Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 121
The media reporters who were once again fooled by Chen Ran naturally wouldn't give him a good look.

The next day, on the pages of the major media, there were many reports that scolded and mocked Chen Ran.

"Crystal Palace, the top of the Premier League standings, was eliminated from the League Cup by Manchester United."

"In the League Cup match against Manchester United, none of Crystal Palace's main players played. The Chinese didn't even direct the game himself."

"The Chinese man defended himself after the game, claiming that he had no intention of giving up the League Cup."

"The purpose of sending an assistant coach to direct the game is to win the game better. This is the sophistry of that Chinese man."

Thousands of miles away in China, the game is also hotly discussed on the Post Bar of the Crystal Palace.

An ordinary League Cup will naturally not be broadcast in China.

However, there are some netizens in the UK who specially open a post in the post bar for text live broadcast.

This time, it relieved the greed of domestic fans who followed Crystal Palace.

"Haha, we now have a forward reporting team."

"That is, in this way, we can also know the progress of the game in real time for some games that are not broadcast in the future."

"Damn it, Crystal Palace didn't have any main players? Is Chen Ran going to give up this game?"

"What? It was Chen Ran's assistant coach Simeone who was standing on the sidelines directing the game? What's going on here?"

Real-time game reports have greatly increased the interaction of domestic Crystal Palace fans.

While keeping the popularity of the Crystal Palace post bar high, it also significantly enhanced the stickiness of Crystal Palace fans.

After arguing with the English reporters, Chen Ran stopped paying attention to the media's reaction and immediately devoted himself to preparing for the match against Liverpool.

There is no way, there is only one day of rest, and it is an away game, Chen Ran has no time to be distracted now.

During this summer transfer period, Liverpool's staff has changed a lot.

The most notable change is the transfer of the team's iconic figure, Michael Owen, to Real Madrid.

Another powerful striker, Heskey, who is also an England international, also moved to Birmingham.

Those who left the team together include forward Diouf, forward Gillespie, midfielder Murphy, defender Babel and others.

Fortunately, Liverpool is not Arsenal. While selling people, they also introduced a group of powerful players.

Bought forward Luis Garcia from Barcelona, ​​forward Cisse from Auxerre, midfielder Xavi Alonso from Real Sociedad, midfielder Nunez from Real Madrid, and Mara Plus bought defender Josemi.

Of course, their head coach Benitez is also newly appointed this summer.

Therefore, from coaches to players, everything has to be re-run.

In this case, Liverpool's current results are naturally not much better.

However, after more than a dozen actual combat games, Liverpool's players have now gradually mastered Benitez's new tactical concept, and the performance of the entire team is also developing in a good direction.

For this contest with the Premier League leader, Benitez has been looking forward to it for a long time, and wants to meet the Chinese who is now in the limelight for a while.

To this end, he sent Liverpool's strongest lineup.

Forward Baros
Midfielder Kewell

Left Midfield Riise, Central Midfielder Xavi Alonso, Central Midfielder Gerrard, Right Midfielder Luis Garcia

Left back Traore, center back Hyypia, center back Carragher, right back Finnan

Goalkeeper Dudek

Although Liverpool did not perform well in the Premier League this season, Chen Ran did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Just in this season's European Champions Cup final, Liverpool staged a classic Istanbul night, reversed AC Milan in full swing, and won the Champions League trophy.

For this reason, Chen Ran deliberately gave up the League Cup match against Manchester United in order to recharge his batteries and go all out to deal with this Liverpool team.

Since it was an away game, Chen Ran naturally formed a counterattack lineup without any psychological burden.

center tony
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery
DM Yaya Toure, DM Modric, DM Simeone

Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
The only thing that worries Chen Ran is that the stability of the back line has decreased after Southgate's thigh muscle strain and he was unable to play.

After all, the current Thiago Silva is still too young, and whether he can withstand the impact of a strong team remains to be tested.

On the day of the game, Anfield Stadium ushered in crowds of fans.

They sang "You will never walk alone" one by one, wanting to see how strong the Crystal Palace, which currently ranks first in the Premier League, is.

With the whistle of the referee, the No.13 round of the Premier League, Liverpool's home game against Crystal Palace officially began.

Chen Ran, who was a little worried at the beginning, felt relieved after watching the game for 10 minutes.

The offensive power of this Liverpool team is weaker than he expected.

It may be that Benitez is also afraid of the strength of Crystal Palace, so he only sent Baros as a striker.

The pressure caused by the Crystal Palace's defense is obviously not enough.

This allowed Thiago Silva to have a very perfect adaptation process. This game was the first time Thiago Silva served as a starter in the Premier League.

As for Kewell's front midfielder, Yaya Toure, Simeone and Modric are taking care of the three midfielders, and they can't play a role at all.

On the two flanks, Riise, who played as a left midfielder, basically had no advantage when facing Maicon, who was facing him.

Luis Garcia, who is the right midfielder, took advantage of his fast speed and good technique to make it difficult for Chiellini to defend.

But Chen Ran, who soon discovered this problem, immediately asked Yaya Toure to help Chiellini defend.

The flanking attack of the two burly men immediately overwhelmed the thin Luis Garcia, and the threat dropped sharply.

Behind Riise and Luis Garcia, Cristiano Ronaldo faced Finnan, and Ribery faced Traore, but Crystal Palace had the upper hand.

If it weren't for the current tactics adopted by Crystal Palace, which is to defend and counterattack, there are not enough personnel involved in the offense, and Gerrard keeps coming to help defend.

Here in Finnan, Ronaldo has long lived a suspicious life.

Traore on the other side is not much better. He and Chiellini on the Crystal Palace side are a problem. They are both tall and full-back.

Once they encounter fast and flexible players, they are very passive.

Traore has a height of 191cm. This height is used as a full-back, probably because the defense is really unreliable, and the coach dare not use him as a central defender.

Franck Ribery, who is opposite him, is just 170cm tall, extremely fast, and good at making quick turns, stopping and changing directions. He is just like a small steel cannon.

After a few rounds, Ribery made Traore dizzy suddenly.

If Benitez hadn't discovered the situation in time and asked Harvey Alonso to help defend, something might have happened to Traore.

"It seems that the strength of this Liverpool team is just like that."

Chen Ran murmured to himself, could it be that his Crystal Palace is too strong?

If it is calculated based on Liverpool's ability to beat AC Milan, wouldn't it be that the strength of Crystal Palace is also higher than that of AC Milan?
wrong.

Chen Ran quickly shook his head, he still had this self-knowledge.

The current AC Milan is at its peak, and the reason why they lost the Champions League is probably due to underestimating the enemy.

It seems that I overestimated this Liverpool team a bit.

Chen Ran nodded secretly, in this case, he can give it a go.

Throughout the first half, although Chen Ran formed a counterattack formation.

However, due to the absolute advantage on the two sides, Crystal Palace's counterattack was extremely sharp.

Almost every counterattack can pose a threat, making Liverpool's goal always in a state of uncertainty.

Although Crystal Palace has not scored yet, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is only a matter of time.

"This is the real Crystal Palace."

The reporters in the stands couldn't help but sigh.

"That's right. Crystal Palace has made Liverpool a little bit overwhelmed before the attack is overwhelmed."

"This Chinese man is really shameless. He dared to say that Crystal Palace has no main players and substitutes. Look at the content of this game. Is it the same team as that day?"

"Hehe, whoever believes what he says is a fool."

"That's right. Let's scold him after we go back."

Giving up the League Cup match against Manchester United gave Crystal Palace's main players enough time to rest, which also gave Chen Ran more room for tactical adjustments.

In this game, Chen Ran has the confidence to adopt Guardiola's offensive tactics.

At halftime, Chen Ran Fabregas replaced Yaya Toure, and then pushed Modric to the midfielder position.

At the beginning of the second half, Benitez discovered the formation of Crystal Palace, and the overall forward pressure was nearly 30 meters.

He also carefully studied Chen Ran's tactical play, and immediately knew that Crystal Palace was about to attack.

After discovering Chen Ran's intentions, Benitez immediately called Croatian international Biscayne from the bench.

After a brief warm-up, he quickly replaced Kewell with Biscayne.

Benitez let Biscayne form a three midfielder with Harvey Alonso and Gerrard, and Liverpool's formation changed from 4411 to 451.

At this time, the positions of Crystal Palace's two central defenders, Thiago Silva and Vidic, were almost pressed near the arc of the middle circle.

The entire Liverpool formation has been completely surrounded by Crystal Palace.

Guardiola's tactics, which he hadn't seen for a long time, reappeared at the feet of Crystal Palace players.

The non-stop passing and cutting pulled Liverpool's defense line, and once the ball was lost, they immediately pressed on the spot.

The rhythm of the entire game, fast and slow, has been completely controlled by Crystal Palace.

Benitez is also a person who is nervous and excited, and his face will turn red.

Right now, he was blushing, standing on the sidelines and staring intently at all the details of the game.

Especially his left back Traore, the least reassuring for him.

Every time he saw Crystal Palace pass the ball to Ribery, Benitez's heart rose.

However, Benitez never intended to replace Traore.

The reason is simple, as a coach who has carefully studied Chen Ran's tactics.

Benitez is very clear that Crystal Palace also has a big killer, which is the twin towers tactic.

He kept Traore on the court just to guard against Chen Ran's twin tower tactics.

After all, the 191cm black big man is still useful for fighting for headers.

Chen Ran also discovered Traore's problem.

"Cesc, you and Modric pass the ball to the right more often, Liverpool's Traore is their weakness. Understand?"

Taking advantage of the dead ball, Chen Ran called Cesc Fabregas to the sidelines for arrangement.

"Understood, boss."

Fabregas, who received Chen Ran's order, acted vigorously.

The ball, which was still tearing up Liverpool's defense line and dispatching left and right, is now constantly passing to Ribery.

This time, Benitez couldn't stand anymore.

If Crystal Palace were allowed to play like this, he was afraid that Liverpool would lose the ball first before Chen Ran used the twin towers tactics.

Glancing at Baros, who was isolated and helpless in the frontcourt, Benitez gritted his teeth and replaced the only forward Baros on the field with full-back Josemi.

After Josemi came on the field, he replaced Traore as the left back, while Traore retracted to play the left center back.

This time, Liverpool completely became a 550 strikerless formation.

"I'll go, this Benitez is really decisive."

Now that Liverpool has no forwards in the frontcourt, there is no need for Chen Ran to leave so many defenders behind.

Therefore, Chen Ran immediately called Crouch from the bench and replaced central defender Thiago Silva with him.

Remove a defender and add a striker.

Guardiola tactics + twin tower tactics, all-round three-dimensional attack.

There are both short pass penetration under the feet and high-altitude bombing above the head.

Coupled with the sharp breakthroughs from the two wings, the Crystal Palace at this time can be regarded as truly full of firepower.

Liverpool fans throughout Anfield were stunned.

When did Liverpool get suppressed like this at home?
Even in the face of old rivals Manchester United and Arsenal, Liverpool has lost and won without falling behind.

Even if he loses, he has never been so passive.

Suddenly, the extremely passive situation on the Liverpool field made the Anfield fans angry.

Boos all over the sky resounded through the sky.

However, whether these boos are aimed at Crystal Palace or Benitez is unknown.

In the stands, the media reporters were also surprised by the situation on the field.

"Is the current offensive ability of Crystal Palace already so strong?"

"Yes. You must know that what they are facing now is not a weak team, but an old strong team Liverpool."

"Tsk tsk, it seems that the Chinese man has kept his hand. If Ferguson saw this game, he must be glad that Crystal Palace gave up the League Cup on their own initiative."

"That's right. As far as Manchester United's state this season is concerned, it is no better than Liverpool. If they really meet Crystal Palace today, they will probably end up similar to Liverpool."

"So far this season, Crystal Palace has won Chelsea and Arsenal, and today's Liverpool may not be spared. I want to see now whether the Chinese can sweep these strong teams."

"OMG! If this is the case, wouldn't that Chinese man want to dominate English football?"

Just as the reporters were discussing, the situation on the field changed again.

(End of this chapter)