Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 101 Eat some appetizers first

Since the tactics of the last game worked very well, and the opponent Everton this time is not a strong team.

In addition, this is the first home game of Crystal Palace this season. For Crystal Palace fans who have returned to the Premier League, Chen Ran feels that it is necessary to dedicate a wonderful game.

center tony
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Modric, right midfielder Ribery

DM Fabregas, DM Simeone

Left-back Chiellini, Centre-back Gareth Southgate, Centre-back Vidic, Right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On Everton's side, there is another player who is very familiar to domestic fans, and that is Li Tie, who later served as the head coach of the national football team.

In fact, Li Tie performed very well in his first season after joining Everton, and even secured his position as Everton's main midfielder.

It is a pity that when the national football team was preparing for the World Cup qualifiers in Germany and played against Kuwait, he suffered a serious fracture while participating in the training camp, so he had to recuperate for a year.

When he returned from injury, he never regained his position as Everton's main force, and even had very few chances to play.

When Chen Ran got Everton's playing list, as expected, there was no Li Tie's name in it.

Compared with these Everton players, Chen Ran paid more attention to their head coach Moyes.

This is an excellent head coach who can bring such a stingy club to prosperity, and people have to admire Moyes' internal potential tapping ability.

And he, with this ability, later won Manchester United's coaching opportunity.

Today, Chen Ran happened to meet this clever woman who is good at thrifty housekeeping.

Maybe it was watching Crystal Palace's first game against Norwich City. Moyes played a defensive counterattack very sensibly at the beginning of the game.

In the entire frontcourt, there was only one lone striker, Marcus Bent.

Compared with Norwich, which has signed a lot of signings, the stingy Everton also has its own strengths.

That is, there are few newcomers and there is no need for too much running-in time.

In the main lineup, apart from Marcus Bent, who was thrown in front to prepare for a counterattack, there was only one new player, Cahill, who was arranged to play as a full-back.

Therefore, the entire Everton defensive formation is kept in place, and the players switch defenses and fill positions very timely.

Even if a single point is broken by a player from Crystal Palace, other people will come to defend immediately.

One link after another, a bit of Italian chain defense.

After being honed in some key battles last season, the current Crystal Palace players have also calmed down a lot.

Facing the difficult Everton defense in front of them, under the leadership of Modric and Cesc Fabregas, the players were just outside the Everton penalty area, passing back and forth.

Pass from the left to the center, and then from the center to the right.

If there is a chance, a sudden through pass will be given to Ronaldo or Ribery who suddenly advances.

If there is no chance, then pass back to the center and then to the left.

Repeatedly pulled Everton's defense, waiting for the opponent to show his flaws.

This style of play is already a bit of the embryonic form of Barcelona at its peak.

As the old saying goes: only a thousand days to be a thief, no thousand days to prevent a thief.

Crystal Palace took the initiative on the field. Of course, Chen Ran was not in a hurry. He didn't believe that Everton would be able to keep the game clean.

Chen Ran is very clear in his heart that every game now is a practical exercise for Guardiola's tactics.

The real difficulty is yet to come, and now is a good opportunity to practice hard.

In this way, the two teams attacked one and defended the other, and neither of them allowed anyone to take advantage of the end of the first half.

Although the score was still 0:0, the content of the game caused the reporters in the stands to talk a lot.

"Did you find out that the current Crystal Palace has begun to look like a strong team."

"I feel the same way. In fact, the first game against Norwich was more obvious. It was really suppressed. Norwich didn't have any chances."

"Don't jump to conclusions. Whether it is Norwich or Everton, their strength is very average. Whether Crystal Palace is really strong depends on the results of its matches against those strong teams."

"That's true. However, that Chinese man is really moving forward according to the goal he said."

"Yeah, Crystal Palace is now the standard way of playing for strong teams. If they can beat those strong teams, a new giant team may really be built by him."

"It's too early to say. Chelsea alone, I think it's difficult. Two years in a row, a lot of signings, and now they have hired a Champions League-winning coach Jose Mourinho to coach. I don't see Crystal Palace's chances of winning. .”

"That's right. Although the Chinese man has achieved some results in leading the Crystal Palace, it is nothing compared to Mourinho's Champions League championship."

During the intermission, Chen Ran did not make any changes.

When the second half started, he found that Moyes hadn't made any changes. It seemed that Moyes was also very satisfied with Everton's performance in the first half.

50 minutes, 55 minutes, 60 minutes, 65 minutes
Everton still stubbornly maintained a 0:0 score on the field, but their players were already sweating profusely and panting.

Has been highly concentrated, constantly following the pass of the Crystal Palace to move the defensive line, which has exhausted the Everton players' physical strength.

Chen Ran glanced at Everton's bench, but Moyes still didn't move.

The Everton players are almost exhausted and can do it.

Chen Ran immediately turned around and called Crouch to warm up, he was going to add another high point on the court.

One of the downsides of Barcelona at their peak was that almost all of their offensive players were short.

This led to their offenses basically going down three routes.

When Chen Ran watched Barcelona games in his previous life, he was sometimes anxious for them.

Obviously there was a good chance to cross but he didn't pass it, and he was still tossing around, thinking about a deadly through ball and tearing through the opponent's defense.

Now that Chen Ran is here, he will not stick to the style of Barcelona in his previous life.

Why not use a ready-made high center forward?

Soon, Chen Ran replaced Crouch.

Moreover, he replaced Simeone with Crouch.

That's right, there are no defensive midfielders on the Crystal Palace field now.

Then Chen Ran called Southgate to the sidelines.

"Gareth, after Diego is off the field, you should mention the premise, stand behind Modric and Cesc Fabregas to play free agents, and provide them with protection. As long as the opponent has a chance to steal the ball and counterattack, he will not hesitate to foul Destroy it too. Do you understand?"

"Understood, boss."

This time, Crystal Palace was left at the end, leaving only Vidic as a central defender.

Chen Ran's instructions to the field were very simple, continue to pull Everton's defense line, and if there is no chance, directly bomb from high altitude.

Our Crystal Palace is not only good at one trick now.

Seeing Chen Ran's radical substitution, Moyes' eyes lit up. Maybe this is an opportunity?
Moyes held back most of the game, and he also saw the physical exertion of Everton players on the field.

The game has only lasted 10 minutes, and he is a little worried about whether Everton can hold on for the rest of the time.

Now that Crystal Palace has removed the only defensive midfielder, further weakening the defensive strength, should we just fight?
Just when Moyes was hesitating, the Crystal Palace, which sacrificed the twin towers, had already ushered in a chance to score.

As soon as Crouch came on the field, he brought Chen Ran's latest instructions, and Crystal Palace's tactics changed immediately.

The previous rhythm of tossing and turning outside the Everton penalty area suddenly changed.

When the ball came to the right again, this time it was not passed back to the center.

Instead, Franck Ribery directly dribbled the ball down and made a cross. In the penalty area, the Crystal Palace once again appeared in the classic three-point outflank of Crouch, Tony and Ronaldo.

The sudden change in Crystal Palace's rhythm caught Everton's defenders by surprise.

Their thinking, under the repeated pull of the Crystal Palace for seven to 10 minutes, still stayed in the original rhythm.

It feels like listening to "someone like me." for more than an hour, and suddenly "the river flows eastward".

Everton's two central defenders, Yobo and Stubbs, reacted significantly slower, that is to say, Crouch was not strong enough and was pulled by Stubbs and did not jump up.

But Tony didn't have this problem. Yobo tried to grab him but he didn't.

A beautiful lion shakes his head, and Tony simply drives the ball into the goal guarded by Martin.

"Goal"

After 70 minutes of fierce fighting, Crystal Palace finally scored.

This time, Moyes didn't have to hesitate.

Attacking is the only way for him to take points away from Selhurst Park.

So, while the Crystal Palace players were still celebrating their goals, Moyes had called Cahill to the sidelines to start arranging changes.

All of this was seen by Chen Ran on the other side.

If it is still in the British Championship, even if Crystal Palace takes the lead, most teams will probably choose to continue to defend.

Because they knew that if they attacked rashly, they would fall into Chen Ran's trap, causing the team to lose more goals.

But now in the Premier League, many teams have not experienced the nightmare that the Championship teams have encountered.

In other words, they don't think that the newly promoted Crystal Palace has anything to be afraid of.

Therefore, as soon as Moyes saw that the team was falling behind, he immediately changed his formation and attacked. This is a very normal reaction.

And this is exactly what Chen Ran hopes to see.

As long as you don't shrink back and defend, it will be much easier for me to attack.

Chen Ran also immediately rushed Yaya Toure to warm up, and then called Southgate and Fabregas to the sidelines.

"Gareth, you don't play free agents now, go back and continue to play central defenders, and the team's formation has changed to 442."

"Okay, boss."

"Cesc, after Yaya Toure comes on the field, you and him will play double midfielders. The task of organizing the offense will be given to you, understand?"

"Got it, boss."

Soon, Chen Ran replaced Modric with Yaya Toure.

Crystal Palace's tactics have also changed from Guardiola to Southgate.

On the Everton side, Cahill was mentioned from the winger to the striker.

The formation has also changed from a 451 defensive counterattack to a 442 with Marcus Bent and Cahill as the double arrows.

In the next game, due to Everton's attack, a lot of loopholes in the defense suddenly appeared.

Not only failed to get back the score, but Tony and Ronaldo each scored a goal.

In the end, Crystal Palace beat Everton 3-0 at home and won two consecutive Premier League victories.Chen Ran, another 200 million euros.

In this round of Premier League matches, several other strong teams have also won.

Chelsea beat Birmingham 1-0 away;
Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 5-3 at home;
Manchester United beat Norwich City 2-1 at home;
Liverpool beat Manchester City 2:1 at home.

Crystal Palace still relies on the advantage of goal difference, ranking first in the Premier League.

Arsenal and Chelsea, who also won two consecutive victories, followed closely behind. Liverpool rose to sixth place, and Manchester United also came to No.9.

After the end of the second round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace still topped the list, which made the previous cynicism disappear a lot.

It's not the conscience of those English reporters, but in the upcoming third round of the Premier League, the opponent Crystal Palace will face is Chelsea coached by Mourinho.

Everyone is waiting to see a good show.

If the Crystal Palace loses, then what Chen Ran will face is probably the scene where the wall falls and everyone pushes him.

Many reporters have already thought of the title in advance.

For example: "Meteor Falls";
"Fake meets genuine";
"Who is the real genius coach";
"Boss, we will definitely win Chelsea. Didn't we win the League Cup last season?"

Southgate, Guardiola, and Simeone also knew the current atmosphere of public opinion, and even came here to cheer Chen Ran up.

It would be a lie to say that Chen Ran was not under pressure.

Chelsea under Mourinho's combat effectiveness is completely different from Chelsea under Ranieri.

In the previous life, in this season, Mourinho won the Premier League championship in his first year at Chelsea.

In 38 league games throughout the season, Chelsea lost only one game.

Therefore, if Crystal Palace wants to compete for the Premier League championship this season, they must put Chelsea under the pressure.

Chen Ran knew that in this game against Chelsea, at least Crystal Palace could not lose.

Otherwise, the initiative to compete for the Premier League title is out of their control.

In view of the importance of this game, Chen Ran's emphasis is comparable to last year's League Cup final against Arsenal.

For this reason, he also specifically explained to Guardiola, re-edited the video footage of Chelsea's first two games, and took it to the pre-match preparation meeting for targeted arrangements.

With Warcraft Drogba as the center, Robben and Duff flying on both wings, this is Chelsea's current striker combination.

This combination is actually similar to the striker configuration ideas of Crystal Palace's Tony, Ronaldo and Ribery.

In midfield, Mourinho used Lampard, Makelele and Thiago.

The biggest feature of this combination is the balance of offense and defense, and even slightly stronger defense than offense.

On the back line, there is a four-back system of Bridge, Carvalho, Terry and Ferreira.

The two central defenders are very strong, but the left and right fullbacks are relatively average.

As for the goalkeeper, since Chen Ran cut Cech, Chelsea's main goalkeeper is now Cudicini.

This goalkeeper is actually very strong, and he often plays bravely.

It's just that his state fluctuates a lot, which means he is a bit nervous, which also prevents him from reaching the level of a top goalkeeper.

And this point is the key to Chen Ran's key arrangement.

(End of this chapter)