The afternoon of October 5th, London, Stamford Bridge Stadium.

In the seventh round of the Premier League, Chelsea's home game against Arsenal, the focus of London City, is about to begin.

It is precisely because this game has attracted so much attention from fans all over the world that the Premier League specially arranged it to be played in the afternoon.

This is to ensure that fans in more areas can watch the live broadcast of this game.

Like in Dragon Country, fans can enjoy such a strong team showdown comfortably after dinner without having to worry about going to work or resting the next day.

This is actually one of the reasons why the UK has grown bigger in recent years.

In addition to making a lot of money themselves, such friendly viewing time has led to many new fans around the world watching the Premier League, which in turn has promoted the further development of the Premier League.

Although the Premier League is so awesome now, if you asked in the 1990s which league is the best in the world, everyone would definitely answer "Serie A".

The original Serie A, once known as the "Little World Cup", has always been the largest league in Europe and has the best players in the world.

The era of the Seven Sisters in Serie A is the best memory in the hearts of fans.

Basically, these teams back then had all the stars in the team, and the fans knew their lineups by heart.

Not to mention the strongest Milan duo, Juventus, or Roma duo;

Even Parma, who is relatively less impressive among the seven sisters and has never won the Serie A championship, their lineup is not bad.

The following names must be familiar to all experienced fans:

Buffon, Cannavaro, Thuram, Veron, Asprilla, Dino Baggio, Chiesa, Crespo, Zola...

And they couldn't win the Serie A championship, not because of lack of strength, but mainly because the competition in Serie A was too fierce.

And this is a Parma team that cannot win a domestic championship, but has won two UEFA Cup championships and a Cup Winners' Cup championship in Europe, and has entered the finals several times and lost.

During this period, the UEFA Cup and the Champions League finals also witnessed many civil wars between Serie A teams.

The more famous ones are the Champions League final between Juventus and AC Milan, and the UEFA Cup final between Inter Milan and Lazio - it was the one where Ronaldo passed the pendulum.

However, due to the poor management methods of Serie A management and the poor business atmosphere, the overall development of Serie A is getting worse and worse.

What made Serie A even worse was the phone incident that occurred in 2006, which brought Serie A completely into a trough. Stars began to leave in various ways, and the level of the league dropped year by year.

With the excellent operation of the Premier League, the income of Premier League teams has skyrocketed, and the strength of each team has soared. They have slowly begun to surpass Serie A and officially become the first league in Europe.

Just talking about the broadcast fees they earn, how outrageous is it?

The broadcast revenue of each major league is settled every three years, and if you compare it with the data from 2022 to 2025, you will know how big the gap is between the other four major leagues and the Premier League.

Ligue 1, overseas television rights are sold for 72.5 million euros, and domestic television rights are sold for 630 million euros. Television revenue in the next three years: 700 million euros;

Serie A, overseas TV rights are sold for 200 million euros, and domestic TV rights are sold for 930 million euros. TV broadcast revenue in the next three years: 1.13 billion euros;

Bundesliga, overseas TV broadcast rights sold for 360 million euros, domestic TV broadcast rights sold for 1.1 billion euros, TV broadcast revenue in the next three years: 1.46 billion euros;

La Liga, overseas TV broadcast rights 850 million euros, domestic TV broadcast rights 1.15 billion euros. TV broadcast revenue in the next three years: 2 billion euros;

Premier League...

Overseas TV broadcast rights were sold for 5.3 billion pounds, domestic TV broadcast rights were sold for 5.1 billion pounds, and TV broadcast revenue in the next three years: 10.4 billion pounds!!

This is not an order of magnitude at all.

The best of the other four major leagues, La Liga, is only 2 billion, while the Premier League's broadcast fees for the 2016-19 cycle have already reached 8.1 billion pounds.

Broadcasting fees for the 2019-22 cycle increased by 900 million, reaching 9 billion pounds.

This time it has exceeded the 10 billion mark!

This also means that the Premier League champion next cycle can get 176 million pounds in broadcasting fees alone, and even the bottom of the Premier League can get 106 million pounds.

And this is the future broadcasting fee. From the above data, we can see that the gap between the five major leagues will continue to widen in the next few years.

In addition, there is a bigger problem.

The Premier League's broadcast fees are basically equally divided, and the difference in fees between each ranking gap will only be 500,000 pounds.

This means that there is basically no big disparity between the rich and the poor in terms of broadcast fees for Premier League teams, and small teams can also receive huge broadcast fees to strengthen their lineups.

On the contrary, the other four major leagues are allotted by ranking, and most of them are basically dominated by wealthy clubs.

If the big teams take it away, the small teams will get very little share. If things go on like this, it will lead to a vicious cycle and be detrimental to the development of the entire league.

So you know why newly promoted teams in the Premier League can invest hundreds of millions in the transfer market, while mid- and lower-tier teams in the Bundesliga and La Liga often spend millions.

In fact, even the Championship teams in England's second-tier league have a larger annual budget than smaller teams in the other four major leagues.

In short, the Premier League has really entered a very virtuous cycle.

The broadcast time is considerate——》The fan base is getting bigger and bigger——》The broadcast rights are getting more and more expensive——>The teams are getting richer and richer——>There are more and more stars——>The level of competition is getting higher and higher——

》The fan base is getting bigger and bigger——》The broadcast time is getting more and more considerate...

Therefore, before a focus battle like Chelsea versus Arsenal, the attention of fans all over the world must be attracted to London and Stamford Bridge.

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At this time, the stands at Stamford Bridge were already filled with spectators.

The atmosphere today is of course great!

Chelsea fans are singing: "We won the Premier League, we are about to win the Champions League."

Although the number of Arsenal fans is not as large as that of the home team, the fans who follow the visiting team are often the most powerful, and their singing is no less loud than that of Chelsea:

"You have bought everything, you have bought everything..."

Chelsea fans changed their song to attack Arsenal: "You can only fight for four, you can always fight for four."

Arsenal fans responded by mocking the lack of fans at Stamford Bridge: "There are no fans here, just like before, there are no people here, this is the Stamford Bridge library."

Then Chelsea fans sang a song praising Pan Yi again: "Pan Yi Pan Yi, he comes from the Dragon Kingdom, he is from our Chelsea, he is younger than Wenger, he is more handsome than Wenger..."

The Arsenal fans were not annoyed and sang along with Wenger's song: "Arsene Wenger, a life of glory and glory; Arsene Wenger, our captain..."

Then the stadium was quiet for a while, and Arsenal fans suddenly stood up from their seats and sang: "If you hate Tottenham, then stand up!"

At this moment, all the Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge stood up and sang together with the Arsenal fans:

"If you hate Tottenham then stand up!..."

"Tottenham get beaten wherever they go!..."

The whole audience burst into cheers.

Yes, if there is any common enemy between these London rivals, it is the Tottenham Hotspur team in London.

Chelsea and Arsenal fans may quarrel over various things, but when it comes to Tottenham, they are good friends.

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While the fans were having fun outside, the coaches and players of the two teams in the locker room were still making final preparations before the game.

On the tactical board in the home team's locker room, chess pieces representing Arsenal's lineup are placed.

Forward: Welbeck.

Frontcourt: Cazorla, Rosicky, Sanchez.

Midfielder: Wilshere, Arteta.

Defenders: Gibbs, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Chambers.

Goalkeeper: Szczesny.

Wenger's lineup was indeed a standard 4231 formation, and this lineup was exactly what Pan Yi guessed!

In other words, Wenger's ideas are basically within the scope of Pan Yi's prediction.

In this case, Pan Yi's lineup can be considered relatively targeted.

Forwards: Hazard, Lukaku, Schürrle.

Midfielder: Cancelo, Kante, Ramirez, Azpilicueta.

Defenders: Ake, David Luiz, Gary Cahill.

Goalkeeper: Courtois.

If the lineup that was replaced in the second half when we played Manchester City was called "Sky City", then this lineup can be called the "Lightning Legion".

All of them are relatively fast players!

This is actually the optimal solution obtained by considering both offense and defense respectively.

Arsenal's offensive line, whether it is Welbeck at the front, or Cazorla and Sanchez behind him, are all fast attackers.

If Chelsea's defensive speed is too slow, it will be easy for the opponent to break the defense.

It is precisely because of this that the old captain Terry was put on the bench by Pan Yi today. After all, even when he was young, he was not known for his turning speed, let alone that he is now close to 34 years old.

And the left center back Ake, who replaced him, is famous for his fast pursuit speed and strong explosive power!

Looking back at Chelsea's offensive end, they are all good players who can run 100 meters. Not to mention Hazard and Schurrle, who are already famous speedy wingers. Even Lukaku's burst is not casual.

Who can catch up?
To be continued...