Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 162 New Changes in the System—A Surprise

Because of the problem of nail households in England, Chen Ran decided to build a new stadium on the existing land.

In the new season, Crystal Palace's original home stadium, Selhurst Park, is about to become history, and the FA has also approved the application of Crystal Palace and Arsenal to share the Highbury Stadium.

Coincidentally, the traditional Community Shield game before the start of the Premier League happened to be last season's Premier League champion Crystal Palace against last season's FA Cup champion Arsenal.

The game was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Vieira, who had just switched from Arsenal to Crystal Palace this summer, was also put into the Crystal Palace's starting lineup by Chen Ran.

It is estimated that Vieira himself did not expect that he would face his old club so soon.

On Arsenal's side, Hleb, who was newly introduced in the summer, also appeared in the starting lineup.

When Luis reported to Chen Ran the transfer situation of several giants, Chen Ran was a little puzzled.

After Arsenal let go of the midfielder Vieira, they bought an offensive player Hleb who mainly plays the midfielder and full-back.

Is Wenger so confident in the personnel reserve of Arsenal's midfielder position?
In this Community Shield match, we can just see what kind of medicine is sold in Wenger's gourd.

Because a week later, the new season of the Premier League will officially start, so Chen Ran also dispatched all the main players to test the effectiveness of Crystal Palace's previous preparations for the match against Arsenal.

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

Vieira, Simeone

Left back Chiellini, centre-back Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On Arsenal's side, Wenger is also the main player.
Forward Henry, Forward Bergkamp

Left Midfielder Pires, Central Midfielder Gilberto Silva, Central Midfielder Hleb, Right Midfielder Ljungberg

Left back Ashley Cole, Center back Kolo Toure, Center back Campbell, Right back Lauren

goalkeeper leyman
When Chen Ran saw Wenger put Hleb in the middle, he was not only impressed by Wenger's courage.

Using such a player who is obviously strong in offense and weak in defense to play in the middle is to hand over all the defensive tasks to Gilberto Silva alone.

What is Wenger trying to do?
Use offense instead of defense?
Do you feel that you can't find a suitable player to replace Vieira, so you simply give up defense and use offense to suppress your opponent?

Haha, let's take a look at Arsenal's lineup. Compared with Crystal Palace, who is suppressing whom?

Because the nature of the Community Shield match is more like a friendly match, Chen Ran adopted Guardiola's tactics, pressing the onslaught from the beginning.

Just as Chen Ran predicted, Wenger really wanted to replace defense with offense.

As soon as the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Arsenal also pressed forward to attack.

This time, the fans who came to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff are blessed.

The two teams, Crystal Palace and Arsenal, both aggressively attacked. The two sides played wide open and close, not conservative, and the game was very good.

But soon, the situation on the field began to tilt towards the Crystal Palace.

Because Hleb, who is responsible for organizing the offense in the Arsenal midfielder, obviously cannot meet Wenger's expectations, and it has always been difficult to surpass the Crystal Palace midfield defense line composed of Vieira and Simeone.

And on the two wings, whether it is Pires plus Ashley Cole against Ribery and Maicon, or Ljungberg plus Lauren against Ronaldo and Chiellini, Arsenal have the upper hand. Nothing cheap.

Especially on Ronaldo's side, Ljungberg and Lauren were obviously at a disadvantage, and were eaten to death by Ronaldo.

In less than 10 minutes of the game, the entire Arsenal formation was forced back to their own half by the Crystal Palace bit by bit.

Henry and Bergkamp, ​​who stayed in the front, did not receive support from the midfield, and their power was greatly reduced.

The initiative on the court once again fell into the hands of Crystal Palace.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ran on the sidelines was completely relieved.Wenger's strategy of replacing defense with offense, at least for Crystal Palace, has no effect.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran quietly glanced at Wenger on the other side, only to see that the professor's face was gloomy, obviously not in a good mood.

At this time, Wenger was not really angry in his heart.

This method of substituting offense for defense is nothing but his helpless move.

As for how much effect it can have, in fact, Wenger has long been mentally prepared.

This strategy is okay against weak teams, but against strong teams like Crystal Palace, it probably won't do much, because there is no suppression at all.

It's not that Wenger doesn't want to buy a midfielder to replace Vieira, but that a good midfielder in the transfer market is too expensive now.

Seeing that Chelsea spent a full 5000 million euros to buy Essien, Wenger knew that given Arsenal's current financial situation, it is better to give up this unrealistic idea.

Because of the nature of the Community Shield game, the two coaches don't pay much attention to the outcome.

Neither Chen Ran nor Wenger commanded and adjusted too much.

At the end of the first half of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo finally broke the deadlock for Crystal Palace, with a header to the top and broke through the goal guarded by Lehmann.

Crystal Palace lead Arsenal 1-0.

During the intermission, Chen Ran used up all 5 substitutions at once.

Substituted Jan Koller, Evra, Alves, Mascherano and Yaya Toure.

Wenger was not as aggressive as Chen Ran, but he also changed three players.

The game in the second half was still very open, with Alves and Henry scoring a goal each.

In the end, Crystal Palace defeated Arsenal 2:1 and won the Community Shield for the first time.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the first game of the new season and getting a first-level harvest card. The attendance rate of Crystal Palace's next three home games will definitely reach [-]%."

"Huh? The system really does what it says, and it really has something new."

Chen Ran looked curiously at the first-level harvest card in the system.

Although no money was given directly, considering that Crystal Palace will play at the unfamiliar Highbury Stadium this season, this can be regarded as a disguised gift.

You must know that Arsenal's Highbury Stadium is located in north London, and most of Crystal Palace's fans live in south London.

If they want to go to Highbury Stadium to watch the game, they have to traverse most of the city of London from south to north.

Therefore, Chen Ran is not sure how many fans will travel long distances to Highbury Stadium to watch the Crystal Palace game in the new season.

If the stadium is empty when you are playing at home, wouldn't it be ugly for the defending champion of Crystal Palace?

Well now, with this first-level harvest card, at least the attendance rate of Crystal Palace's first three home games is guaranteed.

As long as they continue to get harvest cards in the next games, those Crystal Palace's ticket revenue this season will not have to worry.

You know, Highbury Stadium can accommodate more than 8000 spectators, while the original Selhurst Park Stadium of Crystal Palace can only accommodate more than 6000 spectators.

If all calculations are based on the highest capacity, Crystal Palace's ticket revenue this season can increase by at least 50.00%.

At this moment, Chen Ran felt that although it was not as enjoyable as giving money directly before, the new changes in the system were not bad, and he hoped that there would be more surprises in the future.

A week later, the 2005-2006 Premier League season officially began.

In the first round, Crystal Palace played against Charlton at home.

Before the match, what Chen Ran was most worried about was not Charlton as his opponent, but whether the Level [-] Harvest Card in his hand was really effective.

So much so that after the team took the bus to Highbury Stadium, Chen Ran was reluctant to enter the dressing room.

He asked Guardiola, Southgate and Simeone to take the players to the locker room to prepare for the game, but he stayed outside to observe the fans entering the field.

Chen Ran felt relieved when he saw fans wearing Crystal Palace jerseys appearing in every stand at Highbury Stadium and gradually filled up.

It seems that this Level [-] Harvest Card is indeed effective.

There is nothing to say about the game itself. Compared with Crystal Palace, Charlton's strength is too different.

From the first minute of the game, Chen Ran directed Crystal Palace to attack with all their might.

In the first half, Toni and Vidic took advantage of set-piece opportunities and each scored a header.In the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo staged a solo breakthrough and scored a single goal.

In the end, Crystal Palace easily defeated Charlton with a score of 3:0 in their first game at Highbury Stadium.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the Premier League game, and a bonus of 200 million euros for winning."

"Hey, it seems that the winning bonus has not been completely cancelled. Unfortunately, the bonus has not increased, and it is still 200 million euros."

Although there were no surprises this time, Chen Ran was very satisfied with the money.

在本轮的其他比赛里，切尔西在客场1：0小胜维冈竞技，曼联在客场2：0战胜埃弗顿，阿森纳在客场2：0战胜纽卡斯尔联队，利物浦则在客场0：0被米德尔斯堡逼平。

After the first round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace once again ranked first in the Premier League by virtue of their goal difference.

A week later, in the second round of the Premier League, there were two strong dialogue contests.

One game is Arsenal at home against Chelsea, and the other is Crystal Palace going to Anfield to challenge the new European Champions Cup champion Liverpool.

After experiencing a major reversal in Istanbul, Liverpool's entire team is now in a different spirit.

Although the performance in the Premier League is still so unstable, in the first round of the game, among the few strong teams, only Liverpool did not win.

But from top to bottom, they are filled with an inexplicable self-confidence.

Just like when Chen Ran asked the little fat man to contact Harvey Alonso, he was flatly rejected by the other party.

For this kind of crazy team, Chen Ran did not dare to neglect.

If you really want to make Liverpool go crazy, it will be difficult to deal with it. Even AC Milan, which is in full swing, can get down.

Because it was an away game, Chen Ran cautiously adopted the tactics of defensive counterattack.

center tony
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery
Vieira, Modric, Simeone
Left back Chiellini, centre-back Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On the Liverpool side, Benitez, who is full of confidence, also came out in full force.

Forward Morientes, Forward Cisse

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

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

goalkeeper reina
I don't know if it's the courage given by Liang Jingru. Benitez doesn't seem to care at all that he is facing a team that won the Premier League championship with an undefeated record last season.

The starting lineup he sent was purely for offense.

Except for Harvey Alonso and Gerrard who can barely balance offense and defense, Zenden and Luis Garcia on the two wings, one is a typical winger, and the other is simply a forward.

Seeing Benitez's formation, Chen Ran suddenly realized that this guy was here for the three-pointer.

Sure enough, as Chen Ran expected, Liverpool pressed forward aggressively at the beginning of the game, just like the scene where Crystal Palace played Charlton last time.

However, Crystal Palace is obviously not comparable to Charlton.

After two years of running-in, this group of players on the field has already been very understanding.

Even Vieira, who just joined in the summer, is an experienced top player.He doesn't need to be greeted by other teammates at all, he knows when to do what to do.

Therefore, although Liverpool's offensive looked fierce, it did not create any truly threatening scoring opportunities.

10 minutes, 10 minutes, gradually, Liverpool's players also began to enter the first physical bottleneck period.

Chen Ran was counting the time on the sidelines, working hard, failing again, exhausting three times, the experience of his ancestors still works.

"Little Luca!"

Seeing that the game came to No. 30 minutes, Chen Ran immediately greeted Modric from the sidelines.

Taking advantage of the dead ball, Modric ran over.

"Boss, what instructions do you have?"

"Now your position is premise, go play the midfielder. Then tell others that Liverpool's players are a little tired, and now it's our turn to take the shot. The overall formation moves me 20 meters forward and presses Liverpool back."

"clear."

After listening to Chen Ran's challenge, Modric turned around and ran back to the field without any extra nonsense.

Soon, Benitez and the Liverpool players discovered that the Crystal Palace players began to move forward as a whole, and it became more and more difficult for them to cooperate with passing and cutting in the midfield.

"No, Crystal Palace is going to launch a counterattack."

Benitez didn't just eat anything, so he immediately saw Chen Ran's intentions.

He also knew that after the Liverpool players stormed for 10 minutes, they have now entered a bottleneck period of physical fitness.

This Chinese man really knows how to seize the opportunity.

Watching the fierce fighting between players from both sides in the midfield, Benitez's expression became more and more serious.

Because although Harvey Alonso and Gerrard in the center are not at a disadvantage, the weak defensive abilities of Zenden and Luis Garcia on the two wings have become two huge loopholes at this time.

what to do?Do you want to make adjustments now?

(End of this chapter)