Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 430 Steady!allow!ruthless!
With ten games in 30 days, it is undoubtedly an extremely severe test for Crystal Palace to play an average of one game in three days for a whole month.

And in these ten games, Crystal Palace will face strong teams such as Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool.

Even in those two UEFA Champions League semi-finals where the opponents were not known, if you think about it with your butt, you know that the opponents you will encounter must be strong opponents.

Seeing this schedule, not to mention Southgate and Simeone, even Chen Ran, who is used to England's devil's schedule, couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle.

The donkeys of the production team can't be used like this, can they?
Chen Ran even wondered if there would be any healthy players in the Crystal Palace team after this month's matches.

Counting the three "Level [-] Recovery Cards" left in his hand, Chen Ran also looked helpless.

The function of the "Level 10 Rehabilitation Card" is only to reduce the player's recovery time from injury by [-]%, and it cannot avoid injury or resurrection with full blood on the spot.

After Kaka, Yaya Toure and Tony used the "Level [-] Rehab Card", the best result would be to return from injury before the end of the season.

But every game at the end of the season is very important. No one can tell what the state of a player who has been away from the field for such a long time will be. Chen Ran dare not use it lightly.

Facing such a dense schedule, Chen Ran discussed with Southgate and Simeone for a long time but couldn't think of any good solution. In the end, he could only decide to see the trick and bite the bullet.

On March 3, in the second round of Premier League No.28, Crystal Palace will face Blackburn at home.

Because in two days, Crystal Palace will go to Spain and Real Madrid for the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final match, so Chen Ran sent a starting lineup of half main force and half substitute in this game.

With goals from Ribery, Suarez and Beckham, Crystal Palace won Blackburn 3-1 at home.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "level one blood recovery card" from the system.

In the other matches of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United beat Bolton 4-0 away, and Chelsea beat Aston Villa 7-1 at Stamford Bridge.

曼城在主场3：0大胜维冈竞技，利物浦也在安菲尔德3：0完胜桑德兰。阿森纳则是习惯性的掉链子，他们在客场被伯明翰1：1逼平。

After the second round of No.30 matches, Crystal Palace still leads the standings with a slight advantage, while Manchester United is two points behind, and Chelsea are four points behind, ranking second and third respectively.

Spain, Real Madrid.

After Guardiola led Barcelona to snatch the La Liga title last season, Mourinho has been ridiculed by some media that he can't even compare with Chen Ran's assistant.

How could a man as proud and arrogant as Mourinho be able to bear this anger?

After trying every means to poach Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Barcelona, ​​Mourinho has worked hard this season. Real Madrid, led by him, currently has 74 points with Barcelona, ​​ranking first and No.2 in the La Liga standings respectively. , the competition is fierce.

"Jose, Real Madrid met Crystal Palace again this time, you and Chen Ran are really destined."

Mendez shook his head resignedly as he smoked his beloved cigar.

According to Hua Guo's statement, these two guys probably have a disagreement.

"Ha ha."

Mourinho is too lazy to talk to Mendes.

"José, now that Ibrahimovic is a top center, are you confident that you can beat Crystal Palace this time?"

"No."

Mourinho's answer was so crisp that Mendes looked up at him in surprise.

"No way? Jose, this is not your style."

"I'm just telling the truth. Don't say it's me. In today's football, which coach dares to say that he will definitely be able to beat that Chinese man?"

Mourinho didn't seem to see Mendes' surprised eyes, and spread his hands.

There are no outsiders here, and Mourinho also spoke directly from his heart.

"Compared to the Champions League, the La Liga championship trophy is more realistic and important to me."

"We are now on the same points as Barcelona. If this season's La Liga title falls to Barcelona, ​​then I will be ashamed to stay in Real Madrid."

"José, are you going to give up the Champions League just like that?"

Mendes is very clear that Mourinho has a point, and this is also the most beneficial choice for them.

"That's not enough. The game against Crystal Palace still has to go all out, otherwise those demanding Real Madrid fans will not let me go."

Thinking of those particularly hard-to-serve Real Madrid fans, Mourinho couldn't help frowning.

"I think clearly now. Of course it would be best if we can eliminate Crystal Palace, then I will put the team's main energy into the Champions League."

"In case of being eliminated by Crystal Palace, that is not a bad thing. The team can also concentrate on competing with Barcelona for the La Liga championship trophy."

"Well, Jose, your decision is right. It is too difficult to balance the league and the Champions League. Real Madrid does not have the strength now."

Mendez nodded slightly.

"If Real Madrid is robbed of the league title by Barcelona this season, then you will definitely be replaced. So, which is more important, you have to be clear in your heart."

After playing the Premier League game against Blackburn Rovers, Chen Ran immediately flew to Madrid with the entire Crystal Palace team without stopping.

Against this enduring Spanish giants team, Chen Ran did not dare to be careless, and sent all the main lineup that Crystal Palace can play now.

Center Ronaldo,
Left Midfielder Ribery, Central Midfielder Fabregas, Central Midfielder Mascherano, Central Midfielder Modric, Right Midfielder Messi
Left forward Chiellini, centre-back Thiago Silva, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On the Real Madrid side, Mourinho is also the main force.

Left winger Arjen Robben, center Ibrahimovic, right winger Raul

Central midfielder Sneijder, Central midfielder Lars Diarra, Central midfielder Guti

Left back Marcelo, center back Albiol, center back Metzelder, right back Ramos
goalkeeper casillas

Mourinho seems to have made up his mind to fight Crystal Palace. From the first minute of the game, Real Madrid's players began to attack in an all-round way.

On the Crystal Palace side, because it was an away game, Chen Ran adopted a more conservative 451 formation.

Except for Ronaldo, most players shrink to defend in their own half.

For a while, let Real Madrid take the initiative on the field.

Seeing Real Madrid's attack against Crystal Palace, the defending champion of the Champions League, the Real Madrid fans in the entire Bernabéu Stadium were immediately mobilized and cheered.

"Boss, the current scene is too passive, right? Our Crystal Palace's attack power is no worse than that of Real Madrid, so let's just fight them directly."

Southgate approached Chen Ran worriedly to offer advice.

"Gareth, as a coach, you can't just think about the game in front of you. You know our next game schedule, so now we not only have to think about how to win, but also how to win economically. Understand ?"

"I see. I see, boss."

Southgate suddenly realized.The boss deserves to be the boss, and when he thinks about problems, he is more thoughtful than himself.

Although Crystal Palace has three absolute main players missing due to injuries, the staffing of the defense line is still very neat.

After several seasons of running-in, the cooperation between these defenders has been very tacit. Real Madrid's onslaught for more than 20 minutes failed to break through the goal guarded by Cech.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

When the Real Madrid players entered the first physical bottleneck period of the game, Cech hugged Ibrahimovic's header to attack the goal, then quickly got up, and sent the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot.

Cristiano Ronaldo immediately judged where the ball fell, and then rushed to receive the ball before Lars Diarra.

Ronaldo used his body to block Lars Diarra behind him while observing the positions of other Crystal Palace players.

At this time, Ribery on the left and Messi on the right advanced at high speed at the same time.

On the Real Madrid side, the other two midfielders Sneijder and Guti are also desperately chasing back.

However, due to age, the current Guti's speed has dropped sharply, and he was quickly left behind by Ribery.

Seeing this situation, Ronaldo immediately passed the ball to Ribery on the left.Then he turned around Las Diarra himself and continued to sprint towards Real Madrid's penalty area.

Finding that the ball was passed to his side, and his teammate Guti was passed, Real Madrid's right back Ramos had no choice but to take the initiative to meet Ribery.

In terms of speed and flexibility, Ramos is not Ribery's opponent at all.

Seeing Ramos rushing over, Ribery didn't pause at all. He just pushed the ball forward with his feet and competed with Ramos for speed.

Simple, crude, but effective.

Fighting for speed, how can Ramos run faster than Ribery?

But he didn't sit still. While running, Ramos slammed his body and grabbed Laribery with his hands, trying to make him lose his balance.

However, although Ribery is small, his body is very strong and he has a strong confrontation ability.

Ramos bumped a few times and didn't miss Ribery, but he lost his center of gravity, staggered and almost fell.

After getting rid of Ramos, a big hole appeared in Real Madrid's right defense.Ribery changed direction and dribbled the ball directly towards Real Madrid's penalty area.

Realizing that the situation was not good, central defender Metzelder, who was sitting in the penalty area, rushed to Ribery's side to help defend.

However, the height of the German central defender reaches 193CM. In terms of speed and flexibility, he is not as good as Ramos.

Ribery was overjoyed when he saw that it was another big man who came to defend him this time.

After stepping on a few bicycles to stun Metzelder, he dribbled the ball directly towards Real Madrid's goal.

At this time, seeing that other teammates could not come back, now I can only rely on my goalkeeper Casillas to abandon the goal immediately and spread his hands and feet as much as possible to expand the defensive area.

As a result, Ribery calmly pushed with the instep of his right foot, and the ball rolled into the Real Madrid net from between Casillas' legs against the turf.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

With Franck Ribery's wonderful one-stop counterattack, Crystal Palace led Real Madrid 1-0 in the away game.

"Fxxxxk!"

On the sidelines, Mourinho couldn't help but swear.

Real Madrid's onslaught for nearly half an hour was not as effective as a counterattack by Crystal Palace.

However, Mourinho, who had already made a plan, was not in a hurry, and did not change his tactics just because he conceded the ball first.

Neither team was able to score again until the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

During the intermission, Chen Ran, who had already taken the lead, was naturally more calm.In addition to giving the players blood as usual, no substitutions and adjustments have been made.

On the Real Madrid side, Mourinho replaced Guti with Xavi Garcia and Raul with Benzema.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Benzema act as double center forwards, Robben retreats to play left midfielder, and Harvey Garcia serves as right midfielder.Real Madrid's formation has also changed from 433 to 442.

At the beginning of the second half, seeing Real Madrid's substitutions and adjustments, Chen Ran couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Benzema are top center forwards. If they play together, it is not certain whether Crystal Palace's defense can withstand it.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran immediately called Southgate to his side.

"Gareth, you are going to inform Modric and Fabregas now, and then we will focus on Messi's side. Let Maicon make bold assists, and I must suppress Real Madrid's offensive from the left."

"Got it, boss."

Chen Ran's idea is very simple. Real Madrid's new right midfielder, Xavi Garcia, is better at defending than attacking. Mourinho estimates that he will use him to mark Franck Ribery.

In this way, most of the tasks of delivering shells to the two centers, Ibrahimovic and Benzema, fell to Luo himself on the left.

Then, as long as Robben is too busy to take care of himself and has no energy to pass the ball to the two forwards, then no matter how strong Ibrahimovic and Benzema are, it will be easy for Crystal Palace's defense to deal with.

Soon, one after another, the ball was sent to Messi's feet.

And Maicon, uncharacteristically, frequently put in assists, and no longer huddled in the backcourt and focused on defense like in the first half of the game.

With Messi and Maicon, left-back Marcelo alone could not defend against him. He had to call Robben back to help.

But in this way, he just fell into Chen Ran's trap, and the offensive threat in front of Real Madrid was immediately weakened a lot.

On the sidelines, seeing these changes, Mourinho immediately reacted, and he quietly glanced at the man on the Crystal Palace bench.

This bastard Chen Ran's shots are still so steady, accurate, and ruthless!

(End of this chapter)