Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 106 Looking forward to the century-old savior
"Post-match scoring? Is there anything special about that?"

Ferguson asked Queiroz while looking at the scoring data of Crystal Palace players.

Queiroz didn't answer Ferguson's question, just stood aside and smiled quietly.

Sure enough, the more Ferguson looked at it, the more surprised he became, and the movements of flipping through the files became faster and faster.

Soon, he read all the data and looked up at Queiroz with a very serious expression.

"Carlos, where is the source of these data? Is it reliable?"

"Alex, these are all from the time when the Chinese entered the Crystal Palace. After each official game, the major media gave the Crystal Palace players scores. I have sent someone to verify every item, and it is very reliable."

"Do you know what that means?"

Ferguson asked while looking at the desk with his finger.

"This means that the players bought by the Chinese are all excellent. And the Chinese either has a very powerful scouting network, or his vision for selecting players is extremely accurate."

"Yes, Carlos, your analysis is correct. However, no matter what the possibility is, it is not a good thing for us."

Ferguson's tapping on the desk gradually stopped, obviously lost in thought.

Soon, Ferguson picked up the phone and called Manchester United CEO David Gill over.

"Alex, is there anything important that can't be said on the phone?"

David Gill asked Ferguson curiously as soon as he entered the door.

"Carlos, show David the information." Ferguson didn't directly answer David Gill's question.

David Gill reached out to take the information that Queiroz handed over, and flipped through it in a daze.

However, his expression soon turned serious, and he asked the same question that Ferguson had asked before.

"Are these data reliable?"

"Very reliable."

After getting an affirmative answer, David Gill immediately turned to look at Ferguson.

"Alex, what you meant by calling me here is to attack the Crystal Palace, right?"

"That's right. I don't care if the Chinese man has a powerful scouting network, or he has a very precise eye for selecting players. These are not important. I only want these excellent players to be used by Manchester United, understand?"

"Understood. Don't worry, Alex. As early as the winter transfer period, you can see new players from Crystal Palace joining our Manchester United team."

"OK, David, I don't worry if you do things."

At this time, Chen Ran, who was far away in London, did not know that Ferguson had already aimed at him.

He is now preparing for the fifth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace away to Portsmouth.

After playing Portsmouth, Crystal Palace will usher in another week of double matches.

Because they won the English League Cup last season, they have qualified for the UEFA Cup this season.

In the middle of next week, Crystal Palace will host the UEFA Cup third round qualifying match against Czech team Ostrava.

After defeating Ostrava, Crystal Palace will be eligible to enter the main match of the UEFA Cup, which is the group stage.

Although Chen Ran estimated that Ostrava should not be strong, but no one knew about this team from the Czech Republic, so Chen Ran still did not dare to be careless.

It would be a big shame if they didn't even make it to the main match of the UEFA Cup.

Therefore, in the fifth round of the Premier League match against Portsmouth, Chen Ran still made some rotations.

center crouch

Left forward Evra, midfielder Cesc Fabregas, right midfielder Ribéry
DM Yaya Toure, DM Simeone
Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Nemanja Vidic, right back Alves
goalkeeper cech
Fortunately, Portsmouth is not strong enough. Even though Chen Ran sent some substitute players, Crystal Palace finally won the away game.

With Fabregas's corner kick assists, central defender Nemanja Vidic headed home, Crystal Palace narrowly beat Portsmouth with one goal.

Helping the team to continue the winning streak, it also brought Chen Ran another winning bonus of 200 million euros.

In other games in the fifth round of the Premier League, Arsenal continued their strong momentum and beat Fulham 3-0 away.

While achieving five consecutive victories like Crystal Palace, with the advantage of goal difference, they squeezed Crystal Palace to No.2 in the Premier League.

Among the other three strong teams, only Liverpool has won, beating West Bromwich Albion 3-0 at home.

Chelsea were tied 0:0 by Aston Villa away, and Manchester United were tied 2:2 by Bolton away.

This time, the structure of the Premier League is further clarified.

At the top of the list are Arsenal and Crystal Palace, with 2 points, ranking first and No.[-] respectively.

Since No.3, the gap has been widened.

Chelsea and Bolton, with ten points, ranked third and No.4, followed by Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa with nine and eight points respectively.

All of a sudden, both the media and the fans listed Arsenal and Crystal Palace as the favorite teams for the Premier League championship this season.

Five days later, Crystal Palace ushered in the first UEFA Cup game of the season at home.

Although they were facing an unknown Czech team, the entire Selhurst Park was still packed, and Crystal Palace fans gathered at the stadium in costumes, as if it was a festival.

Poor to say the least, the Crystal Palace Club was founded in 1905.

By the end of this season, that is, next year in 2005.

Crystal Palace will also officially enter the ranks of the century-old club.

In the nearly one hundred years of history of the Crystal Palace club, the only record in the European war is actually the International Toto Cup in 1998.

Even in such a tasteless game, Crystal Palace was eliminated after losing two games.

Now being able to participate in a serious European game like the UEFA Cup is enough to make Crystal Palace fans ecstatic.

Therefore, no matter how cynical the English media is to Chen Ran, in the minds of Crystal Palace fans, Chen Ran is the savior of the team and a key figure in the rise of Crystal Palace.

Although they knew that the chance of success was slim, they were willing to believe the bold words Chen Ran had uttered when he entered the Crystal Palace.

That is: building Crystal Palace into a wealthy club.

Because, since Chen Ran bought the Crystal Palace club, the team has improved every day.

From winning the Champions League to being promoted to the Premier League, to winning the League Cup and qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

Every achievement Crystal Palace has achieved is to prove to the fans that they are on the right path.

And all of this made Chen Ran's prestige among the Crystal Palace fans grow day by day.

In order not to embarrass the fans and make himself a laughing stock, Chen Ran sent a full main lineup to face Ostrava, who was a guest.

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

DM Fabregas, DM Simeone

Left back Chiellini, centre-back Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
Crystal Palace blocked Ostrava in their half at the start of the game.

Since he didn't know his opponent well, Chen Ran simply decided to focus on me, and when he fought for it, he used three axes to stun Ostrava.

Facts have proved that Chen Ran's arrangement is very effective.

The head coach of Ostrava never expected that Crystal Palace would be so arrogant.From the beginning, he put on a posture of onslaught, mad attack, and siege, as if he had never considered Ostrava's counterattack at all.

In the Czech Republic, when did Ostrava see such a crazy offensive?

The high press, the half-time press, the pace of the game is breathless.

Caught off guard, caught off guard, is the true reflection of the Ostrava players on the field now.

Even if they got the ball for a short time, they would not be able to pass halftime at all, and they would be cut off by the Crystal Palace players.

No.13 minutes, the Crystal Palace received a cross from Ronaldo by Tony, scored the first goal with a header, and the Crystal Palace led Ostrava 1-0;
No.208 minutes, Cesc Fabregas kicked the world wave outside the penalty area and scored another goal for Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace led Ostrava 2:0;
This score was maintained until the end of halftime.

During the intermission, Chen Ran not only praised the team's performance in the first half, but also adjusted the tactics.

There is no way, although the style of play in the first half was sharp, it also consumed a lot of energy.

It's okay to use it in stages, if you play like this for the whole game, then the next game will definitely be over.

The FA's schedule is still so speechless. Crystal Palace's UEFA Cup qualifier will be played on September 2004, 9.

Only one day later, on September 2004, 9, Crystal Palace will usher in the sixth round of the Premier League, a home game against Manchester City.

Arsenal's consecutive victories have put tremendous pressure on Chen Ran, and Crystal Palace now has no room for mistakes.

Chen Ran must continue to maintain the momentum of Crystal Palace's winning streak in the Premier League. The physical fitness of the players is only so much, so he has to plan carefully.

"Guys, you guys played a great first half and performed very well. However, we have a league game against Manchester City the day after tomorrow. So, in order to save energy, in the second half we have to retreat and play defensive counterattacks. Understand?"

"understand!"

"Don't worry, boss, we all understand."

Seeing that the team members were all in high spirits, Chen Ran nodded in relief.

Immediately afterwards, he replaced Cesc Fabregas with Yaya Toure, and then retreated the formation as a whole.

So, as soon as the second half started, the Ostrava players suddenly discovered:

what happened?

Why don't the Crystal Palace players press on the offense?
They got the ball in the backcourt, why didn't the Crystal Palace players come up and grab it?

They are now also able to pass the ball across the half.

The performance of the Crystal Palace players was completely different from that of the first half.

This made Ostrava, from the head coach to the players on the field, feel that he was facing two teams in the first and second half of the game.

Everything is like a lifetime away.

Unfortunately, Ostrava's players are limited.

Even if Crystal Palace took the initiative to retreat to its own half, Ostrava was unable to penetrate the defense of Crystal Palace.

The whole second half went smoothly and smoothly.

Even if Chen then replaced Modric with Mascherano and Simeone with Pepe, Yaya Toure, Mascherano and Pepe formed a pure defensive midfielder with three midfielders.

Ostrava still did not break the goal of the Crystal Palace, which made Chen Ran very satisfied.

In the end, when the referee blew the final whistle of the game, Crystal Palace easily won Ostrava 2-0 at home.

While advancing to the UEFA Cup this season, it also brought Chen Ran a winning bonus of 250 million euros.

Regardless of celebrating the team's promotion to the UEFA Cup, Chen Ran sent the players home to rest as soon as the game was over.

No way, less than 48 hours later, Crystal Palace will play another Premier League game.

The donkeys of the production team can't do that either.

Crystal Palace's promotion to the UEFA Cup is just a trivial game news in England.Apart from the celebration of the Crystal Palace fans, there was no disturbance.

But in China thousands of miles away, it has attracted the attention of many fans.

"Hey, have you read the news? Crystal Palace has entered the UEFA Cup."

"The UEFA Cup? Crystal Palace can still participate in the UEFA Cup this year?"

"Yeah. That's what they qualified for by winning the League Cup last year."

"Then I should pay attention. I usually watch the Champions League, but I never watch the UEFA Cup. It seems that this year I will have to stay up a few more nights."

"Yes, I never watch the UEFA Cup. But now that Crystal Palace is participating, I still have to watch their games."

"I just don't know how far Crystal Palace can go. There are still some strong teams in the UEFA Cup."

"I am quite optimistic about Crystal Palace. The UEFA Cup is not full of rich teams like the Champions League. In fact, as long as they play one or two games against strong teams, the chance of Crystal Palace's upset is not small."

"That's true. However, according to Crystal Palace's current record in the Premier League, they are likely to play in the Champions League next year. If they want to participate in the UEFA Cup in the future, they will have no chance."

"Hahaha, you are too arrogant. Be low-key, low-key."

Speaking of Crystal Palace's upcoming opponent Manchester City, Sun Jihai, who is familiar to many fans, is now playing in the team.

And what is rare is that Sun Jihai is still the main player of Manchester City.

Of course, the current Manchester City is not the Premier League champion after the acquisition by the Abu Dhabi consortium.The strength is limited, and it has been hovering in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League.

However, since Crystal Palace had just finished the UEFA Cup match in the middle of the week, Chen Ran still chose a defensive and counterattack tactic even though it was Crystal Palace's home game.

center tony
Left midfielder Ronaldo, right midfielder Alves

DM Yaya Toure, DM Modric, DM Simeone

Left back Chiellini, centre-back Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On Manchester City's side, Sun Jihai appeared in the starting lineup as expected, and he played at right back.

However, since Sun Jihai's defensive player happened to be Ronaldo, so...
(End of this chapter)