Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 57 Plan ahead
Modric, who is thin and inconspicuous all the time, can be described as a surprise.

Being able to shoot beautiful volleys in a row is not something that can be fooled.

How many threatening players does Crystal Palace have?

McCarthy frowned watching from the sidelines.

For the study of Crystal Palace, he is not careless.

Which players are threatening and need to be focused on. He has already made arrangements before the game.

Tony, send people to watch; Ronaldo, send people to guard; Ribery, send people to follow.

Even Crouch, who hadn't played yet, made arrangements.

Unexpectedly, the Crystal Palace now has another inconspicuous, thin and short Modric.

This goal, like a basin of cold water poured from McCarthy's head, made him calm down a lot in an instant.

He was a bit over the top before, but now that he regained his composure, he suddenly found that he had fallen into Chen Ran's trap again.

"Fxxxk!"

McCarthy cursed secretly.

It would be great if we immediately recovered and played a defensive counterattack after taking the lead.

But there is no regret medicine in the world. Now that the score has been equalized by Crystal Palace, should we continue to attack and win, or retreat to defend to save a point?
McCarthy hesitated for a long time, then gritted his teeth. Now that the game has been played like this, if he shrinks back to defend now, he will definitely be laughed at by the Chinese.

It's better to make mistakes and stick to the end.

Let's see who kills who first.

After the equalizer, Chen Ran has been paying attention to the movement of Sunderland's bench.

However, after waiting for a long time, McCarthy did not make tactical adjustments.

"He's planning to fight me to the end."

Chen Ran touched his chin and muttered to himself.

"However, this is just right for Simeone's defensive counterattack tactics, and it saves me from changing my style of attack."

"This McCarthy is so cooperative, he is really a good person."

The next game progressed and entered the familiar rhythm of the Crystal Palace.

Tony received a cross from Ronaldo's left and scored a header.

Then, in a free-kick in the front court, Southgate received a pass from Modric and scored the third goal.

And Sunderland, also relying on corner kick tactics, took advantage of the chaos in the penalty area and scored a follow-up shot.

In the end, Sunderland was reversed by Crystal Palace 2:3 at home.

When the referee blew the final whistle, another 100 million euros fell into Chen Ran's pocket.

Now, the English media has become more and more numb to Crystal Palace's win, and they are beginning to look forward to someone who can end Crystal Palace's winning streak.

After all, they will get tired of writing about Crystal Palace's victory all the time.

"Crystal Palace's seven-game winning streak at the start of the league, who can stop him?"

"Even without Pep Guardiola, the core midfielder, Sunderland failed to stop Crystal Palace's seven-game winning streak."

"Crystal Palace has no rivals in the Championship."

"The latest news is that the gambling company has launched odds for Crystal Palace to win the British Championship with a perfect record."

"Questionnaire, which team do you think can stop Crystal Palace's winning streak?"

"Rookie coach Chen Ran has won all his coaching careers. Is it that easy for the English Championship?"

After temporarily passing the crisis of Guardiola's serious injury, Chen Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Fabregas can grow up quickly, even if Guardiola cannot return to the court, the team's lineup will not have too many holes.

That's right, Chen Ran visited Guardiola in the hospital after the match against Sunderland, and gave Guardiola a detailed description of the news of the team's victory and the process of the match.

Guardiola couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard that Chen Ran's tricks had fooled Sunderland coach McCarthy.

After visiting Guardiola, Chen Ran got bad news from the doctor.

Guardiola's injury recovery speed is not ideal, far slower than normal standards.Considering Guardiola's age, the doctor made Chen Ran mentally prepared that he would not be able to return to the game.

Fortunately, Cesc Fabregas was cut off, Chen Ran secretly rejoiced, otherwise he would be in serious trouble.

However, thinking about the hidden danger of Fabregas and Barcelona's buyback clause, Chen Ran felt that he couldn't put all the bets on Fabregas alone.

When Chen Ran intercepted Fabregas, he planned to use him as Guardiola's substitute.

This is to give Guardiola a rotation. After all, he is 33 years old, and it is impossible for Chen Ran to expect Guardiola to play all the games.

Secondly, Fabregas can be trained slowly, so as not to make him too conspicuous and attract the attention of the Barcelona club.

Before the repurchase clauses on these La Masia teenagers expired, Chen Ran didn't want Fabregas, Pique and others to stand out too much.

If they perform so well that Barcelona decides to activate the repurchase clause, then Chen Ran's work will be in vain.

But things backfired. Due to Guardiola's serious injury, Chen Ran is now forced to push Cesc Fabregas to the foreground ahead of schedule.

This is of course a solution to the urgent need of Guardiola's absence, but at the same time it also greatly increases the probability of Barcelona activating the buyback clause.

And this is something that Chen Ran absolutely does not want to see.

After all, with the speed at which he can get a bonus of 100 million euros every time he wins a league game, Chen Ran really doesn't pay attention to the buyback fee of 540 million euros after two years.

So he called Simeone and Southgate together for their advice.

"Gareth, Diego, I plan to let Modric try the position of the midfielder, what do you think?"

"Modric? Can he do it with such a thin body? The defensive task of the midfielder is very heavy."

In Southgate's mind, Modric's thin body of just over 1.7 meters immediately appeared, and he couldn't help shaking his head.

Simeone looked at Chen Ran thoughtfully.

"Boss, do you want Modric to play as an organizational midfielder, just like Josep and Cesc Fabregas?"

"Yes, that's what I mean. After all, Fabregas is only 16 years old and needs someone to share his tasks. Otherwise, when he is not on the field, we are too passive."

"It's true, the first half against Sunderland, I was exhausted."

Southgate is deeply touched by this point. After all, he is already 33 years old. Playing such a tiring position as a semi-free man, one or two games is okay. If he keeps playing like this, he can't stand it.

"If you have no objections, in future training, we will also arrange for Modric to play as a midfielder to see how he performs and whether he can adapt."

"Okay, boss."

Chen Ran dared to make such an arrangement, so he naturally had his confidence.

In the previous life, although Modric's peak period was in Real Madrid, he played in Tottenham Hotspur.

As the core of Tottenham's midfield, he conquered the Premier League with his all-around performance, and thus attracted the favor of Real Madrid.

Since Modric in the previous life could do it, there is no reason why he can't do it now.

After all, what he has to face now is not Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, but just a group of Championship teams.

In this regard, Chen Ran is full of confidence.

(End of this chapter)