Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 426 That's Not What I Need To Consider

"Hahahaha, Chen, you have a new opponent."

While flipping through the newspaper in his hand, Little Fatty Louis did not forget to tease Chen Ran.

"You mean Rijkaard?"

"That's right. Liverpool's recent wave of four consecutive victories is very strong."

"Hehe, it's useless. They lost too many points before, and it's too late to catch up now. This season, Liverpool can at most get a place in the Champions League. As for the Premier League championship trophy, they don't even think about it."

"But this guy Rijkaard is really capable. You can see that he immediately reversed the situation as soon as he came to Liverpool. Chen, it's better not to take it lightly."

"How to deal with Rijkaard is something that Guardiola needs to consider. Luiz, don't forget that after this season, I will not be the head coach of the Crystal Palace club."

"Eh Chen, do you really plan to hand over the entire team to Guardiola and let it go completely?"

He was used to Chen Ran leading the Crystal Palace to fight everywhere, but now he suddenly had to face the situation without Chen Ran, little fat Louis still felt a little uncertain.

"Of course. You don't have to be suspicious of people you employ, and you don't need to be suspicious of people. If you don't want to let go, it will only annoy people."

"Besides, although I will no longer be the head coach of the Crystal Palace team in the future, I will still be the owner of the Crystal Palace club. If something goes wrong, I will naturally take action. What do you have to worry about?"

"That's good, that's good!"

On January 1, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge the English Championship team Reading this time.

Chen Ran still sent all the substitutes to play in accordance with the old rules, and handed over the command of the game to Simeone.

What made the Reading team speechless was that Crystal Palace, a top team, even adopted defensive counterattack tactics when facing themselves.

Then, with two counterattacks from Vardy and Suarez, Crystal Palace defeated Reading 2-0 away.

While successfully advancing to the fifth round of the FA Cup, Chen Ran also received a "Level [-] Rehabilitation Card" from the system.

Three days later, on January 1th, in the No.27 three rounds of the Premier League, Crystal Palace was going to challenge Bolton away again.

Because in the next round of the Premier League two days later, Crystal Palace will play against Chelsea directly, so Chen Ran only sent a half-main and half-substitute starting lineup for this game.

With goals from Dzeko, Cavani and Kompany, Crystal Palace beat Bolton 3-2 away.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Sight Card" from the system.

In other games of this round of the Premier League, Chelsea beat Birmingham 3-0 at Stamford Bridge, and Manchester United also beat Hull City 4-0 at Old Trafford.

Manchester City narrowly beat Stoke City 2:1 in the away game, while Arsenal were tied 0:0 by Aston Villa in the away game.

Under Rijkaard's leadership, Liverpool beat Wolves 1-0 in the away game, increasing their winning streak to five games.

Only two days after the match against Bolton, on January 1th, in the No.30 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium.

There is only a three-point gap between the two teams. If Chelsea can beat Crystal Palace in this game, then they can once again surpass Crystal Palace to take the top spot in the standings.

Chelsea's performance this season is very impressive and poses a great threat to Crystal Palace.

Not only have they overwhelmed Crystal Palace to occupy the top position in the standings for quite a long time, even now, they are only three points behind Crystal Palace, and there is a possibility of overtaking at any time.

In order to prepare for this head-to-head confrontation with Crystal Palace, Ancelotti has also painstakingly rotated Chelsea's main players before, hoping that the team can face this strongest opponent in the best condition.

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, in the face of this season's Premier League championship match, Chen Ran naturally sent all the main players.

Forward Ronaldo, Forward Tony
Left midfielder Ribery, central midfielder Yaya Toure, central midfielder Mascherano, right midfielder Messi

Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
Because Chelsea are now three points behind Crystal Palace, in order to smooth out this point gap, Ancelotti did not use the bus tactic this time as he did in the first round.

Ancelotti also wanted to understand in his heart. With the super stability that Crystal Palace has shown over the years, it is obviously unrealistic to rely on other teams to stop the progress of Crystal Palace.

To win the Premier League championship trophy, Chelsea still have to give up their illusions and beat the competitor Crystal Palace head-on.

Therefore, according to Ancelotti's deployment, Chelsea started to fight against Crystal Palace from the first minute of the game.

The personal abilities of Chelsea players are very strong, and they are not at all disadvantaged in the confrontation with Crystal Palace.

However, in Ancelotti's tactical system, most of the offense is initiated by the center, without a full-back, and the center has always been the most tightly defended place for each team.

Therefore, in the face of the two midfield iron gates specially arranged by Chen Ran, Yaya Toure and Mascherano, Chelsea did not get any good opportunities for a while.

On the Crystal Palace side, due to Kaka's absence due to injury, Chen Ran simply arranged for the team to attack the two sides, and sent two full-time defensive players Yaya Toure and Mascherano in the center. lower back.

In this way, one of Crystal Palace and Chelsea is mainly attacking the wing, and the other is mainly attacking the center, forming a situation of "you hit yours, I will hit mine".

"Chelsea this season is not the same as before, and the confrontation with Crystal Palace did not lose the wind at all."

In the stands, the reporters who were attracted by this top game of the Premier League were full of admiration for Chelsea's performance today.

"Let's accumulate a lot of money. It has been six seasons from 2003 to the present. The Russian spent so much money, there will always be some results."

"Has it been this long since the Russian bought Chelsea?"

"That's right. This Abramovich is quite unlucky to say the least. Both he and Chen Ran bought the team in the summer of 2003. As a result, the Chinese man has won so many championship trophies over the years, but he has one I didn’t even get the weight of the championship.”

"Hahahaha, from this point of view, this Abramovich is quite miserable. He has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on Chelsea over the years, right?"

"Almost. In comparison, that Chinese guy doesn't seem to have spent much money other than building a new stadium. Not only that, but he also earns a lot from the Crystal Palace Club every year. It's really annoying."

"Then what can be done? Who made that Chinese man have a good eye for picking players? He can always buy very talented young players at a cheap price. This is also his ability."

"Heh heh, the time for that Chinese to dominate the Premier League is not long. Chelsea this season, as well as Liverpool and Manchester City who have changed new owners, these teams will be strong opponents for Crystal Palace to compete for the Premier League title in the future."

"Oh, I hope so."

In the first half when the players were full of energy, neither Crystal Palace nor Chelsea could break through the opponent's defense.

During the intermission, Chen Ran did not make any substitutions and adjustments other than giving the players blood as usual.

For Chen Ran, he was not in a hurry at all.Even if the game is tied, it is an acceptable result.After all, the initiative to compete for the Premier League title is still in the hands of Crystal Palace.

On the Chelsea side, Ancelotti used a wide player, and French international Malouda replaced Pirlo.

Then let Malouda serve as the left midfielder, Lampardella played the right midfielder on the right, and Ballack and Deco were handed over to the center.

Chelsea's formation has also changed from the previous 4312 to the current 442.

Obviously, Ancelotti also found that it was too difficult to break through the defense line in the middle of Crystal Palace, so he began to change his tactics and moved the focus of attack to the two sides.

At the start of the second half, Chen Ran, who saw Chelsea's substitutions and adjustments, immediately understood Ancelotti's intentions.

However, Chen Ran was not worried about this.

Because Ancelotti's adjustment is a bit timid, Malouda can certainly increase Chelsea's offensive power on the left, but he pulls Lampard, a B2B midfielder, to play right midfielder, which is obviously not an optimal strategy. choose.

It's not that Chelsea don't have good players at right midfielder, such as Joe Cole on the bench.

But Ancelotti would rather let Lampard play a cameo than use Joe Cole. It is estimated that he is worried that Joe Cole's defensive ability is insufficient to provide help for right back Ivanovic.

Chen Ran, who quickly analyzed the pros and cons of Ancelotti's substitution adjustment, immediately called Southgate to his side.

"Gareth, tell the players on the field now, and then focus on the right side where Messi is."

"You tell Maicon again, let him go up to assist with confidence and boldly, and together with Messi, I will press Malouda, who Chelsea just replaced, back to me."

"In addition, you remind Mascherano again, if Chelsea steals the ball and counterattacks, let him pay attention to the gap left after Maicon's assist. Understand?"

"Okay, boss."

Soon, Ancelotti felt the changes on the Crystal Palace field.

The ball was passed to Messi's feet on the right one by one, coupled with the assist from the right back Maicon, the pressure on Chelsea's left back Ashley Cole increased sharply.

Under Ashley Cole's loud greeting, Malouda, who had just played, had to go back to help him defend.

This must be the trick of the Chinese man!
Ancelotti turned his head and glanced at the Crystal Palace bench, only to see Chen Ran sitting on the seat watching the game calmly, as if he was just an ordinary spectator.

This guy Chen Ran wanted to offset the effect of replacing Malouda with the method of attacking and attacking. Ancelotti suddenly had such a clear understanding in his heart.

However, the offensive combination of Messi and Maicon cannot be defended by Ashley Cole alone. It is the most correct choice for Malouda to go back to help.

For a while, Ancelotti couldn't come up with any good countermeasures.

Malouda on the left was held back by Messi and Maicon, while Lampard on the right played in a position that he was not good at, and his strength was limited.

After hesitating for a long time, Ancelotti called up the Portuguese right back Bosingwa from the bench.

After a simple warm-up, he replaced Ivanovic, who was stronger than the defender, with Bosingwa, who was more offensive. He wanted to use Bosingwa's assist ability to activate Chelsea's right attack.

Seeing Ancelotti's second substitution, Chen Ran, who was sitting on the bench, almost burst out laughing.

You know, apart from being the head coach of the Crystal Palace club, Chen Ran is also the head coach of the Portuguese national team.

Chen Ran knows the abilities and characteristics of the Portuguese internationals such as Carvalho, Deco, Bosingwa and Paulo Ferreira in the Chelsea team.

Bosingwa does have a certain offensive ability, but you must know that what he will face next is his teammate Ronaldo in the national team.

In the Portuguese national team's team training game, Bosingwa also defended Ronaldo, but the result is usually the one that was passed.

Now Ancelotti asked Bosingwa to fight Ronaldo head-on, Chen Ran could only applaud him in his heart.

"Gareth."

"Boss, what are your orders?"

"You go to inform Ronaldo and Ribery to change positions, and then pass the ball to Ronaldo who has returned to the left. Chelsea's new right back Bosingwa is a teammate of Ronaldo's national team. Ronaldo is very experienced in dealing with him. "

"Understood, boss."

Soon after receiving the latest instruction from Chen Ran, Ronaldo took the ball and rushed towards his fellow Portuguese Bosingwa.

Seeing Ronaldo rushing towards him, Bosingwa suddenly felt a little guilty.

Wang Defa, didn't the Frenchman Franck Ribery play the left midfielder before the Crystal Palace?Why did he become Ronaldo as soon as he played?

As teammates of the national team, he and Ronaldo know each other well.

Bosingwa knew very well that Ronaldo completely crushed him in terms of body, technology, speed, strength and physical fitness.

Let him defend Ronaldo, he is really not sure.

On Ronaldo's side, facing Bosingwa, he is full of psychological advantages, and he is no less than the opponent in the national team.

This time was no exception. Ronaldo first stepped on a few bicycles, and then started the ball quickly.

Bosingwa quickly turned around and chased back, but Ronaldo suddenly hit the ball with his heel after running a few steps.

Caught off guard, Bosingwa slipped and fell to the ground when he was about to stop and turn around.I can only watch Ronaldo switch the ball to the inside and continue to dribble towards his penalty area.

At this time, Chelsea midfielder Ballack rushed back in time and shoveled directly at Ronaldo.

(End of this chapter)