Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 412
Seeing Crystal Palace score another goal, Ferguson was not in a hurry.

In fact, he has long accepted the reality that Crystal Palace is stronger than Manchester United. In addition, the Glazer family has been holding back, so it is expected that the team will not be able to beat Crystal Palace.

Looking back at Manchester United's bench, Ferguson called up veteran Scholes.

After a simple warm-up, he replaced Hargreaves with Scholes, wanting to use Scholes' offensive ability to make a last-ditch effort.

Seeing that Ferguson had used up all the substitutions, Chen Ran finally made a move at this time.

"Gareth."

"Boss, what do you need me to do?"

"You let Mascherano, Cesc Fabregas and Alves warm up, and then replace Kaka, Modric and Messi with the three of them."

"Javier Mascherano, Cesc Fabregas and Yaya Toure together form a three-back midfielder. Alves replaces Messi as a right midfielder. The team's formation has also changed from 4231 to 451."

"Okay, boss."

After the Crystal Palace took the initiative to shrink their formation, Manchester United gradually began to take the initiative on the field.

But at this time, there was not much time left in the game. Before Manchester United could see the results, the referee on duty blew the whistle for the end of the game.

In the end, with the goals of Tony, Ronaldo and Messi, Crystal Palace beat Manchester United 3:1 at the Emirates Stadium.

While winning the game, Chen Ran also got a "Level One Chicken Blood Card" from the system.

Elsewhere in this round of the Premier League, Chelsea beat Sunderland 3-1 away and Liverpool beat Stoke City 4-0 at Anfield.

Arsenal beat Bolton 4:2 at home, while Manchester City lost 0:2 to Everton at home.

After the end of the second round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Arsenal are the only three remaining teams that have won both games.On the other hand, Arsenal once again retained their top position in the standings with the advantage of goal difference.

Only three days later, on August 8, Crystal Palace ushered in the third round of the Premier League. This time they continued to sit at home against Everton.

因为在8月28日，水晶宫还要去摩纳哥参加2008-2009赛季的欧洲超级杯。在8月30日，英超联赛第四轮，他们又要去客场挑战切尔西。

Therefore, Chen Ran had to make a substantial rotation of the starting lineup in the game against Everton.

Fortunately, Crystal Palace's bench lineup is also very strong. With the goals of Cavani and Kompany, Crystal Palace beat Everton 2:1 at home.

While winning three consecutive victories in the new season, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Recovery Card" from the system.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Chelsea beat Fulham 2-0 away, and Arsenal beat Portsmouth 4-1 at home.

Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 5-0 away, and Manchester City also beat Wolves 1-0 at home.

Among several strong teams, only Liverpool lost again.This time, they unexpectedly lost 1:3 to Aston Villa at Anfield.

The new season has just started three rounds, and Liverpool has already lost two games.And they only lost two games last season.

It seems that in addition to being unable to sign in during the summer transfer period, Liverpool is also in big trouble internally.

However, these are not things that Chen Ran cares about now.

After playing against Everton, he flew to Monaco with the Crystal Palace team.

Crystal Palace, which has participated in the European Super Cup for several years in a row, is now very familiar with the Louis II Stadium in Monaco.

Their opponent this year is last season's Europa League champion, Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine.

Unlike traditional Eastern European teams, this Shakhtar Donetsk team has many excellent Brazilian players.

The head coach Romanian Lucescu organically combined Samba football with Eastern European football.

In Shakhtar Donetsk, Brazilian players are responsible for attacking, while Eastern European players are responsible for defending.Judging from their ability to win the Europa League last season, the effect is obviously very good.

Facing the Crystal Palace, which is currently recognized as the strongest team in the world, Lucescu also made careful preparations.

He dispatched all the main players of Shakhtar Donetsk, wanting to see how far his team is from the world's top level.

Forward Fernandinho, Forward Luis Adriano

Left midfielder Willian, midfielder Hubsman, midfielder Olekowski, right midfielder Ilcinho

Left back Rattle, center back Ziglinski, center back Kuchel, right back Srna
Goalkeeper Pyatov
On the Crystal Palace side, Chen Ran was able to send all the main players after the Premier League's rotation.

center tony
Left midfielder Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Messi
DM Yaya Toure, DM Modric

Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
To Chen Ran's surprise, Lucescu did not adopt the usual bus tactics used by weak teams when facing Crystal Palace. He continued to use a 442 formation with a balanced offense and defense.

I have to admit that Lucescu has a good vision in selecting Brazilian players.

On Shakhtar Donetsk's side, whether it is the two forwards Fernandinho and Luis Adriano, or the two wingers Willian and Irsinho, they are very active.

Although several of them are not yet at the level of top players, considering the marginal status of the Ukrainian league, it is very rare for Lucescu to be able to buy these Brazilian players at an affordable price.

Especially when Chen Ran remembered that in addition to William and others, Shakhtar Donetsk also bought Brazilian players such as Douglas Costa and Teixeira later.

For a moment, Chen Ran even had the idea of ​​poaching Lucescu to the Crystal Palace.

I don't want Lucescu to be the coach, but I want him to be in charge of scouting for the Crystal Palace club.

After all, Chen Ran's rebirth advantage will become smaller and smaller as time goes by until it disappears.

Plan ahead and make some preparations in advance is the long-term solution.

Although the players of Shakhtar Donetsk worked very hard, due to the gap in strength, the initiative of the game was still firmly in the hands of Crystal Palace.

When the game progressed to No. 30 two minutes, after Cech hugged Luis Adriano's shot, he immediately sent the ball to Kaka in the front court with a big foot.

Kaka took the ball and directly started his best high-speed dribbling breakthrough.

After passing the midfielders of the two Shakhtar Donetsk players, Hubsman and Olekoski, he did not continue to break through into the opponent's penalty area, but directly kicked the goal near the arc of the penalty area.

"boom!"

The ball was fast and fast, flying almost without rotation to the upper right corner of Shakhtar Donetsk's goal.

Goalkeeper Pyatov reacted quickly and flew up and rushed over.

It's a pity that Kaka's shot angle was very tricky, and Pyatov tried his best but couldn't reach the ball.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

With Kaka's long-range shot, Crystal Palace led Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0.

Although the next game was very intense, neither team could score again until the end of the first half.

During the halftime break, Chen Ran did not make any substitution adjustments on the Crystal Palace side.

On the side of Shakhtar Donetsk, Lucescu replaced Fernandinho with Judson and Irsinho with Agahova.

The formation has not changed, it is a counter-substitution, and whether it is a new player or a replaced player, all of them are Brazilians.

The second half of the game was still very intense, but even though Shakhtar Donetsk tried their best, they were still unable to break through the goal guarded by Petr Cech.

Instead, in the 607th minute of the game, Thiago Silva received a free kick from Modric, jumped high and smashed the ball into the goal guarded by Pyatov again.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

With Thiago Silva's goal, Crystal Palace lead Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0.

As soon as the second goal was scored, Shakhtar Donetsk was a little discouraged.

Especially the few Brazilians on the offensive line, the running and fighting were obviously not as active as before.

On the sidelines, Lucescu, who saw this situation, was also a little helpless.

No way, this is the nature of Brazilian players.Most Brazilians are lazy by nature, and their tactical execution is not as good as European players.It's okay to hit the ball with the wind, but it's a bit difficult to play the ball with the wind.

And Shakhtar Donetsk's midfield players are all Brazilians.

Chen Ran, who also discovered the Shakhtar Donetsk problem, also called Southgate to his side at this time.

"Gareth, go and inform Vardy, Evra and Mascherano now, and replace Messi, Ronaldo and Modric with them later."

"The team formation remains the same. Evra replaces Ronaldo as a left midfielder, Vardy replaces Messi as a right midfielder, and Mascherano replaces Modric as a midfielder. Understand?"

"Understood, boss."

Because only one day after the end of the game, Crystal Palace will go away to play Chelsea in the fourth round of the Premier League, so after leading by two goals, Chen Ran now has to replace several core players in advance to rest.

When the core of the offense on the Crystal Palace side came off the field, the pressure on Shakhtar Donetsk's defense suddenly eased a lot.

Especially on the two wings, Evra and Vardy obviously couldn't completely suppress the opponent's two full-backs.

Lucescu on the sidelines immediately seized this rare opportunity and ordered Shakhtar Donetsk's players to attack aggressively.

All of a sudden, the situation on the field changed suddenly, and Shakhtar Donetsk gradually took the initiative on the field in the final stage of the game.

Fortunately, Chen Ran only replaced the core offensive players of Crystal Palace, and all the main players in the midfield were still in charge.

After withstood Shakhtar Donetsk's onslaught in the final 10 minutes, Crystal Palace finally won 2-0 at the Stade Louis II in Monaco thanks to goals from Kaka and Thiago Silva miner.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the UEFA Super Cup, and a bonus of 1000 million euros for the champion."

After the game, Chen Ran and the Crystal Palace players were in no mood to celebrate, and flew back to London overnight.

After returning to London, Chen Ran did not let the players go home, but took the whole team to the hotel to sleep and rest.

The subsequent training is also mainly about recovery and relaxation.

On August 8th, the fourth round of the Premier League, Chen Ran brought Crystal Palace to Chelsea's home stadium, Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea, who don't need to participate in the UEFA Super Cup, are waiting for work.Ancelotti also dispatched the entire main lineup, ready to make a big deal when the Crystal Palace schedule is unfavorable.

Forward Drogba, Forward Anelka
midfielder Andrea Pirlo

CMF Deco, CMF Ballack, CMF Lampard

Left back Ashley Cole, centre-back Terry, centre-back Carvalho, right-back Ivanovic
Cudicini
On the Crystal Palace side, because the main players had just finished playing the UEFA Super Cup and hadn't recovered yet, Chen Ran could only make a substantial rotation of the starting lineup.

Forward Suarez, Forward Vardy
CMF Mascherano, CMF Fabregas, CMF Beckham

Left back Evra, center back Kompany, center back Thiago Silva, center back Pepe, right back Alves

goalkeeper cech
Except for Thiago Silva and Petr Cech, all others are substitutes.

When Ancelotti saw this starting list, he couldn't help being secretly happy.With such a large rotation, it seems that Chelsea hope to teach Crystal Palace a profound lesson this time.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Ancelotti immediately called for Chelsea's players to press forward aggressively.

As for the Crystal Palace, they also took the initiative to shrink their formation according to Chen Ran's plan.Except for the two forwards Suarez and Vardy cruising near the center circle, the other players retreated to their own half.

This time, Chelsea completely grasped the initiative on the field and formed a siege against Crystal Palace.

In fact, Chen Ran's tactics in this game are very simple, that is, Tian Ji's horse racing.

First use the substitute players in the first half of the game to consume the physical energy of Chelsea's main players.

Then wait until the opponent's physical fitness declines in the second half, and then he will use the killers such as Ronaldo and Messi.

Ancelotti is not an idiot, he also vaguely guessed Chen Ran's intentions.

It's just that, with the full main lineup of Chelsea against the almost full substitute lineup of Crystal Palace, this opportunity is once in a lifetime.

Therefore, even though Ancelotti knew that Chen Ran had dug a hole for him, he still jumped in resolutely.

Now, it depends on whether Chelsea can break through the goal of Crystal Palace before their physical fitness declines.

Ancelotti has already thought about it, as long as he takes the lead, even if there is only one goal, he will immediately order Chelsea to shrink the defense across the board and put on the bus.

Now, it depends on whether Chelsea's spear pierced Crystal Palace's shield first, or whether Crystal Palace's shield resisted Chelsea's spear, and then staged a Jedi counterattack.

(End of this chapter)