Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 167 Conquering San Siro

After two days of rest, Crystal Palace ushered in the sixth round of the Premier League.

Because this was the third game within a week, facing West Bromwich Albion who came to challenge, Chen Ran made a considerable rotation.

Fortunately, there is a big gap between West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace finally relied on Vidic's header in a corner kick to beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0.

At the same time as getting three points, the system also rewarded Chen Ran with a first-level Harvest Card.

The previous Harvest Card had expired after the last Champions League match. In this match against West Bromwich Albion, the attendance at Highbury Stadium was only [-]% to [-]%.

The vacant seats in the stands were particularly eye-catching, and some media even hyped the decline in the attendance of Crystal Palace after the game.

This made Chen Ran clearly understand that not everyone is willing to cross half of London just to watch a game.

It seems that during the period of renting the Arsenal Stadium, this harvest card has become a necessity.

In the other games of this round, there was also a highlight of a strong dialogue. Liverpool drew 0:0 with Manchester United at Anfield.

Chelsea beat Charlton 2-0 away and continued to follow behind Crystal Palace. Arsenal also beat Everton 2-0 away.

In the following week, Crystal Palace played three games a week.

On September 9, the seventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go to an away game against Middlesbrough;

On September 9th, in the group stage of the European Champions Cup, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge the strongest opponent in the group, last season's European Champions Cup runner-up AC Milan;

On October 10, in the eighth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will return to Highbury Stadium to face West Ham United.

Against Middlesbrough, there is nothing to say.

With goals from Toni and Ronaldo, Crystal Palace easily defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 away.

While scoring three points, Chen Ran also won a winning bonus of 200 million euros for a long time.

At this time, Chen Ran's attention had already turned to his opponent AC Milan five days later.

Although last season's Champions League final, AC Milan experienced an unforgettable night in Istanbul.

However, I have to admit that the current AC Milan is still one of the top teams in Europe, and they are still at their peak.

As the first European league broadcast in China, Serie A can be said to have deeply influenced many Chinese fans, including Chen Ran in his previous life.

As for AC Milan, one of the representative teams in Serie A, Chen Ran is of course very familiar with it.

From the early Dutch Three Musketeers to the current Shevchenko, Kaka and many other top stars, Chen Ran can almost know everything by heart.

Now, Crystal Palace will face off against AC Milan, which makes Chen Ran both excited and nervous.

Every time he faced a strong opponent, Chen Ran would ask Guardiola to edit a video of his opponent for reference.

This time is no exception, and he also sent Simeone, an assistant who has played in Serie A for a long time.

Coach Ancelotti;
Forward Vieri, Shevchenko, Inzaghi, Gilardino;

Midfielders Kaka, Pirlo, Seedorf, Rui Costa, Gattuso, Ambrosini, Serginho, Vogel;
Defenders Nesta, Stam, Maldini, Cafu, Costacurta, Karadze, Jankulovski, Simic;

Goalkeeper Dida, Karachi, Fiori.

Seeing the information given to him by Guardiola and Simeone, Chen Ran's scalp was also numb.

The special ones are all the current famous generals.

From front to back, the three lines have almost no weaknesses.

Looking around, Chen Ran found helplessly that, compared with the current AC Milan, Crystal Palace has no advantages at all except for younger players and better physical fitness.

"Boss, AC Milan is not easy to play."

Southgate, who was also reading this information, couldn't help sighing.

It's up to you to talk about it?
Chen Ran secretly vomited inwardly. As the captain, he has played for low-level teams in the Premier League all year round, and he has never seen anything in the market.

"Boss, Diego and I also discussed it when editing the AC Milan game video. We found that there is only one way for us to beat AC Milan."

Guardiola also stood up at this time and said the results of his discussions with Simeone.

"Oh? Tell me, what solution did you come up with? See if it's the same as what I think."

Chen Ran also thought of a way, and when he heard Guardiola's words, he immediately became interested.

In fact, now is a good time for two people to write a word in the palm of their hand, and then see if it is the same classic bridge.

But Chen Ran looked at the foreigners in front of him, forget it, let's just order.

"Boss, after discussing with Diego, I think that our Crystal Palace may only have an advantage in terms of physical fitness compared to AC Milan."

"So, we both feel that we can only adopt Diego's defensive counterattack tactics first, drag the game to the end, and wait until those older players in AC Milan have no physical strength, and then we will attack with all our strength, so that we may win. Chance."

"Well, not bad, just as I thought."

Chen Ran nodded with a smile. As expected of a famous coach in the future, he has a good brain.

"There are strong teams everywhere in the Champions League. Now we are meeting AC Milan, and we will meet other strong teams in the future. Diego, during training during this period of time, you have to increase the number of defensive and counterattack tactical drills."

"Although there are not many teams that need us to play defensive counterattacks in the Premier League, this is the housekeeping skill of our Crystal Palace after all, and we must not lose it."

"Understood, boss, I will let those boys practice defensive and counterattack tactics starting tomorrow."

Seeing that Chen Ran paid so much attention to the tactics he designed, Simeone was naturally excited and patted his chest for assurance.

While Chen Ran and his assistants were studying AC Milan, in the AC Milan club in Milan, Italy, head coach Ancelotti was also studying this strange new opponent.

"Carlo, here is the information on all the players of the Crystal Palace club you want. The game video is being edited, and it is estimated that it will be delivered tomorrow at the latest."

Assistant coach Tassotti put a thick stack of materials in front of Ancelotti.

"Okay, Mauro, you've worked hard. Tell me what you think of the Crystal Palace team?"

Ancelotti asked casually while flipping through the documents in his hand.

"Although Crystal Palace is just a newly emerging Premier League team, they are very strong and difficult to deal with."

"Oh? You think so highly of them?"

For AC Milan, which has been competing for the Champions League for many years, Ancelotti actually didn't pay much attention to Crystal Palace.

Ancelotti has seen this kind of team that suddenly rose to qualify for the Champions League, then disappeared in the Champions Cup after a short-lived.

But assistant Tassotti's evaluation made him immediately interested in Crystal Palace.

Ancelotti and Tassotti knew each other when they were players. They played together in AC Milan, and now they are coaching together in AC Milan.

Tassotti's character, Ancelotti is well aware, has never been one for bombast.

Therefore, Tassotti's high evaluation of Crystal Palace made Ancelotti immediately increase his vigilance against Crystal Palace.

"Yes, Carlo, I think we should pay enough attention to the Crystal Palace team."

"Tell me your reasons."

Ancelotti simply put down the Crystal Palace player information in his hand this time, and listened carefully to Tassotti's analysis.

"Although we don't know about Crystal Palace, we are very familiar with Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, the three traditional Premier League teams."

Ancelotti nodded slightly, that is indeed the case, especially Manchester United and Arsenal, in recent years in the Champions League, AC Milan has played against each other.

Although AC Milan wins more and loses less than eliminates opponents, Ancelotti must also admit that the three teams are not easy to deal with.

As for Liverpool?That is the eternal pain in Ancelotti's heart, so don't mention it.

"Crystal Palace is a newly promoted team that just played in the Premier League last season. I checked the battle records of Crystal Palace and Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, and I was surprised."

"What's the matter? Crystal Palace played well against these three teams?"

Ancelotti was also aroused by Tassotti at this time, and couldn't help asking.

"In the Premier League, apart from Manchester United getting a draw, Crystal Palace won all three teams against them!"

"What? Mauro, you mean that when Crystal Palace faced Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, they won all but one draw?"

Crystal Palace's record really shocked Ancelotti.

Originally, he was leaning comfortably on the chair and talking to Tassotti, but now he sat up straight, leaned forward slightly, stared at Tassotti's eyes, and repeated Tassotti's words in disbelief .

"Yes, Carlo, you heard me right."

After getting Tassotti's affirmative answer, Ancelotti couldn't sit still.

"Mauro, tell us about Crystal Palace's tactics in detail."

Ancelotti can't wait to look through the information of Crystal Palace slowly, and let Tassotti report directly.

"Okay, Carlo. Crystal Palace's tactics are usually divided into three types, one is defensive counterattack, the other is a double-tower tactic with two high center forwards, and the other is full-line attack, high press, and strong suppression. "

"I didn't expect a newly promoted Premier League horse to master three tactics at the same time. It seems that the head coach of Crystal Palace is not easy."

With more and more reports from Tassotti, Ancelotti is now more and more interested in Crystal Palace.

"Ahem, the head coach of Crystal Palace is indeed a bit special."

Speaking of Chen Ran, Tassotti also had a strange expression on his face.

"What's the matter? What's so special about him?"

"This Chinese man named Chen Ran is not only the head coach of Crystal Palace, but also the owner of Crystal Palace."

"???"

Now Ancelotti knew why Tassotti had a weird face. This is really a maverick guy.

Don't blame Ancelotti's ignorance. As the head coach of the top European club AC Milan, if you want to get his attention, you must at least qualify for the European Champions Cup.

"It's quite special. However, if this Huaguo can bring a newly promoted team to this point, he must be a very capable coach. Mauro, tell me about his coaching style."

"Um, as for the coaching style, it's hard to describe. If I had to use one word to describe it, it would be 'utilitarian'."

"Utilitarian?"

"Yes."

"Why do you describe the coaching style of this Chinese man in such a way?"

"I've watched some Crystal Palace game videos. As long as Crystal Palace takes the lead, the Chinese will probably let the team retreat to the half court and change to defensive counterattack tactics. It doesn't matter whether the opponent is a strong team or a weak team."

"Mauro, what do you mean, even against a weaker team, that Chinese man will shrink back and fight back?"

"Yes."

Ancelotti now fully understood why Tassotti used the word "utility" to describe Chen Ran's coaching style.

That is to say, Ancelotti does not understand Chinese, otherwise he would know that there is actually another word that is more suitable, and that is "gou".

"It's not going to be easy now. Mauro, do you think that Huaguo will adopt defensive counterattack tactics from the very beginning when he is playing against us?"

Breaking the dense defense is a problem for the whole world, and Chen Ran's coaching style is so "utilitarian", Ancelotti can now imagine the scene of the game at that time.

"Well, I think it's very possible."

Tassotti nodded helplessly. He understood Ancelotti's worries, but it was obviously impossible for things to go according to their wishes.

"Then we have to prepare for difficulties. Crystal Palace may not be easy to win this Champions League group match."

"Mauro, you can go and do a physical fitness test for the players later. We have a lot of old players in our team, and we just finished the league, let's see who consumes the most energy."

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

In order to prepare for the Champions League match, Chen Ran brought the Crystal Palace to Milan, Italy in advance.

After confirming the tactical play of this game, Chen Ran asked Simeone to repeatedly practice defensive and counterattack tactics in training these days.

Especially the starting lineup he selected, that is the focus of training.

center tony
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery
DM Yaya Toure, DM Vieira, DM Simeone
Left back Chiellini, centre-back Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On AC Milan's side, Ancelotti also determined the starting lineup early.

Forward Shevchenko, Forward Vieri
Kaka
Left central midfielder Seedorf, right central midfielder Gattuso

midfielder Pirlo

Left back Maldini, center back Nesta, center back Stam, right back Cafu

goalkeeper dida
On the day of the game, when Chen Ran and his team members came to the stadium by bus, they saw the famous San Siro Stadium, which was only seen on TV in the previous life, and could hold 8 people. .

This time, it was his first visit to San Siro, but it will never be the last.

Chen Ran's goal is simple, that is to conquer San Siro.

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