tied by the home team Portsmouth in a goal-to-go draw!

So after the game, Arsenal fell behind by 1 point and handed over the top spot and the half-season championship to Manchester United; this can be regarded as the best Christmas gift from Professor Wenger to Sir Alex Ferguson...

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After the game with Sunderland, Sir Alex informed Ricardo and Rooney to rest in the next round. Rooney sprained his ankle in today's game and needed to rest for a few days. Ricardo was fine, but it was his first time playing in the Premier League and experiencing the Christmas and New Year battles. Sir Alex was still worried that the young man would not be able to adapt, so he took the time to arrange a short vacation for Ricardo to rest, so that he could better adapt to the Premier League schedule and prepare for his health in the second half of the season.

Originally, Ronaldo was supposed to rest with Tevez and Giggs in this match against Sunderland, but the naturally strong-willed Ronaldo rejected Sir Alex's kindness, wanting to play more games and score more goals, so that Sir Alex's hair can be shaved off sooner, oh no, to achieve the goal of scoring as soon as possible! However, Sir Alex didn't let Ronaldo play the full game in this match. After scoring, he let Ronaldo rest. After all, the combination of work and rest is the kingly way, and the journey of the second half of the season is the critical moment!

So Ricciardo had a rare three-day break. He still had recovery training on the second day of the race, but he had two days before the next round of races, plus the day of the race, a total of three days off. However, the next race is also in 6 days, this interval is enough for Ricciardo to recover his physical fitness and condition.

And Ricardo also had a lot of things to arrange. First of all, he had to make up for the business activities of the endorsement brands that he had not arranged before Christmas, such as Armani, Ferrero Kinder, Tissot and Telecom Italia. They were mainly some photo shooting activities, but they were just half a day each, so they were all spent in two full days...

Then it was the first day of vacation, and sister-in-law Emma Watson came to play with her brother-in-law again. Dressed in a black and gray windbreaker, a turtleneck sweater and jeans, Emma didn't look like a first-line female star at all, but a girl next door. She also accompanied her scumbag brother-in-law to shoot an Armani commercial for half a day with great interest, and then because it was more boring than filming, she hid in Ricardo's dormitory to play Sony console games.

Of course, the two of them can still eat something delicious together at night, and then the sister-in-law can do something interesting with the brother-in-law that only the sister can do...

On the morning of the 20th round of the Premier League, which was also the last day of Ricardo's holiday, UBS received news that the acquisition negotiations were going smoothly and the three companies Ricardo targeted were willing to sell their controlling stakes. After all, the destructive power of the US subprime mortgage crisis has begun to emerge. Although the US stock market has not collapsed yet, smart people have already discovered that a wave of capital winter may be coming; and the founding teams of the three companies are obviously full of smart people.

However, the three companies did not know that the real financial backer behind the scenes was Ricardo Richie. Everyone believed that it was UBS's sports industry investment fund that took a fancy to them: This is obviously the financial backer with super thick thighs, they must hold on tight!

Therefore, this is also the reason why the acquisition negotiations were easily reached. After all, the other party is more likely to accept UBS, which has vast resources, as the controlling shareholder. After that, it will definitely be led by the financial sponsor, especially in the current turbulent market environment. Of course, the smooth communication with the founding team is also related to the fact that UBS, according to Ricardo's instructions, also proposed the condition of ensuring that the management and employee framework remain unchanged for three years.

The preliminary intention offer reached by the parties is:

Wyscout, 60%, $30, plus $90 of capital injection for subsequent development, with an overall valuation of $200 million. After all, it has only been established for a few years, but it is the best analyst report in the market;

SportVU, 70%, $36, plus $160 million in capital injection for development, with an overall valuation of $280 million. After all, it is a company mainly engaged in equipment and software technology, and needs more funds for subsequent development. Currently, there are not many fruitful businesses;

Hudl, 55%, $55, plus $110 million in capital injection for development, with an overall valuation of $300 million. After all, it has been on the right track, with a certain customer base in the NBL, MLB and NBA, and can already be self-sufficient, but is just looking for financing and financial support; and if history had not changed, Hudl would have acquired Wyscout in 10 years.

The three preliminary offers would cost a total of $484 million, which, including UBS's commission, would be just over US$500 million.

B-man Li naturally doesn't care about these small amounts of money, even though he knows that in half a year, the valuations of these three companies will most likely be cut in half again...

Yes! I can cut it in half! I can save a million dollars, and I can buy a lot of bags for my girlfriends...

He couldn't be a sucker. Originally prepared to agree to the preliminary offer with a stroke of the pen, Ricardo couldn't help but fall into the habit of being fussy and stingy. Oh no, this was being cautious and responsible, following the negotiation bible of old Richie - never accept the first offer!

So Ricardo sent another email to UBS, asking them to push down the overall valuation of the three companies further...

As for how much to bet, B-man Li did not say it clearly, just to fully enjoy the privileges and bad taste of the financial sponsor: It depends on your ability, UBS! If you are not good enough, I will change you. The girls at Barclays and Deutsche Bank are also of high quality!

After replying to the email, B found out that UBS had sent another email, which was an analysis report on the free use of three resources. Of course, the purpose was to better observe and judge the technical strength of the target company, and some market-oriented business reports were needed as examples. Of course, UBS required the analysis of Manchester United's three new midfielders this season plus Cristiano Ronaldo...

In fact, the first version of this free report was sent a month ago. But Ricardo took a look at it: What the hell is this? Is it human language? Can normal people understand it? A bunch of complicated technical charts and various qualitative analyses...

Although Ricardo can understand it if he looks at it carefully and spends some time, after all, he is a senior coder, but who has time to study this? I am the sponsor now!

So Ricardo asked UBS to call back and ask them to rewrite it, which was just the right time to lower the price. Ricardo also asked UBS to collect the analysis of SportVU and Hudl and then give it to Wyscout to make a summary report, because Ricardo found that the data collection of the first two companies was very detailed and meticulous, and some qualitative analysis was even accurate to the second level... However, the first draft of the report was still written by Wyscout, which was the best and most in line with Ricardo's wishes. It is worthy of being the benchmark company in the current industry.

The email sent by UBS this time was a collection of the data and revised reports of the three companies that were reorganized by Wyscout. Of course, the revised reports of the three companies and related data were also attached to the email for Ricardo to check.

Wyscout's technical analysis team learned from the previous version's rejection and knew that this test report was not only for professionals, but would eventually be passed to the leaders for approval. Leaders are the same at home and abroad, and everyone knows them. Knowing nothing is the basic prerequisite for being a leader!

As a partner of SI, a famous British gaming company, and one of the data providers for the CM and FM football manager series, Wyscout naturally knows how to write a user-friendly, fool-proof analysis report.

So Ricardo, who didn't know that he had been implied by the senior team of the future subsidiary company for eight hundred times, saw this revised report and felt very familiar: Oh! The report explained at the beginning that the original five-level qualitative analysis was combined with the 5 version of the FM model database to quantify the player's performance into nearly 2007 numerical scoring standards in five major sections, including basic physical data, technical data, and mental data; except for height, weight, and age, the upper limit of each scoring standard was 5 and the lower limit was 60. There were 20 negative evaluations - that is, the higher the score, the lower the actual evaluation, and the rest were all positive evaluations.

In order to show that they did not just randomly pick up data from the FM database to please their sponsors, Wyscout not only made detailed explanations, data support and sources after each scoring criterion, but also specially marked ten scoring criteria that are different from the FM database. For example, for passing, Wyscout subdivided it into long passes, short passes and direct passes. Among them, those that are more than 10 meters are long passes, and those that are less than 1 meters are short passes. Among short passes, those that are more than meter ahead are direct passes...

And as we all know, FM is a game after all, so for the balance of the game, the abilities of all players are capped; for players in different positions, the influence of their relevant attributes will be measured according to different weights, and then a comprehensive evaluation will be conducted to limit the overall ability of the players to a relatively reasonable range that does not affect the balance of the game.

For example, if a striker's shooting rating reaches a full score of 20, it is often impossible for his long-range shooting, technique, speed and dribbling to reach 20 at the same time, because this breaks the limitations of the game constraints and affects the balance of the game. For example, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been playing on the wing for many years, has reached 19 in dribbling, technique and explosiveness in the latest FM database, but it is incredible that his out-of-bounds ball rating is only 1, and his marking and steals are only 2 and 3...

Well, even if stealing is a reasonable evaluation, how could Ronaldo's man-marking be only 2 in reality? Ronaldo's defense relies on his sharp eyes! The man-marking should be at least 15!

Oh oh oh…this marking does not mean staring at that marking person with the eyes… Well, it doesn’t matter anyway. After all, the data evaluation made by Wyscout is closer to the real situation. Although there is an upper limit, it will not deliberately lower the proper evaluation for the sake of balance. Of course, this is how Wyscout explained it, but B-man Li, as a troublemaker, naturally sneered.

The reason is simple, that is, the score given by Wyscout seriously dissatisfied B man Li: Why is Ronaldo's technique, dribbling and ball control all 19? I only rated them 13, 14 and 15 respectively?

Also, Ronaldo's explosiveness is 19, and his speed is 18, so why is it that I only have 17 in both? ! Our two teams are equally good at 50-meter sprinting, right? !

Who is responsible for compiling the data? Come out and show your support! I promise I won’t beat you to death…

Is there an explanation at the end? I won’t listen, oh, I won’t read it! It’s unreasonable to be lower than the lousy Ronaldo… Okay, it’s unreasonable to be much lower than Ronaldo!

Get lost if you have negative points! You must go back and redo it!

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